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PlTH AND POINT.

The man who went to work with a
will must have been a lawyer LoweN
Citizen.
If one dog can be placed on scent,
how many dogs can be placed on Il trade
dollarP- Waterbury american.
1t was at the Music Hall not long
since that lady remarked to visiting
friend, after a solo on the big organ,
"That's all very well, but you just wait
till they put on the COZ l3puh. ."-Bos-
ton Courier.
1t was n negro who remarked after
a short but tempestuous voyage ut sea
that he was land lubber. He said
he dubbed it so well that he never want
ed to 60 to sea again, for ure.-BostOn
Transcript.
When IN object is brought too
close to the human eye it can not be
seen for that reason we can not see q
fault in ourselves which we plainly see
in others. p. S.-And lots of US don't
want tO.-StcaJcnriite Herald.
"A Rockland man saw advertised ga
sure cure for drunkenness" He for
warded the necessary dollar and re-
ceived by return mail, written on q val
liable postal card in beautiful violet ink,
the magic words, Don't drink. "
Rocklana Courier.
The force of habit will assert itself.
A man selling the carcass of his dead
horse to soap-fat man worked hard
over the trade, and laid great stress up
on the fact that the animal was of kind
disposition. He also lied about the age
of the deceased. -B0StOn Post.
Christmas cards grow larger, more
artistic and more expensive. In a few
years q young man that has only a
couple of hundred dollars to spend dur
ing the holidays will be undecided
whether to buy his girl Christmas card
or a gold watch and chain.-NorriStOWn
Herald.
The landlords of Yorktown cele-
brated the Centennial by charging $40
Il day for beds in the hay-mow. Ifit was
the ancestors of these brigands who
charged at Yorktown, we don't wonder
that Cornwallis surrendered. The only
wonder is that he didn't have to 90 back
to England in his bare feet, with a
blanket pinned around his neck.-Bur-
HngtOn Htwkcye.
a maiden went into the water
To battle; but her mamma she satcr,
And after some effort she cater,
And back to the seabeach She brater,
Like q lamb led away to the slater.
She told her she always had thater
An obedient. dutiiul dater,
And il she had done as shed tater.
She'd have staid on he shore and she u ater
Resist her desire for the water
Puck.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-03-03

The love of the Welsh people for
their language is remarkable. 1t is
now $50 years since Wales was fully
incorporated with England politically,
and, to 4 considerable extent. socially
but the old Celtic tongue is still spoken.
Not even the overwhelming necessity
of education in English has converted
it into dead language. Englishmcn
are incline to call such adherance to
the relic of n bygOne age obstinacy. A
Government Committee reported not
long ago that this pertinacity was a pro-
nOunced hindrance to the progress of in
struction in the higher schools. Salts
factory prosecution of the studies
of the classics, of English literature.
even of the natural sciences. requires
ready use of the English language. The
facility which English boys gain at an
early age in the use of their mother
tongue large majority OF the Welsh
never acquire, because in their social re-
lations, their religion and their daily
life, Welsh is exclusively used. In some
respects this is inconvenient, but no
one who ever visited Wales, and be-
came acquainted with the habits of the
people, can wish it were otherwise.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-03-03
Told by an AuctiOneer.

1t is a motley world with which have
to do, and next to that of the grave
digger, mine is supposed to be the jol-
liest of all ordinary occupations. In.
deed, the calling upon people for the
highest bid is the burthen of my peren-
nial song, and the human hopes that
have perished at the utterance of my
"last call'' can not be numbered. Ex-
cept noted scholar who never listens,
and fashionable woman who has been
spoiled by fiattery, am the most in
cessant talker in the community. 1t is
my trade; receive my revenue from
my tongue; but the cost of it is greater
than can be estimated-for perpetual
contact with suffering saps my heart of
its best affections, and my jolly manners
are o sham. But my object in this let
ter is not to play the moralist, but mere
ly to submit little gossip about my
trade. My first sale took place many,
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Confederate Bonds.

