davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-29

ton ourselves near the junction Of the
two streams nothing could pass that
way without being seen. We took sta
tons about fifty yards apart At point
where the jungle became somewhat
thin and open, each thrusting into the
ground a leafy branch OF parass to
serve as a screen or blind. After long
wait We heard family in the distance
the sound Of the tom toms and the
shouts Of the heaters as they advanced
into the jungle.
Presently We heard a rustling upon
the stray leaves in front, and troop
Of monkeys, loudly chattering their
alarm, came hopping out of the dense
jungle.
AS yet we had seen no deer or other
desirable game, but the heaters were
still far away. Taking a peep from be-
hind my screen, was somewhat sur
priSed to see a large female tiger come
gliding out of the thick jungle, crouch
ing close to the ground as she passed
into the Open She was ON Brother
BOb's side of the jungle and was NOV
ing straight toward him, apparently
more concerned about the commotion
behind her than afraid of danger in
front. Bob had also seen the tiger and
had dropped to one knee behind his
screen and leveled his rife. Every mo-
ment expected to hear the report of
Bob's gun, as the tiger was within ten
yards of his blind and was moving
slowly.
''Some noise in the jungle frightened
the skulking beast and, after a quick
backward glance, it blindly bounded
forward At the second bound the
tiger landed almost on top of Bob, as he
crouched behind his fragile screen. In
stantly he fired, thrusting his rifle at
the beast without adm. Wounded by the
shot, the tiger uttered howl of rage,
dashed aside the screen and struck Bob
a blow with a fore paw that sent his
gun flying and left him stretched sense.
less on his back
II rushed forward at once to Bob'e
assistance. AS l ran the Infatuated
beast threw herself upon Bob and be-
gan tearing at him with her teeth
Hearing sound as of cracking bones
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-29
E,ohtoen Miles in Three DAYS.

A drug firm of Bazhon Kan, a sta.
ton ON the Kansas City X Northwest
ern railroad, demands of the Kansas
State Board of Railroad Commmis
sioners that an order be made requir-
ing that railroads give its customers
better train facilities. The station is
Is miles from Leavenworth, but ii
takes three days for freight to be de-
livered at Bazhon and two days are
consumed by passengers In making the
round trip. The same slow time is
made to and from Kansas City, 1t is
ayerred that the road is to run to
freeze out the merchants and to favor
the Missouri Pacific. The complaint
closes with the declaration that the
superintendent of the road lacks the
mental ability to make a section
hand. kansas City Star.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-29
STEAM AS A MOTIVE POWER.
The First Vessel So Propelled Was
Inverted by a Spaniard.

Inverted by Spaniard.
The application of steam as a moving
power is claimed by various nations
but for the first extensive employment
OF it the world indisputably owes the
English and the Americans AS early
as 1913 Spanish captain named Bias
co De Garay showed In the harbor OF
Barcelona a steam boat of his own in
vention. The preacher Mathesius, IN
his sermon to miners in Nuremburg in
1902, prays for the man who RAISES
water from fire and air." showing the
early application of steam power in
Germany. An Italian engineer, G. Be
anca, invented in 1929 sort of steam
windmill. In England among the first
notices of steam power Is one contained
in n small volume published in 1647,
entitled The Art of Gunnery," by Nat
Nye, in which he proposes to charge
piece of ordnance without gunpow-
DER by putting in water instead of
powder, ramming down an air-tight
plug and then the shot, and applying a
fire to the breach "till it burst out sud
denly But the first successful effort
was that of the Marquis of Worcester
In his Century Of Inventions in 1865
he describes steam apparatus by
which he raised column of water to
the height of forty feet. This, under
the name of fire water work" was
actually at work at VauXhall III 1856.
The first patent for the application of
steam power to various kinds of ma
chimes was taken out in 1893 by Capt.
Slavery. In 1899 he exhibited before
the Royal Society a working model of
his invention. His engines Were the
| first used to any extent i'm industrial
! operations In all the attempts at
! pumping engines hitherto made, includ-
| Ing Savery's, the steam acted directly
upon the water to be moved, without
any intervening part. To DR.. Papin, a
celebrated Frenchman, is due the idea
of the piston. 1t was first used by him
in 1890 The next step in appliance
was made in 1905, in the atmospheric
| engine" conformity invented by New
comen, Cawley and Slavery. This ma
chine held its own for nearly seventy
years, and was very largely applied tC
mines. The next essential improve
ments on the steam engine We're thost
of Watt, which began a new era in tht
history of steam power. His first i'm
provement was the separate condenser
patented in 1863 The principal i'm
provements that have been made since
Watts time have been either in mat
tiers relating to the boiler, in details o
construction consequent upon our in
creased facilities, improved machiner.
and greater knowledge of the strength
Of materials, in the enlarged applica
ton of his principle of expansive work
ing, or in the application of the steam
engine to the propulsion of carriage
and vessels.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-29
italian Commitments to America.

