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Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-04-29
COAST ADVICES.
ESPECIAL TO THE sEyTTNEL.l
A Railroad Smash Up.


SAN Francisco, April 28.-Two local
Sacramento trains collided last evening
near Vallejo Junction. Both trains were
heavily laden with passengers, but as one
tram was running slowly, and the other
had just left the station, and had not got
fairly under Roadway, the damages were
confined to wrecking both engines and
slightly damaging two cars. 1t is stated
that the accident was due to the neglect OF
the train dispatcher's orders.
"My Dear WIFE,.
SAN Francisco, April 28.-In the Sharon
divorce case to-day letters written by
Sharon to Miss Hill addressed my dear
wife" were submitted to microscopical ex-
animation by Attorney Hyde, an expert
in handwriting. In the first letter he
testified to abrasions in tine paper under
the word "wife."
Death of Pioneers.
SAN Francisco, April 28.-Capt. John
Clark, Of the pioneer ship Humboldt, died
at his residence in this city yesterday. aged
~ years. He was an honorary member Of
the Society Of California Pioneers.
John V. Plume, another pioneer, died
yesterday at Oakland, CAL, aged 70 years.
Chinese at n Fair.
SAN Francisco, April 2S.-Associated
Press Siamese advices say that the King
of Siam has notified Minister Halderman
that he will send exhibits to the Worlds
Cotton Fair at New Orleans.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-04-29

at Isn't Boston.,,

At a Boston seance q disconsolate Wild
over succeeded in establishing communi-
cation with his wife, who had passed into
the spirit land from the Hub, or whose
esthetio circles she had been a member.
The man inquired if she was happy and If
she liked her new surroundings, to which
she replied; WELL. dear, it is very charm
ing and lovely and all that, but Of course
you know, dear, it isn't Boston,"
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-04-29

The White House Clothing Emporium
is in daily receipt of Spring and Summer
suits for gentlemen; also. furnishing
goods, hats, boots and shoes, etc., which
can be purchased at prices as low as at
any house In Eureka. y
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-04-29

+. B.. Mercer, formerly editor Of the
Suiro Independent, now in the Govern
ment Printing Office at Washington. is
firing OF life in the East. and longs to get
back to the Pacific Coast and start another
newspaper.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-03-14
Spiders.

Spiders are not insects, MS most people
think, There is precisely the same re-
lationship between spider and an insect
that there is between n COW and Il Goldfish.
The COW and the fish are both vertobrates,
and the spider and the insect are both
annulates, but there the resemblance
ceases In every other point of structure
they differ widely from each other. The
spider has eight legs, whereas an insect
cannot have more than six. The nervous
system is constructed on totally differ
ent principle, and so are the circulation
and respiration. The eyes are different,
the insects having many compound eyes,
and the spider never having moro than
eight, and all Of them simple. Then, IL
spider has no separate hesd as is the case
with the insects, the head and thorax be-
ing fused together.
Neither does the spider pass through
the series Of developments which We call
transformations. When the young
spider is hntched, it is a spider, and re-
taips the same shape through it's whole
life. Again. no insect that is at present
known can spin silken theeads. Take the
silk worm as familiar example. The
silk is spun by the caterpillar and not by
eis mum. NOW, tne spider can produc'
threads throughout the whole OF its life
II possesses, moreover, the faculty of pro
dueing different kinds OF silk, ACCORDING
10 the object for which it is needed. ]
We watch the first Of these creatures W,
may see all three silks produced Th
web OF the diadsm spider is made of IA
dating cables, like the spokes of wheel
and having slight thread wound SPIRAL.
over the spokes. The whole web is sus
pended by cables like those which forr
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Teaching Animals TO Converse.

