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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-11-12
AaAssIzs TEST.
Estimate OF q Mans Worth According TO
His Faculty OF Observing.

II is said that however wisely Prof
Agassiz, tie famous zoologiSt, might
differ in his opinions from another
scientist, he never underyalued any
contribution which a scientific op
ponent made 10 zoology
he extended the fame Of Owen, tie
eminent English zoologist, Iii this coun-
try, by enthusiastically pointing out
10 all questioners his grounds for sin
cere admiration of that scientist, aud
it was only by chance that his auditors
learned how widely Agassiz' opinions
differed from Owens on certain much-
disputed questions.
But for amateurs who took facts at
secondhand and built up systems by
combining the discoveries OF various
specialists in science he had a some
what contemptuous indifference. One
of his friends asked him on one occl-
sion how he felt about the attack which
had been made on his scientific position
by certain accomplished scholar who
had studied the different theories adj
vanced by eminent biologists, and had
decided that Agazziz must he ranked in
The second class.
To the amazemept of his friend, who
regarded the attack as q matter of CON
| siderable seriousness, AgasSi2 burst
into roar of laughter.
why, just think of it." he cried
The man undertakes to fix my place
among biologists, and he is not hinl
self zoologist!" And then, seeing
that his friend did not apparently ap
preciate the joke OF the affair, he
i, aaded- with. evident enjoyment: "Why
don't YOU know that he has never beer
an Observer"
With him observation" meant 10
only the training of the eye itself, bu
the cultivation and eXertion of all tn
e faculties behind the eye. He once salt
in reply 10 friend who asked him
after he had been Il years IN tn
country, what he considered the bes
result of his teaching
> Il have educated five observers. On
9 of them, TO be sure. has turned out =
II be nv deadliest personal enemy; bu
If / still affirm that he is good observer
n and that is the best compliment coul
"a pay him were he my dearest friend. =
Youths Companion
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-11-12

The time for the District Court sitting
has been postponed from the Gath inst. to
some date in December. and possibly later,
for the reason that there s now but little
business ready for determination, and sew.
eral of the attorneys attendant on court
have cases set for other points this month
Nstice Of the continuance will be given to
all interested parties by the County Clerk.
Some of the ballots cast at the late elect.
ion created both msrriment and surprise.
At DeLamar several appeared in the count
bearing crosses for the Bryan electors only,
a number omitted Presidential and State
officers altogether. Others crossed but two or
three of the county candidates, while one
individual voted for only one county officer
and the town constable.
There is some talk OF contesting the De-
Lamar election precinct for errors in regi-
stration and returns. 1t will end in talk,
for those who understand the matter know
that no Irregularities occurred in the pre-.
cinct sufficient to throw it out, though if it
were done it would change the result as to
several candidates, hut the amount OF Doodle
in the offices concerned doesn't justify the
effort.
In summing up the methods pursued at
various precincts during the late election, it
is made plain that the Purity law did not
prevent the influences from operating.
The difference was however, that appar-
emily disinterested parties, instead of the
candidates themselves iii, 9iti .tsifs %5tth rhn
Purity law still needs some amendments j
it is to stand at ALL In its present form i
favors the unscrupulous as against the con
scientious candidate.
While silver supporters may have caus
for regret at the result Of the late election
aud see little comfort for them in the in
mediate future, yet better times are to PR
l vail at once in the East. Mills, factories
a put on new hands or furnished addition
work to old ones aud a general feeling
9 security prevails. There is no good reasC
= however, why protective tariff and fr
e coiusee cannot exist at the same time.
" Burton, the gymnsst, who has been d
ing DeLamar and other places in the pa
few weeks, held forth last night Jochit
'. sens saloon to rather small but appre
ative audience. To-day, by permission,
re placed his trapeze on Main street. and 81
80 fisd and Instructed the children, ladies q
lg Others with trapeze performances,
Al Charley Lytle & Co. have cut the ledge
III their property at Deer Lodge district, abc
twelve miles east Of Eagle valley. 1t
nearly all silver bearing, gold occurring
in small quantities, but it is Of such $
70 that il is bound to become heavy y
~ II. ducer. The ledge as cut IS over live
zee zee wide. and is said to be all ore Of vary
grades.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-11-12
PICTuRlNe A SEA FIGHT.
How instantaneous Photography Figures
In the Modern Painters Art.

