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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-28
rnIRTY-THRee FEET AT A BOUND.
The Tremendous Leap Made by . Hungry
Wildcat After His Breakfast.

Wildcat After His Breakfast.
The wonderful power of wildcat is
shown in its ability to leap long dis
tances. All of the cat tribe have i'm
mense power in their legs, and they
make up in the length of their spring
their inability to make continued
chase African leopards in captivity
have been known to leap from the floor
of the cages and strike the top, ~ feet
above. Tigers make tremendous leaps
and strike down on their prey with a
blow Of their powerful paws as they
alight. But the wildcat. for its size, is
probably the most wonderful jumper of
all the felines.
A hunter who is we'll known for his
veracity recently told the following
story of an adventure which illustrates
this power:
81 was hunting in the snow and came
across the track of wildcat, which |
followed for long distance. Suddenly
the tracks came to an end in spot
where the animal had crouched. look
ed around to see what had become of
the trail, and away head of me saw a
bunch of blood and feathers. From that
spot the track led ON again off into a
swamp. The situation was susceptible
TO but one explanation-the wildcat
had been hunting for his dinner and
had discovered pheasant wandering
about in the snow. The cat crept as
close as he dared to the unsuspecting
bird and gathered himself into an ami
mated spiral spring, such as the cat
tribe coil themselves into when prepar-
ing to spring, and releasing the trigger
shot into the air, landing on top of the
victim before the bird, quick as pleas
ants usually are, could evade the stroke
The distance from where the cat crouch
ed to where it caught the bird was just
33 feet. I naturally supposed from the
length of the leap that the cat was
! young and in full activity, but after
trailed it to the swamp and shot 1t
discovered that it was old and almost
toothless. The animals hunger may
have spurred him to the great jump. If
not, and the leap was an evidence of
what superannuated wildcat can do,
/ wouldn't be surprised to learn that a
young and active wildcat could clear
at least twice that distance when press
ed by necessity. boston Journal.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-28
THE AMERICAN GIRL.

1t is difficult for a man to gain ro-
mantle interest in an American girls
eyes. She has been used to attention
from her cradle. She has had flowers
and candy, photographs and gifts from
q score. o. tassA~~ -hefors in the ordi.
nary sense, she goes out into susatv a.
all. You can hardly call her nIrt.
because the conventions of her country
make flirting matter of course. IL Is
not to be supposed that there are 40
conventions across the Atlantic and
that every woman can do that which
Is right in her own eyes; but the limits
OF American propriety are so different
from ours that English eyes may some.
Tunes fail to see them. In the larger
cities severer notions of the proprieties
are coming in, but the mass of the
people hold to the old free WAYS A
girl may receive letters from a man
who is not her accepted lover, and her
mother, though she may fret and fidget
to know their contents, does not feel
that she has right to ask. If a girl
meets young man whom she regards
as agreeable she asks him to call on
her, There is nothing unmaidenly in
the invitation; it implies no more than
the admission that an occasional chat
with him would be pleasant. It would
be regarded as infinitely more forward
II he asked permission to visit her,
and as she shrewdly argues, she can
exercise ludicious selection in her
visitors much more effectivly and with
more courtesy by herself taking the in.
itlative In invitation than if she left it
to the man.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-28
YOUNG WOMAN, BEWARE.
Be Sure You Can support . Man Before
Marrying Him.


Breach of promise suits brought by
men against women are becoming COM
mon. Evidently the emancipated wom
an is not doing her duty by her weaker
and less capable brother She wins his
affections and then casts him off on a
cold world without any visible means
of support 1t is not uncommon for
women to be rich in their own right
nowadays. Many women earn fine in
comes. These self supporting women
have not yet developed, along with 9TH
err things masculine, the old, fine. man.
" sense of responsibility toward the
loving and dependent Will woman be
in all respects the equal of man until
she learns this lesson?
In the good time coming a young wom-
an will consider it dishonorable to enter
into matrimonial engagement with
Young man whom she has not the ability
to support. Some of the half emancipat-
ed girls are so thoughtless They lure
youth on to propose, we'll knowing that
their salaries are barely sufficient to
crafty their own feminine fancies. Or
even heiresses will wed a poor young
man, only to grow tired Of him present
ly, when his charms begin to fade.
Then he is divorced and forced to re-
turn to the ribbon counter and work for
a living,
They manage those things better on
the continent There the custom allows
a poor but honest prince to compel the
American millionairess to settle a suit
able marriage portion Oh him before he
consents to accept her hand. Our own
men can make similar custom here if
they will be equally firm. They owe it
to themselves to do so. Young love is
very beautiful, no doubt, but no tr1e
woman will think of marrying until she
is able to support husband. Buffalo
EXPRESS
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-28
OLD TIME SMUGGLING.
How the Business of Cheating the Govern
ment Has Degenerated.

