davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-02-06
Commission of Highways.

Washington, D. c., Jan. Ex-senator
Chandler today introduced a bill to
create special commission on high
ways, which is to have for it's objects
the scientific location of roads on the
public domain, the testing of all road
material offered and the construction of
model roads. The commission is to
consist of one member of the Senate.
two members of the House, the chief
OF engineers of the army. the director
OF the geological survey and the chief
of road inquiry of the Department of
Agriculture
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-02-06
MATCHMAKER, JEWEItR AND GPTlClAI
ALEX l. WYATT, 262 Main Street.
NEZ PIERCE,
POTLATCH,
LDALOuSE


These are the names of three great
agricultural and fruit growing dis
tricts in Idaho and Washington,
reached by the Northern Pacific rail
road.
They each adjoin the other an
together form region hard to equal.
The Polouse region has been noted for
its Earvelous grain production. The
Potlatch country is analogous to the
Palouse.
The Nez Perez region lies south OF
the Others and has until recently been
part of great Indian reservation.
500, 900 acres'of it have been thrown
open to settlement and its lands can
be bought upon cheap prices and
terms. Write to Charles s Fee, Gen
eral Passenger Agent, n. p. X. r.,
ST. Paul, Minnesota, or +. ID. Gibbs,
General Agent, Spokane, for folder
and rates
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-02-06
The Pacific Railroads,

Washington, Jan. 29-Two members
of the California Congressional delega-
ton, Messrs Bowers and Barham, ad-
dressed the House Committee on Pa
cific Railroads today in opposition TO
any funding bill for Pacific railroad
debts. They recommended that the
Government should proceed to foreclose
upon the railroads when default is
made in payment of it's obligations
and also denounced the methods by
which Huntington and associates now
managed the property.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-02-06
The Stanford Case

Washington, Jan. 29-Argument in
the Stanford case, involving the liza
bility of the Stanford estate for the
Central Pacific bonds. was concluded
in the United States Supreme court to-
day, and the case taken under advise
ment. Mr.. Choate spoke an hour after
the beginning of the days session. con-
Guiding the argument in Mrs. Stan
ford's behalf and was followed by So
licitor-General Conrad for the Govern
ment. There is no probability Of de-
cision before the beginning of the
March term.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-02-06
KIND TO MR.. FUGIT.

A young man stepped into a depart
ment store to buy fountain pen. The
girl in charge of the showcase sup
piled him with q sheet of paper, bot
lie of ink, and several of the pens; and,
in trying them, one after another, he
covered tie sheet with the words Tenn
pus Fugit. the girl looking on with a
kindly interest IF you buy one, and
II doesn't suit you, Mr. Fugit," she re-
marked, you can bring 1t back and
change It."
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-02-06
Nevada Pnstmasters-

Washington, d. c., Jan. 29.-Fourth-
class postmasters appointed in Nevada,
Geyser, Lincoln county, Elmer Mid
dleton, vice e. NJ. Edwards, resigned.
keystone, Lincoln county, d. ]. Lewis,
vice w. +. Lewis, resigned.
A postoffice has been established at
Glover, Elko county, New, with Charles
Fl. Roland postmaster.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-02-06

Don't forget the G.and Opera
House in Salt Lake City. The best
dramatic company in the West. All
of the players are derect from New
YORK City, Presenting high-class
modern plays in finished manner
Change of bill each week. Prices 25e,
35c, and SOC.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-02-06
AN EMERGENCY CORNER.

To the housekeeper Of moderate
means and simple living there is some
times a feeling of actual panic at the
arrival of an unexpected guest to lunch.
When John is away all day. Johns wife
is not particular about what she eats
at noon. but she feels ashamed to set
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-02-06
Fort Stanton Reservation

Washington, ID. c., Jan. 29.-By au-
thcrity of the President, the military
reservation of Fort Stanton, N NJ, con-
tanning 1920 acres, has been trans
ferred from the War department to the
Interior department for their DISPOSE
ton under the terms of the abandoned
military reservation act
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-02-06
Contest Dacided.

