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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-03-25

TIE Chinese question is coming hefor.
{ country id Il ri,ra practical pLas.
IN it has ever assumed before. Reall
. only thing which Congress- is tryin.
decide is as to whether the inmigra
~ OF the lower classes Of Chinamer
all be forbidden for twenty, ten or tivt
KS restriction, as being happy me
iirm between the views OF such Senator,
! Mr.. lloar. on one side. and of the Ser.
us from the Pacific slope. on the othe.
Congressman besides Mr.. Hoar bs.
. re that the people of this country al
der any moral OF political obligation
welcome immigrants Of whatever sort
n any race and any quarter
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-03-25
A Denial from DR.. Mearns.

y FELLOW IN THE BARRESs
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-03-15

ANCHOR LODGE NO. 2. o. G. +.
MEETS AT ODD FELLOWS HALL EVERY
MI Sunday afternoon at 1850 o'clock.
Brethren in good standing are invited to at
tend. o. L. bCOTT, o. z.
A. BRno, Secretary. f7u
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-03-15
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
SOCIETIES.

EUREKA LODGE, NO. ~, L. o. o. r.
MEET AT THE FOLEY b RICHARD
Nl Building every Thursday evening ct
o'clock. Brethren in good standing sre cor
daily invited to attend.
D. HASTINGS, N. @.
W II. DAVENPORT. Rec. and Per. Secretary IA
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-03-15
Col. D, ,

become wealthy, while those who do not re-
main In poverty. We want many msn. women,
boys and gi~ls 10 work for us right in their
own localities. Any one can do the work
properly from the hrst start. The business
viii pay more than ten times ordinary wages.
Expensive outfit furnished free. No one who
engages fails TO make money rapidly. You
can devote your whole time to the work or
only your spare moments. Full inform alton
and ali that is needed sent free. Address
sTINs0N b co., Portland. Maine. nl5H
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-03-15

EUREKA LODGE. NO. Ie. r. d A. N.
T,HE STATED COMMUNICATIONS OF Eu.
i reka Lodge, No. 10. r. b A. NJ, will be
held in Odd Fellows Hall Saturday. on or BE-
fore the full moon.
Members Of sister lodges, and sojournins
brethren in good standing. are cordially tnvit-
ed d. A. L. FITZGERALD. W. II.
JOHN e. JONES, Secretary.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-03-15
Coroner's Office.

TN THE OLD PIONEER LODGING HOUSE.
| one door south OF the Court House, on
Monroe street.
LODGINGS by the night. week. or month.
fi4u JAMES n. SMITH.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-03-15

ALPHA LODGE NO. i, A. o. q. w.
NFEETs AT THE FOLEY AND RIoKARp
O'clock. sojourning brethren In good standing
are invited to attend.
Examininq Physician DIR. q. n. Thoms.
o. L. SCOTT, II. W.
10. O. wHrrMoRx. Recorder.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-12-07

struction they carry with them is wea-
sci. They keep him in chamois bag,
swell perforated to allow the entrance of
the air. When they are about to COM
mitt the deed of destruction they care
fully darken the room which is supposed
to be infested by the rats and unbag the
weasel. The little animals quickly make
their presence felt in colony of vermin
and kill about half the number of rats.
The remainder, frightened by the near
approach of their arch enemy, run out
into the room and are dispatched by the
rat.catcber. The price received by the
catcher for rats killed in this way is
about two cents each. He keeps the
bodies If his victims, skins them, and
sells the skins for mink and ermine fur.
I knew man in New Jersey who had
very peculiar way in which he captured
his living. He was in the habit OF carry
ing flute with him whenever he went
on his business. He would go into the
room where the rats were end set his
weazel to work. Then he would play
on his flute. The rats that escaped from
the teeth of the weazel would run to-
ward tae man, and, apparently charmed
by the sound of the music, would nestle
beside him. Then the cold-hearted fell
low, taking advantage of their innocence
would set upon them and kill them one
by one. I saw this done myself. I know
another man who sang to the rats in the
same manner, and with the same result.
OF all the animals affected by music or
rather by rhythmic sound, rats are the
most susceptible. 1 have known rat.
catchers to earn $500 in single season,
by using their weazel alone, and the man
I mentioned to you who used the flute,
is now retired from business and owns a
house in Chicego.-[ New York Mail.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-12-07
Proper Education OF Girls.

