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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-03-17

Hodges says will be completed this
year, is 10 be an assembly hall. Here
tofore, during lectures by visiting cele-
brities, the number Of visitors has been
80 great that the regular students have
been crowded out, and IL ia 10 remedy
this evil that the erection Of the hall
was determined upon.
Secretary Scott, of the San Francisco
Chamber Of Commerce, has just issued
the forty eighth annual report Of that
body. After giving the reports Of the
president and secretary, which were
published some time ago. the treasurer
makes a good showing Of the financial
condition Of the chamber. His reports
show that last year his receipts
amounted TO tslSs.ss. and the dis
bursements 10 44636. 90. During the
gar the examiners Of steamships and
navigation passed forty-two masters,
five chief officers. two second officers,
and issued three certificates TO teachers
Of navigation, seananship and deyia-
ton.
George Humphrey, the electTio-light
oompany's wireman IN Klamath Falls.
Or, found curiosity at the top of one
of the electric.light poles one day last
week. 1t was an orioles nest. in
which were four skeletons Of nearly
full grown birds. The nest was firmly
secured to its place by several stout
cords which were entwined about the
uninsulated wires. IL is probable that
everything was serene at this bird
mansion until q shower Of rain mois-
tened the nest and the strings leading
to the wires, making the nest con-
ductor Of electricity and sure DEATH
trap for the young Of a pair Of i'm
proyident orioles.
The decision of Judge Van Dyke
declaring the Police Courts of Los An
geles to be illegally constituted is to be
tested in the Supreme Court Of the
State. George Mitchell was tried by
Police Judge NJ. T. Owens and CON-
victed of disturbing the peace. receiv-
ing thirty days sentence therefor.
His attorneys have filed a petition for
q writ Of habeas corpus. and filed it
with the clerk of the Supreme Court.
The writ is asked for on the ground
that the Whitney act under which the
Police Courts of that city are consti-
tuted is constitutional, and also map
plicable to that city, which has a popu-
lation Of over 100, 900 people.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-03-17
COSTA RIGA AND NICARAGUA
SAID TO BE FIGHTING
report OF Conf st Between the Troops
of the Two Nations.

Nepoft OF Conf st Between the Troops
of the Two Nations.
Panama. -Advices from San Jose
costa klca, say report has reached
the capital that an encounter has taken
place on the frontier in the neighbor.
hood of Liberia between the Nicara-
guam and Costa Rican troops. The re-
suit is not known. These adyioes were
received by prominent merchant
bere, who has large interests both in
Costa RIGA and Nicaragua. The letter
states that President Rafael Iglesias Of
Costa Rica has gone to the field in per.
son, and General Auerilio Estrada win
probably be Commander g eneral of
Nicaragua's army.
WhiIe these advices are not con.
hrmed. it is regarded here as no. inn.
pro able that the two countries have
plunged into conflict already witbopt
having made formal declaration Of
war. Costa RIGA continues to be ON.
on from the outside world by Nicara-
qua refusing to permit the cable com.
pany to handle its dispatches.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-03-17
FOR THE FARMERS.
Some Interesting News for the
RuraIIst
SPOKEN OF IN THIS COLUMN.
Fs~ sensible Hints to Suit the Busy
AkrienIturiSt.-Ls sms That May
Bensft our Readers.
Butter Making ON the Farm.

