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The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-02-16

spiritual good of the suffering poor.
You may be sure, Messrs. Editors, that
the conversation of such ladies is not al
together about the Bazar or the Fashion
plates.
1 believe your editorial on this subject
will be productive of good even among
the classes whose frivolous talk and worse
than Idle pastimes you SO justly rebuke,
and my only hesitation about sending
you this communication is the fear that
it should seem to be criticism on your
article, than which nothing can be furth-
er from my intention, and which your
editorial would not justify.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-02-16
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OFFICE:
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Editors and Proprietors.
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A Card.

1t is well known among our churches
that the Committee of Publication has
been unable during the past three years
to continue, as formerly, the work Of sup
plying by donation our feeble churches,
Sabbath Schools, and destitute fields with
religious literature.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-02-16

every one who seeks her good do what
he can. r. M
Baltimore, Feb. 10th, 1881.
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Entered at the Post Office at Richmond, Va, as
second class matter.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-06-05
A Boys Composition ON Girls.

We find the following in the Winnie
mucca Silver State Here is what one Of
our little boys has to say about the misses:
"Girls are the most ~unaccountable beings
in the world--except women. Like the
wicked feas, when you have them they
amt there. I can cipher clean over to i'm
proper fractions, and the teacher says I do
it first-rate, but / can't cipher out a girl,
proper or improper, and you can't either.
The only rule in the arithmetic that hits
their case is that double rule Of two. They
are as full of the Old Nick as their skins
can hold, and they'd die il they couldn't
torment somebody. When they try to be
mean they are as mean as parsley, though
they amt so mean as they let on to be, ex-
cept sometimes, and then they are a great
deal meaner. The only way to get along
with a girl when abe comes with her non
sense is to give her tit for tat, and that will
hummux her; when you get q girl fun
muxed she is as nice as q new pie. A girl
can SOW more wild oats in a day than q boy
can in a year, but girls get their wild oats
sowed after awhile, which boys never do,
and then they settle down as calm and
placid as a mud-puddle. But / like girls
irst-rate, and guess all boys do. / don't
care how many tricks they play on me-
and they don't care, either. The hoity-
toieties girls in the world can't boil over
like a glass Of soda water. By and by they
will get into the traces with somebody they
like, and pull as steady as an old stage
horse. That's the beauty Of them. So let
'em wave, / say; they will pay for it some
day, sewing on buttons, and trying to
make a decent man of the fellow they have
spliced onto; and ten chances to one II they
don't get the worst Of it."
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-06-05
MISTAKE.
How He Succeeded in Running q
Good Play.

Not long ago VIM. Mestayer opened in
San Francisco with a very bright play
called 1.-THE Tourists" He commenced
with a big house. the public were delighted,
and his average receipts for the first week
cleared him $500 a night. He had some
very clever people with him, and thought
1t would be a splendid idea to make him
self the central figure of the play. Ac-
cordingly, whenever he found q line that
made the audience laugh he appropriated
it and took it from his brother actors
part. In a short time Messenger had alb
sorbed all Of the telling points Of the play,
all the good situations, and all the local
gags. Having no special use for the
clever people about him he discharged
them and filed their places with cheaper
men. leaving Mestayer the grand central
luminary. This was great fun for Mes
tayer, but bad for the box-ofice. His re-
ceipts dwindled down to S18 a night, and
nov he is looking around for some actors
who will help him carry the play. realizing
that his shoulders were not broad enough
for 80 many roles. Good actors split on
this same rock every year..
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-06-05
eureka Daily Sentinel.
MONO al
A Miserable. Inhospitabic Regien.
Carson Trfbuna- d.

