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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-15
WAS AN HONEST INVENTOR.
Destroyed His Discovery on Learning
That It Might Stimulate Fraud.

DR.. j. p. Barnum, the well-known
chemist of Louisville, is the man who
Invented the celebrated ink eraser
which caused SO much talk several
years ago. In an interview with
Memphis Appeal-Avalanche reporter
recently he gave the follow ing inter-
esting facts:
"When first got my ink eraser
complete ! thought my fortune was
made, but | soon discovered that 1t
was so conducive to crime that ] sup
pressed its sale and have always
kept the secret to myself. ! suppose
it will die with me. This eraser
could positively remove all traces of
ink from ank kind of paper.
I remember one man who wrote a
letter to the Courier-Journal, telling
them he did not believe the account
which they had published of tho
eraser. Some OF the men in the Cour-
Ter Journal took some OF my erasing
fluid and wiped all the ink out of his
letter, except the signature. A check
for 800 was then written above
the signature, and they went to the
bank and got the money In short
time after its introduction several
crimes in Louisville, as well as else
where had been committed
by the aid OF the eraser,
and when well-known young
man in Louisville perpetrated fraud
upon his firm by its use and went to
California, | then determined never
to allow any more Of the fluid to be
manufactured. ] have, however.
since done some work with it myself.
At one time number Of securities OF
the Fall City bank, of Louisville, had
been stolen, and the holders OF bonds
in the community got in the habit OF
writing their names across the face OF
their bonds, and also statement that
the bonds were not good unless in
dorsed. But when they wanted to dis
pose of these bonds they found that
nobody would buy them with the writ
ing across the face. They came to me
with rush and wanted me to remove
the writing. / had at one time $780,
900 worth Of these bonds, with the
agreement that if any traces of ink
or the fluid were left | was to buy
each bond SO defaced at its face
value, but didn't have to buy any
Of them. The act of forgery itself Is
very easy to accomplish, but the per-
petrator nearly always gets caught
in the end. This so-called safety
paper, which is now being extensively
manufactured, is no protection. The
nix lines on this safety paper, which
'ade away as soon as they are
touched by any chemical, can be put
pack very easily. A stone for this
purpose can be engraved for $40"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-15

A GREAT many people not especial
ly interested in yachting have had
their patriotic American feelings
gratified by the success of the Yankee
Vigilant as against the British Val
kyrie. 1t is, indeed, something more
than a sportsman victory. Two
styles of boat--the cutter and the
Yankee centre. board, were contend
ing for supremacy. For years British
seamen have declared their style of
boats was the best; but the shrewder
among them are at last obliged to
acknowledge their mistake. Our
people know how to make a boat
that will win. What we need next
is to design steamships and sailing
vessels that will win the palm for
carrying the commerce of the world,
as our pleasure yachts have won the
palm in sportsmanlike qualities
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-15

The proposition for union OF the
Central American states is again
being discussed. This fact may be
accepted as pretty good evidence
that those little tropical hornets are
again recharging their stingers with
venom. 1t has generally been the
case that whenever they begin talk
ing about getting together they are
on the point OF falling wider apart.
This was the case just before the
Barrundia episode. Still, II what
appears as the impossible should
some day turn out to be probable and
a union finally accomplished, the five
states of Guatemala, Salvador, Hon
duras, Nicaragua and Costa RIGA
would scarcely make a country as
large as Ohio in population and with
an area less than that of California
by some 10000 square miles. Their
entire population is but 3,056,677.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-15

The worlds greatest pest hole is
at last to be cleansed. The sultan of
Turkey has resolved to put Mecca
into something like healthy conf
dition. The decision is the effect o.
an intimation from the British gov
eminent that unless the whole city is
cleaned it will take means to pre-.
vent the annual pilgrimages from
India The sultan has decided not
only to cleanse the town, but to erect
at his personal expense great lodg-
ing house capable of containing 5000
persons.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-15

