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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-03-07
FINE NEW MUSEUM

suggest the Spanish house derived
style, or, as the Spaniards call it, the
patio For after crossing the front
hall one enters long and high inclos-
ure, lighted from the top and sur
rounded on four sides by galleries.
Under the galleries and forming an
integral part of the wall are taste
fully carved picture frames containing
heads painted in monochrome by
Francis Lathrop, the subjects famous
Spaniards, the eoloring artfully adapt
ed to the general scheme of the hall
In the entrance hall two tall objects
right and left recall the Saracenic or
Arabic thread which runs through
! Spanish literature and art. They are
fourteenth century bronze works
from Egypt, being the two wings of
the door of a mosque built by Barkup.
Spanish paintings decorate the walls
above the galleries. Those on the
west include very beautiful Goya,
the full-length portrait Of the duchess
of Alva of his period, a very flirta-
tious lady who points with her little
foot to his signature and waves her
fan in triumph to find so famous a
man "A los piedes Hermosos' of her
naughty self
The collection of luster ware peculiar
to Spain during and just after the
Moorish occupation is the finest and
largest on this side of the Atlantic, sur.
passing that of the Cluny museum in
Paris. One sees the gradual rise and
decline of the art in the decoration OF
many jars and patterns of unusual
shape.
Since this museum was evolved from
library, forming working museum
for students of Spanish literature and
{ the arts, the books it contains would
/ need a separate article. There are
about $4,000 volumes here. But the
upper gallery offers in cases many
: manuscripts Illuminated and otherwise
r. decorated; a collection of over 40 IL
> Illuminated missals."
e First editions of the great Spanish
$ and Portuguese writers are assem-
S bled in other cases-Ceryantes, Lopt
e de Vega, Camoens, and others. Here
y also, are the original letters of Wei
o lington to Marshal Beresford. Lovers
S of autographs will admire these lines
Y Your ever loving husband, Waite
e Raleigh There is a special depart
ment for MS. of the time of the Span
It ish armada.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-03-07
TRAVELLER is SAVED FROM ROB-
Der BY HIS cIeARET.
Presence Of the Latter Revealed In
a Most Unexpected Way, and
cool-Headed Planning Brings
Timely Aid.

The Grand Hotel de la Paix, Geneva,
was the scene, during the winter time.
Of the incident | am about to relate.
The intense cold, combined with the
fatigue attendant on a trans-continen-
tai Journey induced me to seek the
comfort of bed at the early hour of
ten p, m. on the day | arrived Deem
Der 2, year or so ago.
II was whilst snugly ensconced
therein. reading and smoking a
cigaret. according to my usual custom,
that | suddenly became conscious of
a distinct odor of something burning
and. looking over the side of the bed
! perceived that | had very carelessly
knocked some of the burning tobac
co from my weed. which was now
smuggling a fur rug alongside. Bending
| was about TO extinguish this with
my fingers, when something occurred
| which caused me to halt in the mid
die of action and left me absolutel.
breathless with establishment. From
beneath the edge of the fioorsweepini
valance a rough, brown hand cam
cautiously forth, which, as | watches
it fascinatedly. crushed the life out O
the spark and was then just as gentl
withdrawn.
The unexpectedness of this sigh
left me utterly incapable of though
for some moments, during which
lay on the pillows the victim of Il
Vulnerable fears. 1t seemed an etc
nifty before my mind became suf
GENTLY clear to enable me to form
late some plan of action. To cry alor
was impossible-such a course su
gested the possibility of unpleasa
occurrences in the meantime, and
was unarmed
So it was that, as soon as ! cou
control my voice, | said aloud
French as carelessly as possible:
"Confound it, l have left my poe
etbook in the smoke room,' and. lea
ing the bed | crossed the floor al
rang the bell From beneath the b
no sound came to show that the ru
. had been detected.
Almost Immediately there came
+, tap at the door, and with unrestra
: able eagerness 1 opened it, to be CT
: fronted by-a maid only.
The shock was great, but my W
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-03-07
BUILT TO HOUSE THE SPANISH
LIBRARY AND ART TREASURES.
Costly and Magnificent Building Pro
vided by Archer N. Huntington at
New York for Use of
Hspanic Society.