Washington, d. c., Jan. 29.-The
House Elections committee No. has
decided the contested case of Davis VS..
Culberson, from the Fourth Texas dis
trict, unanimously in favor of Culber-
son. The contestants made no appear
ance before the committee.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-02-06

Jules Simon. 81 years old this month,
says that the most exciting moment Of
his life was when he was trying to OBJ
tam a concession ON tariff from foreign
diplomat with whom President Greyy was
playing billiards. He whispered to Grevy
TO lose the game. but Grevy insisted on
playing to win, and relented only when
| he observed that his minister was in an
| guish.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-02-06

Rufus w. Peckham Is one of tho most
commanding members of the United
States supreme court In personal appear
arce. His silvery hair and mustaehe,
him a certain military air that is very
striking.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-02-06
DON'T LIKE AMERICAN WOMEN

IL American women want to know
what English women think OF them
here is an extract from an article on
the subject in the Realm, a widely
puB IoJ psqsHqnd '6IHssM uopuoT pesI
by women, and edited by Lady Colin
Campbell Here are some of the traits
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-02-06
A SNAP FOR PRINTER

For sale at bargain. New pa inch
Paragon paper cutter, Address p. O.
Box Gle, Salt Lake City.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-02-06
To Omen Yellowstone po,,-

washington, Jan. ga bill was in
reduced in the House today by Men
ueil OF wyoming to open the Yellow
stone Park timber reserve for the To-
cation of mining claims.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-02-06
AN INDIAN BILL.
Commission to Modify Treaty Rights
of the Bannocks.

Washington. d. c., Jan. 30.-The
Committee on Indian Affairs today au-
thorized a favorable report on bill
having for its object the appointment
OF commission to treat with the
Shoshone and Bannock Indians. 1t is
the purpose of the bill to induce these
Indians so to modify their treaty rights
that the privilege which they now pos
sess OF hunting on the unoccupied pub
lie lands shall not conflict with State
game laws, and give occasion for such
disturbances as occurred at Jackson's
Hole, Wyo., last year. The committee
also reported favorably several bills
granting rights of way over public
lands and Indian reservations to GER
tain railroad companies.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-02-06

a full string band in one instru-
GenU, all llayed at he same time and
by ne peTs n. The greatest inven-
.l1n OF the nineteenth century is the
Everett Piano with the plect -aph,ne,
or better known as the mandolin, gui
tar and banjo attachment, csad only
in the famous Everett, the Il ST dt...
able and only complete piano Is ant
featured. 1t is sold at eXce1dingi
low psices and on very easy ter ms. 4
large and well selected stock y, these
elegant pianos always kept in stock at
f. N. Jenkins Temple OF Music, 238
South Main street Send for cata-
logues and prices. We are also agents
for ChickirinG & Sons and II ryard
Pianos.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-02-06

Mrs. Mckee ard Nv Russell Harr'enu
entertained Gen. Harrison and Mrs. Dim
mick at dinner the other night In New
York. Mrs. Mckee II Is said. will go to
Indianapolis soon to superintend the re-
furnishing of her fathers house
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-02-06
A LAW TRADITION SMASHED.

The al dity of the old doctrine
that law defending client are of
ficers of court and acting in the
interests Justice, Is again exempli-
fed by performances or the couh.
sci for efense In the case against
the sug .oker Chapman, who Is on
trial I'm hington on an indictment
chargin m with contempt OF tne
Senate IN ,efusing to answer certain
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-16
HOT WATER APPLICATIONS.
Excellent Effect on sprnined Joints,
Crushed Limbs and Sluggish
Wounds

The great utility which NJ. Reclus, a
Paris surgeon. has shown that hot water
applications have in many surgical and
even medical eases is described in the
New York Herald's European edition a5
really surprising. Hot water baths ara
particularly useful in the treatment OF
Sprains, where the sprained Joint is put
in q banQage and massage is employed
The bandage should be elastic. 1t should
not be so tightly applied as to cause the
patient discomfort, but should be made
to fit snugly about the joint. But it should
be removed twice day. night and morn
bear in the following way. The Sprdtned
Joint is put in a bath. of which the tenn
perature is gradually raised from 4S TO
80. 81 and even. 90 degrees c.. -(l51 degrees
FL Under the influence of the heat the
pain stops almost immediately, and after
an immersion, of 10 or Il minutes the
Joint is more timber and the movements
easier.
But the most important use of hot wa
ter made by NJ Reclus is in cases Of
crushed limbs, in which he does not re-
iured limb to a spray of water at a tenn
Derature Of about 10 degrees f This
method has several advantages, espec-
tally those ''of being less fatal than the
treatment by immediate operation, and
Of preserving for the patient, if not the
whole limb. at any rate a much greater
length than would have remained after
an amputation.
NJ. ReClus also finds that hot water has
and in sore Threats and tOnsilitiS when
gargling with it at a temperature of 80
degrees f. IS kept up every hour until
! the Inflammation subsidies.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-16
AN AMPHIBIOUs STEAMBOAT.
1t Runs Equally Well on Land or
Water and Passes Readily From
One to the Other.


