davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-01-26

Washington. The Commissioner Of
Internal Revenue in response TO in
quiries by members of the Chicago
Board of Trade with respect to the liza
bility OF dealers in produce, etc, holds
as follows:
THAT in case Of broker who il a
member OF the Board Of Trade DegOtia-
ting sale of grain or produce on the
exchange, as broker for principal,
the principal afterward assuming the
trade, the broker is required to deliver
and pay 10-cent stamp on his note or
memorandum OF sale, and the pricnipal
is required to pay tax on the sale at
the rate Of cent on each 500 Of the
amount or fractional part OF 800 in
excess of 800.
When member OF the Board Of
Trade, not broker or not acting as a
broker, makes sale Of grain or pro-
duce on his own account, and said sale
is afterward assumed by commission
merchant for account OF the seller,
but one sale has occurred and the com.
mission merchant is the only person
required TO pay tax on the transac-
tion, which is at the rate provided for
in the second paragraph of schedule
-
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-01-26
II er Splendid Hair.

When Mrs. Norton was in the heyday
OF her loveliness, a very beautiful Ital.
IAN woman came to London, bringing
letters OF introduction. Mrs. Norton
asked small party of fashionable peo-
pie to meet her at dinner, among whom
was Lord Normandy, a great admirer
OF pretty women. All the men were Gu.
chanted with the beautiful stranger and
All the women rather jealous. One Of
her great beauties was profusion OF
splendid hair, dressed in innumerable
pialts. The women decided they were
not all her own. Before the evening
was over Lord Normandy expires 81 his
admiration Of the wonderful h,Nr and
intimated how much he should like To
see 1t let down.
since you wish it, my lord, " said
the woman, and she forthwith unplaited
one massive coil after another, willis
the other women looked on, deyoured
win envy Il am doing for you, my
lord, what | do not do for everybody, -
sara the ho ri, casting up her fine eyes
at the enraptured Lord Normandy
from under her mantle of flowing locks.
IL is three weeks now since last UNI
did my hair. "
which announcement in some degree
cohsoled the English danes for their
inferior locks
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-01-26
Giles In the Pulpit.

Inc tenets of John Wesley and his
uisciples We're eagerly embraced in Nor
ioik' and Giles frequently became To-
cal preacher One local" Sam by
name is described as "a born teacher -
though his SMILES often dropped to the
ouriesque. On one occasion he took sor
MS text, THE wages Of sin is death -
and prefaced his sermon as follows:
MY fri 'nds, Brother Paul tells us
mat the wages o. sin is death. Now,
le' see wuther we kin grasp wot no
naah Dy't. S'pose wor tn 60 an du my
nsarwest for Mr.. II. "a local farmsrJ,
an arter all the wuk wor dun 20 an AK
Mr. l. tanother farmer in the same vii.
iagel inr my wages, wot du yeou think
Mr. T. would saay? Surely he would
up ana sasy, Sam, yeou air fule. Go
an AK Mr. ii. fur yer wages; yeou ha'
uuh yer harvest there. Wot dn yeou
come an ak me fur yer wages fur?' An
et wink all my loife fur the daayil an
go tn God fur my reward he wool saay.
NO. no. sam; yeou so to the diaayil fur
yer reward; yeou hev wuked fur him ia
the harvest o. loife; he must nav
yeou' Westminster Gazette
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-01-26
FACTS FOR FARMERS.
Helpful Suggestions For the
AgricuIturists.
HINTS THAT ARE INTERESTING.
some GOo0 Advice for the RurAlists-A
Budget of knowledge That May
Prove Beneficial.
Preparing Butter for Market.

