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she placed loaded musket by each one
The terrible war-whoop startled her fol
moment. Then her voice rang out,
loud and clear, "Here Jim, George.
Henry John, Bill! Don't you hear!
Bill, stand by that hole! Jim, you take
that gunr"
Two guns were fired. and then the
voice called out, George. shoot that
chief! Two more bullets went whiZZing
among the Indians.
They were taken aback. They had
supposed the fort deserted, save by the
woman. But it was full OF men. Anoth-
er shout, another bullet, and this time it
hit one of them. They hesitated to adj
vance. Bullet after bullet whizzed, and
two more men were wounded,
Then they turned an fled, and when
the men came running tO the fort,
the brave woman had scarcely
strength to unbar the door
A long time after this brave defence, a
farmer, living near the fort, started one
morning to NOV. As was usual in those
days. he carried his musket with him. He
had a special reason for being on bis
guard, for certain Indian had become
his personal enemy.
On arriving at the hay field, he leaned
his gun against tree, threw off his coat,
sharpened his scythe, and began moving.
AS swinging his scythe, he drew near
the lower end Of the field, he saw an In
dian crouching behind row of bushes
The farmer was cool man, and swung
his scythe as steadily as if he had seen
nothing.
Looking again, he saw that the Indian
was his enemy. In one hand he held
a tomahawk, while scalping knife was
stuch in his belt The farmer knew that
ifhe attempted to run for his gun, the
swift-footed Indian would be upon him
before he had gone hundred feet. Self
possession was his protection.
He moved up to the bushes, and then
turned, swinging his scythe as If anxious
to reach the end of his swarth.
Waiting until the mower had departed
two or three rods from the bushes. the
Indian moved noiselessly through the
bushes and crept after the farmer.
But with every swing of the scythc, the
farmer, glancing cautiously over his
shoulder, had taken in the position of bis
catlike enemy.
Nearer crept the stealtby savage One
step more, and he would be upon the
mower. Raising his tomahaw he braced
himself for the spring, and-fell on he
ground dead.
The farmer, with all his strength, had
swung his scythe, with its point inclined
up, completely around. 1t wounded tho
Indian so that he fell dead
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A $4,000 CHEQUE.

| The hour grew late and Mr. Bran(
paced his chamber in moody silence
The train had come in, but his messen
ger had not returned and the merchan
was troubled. Troubled by vague sr
of doubt, which haunted him in spite o.
his faith in Lake. A merry. sober ole
trader of long experience had said tina
Lake was too young to fill the importan
position which he held But Mr.. Branc
had never found his trust in Tom dis
placed.
Having heard rumors concerning &
house with which he had extensive deal
ings, the merchant had dispatched LAX.
to London, telling him to make inquiries
and in any case, to get the partners of the
firm in question to settle their account.
So Lake had gone from Liverpool tc
London. The time appointed for his
return passed, and still he did not come
A lady entered, and stole to the mer.
chants side; her own sweet face was
anxious, and there was tremor in the
music of her voice rs she said
"Do you think he will be here tonight
dear papa"
Il hope so, Mary; but it is very late. "
rs there no other trainf"
Only the night express, and that does
not stop, except at the central stations "
perhaps ne will come, papa he would
not mind coming ten niles. even if he
had to walk"
He should not have missed the train. :
said Mr.. Brand, sternly: ''punctualitv is
an imperative duty with men OF business. '
But. papa. something may have oc
CURED to detain him."
Nothing should detain man who has
given his word"
The fair pleader was silenced- her
father was angry. and knowing his strict
ness of principle. and how inveterat,
was his dislike to any breach of disci
pline of duty. she did no. venture to
speak again.
The time dragged slowly on; Mr..
Brand continued his restless walk. and
Mary sat subdued and qulet, watching
him. She saw that he was listening
when the night express went whirling by:
and from the deapths of her heart there
went prayer that Lake would come
safely home. The girl loved him. would
nave Sl1heu Hef lie on MS truth. anu
knew that he was not beyond his time
through any weakness or wrong. Tive
slow, weary hours passed. Mr.. BranG
was reading the commercial news. but
tor the first time in his life it did not in
serest him; be was thinking of the young
clerk, and the heavy sum of n onev thai
would be in his possession should the
Londen firm have paid him. And Mary.
reading her fathers countenance, fel.
chilled and NAMED by the slur cast or
her lovers honesty by his suspicious
her very thoughwas a denial to his
doubts, and as the rapid clatter O. a
horses feet rang out, she ran to tn.
window
Look she said. dashing the curtains
aside with eager hands: ..look. papa. |
said he would come-I knew he woulu. 9
The merchants stern features relaxed
With smile of pleasure. he was no,
emotional or demonstra,ive, bu. hi.
daughters gladness pleased him
There were = few moments Of exufcs
ancy. and then Tom Lake came IN. He
vent straight to Ar. Brand, only noticing
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SCIENCE.
TAETOTAL ECLIPSE CT THE SUN

