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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-08-25

In MdClure's Magazine there is an
interesting account Of DIR. Sven Hedin,
a young Swedish traveller, who has been
doing some remarkable work in Asia. IN
an attempt to cross the hitherto unex-
plored Takla- Makan desert. His party
entered the desert April 10. 1895. The
water gave out, the camels died, and
one by one all the servants succumbed.
II went on alone, says DIR. Hedin.
1.-THE forest was very dense and the
night black. / had eaten almost moth
ing for ten days; had drunk nothing
for five. ] crossed the forest crawling
ON all fours. lettering from tree to tree.
/ carried the haft Of he spade as a
crutch. At last came to an open space.
The forest ended like devastated plain.
This was river bed. 1t was quite dry.
There was not drop Of water.
81 went on. meant to live. l would
find water. was very weak, but l
crawled on all tours and at last cross
ed the river bed. 1t was three kilome.
tiers wide. Then, as reached the right
bank Of the river, / heard the sound Of
duck lifting aIsi the noise of splash
ing water. crawled in that direction
and found large pool Of clear. fresh
water.
81 thanked God first, and then fell
my pulse l wanted to see the effec
that drinking would have on it. 1t wa
at AZ.
Then drank. drank fearfully.
drank and drank and drank. 1t was
lovely feeling. felt my blood liquefy
ing. 1t began to run in my veins; m,
pores opened. My pulse went up at ono
to So. felt quite fresh and living"
Undaunted by his first terrible ex
perience. Dr. Hedin crossed the deser
! again from south to north, and was IT
warded by the discovery Of Every oil
| fOxurn -
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-08-25
How Mine. Arc Exploded.

There are several methods by which
mines and torpedoes anchored in har-
bors may be detected, but it is very dan
gerous and difficult work, and its sue
cess depends largely upon the circum-
stances and the condition Of the water
and the bottom Of the bay in which they
are placed. Sometimes they are discov-
cred by dragging with kedge Some
times they can be seen when the water
is clear, and in order to assist the natu-
raj vision canvas telescope is rugged
which drops upon the water and shuts
out the light from the eyes of the OBJ
server so that he can have better view
of the bottom. There are other methods
also known to sailors and frequently
praoticed. The most effective is called
''countermining"-that is, the explo-
sion of torpedoes in the water, which
by their defamation cause the mines tc
explode. Record.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-08-25
slLlNeuAL TELEPHONES.


]. G.. Solen, who is an old timer in
the electrical construction business. tells
a story On wal" Blatz. the millionaire
brewer of Milwaukee.
"Our company had had some CORE
spondence with Mr.. Blatz regarding the
putting in of telephone plant in his
big brewery establishment. and | was
sent up TO try to close deal
81 took couple Of phones with me
in order to make practical demonstra-
ton should one be required. and went
with the intention Of making a sale.
II got to talking with Mr.. Blatz and
showed him the advantage Of putting in
/ our ntercommunicative system through
out his establishment He listened at
tentively, and finally said:
{" Yes, that is all so; very true.
But, and he spoke with the conviction
OF one who was putting poser, but
my men down IN the malthouse and the
warehouses and cold storage are all
Dutchmen.
:" Il, myself, though German and a
graduate of Leipsic and Heidelberg, can
speak English, but what would your
telephones be to my Dutch workmen,
who cannot speak English at all?'
"Well, l saw how the land lay. Ole
Val could not get it through his heat
that the telephone would transmit any
thing but the language Of America.
! was bound to make the deal, as sai'
before. So remarked to Mr.. Blatz:
/ can put ON some German receiv
D ers If you so desire. have some wit
D me.
: ~ connected up the phones, made
s show Of changing the receivers, and i
e half an hour Mr. Blatz was talking :
: one of his Dutchmen down in the mali
: house. He was delighted.
~ "'You may put them in, he said
9 and / shall want one German one |
n the malthouse, one German one in eac
It warehouse, English ones in my offiC
Q and the business office and Germa
o one in the cold storage house.
= "We closed the deal and Mr.. Blai
was glad to pay 81 extra for each Ge
man enunoiator we put in. When Il
phones We're shipped from the factor.
b had them labeled German and Englis
r respectively, and the big brewer WI
l. perfectly satisfied.
c. ut was five years before / saw Bla
l. again, concluded Mr.. Nolen. "He re
Or ognized me ut once and said with
" hearty German laugh: You are the a
" oommodating gentleman who put in Il
O. German and English telephones for m
er Well, you are good one. "-Milwa
u kee Telephone.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-08-25

