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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-03-15
A "National Bouuuet,"

Among the many suggestions concern
ing a national flower, one which comes
from a Vermont farmer has decided
point and interest. He proposes that we
Shall not attempt to settle upon a ma
tional flower, but let each state choose a
state flower, and have national bou-
quet," composed of all the state flowers.
Already certain of the states have en-
blems which would make very appro-
pirate and pretty elements in such a
great American nosegay.
Massachusetts people prefer the trail
ing arbutus for an emblem. California,
on the other side of the continent, has by
law adopted the eschscholtzia or poppy
as its state flower. The cedar sprig of
Vermont and the pine branch of Maine
would contribute needed tinge Of green
to the nosegay, while the orange blossom
of Florida would lend its fragrance, and
the mountain laurel of Alabama would
crown it resplendently.
The goldenrod and the aster would bo-
long to the first state which should for
mally adopt them, and so would the
graceful shooting star of the central west
and the prairie rose. There are flowers
and trees enough to ego around"
A bouquet composed of all these state
flowers and tree branches would grace
all formal occasions and would typify
the union Of the states. 1t would say
"E pluribus unum" to the ordinary in
telligence more plainly than the Latin
motto does.-Youth's Companion.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-03-15

To the nonlegal mind the term ACC
dent" would appear to be easily defined,
but the late Lord Chief Justice Cockburn
thought not, and on several occasions in
surance companies have sought defini-
ton in the courts of law. 1t has been
decided that q sunstroke is not an acct
dent, but that injury to the spine through
lifting heavy weight is one Even if
physical ailments contribute to an acct
dent, it is covered by the policy.
A The relatives of man who, while
bathing in shallow water, was seized
with a fit and sutfocated, sustained their
claim, as did those of a man who, when
similarly seized, fell under q rain and
was killed. Again, a person having fall
az and lbs scated his shoulder was put
to bed ma carefully nursed, but in less
than a month he died Of pneumonia
The connection between that complaint
and dislocated shoulder is not at once
visible, but on the ground that the rest
lessness and susceptibility to cold pro-
duced by the accident led to the disease
which killed him, the relatives were
held to be entitled to the claim.
"The influence Of intoxicating liquor, -
has been authoritatively defined as lin
fiuence which disturbs the balance of Il
mans mind or the intelligent exercise Of
his faculties, and injuries received while
in that condition are not covered by an
accident policy. Nor are those caused
by running obvious risk, as crossing a
railway, even at proper place, without
exercising due care to avoid passing
trains. -Chambers' journal.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-03-15

One story Of Booths trip to the Sand
witch Islands remains with me. He had
gone there in 1854 in company with his
comrade, Mr.. David G. Anderson. en-
route to Australia, and they were to play
III the Royal Hawaiian theater. They
had hired native to paste up the bills
announcing the performance. This had
to be done with a preparation named
'poe-poe," made from a vegetable called
'tara-tara," which is favorite food in
Honolulu, but the poor man was SO hun.
CRY that yielding to temptation he incon-
tinently ate up the paste, and to their
surprise no bills appeared. When the
reason was ascertained, they feared to
trust another native, and it was there
fore agreed that as Booth was the young
er he should act as billposter, and it came
to pass that every night after the per-
Torrance Edwin went about the city
with his play bills and bucket of paste
and put up with his own hands the post
ers announcing what the company would
play on the following night. And he as
sured me that he did this honestly and
did not eat any of the paste!-William
Bispham in Century.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-03-15

"Willyou kindly let me pass this morn
ing? l have forgotten my purse
This question was put by rather
pretty woman to the ticket agent of the
downtown station Of the Third avenue
elevated road one morning, and l ex-
pected the choppers reply would be,
Certainly, with pleasure" Instead he
said:
81 am very sorry, madam, but the
rules of the road are very strict, and
could not pass you without ticket.
You can go home and get your purse"
But | will be late at my work if | 20
home again" pleaded the little woman.
Cant you let me pass this once?"
mo, madam" was the agents reply,
Il cannot"
[ handed the agent five cents; the lady
got ticket and with a sweet smile
boarded the train.
"YOu should not have done that" said
the agent to me. you have no idea
how many requests of that kind are
made to me every day. That woman
whose ticket you bought is professional
beat. She does the same thing here al
most every morning, and generally gets
some soft headed man to buy her a
ticket. If let every one pass / would
be out about So day. You think
am hard hearted, but l am not. I'm
down on beats though. and she was a
good specimen. New York Telegram.
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Had IL Text to Fit Each Case,