IN tne modern Painters Art.
Instantaneous photography has made
il easy to-day for men with little knowl-
edge of seamanship TO place ships and
boats under sail in picture, but in
early days, says Temple Bar the power
of doing so correctly was limited to a
few men like Stanfield and Capt. Beechy.
II. n.
The difficulty of obtaining anything
like reliable description of sea fight,
even from those who had taken part in
it, was, according to Stanfeld, very
great. and he told us how, when plan
ming his picture of The Battle of Ira
falgar," he applied TO Capt. Hardy for
advice as TO the position of the Victory,
Hardy's answer being that, owing TO
the smoke, il was impossible during
the height OF the action TO see beyond
the ships alongside, adding; II am
about the worst man You could come To.
for some time before that which your
picture represents the Nictory's tiller
ropes had been shot away, and | was be
low IN the steerage attending 10 them
and the helm, and down there we knew
so little of what was going on that we
continued TO load and fire one of her
stern guns until ordered from the deck
to stop because we were firing into one
of our own ships"
Like Loutherbourg. Stanfield had
been at seq rs young man, while both
owed much of their facility and power
OF composing subject TO their early
training in the scene loft But think
Loutherbourg greatly surpassed Stan
deld as draughtsman and in knowl-
edge of naval architecture
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-11-12
A Card.
c. w. TOZER, Chairman
E. A. STEWART, Sec'y.

have been iaformed several timea that
some harmonica player at State Line desires
to play match with me. | don't know
who to address. bat if any one there wants
to make a match with me for Christmas
Eve, at this place, | am ready at any time.
W. A. DENTON.
Pioche, New, Nov. IL, 1896
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-11-12

A Los Angeles man claims to have discov'
cred process by which he can extract in 3
few minutes every particle of gold from the
most rebsllious ores at an expense OF so
cents per ton. and that with plant costing
$500 he can work 40 tons day without
the use of water. 1t 10 probable that actual
working results will not correspond with
laboratory tests.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-11-12
Two farmers met ON the highwa

Two farmers met on the highway
in Gibson county, Tenn, the other day
and. after the custom of the region,
stopped to swap horses. The trade was
agreed on finally by one farmer re.
eeiying the Others horse and ashepherd
dog. a rooster, 50 cents and pint OF
whisky to boot
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-11-12

WANTED-SEvERAL + AlTHFUL MEN OR WO
w men to travel for responsible established
house in NeyaAs. Salary $3.50, payable SIS weekl-
and expenses. Position permanent. Reference
Enclosed self addressed stamped envelope. The
National, star Building, Chiesgo,
The herald., 1896-04-22
THE POLITE WORLD

Although quite informal. one Of the
prettiest and most delightful of the
social gatherings OF the season was the
''at home" given yesterday by Mrs. j.
B. Ridgeway and Mrs. Kate b. Taylor
at their artistic little cottage on West
Thirty-sixth street in honor of Mrs Geo.
Wiltshire and Mrs. Nat Wiltshire. The
rooms were redolent of roses that
were used regardlesss to color in the
drawing-room but confined to pansies
in the dining-room that was extremely
dainty with the delicate hue. The
square dining table was covered with
pansies, over which was thrown an en-
belished Swiss cover. Out of a mound
of pink roses in the center rose silver
candlelabra holding pink candles. The
tempting viands and punch were pre-
sided over by the Misses May Corson
and Lizzie Lewis. The afternoon was a
very enjoyable one, and among those
who enjoyed the hospitalities of the two
hostesses were Mesdames Dwight. Whit
ney, Cunningham, A. NJ. Stephens, e. B.
Miller, Wilbur Parker, George Denis, L.
A. Lewis, w. Fl. Bonsall. Lemis, Burke
Carpenter, j. =. Jackson jr., Alfred So
lano, Blaisdell, Margaret Hobbs, Shoe
maker, Butter. Lodwick, J. S. Owens,
w. l.. Graves, A. c. Jones, Cosmo, Nor
gan, G. Z. Overton.
The herald., 1896-04-22

tate taxes, while 761, 900 vacant lot own
ers pay only one-tenth of the real estate
taxes.
There ts no reason to suppose that the
conditions of Illinois concerning this
phase of taxation are widely different
from those in almost any other state.
The fact is that every real farmer is
more of a capitalist and laborer than
landowner He may be the owner or a
vast area Of land. but land cannot De
equitably taxed according to area, put
only on the basis of site value, or that
value which is produced by society as
a whole. All of the farmers improve
merits and all of his personal property,
including the trees that he plants and
the crops that he raises, are wealth, In
the economic sense, and large per-
centage of them are capital also. SO that
the farmer, il rewarded as he should
be. receives interest on his capital and
wages for his labor. And as capital is
simply crystallized or stored up labor,
the whole proposition resolves itself in
to the fact that the farmer is laborer.
Were he compensated Justly for his Ia
Dor. and permitted to receive all that
he earns, he would have no real reason
for complaint because of being taxed
as landowner. 49,
The government should keep its
hands Off his earnings, and make MIN
pay only for holding exclusive posses
siou that constitutes special privilege.
The herald., 1896-04-22
WOULD-BE SUICIDE
Gets Pull Of Bad Liquor and Takes . Few
Snfffs OF Chloroform

