The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-09-28
ODDS AND ENDS

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great lakes fisheries Is expected To con.
tain surprises in respect to the srts..
sion OF the fisheries during III. ma,
ten years In the great lakes OF snn.'
rior. Michigan, Huron, Erie and ~
tarto. From 1880 to 1880 thu nnrh..
Of fishermen actually engaged in th.s.
waters increased s. per cent H..
capital invested during the same per,os
increased ITO per cent, and the Az
taken increased from 81, 600 900 To 1Is-
100000 pounds. or 10 per cent Iar.
Ontario was the only one to shov
loss. In fact. the great lakes ashsr,s.
are now the fisheries OF the great lat..
to the west Of Buffalo and Lake On
tArio Is no longer a factor in the mat.
ter.
A Vienna engineer named Pcllak hs.
made discovery which seems 10 havs
solved the question Of the rapid trans
mission Of telegraph messages. gy
process only requiring the use Of .
simple apparatus Herr Pollak is ahls
on the same telegraphic line to w,ra
se,eeo words an hour. The details az
this remarkable invention have been
bought BY a stock company. which
states that up to the present they have
met with great success.
The Buddhists in Ceylon are now
snsrgstically preaching that the and
Of the world will come this year. with
the result that the faithful see that n
would be mere waste of time to grow
rice or In any way provide for the
wants Of next year, and are instead
giving their minds seriously to a Dill
grinage to Anuradhapura. At tina
present time European residents in
Ceylon are finding that religion ia a
poor substitute for rations, and the ont.
look for the future is sad indeed. NEXT
year the pilgrims of today will be
looking out for help from the govern
nsnt, for there will be famine in the
land
Comparatively few Of those familiar
with The names Of two of Burns heroes
Tam o. Shanter and Souter JOHNNY
are aware OF the actual names of ths
two WORTHLESS, or that, associated al
they are in Burns pages in death, they
are not divided. for they sleep not far
from each other in Kirkoswald church
yard. The stone which marks the
grave Of John Davidson (Souter John
N.Y. has fallen into decay, yet the mama
IL legible. The monument of David
Grahame Cam o. Shanter) was erected
by him to the memory of his son, who
was followed by Helen McTaggart
(Tam's wife). .Souter Johnny died in
1906, aged 70, and Tam in 1911. aged
72.
Inc dread OF snakes is Says Sciencs
Slttlngs). a mysterious human trait
and has perplexed psychologists not
little. The great majority OF snskes
are perfectly harmless, but the aver
age man is vastly more afraid OF them
than he would be of some dangerous
wild beast. The sentiment is, however.
not actually fear, as we commonly use
the term, but sort of instructive hor-
ror and loathing. and is more common
In men than in women. According to
the accepted theory, it is a survival
from the time when serpents were
among the most formidable enemies of
our man-monkey ancestors. The dan
ger has disappeared, but the dread still
lives, all the more terrible because II
has grown vague and formless. An
officer who served through the Sarti-
ago campaign said the soldiers were
much more afraid OF reptiles than Of
bullets. One day he ordered a strap.
ping big sergeant to take a few men
and make a reconnaissance OF a small
thicket, and was surprised to see the
trooper hang back Are you afraid
II the Spaniards?" he asked, contemp
tuously. oh! - the Spaniards!'
acclaimed the sergeant in desperation
What do keer for the Spaniards!
was thinkin' about a snake | saw
crawlin' into them bushes Yesterday.
The Latterday Saints College, TEN
pleton, Salt Lake City, will formal.
open on September II. Registration
in the business course last week indi
Gates heavy attendance. The Higl
School, Normal, College and Mission
airy courses will begin this week.
The Aroostook (Me.) Pioneer printi
the following story of Indian shrewd
ness: Some river-drivers were work
ing on the west branch OF the Aroos
took. The logs had jammed into
nasty snarl, and no one hankered TO-
the job OF going out with cant-dog t
start the keylog. In the crew was al
Indian noted for his GOODNESS and skill
direction. "Coot." he said, go ant
break that Jam, and I'll see that yo'
get q nice puff in the paper" The red
, skin looked at the logs and then at tn
boss. Dead Injun look nice on paper!
he grunted. and walked away.
Yearly Executions in China.
At Canton the average number Q
executions Is about 800 per year, pu
t in 1885 $4,000 rebels were beheade'
. The headsman formerly received aooU
- a head, but the supply and comp
tition have reduced the wage 10
, cents apiece. Most of the criminals WI
! are beheaded are water pirates or la
bandits.
From Different Points OF View
3 Inventor-What is your candid opi
l Ion o. my device? Friend-lt is pra
l tically worthless. Inventories, su
, Sected as much; but even wortnie