On the Goth of July nexta total
eclipse of the sun takes place under
such circumstances as to present OPP
portnnities that occur scarcely once
in a generation for the study Of some
of the most interesting phenomena
with which astronomers have 10 do.
The path Of the totalty of this eclipse
runs diagonally across the center Of
the United States from Montana TO
Texas. and is somewhere about 40
miles wide. Many of the best points
for Observing the eclipse are therefore
directly accessible ny railroad. and
several expeditions might be sent out
fully equipped To As many different
points. without spending so much upon
them all rs it would ordinarily take
TO equip a single expedition TO more
distant point.
Recent discoveries have rendered il
probable that most Of the meteorologi-
cal changes in progress upon this
planet ARE caused by events taking
place upon the sun. and many qeus-
lions relating to the physical con-
stitution Of that orb. and the changes
there taking place. can only be studied
during total eclipse. It is said hy
Admiral Rodgers. of the Naval
Observatory. that the sum of the OPP
portunities which all the astronomers
OF the world can get for observing
such eclipses does not exceed five or
six hours in century. and it is there
fore important that every advantage
should be taken of the very favorable
conditions for observation under
which the present eclipse occurs
All the princi- al European govern
ments recognize the Importance Of
studying the phenomens attendant
upon the total eclip4ea. and send ont
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I'm Mistress jerks of the Henderson Green's"
I've come to he witness from New Orleans;
All Buffers knaves I'll trump with queens
AS bother the Potter army;
I'll teach my sex how to swear, how to swear,
how to swear,
To bother the Potter army
Yes, the committee of lawyers, half calf you
know. out of the library, have been kind
enough to cross examine me. always dl-
vide tairly-so TOOK the examining, and lett
them to bear the cross Anderson, did you
say? Yes-Mv 10 John; Eve heard of him.
Weber too? Certainly-her first name was
Lisa-she taught me tins captivating walk
thus! One III the land of shadOws-the other
in the land of shad! And night editor,
too! But knew the time of day !
CHORUS.
Pm Captain now of the Anderson Green's -
Pray serve me up the "Ways and Means"
For I've finished the Potter Army.
The visiting statesmen wanted to run:
But bid them stay and joy the fun;
While euchred Weber and Anderson,
As euchered the Potter army;
When lett home, mamma, she cried, man.
ma, she cried, mamma she cried,
Beware OF the Potter army! P"
SPOKEN.
said "Now, my dear mamma, pray do
just look at my figure and fan Do look
like person who does not know how to
pose and say 'iOrsooth,' and anon and
'prythee,' and keep even Rutler's eyes
straight on me and play him like a Cascepe-
da salmon with a silver doctor. Oh, yes
mamma, I'll be a dutitul witness, and yet
Mr. Buffers yours truly
And teach all my sex how to swear, how to
swear, how to swear,
When subpGned by Potter's army,
HI
The very first day sat in the chair,
Did Shella- bar-ger my text prepare;
picked up all the points when dressing my
hair,
For teasing the Potter army;
The lawyers all did shout and pout,
Tried to take me in and catch me out
But knew too well what was about,
To be trlpped by Potter's army!
l said, Gentlemen, YOU put NE out in my
evidence? Not much. A very good joke
that, acushla machree which is Louisiaua
French for-Not if know it understand
my letters perfectly well, thank you. What
does her NAL spell, do you ask? Why
Conkling, of course. Any fool can see that.
So with profund reciprocity of feeling, my
esteemed Butler, you will ever find me YOURS
truly.
CHORUS.
In vain you shout to put me out,
This poor little woman knows what she's
About much more than the Potter army
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Any decrease in weight below the
latter figures, subjects the holder to a
loss equivalent to the difference.
ms decrease may occur by wear. or.
as Is very often the case. through
sundry nefarious processes. which.
though not properly counterfeiting
nevertheless belong to that species Of
crime.
These operations are perhaps the
most dangerous to the community.
because as rule the coin preserves
It's appearance. is apparently genuine
under the acid test, and in fact is gen
uine except in weight. 1t is ilnpossi-
Die Tor example. to tell whether a
com has been "sweated" or not with.
out weighing it. and by sweating is
meant the use of the coin as the anode
IN the electroplating bath, the gold
being distracted from it and deposit.
ed on another surface. or course a
uniform quantity is removed from the
entire surface. and the imprint re.
tains IT'S original sharpness. AS much
as two dollars worth of gold is some
times taken from the double eagle in
this way. A less scientific plan is one
TOO commonly adopted by conscience
less jewelers.. who when they want
little gold. instead of buyino the
precious metal. purchases a TWEEN
ty dollar gold piece, file off with a
dead smooth file sufficient quantity.
reburnisli the place. and pass off the
coin at full value. The most exteD.
slve fraud perpetrated on gold coin
age is splitting" The operator
uses a fine saw TO split neatly in two.
Then he gouges the gold out Of the
center until only a thin outside shell
- left and substitutes silver and
platinum alloy for the metal thus ab.
stracted. The two parts are then
joined with gold solder. and the edge
is reInilled- In this way. We are in
formed. gold to the value Of SIS. 50
has been taken from single piece.
The operation, however. generally de-
stroys the ring or tone Of the coin.
leaving 1t. besides. either too light or
too thick. Another swindle is to
bore into the edge, and it is said that
John Chinaman favors this game.
buying up the pieces. sending them to
China, so that his dexterouA GONNA.
Tlots may there manipulate Them in
safety, and subsequently Teimporiing
them 20 set them adrift upon the un
suspecting American public. The
holes whence the gold is taken are
reflled with silver. covered with gold
solder. and the edges are neatly fin
ished; but the light weight reveals
the theft. From to 7l-2 dollars
worth Of gold has thus been taken
from one coin, and the pieces Of
course have every appearance Of be-
ing genuine. Real counterfeits-that
is coin wholly spurious because
made Of base metal-are almost inya-
Tiably below weight. An exception
to this. however. exists in IS piece
which il Of the exact standard weight
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POETRY
MRS. WITNESS jerks SCARS INTO
SONG.

