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Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-02-04
Quits N

California all wool undershirts and drawers,
canton flannel, merino, and all kinds Of mems
underwear, at cost at the GOLDEN RULE,
as NJ. Il. Joseph is about to quit merchan-
dising.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-02-04
Total net profit for 1879.

Total net profit for 1878. SIT lao 45
This shows a profit on the E. 4 p. OF 81
per cent, or 10 per ceut. less than was es-
timated by the people Of Eureka and the
managers Of the road when it was built.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-02-04

Boots aud shoes at cost at the GOLDEN
RULE. Joseph is closing ous, and will retire
from business.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-02-04

All kinds of MINING A WHEELS ant
AXLES at the New Foundry, at
Fl. II. CONKLIN & CO.'S.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-02-04

Retiring.

At the GOLDEN RULE STORE. Goods at
cost price, to close by the first Of February
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-03-10
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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-03-10
Lung. Fail or Fire.

From the Paw Paw lAich.) Courier.
A. W. Underwood. tine col.fed man
whose breath sets combustibles ON fire,
was interviewed by u Courier reporter
on Tue day evening. lie says he 10 "a
years old. When about IL years old he
held his handkerchief to his mouth and
blew upon It and it took fire. He says
me is unable to account for 1t; says that
physicians have examined him and they
Are rs much In the dark as himself. He
set II piece OF paper en- Gre at the Dyck-
mar house, Tuesday evening last, be-
fore a large crowd. A respectable citi-
zen of Paw Paw says that this fellow
was out with him in a hunting party
last summer, and none Of the party had
any matches, and says that Underwood
took up both hands full Of dry leaves,
breathcd upon them awhile, and set
them on fire, from which they built q
fire In the woods. He seemed much
exhausted last evening after his effort;
says that he gould not endure 1t more
than twice n day. Parties present last
evening said that they had examined
his hands, had him rinse his mouth out
and drink a glass Of water; and then
saw him set paper OF cloth on fire by
his breath.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-03-10

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as IN 400 Per day e .homs; ri s.a sI1.
~ q, yssTSsse. Mama siSdawiy
The Osceola times., 1880-10-23
A Veterans Experience.

"Another clearinghouse busted up, /
see.' sighed a venerable Detroit landlady
as she laid down her paper. "Well, it
must have been extravaganza on the
table. That's what bankrupts seven ola
of ten, and even then the boarders are
crying 'hashp and complaining of poor
meals. Now | run clearinghouse for
twenty two years, and | made money
and heard no complaints. How did | do
III Why it's all in planning. For in.
stance, a neck-piece of mutton can be cut
TO look like a rib-roast, and a little extra
fire makes it Just as tender. Lawd save
youl I've been complimented thou
sand times on my selection OF choice
spring lamb when the meat was mutton
four years old. and the toughest part at
that The idea of spring chicken on a
clearinghouse table is absurd-aye!
almost wicked. In my palmy days |
could take tough old hen. pound the body
with the potato-masher for ten minutes,
and set before my boarders a feast to
make every heart glad Now III venture
tkat there aren't ten landladies in this
city who can bake pigs head and slice
off the meat in q manner to make every
body believe that he has the choicest cut
Il
that there aren't more failures. Lots of
landladies buy nice, fresh butter, and
thus tempt man to eat five or SIX bis
cults or half loafof bread. What econ
omyl | always had my nice butter on
the table at breakfast, when we had little
but toast, and the boarders got along on
old butter the other two meals. 1t is all
in the planning-all in the planning. |
used to ha;e beefste k every morning.
Three mornings in the week bought
slrloin, which is very nice, you know,
and the other four mornings | bought
neck pieces and rubbed the case-knives
over the grindstone. Give a boarder
sharp knife and a tough steak, and he'll
never make a complaint-never. He'll
put the blame on his teeth, and the more
steak he leaves on his plate the more
rabbit pie you'll have for dinner
The Osceola times., 1880-10-23
A Chinese Theater.
Portland Orcgonian.