To commence. have all milking
utensils thoroughly clean, do not use
soap Rinse all milk and cream cans
with cold water. wash thoroughly with
warm. adding a little washing soda
occasionally, scald with boiling water
and wipe, and set out of doors TO air
uncovered.
Strain milk very carefully and set in
q cool place Immediately after strain
ing, let it stand twenty-four hours in
warm weather, and forty eight in COOL
Skim anG keep cream in a room with
temperature about 20 degrees. Stir
cream thoroughly each time you skim
fresh cream in. Always have cream
skinned twelve hours before churning
in warm weather and twenty-four in
cool weather; do not let cream stand
too long before chuIning. Churn at
least three times week in warm
weather and twice in cool. Scald and
rinse churn, put cream in and use
ehurn thermometer, have cream at
churniDg point. Churn until butter
comes. usually taking from twenty to
thirty minutes. When butter is there,
work dasher back and forth a few
minutes to gather butter, let butter
milk run off and put in cold water,
work dasher again, rinse butter twice
in this way, take out in butter bowl
and salt, using one ounce to pound
of butter, little more if butter is to
be packed. Work salt thoroughly in
and wash again, working butter well
in the water, drain water off, and set
butter away to be worked over. Let
it stand twelve hours in warm weather
and about three in cool, work over
then, using ladle until every drop of
water is thoroughly worked out. Then
make into prints or pack in stone jar
that has been used for no other use
but butter. and also been thoroughly
washed and aired. When jar is full,
wiring piece Of clean, white cloth out
of cold water, and put over butter,
sprikle some salt over this, and put a
piece of clean, dry, white cloth over
this and spread over thickly with salt,
then tie piece of cloth over all, or
better yet, paste piece of thick paper
over all, SO as to exclude all air.
have kept butter in this way for seven
and eight months and had it just as
sweet and nice as when first made, and
think any person can do the same, if
done in this way. Wash, scald and
thoroughly dry churn and butter bowl
before putting away.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-03-17
AFTER CHINA.
Demands Come Thick and Fast
on the CeIestials.
JAPAN WANTS THE INDEMNITY PAID
Requests Which Virtually Mean the
Turning over of TWO Rich
Provinces to the Gar.

Peking. -Yano Fumio, the japanese
Minister to China, has demanded an
official signed assurance of the pay
msnt Of the indemnity due next May.
The Chinese Government instructed
Yang Yu, the Chinese Minister at st.
Petersburg, TO urge Russia 90 evacuate
Port Arthur. Russia deferred a decis-
ion, llsging that the presence of Rus
sian warships at Port A rthur was beue-
fetal to China and favorable to peace
in the Orient. Russia is now oppos-
ing the Anglo German loan.
NJ. Panloff, the Russian Charge d.
Affaires, lodged formal protest and
demanded guild pro quo. The details
of the Russian demand are not yet
made public, but Russia's attitude is
regarded as inimical to peace in the
Far East.
NJ. Gerar, the French Minister to
China, made similar complaint with
corresponding demands for compensa-
tion in the south.
England and Germany are now re-
garded as having obtained their leRiti-
mate aspirations, and Russia and
France desire to secure theirs.
The Chinese maintain that tie late
British loan negotiations were disinter.
ested and calculated to advance
China's welfare and maintain her in
dependence.
London.-The Picking correspondent
OF the Times says: Russia has de-
manded that CHINA surrender to her all
sovereign rights over Port Arthur and
Talien-wan for the same period, and
on the same conditions as in the case
OF Germany at Kiaochau. Besides
this, Russia demands the right to con-
struct railway, under the same con-
dltions as the Transmachurian railway
from Petnla on the line (near the
River SungarQ, to Kwang Chung Tsu,
Mukden and Port Arthur. Five days
are given for reply and the agreement
must be made and signed within a
month.
In the event of noncompliance, Rus
sia threatens TO move her troops into
Manchuria. China will perforce yield.
by this agreement Russia will OBJ.
tain the right to send soldiers into
Llaotung. ostensibly for the protec-
ton of the railway engineers.
Russian assurances that the ports
VIII be open to the world are decep-
tive, lnasmuch as while conforming to
these assurances, Russia can convert
the port into a second and stronger
Vladivostok.
The Times, commenting editorially
on the above dispatch, says: "Russia's
protest is neither more nor less than
thlnly-veiled demand upon China to
abandon the whole of Manchuria and
the province of Sinking, which in
cludes the Liaotung peninsula. II
emma yields, those provinces will
practically pass away forever to be in
corporated in the Cars empire.
While recognizing that Russia q
desire for an ice-free terminus for her
Aslatlc railway is reasonable and
legitimate, England cannot assent to
the practical absorption of two great
and wealthy Chinese provinces. -
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-03-17
CONGRESSIONAL NOTES.

