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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-02-20
A FATAL POLICY.
What Contraction and Single Gold Stand
ard Have Done for the People.

What Contraction and n Single Gold Stand
ard Have Done for the People.
For 25 years the policy of contraction
has prevailed and for that period the
pulse of business and individual pros
perity has beat lower and lower. For
that period the people have been suf-
fering from all the evils-the ruin and
disaster-that inevitably follow in the
wake of policy which inures to the
benefit of the few men who are en-
gagged in the business of loaning money
and collecting interest.
We have never been able to see why
this country should depend on Europe
for its capital, when by reversal of
the gold standard policy we might be
entirely Independent of the capital of
other nations Under the operations of
the British gold standard our volume of
money is so far below the needs of the
business enterprise of this great and
growing country that If new railroad
is to be constructed or a new Industrial
venture to be undertaken those who
are behind it must needs go to Europe
for the necessary money. This course
is rendered absolutely compulsory by
the monetary system, which closes our
mints to our own money metal and
opens them to the money metal wor-
shipped by the European Shylocks
Atlanta Constitution.
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IMPERSoNAL NOTES.

4 connoisseur in cats, living in West
field, Mass, has 20 cats in his house.
One he values at 81, 200.
Two candidates for positions on the
New York police force were found TO
have increased their height by artificial
means. One, with a blow with a club,
has raised half-inch bump on his head,
and the other wore wig an inch thick.
A woman drummer for a cigar fac
tory appeared in Valdosta, Ca, few
days ago, and surprised the merchants.
She further surprised them later by
proving that she was an expert in hand
ling cigars and understood her busi-
ness thoroughly.
A brave New York woman, whose
name is not related, remained all night
alone in a camp in the Ripogenus re-
gion, away above Moosehead. in the
Maine forest, recently while her hus-
band carried the sick guide out to civili-
cation.
A mad dog pursued little girl in
Harrison, n. j., and she took refuge in
an insurance office. The dog was close
at her heels, and as the girl hastily
closed the door she squeezed the animal
between the door and the frame, aud
there held it until young man knocked
the brute lifeless with a CLUB.
Sosnitza, in Upper Silesia, has sleep
ing girl who, in her waking intervals,
divulgcs communications which she
processes to have received directly from
The Virgin. Thousands Of people flock
to see the miracle, and the police az
thorities also have her under observa-
ton.
A Partisan had the remains of his
brother cremated. The ashes were put
in leather bag, and sent 10y rail to the
brothers home. The hag was mislaid,
and suit has been instituted by the
brother against the railroad company
for the value of the dead mans ashes.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-02-20
EARLY ERAS.

The Ezra of Emperors," commonly
adopted by the Romans after the firm
establishment of imperial rule, began
b. c. 81 with the accession of Augustus.
The "Christian Era" began with Jan
uary /, of the year AHA, of the Julian
period, though different chronologists
make a variation of a year or two in this
date.
The ERA of Martyrs" famous era
in use in the early church, commemo-
rates the tenth and last great persecu-
tion, by Diocletian, beginning February
20, 2S4 A. d.
The ERA of Antioch" was devised by
Panodorus of Antioch, who lived in the
fifth century. He assumed that the
world was created September l, b.
G. 5492.
The "Tyrian ER," which prevailed
extensively in Syria for many ages, be-
gan October 10, b. c. 1875. 1t commem-
GRATED the independence Of Tyre from
the yoke of the Syrian kings.
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Notice of Forfeiture.

TO JOHN DUNKEL HIS GRANTEES. AS
4 signs. hcirs, executors or administrators. ana
an persons claiming under, by, from or through
hin:
You are hereby notilei that the undersigned
co-owner VITA You in the Last chance" mining
claim, situated IN the Eld0rado Mining District,
Lincoln County, Nevada, has performed too work
and made the expenditures tho said mining
claim, required b. Section 232t Of the Revised
Statutes of the United tatos, to hold the said
claim for the year 1895. and that the amount due
from !ou ON your one-haif interest IN said claim
ON account Of such expenditures is the sum of ifty
dollars, (S50.UOl
And II within ninety days after the publication
OF this notice you fail refuse to contribute your
said PRO portion OF such expenditure, as co-owner
your interest in said claim Will become the
property Of the subscr Der under said section
232i
Dated February 18TH 1896 E. H. ROSE
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The FINANCIAL SITUATION.
Congress Has Important Work Before It
Hopes for silver.