HOW the EbuelHtss VI thO
ment Has Degenerated.
Instead of a run by night in an open
boat from the French coast to the shores
of Hampshire, Sussex, Essex or Kent, we
have to content ourselves III these prosalc
times with petty attempts to cheat the
revenue, for which women are more fire.
quently responsible than men. Such an
incident once happened at Belfast, where
an Irishwoman named Mary McMahon
was brought to the police court charged
with keeping whisky on premises which
we're unlicensed. Sergeant Jones de-
posed that he went into the defendants
house and found woman named Gray
ton, who was seated before the tlre.
Upon searching her the sergeant came
upon So bottles Of porter and two bottles
Of whisky slowed away in her petit
coats. To the inexpressible amusement
Of the spectators the sergeant produced
the peccant garments in court. Each
petticoat was made of coarse sacking
and was grit with innumerable pockets,
and all of them lined with soft material
so as to keep the bottles from clinking
and possibly breaking each other.
Unhappily for poor Mary Mcmahon,
the petticoats, whisky and porter were
confscated by the relentless police mag
istrate, and the chief delinquent was
sent to Jail for three months J enter
tain no doubt that the hearty sympathies
Of nine-tenths of those present in court
went with Mary Mcmahon to limbo
There has, we fear, never been a time
in Scotland or Ireland when surrepti-
never paid a bawbee to the state excheq-
uer did not, like stolen kisses, taste the
sweeter because of their clandestine
birth.
He however, who would fain find
amusing stories about running the block
ade and smuggling contraband of war
through an enemys lines may turn with
advantage to many transatlantic maya
zines which TEEN with articles revealing
the illicit trade carried on during the
American civil war. Ladies of the Belle
Boyd and Mrs. Greenhow type were
caught trying to make their way down
south with countless boxes of copper
caps and packages of quinine stitched
into their crinolines. Captain Roberts,
better known under his real name, Ho.
bart Pasha, tells us that he struggled
great quantities of Cookies pills into Sc.
cessna, but that the southerners, differ.
ing il taste from the lamented Colonel
Fred Burnaby, would have none of them
A certain young lady, who appeared
to be in delicate health, took ship at New
York for Havana, whence she hoped tC
run the blockade into Mobile. Over
powered by seasickness during the voy
age, she could not prevent the steward
ess from discovering that she was CIR
round about with linen bandages, among
which many costly drugs were slowed
Such is the complexion to which modern
smuggling has come at last. Our coas
guards have no preventive duties to per
form, and their only raison d'etre is t.
watch that no foreign foe makes de
scent on our coasts. The Dirk Halter
alexis of the past are as dead as the pi
rates of the Captain Cleveland order
and in their stead petty larceny revenue
cheaters like Mary MacMahon hav
sprung into xistence.-London Society
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-28

1t is not agood plan to clean bronzes.
as the polish is very easily spoiled, but
if necessary nothing is better than
cleaning them with water and ammo
MIA, using stiff brush like a nail
brush. Dry carefully after rinsing thor
oughly. They should be carefully dust
ed every day with a soft cloth and a
feather brush, and a little sweet oil may
be rubbed on occasionally. To remove
stains from bronze make the article very
hot by dipping it in boiling water; then
rub it with piece Of flannel dipped in
suds made from yellow soap, rubbing
clean with soft linen cloths. Chicago
Herald
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-28
BEST MAN AT THE WEDDING.
Pats Graphic Account Of the Disastrous
Mistake That He Made.

