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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-12-29
TO FLOAT THE MAINE
The Navy Department Hopes to
Raise the BatsIeShIp.
Confident SHE CAN Be SAVED.
Fanous wrssksrs Anxious 20 Bssin ihs
Work q Rsssas Ne Pay Asked Until
she - safe IN Amsriean waters.

New york.--A Tribune special from
Washington says: The Navy Depart.
ment has not abandoned the hope Of res
cuing the Maine from Havana harboI
and bringing the wreck back TO thin
country for rehabilitation, nor does II
seem likely, from the interest taken
by responsible wnecking experts, that
the Crsitobal Colon will be permitted
10 p0nnd 10 pieces on the shore west
81 Santiago. The Board Of COnauc-
lion has under consideration q formal
proposition for the salvage Of both
these vessels and their delivery at New
York OF such other port Of the United
States as the Government might select,
but no company will b. allowed 10 be-
gin operations on the vessels until COM
parison can be made between offers
from several trustworthy concerns.
A Swedish company, which IL said
70 be the most capable and experienced
In the world. now has experts at work
on the Colon making an investigation
into the difficulties involved in her
salvage. Divers and engineers have
been brought from Europe especially
for this purpose, and after satisfying
themselves Of the Colon's condition
and the expenses that must be incurred
Ia floating her, they will 20 10 Havana
and examine the Maine. There Is no
doubt In the minds Of naval officials
that the report Of these experts will re-
suit In bona-fde offer from the Swe.
dish company, but disposition is
manifested 10 give the preference 10
American wreckers II all other things
are equal.
The Navy Department has, however,
made q rigid rule that no proposition
will be considered involving thee overn-
ment in any expense until the vessels
are safely delivered in a naval dry
dock, on the "no-cure-no-pay' prin-
clple. The offer under consideration
came from some associated engineers
In New York City, who have ample
capital and who easily convinced the
board Of the feasibility Of their project
from an engineering point Of view.
Their original terms, which are,
however, subject to modification, con-
template payment by the Government
of $3.50, 900 In cash in the case Of the
Maine and $1,000, 900 in the case OF
the Colon on their delivery at New
York or Norfolk navy yard, In addition
10 one-third Of the appraised value Of
these vessels on their arrival, at val
nation to be made by board Of arbi-
tration. The uncertainty as to the pre-
else amount Of remuneration involved
in this proposition Ia not attractive to
naval officials, who will insist on stipu-
lating the exact sum to be paid by the
Government for salvage before the con-
tract Is signed.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-12-29
FOR THE FARMERS.
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Bsnsat car Readers.


The reports that the crop Of Smyrna
fgs would be exceedingly short this
year, probably not more than IS per
cent Of an average crop, caused an
active demand early in the season,
with the result that what WAS carried
over from last year in ice-boases was
promptly bought up and about every
thing in the way OF new crop on the
way or landed in New York found a
ready market, even at the high prices
demanded for layers and bags. Owing
TO the short Turkish crop, everything
that could be made into layers was
utilized for that purpose. Consequent
ly, the supply Of bag figs from Smyrna
has been exceptionally su-..ll and do
nestle packers have had to look TO
other sources Of supply. These, says
the Journal 81 Commerce and Com
mercial Bulletin Of November IT. we're
found IN Portugal and spain, and
though in ordinary circumstances the
fruit from those countries does not
meet with much favor in the United
States, this year they have been freely
purchased and seem to give sstisiac-
tion, one special element in their
favor being that their cost compared
with the Turkish product, or even Cal
ifornia fruit, is low.
Most OF the California goods ara be.
ing packed in one-pound bricks, and in
that form seem TO find a ready sale to
consumers. Layer figs in boxes have
been and will be throughout the season
scarce commodity. California has TO
some extent supplied the shortage in
the imported variety, but the bulk of
the stock received has been packed in
one-pound bricks. The best fruit has
come from the northern part OF the
State, and in texture, and flavor has
compared fayorably with the imported
figs, but the objection made against the
average California fig by consumers Is
that II is thick skinned and is deficient
in favor and sweetness, and until a
considerable improvement in these re-
spects is made, the opinion among east
ern handlers seems to be that il will
be difficult to induce consumers TO take
them as a substitute, even temporarily,
for the imported fruit. California, ii
is claimed, now has an exceptionally
good opportunity to introduce her fies
in the eastern markets, but while buy
ers at present may be disposed TO paw
comparatively high prices for them,
because OF the short Smyrna crop,
next year, II there is good output Of
the latter, the CALIFORNIA; my find it a
very difficult matter TO maintain q
foothold in the eastern markets, unless
they materially improve the quality of
their fruit in texture and flavor, and
are ready to market them here at rea-
sonable prices.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-12-29
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T#stengS%'