Alfred looking man applied to coun-
try clergyman for work. He was sent to
dig potatoes. AT the end of two hours
the minister went out to see how the
work advanced. He found that the man
had uncovered at least two quarts of the
tubers.
"Well," said the parson, "you don't
believe i'll injuring yourself, do you?"
"Oh," replied the laborer, Il work &C
cording to Scripture
where in the Bible can you find any
thing that justifes your taking two
hours to dig two quarts of potatoes?"
"Why this: Let your moderation be
known unto all men,"
The minister thought this rather
witty, and took him in to dinner. The
moderate worker did not prove to be a
moderate eater; in fact, he cleared the
table.
you don't seem to eat according to
your text" said the clergyman, aghast,
seeing the dinner disappearing like mist
before the sun.
NO" replied the tired man, plying
his knife and fork faster than ever, 81
have another text for this: Whatever
thy hand tindeth to do, do it with thy
might, New York Tribune.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-03-15

When very angry or suddenly alarmed
chameleons utter a squeak like young
bird. My friend, the Rev. g. Fisher OF
Cape Town, an enthusiastic naturalist
whose name is familiar to the visitors
to the reptile house in the London Zoo
gardens from the number and frequency
of his contributions there, informs me
that one day he was surprised to hear a
loud squeaking and commotion in an
adjoining room, where We're some pet
chameleons, and going thither he found
that the disturbance really proceeded
from these small reptiles on account OF
IA cat, who was surveying them through
the wires. Cats, by the way, are then
dreaded enemies, who catch and devoul
them whenever possible Cor Forest
and Stream.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-03-15

Of course you have encountered this
pest. He is more prevalent than the
man who smokes in car, and quite as
annoying. He borrows your penknife,
your razors, your butsonhooks, your
writing utensils, your umbrella, and
would borrow your toothpick and your
toothbrush if the usageS of society add
mitted of their double occupancy"
What you lend him goes, as Il rule. to
that bourne from which no traveller re-
turns.
Not that he is dishonest but he con-
siders himself a sort of pensioner ON the
world at large for minor conveniences.
snd has no idea that their restoration is
expected. AS he is usually a good nat
ured fellow, who would give you any
thing he had if be had anything to give,
you don't like to snub him, and so he
passes through life in his shiftless, care
less way, unconscious of his dement's, a
tolerated nuisance.
Willingly would you raise subscrip-
ton, heading the list of donors yourself.
to furnish him with all he borrows. But
it would be useless. There is no tenacity
in his slipshod nature. Whatever you
might give him would slip through his
fingers. Besides, your professional Dor
rover of small chattels prefers "a loan to
a gift. So far as your personal comfort
is concerned, it is best to meet his appli-
cation for loans with an emphatic mo"
He is not pertinacious. A few rebuffs
will suffice. He knows well enough that
if you won't supply the article he wants
somebody else will-that if you are
''mean" there are others who are 'gen-
erous. New York Ledger.
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Love For the ZigZag.

The straight line is an abomination
to the Chinese. They endeavor to
avoid it in their streets and buildings
and have banished it completely where
country field paths are concerned.
They Will always substitute a curve
whenever possible, or they will torture
it into a zigzag.
In districts not devastated by the Tai
Pings nor subject to the influence of
the foreigner, the houses and temples
are characterized by curved, often
peaked, roofs, ornamental with fantas-
tic notifications of the myriad stroke
pattern. The inhabitants of such re-
gions are soon found to have a mental
world to correspond. The straight line
is secuted. They think in curves and
zigzags. To the Chin, mind the
straight line is suggestive Of death and
demons. 1t belongs not to the heaven
above nor to the earth beneath. In a
true horizon line are seen the "undula-
tons of the dragon" Therefore, argue
the Chinese, the straight line pertains
to hades.-Contemporary Review.
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CUPID IN A GRAPE BASKET.
How a Pretty and Romantic Pennsylvania
Girl Found IL Husband.

How "a Pretty and Romantic Pennsylvania
Girl Found IA Husband.
A fair daughter of this town has lust
closed up a little romance and is now
enjoying her honeymoon in New York
city. Miss Mildred Althoff, who was
formerly an accountant in a large manu-
featuring plant here, went up to Port
land, N. Y, this summer to spend her
vacation as grape picker in big vine
yard. She is pretty girl and fond of
romance, so she penned this note and
tucked it in a basket of grapes:
am employed as a grape picker by Frank
J. Lytle in his vineyards between Dunkirk
and Brocton in the town of Portland. My
home is at Williamsport, Pa, where am en-
pOyed regularly as an accountant in large
manufacturing concern of that city am an
| orphan, but am well connected, having two
brothers at the head of mines in Colorado and
an uncle who is president of a bank in Ne
braska. Next year | shall again work in the
| vineyards near BroCton, merely for recreat ton
| and change of air and if this A,te should
| fall into the hands of II young man who is de-
| sirous of making the acquaintance of a re-
spectacle grape picker l would like to hear
| from him.
The basket of grapes containing this
letter fell into the hands of George P.
NeWcomb, a young man employed as
salesman for New York clothing con-
Germ, and who at the time the basket of
fruit was received was the guest of his
parents, who reside about four miles
from Olean.
He came here, but could not find the
pretty grape gatherer, SO when his vaca-
ton arrived he went to Lytle's vine
yard. He there met Miss Althotf. The
wooing lasted three weeks, and last
| Thursday they were married. Williams
port (Pa.) Letter.
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KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-03-15

