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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-02-16
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City and State: A number of clergy
men of the city have begun to make pub
lie information gained Ivy them during
the last few months, concerning the vio-
lations of law and order that well in
formed men know are constantly going
on in this city. These clergymen have
visited saloons, disreputable houses, and
speak-easies, and they have found that
the proprietors of these places enjoy
singular immunity from arrest. They
openly boosted to their clerical visitors,
whose identities of course were not
known, that they enjoyed police protec-
ton. Drunken men received more drink
in the saloons boys not of age were sup
piled with intoxicating liquor and wo-
men. concerning whose habits and char
acter there can be no doubt, were al
lowed to ply their trade under the eyes OF
policemen without hindrance. An ex-
traordnary state of affairs was I'M
earthed by these clergymen, and every
man that had any opportunity to see
this side of life knows that what they
cay is true. What the result VIII be,
whether the clergymen have secured suf-
fcient testimony to convict the law
breakers and the policemen and officials
who wink at crime, Is largely a matter
of speculation. Testimony will, of course
be given before the license court which
will soon be In session, and some of the
worst ders of iniquity may be stopped
by the loss Of their licenses. There is
one saloon in the heart of the city. within
the shadow of the city hall, were dis
reputable women are wont to assemble
and disgusting orgies frequently occur
If the c!ergymen can shut up such places
and purify the police department the
entire community will owe them debt
of gratitude.
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Wings md WnIkinr

Omaha Bee; The children had come home
from Sunday school, where they had heard
thing they did not know very clearly what but
something which made them think there might
be something very unusual happening soon in
the way Of sudden cessation Of worldly activ-
tiles and putting on OF celestial garments,
the latter taking form In their minds as wings.
So they went to mamma to talk IT over
II don't think II would be nice at all" said
the oldest little girl. referring TO the wings;
lust think 10 having to fly and not walking
at ALL"
But you could walk" said the practical
little sister, don't chickens have wings. AND
don't they walk"
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The Problem of Life Question.

| The Problem of Life Question.
Tell me, what is this life for? o what does
the problem meal2
look ABROAD upon the world, and every
where is seen
What seems such great injustice in the
working of it out,
And all the laws of truth and right seem,
somehow, turned about.
The earth is teaming with gifts male by
the Father hand,
But on all sides, look where we will, grim
want and hunger stand;
And yet He called it very good, and made
for use of man.
What is it interposes with the great
Creators plan2
And in His image made He man, yet every
day. we find
Poor, sinful man, to His just laws, is most
perversely blind;
God could not mean that this deep woe and
misery should lasts
That Ter the work Of His wise hand such
fatal blight be cast
tbs not enough to blindly say, at last twill
be made plain;
Too long, mankind has listened to that old,
worn out refrain,
And selfishness, rank selfishness, is born of
that old creed,
1t does not teach that love for man that
is the worlds great need.
The thinking mind, the reasoning mind, is
never satisfied
To grasp, as truth, the things that seem to
set justice aside,
And all this endless play of words upon the
same old strings
But wearies one who s looking for the bet
ment Of things.
ANSWER.
Oh, life 1t is mighty school, vaste1
something more
Than just race to win place on heaven
golden shore;
And we but dimly comprehend the meaning
of that love,
That, reaching forth, would draw all men,
all self and greed, above.
Self, self, has been the center round which
the race has swung,
And self ACKNOWLEDGEMENT the theme, the
dearest to the tongue.
o the struggle for existence has fostered
selfish pride,
And thrust the higher attributes SO ruth
lessly asidel
The race has blindly struggled on through
all these fateful years,
And earth has echoed with the sound of
curses, groans and tears,
Been drenched with blood of earnest menu
shed in some cherished cause,
Who trampled, in mistaken zeal, on Just
and holy laws.
But ever, through the darkness, has the
truth light steady burned,
And here, and there, some nobler soul the
one great lesson learned,
That man to man must brother be, ere,
DER the earth can ring,
The peace bells, heralding with joy that
Right, not Might is king
Lol now this glorious era dawns Rise
from the dust of EARTH
Accept the mighty privileges that are our
right by BIRTH
For sons of God, indeed, are we, and heirs
of all the land
Ger flowing with such bounty from the
loving Father hand
ADA PIKE GOODWIN.
Los Angeles Cal
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RockIand County No Resort Tor
Tramps.

