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IN EVERY TONGUE.
Summons to the Representative
 of All Religions to Meet.
A Call Sent Out from DeIht-spread Broadcast Over the WOrId-Pa- gan and Christian, IdOlator
 and MOsIem to Meet.

Those pious people who, in the awful Visitations under which India is groan- ing, see the hand of Divine Providence
 seeking to call to the attention of the world the fact that men are mortal and should think of other and deeper things than those which absorb most of their attention will find great satisfaction In the fact that from the heart of the country where the bubonic plague is raging there has gone forth a call for a great congress of religions, in which every nation o4 the earth shall be rep resented This is to meet at Delhi in 1898 and disc uss the question of the true way of salvation according to the teachings of wise men of every race.
 The call emanates from 8 Hindoo of illustrious descent, bearing the sonor- Dus title of Maulana Syed Nusrat Ali Saheb, son of Inam-i-Manazira Sayad Nasir-ud- din Mahommed Abul Nansur Nusrat Ali is the editor and proprietor of the Moslem Chronicle, Delhi paper that is printed in both native and for eign languages and has wide circu- Iation in India. In the office of the paper there are no less than 300 varie- ties of type, representing the printed characters of almost every known tongue in the civilized world, and the call for the great religious congress has been printed in various languages and scattered broadcast over the face of the earth. It has gone to the innermost re cesses Of China in those mysterious characters that only the Chinese under stand, and disciples of Confucius are invited by it to come and explain on what ground they base their belief that the way to Heaven is through the wor- ship of the gods of the Celestial em- pire. In Persian characters the theo- logians of the land of the shah have
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trite, nor yet of the wisdom of choosing ii as being adapted for the purpose, for that will be evident to all who enter it. The thought had on looking at it was that, strangely enough, it would per haps be less of a surprise to southern visitors than other buildings. It will be perfectly familiar to them, and that, not because they have seen pie lures of it, but because south of the Ma son and DiXon's line this is the type of architecture that was chosen for the stately homes as well as for state and public buildings. That choice of the classic Greek for all important work, domestic and national, is distinctly the choice of the south. It would seem that approaching the parallel of Athens i'll this country, it was a sine qua non to follow its architecture" All the opin- ions presented appear to coincide and the first unfavorable criticism has yet to be received.
 Nature is now aiding art at Nashville. The rich reds and browns of the win ter foliage of the giant oaks are not so marked as they were month ago; the buds are opening and the grass is grow ing and early spring flowers are found everywhere. Nestling in the hedge 1ows and fence corners one finds the hepatica in gorgeous array and the trail ing arbutus opens its pretty flowers in the shade of the laurestina. The hon. eysuckle will be the next, and then the wood violet and tha wild coDvOlvoIT1e And there are spring sounds heard amid the spring flowers. The noisy crows have held dominion all winter, but they
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tion of going to the congress from America are: Mrs. L. N. Coleman, of New York; Dr. Paul Carus, editor of the Monist, La Salle, H.; Rev. A. H. Bradford, editor of the Outlook, Mont clair, N. J.; Rev. Caroline J. Bartlett, Peoples church, Kalamazoo, Mich. and G. W. Brown, M. D., Rockford, III.
 Arrangements will be made for the printing and promulgating of the knowledge gained by the coming to- gether of so many wise men from all parts of the world, and special com mittee will be appointed to receive copies of all lectures and select from them those which will be of most ben eft to the world. No personal criticism will be allowed. Everything is to be done with a view to separating from religion the hopelessly entangled part which consists only of dark tradition or observances beyond human solution, and carrying to the outside world the pure fundamental doctrine that will be the marrow of all sensible religious teachings.
 It will surely be & great gathering. and should go long way towards har- monizing the discords of the religious world and bringing all races to recog- nize one common creed based on spir- 1tual facts, with all fictions eliminated.
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nessee Centennial Exposition, as given by prominent men, another opinion can be added which is directly to the point.
 Among the visitors to the grounds this week was Hon. William Jennings Bryan, of Nebraska, who after examin- ing the buildings and taking note of all the objects of interest, said: q am greatly impressed with the magnitude of the Tennessee Centennial Exposition and more than delighted by the beauty of the buildings and the perfection of the details. I am sure that those who know what Nashville has in store for visitors will be as firmly resolved as am to visit this centennial when it's gates are open to the public. Such an exhibition is of the greatest importance to the state and to the nation. 1 be- lieve that such expositions as those held at Chicago and at Nashville, will do much to bring the people together, to draw them into closer fellowship and remove whatever prejudice may arise from a lack of knowledge on the part of those who live in the more remote sections of our country. trust that the Tennessee Centennial Exposition will be as much of . blessing to the peo- pie of the west and north as am sure it will be to the people of the south"
 Another, and very valuable opinion, was recently given by the renowned artist, George w. Chambers, of St.
 Louis, who, after visit to Nashville, wrote as follows: ''Of the buildings al- ready completed it would be invidious to speak, comparatively, and, indeed, unnecessary, where all is so admira- ply planned and designed. And yet cannot omit brief word concerning the Parthenon. Not in it's praise, for it needs none, nor of it's history, for that is
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member of the Louisville press, who, during the past year, spent several months in Europe, where he visited no less than twelve expositions in nine of the old cities, and he unhesitatingly as- Eerts that Tennessee's big show is ex celled by none. He visited expositions at Geneva, Vienna, Buda Pesth, Nurem- berg. Munich, Stuttgart, Berlin, Kiel and Dresden. At Stuttgart there were three separate and distinct exhibitions, Industrial, agricultural and electrical, and two at Berlin, art and industrial, but with all the vast resources of the old a single instance where Tennessee was put in the shade.
 The parks in which some of the exhi- bition buildings were placed were more picturesque than the grounds at Nashville, but that is not to be won dered at, for some of those parks have been receiving care and attention for nearly thousand years, and it is only reasonable to suppose that they would have reached high degree of excel lence in that period. One thing that struck Maj. Cohn very forcibly was the proximity of the Centennial grounds to the heart of the city of Nashville. An electric car made the trip in less than ten minutes, whereas in the European cities the buildings were generally about an hours ride from the business centers.
 And it is really not to be wondered at that ayervoue is deliohted with the buildings. grounds, and everything per taining to the Tennessee centennial. The greatest care has been displayed
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TENNESSEE CENTENNIAL
Not Excelled by Any of the Re-
 cent European Fairs.
William Jennings Bryan Commends the Spirit Which Made the Exposi- tf0n PossibIe-The Grounds
 in Spring Garb.
Especial Nashville tTenn.) Letter