It is said in Washington that the 70.
cent rush for Confederate bonds arises
from the fact that English banks still
hold on deposit 81, ,OO0, ,O0O in gold,
placed there to the creditof the Con.
federate Government, and, that tho
United States Treasury has repeatedly
failed in efforts to get at this gold, The
English banks insisting that the title to
it is in the holders of Confederate bonds
rather than in the United States Gov
eminent. Even II this be 60, the great
number of millions Of bonds, that have
turned up during the past fortnight
would leave q very small amount Of gold
for each. a1.i.Ika as ? },-s,sS,.-t.
A totally different theory Of the Tush
is given in the London World, namely,
that it Is based on q belief In the habh-
ity of the United States to, the bond
holders for taking possession Of the. cot
ton on the strength Of which the Con-
federate cotton loan was secured. Il II
claimed that this money was not lent
for political reasons, but in order to get
at the cotton for business purposes:
that the loan was made after taking the
highest legal opinion that it would ef-
AcCt o AcSltludto lien ON Cu0 COCoO0 !:
and that when the United States seized
the cotton, they did so snbieet to al
existing agreements based on it. Lord
Hatherley is claimed as one Of the legal
authorities for this view.4G st9b5s =
But on the very statement uf this
case, it appears that the legal opinions
on which the money was advanced were
given many years ago; 90 that it is
difficult to see how it should start q
bond boom now. Hence some people
have been driven to third supposition,
namely, that the rush is the fruit of q
well-prepared scheme, such as not in
frequently starts even the most hopeless
securities. .ra ..s.-a - .t5..'
Whatever the key to the affair, no.
body should base his belief in the value
OF the bonds on any suppositien that
either the United States or any South
ern State will recognize and pay them
as Southern war debt; for the last
part of the fourth section of the Four
teenth Amendment to the Constitution
settles that matter as follows:
tBut neither the United States nor
any State shall assume or pay any debt
Or obligation incurred in aid Of insur-
rection or rebellion against the United
States, or any claim for the loss OF
emancipation of any slave; but all such
debts, obligations and claims shall b
| void."-N. 7. Sun. =
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DE.i TIL.

ihere i shadow sfapding by the cradle
-" mere see2eth softly a beloved child;
III waiteth anxious at the gaye>t fcastine
Ana mncks our lau Ihter with its laughter
wild:
II standeth by our bedside. by our table.
Aud with its touch the pre- sent is deiiled
II leers our faint attempts to be forgetful,
Slanting its iieshlcS body 1T the dance:
SoinS al our pleasures, shading them with
prOmi "a
That soon its claims it will in truth advance;
we dare 1t for avn le, then pray in anguish
Ihat 1t will haste to throw its poisoned lance
AMI yet it doth defer its blow. All. surely
Inose have the best that follow il the first,
60 snail they never sc. their dearest perish.
,r rSoing one self is surely not the worst;
Ills those who live beyond their best and
dearest
who really feel that deaths a thing accursed
-.iW the Yer ROulid.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-03-03
"Ho! Reapers Of Life's Harvest"

1t ms impossible to ascertain the
authorship of that poem which was SO
great favorite with Garfield, and
which pictured almost with prophecy
some of the circumstances attending
his death. Like Lincoln's favorite
poem, why Should the Spirit of Nor
tai be Proud" its authorship seems to
be unknown. Garfield said with regret
that he did not know the authorship of
the piece that was so great favOrite
with him, while Lincoln said of his IA
vorite poem: Il would give great deal
to know who wrote it, but have never
been able to ascertain" So among the
other wonderfulparallels between these
two great men. it appears that each
sought out an anonymous poem and
held it precious in his memory.-Des
lNOines Re1iSter.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-03-03

Edmund Yates flies to the defense
of " bangs" and says that "a fringe on
the brow of graceful lady is q thing of
beauty, and that many faces will look
bleak enough without it."
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-03-03

"A steamer down the st. Lawrence,
few days ago, had in tow raft Of
twenty five thousand lunches of onion
crates destined for Bermuda
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-12-30
the Surveyors Kaided.

The report came to Cherry Creek a few
days ago that a party of surveyors on the
Eureka Il Colorado River Railroad, who
were camped on Deep Creek near the
Utah line, we're attacked by a band OF In
dams. Their horses were run off and all
they had about the camp that could be OF
any use to the Indians or be carried away
and sold by them in the Mormon settle
ments. was taken from the surveying party
aud transported OFF, The Indians knew
il seems, that tho little party had Just oe5n
Maid off and made the raid to get posses-
sion of the greenbaoks just distributed.
They got away with some $500 or s6OU,
The Surveyors were taken entirely by sur
prise, and being in no condition 10 oher
resistanoe we're o~verPowered at once Ihey
came no the assault armed with rifles and
pistols, aud made terrific noise but not
heine resisted they completed the sacking
of the camp without firing a gun
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-12-30
The First Grave.

