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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-02-16
Az Interesting Pension Case.

1t is rare that descendants Of former
Presidents, who hailed from the
North, appeal to the Government for
bounty to help keep body and soul
together. The request of Enoch G..
Adams, OF South Berwick, Me-, for an
increase of his pension from $a4 to
$50 a month is therefore of unusual
interest. Captain Adams has had q
most unfortunate career, as his own
letter to tao House Committee on
Pensions demonstrates. He is q
graduate of Yale College, in the class
of President Dwight, and collateral
descendant of John Adams, who was
second President Of the United States.
The ancestor, from which he traces
his line, is Rev. Joseph Adams, who
was John Adamss uncle.
A favorable report from the House
Committee on bill, which has al
ready passed the Senate, shows that
Captain Adams was a most gallant
officer. He enlisted as a private, rose
to the rank of Captain, and was
brevetted Major for his meritorious
services. He was shot in battle, but
refused to quit the service until the
war was over, A gunshot wound in
the neck, OF serious character, af-
fected his nervous system and his
brain. Captain Adams fought in the
peach orchard at Gettysburg, being
one of the only two officers there who
escaped death or wounds. He is now
in his SEVENTEEN year, and some time
ago was robbed of all his property
Washington Post
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THE TEXAS FEVER PROBLEM.
The Fever Caused by Ticks and Il
Cured by Coal Oil.

The Denever Republican publishes accounts
NJ some experiments which seem to show that
bv dippinE cattle In coal OIL which is fatal
TO all insect life, the ticks which are believed
10 cause the disease are destroyed. 1t well
remarks that II these experiments succeed a
revolution will lbe wrought in the trafic in
cattlA from the South TO the North. The ques-
ton remaining to be settled is whether cattle
SO treated will convey the fever to Northern
animals II the former removed to North
ern ranges Immediately after being subjected
to the dipping process. A test of this phase
of the problem will be made during the com
ing summer.
The quarantine line has been a necessity.
for without It cattle this side would be
constantly exposed to infection from those
with fever coming from farther South. But
tho maintenance OF this line has by interior
ing with traffic, deprecated the value of cat
tie In the fever region 1t is evident that q
powerful stimulus will be given the trade II
some device is discovered and adopted by
which the quarantine line may be dispensed
With This, 1t Is claimed is what is done
by dipping the animals known to be covered
with the fever-csusing ticks.
It Is clear to every one who has paid any
attention to the ca tie business in recent years
that II Texas cattle could be removed directly
from below the quarantine line to the ranges
OF Wyoming and Montana without danger to
Northern cattle the business at Denver yards
would be greatly improved rhe aggregate
number of animals passing through the yards
might, in the course of years, be little great
er, but transactions throughout the year would
be more uniform and the business would ac-
quire steadter character.
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parties involved, among whom are several
highly esteemed members Of the nobility.
Il is reported in Parliamentary circles
that number Of Conservative leaders are
in the power Of young and pretty Jewish
woman, She has in her possession some Of
the compromising Hammerstein correspon-
dence. The absconding editor, Baron Won
Hammerstein, abandoned his mistress,
the dashing Jewess, Flora Gass, in
a hotel in the City Of Hanover. After
niless. 1t is learned that the scheming
Flora has not less than seventy letters,
which she eonfscated from a satchel left by
Won Hammerstein in her apartments.
These letters, it is claimed, are much more
discriminating than the compromising cor
respondence in the hands of the 'vor-
waerts. - AS Flora is peculiarly embar-
rassed, il is expected that they will go to
the highest bidder. Sensational denoue-
ments are awaited in the Reichstag from
the publication of these letters. As the
Socialist organs do not deny the report, ii
is afforded full credence.
Throughout the week the Socialists stood
in the center Of public attention. Herr
Bebe's impassioned determinations against
the existing order Of things were listened tC
with rapt attention even by the Chancellor,
Prince Hohenlohe, Gen. Bronsart vor
Schellendorg, and the Conservative
leaders. His bitter slaps at th'
Emperor elected vociferous applause
from the Socialists, and his historical
| quotations, showing that in Prussia revolu
tions have always been made from on higl
instead Of from below, were especially apt
A passage at arms occurred this afternoon
in the Reichstag between Herr Singer, tn
Socialist leader, and DR.. Won Boetticher
the Imperial Secretary of State for the In
terror. The latter, in reply to taunt, re
joined that he would never stand in tn
way of Socialists who chose to criticise i
in the Reichstag immortality in the highe
circles of society.
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SHOULD LOWER rue KEYNOTE.
Women With Strident Tones Should
ModuIate Their Voices.

