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to place themselves in q position where
they might be called upon TO shed human
blood. They refused therefore to do their
military service. but did not desert. This
brought upon thsm asentsnoe OF impri'on-
The Emperor, whose sympathies one
would not expect to be aroused by such
a case gave special orders that they
should be well treated In Jail and on the
expiration OF their sentence gave them
enough money to take them TO America,
where they became missionaries
William IL. has many acts OF kindness
to the poor 70 his credit. One day at
q Of the sentries seemed very melan-
ohoiy. With much hesitation the man
told his story, how he had been on the
point OF getting married when he lost
an his money and now hardly hoped
ever to realize his dreams. The EN-
peror. after inquiry had proved that the
man was speaking the Truth, gave him
senerSSS present Srnm tSs h si@ sap eossor al
and found . place for his wife In the ser-
vice Of the Empress. =,
A poor sewing woman at Cologne. ind
ing Il impossible any longer 10 e4rn- her
living with p worn out old sewing ma
chine, appealed to the Emperor for as
sistanoe. A week later a new machine
WIyl Ill tue IhtSSb tuptoN ooSACS
her from her sovereign.
When the Kaiser told Prince von B0low
he was to DO Chancellor II was evident
from Bulow's face that something about
the appointment did not altogether please
him. The Emperor pressed him TO tell
what II vas, and Won Rdlow reluctantly
explained that greatly, as his wife would
rejoice in finding her husband appointed
Chancellor, she detected the palace Of
the chancellerie, a. she was o great house.
wife and he was sure that the thought
Of the two or three months that would
DO needed to clean the immense palace
to the pitch she would want TO would
Don't let that bother you. my dear
Won Bdlow. Present my compliments
TO the Princess and tell her that 1t will
be 9 great pleasure to me { % contribute
TO making that Job less difficult for her
Il Wa not 4 regiment Of soldiers
detailed for house cleaning. purposes
that came to the Princess, only a small
parcel, whichson being opened was found
TO contain . hundred pieces OF soap.
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CHRJST..

Of i~nstruoting the people Of Coventry
In Biblical history.
Unlike the Chester mystery plays,
which we're taken from place to place
on carts. the Coventry Passion plays
we're intended to be performed In one
place, usually a courtyard, the houses
about which were made to represent
heaven. hell. the temple. a council house
and 90 on. The ship Of Noah. from stage
directions In one Of the manuscripts. was
evidently intended 10 be wheeled on and
OF the scene
The fact that Christ IL the leading
character In the story Of the play chosen
by the English Drama Society Ia the
main reason for its being banned. II
10 possible In England to represent the
Deity In q play II you do not mention
Him % such, but when He appears with
out any oonoeslment the performance
cannot take place.
In sEvsryman' an i~mpersonation Of
the Deity appeared and had some thirty
lines to speak. In The Passing of.the
Third Floor Back" the leading char
actor was undoubtedly intended to rep
resent Chrst, yet these plays can and will
be presented without difficulty. Truly
the troubles Of the Ems are many.
yet he does not always seem to act with
oommendable discretion.
In the forbidden Passion Play four
soenss were represented, the Last Supper,
the Garden OF Gethsemane. Christ befor
PLATE and the Cruci1xion. The piect
ID written In quaint, simple English and
b very direct. yet the elemental feeling
and passions are presented by the char
aotens-Judds a. avarioe, Christ as truth
and pity and the Modonnd as the sorrow
and Citations Of motherhood.
The first scen shows the Bishops an
priests in council plotting the fall o
CRrisf. The people without are shouting
.Hosannai'
CAIARHAs.
. Attend nov, sirs, to what / shall say.
. Unto W all Ii It most expedient
Q That q man Of the people should die;
Therefore lot US work wisely that We d
not repent:
We must needs put on him some false deed
b say for me 1 would liefer he were bren
lburntl
Than that he should ne thus overload.
d judas il introduced then as an agsn
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TALES OF KING AND KAISER
REV ARDS OF EDWARD VII,
FOR ACTS or KINDNESS.