At $3.50 last evening woman rushed
excitedly into the police station and
said that man on New High street had
taken poison and was dying. The patrol
wagon was Immediately dispatched, and
at No. 521 found George Honeywell
lying in stupor with handkerchief
by his side which had been saturated
with chloroform. He was conveyed to
the receiving hospital on stretcher
and restoratives applied with such good
effect that inside of five minutes Honey
well arose and offered to lick any man
who dared to pinch or slap him any
more. 1t required the efforts of three
or four men to hold him upon the ia BILE
and it was soon seen that he was in no
danger of dying.
In one of his pockets was vial of
chloroform, but the cause of his condi-
ton was primarily too much booze, with
perhaps a few shifts or light dose of the
drug. Honeywell has been living with
a woman at the above number for some
time. and his action was probably taken
to frighten her in consequence of some
lovers quarrel. In this he succeeded,
for she came around to the station post
haste upon learning the news of the at
tempted suicide, but left in disgust when
she ascertained Eoneywell's real condi-
ton. He is a man of about 49, and is not
unknown to the police.
After getting upon his feet again he
was given a snug berth for the night, and
will probably be prosecuted for drunk
pnneSS.
The herald., 1896-04-22
o PAST THAT IS!

When we two wandered hand in hand,
The rosy mists of dawn lay wet
Upon the smiling Southern land,
Where grows the Spanish bayonet.
OF filmy lace-work, jewel-set,
The mists had spun gauzy band.
And swung it where the branches met
Athwart the way to Faeryland.
All. sweet, how could we understand
That path was not for mortal feet?
There was no mourner in the land
To warn us from the magic street.
Where waves of yellow violets beat
We stood upon the efern-fringed strand.
The while the birds sang, piping sweet
The matin songs of Faeryland.
We crossed the bridge (for none Withstand
Who once that phantom music hear):
Then creeping Death stole Ger the land,
It was the waning of the year.
Mid falling leaves all parched and scar,
In mute farewell, held your hand.
We spake no word. we shed no tear,
But looked our last on Faeryland.
L'ENVOI.
Oh. Past that Isl, In visions yet
You lead us with remorseless hand,
Down sun-paths to the gulf Regret,
Beyond the verge of Faeryland.
LAURA CREIGHTON
The herald., 1896-04-22
THE VISITING HOSTS

OF the many gatherings Los Angeles
has been the scene of-and the claims Of
Los Angeles to be considered suitable
place for conventions and conferences
have received in the last decade most
liberal recognition-the meeting Oh the
national organization of hotel men, or
the Hotel Mems Mutual Benefit asso-
citation, as it is officially known, can be
rightly considered one of the most inn
portant and timely. All things consid-
cred the visitors could not nave seiecteo
a more auspicious season for their COM
ing. The climate, the products ana the
people OF Southern California are at
their best at this time of year, Whlie 10
the attractions that are ever with US
are added those of the Fiesta.
The conditions are certainly favorable
to the making of a holiday that the
hosts, who are now guests shall nunoer
among the most notable of their careers
The Herald hopes that the vlsltors
have entoyed and will continue TO en-
tov themselves while in Southern Cah-
fornia: that they will go away freighted
with good opinions of what they nave
seen and heard, both for their own sake
and for that of Southern California IL
would indeed be regrettable II they re-
turned to their distant homes Withoul
feeling amply compensated 1or tne
haunt they have made. But there Is lor-
tunately abundant reason to believe that
the reception and entertainment accord
ed them have more than met their ex-
pectations, and that when they depart
II will be with impressions regarding
our people. our hospitality and our
country that will prove both gratifying
to us and advantageous to southern
California in a material way.
The agreeable impressions carrleo
away by the hotel men will be materi-
| ally advantageous to us because those
gentlemen will tell the tale OF theil
Southern California visit to more peo-
pie than any other single class of indi'
viduals could possibly reach. They rep
resent every part of the United States
! they come from the villages, the towns
and the cities, and in time their view
and ideas become a part of the knowl
edge of intelligent mankind Throughout
the world. They are in touch daily, on'
might say hourly, with the active hu
manity Of the earth and to a larger ex
tent than most persons, they meet ant
converse with the very people tina
Southern California desires to be ad
vertised to-the people seeking homes
or fields for investment or both. With
out intending to do anything of the kint
the men who conduct the hostelries @
the United States can most wonderful!
influence the movements of the classe
to which Southern California must lool
If it would become prosperous and pop
ulous. Hence it is we'll for US If th'
members of the Hotel association de
part satisfied that Southern Californi;
is all that we claim it to be and littl
| more, too.
The herald., 1896-04-22
Cake Walk