Mr.. Darwin's No;e on Instinct, recently
published by my friend Mr. Romanes,
have again called our attention to the
interesting subject of instinct in animals,
writes Sir John Lubbock in Nature.
Miss Martincau once remarked that, con-
sidering how long we have lived in close
association with animals, it is astonishing
how little we know about them, and
especially about their mental condition.
This applies with especial force to our
domestic animals, and above all Of course
to dogs l believe that it arises very
much from the fact that hitherto we have
tried to teach animals rather than to learn
from them--to convey our ideas to them
rather than to devise any language, or
code of signals by means Of which they
might communicate theirs to us. No
doubt the former process is interesting
and Instructive, but it does not carry us
very far. Under these circumstances it
has occurred to me whether some such
system as that followed with deaf mutes
especially by DR., Howe with Laura Bridg-
man, might not prove very instructive if
adapted to the case OF dogs. Accordingly
prepared some stout pieces of cardboard,
and printed on each in legible letters a
word such as Food, Bone, ""Out, etc.
Tho head master Of one OF the deaf and
dumb schools kindly agreed to assist me.
We each began with terrier puppy but
neither of us obtained any satisfactory
results. My dog indeed, was lost before
| had bad him long. l then began train
ing black poodle, Van by name, kindly
given Inc by lAy friend Mr.. Nickalls. |
commenced by giving the dog food in a
saucer, over which [ laid the card on
which was the word Food" placing also
by the side an empty saucer, covered by
plain card. Nau soon learnt to distin-
guish between the two, and the next
stage was to teach him to bring me the
card; this ho now does, and hands it tC
me quite prettily, and ! then give him d
bone, or a little food, or take him out
according to the card brought. He still
brings sometimas plain card, il which
case ! point out his error, and he thel
takes it back and changes it, This, how
ever, does not often happen. Yesterday
morning, for instance, Van brought mC
the card with Food" on it nine times il
succession, selecting it from among othel
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briskly with piece Of dry flannel.

briskly with piece Of dry flannel.
Kid shoes may be kept soft and free from
cracks by rubbing thom once week with
a little pure glycerine or castor oil.
Ivory may be restored to its former
whitcness by cleaning in burnt pumico
stono and water and then placing it I'M
der glasses in the suns rays.
Indian silver should be washed in
weak solution of horax and water, and
Benares brass work with soft flannel
dipped in lemon juice, and afterwards
rinsed in weak soda and water.
Old leather articles, such rs leather
bags, can be restored to. their pristine
freshness by an application of good black
ing, n subsequent brushing, very slight
oiling aud au after dressing of gum trag-
acanth.
Leather chair seats may be revived by
rubbing them with well beaten white Of
an egg. Leather bindings of books may
also be cleansed by this method. White
Roman bindings should be washed with o
soft flannel saturated with soapsuds.
To clean marble, take two parts OF
common washing soda, one part of finely
powdered chalk, one part pumice-stone ;
afterward mix the powder with water.
Rub the marble thoroughly with this and
the stains will disappear.
seasonabic Recipes.
Breakfast beacon is very nice broiled
and served with mashed potatoes and
corn mullins and coffeo for the morning
meal.
"Flat rs a founder" is, it is excellent
cut in pieces about four inches long DIP
in well beaten egg and in n little sifted
corn meal and fry with plenty Of lard
in the kettle drain we'll before serving.
A good way to use the yoiks OF eggs
when you have them left after making
cake with the whites, is to keep them in 6
cool place in the morning beat them
well, and dip slices of bread in them apd
fry brown. Stale bread may be used fol
this.
An excellent pie can be made OF dried
peaches. Let the peaches soak in colo
water all night, sew them III this same
water until so soft that you can masl
them fine; add for one pie two table
spoonfuls of sweet cream and q little more
than lhalf a cup OF sucGr-too much su
gar destroys the flavor Of the fruit. But
ter may be used in place of cream, but i
possible use cream, it gives such smooth
ness to the filing.
Oatmeal cookies combine many goo,
qualities, aud will be relished by child
ren. Make them Just like an ordinar,
sugar cooky, using two-thirds oatmea
and onc-third wheat flour.
Cranberry pudding is made by pourin
| bpi1iOn y,-ptAr ON q mint q dried Orna
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no relief. These people seldom attain
the age offorty,if they have begun to cnt
opium Mt an carly age. The fnsts in the
month Ramadnn nro for rthem fraught with
the most dreadful tortures, ms during
the whole of that month they aro not nj
lowed to take anything during the day.
1t is said that to nssuage their sufierings
they swallow, before the morning prayer,
besides the usual dose, q certain number
of other doses wrapped up in particular
papers, having previously calculated the
time when each envelope shall be unfold
ed, and allow the pill to produce the ef-
fects of their usual allowance. When
this baneful habit has been confirmed, it
is almost impossible to break it off: the
torments of the opium-eater when de-
prived of this stimulant, are as dreadful
as his bliss is complete when he has taken
it to him night brings the torments of
hell day the bliss Of paradise. Those
who do make the attempt to discontinue
the use of opium, usually mix it with
wax, and daily diminish the quantity of
the opium, till the pill at last contains
nothing but wax.
The opium curse is indeed great and
terrible, and in tho confessions of Eng
lish opium-eaters, to wit, De Quincy
and Coleridge, we may form some idea OF
the miseries it intlcts upon its victims
first begriling them with pleasant rever-
les, then enchanting them in hopeless
slavery, and finally inflicting upon then
indescribablc torments. But greataand
terrible though this curse be, it must
yield the palm to the still greater anG
more terrible curse OF our drinking sys
TEN. Where opium hlis the passions,
alcohol drouscs them, and where opium
brings prostration and inanition, alcoho
urges on to deeds of violence and mur
der
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oddities of an dcx,

