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NOT AS BAD AS WE SEEM.

A face viewed in one direction locks very
little like the same face viewed in another
direction. Beechers idolaters used to say that
ga full face view made him look like a lion,
while side view gave him the face of a
sheep" This comical contrariety may be
found asserted in the Independent some
time before the war, when the evangelist of
-svolution was writing his "Star Papers for
that publication. Whether true or not as to the
pastor of Plymouth; it is true of most things
that pass under the inspection of average in
teliigence in this age. We see different
form from different position. The Shield
of the old apologize is gold or silver as we
approach it from one hand or the other. The
advanced civilization of the era of general
education, of universal religious toler-
alton, of diffused invention, of con-
stantly deepening investigation one would
say was the era of the most uniform honesty;
of the most effective repression of crime; of
the most sedulous support of sobriety and do
mestic purity. But if we view it only from
some points of observation, in which the news
Ut the day forces US to stand temporarily, we
should say that the civilization of christen
dom in this nineteenth century was as utter
failure as the Keely motor. 1t needs two
looks to see clear round almost anything
On the steel casket that incloses General
Grants remains is a card with the inscription
''rhe Cregan steel ghoul- proof burial case 1"
Il is protection against the robbers of dead
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bodies, as burglar proof safes are protection
against the robbers of money or jewels. The
pessimist asks, "What sort of people
and civilization have you in land
where the collins of your honored dead must
be made steelproof against thieves' The
savages of Fiji eat their enemies, OF used to,
but they don't rob the graves of their friends.
The heather of Dahomey will sacrifice hun
dred lives on the tomb of chief, but they
won't steal his corpse. 1t is left for the land
of the free, of the most liberal government,
of the highest assumed refinement, Of the
most diffused intelligence, to exhibit the de-
pravity that will plumber tombs and make
speculation of the dead who in their lives
were the pride Of the people. Lincoln's tomb
would have been robbed but for an accident.
Garfeld's has been kept constantly under
guard. Stewards was robbed, and it took
kings ransom to regain the poor, decaying
corpse that your civilization alone has pro-
duced thieves base enough to steal"
Civilization can deny nothing of this horri
BILE arraignment. 1t is true. The avarice
of the time knows no sanctity, no
sentiment, no feeling 1t knows moth
ing but the chance to make money
Positively no corpse is safe from theft in this
"great and glorious country if it be that of a
man whose notoriety would make it profita-
BILE show or force big ransom. So far as any
evidence shows, this abominable imputation
can be laid at the door of no European country
except England. The descendant of the
Anglo axon-the representative of the great
colonizing and civilizing power of the earth
is the only human being who will steal dead
bodies for speculation. And his crime is a
development of these later days. too. 1t is
hardly ten years old. 1t has grown with the
telephone and the electric light, and all the
amazing advances Of science.
So it u.s. but the abominable growth has been
Kept pace with by wider organizations for bene-
fcent service, by constantly enlarging means
for education, by gradually improving meth
DDS with crime in courts of justice, by more
and more conspicuous cases of individual
heroism and self-devotion, by grander appli-
cations of individual wealth to special neces-
tiles, and by more generous taxes for the
care of the helpless. Our civilization can
show as wonderful achievements of nobility
as of baseness. If it can produce deeper dig
gers into infamy, it can also produce higher
climbersinto honor. Or, at least it can pro-
duce more Of them. It is but the natural
evolution of advancing intellectual culture
that new and amazing forms of crime should
be invented The intellect works down or
up as it's impulse turns it. And the same
culture that hunts out new forms Of good
service of better food, better health, more
general comfort, cheaper living, if it be turned
the other way will hunt out more baseness of
vice, and more strange forms of crime than
the less inventive genius of a less highly cul-
tured period and people.
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Those tolling bells