As EXPERIENCE has shown that q
square foot of iron plate one-eighth
Of an inch thick weighs almost ex-
actly five pounds, the area of any
sheet iron Cor plate irony in square
feet multiplied by the thickness in
one eighths and multiplied by five
will give the weight of the piece.
Anybody who wants to know the
weight OF piece OF sheet iron with
out weighing it will find this very
useful rule.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-15

WILLIAM DEAN HowELLs declares.
In fat contradiction of DR.. Carl
Peters, that "Chicago hackmen are
the most reasonable creatures and
never attempt to extort exorbitant
rates" Thus Is the hackman vindi-
Gated. Who wouldn't take the word
Of an enlightened American author
against that OF a subject OF an effete
European despotismp
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-15
PARTY SUCCESS.
WHAT DOES 1T MEAN TO THE
MASSES?
In Its Last Analysis Is 1t Not Greed
for once:

In the light of the present situation
we may well inquire, what is party
success to the masses of the people?
We have in this country, apparently
arrayed against each other, two great
political parties. In that that is most
important, which affects the interests
of the masses most, where do they
differ? Since Cleveland and the whole
country, bankers and all, have con-
coded that the money question is the
most important, and that it could be
greatly modified and instant relief
given by proper legislation, it is well
to consider the position of these two
parties on this question. Have they
not united to strike down silver?
Do not Cleveland and Harrison
stand together on this all important
issue? Witness John Sherman and
Dan Voorhees, marching together to
the music furnished by the fat man at
the white house! See Carlisle turning
political somersaults to get into the
circus ring formerly occupied by the
republicans. The republicans de-
monetized silver in 1873. The demo
Gratis denounced them for it for twenty
years and then done the very same
thing in 1898.
There is no change in the financial
policy. The democrats are simply
aping the republicans. On the ques-
ton of transportation they do not
differ They both permit the railroad
companies to "tax the traffic all it will
bear" And the people pay the bills.
There was some talk of difference on
the tariff, but that has almost sub
sided. The Mckinley bill will prob
ably go. 1t could not well be other
wise. But one very near like it will
take its place. There were pledges of
democratic economy, but republican
billion dollar congress is succeeded
by democratic billion dollar con-
gress. A republican salary grab was
supplemented by democratic salary
grab. If there was anything mean
that the republican party did, which
the democratic party has not done, we
haven't heard of it. They both be-
long to Wall street. But don't they
differ in anything? o, yes, honey, we
almost forgo'. They differ as to who
ought to have their hands in the pub
lie crib. They differ as to who should
periodically and patiently draw their
salary and do nothing for the people.
They vie with each other in their mad
efforts to serve Wall street and it's
English allies. Hence there is wild
scramble. But it is not as to who
shall periodically serve the people.
All the part the people are expected to
play in the drama is to vote the
ticket" After that "the people be
damned" There was a time when
party success meant the success of q
principle. Now it means the distribu-
ton of offices-the apportionment OF
official pie. There was time when
you could tell mans politics by the
principles he advocated. Now you
can't do it. You know him only by
the badge he wears or the ticket he
votes. Party success means nothing
to the people but change of post
masters. For this they will yell til
they are hoarse and vote themselve,
into poverty and their children int
paupers graves. This is modern part,
| RnncaSS
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-15

THE melancholy fact remains that
the snake season is nearly over.
However, there may be no harm in
remarking that lady was standing
In Ninde's carpet store at Freder-
icksburg, Va, with her hand on roll
OF mating. when moccasin snake
came out of the middle of the roll
The lady's remarks were overheard
for some distance.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-15

THE federal government can see to
it that all sorts of precautions are
taken to insure the safety of passen-
gers on vessels flying the American
flag and can and does regulate every
detail of the running of such vessels.
Why can not and why does not the
federal government exercise equally
beneficent care over the passengers
by the railways within its jurisdic-
t;opp
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-15

