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The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-03-24

TIE SulsCiDE of George CIV heel
er, chemist, living in Dundee, Can
ada, is the one of the strangcSt ever
recorded. He was a hard student,
thirty two years old, who lived by
himself, working in a small laboratory
by day and watching the stars by
mint through u small telescope.
About six months ago he told his
friends that lie had made clinical
discovery which would carry his re-
novu to the ends of the earth. The
Authorization which took possession
. Of him was that he had succeeded in
making preparation which, when
scattered on a dead person, would
restore life. Neither the arguments
nor lecrs of his friends changed his
belief. He resolved to kill himself in
: order to have the efficacy of his resur-
rection powder tested. A large bot,
J. tie. labeled "creative, all chanSefn'
material assistant" was found beside
The letter, together with letter ad'
dressed to u scientific gentleman, Civ
s. inc directions as to the method OF
G testing the truth of his discovery
-, The machine used bv the young MAJ
to accomplish his suicide is a marve
;, Of ingenuity. A stout wooden frame
work supports q large balance wheel
to which are attached knives, port!"n
I, Of scytles and an ak head. Back o
It thi. there is a complex arranSeme"
:, of small wheels and pulleys, all oper
v ated by powerful steel spr'"?
When set in motion the machine
:, capable of running at fleighttuI rat
p Of speed for the space of ten minutes
is Close by is a three. sided trough
which he must have placed himse
after setting the deyilish arrange
in ments in motion. His head' VINE
w. he laid under the wheel, was mang't
y beyond recognition. When his Doc
;ly was found his brains were oozlnG o'
of deep cut in the back part OF II
skull.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-03-24
Facts About the Cabinet.

Mr.. Evarts lives in New York Mr..
Sherman in Ohio; Mr.. McCrary in
Iowa; Mr.. Thompson in Indiana Mr..
Schnrz in Missouri Mr.. Key in Tenn
cssee and Mr.. Devins in MasSachn.
setts. Two members live IN the East,
four in the West and one in the South.
Mr.. Evarts is SO years old. Mr.. Shcr-
man 81, Mr.. McCrary ~. Mr.. Th"mp:
son Is, Mr.. Schurz 81. Mr.. Key 43 and
Mr.. Devins -. Mr.. Evarts was
educated at Yale and Harvard Mr..
Sherman at good common schools
Mr.. McCrary ditto; Mr.. Thompson
ditto; Mr.. SEIZURE at Bonn, in Ger
many Mr.. Key at Huvassie College,
Tennessee; and Mr.. Devins at q
"prominent institution" in Massachu'
sets. Mr.. Evarts has been Attorney
General of the United States an'
member of the Constitutional Con
veution of New York Mr.. Sherman
IN the Senate and House of Repre-
sentativcs ; Mr.. McCrary in the Hous
of Representatives; Mr.. Thompson
in the House of Represen atives an
has declined foreign missions; MI
Schurz Minister to Spain and Unite
States Senator; Mr.. Key chance Ia
in Tennessee and United States Scna
tor, and Mr.. Devins Attorney Gener;
of Massachusetts.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-03-24
MAILS.
RIVALS AND DEPARTUR

Alexandria to NatchitOches.
Arrirals. Departures.
Tuesday p. m. thursday . H. H.
Friday up. III. Na'"1""S . :" ill.,
Sunday 4 pm. Moh""y d. ILL.,
Natchitochcs to Shreveport.
Tuesday 9 a. IN. Inrs"ay . q. H.
Thursday 9 q. m. thursday d. ILL.,
Saturday 8 q. N. Saturday > H. H.
Natchitochcs to Texas.
Tueslav ep.m. Monday 7 a. m.
Saturday 6 y. IN. Thursday 7 a. III
Natchitoches to Minden.
Tuesday 6 pm W We'd! yssl a. q H. i"
Friday 6 u. m =,
Natchitoches to Winfield.
Tuesday II m. incS"a' p He
riday II III, rr'""S T.
ALL MAILS CLOSE AT 8 AM.
Office Hours-from 7 A. NJ. to II NJ
md from 2PM to 6PM.
W. D. IIARKINS.
Post Master.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-03-24