NYAcK, n. r., Dec. u--By direction
Of the Grand Jury tramps and Migrants
hereafter found in Rockland Comfy win be
committed 10 the penitentiarya at hard labor
by Justices Of the Peace. Heretofore they
have been locked up in the County Jail IN
til they have become nuisance and great
expense upon the tax payers, 50 some action
had 70 be taken The first two tramps to
feel the effects Of the Now rule-David
Rogers Of Providence and Frederick Mitchell
Of Troy-were sent 10 the Kings County
Penitentialy by Justice Whyard under SEN
tence Of three months at hard labor. 1t is
believed that this course will rid the county
Of tramps.
There is only one way of getting rid Of
the tramp and that is the abolition of the
causes that make tramps, the expectation
of man by man for the profit that can be
squeezed out of them.
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pennsylvania Methodist: There mus,
be no compromise, no truce. but war OF
determination. Wherever there IA an EVIL,
Il Is the business OF the church to smIte
IT, ana with the perseverance of the
saints to keep on shifting 1t, even to the
death. Every wrong on earth is a divine
call to the Christian and to the church to
right 1t. When the church gains this con
ception OF her mission and acts on it
there VIII be a marvellous mortality
among the worlds evils"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-02-16
A Massive Fossil Tree.

English antiquarians are PROTESTING
Indignantly over the proposal to
blow up with dynamite the magnif,
cent fossil bog oak, recently discov-
cred at Southport while excavating for
sewers. 1t is massive fossil tree
with two great branches, weighs forty
tons, contains material enough to fur,
nish q large public building, and ia
estimated to be $1,000 years old.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-02-16
An Everyday ExperIence


As l went home yesterday morning after
my nights work felt somewhat down
hearted. For somehow or other a large
lot Of paper went through before it was
noticed that small defect had got into il
and the boss blamed me for it, although
later it was found that the defect had got
into the paper before it reached me.
As went home that morning, you re-
member that it was showing, | saw lot OF
furniture in front of the house scattered all
over the sidewalk. just then a thinly clad
woman, my neighbor, came ont of the
house and drawing tattered shawl around
herself and babe walked away, followed by
four more little urchins. The woman $
husband had been sent to Jail for drunk
enness and the woman had TO go out wash
ing to keep her five children alive.
The children being left to themselves all
day, naturally got into all sorts Of mis-
chief. This and the woman's inability to
pay rent resulted in her expulsion from
her Home on this wintry morning.
The man, when he is out of jail, votes
against the Socialists because they would
upset these glorious conditions of this
glorious country Of the free and the brave.
Holyoke, Mass. U.C.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-02-16
Glasgow Engineers.

GLASGOW, Dec. 1.-THE engineers, by
ballot, have rejected their employers
terms, and therefore the strike in the ship
building circles, which was believed to have
been settled, will now be continued.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-02-16


A few evenings ago, while Mrs. Will
lam Young, aged about seventy, was
returning to her home at High Bridge,
n. j., she lost her way in the dark.
ness, and fell down the slope to the
mouth of mine shaft, distance OF
about thirty feet.
The ground around the deserted
mine has been giving away for years,
until now the mouth is huge crater
of about fifty feet in diameter, sloping
to shaft opening about thirty below,
with the mouth extending near the
road. Mrs. Young lost her way in the
darkness and stepped into the slope,
and was precipitated to the bottom,
where she was caught by some brushes
that had been thrown into it. She
landed Immediately over the shaft
proper, which is about ninety feet and
partly filled with water. The fears
she had of the brush giving way and
precipitating her into the deep mine,
where escape would be impossible, and
the mental agony she endured until
assistance came, can only be imagined.
To move meant death beyond doubt,
50 she remained in that position 70,
more than an hour, during which
time she braved the situation and re.
peatedly called for help.
Residents in that vicinity heard her
cries for help, but owing to her posi-,
ton could not locate her. After some
time Robert Nagle and James Mead
happened by. The woman's cries TO,
assistance attracted their attention.
They succeeded in rescuing her from
her perilous position after great diff,
Guilty.
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HE WAS CHILE'S
WASHINGTON
BERNARDO O'HIGGINs WAS his
HUMBLE NAME.

