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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-03-26

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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-08-05
A STRANGE DISCOVERY.
A Petrined Wooden Cross Found Inbed
ded In n Rock.

A Petrihed Wooden Cross Found Imbed-
ded In Rock.
Recently there was unearthed in the
stone quarries Of Ira ". Logan, at the
junction Of the Ohio and Beaver rivers,
near Pittsburg. petrified wooden cross.
Ii is is by "a inches in dimensions aud
was imbedded in the surface of a mas
6ive limestone rock which had been
blasted from the quarry cliff.
The formation Of at least a century's
growth of limestone was above the
point where the rock containing the
cross was taken. The cross is $. opposed
to have been the property Of a Jesuit
missionary and was evidently planted
to symbolic the Christianization of the
early Indian tribes.
Historians say it is relic Of the ia
nous trip made by Celeron, the cele-
brated French commandant, who ex.
plored the Allegheny and Ohio river
valley in 1749. Numerous parties Of
Indian relic searchcrs have hunted fol
traces Of the expedition, but beyond the
finding Of one iron plate it is said 10th,
ing has been discovered. The cross will
be presented TO the Carnegie museum
Chicago Times Herald.
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The Wife in Russia.

This Is curious custom you
Americans have of referring to your
wives by their husbands Names" OBJ
served Glanvock Kaplon, an intelli-
gent Russian traveller. Il suppose the
American holds his wife in as high es-
TEEN as the Russian holds his, but if
at home l should. speak of my better
half as Mrs. Kapion my friends would
at once conclude that my domestic re-
lations were not as pleasant as they
should be, and that was thinking of a
legal separation. When l first heard
an American speak of his wife as Mrs.
Jones, for example, felt almost like
presuming on my acquaintance by In
truding into his private affairs and ask
ing him what the trouble was at home
Yet soon learned that the custom was
universal over here, but still l cannot
get used to it. My wife is the plain
blunt way l speak in Russia of the
lady who, suppose, would have tc
call Mrs. Kaplon in polite society IL
America. In some Of the more fashion
able circles of st. Petersburg thi.
American social custom has beer
adopted, though was told by prom
inent government official not long ags
that the Gar disapproved Of it."-St
| Louis Republic.
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Couldn't Spank Her Son.

People never get an encouragement
for doing the good samaritan act in
the interests of the public, as the man
decided who offered to assist dis
tracted woman and ameliorate the suf-
ferlngs Of lot of respectable people
on a suburban car.
The boy who bowls was in evidence,
the curled darling of his only own
mother and the terror of everybody
else, and he had kept the car in a state
of wild excitement and exhausted the
patience of everybody, including his
doting parent.
"Oh, if your father were only here"
she had said for the fiftieth time, as
she tried vainly to restrain the bowling
terror.
At that he stopped bowling long
enough to beat the air with his small
shins, and the woman on the other
side of him remarked audibly that a
cage was the proper place for savages
like him. a
Johnny dear" asked his mother,
won't you be a good boyw
Roars and kicks from Master John
ny.
"Oh, l wish your father were here to
give you a good trouncing this very
minute" she walled as she struggled
with him.
Then it was that the philanthropist
of the company asserted himself. He
had been trying in vain to read his
morning paper ever since he started
| from home.
ALLOW me, madam" he said, bland
ly; Il am a father myself, and l viii
be happy to chastise your cherub il
behalf of his absent parent"
''Oh, no, you won't, not If know it,
said Johnny's mother, rising in he
wrath like tigress. There amt tina
man living dare lay finger on tina
boy-his own father or any other ugl.
old catamount who thinks he knows
ALL" and she effectually shut off de
bate by going into the next car ant
taking the sweet infant with her.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-08-05
SOME KANSAS TALL STORIES
Munchausen Humor of the suufower
state.