Carson Tribune. 4,
N. Smart has returned from a trip to
the timber belt, near Mono Lake. Nate
don't seem to think much of that country,
and small blame to him for the same, for
it is just the tail end of the world-a mis-
cradle, inhospitable country with that dark
~sulphurous death-like body of water remind
ing the traveller Of the famed Styx, and all
wanted to complete the anology is a
Grim Ferryman on the margin. Moth
ing lives in that body of water and
nothing in its near neighborhood; even
jackass rabbits shun its banks, and the
wild ducks fly over it in a frightened
manner. To say nothing has life in the
lake is not strictly true. for there is a
small, s~hrimp-like insect that is carried
away by the waves from the lake to the hot
beach surrounding it that turns into a fly
by the heat Of the sand. In it's worm state
it is eaten by Indians, and is estimated a
luxury by the a~borigines. This writer
once took a plunge bath in Mono Lake,
and that was quantum suf. The sensation
experienced is as though a million needles
we're puncturing the skin at one time; the
properties of the water are Of such a ma
ture as not only to cleanse the outer a
but the internal parts, even to the spiritual
essence. There are two islands in the CEN
ter of the lake, composed of volcanic mat
ter, and we'll worth examination by geolo-
gists. Truly a ghost-like looking country
is that which surrounds that death-like
sheet of water, and we're it not for the
magnificent mountain scenery to the west
ward, travellers would avoid a near APP
proach to Mono Lake as they would a pest
house; but the wonders of the tall Sierra
Mountains and the grand scenery in its
and gorges repay for all the I'M
p~leasantness encountered in the %sulphuric
lake and surrounding desert plains.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-06-05
PETE MEGLEY.
Was he Hanged by the Neck Until
He was Dead?
White Pine News, May %.

white PIN News, May ISL
For three or four weeks there have been
various rumors to the effect that Pete Meg
ley, who made his headquarters at Ante
lope Springs, had been found hanging in
one of the valleys west of here. The ru-
NOR, though at first believed, was after
ward co~ntradicted, and a report circulated
that he had gone to Wood River. Pete
was in bad repute among the cattle men in
this county, and was no doubt thought q
hard customer to get rid Of. From the va
rious reports that have reached us from
time to time in regard to the matter, we
had come to the conclusion that Pete was
still on the mercy side OF the river, but
yesterday we were informed by a gentle
man Of this own of facts which lead us to
firmly believe he has crossed over to that
land where cattle do not roam at large and
lynching is not on the bill Of orthodox
punishment for transgressions committed
either in the flesh or spirit. That Pete
Megley and another man were found hang
ing to a tree dead in one of the valleys be-
tween here and Eureka a few weeks ago,
our informant states, does not admit any
longer of doubt. What disposition was
made Of the bodies, if any, we could not
learn.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-06-05

Mr.. Mackay has given his wife the dress
which the French Indian Company were
manufacturing for the ex-Empress when
Bismarck's little game shut up the Tuil-
cries. 1t is pronounced by the learned in
lace the ne plus ultra in Point d'Alencon.
Seven different stitches are employed,
some Of which were only discovered by I'M
raveling a lace fiounce which once belonged
to Nine. de Pompadour.
In Spanish America, where infantile dis
eases are as rare as in Hindostan, babies
of all classes and all sizes toddle o
naked nearly the year round, and the In
dams of Tamaulipas, between Tampico
and Matamoras, raise IN astonishing num-
Der of brown paintings, who are never
troubled with clothes till they are big
enough to carry garden stuff to the city,
where the police enforce the apron regula-
ton.
At a Cincinnati wedding recently the or
ganist entertained the audience awaiting
the bridal party by a series of ~voluntaries,
the last Of which unluckily was, 90 Trust
Her Not, she is Pooling Thee" at which
he was hard at work when the bridal pro-
cession walked up the aisle.
A Connecticut philanthropist has in
Venttu hudt no pOctlCdliy toAhio NV
per's Capsule" Each one contains a cock
tail or some other kind of popular civil
izer, and a man may carry dozens in his
pockets like ~lozenges. They are invalua-
BILE to frequenters Of theaters and churches.
They say that BARLEY Campbell is writ
ing an emotional drama for Mrs. Kate
Sprague, and the curious are asking
whether Conkling or Carl Schurz is to be
represented in it.
Anna Dickinson is said to have a new
lecture entitled Chow to Manage Men,"
Anna should have begun the practice when
she was 90, good looking and pert.
Colonel Ingersoll is trying to repair the
.dislocation between Garfield and Malone,
whose only hope is in " catching n to
the machine somehow.
How unhappy Tilden will be in the undis-
covered country if there are 20 railroads
there for him to wreck.
Electricity in Franklin's time was q
wonder; now we make light Of it.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-06-05
Assessment Notice.