In cool weather, if one has custom
ers near at hand, butter made into
rolls or pats is acceptable, but many
people like it packed in jars. The five
pound jars are very popular in small
families, and in packing butter in
these, make the top look as nice as
possible. Use the regular butter paper
to cover the upper surface, as 1t looks
better, excludes the air better and Is
superior in every way to cloth.
The paper may now be bought by the
thousand sheets and in convenient sizes
to fit certain sizes of jars and butter
tubs. In shipping butter one must
depend entirely upon those to whom
he ships. Commission men handle
large quantities OF butter in certain
ways. Some prefer their shipments in
crates holding eight tive-pOund jars,
while others will not handle the Grated
butter at all 1t is never economy to
ship butter in jars unless these are
Grated as the freight OF express charges
are very greatly augmented in the first
case. Twenty-Five pounds OF butter
packed in a tub may be sent for little
more than half the expense of the same
amount in Jars. 1t is better If one
ships butter regularly in good quaint
ties, to buy the tubs in large numbers.
In some cases the outside and inside OF
the covers are rough and untidy look
ing, the covers not fitting as they
should at all, but there are tubs on the
market almost as smooth both outside
and in as though made from pressed
paper instead of wood.
1t is always well to line butter tub
with parchment paper. This is not so
difficult matter as it might seem at
first attempt. The paper should first be
wet, and then laid upon smooth board
kept for this purpose. A wooden
roller something like a pastry rolling
pin, which is about an inch and a-half
at one end and tapers down to one inch
at the other end, is then used to roll
the paper from the board. This motion
should be in the direction OF right t.
left. A little practice will enable one
to do it neatly and deity. When the
paper is on the pin, place in the tub
and unroll it, unrolling it to the left.
1t will take but few moments to line
tub and then the butter will have NJ
chance to taste of the wood, as it viii
be apt to do If it is packed directly on
the unlined tub. A circle OF the paper
should cover the bottom of the tub
Neatness in all its branches is neces
sary in all dairying, but some goot
butter is spoiled by the manner o
packing, while butter that is not &C
tually prime often brings fair price i
put up in neat-looking package.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-01-26

too, have the necessary conditions
usually favorable to the accumulation
OF alkaline mineral, while, where the
magnificent aliuvial deposits occur the
rainfall is abundant, and washes out
of the soil much OF the mineral food
of plants, in many instances, and espe-
cially the salts, commonly known as
alkalies.
1t is true, however, that the soil
consistent with nature puts forth at
tractive power in greater strength, Tor
the essential ingredient of the plant,
than for other mineral matter, and
thus retains much more Of the former
than OF the latter. Do not understand
that silica alone is prepared for the
plant in greater quantity on account of
the presence of much alkali, for other
wheat food or plant food is increased
for the same reason. Our alkaline soils
are certainly rich in the mineral food
of plants, far richer than the mineral
soils in other regions, for the same
reasons already given.
These arid minerals accumulated are
blessing TO agriculture. 1t may be
also that nitrogen is converted to a
certain extent by alkali into form in
which it can be utilized by plants. By
the presence of ozone, nitrogen and
water are converted into ammonium
nitrate, and hence into ammonium
nitrate. 1t is claimed that all alkali
carbonate will accomplish the same
thing. There is no doubt about our
arid valleys being a great storehouse
OF fertile soil rich in the mineral food
OF plants and that the alkaline matter
is sufficiently subdued by irrigation to
give farmers an opportunity to raise
crops which through the abundance OF
mineral food [makesl them indeed in
many instances truly luxuriant.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-01-26
DiSQUiETlNG REPORTS HAVE
REACHED HAVANA.
spanish Authorities Claim to Have News
That Points to Clash Between the
Americans and Cubans.

New York Suns Havana cable
says Sensational reports have been
received from Gibara' by the Spanish
authorities. According to these re-.
ports the Spanish troops when they left
Gibara, marched out with military
honors, and escorted by the American
soldiers. The Spaniards were COM
handed by Generals Luque and Mario,
and, as they marched out, shouted
Viva Espana!' The Cubans answered
with cries OF Long live Spainr' The
Cubans, numbering 1000 we'll armed
men, withdrew to Bijaru, some miles
in the interior, where they entrenched
themselves.
According to the Spanish advices
conflict will occur when the Americans
enter the town, which had been occu.
pied by the Cuban army since its cap
ture by General Cslixto Garcia shortly
after the fall of Santiago. The Span
iards say the Cubans established civil
government and kept good order under
their flag until the Americans came.
Then quarrels began, and some Ameri.
can soldiers tore the Cuban nag down
and trampled on it. The American
military commander dismissed the
Cuban municipal officers and took
charge Of affairs himself.
There is no telegraphic communica.
tion between Havana and Gibafa and
it is impossible to verify the report. II
confirmed it will mean the failure OF
Garcia's propaganda among the Cubans
in favor Of the United States.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-01-26
Money In Breeding Horses.