Congress has Important fNOHn IL
Hopes for Silver.
Senator Dubois has given clear noti-
fication that the white metal must be
included in any legislation that con-
gress passes on the financial question
this winter. The senator from Idaho
is careful, conservative man, and his
remarks on the subject, followed by
the votes on Senator Aliens resolution,
show distinctly what the bimetallists
propose to do, and can do.
On the one hand free coinage of silver
is not to be expected, neither will the
greenbacks be retired on the other.
The proposition to coin the silver bull
lion in the treasury and to use it in re-
deeminp the notes under the so-called
Sherman act seems very reasonable
compromise. Something has to be
done with this silver. To sell it as
bullion would be to lose first the differ
ence be-we-h it's cot and tho present
market value of silver bullion; and
secondly, the seignorage, which alone
amounts to S54, 100000.
If we succeed in building up COM
merce with the rest of the American
republics, as now seems likely, we can
easily use it; and II we buy no more
silver bullion there is no danger of the
silver floods about which our gold
friends write and talk so eloquently.
1t will be no harder to keep the gold
and silver dollar at par when the bull
lion is coined than when it is not, and
if the secretary of the treasury will
off I,, h,N IL
to get the extra $4,000, 00G in circula-
tion without much difficulty, even If
he has to pay ten per cent of govern
ment salaries in that metal-a method
that would distribute dollars all over
the country with ease.
AS for the expectation of gold, the
yellow metal only leaves the country
in payment of something that comes
in. As for our bonds and stocks COM
ing home, there is very little danger of
that. England has millions invested
in silver countries to-day, and il she
does sell American securities to Ameri-
cans, SO much the better for America.
1t will keep the interest home.
The idea that because we may go to
war with England--which is extreme
ly unlikely--we will need a gold
monometallic currency, with the
greenbacks and paper money issued by
the government all retired, is absurd.
The civil war was fought out with
paper money and it was much bigger
affair than any war with England is
likely to be, even il the $4,000 Cana
dians get their war paint on and start
on their contemplated invasion of this
republic. All of the signs on the po-
litical horizon point to a compromise
which will be step toward the
reconciliation of silyer.-Los Angeles
Express
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OF GENERAL INTEREST.

Mercury is the heaviest liquid.
The longest river is the Nile, 400
miles.
Aftcr the civil war n Towering plant
called the japanese clover" sprang up
all over the south. It's origin is un-
known.
The spice known as the common Glove
is the undevcloped bud of the cargo
phyllus aromatcus.
The hops used in the manufacture of
malt liquors are the flowers of the
plant botanically designated as humu-
lus lupulus.
Neah Pay, Wash, is the wettest place
in all that wet state, and perhaps the
rainiest spot in the whole country. The
average annual rainfall there is 1913 in
ches. In New York city it is As inches.
We often hear of showers of frogs,
during a rainstorm; but some shrcwd
observer has noted that they never APP
pear on the roofs of houses, or any
place inaccessible from the ground.
This conclusively demonstrates that
the frogs do not drop from the clouds.
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ROYAL NiCKNAMES.


Alphonso XI. of CASTLE was surnamed
The Avenger He was never known to
forget or forgive an injury.
Henry l. of England was surnamed
Beauclerk. He was one Of the few
Kings of his time who could read and
write.
lTorush of Algiers was famous among
his subjects as The Red Beard. A Moor
with red hair and beard was a great
curiosity,
Henry III. of France was surnamed
The Minion, it is said, on account of
his compliance with the wishes of the
emperor.
Edward vi. of England was The
Pious, on account Of his personal char
acter. Also Erie IX. of Sweden, Ernest
|. of GOtha and Robert OF France.
Alexander |. of Scotland was desig-
mated The Fierce. His impetnosity in
battle almost invariably struck terror
into the hearts of his enemies.
Henri Ii. of France was entitled
The Bellicose. He was an exceedingly
warlke king and constantly engaged in
campaigning against his neighbors.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-02-20

