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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-09-11

senator Mills Long Service.
or the twenty-six Senators who scrv.
cd terms in the lower house before com.
ing to the Senate, Senator Mills of
Texas served longest, his term being
from 1879 to 1902.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-09-11

As Numerous as the smiths.
No fewer than G2D,S07 people named
Mueller are now living In Germany.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-09-22

A parry Of gentlemen but recently re-
turned fr0m a metropolitan city tell a
new story on the leisurely bellboy.
They were stopping at big hotel. and
ON the first evening Of their visit were
seized with a mighty thirst. but which
they believed plain ice water would as
suage. One Of them stepped 10 the bell.
push. Ii was one of those new tangled
things built on the principle Of dollar
typewriter. You turn the hand around
the dial till il points to what you want,
then you press the button, and the busi.
hess office is supposed 20 do the rest.
The instrument was caused TO register
ice water a number Of times In the re-
gions below, but there was no response.
The thirst kept on increasing and the
gentlemen got hot in the collar. One Of
them spoke of going down and challeng-
ing the clerk and the bellboys to a box.
ing match.
"No, don't do that, remarked one
Of the gentlemen. Just watch me
I'll bet I'll get EN-"
He pranced over to the bell, yanked
the crank around TO champagne and
let 1t drive. In an incredibly short time
there was knock at the door, and the
boy stuck his head In.
Champagne, gentlemen"
No, just bring us some plain, every
day, common water with ice in it. We
rang for champagne just to catch you
mapping. Now get move ON you. -
Galveston News
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-09-22

"Once in awhile we read" said Mr..
Bozzle, that the ship So-and-so or the
steamer So-and-so has returned to port,
or has arrived perhaps with "a decided
list; cargo shifted. Sometimes we see
a land craft, truck, with cargo shift
ed-a big pile Of boxes, towering high,
shaken over to one side or the other by
continued joiting along ON the side Of
the street ON the slope.
"A load thus shifted can't be shaken
back by running along ON the opposite
slope of the road 1t is like a stick Of
wood that has been bent and kept bent
till the grain is set. Whatever you do
with it the crook stays in.
If care is exercised in turning cor
ners and in navigating generally, the
shifted load can usually be carried to
its destination as it is without upsetting,
though 1t may work harder. The expe
rienced truckman knows Just what can
be done with it, and whether 1t has
shifted as far as it will go, and all that
II it is so badly shifted as to make the
operation of the truck difficult or dan
gerous, he hauls to one side by the curb
and anchors-that is to say, he halts
and unloads the shifted top courses of
his cargo and then reloads and makes
everything tim and secure and sets out
again. New York Sun.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-09-22
STORY OF A HAT.
Revealing the Secret OF Its Two Trips
Around q Table.

Revealing the secret OF It's Two Trips
Around q Table.
A number Of literary men were at one
time gathered in we'll known chop
house in New York. The conversation
was Of course brilliant, and the repartee
sparkled with mirth and wit. During a
lull in the talk the door slowly opened
and an old southern darky, grizzled
with age, poked his head in and then
slowly drew his body in after him. A
waiter started to eject him, when one
Of the gentlemen cried:
"Wait moment Let S see what the
old boy wants. I"
The darby bobbed up to the table
where this gentleman sat and held out
his hat. Throwing wink TO his neigh
bors, the gentleman took the hat and,
making show of placing something
into it, passed it on to the next man,
who did likewise. The hat made tour
of the room, to the puzzled wonder of
the darby. The last to receive it sol
EMMY handed it back with a polite
bow, saying:
There, sir, don't you think you have
something to be thankful for?"
The old darby looked solemnly around
the company and, mechanically taking
the hat, he said:
Gen men, I'ze indeed glad dat got
chen de hat back!'
The reply was SO thoroughly enjoyed
by the company that the darby left the
plaoa a mueh richer man than when ne
had entered it.-Kansas City World.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-09-22
The First Teacups.