Mrs. GEo. LEACH,

Mrs GEO. LEACH,
1909 Belle St., Alton, Ill, writes:
Before began to take your vege-
table Compound / was great sufferer
from womb trouble. Menses would APP
pear two and three times in = month,
causing me to be so weak ! could not
stand. Icould neither sleepnor eat, and
looked SO badly my friends hardly
knew me.
az took doctors medicine but did not
derive much benefit from it. My drug
gist gave me one of your little books,
and after reading 1t decided TO try
Lydia f. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. feel like new person. I
would not give your Compound for all
the doctors medicine in the world. !
can not praise it enough"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-08-25
He Won the Bet.

An uncouth old ranger from the San
Joaquin Valley was making his week
ly trip to Stockton the other day. and
CHANGED to be sitting with an imperti-
nent drummer In the smoking ear. The
old man helped himself to the matches
from the railroad box and tried to
strike one and then another.
"You have to scratch them on the box,
uncle" remarked the drummer.
"Oh. l guess kin strike a match"
replied the rancher, as he ripped one
across vanished panel of the ear and
broke of the head. The drummer
laughed at his failure and gave him
some more Information.
'srhe only way to light those matches
is to strike them on the box" said he.
"Oh, guess | kin scratch 'em most
anywheres," and the old man tried one
on the sole of his shoe, another on the
arm of the seat, and stlll another on TN
car floor, while the drummer onl!
laughed.
Il tell you they are made so tina
they won't light unless you scratcl
them on the box"
Bet you they WILL"
"Ill bet you 81 they won't"
"Bet you 500 they will.
"I'll take 1t"
The wager was made, the old ma
took one OF the matches, stood up, and
hitching his trousers up so as to max
smooth surface over his broad thigh
gave the match a deliberate scratch an
1t blazed up. Then he deliberatel
lighted his pipe and drew down tn
stakes.
The smart drummer does not kno'
that the innocent old rancher pays h
expenses every trip on that trick, for B
has a side of matchbox sewed In h
trousers beneath the tail Of his lon
shiny coat.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-08-25
A Negro Turning White.

A curiosity rarely witnessed Ill TINS
country was seen at the office OF the
pension examiners in this city today 1t
was negro man turning white The
mans name is Sam Smith. He is 81
years old and came here today from
Georgetown to stand an examination
for a pension, he having served III the
Union army. More than three-fourths
of the mans entire body is white. the
skin fairer by far than that of the or
binary white man. The dark skin re-
naming on the body is only in small
spots. Smith says that his skin began
turning white in 1867, and the dark
skin has been disappearing from the
body ever since. The physicians who
examined him today think that SHOULD
the old man live few years longer h'
will be entirely white save perhaps thu
face. A peculiar feature of the case i
that the face has not been turning whit
along with the rest of the body, tn
white only showing at few places be
meath the hair on the forehead, and no
ON the face at all.-Lexington Ky.
Letter in Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-08-25
MurlLArlne DEAD BODIES


