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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-22
that frequently appeared in rich, dainty
dresses, and smiled TO think it was all

that frequently appeared in rich, dainty
dresses, and smiled TO think it was all
for the poor and needy.
"They dances for us and for Others
murmured libby, sJor those as is in want
Maybe the beautiful ladies will find us
here to morrow, and give us some bread. :
| EYES," said Tosey; 'and the poor little
girl as has the sick mother. P'haps
they'll find them, and help them, too.''
The Cold Night waved his hand above
them, and they both shive1ed, and said
/ how cold it Tosey tried to play q
note on his violin, but the strings creaked
so dismally that he laid it aside. Then
they sang together the sweet little song
of charity which libby had sung to the
rich people; and, as they sang, the Cola
| Night spread his mantle slowly around
them until they were fast asleep.
ooh, STRIP cried Kitty, "spare them,
and let them i've"
mo" said Cold Night, "they are too
poor TO live. They must die"
Kitty fell on her knees before him.
''Oh, SIR" she pleaded beseechingiy,
81 am rich and will take care OF them,
and relieve them from suffering.
But The Cold Night raised his hand
and pointed upward, saying:
"Too late, too later'
As he spoke he took the beggars in his
a ms and slowly rose up toward the stars,
leaving Kitty sobbing on the ground. AS
she knelt there she heard. high in the
song of sweet charity, swelling to a
mighty chorus, as one would think to
celebrate mighty deed-mighty in the
sight Of heaven. She tried to raise her
head but could not, she seemed bound to
the earth by a great weight as of gold,
while above the song grew fainter and
lalnter, till at last it ceased, then she fell
into deep swoon.
1t was broad daylight when Kitty
awoke, and the sun was shining brightly
into her window. In the hall the maid
was humming subdued song as she
went blithely about her work while with
signs of stirring life-curled upwards
from the chimney tops into the cool air
as if glad to meet the light of day.
'sIt was only dream; yet, oh, how
vivid2'' thought Kitty, as she rubbed her
eyes again and again, surprised to see the
walls OF her own pretty room actually
around her.
"Only dream, only dream; yet, how
full OF truth!' cheerily rang the milk
mans bell as Kitty donned her morning
dress; while, as she passed down the
broad staircase the great hall clock seem
ed to say:
"Only dream, only dream; yet
there's a lesson, yet there's a lesson:" and
Kitty pondered.
A year from that time Kitty passed by
the same old clock; but this time it said,
as it licked, licked away:
'sOnly cream; yet it's made her an
angel--angel of mercy to suffering need.
Her name, so dear to us, is a name of
love among the poor. All, happy, happy
was the day when, to her eyes, dream
revealed true charity.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-22

soft balsam. and covered with prickles,
and so strongly put together that boy
would be puzzled to cut them open with
a jack-knife, he accomplishes his meal
with easy dignity and cleanliness, max
ing less effort apparently than man
would IN eating soft cookery from
plate.
Breakfast done, I thought I would
whistle a tune for him before he went to
work, curious to see how he would he af
fected by it. He had not seen me all this
whites but the instant began ne darted
up the tree nearest to him, and came our
on a small dead limb opposite me, and
composed himself to listen. sang and
whistled more than dozen tunes, and as
the music changed his eyes sparkled, and
he turned his head quickly from side to
side, but made no other response. Other
squirrels, hearing the strange sounds,
came around ON all sides, chipmunks al
so, and birds, One of the birds, hand
some, speckle- breasted thrush, seemed
even more interested than the squirrels.
After listening for while on one of the
lower dead sprays of a pine, he came
swooping forward within few feet OF
my face, Where be remained futtering in
The air for half minute or so, susta ming
himself with whirring wing beats, like a
hummilg- bird III front of flower,
while l could look into his eyes
and see his innocent wonder.
By this time my performance must have
lasted nearly half an hour l sang or
whistled Bonnie DOOM" 'Lass O. Cow
RE: "O'er the Water to Charlie" 'Bcn-
ME Woods O Cragie Lee," etc, all of
which seemed to be Listened to with
bright interest, my first Douglass sitting
patiently through it all, with his telling
eyes fixed upon me until I ventured to
give the "Old Hundredth,n when he
screamed his Indian name. Pillillooeet,
turned tail, and darted with ludicrous
haste up the tree out Of sight, his voice
and actions in the case leaving a some
what prolane impression, as he had said
Pm be hanged if you get me to hear amp
thing SO solemn and unpiney." This
acted as signal for the general dlsper-
sal OF the whole hairy tribe. though the
birds seemed willing to wait further de-
velopments, music being naturally more
In their line.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-22
Something About Fat Men.

