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Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-02-05
Dissolution OF Copartnership.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT L
IN have this day purchased of J. G. Colgan
Main street, Eureka, formerly owned by hin,
in connection with myself, and cor daeted un-
dor the firm name of Murtha Il Colgan. i
win liquidate all tAe indie btedness Of The old
firm and collect all its outstandiae indebted
ness.
The business will hereafter aeconductnd by
me alone CHI RlS-OPH ER NJ RVHA.
January 10, l6T6. iall-lm
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-02-05
Stock Privileges.

DY THE ONLY METHOD FORMERLY
ID in vogue large amount of ready cash
was required to speculate in stocks; none but
the wealthy could operate; the man of small
neighbor grew richer every day. By the
stock privilege system this is completely
changed. As we issue privileges from $40
upwards, every body has chance to operate.
The following rates Of premium secure priv
ileges on any stock:
81 per share for 10 day privilege.
81 per share for 20 day privilege.
SO per share for 80 day privilege.
Orders. which can be sent either by tele-
graph, express or mail, will be promptly at
tended to. Explanatory circular sent to any
address. TH0S. j. THOMPSON d CO.,
ja4-lm 3l9 California ST., San Francisco, Cal
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-02-05
STOCK PRIVILEGES.
"Puts" and "CaIIs."

ST0CK PRIVILEG ES-PUTS AND CALLS
~ are contracts sold by operators for a pre-
MUM, and signed at distance from the
market price, giving the holder Of the priv
ilege the right to close the contract at any
time within the time named in the privilege.
Specializing in stocks by means Of Puts and
Calls has been in practice for years at the
stock exchanges of London, Vienna, Berlin
and the Paris Bourse. and in New York it is
the most popular way of operating in stocks;
such operators as Daniel Drew, Russell Sage.
lay Gould. f. II. Chaplin, C. II. Osborne, and
others, dealing in them largely.
To the stock public Of the Pacific coast this
system was popuarized by us. although the
buying and selling of Privileges has been in
practice among brokers for years past. Such
operators and capitalists as JAS. II. keene,
Jas. IL. Latham Il o., Greenebaum, Helbing
a. Co., S. Il. Boswell a. Co., j. Mchenty and
others, sell privileges on this market. We
have yet to hear OF the first complaint in the
settlement of our privileges. All our con-
tracts have been honored at the time notice
was given for settlement.
The business has assumed such proportions
that we are compelled to increase our office
accommodations. Explanatory pamphlets
sent free to any address.
SAM'L MCKEE 4 CO.,
Brokers and Dealers in Stock Privileges, 800
Montgomery St.. San Francisco. Cal. ja9.lm
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How to Calculate Interest.

The following rules are 80 simple and
SO true, according to nil business usages,
that every banker, broker, merchant or
clerk should post them up for reference.
There being no such thing as fraction
in it, there is scarcely any liability to
error or mistake. by no other arith-
matical process can tue desired informa-
tion be obtained by so few figures
Six per Cent.-Multiply any given
number of dollars by the number of days
of interest desired separate the right
hand figure and divide by six the result
is the true interest On such sum for such
number of days at six per cent.
Eight per Cent Multiply any given
amount for the number of days upon
which it is desired to ascertain the i'll
terest, an divide by forty-tive, and the
result will be the interest of such sum
for the time required, Mt eight per cent.
Ten per Cent Multiply the same as
above, and divide by thirty-si1, and the
result will be the amount of interest Mt
ten per cent.
What it will tlo.-lf n mechanic or
clerk saves only two and three-fourth
cents per day, from tho time he is twen-
ty-onc until he is threescore and ten,
the aggregate, with interest, will amount
to 1900 and daily saving of twenty
seven and one half cents reaches tho I'M
portant sum of $4,000. A sixpcncc
saved daily will provide fund OF s., 900
sufficient to purchase good farm.
There are few employees who cannot
save daily, by abstaining from the use of
cigars, tobacco, liquor, etc, twice or ten
times the amount OF the six cent piece.
Every person should provide forold age,
and the man in business who can lay by
a dollar a day will eventually find him-
self possessed of over 100000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-02-02
The Dcac0n'S Order.