Fred. Douglass has been ap-
pointed U. s. Marshal for the Dis (
trict of Columbia. This does not
please many lawyers.
Our Legislature will continue
in session until 30th April.
The contest for L. S. Senator IN
Louisiana is between Gibson and
Spotford, with the chances IN ia
vor of the latter.
Ex.Gov. Aiken, of South Caro-
lima, is mentioned as an appolntee
for Collector of the Post Of Charles
ton.
The Senate adjourned Monday
last.
President Hayes is still firm in
his Southern policy-Blaine has
been ground to death in the mills
Of the gods-butting against the
stone wall of public opinion is
what's the matter with Blame.
Morton limps around, weak and
T unable to cope with the fearful
odds of 30 Democrats ana ~
Hayesites, in the vote of Is all
told. The n. Y. World and other
leading Democratic journals of
the East still insist on fighting the
Il Hayes policy, right or wrong
+ Blaine wanted the Southern Sen
g ators to help him fight Hayes
" Beck, of Kentucky, told him sit
e was no funeral of ours" Bout
& we'll, ex Senator from Massachu
y, ~ sets, has been appointed Com
n missioner to revise Statutes. Geo
a NJ, Duskin has been nominated
i, Attorney for the Southern DIS
er trict of Alabama.
Matilda Heron, the great az
of tress, is dead.
Ia The war cloud in Europe is nc
in. as threatening as it was,
asa The vote in the executive Sc
as sion of the U. S. Senate on I'll
confirmation of Postmaster Gen
IA raj Key, was, yeas "a, nays
ith Democrats.
ag;o j. G. Eagan Esq, Of Home
.sk' La, has been appointed asslsta
the State Attorney General, by Go
' 's% ernor Nichols.
fter Red River continues to tall ia
;n s,' idly at Shreveport and pom
city above.
to Small Pox is raging feartully
ill many parts Of the State. New {
&c ov t', leans is, we learn, afflicted grea
lass with this pest.
m nos The latest from New Hampsh
ing indicates heavy Republican ga
{ ID The Democrats electing one &c
gresham of the three.
~ th 40 The New Orleans Times, +
been uuue, and Democrat, urge act
: for in the matter of electing a Uni
only States Senator, upon our leg'
blue ture.
ad it
only Gen. Trobrion recognized
80 !, VI Nichols Government by turn
who over to Boylan, Cnlel vi Iollo
into soldier murderer.
ound >
with IT. is reDOrted that Don Came
The -, a,,ooood his father. as Sen
,ss in Will s"oo'
D and from Pennsylvania.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-03-24

North Carolina has a newspaper
called Pee Dee Bee. The. editor is
probably rather Scr-Dre. ~G,nphi".
And certainly Nee Dee. -NoryistowH
Ueru|d. -Oh, yOu Be D..
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-03-24

,uT tu, Mnu''th., w., Mas " USiiilH-
ION like a newspaper ,nan ?" Answer:
'"Because he couldn't tell Il lie."
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-03-24

\ blue glass sr"if"r compares the
?'"aSanton theory thuSly: Positive
blue, comparative blown, snpcrlative
"bc hlOwcl.'
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-03-24

~a--n-ionf advertisements 81. 80 per square" OF
"a i;nas arrvicr, first insertion Each ShoSe'
WANT Insertion = cents per square
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-03-24

Farra"ut was dashed to the mast
and Il shoe peg Is mashed to the last.
Singular coincidence.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-03-24

Many boy has lest grip on his
fathers affections Ivy being able to
beat the old gentleman at friendly
| game of cards.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-03-24

Bryant, the poet, is 81; Longfellow,
the poet. is ~; Whittier, the poet, is
60. Poets live longer than editors.
Let's all 60 into the poetry business
and make glad the heart of the waste
paper dealer.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-03-24

After looking at the picture of 4
sponting whale for a long time, a lit
tic boy seemed to become more and
more puzzled. At last he turned to
his uncle, and pointing to the picture,
said "Oh, my! doesn't he sneeze q
good long way off,
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-03-24

Two ragged littlo urchins we're
standing in the gutter looking at a
lady who had just fallen down on the
pavement. lit isn't so much that !
like oranges" observed one of them,
"hut what lot of people you can
bring down with the peel.'
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-11