Mexicans We're Good at This and the I
spaniards Can Go One Better.
The men we fought then were Of the
same stripe as those Uncle Sans sol I
diers are fighting now. said veteran /
OF the Mexican war recently. They are |
Ike savages. and mutilated the bodies
OF our dead soldiers in the most horri- 1
BILE manner imaginable. After battle
with them We would bury the bodies OF
the slain. including those OF our enc
mics. but after we were gone those
devils would sneak up TO TIE burying
ground and take up the bodies of our
dead soldiers. These they mutiladed
too horribly % relate. and then prop
ped them up naked along a road which
they knew we would travel. They
would arrange the bodies in all kinds
of horrible attitudes. propping them up
with stones or sticks driven through
the flesh and into the ground. so that
they could not fall down. Why, It was
awful, and even now the remembrance
Of those terrible scenes makes my blood
| rum cold. There Is one particular ocea-
sion which viii never forget. | was
with the Fifth Company of Louisiana
soldiers, which was what is now called
cavalry, but was then known as the
mounted men. They did all the tough
work, and one day we were sent up %
take the National Bridge. which Is on
the road between Vera Cruz and the
City OF Mexico. 1t was guarded by two
forts on high hills, and 1t was necessary
that we should hold It. When we ar
rived near the bridge party of twenty
one men were sent ahead TO scout. ant
they were cut of from us by company
of the enemy.
Several nights later. however, they
made a bold dash and rejoined US, bu
several were killed. The next morning
the main body started to take the forts
and | was I'm the front ranks. As w
reached the bridge we sawsthe body o
one of the poor fellows who had beef
killed the night before. 1t was nake'
and mutilated in a manner almost to-
terrible TO imagine. None of us sat
anything, but we registered a silen
vow that we would not take any pris
. oners alive If we could help 1t. TN
sight Of that poor soldiers body had al
effect on our men terrible for the Mex
cans. and we none of us forgot ii dul
ing the fight that followed. Yes, W
captured the forts and bridge and he'll
the town.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-08-25
To Examine the Eye.

If anything gets into your eye, don't
rub it. Good advice, but little diff
cult to follow, for one instinctively rubs
the eve under these circumstances.
Nevertheless, don't do so. Get some one
to turn the upper eyelid gently over Il
thin penholder, so that he may see the
ball of the eye thoroughly. If lime gets
into the eve and if you see the substance
at once. wash out the eye with vinegar
to two parts of water. If, however, you
don't see the particle Immediately, SIM
ply put sweet oil or olive oil into the
eve ana send for the doctor. New York
Ledger.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-08-25
Didn't Want Much.

Here is all advertisement from an old
copy of an English provincial journal;
WANTED, for sober family, man
Of light weight who fears the Lord and
can drive pair of horses. He must oc-
rasionally wait at table, join the house
hold prayer, look after tho horses and
read chapter of the Bible. He must,
God willing, arise at : o'clock in the
morning and obey his master and mis-
tress in all lawful commands; II he can
dress hair, sing psalms and play at
cribbage, the more agreeable Wages,
10 guineas year. +"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-08-25
! REPRESENTATIVE PIRATE.
Captain Kidd Was Utterly without Any
sense Of Honor.

sense OF Momor.
1t is said that Kidd showed no re-
pentance when he was tried, but insist
ed that he was the victim Of malicious
persons who swors falsely against him,
and yet a more thoroughly dishonest
rascal never sailed under the black flag.
La the guise Of an accredited os1sss5sr Of
the government he committed the crimes
be was sent out TO suppress. He deceiv-
ed his men. RE robbed and misused his
fellow cOuntrymen and his friends, and
be even descended 20 the meanness Of
cheating and despoiling the natives Of
the West India islands with whom he
traded. These people were in the habit
Of supplying pirates with food and other
necessaries, and they always found their
rough customers entirely honest and
willing to pay for what they received,
for as the pirates made practice Of
stopping at certain points for supplies
they wished of course to be on good
terms with those who furnished them.
But Kidd had nc ideas of honor toward
people of high or low degree. He would
/ trade with the natives as if he intended
to treat them fairly and pay for all hi
got, but when the time came for him &c
depart and he was ready to weigh an
Choir he would seize all the commodi
ties he could lay his hands on ant
without paying a copper to the distress
ed and indignant Indians he would gay
ly sail away, his black flag Haunting
derisively in the wind.
But although in reality Captain Kid
was no hero, he has been known for
century and more as the great American
pirate, and his name has been repre-
sentative of piracy ever since. Year
after he had been hung, when peopl
heard that vessel with black flag
or one which looked black in the dis
; tance-fiying from its rigging had bee
seen, they forgot that the famous pirat
was dead and imagined that Capital
Kidd was visiting their part of the coai
in order that he might find a good plaC
to bury some treasure which it was Il
! longer safe for him to carry about
Frank X. Stockton in Century.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-08-25

Russian Liars.