Deacon s., residing in town ndjoin'
ing Worcester, Mass, was good, pious
man, but sadly illitorate. One day he
gave to .',o stage driver q slip of paper
upon which he had written an order for
some books, which he wished the driver
to bring him from the store of Mr.. A.,
in Worcester. The driver called at the
designated store, and handing the slip
to the nearest clerk, informed him that
it was an order for some books which
Deacon S. wished sent to him.
Tho clerk examined the paper crltl-
cally-tllrncd it up and down-but
could make nothing of it, and lie passed
it to tho bookkecper, who was seldom
stuck by blind chirography. But the
bookkeeper met with no battor success
than had attended the efforts of the
clerk. The proprietor was called, and
he, too, soon gave the scrawl up IN de,
spair and it was finally concluded best
to send the paper back to the deacon for
further elucidation.
AS the stage coach approached the
village tavern the deacon was waiting
upon the steps.
"Well, drivor," he said, rs the coach
stopped, "did you get my booksr
''Books | No, OF course l didn't.
There wasn't man in Worcester could
read your old spider tracks,
"Couldn't read 'ritin'2 Let me see
if YOU gave 'eln the right paper.
The driver took the paper from his
wallet and passed it over, and the dea-
con, having put on his enormous silver
bowed spcctaclcs, held the memoran-
dun Mt favorable distance for reading.
"Why," he exclaimed, "it's as plain as
the nose on your face. See here, and
he spelled out, letter by letter-"'T-o o
SAM B-U-X Two Psalm Books!
Gracious mo! guess them Worcester
folks had better go to school and learn
their letters!"
Perhaps the deacon thought tho laugh
which followed from the bystanders was
in response to his cutting sarcasm upon
the ignorance of "them Worcester
folks"
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Military Resources.

In a new edition of the Eucyclo
pedia Britannica the following tribute
to the patriotism of tho United States is
fonnI in the article OH Army" by
Colonel Collry The military history Of
the United States is as strange as the
rise and rapid growth Of the nation. In
l7JO the rank aud ile of the army, as
ixcd by act of Congress-, amounted to
l,2lG mon "nu in 1911 al English ex-
pctlitior of $500 NEIL was able to seize
and burn Washington, the capital of
country which even then numbered
100000 OF inhabitants. In 1861, at
tho commencement of the war, the
whole regular force amounted to Oily
l4,V00 men. In April Of that year tic
President called ior -. Geo volunteers for
three mouths to drfcni tho capital,
which was threatened and in May
further call FIR $1,000 was made. In
July two calls for 500, 900 each We're all-
thorizrd hy Congress, and AZ even this
vast force proved insufficient for the
gigantic struggle which America had
now embarked IN, it WAS found nccos-
sary to introduce the conscripti,n. III
October, 1863, levy OF 300,On0 was
ordered, and in February, 1864,
further call for 100000 was made. Fl
nalIy, in the brginning of 1865, two
further lrvies, amounting to 100000
men, were ordered, but were only
partially carried out i'll consequence of
the cessation of lostilitics. The total
number of mon called under arms by
the government of the United States be
tween April 1861, and April, 1865,
amounted to 2,752, ,Oi9, of whom 1885,
O53 were actually embodied in the
armies If to these he added 100000
men embodied by the Southern States
during the same time, the total armed
forces reach the enormous amount of
nearly 1 200, 900, drawn from popllla-
tion of only 81, 900, ,000- figures before
which the celebrated uprising of the
French nation in 1898, or the recent ef-
forts of France and Germany i'll the war
of 1901, sink into insigniticancc.
And within three years the whole of
these vast forces were peaceably dis
banded, and the army had sunk to a
nominal strength of only 1000 men.
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Stoned to Death.

The details of the recent terrible muir
der of jew in Hamadan (Ekbatana OF
the ancients), in Persia, have been re-
ccived. A wealthy Persian owed q
large sum OF money to the Rabbi
Chujim, who asked the Persian to repay
him one day when they CHANGED to meet
in bazaar. A quarrel ensllcd, and the
crowd which had collected asked the
Persian what the cause of the trouble
was. He determined to get rid OF his
creditor, and turning to the crowd, said:
eff this man had merely irsulted me l
should have kept silent, but he has
abused our religion and blasphemed the
prophets. 1 cannot, therefore, be
Silent" The crowd fell upon the rabbi
and threatened to kill him. He took
refuge in the neighboring house OF a
rich Persian, to whom he appealed for
protection. The latter concealed the Jew
in m inner room and barred the doors
of the house. Tho crowd demanded his
surrender. The noble Persian refused,
and the doors were broken down. The
lawless rabhle poured in, found the
fugitive, dragged him into the street,
and stoned him to death. The dead
body was dragged about the town with
ieers and finally brought into the market
place, where the mouth was filled with
powder and the head was blown III
pieces. A fire was then kindled and the
corpse was burnt up. Four Jews, who
had fallen into the hands of the mob,
were i'll treated and severely wounded.
The dwellings of the Israclites were
plundercd, and a general massacre OF
all the Jews-and Christians likewise
would have followed had not the authorl-
ties iutervened. The Jews of the city
have sent q deputation to Teheran to
appeal for protection to the foreign
ministers there, as they have no hopes
of any aid from the shah.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-02-02
An ImpOrtant Case.