Women With strident Tones Should
ModuIRte Their Voices.
Philadelphia Record: If women needed
half the good advice they read there
would by this time have been marked
Improvement in their voices, but, like the
Mercedes who forever dipped up water
in their sleeves, the average woman takes
in 1T one ear and lets out at the other
all those little admonitions which she
does not wish to hearken unto, and 1t is
not pleasant to be so often told that we
haven't charming voices, like our Eng
lish cousins.
The truth is not always pa,atable, but
when II is the truth about something
quite in our power to remedy we ought
surely to be willing to mend our ways.
woman Who is conscious that she
speaks in a high-pitched, unnatural key
in common conversation must also De
conscious that she could do otherwise II
she chose. By lowering the pitch tone
or two, ersistently checking the impulse
to break bounds into shrill staccato reg
lister, you may go on improving from day
to day till your friends begin to compli-
ment you on your mellow tones, ana men
especially will be quick TO appreciate the
charm of that low, sweet voice, an excel
lent thing in woman
Applicants must now pass an eNamina-
ton in music in order to become a
teacher in the public schools, but that is
to teach the children to sing, and has
nothing to do with training them in the
art of vocal intonation in common speech,
and we as a people are ourselves con-
scious of our lack of infections.
Along with grammatical correctness oil
speech, who not nstil the Importance OF
equally cultivating the medium through
wi ich verbal euphony is transmitted?
If this is neglected in the schools II
should surely rot be so in the home, ano
the child, after all, is certain to catch Its
mothers way of talking, be that striden'
I and crude or delightfully."- cultivated II
I tone and m 1dified in those bristling RS
that multiply themselves in the mouths
! of Westerners like burrs about the chest
nut
Soften your voice, and you soften YOU
accent.
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NATIONAL.
One of Keir Hardie's Last Lectures On
American Soil.
LYNN, MASS.

One of Keir Hardie's Last Lectures On
American Soil.
Although Mr.. Kerr Hardie is already
engaged in the labor movement on the
other side of the Atlantic it may not be out
of place to publish his lecture delivered in
Lynn, shortly before his return to England.
Mr.. Hardie said he was pleased to have an
opportunity to address meeting in Lynn,
as Lynn's fame was not unknown ON the
other side Of the water. The locked out
shoemakers Of Northampton had recently
occasion to know Of Lynn, as
the manufacturers had filed a por-
ton of their orders here
while they starved their locked out work
ingmen into reasonable and submissive
frame of mind. 1t became apparent then
that, though oceans rolled between, there
was community of interest between the
shoemak rs Of Lynn and those Of North
ampton, as he doubted not that in case Of a
strike or lockout here the English manu-
facturers would be glad to reciprocate and
fill orders from here, while the Lynn work
men were starved into proper and sub
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n.,th Of LincoIn's Rescuer.

Austin Gollaher died at Hodgen-
vile, Ky, recently, aged ninety-three
years. He was the boyhood COM
panion of Abraham Lincoln. They
were born on adjoining farms and at
tended school together. When Coll
aher was eleven years old and Lincoln
was eight the two boys were fishing
In q creek that was swollen at the
time by heavy rain. Lincoln fell
from log into the water. Being un-
able to swim, Lincoln would have
drowned had Gollsher not pulled him
out. At the time of the accident the
boys were trying to "coon" across the
creek on the log, and it was while
they were in midstream that Lincoln
fell overheard. Gollaher used syca'
more branch to fish the future Presi-
dent from the water.-New York Post.
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INTERNATIONAL.
LONDON. ENGLAND.

The shlpbuilders' Strike Is Still
On.
The following cablegrams explain them
selves:
BELFAST, Dec. lathe men who have
been out on strike here in the shipbuilding
trade have received the terms offered them
by the employers, and which were ac-
copied ON Wednesday last by a joint
conference of the employers and en-
ployes at Glasgow. The result of the bal
loting at Glasgow caused great excitement
here, as well as on the Clyde. The refusal
of the Clyde men to go to work is due to
the fact that the Belfast men were to re-
ceive only shilling a week increase, as
compared with two shillings week in
crease, which it was agreed should be given
to the men on the Clyde.
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"OUR INTERESTS"
That Means the Interests of Certain
Beer and Whisky Sellers.
The interests of the People In General
May Go to the Dogs.