Russian diplomats hold that it is no
disgrace or dishonor to lie i'll the most
unblushing manner in order to promote
the interests of their country and OF
their sovereign. When the late czar
asked once of Count Ignateiff how he
came to be nicknamed 1.-THE Father OF
Lies while ambassador at Constantine
Pile, he with low bow responded. In
the service of your majesty. !"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-08-25
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED

Nv local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased notion OF the ear. There is only one
wsv 10 cure deafness. and that is by constitu-
,ional remedies Deafness is caused by an in
named condition OF the mucous lining OF the
Eustschian Tube. When this tube gets inhamed
Won have rambling sound or lmpeIleet near
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 eatarrh,
which is nothing but an intamed condition Of
the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
esse of Deafness caused by catarrh) that cannot
be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send Tor cir
+. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 7ac.
HALLS Family pills are the best.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-08-25
seamen Vote Ahead of Time.

Norwegian seamen are entitled to
vote before leaving their country if the
polling day is within three months Of
their departure, or they can vote at a
foreign port within the same time by
having their votes sent home through a
Norwegian consul.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-08-25
RECLAIMED HEALTH.
Gratifying Letters to Mrs. Pink
ham From Happy women
81 Owe You Ny Illss
Mrs. E. vooLHrsKR,

Mrs. E. WooLHIsER,
Mills, Neb., writes
"DxAR Mrs. PTNKHAM ~ owe my
life to your Vegetable Compound. The
doctors said l had consumption and
nothing could be done for me. Ny
menstruation had stopped and they
said my blood was turning to water. 1
had several doctors. They all said
could not live. Ibegan the use Of Lydia
Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
and it helped me right away; menses
returned and have gained in weight.
have better health than have had for
years. tits wonderful what your Com
pound has done for me"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-08-25

81 noticed that Miss Sere's curls are
of two colors-brown and gray"
"You remember that her father is a
safe manufacturer:
"What has that TO do with it!
"Her curls are combination locks. y
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-08-25
The TalIest Volunteer.

Private Henry Jackson, of Company
X. Second New Jersey Regiment,
claims to be and probably is the tallesr
soldier in the volunteer army. He Is
6 feet GA inches in height, but he finds
consolation In the thought that even IL
he were sixty feet high the Spanish
marksman couldn't hit him.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-08-25

The United Kingdom consumes 600, :
600 pounds, or about 1000, 600 gallons,
of tea every day, which is as much as is
used by the rest of Europe, North and
South America, Africa and Australia
combined.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-08-25

The old log cabin in Front Royal,
Va, in which George Washington lived
while surveying between l74S and 1853
is still standing in fair condition and is
used az a springhouse.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-08-25

Many of the vegetables in daily use
on our dinner tables were known 70
very remote times 1t is known, for in
stance, that asparagus was grown 200
years B. c., while lettuce was Guilt
waited 80 far back as $50 b. o.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-08-25
No electricity for the Turk.

The Turkish Government is the least
of any in the matter of
Enormous sums of money
have been offered for electric lighting
and telephone privileges, but they have
all been refused.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-08-25
Which Did She boz

Her mother Ito brlde-elect)-What,
frowning on your wedding day?
Bride-elect-Im in quandary. If
60 to the altar smiling people win say
I'm simply crazy to get Charlie; and II
| look solemn they viii say | already
regret the step. What shall do?
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-08-25

The statement is made that during
the 81 years since the establishment Of
the state university Of Georgia there
have been only five deaths among the
students.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-08-25
Here. . Useful Test.