Coung Ye Lung 4 Co.'S new tbeater
was opened yesterday. The perform.
ance began at p. m. and lasted until
past midnight. AT z p. m. the thealer
was crowded five-sixths of the audience
being Celestals and one-sixth Caucis-
ians. About 80 Chinese women occupied
seats in the gallery set apart for the gen.
tier sex. The play presented is entitled
"ine Treaty Between the Six Asiatic
Nations" and is embellished with the
incidents connected with that treaty.
The ! lay embraces every shade OF acting,
from light comedy TO heavy tragedy.
The actors knew their lines and their
cues. and thev also knew how to act
there were no quarrels between the
leading lady and the soubrette, and the
star and the leading man; there were
not half a hundred deadheads; there
were no bouquets bought by members oi
the company and sent to themselves by
the usher; there were no tedious acts
bet Seen waits; the orchestra consisted
of fiddle, two banios, a machine that
made a noise Ike two boys with sticks
striking a paling fence going at full
speed, and three pairs of cymbals-one
pair as large as washtubs. The ensem-
bic PLAYING was a happy me ium be-
tween the sounds of two pigs under a
gate and the melody Of boiler factory,
with slight preponderation OF the latter.
The most thrilling scene was when ten
actors, dressed kind of like fairy and
kind of like an Indian, and kind OF like q
turkey goJbler, came out and threatened
to wipe the ground with their opponents
army. They tackled an old woman;
threw her across a block, and sawed
away for minute with wooden swords,
after which the woman turned somer'
SET, and walked off the stage, dead. The
heorine Of the play had her face painted
like the sunrise of a six-bit chrome, and
four young Romeos, after squanderlng a
weeks salary on picnic tickets and boat
rides for the idol OF their hearts, without
gaining her affections, threatened to
have the life's be-lud of the other three
Taken all in all, the first Chinese per.
Torrance must be recorded as grand
financial and artistic success.
The Osceola times., 1880-10-23
Some Strange Petitions.

The subjects of Frederick the Great
who had any grievance to air or favor to
ask, were wont to hang their petitions on
a linden tree at Potsdam, to have their
prayers granted or refused as the king
inclined, without waiting the pleasure Of
minister or secretary. The petition tree
doubtless bore strange fruits sometimes;
but never did Old Fritz have stranger
document submitted for hls cousidera-
ton than one that found ITS way into the
hands of Charles / in 1910. This unique
petition ran as follows Whereas your
maiesty's petitioner hath understood Of
a great discomfort in many OF you" ma
jesty's subjects at the gracious mercy your
majesty was freely pleased TO show upon
your petitioner, by suspending the sem
tence of death pronounced against your
petitioner. These are humbly 10 beseeck
your majesty rather TO remit your pc
toner to their mercies that are discen-
tented. than to let him live the subject
of so great dllcontent in your people
against your majesty; for it hath pleased
God TO give me grace to desire with the
prophet, That If this storm be raised for
me, | may be east into the sea that others
may avoid the tempest This IS, most
sacred sovereign, the petition of him that
should esteem his blood were shed to
cement the breach between your mges'
ty and your subjects" Whether John
Goodman's crime deserved death or not,
after such an appeal 1t was impossiblel lor
the crown to revoke its revocation OF the
sentence. Chdmbcrs Journal.
The Osceola times., 1880-10-23
Ina Whales Mouth.

Nantucket Cor. indianapolis Journal
Here | met Capt. Wood, who had been
in a whales mouth. After edging care
fully toward the matter, friend induced
him to tell about it-probably for the ten
thousandth time.
Yes. ! was standing in the bow of the
boat, with the iron in my hand" said he,
Cooking around for his majesty, for |
thought we had given him his death.
blow. Suddenly uphe came right ahead
OF me, and he struck the boat under
meath with his prolonged lower jaw,
knocking it out from under me, and |
fell straight over into his mouth"
"What did YOU think thenY asked a
listener, as the Captain paused.
Thought | was 4 agoner," answeredthe
Captain, Especially when he shut his
mouth on me. But he was, fortunately,
In the agonies of death, too worried TO
think of me. and after giving me one
savage crunch, he blOwed me out OF his
mouth, covered with blood. | at once
struck out for the boat"
"And when they picked him up they
thought he was killed." said another
Captain; though after good while, he
recovered, with the ugly wounds that YOU
see." There was scar some inches long
across Capt. Woods scalp, and a great
lump on his side was visible under his
coat.
"What did you think when you were
in his mouth, and knew where you
were" asked another bystander,
Thought he'd yield about eight bar
rel" said Capt. Wood, turning over his
quid and catmly firing at the box of saw
ntISf
The Osceola times., 1880-10-23
Indian Workmanship.
San Francisco Call.