Don't forget to curl your hair, all the
darkies will be there" was the burden
of thought of number of Los Angeles
society people yesterday afternoon. The
preparations and the anticipated pleas
ure were for a cake walk given last
night by Mr.. and Mrs. John T. Jones at
Casas de Rosas. They didn't forget to
curl their hair nor did any of the in
vlted guests forget to be there. The
crowd was jolly one and seemed fully
imbued with the spirit of carnival times.
The blackened faces and grotesque cos
tunes stood out in pleasing effect
amidst the flower bedecked rooms. The
cake was mammoth one; it was gay
with Fiesta colors and contained a
priceless ring. The evening was opened
ty a waltz, the music changing into a
Virginia reel, and then the fun COM
menced when the couples fell into line
and We'd with each other in graceful
walking. Among the contestants were
Mr.. and Mrs. Godfrey Holterhoff. Mr..
and Mrs. w. T. Bishop, Mr.. and Mrs. Al
Barker, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Cline, Mr.
and Mrs. Willard Stimson. Mr.. and Mrs.
Ezra Stimson, Mrs. Lyons of New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. j. Fleming, Mr. and
Mrs. f. G. Howes, Mr.. and Mrs. r. J.
Widnev Mr.. and Mrs. w H. Holiday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Il. T. Earl. Miss May
Owen, Mr.. and Mrs. A. c. Jones. MI and
Mrs. c. NJ. Baker Miss Marx. Mr.. and
Mrs. Ben Ward. Mr.. and Mrs. McCor-
mack, Miss Mccormack, Miss Kelly. Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Jevne. Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Hines, MI and Mrs. a. Poehler, Misses
Poehler, Miss Frankenfield, Messrs.
Henderson, Felix Notman, Walter
Barnwell, Joe Bumiller, Spruance, Rich
ardson, Dickinson, Will Edwards, Chas.
Dick
The herald., 1896-04-22
BURGLAR RECAPTURED
Jimmy" Clark Apprehended on AIsmeda
Street Last Night

Jimmy" Clark the slick burglar who
escaped from the police court the other
day, while awaiting examination for
one of his latest house breaking epi-
sodes, was recaptured last night on
Alameda street and sent in. Clark was
implicated with Curley and Edwards,
who have each been held for trial for
burglary. The gang are all eX-convicts
and had committed many depredations
before they We're rounded up by detec-
tives Auble and Hawley. While Bail
iff Appel's back was turned, Clark
cody rose and walked from the court
DOM before the eyes of several officers
Who supposed him merely visitor in
;tead OF prisoner. The very bold
ness of the scheme insured it's success.
Clark is an opium fiend, however, and
did not leave the city when he had a
chance. Last night he ventured forth
and was promptly nabbed and return
ed to Jail to answer for his crimes.
The herald., 1896-04-22
rlrs. OVerton's Grateful Tribute

cannot find words to sufficiently express my gratitude
for the English and German Expert Specialists who have
mracuousy restored me to health year ago was help
less invalid from female troubles and could not walk the
room or dress myself had tried many good physicians till
patiently awaited my DOOM The misery and wrechdness of
those years seem light today-but many will realize
what have suffered.
Under great persuasion began treatment with the English
and German Expert Specialists had but little hope III ply
sicians eft-but the first months treatment encouraged ard
went on-ganing slowly each month"; till today am strong
well woman shall be able to repay the Specialists for
all they have done for mebut my testimony may lead other
suffering to find relief as have Very gratefully,
MATILDA OVERFLOW
The herald., 1896-04-22
THE TAXATION OF FARMERS