The Tennessee Centennial Exposi- lion, the white city that has risen at the wave of wand at the capital city, is to-day veritable hive of industry; a whole army of men are employed in getting the buildings and exhibits ready for the opening day, May 1, and everything will be ready. Even as everything stands at present the exposition is much nearer com pletion than Atlanta was after it had been open for a month, and there are nearly seven weeks yet before Presi- dent Mckinley will press the button that will set In motion the greatest ex- position ever held in the south. It is really hard matter to write about the exposition without the use of number of adjectives, because what everybody says must be true, and all speak in the highest terms of the great work already performed.
 One method, and the best, of judging of the excellence of the work IS to com pare it with undertakings of similar character, and an opportunity has pre- sented itself of late whereby that might be done in most satisfactory manner. Among recent visitors to the grounds was Maj. Henry s. Conn, distinguished
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would thus be no oceans or seas or rivers or ponds, not even water vapor in the air, while glaciation would more or less completely cover the other. The side we see would be one vast desert; the side we do not, perpetual fields of ice.
 Some corollaries from this are inter- esting. One of these is that there should be no visible polar caps, since there would not be polar caps, but 8 polar hemisphere. And this would be forever hid from us, for nothing but orbital or axial 1ibration-that is, a swing of the portion of the disk under illumination-could bring it into view, and in the case of Venus the orbital li- bration is insensible and the aXial one one apparently so.
 Another ingenious corollary has been suggested. It is that the phos- phorescence, as it is called, of the dark side, a faint light upon it which has hitherto evaded explanation, may be caused by the reflection from the ice fields there of the light received from the earth, the other planets and the stars.
 In Venus, then, we gaze upon a world which as world has run it's course. Beautiful as she appears to us, as she glows and sparkles in the twilight sky. it is distance alone that gives her her seeming loveliness and endows her with eternal youth. In +r,,+h cba is for o+barxviea All tbecou1e- liness she may have had in the morning cf her prime, when the solar system it. self was young, has gone from her never
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Vegetables never look as well as the pictures on the seed boxes.
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VENUS A DEAD PLANET.
The Beautiful Star of Love Is old.
 LffeIess and Cold

Observations at Flagstaff, A. T., have led to the conclusion that the planet Venus always presents the same side to the sun and is, therefore, lifeless Here are some of the deductions about the condition of the planet:
 If there were water present on the planet and, we will suppose, originally on both sides alike, it seems probable that it's career would be as follows: As the heated air ascended from the cen ter of the illuminated side it would be- come chilled as it expanded and, be- ing unable to hold it's moisture, would proceed to deposit it in the form of showers. Most of the moisture it held would thus at once be parted with, but not all. A little would be carried round by the air to the dark side, where, ex- Periencing a yet greater degree of cold, it would be felt as ice, and as ice there il would remain; for the amount of mois- ture which the exceedingly cold air on its return journey could support would be minute quantity; so that al- though the ice would tend slowly to evaporate, very little Of the water va- DOT would find it's way back to the bright side.
 There would thus be constant drain of water from the bright side to the dark, for however little might go over at a time practically none would ever come back. Eventually, therefore, un- Ger this continued state of things, all the water would be withdrawn from the Illuminating side and piled up on the dark one in the form of glacier ice.
 On the bright side of the planet there
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To Execute HumaneIy.

There is considerable talk just now in France regarding the abolition of the gullotine as an instrument of execution, and in discussing substitute the idea of asphyxiating by Illuminating gas seems to find much favor It is claimed that no scientific objection can be found to this means, whereas "electrocution' is by no means universally regarded as a success in producing instant and pain less death. The temperament of the victim has great deal to do with the matter, and while the current used has instantly killed in many cases, it is a fact that only torture and prolonged agony have often been the first result Asphyxiation could be carried out while the victim is asleep, and therefore with out any consciousness on his part. This is point that has a great deal of weight with the humanely inclined of those interested in the natter Chicago News.
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EIk in the Far West.

Thirty thousand elk are wintering in Jaekson's Hole country of Wyoming. according to the estimate of the game warden, who says that in one herd which he saw there were 15,ooo of them. stretching over a distance of six miles. The sight, he said, surpassed anything he had ever seen and utterly amazed him. The ell1s' trail over the snow was like flint ice, he said, so hard had the snow been packed down. The animals are seen by thousands any morning moving along the Snake river from the Great Swamp to the Gros-ventre hills, and at night the walls of the calves straying from their mothers may be heard.
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The object of the congress is:


 1. To bring together the eminent and leading representatives of all religions of the world with view to enabling them to expound the merits of their respective creeds.
 3. To give these representatives an opportunity of aequainting themselves with the main principles of every re- ligion, and thereby enabling them to judge how far each religion is based on true and unimpeachable principles.
 3. To ascertain what practical social and moral effects each religion has produced upon the community profess ing it.
 f. To set forth how far the doctrines of each religion are in conformity with reason, science. and the laws of nature.
 5. To trace the origin of each religion, and to scrutinize the system followed in the preservation of it's traditions.
 6. To show, in an exhaustive manner, the various religious teachings common in each religion.
 T. To enable the representatives of the various religions to draw conclusions as to the merits or demerits of the va rious religions, not in an antagonistic, but in a truth-seeking spirit.
 Following this programme arc copies of letters received from all parts of the world from those who have promised to take part in the great congress. Among them is letter from Charles Carroll Bonney, general president of the worlds congresses at the Colum- bian exposition. Mir. Bonney writes:
 1.-The proposal is in perfect harmony with the purposes and plans of the worlds fair congress of religions, and therefore heartily approve of the proposal, with the understanding that the congress will be governed by sub stantially the same rules as those un- der which the marvellous success of the worlds parliament of religions at Chicago was achieved"
 Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott, of Plymouth church. Brooklyn, writes:
 .'I shall take note of the proposed meeting, and shall be very glad if you will keep me advised of the progress made towards realizing this idea
 Others who have expressed the inten-
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In all lines; the architecture is faultless and the execution perfect. Display, for displays sake, has been studiously avoided, and the beautiful and esthetic Is discovered at every turn. A glance at the bird's-eye view of the buildings and
 grounds will at once make apparent the fact, that although the structures ap- pear to adorn the greensward with
 charming irregularity, a system has been observed, and one passes from one building to another, as you would read chapter after chapter, each building an important factor in one grand harmoni- ous whole. The observer noticing how we'll the natural features have been used to advantage is at loss to know wheth- CT the buildings were placed in refer ence to the beautiful lakes or whether the sheets of water were subsequent in novations. The effect is perfect, and there is a great deal more to be noted than is at first apparent. Capitol ave- nue is well named; line drawn down the center of that thoroughfare would bisect the majestic Parthenon, touch
 the gigantic statue of Pallas Athenae, cross the beautiful Rialto and continue direct till it struck the dome of the sfatess capital truly a glorious view md f}pif hted with interest from every aepecE Q1he objects of interest that are found adjacent to this thoroughfare Ire study in themselves, and convey . lesson thnt must be learned by ob- ''eefvation. As reference has been made |oo Inc opinions of the value of the Ten-
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Prison soIa nt Auction.

The literature of auctioneering is full of cleverness and verbal oddities, but Carlow, England, turns up with line of humor which is all the more effective because it is so unconscious. An ad- vertisement recently printed there stated that ssthe old gaol" would be offered in one lot. It goes on to par ticularize with enthusiasm and dilate with zeal concerning female prison of 30 cells debtors prison,'' "convict prison, containing 34 cells,' "house of correction" "treadmill" and s'three- throw pump" There is also ga very fine cut granite gate entrance" and "all cellsare fitted with double wrought-iron doors, bolts and locks. and foored with granite or flags" In fact, "all modern Improvements" would seem to be the only additional necessity in the way of enticing description.--N. Y. Journal.
 Choosing a wife Is like unto of war, wherein man car err but once.-N. Y. Weekly.
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Bicycle Chain Cleaner.

The newest bicycle chain cleaner has two circular brushes fastened to the side bar of the frame near the chain and geared together, a small roller on the shaft of ono lying against the tire of the wheel to revolve the brushes rapidly over the surface of the chain. the brushes being capable of adjust ment as desired, and can also be thrown out of gear when not wanted.
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to return. AS the Japanese prettily put it of woman, the cherry blossom has passed into the leaf For she is no longer young; she is old, wrinllled, dead. Or shall we not better say she sleeps, though it be with the sleep from which there Is no awakening? For it is fit- ting that she should still seem so fair to us, when she goes athwart the gloaming in the slowly fading sley-ft- ting that the planet of love should seem lovely to the end.-Atlantic.
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have flown away and are now enjoying rich feast following the fresh turned furrows on a thousand hills, and they are too busy to make much noise. In the stead the bluebird fits amid the sun beams, the mocking bird fills the air with his melody and the drowsy hum of the honey bee makes good accompani- ment, and all the pent up stream of life dashes onward in a cataract.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-08
DeerlOdge District Formation.

