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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1884-09-10
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4 AM now prepared to do all kinds of scroll
u work and turning, castings Of all kinds, etc.
Orders left at V. j. Erhart's will receive
prompt attention. Bills payable at same
place. 3l2tf WILL I'll. MOWERS.
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% Country orders solicited for Drugs and
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~ A. p. FRIES q CO.,
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Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-01-20
wOMAN,s TRIBUTE TO DIR. SIMS.

1t is commonly conceded, both in this
country and in Europe, that the late DIR.
Marion Sims, originally of South Caro-.
lima, bat who practiced many years in
New York City, was one of the greatest
b~enefactors of woman this country has
produced, and therefore the proposition
to erect . monument in his honor in
Central Park may be expected to receive
q generous response from women in all
parts of the world. The discoveries he
made in the treatment of the diseases of
women were not successfully established
without courageous and persistent labor
for which few men would have had the
heart, and because Of his resolute accom-
plishment Of the task which he had set
for himself a multitude Of women are
now living happy lives, who, but for
him, would be in the agony of hopeless
disease. There would be a peculiar ap-
propriateness in the erection of the pro-
posed monument in Central Park wholly
by members Of the sex to whose welfare
DR.. Sims devoted his genius, and it will
not be a surprise if contributions pour in
from the hands of women SO lavishly that
the monument to him can be made the
finest in the park.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-01-20
HARMONIOUS MEASURES.

Some people are looking to Congress
for an effort to bring greater harmony
and more rational relations into the sys-
TENS Of measuring length, weight and
volume; but they will probably, for the
present, look in vain. The late Alex.
ander II. Stephens introduced into Con-
gress a bill on this subject, in which
nibs, bipounds and nuts figured as
standards, and in which 100 drops made
n spoon, 100 spoons made one quart,
and 100 quarts made one cask. The at.
tention which that effort excited was
chiefly mirthful; and ever since then the
movement has made little progress.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-01-20

Few people reflect that the Indians
are the richest landowners in the United
States. They number 237, O66, exclusive
of the Alaska Indians, holding Isl, 397,-
768 acres of land. Some of the tribes
own 5000 acres of land per Indian. The
average is about one square mile to each
Indian, while a white man is not allowed
to pre-empt more than l60 acres of the
public land.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-01-20
THE YET.

OF the extraordinary crop OF new PEN
sion bills, one Of the ~strangest is that in
troduced by Mr.. Struble q few days ago
in the Lower House Of Congress. 1t
gives to the widow of each deceased
soldier of the Union army, from the date
of his decease, whether be died in the
service or since his discharge therefrom,
q pension of $40 per month, to be paid
from the date Of his death while she re-
mains unmarried. Under the wording
of this queer proposition, a soldier who
never had a scratch in battle or was i'll
an hour in the service, by the saving
merit Of his death, long after the war
was over, would confer upon his widow
an income Of $500 a year out of the pub
lie Treasury. He himself may never
have had a pension, nor have ever been
entitled TO one; but the mere fact OF his
decease is to qualify his widow to re-
ceive what he had no right to obtain for
himself. There would be an enormous
amount of arrears also to pay to widows,
through dating the time when the PEN
sion accrues back to the soldiers death.
Mr.. Struble's bill, as it stands, might
apparently make it Of decided ~pucuniary
advantage hereafter to many Union SOL
diers, especially if they would proceed.
in a spirit of accommodation, to promptly
carry its provisions into effect, after mar
riags. by diving.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-01-20
A REBEL YELL.

To-day, says the New Orleans Con.
federate Knapsack, we stand ready to
protect the United States flag against its
enemies, and are proud to live under it.
Born under the Stars and Stripes, the
Southern men have never ceased to ad.
mire and love it, respect it, cherish it.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-01-20

An Eastean exchange speaks highly of
Willard, and thinks he would always do
to bet On. It quotes:
"And more true joy Marcellus. exiled,
feels
Than Cesar with q Senate at his heels"
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-01-20

TWO FURNISHED HOUSES, OPPOSITE
the Catholic Church, containing three
rooms each. are for rent. For terms. etc., sp-
ply on the premises 10
jA1o.lm MRS. q. NORRIS.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-01-20
Just Received.

Aunt Hannah, on South Main street,
has just received from San Francisco an
extensive assortment Of the finest kind Of
millinery goods, consisting Of bonnets and
hats, trimmed and untrimmed; also,
flowers and feathers. n
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-01-20
THE "NIG0ER KILLERs..