The wings of birds are not only to aid
ocomotion In the air, but also on the
ground and water. One bird even has
claws In the elbows" of its wings to
aid in climbing.
The elephant does not smell with his
trunk. His olfactory nerves are con-
tanned in single nostril, which is in
the roof Of the mouth, near the front.
Tarantulas do not dance to the sound
Of the violin, but let the people they bite
do the dancing; scorpions, however, en-
Joy fiddling. according TO the Quarterly
Review, and lizards go crazy for music
Of any kind. AS for serpents, the boa
constructor and python are senseless to
melody, but the cobra Is fascinated by
the flute and still more by the fiddle:
Polar bears enjoy the violin; so do os-
triches; wolves will stop in the chase to
listen to cornet; elephants are fond
Of the Aute, especially the upper notes
tigers, while approaching violin and
flute, cannot stand the harmonium
while the musical seal shows no emo
ton on hearing any instrument, MOI
even the bass drum.
Rightly considered. a spiders web /:
most curious as well as a most beauti
full thing. When we were children thu
majority Of us supposed that the spi
der's web was pulled ont of Its mouth
and that the little insect had larg,
reel of the stuff In his stomach, and thai
he could almost instantly add feet
yards or rods to the roll. The facts are
that spiders have regular spinning
machine-a set of tiny tubes at the fa
end of the body-and that the threads
are nothing more nor less than a white
sticky fluid, which hardens as soon as /
comes In contact with the air. TIL,
spider does not really and truly spin.
but begins thread by pressing bill
''spinneret" against some object, t,
which the liquid sticks. He then moves
away and by constantly ejecting tn,
fluid and allowing 1t to harden form
his ropes or wonderful geometrical nets
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-12-29
Benjamin. Eranklin,s Nepotism.

In the Century Paul Leicester Ford
writes Of 'Franklin's Family Rela-
TONS" OF Franklins grandson, Benja-
min Franklin Bache, Mr.. Ford SAYS:
When Franklin went to France In 1T76
he took this grandson with him, to
give him little French language and
address," With still other ends In view,
so soon as he was settled In Paris he
"sent him to finish his education at
Geneva" as Il intend him for Presby-
terrain as we'll as a republican" Here
the boy remained four years, and then
returned to live with his grandfather,
who wrote the mother: II have had a
great deal of pleasure In Ben. He is a
good honest lad, and will make, think,
valuable man." He gains daily up-
on my affection" and I'VE love him
very much" Young Bache came to
America with his grandfather, and by
his aid was established as printer,
Franklin supplying all the equipment
for the office, which he left him In his
will. together with other property. In
his behalf, also. he asked Washington
for some public office, an application
which shared the same fate as that he
had made for his other grandson, by
being refused. 1t was the common
feeling Of the time that Franklin had
used civil Office to serve his family
more than to serve the public. and so
there was sufficient prejudice to make
exclusion OF bis relatives almost a pol
ley with the new government. This
discrimination. In time. led TO III feeling,
and eventually Benjamin Franklin
Bache became the standard-bearer OF
the journalists who abused Washing
ton
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-12-29
New Guns for Rns,Ia.

Washington.-The Russian Govern
ment recently contracted loan OF
$b5, $4,000 in France to be used in
replacing her artillery with rapid firing
small caliber guns, according to dis
patch sent to the State Department
from Consul-General Holloway at St.
Petersburg. lie says further that
trials by experts have been concluded
and report is said to be in favor OF the
manufacture OF a gun embracing the
best points Of a number tested. AS
5000 guns will be required within the
next two years and Russia will not be
able to manufacture that number, con-
tracts will be made with foreign firms
to furnish the remainder.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-12-29
zanta cnrrant..