We hear frequently of the fact that
women are not given the same chances to
earn livelihood as men, and that wo-
men do not receive for the same work the
same compensation that men receive.
Hearing, we say, these complaints so
frequently made, set US to thinking
deeply on the subject. We believed
there was some reason, and a good one,
TO- this state of sffairs, and our solution
of the problem we wish briefly to offer
for the consideration of our readers.
We believe the trouble lies in great
measure in the fact that girls are not
taught, as boys are, that they must rely
upon their own exertions for support,
and the comforts of life; and, therefore,
they do not prepare themselves properly
for successful competition with men
in the different pursuits of business life.
The fault lies principally with the par.
ents. You instil into the minds of your
girls, both by the manner of their edu-
cation in the school-room and by your
home teachings, the very strongest prin-
ciples of dependence. On the other
hand, you do all in your power to teach
your boys self-reliance and o manly in
dependence. You say to them, learn
while you are boys to take care of your
selves when you become men. 1t is
neither fair nor right to make this dis
tinction; give your girls the same chance
that you do your boys; teach them, too,
self.reliance while young. Give them
not only good but q useful education
with view to supporting themselves,
even if they are never called upon to put
it in practice. One would not abolish
the carrying Of life-preservers on our
steamers merely from the fact that they
are seldom used. Women do not sue
coed in business SO we'll as men for the
simple reason that they are not by their
early teachings so we'll fitted for it..
When women at themselves for and do
the same work as men, they will be able
to obtain employment as readily as men
obtain it, and will receive as high com
pensation for the work done. Let the
parent, then, when he gives his boy q
business education, do as much in JUS
tice for his girl. The ladies' department
of our college has much increased of late
in size. We think it is . good sign, and
hope that parents viii reflect on what we
have said and send their girls to be pre-
pared for the different duties Of business
life; then should misfortune deprive
them Of other supports, they will be able
by their own exertions to earn an homo
rable and comfortable living.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-12-07
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Poetry has been the guardian angel OF
humanity in all ages.
Pride hath two seasons-a forward
spring and an early fall.
Love, faith, patience-the three essen,
tials to happy life.
We let our blessings grow moldy, an
then cali them curses.
Favors of every kind are doubled when
they are speedily conferred.
The next dreadful thing to battl
lost is battle won.- Wellington.
No denunciation is so eloquent as the
final influence of good example.
The world is satisfied with words; few
care to dive beneath the surface.
A mans character is like a fence-it
cannot be strengthened by whitewash.
A noble part of every true life is to
learn to undo what has been wrongly
done.
God is better served in resisting q
temptation to evil than in many formal
prayers.-l VIM. Penn.
Love is never lost. If not reciprocal
ed, it will flow back and soften and puri-
fly the heart Irving.
Pure religion and undefiled is minis
tering." not the other thing. "being min
istered unto. - A. l.. Stone.
A lie is like a brush heap on fire; it is
easier to let it burn out than to try to
extinguish it, Josh Billings.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-12-07

In Darwin's own carriage, which he
had thoughtfully sent for my conven-
fence to the railroad station. drove one
sunny morning in October through the
graceful billy landscape of Kent, that
with the checkered foliage of its woods,
with it's stretches Of purple heath, yellow
broom and evergreen oaks. was arrsyed
in the fairest autumnal dress. As the
carriage drew in front Of Darwin's pleas
ant country house, clad in vesture OF
ivy and empowered in elms, there step
ped. out to meet me from the shady
porch, ovefgrown with creeping plants,
the great naturalist himself, tall aud
venerable figure, with the broad shout
ders Of an Atlas supporting world Of
thought, his Jupiter like forehead highly
and broadly arched, as in q case OF
Goethe, and deeply furrowed by the
pillow OF mental labor; his kindly, mild
eyes looking forth under the shadow OF
prominent brows; his amiable mouth
surrounded by copious, silver-white
beard. The cordial. preposeessing ex-
precision Of the whole face; the gentle,
mild voice; the allow. deliberate utter
snce; the natural and naive train OF
ideas which marked his conversation
oaptivated my whole heart in the frat
hour Of our meeting. just ~ his great
work had formerly, on my nzst reading
Il, taken my whole understanding BY
storm. fanciod Lofty world ego ont Of
HoIlonlo on@iQuity--A Gocrntee OF Ario-
1o(le alooa sIivo bo6oes ne--i Prof.
Uaookol q No1nro.
81
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-12-07
Down Cellar.

