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The morning times., 1896-03-08
ing potatoes. The WINDOW wa

m LIE. AGLAE, q milliner by trade,
NH was sitting one fine Sunday
W ID morning by theopen window peel
The morning times., 1896-03-08
Lost H0r LOu0
For Diamonds.

] u n DO not care much about dia-
monds as most roi4s. ;ald
,,,,, NJ. a., a t,ft ti.ar, N I..a..p
The morning times., 1896-03-08
Sand in the Rock

A remarkable discovery was made during
the blasting for an air line railroad double
tracking insE East Hemptsn, Conn, recently.
A deposit OF sansi was found imbedded in
the solid rock. IL consists of a circular
pocket about twelve feet in diameter filled
with the finest sand and layers OF pebbles
worn perfectly smooth and round. incrustcd
with an iron deposit. The walls OF rock,
which incloSe the pocket. are as smooth as
though polished.-Boston Herald.
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"wen. go there yourself, monsieur.n

"well, go there yourself, monsieur
'Oh SO you think that | would go to a
restaurant with my hat smashed in this
fashion,
"Eh bien, monsieur, if your hat is injured
you have only to go TO a hatter's and get it
blocked
II shall take no instructions from you,
mademoiselle.'
None the less, monsieur. l repeat you
should go to halter. There is my brother,
who is in the halter business at Rue des
Martyrs"
Would you very much like to have me
go to break in a restaurant with you?
En- bien, mademoisclle, | shall go to your
brother with my h;ttonly on condition that
YOU come with me to q reStauraD ut for break
fast
''En bien, monsieur, 1 shall go with you
| to restaurant only on condition that you
take your hat to my brothers."
And t. cried Aiolesquin, who had been
attracted by the discussion, but who had
said nothing, land 1 shall not forgive you
for having interrupted my studies unless
YOU will accent box tonight for the Thea
ter des Gobclins.''
I'VE accept" cried Edgar in his turn, who
saw in this sudden interruption a chance TO
change the conversation to a softer vein.
Molesquin went back to his room, and the
three young people went down stairs.
The breakfast was delicious and the after
noon passed with the rapidity of lightning.
The dinner-for one must have dinner-was
also very good. and the evening was spent
pleasantly at the Theater des Gobelins.
After the performance Molesquin joined
| the three others and the four went to drink
beer at the nearest cafe.
In a word this story, though Partisan,
ended in marriage.-The Frenchman.
"Some people have funny ideas, haven't
they?'
''Yes; some of those who are not writ
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A GInnmr Prnsnect.

"YOu have an immense amount of hay
observed tie visitor at the Clover Meadow
Farm.
''Ya-ss.'' said Farmer Rcdneck, 'but
there amt a dang thing I feed it 10 bGs
bicycles.
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Proved Him TO Be Expert.

Pr0Veu Hin 10 BE ENpert.
Head OF Firm-Have you had any expert
ence in collecting?
Applicant should say had. used to
be a country Inihister.-Judse.
The morning times., 1896-03-08

"some people have funny ideas, haven't
they?"
Yes; some of those who are not writ
ing for the comic apers.n-Exchange.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-11-26
Was Man an Ampbibiap?

Man was said 10 have descended from
a good many types, by different in
quiries into ancient history, some go
ing for monkeys or apes, and others
for various species of animal life; but
some curious cases of hereditary web
bed hands and feet in human beings
seem to show that our ancestors may
have been amphibian.
An instance of this kind Of heredit-
airy popularity has been reported by
Doctors W. r. Smith and ]. s. Nor
well, in the case of family, nearly
all the members of which were affected
by a malformation of hands and feet.
In the subjects examined by those
gentlemen, the second and third fingers
were webbed to the tip, and the bones
were disposed in an extraordinary
/ manner.
Each foot had six toes, all more OIL
less webbed, except the fourth, which
was comparatively free.
These peculiarities have persisted
through several generations, and it wa
found that twenty-one persons out o
twenty eight had been malformed il
this way, and in all cases in both hand
[ and feet
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Fascination of Years.

