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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-01-17

and last the animal down on the bills a.
the fierce and untamable grizzly be;r
of California"
To Nose, who had elbowed his way to
the rope which separated the animal
from the crowd, the bear was all that the
bills claimed forit, but to an experienced
observer there was an air of helplessness
and old age about it which was borne
out by the sight of his nearly toothless
gums as he caught peanuts and apples
with dexterity born of long practice.
Looking about for Bill, Nose found
that that young gentleman had for
some reason declined to follow him, and
was stationed on the other side of the
rope, making signs to him to give the
biscuit to the bear
Taking advantage Of time when
every body seemed to be looking over to
the other side Of the tent, where spir-
tied encounter was going on between
two country youths, Nose tossed the
biscuit into the bears capacious mouth
where it instantly disappeared from
view.
The result was somewhat different
from what Nose expected. Instead of
giving him grateful look for the dainty
| tid-bit, the bear stared at him moment
with look of panied surprise on his
features, and then, with howl Of min
gled rage and pain, broke the rope
which held him, and came down upon
the unfortunate darby like a whirlpool.
"Oh, Lordy?' groaned Nose, whose
kinky hair fairly Strengthened out in his
terror, "Oh, Lordy'! rs done TO-, and
he sank in heap before the enraged
| bear.
This act probably saved him from re-
ceiving some severe injuries, for the
bear stumbled over him, heels over head,
and before it had time to get up was
caught by some circus men, who prompt
ly bundled it into a cage.
"Wot is it" asked Nose family, as he
slowly rose to his feet.
my young colored FRIEND" answered
the head Snowman, as he assisted him out
of the tent with the toe Of his boot,
''never let me catch you round here
again feeding Cayenne pepper to my
animals"
Nose received a warm welcome from
Aunt Caroline that night-very warm,
coming asst did right after the applica-
ton of the circus mans toe, but he says
everlasting whuppin" he gave Bill
johnson the next day.-Arthur Chap
man in Philadelphia Times.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-01-17
PROGRESS AND SCIENCE.

A method of soldering aluminium
has just been discovered.
The new English bicycle is to be
worked by both hands and feet.
An inventor has devised childs'
swing which will work the well pump
as the child swings.
A Massachusetts firm is introducing
a new electrical heater for practical
use in public buildings and offices.
1t takes from six to eighteen months
to prepare horse to furnish the serum
used in the latest cure for diphtheria.
A machine that drys 5000 stockings
a day has been placed in a Spring City
hosiery mill.-Pihladelphia Record.
Pears have twice as much digestible
protein or muscle forming food as
oats, and more than twice as much as
corn.
An apparatus is on trial in Great
Britain which, it is claimed, will
abate the saver gas nuisance in large
cities.
1t is said that the frigate bird can
fly at the rate of " miles an hour and
live in the air a week at a time with
out touching a roost.
Wheels propelled by petroleum are
being introduced in Paris to take the
place of the cycle. They are very cost
ly, $1,000 being the price for one.
According to London Electricity"
Mr.. Hill of Manchester, who seems
to have invented a number of curious
contrivances, has lately devised an
electrical parrot teacher which is made
up of photograph, a motor, an cleo
tro-magnet and battery.
The beneficial effects of liberation,
says "The Medical News" October
9th, seems to be strikingly shown by
the experience of Girard College, Phil
adelphia. This is located in the dis
trict which has been for some years
supplied by direct pumpage-that is, the
Schuylkill water is thrown directly
into the pipes. The typhoid death
rate for 1898 was quite high in that
district. although apart from the bad
water the sanitary conditions are
favorable. At Girard College, how
ever, there is but little of the fever in
population of over 1900. All the
water supplied to the institution is
thoroughly filtered.
One of the biggest undertakings in
water works construction in the State
of Maine is that part of the Bath
water works extension that must cross
the Kennebec River to give the city a
water supply from Nequasset Lake, in
Woolwich. From the Bath shore to
the Woolwich side is nearly 5000 feet
and the depth of water from forty to
fifty feet at low tide. The 16-inch
pipe, each section twelve feet long, is
put together on scow and lowered to
the bottom of the river by means of a
long slide, inclined at an angle of
twenty-five degrees Three serious ac-
cidents have occasioned the managers
much trouble, but the work will be car
ried through in spite of difficulties.
The different pieces of pipe are con-
nected by movable elbow joints, max
ing the whole an immense flexible tube.
-Rockland, Maine, Star.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-01-17
An Historic Old Town.