Munchausen Humor of the Sunfiower
state.
Several stories which the reader can
or canrot believe, just as he sees ut,
were started after the State law In
reference TO the malicious destruction
OF property and departed for parts I'M
known. Probably the best one was
this: A man was riding along on
horseback with a jug OF whisky tied
with a strap to the saddle horse.
After the blow had ceased the jug
handle was found inside the jug and the
strap was sticking out of the nozzle,
the jug having been blown inside out
without splitting a drop of liquor.
Here is another pretty fair one: 4
farmer was ploughing around an Oh
long patch of ground one day, and at
night the tract of unploughed land
still contained about five acres. When
he quit for the day he left the plough
sticking in the furrow, as farmers
often do. The tornado came along and
caught the plough, taking it around
and around the land until it was all
ploughed
A Kansan abroad recently found a
crowd that did not seem to appreciate
his conversation, so he pulled out his
stock of tornado stories hoping to at
tract attention.
Il saw a cyclone once" said he
''that picked up strawstack and
moved it mile and put 1t back, straw
on straw. as it was"
Two or three of the auditors yawned
and the Kansas man tried 1t again.
Another time" said he, Il saw 9
twister suck sixty gallons Of mOlasses
out If barrel in front of grocery
store ard distribute it to every family
in town who had a bucket out ON tbs
back step for the milkman."
He cleared his throat and begaI
again: Back in the seventies we hat
terrible cyclone in Western Kansas
1t blew the cracks out of the fences
pulled cistern out of the ground
moved township line and changed
the day of the week"
This last fusillade induced one of tn
listeners to speak up. He said: Il d.
not know much about cyclones, bu
once when l was at sea l saw water
spout pick up tons and tons Of waite
and carry 1t a mile and
Hold on" cried the Kansan II
you are going to degrade this CONVEX
sation to the level Of common lynn
| aontaS-t 7 will rotira And ha uot n
and walked away pompously.
A prominent Kansan is accredite
with telling this:
Tell you what's a fact. hav
known 1t to blow twelve days am
nights ON stretch and hold shee
up against the side of the barn unit
, he starved to DEATH"
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The Winner

Of one Of those $Ioo prizes got
her yellow tickets in this way:
I. By using the tea herself
2. BY asking some friends
who use the tea to give her
their tickets.
= 3. BY inducing some friends
to try the tea and give her their
tickets.
One of her friends kept a
boarding house, and sent her
lots of tickets.
Haven't you some friend
who keeps boarding house OF
a restaurant, or who has in
huence in some hospital or
other public institution? They
need good tea there.
Rules Of contest in large advertisement
about first and middle of the month. A.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-08-05