The Legislature Of Kentucky has ap
propriated twice as much money for the
tuition of negro children as is annually
collected from all the negroes holding
property in the State.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-01-20

The ~followine sweet memorial verse fol-
lows an obituary notice in the Baltimore
Sun:
He heard the angels calling him
From the celestial shore,
he topped his wings and away he went,
To make q angel more.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-01-20
DIsGRUNTLED DANA

The Democratic party may be defeat.
ed, but the flag Of free trade will not be
struck. No towards will be allowed to
approach the halliards!
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-01-20
DULL TIMES! LOW PRICES!
still Greater Reduction In the
AT THE STORE OF
.F.W.CLUTE

MOTE SOME OF THE PRICES AND CON-
In pare them with what you have been
paying. On and after this date l will sell for
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-01-20

Cleanliness and purity make Parker's
Hair Balsam the ~favorite for restoring the
youthful color to gray hair.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-01-20

Queen Victoria won all the champion
honors for cattle at Smithfeld, London
this year.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-01-20

Truckee Music Hall continues to draw
full houses every night.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-01-20

There is more strength restoring power
in 8 bottle of Psrker's- Ginger Tonic tnan
in a bushel Of malt or a gallon OF MIX
This explains why invslids find 1t such q
wonderful i~nvigorant for mind and body.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-08
THE WESTERN FLOODS.

The people of New-Yor should heed the
warning lesson taught by the recurrence of the
destructive floods on the Ohio River and its
tributaries. In 1882 the water at Cincinnati
marked fifty feet last year it rose to
sixty-six, the highest ever known, and it has
risen above sixty feet already this year. The
waters in the Monongahela, Allegheny and the
other tributary streams have risen in similar
manner. Millions of dollars worth Of property
has been destroyed at Pittsburg, Wheeling, Gin
cinnati and other points. Several lives have
also been lost, and thousands Of persons have
been made homeless. And these scenes will be
repeated at Memphis, Cairo and other places
lower down when reached by the swollen
waters. There is little doubt that the re-
currence OF these floods is in no small
measure due to the removal of the protecting
forest-growth from the mountain regions where
the tributary streams take their rise. And Il
similar result may be expected to follow in this
State if the destruction of its forests is permit
ted to continue. These periodic floods ought
to serve as a melancholy warning to our
legislators of the necessity ofprompt and vigOr-
Gus action to save the AdirOndacks.
There were, of course, floods in the Ohio in
exceptional years while the entire western
slope of the Appalachian range was clothed
with unbrokcn forests. Warm rains sud-
denly dlssolving heavy Accommodations of
snow produce such results. But the
growing frequency of these floods on compare
lively slight causes is proof that there is some
agency at work removing the natural Obstruc-
tions to the flow of the water. That agency is
found in the wantOn use Of the lumbermans
axe, which has every year been making wider
havoc on the mountain sides. The conservative
influence of forests in mitigating the extremes of
drouth and deluge is universally admitted.
The plains in LOmbardy have overlooked
nearly every year since the southern slopes of
the Alps have been stripped of their protecting
tree growths. Other European countries have
suffered from similar causes, and to
remedy the evil hundreds of square
miles OF trees have been planted. But
tho remedy in many cases was applied
too late. Such a mistake should not be made
here. 1t is much easier to prevent the destruc-
ton of the forests than to replace them.
Along the upper Alleghanies there has, within
a comparatively few years, been an immense
destruction of the woodlands. The country has
been cut up by railroads, and the lumbermen
have been assisted by the oilmen and the own
ers of the largctannercs. These combined
forces have made great inrOads on the forest
land; and what has followed similar destruc-
ton in Southern Europe and California will, as
matter of course, follow along the rivers that
take their rise in the Alleghanies.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-08
PROPOSED CITY LEGISLATION

There are some good points in the bills
introduced by Senator Gibbs yesterday Affect
ing the city government. But it is extremely
doubtful whether it is best to extend the
elective principle any further, as these bills
propose to do. We elect large number OF
officers already-perhaps too many. Elect
Mayors that will represent the genuine worth
and dignity of this great metropolis, and hold
them responsible for their appointments. That
is the sound principle of Mr.. RO0sevelts bill
taking away from the Aldermen the power OF
confirmation which they have so much abused.
A mass meeting called by large number OF
influential citizens will be held next
week to consider this subject, and it should
do great deal to sustain those who are
now fighting the battle Of reform at Albany.
The government of grOggeries has gone too far.
The majority of our Aldermen have risen to
their positions from behind the bars of corner
dramshops. and few of them to-day know as
much of the city charter as they do of the COM
position of cocktails
But if the measures introduced by Senator
Gibbs are wrong in charging the number OF
elective offices and lessenng the responsibility
of the Mayor they are certainly right III giving
tho taxpayers q direct representation IN the
Board of Estimate and AppOrtionmcnt One OF
the present members Of that Board represents
four grogshops and plurality of only tuO votes
i'm his district a representative OF our great
commercial bodies in that Board would be far
more suitable for the centre of the commerce
of this hemisphere.
Another good point in these bills is that they
abolish the Offices of Corporation Attorney and
Attorney for the Collection of Arrears of
Personal Taxes and turn over their duties to
the Corporation COunsel's Office. Legislation
ought not to stop here. 1t ought to do the same
thing with the positions of counsel for various
dcpartmpntS, Fire. Health, Excise, etc. Some
of these department counsel are paid large
salaries for doing little or nothing except to
give extremely bad advice. For instance, here
is Thomas j. Dreamer drawing $4,000 per year
for opinions on excise matters which are the
laughing stock of every lawyer. He is the
source of the remarkable recommendation that
the Excise Board should continue to license
dealers who had been convicted of violations Of
the excise laws. BY acting on this suggestion
the Commissioners narrowly escaped indict-
mcnt, but Mr. Dreamer goes on drawing $4,000
per year with much satisfaction to himself
though with anything bu! profit to the depart
mcnt or the city. All such department COM
sclShips or att0tncyshIpS should be swept away
and the Corporation Counscrs office should
conduct the legal business of every department.
I'm this way a saving of time, money ana
efficiency could be secured.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-08
4 PRONLSING DINNER.

