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Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-09-13
Registration Notice.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
N books of Registration for the general
election. TO be held November 4. 1894. for the
election Of State County and Township ofh-
GERS, are now open. and viii remain open
daily, on all legal days. from 10 o'clock A NJ. to
O'Clock P. NJ, until October 70. 1884, snd from
Octobsr 10. 1884. to October 90 1884, from to
O'CLOCK p NJ, in addition to the no rs hereto
fore mentioned. at which time the books for
Registration will cl "a o.. il ck P. M The
law r.quires natnrsllzed citizens to exhibit
their certifc tes Of naturalization at the time
they present themselves T. r registration.
+. H. HARMON.
Ex.oficio Registry Agent. Eureka Precincts
NoA J end Q, Eureka OosatSs New
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-09-13
NOTICE.

r HAVE SECURED A LEASE OF THE
l. "PEOPLE'S MARKET on North Main
street, and will run the business hereafter on
my own account Thanking the public for
their patronage heretofore, hope by strict at
tention to business to merit a continuance of
the same. JOSEPH BOoS.
Eureka, Sept. l, 1884. se2tf
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-09-13
Just Received.

An elegant assortment of wall brackets
and lamp goods, consisting of shades,
illuminators, wicks and cigar
lighters. Also, new patent window
shades, and lot of fancy cabinet frames
and bird-cages. 1 have on hand all kinds
of secondhand furniture, which will sell
at prices to suit the times. Call and ex-
anime goods at my store on South Main
street. P. 81. HULL.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-06-19
Women Who Never Buy.
New York Sun.

New GOrk Sun,
A dry goods salesman Says: I'VE have
to endure great deal at the hands of
those ladies who never buy. These people
take up valuable time, and good part of
our energies is directed to the effort to cir
cumvent them. The moment an old
timer comes up to the counter she is in
stantly recognized by some one of the
statesmen, the warning signal, a tap on the
counter, is passed along the line. Then
we have some fun. The old timer will
call for, say, certain shade of yellow
she is told that it is not in stock Oh
what pity p she exclaims, that is just
what I wanted If you had it l would
buy sixteen yards Of it, Then it is the
next mans turn. He comes up, accord
ingly, and tells the first salesman that he
is mistaken, that there is still bolt of
twenty yards of that identical stuff in the
in the store. He brings it forward and
lays it down. You would think the shop
per who never buys would be
disconnected at this state of affairs Not a
bit of it. She says smilingly: oh, that
is just what / want Lay it aside for me,
and l will see my dressmaker and find out
just how many yards she needs, and to-
morrow I'll come back and buy it, Then
she departs with a simper, but she never
comes back. We amuse ourselves in this
way, but it is a terrible nuisance all the
SameD
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-06-19
An Artists Ingenuity.
San Franciscan.


Alexander, the artist, tells a touching
story about another artist who once lived
in Munich. Number two is now famous
and well-to-do; but then he was the very
type of busted Bohemian. He was in
vited to an entertainment where he ex-
pected to meet his lady-lOve. Was ever a
man so poor that he couldn't afford a
sweetheart? Our Bohemian managed to
borrow dress suit, struck somebody for a
necktie and induced friend to lend him
beautiful clean white shirt. At the very
last moment ne discovered that he did not
own shirt stud. There was a brief period
of despair, and then his natural talents
came to his rescue. He seized a beer bot
tle-the contents had. already disappeared,
but he satisfied himself with the cork, from
which he cut slice At the risk of tying
his spine in bow-knot he managed to slip
the section of cork under his proud white
shirt front and hold it there. At the same
instant he seized a large, flat, shining brass
thumb-tack, and pressed it through the
linen into the cork. 1t was great success.
Patent applied for.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-06-19
4 Slim Mans Shot.

