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Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-27
SHERIFF'S SALE.
A. BEN EDICT

G. W. SCHWAMB and
c. sCHWAMB.
Sixth District Court, No. AL; Order OF sale
and decree Of foreclosure.
FINDER AND By VIRTUE OF AN OR
~ dor of sale and decree of foreclosure, i-
sued out of the District Court Of the Sixth
j Judicial District OF the State of Nevada, on
above entitled %nction, wherein A. Benedict,
the above named plaintiff, % obtained Judgment
and decree against Z. w. Sehwamb aud c..
Schwamb, defendants, on tho 18th day OF De-
cember, A. D., 1876, which said decree was on
the 18th day of December, A. ID. 1876, re-
corded in Judgment Book A, OF said District
Court, on page 2sl, l am commanded to sell
all that certain lot, pieco or parcel of land
situat in the town of Eureka, Eureka county,
State of Nevada, and bounded and described
as follows, 10 wit:
Commencing mt a stake at the western pro-
longation of he north side OF Bntewan street.
on a line with the east side of Second stI cot,
nest to Monroe street, and running thence
seutherly on a line parallel to Monroe street
seventy-ivs foet to "A stake; thence~at right
angles, westerly ono hundred foot t6a sake;
thence northerly sevcnty-ive ioet to a stake;
thence ~casterly ono hundred feet TO place OF
beg ginning. Public nstice is hereby given,
that on
Tuesday. the 9Th Day Of March,
A. ID. 1877, between the hours Of 0 o'clock A.
NJ: and D o'clock p. NJ, to wit: at | o'clock ?. NJ,
OF that day, in front Of the COURTHOUSE OF the
county of Eureka, | will, in obedience to said
order of sale and decree of foreclosure, sell
the abo1e described property, or. SO mncn
thereof as may be necessary TO SATISFY pam,
tih's Judgment, with interest thereon and
costs, to the hig hest and best bidder tor cash,
JAMES SIAS. Sheriff.
By j. B. NELSON, Deputy.
Eureka, February u. 1877. fot3-3t
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-27

And in accordance with Law and an order Of
the Board of Directors, made on the second
day Of January, 1871, so many shares of
each parcel OF such stock as NAV be neces-
sary, will be sold at public auction, Mt the
office Of the COMPANY, at the southwest corner
of battery and FIlbert streets, in said city OF
San francisco, California, on
Thursday. the first day Of March.
1877, at The hoLr of two o'clocS P. NJ, OF said
day, to pay delinquent assessments thereon,
together with costs OF advertising and the
expenses of tho sale.
j. 0. McGRATH,
Secretary st. Lawrence Mining Co.
Office: Southwest corner Battery * FiIbert
streets, San Francisco, alifornia.
san Francisco. Cal., February ID, 1877.
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Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-27
ASSESSMENT NOTICE

A DAMS HILL CONSOLIDATED MIN
IA INC q 'MPANl--Location Of ntrine j.
pal place o. business, San + rancisco, Csfitor-
MIA. Location of works. Eureka Mining Dis.
trlct, Eureka county, New dn.
~ office is hereby given III u at q meeting Of
the Board Of directors, h Id on tn, Goth day
OF febr.nry, 1877. an assessment (No. 81 Of
twentS-flye C 'nts per share was levied upon
the capital, stock of the Corporation, payable
i'm nediately in United States gold coin, to
tn Secret,r Try, at the office OF the Company,
room ~, Nevada bloce, No. 30) Montgomery
str ct, san Franci eco, q "li'ornia.
Any stock upon which this assess uent
sha ! remain unpaid on the 30 h dav of
le77, will DO de inquent, and adver
tised for sale at public auction; ana unless
pa mont Is made before Will be sol on
FRIDAY. the 2lth day Of APRIL. 1877, to
pay the delinquent assessment. together with
cost OF advertising and expenses Of sale.
by order Of The Board of Directors.
W. w. TKAYL0R, Secretary.
Oflca Room No. 81, Nevada Block, No. 800
MONTGOMERY street. San Francisco, Cali
iornia. f2td
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-27
PATENT APPLICATIONS.
Application for a Patent
TO THE
Buckeye Mill Site.
NO. 500.
U. S. LAND OFFICE. EUREKA, New
February II, 1877.