Considerable discussion has been in
dulged in through the press and other
wise as to whether or not the farmers
Of this country would be benefited if
their land were taxed according to its
value as raw land, and all their i'm
provements and personal property ex-
empted from taxation, the land val
ue tax being increased sufficiently to
offset the exemption Of the other prop
erty. A little careful investigation of
the proposition discloses the fact that
the average farmer-the man who really
tills the soil as well as owns it-would
be benefited by such a change in tax
alton methods. One concrete illustra-
tion may be used to good advantage in
this connection.
In the state of Illinois, which is one of
the best agricultural states, the unim-
proved acreage is assessed on an aver
age at $4.03 an acre, and the improved
land at s111S an acre. If those two sums
were added together and the result di-
vided by two the assessed valuation of
al lands, both improved and unjm-
proved. would be only $3.50 per acre
In other words, the farm of the real
farmer would be assessed at $3.50 per
acre instead of $11.1S. Thus the farm
ers' tax burden would be lghtened to
the tune of S3.5S per acre. Besides that,
there would be another great advantage
both to the farmer himself and to the
government levying the tax. Land can
easily be assessed at it's actual value
not so high as to be unjust to the owner,
nor yet below the value attached to it
by reason of the growth of the commun-
fly for whose benefit the tax is collected.
1t is notorious that personal property,
Including Improvements, is not and
never can be evenly and fairly assessed.
Now, let us take two or three facts
pertaining to taxation in the cities of
Illinois. Owners of city houses and va
rious other species of property produced
BY labor in those cities, to the number
~ 5000, pay 80 per cent Of the real es-
The herald., 1896-04-22
1So6-ITS DEMOCRATIC CON
TENTS

A far-away subscriber sends Fiesta
greetings and proposes for The Herald s
response toast: 1886; Its Democratic
Contents"
Here's lookin' at him. 'Tis a good
toast. He might have made it embar-
RAISING by proposing "'96-Its Demo-
cratic Malcontents, or Discontents. ="
The embarrassment would arise from
the fact, of course, that there are no
Democratic malcontents. But "'96-
it's Democratic Contents"-that eX-
presses 1t.
Without calling into requisition the
editorial X-ray, the Fiesta crowds to-
day will easily discern Democratic con-
tent irradiating the countenances of
Governor Budd and his staff and will
drain festal glasses, of Democratic con-
tents, in their honor.
Hail to the Queen!
Hail to her Fiesta!
Hail to the Governorl
Hail Democracy!
Like the single touch Of nature,
(which makes the whole world kin,
The Herald believes that there is a GER
tain balsamic virtue in the touch of true
Democracy which, applied to the politi-
cal needs of a free people, is bound to
make the world less sore and minister in
the direction of a larger recognition of
the universal brotherhood of man.
Hail the coming day of the true trinity
of estates: The Democracy of men; the
aristocracy of women, and the mon
archy of God.
The Herald is satisfied that 1896 holds
great things in store for the national
Democracy 1T will rally to the stand
nominated to stand upon stronger
platform than any party has built since
the one framed by Samuel J. Tilden, in
1876. 1t viii declare. .foriunfettered COM
merce and sound currency in terms SO
unequivocal that no citizen will have
of it, The Republican party, on the
contrary, will juggle with words, form
ulating a highF sounding platform which
may mean anything. This year the peo-
pie will not be ~fooied-party ties bind
loosely just now. The sound platform
will get the votes of the mense con-
servative element over the Union
which can always be relied upon tc
come to the rescue when the country's
credit is imperilled.
Eighteen hundred and ninety-six viii
witness the victory of Democracy owe,
two abominable 'isms"-protectionis
and money fiatism. And John G. Car.
The herald., 1896-04-22

isle will carry his party's victorious
banner. Already he has sounded out
the trumpet that shall never call re-
treat" N
Without further special application
The Herald will furnih to its subscrib-
ers, from now on, daily installments Of
the news of 1s9e--including its Demo-
era tic contents
The herald., 1896-04-22

The presidential boom Of Tillman, the
untamed, has reached the sentimental
stage, and may be expected to soon
eicken and pine away. A strange fem
inine admirer of mysterious years
kissed him at his Denver meeting be-
fore about 5000 people. The name Of the
asylum for the feeble-minded from
which she escaped has not yet been
given.
The herald., 1896-04-22
Here and There

Mr. r. e. 1bbetson has returned from
the east bringing with him a very
charming bride. which has quite put an
end to the speculation of his friends
as to his reasons for going east.
Mrs. Wilson j. Edwards and her son.
Scott Edwards, of Findlay, o., are the
guests of Mrs. Sarah Green at her home
520 West Third street.