If the poor wage workers only know how
special 'class interests they would no
longer play the role Of the fool on election
day and vote for the interests Of the class
that Expresses and exploits the wage
workers-the capitalist class. Our legisla-
lures are owned and controlled by class |
of gamblers, spectators, and business
men, Business is all they are after. |
Profit Comrade Topman, New Orleans,
writes: Enclosed find circular that is
distributed around among the manufactur
ers and wholesale dealers, that just shows
you how most of the voting is carried on.
They want everybody to vote for their in
terests Please publish it I"
The following is the circular:
To the Voters of the City of New Orleans
and State of louisiana
GENTLEMEN-As members of this assOcia-
ton, mutually interested in business enter
prises that involve millions of dollars of
capital in the city of New Orleans and the
State of louisiana; as good citizens who
contribute largely to the support of city
and State governments through heavy tax
alton on our property and business; as bust
ness men who are honestly conducting mer
camille, brewery, hotel, restaurant, gro
Gerry, tobacco and saloon business, neces-
sary to the public comfort Of all people; as
! law abiding citizens, who would not be
otherwise in act, or thought, or deed; we
/ a 30 OF 10 fha
ance of electing men to the next Legisla-
ture who will protect US in our business and
interests as we have a right to be pro-
tected.
We, therefore, urge upon you to register
yourselves as voters without delay, and see
to it that all your friends, employees, pa
trons-and those whom you benefit with
your patronage-become registered voters
and active advocates Of our cause. 1t is of
vital importance to us-who desire at all
times to abide by and support and uphold
the laws of our State-that our lawmakers
should be fair minded, liberal and just
men. The best men of the community will
suit us best, and to their keeping we wish
to commit our cause and the welfare of our
business interests unuer laws UnaI bnOulu
never be discriminating, oppressive, nor
unjust. Register and vote and urge ali our
friends to do the same, unitedly and for the
public good The Registration office To-
Gated in Criminal Court Building, corner
Basin and Common streets, is now open
daily from 10 a. m. to 3 p. m. and Satur-
day 10 a. m. to IL m.
JOSEPH VoEGTLE, President.
THos. L. Ross, Secretary.
When will the working people of Ameri
ca represent their interests at the ballo
. box, as well as these beer and whisky shop
keepers represent theirs? Well, the condi
tions will soon force you to act intelligent,
or be buried alive under the ruins of tn
old rotten building Of the capitalist society
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Jfacture- II v as StrenuOusly asserted
ly the manufacture that drop in the
price of sugar. should such occur. would
make it impossible for them to pay 81
ton for beets. On the other hand, It
was asserted with equal persistence by
the beet growers that unless they were
paid 81 a ton they could not afford to
grow the beets. -Four dollars a ton basis
for beots and cents a pound basis for
sugar seem. therefore. to be the basis on
which the beet sugar industry may be
conducted.
If the contention OF either of the par
ties to this controversy was true. there
is very narrow margin of profit in the
beet sugar business. In so far as the
manufacturer Of sugar is concerned we
are not able to give an opinion. In the
matter of growing beets. when we take
into conside ration that it requires near
~ forty bushels Of beets TO make a ton,
after they are washed and subjected to
the shrinkage OF shipping and trimming.
We are quite sure that the farmer has
no great profit in growing them at 81
a ton.
1t has been figured out. of course, that
there IL a mint ot money in raising beets.
The fact remains. however, that secur-
ing a supply of beets to operate the fac
tories has involved a good deal of solic-
iting and hard work with the exception
of perhaps one year. and comparatively
few farmers grow beets for the sugar
factories after the first seasons expe-
rience. One reads between the lines
here that the business is net without its
shady side: and IT is a much better plan
for farmers to be advised in this matter
by beet growers than by men who sit on
the fence and only talk about beet grow
ing.
That the difficulty has been smoothed
out, and that the industry will secure
further trial in this state is matter Tor
satisfaction in the hope that further ex-
perience may prove the advantage OF the
| extension of the industry
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rn.,. s,m wear. a Ten-Foot shoe

Uncle Sam Wears TeD-FoOt Shoe.
Rams Horn: We believe the rum pow
err has laid the trap for Its own destruc-
ton. So long as the LIQUOR traffic was
orly a local question, it was not hard to
befuddle the voters brain over considera-
tions Of expediency and duty. But now.
Washington Is, indeed, the seat OF war,
and the moral citizenship of the country
VIII accept the challenge. The consc-
quence will be that when national con-
v.ction respecting the rum traffic and its
kindred iniquities has become fixed, the
insolent saloon power will find that 1t
crrnot fisunt it's privileges with such
daring iInpudence. 1t will find that Un-
Gle Sam is bigger man than the coun-
~ sheriff. or city mayor or town trustee
all Of whom have heretofore been its pill
ant agents. Uncle Sam has big heart
but no also wears number ten shoe and
when 1t comes down on a public enemy
there is usually a call for coroner's In
quest. II such is the outcome of the col
lisIcn between our government and the
LIQUOR business, there will be but few
mourners at the funeral.
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nrls,.h soldiers a. r.inruist..