February II. 1877.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
~ the Eureka Consolidated Mining Con-
pany, whose Postoficc address is Eureka NJ
vada, has this day filed its application for =
patent for 5 acres as a mill site. situate. Iva
and being in Eureka Mining District, countS
of Eureka, and state Of Nevada, and known
and designated by the field notes and official
plat on file in this office as lot No. lib,
The exterior boundaries Of said lot No. ia
being as follows, to wit: Variation 1917 deg.
east.
Commencing at a post marked No l, U. s.
Survey No. lib, whence the flagstaff in the
town of Eureka bears n, 62 deg. 30 min. H..
1877 feet: highest point of RUBY Hill No. /
bears =, 63 deg. 5 min. W.. 3.0l7 feet: tho
Lawton shaft bears h., ~ deg. 81 min. W.
2,399 feet; and post No. l Of the Survey No.
81, Buckeye Lode. bears s., A deg IL min W.
2,7Sg feet; thence running first course NJ. 4
deg. 81 min. w. 800 feet to post mark cd No.2-
us. Survey No. ll3; thence, second course N.
46A dog. f.. 49, feet, to post marked No. 3.
u. s. Survey n. ll3; ard thence, third course
s., II deg. 50 min. E., 1,02l.5 feat. to post
No. l. the place of beginning, containing FIVE
acres.
Any and all persons claiming adversely any
portion of said Buckeye mill site, said
ground as herein before described, are re-
CURED to file their adverse claim with the
Register Of tho United States Land Office at
Eureka, in the State Of Nevada, during tho
90 days period of publication hereof, or they
will be barred by virtue OF the provisions Of
the statute. u. b.. lMMEL, Register.
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Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-27
Delinquent Sale Notice.

ct. LAWRENCE MINING COMPANY.
- Location of office and principal place of
business, at the southwest c0rLer OF Battery
and ii bert streets, in the city and county OF
ian Francisco, California. Location OF mine,
Ruby Hill Eureka county, Nevada.
N0TICE-Thcre are delinquent upon tho
rollowing de cribed stock, on account Of as
sessment No. /, Of twenty cents per share,
levied on the capital sfock Of said company,
on The Sc cond day of January. 1871, the sew
eral amounts st opposite the names oil the
respective shareholders. as follows:
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-27

lob PRINTING OF ALL KINDS. En-
- ecuted with dispatch ct the SENTINEL
printing Office.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-11-10
Value OF the study of Physiology.
Popular Science Monthlr1

The chief ground upon which | ven
ture to recommend that the teaching of
elementary physiology should form an
essential part of any organized course of
instruction in matters pertaining to do
mestic economy, is that knowledge of
even the elements OF this subject sup
plies those conceptions of the constitu-
tiOn and mode of action Of the living
body, and of the nature OF health and
disease, which prepare the mind to re-
ceive instruction from sanitary science
1t is, ] think, eminently desirable that
the hygienist and the physician should
find something in the public mind to
which they can appeal some little
stock of universal truths, which NAV
serve as foundation for their warnings,
and predispose toward an intelligent
obedience to their recommendation.
Listening to ordinary talk about
health, disease and death, one is often
led 10 entertain doubt whether the
speakers believe that tire course Of nat
ural causation runs as smoothly i'm the
human body ~ elsewhere. Indications
are too often obvious Of strong, though
perhaps an unavOwed and half-uncon-
scios, udercurrent Of opinion that the
phenomena Of life are not only widely
different, in their superficial characters
and in their practical importance, from
other natural events; but that they do
not follow in that definite order which
characterizes the succession Of all other
occurrences, and the statement of which
we call law Of nature.
Hence, think, arises the want Of
heartiness OF belief in the value Of
knowledge respecting the laws Of healthl
and disease, and of the foresight and
care 10 which knowledge is the essential
preliminary, which is 80 often noticea-
Bile; and corresponding laxity and
carelessness in practice, the results Of
which are unfrequently lamentable.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-11-10
AdOrnment.