AND so Dhuleep Singh is dead. Well,
we'll, it's bad year for oriental po-
tentates. With the sultan Of Johore
fighting breach of promise suit in
England, the maharajah Of Kapur-
thala, a hopeless victim of tho gin
fizz habit and the gaekwar of Baroda
plunging around London trying 70
borrow enough money to get home
with, the dazzle and illusion of Indian
splendor are hopelessly gone.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-15

A GUARD at the California peniten-
tiary pulled his gun towards him by
the muzzle and the gun, having no
more sense than the guard, filled him
full of slugs and miscellany. A man
who cannot on sight recognize the
dangerous end OF weapon ought not
to be permitted TO draw a salary for
lmperiling himself.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-15

AND now the university Of Chicago
wants $500, 900 for the endowment of
q law school. Wouldn't it be more
conducive to the welfare Of the COM
munity to expend the money in buy
ing few OF those now in existence
and closing them up.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-15
Refused One Half Million.

CHICAGO, Nov. 6-The makers Of No-To.
BAG, the guaranteed tobacco habit cure, late
ly refused a syndicate offer of one-half million
for their business. No-To-Bao is an absolute
guaranteed cure for chewing, snuf-dlpplng
and cigarette smoking. 1t is sold by nearly
all the druggists In this country and Canada
Made by the Sterling Remedy company, box
Is, Indiana Mineral Springs, Ind. Chicago
office, As Randolph street. They print book
called Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your
Life Away" Every tobacco user should read
1t and they mail it for the asking.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-15

A Los ANGELES woman opened and
read the letters written by girl to
her husband, and the husband tried to
have her sent to Jail She had no
such luck. The court refused to
commit her and she had to return to
her husband.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-15

PERHAPS we had better postpone
our commiseration for young Charles
Fair. upon the loss of $l5,00o,O00.
For the kind Of a young man the
youthful Mr. Fair is, the loss of $751;
600, is the most fortunate thing
that could happen to him. We con-
graduate him.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-15
EDITORIAL BRIEFS.

VOORHEES, adjournment of the first
continuous session of the senate created
a panic in Wall street and for time
the street was paralyzed by the victory
of the silver men, The country is not
losing any sleep on account of dis
turbances in that den of thieves.
The methods whereby Cleveland
and his man Morton were enabled to
capture the late democratic state con-
vention of Nebraska are gradually be-
ing revealed. The convention was
packed with candidates for postof1ices
and other positions, who were given
to understand that the administra-
tionsfinancial policy must be sustained
by the state convention if they were to
expect any favors from the admins
tration. Letters are published that
were sent out by Secretary Sheehan
of the democratic state committee, in
which he gave 1000 candidates for
federal appointments in that state to
understand they must be ut the state
convention and stand by the admins
tration, and copies of these letters are
made public by NJ D. Tiffany, vice
president of the democratic state
league Of clubs. Nobody believed that
that convention voiced the sentiment
of the democrats of Nebraska, and
now that the true inwardness of the
matter is understood it is not surpris.
ing that Congressman Bryan and
many democrats have repudiated the
whole thing as a great fraud.
ENGLISH money barons are playing
one of their old tricks-fomenting
strife in Brazil by covertly melting
rebellion and aiding the insurgents
with money, with the view Of restor-
ing the monarchy and thereby add
strength to vast volume of Brazilian
securities held in England. The
same influence is at work IN this coun-
try to destroy silver and bring us to
gold standard in the interest of this
same English money octupus, the
tentacles of which reach every civilized
nation of the earth. 1t would not be
so bad if these Shylocks were not
aided and abetted by the tory party
that has sprung up in this country
headed by Grover Cleveland, John
Sherman, Dan Voorhees, and Tom
| Reed.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-15

The birth of the force bill issue this
year is little premature. here is
danger of it dying with Group or some
other infantile disease before the cam
paign of $50, gets under full Roadway.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-15

ASK your democratic friend what
the "crime OF 1878" was. But don't
mention the democratic vote on the
silver question in the present con-
gress. He might get mad
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-15