A number of Brooklyn Republicans have re-
solved to dine together on WashingtOn's Birth
day. 1t is well. Few things are better in their
way than a good dinner. 1t promotes the we'll
being not only of the body, but Of the soul. AS
a rule, the man that dimes is man that's anna
bic. A hungry man is cross. Bnt his brother
whose appetite is appeased, on being appeased
breathes only peace and goodwill.
There is n flavor of politics about the invita-
tons to this dinner. We judge that same sort
of informal discussion of men and principles IS
to come on with the coffee. This is the inyi-
tatiOn:
It has been suggested that the next anniversary of
Washingons Birthday might be appropriately celebrated
by social gathering Of members OF the Republican
party who believe that the Of that party ut the
next Presidential election be assured only by the
adoption of and the nomination Of men fitted to
command the hearty approval and support Of the indie
pendent, thoughtful and discriminating voters OF the
United states.
OF course to understand the meaning of
the above one must read between the lines.
For no one will pretend that "social gather
ing" pure and simple, no matter who are
gathered, is particularly appropriate cele-
bration of the birthday Of the cOnsummate
flower of patriotism" Evidently this is one OF
those social gatherings into which good deal
of politics will be carefully introduced We
Judge that, after the respective healths OF
George Washington and Chester A. Arthur
have been drunk, the really significant toast of
the evening will be proposed" The lndepcnd-
ent Voter"
Well, the Independent voter is entitled to
that distinguished consideration. There arc
good many of him, and the number is fast in
creasing. He is to be found in both parties
more particularly and numerOusly in the Re-
publican He is certain to attend the Republic
can National Convention, and make his power
felt there, just as he was present and potent
four years ago at Chicago, destroying the third
term heresy and the unit rule. At this
dinner he should appear at his best.
No city in the country has done more to
enhance the significance of the indie
pendent voter than BROOKLYN. Your III
dependent voter, as he is sometimes APP
pretended, is voter whose indepcnd
ence is only another name for bumptious-
ness impracticabihty hatred of the established
order because il is the established order The
Brooklyn Independent voter has not been of
this sort. His sole aim in politics has been
good government, the best attainablc, and he
has worked for its accomplishment with sa-
gacity and undauntcd courage.
Let us hope the dinner may meet the best OK
pcctations of all the guests, proving entirely
agreeable at all points.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-08
PERSONAL.

A recumbent statue of the late Dean Stanley,
subscribed for by old Rugbeans has been placed in
the chapel of Rugby school.
A pleasant reception was given in Pittsburg
Penn. last Saturday evening, by the resident al
umni of Trinity College, Hartford to the new pres
ident of that institution the Rev. Dr.. George Will
hanson Smith, formerly of Brooklyn.
John d. Martin, of Toledo receiver of the Ohio
Central Railroad now at the Fifth Avenue looks
so much like Senator Sherman that even OhlOans
frenuently 90 half the hotel lobby TO shake
hands with him before discovering the difference.
DIR. James J. Mott, leader of the Republican party
of North Carolina, and possibly tho next Governor
of the State, is a tall, spare man Of dark complex
ion lie is a native of the State and noted for his
courage. During the days of the Ku kluX no would
walk through bowling mob and bid defiance to 1t.
The last signature of Peter Cooper was n pos
tai card written by his secretary. 1t was adj
dressed to a gentleman in the West and stated that
Mr.. Cooper took pleasure in sending him copy of
his work on the protective tariff The card lay I'M
noticed Mr.. CoopeTs desk for several days alter
his death, when it was mailed to the person for
whom IT was intended.
Despite his denials. 1t is said that Thomas Har-
rison, the "boy preacher" is engaged and will
soon be married to Miss Griffith, wealthy young
lady in Indiana. Mr.. Harrison will then probably
give up at once his time-worn title of superannuat
panyng 500 week, and so abroad for several
years travel
Charles Bradlaugh, the lnfdel Member of Parlia-
ment has brother who is actively engaged in
evangelical work. Tho latter dsclsims any diff
ferences with his brother, except in religious
opinions and though there Is no fraternal COM
panionshp between them, he says he loves him
as much az ever and confidently looks for his
conversion to Christianity.
Judge Henry Cooper, of Tennessee, who was re-
Gently assassinated by robbers in Mexico, was a
nch planter in middle Tennessee at the breaking
out of the war; lie a stanch Union man.
very scarce article in his section of that State lie
was elected United States Senator and served WIN
Brownlow. the Fighting Parson," at the peTiOu
when Andrew johnson was accidental IresIueht'
Tie recent mortality in the rich Packer family OF
Pennsylvania Is remarkable. The three possessors
of an estate of some $S 600 900 have followed each
other to the grave In about two years. The father
die. of old aye in 1882; the elder son, Robert, died
unexpectedly In Florida last year; and now the
second son has gone quite suddenly The two
sons leave wealthy widows
Mr. Gladstone private police recently arrested
strange man who was carrying a suspicious looking
package along ono of the approaches to llawarden
Castle Ho proved to be, however, an honest
smith and tho package contained u now axe which
be had made entirely by himself. He had come all
the way from Birmingham for the purpose OF
presenting 1t PERSONALLY To THO fieihei' Anal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-08
lUSIC.
A NEW MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.

That. in spite of the great advance I'm organ
building within the last century, little improvement
should have been made in tho application OF the reed,
has often excited surprise. The reed tone We have
in the trumpet Oboe bassoOn, clarinet, trombone yor
humane and other stops Is comparatively late
addition to the apparatus OF organ. ard the beauty
and effectiveness OF which all musicians know. The eud
OF its development in the pipe organ TO have been
reached, however, long ago.
BY recent discovery this limitation Is referred only to
the striking or mpnging reed, for new application Oh
the principle Of the reed invented by Mr. j. Balno
Hamilton bids fair 10 open new heid Oh
usefulness for an instrument which in its common form
+, rather an instrument of torture than OF music MI
Hamilton is a member Of an old Scotch family, and mas
drawn 10 himself collateral interest by engaging him.
self in marriage Of the daughters OF the Duke Oh
Argyll The prospective brotherin-law OF tno
Queen OF Englands sou-inlaw Is socially an iCVer'
estinq person. but Mr. Hamilton seems more
inclined TO figure by Of his artistic and scenuno
oop,nlshments than by his family connections. lie
d nresept in this city preparing TO bring lis invitation 70
the notice Of the musical public lie brings letters rom
the Oueen Mr. Gladstone the Marquis OF Lorhe OAuinA
Manning and Mr.. Lowell, AID Is certainly equipped ~
few inventors ever been with The me"nS Oh coi
Inandlng hearing and attention
Mfr Hamilton calls his mstrumea' the Nocei"n ana mo
anc tndicats its most marked chaacerodc II Is tno
work ne SAWS of long years of Investigation I" "0N
was impellod by acoustical studies under Mr. IH''" ~
Mr. Nasmyth. His aim was TO get incch'n'" u
lion Of the principle underlying the action 't 'h' "9@
Of voice. The result of his inquiries Is an n''
with tone OF unique character, but which mas INNS
affinity for the tones Of the voice. description " az
instrument f. hardly place here. Ou IL mal ~ saw, -
general terms that Mr.. hamilton has achieve" I'VE -
nv extending the capacity OF the iice Ie'~
IN resp4ct both Of power ana qua"y
~ topo Instead Of single vibrating tongue Tor eAVa
Yots Mr. hamilton three tongues tuned IN usoD
al nv n
Stons I'm character no uses various devices IN TIE trSp|
tors: the rest OF hts instrument + the oriit AIRY ~.
ism ~ the organ. Tho Vocation has Nollne y. 80
which would Of itself gNoita place that ms nete I'm
been vacant, even II II were not assol9sThW ,..sa
a ality that Is quite remarkable IL stahts al
The harnoniug or cahnat organ and inc pPe s end
ought 10 be- OF peslirnaule value IN those cnapes s
concert halls In which choral performances 1le , ~ ina
@ LII a.. Internationally accOp paniment OF tue
reed organ The Queen of England seems 70 A or sas
nm extraordinary Interest ia the ae" LSll M -. ons
mas ordered TWO TO be made fer her ho"Se"''u "''' "
has also been set up IN Westminster Abbey