A p~ertinacious book agent has been
worrying the life out of the Court
house officials for the past I'VE days,
by his efforts to get at the true status
OF the law in regard to psddlers. He
tackled Judge Harmon and talked him
into a trance in less han fifteen min
utes; turned his attention to the Dep
uty Clerk, who, after listening a short
time, basely deserted the field on a
p~reten-e of looking up the authorities
on the subject. He next invaded the
Assessors Office. but failed TO make AN
impression and lett in a hurry be-
cause that official attempted to assess
his gold watch. Deputy Recorder
Horn endured him for one hour and
thirteen minutes and then fled to the
fire proof vault for protection. The
agent whispered the balance of the
story through the keyhole and departed
for the Sheriffs office, where he met
his match. Joe took him inside the
Jail and let the female prisoner con-
verse with him for a few minutes.
The result was that he was brought
out in a fainting condition, and upon
being restored to his normal state he
PUNCHED the amount required and left
the scene prepared to dilate to the out
site community on the absolute neces-
slty of every person being provided
with the latest subscription work.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-11
ABSTRACT STATEMENT OF THE
MINES OF EUREKA DISTRICT.

The following is an abstract state
ment Of the mines of Eureka District
for the quarter ending June 30th. 1t
will be understood that the table does
not represent the full capacity of the
different mines, the two principal
ones having been shut down a portion
of the quarter. Again, the table j.
liable to mislead the reader in figuring
on the cost of extraction, as compared
With the number of tons, and the
gross yield of the ore. As an example,
take the Eureka Consolidated. The
cost OF extraction is set down at ST.
O69 80. This represents not only the
actual cost of taking out the ore, but
also all the prospecting and dead work
done during the quarter, a work that
occupied more n two months of
the time, the one furnace running but
81 days and reducing 1852 tons. The
present quarter will show a vastly
different state of affairs, as 1t is cal
culated that there will be a continuous
run during the quarter. The same is
the case with the Richmond mine, the
furnaces having been shut down early
in the quarter, while the work of ex-
,ploration and prospecting was carried
on without interruption. The cost of
extraction in outside mines represent
the average wages of those employed
in taking out ore, the work being car
ried OH by two or three men, who
bring no capital &c bear but their
labor, and rely on finding small bodies
of high grade ore to reimburse them.
The low grade, or that which will not
leave a good margin, is laid aside for
future USE, when smelling can be
done more economical v:
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-11

We call upon Captain Foley, our
local scientist, to read the following
from the Elko Independent, and then
make for the highest point on Pros
pect mountain and give us the result
OF his observations. There was once
an Irish pedagogue who gave as a
reason for not teaching a pupil naviga-
ton, that IL was impossible to do any.
thing in that line in the winter season
while the rivers were frozen over.
The duty which we impose upon
the Captain being purely astronomical,
we shall firmly decline to accept so
flimsy a pretext Is served in the case
of the pedsgoeue aforesaid. Following
is the subject to which his attention is
respectfully invited: Those who re-
main out Of bed till half past nine
O'Clock in the evening can have a free
sight at a very rare spectacle. The
planet Mars il rapidly approaching a
point In its orbit which astronomers
designate opposition" On the 18th
of Dext month the fiery planet will be
nearer to the earth thar it will be again
durin e the lives of the present gener-
alton. Already the red world blazes
with a splendor almost rivaling that of
Venus, and the planet Saturn. which
Is in close proximity. is comparatively
Insignificant in both magnitude and
brilliancy. If you desire TO catch a
glimpse of the glorious orb, look near
ly due east at $3.50 = M
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-11
a Disturbing Element.

The disturbing female element is a
prolific source of discord in the County
Jail. Since the incarceration of the
women in that institution, the usual
quiet hat had heretofore obtained gave
place to a series of quarrels, COM
plants aud fault. findings that has
nearly drove the Sheriff and Under
Sheriff to the verge of distraction, and
not only has the effect been felt by the
officials, but the male prisoners also
suffer under the infliction. Two-two
Johnny declares his preference to soli-
tary confinement on bread and water,
rather than endure the torrent of
choice language that is hourly turned
loose by the fair prisoner. The term of
one of the females expired last week,
and in departing she threatened Joe
thai as she had been so well treated
during her stay, it vas probable she
would return in a week or so. Poor
Joe turned pale under the frightful
prospect, and is rapidly losing flesh as
he contemplates the contingencies of
that event. The softer sex are charm
ing creatures, but they do not bear i'm
prisonment with the same placidity
that ch~aracterizes the male.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-11
ID. Mannheim.