DHENIx SILVER MINING COMPANY.
Location of principal place of business, San
Francisco, California.
Location of works, Eureka Mining District.
Eureka county, Nevada.
Notice is hereby given, that at a meeting of
the Board OF Directors, held on the 9th day of
May, 1881, an assessment, No. %, Of ten (f0)
cents per share was levied upon the cap
ital stock of the corporation, payable imme-
diately in United States gold coin. to the Sec
rotary, at the Office of the Company, sos Cali
fornia street, San Francisco, California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid on the FIFTEENTH
day of JUNE, 1881, will be delin-
quent and advertised for sale at public auction,
and unless payment is made before, will be
sold on
Saturday. the Ninth day Of July.
1881,
To pay the delinquent assessment, together
with costs of advertising and expenses OF
sale. By order of the Board OF Directors.
HERMAN LOEBER, Secretary.
orFIcE-sos California street, San Francisco,
caiifornia. my14 I'd
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-06-05
DISTRICT COURT SUMMONS.

- -
TN DISTRICT COURT OF THE SIXTH
State of Nevada.
John e. Jones, j. ID. Sullivan. J. H.
sullivan, and Ed. Lo0ney vs.. q.
X. Nesbitt.
The State Of Nevada sends greeting to G..
K. Nesbitt.
You are hereby required to appear in an &C.
ton commenced against you as defendant. by
John Z. Jones, J. d. Sullivan, j. n. Sullivan
and Ed. Looney a. plaintiffs, In the District
Court Of the Sixth Judicial District, in and for
the connty Of Eureka. State Of Nevada, at the
therein. which is on file with the Clerk Of said
Court. within ten days after the service on you
OF this Summons exclusive Of the day Of SER
vice., II served in said county, or twenty days
II served out Of said county but within this
district. and in all other cases forty days; or
Judgment by default viii be taken against You.
according to the prayer Of said complaint.
The said action Is brought to recover judg.
ment against yeu the said defendant. for the
possession, restitution and recovery Of that
certain premises and mining ground known as
the Enterprise. mine or mining claim, situated
on the east side Of Prospect Mountain, in Eureka
Mining District, Eureka County, Nevada. from
the possession whereof plaintiffs allege you
have unlawfuily and wrongfully elected them
and also, for the sum Of one thousand dollars
III, COO damages for the Withholding of said
premises, and for costs Of suit. All OF which
will more fully appear BY reference to the com.
plant on nile In this action, to which refer.
ence IL hereby made.
And you are hereby notified, that If you fail to
appear and answer the said complaint a. above
required, the said plaintiff will pray the Court
for the relief demanded in said complaint.
ALEXANDER WILSON,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
Dated Eureka. Nevada, April 8, 1881. law 3m
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-06-05
Lazy aud maynard.

A very peculiar case came up in a Gin
court q few days ago. The case
was one in which J. s. Stokes had sworn
out q warrant for the arrest OF Mrs. Fem
Jason, the wife Of his partner in business.
The woman, 1t is said, had threatened to
shoot Stokes, whom she accused Of tam
pering with her husband in such q manner
that that individual refused to give her
any money. In court the facts were
brought out on the testimony OF the wo-
man herself hat she had done no work for
IL years past, and in all that time sat in a
chair, having a woman to wait upon her
and more than that, she did not intend to
work, for the simple reason that she got
married for the express purpose Of acouir-
ing a position in which she would have
nothing to do. The case was decided
against Mrs. Fenlason, and when the Judge
told her that she must give bonds to keep
the peace, she refused point-blank to con-
sent.
Tit admirer Of two girls at waupaca,
Oregon, could not choose between them,
and neither was willing to relinquish her
claim IN favor Of the other. They there
fore agreed to decide the question by the
toss Of a coin, and the tossing was done
carefully and fairly in the presence Of an
.at4ssu company. Inc loser accepted her
iask enrempisiniIgssy and is to be first
demai at the wedding. A somewhat
similar case had a different termination at
bowerton, Mich. The girls in this in
stance were sisters, and they were willing
70 divide the lover between them. In or
esr 70 carry out that idea they have started
lor Utah. where they will practice polyg-
amy, pnt the harmonious sisters have ex-
acted . solemn vow from the man never IN
have more than two wives.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-06-05
Insure Your Property.

