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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-29
Spanish Soldiers.

One of the most pathetic, and even
heartrending, things in the history of
modern warfare has been the sending
of thousands of very young peasants
from the interior districts of Spain,
who are in the deepest ignorance of the
worlds affairs, to combat in Cuba, not
visible enemy, but the terrible fever,
which gives to but few of these I'M
acclimated youths from the bracng
highlands of Spain a fair chance of
recovery. So little do they know of
affairs that they are scarcely aware
what they have come to the low coasts
of the tropical West Indian island for
before they are stricken down.
The simple-mindedness of the aver
age peasant-soldier of Spain is illus
trated by story told in Spanish jour-
nal. During the brief reign of the re-
public which followed the Punishment
of Queen Isabella in 1868, Don Carlos,
prince who claimed to be the rightful
King of Spain under the old Salic law
excluding women from the throne,
made war against the republican gov
eminent. His standard was raised in
the northwest corner of the country,
| and almost all his soldiers were
Basques-as the people of the ancient
race who inhablt that part of Spain are
called.
The city of Bilbao was defended by
an army of the republic. One moonlight
in1, fxxn ,Niolyatc IF fha has film alslniQS
met outside the trenches. One, a sol
der of the republic, wore the uniform
which but lately had been royal the
other, the Carlst, had on his mountain
GERS garb, surmounted by the white
beretta, and carried an ancient flint.
lock rifle. At the ends of their beats
the two ''enemies" of whom
knew why he was fighting the other
came together.
Good evening, comrade" said thu
Carlist politely.
Good evening, comrade! answered
the other.
"Where do you live, comrade?"
81 live in a little village in Aragon
on the other side of Spain"
'Possible?"
AYE. And where do you live"
ION yonder mountain"
"And whom are you fighting TO
hereT
, ''For King Carlos. And for whom
do you fightf'
"For the republic"
"For the republic? And who is tn
republic?"
THAT | don't rightly know, comrad'
but | think she Is new queen WI
lives in Madrid"
The two men were silent for ms
, ment, looking amiably at each othe
5 and then the Carlist said wistfully:
l "Why doesn't our king marry her,
3 wonder, and have an end of wars!
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-29

dropped on her knees and screamed
Harry. Harry and Harry let go the
Harkins he was holding and sprang to-
ward her and lifted her away from that
doorstep, and with that they both dis
appeared.
It is to be supposed that Charley had
not noticed that her father was in quite
as much danger as her lover. To tell the
truth, of course both she and Harry had
each whipped up the sense Of the 9TH
er's danger for their own dramatic pur-
poses. have no doubt but the colonel
objected to Charley being shot. but he
only snatched the pistol from the Har-
kins boys hand and did not feel con-
strained to abandon the business in hand
for her sake.
BY the time she and Harry were scat
ed ON the wood pile-and it was very
short time-peace was restored and the
Improbable prodigal sent of to pri-
waite apartment in charge of his mis-
guided brother, but Mrs Peytee's agi-
/ tation on this occasion, like Charley's
own, was of an uncommonly enduring
nature. She had too much astuteness to
make nuisance of herself, and as ev-
cry one else Strengthened up and tried
to pass over the late unpleasantness as
the most natural thing in the world,
preparatory to getting away as soon as
possible, she, too, seemed to strive to
appear at ease, but she kept near the
colonel with an air Of dependence upon
his protection and a subtly conveyed
sense of safety in his shadow which he
found very touching. She showed dis
eliminating Judgment, too, as to where
to turn, that pleased him and raised his
idea of her intelligence Evidently she
did not make the mistake of consider
ing little rheumatic stiffness as help
less old age The colonel conceived the
notion that it would be pleasant thing
to do the driving himself on tho way
home and to have Mrs. Peytee on the
seat beside him. The reprehensible fact
was that the bit of tussle had stirred
the colonel's blood and made him feel
10 years younger.
Harry, too, was considering the posi-.
bilities of the homeward trip. The 9th
er young man was gentle, good natured
young fellow. Harry resolved to make
a confidant of him and beg him to sur
render the buggy and Charley to her be
! trothed. The other young man imme
: diately, blushingly and with the eager
ness of embarrassment consented. HI
had no sooner done SO than he was trou
bled for fear his surrender was unworth,
I q properly high spirited man. He knew
he had heard of blood flowing abou
: smaller matters, but he realized his owl
4 incapacity for living up to some hig
Q ideals and was helpless against his owl
human sense and sympathy.
Though quite in the dark about som
triaes whose amazing potential impoI
lance we have seen, Mrs. Peytee conf
IDENTIFY and correctly announced the Oh
gagement of his daughter to the colont
on the way home, and that announce
ment formed the point of departure fl
conversation that was exactly to ht
mind
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-29