Ii was one of those pretty houses.
surrounded by shrubbery and flowers,
about which almost every passer re-
marked, Oh how should like TO live
in that pretty housep" Such is the
description OF house we have i'm our
minds eye, and il could be true of al
most every farm house in the land, did
the occupants only will it 10. A few
flowers, little grass and few shrubs,
all well cared for at a trifiing expense of
money or labor, and the thing is done.
little care each day would keep every
thing neat and in order and little
thought each week would regulate that
care TO the best advantage. We do not
live in this world for ourselves alone !;
but for the whole world Upon this
principle, we know woman who al
ways keeps n light in the front rooms of
her house every winter night because, as
she says, owe not only have the warm
glow of IL ourselves but TO every passer-
by II gives out cheeTful message which
produces in his imagination picture of
comfort and happiness within. So it is
with the adornments around the house.
They not only give enjoyment to their
possessors, but TO every one who passes
they send a message of thrift, refine
ment, and happiness, which should alone
be sufficient compensation for the little
labor and expense they may cost.
We remember once passing through a
little village in which almost every house
was surrounded with flowers, shrubs and
vines, and which left upon our mind an
inefIaceable impression. Though nearly
twenty years have passed since then, we
still think of it frequently with pleasure.
Could the occupants Of those pretty
village places only know of this, they
would doubtless feel amply repaid for
all their trouble. In all your calcula-
tions on the profits of your crops, by all
means fail not to include your crop of
household adornments. The profits on
your grain may be lasting, probably will
not; but the profits on your pure, God
given pleasures, though not counted in
dollars and cents, can never vanish.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-11-10
Elephants as Timber Carriers.

lDfs Firih'h Letters IN tho EVauReitHt.I
One of the great industries Of Burmah
is the timber trade. The teak wood,
which is the chief timber cut and ship
ped, is very heavy, and requires prodi-
gious force 10 handle il; and a. the
Burmese are not far enough advanced TO
use machinery for the purpose, they
employ elephants, and bravely do the
noble beasts perform their task. In the
timber yards both at Rangoon and at
Maulmain, all the heavy work of draw
ing and piling the logs is done by them.
j have never seen animals showing such
intelligence and trained TO such docility
and obedience. In the yard that we
visited there were seven elephants, five
OF which were at that moment at work.
Their wonderful strength came into
play in moving huge pieces Of timber
j did not measure the logs, but should
think that many we're at least twenty
feet long and foot square Yet male
elephant would stOop down, and run his
tusks under log and throw his trunk
over IL and walk off with IL as lightly a.
gentleman would balance his bamboo
cane on the tip Of his finger Placing IL
on the pile he would measure il with his
eye, and If IL projected too far at either
end, would walk up 10 IL, and with a
gentle push or pull, make the pile even.
II a still heavier log needed 10 be
moved on the ground to some part Of
the yard, the mahout, sitting on the cle-
plants head, would tell him what 20 do.
and the great creature seemed 20 have n
perfect understanding Of his masters =
will. He would put out his enormous
foot, and push il along; or he would
bend his head, and crOuching half way
TO the ground, and doubling up his trunk
in front, throw his whole weight against
II, and thus, like a ram, would butt Z"
the log into its place or If IL needed 10
be taken n greater distance, he would
put a chain around 10 and drag 10 Oft be-
hind him. The female elephant espe-
cially was employed in drawing, ~, hav-
ing no tusks, she could not lift like her
big brothers, but could only move by
her power Of traction or attraction.
Then using her trunk as deftly ~ n lady
would use her fingers, she would unite
the knot or unhitch the chain, and re-
turn to her master, perhaps putting out
her trunk 10 receive n banana ~ = re-
ward for her good conduct. II was a
pretty sight, and gave us a new idea Of
the value Of these noble creatures, and
Of the way in which they can be trained
for the service Of man.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-11-10
Massachusetts vital statlstics