Many woman over twenty heSitates
to meet the great and inquisitive Ii
Hung Chang. She doesn't care to ac-
knowledge the burden Of her years
which, just possibly, the viceroy, being
a student of history, lays to the credit
of her destinations. Helen of Troy
was over forty when she was party
to the most famous elopement on rec
ord. Cleopatra was over thirty when
Antony first loved her, and ten years
later her fascinations were in the as
cendant. At thirty-six Aspasia was
welded to Pericles, and thirty years
afterward she welded undisputed in
fiuence over men. Anne Of Austria was
quite thirty -eight when she was de
scribed as the handsomest queen in Flu
rope: Louis XIV. welded Nine de
Maintenon when she was forty-thre'
years Of age; Nile. Mars, the celebrated
French tragedienne, only attained tn
zenith of her power and influence a
forty-five, and Ninon de fEnclos is pro
verbal for her wonderful attraction
at seventy-three.
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A Sehilling & Company
Sau Francisco

her husband, man royal in body and
soul Hearing the door open, he raised
his head. "Ah, here comes the little
mistress Of the foundry. " he said. smil.
ing. Take a seat The money is ready
for you to pay of the men. | suppose
that you will never relinquish the pleas
ure of putting money into the mems
hands. No wonder you are SO popular
with them. "
When she came to Dick Flanaghan's
bench and he had counted mis- pay, he
nodded and said. "All right, missis. !"
Then, taking his clay pipe from his
mouth, he continued, And have ye
heard the news about Luke, ma'am?"
"No, indeed. What is it," eagerly
inquired Mrs. Storms
well, Luke went down to Pennsyl-
vania to work in coal mine. His
name was Hugh Briefly down there.
/ Luke he thought there was going to be
strike among the miners, and he niveI
could kape out of strike nohow,
missis. Luke was boss i'll the riots there
last spring, and he carried ON wild HI
wouldn't let the trains move, and st
the governor sent down the meleeshy Il
smash tho miners. Luke and u gang o
men behind him met the train that wa
fetchin the sojers and pitched rock
down the bank and ditched the train
Then them sojers just chased after tn
strikers and shot lot of them. LUX
got ball through his heart. "
Poor Luke, said Mrs Storms, wit
unaffected sorrow Poor, misguide
Lukev
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,dMEzRg9gs .s!'..,s;.,g

Opie Reads new story, my Young
Master" is announced for immediate
publication.
Henry ID. Lloyd, of Chicago, is to be
the United States correspondent of the
new London magazine called the Pro-
gressive Review, TO be edited by j. A.
Hobson and William Clarke.
The Scribners' collected edition of
Kipling is to be sold only by subscrip-
tion. Limited editions on Japan paper,
both of Kiplng's and of Barries works,
will appeal to wealthy book lovers.
If we may trust the unanimous YER
diet Of the London reviewers, Mrs. Man
nington Caffyn's (Iota's) new novel. "a
Quaker Grandmother" is delightful
surprise of genuine cleverness, with no
trace of the yellow Aster' in it.
The camera is assuming large place
in the field of modern illustration. Cliff
ton Johnson has taken his camera to
Thrums and produced the seventy
charming illustrations that distinguish
new edition of Barrie's "A window
in Thrums"
Richard lie Gallenne promises book
entitled THE Quest Of the Golden Girl"
Gabriel Setoun is putting forth a col
lection called "The Child World" Vol
umes of poems are about due from A.
G. Benson and John Davidson.
THE Political Situation" is the title
of the book on Africa and the Jane
son raid that has just appeared in Lon
don from the peus Of Olive Schreiner
and her husband, G.. s. Cronwright
Schreiner 1t is said to be an unusual
ly able and dignified indictment of Cecil
Rhodes and his monopolistic company
James Lane Aliens Forthcoming nov.
ell, "The Choir Invisible" is by far his
most pretentious work In scope, length
and general construction. The plot is
laid in the pioneer Kentucky days wher
the fiery English irginians begar
their epoch-making movement across
the Alleghenies Under Mr.. Aliens
, exquisite literary workmanship thi
, new material cannot fail to be produc
tive of a novel of supreme interest.
Marie Corelli Is preparing to rul
. amuck again-thls time against society
She will do it in story for the new
+ London magazine about to be starte'
under the name of the Lady's Realm
n BY the way, Miss Corelli's last move
q 1.-The Murder of Delicia," has alread
n exhausted its first edition Of 2S,0O
; copies, and new edition of 10000 col
@ les is in preparation. Though she de
:. spises the bicycle she is certainly bot
a record-breaker and a scorcher
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THE END.
New York Boys.

