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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-13
A Botanical Freak.

One of the curiosities of nature is
known as a plant atol. There are but
two or three of these known to scien-
lists. This atol is made up of a circle
of growing plants. They are found
floating on the top Of ponds or lakes
They form a hoop-shaped figure and
are closely matted together at the roots.
which make sort of cup or basin, to
which more or less vegetable matter
falls or floats. There is sufficient
amount Of nutriment In this to keep the
plant growing. AS it increases, the
roots become longer and larger, and in
time the plant may anchor itself in the
soil at the bottom of the pond. These
rings, after many years of accumula-
ton and growth, make what appear to
be small Islands. 1t Is the opinion of
certain scientists that islands may have
been formed In this manner. The
roots catch all floating vegetable
or animal matter. Leaves collect
and form mold, and after a while
birds may drop plant or tree
seeds on the little pod that floats on the
top of the water. These take root and
further assist In the growth of the lit
tie island 1t may take centuries for
the plant to come to any size, but with
nature thousand years are but as yes.
tarday
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-13
A! ggns r.

E. L. Godkin, editor Of the Nation
contributes TO the Atlantic an article
on Our Nominating System" in which
he shows that the weakest place in
our whole political machinery is the
way In which nominations are made.
Mr.. Godkin suggests certain remedies
for the irresponsible methods which
now SO often deprive party nominations
OF all representative value.
The rising OF the Greeks against the
Turks In Crete gives special timeliness
to the "reminiscences OF the Greek rev.
olution in 1921, which F. B. Sanborn
has prepared for the Scribner's, under
the title "Odysseus and Trelawny-A
Sequel to Byron's Grecian Career"
Odysseus was one of the most pictur-
esque heroes Of that romantic age, and
during part of the revolution Trelawny
and he lived in a cave on Mount Par
nassus.
1t is said that II Du Maurier had not
used the title THE Martians," that
would have been the name Of II. G..
Wells new story. ''The War OF the
Worlds" Is the title Mr.. Wells has
chosen for his daring piece of magma
tive writing. The plot is founded on
the idea that Mars, growing cold
through the ages, has developed the
Faculties of its inhabitants far in adj
vance OF ours. So, when they migrate
to the earth and arrive in England,
there are some interesting develop
ments.
Frank Podmore, who Is well known
among students of spirit-lore by his
Phantasms of the Living" has Just
concluded the writing of work which
Is likely to cause some stir In the dove
cotes of spiritualism. This book is en-
titled Studies in Psychical Research"
and Is, In effect, rather surprising ex-
posture of many Of the best-reputed me-
diums, together with careful exami-
nation of some of the ghost stories
which have hitherto been accepted by
the followers Of psychical research as
incontrovertible.
1t may be noted, In connection with
the new edition of Charles Levers
works, that The Confessions of Harry
Lorrequer," the initial volume, has two
endings. For one of them was lost in
the post, and before it was recovered
Lever had written another for the de-
spairing publishers, who, exactly sixty
years ago, were issuing it in the Dub
lin University Magazine. Both endings
are printed in the new volume. It NAV
be remarked that the last complete set
OF original issues of Levers novels was
sold in London a few years back for
EGO; but more than double this price
has been obtained in America.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-13
Marking Linen,

The marking of linen is quite bust
ness In these days of sumptuous trous-
seaus. In stores which make a special
ty of fine napery orders are taken for
the working of letters when the linen
is selected, so that it can be sent home
in boxes ready for use. One fiancee
will choose two unpretentious initials
placed side by side and worked in plain
raised satin stitch. Another chooses
larger letters, to be intricately lnterlac-
ed and deliberately worked with both
solid and open laced stitches. Huge or
namenta. monograms are also conspic-
uous in napery and bed linen, as well
as on tea cloths. Three letters are a
good rule in case of house linen, one
for the respective initials of the Chris
tian name of the bride and groom and
the third for the family name.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-13