Even after tea was introduced into
Europe and had come into general use
teacups were scarce. At the same time
coffee was introduced; but apart from
Constantinople, the first coffee cups in
Europe date back only as far as 1915 in
Venice, 1859 in Paris, 1862 III London
and 1894 in Leipsic. From the first,
however, the conventional oriental cof-
fee cup. without stem or handle, was
little used, and in Germany not at all
The Chinese teacup was used for tea
coffee and chocolate as we'll. Specimens
of porcelain were undoubtedly intro
duced into Europe in the middle ages
yet not till the sixteenth century were
cups imported from China in any great
quantities, and even then it was as arti.
cles of vertu. Nest of those found their
way back into China again, as collect
ing porcelain is lasting fad there, and
high prices are paid for good specimens.
The collection of Chinese porcelain, if
only the genuine specimens are desired,
requires immense study and knowledge,
as the Chinese are skillful imitators
and put numerous falsifications on the
market
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III.

Redshaw fingered aboard the smack
after Lottie Sanderson and Armstrong
had gone.
He sat on deck smoking his short
clay pipe and looking yearningly to
seward. As soon as II was fairly
dusk, however, he began to bestir him
self, lighted ships lantern, and col
lected together few articles needful
for short sea trip. These articles he
carried on board skiff almost along
side. Then he loosened the ropes, nd
jEsted the oars nolselessly and glided
out of the harbor into the open sea. He
now hoisted sail and turned his boats
head in the direction of Saltwin Sands.
The wind had freshened and the skiff
rose and fell aud ran forward over the
dark waters with increasing speed. At
first the clouds overhead were dense
and lowering, but scarce had Redshaw
got clear of the hsrbor when the night
showed signs of Frightening, and the
curious moon occasionally looked down
upon the little craft out OF black,
ragged clouds.
The CLEAN lit up Redshaw's face, re-
vealing a look of intense greed. Once
or twice the man glanced over his
shoulder like one who half breads pur-
suit; bat his more frequent look was
directed to seward with an untiring
search.
An hour-two hours went by, when
q faint ray of light fell athwart the
water a short distance ahead.
At the same instant Redshaw spran0
to his feet and peered eagerly over the
bow. Presently the boats keel grated
upon sandbank. bringing the skiff to
gradual stop. The man found him
self in two feet of water. and with his
seaman's knowledge of the bearings
there was no reason to doubt that his
boat had ran upon the sandbank for
which he had deslgnedly steered.
1t was low tide. and the moment he
had made the skiff secure, he began to
wade through the surf toward the light
which now glimmered hard by. He
soon grew convinced that 1t came from
ships cabin. Suddenly he stopped.
wait bitr'
He pulled bowie knife from his
pocket, opened the dagger-shaped
blade. and clinched the handle between
his teeth. Then he stepped forward
with look Of purpose. The light soon
proved to be one that came from n
cabin window on the port side of an
old tugboat. Redshaw caught at a bit
! of rope, and hauled himself hand
over hand up the boats side until he
could peer into the cabin.
A strange sight met his glance. The
light of swing lamp fell upon small
wrinkled man In pilot cap.
| He stood In water up TO his knees,
and he laughed with shivering sort
Of laugh, and plunged his hands into
the water and fished up handfuls Of
soverelgns that gllttered the more
through being wet. The old skipper
gloated over each handful as he fang
the coins with cllnking sound upon a
shelf In a cupboard, on level with ais
head.
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STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE.
A Mountalnssr who Highly Appreciates
Really Coed Cooking.