mister, won't yer give us er lift?"
The speaker was boy of 10, with an
expression of WEAKNESS ON his face. The
one spoken to was youth of about %,
with shade of mustache. The object
referred to was bag about three feet
high, which seemed to be filed with
some heavy material.
Certainly. my boy" replied the
youth, 'I'll help you on with it. ("
True to his word he grabbed the bag
around the center and proceeded to lift
1t on to the boys shoulder Suddenly
unearthly yells and shrieks came from
within, and the object, whatever it was,
began TO kick with such force that the
youth dropped the bag and proceeded to
hold his hands to his stomach as if in
great pain.
The boy and several bystanders were
shaking with laughter. A moment later
the top of the bag opened, and IA lad Of
scampered away as fast as he could
run.
"Fooled!' yelled all the boys at the
youth as they scampered after the
4 youngster.
That is what they call the bag
game. J" 1t is something new, and it
originated on the east side, but who in
vented it no one knows. The idea sim
ply is to get a ferocious youngster to en-
ter the bag and then have some unsus-
picious person lift it. The yells and
shrieks and kicks will not fail to upset
his mental and perhaps physical equilib
rum, and the youngsters will have q
great laugh as result. New York
Herald
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NO BAD POSTAGE STAMPS
Counterfeiters Find IL Uuproftabl.
to Trouble Postal Authorfti..

10 trouble Postal Authorities
Counterfeiters do not md il profica-
bly, 10 ply their vocation In the postal
service. According TO an official OF the
Postoftce Department. who has been
In the service for over twenty years.
there has been no counterfeiring OF
stamps during that period.
A few years ago the Postmaster Gen
eral ordered a reprint Of an obsolete
design OF dye-cent stamped envelope.
II was mistake on the part Of the de-
partment, and as soon as Il was dis
covered all OF these envelopes. about
10000 in number, We're called in. A
stamp collector in New York in some
way learned that these envelopes We're
soon TO be called in, so he bought
loo of them before the postmaster
had time to send them back to the de
partment. After all the others had been
called in he had a monopoly Of the
issue. and he was selling them freely
at So each 10 stamp cTsnks" He paid
but five cents apiece for them, hence
his profit was enormous.
There is another incident where Z
stamp collector learned that Their,
would be short issue Of certain de
nomination put in circulation, so h,
went to the contractor and purchased
$4,000 worth of the new issue. He at
tempted to sell them at greatly ad
vanced prices, and complaint was mad
to the department. An investigation
was ordered. and the result was an I'm
limited number was ordered to b
printed. and the man who had investe
in $4,000 worth was so badly stuc
that he appealed TO the department
redeem those he had not sold.
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SHEEP sHEARINo.
Experiences OF Professional shearers
In New south WaIea

Most OF our readers would probably
think that 10 shear. say, twenty or
thirty sheep. would be as much as the
most skillful and industrious shearer
could do In a long days work. They
may. then. says Chambers Journal,
be interested 10 know what vastly
greater numbers are expected 10 pass
through the deft hands OF capable
craftsman in the pastoral regions Of
the great strengthening colony Of New
South Wales. Our notes have been
collected on the spot.
The number OF sheep a man can
shear in day Of eight and half hours
over and above the shearer's expert
ness, depending mainly on the class OF
sheep and the nature of the country
over which the sheep have pastured.
OF all the breeds of sheep merimos
are the most difficult TO shear. In
the first place. they are very 'throaty'
that is, the skin covering the neck
lies in large. loose folds, so that manip-
ulatiOn with the shears is at best tedi-
Gus and troublesome. Then, again,
they possess what is technically known
as the points" of the breed-they are
wooded to the tip of the nose and down
the legs to the hoofs; 1t is these so.
called points that take up time.
! Sheep grazing over pastures where
burs, grass seeds, twigs, etc, are nu
merous, or over coarse, sandy cOun
> try. pick up in their fleece quantities
| of foreign matter that blunt the shears
( during the process Of shearing. 1t will
o at once be seen that this especially ap
plies to short-legged sheep, heavily
fieeced as the merinos are to the ex
tremities of their limbs. The tim,
taken up sharpening his shears Is
serious consideration to the shearer.
Bad or careless shearers, in orde
to give the sheep the appearance o
being properly shorn, may eithe
"shingle" or feather the fieeces the,
cut off By Singing" is meant max
: ing a second cut over the same par
( of the body of the sheep the first sew
erng the staple toward the center
e and the second close to the skin; We
e the whole fleece holds together an
, the damage may not be detected I'll
/. closely examined. On the contrary
"feathering" is plainly seen as 500
- as the fleece is shaken out; here tn
n, clip has been uneven, leaving patche
!. of longer wool to be severed by a SCI
ond cut This leaves a quantity G
> short wool in the inside the heec,
which readily separates when til
+ fleece is unrolled. "Shingling" is til
IL worst fault, as it quite ruins the ST.
\ pie for combing purposes.
Ill In the mountain districts west {
10 the table-land the average number {
sheep fairly good man will shear
&c a day of eight and half hours varit
IT, from seventy to 120. On the norther
to plains near the Queensland border IL
ty average is 100 to 10; and it is on re
Sh ord that the champion shearer
Nv Queensland clipped 327 sheep in nil
hours. Such a man, in the langual
- Of "the seed" is termed a ringer"
~ In the central plains on the Lachli
:, River the average Is eighty to Il
:, With machines the numbers are,
=, course, considerably more The M
a. are paid fl per 100 sheep; and out
this they have to provide ration
tie shears, sharpening-stones, oil, etc.
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Mistress Of the Foundry.
Bv EARL JosLYE.