F. B. Anderson, representing the Etna,
Hartford, Connections and other compa-
MES, gives immediate insurance in Board
companies by writing policies on applica-
ton, thus avoiding the dangers of delay in
getting policies from San Francisco.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-06-05
ASSESSMENT NOTICE.

A psny. A'NiS' ooM-
Location Of principal place OF business. San
Francisco, California.
Location Of works. Eureka Mining District,
State Of Nevada.
Notice IL hereby given, that at . meeting of
the Board OF Directors. held on the Nineteenth
day OF May, 1881, an assessment mo. ~ Of twen-
ty-hve cents per share was levied upon the cap
ital stock OF the corporation, payable immedi-
ately. In United States gold coin, TO the Secre-
tary. at the Office OF the company, Rooms 9
and 7, No. S27 Pine street. San Francisco, Cali
fornia.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid on the Twenty-fourth day OF
June, 1881, will be delinquent. and advertised
for sale at public auction: and unless payment
is made before. will be sold on
Wednesday, n Thirteenth Day of
July, 1851.
10 pay the delinquent assessment, together
with the cost of advertising and expenses Of
sale. By order Of the Board Of Directors.
ID. b. CHISHOLM. Secretary.
OrFIoR-Rooms 6 and 7. No. 327 Pine street,
San Francisco, California. my2ftd
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-06-05
Assessment Notice.

NORTHWESTERN CONSOLIDATED MIN.
IN ing Company.
Location Of principal place of business, Eu.
reka, Nevada.
Location of works. Eureka Mining District,
Eureka County, Nevada.
Notice is hereby given, that at o meeting of
the Board Of Directors, held on the 2sth
day of April, A. d. 1881, an assessment mo. IL
OF one-half cent per share, was levied upon the
capital stock Of the corporation, payable imme-
diately, in United States gold coin, to the Sec
rotary, at the Office Of the Company, in the
District Attorneys office, In the Courthouse.
Eureka, Nevada.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid on the Thirtieth day Of NAV.
A. d. 1881, will be delinquent, and adver.
tised for sale at public auction and unless
payment is made before. will be sold on
Thursday, the seth Day Of June,
A. ID. 1881.
to pay the delinquent assessment, together
with costs of advertising and expenses Of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors.
VIM. H. DAVENPORT, Secretary.
Office District Attorneys Once, Court.
house, Eureka, Nevada. ape tt
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-06-05

DAVIDSON has just received an immense
invoice of "Owl" cigars. They are fines
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-06-05

The best sbit" cigars in town are the
"Owl," .sTrariata" any Pumariega, for
sale at the P. o. Cigar Stand. \
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-06-05

GOLD JUDGE" cigarette tobacco, fresh
supply received every week by Davidson at
the P. O.. Cigar Stand. n
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-06-05

You can always get a good cigar at the
P. O. Cigar Stand.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-06-05

No. / full size letter paper for sale at So
per ream, at Schneider's Drug Store.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-06-05

All the fxings for mince meat, fresh,
and for sale cheap, at
II. r. HUTCHINSON A. Co.'s
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-06-05

A Two-sTORY HOUSE ON MOB HILL
IA. Avenue, containing seven rooms and 1
good cellar. The house Is furnished through
out: For particulars apply to JOSEPH VA
MINI, on South Main Street. lnyetf
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-03-23
NEwRF:R,R.Y HOTEL,
BY
a, w, SIM M ONS.

This elegant new Hotel is now open for the
recention of guests, and the proprietor will
seare no effort TO give satisfaction to the
trsyelling public. Good airy rooms, COM
fortsble beds, the best Of fare, atten nve, &C.
conmodatiag servants and moderate chaIgeS
will be the rule. June :, Z4-I'
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-03-23
NEWBERRY S. c. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 49, 1881.