A magnificent building finished a
year, but only just opened at New
York, will prove of special interest to
those interested in literature and art.
1t is the museum erected by Archer M.
Huntington and presented to the His
panic Society of America to provide
suitable accommodations for the rare
and priceless collections of Spanish
literature, art and archaeological
treasures which the society has gath
cred together during the years of its
organization
The society has already made itself
felt among scholars in Europe, for it
has become the sponsor for the Revue
Hispanique, edited in Paris by Fulche-
Delbose The fifteenth volume of this
quarterly appeared in December under
the auspices of the society 1t de-
votes itself to Castilian, Portuguese
and Catalan literature. history and
archaeology, enlisting the pens Of ex-
perts like Profs. Lang of Yale, Rem
merit of the University of Pennsylvania,
MdIuCu VI JOnuS llOPhlhos anu
Hahn of Bryn Mawr. Such researches
lead the way to a more general inter
est in the Spanish language and pre-
pare for the closer approach between
| North and South American peoples.
The building was finished a yea
ago, but only now is opened to the pub
lie, owing to the difficulty of arranging
the contents to suit the president 0
the society. 1t stands in the northern
| part of Manhattan, not far from tn
Hudson on the one side and Broadwa,
on the other, facing northward on On
Hundred and Fifty-siXth street. Al
proach is through lofty iron gates, u
broad granite stairs to terrac
which is reached by magnificent flight
right and left. The building stand
well back and leaves a broad spac
of tiles in front From the doorwa
one sees the Hudson and Palisades
the left and in front number of villa
in Audubon Park surrounded
trees, so that it is hard to realize on
is in noisy New York.
In general design the museum migf
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-03-07
Drivino a Good BARGAIN.

The BARRIERS small son was in the
habit of playing around his fathers
shop, and he was always keenly in
terested in the patrons. Many a
stray penny found its way into the
little chubby hand, and sticks of gum
were dropped in quite as though by
accident. Judge Williams drifted int0
the shop the other afternoon for a
hair cut, The lad recognized the fact
that the judge was a new patron, and
so was more than ordinarily inter
ested in him He hung at the foot
of the chair and looked musingly at
the judges bald head. Then he
walked slowly to the back of the
chair and surveyed the scanty fringe
of hair from that point of vantage
He could contain himself no longer
and burst out incredulously Father
do-you-get a quarter for cutting
at?-Lippincotts
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-03-07

always come off scot free. The one I'm
thinking of did"
Tell us about him. cooed the girl.
Once" began the man, "a nanny
goat wanted a ride, so she sat on a
broomstick astride, but it started so
quick that she fell off the stick right
on policeman--who died."
what did they do with him." won
dered the boy.
"They buried him-on the hiresys-
tenn confided the man.
81 know In bits. Serve him
right" asserted the girl
"Why?" asked the boy with sur
prise.
For gettin' in the way was her
ready answer
q don't suppose he did that on pur.
pose" debated the boy.
"That doesn't matter said she
"Ho spoilt everything
"Spoilt It! How? The man put
Just the right touch of wonder into the
question. 1t showed what he coult
do in the way of stimulating the child
ish mind | envied him the gift.
why" explained the girl, IF the
policeman hadn't got in the way, thinl
how the goat would have bounced"
True" unused the man. Il neve
thought of that"
| was not near enough to catch thu
fanciful things that passed between
the trio for some time after this; bu
in the marsupial section | managed t
get within hearing distance again
The boy was speaking.
when he sits up like that he look
like hanson cab
THAT reminds me- rejoined tn
man. "a very large male kangaro
had a pouch that was licensed 70
two and, once, for a fare, he'd
tortoise and hare This really ono
happened-it's true!'
The boy pondered the circumstanc
for awhile.
II thought it was only the mother
who had pouches" he hazarded.
THE one I'm speaking OF had a
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-03-07
Wild Duck in Collision with Auto,