feCk sun.
number of gentlemen were in the de-
pot waltlng-room admiring fine lot of
ducks friend had shot up on the lake.
ana were somewhat surprised TO hear him
tell OF killing three ducks with one dis
charge OF his gun. About this time slim,
polnted-nosed man, who had been quietly
listening, remarked:
That's nothing very extraordinary"
Maybe that's the way you always kill
ducks" sarcastically remarked the hunter
wal, that depends on how | load my
gum" remarked the slim man
Then 1t does make difference how
you load, does it? l presume you use
about peck of six ounce bullets? ?" Ie-
marked the hunter, who began to feel that
the glory with which he had covered him
self had melted and was beginning to run
Off
wal, now, don't you get ratified. l
don't know as I'll give the scheme away"
retOrted the slim man.
How many ducks did you ever kill in
one shOt?" asked an interested listener
wal, stranger, I've killed and strung
over fifty OF em answered the slim man.
Fifty ducks at one shOtw exclaimed
half dozen.
Yes, over fifty, replied the slim man,
"a don't mind telling ye how twas done,
if ye really want to know"
How on earth could you do such a
thing? You must have been where the
ducks were thick" ventured a meek-look-
lag individual.
wal, if yen give chance I'll tell ye.
| took "a trip up TO Calumet several years
ago, and never seed so many ducks ia all
my life. l took an old army musket along
and one cartridge"
"One cartridge exclaimed half Dozen
You don't mean to say you only took one
cartridge and no other ammunition 2"
Wal, | didn't take anything else but an
old army musket, one cartridge and big
spool OF wire thread. That's the sum total
OF what | always take. Ye see, /"
what was the wire for?" enquired the
meek man.
Wait till | finish, hang it, and yell
know Wal, when | got out On clear
water away from the rushes, | saw about a
million OF ducks right ahead Of me. l
Just took the end of the wire and fastened
it to the bullet in the cartridge and loaded
my gun an put the spool on the bottom of
! the boat where | thought it wouldn't get
chance | happened to blow my nose,
which of course made a noise, when every
duck raised his head to see what was up.
/ drew bead on tie eye of the duck
nearest to me and pulled the trigger before
they had chance to get scared. Jewhiz
how that spool did spin while the wire was
unwinding! The ducks flew away, fright
ened by the noise of the gun, but / had
just fifty ducks all strung by their heads
on that wire. The bullet had gone
through their heads, dragging the wire
with it, and it took eyes every time except
one; it took the tail of that duck just as
it raised from the water. The bullet would
have got more ducks, only the spool got
caught before the wire was all unwound
and stopped it. / believe if l had had an
other cartridge and another spool Of"
The slim man found himself talking to
the stove The rest had fled and none but
he remained
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-06-19
A Family Nomenclature.
Syracuse Herald. I


At the beginning Of school term all
pupils in the public schools are required to
glue their fathers full name. Frequently
the teachers have hard work to get the
first name, and it is not an unusual thing
to become involved in dialogue some
thing like the one which took place re-
Gently in one of the city schools at the
opening Of this term.
The teacher asked Michael Murphy
what his fathers name was and Michael
said
"Mr. Murphy"
What is his first name ?"
HE never had but one name"
"Well, what would you call him if You
wanted new rocking horse ?"
Il don't want one"
When you speak to him what do you
say?"
"Oh, 1 can't remember all I say when l
speak to him."
But suppOsing he was out chopping
wood and you went to the door and called
to him, what would you say?"
HE never cuts up wood, but if should
call him would call him dad"
"Oh, dear! l wish l could make you un-
derstand what / mean. Now, can't you
tell me what your mother calls him ?"
Yes, 'um she calls him old red-head.' y"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-06-19
Shoes in Japan.

One of the most striking sights that
takes the attention of the traveller in Japan
is that of the wooden sandals worn by the
thirty five millions of people. These san
dals have separate compartment for the
great toe, and make clacking noise on the
street. Straw slippers are also worn, and a
traveller setting out on a journey will strap
a supply of them on his back, that he may
put on new pair when the old is worn
out. They cost but cent and half a
pair. They are rights and lefts, and leave
the foot free to the air. We never see those
detormities of the foot in Japan which are
SO frequent in our country. They are never
worn in the house, being left outside the
door: passing down the streets you see long
rows of them at the doors, old and new,
large and small 1t is surprising to see
how lively the Japs step out of them and
pick them up again with their feet, with
out stopping when leaving the house.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-06-19
The Fate of Fast Young Man.