One of the Italian delegates to the
International postal congress has paid
America the very prettiest compliment
in his power. Last Saturday evening, as
Chevalier Delmati sat at dinner, Il mes
sage by cable announced to him the
birth of daughter i'll his Roman home.
The little girl is to be christened Vir-
ginia, after the state where Washington
was born and where he lies buried, and
if little Miss Delmati had chosen to be
a boy the name of our immortal first
president would have been bestowed in
baptism. -Exchange
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-29
| aAsoLINg HoIsTINe ENeINg.

n, does the Work OF the Steam Engine
Better and With Less Cost.
The use Of gas and gasoline engines
in mines and for all power purposes is
very much on the increase. New
uses for them are being found every
day. They are being used quite en-
tensiveIy for pumping. for hosting,
and other work in mining. Mr.. W.
Z. Patrick has an article in a recent
number of the New York Engineering
and Mining Journal giving experience
with a gasoline hosting engine at the
Southern Eureka Mines in Utah. Mr..
Patrick says:
I'VE have had the engine in use for
some time, and have found it highly
satisfactory and in the highest degree
economical. We are engaged in sink
ing, and of course only hosting inter
mittently. Our engine is rated at %
II. p, and hoists load of LOO lbs.
from depth of as #. in 40 seconds.
Our consumption of gasoline has aver
aged only OF gal. per hour. The
amount Of water consumed in cooling
the cylinders is very small, as large
galvanized iron cooling tanks are pro-
vided with the engine and only enough
water is required to replepish what is
lost by evaporation. In many of our
western mining districts water for a
steam plant would cost as much, OF
more than the fuel.
The engine is provided with cleo.
trio and torch igniteIs, both of which
work very satisfactorily. One man
can, by means of the self-starter,
easily start the engine alone; after
starting it requires no attention, ex.
cept to see that the oil cups are feed.
ing properly.
by means of the operating levers
near the shaft, one man can hoist,
dump the buckets run out the waste,
and in such work as ours. or at small
mines, haveItime to do the tool sharp
ening and timber framing.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-29

showed great liking for horseback ex-
ercise. In her early teens she could
ride much better than any woman in
town, even the men finding difficulty
in keeping up with her. After much
urging her parents finally allowed her
to appear in the Circus Vidoli at Trieste,
where her daring performance soon
made her such name that to-day she
commands a higher salary than any
other professional equestrienne in Eu-
rope. Her chief feat, previous to the
one described above, was to jump her
mare over four fair-sized ponies stand
ing side by side.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-29
Fishing Time.

With tulips blooming everywhere
And timid breaths of vernal air
Meandering down the dusty town
Like children lost in Vanity Fair;
When every long, unlovely row
OF westward houses stands aglow,
And leads the eyes toward sunset skies
Beyond the hills where green trees grow;
When weary seems the street parade,
And weary books and weary trade,
I'm only wishing to go a-tishing,
For this the month of May was made.
/ guess the pussy willows now
Are creeping out ON every bough
Along the brook, and robins look
For early worms behind the plow
The thistle birds have changed their dun
For yellow coats to match the sun,
And in the same array of flame
The dandelion shows begun.
The flocks of young anemones
Are dancing round the budding trees.
Who can help wishing TO go a-fishing
In days as full of joys as these2
Henry Van Dyke in Washington Star
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-29
CHEAP IRRIGATION.