To do indexing as it should be done is
proverbially difficult. Peculiar aptness
for such work is shown by George Chal-
mers i'll the ten-page index to his pamph-
let compilation entitled ''Ihe Beauties of
Fox, North and Burke" published at
London in 1874, aud to be found in the
Boston Athennum Library These choice
extracts fairly represent the whole ten
pages, which altogether rival the famous
indlces of the "Autocrat":
Accused Obstinacy, Lord North
charged with it.
Axe, Lord North pronounced by Mr.. Fox
deserving one
Blundering Pilot, Mr.. Fox describes Lord
North us such
Breach of Promise, Mr.. Fox charges
Lord North with Breach Of it
Burke, Mr., detects Lord North fas
sleep
tends Lord North has neither one no
the other
Credulous, Mr.. Fox pronounces Lore
North
Insolence and Temerity, Mr.. Fo,
charges Lord North with both
Ignorance of Lord North, the Cause o
General Burgoyne's Capture
Impotence, Lord North accused of it.
Impudently, Lord North said to have act
ed
Kneller, Sir Godfrey, Lord North put
Mr.. Burke in mind of Story abou
him :.
North Lord, has been sucked with tn
milk of the Treasury
freezes Mr. Burke's blood, aud har
rows up his soul
imputes motives to Mr.. Fox
Mr. Fox declares he should thin
himself the most infamous of maj
kind, if he should ever join him
declares as much of Mr.. Fox
Puppet, Lord North called one
, Scatiold, Mr.. Fox threatens TO brin
, Lord North to it
Threshold, Mr. Fox cannot bear the lde
1 of approaching Lord North's,
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Airift.

DRIFT lei II drlft the cords are snapped that ourbed
n;
The rigid anchor holds that bark no more
The impatient sails whose nuieriug so diturbed Il
No longer Zap beside the s0mbre shore.
Out OF the haven 'thYart the Toadsiead aieamlng :,
Beyond The far bright of1ng hath It passed;
stlll Of some golden goal s-treaming, dreaming,
O'er the wide deep that light bark drifts at last.
Let It drift on, nor blast nor bilow checking;
No whirlpool 10 ingulf, no rock 10 Teak;
The sea a mirror smooth for It's bJdecklng,
The SKY blue pavilion for lis sake.
On let It drift, the laughing merhalds weaving
Fantastic WINS us devious course around
And the gay sirens mockng It's believing
With sweet, delusive ecstaces 4 sound,
Iet bright skie, change; Hopes renuent tides rur
widely,
And Fortune wreass great wonders vita h-
wand
So, on some wln,ry eve, while am Idly
Counting the dusk waves on the sOrubre strand.
HAPPY before me from the onlGR shaded
A helmless bark shall drlit In shattered state,
Tie golden name, "The Mary" blurred and faded,
TaGg!e and bitter brine us only freight
The Spectator
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Cat Talk.
From the London N5ws.