An Ink stand, . walking Stick and .
Wager Won-How' william II. as .
Child Was Made to Submit TO the
Bath-Aid for . rrincely q wife.
PARIS, April 14.-'Sovereigns in Slip
pers. is the title OF a new book In which
Henri Nicolle has collected anecdotes
about the rulers OF every country in
Europe, q kindly collection for the mos
part, containing nothing to annoy those
with whom the stories deal.
In is4o Burnard tho sculptor was
commissioned to model a bust Of the little
Prince Of Wales. now King Edward VII.
The boy. then S years old, soon grew tired
OF having to pose without moving and the
artist gave him some modelling clay to
play with. For a short time all went
we'll. The boy initiated the artist and kept
quiet until he had had enough OF art and
found out a more amusing use for theNclsy
in bombarding the artist with bullets
made OF 1t.
Az his eoverness could not reduce him
10 order she called in his mother, Queen
Victoria, who babe him Al once apologize
to the artist. The young Prince did so
Win the Dcst O1 ktdCc' cpictShih6 ous &c
little hand. he said:
Don't be angry with me. Burnard. I
sha'n't do it any more, for mother has told
me that il l do 1t will change me into a
donkey
One day as the Prince OF Wales was
getting out OF q cab he saw q blind man
with a dog, evidently in despair, not dar.
ins to cross the street crowded with traffic.
The Prince quietly took the man by the
arm, the dog by tho leash and conducted
both across tho street.
His action was evidently seen By 'some
one who recognized the Prince Of Wales,
for a short time afterward there arrived
at Marlborough House. without the name
OF Mo sender, a massive silver ink pot with
a note saying hat II was q souvenir from
one who had seen the Prince Of Wales
come to the rescue Of a blind man Devil.
derad by the traffic Of q public street. He
received another present In somewhat
tsimiIaf circumstances not long ago, after
he had become King.
| AT some public function, as the police
were moving back the crowd to lot tho
Kink pass through, an infirm man in the
lcrowd had his stick knocked from his
hand. The King bent down. picked UP the
stick and restored It to the lame man.
A few days later the King received from
an unknown donor awalking stick with
the date OF this little occurrence and q few
words OF respectful admiration engraved
upon 1t.
In May, 1908, Edward VII. visited Paris
and went to the Longchamps races. From
the Official stand where he sat beside Pres
ident Loubet he was taking, as he always
docs. the keenest interest In the racing.
Suddenly a frown came over his face. bis
held glasses we're turned from the horses
and II was evident that something had
gone wrong. The rf,oer acting a. per-
sonal aids-de-camp asked what was the
matter.
Look here the King said quietly Il
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-02
BEARS GENERALLY JOLLY.
But Sometimes One Gomez Aleng With
q Settled Crouch.

Oottsou SuVooAs
Rarely arc bears born III tempered.
They may show some resentment ut the
time Of their capture when but two months
old but this feeling soon disappears,
leaving O jolly rogue eve willing to box
and wrestle. ] once knew . cub that was
a regular terror says q writer In Col
Her's, and he never reformed. He would
attack anything regardless Of its sine or
AZ the age OF three months he would
charge at me. snorttng. smiling and strik-
ing With his tiny pave, and whom ! did
not protect myself he solved my trousers
leg betwcen his teeth and shook It vio-
Il first I thought that he had been
/ abused by his former owner and that by
kind treatment he would soon outgrow
his temper. but no.. he Just had 1t In him
and no became more and moro dangerous
a. time sped by.
put In with tho mature bears without
danger Of his squeezing between the bars
and eeoapins, and TO the surprise Of every
one be Immediately took charge Of the
den. Old bears twenty times his size,
poeAibly from some sense OF honor, II
aninaaii have honor. submitted to cuffs
nd Aepe "a ths face and actually allowed
him 70 snatch focd from their mouths
! without reosnttng the Insult
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The following table shows the scoring
value of all the bids possible at the game:

There is in use in the middle West
another table which was designed to
avoid the occurrence OF duplicate values.
This is called the Avondale schedule,
We start with the same initial value for
bids If SIX tricks as those in the schedule
Jvs, given, but advance 100 points at a
time for each additional trick. regardless
n the suit, we shall get a table In which
there are no two bids OF the same counting
value In the score. Each bid will be
,wenty points higher than the one before
i eve in spades, for instance. being
tventy points higher than six at no
lrNrnrs lhis is the full schedule:
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startingly. The peculiar method Of
lighting gave to the scene the appearance
Of q great altar piece In some dimly IL
Illuminated cathedral.
The drama chosen was ono OF the forty
two Coventry plays. all OF which deal with
the Passion. Some Of them are dated
i4ss and they are supposed to be the work
Of the Grey Friars. who took his method
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But this most shameful death among these
thieves fear?

