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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-01

The Plscerville Nugget has these
three items. Charles Shultz and
Claude Trebhle, it is reported, have
struck rich pocket seam rear PHO
Hill. They have christened their find
the Daisy. They have put down a
thirty-foot shaft and are now drifting
ON the seam.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-01

diplomatic relations between vene-
xuela and Great Britain. which were
interrupted some years ago. have been
restored, and Juan Pietrie. present
Venezuelan Minister to Germany. has
been transferred to Great Britain.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-01

it Is announced in Constantinople
mat 10000 Turkish troops are concen-
'rated ON the Greek frontier. il is
understood that the Greek forces sent
into Thessaly do not exceed Is, 900 men
of all arms.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-01

General Miles. commanding the
Army, has issued general order pro.
hibitlng in the stIietest terms the ati.
mission OF any person, except officers
o. the Army and Navy or Government
employees. to any lake or seacoast de.
Tense without a permit from the CON.
mandant OF the place. Moreover. such
permits are TO be given only Tor true
military PURPOSES.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-01

Ninety-nine men. calling them.
selves the Brotherhood of the South
Sea Islands. have purchased a vessel
and gone to the South Seas expecting
20 establish colony ON some Of the
sparsely settled islands of that region.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-01

Bridgford's Assembly bill providing
Tor the organization and government
OF irrigation districts was lost, Simp.
son giving notice Of Reconsideration
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-01
Practical Pointers.

Keep stalls well bedded if the best
yield of milk is desired. Bedding is
not necessary 10 keep cows clean in a
well constructed stall, but SOFT,
warm bed is great promoter of milk
secretion
At the time of Napoleon the per.
centage of sugar in the root was about
6 per cent. But by careful selection
and good breeding the beets have beer
improved so that now the percentage
has been raised from per cent to Il
and even to 20 per cent.
Every hoy who lives ON farm
should acquaint himself with the good
and bad traits of all birds with which
he comes in contact. When he has
done this he will recognize many OF
them as his friends and viii be dis.
posed to treat them accordingly.
1t is the steady, even.going farmer
who comes out best in the end. 1t is
not best to rush out of pig-raising be.
cause of the low market. and then
rush in again when it comes up; vet
there are a great many who do Just this
sort of thing.
Thought and study are harder work
for some men than manual labor, but
it pays to think and plan. If farmers
would study management more they
would not need to economize so much;
if they would be more liberal in i'm.
proving their stock and farms they
would make dollars where rigid econo-
my often results in positive loss.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-01

Assemblyman Caminetti has practi
cally admitted that the State Printing
Office is we'll managed. After a tour
of inspection of the institution Cami.
netti says: Il did not go into this
fight because | was opposed to the
office or for political reasons. 1t was
mistake in the first place 20 let poll.
tics enter into the question. Cover.
nor Budd has signed Dibble's bill an.
propriating $4,000 additional for this
State institution and making a total of
$4,000, the amount asked for at the
beginning of the season, the bill for
which amount he vetoed. None of the
charges made by the Governor in that
veto message have as yet been substan-
tiated by the Investigation. to hear the
reports of the experts employed at ex-
traEagant figures TO discover if the
Governors charges were true. Cami.
netti does not expect the substantiation
of the charges.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-01

The Board Of Supervisors has passed
resolution 10 be sent Assemhlyman
W. : Melick, protesting against any
change IN the boundaries of Los An
geles county. The action was taken
IN response to communication from
Melick asking what the board desired
regarding Assembly hill No. 95s, mo-
viding for taking portion Of Los An.
geles county 10 add TO Ventura oounty
The Department of State of the
United States is officially advised of
the Issuance of two DEGREES BY the Per.
sian government, one prohibiting from
March IL, 1897. the expiration of
rye, wheat, barley and other cereals
and the other prohibiting the exports.
non Of sheep and goat skins from
Meshed.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-06-18
SPANISH MINES IN TEXAS.
There Is Talk of Reopening Some of the
Old Ones.