A correspondent OF the Butte tMontana)
Union gives the following account of how
a graveyard was started in the capital of
the railroad laborer's republic in Missoula
County: The first funeral of Weeksville
was that OF Tommy Lewis, the ''vag" who
used to bum around Butte. Two men
were asleep in a saloon on Dec. l, and used
Tommy as a pillow, and in the middle of
the night felt that their pillow was cold.
The man was dead. Next day g chronic
drunk was detailed to dig the grave, and,
becoming intoxicated, left his work, and
was driven back to finish the digging by
another drunken man, who kept firing a
revolver each side of his head and cursing
him while en- route. In the funeral train
there was not q man who hadn't II black
eye, q bitten nose, or a bruised cheek.
Tommy was reputed to have been the most
skilled furnace man among the smelters of
Butte, but he would look at the cup that
bites like a spider and stings like an adder.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-12-30
How Montana Cattle Men Get Rich,

Probably more men nave made fortunes
in Montana at the cattle business from a
small beginning than in any other Terri
tory or State. Take, for instance, the fol-
lowing item from a Cincinnati paper. 1t
refers to a ranchman who had been years
in Montana. He commenced as a cowboy
until he had saved something from his
earnings and began the purchase Of stock.
Two or three years later he took in a part.
ner with 50, 900, and invested this sun in
stock. They now nave about $4,000 head
OF sheep and 1000 head Of cattle, and oc'
cupy a IL, 900 acre ranch in the Gallatin
Valley. Herders are paid $40 per month
Cattle are marketed at two years old, and
estimated to cost 81 q head for herding, oil
50 a year. This party was delivering
large quantity of VOC for shipment tt
Boston. He came to Montana from Maine
and his partner from Boston.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-12-30
A sCRAPE.
T0u shots Fired. hut Nobody Hurt
Marrow Escape.

A report came to this Office yesterday
that there had been a shooting scrape over
in Newark Valley with fatal results. A re-
porter went out and found one of the par
ties to the affair, A. w. Norris, and got
his account of the trouble, which is sub
stantially as follows: Norris is a miner
prospecting on Bald Mountain. Night be-
fore last, Friday night, he came into Andy
Swenk's boarding house, at the Newark
mill, II miles out of Eureka, and there
met NJ. 5. Sharp, who is well known here.
Sharp Is a rancher and stock raiser and
has been greatly annoyed recently by dep
relations upon his cattle, losing many
COWS and beef cattle and horses. He i'm
medlately went after Norris and charged
him in very abusive language with being
one OF the gang of thieves that had been
robbing him, Norris disclaimed any such
acts, and told Sharp that he had been get
ting all his Leef cattle from E. P. Hardesty
Of humboldt Wells, and offered to prove
his assertions of innocence. But he claims
That Sharp repealed every effort he made
to clear himself, and called him all the vile
names in the list of ''endearments" known
on The coast. Finally Sharp said: Are
YOU heeied r When he answered, yes
sharp said: "Well, l am not" and the
quarrel ended there for the time. Iester-
uay morning the two men met in the cor
raj when the war of words was resumed,
sharp commencing again to abuse Norris
as The had done the night before. To use Nor
MS W expression, Sharp came after him
red-eyed. said he: You 81 of a b,
are you heeled now?' Yes" was the
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-12-30
PERSON l.,

Judge Griswold of Mineral Hill is on
the Range.
R. Richard left this morning for San
Francisco.
Hon. Thomas Robinson and family
arrived last night by the E. & P. train.
Billy Patterson has resumed his old po-
sition Of bookkeeper with P. N. Hansen.
superintendent Catlin, of the Mineral
Hill Mining Company, and A. Plummer,
came up from Mineral Hill last evening.
The Silver State says that G. G. Wallace
of Eureka, who, though not a member of
the Legislature, has the reputation of
making more laws than u dozen Assembly,
men, was on his way to the Capital yes
terday.
By private letter received here yester-
day, we learn that Miss Ella Waddilove of
Sacramento, Cal, is quite i'll. Our local
readers will recollect that the young lady
| spent several months here with Mrs. John
E. Platter during the present year.
The Salt Lake Chronicle says as fol-
lows of our old townsman: DR.. A. @.
Bishop leaves for Park City tomorrow,
where he intends opening an office. The
Doctor will be missed by many of his
Salt Lake friends, who wish him all pos
sible success in his new home.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-12-30
The Big Mill at Darwin Burned.