Glass ball shooting and various other
exhibitions OF skillful manipulation OF
parlor rifles are at present attracting
considerable attention both in Europe
and the United States, and the telegraph
reports almost daily some wondrous
achievement, so that the report has re-
ceived fresh impetus on our coast, ana
has been attende! with some really good
shooting. particularly in the case Of Otto,
a son of Joseph, the Nez Perces chief A
rerresentative of the CdR availed him
self of an invitation extended by Captain
Mcdonald to witness an exhibition OF
fancy shooting by his ward, and was am
ply rewarded, as the following will at
test: Ii may be well to state that the
scene Of operations was room sparsely
lighted, and the general circumstances
rather uniavorable for successful shoot.
ing. The incidentals for the sho ting
exhibition consisted of triangular
wooden frame, at the apex of which a
bill poster, representing the figure of a
man, had been pasted, piece of glass,
about one inch square, inserted for an
eve, and at the other corners of the tn
angle set of brass knobs were inserted
in the frame. On either side, above and
below, slanting from plates were fixed
to cross bars, and numbers Of glass balls
hung at various distances from each
other.
At the back of the apparatus gong
occupied a central position. The first
experiment consisted of blindiold shoot
ing. A nickel fve-ccnt piece was glued
to the figure, and the young sharp
shooter, blindiolded, turned around in
various directions, and was finally placed
in direct line of the object with a rifle
minus a sight, and at a distance of some
twenty-five feet. The first shot sent the
nickel flying around the room, and on
examination an indentation was found
on its very edge. The second test con
sisted of placing small piece of tinted
paper on the glass used as an eye for the
figure, and then placing large piece OF
card board in front of and touching it,
so that it was completely hidden from
view. The shooter was again blind
folded and the first shot shattered the
glass, the bullet having passed through
the very center of the tinted paper.
There were various other tests, such as
breaking three swinging balls by one
shot and breaking a ball placed immedi-
ately behind the attendant, the ball,
owing to previous contact with the brass
knobs or iron plates, taking circuitous
course
The Osceola times., 1880-10-23
A Converted Chinsman.
springleld Republican.

springfield kepubllcdns
The many friends of the Chinese stu
dent Yung Kwai, who graduated at the
high school last summer, after a resi-
dence in Springfield of seven years. but
who has SINCE been ordered home be-
cause of his fathers displeasure at his
acceptance of the Christian religion, will
be glad to learn that the Chinese govern
ment have abandoned all efforts to carry
out the decree concerning him. kwal
started for Hartford with a number of
companions who had been ordered
home, for San Francisco by way of this
city, few evenings since. Tickets and
baggage checks could only be secured
for the party as far as Springfield, and
while the agent in charge was securing
through tickets, Yung Kwai and Har.
ward Sophomore, named Taw, who had
been ordered home for the same reason.
disappeared, taking their baggage checks
with them. They readily found friends
who kept them secluded for few days,
meanwhile employing a distinguished
Boston lawyer TO confer with Secretary
Evarts, to ascertain their exact status as
relates to their home government. The
reply Of Mr.. Evarts, giving extracts>of
China, is just received, and sets at rest
all fears Of the friends of these young
men concerning their liability to be
forced back to China and prosecuted,
and perhaps beheaded, for their religion.
The extracts are as follows:
"Chinese subjects shall enjoy all the
privileges Of the public educational in
stitutions under the control OF the gov
ernment of the United States which are
enjoyed in the respective countries by
the citizens or subjects of the most f.
vored nations"
"Chinese subjects in the United States
shall enjoy their liberty of conscience,
and shall be exempt from all disability
OF prosecution on account of their reli.
gious faith or worship in either country"
Both governments consequently
agree to pass laws making il penal Of
fenSe for a citizen of the United States
or Chinese subject to take Chinese sub
jects either to the United States or to
any other foreign country, OF for a
Chinese subject or citizen of the United
States to China, or any foreign country.
without their free and voluntary con-
sent, respectively"
Although this last paragraph does not
specially cover the case in hand, as
Kwai is not quite 20, and can not become
citizen of this government for some
little time, yet the three quoted above
are held to afford him ample security in
going on to Harvard, where he has al.
ready been admitted. Indeed, the CHI
nese Commissioner has already notified
his friends that he shall not mo.est him,
and the young man is stopping in the
eastern part of the state, awaiting the
opening Of the college term. The Com
mlssi Jner has said that he never had
anything against Yung Kwai, but was
only induced to order him nome because
of repeated commands from the boys
fnt bpr
The Osceola times., 1880-10-23