thieves Tear!
CHRIST.
Forgive them Father that done me woe.
For they wit pot whatthey do.
The dresses had been copied from
medieval pictures, They we're not East
ern such as the Scriptural characters
really wore. but like those the monks
used when they presented tho play. for
they. like the artists Of the time, put their
sacred figures into the dress Of their own
period TO produce a more vivid effect
on the minds Of the people.
The disappointment over the inter
diction Of the performance is very great
among those students Of history and
literature who were looking forward tc
this as a careful attempt to show as !aI
as possible how religion vas made a part
Of daily life and the great story a drama
all could see and realize
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private performance Of the scenes from
the Passion Play in q small hall. but this
too was forbidden.
The presentation was carefully ar
ranged. No painted scenery was to be
used. The m were shown in front
Of . plain background Of black'velvet,
against which the white figures Of the
actors and actresses stood out almost
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-02
"reminiscences Tor Horses.

From ne WsstcAsstsr County Aoonsias.
In Pelham Bay Park. Bronx borough.
$50 feet from tho Now York post road.
win be found In q secluded spot under an
o.k tree two white marble slabs erected
10 the memory Of animals that were APP
preniAted by their owner. They bear
these inscriptions:
40. 7 UTnlAA e. J
|. uopA CKlkkkuhA sr So !
|: OEUI yUtLir XVI. -- F:
|. kpOO0Lxu ga !
|. kHTArID II. ~ !
{ eiern vIATon ' !
4. , NASoA vIkroB 80 !:
4. FACET HIO !:
|: .HunNIfo MARE, ::
Net fax away viii b found the graves
AZ John Pei, The Arst owner Of the Mano.
a Pelham, enA ha VIE, also many d"
thsir deecSndantA
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1909-12-18
STATE BOARD OF
ASSESSORS TO MEET

The state board of assessors will
meet at Carson City on the second
Monday in January for the purpose
II fixing valuations on railroad and
other propertythroughout the state.
In letter addressed to the Record
James d. Finch, clerk of the state
board of assessors, says:
THAT there is gross discrimination
shown in the present method of fix
| lag valuations does not admit ofdoubt
The valuations fixed on the proper
ty Of the railroads is rediculously low
'ompared with the valuations fixed
on the property of the small tax pay
| err
| On the same subject, Gov. Dicker-
sen has addressed the following to a
Reno paper:
am convinced that the state board
I assessors will make very mater
ial increase in the valuation of trans
Continental roads, at the meeting in
! nuary. The valuation that has here
rofore been placed on the Central Fla
( fic line of road is rediculously low
md is absolutely without justifica-
| on. The valuations placed on rail-
load property should be proportionate
to the valuationsplaced on other class
cs of property and believe that
he citizens of Nevada are going to
insist that this be done The av-
al'age citizen pays taxes on at least
81 per cent on the actual cash va
Of his property, and If there is to be
Observation-Disclosures in the fixing of v
| =tion 1t should be on the side of the
l.srnall taxpayer. for upon him the bur
den rests heaviest.
"As all illustration OF the inequality
Of the present valuations, the Central
Pacific Railway company is assessed
Jasper cent of the actual cash value
I 4 its property. According to the
sworn statement of Mr.. c. r. Seear
: auditor Of the Southern Pacific com.
parry. on file In the United States cir
clil court for the district 70 Nevada,
4 tic actual ct st 6 lie Central Pacific
railroad in Nevada is $146,93673 per
, milo FOL eich mi lie Of road. During tn
fiscal year ending June 30. 1907, this
! roads net operating revenue amount
ed to jS5. 399.59 Tor each mile of roa1
! In this state-a fairly good income
) when 1t is considered that it is value,
t for purposes Of taxation, at $3.50
. per mile. or Just $31004l per mil
Q abov. what each mile of read cleare'
|. In one year.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1909-12-18
DOWN MUDDY VALLEY.
Probability Of Salt Lake Route Open
ing Up This Region.