Borgo is an old town about forty miles
from Helsingfors, and certainly the most
characteristic Of the small towns of Fin
land. By the side Of the old town, with
its quaint, irregular houses and its tortu-
Gus streets, there are square and I'M
picturesque quarters, with houses paint
ed with yellow ocher, and reminding one
by their shape of cigar boxes. Situated
at the mouth of little river, and prettily
set in frame of hills and ancient forti-
fications, covered with venerable pine
trees, Borgo presents a most curious as
pect.
The old white cathe 1ral the strange
houses of the old town, painted red,
ocher and orange; the sheds and ware
houses built along the river, with their
foundations in the water itself, and
everywhere in the intervals between
these odd wooden buildings the fresh
greenery of the gardens-such are some
of the features which make this little
town so characteristic The cathedral
Is large square monument built of
blocks of granite, whitewashed, and with
pointed gables. The steeple is separate
from the church at distance of abont
fifty PAGES. 1t is the type of almost all
cur churches of the Catholic era-that
is to say, before Gustavus Vasa.
1t was in this church of Borgo that
Alexander in 1909 opened the Finnish
diet, by which he promised to preserve
and to respect forever the religion, the
laws and the Swedish constitution of the
country, thus, according to his own
words, raising Finland to place among
natl ns."-Albert Edelfelt in Harper's.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-01-17

Pigeons took the place Of electric wires
from many of the chief cities Of Italy in
transmitting the congratulations to
Queen Marguerite on her silver wedding
day. No presents were given to this
royal wife, beloved of her subjects as
she is, for it was requested that any
funds which might be raised for this
purpose should BIO given to the poor. In
accordance with this wish, Genoa sub
scribed 100000 francs toward the four
dation of an orphans home. Turin al
loted similar sum to local charity.
and other towns followed.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-01-17
Curious Advice.

am reminded of curious bit of ad.
vice heard a shrewd elderly man give
to young acquaintance who was about
to start in business.
"Have you any cash, Harry" asked he.
The youth named a respectable sum.
"Have you any credit?'
Inc young man replied again in the
Affirmative, going over promising list
OF his advantageous connections.
Then let me give you hint gratis"
said the old reprobate. "Use your credit
up first, my boy; your cash is good any
time."-Kate Fields Washington,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-01-17

wheat than any other country in
Europe, and yet numbers six million OF
its population who do not even know
the taste of bread made of rye, buck
wheat, maize or chestnut meal. Thus
it appears that the world progresses
but slowly toward the literal realiza-
ton of the familiar prayer of Christen-
dom, "Give US this day our daily
bread. THE Literary Digest.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-01-17

The bow is first seen depicted on
Egyptian monuments about 200 3. G.
Its form then did not differ greatly
from that in use among boys at the pre-
Sent day. 1t was used in European
warfare as late as 1910.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-01-17

Silken fabrics should never DO kept
folded in white paper. The chloride
Of lime which is used to bleach the
paper causes chemical change in the
silk, and Injuries the color.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-01-17

Friend-Are you superstitiousp Do
you believe in signs? Successful Mer-
chant-No; newspaper advertisements
are better-and cheaper. Printers
Ink.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-01-17

The colored element is increasing
much less rapidly than the white
not only in the country at large but in
the Southern States.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-01-17

Bells were first placed in churches
about 400 A. D.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-05-28