Written in the Illinois State Prison.
It's curious, isn't it, Billy,
The changes that twelve months may bring
Last year was at Saratoga,
As happy and rich as a king
was raking in pools at the races,
And feeling the walters with ter"
And slipping mint juleps by twilight;
And to-day | am here i'll the Pen"
What led me to do it 2" What always
Leads men to destruction and crime?
The Prodigal Son, whom you We read OF,
Has altered somewhat in his time.
He spends his substance as freely
AS the biblical fellow OF old;
But when il is gone he fancies
The husks will turn into gold.
Champagne, a box at the opera,
High steps while fortune Is flush,
The passionate kiss Of women
Whose cheeks have forgotten to blush
The old, old story, Billy,
OF pleasure that ends in tears
The froth that foams for an hour,
The dregs that are tasted for years.
Last night as ] sat here and pondered
On the end of my evil ways,
There arose, like phantom before me,
The vision of boyhood days
/ thought of my old home, Billy,
Ofthe school house that stood on the hill,
OF the brook that flowed through the mea
dow
can cen hear it's sweet music still.
Again thought of my mother,
Ofthe mother who taught me to pray,
Whose love was a precious treasure
That heedlessly cast away.
| saw again in my visions
The fresh-lipped, careless boy
To whom the future was boundless
And the past but mighty toy.
| thought of all this as sat here
Ofmy ruined and wasted life
And the pangs of remorse were bitter
They pierced my heart like a knife.
II takes some courage, Billy,
To laugh in the face of fate,
When the yearning ambitions of manhood
Are blasted at twenty eight.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-06-19
Pigs as Drunkards.
Pail Mall RudUof


Men of low intellectual endowment with
taste for strong drink will derive much
comfort from the result of one of the latest
experiments which, at the suggestion of
the ex-Brandy King of Sweden, the French
Temperance Society has been making on
the alcoholization of pigs. The experiments,
which were commenced in 1879 on num-
Der of pigs of the so-called Anglo Chinese
breed have been continued ever since
Each pig was kept in separate sty, but
twice day they were all fed together in
an adjoining yard. Alcohol was mixed
with their food, and after each meal they
all fell into deep sleep, but showed no
signs of excitement, except now and then
slight muscular trembling. The differ
ence of the effect of alcohol on the human
brains and pigs is believed to arise from
the smallness Of pigs brains, for the
larger the brain the more dangerous the
effect of intoxicatiOn. Hence, although
the companions of st. Anthony may occa-
sionally indulge in their taste for juniper,
they are in no danger of being attacked by
delirium tremenS.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-06-19
Helena, Montana, Thursday, June 49, 1884

of the Republican States The State needs
the moral influence of that position more
than the Republican party needs her sup
port. She must shake off the shackles and
move on in the march of progress politi-
cally and industrially. Her mines, her
factories, her fOcks, and her workman need
the fostering care of Republican protection.
Her children need the enlightenment of
Republican education. The State needs
Blaine. The Democrats affect to ridicule
the idea of Republican victory in West
Virginia. So did they affect to ridicule
the election of Golf to Congress, but he
was elected, and just as easily, just as
surely can we redeem the whole State with
the prestige Blaine and Logan will give u.s.
Indianapolis Journal (Rep.): Mr.. Blaine
is and has been to the Republican party
what Henry Clay was to the old Whig
party-its leader and champion. While he
was not the first choice of the Journal, it
accepts his leadership without hesitation
and without fear of results AS we have
so often said, the party is greater than any
man, and the voiced wisdom of its conven-
tion better than any individual judgment
There can be no bitterness over the result
in any quarter. The Republican party is
not made up of children, but of strong
stalwart, sensible men, and the verdict of
the National Convention will be accepted
with true loyal devotion to the party,
whose success is greatly more to be desired
than the advancement of any individual,
and in the spirit of full belief that the
continuance of the Republican party in
power is absolutely and unquestionably
indispensable to the prosperity of the
country, and to the maintenance and per-
manency of those principals and methods
of government by which alone the peace
and good order of society may be conserved
and individual liberty and happiness most
largely secured and enhanced.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-06-19
The Seven Sleepers.

at would awaken the seven sleepeIs" is
a common saying; but we venture to say
that half who use it do not know its ORR
gin. The legend runs that seven noble
youths of Ephesus, during the persecution
of the Christians by Decius. Roman En-
peror of the third century fled and took
refuge in cavern, and having been pur-
sued and discovered, were walled in and
thus left to perish. They are said to have
fallen asleep, and in that state they were
miraculOusly preserved for nearly two CEN
turies when their bodies having been found
in the cavern, were taken out and exposed
to the veneration of the faithful. Then it
was said that these holy martyrs were not
dead; that they had been hid in the cav
ern where they had fallen asleep, and hat
they at last awoke, to the astOnishment of
the spectators. The spot is still shown at
Ephesus where the pretended miracle took
place, and the Persians celebrate annually
the feast of the Seven Sleepers.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-06-19
A sharp Drummer.
From the Rockland Courier.