The vital statistics of Massachusetts
for 1876 have just been issued by the
Secretary of State, and show that the
excess of births over deaths was 8, ,963.
or fifty-five less than the excess i'm 1878 /;
one living child was born TO every forty
persons, one in sixty-six was married
and one in every fifty-one died. The
whole Humber of births, including still
born, was AZ, ,923, and the cities gave four
births more TO every ] 900 inhabitants
than the country. The births of for
eign parentage are proportionally less
than in any year since 1860 In ten of
the cities the ratio of foreign TO native
births was l72 to 100, and in the rest of
the State but rs TO 100. -Four parents
were blessed with triplets and 315 with
twins, thirty-six per cent. of whom we're
native and forty-nine foreign. The
statistics for ten years back show that
there are Just 100 single births 10 one
plural, and one child in thirty-three is
born dead. The illegitimate children
increased to 713, or eighty-one more
than in 1875, but Of these Suffolk County
is responsible for 46l. The number Of
marriages was 1919, or 914 less than in
1873, ,oS7 less than the average since
1860, the great decline being attributed
to the business depression and the grow
ing carclessness Of ministers and town
officials about making returns. In ten
cities the ratio Of marriages 10 poTuIa-
ton was 8.12 10 900, and elsewhere 7. 90
TO 900, and Worcester, Lawrence and
Lynn were the only cities where the
rate advanced over the previous year
$50 bachelors married maids, and $50
took widows; l,4l7 widowers took
maids, and 827 chose widows. The
number Of deaths also decreased their
number, 33, 1876, being 1872 less than in
1873, and also less than in any year
since 1871 The percentage Of deaths
10 population in the whole State was
1916 per 1000; in Boston il rose 10
25.24, and in Berkshire fell off to 1897.
The largest numberOt deaths occurred in
July and August, and the smallest in
June and November, while 184 more
women than men died twenty per cent.
Of the dead we're less than n year old
and thirty-thrce per cent. under five.
these percentages being n trihe more "a
vOrable than in 1875. Eleven Of them
we're over 100, eight Of them being wO-
men, and all married. OF the causes OF
death diphtheria has shown a remarkable
rise in fatality since 1879. Then, and
in 1872, 10 ranked nineteenth, in 1874 il
stood eleventh, in 1875 seventh. and last
year II took the second place, 26,GiO dy-
ing from IL, 5,329 from consun Btion.
and z,447 from pneumonia, which was
particularly fatal in all the counties.
twenty died from abOrtiOns, which \.
an unfortunate increase. thirtv-oue
from smallpox, and but forty-seyen
from measles.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-11-10
Cunning I'm DnnhnrY.

There was n man from the city who
went out cunning from Danbury last
Friday. He stopped az farm house
and induced the farmer 10 show him a
pond where there was a prospect Of duck
shooting. While crossing the field the
farmer spied a crow sitting on the limb
OF a huge hemlock tree, and pointed il
out 70 the gunner. The man from the
city said he would bring IL down. and
Immediately he got down on the ground
and put up his back and rested on one
knee, and stuck one leg straight i'm the
air, and brought the gun under himself
with the butt on his right ear, and the
muzzle thrust through between his legs.
And then the astOnished farmer being
unable 70 detect which way the gun was
pointed, and being somewhat set back
by the maneuver, tit out for his home
stead with tremendous strides. being
accelerated in the movement bv the AZ
most immediate discharge Of the gun.
Where the bullet went 10 is not known
but ~ there is n city visitor at the hotel
here with pantaloon leg half burnt off.
and a half ounce Of powder in his ankle.
1t IS presumed that Il must have left the
gun.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-11-10
Breakfast Table Crumbs.

