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Bill For Purchase of Railways,

WASHINGTON, July ia bill for the
purchase of all railway and telegraph
lines by the government has been intro
duced by Representative Wilson Wash,
Mt the request of its author, DR.. F. s.
Lewis of Port Angeles, Wash.
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nuruneton Krakeman Knled.

McCooK, Neb., July l8.--Frsnk Gran.
dali, a brakeman running out Of this
city, wa killed nea Bloomington, Neb.
Ho fell from the top Of the train and VA
crushed.
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situation Al Helena.

HELENA, Mont, July 1.-THE strike
situation in this vicinity is more favora-
bic than 1t has been at any time for
three weeks. All engineers and conduc-
tors have applied for work and were 1t
not for the destruction Of bridges west
Of this city there would be no difficulty
In operating trains on time.
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Changed Their Policy,

DENVER, July IL. - superintendent
Turner, Of the Santa Fe railroad, y~ester-
day dropped into Nickerson, Kan, where
the ~townspeople refused to furnish food
or accommodations of any kind for the
deputies or new employees to take strikers
places on the road. Mr.. Turner called
on the leading citizens and said that un-
less the boycott was raised at once, New
ton would be made the division terminal
instead of Nickerson. Mr.~ Turner'S
threat caused the business mel of Nick
erson to change their policy IN a hurry.
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SOUTH MCALEsTER, l, t.. July TO-
Company I, Tenth infantry arrived
here and have been ordered TO proceed
to Krebs, I. T., for the purpose Of pre-.
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NEWS or NEBRASKA.
BRlEp BUT plThv MENTION OF THE
HAPPENINGS OF A WEEK.

News which Tell tho story Of seven Day.
Grimes aud Ca,uaitlcs and Other Impor.
snut Matters Arranged Attractivsiy and
Given In . Few Words.
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vii, Meet In Omaha Nsxt Fear.

MILWAUKEE, July l8.-The supreme
temple Of the Patriotic Circle Of Amer.
lea, ut its closing session, decided to meet
in Omaha next year.
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Indicted tho Murderer Of Carnot.

PARIS, July l0.-santo Ceasario, the
murderer of President Carnot, has beeh
indicted for trial at the Lyons a~ssizss.
Judge Breuillac will preside at the trial.
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John Todd bound Over.

DAVID Cry, Neb., July l0.-John
Todd was bound over to the district
court In the sum OF $500 for cutting
Harry Wolf at Ulysses on July 1.
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Strikers Sentenced for Contempt.

Los ANGELES, July 10.-Judge Ross
found John Howarth and Engineer Maj.
tin Kelly guilty of contempt OF court
for violating his injunction at Barstow
and sentenced each to eight months in
Jail. The severity Of the sentence was
a surprise to many, it being thought US
this was the first conviction for violation
Of the injunction the sentence would be
liRht.
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Passed by Unanimous Consent

WASHINGTON, July 1D.-By unanimous
consent a bill was passed by the house
authorizing the construction of a bridge
across the Missouri river at Lexington.
Mo
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burned Co Death.

WALLACE, Neb., July lo.-Ths wife
Of John Bonesteel. living FIVE miles east
Of this place, was 80 badly burned BY
accidentally overturning q lamp that she
died,
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samoans Ask Germany to Anncx Thorn.
BERLIN, July l0.-The Samoans have
sent Emperor William a petition pray
ing that Germany annex the islands.
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WESTERN KANSANS SEEK RELIEF.
On Account Of POOR Crops Want Assess
mcut For state Tax Reduced.

On Account Of POOR Crops Want ASSESS
mcnt For state Tax Reduced.
Topeka, July 19.-Samuel Il. Hale,
member Of the legislature from Rush
county, is at tho head Of a committee
that will appear before the state board
of equalization this week, representing
70 western counties, for the purpose of
asking n reduction in the assessment Of
real estate, that the taxes they will be
required to pay into the state treasury
may be reduced. The average amount
of taxes due from these counties to the
state is $4,000. The committee will
show to the board that there has been
two years Of crop failures in succession,
that the people are without means with
which to ray sufficient taxes to maintain
their local organizations and pay county
officers, and that under the circumstances
their assessment for state taxation pur-
poses should be reduced TO q nominal
sum
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Secretary Gresham Sick.