The Hercules Gas Engine Works of San
Francisco, CAL, the largest builders of gas,
gasoline and oil engines on the Coast, are
making extensive preparations for the
seasons business.
They are filling several orders for large
irrigating plants and as this line of their
bu mess increases each season, il is safe 10
say the farmers throughout the State are APP
preciatlng the advantages of irrigation with
water pumped by this cheap power.
The Hercules Works are at present build
ing an 80 FL. P. engine for Geo. \. Packer,
Colusa, which will raise 6000 gallons per
minute from the river and distribute it over
his land. This will be the largest gasoline
pumping plant in existence.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-29

this evening, l will give you a little
sketch of the affair as l saw it.
Brother Bob and l were up on the
Nepaul frontier, headed for the lower
slopes of the Himalayas.
"In place Of the ducks, cranes, coots
and pelicans of the lagoons along the
lowland course Of the Koosee we now
began to see quail, partridges, pea fowl,
forican and other upland birds. In
places hidden in patches of dense jungle
and overgrown with vines and creepers
were dilapidated temples indicating
that the whole country had at some
time been inhabited, though in the pres
ent age only q few scattered villages
are to be found. Outside of the villages
there are here and there huts inhabited
by the 'gwalla,' or cowherd caste, and
these huts of the men of the cattle sta.
lions are often In the heart of almost
impenetrable stretches of jungle.
"While in this beautiful region our
guns kept us well supplied with all
kinds of game, and we first and last
killed many wolves, jackals, leopards
and about a dozen tigers, great and
small The British and wealthy ma
tives almost always use elephants In
hunting tigers, sometimes having fifty
or more of the huge beasts In line; but
as we were not in position to COM
mand supply of elephants, we did our
work on foot, hiring a score or more of
coolies, with tom toms, tirecrackers and
horns to beat through small patches OF
jungle. At first we mounted ourselves
ON 'mychans,' bamboo platforms, at the
point where we expected the game to
appear, but after we had learned some
thing of the nature and ways of the
tiger we did not bother with platforms
but took our chances ON the ground.
"The gwallaS of the region were al
ways ready to bring us news of tiger
having killed one of their cattle, and
when We got news of a kill we were
soon out after the killer. Often the
gwallas would be able to point out the
patch of jungle to which the tiger hat
retired after making the kill and feast
ing his fill.
II WIS uSIt lulo lOOlAiill htSIOl
that Brother Bob had his adventur,
with a big hill tiger. A 'shekarry,' {
native expert hunter, who keeps him
self we'll posted in regard to the move
ments of game and manages hunts TO
both British and rich natives, one da.
came to our camp and proposed to Civ,
us some sport. He said that as neithe
the English nor the native princes wer
hunting at that season business wa,
very slack with him. He offered for
very reasonable price to bring out hi
people and beat through piece of jun
gle which he knew to be alive with a.
kinds of game. AS part of the bargail
Brother Bob and were to kill as man
wild hogs, deer and the like as we coul
knock over, the shekarry saying hi
people we're all very hungry for meat.
1.-The particular piece of jungle 81
lected by the old game expert to b
beaten through lay between the fork
of two large streams with high an
steep banks. A more favorably sitl
ated jungle for sport could not hav
been found. As Bob and l would sta
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-29