l asked very famous physician the
other day if it was injurious to chew
gum-not that do it-and he answered;
Eyes and no."
"And how?' inquired.
"To chew gum for five or ten minutes
after meal is absolutely beneficial"
said he, especially for hasty eaters, who
do not half masticate their food, because
the action of the jaws causes the gastric
juices to flow, and that is good. But so
few people can use and not abuseit it. They
get the gum in their mouths and keep at
it till they fairly dry up the saliva sup.
ply, bring on headache and get gener-
ally nervous. This will cause indiges-
ton. New York Recorder.
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.

She was pretty Christian Scientist.
There is nothing real" said she,
Except the soul. My body is not real"
"And that's too bad" thought he.
pain is not real; this hammock is not real
Wherein you think sit"
Lo! as she spoke the hammock's fastenings
broke
And threw her out of it.
Full hard she bumped her immaterial form
Who could but sympathize?
He begged that she would let hereto
Pretend to help her rise.
Then, oh, the sCorn of her rejection was
A something wholly real!
And, oh, the limp with which she walked away
Proclaimed that she could feel
Providence Journal.
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A SISTERS SACRIFICE.


She Submits to Disagreement and Torture
to Save Her Brothers Life.
One Of the most remarkable and deli
cate operations in the line of what is
known as skin grating was performed
at the city hospital Saturday morning
by DR.. Charles r. Barber and several of
the house surgeons. A little over two
weeks ago Arthur Wheeler, aged 5 years,
living at 81 Herman street, was playing
near his house with some other children.
They started bonfire of dead leaves.
While Arthur was running about the
flames, he stumbled and fell into the fire.
His coat caught fire, and before the
flames could be extinguished his entire
breast, abdomen and one side were fright
fully burned. The boy has been ever
since the accident in preCarious condi-
ton, the burns being so extensive that
no new skin could form.
1t was at last decided that the only
thing that could save the little sufferers
life was to ingraft the skin of some
healthy person on the burned parts, and
efforts were made to secure some one to
consent to such an operation. 1t was
suggested at last that Miss Minnie
Wheeler, the 17-yearold sistero of the boy,
would be just the subject. Miss Wheel
er naturally demurred at first to such a
proposition, but finally consented when
she was convinced that her brothers life
was at stake.
Saturday morning Miss Wheeler and
her little brother were taken to the City
hospital-that being considered better
place than the home of the parents-and
the operation was performed Miss
Wheeler was placed under the influence
of ether, and strips of skin from both
thighs and one of the hips We're shaved
off with sharp razOrs and transferred to
the body of the little brother. A slight
idea of the operation may be gained
when it is stated that enough of the cpl
dermis to cover two square feet of the
burned boys body was removed from
the young woman.
One piece of skin that was removed
extended from just above the knee fully
nine inches along the thigh. The girls
limbs were swathed in bandages, and she
was taken home in an ambulance, the
boy remaining in the hospital. 1t is ex-
pected that a new cuticle will have put
in an appearance inside of 10 days, and
that Miss Wheeler will have entirely re-
covered before the LIST Of November.
Nothing can be determined as to the
success of grating the skin on Arthur
Wheeler for 10 days to come, but it is
believed that the operation will result in
saving the boys life. dorchester Demo
crat and Chronicle.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-03-15

B. w. Vedder, a locomotive engineer.
says: When the Kansas Pacific was first
opened the Indians were very hostile,
and there was constant fear that they
would wreck the trains. That they did
not is due to their ignorance of the iron
horse and of the best methods of DESTROY
ing it. One Of my firemen had an expe-
rience with the Cheyennes that he will
never forget. He was ON the road near
Fort Wallace, when he saw that the In
dams had cut the telegraph wire, and
knew that he might look out for squalls.
They were never satisfied with simply
cutting the wire, but chopped it into
inch pieces with their tomahawks to
etfectually stop the mysterious messages.
AS the train came near large patch
of suntiowers which grew on both sides
Of the track over 100 Indians rose up,
stretched strong rope across the track,
braCed themselves and prepared to re-
ceive the shock of the locomotive. As
was afterward learned, they had taken
rawhlde strips, braided them together
and, with force Of fifty at each end of
the rope, thought that they would be
able to stop the train. The instant the
locomotive struck the rope the air was
full of Indians. They We're thrown in
all directions. Some were jerked clear
across the train and more than dozen
We're killed or seriously injured. This
was the last attempt made for years to
stop the trains.-St. Louis Globe-Demo-
GRAFT
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-03-15