The proposed branch of the s. r.,
Ii. A. & S. L. road from Moapa down
ii G valley seems now to be practi-
ally assured. The people are awake
70 the importance of the enterprise
ard are prepared to offer the road
substantial bonus for building the
line with the assurance from the rail
road people that the line will be
built when then the required amount
IS pledged.
The Moapa valley will enjoy re
.aarkable development as soon as q
railroad is built to obviate the dis
advantage of the present long haul
Of their products by team to Moapa
The output of the valley will be won
derfully increased and the new line
will be profitable not only to the
people, but to the rail road company
as well. The Age heartily congratu
.ates the people Of the Moapa valley
lpon the zeal with which they are
Undertaking this most important i'm
,rovement and we wish them sue
ess in securing the early building
OF the road.-Las Vegas Age.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1909-12-18
Official Paper uf Lincoln County
rReuDsnr4AL FOR GOVERNOR,

Our esteemed contemporary, the
Caliente prospector. did some real
boosting for Phoebe last week when
il launched the name of Ed F. Freu-
denthal. president of the the Phoebe
Commercial club and one of the most
prominent mining men in the state
for the democratic nomination for the
governorship.
The Record believes that If Mr.,
Prudential consents to. make the
race. he will win against sall other
democratic opponents at the state
primaries which are to be held In
The early part of next September
There are at least two other aspir
ants for the gubinatorial honcrs
the democratic party, namely, the
present acting and lieutenant gov
ernor, Denver S. Dickerson. and Con
gresham Bartlett. The contest be
tween the Dickerson and Bartlett fac
tiors will be bitter one and both
are aging their wires now with the
hope of gaining triumph.
M Prudential has never taker
am part in politics heretofore; but
IL his friends push his name to tbs
front, he is bound to cut lively
figure in democratic politics in Ne
vada next year. Mr.. Prudential II
public spirited and popular; Is widel,
known about the state and Is of thu
make zip that would bring him larg
following of voters. If elected, e.
would make good governor. TIL
fact that southern Nevada has receiy
ed scant recognition in state or ma
tional pc tiles In late years, shout
work to the advantage Of Mr Frcg
denthal
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1909-12-18
Htah samplins Plant.

The ray Tor & Brunton Ore Samp-
ling company. having sold Its samp-
ling plants and the good will Of its
hasiness through Ernest r. Woolley,
to the Utah Ore Sampling company,
desires TO thank its friends and Gus
toners for their good will and favors
In the last and to bespeak their con-
tinued patronage for the new com
pany.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1909-12-18

The Phoebe Commercial club is
stirring things up in proper shape.
The latest undertaking is for the
improvement of streets and side
walks of our northern neighbor.
They evidently believe that the way
to improve is to improve. Las Vegas
Age.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1909-12-18

l.incoln County high school students
Mt Panaca has taken up the study
Of dry farming, They have already
cleared and prepared two acres on
the upper bench and propose to
prepare like plot on the lower
bench. These tracts will be broken
up and prepared scientifically for
the conservation Of moisture and
planted to variety Of crops. These
experiments should prove of great
value to the farming interests Of
the whole state, and Panaca high
school is to be congratulated upor
It's enterprise. Las Vegas Age.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1909-12-18

Notice Is hereby given that the UNI
de rs.gned, doing business under the firm
name OF Guisti & Franza. in the con-
duct of the City Meat Market, at Pr
odhe. Nevada, has been dissolved by
mutual consent. Abromo Guisti retiring.
The bushes will be conducted by Bart
F'ranza. who will pay ali bills contract
ed by the above named firm.
Signed
ABRAMO GUISTI
BART FRANZA
Dated Phoebe, Nevada, Dec. 18th. 1909.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1909-12-18
NOT coLLEcTABLE.

A decision was handed down In
the state supreme court at Carson
recently to the effect that security
given to cover a gambling debt could
not be recovered from the party
holding the same, and that even q
deed given for sach debt was IL
legal. In other words, gambling deb
is illegal under any conditi rs a. d
cannot be legally secured. This be-
!ns the case. If followed to logl al
conclusion, there would appear to be
no reason why the man W. ) lost at
gambling should not demand his mon
ey back and recover it through the
courts. The decision may be good
law. butsthe man who wins takes
the money, puts 1t in hi$ pocket
and walks out The gambler who
refuses to pay must close his game
and go out of business Ely Record
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1909-12-18

Nevada is covered with mantle
of snow. They even had a goodly
sized fa.l of the beautiful down at
Las Vegas the other day
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1909-12-18

The best is the cheapest. 1t costs
less to get the best Whiskeys In
Phoebe at the Alamo.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1909-12-18

Try one Of those oyster cocktails
at j. w. Titzgerald's saloon.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1909-12-18
DISSOLUTION NOTICE.