Days lengthenedinto weeks, and
weeks into months, during which
time Jesse Gardner had become a
constant visitor at her uncle's
house. At first she tolerated his
visits and then she began, uncon-
sciously almost, to look for him.
The frank open face hcid p strange
fascination for her, and in her let
ters home his name was so Of
ten mentioned that her mother
thought she had succeeded in
banishing the image OF Charley
Ellerton from her heart.
Concluded neTt tOeek.)
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-03-23

AN UNFORTUNATE MAN.-"Ca-
lamity" Lapham is the name OF a
man who lives in Ottumwa, Iowa.
He acquired his unhappy so0rlquet
from the numerous accidents OF
which he has been the victim. lie
was shot q dozen or more times
during the war was run over oy
a caisson, and went to the bottom
of the Mississippi river with q
transport sunk at the siege OF
Vicksburg. Since the war he has
had the cholera, smallpox, ye'Io"
fever, been bitten by snake,
struck by lightning and had three
ribs broken by a falling wall
during an earthquake in one OF
the South American States. A
short time ago his left hand was
cut off in an Ottumwa mill.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-03-23

A CLEVER DoDGE.-The story,
if not new, is ingenious, of the
careful Bloomsbury matron, who,
having broken the cover Of a but
ter dish, went to the china shop
where it had been bought, and,
with much artfulness, asked the.
proprietor if he would sell her q
butter dish similar to her own
without it's cover. Yes, the
shopkeeper said, he would spare
one to oblige the lady, but he
must really charge her two shil-
lings and six pence for it. But
the thing complete is but three
shiIllngs,' urged the customer.
Just so,' said the china-dealer;;
'6ut you see, the cover is aoso-
lutely valueless; it is the dish It
self that cost all the money, and
the sixpence l allow is more than
the worth of the cover. You are
sure of that p said the lady. quite,
Madam was the reply. Dear
me!' exclaimed the Customer,
'how silly of me, to be sure! It is
really cover I want and not the
dish!' AID putting down sixpence
on the counter, she took up the
cover and and left the shop before
the astonished :tradesman could
recover from his surprise sum
ciently to speak.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-03-23
Original 6 Story. s
WRITTEN FOR THE NEwBERRY HERALD.
LEAVES.
BY CLYDE WAYNE.

The autumn leaves came fut-
tering down through the half
opened window and covered the
pages of the book that lay idly on
Lillian's lap. She did not seem
to note the fact but was looking
abstractedly out of the window
while with one hand she crushed
the withered leaves and scattered
the fragments on the carpet at
her feet.
The turning Of the door knob
and rustic of garments cansed her
to start suddenly and snatch up
the book as her mother entered
the room and came to her side.
Lillian she said sternly. 4
am very much surprised. at your
conduct. Here you have been
moping all the afternoon under
pretext ola headache when every
one knows you are grieving for
that young scape-grace. You
must think of what people will
say, nv child
Mamma, I really do feel unwell.
And Charley Elerton has nothing
to do with my, what you term,
moping, assure you
He he's good deal to do with
it. Your word to the contrary,
Notwithstanding, and l must for
bid your sbow of grief in this man
ner. You should know he has
had ample opportunity of speak
ing to you. l suppose he will be
making love to some other girl in
less tha7 month hence. | would
not allow him to think your heart
had been scared by his tickle
smile
After this very pleasant lecture
the lady left the room, and again
the bright gold and yellow leaves
were ruthlessly torn to pieces,
and left in heaps on the floor be-
side her chair, and after awhile
Lillian rose and closing the book
drew her chair close TO the win
dow and gave herself up to fan
cy's wandering lead.
You may be sure her thoughts
were not very pleasant ones just
now. 1t was true as her mother
had said. Certainly in all their
strolls in the happy Springtime
Charley needed no opportunity to
| tell his love. And now he was
gone! For twelve long months
she would never see tue laughing
gray eyes or hear the low voice
to which she loved to listen. But
she would not believe he had
willingly left her thus. He dio
love me and | cannot think
that he will be making love to
some other girl as mother said,
were her concluding reflections.
These two, Lillian Falkner anc
Charley Elerton, had known each
other from childhood, but it was
not till each came home from 9
two years Of boarding school life
that they bad thought OF love
Charley had parted from her 3
mere beardless boy, and when, or
her arrival at home, be met hel
she could scarcely recognize in The
tall, moustached, young gentleman
the Charley Of her first schoo
days.
And to him she had also chang
cd. From a plump, rosy young
miss she had developed into a tai
slender maiden, and the glance