SNIo," said Tom Moran, "adven-
N lures don't seem to come my
Il way. Ny experiences in that
hne would hardly be worthy Of men
tion, but somehow Brother Bob has
genuine talent for tumbling into all
manner OF adventures. Brother Bob
has had quite a number Of pretty close
calls in the wild regions in which we
have travelled, but he has plenty Of grit
and has always been able to pull
through"
Tom Moran is a miner who was grad
uated in the Comstock school Of mining
years ago and who has since had much
experience in Mexico, Australia. India
and other gold-producing countries.
1T Is singular that you should have
been able to travel through so many
strange countries without a few hair
breadth escapes or some other expert
ences worthy Of being related" said one
Of the old Comstock friends who were
Questioning Tom in regard to his trav-
els in foreign lands. did you never
run against tiger while in IndiaT'
Tiger" said Tom, with a laugh.
We'll, yes, I've run against the tigers
of nearly every country on the two
sides of the globe"
Il am speaking now of the real, roar
ing, ramping Bengal tiger-the striped
beast of the jungle" said the Com
stocker.
Il saw quite a number of tigers
while in India and went after the
animals on regular hunts. l killed q
few while was there, in order to get
some good skins"
Never got into close quarters witt
Oner
well, not very; but Brother Bob hat
rather bad bout with big hill tigel
up In Nepaul"
did Bob get away with the tiger?"
Eyes, Brother Bob is true grit; tn,
/ tiger was killed"
"As you had no adventures of you
own during your travels, Tom," said
Oomstocker, suppose you give us th'
story Of Bob's tiger fight"
81 am sorry Brother Bob is not her
10 tell you about his battle with Mad
anne Stripes but as he is not with u
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-29

A little thing happened down at the home
OF Schilling's Best tea the other day that
cost the firm a clean $4,000, and the most
interesting feature Of the matter is that
they could have 20. out Of paving il if thew
wanted 10 - because il was a voluntary
thing and no one expected them TO do it.
IL seems that, in the earlier part of the
missing word contest. A. Schiiling & Co.
promised $4,000 each TO the two persons
who sent in the largest number of Schillingis
Best yellow tickets before June 18th.
IL seems fair that the consumers of the
tea should get those prizes. A grocer has a
better opportunity for collecting tickets
and then, too; he makes a profit on the tea.
But two grocers won the prizes, and A.
Schilling 4 Co. paid the money.
Now comes the funny part-they wanted
the consumers TO get $4,000, and were de-
'ermined they should. So they paid an
other 81 goo to the two consumers who had
sent in the two largest number OF tickets.
That is handsome, to say the least,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-29

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured ny Hairs CaIarrh Cure.
=. j. CHENEY 4 CO., Props, Toledo, q.
We, the undersigned, have known f. J.
Cheney for the last Il years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions, and financially able to carry
out any obligation made by their firm.
WEST n TRuAx, wholesale Druggists.
Toledo, o.
WALDISG. kISNAN Il MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surta es of the system. Price 75c per bottle.
Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
Halls family Pills are The best.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-29
Chess Approved by the Clergy.

1t is a singular fact that, while all
other games of chance or skill have at
one time or another been denounced by
the clergy Of every faith, chess alone
has received their appreciation, and
among the best players of every land
have been clergymen, priests and bish-
cnl
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-29
Gosaip in Chicago.

isn't 1t unfortunate about Mrs.
MummerT
why, what happened to herr"
"Oh, she's applied for divorce. Her
husband turned out dreadfully."
You don't tell me! What did he doT'
"Why, he was elected an alderman"
Mercy on us! And he used to be
such a nice man, cleveland
Leader,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-29
TO MOTHERS OF LARGE FAMILIES

In this workaday world few women
are SO placed that physical exertion
is not constantly demanded of them in
their daily life.
Mrs. Pinkham makes special appeal
tc mothers of large families whose work
is never done, and many of whom suffer
and suffer for lack of intelligent aid.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-29
MISS LEPINA, EQUEsTRlENNE.
Italian Girl Who Charms the World
with Daahing Horseua N ahin

Italian Girl Who Charms the World
with Dashing HorsemRnship.
Novel readers may remember that in
one of Charles Levers rollicking stories
the hero, dashing Irish dragon, is
made to leap his horse over a small
cart in Portuguese street. At cir
Gus in Berlin recently Miss Pepina, a
young Italian girl, performed the as
tonishing feat of jumping her favorite
mare across an open victoria in which
four men We're seated. This young
woman was born in Trieste, Austria,
of wealthy parents, and from childhood
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-29