British officers serving In Indian
regiments are now required to learn
me Dialect Of their men in addition to
Hindustani, Pushtee, Puniabi, Hindi,
Khaskura, Tamil and Mahrati are
among tine languages they must ac-
Quire,
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Beet SCAR in Nebraska.

NEBRASKA Farmer: Announcement has
.sseehtly been made on good authority
Ia, the owners of the beet sugar fac
, ,olies now in Nebraska have accepted the
p,,opositlons made by the farmers In the
,e,nlty of Grand Island and Norfolk.
on nave modified their beet growing
tsl''ract so as to make 1t acceptable to
oeet growers. This agreement is
aaasI rather late in the season. but
esariy enough to give the assurance that
~, ~ growing win again be carried on in
i, Is state as formerly.
o,.n e point of disagreement between the
sss ,1ers OF the factories and the farmers
tba - 10 have hinged on the question of
To auillty of the sugar manufacturers
the psy tour dollars per ton for beets of
INJURED quality for profitable man
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Growing onion. by the New Method.


Good onion ground Should be highly
fertilized, and the ground deeply plowed
the fall before. The onion seed should
be sowel in hot beds prepared the same
as a bed for cabbage or tomato plants
permit the onions to grow tlsE size OF
lead pencil, or even larger II you please.
Then replow your ground about the f1rst
of May, plow the weeds under, making
an onion bed in fact, furrcw your ground
lightly eighteen inches apart for the
rows a small child may drop the plants
so that they msy be set four inches apart
in rows the coverer follows closely and
presses about one inch of pulverized soil
firm ly about the roots, the main portion
of the labor has been performed when
properly set, your onions are ahead OF
the weeds, and with but little work can
be kept there. There is no thinning out.
There is a saving of about one-half of the
seed, and what Is still letter your onions
thus treated VIII reach the market nearly
che month earlier than the old method,
thus insuring a larger remuneration for
your labor besides much labor is saved
In cultivation.
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ManuriuE the Potato Crop.


Farmers Review: Natural barnyard
manure has always held the lead as Ter
tilizer for the potato as for nearly al
other crous It's liberal application VIII
be returned by the tubers in golden mar
vest. Whether the land be wet or dry,
and whether the season be wet or dry'
manure is none the less needed. In ory
seasons the ground that has been liberal
ly treated to barn yard manure is partlc-
ularly noticeable. We have been even
surprised to see how the crops on sucn
land stand up in the face OF the most
whitening heat and protracted drouths.
Last wear we had a little dry weather.
ON one field most of the vines weakened
and withered before the harvest. But
there was one place where a wagon load
of manure had been dumped and goou
deal of It still remained on the ground.
There was not, however. enough OF II
| to kill out vegetation The vines on that
| spot kept green and vigorous an throusn
| the season The reason, doubtless, was
| that the manure enabled the plants to
make strong growth and send down roots
| far into the moisture of the subsoil. so
when drouth came the plants were able
to keep themselves supplied with moisture
| that their smaller companions could not
| reach.
Moisture Is not added by the manure,
! but the plant Is enabled to reach moisture
by the manure. MANFRED land Is more
/ friable, and is, therefore, more easily
worked 1t is more easily penetrated by
the roots OF the plants in search OF food.
/ There is yet another reason why potato
| land should be well MANFRED. That is
that the potatoes may be smooth In form
and devoid of protuberances or buttons
These protuberances are supposed to be
caused by check in growth. such as
lack of food supply would cause. With
good supply of manure In the soil the
| plants develop large feeding powers and
| are thus able to give a constant supply
of food to the developing tubers.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-02-16

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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-02-16

A new parliamentary scandal of the first
water is imminent. The Socialists have
prepared coup d etat, which will explode
like bombshell in the Reichstag. That
they fear neither the Kaiser nor the Gov
eminent is evident from the violent attack
of Herr Bebel at yesterdays session,
and from the twelve mass meetings
which were held in Berlin last
night. AT secret committee meet
ing of prominent members of the party j.
was determined to take bold stand
The Vorwaerts asserts that although al
the. recent police search Of the editorial
rooms of the paper were insignificant Ham
merstein letters had been confiscated, there
still remain number of the most compro
missing epistles in the hands of the manage
| ment. These letters were addressed Il
/ Baron Won Hammerstein, who has alb
seconded and is in place Of safety beyond
the reach of the Government detectives
The letters, it is said contain not onl.
highly interesting court secrets, but ais
gross attacks upon the Kaiser and the i'm
perial family. Fabulous sums nave beef
offered for the letters, it is declared, by tn
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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-02-16

When will the working people of Ameri.
ca represent their interests at the ballot
box, as well as these beer and whisky shop
keepers represent theirs? Well, the condi-
tions will soon force you to act intelligently
or be buried alive under the ruins of the
old rotten building Of the capitalist society.