Dave Mannheim keeps on hand a
splendid stock of fancy and staple
groceries, a full line of clothing, min
ers' supplies of all kinds aud every
thing that pertains to a we'll regulated
establishment OF the kind. Dave is an
old pioneer in the business, and has
built up a splendid trade by his fair
dealing and attention to the wants of
his numerous customers. The store
on Main street is always crowded with
purchasers selecting and buying
goods, and the proprietor is one OF our
most popular business men.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-11

A number of steel bars, is feet in
length, and of immense proportions,
were delivered yesterday to II. Lieut.
Finger, and deposited in front of his
hardware store on Main street. As
the boys expressed it, they looked
like the daddy of all cruwbars. Their
weight afforded the crowd an oppor-
tunity to test their muscle, and the
lifting exercise was kept up until some
of the participants became angry at
being outdone. and started an Incl
pient row. One fellow of immense
proportions, slapped a few of the by
ISLANDERS, and his display of fighting
qualities dispersed the assemblage at
short notice. The bars are intended
for use in barring out and breaking
down the accumulations of chilled
Stag and iron in the smelling furnaces,
an operation that takes place on every
shift, and requires the united labor of
all the working force at the furnace.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-11
A PLEA FOR WHITE MEN.
some Practical Suggestions Re
gardIng the Chinese Evil.

The Silver City Times Of late date
publishes the following sensible ar
ticle: "The white laborers every
where in Nevada, at the present june
ture, should firmly. but quietly and
~peaceably demand the discharge of all
Cinnamon whose places can be filled
by C~aucasians. There arc, perhaps, a
few occupations unsought for by white
persons, al a practicable cost, but we
believe the "a Der is very limited.
The advantage of Chinese cheap labor,
so-called, is less than most employers
imagine. When the real and .perma-
nent gain to any community. or even
to the individual employer, is taken
into account the difference is not ma
terial. Take, for instance, the section
hands OH the railroads; the increased
consumption in food, clothing and
other expenditures by white men and
their families. would go far toward
-compensating in freights the difference
in the cost OF the labor paid for. The
same reasoning holds good in most of
the other departments of labor in
which Chinese are employed. The
same number of whites employed i'm
whatever capacity, would give by the
daily expenditure of the Increased
population a full compensation for the
difference in apparent cost, and
stimulus would thereby be given to
all branches of business.
AT present rome but Chinese are en-
ployed in repairing the tracks on the
roads of the Central Pacific and Vir-
giDia 81 Truckee Companies. Chinese
are also exclusively used in round
houses and in unloading coal, ore,
wood, lumber and other freights put
side of Virginia and Gold Hill. This
state of affairs is the cause OF much un-
favorable comment, and the fact that
the charges on these roads, anywhere
in Nevada, are exceedingly high only
serves to ~aggravate the cause of COM
plant. The earnings on both roads
are very great, enormous on the
freight and passenger traffic in Neva-
da, and the people of this State should
insist that some degree of justice
should be shown them in the class of
employees engaged on these roads,"
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-11
The Martin white,

The Martin White Mining Company
shipped during the month of July
S34, l67 in fine bullion. This was the
result of one furnace and one cupel.
The company are now running "
furnaces and two cupels, and intend to
add still more to their facilities for re-
ducing ore at once. The Martin White
may be counted upon as having fallen
into the line of bullion producing
mines, The faith of its stockholders
was shown by the willingness with
which they paid their heavy assess
ment, there being but liz shares re-
manning unpaid at the day of sale.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-11
BaliaSted with silver.

The Ruby Hill railroad is literally
ballssted with silver. The daily pas
sage of ore trains over the road and
the constant jar scatters a portion of
the load out OF the cars and along side
OF the track for the entire distance.
Assays have been made of the earth
In several places and they have run
as high as $50 per ton. The work of
gathering it up would COS more than
IL Is worth, and there Is no way Of
stopping the waste. In Virginia City
the loads of ore are thoroughly wet
down before leaving the dumps, but
ina. process would not do here, as the
auued moisture would have to be ex-
peiled in the furnace, which would cost
more in fuel than would be saved by
the sprinkling. We imagine that rail-
roaus pailasted with silver are unheard
Oh outside OF the State of Nevada.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-11
THE STRIKE IN OPHIR.
Black SuIphuret on the I.90O.f foot
Level.