An enterprising reporter, in writing Mr..
Lambert's obituary, said nature had en-.
dured all the tresrass she could admit;
the poor mans corpulency had constant
~ increased until the cogged machinery
OF life stood still, and this prodigy of a
mammoth was numbered with the dead
His coffin contained 112 superficial feet
OF elm. and was 6 feet 4 inches long, 4
feet A inches wide and 2 feet riches deep,
and the immense substance of his legs
necessltated its being made in the form
OF square case. 1t was built upon two
axle-trees and four cog wheels and upon
THESE the ramains OF the great man were
rolled into the grave. A regular descent
was made to the grave by cutting away
the earth tor some distance. Tie apart
mehts which he had occupied were on
the ground floor, as he had been long in
capable OF ascending staircase. The
window and part of the wall of the room
in which he died had to be taken down
to make passage for the coffin. Another
great man was grocer, named John
Bright, living at Maldon in Essex. He
may have been said to have been born
~1"NN'<t saw ~ Wa Va Iunltly lUl
the great size and appetites of its mem
bers. Bright enjoyed good health
married at the age of 90, and had Ave
children. He was cheerful companion,
kind husband, tender father, a good
master and an honest man. He died in
his thirtieth year at the pet weight of GIG
pounds. His coffin was three feet three
inches broad at the shoulders and more
than three feet deep. A way was cut
through the wall and staircase of his
house to let it down into the shop. It was
drawn to the church on wheeled
carriage by twelve men, and was let down
into the grave by an engine fixed upon
the church for that purpose. After his
death wager was laid that five men,
each twenty-one years of age, could be
outtoned in his Waistcoat II was tried
and not only five men but seven men,
were inclosed in it without breaking a
stitch or straining a button. Navarro
has not quite reached the proportions OF
either OF these men, but he is quite young
yet, and if he increases in tho next ten
years as much as he has in the past ten,
he will go down to history as the latest
man on record.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-22
Whistlingto Squirrels.

MIR. John Muir, the naturalist, has q
short paper in Scribner for December on
"fhe Douglass Squirrel of California, -
of which little Is known in the East in
which he relates the following unique ex-
pelience:
Though I cannot of course expect all
my readers to sympathizs fully in nv
admiration of the little animal. few hope
will think this sketch of his life too lone.
| cannot begin to tell here how much he
has cheered my lonely wanderings during
all the years [ have been pursuing my
studies in these glorious wilds; or how
much unmlstakable humanity 1 have
found in him. Take this for example !:
One calm, dreamy, Indian summer morn.
ing, when the nuts were ripe, l was
camped in the upper pine-woods of the
south fork of the San joaquin, where the
squirrels seemed to be about as plentiful
as the ripe burrs. They were taking an
early breakfast before going 10 their reg
ular harvest work. While l was busy
with my own breakfast I heard the thud-
ding fall of two or three heavy cones
from yellow pine near me, and stole
nolselessly forward within about tweenty
feet of the base of it to observe In a
few moments down came the Douglass
The breakfast burrs he had cut off had
rolled on the gently sloping ground into
a clump OF ceanothus bushes, but he
seemed to know exactly where they
We're, for he found them at once, appar
emily without searching for them. They
were more than twice as heavy as himself.
but after turning them into the right po-
sition for getting a good hold with his
long sickle teeth he man aged to drag
them upto the foot of the tree he had
cut theIa from, moving backward. Then
seating himself comfortably, he held
them on end, bottom up, and demolished
them with easy rapidity. A good deal
of nibbling had to be done before he got
| anything to eat, because the lower scales
are barren, but when no had patiently
worked MS way up to the fertile ones he
found two sweet nuts at tie base of each
shaped like trimmed hams, and purple
spotted like birds egg. And notwith-
standing these cones were dripping " It'll
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-22
The Value Of Diamonds.

The question IS often asked:- :" Why
are diamonds so costly2 Why are they
so highly prized2" This may be answer
ed somewhat in the same way as when
we determine the reasons for the high
value placed on gold, yet gold is esteem
ed rather from fashion than from any
real beauty. Its value depends however,
on its comparative scarcity, but above all
its durability. The diamond, the most
costly of all substances, has intrinsic
beauties of its own. 1t has !impidity,
brilliancy, a fire appertaining to itself,
but, above all, an absolutely indestruct-
utility Tar surprising that of any known
product, which gives the additional rea.
son for its enhanced value. The first
diamond taken from the bed of the Indian
torrent. cut centuries ago, has not lost an
atom ofits weight, nor has spark of its
brilliant fire been dimmed. Though il
has passed through millions of hands, it
shows no trace OF wear; it has been sub
jected to all temperatures and climates,
and its shining luster has never paled
This indestructibiIity has, then, made it
inestimable as standard of value. A
thousand years ago it had its price, and
d thousand years to come it must remain
unchanged in form and luster, and still
be an object of worth.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-22
The Night Of the Charity Ball.