AS the train slowed up at station, a
cOmmercial-loOking man. who had been
noticed in earnest conversation with ano-
ther party of the same general appearance,
was heard to remark: -s.-
Smart? He's the smartest drummer
you ever met anywhere. Why, he's smart
enough to sell suspenders to dog"
The other commercial-lOokingm man nOdd-
ed his head at this very happy illustration,
and everybody thought the conversation
was ended, when lonesome-looking iDdi-
vidual on the opposite side of the car re-
marked
"It doesn't take very smart man to sell
suspenders to dog"
Even the sleepy passengers aroused at
this startling remark by the lonesome
looking individual, and the commercial
man asked in some surprise:
why nOt?'
Because it doesn't"
What would dog want with suspend
ers?"
"To keep up his spants.'
And the helOnsome-loOking individual gaZed
out across the snOw-swept waste with far
away look in his voice.
And the astonished brakeman sighed so
loud as to crack every lamp chimney in the
car
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-06-19
Resting Place of Jefferson.

A bronze tablet has been placed upon
the front of the new Pennsylvania National
Bank building, Philadelphia, Pa, bearing
the inscription Con this site originally
stood the dwelling in which Thomas Jeffer-
son drafted the Declaration of Indepen-
dence which was adopted by the Conti-
mental Congress in this city July A, 1776.
Erected, 1775; removed, 1888" The
Ledger says that the question whether
Jefferson drafted the document in the cor
ner house or in the one adjoining on the
west still is matter of dispute, but as the
bank building covers both lots the accuracy
of the inscription on the tablet is not dis
Duted
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-06-19
oepOpulatiOn of Kamtchatka.

According to report sent by Lieut..
Frederick to the Moscow Gazette, there will
soon be no Kamtchatkans left in Kam-
tchatka. The population in district
larger than the whole of France, which
was once above $4,000, had in 1880 fallen
off to 5000 The only occupations of the
inhabitants are shooting and fishing their
food consists almost exclusively of fish, for
the annual income of any one rarely ex-
ceeds S4 for which not even forty pounds
of -four can be bought On the western
coast things are even worse. The NOR
tality in these parts is even greater than
in the east. On the Commodore Islands,
however, which are separated by dis
tance of less than 200 miles from Kam-
tchatka, the population is tiourishing
again under the benevolent supervision of
an American firm.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-06-19
ANOTHER GREAT CANAL.
A Cut from the Aclantic Ocean to the
Mediterranean.

Madrid Dispatch I'm the London Times.
Confirming what was stated here early in
the present year respecting a scheme which
excites lively interest in Spain, Spanish
newspaper, published on the northern from
tier, states that a canal from the Atlantic
to the Mediterranean, which is to convert
the Iberian Peninsula into an island, ap
pears now to be in a fair way to become an
accomplished fact. Starting from the
GirOnde, the proposed canal is intened to
touch Toulouse, continuing through Lam
guedoc and joining the Mediterranean
near NarbOnne. AS the site of a cor mer-
cial emporium, NarbOnne holds a position
second to none in France, being placed at
an angle of the Gulf of Lyons, and in the
valley of the Aude.
According to the journal referred to, the
contract for the work is signed between
the founders and the contractors of the
Suez canal for canal capable of taking
vessels of the largest size. The founders
have asked the French Government for a
guarantee of 10000, 900 francs annually, to
begin from 1889, when the works are ex-
pected to be completed This guarantee
to help to cover the interest on the capital
expended. 1t is further alleged that the
Minister Of Public Works has promised
the scheme his support, and has ordered a
Government engineer to report on the dis
trict through which the canal is expected
to pass.
Spain looks upon this scheme from sew
eral distinct points Of view but the balance
of opinion is favorable to it. The canal, if
made, would constitute new line Of de-
fense for France, which, it is hoped, would
remove the objections made by the French
military authorities to the perforatiOn of
the Pyrenees at the points most convenient
for Spain-Canfranc, for instance. 1t would
not only bring some of the Spanish ports
nearer to those of England and Northern
Europe, but would connect those of Cata-
lonia with the Biscayan provinces Asturias
and Galicia. The canal, it is thought, will at
feet unfavOrably some Of the Southern
ports, for what reason is not very clear, and
the importance of Gibralter, from a stra-
tegic point of view, is expected to be con-
siderably reduced.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-06-19
No Case.
Atlanta Constitution. |