The breeding of fine horses has been
neglected for some years past, but
farmers in many sections are beginning
to take an active interest in the subject
and they are in numerous instances
preparing to cooperate in obtaining
good stations. They recognize the
fact that prices are advancing, that the
demand everywhere is for the best
horses of all classes, and that the flu
ture is full of promise for those who
have choice drivers or draft horses to
sell. The day for scrubs is past, and
only prime sires should be used.
The above, from the American Stock
man, voices the horse situation,
throughout the horse breeding states.
Farmers have at last come to realize
the situation that the world OF com
merce cannot be moved without good
horses, and that the increasing home
and export demand must advance prices
until we can raise more horses OF the
special classes to suit the markets. All
along the line now farmers are ready
to begin breeding again, but many OF
the best mares are sold off and most of
the stations are gone, so We have prac-
tically to make new start. With the
experience OF breeding to suit the mar
kets, we will select the best mares we
can get and breed to the best fine bred
stations. True stations of any kind
are very scarce, but the enterprising
farmer will secure the services of a
good sire, regardless OF the distance
and the price, and with advancing
prices, liberal feed and good care, de
velop high-priced horse ii it is q
good one, and the only way to get a
good one is to breed right.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-01-26
FRENCH COMMENT,
Waited States Pictured AS "A Highway
mMn.

Paris, The Gaulois says il has been
informed on absolutely reliable author
ity that Spain will refuse to discuss the
unconditional surrender of the PhiIip.
pine islands. Spain, it is further as.
serted, had made particular reserya.
tions concerning the retention OF the
Philippine islands. and the Spanish
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Duke
Almodovar de Rio, had himself at the
time OF the signing of the peace proto.
col stipulated that the island of Luzon
alone should remain occupied by the
American troops while the peace nego.
tiations were in progress, and that
Spain would resume sovereignty over
the archipelago as soon as more
liberal form of government for the is
lands should have been decided upon.
The Fronde says: The claims of the
United States on the Philippine islands
are looked upon with disfavor at St
Petersburg, The powers might in case
of America proving too obstinate on
this point, be provoked to protest.
The Evenment says: Your money
or your life" is the attitude taken by
America in relation to Spain. The
latter, having no money, offers Porto
Rico and thinks she has thus dis.
charged her ransom
Pardon me, answers Jonathan,
you yet have the Philippine islands,
which are only an incumbrance TO YOU
| will relieve you OF them, Why? Be.
cause, with fontaine, have the
strongest reasons for so doing.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-01-26
KOOsts for Hens,

Noting so many deiormed breast
bones among heavy fowls and discoy.
ering that the deiormity comes from
pressure ON the roost while the chicks
are yet immature, correspondent Of
the New York Tribune SAYS he learned
from book on ornithology how TO
remedy the difficulty. The order o
birds called rasores of scratchers to
which our chickens belong, naturally
I'VE and rest on the ground; their feet
not being designed to grasp, the hind
toe is higher upon the leg than the
three 'front.' ones so as to serve as brace
to steady the bird when resting on a
nat surface; the aerial birds have their
toes on a level, fitting them for grasp-
ing firmly their natural roosts in the
trees; ! have broad, fiat roosts now
on which motherly biddies sit comfort.
ably and happy with their toes spread
straight out, and not deiormed breast
Done or frosted foot is to be found
among them"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-01-26
INDEMNITY AGAINST LOSS.
Some Ancient Instances of Insurance
Can he Easily Found.