Pastor Curtis Bay Baptist Church.

few weeks ago there was published
testimonial of the great virtue of Paine's
celery compound from Rev. Charles L.
Thompson, d d., LII. D., the eminent Pres
byterian preacher of New York City. Rev.
DR.. Meek, editor of the Central Methodist.
recently wrote an open letter, telling that
Paine's celery compound had worked re-
markable cure in his case. And last month
the great temperance evangelist, Francis
compound had been blessing in his fam
lily.
These are few among thousands.
Every one knows conscientious, chart
table persons who are too busy, more often
too procrastinating, to save their health
from gong to pieces, and find it easier TO
help others than themselves. Such per-
sons ill up the army of broken-down BUSH
ness men and sickly women.
Every one in this spring time needs to
purify the blood and regulate the nerves.
Carry home today-not by and by-a bottle
of Paine's celery compound. Cure ner-
vousness, neuralgia, and rheumatism this
spring. You can now put your health on q
sound basis by means of Paine's celery
compound.
| Charity should now begin at home. At
tend to your own health and that of your
family.
Paines celery compound is within the
reach of every family where there is mem
Der afflicted by any stomach. liver or kid
ney trouble. 1t cures permanently and
rapidly; :. = a,.t,nani.,es from a, other
remedies.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-29

There are many BARRIERS who will not
own q white handled razor because of
an old superstition that bad luck goes
with it. A razor is to the barber what a
locomotive is to the engineer, and there
are more things to learn about it than
one would suppose. For instance, there
are razors that will cut certain qualities
OF hair better at certain seasons than at
others. Climate and weather have a
great deal to do with razors. Some will
cut better in cold weather and some in
hot. These are only few of the causes
that affect razors, and they and many
more all tend to make the barber who
does much work keep accommodating ra-
zors until he has all sorts to pick from.
kansas CITY Journal.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-29
HIDDEN PLACES.

WHY 8 weasel should hate rats strange,
he's only an elongated rat himself Rats
and mice love hidden places, and weasel
4 about the only living thing that can find
them out. Aches and pains are like rats
and mice. They seek out the hidden places
IF the human system and gnaw and rayage
lie muscles and nerves. st. Jacobs Oil,
ike a weasel, knows how to go Tor them.
t. viii pene'rate to the secret recesses of the
main. and breaks up its habiistion and
drives il out. Rats and mice shun the cor
ners where a weasel has been, and pains
and aches once fairly driven out by ST
Jacobs Oil are permanently cured and sell
dom come back 10 their old haunts. There
must be patience with the treatments some
cbronic forms are Stubborn and resist, but
the great remedy will finally conquer and
give health and strength to the afflicted
parts.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-29
An Oddly,

Joubert, the French moralist whose
Thoughts had great success, was so
odd and original that witty woman
declared he gave her the idea of soul
which had met by chance with body
that it had to put up with and do with
as we'll as it could
His friend and editor, Chateaubriand,
described him as an egotist who was
always thinking of Others His ambi-
ton was to be perfectly calm, yet no
one betrayed SO much agitation as he.
In eating and i'll taking exercise he
was as inconstant as coquette. For sew
eral days he would live on milk; then
for a week he would cat nothing but
hash. On one day lie would be jolted in
carriage full trot over the toughest
roads; ON the next he would be drawn
slowly through the smoothest alleys.
He had library of mutilated books,
for when he read he used to tear out OF
o book the pages that displeased him.
Youths Companion.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-29
That Ranshee's Wall.