WASHINGTON, July 10.-Secretary
Gresham has been suffering for several
days from a bowel complaint and is
sick abed,
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Exchanged His Reputation for Cash.

BEAVER CITY, Neb., July 18.-Henry
Davis, manager Of the creamery, fed the
country leaving behind him debts to the
amount Of 81, 20O. He came here from
Denver three months ago and bore .
good reputation.
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LOOMS, Neb., July l4.-United States
Detective NJ. j. Hughes of Omaha ar
rested u tramp at this place and relieved
him of 500 ia counterfeit United States
notes.
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Vice President Home on q Visit.
.opNAsHINGToN, July I0.--Vice President
<.snson has gone to his home at Bloom.
1rn, Ills, for 4 few days.
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THE NEWS or KANSAS
GRIMES, CASUALTIES AND OTHER
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS.

Brief Mention NJ Matters Which Every
body Should Know About Events OF tho
wech In Nearby sections Accurately aud
Conciseiy ~Chroniclcd.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-11-01

OF late years the postage stamp
has been invested with language of
its own. When stamp is inverted
on the right hand upper corner, it
means the person written to is to
write no more If the stamp be
placed on the left hand upper corner
inverted, then the writer declares his
affection for the receiver of the let
ter. When the stamp is in the cen
ter at the top, it signifies an affirma
tive answer to a question or the ques-
tons, as the case may be, and when
it is at the bottom it is negative.
Should the stamp be on the right
hand corner at a right angle, it asks
the question if the receiver of the
letter loves the sender, while in the
left hand corner means that the
writer hates the other.
There is a shade of difference be-
tween desiring ones acquaintance
and friendship. For example, the
stamp at the upper corner at the
right expresses the former and on the
lower left hand corner means the lat
ter. The stamp on line with the
surname is an offer of love; in the
same place, only reversed, signifies
that the writer is engaged. To say
farewell the stamp is placed straight
I'D and down in the left hand corner.
Baltimore Every Saturday.
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Proficient Oysters.

1t was an enterprising oyster who
lived in shell in the year 1910 and
was corralled in a porterhouse in
London. If we can believe the words
of thousands who saw it, the thing
actually whistled. Douglas Jerrold,
who saw it, surmised that the oyster
had undoubtedly "been crossed in
love and now whistled to keep up ap-
pearances, with an idea of showing
that it didn't care" Thackeray says
that he was in the shop one day
when an American came in to see the
startling freak of nature. After hear
ing the talented mollusk go through
its usual performance he walked con-
temptuously out, remarking at the
same time that sit was nothing to an
oyster he knew of in Massachusetts,
which whistled Yankee Doodle right
through and followed its master
about the house like dog"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-11-01

La Fontaine, the famous French
poet and writer Of fables, was not
able example of the eccentricity of
genius. When he lost his entire for
tune, lady, who was one of his best
friends and an ardent admirer of his
works, fastened in alarm and dis
tress to find him. She met him in
the street, penniless and cheerful.
"You must come to our home, "she
said.
II was going there, he replied, and
then began a visit which prolonged
itself into years, during which La
Fontaine never seemed to be trou-
bled by thought that he was de-
pendent. Nor did the lady or her
family have any other feeling than
one of delight and pride that he made
his home with them.
Some one adopted one of his sons
when the child was baby. Know
ing that the boy was in good hands,
he seemed to forget all about him.
Years afterward at aGli14Ilor party he
met a young man whose wit and
charm of manner pleased him greatly.
why, that is your SON" he was
told.
''Indeedl lam pleased to hear it, "
was his remarkable reply.-Youth's
Companion.
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Philadelphia Street Names.