ans-the Girondins, as they were called
-worsted i'll Paris by the Jacobins and
the mob, had lately tried to raise the
provinces against the capital, and to this
end had drawn together at Caen, near
the border of Brittany. They had been
defeated, however, and the Jacobins,
in this month of August, were prepar-
ing to take fearful vengeance at once
on them and the Royalists. The reign
of terror had begun Even to such a
boor as this, sitting over his black bread,
the revolution had come home, and in
common with many thousand others
no wondered what he could make Of it.
Tho girl did not answer, even by the
look of contempt To which he had be-
come accustomed and for which he hat
ed her, and he repeated: Five crowns |
All, it is money, that isl Mon Dieul"
Then, with sudden exclamation, he
sprang up. "What is that?" he cried.
He had been sitting with his back to
tho barn, but he turned now SO as to
face it. Something had startled him-a
rrstling in tho straw behind him.
What il that?' he said, his hand ON
the table, his face lowering and watch
ful.
The girl had risen also, and as the
last word passed his lips sprang by
INN, with q low cry, and aimed q fran.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-13
What His Good Intentions Cost.


There was just one vacant seat in the
Wabash avenue cable-car when a wom-
an carrying large basket and leading
small boy by the hand came in and
took the seat. She placed the basket
carefully in her lap and let the boy
stand leaning against her-an arrange
ment that suited everybody except the
boy.
Il ant to sit there" he bawled, try
ing to push his mother aside.
Look out, Johnny! you'll break them
eggs" demonstrated the woman.
Don't care if dor sobbed Master
Johnny.
IN make you carer answered his
mother, sharply. Five dozen eggs, an
every last one of 'em freshv'
His answer was kick aimed at the
basket. A man sitting opposite here
interposed.
Come, my little man, and sit on my
knee"
Amt a-goin' to sit on your knee"
and the youngster kicked the eggs
again.
Il just wish l had you home
Wouldn't lay 1t on!' said his mother.
I'D trounce you right here If l knew
what to do with this ERE basket"
"Pll hold the basket, ma'am," said
the man opposite.
He reached over and took it. Every
body hoped to see Johnny get his
deserts, and hush of expectancy fell
on that car. But what that scheming
woman did was to pick up the boy,
cuddle him in her arms, and give him
a comfortable seat in her lap. And
the little wretch smiled at the general
discontinue, while the man opposite
let the basket of eggs jounce as they
would, and glared with murderous
ferocity at Johnny and his MOTHER
Chicago Tribune.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-13
wolseley's Close Call.

On one occasion Lord Wolseley's life
was saved by Prince Victor of Hohen-
lohe, known as Count Gleichen. 1t was
in the Crimea, when young Wolseley,
badly wounded. was passed by the sur
geon as dead. Undisturbed by the sur
geon's remarks, Prince Victor tried to
extract jagged piece of stone which
was sticking in the wound, and the
prince succeeded in restoring Wolseley,
for, after little brandy had been
poured down his throat and more as
severations from the surgeon that he
was dead, he sat up and exclaimed. mo
more dead than you are, you foolr'-
Liverpool Mercury.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-13
PLAYIN. PossUM.

"Piayin' possum" comes from the fact
that the postum will ieign sleep or death
when pushed into sudden danger of being
captured. But pains and aches never play
that kin OF a game. They never try 10
fool anybody. and go TO work to wake IN
people. leaving no ,hanee 10 feign sleep.
On the other hand. there is a remedy
known as ST. Jacobs Oil that will lull a
pain or an ache so that il won't wake up
again in the cure that follows its use.
rams and aches are great or less in inten-
SHY Just IN degree as We treat them
Prompt treatment with the best remedy
81. Jacobs Oil-preyents their increase and
by curing prevents their return. Every
thing is gained by taking pains and aches
in time for prompt and permanent cure
and there IS nothing better THAI the use of
ST. Jacobs Oil.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-13
TENNESSEE HORSE TRADERS.
Their Devious Ways of Making Poor
Horses Sell Well