Mistake That He Made.
An Irish teamster asked for half
holiday for the purpose of attending his
sisters wedding, and the request was
granted. When he made his appearance
the next morning, his right arm was in
a sling, there was plaster across his
nose and raw oyster in poultice
against his eye. His left ear looked like
cauliflower. Why, Pat" said his
employer, II thought you were going
to your sisters wedding? You look as
though you had gone to cyclone festi
val. "
II wor at tn weddin, sor," said Pat.
Twas tn thruth tould yez. -
well, how did you get bunged up
this way" inquired the merchant.
'1'll tell yez, scr, replied Pat Dye
see, whin l got there and whit in tn
people were standin forninst the priest,
an be the side O. thin wor man In a
pintail coat and big sphlatterin white
shirt. l tucked at UNI, an he tucked at
me. oh, no, seq / till myself, seq !,
AN ye think yer jewdr Wuth thot I
got wee bit closer an tucked at UNI
vance moore. He gave twist till his
lip like and turned his back. No Gal
lagher ever took that, SEE I till meselt
agin, an l taps me laddiebuck on the
showl1er.
" An who may yez be, me bould
buckoo!' SEE l, feelin that the blood O
the Gallaghers had been insulted.
" I'm the best mon, seq he.
" TIL the best mon?' says I.
" 'Thot's what said, seq he 'Th
best mon, an, sor," said Pat as h,
shifted the oyster on his eye, "he wuz. ;
New York Mail and Express.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-28
Crispi Bears No Malice.

Long and intimately as I have known
him, in and out Of Office, have neve,
heard him speak one spiteful or mali
cious word Of any man, and no matter
what may have been his personal rela,
tions with men, If their views on pub,
lie matters agree, cooperation is Ger.
tain. The rancor and personality which
form SO discouraging an element in Ital
ian politics have no place in Crispi's
nature w. ]. Stillman in Century.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-28
Righteous Indignation.

Mrs. Youngma-0h, I'm SO boiling
over with righteous indignation don't
know what to do I'd--I'd like to bite
somebody.
Friend-Whom?
Whom? Why, those coarse, brutal,
lnhuman owners of the ST. Quiet flats.
They refused to rent to me.
Everybody knows that they object
to children, my dear. :"
YES, of course-but they objected
to mine. New York Weekly.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-28
Chinese Temples In America.

The census bureau has issued bui.
letin which shows that there are AZ Chi
nese temples in the United States, val.
ued at 1852 900, claiming 100, 900 worship
ers. Forty Of these temples are in Cali.
fornia, 4 In New York, Q in Idaho and /
in Oregon.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-28
The Word .'Boss."

The word boss" SO commonly APP
piled by an inferior to one of higher
grade in the United States, is not, as
generally supposed, American in its or
igin. 1t comes from the Low German
and is heard frequently in continental
Europe. In Germany one often sees the
sign "Schlaf Baas," which, translated,
means the boss of lodging house. -
Hardware.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-28
MUSIC AND SNAKES.
Water Reptiles Become DemOnstrative at
u the Sound of an Instrument.

the Sound of an Instrument.
Noises of every kind have peculiar
attraction for water snakes, and Incl
dentally it may be stated THAI water
moccasins of the Dismal swamp region
are nearly or quite as deadly in their
bite as the land family of moocasins. If
a pistol be fired two or three times over
a pond, creek or any still body of water,
the reptiles will suddenly appear from
every quarter, seeming TO be evolved
out of thin air, SO rapid is their COM
ing, and they swim about for several
moments in great agitation. Sometimes
their numbers will swell to several
hundred, and it is believed by the ma
tives that ON such occasions they are
especially dangerous The same result
is attained if any musical instrument
be played along shore or in a boat, ex-
cept that the reptiles are less demon
strative, remaining nearly still upon
the surface or hanging around upon
bushes that overlap the waters edge.
The multitude of snakes to be seen in
certain localities is so great that verify
no man can number them. This is es-
pecially true after heavy rains, when
the swamps are overfowed, and they
are driven to the higher places. Re-
moved from their regular haunts, they
appear to be gregarious, budding and
crowding together, sluggish and indif
ferent to every thing, as though utterly
overcome of homesickness. Yet they are
easily aroused and excited at the ap.
proach of man. when, seemingly in.
spired of courage through numbers,
they decline to get out of his path ano
will show fight if he attempts to mo-
lest them. Chicago Tribune
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-28
How Ounce Tastes.