The drawing Of laden vessels overland
from one piece of water to another. first
proposed by Captain EadS for joining
the Atlantic ana Pacific oceans at the
lsthmus of TehuantepeC, has been car
EfeQ OUT, though on much hum bier
scale. Popular Science News reports that
on tne 1Se of Zeeiand, in Denmark. not
Iar from Copenhagen, passengers are
now regularly conveyed, per steamer.
WIChout diSembdrking. and without
StoDpage. across three lakes and the land
that connects them. The craft, designed
Dy Swedish engineer. is described as
20 feet long by 10 broad, with engines Of
Y horsepower, capable Of accommodating
10 persons. and cost in the nelghborhood
of s., 400.
Between the lakes of Fur and Farum
railroad is laid 3I5 metres in length
and extending a short distance beneath
the water at either end. When the swan.
as the vessel is named, has crossed ono
OF these lakes and is ready TO take TO
land. a tO0thed lever is pressed upon
which catches into the propeller shaft.
ana immediately sets In motion four
wheels placed in line with the keel
Two near the PROV ana TWO near the
stern. The wheels. which are very large
and Hanged like those OF steam cars.
then gliQe upon the rails. where they are
kept revolving by the same force that
turns the propeller, and thus bear their
load along the track. overcoming a grade
of . millmeters to the meter
As the boat energies on dry land its
propeller rises into view, presenting a
/ singular appearance when the blades,
after skimmlng the water like the wings
OF q bird. continue ctrCliug in empty air.
Descending to the farther shore, the Swan
/ sinks gradually into her native ele-
ment,' and the propeller resumes its ser
! vice, while, by another turn Of the lever.
/ the wheels become again mOuOnless I'M
] til the next landing place Is reached.
/ This extraordinary transit is performed
/ ten times every weekday and all day
/ long on Sundays, to the perfect salts
/ faction OF numerous patrons.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-16

uEe to his readers in an Immediate edi-
ton of his paper The railways could nor
bring volume to Chicago till late On
me evening OF May Il: the only thing
TO the service. For sum of $4,000 the
editor retained the exclusive use of the
tWenty-one wires then connecting the
Two cities The operators worked from
$50 D. m. until 1850 a. m, and during
this time the entire text of the Four
Gospels. the Acts of the Apostles and
the EDlstle to the Romans, was trans
mitted to Chicago. The Remainder of the
volume was set up from copies which
arrived by rail. and on the morning of
May ., the subscribers to the Chicago
/ Times were able to study the result
OF the revisers' labors at the breakfast
table.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-16

counters, a third was killed in the bat
tie of Chicdmauga, and fourth was
ailled in the Mexican war
TilIman's left eye was knocked out
when he was a boy Some say that ne
lost it in a row with his brothers
Others claim that in his boyhood ne
was so studious that he was IN the
habit of taking a 'lightwood knot at
night and going into the woods 10
study his books by the Pickering fame
Constant reading by this uncertain
light caused a pulpy tumor to form on
the eye. completely destroying the
sight. Tillman allows the world 10
choose between these versions, for ne
is silent on the subject
BELIEVES IN EDUCATION.
Tillman is ~ years old and he has
been married twenty-nine years. he
has six children, three of whom can De
called grown up. He is great De
lever in the power of education ana ne
is giving his children the best that ne
can. He has a wonderful memory and
a most erratic store Of facts at ready
disposal. He reads all the time with
out much system, but he remembers
what he reads He is familiar with
most of the classics. He has a tumble
OF ancient and modern knowledge
which he filings into his speeches with
reckless abandon.
Every time he makes a speech he
tries to be quiet but sarcastic. But he
has no more control over himself than
a steam engine running wild. He be-
comes boisterous and sarcasm gives
way to vituperation. But when he has
worked himself into a perfect frenzy
his mind is clear and the man who un-
dertakes to criticise him will be imme-
diately envel0ped in a cyclone of ora
torical lightning He often falls into
4 profanity. but it is a picturesque pro-
! family. He doesn't swear like ordinary
/ peopie: in fact, everything about him
! is unusual.
ONE OF HIS PLEDGES.
The day he was elected senator, Till
man said of Cleveland: When L gei
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-16