We have hsd dreadful time at our
house, and have done very wrong. Oh,
I always admit it when I've done wrong.
There's nothing meauer than to pretend
that you haven't done wrong when
everybody knows you have. / didn't
mean anything by it. though, and Sue
ought to have stood by me, when l did
it all on her account, and just because
pitied her, if she was my own sister, and
it was more her fault, really think,
than it was mine.
Mr.. Withers is Sues new young man,
as have told you already. He comes
to see her every Monday, Wednesday,
and Friday evening, and Mr.. Travers
comes all the other evenings, and Mr..
Martin is liable to come any time, and
generally, does-that is, if he doesn't
have the rheumatism. Though he hasn't
but one real leg, he has twice as much
rheumatism Us father, with all his legs,
and there is something very queer about
it; and if was he, Id get leg of some
thing better than cork, aud perhaps he'd
have less pain in it.
It all happened last Tuesday night.
Just as it was getting dark, and Sue was
expecting Mr.. Tra,ers every minute,
who should come in but Mr. Martin.
Now Mr.. Martin is such an old acquaint.
ance, and father thinks so muck Of MIN
that Sue had to ask him in, though she
didn't want him to meet Mr.. Travers.
So when she heard somebody open the
front gate, she said. "Oh, Mr.. Martin
I'm so thirsty and the servant has gone
out, and you know just where the milk
is for you went down cellar to get some
the last time you we're here do you think
you would mind getting some for me?'
Mr.. Martin had often gone down cellar
to help himself to milk. and don't see
what makes him so fond Of it, SO he said,
Certainly with great pleasure" and
started down the cellar stairs.
II wasn't Mr.. Traver, but Mr.. Withers,
who had come on The wrong night. He
had moi much more than got into VI
paslor vhon See came rushing ont g
~. for I vas swinging in ths hamnoch
q ~ fFoat -, and aid: Nv gocd'
~ grnejcGo JInmy vhak shall ~
hogo6 ~. V1Aeuo and ~. Itevose VA
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-12-07

The postofiice at Iron Rod, Montana,
has been discontinued, and the explana-
ton is thus given by an officer of the de-
partment:
"a postoffise agent, while officially
visiting various Offices in Montana Ter
ritory. for the purpose of correcting any
irregulari les of postmasters, stopped ut
Iron Rod. Going into the postoffice he
found the room divided into three Sec
tions-- first saloon, next the postof6ce.
and last faro bank. The mail bag was
brought in, a rough looking customer
opened it and emptied the contents on
the floor. The entire crowd ut once got
down on their hands and commenced
overhauling the letters, among which
several we're registered. and selected
such as they wanted. After they were
through the remaining letters were
shoveled into . candle box, and placed
on the bar. The special agent, thinking
the Office needed little regulating,
asked the barkeeper, who had received
and distributed the mail, il be was the
postmaster. He answered:
"sNo.'
care you the assistant postmaster?
"sNo.'
"'Where is the postmaster
"'Out mining.
Where is the assistant postmaster?
"'Gone to He'll Canyon; and, by
thunder, Bill Jones has got to run this
Office next week; it's his turn
The government Official. stated who
he was, and demanded the keys Of the Of
fee. The barkeeper coolly took the
candle box from the bar, placed it on
the floor and gave it a kick, sending il
ont OF the door, saying:
There's your postoffice, and now
git
1.-THE agent says:
Knowing the custom Of the country.
I lost no time in following this advice,
and got.'
''This is Why the postofaoe at Iron Rod
wos discontinued.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-12-07
How Rats are disposed Of.