Those toing bells
Express whole worlds sorrow in their knells,
While in the nournful cannons solemn boom
l. voiced their or their masters tomb;
Grim dogs of war with deep toned thunder bay
Der him they served in dread wars crimson day,
When he controlled Thors thunderbots and huried-<
With dauntless front and starry flag unfurled-
Freedoms challenge at serried world.
Upon that banner glory's promise stars,
And on its field the bondsman's broken bars.
To-day with saddened hearts and proud regret
While Nations gaze with signs and lashes wet
We plant the seed, in sorrow, which shall yet
Grow with the ages till its fame inspire
Oncoming millions with the sacred fire
Of patriot courage, greatness modest worth,
In lives which glad and glorify the earth
Eternal fame its guardian wings shall wave
Above his grave.
In camp at last
The fortunes ceased, the years of sorrow past.
While Peace and Love henceforth forever keep
Their watch above Warrior Hero's sleep,
And memory in foni hearts erects her shrines-
Meath Southern palms. mid Northern peaks end
pines
Regardless Of old sections and old lines.
Through battle smoke his radiant star arose.
But sunny skies arch Ger bis deaths repose.
Let no mock the stern DEGREES of fate.
Or strive to force the burdens of old hate
Between the portals of deaths golden gate.
His faults so few, his and his alone,
The world now claims his greatness as her OWE,
To cherish love, and grave in lasting stone
The story of his brave and simple life,
OF loyalty to country, child and wife,
OF stern command of dauntless heart and will
Of forces grand and silent, deep and stil,
As mighty rivers which hoard and increase
Both power and peace.
Rest, mighty soul!
Thy name emblazons Fames eternal scroll;
While ages in their time perfected creeds
Shall write the sequel of thy noble deeds,
In souls inspired, in tales told er and DER,
When hates have ceased, and wars shall be no MORE
Expressions crushed Rarth's battle banners fureds
Meath peaceful skies, with rays of promise peared-~
Thy fame, the treasured heirloom of world.
Westward the star of empire takes its way"
It shines with speI4dor new DER thee to-day,
While mourning thousands march with solema
tread -
Among them, those thy sword in battle led
Thy guard of honor to thy narrow bed;
Where until worlds dissolve, and time be spent
Their prayers shall fall in blessings on thy tent.
Gods bow OF hope above thy bivouac bent.
Sleep weary chieftan! Thou hast earned thy rest
All things are we'll with thee thy deeds were best;
Leave unto death, and time and us the rest;
All these thy friends and comrades, and we claim
Our right to guard the temple of thy fame.
On glorys rocks of ages to implant
The of Grant
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authorities there are constituted like their
brethren on this side of the water the youngsters
VIVA henceforth pursue their studies in private.

A PITTsBURG daily, which illustrates itself
with cuts of more or less atrocity has at last de-
vised scheme by which the portraits of thieves
and cut-throats may be distinguished at glance
from those of distinguished generals and states
men, The plan is simply to represent the Grim
inal as looking through prison bars The effect
is as if the victim were about to be roasted on
gridiron, but it answers the purpose for which it
was evidently intended
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year before the Buffalo convention and y aF
after the introduction of the Wimot proviso
Speaking of the post norton attack on Silas
at the living statesman fell on his new made
grave and by an inscru table dispensation of
Providence, the assassin was converted into a
hyena." John was an inveterate smoker, and his
father wasn't Once, when riding together in
close carriage, Johns smoke annoyed the
father who complained of it. WELL" was the
flial reply, "why don't you get out and ride
with the driver!n
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SCHOOL government in Germany is an under
taking not unmixed with danger. In a high
school at Spires nine pupils have been detected
in conspiracy to murder an unpopular usher
Two daggers and a revolver were prepared for
the crime, but the youngest boy weakened" at
the last moment and betrayed his companions
The nine were expelled, and if high-school
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-05-10
The Blue Jacket TO Resume.

The Blue Jacket mine, in Centennial
District, in the northern portion of this
county. which belonged to the estate OF
Thomas Blythe, the deceased San Fran
cisco millionaire, says the Elko Free Press,
has been purchased by James D. White
for S135. 900, and work on the mine will
soon be resumed. Monday evening j.
M. Dawley, j. d. Dunlap and W. d.
Fredericks arrived from San Francisco on
their way to the mine for the purpose OF
taking charge Of the property. While
here Mr.. Dawley purchased a team from
w. T. Smith. and will take out the neces-
sary provisions, etc, from Tuscarora,
for which place the party departed We'd
nesday morning. A force will be put on
at both the mill and mine. This is CON-
sidered a valuable property, though 1t has
not been worked for several years. The
resumption OF operations will undoubtedly
make things lively in that district.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-05-10
The State University.

At the late meeting of the County Com
missioners of Washoe the following order
was made:
The Clerk was directed to notify the
Board of Regents of the State University
that the County Commissioners of Washoe
county were prepared to pay said Board
OF Regents the sun Of five thousand dol
lars, to be applied to the construction of
suitable buildings for said University at
Reno, and that in order to carry out the
provisions of "An Act to authorize the
issuance of certain bonds by Washoe
county, and to provide for the payment OF
the same" approved March z, 1885, and
Gan Act to amend an Act entitled AN
Act to locate the State University, and to
provide for the control and maintenance
Of the same. approved March Z, 1872 y
approved March 7, 1885. the Board of
Commissioners of Washoe county will be
glad to meet and confer with the Board Of
Regents of the State University and the
Board of Commissioners of Elko county
at any time convenient.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-05-10
HOW She Came by Il.

Some females are always watching their
husbands movements and playing caves
dropper. but such people are sure to get
sadly left in the end. The other day a
physician in Newark, New Jersey, sus-
pected that some one was peeping through
the key-hole of his door, and he prepared
to investigate. He loaded a syringe with
about two ounces of old back-number
pepper-sauce, and squirted it through the
key.hole. Later in the day he found his
wife with her left eye tied up, and on ask
ing what the trouble was, she said that she
had been cutting wood and a chip had
/ struck her in the eye. When he asked to
examine it such a wicked look came into
the other eye that he didn't press the mat
ter, and now he thinks that If he don't gel
swiped on the head with a skillet when his
back is turned he will be in big luck.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-05-10
English Novels.

The rather ingenious theory has been
advanced that Anglomania in New York
is the result of the copyright laws. AS it
costs American publishers nothing to
issue foreign novels as fast as they come
out. the result of there being no interna-
tional copyright laws, the country has
been flooded with English novels for
years. There have been no American
authors OF consequence, so publishers
preferred to bring out books for which
they had to pay the authors nothing rather
than bind themselves to pay q fixed roy
atty. Therefore, nearly every book which
the rising generation has read during the
past twenty years, has narrated the love
experience of Lord Cecil Montmorenoi
d'Montressor and Lady Gwendoline
Gladysse du Nothing in the castles and
mansions Of England. Overlook the fact
that English novelists never, by any
chance. give their heroes and heroines
English names, it is q fact that nowhere
can one find such slsvish admiration, ad-
ulation. sycophancy. and toadying love
for the British aristocracy as in the aver
age English novel. The dearest wish OF
half the youths of America to-day is to
look and act like the Lord Cecils they
have so frequently read about.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-05-10
Hale a.

Says the Virginia Chronicle Of last
Thursday: The hydraulic pumps at the
Combination shaft are working splendidly
and lowering the water very rapidly. Su-
perintendent Hamilton expects to have ii
all out Of the drifts on the 1900 level by
this evening. 1t will take some little time
after the level is drained for the drifts to
cool off sufficiently to admit of the miners
resuming work in the face Of the opening
on the 1900 level. The Superintendent
does not anticipate any more breaks in
the pump column. He thinks that by
the first Of next week the men will be at
work on the 5000 level. This depends,
however, on how long 1t will take to drain
the numerous openings on that level.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-05-10

1t is a popular error to suppose that the
diamond is the most valuable of the pre-
cious stones. The relative value of the
finer gems places the ruby at the head OF
the list, the diamond second, and following
this the sapphire. 1t is q very common
occurrepce to find a perfect diamond, but
a perfect ruby is rare, and generally held
at any price the owner sees nj 20 ask
Rubies are now considered the most fash.
ionable of all gems, and at evening parties
those who can afford 1t wear a small dia,
mond and ruby set together: The efiect OF
the two brilliants blending is beautiful.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-05-10
The Dun Glen Wines.

Stephen Thomas, who came over from
Dun Glen yesterday, says the Silver State
OF last Friday, reports the Ross mine as
looking we'll, aud the mill as running
steadily on gold.bearing quartz. Thomas
d Hendra are working the Good Hope
mine, and have now about 40 tons of ore
out, much OF which is rich in gold.
heretofore they have been reducing the
ore IN an ~arastra, but they have concluded
10 snip some 40 or so tons to j.. +. Clark's
mil on tho Humboldt river below
Miii City, and have it worked. There are
several gold bearing veins in Dun Glen,
put only the Lang Syne. or Ross mine, and
'he GOOD Hope, are being worked at
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-05-10
MaplesOn's Contract with Nevada
Broken.


The New York Sun of the 7th instant
says: A coach containing Mile. Nevada
and her manager, Raymond Palmer, drove
up to the Everett at 6 P. M. yesterday.
Palmer slighted and was about to hand out
Nevada when Colonel Mapleson, accom-.
panied by q Deputy Sheriff, rushed up and
endeavored to hand q paper to Nevada.
Palmer resented this and pushed the Col.
onel back, at the same time ordering the
coachman to drive on. Later in the even
ing the Colonel managed to serve his
papers on the prima donna in her apart
ments. Mapleson said that he paid Nevada
So, 900 to secure q fulfllment Of her
contract, when he engaged her in Lon
don. The six months contract was ended
Saturday, and he then owed her
81 500 for three performances in Boston.
He paid her for four first-class passages
to London and requested her to take out
the ST. 500 due her and return him the
balance, 81, 500. She refused to do so.
He then served notice Of his wanting the
money. He said he would not attach her
chattels. Palmer was indignant. he
said: When we got to Boston last
January Mapleson was hard up. He
had agreed to pay Mile. Nevada $1,000 a
night, but she said she would be satisfied
with $500 until they reached San Fran.
cisco. She sang there, sang six nights
in Chicago and three in Boston, but he
refused to pay more than $500. We are
through with him now for ever. Nevada
may not sail for London now, her agree
ment with Mapleson to sing there is
broken"
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-05-10
Roll of Honor.