[A1R-Captain jerks Of the Horse Marines.
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CHORUS.
In vain you shout to put me out,
This poor little woman knows what She
About much more than the Potter army
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Pm Mistress jerks of the Anderson Green's -
I've come to he witness from New Orleans;
All Buffers knaves I'll trump with queens
AS bother the Potter army;
I'll teach my sex how to swear, how to swear,
how to swear
To bother the Potter army!
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-09-30
sExAroR JONES' CLAIMS.

John L. Jones does not come before
the people Of thu State OF Nevada as a
suppliant for reelection at their hands,
on the ground that he has done his duty
well and nobly. He claims no merit for
that. IL we understand him Alright. He
pledged himself to perform that duty.
snd in fulfilling his pledge. he has sim
ply done what any gentleman and honest
man Is bound to do. II is true that in
these days when politicians who keep
their word to their constituents are the
exception and not the rule. the career Of
our Senator does stand out somewhat
prominently by contrast with that OF
many OF his eonfreres; but that is no
especial cause for assuming that he has
n mortgage ON his seat in the Senate
chamber. The real reason why peo-
pie Of Nevada demand that he shall DO
returned again is. that though he worked
nobly aud well. and with giant energy.
the great object OF his Senatorial life is
but half accomplished. There is much
to DO done yet before our silver will take
its place. side by side, with gold. and
Mr.. Jones is the one man in this State
qualified by experience and knowledgeto
do this work. A new man would have
to begin all over ; he could not take
up the work where Jones left 1t. aud
succeed. as our Senator can, in the bat.
tie against the gold rings and bankers Of
the East. This must be evident to the
poorest comprehension. And in add.
ton to this. by returning Senator Jones,
We endorse his action on the Silver bill;
by refusing to return him. we virtually
condemn the great act OF his Senatorial
career. and thus give aid and comfort to
the enemy. We must send John =.
Jones back to the United States Senate.
His claims are of n nature not to be
ignored.
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A SPEECH.