yer's cot ter stantiate de charge. If dar
wuz noah education 'mong de nicgers
an white folks dar wouldn't be half de
trouble in de courts. Is my han techin'
dis table, Judge" And he placed his
hand on the desk.
"Yes, sir"
"Dar's whar yer's off. Case why?
'eordin' ter de flosofy what Use been
studyin' yer can't tetch nothin' Dat is
air tween my han an de table. IF my
ham totch the table hit would stick dar.
Now, look aheah, Ant'ny," and the pris-
oLcr turned to Cobb, sis yer gwine to
put yerself in such ienorent light?
Yer's been stugent too long not ter
know better den dis. Is yer goin' roun'
town branded wild ignorence? Is yer
gwine ter add yer weight to holdin' de
cuud people CT Little Rock ter de
groun? Now, ez a stugent an a man
what understands hosofy, did | fetch
yer?"
"Come to think oh hit" answered
Cobb, 81 doan believe yer did,"
Now, Ant'ny, eZ stugent an Il man
OBJ science, didn't yer run agin post an
knock deem teef out?'
"Viewin' this subjeck in scientific
light, believe l did"
"An' now, Ant'ny, as a stugent an a
larned man, won't yer withdraw dis case
pendin' agin me, IN which yersef is de
scientific planter, an in what | is de
scientific 'fendent?"
"Yes, ! will, Judge, dis man neber hit
me, an hereby widdraws de mistake" A"
"Dat was 'zackly right" said Slmms,
as the two men went down together.
"Ef all de men of science would hang
tergedder dis way, dar wouldn't be halt
de trouble an oneasiness in de worl'."
The Osceola times., 1880-10-23
The space Required to stop a Train.

1t is clear that the distance required
TO stop trains increases very rapidly
with the increase of rates of speed, and
misapprehension on this vital point may
become fruitful source of destructive
accidents. In experiments made on
July IA, in England, the Westinghouse
brake stopped train moving at the rate
of 4l.5 miles an hour at point only 4S5
feet distance from the place where the
brake was applied, and when the speed
was increased to 81 miles per hour the
distance run after the application OF the
brake was | ,lS5 feet, and when the speed
of the train was increased to 81 miles an
hour the distance traversed after the APP
plication OF the brake was 2.055 feet,
Similar results were obtained when
other brakes were used.
The Osceola times., 1880-10-23
The Teeth Of the Ancient Greeks.
London News


One of the most remarkable features
of the discovery of the band of Thebans
who fell at Oheronea is that, according
TO the report, all the teeth of each mem,
Der of the sacred band are sound ana
complete. Either these gallant pairio,H
were exceptionally lucky, OF the condi'
ton of teeth in old Greece was envlaoly
different from that of later and more de,
generated days. The Romans were wei,
acquainted with the evils that attended
on the possession Of teeth, and had Soins
considerable knowledge OF the use o'
gold in counteracting these evils. we
remember rightly, an exception TO tne
rule of not burying precious objects WIN
departed Romans was made IN laVoI VI
the gold that had been used for sloppins
teeth. We moderns may compare iaVol-
ably with the Romans in the sklll OF ou,
dentists, but we can not pretend 10 Wv"
the defenders of 1hebes in their SUPER
ority to the necessity for these gehue'
men. Rare indeed are the happy Nor,
tails of to-day who can truly boast tus'
their teeth are in the perfect condillon,
that nature intended, and that the cfalS
of the dentist has never been employeu
upon them. Ii would be a diilicuIt tass
TO select from our army, OF any ilou,as
army, 300 men with teeth as sounu 90
those of the Theban warriors are repo'F
ed TO be.
The Osceola times., 1880-10-23
A Girl Monk.
London Telegraph.