BIZ MRS. NJ. P HANDY.
Now isn't it perfectly horrid,
Tonight of all nights. I declare,
My face should be swollen with toothache?
II just were man, how I'd swear!
I'd 90 to the ball in minute
don't care fig for the pain;
But can't W til my face like dumping.
And pve tried lots of physic in vain.
Then my dress. too it's perfectly lovely.
worried mamma for the lace;
She vowed that pa couldn't afford it;
And the flowers, had such chase
10 find them-azaleas and b hawthorn
Pale pink is my color, you know;
Ana roses are getting quite common
Please hand me the chloroform-oh!
fa,li storm when the bill comes. l know it;
put that dress would have paid for it all,
IL "a only been aole to show it
Tonight at the charity ball.
He says the whole thing is nuisance
You know how men scold about cost:
The five dollars paid for nv ticket,
l suppose that is money just lost.
This year, my dear-would you believe it?-
He offered to give Kate and me
Fifty dollars apiece for the orphans,
Ii we'd both stay away. Well, you see,
He'd have made good thing by the bargain
mat dress was two hundred ard more.
so rldiculous!- like man, though
AS II tce went there for the poori
-RGrDer,S T3uzn
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-22

Nine women in Burlington banded
themselves together last week By SOL
emn vow, never to speak of other women
at all, if they could not speak well of
them. ALI their tongues have grown so
rusty from disusc that thew have to lu-
bricate them with machine-oiI before
ahey can swalIow.-Houkegs.
Mademoiselle X meeting one of
her old boarding school friends who has
just been married: 'sWeil," says she, "are
you happy2 Do you get along we'll to-
gethers" "Happy, yes; without doubt, but
we squabble great deal" Already
and about WHAT" '.PIul pretends always
that it is he who cares the most for me,
md I'm very sure that it's Tn
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-22
The Cry Of the Maiden Shareholders.

The edinburgh Scotsman publishes the fol
lowing Cry of the Maiden Shareholders il
the broken GLASGOW bank:
Pity us, God There are five of us here.
With threescore years on the youngesthea
Five OF us sitting in sorrow and fear
Well for our widowed one she is dead;
Day and night sitting, we've not laid head
Down on pillow this week now and more
Trembling has seized on US, shrinking and
dread,
10 near the bell ring, or be seen out ofdoor.
Pity us,pity, 0 God.
Pity Us, God! When our father died
His mind was at ease for he left us shares
Aad roof DER our heads, too; and side by
side
Happy and loving, we faced life's cares.
Then We were young, and now feeble and old
But we never wronged any, as far as we
knew,
And We tried to do right with our silver ana
gold,
And 1he poor had their portion the church
had its due.
Pity US, pity, O Godl
Pity us, Godl We would work if we could
But SUPPER fingers must stitch and hem:
And who would give us our morsel of food
though we spun and knitted all day for
We never knew work. but to keep ourselves
neat;
And never knew want, but our wants are
small,
And there's bread in the house yet, If we could
cat,
Bat the sickness of sorrow is mixed with it
SILL
Pity us, pity, o God!
Pity Us God. Must our little things gog
A.i--even our mothers things cherished
with care?
Must we leave the old home-the one home
that we know?
Bat 1 not for the poor house-o surely not
Could they not wait awhile? We will not
keep them long;
We could live on so little, too, cheerful and
brave;
But to leave the old house, where old memor
les throng,
For The poor housed O rather the peace of
the grave!
Pity us, pity, 0 God!
Pity us, God! AS for thea who have wrought
All this sad ruin so wide and deep,
o how could they do it, and know it not?
How could they know ii, and think Or sleep?
But we would not, one of Us, change this day
Our lot for theirs, for our hands are clean.
Aad the bankrupt sonl has darker way
Then the way Of the honest poor ever hath
been.
Pity us, pity, Q God.
WALTER SMITH.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-22