Mechanical Toys. At Phoebe Drug.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-08-28
LETTER TO C. C. cox
Fredericksburg. Va.

Dear Sir: Let's talk right out before
folks; there's nothing TO hide in your
business or ours; if there is, we d better
hide ourselves.
We are in trade TO make money; so
are you. We make il by saving our
customer $ money; so do you. Our OBJ
Ject. in trade, is to save your custom
ers' wood from rotting and iron and
steel and tin from rusting; yours the
same.
We work for thousands of property
owners; you for a few. We can do
some things that you can't do; we have
the facilities. You can do some things
that we can't; you are there. Let us
work together; be faithful TO one-an-
other. We can serve our customers
better by working together and being
faithful to One-onother.
Your dollar, put into our paint, will
paint more feet than in any other way;
and the paint will last longer. This
saves you money, and saves your Gus
toners money. That's all there is in
our whole business.
Yours truly
F w DEvoE & Co
40 New York
P.S }. Willard Adams sells cur paint.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-08-28
A SPLENDID GAME
Richmond ColIegians Went Down BE.
fore Fine Playing of White Sox.

The best game % the season took
place at Hanover park Wednesday
evening between Richmond Collegians
and fredericksburg White Sox. The
battle was a royal one. The game went
twelve innings and the final score was
TO in favor of Fredericksburg.
Splcer was the star for Fredericks-
burg. diving for base when an open
ing offered. Spicer made two out of
the four runs for fredericksburg.
Green was in the box for Fredericks-
burg and won his own gone. Birleck
at Bird for Fredericksburg, played a fast
fame.
The Richmond Collegians have a
strong team and they play fine ball.
Fitzpatrick pitched fOr the Collegians
and used good judgment. He struck
out IL men during the game.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-08-28
- 4. I ONtll-
Belmont. Va. Aug. "a, 1903.
ONE DEAD AND OTHER FOUND DEAD
Both Negroes Bore the Same Name
Geo. Davis.

Belmont. Va. Aug. 25th. 1903.
One night last week a negro named
George Davis was shot by Frank Nixon.
Of Louisa county. while in the act OF
stealing chickens. Nixon saw the negro
and, with gun IN hand. called upon him
70 throw up his hands. so he saws, and
the negro started to run. He called
upon him again 10 halt and he failed TO
do 50 and thereupOn he fired. first one
barrel and then the other. loaded with
buckshot, at him and went back 70 his
watching place in the barn 70 wait for
other chicken thieves. Next morning
after breakfast the negro was found
dead and coroner's Jury summoned
which eNonorated Nixon from blame.
Yesterday morning another negro by
the same name. residing in Orange
county. started on horseback TO Branch
Fork church in Spotsylvania. Later on
during the day he was found dead in
the road in Spotsylvania.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-08-28
The FIRE At BELMONT

On Sunday morning abouts O'Clock
the stable, barn and machinery shed Of
A. W. Chewing at Belmont was found
on fire. The loft being full Of hay il was
impossible To check the flames although
an immense crowd soon gathered and
every effort was made 10 save the build
ing. One horse and buggy belonging to
Mr.. Talley, Of Louisa, was burned as
well as all the hay. harness, wagons and
farm machinery belonging TO Mr..
Chewing. The courthouse containing
several hundred bushels of wheat and
some corn caught several times, but
was finally saved. Loss about $500. No
insurance
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-08-28

OF Security Belt Buckles and the Globe
Clothes Sprinkler at CIV. Jones' Store.
The buckles are thoroughly practical
and positively the only belt buckle made
that holds the skirt, shirtwaist and belt
together without pins and without sew
ing. Worn with any style betting and
can be quickly changed from belt TO belt.
The sprinkler is the best article ever
made for sprinkling clothes TO iron.
See also the Duchess waist and skirt
holder for the back.
Come quickly, as our demonstrators
has but a short time TO remain with u.s.
c. w. Jones