Just as tire shadows Of night were
lifting MIS-. Sterns SAW three policemen
closing in ON the piazza Luke was
watching them He gave quick spring.
met the enc that was coming mp the
front steps and pushed him backward.
The man fell heavily on the tiagssones
and lay theye stunned. The others par
sued Luke into the house. Running like
a greyhound through the rooms, whose
doors were all set wide open, he saw
through the kitchen windows another
policeman waiting for him at the rear
door. the mastiff and Mrs Storms
reached the kitchen by short cut in
| advance of the two men. Luke stood at
/ bay The largest of the policemen took
out pistol The huge animal sprang
threateningly between the policeman
and the fugitive Mrs. Storms stepped
terrified before the mastiff Don shoot
my dog, sir, !" she entreated. Don't
shoot him.
"Call off your dog, then, lady, said
the man roughly.
That was enough. The Infatuated
beast heard the man speaking to his
mistress in unfriendly tones Before
she could even attempt to call him of
he had jumped with frightful grow
at the mans throat When she had sue
ceeded in pacifying the dog, the mar
lay ON the floor a sickening spectacle.
THE other cop ran out front, " ex
planned Luke as Mrs. Storms looked
around the room. Il must be off, missis
They will send 20 cops here to take me,
and Luke leaped out of window int,
the rear of the house. The wounde'
man writhed on the floor, while Can
dace crooned weird Judgment hymn
whose burden was, Gabriel sounds hi
mighty trumpet F"
: stop singing, Candace. tits not til
Judgment day. T"
Laws, missis, I'ze dead sure hear
him blow, replied Candace in ton
: hoarse with fear
! "No, no. Go to the sideboard an
bring me some brandy for this poe
;, man, said her mistress.
!. !, While she was engaged in caring fl
), him six stalwart policemen came in {
= the back door. They tenderly took ava
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-11-26
GaIyanizing Bolts.

Some recent experiments, says Indus
tries and Iron, seem to indicate that
iron is much weakened after being
picked and galvanized. \ dozen eye
bolts (all precisely alike so far as can
be perceived by external inspection,
were carefully selected; six of these
We're laid on one side and the others
sent away to be galvanized. When the
galvanized bolts We're returned the
whole twelve were put together and
tested, when 1t was found that the gal
yanized bolts We're the only ones to
break in no instance did the ungalvan-
lied ones give way.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-11-26
Tea at $175 a Pound.

Tea at SITS pound! If grocer
should ask the average housewife that
kind of price she would be likely to
drop dead. Yet there is such tea, and
G. n. Merriweather, tea merchant
of Cincinnati, has some of 1t. A little
of this goes long way and five ounces
Of it constitutes his stock.
Very little of this tea Is ever brought
to this country. Indeed, little of it is
marketed anywhere, as it Is extremely
rare, and millionaires, even, if the price
was no object. would have difficulty in
getting hold of 1t.
This $175-a-pound tea is known as
/ the Ceylon golden bud. 1t is the pick
/ ings of the first tips of the blossoms
The greatest care must be taken in the
picking, and nothing but the bright
golden-hued tip taken off the blossoms.
All the picking of this grade is care
fully done by hand. The process of
drying these tips is as delicate as the
picking. The annual output Is esti-
mated at 1000 pounds, valued at
81. 100000.
But five pounds of this tea has even
been known to have reached the United
States. excepting a few pounds placed
ON exhibition at the Worlds Fair. y
rich lady residing at New York wrote
TO Mr.. Mari, the agent of the Ceylor
tea growers for America, at Chicago
and asked him to try to procure for he
If possible five pounds Of this remark
able and expensive tea. Mr.. Mari wa
successful in securing six pounds of TIL
precious article. The New York lad,
gave check for 81 900 for her fly,
pounds. Mr.. Merriweather, who is
personal friend of Mr.. Mari. receive,
i've ounces of the extra pound pro
curad
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An African Salt Works.