A ounce is about the most WORTHLESS.
thing we know anything about, It is
not good raw, and when preserved has
taste that reminds you Of an old maids
kiss. 1t is simply suggestion of some.
thing good. --Atchison Globe.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-28

This shape doesn't seem to be as be-
coming as small hat; do you think
sop
MlliiDer-Oh, my, yes. You can't
see how much Of your face 1t covers up.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-28

The Indian name Of Hackensack, N.
j., was Haucquansauk, or hook mouth,
from tie windings Of the river ere 1t
emptied into Newark bay.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-28

1t is 'elieved by microscopists that
the highst powers of their instruments
have notTet revealed the most minute
forms Of nimal life.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-28
Tho Mystery Of It.

Mrs. Sniffwell- Why, Bridget, you
have been eating onionsl
Bridget-Shure, mum, you re moind
reader CULVER.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-28

John d. Rockefeller, the Standard
Oil King, is the richest man in the
country. His fortune has now reached
the gigantic figure of $l45, 900, 900.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-11-06
B. & O.

TRAINS LEAVE DELAW ARE AVE-
NUE. DEPOT. EAST BOUND.
All trains Illuminated with Pintzeli
..sj FM 80 T9R s Ssssssy r. :Hs Is Gs
NV IoRS i saSasy: :, :sos 's I .iois,
PHiLA SRB LdiiEsrS TTs sFTFisisTsS
~ Yee!s $50 e. i 81 i'll lilo Z
1910, .i5S, .22o. 's.06. s.25, AIS, s5-as, $40,
'7S2, Sc 10. ~ n F. III M am 90 90 .1o1s ms
a, M; sio. sso. :s,6e. As. 'S,ss go, 'l.ss.
FL L II hk ( g EWBHEE,u AND
Week.. days, 's.os, $50, $3.50. 'lo.l0' 'lo.sS
suadays VS. sos, .iS.is. .n.s5 a. m; '7.s2,
cRREsriER. weekdays. .sos. sos. 60
IA IA SO 'sis 'lals, .lS ss 81 ss y IN .iss;
Ss i j; sunday IS ~ 90 ;s "a s ss
1 14I "a !! c!Er$ vssA-qsy,, $50
a c e En- MY + M weekdays. Gao a. M; .l5s
p. m sund@Wysiir s 81 R & mN
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% B.AIT ri ofSi AND WfY STATIONS.
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.6lS p. IN. Sundays, 's.4s q, m: '5.25 p m.
CIIcAG5o as IN IN 's All, n. ~ q daily Ky
S SE Il q oR LEANS via Bristol and CHAT
t .nn9osa ~, ~ Btoa an daily Through
s' sI%dE 81 S INSTRUMENTATION, 7.o2
a. m. 900. 7S5 p. m. daily, lilo p. m. daily
sh IHpNb SHsasEE;Re ACCOMMODATION.
week days, Lo2. 1927 q. m; i.bS. 6.2S p. m.
sqn aiSa iG fSa 4 r. M G K STREET
STATION.
For New York. weekdays. '1.ls p. m.
sq For ffhlsds s r weekdays. $50 a. M;
days. q p a, m; 2O5. sis, % p. m.
For Pittsburg aud Chicago. daily.
FOR Baitimore, weekdays. $50 a. m,
1925. 800. '5.l5 p m. Sundays. ?, s5l5 pm.
days. $50. 1920 a. M. 2.05. SIS p. m. Sun
days, 9.55 a, M; SIS p, m.
L Edakrh Ms e5srNhr sfREETs,
ron WILMINGTON.
Week days, go. g, di5, g i5s go 'ioss.
ais. .4,4s, .5.i5. '5,4l. 6. $50. .L43. 's2s.
1910. and lsS 2, m.
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.S2s lo.lO and Il. IS p. m:
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., m, Sundays +3.20. s7.55 a. M; s7H pm.
Telephone No 1913,
\ q. o. scuLL, General Passenger Agent.
r. II, CAMPBELL. General Manager
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-11-06