ed until before being eleCtrotyped they
nave been read five times in all. Amy
compositor who detects an error IN the
model gets a reward; but only two such
rewards have ever been earned. Any
member of the public who is first to de
tect an error in the authorized text, is
entitled to one guinea; but the average
annual outlay of the Press under this
head is almost nil. And this while there
lies On the table of the composinS-room
a Bible issued from some other press,
briStlfng with errors, all Indignantly
scored with red ink, no fewer man three
such errors being perceptible on single
page.
The care exercised IN Inc production of
the authorized Bible is not relaxed in the
case of the revised Bible. Since 1855 there
have been six editions of the revised BIZ
bic issued by the Oxford press; and a
list is kept showing the number and the
nature of Typographical errors which
have, been detected between that date
and August II, 1880 There are only ten
of thenl-an average of one for each year
that has elapsed; and they are all of the
most trfffng character. ''over-1i1Wing''
for "eVer-fioWing, being the most seri-
Gus. One of them, it may be remarked
IN passing. was detected by that dllgent
student of holy writ, the Bishop of Ok
ford and when he pointed it out, CAN
GELS were Immediately printed and fresh
pages inserted.
The Bible type is not kept standing.
Instead two sets of electrotype are
made. One of these is used to print from
the other for the production of fresh cleo
! trotypes when required. The electr0typeS
I of the second generation are admitted to
be little degenerate in character; but
! the difference is SO slight that it can only
/ be detected with difficulty, even by an
! expert; and from a single set of electro
! types as many as 800, 900 copies Of a part
Of the Bible have been printed For the
accommodation of these electrotypes a
/ special strong-room has been constructed
| 1t is the boast of the delegates that their
own smith wrought and fixed the IRON;
and it is one of the peculiarities that the
mere act of opening the door turns up
the light. while the act Of closing if turns
I it down.
DRYING THE SHEETS AND BINDING
In this way the Clarendon press man
ufactureS Bibles literally out of the raw
material-prints them, that is to say
with its own type, and its own ink oman
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-16
Remarkable Product of a Print
ing House.
SPECIAL PAPER PREPARED
SETTING TYPE, PRINTING AND
BINDING.
How the Revised Version Was
Printed Like a STirncIe-The Mem
orabIe Day of Publication, May
IL, 1ss1-The Great Demand For
It,
nv FRANCIS GRIRBLE.

Copyright. 1856. by S. S. Mcclure. Linz
LONDON. Feb 1.-The privilege Of
printing a Bible is hardly less jealousy
guarded in the United Kingdom than is
the privilege of printing bank-note. 1t
is accorded by license to the queens prin-
tiers, and by charter to the Universities
of Oxford and Cambridge; and it is, as
a matter of fact, at the University Of OK
ford that the greatest bulk of the work
is done From this famous Press there
issue annually about one million copies
of the sacred book; copies ranging in
price from ten-pence to ten pounds, and
in form from the brilliant Bible, which
weighs in it's most handsome binding,
less than four ounces, and measures
S-S-4x2-1-8 by "a in. to the superb folio
Bible for church use, the page of which
measures 19x12 in. which is the only folio
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-16