The eat is beast of very ancient line
age and high degree. Perhaps it was
from Nubia that the Egyptians got the
cat which they at once began to worship
as the Goddess Pasht. The etymology Of
the names for the cat throws little or no
light on its original home. A recent
American writer mentions some children
who invented ''cat language" in which
cats could be intelligently addressed
Oddly enough, a French philosopher,
Dupont de Lemours, had anticipated
this childish idea, and made considerable
researches into the language which cats
talk among themselves. He decided that
cats, which have more extensive view OF
the world from the tree-tops and house
tops than dogs enjoy, have also more
fully developed language than their natur-
al enemies.
"The cat has speech in which all the
vowes of the dog are found, with six conso
nants in the bargain, these being m, n, p,
| h, Y and f. Hence the cat has far great
er number of words than the dog: hence
too, its observation-disclosures and cunning.
The Able Gallant, famous wit, was
also fond of studying cats He maintain
ed that"the language OF the tom is quie
different from that Of the tabby, as II ough
to be. =" In this case cats resemble severa
savage races (such ms the Carribs, and {
people mentioned by Ierodotus), in tina
the males and females Of the race speal
20 different tongues. The Able detected
"more than 20 infections in the Language
OF cats" He was certain that 'cats al
ways use the same sound to express th
same thing" These philosophers Nigh
well have wondered, like Montague, wha
their cat was thinking of their diversions
Chateaubriand, great friend of cats, ha,
rather n good story of ghost Of n cat
accompanied by ghost of a wooden leg
which used to walk up and down- stair
together in an ancient house. Aud if cat
have language why should they not leav
ghosts benin | them?
Among the illustrious friends of CAT
have been Victor Hugo, Theophile Gau
tier, Prosper Merimee, Chataubriand
Cardinal Wolsey, Richelieu and Mahomet
The cat of Mahomet was named Muezzf
and for this worthy animal he showed til
> highest consideration. One day the CT
fell asleep on the wide sleeve OF til
prophets coat MahOmet had bushes
engagement, but he could not dream Z
disturbing Muezzi. At last, as the matte
became pressing, this cood-natured pr
phet cut the sleeves of his coat, went abot
his business, and left Muezza to repos'
Chntaubriand thought, and justly tht
the independence OF the cat was one {
its most remarkable features There
y always one who loves and one who lei
himself be- loved IL every rtiur OF IL
heart, aud the caS invariably occupies IL
later position. And why not? "Ma
has sought the society of the cat, 1t is NJ
the cat that has sought the society OF mai
says Champduery. 1t is natural, cor
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the spokes, and guy ropes of similar
structure support it on every side.
A blue-bottle fly now comes buzzing
along and blunders against one Of the
supporting cables. 1t is not arrested by
the cable, but falls upon the net, where
it is at once caught If we examine the
web with n tolerably powerful magnifying-
glass We shall see that the cables and
spokes are quite smooth, while the spiral
thread is covered with little globules of
n gummy character There are about
400 Of these globules in each inch of
thread, and on an average complete web
contains 81, 900 of them. These globules
act just like bird-lime, and the moment
that an insect touches one of them with
its leg or wing, it is held tightly by the
gum.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-03-14
We'll Cultivated Land.
from the Live Stock Jouran.l

We once experimental by hauling
twenty-four large loads Of the best man
ure upon two ucres Of cliy.loam land,
had it well cultivated into the soil, which
had been worked in the ordinary way, but
was somewhat lumpy. This, and the ad-
joining two acres, were to be sown to corn
for fodder. Upon the other two acres no
manure was put, but it was ploughed and
cultivated till the soil, four inches deep,
was as fine us a garden bed. One and
half bushels of corn were drilled per
acre upon each piece, drills 16 inches
apart. When this corn was III blossom
and ready to cut the unmanured two
acres stood IS inches higher than the
manured piece On selecting two sam
pie rods in different places upon each
piece, cutting the green corn, and care
fully weighing it, the manured piece gave
275 pounds per rod, and the unmanured,
but finely pulverized, gave 800 pounds
per rod--the mauured giving y tons per
acre, and the other y tons per acre. The
cost Of extra working was - 90 per acre.
Could there be any doubt that the extra
labor was we'll paid for?
1t must be evident to every thoughtful
farmer, that the first thing to be done in
furnishing food for crops, is tOwork more
thoroughly and give finer pnlyerizatlon,
| and when this is accomplished, then an
application Of some fertilizer.
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From the Ne. England Homes al j