No apology is due to the readers OF
the News for the amount Of space which
We give to the admirable speech OF Carl
Schurz at Cincinnati last Saturday. II
is the keynote to the campaign on Ma
tional issues throughout the country.
The one grand question before the peo-
pie Of this nation is that Of finances.
What we have TO answer on the Fifth OF
November. Is whether We as . people.
are resolved to stand upon our plighted
faith TO tho world. or whether by shirk-
ing our obligations, We are determined
to inaugurate a steady and sure progress
toward reputation. II is not merely
our national honor that Is at stake. al
though danger to that should be sufi-
cient to prevent us from taking the fatal
step which the greenback lunatics are
urging upon Us. Our prosperity as in
dividuals. and as q nation Is threatened.
We are Just emerging from the clouds OF
financial distress into the clear sunlight
Of a revived prosperity. and Ii is at this
supreme moment that a most wanton
attack il made upon our credit at home
and abroad. We do not. WI cannot. be-
lieye that 1t will be successful.
The speech Of Secretary schurz is full
Of tho most eogent reasons why this
great wrong should not be done. The
special appeal OF the grsenbaeksrs is to
the laboring element Of tho country. and
to that element Mr.. Schurz addresses
himself. lie shows by means Of clear.
conclusive reasoning. that the hard
times are mol, as the Democrats and
greenbaekers assert. caused by n con-
traction Of the currency. There are
more greenbaeks and national bank notes
in circulation to-day than there were In
the days Of apparently our greatest pros
periiy. The object OF resumption is to
make the poor mans dollar equal to the
rich mans. and the opposition OF Demo-
cracy to this wise measure is in direct
antagonism to the rights OF the laboring
man. 1t is to be hoped that every toiler
In the land will read this master speech
upon a great subject. The intelligence
Of the masses is admitted by all parties,
aud all that is necessary to secure wise
action by the people is an appeal to that
intelligence. such an appeal Is this
speech by Carl Sehurz. and We trust. for
the good Of the nation and themselves,
that every workinsman will read and
t~horouphly digest IL.
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TO CANDIDATES.

The GOLD HILL NEWS haring
been duly selected by the County
Commissioners as the OFFICIAL
NEWSPAPER OF STOREY CoUN-
rY. candidates for office at the CON-
ing election iciH see the importance
and propriety Of placing themselves
squarely before the people By insert
ing their respective announcements
officially in The NEWS. Al TiH
be giren a fur and equal shoe. re.
9ardiess Of politics. We ciSh 1t
also distinctly understood. as hereto
fore. that all political or election
printing must be paid for in ad-
vance. We can accept Of no contin-
gent arrangements. Any candidate
icho does not pay his printing bitis
promptly. is not rorthy Of the office
i've seeks. and moreorer he ieiR not
he elected.
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ANNUAL MEETING.

OPrCE or ExoHRQUER MINING CON.
" pa~ny.-Location Of principal place OF eusi-
uess. IIs California street. Onion Insurance
BuildlnD San francisco, Calliornia.
Location Of works, Gold I'LL, storey county,
Notice 10 hereby rvcn. that the annual meet.
inc of Inc stochhoiders Of the Abovs named
company for the election OF . Board OF nvs
Directors 70 serve for the ensuing year and for
The tran,actIon OF iueh other businets ~ may
properly coms before the meeting. will Be held
GIniou Insursnos Buildingl San Francisco,
California, on The .TwkNTY.rlRsr DAY W
OCTOBER. 1878. d 2 O'Clock ,. y. Transfer
books viii be closed on and after saturday. O.
b. order Of the Board OF Directors.
sepN JOSEPH oRuss. Secretary.
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KEARSEY is q maligned man. The
lecherous moon-eysd prsss incorrectly
reports him. "0di proianutn vulgus Of
poluphloisboio thalasses." Such 10 his
ordinary classical lapgusge.-Puek,
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SETTLE UP.

T WISH TO HEREBY GIVE SQUARE,
L notification TO all parties indebted TO
me Of the PlUTR SALOON. Lower 0old Hill,
that they must come for sard promptly, by or
b tore the 18Th Of October, and settle their said
Indebtedness. or I shall place the same In the
hands of . Constable for collection.
seJOtds WILLIAM Reid.
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psrison with gold that you begin to
grow uneasy about II. you remember
that 1t is based upon the
WEALTH or Il AMERICAN PEOPLE.
And that SOM forty or fifty thousand
millions worth Of property stand as
mortgagcd security behind 1t. VI
course. with security, the fat dollar
ought to be worth its face In gold, and
thus you may think Of foreclosina that
mortgage on the wealth OF the country.
You may think II bcst to present your
fiat money to the Secretary Of the Treas.
ury, who must be presumed TO DO o
sound HAT man. and knows what the
mortgage on the wealth Of the country
means. You ask him to give you good
dollars for the bits OF fiat paper you pre-
sent. or SO much OF the wealth OF the
country rs Is required TO make that fat
paper worth something. What will be
the answer my dear sir. you desire
good dollars. These fiat dollars are good
dollars. They are the only dollars wa
have. The Government has not prom.
ised you anything else. You want a
share OF the wealth OF this country upon
which the fiat dollars are based! Why.
these fiat dollars arc themselves a part
Of the wealth Of the country. Besides,
you have clothes upon your back, your
wife aud children have the same; II you
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FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR
D. r. HODGES,