One of the most important cases that
has come before the United States su-
premo court for years will soon be mr.
gucd in that court. 1t comes from the
district court in California, and involves
the right of my State to enact n statute
excluding certain persons from lanulhg
within her borders. Some years ago
California passed law prohibiting the
landing of Chinese women in that State.
Subsequently twenty-five Chinese wo-
men we're taken in an effort to land.
Judge Field, of the supreme court, while
holding court on his circuit, discharged
twenty of the wom,n, retaining the
others in order that the case might be
brought to the supreme court. On ac-
count of its Importance it has been adj
vanccd Oh the calendar. Attorney Gen
eral Picrrepont will argue the casc as
against the State of California. The di-
rect bearing of the case is Oh our treaty
stipulations with China, and raises the
question whether State can say who
shall aud who shall not land on the
shores of the United States. Judge
Pierrepont will argue that tue action ol
California not only violates our treaty
provisions with China, bnt also the Fed
eral authority. Chief-Justice Tuney
c;co decided case of similar character
dnr,sg Tho existence of slavery, holding
tk State had the right to exclude
n ", s.n,n her territory,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-02-02
Funny Incidents in the Pulpit.

At clerical dinner party some time
ago, says Applcton's Journal, the ques-
ton went round to each, rs follows ::
"Were you ever so placed in public IN
the performance of service rs to lose
oil sense of the solemnity of the occasion
and be compelled to laugh in spite of
your more serious self7" and the follow
ing are some of the replies that were
made A very solemn clergyman and
his assistant were disturbed in their
chancel by miserable looking street
cat, which had come in in some unknown
way and was rubbing itself up againt
their legs, me-ow-ipg piteously. The
rector beckonel to tho assistant to put
the cat out, which he did, but in few
moments she was back again. Upon
this the very solemn rector placed the
poor creature under one of the heavy
box stools in the chancel, and, placing
his foot on the improvised kenne]. gave
out the hymn beginning "A charge to
keep have"
The last experience mentioned was
that of Clergyman at his first baptism
Of infants. He was then very young IN
years, and had mover before held baby
that he could remember of, much less
hold a baby and o book in the presence
of n church full of people. The first
infant given into his arms was a big,
sql rming boy of thirteen months, who
immediately began to corlscrew his way
through clothes and wrappings. The
minister held on bravcly, but in few
moments the child's face disappeared in
the wraps and his dangling legs beneath
wcro worming their way to the floor.
Seized with the horrible impression that
the child WIS t,nneling his way through
his clothes and would soon bs on the
floor in state of nature, he clutched the
clothes violently by the sash band, and,
straddling the child upon the chancel
rail, said to the mother: "If you don't
hold that baby ho will certainly be
through his clothes and I shall have
nothing left but the dress to baptze."
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4 Brutal Husband.

One of the most brutal crimos ever
committed WAS in New York, on Christ
mas night. The victim was all unfortu-
nate invalid, the wife of J ohm Nnnncry,
No. 80 South Fifth avenue. Nanncry
beat her to death as sho lay III her bed,
helpless. Such sight as this poor wo-
man afforded when discovered is, hap
pilv, rarely met with among civilized
beings. Whole handfuls of her hair
had been torn from the scalp, her face
was absolutely unrccognizable, blood
covered almost every portion of her
body, and her scant clothing was burnt
almost to the flesh. Enough OF it, how:
ever, still remained to show that 1T had
been thoroughly saturated with kero-
senc. She was unable to articulnte a
single word, but q subdued moaning,
that pierced one to the very heart, con-
stantly escaped her lips. The brutal
husband had saturated her clothing with
kerosene and set it on fire, bat the po-
lice succeeded in quenching the flames,
but the poor woman shortly after died
She was only % years of age and very
pretty. Her husband yas not drunk,
but his conduct Tss the result Of '"Aesr
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The Uptown SchO0lmaster.