Thursday night party of automobile
lists in a big touring car met with a
peculiar accident while on the way
from Feignsville to Trexlertown, says
the Philadelphia Record. 1t was slow
going on account of the heavy road,
and when they saw a big duck come
flying straight up the road toward
them they thought it would have sense
enough to turn and dodge But the
dazzling headlights, which attracted
it in the first place, blinded it and it
dashed head on into the glass shield
in front of the machine, smashing il
to bits and painfully cutting the
chauffeur The duck was instantly
| killed
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-03-07

ours, with its keen struggle and sharp
competition, we are pretty apt to be
told our faults by those who are not
friends, and to be brought face to face
with our mistakes and failures so often
that we sometimes lose hope and cour-
age. Whoever has a word of honest
praise for another should feel that he
holds something which is that other
due, and hasten to pay it. The word
of blame may be goal, but the word
of hearty commentator will be some
thing to live up to- through many a
trying hour.-The Parish Visitor.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-03-07
GENEVA ADVENTURE

had now returned. and directed her
to bring me the nonresident porte
feuille from the smoke-room. Natur-
ally, she returned to report her fail
ure, and this gave me the opportunity
Of announcing aloud that inasmuch
as it was fun Of money. must find it
myself. Picking 10 my vest, in which
there was about ESQ in English
notes. left the room.
A few minutes later the fittings OF
my bedroom were being reduced to
wreckage, as three walters endeav-
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-03-07

ayers, makes out the requests when
children are to be put upon the stage
and this request is sent to the mayor
He then gives the order that enables
the child to take part in the perform
ances. 1t goes without saying that
the society does not make out the
order unless convinced that the child
will not come to harm, morally or
physically 1t is worthy of note that
the New York society in 1887 insisted
that the child Josef Hoffman be with
drawn from the stage because of his
health. This was done, and that is
no doubt, why he is now the master
that he is
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-03-07

Yes. remember" said the man.
refectively.
He stood between the childten-a
boy and a girl-leaning on fence in
the park. In age he looked about 40,
Of distinguished appearance--soldier-
like; and he gave me the impression
of being one of those who is in COM
plete sympathy with the young.
Even before | heard his soft, earn
est voice ! was convinced Of this; for
the boy constantly regarded him af-
fectionately out of great, grave eyes,
and the girl had an unconscious habit
of slipping her tiny hand into his.
Yes. | remember" he repeated.
The hex is one of those things that
wears a clothes-basket and sings; and
the noise that it makes is the cause
of earthquakes-an effect that it con
staltly brings"
He made the whimsical statement
with a sincerity of tone that would
have been convincing to the least
imaginative of juvenile minds Here
he was evidently appealing to ideally
sympathetic ones. The boy gave {
nod of comprehension.
Like at San Francisco. Th'
Ibexes must have sung very loud
though"
"Bassoon playing had something Z
do with ii" said the man, admirabl,
concealing every vestige of cynicism
There was a mare"
He paused l felt sure he was
born story-teller and was with diff
Guilty controlling a propensity t
wander into fantastic by-paths.
What became of the clothes
basket?' inquired the girl.
Il think they were taken to tn
Japanese laundry, and used as schoo
rooms for the children" he answered
"Or swallowed up when the cart
opened" suggested the boy.
Yes. It's very sad to see the poe
creatures without anything on" a,
mitted the man.
Never mind, they'll soon be mea
ured for new ones" sympathized til
girl as she took his hand.
They moved on, stopping at an e.
closure a little way off
you like the goats" she urge
They're so silky and tame"
Yes" he agreed. But they g
fractions sometimes"
"Fractious means broken, doesr
it?" asked the boy.
Not when you talk about goats
, replied the man with decision. 9TH
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-03-07
would Rather Remain Vacant.

A little girl, aged four, whose father
had houses for rent, heard some ladies'
who were calling on her mamma talk
ing about an acquaintance who had
made an unfortunate marriage. During
a momentary pause in their converse,
ton, the little lady said: IF l had
been that lady who married that BAD
man, should wish had remained va
cant. illustrate Magazine.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-03-07
Cured Forever.