The Invalid Pensions Commute,
has agreed on and favorably reported
the Gibson bill extending the benefitl
of the June 81, 1890, act to men who
served less than six months in the
Confederate Army and who Joined tbs
Union Army before September /, 1896
and did not enlist out Of prison in q
Northern State.
The navy department has just com.
pletsd the allotment among the States
Of the appropriation Of $4,000 made
for the assistance Of the naval militia
organizations. The allotments are
smaller this year than heretofore, ow
ing to the fact that while the appro-
priations remain stationary, the organ
izations are increasing in number,
hence the effort now being made to
secure from congress an increase OF
900.
IL can be stated positively no river
and harbor bill will be reported at this
session of congress. The house leaders
are opposed TO more river and harbor
bills, and the friends of the bill ON
che committee believe it will be better
to wait until the short session after the
congressional elections next fall, when
a complete and comprehensive bill can
be reported. rather than attempt to pass
an inadequate bill at this session.
Hon. Henry w. Corbett has been
denied admission to the Senate as a
Senator from Oregon on the appoint.
ment by the Governor, by the decisive
vote Of 90 to 10. Speeches were made
against the admission of Corbett by
Bacon Of Georgia and Burrows OF
Michigan. and in favor Of his admis.
sion by Morgan of Alabama.
The Senate Committee on Public
Buildings and Grounds has made a
favorable report on the following
amendments to the sundry civil appro.
priation bill Extending the limit OF
the cost of the buildings at st. Paul to
$2So,000; extending the limit Of the
cost of the building at Stockton. Cal.
to $4,000. and appropriating 500, 00C
for the purchase of site for public
building at Butte, Mont.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-03-17
Do Not Prevent Sitting.

Never break sitting hen from
Matching a brood" When hen be-
comes bIoody she has reached a point
where incubation is essential to her
success as source of profit to her own
er. and to deprive her of Matching a
brood only delays her. When the
food is unbalanced and the hen be-
comes fat, she is then more inclined to
sit than at any other period, the excess
OF fat on the body being provision for
sustaining life during her partial fast
when she is on the nest. The process
Of incubation is also to her a period
OF rest, during which she RECEIVERS her
former condition. and comes into lay
ing prepared to do ex cellent service.
When hen is broken up from the
nest she may lay few eggs, but she
soon becomes broody again, the loss of
time at frequent attempts to prevent
her from sitting being more than that
which she would spend on the nest
IN her endeavor to hatch a brood. If
she brings off brood, and raises eight
chickens, worth % cents each, at least
one-half the sum will be profit, or
equal to six dozen eggs at 16 2.3 cents
per dozen-more than hen will lay
IN four months. Let the hens sit. and
select choice eggs 70. them, as we'll as
aim to raise every chicken, and it
will pay to allow them to crafty
their desire of incubation.-Ex.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-03-17

some time ago the proprietor of a
travelling wild beast menagerie. we'll
SHOWN IN Italy, quarreled with his
wife, and the pair separated The wife
soon afterward went into business ON
ael own account in the wild beast line
Later on the husbands menaperie nv.
.'Feu IN Bologna. and it was followed
WV uays later by that of his wife. The
nusDahd was equal to the occasion, He
had the walls of the town placarded
win the following ambiguous an,
nouncement, I'm consequence OF tho ar,
rivai OF my wife in this town nv stock.
OF wild beasts has been increased. -
London Standard.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-03-17
Care of MIN and MIk Utensils.