At q social sit-down, following, and
attendant upon, teachers convention In
Carroll county, N. g., an old clergyman,
who had been pedagogue in his young
er days, related an anecdote, tor the
truth of which he said he could per-
sonally vouch.
It was in those times when, in the
country, large girls, and larger boys,
attended the district school. In fact, it
was no unusual thing for boys to attend
the wintor term until they were twenty
one, and the girls until they were
eighteen. And in those days, be it re-
membered, fngellations were more com,
mon than they are now. The armament
of the rod and ferllle was the teachers
sine qua non.
In a certain school in New Hampshire
one of the oldest, largest, plumpest, and
fairest girls happened to violate one OF
the teachers rules. Sho was one OF
those laughter loving, irropresslble
damsels so thorning to the pedagogue-
always good natured and never at homo
under the restraint of the school-room.
The master, prompt, energetic, power
fnl Young man of two-and-twenty, sum-
moned tho fair delinquent into the
middle of the floor, and, as was usual,
in such cases, the attention of the whole
school was called from the lessons to the
scene on the floor, it being expected that
the girl would receive severe punish
ment.
After brief but severe harangue, the
master took from his desk huge ferule.
such as is seldom seen nowadays, and
told the damsel to hold out her hand.
She hcsitated, and hung her Lead. With
an angry stamp Of the foot the master
cried out:
"Will you give me your hand2"
eyes, SIR" she promptly though
somewhat shyly replied, looking up, not
frightened, but with twinkling smile
playing around the dimples of her face;
land my heart with it /" ut the same
time holding out her plump hand.
A dead silence reigned for few mo-
ments in the school-room. The masters
face flushed, and a moist light was in his
eyes. Finally the ferllle was laid back,
unused. upon the desk, and the now
blushing damsel was told that she might
take her seat, but to remain after school
was dismissed.
That schoolmaste- lived in another
town, and when he went away that girl
went with him cs his wife; and after the
lapse of many years, ,,he had never had
occasion to regret bis acceptance OF the
hand 80 quantity given him.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-02-02
Why.

l did not love him. Long ago.
Instead Of yes, gave him no.
1 did not love him :; but to-day
read his marriage notice. Pray.
Why was sad. when never yet
Has my heart known the least regret
Over that whispered no ? and Why,
Reading the notice, did | sigh: e.
No analys: can guess tho causc:
A womsus roascn laughs at laws.
Sure. am glad to know the wound
/ gave is hcalcd. that he has found
Loves blesscdness and peace; and yet
A woman never can forget
The man who once has loved her, and
To-day seem to zee him stand,
With every glance muto carcss.
Still pleading for the longcdfor ycF.
His early love for mc is dcad-
Another lives in that loves stead;
And il he loves her vol, a. men
Should love their chosen ones. why, thon
lie must be glad that long ago.
Instead Of yes, l gave him no.
Perhaps that is the reason why
read the notice with sigh.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-02-02
All About ArInlcS.

If the United States Congress carries
ont it, purpose to reduce the army from
$4,000 to $4,000, it will be the smallest
army Of any nation, says the New York
Herald. France, with a population of
36, 900, 900, has standing army Of 303,
600 men Great Britain, with l'ornIa-
ton of 32,OOO,0 900, has an army {: .-2j,
600; Germany, with apopuiatjon OF Al,
600, 900, has peace establishment oi
274, 1000. Mexico, with aspopnlatia
1900, 900, maintainssG -
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In his Pocket.