1nore Ii 1aIk OF heOpon1ng some OF the
Old Ones.
The earliest settlers of Bell county,
Tex, found along the mountains north
east of Bolton and near Nolan's creek
what appeared to be old mines that lad
probably been worked by the Spaniards,
Indians or Actecs. Since then every
once in awhile there has been talk of
trying to open the mines and see what
was in them, says the Galveston News.
They presented the appearance of deep
holes in the ground, some of which had
been partially and others almost en-
tirely filled with dirt. In some instances
bushes had grown in these places. In
one or two cases large cedar logs had
been placed over these mine-holes and
dirt thrown on them. Some people
nave always contended that it would
pay to reopen and work these Old mines,
but until now no one who desired to put
time Or money in them.
The recent discovery of gold four or
five miles from Bolton has given a new
interest in these old mines. in one of
these mines some men have begun work
in earnest, and are keeping at it from
day to day. They are not very ccm-
municative about their prospects for
success, but this much they tell, hat
in short time they are going to ship
some of what they think is their hest
paying ore to the smelter at eagle Pass.
After it has been smelted they will krow
more. Meanwhile there is a good deal
of interest about it around town.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-06-18
THAT THEY MAY HEAR.

Some fish, like the perch, are provided
with very singular device for hearing.
Nerves lead from cavities in the skull
to the air bladder, and the vibrations
are conveyed to this internal receptacle
as to drum.
There is a curious difference in ears
between the donkey and the horse,
the ears of the latter being small and
well shaped, while those of the former,
though he hears no better, are of eX-
tremely generous proportions.
Many varieties of jelly fish have in
their auditory apparatus small globules
of lime called "ear stones" which are
believed to serve the purpose for the
jelly fish that the carbonate of lime
powder serves in the human ear.
The ear of the elephant, like his eye,
is very small in proportion to the size
of the animal, although the Zap of skin
which covers it is often of considerable
size. The hearing of the elephant,
however, is singularly acute.
From the middle ear to the side of the
pharynx, a small canal is found. When
this is stopped up, as sometimes hap
pens during cold or Inflammation, an
unpleasant sensation is produced by
apparent pressure on the tympanum.
An appeal for help has recently been
made by the Bodleian library at Ok
ford, which is the largest university
library in the world, and is surpassed
by only five national libraries, the
Bibliotheque rationale at Paris, the
British museum, the Imperial library
at st. Petersburg, and the royal libra
ries at Munich and Berlin. 1t receives
for all purposes forty-fve thousand
dollars a year, and needs money to sup
port its staff; touprepare it's catalogue
which is now years behind the times;
to heat the portrait gallery; to repair
the building, the finest public edifice of
the time of James l., and to provide
shelves for books in the Ashmolean
museum, which has just been put at it's
disposal. The Bodleian contains over
half a million volumes, the separate
titles in the catalogue amounting to a
million and a half; the new accessions
of books and pamphlets are nearly
sixty million year;.it has the second
largest numismatic collection in the
British empire. Books and coins are
declared by the librarian to be in
state Of chaos owing to the lack of
funds; the library needs at least
seventy-fve thousand to be kept eff
ficient, and he calls on the public for
assistance, as Oxford, owing to the
agricultural depression, is too poor to
support its own library.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-06-18
WHO SHOT LORD NELSON2
Two Frenchmen Contested for the Honor
1t Seems.

M. Jules Claretie, in his weekly con-
tribution to the leading evening paper
of Paris, says a correspondent, refer
ring to the Trafalgar commemoration,
discusses the question: 'Who Shot
Nelson?' 1t has generally been stated
in France, says the Boston Herald, that
the great admiral was hit by Pro-
Iencal topman, who then descended on
deck, shouting, in his patois: ''Ai tua,
All, tua, Nelson!" M. Jules Claretie,
however, has unearthed the Memories
de Robert Guillemard, Sergeant en- Re-
traite," little known book. In this he
found a full description of Nelson's
death, written by Guillemard, the very
man who fired the fatal shot which laid
low the British hero. Guillemard was
in one of the tops of the Redoubtable,
surrounded by dead and dying men.
Suddenly he saw One-armed officer,
whose breast was covered with decora-
tons, on the quarter deck of the Eng
lish ship Victory, and he fired at him,
not knowing that he was the admiral.
Observing great commotion on board
the Victory, Guillemard left his post
and told his commander what he had
done and seen. This Guillemard was a
native of the district near Toulon, and
obtained no special distinction for his
act, but served on until promoted in due
time to sergeant's rank.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-06-18
UNCONSCIOUSLY ScORCHlNG.
She Gave a Policeman Piece of He