There is considerable discussion in
the English papers about the wall of
the banshee which was said to have
been heard in East Kerry before the IA
tai bog moved. A correspondent writes
that the late Archdeacon Whately, the
celebrated archbishop's son, told him Of
a certain instance Of the banshee's cry.
The archdeacon said that he distinctly
heard the wall while in an Irish coun-
try parish administering the holy COM
muniou to a dying man.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-29
Dads HdfkIRS' Wedding
By VIOLA RosEBoRo.

Mrs. Harkins and some Of her kin
waited on the table and served a good
supper Of cold chicken. oysters ("coxe"
oysters, if you know what they are). hot
biscuit, coffee and cake. The hotel peo-
pie tried now to give something of that
jollity to the occasion that had charac-
terized il in their previous imaginings,
but they were under saddening spell,
and besides. not realizing that the wed
ding feast was TO come so early, they had
supped at home and were not hungry,
and this in itself was depressing.
Harry soon lost the cheer the meeting
glances had given him. Charley was
bearing herself toward him with all
the unconscious indifference she had
worn for days past and was again de-
voting herself to palliating the suffer-
] ings of the lout Of bridegroom. Harry
wondered that her father could consent
to let her come to such a place. 1t was
not desirable thing for young lady to
meet such people, however it might dc
for others.
After the supper the preacher at once
md finally disappeared, and, lol a change
Immediately made itself felt ON all
rides Every body, while the second ia
bic" was eating, was smiling trying tt
talk. Soon all were moving about, ant
the affability of all who knew how t.
be affable was welcomed, even in help
less way by the young Hardness. Sool
an old white headed negro with fiddl,
slipped into the main room, seated him
self in corner and Immediately occa
J stoned much chuckling interchange o
: sly looks and humorous comment. Al
sections of the party, so to speak, sym
pathized in the point of view that in
duced these demonstrations, for it wa
certain that number of church mem
bers of various degrees Of social eleva
ton would dance tonight and repen
tomorrow, or at least when they wer
, duly disciplined" for their fall.
The dancing began, the old negro call
ing out the figures of the quadrilles an
, having great deal to say about "bus
: bee. !" That busy bee was an old &C
: quaintance of every one present an
( helped, as it had done many time b.
fore, to tighten feeling of good fellow
e ship all around for Uncle Ned for lif'
) time had withstood all arguments in fl
r vor of the use Of the more usual term {
vis-a-vis.
: The young Hardness were Transform
+ ed, and with confident good will aske
: ladies to dance with them, aides who's
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-29
strange Funeral Customs.

.sI.ocalisms enter largely into death
notices." remarked funeral director,
I'm Pittsburg few people believe that
a death notice is complete unless there
is attached to it the line, Friends of
the family etc. Widow of the late Is
also very popular. In Philadelphia.
where there is always lots of spare
time. they run to poetry. st. Louis
people give the names of nearly all of
the surviving relatives. In New Or
leans there is an odd custom. There
the death notices are tackled to tele-
graph poles In the business district
where the deceased worked or was
known and in the neighborhood of his
home. They have printed blanks for
this purpose. and the udertaker nils
them in and has them nailed up"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-29
EuRoPE's FAIREsT QUEEN.
Queen Natalie of ServIa and How sh
Retains Her Beauty,


Retains Her Beauty.
One OF the fairest Queens in Europe
Is Queen Natalie. OF Servia, and her
greatest beauty Is her neck.
The Queen takes frequent and regu-
lar exercise with heavy pitcher on her
head. The result of this is to straight
en- and strengthen her neck. and to give
1t the form which the highest standard
OF female beauty requires. Not only
does the exercise add to present beau
~, but 1t arrests the ravages which
time makes more quickly in the female
neck than in any other place.
She appears in the park surrounding
her castle at about O'Clock each morn
Ing taking a brisk walk with her pitch
er on her shapely head.
Queen Natalie has abundant black
hair and rich eoloring. Her figure is
very strong and erect, and her carriage
Is perfect. for her favorite exercise
tends to develop the latter quality as
well as to beautify the neck and shout
! ders. Her flesh has the firmness OF
marble.
Her head is placed on her shoulders
after the manner of that of the Venus
of Milo. There are no protruding
bones, no wrinkles, no hollows, bu
neither is there any superfiuous fat
ness.
The exercise to which Natalie owe;
80 much of her charm is one which hai
been practiced by women of the poore
classes In many countries. Rachel, /
may be remembered, met Jacob whel
she was going to the well with he
pitcher. The women of the Orienta
countries, of Greece, and of Italy, hav
always been accustomed to carr
pitchers and burdens on their heads.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-29
Baltimore, May IS, 1885,
Wells, Richardson 4 Co,