Familiarity with dangerous things en-
genders carelcs>ness; hence numerous
accidents A while ago lecture on rx-
plosives was to be given i'll q nriShhor-
ing city, and illustrated by experiments.
Just before the time for the lecture to
begin, one OF the committee of arrange
mcnts approached the lecturer, and cx.
pressed his regret that no package of
mat,ria had arrived, and suggested
that something else be substituted for
the proposed experiments. "It is all
right" smilingly replied the lcctnrcr !;
Il have the nitrog yc"r;Lc an all the
other things with me, i'll my pockets. "
The committee Nan retired to safe dis
tance from the platform.
DIVIDENDS dividends paid in
Bosto, January first amounted to lloar-
" s.n.GhG. .00CI Iu Hartford, Con, L.,
.Iic Il, ,St.. II = |. 5al-.,
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Mamma, Kathleen saysit's the pret,
tiest place-a cave, where the sand is
like silver and the little pink and purple
shells lie in heaps. Kathleen can row
mo out III half an hour. She often
goes"
Nolly's cheeks we're in flame, and
her blue eyes sparkling with excitement.
Mrs. st. Leger looked languidly mp
from her book.
at is safe, Kathleen?"
"Quitc so, ma'am; We'll be back by
teatime.
"Then I may GO, mammal
elf Kathleen will take care of you,
pet"
The purple light faded into gray, and
the gray into starry darkness, and the
mooa rose up solemnly over the tides,
and they did not return.
"Oh, Kathleen, am so tired. Take
me back to mumlnn."
"Husl,, child! We're going wher"
the sun shines all the year round, and
You shall gather ripe oranges from the
trees, and the parrots are reIler than
PONIES. UlSt Will ID
"And c;tn / have monkey r
Twenty, if you like
"But will mamma he thcre!"
"No but we'll serd her a monkey
in letter."
Molly laughed at the idea; brt the next
u:iWutc her cheeks grew pale again.
II want my mamma, Kathleen. |
Cont care for the monkeys and the par
rots any more. / want my mamma"
Kathe. II did not answer. She was i'll
ttntiy watching the movements of a
large vessel lying a little di>taucr out at
s'a. Suddenly a tiny white pennon
tiuttcrcd out, aud was instantly with
drawn.
"Thc saints be blessed y muttered
Kathleen. I" ! began to think it would
never come. Nelly, darling, here's the
boat: jump III.
care we going to mammal"
eyes. ycS--jnmp IL, quick"
And kathleen'S strong arm was phil
ing them out 20 sea III another instant.
AZ they ran mp alongside the large
l.lIck hull Of the vessel, voice hailed
them.
"Is it you, Kathleen Where's th'
childl"
Here"
"The ladder will be lowered in &
minute. | tell You What, my girl
you've shown courage to dny."
The athletic young tar greeted hel
with hearty kiss as she stood beside
him; but her cheek was cold rs ice as
littl. Nelly clung, terrified, to hel
skirts.
Il am rcvenged !" WAS the first, the
.ast, the only thought that whirlet
through her brain.
Aud when, the next morning, long
after the outward bound Sardinia was
spreading her white sails to the breeze
the little boat drifted ashore, people
whispered to one another that old Nor
iscn's daughter and the golden haired
little girl were lost at sea.
X
Ten years afterwards, Kathleen Morl
son-a childless widow, Il listless eXlll
now upon a foreign shore--war standing
at her door, where the glowing Italian
sunshine streameu down through bios
soming vines.
"Thc saints protect rs from such {
grim facs rs yours, Kathlina |" cried {
merry rciGhh'r, !alarcing basket oI
fish on her head, as she tripped by
"Don't you want to hear bit of news!'
81 am not so wrapped up in the fine
folk ct the castle as you, Niretta, said
/. Kathleen.
"It's lovely lady" returned Ninetta,
"ond she's dying by inches-La signoro
San Legero."
"St. Leger !"
"AL that's the way the English have
it
"Go away! I waat no more !. So"r
h. -~--.<.:.. u Y :. y.|t<E
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Look Out for Fires g.!

About this time look out for fires
which might have been prevented by a
little ordinary care, is never an untlmely
warming, but it is especially timely al
this season of the year, when ltntricd
heating apparatus and that which has
become imperfect or untrlstworthy 10y
scrydal months of djsusc, is taxed TO it's
m9,st capacity In stores and dwellings,
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4 Western Joke.

There is nothing half so funny as
practical joke, and this, as told by an
Eastern paper, is regular rih-tlckler
Frederick Walker and Peter Kohler,
Of Guttenburg, n. j., stuffed nj old
suit and placed it against a lamp-post.
About midnight they began an lr1agln-
ary quarrel in Il loud tone, and contlnu-
ed it until number of the people were
aroused from their beds. Then they
shot the imaginary man. The body fell
down, and the young men ran away. The
nciehbors thinking murder had bcea
committed, chased the young men, and
Kohlcr Was shot in the leg before the de-
ccrtion was explained. Think what
solid enjoyment Mr.. Kohler will have
laughing at that for six weeks while he
nurses his leg and what 4 screaming
farce l. would have been for his whole
family if he had been shot in the head.