She Gave a Policeman q Piece of Her
Mind.
Hold on, there!" yelled the police
man.
The girl wheeled her bicycle around
sharply and came to standstill, says
the New York Journal.
'What is the matter?" she asked.
"You were scorching," said the off
Ger, shortly.
'How dare you," the fair wheelwoman
flashed hack. "Don't you suppose ]
know how fast was going? thinl,
it is great shame that anyone should
be allowed to stop and insult people in
this way, even if he is policeman. ]
won't put up with it. 1 shall take your
number and your name and address and
report you to the board of health or
whatever it is, and then we will see if
this sort of thing can be done with i'm
punity.
''It tell you I will not stand it," she
went On, stamping her foot with rage.
81 was pedaling less than six miles an
hour. know was. And yet you ac-
cuse me of scorchiIlg! Why"
Just then a peculiar odor made her
look down at her boomers and she saw
that her lamp had flared up too high
and got red hot.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-06-18
Fig Filling.

One cup of sugar, four tablespoon
fuls of water (cold), white of one egg
well beaten. To this add one-half pound
of figs, chopped fine and heated on
stove. Care should be taken not to
burn, as it will be quite thick and will
scorch easily. Spread between cake
when warm. This makes enough to put
between one Washington pie only
Boston Globe.
neason why johnnie Could Not Put the
Card Under the Door.
The lady who lives at the family hotel
IN the North side was dressing for din
Ter. She was not expecting company
just at that moment and was somewhat
startling to the eye. But no eye was
there save hers. Suddenly she was
reused from contemplation of her
charms in the mirror by knock.
Some one is rapping again" she NUT
tered. Everybody in this hotel seems
to have hammer OUT
Then in clear, bird-like voice she
called:
"Who is it?"
cts Johnnie" said voice.
Johnnie was the sad-faced boy with
the painstaking head who brought up
ice water and things.
"What is it, Johnnie?" asked the lady
fair.
81 have card" replied the page.
"Put it under the door," said the
charming guest.
81 can't" said Johnnie; cts on a
tray"
And the elevator fell to the basement
with great crash.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-06-18
His Cook Couldn't Make Them, So He Was
Discharged.

The story is told, says the Youths
Companion, that a certain speculator,
exceedingly unlearned, took a fancy to
the entertainment of literary people
when he had made his fortune and set
up house; and, of course, he wished
to have and do all the fine things that
other rich men bad and did. After din
ner one day one of his Literary" guests
CHANGED to remark:
Il dined at K, the poets, the other
night, and he gave us a capital epigram
at dessert
The speculator was Inundated. He
had no epigrams! After his guests
were gone he called his cook.
Didn't 1 give you carly blanchy for
this dinner?" he demanded.
Yes, sir; you did, SIR said the
cook.
"And didn't tell you to have every
thing that anybody had?"
Yes, sir; you did sir.''
Eyes! Well, now it seems that at
KS they have epigrams for dessert, and
good ones, too, and folks miss 'em when
they come here. Now want to know
If you don't know how to cook cpl
grams p"
The unfortunate cock was compelled
to acknowledge that ne could not cook
ePlgrams and was discharged on the
SPOT.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-06-18
NOVEL ADVERTISING DEVICE.

Incandescent Globes Used for Eyes In
Stuffed State Street Animals.
A State street fur dealer has evolved
striking novelty for advertising both
his goods and his place. He has num-
Der of stuffed animals which he has
mounted himself in various portions of
the shop. A white polar bear, lion,
two leopards and other smaller animals
are seen in various positions. In the
show window are two ~lynXes and a
Rocky mountain lion, says the Chicago
Chronicle. =
Every night at dusk when the store
is lit us each of these animals is seen
looking at you with blazing eyes. The
lions yellow eyeballs literally glow
with fire. Crowds invariably stop in
front of the shop to look at the lynxes'
sparkling emerald eyes, and as that por-
ton of the show window is invariably
kept darker than the rest of the store
the effect from the outside looks pc
culiarly weird and odd.
'There is no secret about it," said
he the other day to an inquisitive call
er. INSULATED wires have been run up
through the creatures frames and the
eyeballs Of different colors that you see
are simply small incandescent globes
that had made to order. The wires are
connected with the service in the store
and when the current is turned on, why,
they too arc lit. No, the idea is not
original with me. While in London
last SUMMER saw the thing done in a
Picadilly shop. thought it was
clever device, and 1 followed the sug-
CeStiOn"
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-06-18
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