NN's pS
Probably the first recorded instance
OF insurance was one mentioned by
Livy. During the second Punic war the
contractors for delivering corn into
Spain stipulated that the government
should indemnify them against loss by
the enemy or tempest Cicero, too, aft.
er his victory in Cilicia, seems to have
obtained security against the loss of his
booty during its transit to Rome. These
instances, however, are not regarded as
true cases of insurance by many author
tiles. who assert that only after the re.
vival of commerce in the tenth century
dld 1t come into vogue. II this be SO,
the first mention of insurance Is the
establishment in 1910 at Bruges at the
request of the inhabitants of a chamber
of assurance
The contract of reciprocal insurance
was known likewise in Portugal in the
fourteenth century, and in the fifteenth
(Sept. 10, l436) King Edward Of Por.
tugal writes from Lisbon that the mer.
chant vessels of the English, which had
been chartered for the Tangier expedi.
ton, had not been insured, owing to
the fault of their proprietors, while
those of the Portuguese even of the
royal navy, were. 1t is probable, how.
ever, that insurance came into use in
Italy early in the twelfth century and
was by the Lombards transplanted into
those countries with which they had
commercial dealings. To them, there.
fore, the invention of insurance, as it is
now understood, is generally conceded.
Exchange
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-01-26
Development o. Winter Dairying.


Winter dairying, years ago, was an
undertaking little thought of in this
State. Raising cattle for beef and oxen
was more common than making but
ter, and at that date was more OF pay
ing investment, but as the country de
veloped and the population increased,
butter making advanced. A COW that
gave milk seven months had done her
duty, and it was not very rich milk at
that. In the sixties milk was worth
at times So to $3.50 per 100 pounds.
Butter was made from setting the milk
in small tin pans, followed later by
deep cans. About 1878 the cream
separator was introduced and at present
is used pretty generally. Both winter
and summer dairying are carried on to
great extent. Although butter
brings less per pound than a few years
ago, much more money to the COW is
produced and winter dairying is found
to be paying business. There is a
great amount OF milk produced in the
winter months and the quantity of
butter is increasing each season. A
lew years ago creameries did not think
they could run more than six months.
as there was not milk enough. Now,
nearly all creameries run the greater
part of the year.
When each farmer made his own
butter at home there were as MANY
kinds OF butter as there were farmers
Now, each farmer delivers his milk
at the creamery and the product of
butter is all uniform and brings a good
price each week, and with the aid of
the farm paper, silo, etc, the farmers
receive thousands of dollars IRON their
uairles in the winter months when a
lew years ago the did not make butter
enough to eat.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-01-26

Our mountain valleys are supplied
with large quantities of alkalies and
therefore the soil in many instances is
alkaline soil, Astounding in plant food,
according to J. =. Kingsbury, in the
Field and Farm. The meager rain fall
adds to the conditions favorable to the
accumulation of alkali, and CONSEQUENT.
iy OF mineral plant food. Silica. a
principal food for wheat, must be in n
condition in which it can he taken nm
by the plant, otherwise it is useless a.
plant food. The more alkaline ma
terial there is present in the soil. the
greater the quantity OF silica. "a a
general thing, in condition capable Of
being absorbed by the plant. Akali in
water increases its solvent power ON
silica, and in this way puts the silica
IN condition whereby it is readily
utilized by the plant as food. Aka.
line matter promotes the disintegration
OF rocks, by which in part mineral food
is prepared for plants. In short, il is
generally recognized that whenever
alkaline matter abounds plant feed is
generally abundant, go far as mineral
material Is concerned. Arid regions.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-01-26

rohee'-A large and representative
body OF Porto Ricans have drawn mn a
petition addressed to President Me.
hiniey asking the Government to re.
tam In Porto Rico Colonel John r.
Nastieman and the First Kentucky
volunteers. General Henry has cabled
70 washington that the compliment is
thoroughly deserved, but that the re.i.
ment ought to 20 north,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-01-26

Il II tell you one thing, said Mad
pop 10 his long suffering wife, "if
WHY does not behave himself, I'll give
MIN the worst spanking he ever had.
He'll get it in the neck. .
DO be serious, my dear, replied
mrs Madpop THE neck is no place on
winch to spank child. "-Harpsr's
Bazaar.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-01-26

liavana.-There is great agitation
among the Spanish in Havana over the
Philippines. Official dispatches from
Madrid say Sagasta has resolved not to
yield them to the Americans. Blsnco
says he hopes hostilities will be re.
sumed.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-01-26