1t isa little queer that some people
have the faculty of stirring the whole
world without feeling an emotion them
selves. There was Christi. G Nilsson, for
instance; ecstatic French critics went in
the widest raptures over the ''cold eyed
maiden Of the North" yet at the same
time bcmoaned her lack of feeling. Moth
ing movsd her TO the heart unless it was the
neal approach of a rival singer. Some Of
the New York critics are now raving over
Modjeska. And vet it seems to be from
long range. 1t is all dress and action,
they cry out Well, perhaps it is, and
perhaps it Is not. Because Charlotte
Cushman, Mrs. Siddons and Sarah Bern
hardt and Others of the emotional school
gave their hearts to the public-their real
hearts-it is no sign that those actresses
who do not parade their emotional ca
pacity upon the stage are not possessed OF
any. Those people who give expression
to all their feelings are APT to monopolize
the reputation of depth and capacity of
emotion, while the self-restrained pass for
cold and unsympathetic
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-08-25

Following il list Of outstanding ASSESS
mcnts npon Nevada mines, and the date
upon which they will become delinquent in
the Board:
- Sierra Ncvada--Sl August 81.
Boyle-f5 cents; September l.
Benton-3j cents September l.
New York--30 cents; September |.
Kentuck--$i !; September Z.
Mint-20 cents; September 3.
Dnllion-S1 so; September IL.
Succor-50 cents; September IL.
Hale d Norcross--Si September Is.
North Con.-Si September l3.
Justice 81 so; September 13.
Utah-$2; September l5.
Following il Iist Of stocks upon which
assessments are delinquent. The day Of
sale Is Affixed:
Trojan--25 cents August 20.
Alta-$i /; September 10.
Belcher--S1 September 10.
Silver Hill---50 cents; September IL.
Scorpion--20 cents; September IL.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-08-25
rn. wcm.,.. .r . Historic snip.

At low tide at Monterey. CAL, part OF
the wreck Of . vessel, formerly the Natalia,
can be seen, though very few who see it
are aware that she IL or was the ship on
which Napoleon Bonaparte escaped from
Elba 60 years ago. to revive his broken
power by his immense personal magnetism.
and lose il forever ON the memorable field
Of Waterloo. The old vessel, now slowly
going 10 pieces in the Pacific. has local
history. She brought to California in
1884 the colony Of Hias, whose members
intended TO settle in what was then Sono-
ma county. Not liking Sonoma they re-
turned To Monterey aud gradually dwin-
died into indistinction. typified by the
ship that had transported them tither. 1t
Is odd that some enterprising Snowman
like Barnum has not carried Of a portion
or the whole uf the wreck Of the Natalia.
and put it in museum to aid the common
mind in its effort TO understand the char
scter and genius Of the first captain Of
modern. or perhaps Of ancient. times.
Fragment Of the ship in which the great
Napoleon escaped from Elba' would bo To
the many an alluring curiosity and bit OF
material history withal.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-08-25
DELINQUENT Assessment Notice.

ITO H. yORBERG, HIS HEIRS OR ASSIGNS
i You are hereby notified that have per-
formed labor on the Montezuma mine, situated
In the Eureka Mining District, Nevada, since
the enactm snt of the mining law Of Congress,
approved May 10, 1872, and for assessment
work as required by said law. in the sum Of
Eleven hundred dollars (sl. .lC0l in u. s. gold
coin--interests in said mine are divided rs fol-
lows julius Kohl. 800 feet II. vorberg. 800
feet-and that unless you pay your proportion
after the publication Of this notice. your inter-
est in said mine will become my property by
law. JULIUS KOHL.
Eureka. Nevada, August 20, 1878. aug20-3m
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-08-25
A Tree roaa-. comsortnbie Quarters.

tfrom the suspension Bridge Sournai.I
Mrs. Mckay, ON Centre street, has a
beautiful fuchsia, which has on it at this
time over 200 blossoms and buds. Among
the foliage Of her plants on the veranda.
snugly ensconced in geranium leaf, is a
diminutive specimen Of the little batra-
chian commonly called the tree toad. The
leaf, unaccustomcd to Its strange burden,
has changed its hue from green to pale
yellow, and the little animal has changed
Its color to correspond with that Of the
leaf. We never knew one to leave the
trees or bushes before. This one sings his
monotonous song every evening.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-08-25
DISSOLUTION.

YUvHE COMPREHENSIVE HERETOFORE Ex-
isting between Davis b Keen. In the auc-
ton and commission business, in Eureka, was
this day dissolved by mutual consent Of the
parties. GEORGE A. DAVIS,
j. B. KEEN.
Eureka, July ie, 1878. jyis-1m
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-08-25
Power Of We. Wave.