Horses Sell Well
The first Monday Of every month is
hOrse-swapping day in Tennessee.
There are thousands OF men who gain
their livelihood by their wits in this
business. The tricks of the Tennessee
horse traders are legion. and unless a
man is accustomed to horses il Is folly
for him to depend upon his own knowl-
edge in dealing with the tricksters In
the horse markets Of the State.
When a Tennessee horse trader wants
to make a true-pulling horse balk. so he
can purchase him at a low price, he
mixes cantharides and corrosive sublI-
mate, and brides the stable boy to
battle the horses shoulder with the mix
ture. One OF the greatest frauds Is to
make good horse appear lame. The
professional trader takes a single hair
from the tail, puts 1t through the eye of
a needle, lifts the front leg, and presses
the skin between the outer and middle
tendons. Then he shoves the needle
through. cuts off the hair at each end
and let's the foot down. The horse goes
lame within twenty minutes. When he
desires to make a horse stand by his
food and not eat it, he greases the front
teeth and the roof of the mouth with
beef tallow, and the horse will not eat
until its mouth is washed out.
A horse is made to appear badly
foundered by the fastening Of a fine
wire tightly around its fetlock, between
the foot and heel The wire is never
left on over nine hours. or the horse
would become permanently lame.
Many men buy nice-looking animals,
but by the time they get the horses
home find these to be badly afflicted
with the heayes. The trader has SIM
ply to force half pound of small shot
into horses stomach to disguise the
heaves. A small quantity of melted
butter poured into the ear of a horse
! will make the owner think the horse
has the CHAMBERS.
When horse goes dead lame in one
shoulder the defect is always disguised
by similar lameness in the other
shoulder. This is done by taking off
the shoe and inserting a bean between
| it and the foot.
A lame horse is nerved to appear at
its best by small lncision about half
way from the knee to the joint on the
outside of the leg. At the back part of
the shinbone is small white tendon
which Is cut off and the external wound
Is closed with stitch. The horse will
, then walk on the hardest pavement
and not limp. White horses are beauti-
fed with black spots often by the ap-
plication Of powdered lime and litharge
boiled together. When professional
trainer finds man who wants hand
some horse he often produces a star in
its forehead by spreading warm pitch
on a piece of coarse towel of just the
size of the star and applying it to the
part shaved. The pitch is left on for
three days, and then is washed away
with elixir of vitroil until the wound Is
well. The hair that grows out is white.
An old horse Is made to appear young
by filing down the teeth and removing
the dark markings with hot iron. The
depressions over its eyes are removed
by puncturlng the skin over the cavi-
ties and filling them with air from the
mouth, forced in through tube.-New
York Sun.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-13
A Woman Talks
on Woman's Ills.
The Sex shuns Publicity on Their own
Weaknesses from Sense
of False Modesty.