Seattle Wash. 1T is likely that
the seal and other hunters will be pro-
hibited from fishing and hunting off
the coast OF Japan before the feet sails
next year. Japan is trying to foster
deep sea fishing, and under the new
foreign treaties that go into effect next
year, it is believed that the prohibit
tion can be made. The matter is now
being widely discussed in the native
japanese papers. 1t is also troubling
the authorities. 1t came up under
the discussion of the rights OF foreign
ers under the revised treaties.
The Department OF the Interior and
Commerce contends that seal fishing
can be prohibited, while the Navy De-
partment, which does not look with
favor on the tack OF guarding the coast,
contends in opposition. Many OF the
British Columbia fleet sail off to Japan
every year and the whalers and otter
hunters find the north coast very good
hunting. This matter is of consider
able importance The Japanese are pre-
pairing to engage in the profitable bust
ness on their own account. Recently
they hired several experienced Norwe-
gian whalers to train japanese sailors
to hunt for whale, seal and otter.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-01-26
A nicIent Diet.

A quart of milk, three quarters Of a
pound OF moderately fat heef-sirloin,
Tor instance-and five ounces of wheat
Hour, all contain about the same amount
OF nutrltlve material, but we pay verv
different prices for them, and they have
different values for nutriment. The
milk comes nearest TO being perfect
food. Ii contains all of the different
kinds of nutritive materials that the
body needs Bread made from the
wheat -four will support life. 1t con.
tains all the necessary ingredients for
nourishment but not in the proportions
best adapted for ordinary use. A man
might live ON beef alone, but it would
BIO very one sided and imperfect diet,
but meat and bread together make the
essentials Of healthy diet. Such are
the results of experience, and the ad.
vancing science of later years explains
them. This explanation takes into ac-
count not simply quantities of meat
and bread and milk and other materials
winch We eat, but also the nutritive in.
gradients or nutrients" which thew
contain. New York Ledger.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-01-26
Dewey sends Ship. to qu.ll IN. Rebels.

New York.--A Sun cable from Ma.
dlid says: Advices from Manila state
that foreigners fear the rebels may at.
tack llolio, and that Admiral Dewey
has dispatched two ships TO that port.
There is much disorder in Luzon, and
great misrule in the northern pro.
vinces. Frequent robberies have
stirred the inhabitants.
J. b. MacMurray OF the Colorado
volunteers was drowned while swim.
ming in the river The California
troops are, as whole, in excellent
health and spirits.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-01-26
VIII Raise No Mnre Warshina.

Washington. -Secretary Long said
that the Government would take no
further steps to raise the rest of the
Spanish warships destroyed by Adj
miral SIMPSONS feet off the coast of
Santiago, but that the department
would receive propositions to that end
from any private firm that cared to I'M
dertake the work. lie added that
this determination was based upon the
report of the Board OF Construction,
which recently had consultation on
the subject with Naval Constructor
Hobson, who was personally supervis.
ing the wrecking operations. The ex.
listing contract with the Merritt-Chap.
man Company will be abrogated and
operations entirely suspended on the
Colon and other vessels pending the
consideration Of propositions from
private firms to do the work independ-
ent of the Government, 1t is under
stood that there are two companies
willing to undertake the work at their
own risk; one Swedish company and
the other company on the Pacific
Coast.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-03-10
Why not Washington Try This.

1t seems natural that the largest
ranch III the world should be found in
the largest state in the Union-Texas.
Indeed, this ranch is so extensive that
some states could not contain it. Con-
necticut, for example, could not hold
1t by several thousand acres. The two
states of Rhode Island and Delaware
combined could not contain this i'm
mense ranch, which consists of 5,000,-
600 acres, or about 5000 square miles.
About dozen years ago, when
Texas needed new state capitol, the
legislature adopted novel plan to get
it. A promise was held forth that a
vast tract of unappropriated land
would be given IN exchange for a suit
able granite building at Austin.
Among those tempted by this offer
were ex-senator Charles B. Farwell
and his brother John, who ultimately
formed syndicate in Chicago and
took upon themselves the responsible
ity of erecting the proposed capitol.
Their part of the agreement appears
to have been carried out to the salts
faction of the state, and in. due time
they came into the posses sion of the
immense domain now known as the
x. I. T. ranch.-Ladies' Home Jour
nal.