"A well-seasOned old colored woman
is Mary Marks, who resides in BRENNAN,
Tex. She was born in the West Indies
in 1776, and is therefore 1870 years of age.
Six six-footed pigs, the progeny of a
six-footed yearling pig, are to be seen on
the farm of Jesse Carry, of Marion, Ind.
A seventh pig of the same litter has
seven feet, but it did not Live. =
Russia will henceforth supply its
Baltic feet with coal from the Donetz
region, instead of from England; the
minister of finance having arranged to
cheaper the railroad freight charges.
This is serious blow to England's coal
trade with st. Petersburg,-Military
Gazette.
-Vandals destroyed the saddles of
all members of the congregation of
Crooked Creek church, near Marion,
KY, who rode horseback to worship one
night, and when service was over they
fired from ambush a broadside from
shotguns at the church building and
riddled all the windows.
During the family's absence thief
entered Memphis (Tenn.) house and
stole a bottle of beer and half dozen
pairs of socks. That night the socks
were returned with note saying that
the callers feet were not of museum size
and asking why more than one bottle
of beer wasn't kept on ice.
An uncomfortable desire 10 tramp,
a preference for barns rather than a
-comforta BILE home in which to sleep, and
supreme satisfaction in begging or
stealing food have caused 12-year-old
Willie King, of Syracuse, to give his
parents SO much trouble that they have
been obliged to have him arrested.
Atlantic City scorns the press agent,
to be sure, but it sends out story of
beautiful young woman of Pittsburgh,
whose hat, which was ornamented with
a diamond buckle, was blown into the
sea by a puff of wind and was brought
ashore by a faithful dog, as the owner
was mingling her salt tears with Nep-
tunes.
There was Respondent bride in
Hillsboro, Ore, because the groom failed
to appear at the hour named for The
marriage ceremony. Half an hour
passed, and then the brides spirits re-
vived as she beheld the belated one
scorching toward her on his bicycle.
He had missed the train, and used his
wheel as a substitute.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-06-18
A TALE Or HORRORS.
Two Men, Lost On the Desert, Make 6
Dreadful Discovery.

Two Men, Lost the Desert, Make a
Dreadful Discovery.
1t was the desert of Sahara, says the
New York Journal.
All day long the torrid sun haG
flashed down his binding rays upon til
Iellov sands till they seemed to CLEAN
with the terrible heat. As far as tn.
we could reach there was 10 sign of
vegetation, nothing but sand, sand,
sand, till the vision grew weary. In
the sky, like specks of blackness, vul-
lures hung suspended, circling around
and around while they scanned tho
plain for some new victim of the heat.
for another man or animal whose de-
caying flesh might satisfy their lcath-
So ;.---2petites. Ever and anon, too,
as ere proceeded, could be seen the
bones cf those who had gone before
bleached white by the awful heat.
And in the midst of the stiffness. the
desolation and the heat, two wavfarers
were wandering on. Their hands were
empty, for their provisions were long
exhau-ted and they had long since
thrown aside their guns as useless in
cumbrc ces.
On and on they trudged, maddened
by their terrible hunger and thirst
When suddenly they perceived mass OF
rock which rose directly in their path
There was natural opening. Through
it they rushed.
s'Water!"
A horrible cry of loathing and disap
pomtment-a cry with no trace Of
hope or care for the future-rans
through the rocky garden.
Then the two tramps fled.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-06-18
Fooled After All.