Probably no city in the country is
burdened with street names which
are so meaningless as Philadelphia's.
Many of them are absolutely silly,
and upward of a hundred bear the
Christian names of women. In fact,
there are few women's names which
have not been immortalized in the
name of a street. There are no less
than five Ann streets in Philadelphia
in addition to which there is an AIMS
place and an Anna street. There are
three Mary streets, three Rose streets
and three Elizabeth streets, with an
Elizabeth place thrown in for good
measure. Not content with two Ella
streets the city fathers have named
two streets after Ellen, with an Ellen
place.
In addition to these there are two
Florence streets and as many Flor
ence avenues, and two of all the fol
lowing streets: Caroline, Emeline,
Isabella, Letitia, Lydia, Margaretta,
May, Minerva, Pearl, Sarah and Vic
toria. From among the other street
names may be culled the following
Abigail, Agnes, Bertha, Carrie, Clara,
Eliza, Emma, Evalina, Grace, Helen,
Jane, Julia, Laura, Lena, Lily, Lucy,
Martha, Maud, Priscilla, Susanna,
Viola, Virginia and Zenobia. -Phila-
delphia Record.
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GOetIle aa N .Toker.

On an occasion when Goethe was
staying at the court of Sake Weimar
with his friend Duke Charles Angus
tus, one of the court ladies, when
about to retire for the night found
her candle suddenly extinguished
just before she reached her bedroom
door. Taking no notice of the occur
renee, she CROPPED along in the dark,
but to her establishment could not
find the door handle.
Again and again she felt her way
along the wall, but with the same re-
suit. At last she made up her mind
to 60 to the duchess for advice. The
latter, however, was already asleep,
and no help was to be had from her.
The poor lady did not care to take
any one else into her confidence for
fear of being laughed at, and so spent
some hours in vain search, only to
find at last that Goethe and the duke
himself had with their own hands
taken the door off its hinges some
time earlier in the evening and care
fully walled up the entrance to the
room. New York Journal.
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The Clerk and the Cook.

The cook at the boarding house,
out on a shopping tour, was talking
with the clerk at the ribbon counter,
who was boarder where she cooked.
Zone of these dry goods stores, 4"
she said, gazing around the place, lis
some different from boarding house,
amt it2'
"Well, rather" smiled the clerk,
elevating his chin.
Eyes" she went on pleasantly. "In
here you see a good many things you
don't eat, and at a boardin house you
eat a good many things you don't
see" and then she walked out.--De-
troit Free Press.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-11-01
Chinese Gamblers,

The Chinese are a nation of gam
blers From infancy to old age they
never lose their love for game of
chance. Business, study, play, even
worship, loses its zest unless a smack
of gambling is thrown in. In their
temples the worshiper takes up two
semioval blocks and losses them up
to try his luck with the god. 1t is
heads you win, tails you lose, and
when the blocks come down on the
wrong side a Chinese loses all respect
for the joss. In every temple is a
hideous paper image called the god of
crooked wealth, before which is pot
of divining sticks inscribed, Good
luck in lottery tickets. San Fran.
cisco Chronicle.
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Shocked the Judge.

Nine. Ella Zuila, as performer on
the high rope, has stood well up in
her profession for years. An anus
ing incident in her career happened
at Louisville in 1879. One of the
items in her exhibition consisted of
wheeling a child across the rope in a
wheelbarrow. Judge Wakefield per.
sonally attended to stop this feat.
On his arrival he was quite indignant
to see Ella Zuila in midair, with the
barrow laden as usual. After a mo.
ment's hesitation the fair performer
tipped the barrow, and it's occupant
fell to the ground with a crash, to
the great CONSERVATION of the Judge.
He cooled considerably when he
found it was only dressed up doll.
Exchange.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-11-01

On one occasion Judge Andrew
Ellison was trying an important case
at Macon City and was desired to
rush it through in order to make way
for another case coming up next
morning. The court instructed the
jury and court officials to return aft
er supper, as it was intended to hold
a night session. At o'clock all the
officers, numerous witnesses and the
jury, with one exception, were
promptly on hand. OF course moth
ing could be done without the absent
juryman. The minutes ran into
hours, and still the prodigal didn't re-
turn. At a late hour court ad-
journed without having accom-
plished anything. Next morning
sharp at 8 o'clock the IL jurymen
were in the box. His honor scanned
the crowd and asked for the truant
He was pointed out, and the court
ordered him to atand up.
Mr.. -" said the judge, address
ing the derelict, didn't you under
stand the order of the court last
night requiring the jury to be on
hand after suppers"
"Yes, your honor" said the jury
man, explaining, "but you see l live
quite ways out of town, and my
wife gave me an order prior to the
courts order, and her order was that
l shouldn't stay ~ town overnight.
considered the matter and conclud-
ed it was safer to risk your honor's
displeasare than hern, because" he
added earnestly, Il know her."
The court looked solemn a mo-
ment, as if weighing some mighty
problem. Then smile started across
his face and the bar, court officers
and spectators broke out in tumul-
tuous laughter The juryman was
forgiven. st. Louis Post Dispatch.
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1t Is the Mind That Sees.