THE Kansas grasshoppers are dam
aging the early sown wheat to some
extent, but not half as much as the
Wall street grabhoppers are damaging
the crop already harvested.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-15

A MUSIC printers circular is au-
thority for the assertion that the
gross profit on sheet music at whole-
sale Is about twelve cents copy. AT
that rate one 800, 000-copy success
makes a'margin big enough to even
up good many hundred failures.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-15

The ex-queen Of Hawaii must be
genius. She is credited by rumor
with the intention Of abdicating the
throne, and as she has no throne
to abdicate the difficulty she faces
would seem insuperable to one OF
ordinary mental equipments.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-15

MONEY issued direct to the banks at
l per cent helped the bankers. Now
when the people, who need help, ask
the same thing and offer better secur-
ity they are called cranlks.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-15

THERE was time when "Uncle
Sam was rich enough to give us all
farm" but republicans and democrats
gave it all to the boodlers, and now
thousands of people are homeless.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-15

WE know silver dollar containing
4l2]5 grains of silver is good or the
bondholders would not have put it in
the face of their bonds as one of the
two kinds of money they would accept
in payment of the same.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-15

THE Union Pacific Railroad company
owes the government over $50, 900, 900,
and some of the old party papers now
want the government to make the
company gift of it. The government
should foreclose its mortgage, take
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-15

The old axiom that 1.-TWO parallel lines can
never come together" has been knocked to
flinders half dozen times during the past
summer.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-15


population of $4,000, which entities
ger to about 1000 votes. The city not
only cast all these, but 1900 besides"
Watson produces proof that the demo-
Gratis voted bands of repeaters five to
twenty times at 81 vote. He also
claims that heavy vote from South
Carolina was polled, and shows that
dead mems names on the registration
list voted five and six times apiece.
1.-THE curious thing about it ALL"
says Watson, sis that the democrats
boast Of their frauds. | make out a
clear case of fraud, and the only ques-
ton is, can get fair jury?"
W.
Attorney General Jones of the state
of Washington says, ''if there was an
election held now in any of the west
ern states they would be carried by
the populists' He says the demo-
cratic party of the west has become
completely disin; egrated by the posi-
ton the party has assumed 1.-The
democrats in our section" said Mr..
Jones, ''do not know which of the two
great parties they can trust. They
look at the vote in the house on the
silver question and they see that ma
jority of both parties are recorded
against silver, and have apparently sur
rendered their platform on the cur
rency. 1t has made popullsts of nearly
Ill the democrats and enough repub-
licans to give them control of the state
of Washington if vote were to be
taken now. / do not know what
changes time may bring about, but at
present politics in our section seem to
be very much mixed"
%s%
The speculation rs to the contents
OF Gov Northen's communication to
President Cleveland, which drew forth
his recent silver letter, is not likely to
be gratifed. 1t is believed to contain
statements hardly advisable to publish
in print A Georgia member figures
it out thusly. All the counties in
Georgia which have voted since the ac.
ton of the house on the silver bill
have either been carried by the popu
lists or have shown overwhelming
gains for that party. Gov. Northen's
own county, Hancock, elected treas
urer Thursday, and, the member
thinks, Gov. Northcn wrote that the
indications were that the populist.
would make serious inroads on the
thousand majority it gave CLEVELAND
last fall unless some indication were
given of willingness on the part O
the administration to placate the sill
yer sentiment of the masses of tn,
south. Hence the letter from tn,
President. The returns from Han
cock county are awaited with eager
ness by the Georgia delegation.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-15

j. j. VAN ALIEN, the English dude
whom Cleveland appointed as am bas-
sader to Italy, possesses no qualifica-
ton for the Office whatever. But then
he contributed 100000 TO The d.mo-
cratic campaign fund, and that covers
up multitude of sins.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-15