During the Peninsular war a number
OF English officers had established a
mess in Spanish village, with native
cooks whose efforts were fairly salts
factory to the keen appetites of the
campaigners. They were Joined, how
ever. by certain peevish, cantankerous
major, who bitterly complained that
every dish was favored with sugar
after the Spanish fashion-and quit.
UNBEATABLE. Finally, he confined hiro-
self to diet of eggs boiled in the she'll.
They can't sugar those" he cried. tri-
umphantly. But his triumnh was
short-lived. Next morning some mis-
chlevous subs were at the mess-table
before the major, and emptied all of the
salt cellars, replacing their contents
with powdered sugar. The major
soon appeared, and with gloomy com
placency began upon an egg, with
which, as usual, he took plenty Of
salt" At the first mouthful his fac
turned purple with rage. "Supare.1
by Jove:" he exclaimed, and rusb,a5
Off to his tent.-San Francisco Aro -.
naut.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-06-18
Apple Biscuits.

In spite of their name these do not
belong to the bread family at all, as
neither flour nor yeast enters into their
composition. Peel and core some ripe
apples and reduce them to pulp; flavor
with essence of lemon and mix while
warm with their weight of powdered
sugar; drop on plates or into paper
cases and dry in a slow oven for several
days. The heat should never be suf1i-
Gent to bake, only to dry them. When
thoroughly dried they should be packed
in glass or tin for winter use. Apricots,
pears, raspberries, strawberries, plums,
ETC., may be done in the same way
Ladies' Home Journal.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-06-18
Daily Journey of the Sun Puzzled the
Ancients-Many Erroneous Theories.

Strange as it may seem in this day
and age, the rising and setting of the
sun was the greatest of natural phe-
nomena to the ancient scholars. They
were greatly puzzled to know how the
same sun which plunged into the ocean
at fabulous distance in the west could
reappear the next morning at an equal
ly great distance in the east. And, as
Sir Robert Ball points out, number of
remarkable theories were advanced,
and every one of them wrong. "The
old mythology asserted that after the
sun had dipped in the western ocean
at sunset (the Iberians and other an
Gent nations actually imagined that
they could hear the Kissing of the
waters when the glowing globe was
plunged therein) he was seized by Vul-
can and placed in a golden goblet. This
strange craft with it's astonishing car
go navigated the ocean by northerly
course, so as to reach the east again
in time for sunrise the following morn
ing. Among the more sober physicists
of old, as we are told by Aristotle, it
was believed that in some manner the
sun was conveyed by night across the
northern regions, and that darkness
was due to lofty mountains, which
screened off the sunbeams during the
voyage" Another theory was that the
sun actually pursued his course below
the solid earth during the darkness of
night, and philosophers taught the
same about the stars that rose and set.
These are but samples of many theory
that might be named with regard to
the phenomenon of sunrise and sunset.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-06-18

There's no use in talking, SAYS W,
a. Broadwell, Druggist La cygne,
Aas., "Chamberlains Cole, Cholera
and D'arrhna Remedy does the work
Aiter taking medicines of my own
preparation and'those of Others I took
. dose OF Chamberlain's and it helned
me; second dose cured me. Can
0lo'y and conscientiously i can ret ,om-
mend = It as the best thing on the ! lar
GET The % and so cent sises for
sale BY AL druggists.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-06-18

Hundreds of Thousands have been
induced to try Chc -nberlain's Cough
Remedy by reading what it has done
others, and having tested it's merits
for themselves are today its warmest
friends. For sale by all Druggists.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-06-18
The desperation of the COYOTE VIII,

The desperation of the coyote when
cornered was illustrated the other day
in an experience which Washington
farmer had with one of these little
beasts near Pasco. Being shot and
wounded by him it sprang upon him
and man and coyote rolled over and
over until he gave it it's quietus with a
pocketknife.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-06-18

Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the most won
derful medical discovery Of the age, pleas
ant and refreshing to the taste, act gently
ana positively on kidneys, liver and bowels,
cure headache, fever, habitual constipation
and biliousness. Please buy and try box
OF =. G. g. to-day; 10, Is, so cents Sold and
guaranteed to cure by all druggists.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-06-18
Tears Keep the Eve Cool.

1t is probably not very well known
fact the shedding of tears keeps the
eyes cool. Such is the case, however,
and no matter how hot the head may
be, so long as there are tears the eyes
will be cool.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-06-18
Honey ia Butter.

Partisan restaurant keepers mix a lit
tie honey with their butter. This gives
ii an agreeable taste and flavor and
makes the inferior butter more palat-