Have you heard about Gurgleson?
He has been entirely cured OF the
drink habit. You know ne used to
be a slave to liquor
Yes. How was he cured!'
HE went home one evening Just
after the stork had been there, and
looking into the crib he thought he
saw three babies He says he wouldn't
experience the horror of that moment
again for all the bottled goods that
ever were put up,"-Chicago Record
Herald
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-03-07

ored to hold down great, burly GUS
toner who fought like fury
Later, it transpired that the man
was one Joseph Fabrenne, who,
few days before, after iniuring two
members of the gendarmerie, had
broken prison where he lay awaiting
trial for attempted burglary. From
the struggle he had with the agents
de police he was clearly desperate.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-03-07
Time She BEGAN,

1t was Saturday on a New York sur.
face car. A woman sat with her lit
tie daughter, who, to all appearances,
was seven or eight years old The
conductor came for the fares and the
woman gave him five-cent piece,
rs the little girl with you, madam"
asked the conductor.
yes assented the woman.
Her fare, please" said the man.
"But-I never have paid for her,
began the woman.
And does that prove that you're
never going to-" asked the conductor
taking the fare reluctantly rendered.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-03-07
Made En- Unpopular.

she-Which musical instrument is
most popular in your estimation, the
piano?
He-Gracious, no!
Perhaps it is the violin|
Not on your life!"
THE cornet, perhaps"
Never! You see, there are a lot OF
pianos violins and comets on our
block. | guess the harp is the most
popular with me. There isn't a harp
ON the whole k!"-Yonkers States
man
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-03-07
AS She Used to Every Morning.

The bereaved Mrs. O'Leary, with a
neighbor, stood sobbing over the cot
fin of her deceased husband.
"Oh, Mrs Murphy she cried, "Oi
can't behave Pat s lynn there dead.
He's only ashlape."
"Shure, he do look loike he wor
only ashlape,' returned her sympa'
thizing friend Call to him, Mrs.
OIeary-call to Pat iist as We used
to to wake him iv'ry marnin'!"
Mrs. O'Leary dashed away her tears
and called vehemently;
cit up, We lazy basic, an go out
an hunt fer a job! Judge.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-03-07
Thew viii Do Il.

She was an authority on the class
les; president Of three women's clubs;
lecturer of high education; an en-
thusiast Of department; in short, she
was about the highest example of her
sex. Yet, even she fractured her skull
by stepping off a trolley car back
Wards.-Illustrated Magazine.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-03-07
Sealskin.

Fifteen years ago a full length seal
skin coat could be had for $500 or 5000
The same coat to-day would cost from
5000 to 81, 400 A three-quarter length
coat would cost from 500 to $1,000,
according to the quality of the fur
used
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-03-07
Raised Them.

How much are these chickens?"
asked the lady in the market Il sell
them at % cents a pound said the
German marketman. DO you raise
them yourself2' "Oh, yahl They was
% cents yesterday, all ready. "-Yonk.
ers Statesman.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-03-07
The Usual Bluff.

PA, there's reporter at the front
door who wants to put your picture
in the paper"
Tell him l would not stand for any
such nonsense, but be sure to give him
that picture on the parlor mantle. It's
the best one / ever had, Detroit
Free Press.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-03-07
No Secret About II.

obese Party-Td give anything to
be as thin as you are.
Thin Friend-You can get that way
for five dollars week.
Obese Party--How, pray,
Thin Friend--Move your trunk over
to my boarding house.--Chicago Daily
News.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-03-07
In the Present.

"And before | accepted him. Miss
Passay was saying, 81 asked him if he
would love me when | was old
"The ideal" exclaimed Miss Bright
why, if he proposed to you he had al
ready proven that, hadn't he?"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-03-07
Reautifyinq Valparaiso.

The government of Chile has paid
to date $2,S1S,4SO United States gold
for property appropriated for public
use in the reconstruction of the city of
Valparaiso. This is done to widen
some of the streets, straighten others,
and to modernize that portion of the
city that was so nearly total wreck.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-03-07
slm,,Isr Conditions Needed.

We are being too heavily penalized
for our American manner of life. 10
insure greater longevity we must re-
turn 10 simpler conditions, to simpler
tastes--to a life which is simpler in
every PARTICULAR Detroit Free Press.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-03-07
A True Friend.

A true friend will tell one his faults,
is a saying we often hear, but a true
friend if he is wise in the knowledge
of human nature, will tell his virtues.
The fact is that in this busy world of
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-03-07

The famous ruins OF Tintern Abbey,
Monmouthshire, England, are being re-
stored as far as the four great arches
are concerned, and more excavations
are being made around it in the hope
0t finding new buildings
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-03-07
Good Humor.