Mountalnesr who Highly Appreciates
Really Good Cooking.
As rule the mountaineer of Ken
tucky Is not gastronomic connoisseur,
and the visitor at his table is quite as
likely to hear dried apples referred to
As fruit" as he is to find any other
kind Of fruit on the table. Occasionally,
however, one of them is sufficiently for
tunate TO get away from his businesses,
and living temporarily down in the
blue grass has an opportunity to acquire
some virtues not otherwise obtainable.
1t was such a one caught up with one
morning in June along the ridge Of the
Cumberlands.
I'm looking for a place, +" said
after few preliminaries, where can
stop for week or so while | look mp
some timber / have in this neighbor-
hood. Do you know of any"
There amt much nv that sort
Ground here" he replied, "exceptin
you go to Mount Pleasant. an reckon
that's too fer. But hol' on, " he broke
In with sudden thought. "thar's the
Wilder Tackett. She axed me yistidy
to see some nv you folks at the mill and
tell 'em she had place to sleep and eat
two er three men eff they wuzn't too
pertickler.
lis it pretty good placer / in
quired thoughtlessly.
The young man s face flushed.
"Well, reckon" he said with some
emphasis. "She's goin to be my moth
sr-in-law come next September. .
"Oh, beg your pardon" FASTENED
TO explain. II only asked to know if
she had good eating. Some of that we
get in private houses even in the cities,
you know. is not the best in the world
"Cities be derned, - he said with a
fine feeling. Eyer amt never tried the
Wilder Tackett's pie yet, mister, an
yer want to keep still till yer do.
Amt nothin like it nowhere, no matter
what kind nv pie she sets afore yer
It's all ne plusibus unum, an no mis-
take. Why, I'm tellin you that sot
down to one NV her pies last week, dern
eft / recomember what kind it wuz, eff
ever knowed, an l wuz eatin right
into it like hot shovel goin into a
snow pile, an Bill Rogers acrost the
table frum me called me liar, an
never said dern word to him tell |
had plum ct my pie and got my teeth
picked. Dern my buttons eff did, colo
mel.
! did not like to inquire further into
the mystery of what happened to Mr..
Rogers after the last taste of the pie
was safely housed by my informant, but
l made fair guess and went on TO see
the Widow Tackett concerning board
and lodging for one man for one week.
Washington Star.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-09-22

We used to have oldfashioned things. like
hominy and greens,
We used to have Just common SCUM made
out OF pork and beans;
But now it's bouillon, eonsomme and
things made from book,
And pot au feu and Julienne since my
daughters learned ~ cook.
We used to have piece of beef-just or
binary meat
And picked pigs feet, spare ribs, too, and
other things to eat;
While now it's 6llet with ragout, and leg
o mutton praised.
And macaroni au grstin, and sleeps head
Hollandaised;
Escallops a la Nersailles-a la this and a
la that
And sweetbread a la Dieppoise. it's
enough to kill a cat!
But, while suffer deeply, | invariably
look
As II were delighted, cause my daugh-
ter's learned to cook.
We have a lot Of salad things, with dress
ing mayonnaise;
In place of oysters, blue points. fricasseed
dozen ways;
An orange roly poly, float and peach me
ringue, alas
Enough to wreck stomach that is made
of plated brass.
The good old things have passed away. in
silent, sad retreat:
We've lots OF highfalutin things. but
nothing much to eat.
And while | never say word, and always
pleasant look,
have had sore dyspepsia since my daugh-
ter's learned to cook
Southwestern Medical Record
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FoouScAP PAPER.
Was Fret Made by Order of the Rump
Parliament.


Nearly everybody knows what
'foolseap' paper is. but there are prob
ably few people who know Just how It
came to bear that name" said a large
wholesale stationer In New York to the
writer yesterday. In order to increase
his revenues Charles |. of England
granted certain privileges amounting
to monopolies. and among these was
the manufacture of writing papers, the
exclusive right of which was sold to
certain parties, who grew wealthy and
enriched the Government at the ex-
pense Of those who were obliged to use
such paper. At that time all English
paper bore the royal coat-of-arms In
water marks. But when the Parlia-
ment under Cromwell came into power
it made sport of this law In every pos
sible manner, and among other indig-
mites to the memory of Charles II was
ordered that the royal arms be re-
moved from the paper, and that a fools
cap and bells should be used as a sub
stitute. When the Rump Parliament
was prorogued these We're also remov-
ed; but paper of the size of the Parlia-
mentary journals, which is usually sew
enteen by fourteen inches, still bears
the name Of foolscap in England.
In this country foolscap was used
largely by lawyers, writers and other
professional men for copying purposes
until few years after the civil war.
when smaller single sheet of paper,
known as legal cap. was introduced.
Then came the typewriting machines.
requiring the manufacture of paper
Of suitable size for copying and to-day
there is very little demand for fools
cap outside Of few school rooms.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-09-22