Il see dey bab turned Sam loose" said
one negro to another.
Yes dey had to let i'm go, 'kase no case
could be made outen de charge"
How wuz dat? Tell me all bout it,"
Well, de way de trouble riz, white
gemmen seed Sam wild one Oh his shirts
on"
"Yes, an rested him fur stealin', didn't
dey?"
Oats it, but wen dey cum fur trile de
jedge 'clared dat dar want no grOun' fur
de 'plaint, arter he'd heard de testimony
Ob Sans mudder"
What got him out ?"
"De simple fac dat Sans mudder was
washin fur de gemmen, and jedge sed dat
as long as de man wuz lucky neugh to get
his cloze on Saturday he didn't hab no
room to growl bout de washerwOmans
frenz an chillun WARM 'em de balance OBJ
de week"
Dat jedge got sense" answered the
other as they parted.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-06-19
The Golden House of Nero.
Rome Correspondence of Troy Times

Rome Correspondence of Troy Times.
OF all the palaces, ancient or modern,
the golden house of Nero" was probably
the most magnificent and costly. 1t ex-
tended over the intervening valley be-
tween the Palatine and Esquiline hills, but
not vestige of it now remains. The story
of its amazing magnitude and wealth would
exceed all belief were it not so well au-
thenticated by ancient historians. The diff
terent wings of the imperial palace, were
connected by three colonnaded porticoes,
each mile in length. Inclosed by the vast
lines of buildings were gardens, groves,
lakes and hills. The vestibule of the pal
ace was large enough to admit colossal
statue of Nero 100 feet high. The apart
ments occupied by the Emperor were gor-
geous beyond description. The walls were
of marble and ivory, the ceilings of mother
of-pearI, and the floors of alabaster. Gold
was used in such profusion on all parts of
the house, inside and out, and even on the
roof, as to give it the name of the golden
house Here, amid unparalleled extrava-
gance, lived and reigned the infamous, ty-
rannical, inhuman Emperor, Nero, sleeping
on bedsteads of silver and eating from ta-
bles of gold.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-06-19
Sunday School Convention.

LOUISVILLE, June 13.-In the Sunday
school convention to-day addresses were
made by Dr. Barnett, of Iowa; DIR. Goblin,
of Indiana DR.. Gilbert, of Kentucky, and
DR.. Chapman, of Colorado. The following
officers were elected: Chairman, b. f.
Jacobs, of Chicago; treasurer, l.. A. Bige-
low, New York secretary, Jas b. Phipps,
Baltimore; finance committee, l.. A. Bige-
low, New York E. S. Waggoner, Pennsyl'
sylvania; Jas. B. Phipps, Baltimore. The
convention adjourned to meet at time
ana place to be appointed by the execu-
five committee
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-06-19
CAT-TAILS.

Ernest McGofiey, in Chicago Current
Clear, dark and cool "A shallow pool
Lies underneath the summer sky.
Low ripping in the sedgy grass
As wayward winds go tripping by,
And fleeting shadows lightly skim
Across the water hand in hand,
And vanish in a reedy point
Where slender, waving cat-tails stand.
And in the wondrous summer sky,
odd Sol'' his golden censer swings,
And in the pool the bubbles break
And lose themselves in floating rings,
While bladed flags bend low to greet
The blue -veined lilies resting there,
And high above their dropping heads
The cat-tails drink the summer air.
Across the pool, with filmy wings
The Devils darning- needles" fly,
And deep among the shady flags
The Croaking frogs securely lie;
red-winged blackbird's liquid notes
Sound clear and sweet Go. chee! Co-chee,
And III the breeze's grading arms
The cat tails rock in airy glee.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-06-19
THE PASSING HOUR.

Now the poet writes sonnet
Upon spring,
And each woman buys bonnet,
Though there's precious little on it,
Save wing.
The canoeist plies his paddle
With fling;
And the jockey cleans his saddle.
For he'll very soon skedaddle
Round the ring.
Now the circus-goer's mission
Is in tents;
And the plotting politician
Climbs the fence.
lie believes his chance of office
Is immense:
While in scheming he's no novice.
iet MS strength, though Others scoff, is