All dairy utensils should be made of
tin. 1t is good plan to have the milk
pans and pals made to order. Use
the best tin and have all the Joints
made round. After use they should
first be washed in cold water and soap
and then scalded, using plenty of hot
water, wiped perfectly dry and placed
where the sunshine will get into them.
1t is great mistake to pour hot water
into milk pans and pals, for it will
coagulate the milk in the seams and
corners and If by accident the curd is
not all washed out it will sour and
affect the next milk put in. Borax
is great purifier If little is added
to the hot water that the utensils are
rinsed in, it will cleanse and purify
them. Use enough TO make the water
feel slightly slippery. Dairy utensils
should never be used for other articles
Of food.
To clean tinware, dampen a soft cloth
and dip it in common baking soda and
rub the ware briskly, and then wipe
dry. Milk is ready absorber of gases.
Care should be taken not to have 1t
stand in place which is damp or
musty or in cellar where there are
decaying vegetables, or near onions,
fish or other GLORIOUS substances. Fine.
ly powdered charcoal, which is an alb
sorber of gases. should be kept con-
tinually in a milkroom, especially
in hot weather, when unwholesome
gases are most liable to affect the milk.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-03-17
A Poultry Experiment.

A late bulletin of the North Dakota
experimental station, gives the results
OF two very interesting poultry expert.
ments The report says:
January /, 1896, we began series
of experiments to determine, if posi-.
BILE, what effect, if any, heating the
poultry house would have upon the
production of eggs and the food re-
quirements. In December |, we put
forty chickens, including several
varieties of birds, into the poultry
house. The weather at that time was
quite warm and they were fed per day
five pounds of feed in the morning
and two pounds in the evening, the
morning feed being table scraps, such
as meat, pieces of bread, boiled and
fried potatoes and such material as
usually comes from boarding table.
Their ration of grain consisted of wheat
screenings, which was composed prin-
cipally of wheat and cracked wheat.
As the weather got colder, their food
gradually increased until they took ON
the Slst of December eleven and
three-fourths pounds Of scraps in the
morning, and eleven and a-half pounds
OF wheat in the evening. During the
month of January the food ration re.
manned about the same.
Janury 30 large stove was put into
the house. and fire started with
Ignite GOAL. On the 31st of January
the feed had decreased to six pounds in
the morning and eight and three
fourths in the evening. The last Of
March four and a-half pounds MORN
ings and four and three.fourths even
ings. The total amount of fuel
burned from the 20th Of January to
the LIST of April cost $4.bO.
During the month of January previ-
GUS to the use of the stove, the aver.
age number of eggs per day was az,
the remainder Of the month, from the
2lst to the end, 1t was 3.11, showing
the influence that heat exerted upon
the production of eggs.
The question naturally arises, can
the farmer. under the conditions exist.
ing ON the ordinary farm, afford to
take care Of his poultry by furnishing
artificial heat? An examination of the
above figures shows that but half the
food is consumed and that the egg
production is more than doubled. With
eggs worth 25 cents per dozen at this
season Of the year, and food at the
ordinary prices, it should seem to me
that 1t would not only be economy to
heat the poultry house. but would be
source of great profit. especially after
arrangements had once been completed.
SO that it would require but little extra
work.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-03-17
NO SNOW AND ICE TRAIN
fhe Chicago Company's scheme I
Given Up.

"'caso SOinpany'a scheme Ia
Given Up.
Portland (Or.)-The proposed expe.
dltlop OF the Snow and Ice Transporta.
tlon Company Of Chicago to Alaska
mas been abandoned. General Manager
hosenfeid says he has made satisfac-
tory settlement with all but one Of the
party OF the gold hunters who had
bought tickets for transportation TO
Dawson by the snow and ice train.
The company has contract with the
war Department for the transportation
OF loo tons of relief supplies to the
kiondike, and when the Governments
relief expedition was abandoned Mama
ger Rosenfeld deemed it wise to drop
the whole snow and ice scheme.
Rosenfeld says everything will be
satisfactorily settled and all bills paid.
lt is probable that the company will
ME claim against the Government
Tor the expense already incurred.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-03-17

The Secretary OF the Interior sent 10
sne senate the treaty recently nego-
tiated with the Indians on the Fort
nall reservation. in Idaho. The ces.
sioa embraces 1850 acres, 445, 900 of
which are susceptible OF cultivation
and includes the site of the town Of
rocaseio, which had been previously
sold by the Indians.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-03-17