Matrena Ivanovna, Russian peasant
girl of two-and-twenty, has recendy ac-
quired considerable notoriety in her ma
tive land through the fact that, under the
monastic designation of "Father
Michael" she succeeded in passing sew
eral months in the cloister of Staraja
Ladoga, without iHcurring the least sus-
picion on the part of her fellow monks
that she was other than she seemed to
be. Forced by her father to marry a
person whom she detested, she disap-
peared from her home on the day sue
ceeding her wedding, and, upon search
being made, her clothes and two long
plats of her "blacK hair" were found
near the Wolchof river. as well as let
ter IN her handwriting stating that, rather
than live with her hus band, she had re-
solved to drown herself. Her relatives,
believing that she had really committed
suicide, forbore any further inquiry, and
mourned for her ~ one dead. She, how
The Osceola times., 1880-10-23
A Mouse that Drank whisky

A mouse ln.ruded himself ln'9 .
ladv's chamber, and found upon h.'
toilet-table small wal of WHISKY
which, it is but fair to say, the lady u'l Nal
tor the benefit of her orimps' lne ,,S ;n5
was stoppered with a paper cork, wniIr' wLY
of course, was saturated with Wnisafs 10
The mouse nibbled of the top OF Wv
cork, and finally succeeded in drashhs ne
it, and then RECALLED itself with wha' .l,,s lms
Iaper had absorbed. Under the sllill.,'%;n n
thus secured, it had made its presence .onl n
the room very evident, and a caledJJ ca.aJ
search for it was promptly lnstllu,eJi institute oi
II was soon discovered in the dfawsi an N
a bureau, stretched out at full lene,inh e,ihOn on
a comfortable bed, dead drunk. W n1b ,bs
it was removed and thrown upon n.,;,l
ground, the shock restored 1t 70 paagart
consciousness and to a staggering 6 ''si asis
at locomotion. Moral: IL is n9s ~,
even to smell the cork Of wui'N'
bottle.
The Osceola times., 1880-10-23

ever, dressed IN mans clothing, applied
last March for admission TO the above
named monastery, and was duly receiv-
ed into the conlraternity on probation.
taking the minor vows, and officiating as
coachman to the Prior. There is no
knowing what ecclesiastical digniies she
might not in time have risen, bad not
unkind fortune deereed that a native OF
her own village should have been sent to
Staraja Ladoga by his master for correc-
ton at the bands of the brethren, his
oiiense being inveterate drunkenness.
Promptly recognized and denounced by
this indiscreet topper as Matrena Ivan
ovna, a friend of his youth, Father
Michael" was handed over to the police
authorities by the indignant monks, and
is now awaiting tnal for imposture upon
a religious community-a crime likely TO
be visited with severe punishment in so
priest. ridden a country as Russia,
The Osceola times., 1880-10-23
Science In Court.
Little Rock Gazette


DO you plead guilty or not guilty?'
asked the Judge, addressing Simms.
II doesn't plead at all. / isn't no
lawyer. Yer can't ketch me wild yer
pints."
Look out, you impadent rascal. Are
you guilty or not guilty?"
Now yer's gettin' at the facks. has
de honor ter state dat is not guilty"
"Yis, he is, Jedge,' exclaimed Cobb.
"He hit me in the mouf wild his fist"
81 neber fetch de man."
Didn't you hit him in the MOUTH"
asked the Judge.
NO, sab; didn't put my ham on him.
In fack, neber teteh him."
Judge, ! swar on de biggest Bible
dat he hit me-"
"Now, look q heah," said simms, "de
courts Of dis Ian amt technicura enuf.
When yer jerks man up on charge
The Osceola times., 1880-10-23
An Edison Romance.

Mr.. Edison as the hero of romance
now publishing in Paris paper, is shown
sitting in the rkshop at his elegant
mansion, wrapped in a black velvet
dressing gown with tassels of violet silk.
Resting beside him on velvet cushion
Is the LETT hand and arm, just severed
from her body, of beautiful young wo-
man; and near him a powerful electric
battery. On the delicate wrist of the
young woman's arm is a solid enamel
viper, and on her finger a sapphire ring,
the hand holding dainty pearlgray glove
As the story is entitled "The New Eve"
it is supposed that Edison is about TO
create woman with the arm instead of
rib as starter" One of the incidents
represent Edison sitting on bank
smoking choice cigar and watching two
trains armed with new brake of his,
designed 10 stop them instanteously and
without shock. The engineers becom.
ing excited bungle at the brakes, bring
ing about collision in which sever.
al hundred are killed. At this, the