The Sex shuns Publicity on Their own
Weaknesses from Sense
of False Modesty.
From tie Times, Los Angeles, Cal.
Women suffer from certain diseases
peculiar to their sex, and usually have
great delicacy in speaking Of such ills.
Just Why we cannot say. There
would seem to be no more reason for
silence in such matters than there is
about the ordinary every day ills. o.
casionally, however, a woman of strong
sense is found, and is an exception to
the rule. Such one is Mrs. Rosie S.
Thompson. of S19 East First Street, Los
Angeles, Cal. This is what she says:
For i've or six years / was seriously
i'll with female complaint. l could
not go about, suffered intense pain,
and at times was hardly able to raise
myself up in bed. was then living
in San Bernardino and / consulted a
physician who thought he could cure
M. For sever. months l was under
his care taking his prescriptions, but he
did me no good at all, and grew
worse instead of better. Finally /
tried arother physician and l was
under his care for several months but
he did me no more coed than the first
one. / tried all sorts of remedies
without any benficlal effects.
Finally | saw an advertisement Of
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People. and ] resolved to try them.
began taking the pills. The effect
was wonderful. Almost Immediately
| began to improve. l have taken
these pills now for six OF seven months
and am entirely cured. | had pre-
viously tried every sort of remedy that
could think of. besides consulting many
doctors. and nothing helped me until
| took these pills. They are the best
remedy ever used, and the only one
| would recommend. ! am now as
we'll as | ever was in my life and have
had no return of my complaint
II make this statement voluntarily
and in the hope that it may lead others
now suffering as l suffered to try these
pills.
This statement is given solely with
a view to helping others and directing
their attention to the greatest. medical
discovery of the age-Dr. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People.
(Signedl Mrs. Rosie D. Thompson, Z"
$40 East First Street.
Subscribed and sworn to before rle
this 18th day of August, 1896.
]. G. Oliver. Notary Public,
in and for Los Angeles County, State
of California.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain,
in condensed form, all the elements
necessary to give new life and richness
to the blood and restore shattered
nerves. They are an unfailing specific
for such diseases as locomotor ataxia,
partial paralysis, st. Vitus' dance,
sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, ner-
vous headache, the after effect of la
grippe, palpitation of the heart, pale
and sallow compilations, all forms of
weakness either in male or female.
Pink Pills are sold by all dealers, or
will be sent post paid on receipt Of
price, 90 cents box, or six boxes for
~. 6O-(they are never sold in bulk OF
by the 1907 by addressing DIR. Will
l'ams' Medicine Company, Sohenec-
tady, N. Y.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-13
The StrinUa

Smart Glrl-Mr. Nicefellow, this is
my little sister, Miss Ella. What do
you wish, pet? Why are you regarding
the gentleman so intently?
Little Sister, was looking FOR the
strings, that's all.
Strings? What strings?'
why. mamma said you had two
strings to your beau."-Foster.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-13

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 filling 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. P. engine for Geo. +. Packer,
Cousa, which will raise 5000 gallons per
minute from the river and distribute it over
his land This will be the largest gasoline
pumping plant in existence.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-13

From statistics recently published it
appears that the dowries now given by
French parents on the marriage of their
children are becoming more slender.
French parents are beginning to adopt
the system of giving children away in
marriage freely, without haggling over
financial considerations
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-13
MT Cnnfnuinna

Teacher-Give an example of the use
Of the word contagious"
Pupil-Street cars are not contagious
They are hard to catch.-Boston Tran.
script.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-13
His Idea of a Fool.

Chollie-What is you idea of fool?
Dollie-A man who neglects to kiss a
girl who has asked him to tuck her
sleeves In her coat.-Yonkers States
man.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-13
The Last STAGE.

as Miss Oddly out of the matrlmon.
ial market yetf'
mo, but she's on the remnant coun-
ter."-Detroit Free Press.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-13

There are now orders ahead in the
shops of Paris and London for all the
golden hair that can be purchased in
the next five years
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-13

Lssh's Kidney and Liver BitteTs is the best
family medicine, is purely vegetable and con
tains bo ingredients that are in any way in
furious
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-13

81 am as lonesome as Canton, Ohio"
said man at the depot this morning,
after seeing his hest girl OF ON train.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-13
STATE OIL OHIO, Cry OF TOLEDO,


LUCAS COUNTY. o.
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he is
the senior partner of the firm of +. ]. CHE
NEY X Co, doing business in the City of
Toledo, County and State AFORESAID, and
that said firm will pay the sum of ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every
case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured by the
use of HALLS CArARRH CURE.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day of December, A. D.,
SEAL A. w. G IEASON,
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly on the blood and mucuuus
surfaces of the system. Send for testimo-
mails, free.
FL. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-13
AN APPEAL FOR ASSISTANCE.

The man who is charitable to himself will
listen 10 the mute appeal for assistance made
by his stomach, or his liver, in the shape of
divers dispeptic qualms and uneasy sensa-
tons III the regions of the gland that secrete>
his bile. HosteJters Stomach Bitters, my
dear sir, or madam-as the case may be-!s
what you require. Hasten to use If you are
troubled with heartburn, wind in the stom
ach or note that your skin or the whites of
your eyes are taking a sallow hue
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-13

Piso's Cure for Consumption has been a
family medicine with us since 1861. H.
Madison, 2409 42d Ave-, Chicago, Ills.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-13
TEA GARDEN DRIPs.

