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Preserving Power of Soil.

u is well-known that in soil where
lime abounds, dead bodies are fossilized
in few years or even a few months
after burial In soil where there is no
lime there are sometimes other ele-
ments which often preserve the fea-
lures of buried body unchanged for
many years The philosophic Hamlet,
musing by an old grave over the fact
that man turns into dust, and dust into
earth, exclaims:
"Imperial Caesar, dead and turned to clay,
Might stop hole to Eaep The wind away p
But what would have been his mus
ings if he had stood beside the disin-
TERED body of his father and seen brow
and form appearing as natural as when
he gave "the world assurance of
man ?" Yet this might have been,
for there are numerous cases on record
where bodies disinterred for removal
after years Of interment, have been
found to be as well preserved as if
they had been only few days dead.
General Washington's features were
quite perfect when his body was taken
up to be put in the sarcophagus where
they now repose. The same was true
Of General Wayne, when his body was
removed forty years after death; and
of Robert Burns, twenty one years
after burial But it seems almost in
credible that the body of John Hamp-
den, who was disinterred 200 years
after death, should have been in a
similar state of preservation. But
Lord Nugent records the fact. His
wcrd is not to be questioned Possibly
the most remarkable fact of all these
cases is that the bodies crumbled to a
heap of dust soon after exposure.
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The Music of the Rain.

Falling, falling, on the housetops,
With a music quaint and rare,
Like tho sound of human heart-throbs
On the silent midnight air.
Or the tears Of angels falling
When they weep with those who weep,
Or the lullaby of mothers
When they rock their babes to sleep.
Like the drowsy wine of poppies
With its wierd, enchanting power,
Coming to the weary listener
Like the dew to dropping flowersi
Like calm sleep TO those who suffer,
Or like tears to those who mourn;
Like remembered words Of loved ones
From our aching bosoms torn,
Strangely sweet, bewitching music,
All enthraned my senses lie,
AS watch the mystic Future
With the shadowy Past go by,
While calm and holy quiet
Steals upon my heart and brain,
Then / fall asleep, still listening
To the murmur of the rain.
So, mayhap, sometime hereafter
Il shall lay me down to rest,
Oyerweary, and shall listen
For the music loved best;
When, its gentle cadence falling
Through the midnight silence deep,
Softly soothes my troubled spirit,
While it lulls me into sleep.
When, at last, my soul has fallen ~
Into sweetest, glad repose,
That on earth sunshine nor shadow
No awaking ever knows
Like the voice OF waiting angels,
Or the vesper bells in toll,
May the soitly-iallng raindrops
Chant requiem for my soul ahiis4
--.dbbe RtngsaR Baldwia's M0nthly.
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@ANH@~~ssNAsNns&@
spring. 'Please, Mr.. Barthorne what
did she say?' tFs
What did who say2' said the mid-fs
dle-aged gentleman, turning scarlet.isi
Miss Negley. Don't think me in-as
trusiye," she added: "but | know all
about it." ,
The deuce you do said Mr.. Ber--
thorne. why, she wouldn't let me
get in word edgewise-that's what
She said Perhaps, however, I've had
lucky escape"
"But you must own that it is hard, -"
said Alice, earnestly
Hard echoed Mr.. Barthorne "Iss
should have supposed it would havess
suited her exactly But" new idea
bursting athwart his brain, there's as 4
good fish in the sea as ever were eaught.s
out Of it! Miss Alice, what would
YOU say if were to ask you to be my
wife,
Alice Hopkins looked at him il
amazement.
Il, Mr.. Barthorne" she exclaimed.
"You are young enough to be my
daughter, sure enough sad the
worthy man, not without some bitter.
ness. But I'm not 50 very Old either. ,
and I've a good home to offer any Z
woman who will take pity upon my
loneliness"
''Loneliness?'
Alice looked at Mr.. 2arthorne in
surprise y had never occurred to
her little innocent heart that Alr. Bar
thorne, in the big white house, Will.
the pair of horses and the close
carriage, could ever be lonely. And
perhaps there was something in the
dewy brightness of her eyes, as she
raised them to Mr.. Barthorne's face,
that emboldened him to plead his
cause with more energy.
Il should love you very dearly, 4
Alice he said. with tremble in his =
voice. 81 would be very good to you. :
Won't you answer me, Alice?"
Her head dropped; there was an in 4
stant of silence, and then she said in
low tone;
''Yes, Mr. .Barthorne, I'll marry you" =
He bent and kissed her forehead.
you'll not regret it, my lass" said
he. "And you're the very girl would !.
have picked out of a thousand. I'm
glad, now, that Miss Negley wouldn't
listen to me"
Alice started.
"Oh, Mr.. Barthorne," said she, "was
that your errand :" E
"0f course it was" said Barthorne.
"Dr. Smiley said she was the very
woman l needed to regulate my house,
hold. But the moment | hinted at the
subject, she as good as ordered me off
the premises Not that Ia sorry for
it. She has face like man, and
figure like Prussian grenadier"
Alice broke out laughing. She
could fancy exactly how Miss Negley
had looked There was comfort in the
reflection that Miss Negley would
never lecture her more.
Nils Negley battled with the COM
mittee next day, but in vain. The
ruthless .rustees reduced her salary one
half, and when it transpired, in some
unaecountabe way that she had
actually refused Mr.. Barthorne with
out being asked she felt that life was
indeed failure. And the arrival of
Alice Hopkins wedding-cards did not
better matters.
''Oh, dear, oh, deart' she said, 81
spoke too soon. Why didn't l wait to
hear what Mr.. Barthorne had to say
before | answered in such hurry?
Ny tongue always was my besetting
fault
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1883-06-22