Good humor leavens life and makes
il rise light and buoyant ebove the
trials and cares encountered in e=ily
life, 1t lifts above the humdrum of
existence.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-03-07
Pernicious Industry,

4 dentist had been arrested for run
ming down a man with motor car
Strange that some people cannot con
fine their brutal propensities to of.
fee hours.-New York American.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-03-07
unreasonable.

S,,ah little things had influence Ger him.
his watch-chain held for him won-
drous charm. a.,
Ana from his nantel In the morning am
a nickel clock would al him WITH alarm,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-03-07
Rritain's Drunks and Gamblers.

John Burns, member of parliament
and leader of the labor party in Eng
land, declared the cost of drinking
and gambling, directly or indirectly.
In Great Britain is $1,070, 100000 a
Vpal,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-03-07
Accidents Amono seamen.

Deaths FROM accidents among sea-
men number SO per 10000, FIVE times
higher than In dangerous occupa-
uons."
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-03-07

Protecting Stage Children.
The society for the Prevention Of
Cruelty to Children in New York for
the convenience of theatrical man
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-03-07

Amei
81 educated
Seminary,
Of went
to
f. p he is
in
leading Illinois, and the
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-03-07
A Prayer

AS forth fare Sin-eonquering.
When l have found II.
Let me not lack for stone and sling
Till / have downed II.
Nor let mine ears with plaudits ring
Till / have found It
Teach me to go straight through a thinl
And not around IL
Close to my lips LIES bugle bring
And let me sound it,
And lay my life down for my King
When Love has crowned il.
Clarence Urmy. in Lippincott's
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-03-07

The greater the office the better
should be the man.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-18
YSunE Farmer In This Condition
Changes Mind About want
ing TO Die.

William Tape, the young farmer near
Benson. who shot himself IN the mouth
In q suicidal attempt, has swallowed part
q his brain. bur retains consci usness
and wants 10 get well.
The whole left side u his fac is gone
and he swallowed particles uf the brain
and bones. injuring himself in such 8 man.
per thEf he cannot live more than 3 few
DAYS Yet he lies pleading for Iae doctors
to save him
He was taken TO the Methodist hospital
BY DrE. Hall and Raber Of Benson ale
the occurrence Tuesday evening, ans mas
been Conscious and able 70 talk INTEL
gently ever since. Wednesday he v1mltt
pieoes OF his own brain, which ne had swal
lowed along with particles OF bone ina
had been shot loose by the terrific fore
OF the shotgun charge exploded IN his
mouth. He seemed TO have completely
changed his attitude toward life, now thai
ii is inevitably reoeding from his grasp
and begs piteousty for life and the for
Efveness Of his wife. who often reprovec
him for reckless living.
Drs. RAber and Hall are Estounded by
the tenAcity with which their patient
cIinEs 10 the state Of the living. They say
they never before heard Of such a case
and DO not understand how Tape can live
with his brain perforated and mEnglee
with lead.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-18
DEEDS ARE PART or WILL
Decision of County Judge settles Con-
test In Affairs of Late VIII
liam Hopper.

The six deeds by which William Hopper
provided for the decent OF his farm
property in the western part OF the county
are q pzr1 Of his VIII, according 10 q
decision rendered by County Judge Leslie
in the viii contest case, Thursday morning
Mr.. Hopper made out the deeds before
his death and included them with his VIII,
with the instruction thai mis- executors
should deliver them TO his children after
his death. The case ives very unusual
and attorneys interested declared they
could find no other one like Il in the Law
reports.
n provision made by the deeds wRE
not satisfactory TO some Of the heirs. The
ohm Deere Plow company started the con
test 10 break the will II iE q creditor Of
Bryan Hopper. who was left out OF the
will all together. and II sought 10 have the
win set aside in order that he might in
hertz his share and enable the company to
attach his properly
Bryan Hopper, himself, also Joined in the
contest. Mrs. LomillR Mclean, 3 daughter
filed q contest because her father had
given her no property outright, but only
q lien for $500 on a farm he gave to Gil