Wells, Richardson Il Co.,
Gentlemen: 1T is impossible for me to ex-
press the emotions of my heart on the great
good Mrs. Bailey and have derived from
the use Of Paines celery compound. am
new man. We have taken together eight
bottles, and wish to continue its use. The
people of my church are very kind to the
poor, and have given to some of the poor
money with which to purchase the medi-
cine. You may use my name if You wish
and l will with pleasure answer all COM
munications sent me. believe the rem
edy is the best in the world.
Yours very truly,
William T. Bailey,
Pastor Curtis Bay Baptist Church.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-29
Enjoyable.

"Do you really enjoy shooting?"
"Why, yes, of course" said the dear
girl, who had lately bought a light rifle
and a lovely pair of hunting boomers.
EVERY time / manage to kill rabbit
or q poor little bird l have just the
loveliest cry imaginable. "-Indianapo-
lis Journal.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-29
Later in the year the proprietors of this

Later in the year the proprietors of this
wonderful remedy received still another
letter from DIR. Bailey, as follows:
Gentlemen:-I propose to do what can to
let people know of your Paine's celery com.
pound, the medicine that has done me so
much good. | shall, i'll my own way, in
speaking of my rapid and great improve.
ment from the pulpit give, as is Justly due,
tribute to Palne's celery compound. mar
ried six years ago, Miss Lille B. Dunna-
want, lady well known III social life, the
niece OF Capt. Robert j. Lewis, U. S. Navy.
During the whole six years she has been an
Invalid, suffering from hysteria, laughing
CRYING and screaming, so that she could be
heard for squares. have had great deal
of trouble and expense. Eighteen doctors
have, first and last, attended her, and one
bottle of Pane's celery compound has done
her more good than all of the other medi-
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-29

Watches were first called Nuremberg
eggs. Some of them We're or 6 inches
in diameter, as large as the small sized
cheap clocks now exhibited in store
windows. They were first made i'll 1447.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-29
THE FAULTS AND FOLLIES OF THE
AGE

Are numerous, but of the latter none is more
use of laxative pills and other drastic eathar-
ties. These wrench, conyulse and weaken
both the stomach and the bowels. If Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters be used instead of these
no remedies, the result is accomplished with
out pain and with great benefit to the bowels
the stomach and the liver. Use this remedy
when constipation mauifests itself, and there
by prevent it from becoming chronic
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-29

Malaria ana Grip positively cured; also
all other Medical andSurgieal cases guaranteed
a rllre or no charge. Reasonable terms; call or
write: confidential. DIR. CRAIG & CO., Medi-
cal Institute lS46 Market ST., San Francisco, Cal.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-29

Lssh's kidney and Liver Bitiers is the best
family medicine, is purely vegetable and con
fains no ingredients that are in any way in
furIous
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-29

Piso's Cure for Consumption is the best,
of all cough cures. = tieorge w. Lott,
Fabucher, L =, August 26, 1875.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-29

"Joe keeps his wife aud motherinl law mad
at him half the time" what yexes them SOP
ale calls them his board Of lady managers"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-29

cine. She and are together using Paine's
celery compound. and will with pleasure
let you know the result. Fraternally, . -
William T. Bailey.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-29

Occasionally woman earns little
money "of her own" but does a man
ever have any money that Is his own"
In the same sense2
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-29