DR.. E. H. Bean, the superintendent
of the New York aquarium, returned
from the Bermudas recently and brought
with him several interesting specimens
of fish peculiar to Bermudan waters
There were beautiful fatfish, with opal
bodies, tinged with rainbow hues, in
Guiding purple, crimson, bright green
and bright blue. They are known as
angel fish and are to the finny tribe
what the gorgeous plumed peacock is to
the fowl creation.
There was a slate colored fattish,
which Assistant Superintendent Spencer
called surgeon, or doctor fish, and Of
which little is known.
Another tank contained groupers,
whose sides are striped like those Of
tigers and leopards.
There were also ten hind fish, each
from 10 to 10 inches in length. The
bodies are white, with brown and rec
spots. Two squirrel fish, each 10 inches
long, were included in the collection
They are similar to our goldfish, except
ing that their eyes resemble those O
squirrels.
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Truth.-It is a greater thing to feel /
truth than it is TO be able to prove that
the truth is true.-Rev Charles H.
Parkhurst. Presbyterian, New York
City.
Trouble-How TO get rid of troubled
Go and lind some one with worse trou-
BILE than your own, and try to help him
or her bear it.-Rev. Dwight L. Moody
evangelist, Chicago, III.
The Human HEARTH the human
heart were in order, all external things
would be brought into order Selfish.
ness would cease.-Rey. John Goddard
Methodist, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Reform.-Never marry man to
mend him or reform him. II man
will not reform to please his sweet.
heart he will never do so to please his
wife.-Rev. NJ. C. Peters, Independent
New York City.
Thinking. -Whoever fails TO think an
nuls his birthright and remains beg
CARED fool. Whatever means can be
used to promote thinking must be fos
tered.-Rev. Byron Sunderland, Pres
byterian. Washington, d. C.
Manhood.-Some live for money,
some work for 1t, but man should also
work for the sake of work. If he does
i that he is a man whether he works in
street or builds an empire.-Rev. He
Der Newton, Episcopalian, New Yorh
City.
Want of Faith.-It is poor philosophy
to aceentuate the bad; it is unwise t
dwell upon and magnify evil: it re
veals sad want of real faith to feal
that the good will be overcome anC
perish from the earth.-Rev. DIR. Thorn
as, Independent, Chicago, III.
Good or Evil.-The good or evil yol
appropriate out of this strange con
glomeration of things here below will
be your good or evil, your happiness o
unhappiness for time and eternity
Rev. Elwood Worcester, Episcopalian
Philadelphia, Pa.
Public Opinion.-The most powerful
law in America, the force that make
and unmakes, executes or nullifie
laws, is public opinion. By our ow
conduct, by our own habits, we wi
do not little to build up Righteousness
and to secure justice.-Rev. II. d. Jenl
ms, Presbyterian, Kansas City, Mo.
The Vital Force.-The universe is n
longer a mere mechanism, the scene c
conflicting forces. Now we know tha
there is but one force, one life, an
that life is Gods. Matter Is no longt
impure. 1t is the same here that it
in the glittering star overhead.-Re'
Minot j. Savage, Unitarian, New Yor
City.
, Politics.-An absolute merit system
in which every official, up to and II
Guiding the President of the Unite
States, should be chosen by examin
ton. would not insure. purity in polite
so long as vast wealth unites to bril-
and office holders are willing to
bribed-Rev. Frank Crane, Methods
Chicago, Ill.
a Effect of Belief-Back of suicit
and crime is the belief in the heal
What man thinks, he is. When b
n theology induces him to repudiate Il
Y existence of hell it should be ma,
a responsible when he commits suicid
q The man who believes in the Bible pu
s ishment for murder will not take
own life.-Rev. Cortland Myers, Ba
y fist, Brooklyn, N. Y.
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A New Foe to American Tree.


Specimens of a strange caterpillar
discovered this spring on pear trees in
Cambridge, Mass. are pronounced by
Prof. Samuel Henshaw to be the gold
tall or euproctis chrysorrhea, hitherto
unknown as an inhabitant of this
country, although it is found in En-
gland, and is abundant in Central
and Southern Europe" When numer-
GUS, these caterpillars are very de-
structive, feeding on such trees and
plants as the apple, pear. plum, haw-
thorn, bramble, elm, willow, beech,
oak, hazelnut and hornbeam. At pres
ent the invaders in Massachusetts, are
said to e confined to a limited area in
Somerville and Cambridge. The first
specimens seem to have made their
appearance a year ago, and thus far
they have confined themselves to pear
and apple trees How they got across
the ocean nobody apparently knows. 1t
is suggested that by vigorous measures
they may be stamped out.
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Mysterious Glass Balls.

The small island of Billion, between
Sumatra and Borneo, has long been
famous for its rich tin mines, which
are controlled by the Dutch Govern
ment. In describing the geology of
Billion before the Royal Academy of
Sciences in Amsterdam recently, Mr..
Verbeek gave an account of the mys-
FERROUS glass balls of Billion" which
are found among some of the tin ore
deposits. They are round, with groov-
ed surfaces. Similar balls are occa-
sionally found in Borneo and Java, as
well as in Australia. Mr.. Verbeck
thinks they cannot be artificial, and
there are no volcanoes near enough to
support the theory that they are vol
canic bombs. Besides, he says, the
CLASSY rocks produced by the nearest
volcanoes are quite different in their
nature from the material of the balls.
He suspected that the mysterious OBJ
jects were elected, ages ago, from the
volcanoes of the moon, and afterward
fell upon the earth.
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Oceans Great business.