Karembwe's is one of the salt max
ing villages; sandy clay is dug out Of
the marshes and placed i'll grass fun
nels. Water poured on this dissolves the
salt The solution trickles through the
green filter into a trough, after which
it is boiled and strained, and fine,
large crystal salt is obtained. 1t is a
great trade in this part of the world.
All villages make salt, which is put up
in loads about five inches in diameter
by four feet long. All these people, the
Waitawa, are very polite. Most of them
hail you with, "Mornin;" they do not
seem able to manage the good. -
octave In the Heart of Africa" in Cen
fury
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Methods.

Modern demands can be met only by
modern methods. The successful dairy
man must be student Of his trade,
and the best results will come from the
practice Of dairy knowledge. and not
from the traditions of the fathers. The
producer OF poor butter cannot stand
against the promoters and makers of
substitute compounds. There is call
for the best skill from breeding time to
market day.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-11-26
Alas, IT'S True.

"Things amt right in this world"
said Perry Palette, bitterly.
.What's eatin' you nowT' asked Way
worn Watson.
II was thinkin' Of money. A mug
don't amount to nothin' without 1t; and
when he don't amount to nothin' he
can't git it. No show for pore man at
all /"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-11-26

We want your tea-trade
for the rest of your life.
Do you see now how we
can afford to say: Get
every sort of Settling S
Best of your grocer, and
get your money back on
what you don't like?
A Sehilling & Compsny
san Francisco SO
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-11-26

Wallace used TO believe that hyp-
notism was a rank fraud, but am a
convert now.
Ferry-Been put under the influence
yourselfg
mo. But a professor got Wheeler
ON the stage, and II was not five minutes
before Wheeler was standing up before
the crowd and asserting that there were
lots Of better bicycles than his Gin
cinnati Enquirer
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by local applications as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of TIE ear. There il only one
way to cure deafness. and that is by eonstiu-
tonal remedies Deafness Is caused by au in
famed condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachau Tube. When this tubs l. inhamed
you have a Tumbling sound or imperfect hear
ing, and " hen It Is entirely closed. Deafness is
the result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out aud this tubs restored e lis normal
condition. hearing will be destroyed forever
nine eases out of ten are caused by eatarrh
which is nothing bu. an II ilamed condition Of
the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness caused by eatarrhl that ennno
be cured by Halls CatarTh Cure. send FOL
circulars Tree.
+. J. CHENEY 4 CO., Toledo, O.
EW- Sold by Druggists, T5c
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Lash's Kidney and Liver BItters is the best
and most Effective Family Md cine in use.
u is Mild Cathartie, and n sure cure for
Habitual Constipation. Every boitlA is guaran.
teed to do exact a. recommended, aud for ludi-
gestion, Biliousnes, DyspeI STA, Malaria, Chills
and Fever, Rheumatism. Nervous, or Sick Head
ache and all diseas, arising from disorde'ed
condition OF the liver or kidneys II positively
without an equal
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Vice Versa,

Diner-Waiter, there is slight mis-
take. ordered a spring chicken and
a dottle Of 1881 wine.
Waiter-Yes, sir.
Diner-You have brought me some
wine of last spring and chicken of
1SS4.-PariS Messenger,
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LKFr DEsTITUTEt

Not OF worldly goods. but Of al earthly comfort.
10 the poor Nreteh iormeuted BY malaria The
fell scourge IL. however, shorn OF it thrOng la
advance BY tIOSiefters stomseh Ritters. It's
only sure preventive aud remedy. Dyspepsia,
biliOusness, constipation. rheumatism. nervous
ness aud kidney complaints are al 50 amOag the
b Oily Affections which this beueheent medicine
overcomes with certainty Use il :, stemat
tCally
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Machine for Weighing Thought.

thought-weighing machine has
been invented by Prof. MossO, an Ital
ian Psychologist, the rush Of the blood
TO the head turning the scale, The ma
chine is so delicate that it can meas
ure the difference in the eXertion need
ed to read Greek from that required
for Latin.
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Old Alnnnacs.

1t has recently been ascertained that
almanacs and calendars date back TO
the year 200 A. ID.