Son Of an Irish Advrnturer and the
Most Famous Statesman of south
Ameriea-An oft-Mentioned Mod
ern Warship Named In His Honor
He was the Founder of the
Chilean Navy and the Greatest
Soldier OF That HepuBIic--Most
Picturesque Career.
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Saved From Daoth ~ g.

SS'Ou rum Dea'h py seconds Space.
There died at Philadelphia, recently,
Charles b. Mason, veteran scout of
the Union Army, who during the war,
had an experience of a close call by
death, unrivalled in fiction.
On this especial occasion, becoming
detached from his comrades he
wandered so close to the lines that he
was taken prisoner. He was placed
in the Confederate guard house for
the night, and the next morning was
takon out with a number of other
Union prisoners who had been cap
tured and booked for trip to Libby
Prison. Unfortunately for him, how
ever, as he left the tent Confederate
spy who was in the crowd surveying
the prisoners as they were placed in
the line recognized him as a spy, and
he was once more remanded to the
tent That evening he went before a
drum-head court.martial.
To be shot at sunrise as a spy"
That was the brief finding and SEN
tence of the court martial.
The spot chosen for the execution
was in pretty little ravine along a
stream just outside the Confederate
camp, and to this place he was con-
Quoted. A white bandage was placed
over his eyes and he was made to
kneel upon rude pine box which was
to be his coffin. The rifles we're loaded,
the firing squad took its position and
with the sdnonition, "Take careful
aim, boys" the sergeant in charge
moved away to the rear.
Ready" he commanded and the
hammers of the rifles rose with a
sharp click; AIM" but before he
could have the final command there
swept over and above Mason a sheet
OF flame and storm of lead and the
sergeant with moro than one-half Of
his men fell dead or MORALLY wounded.
The remainder of the party fed with
out hiring shot as line of bluecoats
charged over the bank. In a moment
Mason was in the arms of friends, but
he tainted from joy. He had been
rescued by squadron of the Thir-
teenth New York Cavalry, which was
out on scouting expedition, and his
position had been discovered by one
OF the members of that command, who
summoned the others in time to save
his life.
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been on It's way 10 the key in small
boat, and was p oba5ly lost overheard.
The islands have also had ia years
gone by an unsaTory record as the
headquarters for wreckers.
POOR FOOLS.
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tempting a rescue with the surf boat
was only too apparent; but Keeper
Kiah mustered his men, and made the
launch. For a while their strength
and skill enabled them to surmount or
push through the tumultuous seasj
but, once in the open lake beyond the
shoals, where the storm was free to
riot at will, the real danger began. II
was test beyond human powers. The
keeper remembers that twice the boat
capsized and was righted. After that
he has a vague recollection of the boat
capsizing and righting herself several
times, and of the crew clinging to it
until, one by one, the surfmen, per-
ishing of cold, let go their hold, and
vanished beneath the waves. He has
dim remembrance of the boat, with
himself clinging to it, grating over the
shoal, and then being flung up on
shore.
He was found by two men, stand
ing, with one hand on the root Of
fallen tree, steadying himself with a
lath in the other, and swaying as IL
walking, but not stirring his feet-s
dazed, tottering wreck of his formei
self, murmuring in an incoherent way
"Poor boysl Poor boysl They are
all gone-all gonel" Temporarily
shattered in mind and body, he was
obliged to resign from the service. He
was long in recovering, but finally it
was possible practically to reward his
bravery with the appointment to his
present position.
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indianapolis Journal; Yabsley-Now,
here is suit that I paid only Sl1 for.
The price is really absurd
Wickwire-So is the SUI
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-02-16

1t is disgrace to our Republican insti
buttons to see teachers treated like slaves
the very men and women upon whose
shoulders rest the responsibilities for the
welfare of the future generations. Capt.
talism-in private and in public life-is the
same dangerous monster the world over
The privileges of the few-ever; the well
fare Of the masses-never!
ONE OF THE VICTIMS Who Is AFRAID TO GIVE
HER NAME.
Boston, Mass.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-01
TO FIGHT THE SALOON.
WHITE RIBBoNERs REJOICE THAT MEN
WORK WITH THEM.
York. Jan. 10. 1899.