Tho tremendous force of the ocean waves
has been illustrated at Wick, on the ex-
trcme Northern coast Of Scotland, where a
brs akwater has been b~ilding for some
years past. II may give an idea Of what is
meant by wave-power. II was found that
stones of ten tons weight were AS pebbles
t. tho waves. which have been measured tn
be there forty-two feet from crest to the
bottom of the trough. The outer end of
the brcakwater where the storms beat most
violently was bnilt al three courscs of one
hundred-ton stones laid on rubble founda-
tions; next above these were three courses
Of large hat stones. and upon these mass
Of concrete built ON the spot, OF cement
and rubblc. The end of the breakwater
was thought 10 be as immovahle az the natu-
raj rock, yet the resident engineer saw il
yield to the force Of the waves and swing
around into the lcss-troublcd water inside
the pier. II gave away not in fragments,
but in one mass, as il it was monolith.
The displaced mass is estimated to weigh
about 1850 tons.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-08-25

In the matter Of the estate Of M. A. Ashim'
District Of Nevada-ss. bankrupt.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT AT A
IN meeting of creditors Of the above named
bankrupt held at the ONCE of e. Strother
Register Of said Court. at Lis once, at Virginia
City, upon the I'd day Of August, 1879, was
duly appointed by said Register assignee Of
said estate, and that have duly accepted such
appointment, and qualified according TO law.
r. SADLER, Assignee
Dated this sth day Of August, 1873. a6-oaw3t
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-08-25
FOR SALE AND TO LET.
For Sale Cheap.

A SPLENDID DAIRY FARM IN PINE VAL.
"A Ky. Eureka county. Nevada, immediate
on the line of the Eureka 4 Palisade railroad.
is offered at bargain. For full particulars, ap-
ply to the undersigned on the farm:
augl5.2w J. WILLARD.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-08-09
APPLICATION FOR PATENT.
MINING APPLICATION NO. s,s.
u = a..::::!!'4yss f. q. Z: 5. /. ! y s n.

TINTED STATES LAND OFFICE, CARSON
~ City. Nsvada, July 9, 1878 hoties 70
hereby given that the DELAWARE SILVER
MINING COMPANY, Q corporation Organized
under Ne laws Of California BY ]. q. corey, is
Agent, whose postonnce sddrsss 10 at viinginiA
III: asy msa. ssS sisa 10 his ono. u. daily
verified Application for patent from The Unitsd
stsies for twelve hundred u7oo) linear FRET OF
the DELAWARE lode 90 vein, bearing gold and
silver, with surface ground sig hundred toOC) feet
IL width. and being of1ei.lly surveyed; PLATED
ship 10 north. Rang % ssst. NJ u. D. and ~.
and more particularly descrbsd - follows.
Wis
whence the center OF the Dslaware siivef nInlng
Company's vofking shan bsar south degrees
IL minutss sast, distant fss feet; thence running.
nnt oourss, south " degrees g minutes vest
S0 feet 70 posi marked No. i. Us. Survey No.
o., thence, second course, south 10 degfees ~
minutss east isoo feet Q Pc. mafhed NO.
70 dexrsss % minutes east GO feet 10 post
maftcd No. ., u. b. Survey No. %; thence,
fourth courpe. north 10 degrees IS minutes west
lin 5000 feet 70 post Married reference post
q. B. survey No. b. whence the northeast cor
ssss, \. b. b. ana ~. bssis north DO des,ess
10 minutes east. distant s17S feet; thsaes, ana
eoupe, north 10 degrees % minutes west n
3o-io0 fsst 70 post Married No. I. U. y. survey
No. %; and thence. sixth course. south 70 de.
qsss rs minutes west 30 feet 10 point OF begin.
ming, Married "north CENTER" containing 10
$500 acres.
Courss expressed from the trus meridian.
with Q magnetic variation OF I'm degrees east,
This claim 10 situated o. Gold nm OF Amer.
lean Riss Mising District. and daily recorded In
Book b Of Locations. etofey County Records,
pages 90 and 60. and notice 10 hereby further
eiyen that any and eli persons claiming sdvsrps-
y 20 the said Dslawars silver Mining Company
ths hers,nbsfor described mining giound. vein,
thereof, are required 70 present and Ole In his
od1cs such sdyrrrs claim during the SIXTY fcOD
days nswspaper publication Of this NOTES. %
falling 90 20 do. such adverse OF opposing claim
VII be barred By virtue OF the provisiops Of ths
jsssd O. n. HARRIS. Register.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-08-09
%STocERoIDIRs' MEETING.

NFYfoE ALTA SILVER MINING COW.
Rseniar Annual Aseting of the stockholders Of
the above.named Company. for the election 81
Trustees for the ensuing year and transaction
OF such business - may be presented. VIII %
hsld O. the once Of the Company, Rooms D and
3, No, 302 Montgomery street nan franciseo,
August. 1878, at ! O'Clock p y. Transfer books
will DO closed on the 18th instant and until
sf.sr ,ss mssuns n. WATSON. s.e,r,.rv.