How do we see9 Did you ever
chance to think2. l have asked quite
number of people lately, and they
reply: with our eyes, of course.
How else2" or words to that effect.
Did you ever realize how much of
our vision is mental2 We see moth
ing properly and definitely until the
mind lends its perception. We may
gaze steadfastly at picture, yet be
unable to see anything but a con-
fused mass of color, because the mind
Is seeing faces and scenes thousand
miles away perhaps. Call the men
tai vision back, and the figures on the
canvas take their proper places. AT
once we see the picture. Or shut
your eyes. Can you not see the faces
of those you love or hate as clearly
as you ever saw them with the phys
ical means of sight9 How many
times one glances at his watch, yet
when asked the time as he replaces
it in his pocket is unable to tell, sim.
ply bAcc,-9e lie looked only with the
eyes and not with the mind also
Boston Advertiser.
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Mrs. Madison,

Not only wise men, but dignifed
women, relish "a little nonsense now
and then" A writer in The Chris
tian at Work tells how the dignified
Mrs. Madison, who wore a turban,
used to amuse herself in way that
violated etiquette.
Ihave been told by an old friend,
who died few years since, that on
more than one occasion she and Mrs.
Madison have taken part with the
children in skipping rome, secure from
prying eyes in the secf1sion of the
fiat, copper covered roof of the White
House.
On the day when the news was
sent by the president of the approach
of the British upon Washington, bid
ding Mrs. Madison to fiy-which COM
mand she, like true woman, refused
to comply with until he joined her
my old friend was lunching at the
White House. Quite as deeply i'm
pressed upon the minds of the two
ladies as the advance of the British
ers was the important fact that a
fine cantaloupe, the first of the season,
which had just been temptlngly set
before them, was, in the alarm and
consequent confusion, allowed to re-
main untasted. -Youth's Companion.
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MlsERIEs OF RUSSIAN SOLDIERS.
In No Other Army Are the Men Treate,
With Such BarbaritY.


In No Other Army Are the Men Treated
With Such Barbarity.
With the exception of the regi
ments of the guards-a mere play.
thing of the czar-the Russian sol,
der is a miserable looking object,
sicllly and dressed in a uniform out
Of all proportion to his stature. He
is wretchedly paid, always half fam
ished, and, in fact, appears more
qualified to be defended than to de-
fend. One has not to go far to find
the reason for this. The Russian
commanders have, almost in every
instance, sought their positions, not
in the hope of proving useful to the
state, but with an eye to the riches
which will accrue to them in the
shape of plumber from the govern
ment and from their unfortunate
subordinates.
Forage, equipments, remounts and,
lastly, the soldiers rations offer am
pie scope for plumber, and these are
the sources from which large for.
tunes are amassed. By regulation
each battery must possess SO horses,
and the government provides the
commander with the funds for the
purchase of that number. AS mat,
ter of fact, however, only 40 horses
are purchased. Returns showing the
expenditure for the full number are
forwarded to the commissariat de.
partment, and the difference finds its
way into the commanders pocket.
A somewhat similar system is fol
lowed in regard to the forage The
horses are kept on short allowance of
hay and oats. The soldier, unable to
obtain the requisite supply of forage
from the proper quarter, is compelled
to make up the deficiency by theft
from the neighboring peasants.
Each soldier is entitled to one-quar-
ter of a pound of meat, three pounds
of black rye bread, one-third of a
pound of greats and farthing with
which to buy such luxuries as salt
and pepper. Even this scanty table
furnishes its quota to the command
er's pocket. In the first place the
contractor for meat, by means of a
tempting bride, procures the accept.
ance of an article of the worst quail
ity and not infrequently substitutes
horse for OK flesh. In order to per-
NIT of a still further gain the com
manders direct the dough to be well
watered, and the bread issued to the
soldier is consequently of the worst
possible quality-pasty and half de.
composed.
The -four saved by this watering
process is accumulated and disposed
of to private persons. The regula.
ton quantity of greats resolves itself
into about one spoonful. Reduced
by hunger and starvation, it is nc
wonder that every Russian soldier
suffers severely from one form or an,
other of dyspepsia.
In no other army are such cruel
ties practiced upon soldiers as in that
of Russia. The thrashings are in
terminable, and even trumpets OF
other musical instruments are made
use of in these castigations. 1 have
known a man to be thrown under 6
horses feet for some imaginary of
Tense, and | well recollect a case
where single blow of a fist of ar
officer ruptured the drum of a mans
ear and rendered him deaf for life.--
Spare Moments.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-11-01