tentlOn between the girl anu lhe Dlhck
object
"Ready?'' said he.
"Ayr'
She had barred her brown. rounded
red cap that held in check her unruly
hair, and she now bent over the bull
wark, her hand outstretched in readi-
ness to seize the floating thing as the
smack skurried by.
"A black bottle" she cried. and the
next moment she had 1t in her grasp
and was holding 1t aloft. the water
dripping from her arm. Look, Steevie!
| wonder II there's anything insideT'
stop bit. Lottle; we'll soon See
Stephen Armstrong fixed the tiller
and then sat down upon the deck at
Lottie's side. The splendor of the sun
set fell slantingly upon their eager
faces. The man looked at the bottle
and then at the girl.
Its tightly corked,' said he.
Then he held 1t up between his bright
eye and the golden light.
Its letter. said Lottie, peerlng
over Armstrong; shoulder through TIE
glass. why don't you break itg'
He struck the bottle against the bull
wark and a slip Of paper fell upon the
deck al their feet. AT this moment an
edge OF the tarpauin that lay across
the bow was cautiously raised and a
red-bearded man looked out at them
with drowsy eyes.
/ The girl picked up the erumpled slip
of paper hurriedly unfolded It, and
read as follows:
I'm another half-hour / shall be
drowned. Here I'm allyn, drove
ashore In dense fog on the East Salt
win Sands. with fresh breeze a-blow-
Ing from the southeast. She was drove
on to these sands at 4 80 a. NJ, about
low water. The tide is rising now and
breaking over my craft, and I'm alone
| aboard. The man what finds this doe
ument | solemnly makes him my sole
heir In the cupboard of the aft cabin
he'll hnd pile Of golden soyereIgns.
For I'm an old miser-God pardon me
and I've boarded my thousands for no
earthly good. A just punishment has
fallen upon me at last.
BEN TARBUCK, Captain"
Armstrong stared at his sweetheart
Lottie Sanderson, Ia blank aInazement.
For moment he was unable to utter a
word. At last he whispered.
Its the phantom tug-hushr' and
he glanced toward the tarpaulin. "No
word to anyone and our fortune
made"
he buttoned up the scrap of paper In
the breast pocket of his pilot coat, and
cast the broken bottle overheard. Then
he resumed his place at the helm. and
the smack went numbering on Its tack
ing course toward the shore.
The man beneath the tarpaulin Law
seemingly sound asleep until the
smack neared the entrance to Saltwin
harbOr, when Armstrong shouted:
Delay there, Redsha Harbor
Gghtsr'
Tht night had nearly closed in.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-09-22
Why AND WHEREFORE
Lnow bod whence | e.n.

know not whence came.
l know not whittier 70.
But the fact stands clear
That ] am here
In this world Of pleasure and woe.
And out Of the mist and murk
Another truth shines plain
1t is in my power
Each day and hour
To add TO its joy or its pain.
know that the earth exists.
IL is none Of my business why.
l cannot find out
What it's all about
would but waste time to try.
My life is brief, brief thing.
l am here for little space,
And while | stay
! would like, il may.
To brighten and better the place,
The trouble. | think. with US all
Is the lack of high conceit:
II each man thought i.
he was sent TO the spot
To make it a bit more sweet.
How soon we could gladden. the world.
How easily right all wrong,
II nobody shirked
And each one worked
To help his fellows along.
Cease wondering why you came,
Stop looking for faults and flaws;
Rise up to-day
In your pride and say.
Il am part of the first great cause.
However full the world,
There is room for an earnest man;
Ii had need OF me
Or l would not be-
! am here TO strengthen the plan"
Ella Wheeler Wilcox, in Forum.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-09-22
I |

AS soon as the smack had run into
The small harbor and brought alongside
the stone quay. Armstrong went ashore
with his girl, leaving Redshaw aboard.
They made their way through the
town. and entering lane behind the
sheltering sand dunes, presently came
Ia sight of cottage where light
showed In the window as II to welcome
them.
"Lottie." said the seaman. 'the War
rem farms for sale. was just a-thlnk.
Ing what snug home it'd be for me
and you"
'Ah, that was grandad's once" said
the girl, land now | come to think OF
1t, granny prophesied years ago that
the farm would be mine some day; and
she's wonderful gift o prophesylng,
aln't she. SteevieT'
Lottie had slipped her hand caress-
ingly into Steeyie's arm, and now
talked of all the surprising things they
would accomplish II this dream OF
wealth were only realized.
Presently they reached the cottage
door. and Lottie. raising the latch. led
the way Into well-furnished kitchen
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-09-22
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED

By local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion OF the ear. There is only one
way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu-
nonal remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
named condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets inhamed
ing, and when it is entirely closed deafness is
the result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out OF ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an inflamed condition OF
the mucous surfaces.
ewin give One Hundred Dollars for any
case OF Deafness Caused by catarrh) that cannot
be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure Send for cir.
culars, free.
+. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0.
Sold by Druggists Use.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-09-22
WAYS OF THe Blue cRAR.