WHITE RIBBONERS REJOICE THAT MEN
WORK WITH THEM.
A meeting for the purpose OF organizing branch
OF the Prohibition Union OF Christian Men. similar
to the organization in Rochester. was held recently
in the Marble Collegiate Church. The church
was crowded and the audience was composed
largely OF business men, who Seemed to take
deep interest in the proceedings.
General O. o. Howard presided. and made a snort
Introductory address. He introduced c. II. How
ard OF Rochester who explained the INSTITUTION
OF the movement and organization In that city
He smoke briefly, and then she Rev Dr. theodore
l. Cuyler of the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian
Church OF Brooklyn made short address. Inc
Rev Dr. A. c. Dixon next read the proposed con-
stitution which had been adopted at preliminary
meeting This was referred to committee OF
clergymen from all denominations II said IN part
we believe that the saloon is a crime against me
State A crime against humanity ana cilMe
schooled our young manhood to a lie or sens uai
indulgence personal impurity ana pIVlai'S 81
.red the nubic conscience with It's dall{ hoIrlpie
detail OF debauchery and crime. blocked the whee,s
OF every righteous reform. paIalyZsu lnuusors me
beathen and blasphemed the Almighty, ana tnis
association stands for nothing short Oh is e'''''
determination
The watchword Of the society is to be- TN the
rorne NJ Jesus Christ as King the liquor traihc
,nus, die " Any person may be member by pay
inc o. cents in annual dues. The reading OF the
constitution evoked hearty applause mingled win
cries NJ That's right 1t was adopted as read
I, connection with this movement the following
-..o,utions were passed by the New-fork woman
christian Temperance Union County Executive
Committee
Resolved That whereas the Woman's Chrl mrs. an
Temperance Union. whose mempershp If no q nj
from the Christian Churches OF ths coa,.s olone,
r,bn have been working FOR twenty-five years hlols
he lines which this new organZs non oP,,ce
-. ajant and whose work has been lareely euuS ~.
t 10 haG with delight the fact that we are 10
have the mighty power and strong Nm ar ,heir in
nence and votes the prohibition OF the , 5a tSs or
Resolved That We are In syihp1 Iti,iyM rnon Of
Christian Men are pleased w Ta{arre as 20
nosed constitution which has oeeh Ri denomina-
I,,,,,,.. composed OF clergymen OF All ueo'.
I'D rust the same may be adopted as the'F
- ,lArL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-01
POPULARITY or CANOES REVIVED

revival OF the popularity OF canoes as jewels
is one of the most recent freaks or fashion For
almost half a century canoes have been releeated
TO the shelves Of cabinets. either In drawing-rooms
or museums and. though their exquisite coornes
and carvings were admired. they were not consld-
cred appropriate for ornaments.
With the revival OF this fashion the art OF the
cameo engraver will again receive attention There
ara not many fl this country who are able 10 cut
the stones The disfavor In which canoes nave
bee held for 80 long has discouraged students from
adoutinp the profession of engraver OF these dell
cate designs There is said TO be but one man III
Nev-York who is Of worldwide fame as cameo
artist. he il l.. Bonet. But Florence in italy the
ho of the art is stu a centre for this branch Of
or, I, Is said that the cameo cutters IN all the
iorsa cities learned OF the masters VINO grew up
70 tbir profession on the banks Of the Arno
although the engraving Of jewels was first done
o, s,.res-sardonyx, with It's many layers OF
unilInrs hing most highly priZed-t was carry as
c,,,ered that cOnch shells ana more deilchte hheIs
80 molInsl were particularly adapted TOT ,hls puI
go il ,uy Of the most eXquisitey carNoo canieos
az n, fle pale pink shells 80 iran III aPpe;al
q, g. marvel that the carver was ape 10 HIM ai.y
,.,9oar,ns upon them without breaking them "''o
bis. ,...o.a and rugq are amonl the
arments in canoes. but more este .Ieu
~ ali are the large medallons that aie a po '
o 20 , aI that one likes 10 have always near
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-01
IN SUPPORT OF THE TEACHERS.
REPUTATION OF THE CHARGE OF
"wRETCHED WORK" MADE BY
nr-norDEp