A diving bell, consisting Of a thick,
hollow cube of about six feet and
weighing rather more than ten tons,
was recently lowered into water 200
feet deep, with strong timbers attach
ed to it, in order to test its strength.
After the bell had reached the bottom
1t was noticed that the timbers came
up in splinters, and when the bell was
pulled up it was crushed out of all rec
ognition of its former shape. The
water pressure was calculated to be
353,924 pounds on each side, and a re-
sulting pressure of every 1850 tons OF
the cube.
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Thir.een a Fatal Number to Him.

There was hanged at Decatur, Ga,
recently yCuns nan whose fate will
give rise to considerable discussion
among superstitious folk. His name
was Terrell Hudson, and he believed
that be was driven TO the gallows by the
number 49,
In support Ct this belief he brought
forward the following array of facts:
He was the thirteenth child of his par
ents; was horn on the thirteenth day
of the month, and was given name in
which there are IS letters. On the 18th
of last November he quarreled with a
l3-year-old hoy hamed Malcolm, and
on the 18th of last February he was
sentenced to die.
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Whales as Travellers.

Mr.. William H, Dali, of the Smith
sonian Institution says, in Science,
that during the early days of the
whale fishery several well-attested in
stances occurred of whales struck in
one ocean, as the Atlantic, being after
ward killed in the North Pacific, and
vice versa" This would indicate that
some whales are great travellers, for to
get from the Atlantic to the North Pa
cific they would have to go many thou
sands of miles, passing either around
Cape Horn, or around the northern
end of North America and through
Boring Strait.
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THE TEXAN RANGERS.
Tn. Force NsN but Shadow of What Il
Was.

The Force Ne n but Shadow of What 1t
Was.
In the appropriation bill which the
legislature Of Texas was recently called
in extraordinary session to consider is
an item which provides for the mainte-
nance of the ranger force. Il will not
exceed $25, 200, and the smallness Of
the sum emphasizes the uecadence Of
an arm remarkable for its singularity
and efficiency. There is nothing exactly
similar among the forces of the world.
The mounted coDstabulary of South At
RIGA bears, perhaps, a closer resem-
blance than any other, though there
are wide d;vergences.
The Texas ranger wears no uniform.
His dress is composed of stout, dark
trousers, sometimes protected by over
alls, a wooden shirt, heavy sack coat,
sombrero, boots, stout gloves and spurs.
His arms are a single action 45 caliber
colts six shooter and a winchester car
bine-not rife. He furnishes his own
horse and bedding. If the horse is
killed in action, the state replaces it. If
it dies or is stolen, the ranger must get
another. The pay is $50 month for
privates, $40 for sergeants, S75 for lieu
tenants and 500 for captains. The state
feeds them. Their supplies include -four,
coffee, sugar, lard, bacon, beef, mutton
and canned goods. They slay much
game and add variety to the bill of fare
in that way.
Owing to the settlement of the from
tier and the gradual establishment Of
law and order the ranger force has stead.
lily decreased for some years past. For
merly it consisted of six companies
numbering approximately 100 men each
Today there are not more than so mel
in the service, all told, nor are they O.
SO high class as those who risked theil
lives back in the eighties. In those day
the composition of the companies wa
unique. No native Texans were in tn,
ranks. They were not enlisted becausr
it was feared that their home affilia
tons would interfere with their work
The men came from all sections of tn
union, lured by the spirit of adventure
Many of them were collegians. Il
Company F Is years ago were two grad
yates of Yale, one of Harvard, one o
Princeton, three from the University O
Virginia and dozen from the smalle
southern and western universities. Som
of them now are high in political plac
in the state of their adoption. Other
sleep in the sandy stretches that swee
down to the tawny river, and even thei
graves have been leveled by the constan
winds.
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Powdered Coal as Fuel.