1.-The word centipcd in the mouth Of
the old sailor, as cf the negro. becomes
's;ntipede' or 'santifee, but think Joe
Galbraith. Il Hibernian ranchman ut
New Mexico. should be- credited with
giving II the most remarkable twist
from it, dictionary pronunciation, said
the topographer in a surveying party.
Joe cmnpcd alongside u one night on
our way to Camp Grant As two If uur
men in the morning We're shaking a
blanket which had been spread next
the ground "A centipcd six inches long
ran ont from the under side Of tile
blanket up the sleeve and face If one Of
the two men. The man ; whiSkers saved
his face from the needlelike feet, and he
brushed the reptile of To the ground
without sustaining injury. The cent?
ped was killed, and the party gathered
round to look at it, among them Joe,
eager to air his knowledge
Don't you know what that is:' he
said wisely. Its Santa Fe They say
thev're pizener'n hell New York
sun.
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Tides and Storms.

When tempest Is approaching or
passing ont on the ocean, the tides are
noticeably higher than usual, as if the
water had been driven in vast wave
before the storm. The influence extends
TO 4 great distance from the cyclonic
storm center, So that the possibility ex-
lists Of forctelling the approach Of a dan
gerous hurricane by means If indications
furnished by tide gauges situated far
away from the place then occupied by
the whirling winds.
The fact that the tidal wave outStrips
the advancing storm shows how extreme
ly sensitive the surface of the sea Is 20
the changes Of pressure brought 10 bear
upon il hv the never resting atmosphere.
Youth Companion.
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a 4caoloolcAL WONDER.
Tll- Complicated Tin,c Keepirfs 1ddity In
veafed by Russian Pole.

vensed by n Russian Pole
The prize wonder in the shape Of
cloc,x Is tlla Invention of Russian Pole
n.mcH Coldfadon. THE Inventor is
cl0s.l,nal-cr If Warsaw and boasts that
he worked over 900 days ON this time
lcen:rg odditv. The clock r. l.C Its a
railway station. with waiting rooms for
travellers. telegraph and ticket offices
and n very pretty and nItural platform
well lighted and having n lr' center a
flower garden ard siputing fountain.
There are also signal boxes, lights
switches. water tanhS-!n fact, every
thing used IN conjunction with "A Well
regulated railway station. There -
dial in the center tower. which shows
time at New York, Peling, Warsaw and
London. Every quarter of AN hour the
station begins 70 show signs Of life.
First all Of the little figures of telegraph
operators begin 10 work their machines,
the head automaton going through the
form Of sending dispatch TO the effect
that 1.-THE line is clear. Then the door
opens. and upon the platform appear
the station master and his assistants
Next IA long line Of little figures file mp
10 the miniature ticket office.
After this the porters appear, carrying
luggage, The bell rings, and instantly a
miniature train daShes ont of a tunnel
and halts before the platform of tho sta
tion house. While the train j. waiting q
miniature figure tests the wheels and
axles with IA tiny hammer, another
pumps water into the tank Of the cn-
zine. while a third buSies himself stow
ing away small Jumps of coal in the sll-
yer plated tender. There Is one sigma
Of the bell, whereupon the door Of th'
single coach opens. and the little fiSures
slide in ON an almost invisible wire
the opening closing after them. A >ec
ond tan of the bell is the signal for the
wheel tester. waterman and fuel carriel
to retire into the station house.
After the third signal the whistle
gives two tOots. and the train quickly
disappears IN u tunnel opposite % th'
ono from which il emerged five minute
before. Whom the train j. out Of sight
the station master and his assistant
leave the platform, the doors close be
.lind them. and they all retire 20 IN
other side If the station house. where
MT the expiration of II minutes. IL
train again appears, and the passenger
lille ont and seat themselves in IT, huild
ing rraparatcrv To taking anut.er trl
around the station house. st. Loui
Republic
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-05-28
LOPSIDEO HENS.
How "a Cape Elizabeth Man Praduced =
Breed Of Nun~crAtchers.

