Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-06-07

Young scholars in the ito them) diff.
cult task of comprehending such alb
struse parts Of arithmetic IS fractions,
etc. The Government is a great patron
or education, and there ere certain ap-
pliances that it puts into every school.
Some of the co%nLrivances made use OF
in instruction are very ingenious.
The British colonies will next claim
our attention. First comes Victoria.
Now the Victorian exhibition has been
the subject of great misfortunes. A
perfidious and INSCRIPTIONS cap'ai n
with a heavily insured vessel has been
known to be the of great
troubles and losses before, and Vic
coria had the misfortune to be in such
a situation in bringing her contribu-
tons to the Centennial. The ship
| Skerrymore, which brought them from
| Melbourne, suddenly sprung a leak on
the way, ane for three days The sailors
bv vigorous work kept her ahoat. when
| the leak stopped as sudd My aS it be
gan, no one being able to account for
it. However, when after arriving in
this country. the ship was placed IN
the dry dock in the Brooklyn Navy
ward an augur hole was discovered in
the bottom, and, strange to say. it
was stopped up with a sperm candle.
Captain Stoddardt, who had charge Of
the vessel, took it into his head that a
voyage to England would te good for
his health, and Immediately after land
ing lit out. He was, however, not able
to outstrip the Atlantic cable, and
when he landed at Plymouth III officer
was waiting for him and arrested him.
The only explanation that can he given
of these facts is, that when the Cap
tain, after scuttling his vessel, found
that his atteinp t to sink her was a fail
ure through the indomitable energy
and perseverance OF those al the
pumps, he gave it W and stopped the
leak. The water way very high in the
hold, and OF course d great number of
she goods were spoiled. and many
were partially damaged, though the
cargo was insured for 9l5,000, and this
will fully cover all loses. AS a sam
pie of the condition in which some of
the goods arrived. wa may mention an
elegant large mirror with the mercury
corroded in spots close together over
the whole of it, and All elegant gilt
frame, peril ,ps intended for this mir
rOr with the paper in which it WAS
| packed sticking to it so closely that the
| gildings came off with it. The colo
| nists have in spite of all these misfor-
tunes and discouragements, resolutely
set to work to repair IA much of the
damage done as possible, and will
have an excellent dis play after all.
| There is a strong smell of bilge-water
about their department, and a day or
two ago water could still be seen run
ming out of the boxes. They have now
a considerable portion OF their exhibits
ready. OF this the gold nuggets are
perhaps the most attractive to the av-
erge eye. These are not the actual
nuggets, of course, but fac SMILES.
Some of them are magnific mt.
weighing two and three thousand
ounces, Gold, sand, and auriierou~
quartz are also there. They have one
thing which can be seen among the
displays of M other country, and that
is a lot of fresh apples just arrived
from Melbourne via San Francisco.
How good they smell, fairly making
the mouth water! Most people, un-
less they happen to get close ehongh
In see the label. think this is wax
fruit, and don't feel any pa tiHuIar IN
terest in It, but those who knpe wba, it
4 III Dtjt-tJtito q w. w GU wa
az fresh apples are minus here and
will be until fall. THIS morning. A.
we were looking III them, a man wen
up to his wife. who was sitting near
with some lady friends. and SAID to
her. "Cnme ard Look ut that natural
fruit" mo" said she. very positively,
''thai's not natural fruit; there's moth
ing natural about it," A. she would
not come, he went off without her, and
she and her friends had II good laugh
together over his credulity on being so
deceived by the natural appearance oi
these apples as to think they were the
genuine article. We would like Ia
have seen her get near enough to read
the laLeis and smell the flavor, and
waited around for some lime in tn.
hope that she wou'd do so; but she
went away without wIiig another
look upon them.
Some of the stuffed animals and
birds have been sinoothed up again.
and look pretty well. The insect world
il represented by several cases of spec
linens. Furs and wool are abundant.
The manufactures and industries OF
the country, very important among
which is the canning of meats, are
we'll represented. Altogether, wien
Victoria gets everything fixed up, she
will make a very good show, in spite
of her disasters.
But our letter grows long, n We
must leave the rest of Australia and
the other British Colonies till another
time. j. j. b.