Bible in existence-7S editions in all;
copies in all manner of languages, even
the most barbarous. 1t is g, difficult but
not unavoidable business
The oxford Bibles are, as the world
knows, more popular and more widely
circulated than any other edition OF the
sacred volume, and all the world knows
also. that their remarkable popularity
depends upon their marvelou qualities
of the paper on which they are printed.
For the Bible is one OF the longest BOOKS
in the world: and. in order that 1t may
be presented to the student IN a shape
at once serviceable and compact paper
of very peculiar attributes is required: 1t
must be very thin, but at the same time
it must be strong in texture and opaque.
The famous oxford India paper fulfiS
these conditions in a greater degree than
any other paper in the world; and, as
it has during the last twenty years, en-
tirely revolutionized the Bible ana prayer
book trade. the story of its Introduction
must be told.
DISCOVERY OF THE SPECIAL PAPER
The story begins in the year 1871. In
that YEAR an Oxford graduate whose
name has been forgotten, brought home
from a Journey 10 the far east, small
fold of extremely thin paper which was
| obviously more opaque and tough Tor us
| substance than any paper known to Eu-
! ropean manufacturers. The late Mr..
| Thomas Combe, who was then printer TO
/ the university printed Bibles on it. There
| was Just SuINCl60J paper lOI twenty -lOul
| copies of the diamond "A mo. ed1tloIl-tle
| smallest edition at that time in exist
/ ence Though various photographers Of
/ fered EGO apiece for them, none of the
copies were sold. but all were presented
I TO the queen and other persons of mark.
! Mr. Conabe tried to trace the paper to IFS
! source, but failed; and the event, after
| being a nine-days wonder ceased to be
! talked about, or even thought about. 1t
happened. however, that, thirty-three
| years later, a copy OF the edition tel
! into the hands of Mr.. Arthur e: Miles OF
the firm of Hamilton Adams d Co. Mr.
Miles showed it to Mr.. Provide; Con
! troller with AIr. Horace Hart, of the
University press and the result was thai
! experiments were at once set on foot al
the oxford University. Paper. mills al
| WoIvercote. with the view of discovering
the secret of its composition After sew
eral failures. the efforts OF the manutac'
turers We're at last crowned with com
Dlete success. with the result that the
first Bible on Oxford India paper was
placed on sale in Paternoster Row, OF
August "a. 1875. CD
The secret of the composition of the
oxford paper is, of course, one of those
trade secrets which are on no accoun
whispered to the stranger. 1t IS, IN fact
known only to three living persons, no
one of whom is even particularly anxious
to admit that he is included IN he three
To possess the secret Of such a yalu
able paper is clearly half the battle t.
the printers of the Bible. I5ut only half
The next thing needful Is to ensure tha
the type shall be set without mistakes
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-16
UNIVERSITY PRESS, OXFORD.

the traffic to follow the appointed line
Meanwhile the gaS-lghtS CLEANED inside
silence, made their preparations At last
the great clock of st. PauPs cathedral
struck the hour of midnight. Then there
was d noise of the turning of keys and
the drawing of bolts; the warehouse doors
were opened. The carriers started from
their SlumberS, and the mass began to
move. For four hours men fought for TeS-
taments, as hungry men fight for bread in
a beleaguered city, and cart after cart,
heavily freighted. wound its way out of
the labyrinth, and drove off east or west
or south or north. Then, for a space,
there was a lull. But not for long. Be
tween half-paSt four and five the news
paper carts began to call for copies for
booksellers who had not previously sent
for them. And so it came about that
when Londoners rose from their beds to
go about their business they found the
shop windows full OF the revised New
Testament
Great as the supply was, it by no
means coDed with the demand. The pub
lie fought for copies throughout the day,
as the booksellers men had fought for
them throughout the night One city
bookseller sold in the course of the day
l5,ogO copies at prices ranging from a
ground" bookstalls, travellers cheerfully
paid eighteen pence for copies which the
discount booksellers would have lei
them have for ninepenSe; and they WeTe
I
walked through the streets. Nor had Mr.
Provides arduous ldbors reached their
termination. Thousands of repeat" or
derS were on his hands; the trade was
clamorous; peremptory kilograms came
pouring in: the telegraph boys stumbled
over each other on the doorstep; the
I post office officials suggested the con
/ struction of a temporary telegraph .Offir.
/ within the premises; and it was not unit
/ they had delivered every copy on IN,
premises that the staff of the univer
4 sity press were able to go TO bed
The interest of the United States wa
not one whit less keen. The Revised New
/ Testament was set up" on the Atlantis
! by the erterprisinS house of Appleton
was stereOtyped on board liner, ans
printed off Immediately on the arriva
of the vessel at New York, with the re
suit that copies were on sale three day
afterwards. But the enterprise of NeY
York was beaten by the enterprise o
Chicago The editor of the Chicago Time
was resolved TO present the entire vol