The raisin-growers of the San Joa-
quin Valley are much worked up over
the proposition made in the President
message TO the effect that the restora.
tion OF Zante currants to the free list il
under consideration. The California
Raisin-Gr Association has taken
mp the matter and has telegraphed Ia
ell fruit and raisin associations through
out the State, urging them to send
forward protests to Washington. This
has been done by the Los Angeles
Chamber OF Commerce.
Zante currants, being nothing else
than small cured grapes, come into
direct competition with California
raisins, which have been selling at I'M
remunerative prices fer several years,
30 1t Is not surprising that the raisin
men should feel that the admission Of
these currants free OF duty would be
unjust to an important industry.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-12-29
keeping MIN in Hot weather.

Many patrons OF creameries and
cheese factories cannot keep their milk
sweet for the daily delivery, and more
lose Saturday nights and Sunday
mornings milk--one-sevanth of their
entire product. This loss IL unnsoes-
sary, and can DO prevented by care that
can be given ON any farm.
The s0uring OF milk Is caused by
bacteria which are in the dirt on the
cows udder, mixers hands, pals,
strainer and cans, and la the dust In
the air. Under favorable conditions
these bacteria double every twenty
minutes, and single germ in pail OF
warm milk inceases to eight germs in
an hour, sixty-four in two hours, 4O9O
in four hours and at the end OF twelve
hours, IL the growth was unchecked, II
would require eleven figures to write
the number Of bacteria springing from
single germ. With careless milking
sos, 900 germs have been found in q
cubic inch OF fresh milk.
The first step in keeping milk sweet
Is to get 1t clean; i. e., free from bac-
terra. Clean dairy utensils by rinsing
in lukewarm water, then thoroughly
scrub In hot water and scald with boil
ing water or steam and expose to the
sunlight. Boiling water and sunlight
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-12-29
Raxaiutian I'm bolivia.

Lima (Peru).-Advices received here
confirm the report Of revolution in
the Bolivian republic. board OF gov
eminent has been formed at La Paz,
capital of Bolivia. composed of Senior
Rerapis Reyes Ortiz, project Of the de-
partment OF La paz; Colonel Pando and
Senior Macario Finilla, Minister OF the
Interior and Justice in the Cabinet
formed by Senior Covero Fernandez
Alonzeo, President OF Bolivia, in Au-
gust, 1896. President Alonzeo ia now
at Cruco organizing the Government 8
forces to suppress the rebellion.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-12-29

Washington. Representative Rixey
OF Virginia has introduced a bill fol-
the admission of Confederate as we'll AZ
Union soldiers to soldiers homes.
The text Of the bill follows: THAT
after the passage OF this act all soldiers
homes and other institutions main
tanned by the Government for MANNED
crippled and wounded soldiers and sail.
ors Of the United States shall be open
70 all soldiers and sailors OF the Civil
War OF lS6l-65 upon the same terms
and without discrimination al Ia
whether they were enlisted upon the
side Of the Union or the Coniedsracy. =
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-12-29
What ChiIdren a.

Here are some Of the Antences writ
ten by the pupils In one room Of one Of
the schools. according to the Memphis
Commereial-Appeal:
My sisters hair 10 lurid."
"The mans coat was brief"
''The lady pat on brief, sententious
ne made many l"a,.e~Ou.
marks"
The doctor eAsare the baby epitaph."
"The girl coin ided 10 90 home"
God is a surerhuous being" !,
"The mans ,Sorous was open"
The moist wasdry.
"sam, Is there any writing in this
book?" questioned the teacher.
NO, ma'am; there Is n writing there
except the dago writing. ne said as he
pointed to the italics.
Here are some questions and answers
In recent examinations:
What causes day and nighS and the
change of seasons"
1.-The sun causes day, moon causes
night. and the weather causes change
of seasons"
How Is river formedT
"a river is formed long and narrow"
"a volcano throws out sad and
smoke and hot bricks"
What key in music has no sigma
ture?"
Door key"
What does D. C. mean in muicT
District of Columbia"
What Is a note?"
"Short communication"
Inphysielogy examination WEE these
answers:
1T is not safe TO take the frs glass,
because 1t leads you and the ma with
you to the habit OF alcoholic drinks"
by the law OF heredity We lnder-
stand that 1t teaches us to use or mus
cles, and that alcohol deades the
nerves. Opium and alcohol have imilar
results. This is called Gods law
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-12-29
Marketing srult.