An athlete must make himself deaf
to all entreaties, all suggestions, and
must act for himself, abiding by his
own Judgment. l had an opportu-
nifty to question most noted sight
rope expert on this subject. He ex-
planned to me that on a large rope
half a foot from the ground the most
timorous person might be taught to
walk any reasonable distance.
I'VE learn in that way" he added
land by raising the rope step by
step from the ground we acquire at
last such confidence that, when in
good training, distance from the
earth makes no difference. We have
learned to look into space, to face
space, confident that we have re-
sources on which we can entirely
trust if the rope is secure and we are
left to ourselves. But it is essential
that we should be left to ourselves,
and the great success Of walking on
the high rope Is that we are left to
OurSelVeS-left so that we hear none
of the comments or advices of the
crowd below"
That would not affect you2" in
quired.
Il do not think it would, for have
got presence of mind under all states
of the art 1 practice, bat if anything
would that would, and nothing so
much as the cry of fear of child"
Fear is catching2" l observed.
Nothing SO catching as fear, and
once it is caught-well, you may con-
slider it all over. No man in peril
ever, by his own wise efforts, rises
out of fear. Sir B. w. Richardson in
Longman's Magazine.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-11-01
The Imperial Eagle.

The imperial eagle, the largest of
the species known, flies to a height
of from 10000 to $4,000 feet. 1t is a
native of South America, and its hab-
itat is among the lofty mountains of
that country. Its power of flying to
high attitudes is only exceeded by
the condor of the Andes, which is
said to have attained the height of
six miles, or within one mile of the
greatest height ever attained by a
balloon. The eagle sails in the air at
heights ranging from three to five
miles, and when seen to soar upward
by an observer on the earths surface
disappears from sight in about three
minutes. Brooklyn Eagle.
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st. Columbian's Sacred Oak.

In years gone by Ireland had sa-
cred oak dedicated to st. Columbian,
one of the peculiarities of the tree
being that whoever carried small
bit of the wood or bark in his mouth
would never meet with a violent
death, it being especially efficacious
in saving Christian martyrs from the
block. 1t was known throughout the
British isles as the Holy Oak of Ken
mare. After the lapse Of many CEN
turtles this sacred oak was uprooted
by storm, after which it was said
to be guarded by angels to keep her
etics from gathering the wood for
fuel. At last wicked tanner
"barked" one of it's largest limbs and
tanned some leather, which he made
into shoes for himself, imagining that
such relics would bring him wealth
and power. He wore them but once,
however, but that one time was
enough to make him an incurable
er.-Dublin Correspondent.
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Roman Advertisements.

Latin inscriptions, advertisements
of tradesmen, form an interesting
class. Here is one found near Rome,
"If you want inscriptions made or
have any need of marble work, you'll
get it here" Another enterprising
man at Bologna announces, "A bath
in town style and every conven-
ience" A similar notice meets us
only eight miles from Rome, where,
of course, most of the customers
would be able to know whether they
really had town style" or not.
A curious example comes from
Lyons, which may be paraphrased
thus: Here Mercury promises profit,
Apollo safety and Septumanus bed
and breakfast. He who has been here
before will be treated all the better a
second time. Stranger, settle on your
lodging beforehand. A more indie
pendent tone is taken by another inn
keeper, who doesn't hesitate to de-
clare that his house is not intended
for people of only moderate means,
eff you live in good style, here's the
house for you; if in poor fashion, I'll
put up with you, but I shall be
ashamed of having YOU" There are
a good many modern hotels conduct.
ed on this principle, but the proprie.
tors are not as rule quite SO frank
in expressing their sentiments.-Mac.
millan's Magazine.