"Rats. sir! rats!" exclaimed . we'll
Inown rat killer on Fulton street, why,
can tell you more about the pesky lit
le critters than your paper will pub
tsh." And then, with leer on his
6arp-featured and cunning face, the
keat anti-rodent spun bis yarn. "There
ke more rats in the city than mice; and
lore mice than people. There is not a
buse in the metropolis that is not built
bon foundation Of rats; and every
Iar the foundations become more solid
point of quantity and Of its compo-
Int parts. No matter how clean you
|sp ahouse, mice will come, and after
biz rid upon the goodies, in the closets
q rats will reinforce them. / have
bn in England. In fact, 1 am an
: krlishman. The English rat 10 only
but half the size of . healthy and vi
bious American rat, and their mis-
LEI is about equal 10 proportion to the
kerence in their size. The way in
4 kch rats are Killed nowadays is by poi
It IS cruel. know, but psrsor
compelled to obtain satisfaction in
he vay' upon the wretch that gnaws
.his wife's shoes, and the poison il the
|ckest. It is in the form Of paste,
4 d made up of about equal parts Of
ksphorous, oil Of rhodium and oil OF
s-ssed. The oils by their odor at
II the rats and the phosphorus kills
4" n s& w f vs.
In what portion Of the city do You
most rats?"
Harlem, sir. / have destroyed more
IN Harlem than in any other portion
HE country. The low ground il the
bding place best suited to them, and
In they once make their way into the
" of : house that has been built on
le ground it is next to impossible to
Irid OF them. Paris green IL also used
leetroy rats and mice, but other than
|etimes destroying the life Of some
hinont citizen who may mistake 1t
aap-sago cheese II is of very little
IHow|sre the rats caughts"
h1ohing in Englaud and in the
regions of this country q pur'
q a 3 ~ diGbrent system than n
~ 1licee ase professional RAJ
<oe6 sho do nothing else than ~
1souoA seductive vayo IN tho ami
w. = xo11- I1oy neke e.oe1
~ a ~ spring ed ALL md n
~ 1900 nako sulldjeo6 mooey
~ ~ ~ Ioneindor q ~
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-12-07
Louisa.

The crowd standing on the wharf made
room for the passage OF two men Tearing
the body of a woman. She had thrown
herself into the river. wishing to commit
suicide, but the police, not sufficiently
impressed with the trouble she wished to
escape, had rescued her.
She was conveyed to her home, where,
by friction and other restoratives known
to the faculty, she was soon placed out of
danger.
A few minutes after the doctors de-
parture, the old nurse, who sat at the
bedside, heard the bell ring, and opened
the door.
A young man, TALL handsome, and
dressed in the latest fashion, entered
precipitately, with a letter in his hand.
"Where is she? Where is she?" he ex.
claimed; 81 must see her."
81 guess she's too SICK" replied the
nurse, hesitatingly.
'Not too sick to see me" replied the
young man, smiling. ''Rcad this my
good woman, and he held out the note.
The good woman read:
Your refusal, Arthur, has cut me -
the heart. A hundred dollars was a
very small sum for you! But no matter!
When you read this shall have thrown
myself into the river from the wharf
near the ferry landing-you recollect,
where we met for the first time. Forget
me, and do not weep for your unfortu-
nate LOUISA"
"Poor darling!" murmured the nurse,
chow could yon have the heart to refuse
such small sunni"
II have it here" cried the agonized
young man. IT have brought it. Let
me go in" But the nurse prevented
him
Louise is asleep and needs rest;
leave it on the table,"
The young man handed little packet
of bills to the nurse and withdrew.
81 always said he was generous" said
Louisa, as she placed the money under
her pillow.
Half an hour afterward bell rang
again.
This time it was stout, short man,
with red whiskers, who had run himself
out Of breath, and held letter il his
hand.
Louisa! louisa I am here" he
cried.
"Hush, hush" replied the.nurse, "she
is asleep. what do you want?"
"What do want? Read this my good
woman"
The good woman read:
Your refusal has cut me to the heart
A hundred dollars is very small sum
or you. But no matter. When you
fead this" etc.. etc.
See previous letter for the balance.
He endeavors to enter, but is persuad-
ed by the nurse to go, leaving humid
red dollars on the mantel-piece.
81 always said he was generous" muir
INJURED Louisa, carefully disposing of the
funds. A third time the bell rings. A
gray-haired man, stricken with grief,
appears at the door with an open letter
in his hand.
81 know all about it," said the nurse,
without giving him time to speak. 'but
the poor lady is too much fatigued to
see her friends to-day. If you wish it,
I will give her the-package.
The gray Laired man gives the nurse
q hundred dollars, and withdraw, over
come with emotion.
"Yes, yes" sighed poor Louisa, "they
are all good--all generous. But go,
nurse, and see if he is coming"
He! Which he?" inquired the nurse.
"Oh, a wretch that l adore, and he
left me because hadn't three hundred
dollars to lend him."
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-12-07