The Virginia Chronicle of the 9th
publishes the following interesting
item:
An important strike was made last
night, shortly after the III o'clock shift
got 10 work, in the drift running east
from the main incline on the 900 level
OF the Ophir mine. What the extent
of the ore-body is il is of course i'm
possible to tell at this early date; but
1t Is quite rich, the ore where struck
being a black sulpburet. which will
undoubtedly assay over 81 600 10 the
ton. 1t is "A very soft ore, Yielding
easily to the pick-in this respect be-
ing very similar to that found in the
main bonanza upon which the Califor-
mia and Consolidated Virginia COM
panies have been at work for the past
three years. The ore was first struck
into, as above stated, shortly after the
III o'clock shift went on last night, and
the whole body of the drift has since
been i'm ore. This strike is very valu-
able, coming at a time when the pub
lie to be looking for a develop
ment OF some kind before they will
invest In mining stocks to any great
extent; but if the great depth at
which it was made-the | 900 level
together with the general resemblance
OF the ore to that of the bonanza, is
ken into consideration, the impor-
lance of IL and its effect upon the pros
perity Of the Comstock region can
hardly be overestimated. Let US all
pray that IL will hold out.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-11
Railroad Taxes.

The Reno Journal publishes the fol.
lowing regarding railroad taxes: 1.-The
Central Pacific has made its returns to
County Assessor Fish. 1t returns
50 80 100 miles of railroad and tele-
graph line at So 1000 per mile; (the old
story, ~ miles side track at 1000 per
mile; personal property returned at
$40, 400; buildings, etc, $40, 500; 10
miles telegraph line from Reno TO
Storey county, at $50 per mile; Washoe
county's pro rata of rolling stock at
s77, 929. Total, Si7l 400. They also
patented lands, 10000 acres at
81 per acre, making $50 ,000. The V. IL
Il. X. II. will make returns in a day or
two. Assessor Fish will assess both
railroads at Sl2, 900 per mile, and the
Board of Commissioners will equalize
at $1,000, which the railroads will pay
without objection"
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-11
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and in either sex. nc matter from What
cause produced.
The Vital Restorative is a thoroughly
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ant to the taste, supplies to the cerebro-spi-
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force.
PurifeS and Emrtches the blood, re-
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and in Europe can testify TO the great restor-
alive properties Of this rally great nsdi-
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Price. SO per bottle. or four times the
quantity for $40. Sent to any address 90
cure from observation, on receipt Of price.
A. Z. MINTIE, NJ. D.,
Graduate University of P~ennsvlvania late
Resident Surgeon 0rthopedic Hospital,
of Philadelphia,) 722 Montgomery street,
San Francisco, Cal. Sole Agent, 70 whom
all letters should be addressed.
r. s. DR. MINTIE can be consulted in
reference to the above complaints during
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Full directions and advice free with every
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Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-11
Departed.

Chinatown is agitated to its depths
v the disappearance of a Celestial
dansel, whose absence from the doni-
cile of her liege lord and owner. causes
that particular barbarian a great deal
of trouble and mental unrest. Unless
she can be recovered it is a clear loss
OF $500, a great deal of money for a
Chinamaa, or any other man, to lose
these hard times, saying nothing about
lscerated affections, etc. 1t is c%onjec-
tured that some moon-eysd Lothario
abducted the woman, and has fled with
her to, at present, unknown lands.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-11
The Consolidated Furnaces.

The work of refining the furnaces at
the Consolidated is progressing rapid
ly, and one of them will be ready. if
needed, on Monday next. In the
event of a favorable decision three fur
naces will be kept in steady operation
and the fourth in eserve. The steam
power at the works is hardly sufficient
to run the our furnaces and the ore
crusher at the same time, but is fully
able to cope with three blowers and
do the crushing and pumping. If it
becomes necessary it is probable that a
larger engine will be procured or the
cylinder of the present one enlarged.
If the Eureka wins, the north end oi
town will present a lively appearance
and regain the prestige it has lost dur
ing the last two years.