The big mill at Darwin, owned by the
Inyo Consolidated Mining Company, was
burned to the ground on the evening of
the 10Th. 1t is said the fire was caused
by the explosion of a retort. This mill
was by far the most important and pre-
t~entious structure in this county, if not
in these two mining counties, says the
Inyo Independent. 1t was erected in
1915 by the Surprise Valley Water, Min
ing and Millin Company, which was led
by John P. Jones and VIM. M. Stewart.
The Stedefelt furnace alone cost SIS 900,
and the entire plant the sun of 1886, 900,
which came out of nearly 81, 1000, 600
expended by the company in buying
mines, great buildings, roads and general
improvements. The works were insured
for $40, 900. 1t cost the present manage
ment $50, 900. This is a dire misfortune
for the overs, and another bad black eye
for Inyo, any way it is put up. Develop
ments will be awaited with the keenest
interest.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-12-30
WARD ITEMS.

Six bars of bullion, valued at S12,.
367 0s, were shipped from the Monitor
mill last week.
The Monitor mill is undergoing a gen.
eral overhauling. The repairs and i'm.
provements contemplated will be completed
inside of two months.
The holidays attracted 10 Ward more
mine-owners from Taylor District than we
have seen at any time in the past ten years
AT least ten of them owned claims tina,
they would not sell for a small fortune.
James Liddle returned from the south a
few days ago, and reports among other
things hat there are only five people left
in Bristol. We don't wonder that the
Bristol Times buttoned up its lip. When
a newspaper quits it IL quite as bad a sign
as rats deserving a ship.
D. R Sessions, Superintendent Of Public
Instruction, arrived in Ward Monday last
He had no teachers to interview, so he
gave the Trustees a game. Mr.. Sessions i:
putting the finishing touches on his officiaI
career and preparing to step down and out.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-12-30
A PERSISTENT MINER.
He Gets His Check In Full by tn
Aid of n Revolver.

He Gets His Check In Full by the
Aid Of a Revolver.
The Bodie Free Press recounts the follow
ing: The Orc Mining Company on Tuesday
paid off its late employees, giving them
checks for one-third of the amount due,
and notes payable at 60 days for the
balance. The men generally accepted this
arrangement, with possibly some reluo-
lance, with the exception of one Mike Nc
Callum, who said he wanted his check in
full. William Barker was the only other
person present besides McCallum and Su
perintendent Thomas Steel. The latter in
formed Mr.. Callum that he was only au-
thorized to give a check for one.third, and
could do no more. McCallum said. that
he was going to have his check before
Steel left the office. How are you going
to get it," said he. 81 am going to make
you give it to me-" replied ncCallum.
The name of the latter had become so
threatening that Mr.. Steel said: II am
not heeled. Are your" YES" an
swered McCallum, Il am" and he
drew from his pocket a six-shooter
about a foot long. ''Is it loaded?" in
CURED Mr.. Steel, now thoroughly inter-
ested. Yes" said McCallum, and he
pointed his pistol out Of the door and fired
off a shot. Now" said he, the id
company owes me this money and 1 want
it right off" Mr.. Steel saw he was in a
bad fix. The man evidently intended to
kill him if he did not write the check, and
he had no authority to issue it. 'Mr.
Barker" said he, "what would you do if
you were in my placer" dor said
Barker, 81 would make out the check too
id quick" And he got down and wrote
it out. McCallum kept his gun in his
hand all the time, and after he had re-
ceived the check and he was requested to
sign the pay roll, he turned his attention
to Mr.. Barker. II have got the drop or
you now" said he, "but if I put my gun
in my pocket you may get the drop on me.
Barker, you go and Sign my name to that
pay roll" Mr.. Barker, who wished to be
friendly with both parties, signed the doc
with great a~lacrity, and McCallum
withdrew. He went Immediately to the
bank and got his check cashed, and has
not been seen since.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-12-30