The question OF marketing dried
fruit was discussed at considerable
length in the State Fruit Growers
Convention at Fresno. A. X. Sprague
OF Los Angeles brought the matter be-
fore the convention in practical form
by introducing the following resolu-
tions, the adoption of which he moved:
Resolved, That this convention APP
proves the following plans for cooper
alive organizations of the dried fruit
industy:
"First--Local organizations to be
formed for grading and packing fruits
in which all fruit is pooled and credited
to each member according to its proper
grade.
"Second-These local associations to
be centralized into an exchange which
shall see the whole output OF all the
local associations. When more con-
venient, the local associations 10 be
grouped into county or district ex-
change and these county or district ex-
changes to be the connecting link be.
tween the local associations and the
central exchange.
AT the earliest possible time all
the fruit interests OF the State should
be consolidated SO as to secure all of
the economies possible to such organi-
cation and the advancement OF the in
terests of all the fruit-growers OF the
State.
ITO these ends we earnestly recon-
mend that conventions be called In the
several fruit-growing districts not now
comparatively organized to enter at
once upon the work; these conventions
to be called upon the authority OF
twenty or more fruit-growers, and
methods and means OF forming local
organizations to be determined by the
convention.
These resolutions brought forth a
long discussion, covering wide range.
There was considerable amount OF
opposition to the plan, because it in
volved the marketing Of all California
fruit through a central agency. The
discussion was finally confined to dried
fruits, and the resolutions were
adopted.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-12-29
Feed for Poultry.

Mr.. Nissen OF Sonoina cc.nty, we'll
known poulsrymsn, feeds his fowls by
filling the feed hoppers with grain as
they become empty, using wheat when
1t does not cost more than 20 per cent
more than corn. He gives soft mash
every other day. making it Of what
ever suitable food, cooked or uncooked,
can be had cheapest, including shorts,
meat, milk. beans, peas or potatoes.
For water he fills ten-gallon fountain
every other day. He keeps the fowls
in colonies Of 100, each supplied with
two Westinghouse and one egg-house,
the latter containing the feed hoppers.
All the houses are on runners and are
moved once or twice . month. The
fowls have free run.--San Francisco
Chronicle.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-12-29
I,nse.d on Deci.,on.

Chicago. suit of James II.
Carver, stakeholder in the National
Linseed Oil Company, to restrain the
officers of that company from turning
over its property to the American Lin
seed Oil Company, was decided in favor
of the latter company in the Circuit
Court, the injunction asked for being
denied. II was asserted by the Court
that large part of the alleged in
debtedness OF 81, $50, 900 Of the Ma
tional Linseed OIL Company was ficti-
tious.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-12-29
Chinese Drugs.

The employees in the Office Of the ap
praiser of customs yesterday were
busy examining shipment of Chi
nese medicines. and the place smelled
like a fertilizer factory. There were
the usual number of dried snakes, The
looks OF which would be certain to kill
or cure any Intelligent patient. There
were also 3 number Of plump lizards
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-12-29

Antwerp. The steamer Leopoldville,
which has just arrived here from Africa
with Congo advices, reports that four
Belgian traders have been killed and
eaten by the natives Of upper Ubanghi.
A punitive force, II 10 also said, has
been dispatched to that district.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-12-29
Remembered Them Both,

wife-Fred 10 such a thoughtful hus-
band; he never goes away In the morn
Ing without kissing me good-by.
Lady's Maid-Nor me. either.--New
York Times.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-12-29

The loss TO the Standard Oil Co. BIZ
the recent fire at Los Angeles, CAL, il
figured at e226, 900.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-12-29

/ No elocutionist over sixteen should
give q selection In which the Girl In
lore AFFAIR Is impsrsonated.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-01-08
ADDRESS TO TEACHERS.