means, confscation of the property Of
the masses for the benefit of these in
dividuals has been and is being accom-
plished, and this condition of things
must and will continue so long as the
laws remain as they are now. The
causes which have operated to produce
the present results will continue their
operation in the same line. Prices
which have been in the last 20 years
reduced so per cent will in the next 20
years be reduced so per cent
''The great body of those who de-
clare themselves sound money men say
that they are in favor of international
bimetallism. Almost everybody in this
country admits that if the United
States, England, Germany and France
should agree to open their mints to
the unlimited coinage of silver at 15J<
to or at 16 to that silver would at
once resume it's old value and that
conditions of genera, prosperity exist
ing prior to 1873 wpu9 50 at once and
permanently restored. Nobody would
suffer wrong-even the bondholders
would get their own, with interest
''This, believe, is the almost uni
versal conviction. But we are assured
that Great Britain will not consent to
this, and for the selfish reasons of a
small class of bankers, who disregard
other interests, even in England.
When it is clear that England will not
consent to an international agree
ment, and that France and Germany
will not move, except in company with
England, then the question comes
home to us, what will the people of the
United States do? tremendous re-
sponsibility in this emergency, in my
opinion, rests upon us as a nation. If
other nations will not join us in this
great movement in the interest of
humanity, it is our duty to undertake
it alone
II believe that the unlimited coin
age of silver would, by reviving COM
merce, increase our revenues and do
away absolutely with any pretense of
necessity to issue bonds, and that un-
der that bill such revival in business
would take place that no issue of bonds
could be claimed to be necessary.
There is nothing for MS to do but to
present the system we believe in, to
discuss it and appeal at last to the
great tribunal which must decide It.
The friends of bimetallism are ready
and anxious 10 have the people settle
this question. They hope and believe
it will be speedily done and well done. y
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-02-20
LITTLE FACTS.

A tenth of the world is still unex-
plored.
When first taken from mines opals
are so tender that they can be picked to
pieces with the finger nails.
\ Holsters skin when shedding splits
down the back and comes off in two
equal parts. The tail slips out of the
she'll like finger out of a glove.
The letters in the various alphabets
of the world vary from 12 to 202 in num-
ber. The Sandwich Islanders alpha
bet has 10, the Tartarian 202.
The coldest place in North America
is at the mouth of the Mckenzie river.
where the temperature is often as low
as 10 degrees below zero.
Sleeplessness is often cured by the
administration of from one-half to a
pint of warm liquid food say soup or
milk - just before retiring. This
treatment draws the blood from the
brain to the stomach.
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NEW TO DAY.
SIS REWARD.

THE ABOVE REWARD VIII BEp PAID FOR N
foruatioa that will lead 30 tle arrest an. con.
uc'ion ot tuo person or persons who exploded the
gian powder the hillside egst 81 Main "a. last
night.
II. f. FREUnES rHAL,
Dstei. P.ochs New sheriff.
Feb. ~ 1896.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-02-20

The statement that Russia is hoard
ing gold for the purpose of going on
the gold standard does not furnish any
ground for encouragement to us 1t
simply means another big fellow try
ing to cover up with the same little
blanket that is insufficient to cover
those already trying to keep under it,
There will be more vicious tugs at the
cover, and we will be oftener exposed
than ever Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-02-20
Notice of Forfeiture.

I'O J, 3 GILBERT AND SOPHIE NJ 10y
i their. or either Of Their grantees assigns
heirs executors or administrators and anv person
claiming by. through or from either OF them:
Nou are hereby notified that the UNDERSIGNED a
co-owner with you in the 'Sient FrieuGi lode
mining claim, situated in the Crescent Mining
District, statee e9f Nevvda, Oouaty Of Lincoln. hHs
performed the work and made the expenditures on
the said mining claim required by Section 2l24 of
the Revised Statutes OF the United States 10 hold
the same for tho year ISIS. and that the amount
due from each q yoI i. tho one-third interest
held by eash Of you in ~ Silent Friend claim ou
accouIt of such expeuditure is ire sum IN "a g9
Aud n within ninety Gays after the publiration
OF this notice YOU, either Of you fal 10 con-
tribute your said proportion Of such expenditure
your interest IA said mining claim viii become the
prop r:y os the subscriber under said section No
2.24 e. A. HOUSE.
Date February 20 1896
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-02-20
Notice of Forfeiture.

FIND J b. CLINTON. iiIS GRANTEES, AS.
/ signs, hoirs, eNeCat rs or administrators, and
all rersons claiming under ty, from, or through
him.
YOu are horohy notified that the undersigned co.
owner with you in th ''WhRle" the "Rustler" !"
the Wheel Of Fortune" and Last Chance min
ing ,laims, situated in Ely Mining District Lin
coin county, State OF Nevada has performed the
work aud ma ie the expenditures ON the said min
ing claim, required by section 1924 Of the Revised
Statutes of the United States to hold the same for
tho years 1894 and 1895 and that tho amount due
fcOm you your one tn rd interest in said claims
for each Of said years is Sl3] 33. making total of
f2G6 &C for the two y srs
And if within ninety days after the publication
Of this notice you fail refuse to contribute your
said proportion of such expenditure as co-owner,
your interest in said claim will become the prop
erty of the subscriber under said section 1924.
JOHN WEST
II. HYMAN.
Dated Pioehe, Nevada. January 81. 1896.
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THE TAX
OF THE
Proceeds of the Mines.

ATOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
~ Taxes on the Proceeds Of the Mines for the
quarter ending Dec. 81 1895, are now due and
payable at the office of the Assessor at the Court
house.
The law in regard to their collection will be
strictly enforced.
II. f. FREUDENTHAL, Assessor
Pioche Nevada, January 2, 1896.
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LEGAL NOTICE.
Notice of Intention to Apply For
Permit to Gut Timber on Public
Land.

Notice - hereby given that tho undersigned are
about to make application to the Honorable Sec
retary OF the Interior for permission TO cut timber
on unsurveyod Government land of thp United
States, situated IN the County of Lincoln state of
Nevada and describe as follows; Situated aboat
eleven miles in southerly direction from Dutch
Fiat. in said county aud embracing, what i, sur.
veyed, would be the south half OF Section No 81
T.6S r. 81 L. containing about 80 acres spl
situated in what is known as the Ella mill canyon
containing Yellow aud Black Jack Pine.
GEORGE J.. EDWARDS.
Dated, Phoebe. Eeyada Feb 49, 1896
The Dickinson press., 1896-12-05
The Monkey and tho Horses.

A coachman who for many years
had been in charge of a large stable
of valuable carriage horses gave the
writer some curious instances of the
nervous illusions of horses. Once
only did he find a whole stable in
anything like permanent fear. He
had taken ten carriage horses to a
large house in Norfolk, where they
stood in a line in q ten stalled stable.
There was tame monkey in the
stable, very quiet, which slept un-
chained, sitting on one of the divi-
sions of the stalls. On the first
night, about II O'Clock, he heard a
disturbance in the stable, the horses
stamping and kicking and very
uneasy. He got u light, entered the
stable and found them all Gin
muck sweat" Nothing which could
disturb them was there except the
monkey, apparently asleep on its
perch. He quieted the horses, locked
the door and went away. Soon the
disturbance began again, and this
time, slipping quietly up, he drew a
pair of steps to one Of the windows,
and, as tho moon was shining bright
ly, had a view of the interior. The
monkey was the source of terror.
It was amusing itself by steeple-
chase along the whole length OF the
table, leaping alternately from the
division of the stall to a horso's back
or head, then off on to the next rail
and SO on. The horses were trem.
bling with fright, though many of
them had not the least objection to
a cat or q pigeon sitting on their
backs. Yet the monkey had not hurt
any of them, and their panic was
clearly the result Of illusion. Old
fashioned people used to identify
any strange living object which
frightened them with "the DEVIL"
Perhaps for horses "the devil" is
anything which they cannot under
stand.-London Spectator.
The Dickinson press., 1896-12-05
A Welcome e Usher Of ,07.

The beginning of the new year will have n
welcome usher in the shape of fresh Almanac,
descriptive of the origin, nature and uses Of the
national tonic and Alternative, Hostettcr's Stom-
ach Bittcrs. Combined with the descriptive
matter will be found calendar and astronomical
calculations absolutely reliable for correctness,
Statistics illustrations, verses carefully selected,
and other mental food highly profitable and en-.
tcrtaining. On this pamphlet, published and
printed annually by The Hostcttcr Company, of
Pittcburgh, GO hands are employed in the me-
chanical department alone. Eleven months arc
devoted to its preparation. 1t is procurable free,
of druggists and country dealers everywhere, and
is printed in English, German, French, Spanish,
Wels, Norwegian, Holland, Swedish and Bo.
hcmian.
The Dickinson press., 1896-12-05