The craving for drink Is . disease, . marvellous
cure for which has been discovered called sAnti-
jag" which makes the inebriats lose an taste for
strong drink without knowing why. q is can Be
given secretly In tea, coffee. soup and the ike.
n~Anti-Jag' ls not kept by your druggist send
one dollar 20 the hen0va Chemical Co. &C Bread
MAy, New YORK, and Il viii be sent postpaid, In
plain wrapper, with full directions how 70 give
secretly. Information mailed free.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-29
Don't

waste stamps. Save up
your Schtlling's Bestyellow
tea-tickets, and send several
guesses for that missing
word in one envelope.
Settings Best money.
back tea, at your grocer's.
Rules OF contest published in large
advertisement about the first and middle
of each month. Al6
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-29

After the baby comes, the wife con-
tinues to listen patiently to her hus-
bands complaints of not feeling well,
out she keeps one eye ON the baby
whila doing It.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-29

We have noticed that married women
who are kept occupied don't excite as
much sympathy as the idle ones, for
the reason that they don't have time
to pine, and do jusllce to it.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-29

WINE PRESSES FOR SALE
Below Cost. Different Sizes. Also Stem.
mers and Seeders.
Address, o. n. OWENS,
2l5 Bay ST.. San Francisco. Cal.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-29
HOW,s ruIsY

Piso's Cure for Consumption is the best,
OF all cough cures. = George w. Lotz,
Fabucher, Ia, August %, 1895.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-29

After a man discovers how little he
knows, he begins to suspicion that pos
sibly others do not know as much as
they pretend.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-29
Plnkhan, at

the first approach of weakness, may
fill your future years with healthy joy.
MRS. A. C. BUTLER, 1923 North AL
bany avenue, near Humboldt Park,
Chicago, Ill, says: - am tifty-one
years old and have had twelve children,
and my youngest is eight years old. l
have been suffering for some time with
a terrible weakness; that bearing-down
feeling was dreadful, and l could not
walk any distance. l began the use
of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound and Sanative Wash and they
have cured me. / cannot praise your
medicine enough"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-29
DRUNKAKDs CAN BE SAVED.

"Is IL true, Meier, that stolen chickens are the
sweetestf Dunno, boss, deed don't neb-
Der tasted de yudder kind"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-29

We don't know OIL course If we will
get crown when We die, but we do
know that it will be most awfully I'M
becoming.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-29

neutrality-suspicious. is the cause Of your be-
ing IN here, my good man? conviet-Hiring q
second. rate lawyer.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-29

Will commence its seventh year August
10th. IL is irstclass Home School, pre-
pares boys for any University, or for active
business. Address,
IRA G. HOITT, Pm. D.,
BURLIHGAMR, CAL.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-29

Jack = Where's Bill n0w2 jim = Out West
What DOING " Raising palms" Doing
what" Raising palms-makiug the tenderfeet
throw up their hands"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-29

There are several eogent reasons why the
medical profession recommend and the public
prefer Hostetter's stomach Bitters above the
ordinary catharticS. 10 does not drench and
weaken the bowels, bat assists rather than
fofces nature % act; IL Is botanic an safe: is
action j. never preceded b. an Internal earth
quake like that pr duced By drastic pur-
gative. For forty Eve years past il has been
a househol reme " for liver, stOma@h and
kidney trouble.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-29

S. F. N. U. No. 7sS. New Series No. 81
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-29

DUPTURE and PILES cured; no pay
III until cured; send for book. DRs MANSFIELD
4 PoRTEEFELD S3S Market St., San Francisco
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-29

Comfort-The cry for comfort is the
deepest cry OF the human soul.-Rev.
]. W. Weddell, Baptist, Philadelphia,
pa
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-03-25

but he comes up to see the girls at
Walnut Valley every once in while.
We hear that Dave Murphy is going
to commit matrimony. Now Dave
you want to sure and send ..CHUMs
an In 9itatioa. We want to dance at
your wedding.
ALIVE Smith had quite an accident
one day last week. While cutting
wood the ak slipped and struck him on
the foot. cutting quite deep cash.
But he is getting a:nng nicely.
We thank you, Jas Wigton, for
your advice But So for the girls taxi
ing US ''for lad of 49, we hardly
think so. Besides. we are past think
ing of the girls But if we were young
and giddy. Gas you say you are) the
girls might '.break their head and
body coupler" to sc: to speak tn us
But we don't think they will as long
as there is plenty of young and good
looking boys in the county.