How Cape Elizahcth Man Produced
Breed Of N"n>crItohers.
Speak, Of hens reminds me Of a
worthy tavusm11 IL ours, J. Fairfield
Tut-lc. who had Z small patch ~ straw
berries 80 si;ustcd thar only fence,
and a poor one at that, divided them
from !, -Iblr'. hcnvird ard these
same hens bothered our friend very
much Nv getting through the f,-ce and
scratching nip the strawberry rl..utS.
Our friend tried many ways - rid
himself Of tL"%;. Int failed until one
iav hc saw rs ncighbor IN the act e
setting ann,her hen.
Now. il i necessary for you % know
that the hons above mentioned We're II
what i known rs the Shanghai breed
and lad very long lcgs. Ii occurred %
our friend Tuttle that he saw u way ont
of the difficulty. 30 procuring half a
dozen bantam (short legs eggs he stole
over during the night. took ont six OF
thn eggs that We're under rhc len and
replaced them with the six bantam.
What was the result: When the chicks
were matched, each one had one short
and one long leg and when they would
stand on the short lc@ and try - scratch
with the long one they would only sue
coed in throwing themselves over
When they would stand ON the long log
the short one would not reach th'
ground by several inches, and 50 in th'
matter Of scratching they We're not in il
so To speak. Cape Elizabeth Sentinel
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7. P. a. Fort Worth. Tex.
Epworth League. Chattanooga.

In securing tickets for the Tnterna-
tiOnal Conference of the Epworth
League to be held at Chattanooga,
June 9th to 30th, inclusive, be sure
that same read over the Texas 4 Pa
cific railway, which il the only line
that can give you choice of routes,
via Memphis, Shreveport or New
Orleans The rate will be one low
est first-class fare for the round trip !;
tickets to be sold June 25th, Goth and
27th, limited to fifteen days from
date of sale for return, with privi-
lege of extending the limit Is days
by depositing the return portion of
ticket at Chattanooga.
For further information call on or
address your nearest ticket agent or
GAsTON MEsLIER,
e. p. x L. A. Dallas, Tex
w. A. .DAsHIELI,
I. p. 4. Dallas, Tex.
Get your door and window screens
from Ri"~ns 4 Williams II
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ARDMoRE, TUESDAY, MAY 2s

WHAT this country needs !
some justice swift and sure like
that visited by the British upon
Oscar Wilde and his man TAYLOR
American judges sometimes make
themselves particeps criminis OF
criminals whose eases they assist
in staving off from year to year.
Dallas News.
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Ube Daily = omorettc.

#NDIished Every Afternoon Saturday Ex-
60 ceDted) and SUNDAY Morning
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A Frankfard bard wrote a poem 10 his
inamorata which was published in a sub
urban paper He said her month was
like a cowslip. The printer spared il and
it read COWS lip" Unhappy bard -
Philadelphia Record.
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THE rates of insurance premiums
rs they exist in Ardmore 1T the
present writing. are strong argu
ments in favor OF waterworkS and
fire brigade.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-05-28

Get your door and window screens
from Ri"~ns x Williams II
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SECRETARY OF STATE GRESHAM
is dead. having passed away al
Washington this morning after a
short illness. \ statesman and
diplomat, his place III the na,i"nal
councils will be hard to fill.
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Office Opposite Wisnor hotel, Ard
more, !. t.
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DoN T let the question Of water
works go into a state OF innocuous
dessuetude. but keep it we'll before
the people.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-05-28

The advertiser who plants with the
ARDMoREITE is the man who gets
returns on his investment. The ARD
MoREITE is read and reread by every
intelligent man, woman and child in
the city, hence the value of its space.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-05-28