THE PRESENT INCUMBENT. RESPECT.
1 fully announces hlmself . candidate for
reelection TO the of.ce Of Public Administrator
OF storey County. subject 10 the decision OF the
Republican County Convention. se30d
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WEALTH or THE COUNTRY

Upon which your fiat money Is based.
OF course I cannot give you what be-
longs to anybody else" Now you begin
TO perceive that the forty or fifty thou.
sand millions worth Of property In the
country may DO magnificent security to
base fat money upon. but You cannot
foreclose the mortgage upon q single
blade OF grass. That may seem queer
to you (; but II Is the peculiar beauty OF
fiat money. based upon the whole wealth
Of the country. Why. gentleman Of the
fiat money persuasion. the Chinese, a
thousand years ago, were just as wise
and progressive N you aro now. aud
when they had got through with their
great progressive fiat money experience.
they were n great deal wiser. i think
may take leave OF fiat money and turn
TO our Democratic friends, who are pos.
sessed with the Ohio idea. as put forth
by the Democratic Convention OF this
state and several other conventions In
other parts Of the country, which Is as
follows
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THE RESUMPTION ACT


Is to be repealed. All reduction OF the
paper currency is to ceass. Gresnbacks
arc to be q legal tender for duties on im.
ports. AL restrictions to the unlimited
coinage Of silver are TO be removed. The
national bank notes are to DO withdrawn
aud greenbacks issued In their stsad.
The sale OF bonds for the purchase Of
coin for resumption purposes is TO be
stopped. The volume OF the greenback
currency IL to DO determined upon by
legislation or constitutional amendment,
so as to insure the stability OF their value
M well rs volume. think ! have stated
1t fairly. That a man thoroughly welded
to tho irreieemable paper mania should
make such o platform his own. | can
understand. but how q man who thinks
the resumption OF specie payments ut
all desirable can adopt 1t is to me utterly
incomprehensible. For any intelligent
mind will seo at n glance that Its execu.
ton will render resumption
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That the Tee, for voters =, such Primaries
shall be - follow:

That the tss, for voters 1t sueh Primaries
shall be - follow;
That be voted for the Hayes Presidential
Electors In 1915. or would have done % had he
been . auaiined votsr, that ha 10 rsgistsrsd
aud h.a been for two dayL. Previous 70 the ho,d.
pledges bimsslf 20 support the nominees Of
the Republican convsntion 81 the coming
election.
That The places for holding the polls st such
primsries, and the names OF the Judges and
Clerks. shall be - follows. 10 wit:
iLowEaY PRnoNor- Polls :, om.g. MN.
rolles. Cierhs--r..R. Williams. D.. p. Courier.
FIRST WARD. vIRaINrA-Pors-st A. Rs
NELL 1 Co.'S store, corner Carson and q streets
Jndges-P. A. Ellis, x. Oliver. Cierks-0eorye
A Gall. Rmery smith.
SECOND WARD. vrRoIsIA-Pols st.No. Is
North q street. National Saloon. Judges
". D Moves. ". u. HILL. Cisrks-Gsorys W..
Hopkins. Ben. Y. Bartlett.
sTHIRD WARD. vIaoINIl-Polls 1t % South
o street. Judges-Augustus Williams. John
Plate. oisrts- rhomas LAas, Charles Wood.
worth.
FOURTH WARD. VIRGINIA. Polls ct Mon.
ter. John Martin. clsrks-L- orllsy. Thsedors
Woodwork.
FIRST WARD. GOLD II LL-Polls 81 yellow
Jsfket Eug'ne House, Judgss-John Kohler.
1eors ". Rogvrs. cisrks-J. II. Tucker. W.
uy. Doans.
soln Hose House. Jpdes.J; p rlaansry.
Ball.
AMERICAN PLAT-Polls q. WEEKS saloon.
Judges-C Hassrmsn. Robert Jonss. CLERKS
J. r.. Fi~anningham, - Merrill.
And that the Convention for the nonination
o. County Omosrs o. the ensuing siscuon shsI
take place In the