The Rev. David L. Hum, Of Buff
falo is thought to be the oldest living
graduate of Yale College. Mr.. HUM
is hearty at the age Of SO years,
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A Druggist Cured.

Boonsboro, Md, Oct. ~, 1885.
Gentlemen: Browns lion Biz
ters cured me Of bad attack Of
Indigestion and fullness in the stom.
aeh, Having testedit, take pleas
ure in recommending it to nv Gus.
toners. and am glad to say it gives
entire satisfaction 10 all. "
GEO. W. HOFFMAN, Druggist,
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Ask your Druggist for BRowNs
IRON BITTERs, and take no other.
One trial will convince you that it
IS just what you need.
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in the copris lag,ee ., in the court of Appeals and
Anne Arsn5a,o An,s oI Charles, St. Mary's. Calvert
which he will viii ss,a anu Prince Georges counties
may5-ly. annapolis, Md.
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DIR. RICHARD SAp1NcrnN
one Of Baltimore's oldest and most
reliable physicians. save

II 7IV4'1II7l - ,
All who have used it praise Il,
standard virtues, and the we'll.
known character Of the house which
makes it is a sufficient guarantee
Of its being all thatis claimed. fr
they are men who could not be in
duced to offer anything else but
reliable medicine for public use"
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DIX. EDWARD IARTCKsON.
Secretary Baltimore Colege Of Phar.
macy, says
g " indorse ii as an excellen,
medicine, a good digestive aren't.
and non-intoxieant in tae fullest
sense."
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THROAT And LUNGS.

This preparation of Tulu, Rock Candy Mag
nesls and other medicinal is beneficial in above
diseases, the basis being the purest
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NOTED Men /!
DR.. ]. FAR1s MooRE, PHI.
- Professor Of Pharmacy, Balti-
more Pharmaceutical College, says,

Browns Iron Bitters Is a saf,
and reliable medicine. positively
ifee from alcoholic poisons, and can
DC recommended as a tonic f1r use
among those who oppose alcohol =
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-07-31
Calling Down the Clouds.