Delivered by President Hyde of Bow
dom College at College Street Hall
Last Evening-A Large Audience
Valuable Advice Given-Arrange-
ments for the Next Lecture in the
Course.
AT the College street hall last evening
a large audience of teachers assembled
to hear President Dewitt Hyde of Bow
doin college deliver the first in the
course of lectures to be delivered to
teachers in that hall. President Hyde's
topic was Spiritual Possibilities in the
Public Schools"
President Hyde spoke of the contrib
ution of various studies to this end and
showed how at the same time, with the
bare facts of text books, other things
still more valuable may be impaired
by good teachers. He spoke of the the
ory according to which instruction is
given in the Detroit schools, where the
teachers try to recapitulate for the
child the development of the race, and
said:
IF you occupy the mind of the child
with interesting matter he will stay in
the schools. Children properly taught
will carry the idea that the world is
built on a noble plan"
President Hyde further said: En-
thusiasm for human ideals will prove
more of safeguard against intemper-
ance than the modern physiological in
struction with that end in view. 1t
will also teach children better than to
believe that national prosperity de-
ponds on high taxes or on cheap mon
| ey 1t will inculcate in them reverence
/ for national law, respect for constitut-
ed authority and a love of what is noble
and good in human thought. If you
teach children in this way you impart
/ the substance out of which religion is
! built.
1.-THE province of the public school is
the initiation of the child to the two
4 great worlds Of nature and human So
ciety."
President Hyde then spoke of the
great uselessness of a mind swept and
garnished by formal training and yet
empty of all real knowledge. He also
called attention to the great influence
which the teacher has over the child
and emphasized the fact that great
care must be taken that the influence
is the best.
Concluding, he said: Teachers, DOM
be content to dole out the mere forms
of knowledge. Lead the child to emu.
late nobleness and to reverence the
virtues. This is the true work Of the
teacher"
AT the conclusion Of the address Su-
perintendent Kendall. in behalf Of the
teachers present, thanked President
Dwight, who occupied place on the
platform, for the generosity shown by
the faculty of Yale in permitting the
teachers to use College street hall fol-
their lecture course, free of charge.
Mr.. Kendall announced that the mex
1 lecture in the course would be deliver
ed at the same hall next Friday even
| ing by Miss Sarah Arnold, assistant
superintendent Of schools in Boston
The topic will be 1.-THE Essentials In
i Public School Work"
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-01-08
FtmalIclal.
Stock Market, While Irregular, Wa.
Strong, Yesterday,


Stock Market, While Irregular, Was
Strong, Yesterday,
New York, JAN THE stock mar
ket, while irregular to-day, on the
whole displayed more strength than on
any previous day of the week 1t sue
cessfully withstood the further sharp
drops in Delaware and Hudson conse-
quent upon the action of the directors
of the company yesterday, in reducing
the dividend rate for the current year
from Z to 5 per cent, and also a spell
dustrials and the coalers.
Delaware and Hudson fell "a, to
110M, and finally rallied to 112A. Jer-
sey Central and Reading sympathized
to the extent of IL and IS per cent.
respectively, but the former partially
recovered and the latter fully made
up the loss before the end Of the ses-
sion.
Among the industrials Leather pre-
ferred broke "a to ssh, and Tobacco
yielded / per cent. Sugar was exceed
within a range of about / per cent,
and closed * lower than last night.
Although the street Is attaching more
and more Importance to the war be-
tween the Trust and Arbuckle Bros,
the reports current in regard thereto
fail to stimulate any particular activi-
ty in the shares.
The general list improved u to IL
per cent. the grangers, Chicago Gas
Louisville and Nashville, General Elec-
trio and Western Union being notice
ably firm. During the afternoon the
advance was partially lost, but neal
the close a recovery ensued.
Among the specialties Consolidated
Gas dropped 8, to 141; Bay State Gas Q
to 113s; and Cotton Oil preferred ~
to 55; while Pullman rose /, to 1853, and
Chesapeake and Ohio IL, to Is. The
volume of business showed a small in
crease, but the dealings were entirely
professional, and the commission
houses complained of lack of orders.
Some uneasines is occasioned by the
policy Of the Baltimore and Ohio,whicf
it is claimed, is increasing it's tonnage
at the expense of rates, and especially
on bituminous coal traffic. This, it is
asserted, is disapproved of by the
Pennsylvania and other trunk lines
and retaliatory measures are talked of
Speculation closed firm.
Net changes show advances of Il tc
"a per cent, Louisville and Nashville
leading. Leather preferred, however
lost IL and Bay State Gas IA.
Bonds were strong. Sales were ST.
701 900.
Following are the closing prices re.
ported by Prince &c Whitley, bankers
and brokers, IS Broadway, New York
and Is Center street. New Haven: