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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-14

Hon. Geo. s. sawyeris expected
in on Fridays stage.
Ed. Phillips was up from Panaca
last Tuesday on business.
Miss Grace Harris is expected in
from Milford in a few days.
T.J. Osborne went to DeLamar
Saturday on business.
H. e. Prudential and wife, Mrs.
Carman and Mrs. Thompson are
paying Glover Valley short visit.
G. 0. Newell and Clarence Robi-
son went to Stateline on Sunday
last.
Charley Craw and family left the
fore part of the week on visit to
Minersville.
Mrs. Ben Whiteley passed through
here on Wednesday enroute to
Provo Utah.
Fred Frank was an outgoing
passenger Tuesday evening. Des-
tination DeLamar.
A small force of men are working
on the Flagstaff property doing
general development work.
Winnemucca citizens now ship
their soiled lined to the Troy Steam
Laundry at Ogden for cleaning.
On the forth inst. at Reno, an
Indian had his right leg cut off at
the knee while attempting to jump
from moving train.
John Frank is rebuilding the
building over the Last Chance mine
which was recently destroyed by
fire.
Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets.
Candy Catharets, cure constipa-
tiqn forever Zoe, 25c. If G. G. Q.
fails druggists refund money.
Frank Z. Allen was examined
yesterday for the service, and leaves
for Elko today to join Captain San
ders regiment which is being form
ed there.
w. d. Prewett gave us call on
Sunday last and left on Mondays
stage for visit to his old home in
Missouri. He intends visiting
Omaha before returning.
Beauty Is Blood Deep.
Clean blood means clean skin
No beauty without it. Cascaret
Candy Ca,hartic clean your blood
and keer il clean, by stirring up the
lazy liver and driving all impurities
from the body Begin to-day tC
Danish pimples, boils, blotches, black
heads and that sickly bilious com.
plexion BIZ taking Cascarets,-beau
for ten cents. All druggists, salts
faction guaranteed, loo, 25, 60c.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-14
Notice of Sale

of Real and Personal
Property BY the United
States Marsh al for the
District of Nevada.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-14
NorIcE Is HEREBY GIVEN
that on WEDNESDAY. the
9th DAY OF JULY, 1898,

at one O'Clock P. NJ. of that day in front of the
store Of the said Southwestern Mining Company. at
Eldorado Canyon, Lincol County, State OF Nevada
: will in obediance to the order OF Court here
tofare made in the above tnti,l actions soil all
of the above described real Apd personal property
CT so much thereof as may bO.necessars 10 satisfy
the Judgments in said actions, With interest ther
on aud costs, and vii 81 the same at pabir
auction for casa gold cuia. 10 the high 81 aid
best bidder 10 sraer = satisfy sal K Gu rs
the costs. aad viii seii N, e. "a Gay al iha.r
title, in'ersst, claiai dem I'd If The said sauth
western dinirs on + rs. corporation. II Ia
and 9 salt aoovv q, ~ p ,persy, both ..
aud personal.
&. Sea fY
L. ). Mar q. i rfc ~ VA.
By W. I. fsrc IA. .se. aiy.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-11-24
Had 900 Gall Stones.

O.,e of the most remarkable surgical
case. that has come under the notice
of t.,s physicians of ST. Agnes Hos
pite.i. Philadelphia, was performed
the, . recently, when nearly 500 gall
sto,:ss, varying in size from grape
seeJ to O. small-sized marble, were
takca from the liver of Mrs. Catharine
McGaffrey. Doctors LaPlace and Nc
Co1inack performed the operation.
An incision was made for an ordin-
ar! case of appendicitis, and the vermi-
form appendage was found to be per-
felsly normal. This was something
unlocked for, and it was decided to
CARY the incision sufficiently high to
lss bare the liver. A dark blush
spot, whicn was supposed to be an ali.
sysss, was found on the liver, but OH
cattiug it open itproved to be the gall
bladder, from which gushed forth a
goat quantity OF gall stones. Whea
cjunted the gall stones were found to
nnmber nearly 500. The cause of ths
rsmarkable occurrence is said to be
dne to calcine formation which il
caused by chemical change i'll tha
aids of digestion. The doctors havs
hopes of Mrs. McCafrey's recovery.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-11-24
A "Oueer" Preacher.

The Rev. Mr.. Hagamore, to whose
memory slab has been placed in the
church at Catshoge, Leicestershire,
England, was 20 little queer" says
the st. Louis Republic. It seems
that the reverend gentleman died in
January, 1886, leaving all of his prop.
erty, valued at $4,000, to a railroad
porter.
The queer old preacher kept one
servant Of each sex, whom he locked
up every night. His last employment Of
an evening was to go the rounds of his
premises, let loose the dog and fire off
his gun. he lost his life in curious
manner. Starting out to let out his
servants, the dogs fawned upon him
and threw him into q pond of water.
The servants heard his cries, but be-
ing looked up could not render assist
ance, 30 the old man drowned.
When the inventory of his property
was taken he was found to be the
owner of 80 gowns, 100 pairs of trou-
sers, 100 pairs of boots, 400 pairs of
shoes, 80 wigs although he had plenty
of natural hair, so dogs, 96 wagons
and carts, 80 wheelbarrows, 249 razors,
30 ploughs, 30 saddles and 222 pick
axes and shovels. He surely was 'a
little queer
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-11-24
Bull. nm Eccentric House.

".ln eccentric carpenter in Alexan-
dria some years ago." says On old
timas, "erectsd three-story dwelling
by constructing the roof first and set
high up on the corner posts. He did
this to have protection from the wealth
er az he worked downward. This was
lool ed on rs novel way to work, but
in aate- -bellum days the third story of
building in the northern part of
Washington, which had served as par
lor. dining room and kitchen, became
the upper chambers of comfortable
DIV elling. The owner had built on 6
hi;l of red gravel, and after he had
lived in his little house few months
thare came q demand for gravel by tho
street contractors. He therefore dis.
posed OF the earth beneath his house
a>d by carefully snoring up kept his
litsle home intact and built up to it,
the proceeds from his bank of gravel
being sufficient to pay for quite 6
handsome improvement. Wishing
tor, Star
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-11-24
"E PIiribus lJnum"

We are indebted to John Adams for
our national motto, "E Pluribus
Unum." While he was Minister to
England, Sir John Prestwick suggest
ed it to Mr.. Adams as a good motto
to indicate the union Of the colonies.
It was submitted to Congress, and
adopted by act Of Congress Juno 17S2.
The eagle in its beak bears rib
bon, on which is the motto. In The
early days of its use the eagle bore
also in its talons bundle of thirteen
arrows; but when, in 1S41, new seal
was made to take the place Of the old
one, which had become worn, only six
arrows were placed in the talons.
Whether this change was ordered by
law or not is not known. The old
Latin motto was In use in England as
far back as 1730 on the "GentleEan's
Magazine. st. Nicholas.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-11-24
POPULAR SCIENCE.

Forestry commissioners and other
Interested people have taken up the
subject and prizes are offered for the
propagation and distribution of insect
eating spiders in forests.
II Professor Palazzi has made expert
raents which show that smoke kills the
microbes of various diseases in one to
four hours, md he therefore recon-
mends it as disinfectant superior to
gases.
Vandervyver, o Belgian, states that
the length of exposure for photographs
through limbs of different dimensions
varies as the cubes Of their thickness.
M. Bondeard states that Roentgen
rays can diagnose pleurisy and similsr
! complaints.
Scientists measure by the contrac-
ton of petroleum ether temperatures
several hundred degrees below zero
Fahrenheit. At 80 degrees below
zero, the temperature at which liquid
air boils, petroleum ether remains in
semi-liquid condition and contracts
with the decrease of temperature.
Condensation is the result of chill
ing the air. The ascent of the lowsr
strata of the atmosphere into the high
er regions and the consequent expan-
sion and loss of heat is the most prob
able cause of rain, and it IS not I'M
possible that the air near the ground,
being made to rise by being artifcially
heated, might tend to produce the de.
sired downpour.
Sudden and great fluctuations in tue
level of water in wells in stormy
weather, closely corresponding to the
fluctuations in wind velocity recorded
by Professor Langley, have been ob'
served by DR.. Romei Martini. This
explains the popular tradition that bad
weather may be predicted from the
sudden rise and fall of wells. Curl
ously, however, small and rapid
changes of barometer are more certain
to affect wells than large changes.
The applications Of the X-rays to the
study of phenomena invisible without
their aid continually increase in NUN
Der. Some of the results are rathsr
curious than useful, but substantial
additions to knowledge are being made
in this way. One of the latest scien-
tiGc uses found for the rays is in ro-
vealing the inner structure of flowers
and fruit buds. In some respects this
is better method than dissecting fo-
the study of certain parts OF plants.
NJ. Jansen, the eminent astrono.
mer, has left Paris to inspect his Mont
Blanc observatory. fhe scientific
caravan will start from Chamounix
soon to take meteorological readings
at an altitude of IA, 900 feet, the high
est station in the world. M. Perrotin,
director of the Nice Observatory, is
expected to join the party in order to
study the morning elongation of Venus
and to ascertain the period OF the
planets rotation, now debated ques-
tion among astronomers.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-11-24
The Glove Tree.

The Glove tree is d native Of the 70
lucca islands, and belongs to the for
spread family of myrtles. 1t is tall,
very handsome evergreen, with oyate-
oblong leaves and purplish flowers,
arranged in corymbs on short jointed
stalks. The flowers are produced in
great profusion, and when they appear,
which is at the beginning Of the rainy
season, they are in the form of elon=
gated, greenish bulbs. These unex-
panded buds are the cloves of COM
merce, which derive their name from
the Spanish word, clavo, "a nail, so
called from the real, or fancied, re-
semblance to nail.
Sometimes the Glove fruit appears in
commerce in a dried state, under the
name of "mother Cloves" it has an
odor and flavor similar to cloves, but
is much weaker.
The flower buds are beaten from the
tree, and are dried by the smoke OF
wood fires and afterwards by the SUM-
Philadelphia TIMES.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-11-24
Fate of Old BICYCLES.

The question "What becomes of ol
bicycles?" has often been asked, but
no satisfactory answer has been given.
It is said by Cycling Life that they
are made into new machines and sold
to persons who cannot afford to give
more than $40 OF $25 for wheel. The
process by which this is accomplished
includes raising the, frame, enameling
it, bending the handle bars, plating
them, new saddle, new tires, black
ing the chain and gears and nickel
plating cranks, seat posts and fork
ends. Besides, broken spokes are re-
placed with new, set screws attended
to and parts cleaned. Five or even
three years ago this could not be done
for half what it costs for S100 ma
chine. and would not have paid. Ac-
counts of stock and labor in making
these operations tell different story,
and chow that it does pay, and pay
we'll, T., rejuvenate wheels, providing
that tne work is done methodically
and economically, and that modern ap-
plianues arc used. The work should
be dcMe with not less than six wheels
at ons time. They may be valued at
less taan Sc each. The tires are worn
out completely, the nickel parts are
scratched aud rusty, spokes bent, iron
rims broken aud twisted, bars mis-
shaplen, saddle seat ripped or gone al.
together, the chain gummed and
whee,:s hard to turn. But the tubing
in tha frame is good and strong, the
bearia;s all right if cleaned, oiled md
trued. the frame joints firm, and much
else is serviceable for years to come.
Tbs cost of making the bicycles
over aeed not exceed ST each, and
this ;saves q margin of 81 when the
alter ID wheel is sold for $40.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-11-24
THE WORLDS FASTEST RUNNER.
Bernard J. Wefers, the New Champion
Weighs 96 Pounds.

Of all the men who in running re-
gala ever faced starter on cinder
track, Bernard ]. Wefers, who a few
days ago broke the worlds record by
running the hundred yards in . 90
seconds, probably fulfills best the re-
uuirements of an ideal runner. -
With depth Of chest that bespeaks
ample lung room, his 1.-THE body tap
ers to the waist, and his world-beat-
ing legs, strung with tendons of steel,
are of a minimum weight. He has
nothing to carry save that which is OF
eminent use to him in his task.
Perhaps the vital element, after all,
in runner is sand" If Wefer's rec
ord of victories over famous competl-
tors were not sufficient proof OF his
grit, his face, with its square jaw, firm
set mouth, piercing eyes and asgrsa-
sive nose, should tell the story plainly
He halls from Lawrence, Mass. hls
feetness was inherited. His father
was an athlete of skill and runner
hard to beat.
The present champion is but p
years Of age, and has been running
for four years. He is six feet tall IN
his stockings and weighs 1S5 pounds
When he first made his appearance on
the cinder track good Judges saw no
future for him. His was weight I'M
heard Of for runner to carry. The
years that have intervened have prov
en- that the critics did not know.
Unlike most runners, Wefers, in mo-
ton, is straight as an arrow. His style
Is very graceful, and with his long,
elastic stride, he seems to travel al
most without effort. He gathers speed
as he goes, and is famed in the athletic
world as strong "fnisher."
No picture could convey more OF
tension and alertness than does that
which represents Wefers crouching for
the start. Every nerve and fibre Is
him are strung like piano wire. And
it is not for the gallery. He Is prob
ably one Of the quickest starters In
the world. He never In race has
permitted any competitor to pace him.
He takes the lead from the start, and
in the vast majority Of his races has
held it with such display Of speed as
has made the whole world wonder.
Another phenomenal thing about
this phenomenal man is that his mar
velous efforts do not seem to affect
him after the manner Of most athletes
of his class 1t is a familiar sight on
athletic tracks to see runners, after
breasting the tape, utterly collapsed,
and half carried to the clubhouse by
their friends.
Not so with Wefers. After break.
ing the worlds records he has amazed
the onlookers by jumping Jig Oh the
greensward for 10y and trotting or
to the dressing room with the alacri-
ty of colt.
1t will be long day before anybody
sees his like-New York Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-11-24
ANNUAL LOSS BY FIRE.
Il Has Been Very Much, Reduced by I'm.
proved Methods of Fighting Fire.

Mr.. Charles T. Hill, the artist, who
has been writing series of papers for
st. Nicholas on the fJew York Fire
Department, has final paper on The
Fire PATROL" Mr.. Hill says:
The annual loss by fire in the United
States amounts to one hundred mil
lions of dollars, and fully one-half of
this loss is caused by the water used
in extinguishing the fires. Before the
introduction, in 1872, of controlling or
shut-off noZzles used on the fre-hose,
the percentage of loss by water was
even greater-at least two-thirds OF the
total loss. Previous to the intruduc-
ton of this much-needed device, there
was used what was known as an"open
pipe" plain open nozzle, with no
contrivance for shutting of the water.
When it was necessary to shut on, the
order had to be passed to the engineer,
sometimes a long distance from the
fire; and unless the nozzles could be
thrust from a convenient window, the
water would go pouring out, spread
ing destruction in all directions. In
small fires, especially In "up stairs"
fires in private dwellings, or In busi-
ness houses stocked with perishable
goods, such as feathers, silks, etc., the
unnecessary destruction OF property
was very great.
To-day, fires are fought much more
scientifically, and with a great deal
more system, than were those Of ten
or twenty years ago; and officers in
command of engine companies are usu-
ally very careful not to use any more
water than Is absolutely necessary.
Nearly every hose-wagon in the New
York Fire Department to-day carries
three sizes of hose-the regulation size,
2H inch, used at all ordinary fires; j.
inch (known third-alarm hose"
and only used at fires Of considerable
magnitude), and a small hose carried
on reel under the wagon. This hose
is IL inches in diameter, and very
easy to handle, and on account OF the
case WILL W ufIal 11S Aoi1bSA VI aSaS"i-"
Of it can be carried about, 1t is that
oftenest used at small fires in dwell
ing-houses, office-buildings, and flats.
With a controlling nozzle on the end,
the fireman can dash up several flights
of stairs and into bedroom or closet.
and extinguish a small fire before it
has time to spread, using the water
only where it is absolutely needed.
To drag the regulation size Git weighs
about eighty pounds to the length) up
and around winding stairways, etc.,
would take much longer, and perhaps
give fire time to get just beyond the
point of easy control; besides, when
the water is finally started, a great
deal more is used by this hose than is
necessary, especially in the case Of q
small fire. It has been practically
demonstrated that considerable
amount of fire can be e1tinguished
with a small amount Of water applied
effectively, and the use of the small
hose has done much to reduce the
damage by water at fires in dwellings
and flats.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-11-24
PITH AND POINT.

A boy being asked what was the
plural of penny, very promptly re-
Piled, "Twopence. "-Tit-Bits.
$50 she refused you, did she?"
"Well, no-simply catalogued me, and
hung me on the line. "-Harper's
Bazaar.
"Ifeel more and more every day thas
life is real, life is earnest. )" "Oh,
go on! You've been playing golf."-
Philadelphia North-American.
els your baby intelligent?" 'tIntel-
Iligentl Why, if she wasn't she'd
never be able to understand the Ian
guage my wife talks to her. Tit
Bits.
"John, there's burglar in
the house!" John (fervently)-
''Thank goodness he is not out in the
woodshed-my wheel is out there!" -
Puck.
Husband-"My friend hardly recog-
nized you to-day" Wife-"That's
strange, for wore the same hat you
bought for me three years ago.
Fliegende Blatter.
Jabbers-"I woke up last night and
found o burglar in my room" Havers
-"Catch him?" Jabbers-"Certainly
not. I'm not making collection of
burglars. Puck.
Critic-''The great trouble about
pictures nowadays is" Artist
sThat no one that has money enough
to buy one has taste~enough to want
one. Brooklyn Life.
Teaspout-"Why are you SO angry
at the doctor?" Mrs. Teapot-"When
I told him I had o terribly tired feel
ing, he told me to show him my
tongue. "-Household Words.
"Todd, your wife has a voice like
velvet" "Graoious! Don't talk SO
loud. It/she should hear that, I
would have to get her lot of gowns
to match it. ."-Chicago Record:
ssSuicide," said the emphatic man,
s.is the last thing I would do. eyes,"
replied the solemn one, "those who
commit suicide seldom do anything
more. ."-Philadelphia North Ameri-
can.
Graham-'Speaking of Mortimer,
his wife is considered quite good
Judge of music, isn't she?" Morgan
ssI believe so. IT any rate, Mortimer
never plays at home. boston Tram
script.
sT can tell everything that man
writes" remarked the discerning citi-
zen. "How?" eff it's poetry he be-
gins each sentence with co. and II It's
prose he begins it with Il. Wash
ington Star.
2A-"My wife says she saw the lights
gil burning in your house as she came
home from the ball at 8 o'clock in the
morning. She thought it o little
strange" B-"A little stranger 1t
was o little stranger. ."--Tit-Bits.
Mrs. Grady-"Afrs. Kelly, the way
your daughters bang thot pianney av
yours frum morning till night is some-
Thing outrageousl' Mrs. Kelly
@Resht aisy, Mrs. Grady-resht aisyl
Uts an old wan, and they can't
hur-r-rt itl''-Puck.
Madam" said Meandering Mike,
who had been pleading in vain, "et
nothin' else'll move yc, I'm willin' to
do anythin' yer say in the way of odd
Jobs fur me breakfast" "All right;
there's some wood that needs chop
ing" He looked at it for moment
and then turning away said: "No.
Tn man of my word, an I sticks to
the letter of me proposal. 1 said
'odd' jobs; an there amt nothin' more
common an ordinary than chopin
wood. Washington Star.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-11-24
A "To1n Thumb" Train,

An interesting exhibit at the Tranz-
mississippi Exposition, at Omaha, is
t. be the "Tom Thumb" train, so
cslled because it is said to be the
salallest in the world. It is the ork
of young man without technical train
Jag. The engine weighs four hundred
aud fifty pounds, and its length, With
the tender, is six feet u inches. The
cylinder is IL by21 inches, and this
driving wheels are eight inches III
diameter. The engine, however, hauls
si- observation cars, in each of whicl!
two children may be comfortably
seated. The entire length of the trair
is twenty-nine feet. Six gallons OF
water in the tender tank and five in
the boiler will furnish sufficient steam
to- propel it for two hours.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-11-24
Food of Mountain Climbers.

Professor Tyndall used to say that
his Alpine guides ate butter and honey
while climbing, as finding that they
supplied the greatest amount of heat
and nourishment. He himself nibblod
s cake of chocolate every two hours
while on the mountains These facts
supply hints to tourists everywhere.
Nowadays, oae may easily, too, carry
soup-squares, or tea-tablets, to be
readily made into @ refreshing drink
With the addition Of hot water,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-11-24
postoro stn,nn Slot machines.

The German Post-office Department
has decided to introduce, experiment
tally, automatic stamp-selling ma
chimes. These machines were exhibit
ed at the Berlin Industrial Exhibition
last year. They will be placed ut
prominent points where tho demands
for stamps are the largest, and oper-
ate, on the deposit in the slot of the
proper coin, to furnish the purchaser
with the stamps desired.