A. G.. Dollenmayer, jeweler ct Mr..
Steler's, interested our reporter yesterday.
while heavy clouds were o~verhanging the
canyon and while everybody was looking
for rain, by telling Of the exploits of .
genius in California last Spring. 1t was
very dry in March. and a man with a long
name came to Yisalia in San Joaquin VAL
ley, Tnlare County, who pledged himself
to bring rain ont Of the heavens by artifi-
cial means. He observed the clouds, cal
culated their hight, and then sent up q
balloon with an attachment underneath,
the attachment consisting Of a sack-like
affair which contained q considerable
quantity Of dynamite. To the dynamite
was affixed a slow match, which would
cause an explosion when the balloon had
got fairly into the clouds. The expert
ment was tried successfully ia evor, i'm
stance, not only at Visalia, but at Gilroy
and other places in California. 1t involved
the correct scientific idea Of meteorology,
it lacked practical value. The man
''burst" the clouds by means OF his ex-
plosives sent up in a balloon every time;
but a very important and fundamental
consideration WAS overlooked by him.
Though he could use dynamite success
fully to make tho clouds part with their
moisture. the explosions in the air could
not produce clouds. His experiments
consequently resulted in nothing more
than bringing down upon the parched soil
Of California some half a dozen or more
showers which did the soil no good, but
proved to capitalists, whom he would have
induced to put up on his venture, that
there was no money in the scheme.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-07-31

Mrs. p. Steler and her daughter, Miss
Tillie. left on Sunday for a weeks visit at
Hamilton.
Mrs. George w. Baker and family re-
turned from q visit to Cleveland's ranch
on Sunday.
Hank Smith and George W. Lamoureaux
yesterday visited several Of the mines on
Ruby Hill and Prospect Mountain.
Mrs. j. l.. Hinckley, having received .
telegram Sunday morning announcing the
death OF her mother at Norwalk, Ohio, left
on yesterdays train for that place.
Rev. w. G. Simpson, pastor Of the M.
e. Church OF Virginia City, will leave
sometime this week to take charge OF a
pastorate somewhere in Oregon, probably
at Salem.
Tom Trainer leaves to-day for Belmont,
taking with him Tom Pierce, ex-Secretary
of the Miners Union, and another miner,
who have been engaged to work in he
Belmont mine.
j. @. Powell, Frank Robbins, Luther
Clark and Chris. Malatesta LETT early this
morning for 3 hunting trip in the neigh
borhood Of Shed Wells ranch. The Game
law against sage chickens goes out at IL
o'clock tonight, Immediately after which.
il the moon is up. shooting will begin.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-07-31
MINING REVIEW.
Brief History of the Dividend
Mines of America.

Products in Gold. Silver and Cop
pcr-COntribusiOns Of the Various
States and TerrltOrfes-Valuable
Statistical Record OF the Industry
that Most Concerns Us.
Condensed from the s. F. Bulletin.
Just how many metal bearing mining
claims in the United States are paying q
profit to their owners at present it is i'm
possible to say. There are many small
claims all over the Pacific States and Ter
ritories that are still worked by private
capital. 1t is fair to believe that q goodly
number Of these are remunerative, but to
what extent cannot be told. OF course all
the larger claims, whether Of quartz or
gravel, are incorporated. This is q favor
lite method Of dividing the risks Of these
enterprises. Most Of the incorporated
mines are known to be non-dividend pay
ing at present, though some have paid in
the past, and all hope to pay some time in
the future. The list OF incorporated divi-
dend mines is probably imperfect, as some
Of them are Indifferent about reporting
their dividends, and it is only by chance
the facts get out.
So far as we have been able TO learn, only
81 incorporated metal bearing mines in the
United States paid dividends during the
| six months ending June 80, 1883. Most Of
these, of course, were on the Pacific Coast.
which ia the recognized mining center OF
the country. One-fourth Of the entire
number is in Colorado. mainly at Lead
vile. The next largest number is in Cali
fornia. All but six are in the Pacific
States and Territories. OF the whole
number seven are copper mines, five OF
which are in Michigan and the others in
California and Arizona. This leaves only
A precious metal bearing incorporated
mines in the United States that are known
to have paid one or more dividends in the
past six months. The dividends paid by
these A claims will be found in the IN
nexed table, which has been compiled in
part from the announcements in the Min
ing Record and in part by the books kept
by the Bulletin:
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-07-31
FLUE DUST.
Scraps from the Notebook Of the
S~entfneI's Reporter.

Scraps from the Notebook Of the
s~entfner's Reporter.
There is o prospect Of a mining boom in
Pinto District.
For q first-class cigar, interview Jake
Harris at the Palace Saloon.
Large numbers of Knights Templar are
passing Palisade daily from the East.
There will be q special meeting OF Base
| Range Council No. 2, 1. o. @. F., at
| 1880 P. NJ.
Quite q number of our lawyers and liti-
| giants left on Sunday to attend court at
Hamilton.
The Eastern slope Of the Sierras in
Washoe, Ormsby and Douglas Counties is
| alive with young quail.
An Illinois Court has decided that a
| contract made on Sunday is Is binding as
il entered into on any other day.
Crystals OF arsenic almost chemically
| pure are found in great abundance in the
| Stag pile at the Richmond reduction works.
The case OF the State VS.. J.. Hsusman,
charged with assault and battery, will be
| tried before Justice Harmon at II o'clock
this morning.
We learn from the London Mining
Journal of July IA that the Richmond
Company has purchased the Williamsburg
mine for f3, 900.
Maher & Manion finished packing the
remainder Of their goods yesterday, aud
will ship them to-day to Oregon, where
they have 9 store.
A party is being made up of some five
or six gentlemen to leave Eureka about
the middle Of August for . three weeks
grand hunt In Wyoming.
The best shower we have had this Sum-
mer occurred yesterday. There was not
enough rain for . food, but enough to do
some good towards flushing the big ditch.
The SENTINEL is indebted to DR.. M. r.
Chamblin for q pamphlet IN "Ostriches
and Ostrich Farming" The doctor does
not state whether he will invest in that
business.
Eureka Con. shares yesterday advanced
to Sc. This Is practically IN advance Of
50, a. the stock carries the 81 ass essment
and steps another dollar to the front.
Looks % though there are some who are
willing to gamble on striking it in the new
shaft.
The San Francisco public schools have
been reopened already two weeks, and are
crowded. Their vacation begins six weeks
earlier than ours, on account OF the differ
ence IN the climate. Teachers and pupils
here will congratulate themselves at not
being in the harness in such weather as We
are now having.
In descending the steps at Lauten-
s~chlager's corner Friday morning Joe
Reveal missed his footing and fell Into the
street with the whole weight Of his body
nnnn hia lafk knaa Uhfah VA az ha6Iv
hurt that he was not able to get around
afterwards until yesterday, when he hob
bled out for the first time since his fall.
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Calif0rnians Captivated by n Young
Lady Formerly Of Eureka.


Lady Formerly of Eureka.
A Young gentleman, travelling in Cali
.ar,;. &c. tro,n p.a p,,e ,o . ,r,ond
w 1870
IN the SENTINEL once mat ne quite recent
ly experienced an agreeable surprise at a
nerform.nce piven in that town by
-~- - - -. -
. passing .nea'lics' ne naa
read the bills OF the play, and it struck
him that among the cast was q young lady
who several years since had an envied
place among the bellies of Eureka. OF
course he went to the show, and this is
what he says: 'sThe play was Our Amer
lean Cousin and it was admirably rem
dered, but for me the piece had little Of
interest until the Eureka girl appeared.
Her part was that Of Mary Meredith and
as she came on the stage ii was not difficult
to recognize Katie Cleveland. She looked
as pretty as a picture and but little
changed from the time 1 saw her in Eure-
ks two years ago, except perhaps for the
better. Her lines were not very extensive,
but she performed her little part 90 natur-
ally that she became a f~avorite with the
audience at once. and it did not even take
q critical eye to see that she had a reserve
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-07-31

1t has been noticed recently by those
who handle q good many silver half dollars
that . large proportion Of them are marked
with the impression OF q small cross. The
mark appears sometimes on one side and
sometimes ON the other, and on different
parts Of the coins. The same mark has
been observed also on the silver dollar.
The fact has excited some curiosity, and
has been remarked by several persons who
are apt in observing such things Is being
singular and hard to account for. The
crosses all seem to have been made by the
same stamp. hence the superstition is they
have been made by the same person. The
puzzle is Of what use Is the stamping and
for what purpose is 1t?
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-07-31
AZ the willows.