A curious use of postal money orders
is made by travelling ''show people, and
especially by those in circuses, during
the summer-months. in which their har-
vest comes. They buy orders on New
York with the money they save from
time to time. payable to themselves, and
hold them until they get to the metrop-
oils at the end OF the season. Thus the
system becomes . savings.bank which
will receive deposits at any town of con-
sequence, very convenient, perfectly
safe, and only wanting because it pays
no interest. But IL enables an IMPROVE
dent Glass to lay by the principal, which
would perhaps in most cases otherwise
be lost or spent; and many of the actors,
riders, clowns and tumblers save enough
by this means during the summer TO
support them through the winter. The
New York Office now has on hand $780,
600 due on these orders which has &C.
cumulated In the past few months, with
the postmaster's letters of advice fled
away and labeled Travelling show
men"--fo the clerks are familiar with
the names of most persons who save
money in this way.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-12-07
The Gigantic Monum mt to the Dead at
Big Hole.

The monument ordered by the govern
ment to be placed on the battlefield at
Big Hole, M. T., where General Glib
bon fought the Nez Perces, under Chief
Joseph, August 7th, 1877, is in three
sections. The base is about 8x8 feet in
size and two feet thick. Above this
rises a solid block seven and one-half
feet square and four feet high. This is
surmounted by shaft seven feet square
and then pointed, this shaft being five
and one-half feet in height. Upon one
side of the middle section of the monu-
ment is carved the words: Erected by
the United States" On the reverse side
is inscribed the following: "To the Off
GERS and soldiers of the Army, and citi-
zens of Montana, who fell at Big Hole,
August 7th, 1877, in battle with the
Nez Perces Indians" Upon the third
side is engraved the following: "On this
field seventeen officers and 1873 enlisted
men of the Seventh United States Infan-
try, under its Colonel, Brevet Major
General John Gibbon, with eight other
soldiers and citizens, surprised and
fought all day superior force OF Nez
Perces Indians, more than half being
killed and won nded." Upon the reverse
side are the names of those known to
have fallen upon the field.
How PEOPLE DIE.-Miss Nightingale
pointed out how constantly the mental
state of the dying depends on their
physical condition. AS rule, she tells
us. in acute cases interest in their own
danger is rarely felt. Indifference. ex-
cepting with regard to bodily suffering,
or to some duty the dying man desires to
perform, is the far more usual state. But
patients who die of consumption very
frequently die in a state of seraphic Joy
and peace; the countenance almost ex-
presses rapture. Patients who die OF
cholera. peritonitis, ETC. on the contrary,
often die in state approaching despair.
In dysentery, dirrahea. or fever, the
patient often dies in state OF indiffer-
ence." Those who have carefully ex-
amined the dead on battlefield, or In
the streets after an emeute. are struck
with the fact that while the expression
on the faces of those who have died by
guushot wounds is one of agony and dis
tress, the dead by sword have calmer
expression, though their wounds often
seem more painful to the eye. A very
careful observer, who was through the
Indian mutiny. entirely confirms this.
After giving several instances, he says:
"a rapid death by steel is almost pain
less. Ssber edge or point divides the
nerves so quickly as to give little pain.
A bullet laceratcs. London Spectator.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-08-17
EuruRE.M MOVEMENTS

The w. p. Halliday, Captain Beck Jolly,
is The Anchor liner Saturday for New
Orleans.
The Will Kyle, Captain Lew Hates, Is due
up for Cincinnati. james Alexander is in
the Office.
The Lee-liners tomorrow evening are the
james Lee, for Friars Point, and the Coahoma
for Osceola.
The O-liner racket U. P. Schenck, Captain
J. L. Carter, is due down for New Orleans.
Dick Burns is in the Office.
The Anchor-liners tomorrow morning are
the Belle Memphis, for Vicksburg, and the
City of Providence, for ST. Louis.
The John S. Bransford, Captain James
Kinman, is the Saturday packet for all
points on White river, going through to
Jacksonport.
The Ste. Genevieve, Captain George Car
veil, is the Anchor-Line packet this evening
at 5 o'clock for Cairo and St. Louis. Roila
Porter Is her clerk.
The Dean Adams, Captain Mark r. Cheek,
is the United States mail packet this even
ing at o'clock for Arkansas City and all
way landings. A. L. Cummins is her at
tentive clerk, assisted by Lee Cummins and
Walker Outlaw.
The James w. Gaf, Captain r. w. Wise,
will arrive to-day, and leaves again to-mor-
row evening at 5 o'clock for all points on the
Ohio river as far as Cincinnati. James Sur
tees has charge of her Office. The Calf will
give cheap rates to all points North and
East