Lash's Kidney and Liver Bittels Is a remedy
especially designed for the treatment of all
kidney, liver, stomach and bowel troubles.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-13

DUPTURE and PILES cured; no pay
IL until cured; send for book. DRs. MANSFIELD
h PoRTERFIELD, SSS Market St., San Francisco.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-13
TEA GARDEN DRIPs.
N EDlCAL.

Sweetest and richest favored table syrup eve
made. Try It.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-13

Try 1t, and you will find 1t better and sw eete
syrup than you ever tasted before.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-13

DR.. RECORDS Restorative Pills, the great nerve
tonic and specific for exhausted vitality: phys
ical debility, wasted forces. ETC.; approved by
the medical celebrities OF the world Agent j.
G. STEELE, 635 Market St, Palace Hotel, s. +.
Price, OK of So 81 % Of 100 81; of 200 s. 50; of
400, Sc; preparatory pills, s.. Send for circular
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-13

CHEAP IRRIGATION.

"The father of waters is just like all the
rest OF you fathers" How's that 2" Spreads
himself as ii he owned the earth p
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-13

When your skin looks yellow, and you rise
in the morning with bad taste in your mouth
take Lash's Kidney and Liver BitteTs.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-13

:. +. N. U. No. ~ New s-.isa No. 20
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-02-11
1HE rARm AND FARMER.

An icehouse is q necessary adjunct
10 every creamery. |. should he bnilt
separzse from the creamery. a house
% feet 'oug. 10 fee; wide and 10 feet
high will hold about 100 tons of ice.
n an abundance of very cold water
Is az hand less ice will be needed. IL
IS always best. however. TO have plenty
Of ice. and for the ordinary creamery
100 tons is a safe quantity.
1t costs only about ten per cent. more
70 keep a fresh winter cOsv than dry
one, that is if The dry COW is kept as
veil as ghr ought 20 be in order 10 do
well the following summer. Add TO this
that the winter milk is worth on the
az erage 20 per cent. more than the
summer milk. and ,.e see the superior
economy of making the COW do her best
work at that portion of the year when
il costs the most TO keep her.
The old wells on many farms may be
regarded in the nature of aM incum-
brance. II every man that sells farm
would re.erye the well and remove it
with the personal property it would
often be fortunate for his successor. It
has always remained where ii was first
located. Successive owners have reaY-
ranged the buildings but never dis
turbed the well. What was once a good
location may now be a very poor one.
Maryland has a law requiring the
horticulturist of the state department
station TO inspect all nurseries in the
state once a year and oftener il neces-
sary. The object is TO prevent the dis
senination of insect pests and diseases
upon nursery stock. The law prohibits
the sale of plants without a certificate
from the inspector, under penalty of
500 for each tree, vine or plant so dis-
posed of. Infected stock must be de-
stroyed. The law works well and il is
believed that other states viii enact
similar legislation.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-02-11
LETTER CARRIERS.

Plate numbers are increasing in de-
mand among collectors, but amateurs
had better not bother with them.
Some collectors are getting so finical
that they insist on having the full orig
nal gum OIL all unused specimens.
The new catalogue shows advances in
stamp prices. but nothing SO radical
rs last year. Revenues show the great
est increase.
German East Africa is a colony which
prohibits the sale of its stamps for col
iecting purposes" Perhaps there is
also a law which compels the pur-
chasers of same to use them for postage,
otherwise we fail to sec how this ruling
Of the local postmaster can be effective.
The low value Columbians are being
sold at q number OF small Offices in the
west, and there ere still several thou
sands of each of the three, four and FIVE
dollar values to be had in Washington.
These facts should be noted by collectors
who are tempted to pay the premiums
quoted bv dealers.