For some years past there have been
experiments with coal dust and pulver-
lied coal Of various degrees of fine-
ness, with view to ascertaining how
much saving of fuel there Is in using
coal in this fine state. 1t has been dem
onstrated that with suitable feeding
machinery the saving may amount to
over forty-five per cent. above the coal
fed on ordinary fire bars. This point
is reached in cupola furnace of the
most approved contraction. There are
several methods of burning coal dust.
One Is the use of feeding apparatus
c. insisting of rotary brushes that throw
the dust into the fire-box in contin-
uous shower. This, Of course, renders
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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 filing several orders for large
irrigating plants and as this line OF their
business increases each season, it is safe to
say the farmers throughout the State are ap-
water pumped by this cheap power.
The Hercules Works are at present build
ing an so H. 2. engine for Geo. +. Packer
Colusa, which will raise 5000 gallons pei
minute from the river and distribute it over
his land. This will be the largest gasoline
pumping plant in existence.
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Built-up Wood.

There has come into use method of
building up" boards by gluing or ce-
mentlng together thin slabs of wood
of different kinds, so placed that the
grain of the various pieces is crossed.
1t is claimed that not only extra
strength, but also extra fiexibility and
durability are thus obtained. Doors
made of the prepared wood are said
10 be stronger than much thicker doors
made of ordinary wood, and they do
aot warp. Packing boxes and franks
IRE also n lde of this material.
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the fuel supply independent OF damp
ness or the possibility Of clogging up.
Another plan is TO drive the dust into
the furnace by powerful currents OF
air. 1t seems to matter but little how
the dust is fed. There is a manifest
economy in its use. and as soon as the
proper dust-feeding machinery is per.
fected the fuel problem will be much
less difficult to struggle with.
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where the remains of some of the VIC
Tins lie grouped together. The monu-
ment is tribute to the dead by the fire
department of Chicago. The shaft is
of granite. The base is twelve by
twelve feet. At the top the monument
measures ten by ten feet, and is ten
and half feet high. 1t Is an imposing
shaft, massive and simple in design,
fireman's helmet resting on a coping
being the only suggestion of the idea
the tomb would seek to convey. On
the polished face of the monument, to.
ward the rising sun. the names of those
who died at the fire are chiseled deer
in the enduring granite.
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HOW,s THIS?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
Tor any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
f. j. CHENEY a. CO., Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known f. J.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
Transactions, and financially able to carry
out any obligation made 10y their firm.
WEST X TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo. o
WALDINe, KINNAN Il MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, 0
Halls Cstarrh Cure is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and mucou
surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bottle
Halls family Pills are the best.
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was tired all the time, and had dread
full pains in my side and back and head.
Twas also troubled with irregularity OF
mcnses, and lost so much flesh that my
friends became alarmed.
"My mother, who from experience is
a firm believer in the Pinkhaln rene
dies, thought perhaps they might hene-
fit me. l followed the advice Mrs.
Pinlham gave me, and used Lydia L.
Pial,ha1n's Vegetable Compound ard
Liver Pillsand al now aswe1 as ever
was. Miss MARIE L. JOHNSON, Cen.
tralia, Pa.
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ENTERPRISES OF GREAT PIrH AMI
MOMENT

Have, ere now, had their currents s'turned
awry,' as Hamlet say, by an attack OF dvs.
per STA. NAPOLEON failed TO improve his "a
vantage at Austeflitz in consequence, IL il
said. = indigestion brought on By some in
discretion in eating. In order TO avoid az ;
pepsia, abstain from over indulgence, and
precede the meal by wineglassful of Hostel
ters stomach bitfers, more effective than an,
dietetic IN improving the tone of he stomac b
Liver complaint chills and I, ver aud rheum
atism are annihllatcd by the Bitters
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Natural Lightning DDS.

The tall Lombardy poplar has rep
utation in some parts Of Europe as
kind of natural lightning-rod. Investi-
cations recently made by DIR. Hess in
Switzerland appear to confirm this
reputation Of the tree. Its wood is an
unusual good conductor of electric
ity as compared with others, while its
great height and lack of spreading
branches enable it to conduct light
ming stroke straight downward. In
order however, that poplar-tree may
serve to protect building, according
TO DIR. Hess, its foliage should be al
lowed to grow as near the ground as
possible; it should be removed not less
than six or seven feet from the near
est wall. No metallic objects on the
building should be near the tree, and
its roots should penetrate moist soil.