The Carson Index has the following:
Deputy Sheriff /. P. Lebo arrested Michael
Barrett on a warrant for arson, and lodged
him IN the County Jail at Carson City. 1t
seems that on Christmas evening Barrett
became intoxicated, and during the night
ran his family, consisting of his wife and
four children, nearly grown, out OF doors.
In the morning, willis yet under the inhu-
ence of drink, he threw coal oil on the
roof and sides of the dwelling and touched
Il of. The flames were soon extinguished
by the ~ueighbora, who had been more or
less closely watching his movements. tic
told the deputy sheriff on his way into
Carson that he would burn up the house
even yet. He needs looking after very
thnrnuph1y.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-12-30
SAM. DAVIS THUN DERBOLT.
HurliuS Some Oid.Fime Statements
at the Stock Com mittee.

Sbo" HPptut.
The committee appointed by the San
Francisco Board of Brokers to investigate
the management of the mines have so far
done nothing by which they might dis
tinguish themselves. They have met the
oily Senator for Nevada, Col. Fair, who
assures them that they can count largely
on his cooperation, and anything that he
can possibly do for them he will only be
too happy to begin at once. Now let the
committee take Fair at his word and stop
this shillv,shally business. Let the com
mittee ask Fair to take the rubbish out of
the drifts Of Sierra Nevada which were
closed up when a strike was made, aud
allow the committee and the stockholders
to take a look at the face of the drifts
which are believed by every well-informed
miner on the ledge to be in rich ore. One
Is noun to be in ore, and the pushing of
that drift 20 feet ahead would lift the
market into the hundreds, and remove in
"a hours time the depression which now
brushes every business enterprise in
Nevada. The Appeal, nearly two years
ago, called attention at the time to
the closing up of the drifts. When on
visiting day the experts Wen into Sierra
Nevada all noticed drifts choked with
debris. The key of the situation is be-
hind these piles of waste rock, and the
committee do not dare to investigate it.
Colonel Fair will not allow that rock to be
removed because long ago he shut all
stockholders ont of their rights and will
not allow them to inspect their own prop
erty. The people of Nevada are supposed
to await Colonel Fairs pleasure in regard
to the development of the Comstock until
the Bonanza firm can get the bullion tax
RENTED, purchase the Sutro Tunnel and
freeze out all the stockholders before the
wealth of the northend is uncovered. Let
the committee go into the face of the
closed drifts. They are reported to be in
f~abulously rich ore. If this is correct the
public ought to know it, and if the report
has been circulated to induce stockholders
to submit to the bleeding process every
60 days, there is still a greater reason for
the fact being demonstrated
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-12-30
Important Mining Enterprise,

The Alexandria Mining Company, hith-
erto operating the Alexandria mine on
Prospect Mountain, has purchased a num-
Der of claims lying south of and adjoining
their property, known as the Sterling
series. The latter has been operated for
several years by Adam Hall, who, unaided,
except by means realized from the sales of
ore taken from his mine, has done an i'm
mense amount of work on the ground in
running tunnels, sinking shafts, driving
drifts, c~rosscuts, etc. Always trustworthy,
Mr.. Hall has stuck to his claims through
a period Of many years., relying on a good
credit to carry on the work Of exploration
when money gave out, and has at last met
the reward his energy justly deserves.
The work of development upon the con-
solidated mines of the Alexandria Com
pany will now be pushed ahead as fast as
possible, with a plenty of money to back
it. The hosting engine lately placed
upon the Alexandria incline is being re-
moved to the Diligent shaft, now down to
a depth of 100 feet, and which Will be car
ried down to a depth even with the level OF
the Eureka Tunnel, with which connection
is to be made by a drift, about 600 feet
in length. This will give to three mines,
the Alexandria, Eldorado Con. and the
Eureka Tunnel, a perfect system of venti-
lation, cheapening and facilitating the
work of development in all of them. The
Alexandria mine has yielded large
amounts of high and low grade ore, n
the Sterling has not been at all behind
it in this particular. The present owners
are wealthy merchants of Detroit, Mich
who, from the intimate knowledge we have
of the mines, we feel assured will not
have reason to regret the investment they
boya NADIA.