The December Arena is brilliant
number. 1t opens with a we'll writ
ten and eminently sensible article on
"Thc Relation of Art to Religion, -
by the widely known sculptor, Will
liam Ordway Partridge, and closes
with another of Will Allen Drom-
goole's inimitable short stories enti-
tied "Sweet 'Laases," in which as
usual. the humor and pathos are de-
liciously blend ed. Within these
limits are to be found valuable pa
pers on a great variety of subjects,
in proof of which it is sufficient to
cite merely the names of some of the
writers: Prof. Frank Parsons of Bos-
ton University School of Law, Ed.
ward Everett. Hale, D. D., Mary A.
Livermore. Lillian Whiting, Camille
Flammarion, the great French as.
tronomer. Eltweed Pomeroy, B. O.
Fowler, Ellen M. Henroth, etc. Ca
mile Flammarion contributes psy.
chical romance of great interest, en-.
titled "a Celestial Love- There
are two fine portraits of William
Norris and Rev. E. A. Horton.
The Dickinson press., 1896-12-05

The Christmas number of The
Chautauquan appears in a beautifully
artistic cover which bespeaks the ex-
cellent reading attested by the con-
tents table: A Century of French
Costume. by Alice Morse Earle; The
French Character In Politics, by
Professor Charles F. A. Currie, NJ. A.:
Sunday Readings, selected by Bishop
Vincent; Cardinal Mazarin, by James
Breck Perkins; The French Revolu-
tlon, by Professor H. Morse Stephens,
M. A.; A Prejudice Against Memory,
by Camille Melinand; The Social Life
Of Ancient Greece, by Professor Ed
ward Capps, Ph. D.; The Rise and
Fall of New France. H., by Professor
Frederick j. Turner, Ph. D.; FIavia,
story, chapters VIII, and TX, by
Andre Theuriet; The Grape Industry,
by Robert Lew Seymour; The River,
poem, by Janet Remington; Madon-
mas of the Masters; Irwin Russell, the
Southern Humorist; by Professor W i.
NJ. Baskerville, A. M, PHI. D.; Social
Ism in England, by Giovanni Bogli-
etti; Christmas Carol, by Nathan Has
kell Dole; Progressive Housekeeping,
IL, by Jane Kinysford; A Symposi-
um-The Markets of Some Great Ci-
ttes; Model Bedrooms, by The Fami-
sly Doctor; Woman's Work and Inter-
ests in the Berlin Trades Exposition,
by G. Won Beaulieu; i" Long Live the
Empress, by Flora Best Harris.
The Editors Outlook discusses briefly
The Madonnas Of Religion and Art,
and Good Roads and Good Morals.
The department of Current History
and Opinion presents a concise re-
view Of current events, and the usual
space 10 occupied G. L. s. C. work,
The last ten pages are devoted to OK.
haustiye reviews of the holiday pub.
licati0ns, with illustrations from the
various works-another attractive
feature Of the exceptionally happ,
makeup Of this number.
The Dickinson press., 1896-12-05
England. High Place In Modern Art.

Eneland's High Place In Modern Art.
Whatever may be the shortoom-
ings of the British school of paint
Ing, it can scarcely be denied that
the roll of it's artists contains many
names distinguished not only
among the artists Of their own
country, but among the artists of
the world. To take only three of the
reatest-Hogarth, the satirical re-
aeotor of society; Reynolds, the por-
trait painter; Turner, the master Of
landsoape-in what other modern
schools shall we find their parallels?
It would be rash to prophesy that
the name of Millais will rank in the
estimation of posterity as the peer
Of these his great precursors, but it
may at least be said that he is as
thoroughly national and original as
any of them and that in simplicity,
sincerity and power he will hold
his own with the best. - Cosmo
Monkhouse in Soribner's.
The Dickinson press., 1896-12-05
The Finest Trains in
The World.

The long talked of new Limited
trains on "'rhe North. Western Line''
c. ST. p. NJ. & O. Ry. to run between
Minneapolis, St. Paul aud Chicago,
are now in service.
The press as we'll us the people
who have inspected these trains ad
nit that they represent the acme of
the car builders art. The engine is
after the famous 900 pattern. and
from end to end the train is vesti-
buled with broad plate glass vesti.
bules hich completely enclose the
platforms and add greatly to the beau.
ty as we'll as to the conf fort of the
train.
If you are going east why not pat
ronize the new IN urth- Western Lin.
ited.' Excursion or other classes of
tickets are good on this train and no
extra fares are charged for the su-
perior accommodations.
Tickets, sleeping car reservations
and full information on application
to your home Agent or address T. w.
Teasdale. General Passenger Agent,
st. Paul who will be pleased to for
ward Il you pamphlet giving full de-
scription of these new trains, there is
nothing to equal them in Car con.
structiOn-not even the wonderful
trains on exhibition at the World 8
Fair.