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
SIR: once more the teachers OF the city feel tho
sting and OF criticism from outsider. ono
who evidently had no desire to see the good work
that Is being done by the thousands Of earnest In
telllgent teachers here who does not recognize
IT when he sees It. refer to the cutting state
ments OF State Superintendent Kirk OF Missouri.
10 which my attention has been called. and would
like to ask the Western pedagogue a few questions
throU zh your columns:
Ftrst-Who acted your pilot in leading you TO
the schools where you the "wretched work.?
Second-Where were these schools?
Thirds your friendly pilot who has grown
up with the schools and is therefore competent to
show both sides Of the work, s he simply
whose main purpose is TO crticise adversely all
that he fails to understand? Is he friend OF
the schools. loyal TO them trying with heart soul
and might to increase their usefulness or is he
outsider whose every act Is prompted by envy.
insratitude malice?
True. the conditions to-day not so favorable
for making good showing OF the work as they
were two or three years ago. before the slogan OF
Reform" entered the system and turned things
topsy furry: but deny. and with emphasis. mat
the major part OF the work is either superficial or
mechanical: and II II is the very worst ne ever
saw" think he has done justice TO the schools
OF his own State in neglectng to watch their work!
| have been visiting schools and classrooms here
for more than five years, and nave never oeen IN
even or the poorest, Wnere did not Iilu soHo
good point. something 10 commend. ADDRESS
large bodies OF teachers In many cities ana various
States but | find none more Intelligent. none more
earnest and conscientious in their work, than |
find right hero in my home audiences; true hot
all have attained the high degree OF perfection
which the successful experience OF years has given
TO the many. and II would not be strange II tnere
were some soldering" In an army Of five thousand
public private servants OF any kind but DOUBT
II there are enough or these mere 10 even make ~
worth mention-cerainly not enough TO JUSTIFY
any such sweeping statements as 10 the general
character OF the work
| will add suggestion: In speaking or error
weakness. wrong anywhere. II is better to special,
ize than cast suspicion over all. Five thousand
teachers here ought to ask with tears In their
cyes-and their fists doubled UPS II ~ giving
the weak or maynard a chance to reform. or TO
explain that the scope and quality OF the New
York work has been misunderstood. ,,r,,e
LUCY A. YENDES,
Author OF Preston Papers"
New York Jan. 49, 1899.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-01
CONTRIBUTIONS.

Unfinished work has been received from Anna A.
Baker. OF Pawling. n Y. story-book from Who
Painter OF Brooklyn; package OF choice cards ana
booklets from Mrs Bigow. OF this city: box con-
tanning a bottle OF perfume, cancelled stamps rid
bons. unfinished work and embroidery SILK from
Adeline y. Van Vack. OF this city; three knitte !
hoods for dolls from Mrs. Charles w Nanhorn, OF
Elizabeth n j.; silk pieces; fancy work 6ooklr.S'
pictures farley baskets books cards. an lnkstanu:
tray and stamp box. from Mrs. David Foley. OF
Philadelphia. Penn. also collection OF pretty
cards booklets and roll Of unfinished work. from
Miss Dora Foley. OF the same city; Bessie Smith.
OF Bethlehem Penn. gent pretty book for a
child and six address books, made by Mrs Painter:
OF Brooklyn; clothing from Mrs. Austin Ludlam OF
Brooklyn.
A pretty blsque figure reached the office few
days ago I'm bad condition. Mrs. NJ NJ Painter
neatly repaired It and returned it to the office.
Uncle Dan" OF Evans col. Acknowledges read
ing matter for distribution from the following 7.
:. s. members: John Kre. A. II. Clapp. Mrs J.
L. d.. Mrs George Pentecost Mrs. NJ. NJ Painter:
Willie Painter NJ =. Brett. Mrs. Lee Westover and
"Mizpah."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-01
prBLIC SCHOOL PROMOTIONS.

A small army Of children In the public schools Of
the boroughs q Manhattan and The Bronx will he
made happy to-day by promotion. II IS expected
that about two hundred thousand children VIII be
included IN this promotion 20 step higher IN
school life These will come from thirteen OF the
fourteen elementary grades which were formerly
known As the primary and the grammar schools.
There will De no promotions Ia the evening
schools because the course IS only for one year
and bright pupils advanced IN these schools as
rapidly as the teachers think advisable.
To the unin.tiated there is something bewildering
IN the various grades with their combinations Of
numerals and letters. They extend from Grade
IA the lowest, to Grade b the highest when
graduation takes place No written or oral eXdmi-
nations arc now necessary for promotions. but the
Advancement is made upon The reports Of the
teacher and principal. who are considered the best
judges ~ The mental equipment OF the chlIdreh
based on the work from day 70 day.