TnE principal use of an opera glass in
place of amusement is to draw toward
us the attention of good looking people
at whom we level our own.
LET'S see-thcre's big tunnel on the
Cincinnati Southern, isn't there? Well,
now we can understand why excursions
over that road are SO popular.
APPROACH man in the proper man,
ner and you can wheedle him into doing
anything within the possibilities except
to build new house without bay
window.
IF the Ohio don't soon get on the rise
! financial depression will come sweeping
along like a threc-cornered simeon and
drive about half our milk-men to beer
or bankruptcy,
TINS is great age for gambling and
chance games of all kinds. They now
sell pools on about everything uncertain
except the number of bald-headed men
In the parquettes of the theaters.
MANY will stick to il that autumn is
the most delightful season--the "crown-
ing glory" and all that sort of nonsense; :;
but do they ever stop to think that il is
sure To hiring the oyster-man, with his
lungsot brass, throwing out noise enough
to till a barrel every time he opens his
MOUTH "Oy-oy-y-y-y-st-uh-u -uh-uh-ersv
He was man with a zebra suit, and
sleeve-huttons heavy as compound in
terest He could talk baseball and
politics with an air that would make
you feel as small as the prospect of
peace, but he couldn't 20 over the Rhine
on Saturday night and get back sober to
save the life of n poor man with large
family.
MANY of our eastern exchanges con-
tain the advertising portrait of flashy
quack, with long curling locks parted in
the middle and pasted down over each
eye. Somehow or other no western man
can take the second look at that portrait
without being almost pulled into the
street with an ardent longing To buy
pair of stogy boots, with bob-nailed soies.
aud take the first train toward the RISING
san.
The blacksmith shop has been inn
mortalized by the famous anvil chorus
of Verdi, which found birth i'm his brain
while seeking shelter from the storm;
but the diigent buz-saw is suffered To
whiz along in obscurity, scattering its
melody broadcast free as coal dust, and
never getting line imprint except in the
most scurrilous prose. Can we wonder
that IL sometimes turns upon man and
repays his remissness by chawing off
some fingers, or a hand or two?
WHEN you take the swnrthy son of
Ham and thrust him into scarlet
raiment covered with spangles, fill his
hands with flaming handbills printed in
red and blue hand him brazen-faced
banner punctuated with exclamation
points, and tell him to make walking
advertisement of himself all along
fourth-street, you give him a grip on
the Archimedian Lever he wouldn't
relax for all the corals of India or IL
watermelon the size OF furniture-car.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1877-11-10
Women Swimmers-HowM Miss Bennett
Teaches the Art OF Swimming.
New York Evening rost1


The days of the nymphs aroreturning.
Miss Kate Bennett, who for several wears
has had the reputation of an expert
swimmer, and her sister, Miss Eliza Ben
nett gave yesterday afternoon in pri-
vate bath-house in this city an instruct
i've and very pleasing exhibition of their
prowess IN the water. Miss Eliza Ben
nett lsthe young woman who swan across
the North River few days ago.
The girls and young women who dis
ported themselves yesterday in the Hud-
son were, il is believed. not less agile.
pretty and graceful than Europa. Helen
and other swimmers of the gender sex i'm
the days and streams of old. Some of
them had taken only three or four les
sons, but the visitors who watched their
movements did not see the need of any
more instruction. One little girl. Miss
Dexter, only seven years old, swan as
easily and lithely as swan in the
basin.
Miss Kate Bennett, of course, received
the most attention. She was dressed in
n plain suit of dark wooden underwear
without any sleeves and without stock
lngs. She stays in the water with COM
fort Tor three hours, and saws that she
and enthusiasm. Her method of teach
ing is this First, she shows her pupil the
proper motion for the hands aud arms.
placing the pupil fiat on the chest with
the feet touching the bottom. Shallow
water, say three feet deep, is chosen for
the first lesson. Then she teaches the
proper motion for the lower limbs. and.
In order 10 make the limbs supple, takes
nd AZ =.
the appropriate positions while the
pupil is lying on the water with hands
holding on TO the wooden steps leading
down to it. Finally, she again puts her
pupil. fairly in the water in the same re-
eumbent position, directs her to move
arms and limbs according to instruc-
tions, and helps hera little with one
hand placed under her. After the sec
ond or third stroke the pupil is swim
ming independently although uncon-
scious of doing so for Miss Bennett keeps
saying, "Go on, that's right, | am hold
ing you, when really she is not holding
her at all. The art has been learned,
and practice soon gives entire confidence.
Miss Bennett does not use corks, rats,
life-preservers, or flats of any kind Her
little white lie, am holding YOU"
does the business, she says.
Miss Eliza Bennett says that the easiest
way to rescue person in the water who
cannot swim, is to put him on his back,
hCid him lightly by his clothes mt or
above the waist, with your lefthand, and
then swim off with your right hand, and
on your side. Or, If the person TO be res
cued is moderately self-possessed, and
will simply put his hand upon the
shoulder of the swimmer, the latter can
use both hands for swimming, and secure
the safety of the former. In either case,
only slight assistance is necessary. The
person who cannot swim should keep cool
if possible, and above all should not clasp
his arm around the swimmer. If such a
person, in deep water, she says, would
only let her alone, she could easily res
cue him from drowning.