ltIoh lHe -Nen lAuA il'lAGHe-a'i
Farm machinery usually gets a little
rusty. Give the plows aud all other i'm
plements IL coat OF crude petroleum,
woodwork included. 1t will act upon
the rust so it can easily be rubbed Oft by
the time the implements are needed, and
will keep the woodwork from shrinking
aud cracking
Much land seeded to grass with winter
grain was sown too late TO give the tim
othv a good start, and the finer grasses
will come in faster than the timothy till
ers. The remedy is TO sow on more grass
seed. Do it when the snow has pretty
much disappeared, Sow clover at the
same time.
There is practically little loss Of fertil-
izing materials by evaporation when ma
nure is spread broadcast. 1t may be
drawn and spread at this season, and so
help out the rush of spring work. On
level land the practice Of spreading ma
nure on the last snow of winter Is grow
ing in favor. Tie snow should not be
over four or six inches deep. Where the
manure spreader Is 10 be used on large
fields, it pays to sled the manure out and
put it into large piles at each end of the
lot.
In buying fertilizers, see that they are
in n thoroughly fine aud puIvGelt condl-
ton. This is especially important with
| "bone" manures, in which the main
source of pAosphoric acid is frequently in
the form Of ground South Carolina phos-
phate OF rock. The phosphollc acid III
| this form may be quite as available as IN
the form of bone, provided the rock has
been finely ground and thoroughly treat
ed with acid Most manufacturers appre-
ciate the importance Of this point, and
make their goods as fine as psssible.
The best way to put = work harness in
order, in cold weather, Is to wash clean
with soap and warm water, having first
unbuckled it. Then take a pail two
thirds full or boiling water pour the oil
into it, and dip each strap separately.
Hang up, and dry the pieces by fire.
collar needed for immediate use can be
cleaned by carefully scraping off the dust
and perspiration, with pocket knife.
With years of experience in working
horses and mules, we have never known
an animal to be CALLED when the collar
was clean and dry and fitted nicely.
| Do not remove any OF the mulch on
strawberries in the spring. The plants
can easily grow up through 1t, and it is
Of great assistance in retaining moisture
during the fruitiug season, as well as
keeping the fruit clean, After fruiting,
if the strawberry patch is alone by itself
SO that there is no danger OF lnlurlng
other plants, NOV off the tops and loosen
the mulch, and set fire TO it some day
when there is wind enough to cause it to
burn quickly without injury to the crown
of the plant, which will soon after throw
up new growth. Cultivation should
then begin again and continue through
the season. In this way narrow rows may
be continued in bearing for several years
quite successfully. If the matted row
system is followed, it is easier to remove
by setting out new beds each spring and
plowing under the old ore directly after
fruitage j H. Hale, Hartford county
Conn.
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Portable, selfish, Independent animal, and
probably its society is valued because it
30 obviously and uneffoctcdly makes the
best of this life without pretending to any
enthusiasm for humanity.
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A West P,int dude wanted cannon
placed on high hill so 1t could be said that
the hill had bang on its brow Yonkord
SALESMAN.
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To take grease out Of velvet, pour a
little turpentine over the spot, then rub
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-04-08
kEsrurn tnum nEArn

Tho following statement OF W nliam J. Cough
in, o. Someryille. Mass, IS SO remarkable thai
we ro- to ask for It the attention Of our read
ers. lie says ain the ial. OF 1875 was taken
with q violent bleeding OF the lungs, followed
by a suverC cough. ! soon began 70 lose my
appetite and flesh. vas so weak IT one time
that could not leave my bed. In the sum-
NOR CflS11 | was admitted - the CITY HOspitgl
Will e there the doctors said hat hole IN
my lett lung as big rs hlldollar IeNpcnd'
Ell over hundred dollars IN doctors ana med
icines. Twas so far gone u one time report
went around that was dead. gave up hope
but n friend told me OF DIR. WM. HALLS
BALsAM FOR THE LUNGS. 1 laUshe at
my friends, thinking my case i@curaolc, but l
got a uc tile 70 satisfy them, whom TO my sur.
prise a. d qualification, / commenced to fec!
better My hope, once dead, began TO rcvivc,
and to lay feel IN better .plrtts tnGn have
the past three years,
~ writethIs hoping you VIII publish &, 50
that every one afflicted with Deceased Lungs
will be induced TO take DIR. WM. HALL )
BALsAM tORTHE LUNGS, and ue convinced
that CONSUMPTION CAN GE CURED. l
nave taken two bottle. and can positively say
tlsat {: lsls done me mOrg good tEIr all The
other medicines I have taken since my sick.
ness. NY cough has almost entirely disap.
pearcd and snail soon bo able TO 90 70 work :
sold ug % y. Cochran, ~ North Queen s:rgat