1etae OF its Peculiaritiea Observed A
New Works. Aquarium.
While the blue crab is not commonly
thought Of as a swimmer and does In
fact spend the greater part Of its time
On the bottom, yet it can very easily
sustain itself in the water and swim Al
a very fair rate Of speed Il swims end.
wise. and when swimming il carries
one big claw thrown forward and bent
back at the middle joint, making a
point projecting at that end Of thu
body, while the other big claw trails
straight out astern. II it changes direc.
tion. 1t crooks the claw it had been car.
rying straight and lets the other 90
free. IL il sustains itself in the water
without progressing. it carries its bio
claws in front Of itself as it would NAT
urally do under ordinary circumstances
ON the bottom, but il has TO keep its
little claws in motion to sustain itself
and IN swimming the little claws are
kept actively at work Besides making
a good degree of progress through the
water IN swimming the blue crab can
change its course or swim 20 higher
or lower level with facility. When
frightened, the blue crab moves of side.
ways, Lut when moving about ut home
and undisturied it may move straight
forward. Its body may be inclined at
any angle to the line of progress, but
its motion still be forward. the big
claws carried crooked around in front.
IL may be seen moving @hus in one Of
the larger tanks at the aquarium, in
which there are blue crabs. Holsters and
other things. The temperature CT the
water now just suits the crustaceans,
and they are very lively. Blue crabs
may be seen swimming here, and also
walking about, stepping down from
stones that are as high as they them.
selves are wide with perfect dignity, il
not grace OF manner and walking or
carrying their claws before them. =
New York Sun.
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Redshaw chung TO the rope. starins
like one spell-bound AZ the weird ny
ure. Then he climbed noiselessIy on
deck. aud crept round TO the cabin
door. He found II open. With Stealthy
tread he descended the ladder. the
bowie knife now behind his back. tight
ly clutehed In his right hand. villain
Gus look In his eyes.
But Of a sudden-at the very moment
that Redshaw erOnched down with In
tent TO make his spring-the grim elI
mariner fixed his glittering eye fear
lessly upon him.
The man paused. once more complete
ly aghast. deprived OF all volltion.
"Ah. You've come. have yon-eoIne
to claim Tiny gold:" cried the skipper
as he shivered and laughed again. NO.
mol bayn't dead yet mate. The tides
been and turned. just ia the nick o.
time. Il were a-washing clean over
the deck at nightfalL when sent that
ere bottle adrift. aud thought as how
| was a drowned man. But It's been
running out ever since. the tide has.
mate-running out. TIL it's give me the
chance TO touch my gold-touch Il once
more
He broke into a wilder it OF SILVER
ing laughter now. and bending down.
plunged both hands into the water.
At the same instant Redshaw regained
his will power and leaped forward. But
as he lifted his knife with the thought
to strike. masterful grip was put up-
on his wrist. and he was thrown back
upon the ladder. crushed and stunned
by the fall.
When Redshaw recovered conscious
ness he found himself lying in the bow
Of the little skiff. still at anchor upon
Saltwin Sands. A gray. foggy dawn
was breaking over a calm sea. He
raised himself upon his elbow and
looked around. A dismantled craft
was drifting before his eyes upon the
food tide. Her stern was turned d.
rectly toward him, and upon 1t he
read, painted in large. white letters:
PHANTOM TUG"
as II vanished into the mist.
1t was Armstrong who had saved
Ben Tarbuck from his mates treacher-
Gus blow. The Phantom was subse-
quently tOwed into Saltwin harbor. But
Tarbuck never fully recovered from
that night upon the sands; and before
lottie had become Stephen Arm
strong's wife the skipper died, leaving
the bulk Of his wealth to his preserver.
Redshaw never showed his face in
side Saltwin harbor again: though, had
he acted honestly. he might possibly
have shared his mates good luck but
In his over-reaching after Tsrbuck' 5
gold. he had lost all.-Answers.