Well, you dear old fellows, who pride
your selves on your Jeffersonian- ack-
son democracy, how do you like the new
kind - Cleveland Sherman Carlisle
Tom Reed democracy? Well-hush!
hush! What are you cussing about?
cleveland no democrat?" Well, well,
we'll,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-15

The fool-killer occasionally over
looks or mercifully passes by a few
fellows left to inquire, "how are you
going to settle the balance of trade
with foreign countries without gold?"
Arizona republican., 1894-12-06
A RAINY COUNTRY.
That's What Arizona Is Getting
 to Be.

to Be.
 Arizona is getting to be 8 rainy coun- try. If the precipitation continues to increase in volume as it has during the last two years, gentlemen who have money invested in irrigation projects will regret their early impressions that this was an arid region.
 Talking about ram in Arizona calls to mind a peculiarity of the Hassa- yamper who walks in the light of ex- perience. Whenever rainy looking clouds appear he remarks that the time for the wet season has come. It is true that there was no wet season at this time last year. maybe not the year before, but this used to be the schedule time for heavy and persistent rains. Another Hassayamper will predict an other return at another time of an old time wet season on precisely the same ground. The tenderfoot, therefore, concludes. if the memory of all the Hassayampers is accurate, that it used to be rainy here pretty nearly all the time.
 All this though leads up to yesterdays rain. It WAS the first day in 1894 on which the sun never shown on the val ley at some time during the day. The indications were strong from early morning that Gulf rain was coming, one of those reliable and persistent pre- cipitations that ask no favors of the mountain tops which hedge in the val ley on all sides except on the side of the gulf.
 About noon the rainfall began. It was not violent enough to suddenly ex- haust itself, but it came down with deliberation that indicated that it might continue until folks should get tired of it. It kept it up all night and there is no apparent reason why it should not continue today, tomorrow and the next day.
Arizona republican., 1894-12-06
HILLMAN OR HERNDON.
An Application for Writ of
 Habeas Corpus.
Judge Baker Denies 1t on the Ground That It Should Have Been Made
 at Home.

William Herndon, or J. w. Hillman, whoever he is, will resist the attempt to take him back to Kansas to answer to the charge of having perpetrated the most extensive life insurance fraud of the last quarter of century and of hay ing incidentally committed murder.
 Through his attorney, Hon. Allen R. English of Tom bstone. he yesterday D. piled to Chief Justice Baker for writ of habeas corpus to be heard at the January term of supreme court. The application is based on the ground that the applicant is under arrest for a crime committed in Kansas by another man, John W. Hillman, with whose identity he has been confounded.
 The chief justice declined to issue the writ in the first instance. He took the ground that application should have been made to Judge Bethume of the judicial district in which the applicant is confined, or that reason should have been shown why such application was not made.
 The proceeding proposed by the ap- plicant the chief justice said was not only without explanation but would in- volve great expense in the matter of bringing the prisoner and witnesses here from Cochise county.
 Considerable doubt is expressed as to whether Herndon is Hillma1. In the course of their fifteen year hunt for Hillman the insurance companies have run down so many men who proved without difficulty that they were them selves and not somebody else, that skepticism concerning the alleged identity of the las. prisoner is provoked. On the other hand he answers 8 description in general way of the long sought Hillman of fifteen years ago. The fact of his flight from the officers and his determined objection to going to Kansas is agalnst him unless it is taken into consideration that he may have a constitutional dislike to arrest and imprisonment.
 An Associated Press dispatch from Topeka yesterday stated that an agent had started to Arizona to identify him.
Arizona republican., 1894-12-06
Of Interest to Visitors.

One of the first things that the aver age winter visitor in Phoenix wants to do is to drive into the country and see the suburbs. Nine times out of ten his friend takes him first out Central avenue, and seven times out of ten an exclamation of admiration escapes his lips as he passes the Simms addition. To his inquiry of the significance of all those healthy young shade trees and other evidences of thrift and careful planning, the answer is: That the Simms addition is the finest residence property around Phoenix,