A truthful farmer, living near Salem.
Or, is authority for the statement that
in his garden one day last week they
We're planting, digging and hoeing pota-
toes, They were digging last years
crop, after being in the ground through
what the calendar calls winter, and they
were hoeing potatoes that were planted
some time ago.
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Hone without Faith,

ooh, doctor, l have sent for you,
certainly; still | must confess l have
not the slightest faith in modern lnedi-
cal science.
"Oh, that doesn t matter in the least.
You see, a mule has no faith in the
veterinary surgeon, and yet he cures
him all the same. ''-Tagliche Rund-
sChau.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-03-15

one. That subtitle and lurking foe, which under
the generic name Cf malaria mHnifests itself,
when it clutches us in its tenacious grasp, in
the various forms of chills and fever, bilious re-
mittent, dumb ague or ague cake can only be
eiiectually guarded agaiust by tortifying the
system against its insidious attacks with Hos
letters stomach Btters, thorough an, ldote to
the poison of miasma in the system, an a safe
guard against it thoroughly to be relied upon.
In the event OF malarious attack avoid poison
ing your system with qunine, and use instead
this wholesome remedy, unobjectionable in
taste and far more efficacious than any drug.
Use the Bitters for dyspepsia, biliousness, con
stlpation, kidney complaints and rheumatism.
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SAFE, QUICK AND EFFECTIVE.

The valuable curative properties of ALL
COCKS Porous PLAsTERs are due to the EN-
ployment of the highest medical and chem
ical skill. They are purely vegetable, and
in ingredients and method have never been
equaled; safe, quick and effective in their
action, they do not burn or blister, but
soothe and relieve while curing, and can be
worn without causing inconvenience.
All other so-called Porous Plasters are
limitations, made to sell on the reputation
of ALLCOCK's
BRANDRETH's PILLS, the safest purgative
known.
Occasionally an attempted witticism like this
is perpetra ed and goes to the Dead Letter Office
"SvlNester Brown Il red .faCed scrub,
To whom this letter wants to go,
Is chOpping cord wood for his grub,
In Silver City, Idaho"
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An Economical Wife.

He-I can't SCI my clothes to the
tailor's every time they need button.
We must economize. Can't you sew
on these suspender buttons yourself?
She-Here, my dear; fasten them
up with hairpin. That will save
thread, you know.-New York Weekly.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-03-15

"What We're your gross receipts last
Year" said Il lover of statistics to a
popular actress, and she, who had count
ed her gain in flesh fearfully day by day,
answered mournfully, Ninety eight
pounds. Judge.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-03-15

Fishing for soup is always precarious
business The time is short to catch
them in, and not infrequently a cold
storm, few days after the run begins,
drives them off the coast, and the season
Is failure. In one heavy blow recent
ly 400 barrels of soup got out of the
seines off Newport, h. |.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-03-15

Sir Boyle Roche said, "Single misfor-
tunes never come alone, and the greatest
Of all possible misfortunes is generally
followed by much greater"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-03-15

President Roberts, of the Pennsylva-
MIA, stated that last year that railroad
carried 100000 tons of coal monthly.
In ten years there has been an increase
Of 800 per cent in the carriage of coal.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-03-15

The talent of success is nothing NOR
than doing what you can do well an.
doing well whatever you do without
thought of fame.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-03-15

a light supper, a good nights sleep
and fine morning have often made a
hero Of the same man who by indiges-
ton, restless night and a rainy morn
ingwould have proved a coward. -Ches-
tarfin1l
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The quantity of ozone varies greatly
in different places. There is no rule for
its distribution, but it exists in greatest
quantities by the sea and in mountain
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August
Flower

am Post Master here and keep
a Store. Ihave kept August Flower
for sale for some time. / think it is
a splendid medicine" f. A. Bond,
P. NJ, Pavilion Centre, N. Y.
The stomach is the reservoir.
If it fails, everything fails. The
liver, the kidneys, the lungs, the
heart, the head, the blood, the nerves
all go wrong. If you feel wrong,
look to the stomach first. Put that
right at once by using August
Flower. 1t assures a good appetite
and good digestion. q
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Irritation of the Throat and Hoarseness
Immediately relieved by "Brown's Bronchial
TrOchcs."