The object Of the Constitutional Con-
vention la South Carolina seems to DO the
dlsfranchisemens Of tho eoiored race 10
order that the domlnancy Of the whites
may be perpetual. Instead OF educating
the colored people 1t 10 proposed to keep
tllcm In Ignorance and make them more
h1Tcrs Of wood and drawers of wateri
4hls policy may serve the purpose intend
a for time. and yet 1t 10 question
whether o State governed by euch
rnethods can continue to prosper. and DO
desirable place Of residence. Brutality
and ignorance 20 together. aud poverty
e sure to follow. Education lenis to pros.
periLy and refinement aud South Caro-.
lima may find It more profitable 10 build
school houses and colleges than iaii4 an,
panltentlaries. Tho danger OF negro . !.
prcmacy may prove mytn. ttH II
ffighten people and 10 tire lapse ~,
II may be proven that those who lra.e-l
10 DO so anxious about the public waIaec
were much more anxious about uera iye
Positions for themselves and tileni-. In
stoad az belpR actuated by love al right
and justice they are ready TO aacr'llcs
both Tor personal ends. and c4,s ,nuod
more for their individual enjoyment than
for the prosperity OF the people at large.
king who stripped chain OF gold from
the statue Of Jupiter Olympus. saylug as
be did so: "Gold is too heavy in summer
and too cold in wlDter. 1t benooves us
TO take care Of Jupiter
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-11-06

SHERIFF'S SALE.--BY VIRTUE OF A
writ of Ieyarl Faclas, to me directed
will be exposed 10 public sale at the
Court House, on Market street between
Tenth and Eleventh streets, In the city
OF Wilmington. New Castle county
ON SATURDAY.
THE sd DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1885,
Mt o'clock p. M.
the following described real estate, viz:
AL that certain lot, piece or parcel OF
land and brick dwelling thereon erected
situate in the city of Wilmington aforc-
said, bounded and described as follows. to
wit:
beginning at point on the westerly side
of West street between Third and Fourth
streets at the middle of tho brick wall
dividing this from the adjoining house of
Charles Warner; thence north rs degrees
west parallel with Third street $50 feet to
a stake in land formerly of Andrew Carey,
now of William s. Bullock; thence along
street 63 feet inches to the northerly side
of Third street; thence by the side thereof
south So degrees east feet to q stake In
land OF the estate of BENJAMIN Ferris;
thence along the same northerly parallel
with West street 4S feet Q inches to a
stake; thence along another line of said
Ferriss land south s. degrees east parallel
with Third street 175 feet to the aforesaid
side of West street, and thence along the
same northerly 20 feet to the place OF be-
ginning. be the contents thereof what they
may.
Seized and taken In execution as the
property of Alfred J. Rumford and Ella
s., his wife, mortsagors and tits and to
be sold by
PAUL GILLIs. Sheriff.
Sherln's ONCE, Wilmington, Delaware,
November 5, 1896.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-11-06


EiectIons toek place IN thirteen States
on Tuesday and ths Republicans achieved
acme notable viotorIsa. giving every
possible assurance Of great Republican
triumph In ls98 and setting cleveland's
third term aspirations for ever at rect
The State Of New York elects a Republl.
can Legislature, and gives Republioan
plurality Of some $1,000 votes. The Tam
manyitas. however. carry the city by
about lsooo plurality through divisions
CAUSED by the excise Law.
In Ohio the Republicans elect their
governor by some $1,000 plurality.
thus extlnguishlng campbelrs Proslden-
tlal aspirations forever, and as the Legis-
iature will be Republican by a decided
majority. Senator Brles may count nls
money quietly Ia Now York, and allow
his Ohio friends to look out for themsel-
YES.
In Psnnsylysnla the Republican maiori-
" for State treasurer, will react about
l75oo0 showtng that the lies OF the Phila-
delphia Record had no influence over the
minds OF the voters.
In Maryland the Republicans and the
Reform Democrats have elected Lowndes,
Republican, for Governor by 10000 ma
jorlty aud aIsoa majority OF the Legisla.
ture. thus ensurinE tho election OF a D. s.
Senator 10 place OF Mr.. Gibson.
In New Jersey the Republicans are re-
ioicing over the election OF John W.
Griggs. and . Republican Legislature. by
soae $4,000 majority and senator Mac.
thereon need not bother his coachman to
seitd orders TO his brokers for stock.
Iowa settles her claim to be put down
In the Republican column by rolling up q
pluraiity-of some $4,000
Kansas goes Republican by at least
10000.
Chicago. H.. goss Republican at least
l5,0oU
It looks as though the Republicans had
also elected Bradley. Governor In Kon-
lucky. though tho Democrats claim tho
election OF Hardin.
The Democrats carry Mississippi by
some so. 900.
Virginia goes Democratic. although tho
Republicans have elected about one fourth
OF the membefs OF the Legislature.
As a rule the elections passed of quiet
ly with little OF any disturbance, except In
Baltimore.