The general idea that any old plug
Is good enough for farmer ought to
have been exploded long ago.
Every farmer should have a com.
paratively heavy team for the heaviest
work, but there should also be one or
two roadsters on every farm. horses
suitable for drivers or carriage use.
They will be heavy enoagh to do the
light work of the farm, and when nut
upon the road will make quick trip
with comfort to themselves and pleas.
ure and satisfaction to the owner.
One or two such horses should be In
condition to sell when good oppor.
tumty offers. The young ones will
take their places. and there will be
pleasure and profit all along the line.
Talk to your horses. Intelligent and
sensitive animals enjoy it, and will
respond often more quickly to the voice
than to the reins. In case of accident
such training may prevent serious re.
suits.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-03-17

The Qualifications board. headed by
eneral Miles, some time ago reported
that the Dry Tortugas Islands were
necessary as part Of our system of
coast defenses. The naval scheme of
defense OF the coast, as laid down in
the plans by the naval war college last
summer. also contemplated the Tor.
tugas Islands as base of operations.
while the beard appointed by Score.
tary Long to select sites for drydooks
last summer also devoted considerable
space in its report to showing the i'm.
portance of the islands from a strategic
point OF view. The anchorage is prob
ably better than that of Key West. a
fact made evident by the preference for
Tortugars harbor shown by Admiral
Sicard during the southern rendezvous
OF the North Atlantic squadron now in
progress.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-03-17
A Modern Youth.

Ha' ha, my proud beauty. " said be,
lyon love anotherr'
II do, said the blushine maiden
He pondered. "Well, . said he firal.
". bis features lighting with flendish
JOY, lyon amt in 1t IL you do. Within
~ hours shall have procured an in
junction against your marrying him. !"
Indianapolis Journal.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-03-17

Superintendent Coyle of the Indiana
Natural Gas and Oil Company is said
to have discovered process of obtain
ing gas from wells chat have been
drowned out by water. As water is
the only agency that will destroy gas
wells the value of the discovery is
great.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-03-17
Snuff for Milk Fever.

For milk fever in COWS tell your
readers to try this: One tablespoonful
OF snuff in quart OF warm milk.
What l have seen of this disease is
that after the first attack the bowels
refuse to move and if you can get a
passage through them she will come
through all right. ! had fine Jersey
cow freshened this summer; the next
afternoon noticed her staggering
around in the field. | managed to get
her to the barn, and gave her a full
dose of salts, applied warm cloths to
her loins. gave tinoture of aconite. but
she gradually got weaker, and in about
forty EIGHT hours she laid with her
head turned up over her shoulder, and
expect sd her to die any minute. Her
bowels had not moved after getting
her to the barn. A neighbor sent me
word TO try the snuff cure. | did so,
and in less than FIVE minutes she was
up and eating. and the next day she
gave me four gallons of milk. Since
then have tried snuff for physic. and
it will act every time.-C. E. Fulton.
washington Co., Pa. in Hoard's
Dalryman.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-03-17

Charles Cunningham who has MANY
sneep In Umatilla county this year
Will average one pound a head more
than IT averaged last year, and that
the wool will be Of superior quality.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-03-17

The Senate Committee ON judiciary
has recommended non-concurrence on
the House bankruptcy bill and decided
to select Senators Hoar. Lindsay and
Nelson as oonferees.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-03-17

Inc American cents of 1887 bore the,
motto Mind your business"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-03-17

William J. barley Of Chicago, in
ventor OF mirex. one of the most pow
erful explosives known to naval war.
fare, has been invited to visit WASH
ington and demonstrate the powers of
the product to Secretary Long and his
associates. Fifty pounds of mirex Is
said to DO rs effective as five times that
amount Of gun cotton. Mr.. Darley
first att2acted the attention Of the
naval experts two months ago by his
experiments in Chicago harbor. The
new explosive only serves the purpose
OF its inventor when il is thrown into
the water. On land it is harmless and
cannot be exploded.