"I'm afraid I'm a dreadful talker. "
"What gives you that idea?"
when / come home from anywhere,
never can recall anything that was
said except remarks made myself. -
Chicago Record.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-08-25

We are pleased to announce to our many
readers the opening of the new Comedy
Theater formerly Bush Street Theaterl,
on September Sd, with Mrs. Romualdo
Pacheco's Ideal Comedy Company of New
York. This cosy place of amusement has
been entirely remodeled, and will be under
the able 10 management of Mr.. ALT Filing
house, who will strive to please the many
visitors from the interior during their so
iourn in San Francisco, with the best at
fractions at popular prices.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-08-25

The advertising of Schilling's Best in this
paper met with such success that a few
months ago Messrs. A. Schilling & Co.
started the advertising of their nloney-back
baking powder. They are evidently well
pleased with the results, for we have again
received an order for advertising OF their
tea and baking powder-this time for in
creased space.
There is nothing that sells so well as a
good article advertised in the town where
il is to be sold.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-08-25

An awfully poor player can play an
acceptable wedding march.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-08-25

..no Won and my son prompt sud punetual,
IL crindleyg' Il never had young man IN
y srnnlov rho. at the close Of business hours,
aay,,ld get out OF the once with less delay
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-08-25

Piso's Cure for Consumption has saved
ME large doctor bills.-C. l.. Baker, 422S
Regent So, Philadelphia, Pa, Dec. 8, 1895.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-08-25
o.r ais LIFE SAVING OTHERS.

eountry boy visiting New York stopped Z
100. a runaway team that was about 70 dash
L sss sidewalk where there were HUNDREDS o.
on tnS snd children. He saved their lives.
.o, 80 MS own. Hundreds Of lives are saved
s o1s 49, wear by Hostetter's stomach Bltters
People who are fast going 70 tnsth s1 sla ~
~. JhTonrht back 10 good health by H. All the
sIek shoHld try IT,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-08-25

rt~e Permanently Cured No ats or nervousness
kIIS after nrst days use Of Dr. kline's Great
Nerve Reetorer. Send for Fhkk 3 % trlAl DOT
ia and treatise. DR.. r. H. KLINE, Ltd, $50 Arch
a. Philndelphin, Pa.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-08-25
nav ALLEN.s roor.EAsE.

A Dowder TO be shaken into the shoes. At
t,iS season YOUR feet feel swollen. nervous
md moi. and get tired easily. If you have
smartinR feet or tight shoes, try. Aliens
Foot Ease. 1t cools the feet and makes
walking easy. Cures swollen and sWeanng
sorns and bunions of all pain and gives rest
aud comfort. Ten thousand testimonials
Of cures. Try it to-day. Sold by all drug.
Sists and shoe stores for 25c. Sent BY mail
3oT &c in stamps. Trial package FREE.
Address, Allen s. 0lmsted, lie Roy, n. 7.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-08-25

Try schillins'. Best tea and baking powder.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-08-25

Sold by Druggists, 7ac.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-02-19

because they believed that it was a
sure way into office. They used to
tip-Iue around among the delegates
al conventions telling them what was
the smooth thing" to put in the
platform These political economists
of the soft soap school would stand
proudly Oh platform recommending
mOOnshiue as legal tender, endors-
ing astrOIogy, declaring for blue-glass
and the barefoot cure, pledging the
party to vegetarianism, and whOOp-
ing it up for the free and unlimited
coinage of flapdOOdle. Think of what
Kansas escaped with these ghost
/ dancers leading the conservative
party for half dOzeu years The
wonder is not that the State went for
Bryan, but rather that it did not go
for the Rev. Irl Hicks, and George
Francis Train.
When the National Republican
party last fail demanded honor and
courage from its men, this ''smOOth
thing" gang in Kansas organized it.
self into phalaDX that came lumbl-
ing head over heels into the POpulist
party. They left Kansas to vote as
she pleased. And when the people
were sure that these fiim-fiam game
fellows were gone, they cast the
largest RepU blican vote ever pOlled
since the days when Kansas was the
banner Republican state in the Union
That kan-as Increased her kepubii-
can vote, after the six years course
in Mysteries indicates courage, an
/ intelligence, and an integrity among
the people. that should command
your respectful admiration. From
horse play to few thousand votes
short of horse sense, is long Jump.
/ but Kansas made il.
The people were so glad to get a
chance to vote as they pleased, TO
face an honest issue squarely, to see
the slimey old barDacles scraped off
the Republican chip, they were SO
glad to find party above its polite
iaDs, that they piled up a Repu blican
vote which was defeated by narrow
margin, only by the triple Alliance of
greed, anarchy and collie. They can't