Since Deerlodge promises to be
Lincoln Couniy's next boom camp.
every scrap of information relatino
to it is Of interest.
Mr. A. w. Warwick, who visited
this section three wee ago from
Montana, in the interest OF mining
men there, passed several days in
Deerlodge and Sslteliue districts on
his way back With others he CON
siders Deerlodge the better end Of
the mineral belt to be found there
and believes in its future. H
writes that he found the outcrop-
pings to be enormous and that the
formation is felsite, with some tufa
and quartsite as well as obsidian.
This, formation is favorable or
otherwise aecol ing to the particu-
lar geological theories entertained
by observers but Mr.. Warwick re-
CARDS it as very favorable. In this
he falls in line with other mining
experts who have inspected the place
and the next thing is to secuse the
erection of reduction works so that
small owners can make their claims
pay part, if not all of the develop
ment expenses.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-08
Storey County Sw ndled.

In repairing the wall of the Storey
County Court House day or two
ago it was found that a gross piece
of jobbery had been perpetrated on
the Co., by the contractors who
built the walls. The contract cal
led for II 26 inch brick wall, but it
has been discovered that a hollow
wall was put up, that is, two walls
of nine inches thick were put up,
leaving the two rows of brick out of
the center or in other words an
eight inch space, thus stealing about
70 per cent on the contract. 1t has
always been supposed that Storey
Couuty's Court House was one of
the most substantial buildings in
Virginia, but it turns out that it is
one of the frlilest Journal.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-08
A Railroad Jam.

The crowd ofChristian Endeavor-
er's passing westward this week to
California has been immense. To
carry them from Ogden fifty trains
were necessary aud to guard against
accidents all freight trains were held
up on Monday, Tuesday aud We'd
nesday of this week and each hour
train left Ogden, bound west.
Each train was held at one station
until it was ascertained that the road
was clear to the next. The Com
pany arranged also to feed this inn
mense number of passengers on
the road without crowding and so
the procession is still swinging
westward. Two accidents occurred
last week in Chicago and vicinity in
which Endeavorer's were injured
aud the great excursion to the
Golden west did not start out with
undimmed joy.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-08
An Army of Tramps En-Route

An army of $4,000 tramps are
bound westward. They are now in
Kansas and are divided into four
divisions following the various lines
of railway. They are very trouble
some and the people have petitioned
the railroads to carry them to the
coast. They forage on the country
begging clothing, meals and money.
The Union Pacific and Missouri
Pacific have placed guards on their
trains armed with shot-guns. The
tramps are following in the wake OF
the Christian Eudeavor excursions
and are determined to reach Cali
fornia.-Journal.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-08
NOTICE
To Holders of Certificates Against
the General County Fund.

Noti'e is h,r by given that me p Is now In the
lnuuiy aEury tne sum I $1,000 10 for the =, .
eup'iou Of Ger idcEges OF I1teb edns>s against
hsii neasi Fu dUf in'oiu County, Nevada anu
ht &C le ttpr p SAILS fr the surrander { rueh
9 a. hc les Ill D r-ceived b ne until the next
rSul r,'st n OF Bla d of County O .unis-
40 trs, t.l-wt Aug ST lud as prvtttd ia the iaw
The redFns q n 4 sucn &C tiAcales, Ia statuts
Q 1897 a page 49.
P. 70 lbFY,
@ u ty treasure Of Linc Ii County vada
r.suger's nc , Liucoli Co., Ntv
Pl0cAe July s 1897.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-08
REDEMPTION FUND.
Treasurer'sOnca

treasurer OrTlce.
no III HOLD b8 ot hrIFfC TITS OF
ind, b edrt again the eheral Fund I
Line In ,uuty, eya1a accrued prior the Firs
u pal 1873
q ice l. now given hut mere Is now tha sum Of
81 100 IN the emptiln Fund, applicable TO the
-, m-nt -nch c-rtihcatts and thai sesl-d pc i
poSal- the surrender Of he me " Ii be re.
ived ~ my flee up TO the 8 Il day Of July
1897 in accordance with The pro Visions "
an Act the Legis ur- q the state OF Nevada,
apYroyei March ith. 1878
NP 100 z, County Treasurer
Dated, FI0cH1, NsyADA, JuIo II. 1897.