The advertiser who plants with the
ARDMoREITE is the man who gets
returns on his investment. The ARD
MoREITE is read and reread by every
intelligent man, woman and child in
the city, hence the value of its space.
If YOU wish to reach the country
people with your advertising, no bet
ter means can be found than through
the columns of the WEEKLY ARD
MoREITE. 1t is the most popular
weekly published in the territory.
Published on Wednesday of each
week.
International Conference Epworth
League, Chattanooga. Tenn, June
q to 80, 1895. For the above occa-
sion the G., c. K ;. F. Railway San
Ia Fe Route viii sell round tickets
at rate of one fare for the round
trip The rate is open TO all. Tick
cts will be sold June p, % and %,
good for fifteen days for return, but
by depositing tickets at Chattanooga
they can be extended to be good thir-
tv days from date of sale. Call on
the undersigned for further intorma-
ton. |. K. MASON, Agent.
The ARDMoREITE Job department
is prepared to turn out any and all
kinds of work in the most artistic
manner and in short time. If you
need anything in that line call around
and get prices. Satisfaction guaran-
teed.
Standard Cotton Belt Attractions.
Through trains twice each day
from Fort Worth, Llano, Greenville,
Sherman, Whitewright, Wolfe City,
Sulphur Springs, Waco, Hillsboro,
Corsicana, Tyler, Pittsburg and Tex
arkana to Memphis, Tenn, making
close connections at Memphis for the
Old States, and at Texarkana max
ing close connections for St. Louis
and the north via st. l.. |. NJ. X ;
Ry.
Pullman sleeping coach service
from the above cities for Memphi,
via "Cotton Belt Route, and for st
Louis via St. l.. |. Nj. X ,. Ry., from
Texarkana.
Through Pullman sleepers from
San Antonio to Memphis via Inter
national & Great Northern railway
TYLER and "Cotton Belt Route.
Close connections to receive anC
deliver passengers in Texas as fol
lows: Greenville with the NJ. X. 1
T., and Texas Midland railway; Pla
no with the H. & t. c. railway; For
Worth with the Fl. & ID. G.; Fit. w
&R.G G.. c. & S. F; t. < p. rail
ways, Big Sandy with the I. x T
railway; Tyler with the |. & G. \
railway; Corsicana with the II. < I
C. railway; Waco with the NJ X.
T. and S. A. & A. P. railway; Nc
Gregor with the G.. G. 4 5. F. Ry.
All Rexas railways sell tickets vi
the Cotton Belt Route ask theT
and secure the accommodations an
quick time offered by the only lin
running solid trains from Texas t
Memphis. All enquiries answere
promptly by ). 6. WARMER,
G.. p. A. Tyler, Tex.
A. A. GLISSoN,
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The drummer was dumbfounded
and the dry goods clerk beat a hot
retreat for our camping place.
"How many OF you have got the
smallpox ?" inquired.
"One boy. Him's dead. We bur.
ried he's clothes last night by the
river. No come here il you's
'fraid."
turned towards the drummer.
The drummer was gone. His coat
tail just swished around a mes
quite bush, as l wheeled about to
start for camp. l had been vaccin-
ated and had gone through the pest
house, and in company with ply
stefan had visited his patients
during the smallpox scare few
years previous. But 1 stopped at
the river and washed my hands.
Lady Macbeth did not wash her
hands more scrupulously after the
murder of Duncan.
The dry goods clerk was already
on the road when the drummer
mounted his bicycle, but the latter
overlook him, and both were riding
like mad when 1 came up with
them little later.
We did not have much to say.
Now and then, as the drummer
caught his breath, he would ejacu-
late. "Great Scott - / touched all
his clothes.
what are you going to do about
it?" / asked.
"Going home"
The dry goods clerk turned of at
a side street aud made q bee line
for home. That very afternoon he
had himself vaccinated, and for a
week after we exchanged symptoms
but fortunately came off un-
scathsd. Surely that would have
made quite a sensation, but for
reasons personal, we kept it pri-
vate until all danger OF being iso-
lated in the pest house, passed
away.
The drummer took the first train
out of town, and had his effects
sent home by express. Perhaps he
is still selling goods. Perhaps his
territory has been changed to that
realm where there are neither fish,
smallpox nor sensations. Who
knows? /, at least, have not heard
from him to this day.