There was quite q large crowd ct the
Willows race track Sunday afternoon, to
see the mile race between Bullet Neck and
Clipper. Aftes waiting patiently for an
hour aud a half or so the spectators we re
forced to leave the track out Of humor
with C~heyenne's progeny, Clipper. The
horses got . good start. Clipper on the
inside and slightly in the lead. but he
became unmanageable and bolted the
track. The ne plus ultra jockey logged Bull
let Neck around the track and was declared
the winner. Time not given. Probably
5000 or $500 changed hands on the race;
pools selling Bullet Neck $40, Clipper $40.
An i%mpromptu foot race between Peter
Breen and Jimmy Laird, our Deputy
County Clerk. distance 100 yards. created
considerable amusement. especially when
The legal gentleman's wind gave out after
running some rs yards. The stakes,
which aggregated 50, were awarded TO
Jimmy by the judges.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-07-31

G. A. Fletcher was going about yester-
day with his left arm in a sling and his
hand very much swollen. Sunday mern-
ing he knocked the skin off the back Of his
hand and just afterwards a little black
houseiy settled upon the exposed flesh
and stung him sharply. He brushed the
insect away, washed the blood off, and
thought no more about the sting or of the
bruise until in the afternoon the hand
began to swell up and ache. The swelling
increased SO much by night time and the
pain became so great that he knew he
must have been poisoned. He applied
poultices to the wound. but suffered 30
much that he could scarcely sleep a wink.
Last night the swelling had gone down a
good deal and he suffered but little pain.
From this it would seem that the common
houseiy is quite q poisonous insect.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-07-31
Justtcc tn England.

Convictions by jury in this country be-
ing so rare it is interesting to make q
note of how the jury system works abroad.
The instance cited is refreshing, though
extreme. Justice Moule sentenced a rural
prisoner in England in the following
words: "Prisoner at the bar, your coun-
sci thinks you innocent, the counsel for
the prosecution thinks you innocent, I
think you innocent. Blu q jury of your
own countrymen, in the exercise OF such
you guilty. and it remains that I should
pass on you the sentence of the law. That
is, that you be kept imprisoned one day,
and as that day was yesterday, you may go
about your business"
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-07-31

It will be noticed that the copper mines
Of Michigan show the largest total. This
is due to the $500, 600 quarterly dividends
Of the Calumet & Hecls. Utah comes next,
but that il due to the $500, 900 quarterly
dividends of the Horn Silver. Colorado
has three times the dividend mines OF Ari-
zona, but In the aggregate amount Of divi-
dends for the six months, Arizona is ahead
OF Colorado. California had eight divi-
lend mines in the past six months. but
only has three now. OF the five in Nevada
only two are now paying, but there are
several private properties In Eureka Coun.
ty that are yielding very handsomely. OF
the Utah mines only one or two are paying
to-day. Dakota has only one dividend
mine at present. The Sierra Grande mine
OF New Mexico paid 500. 900 monthly for
six consecutive months, but has not paid
since April. and it is impossible to tell
when it will resume.
The only strictly gold mines in the above
list are those in California, Idaho, Dakota
and Georgia. The mines in Michigan are
o All the others may be classed as
silver mines, though producing %considera.
BILE lead and some gold. An analysis OF
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-07-31

UIWHnOIhUS Om Gue FWcHMC OVones
In an article on the diamond owners
and famous diamonds OF the world, we
find wedged in among the crowned heads
the following Pacific Coast people: Mrs.
Leland Stanford OF California wears .
diamond necklace, made in the form OF
marguerites, that cost $50. 900. The ele-
giant ruby worn by Lola Montez always
in her dark ~tresses, is now mounted in a
pin. Mrs. J. Hsggin owns $50, 900 worth
OF diamonds, and Annie Louise Cary pos
sessed the largest and most perfect emer-
aid in the world. 1t was formerly the
property Of Queen Isabella, and is valued
at $50, 900. Laura d. Fair owns $50, 900
worth OF diamonds, and Mrs. Bonanza
MAckay has the largest sapphire in the
world. 1t was bought from . Polish no.
bleman for 800, 900 francs.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-07-31

@. @. Wallace, Assessor Of Eureka, has
assessed the roadbed Of the Central Pacific
in this county at SIG, 900 per mile. the
company having turned in the same prop
erty at SO, 1000. Washoe's Assessor has
fixed the assessment for that county n
SIG. 900. and il ia understood that the As
SCISSORS OF Lander and Humboldt will do
likewise. 1t is said that the Central Pa
ciic ia willing to make q compromise on
$40. 900 per mile throughout the State.