When your skin looks yellow, and you rise
i'm the morning with a bad taste in your mouth,
take Lash's Kidney and Liver Bitteis
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-29

Lash's Kidney and Liver Biiters is a remedy
espe tally designed for the treatment OF all
kidney, liver, stomach aud bowel troubles.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-29
Gludness Comes

NAIith a better understanding of the
Wv transient nature of the many phys
zeal ills which vanish before proper eff
forts-gentle efforts-pleasant efforts
rightly directed. There is comfort in
the knowledge that so many FORMS OF
sickness are not due to any actual dis
ease, but simply to a constipated condi-
sion of the system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt
ly removes. That is why it is the only
remedy with millions of families, and is
everywhere esteemed SO highly by all
who value good health. Its beneficial
effects are due to the fact, that it is the
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness, without facilitating the
organs on which it acts. tits therefore
all important i'll order to get its bene-
fetal effects, 30 note When you pur-
chase, that you have the genuine article,
which is manufactured by the California
Fig Syrup Co. only, and sold by all rep
utable druggists.
If in the enjoyment of good health.
and the system is regular, then laxa-
tives or other remedies are not needed.
If afflicted with any actual disease, one
may be commended to the most skillful
physicians, but If in need of laxative
then one should have the best, and with
the well-informede every where, Syrup OF
Figs stands highest and is most largely
used and gives most general satisfaction
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-29
TEA GARDEN DRIPs.

Try It, and you will ind it better and sweeter
syrup than You ever tasted before.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-29
MEDICAL.

DUPTGRE and PILES cured no pay
X until cured; send for book. DIS. MANSFIELD
i PoRrERFIELD, S3s Market ST., San Francisco.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-10
A Black Forest Wedding.

1t Is a large square room with pas
tered walls, and unadorned, except by
two or three coarse colored prints. 1t is
only furnished with a number of long
trestle tables and forms, and round
these tables are crowded the wedding
guests, stolidly and continuously eating
enormous cherry tarts and drinking
new wine. There Is nothing festive
about them, and they are not beautiful
to behold. The women are dressed in
an ugly fashion, they wear black bod
ices and short black skirts, plated into
an astounding thickness at the waist.
and some of them have hideous tight,
fitting black silk caps. tied closely un-
der their chins with wide black strings.
1t would take a very pretty woman to
stand the effect Of this costume, and
the requisite amount of beauty is not
Forthcoming in Y. But the bride and
her bridesmaids about fifty in number)
are more gorgeously arrayed, inasmuch
as they wear -monstrous cree.
tons Of glass beads, gllttering balls.
artificial flowers and bits of tinsel, all
fixed upon cardboard foundation that
towers a good foot and half in height,
and overshadows the wearer's head and
face. 1t is wonderful how they can
bear the weight of them. Some Of the
men are in peasant costume and some
in ordinary dress; there Is little of the
picturesque mountaineer of our mag
ination.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-10

time on record, the operation Of lapar-
otomy performed on snake. The
snake responded to chloroform easily,
and when Inconsistencies was COM
plete an incision was made through the
abdominal wall, the peritoneum and
the stomach. The blanket was there
and was extracted without trouble, and
with scarcely any loss Of blood. The
blanket was rolled up into a cigar
shaped roll and compressed as tightly
as though done by machinery. 1t was
as hard as brick and had to be thor
oughly soaked in water before 1t could
be unrolled.
The incision was then c'osed with
stitches, and the snake was carried
outside to let the fresh air revive him.
There he was surrounded by an as
semblage Of students and boys Of the
street, and in due time the snake began
to "come around" He did not say
where am To- after the manner Of
people, but he looked It. He looked
around in a dazed, helpless sort of
way, while his tongue darted in and
out inquiringly. The snake was then
rolled In blanket and taken home.
He was put on diet of eggs exclusive
ly for a season until recovery should
be complete. Then he ate most any
thing except blankets.
Mrs. Harden keeps a restaurant and
she acquired the snake In payment of
the board of an embarrassed snake
charmer. 1t would have cost less per-
haps to go on boarding the s..ake's
owner free. but as before remarked,
that Is a matter of taste.