Following is the Roll of Honor OF the
Richmond school for the school month
ending May 5, 1885:
Grammar Department Katie Dorsey
Katie Harris. Emily Father, Katie Blu
ett, Ellie Byrne, Maggie Kavanaugh
Flora Nicholas, Charlie Greenwood.
Primary Depsrtment-Celia Northey
Julia Byrne. Mabel Bluest' Bessie Bur
oasa Reatrice Morcom, Christie McAskell
Maggie Byrne, Aleok Mechanics, Winni'
Bosanko. Johnny Mechanics, Willie Hen
derson. johnny Greenwood, Johnny Nor
rish, Milly McAskell. Miss X. McLaugh
lin. teacher.
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The attendance at the funeral OF John
Horn yesterday afternoon was large ano
many were the tokens Of regard for the de-
ceased and great was the sympathy for MS
family manifested on the part oil Inc large
number in attendance. Appropriate ser
vices we're held at the Presbyterian Church
prior to the laying away Of the earthly re-
mains in their final resting place, Rev. A.
Dutton, of Ruby Hill, officiating. An an
them and hymn, both Of which were beau
tiful. impressive and suitable to the occa'
sion, were sung by the church choir with
considerable effect. The cortege that ioi,
lowed the body to its grave was large, and
the solemnizstion attending the burial
marked.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-05-10
state Lands.

State. Surveyor. General Preble says there
ia a great demand for State lands ct his
office. and himself and deputies are kept
bnsv ali the time filing applications.
TTnder the new law, which was passed by
tha late Legislature, the rate of interest
on back payments for lands has been re
dnced TO six per cent, and the time for
making final payment extended to twenty
five years. The price per acre, inside as
we'll az outside of railroad grant limits, IL
ST IS per acre, one-ifth of which mus b'
paid at the time Of making the application
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-05-10

The Election Yesterday I'm All
Probability n Farce what IL
Thought Of IN New Law Ina storey

The Election Yesterday I'm All
Probability u Farce = what IL
Thought of the New Law In storey
County.
According to the Virginia Chronicle OF
last Wednesday, the citizens OF Storey
county were in a muddle as to what they
should do in regard to an election for
q new Board Of School Trustees. mas
much as the present Board failed to call
an election according to the recently
enacted law three citizens made the call
last Tuesday, and in doing so mentioned
W Trustees for four years, instead OF one
for foul years and one for five, as provided
by the new law. One of the signers OF the
call informed the Chronicle that their OBJ
ject in not having q five-year term Trustee
on the ticket was done to avoid conflict
with the State Constitution, which provides
that no State or county officer can be
| elected for Q term to exceed q period OF
four years. The present Board Of Trustees
declare that they will not submit to being
ousted until the terms Of Office for which
| they were respectively elected to serve OK
| pires, unless forced to do 80 by q decree OF
the Supreme Court deciding the new law
| unconstitutional.
Col. Stone was interviewed on the sub
ject, and gave it rs his opinion that the
law was unconstitutiona and therefore in
operative. He thinks that the author of
the bill had only a faint idea of what he
| was trying to do when it was drawn up.
Hon. W. E. F. Deal declined to express
an opinion on the ground that he had not
time to carefully study the provisions of
the law.
District Attorney Stephens was looked
for but could not be found.
From what information could be hastily
gathered on the subject, a large majority of
the citizens of Storey county are opposed to
holding another election, and appear to be
perfectly satisfied with the present Board
of Trustees. which they consider is COM
posed Of gentlemen of education and ad-
ministrative ability, who are working very
~harmoniously together and should be left
undisturbed until their respective terms OF
Office expire.
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r., d II. PASSENGER TRAVEL.
THE SCHOOL ELECTION.
The Result Ofthe Contest I'm Eureka
and on Ruby HiiI Yesterday.

The election of School Trustees in
Eureka yesterday passed off almost without
incidents. Yet there was more interest
displayed than was expected. A couple Of
conveyances were at the disposal of those
who were either not disposed or not ablo to
walk to the polls and for those who coult
get away from their labor for only q shor
tine. Three tickets were in the field, two
of which were substantially alike. Th,
following is the result OF the contest:
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-05-10

How IL was Expected i'm Maine
Last Month.

When the sun rose on Corinna, Me.
this morning, says the Springfield Repub
lican Of April 20, it found anxiously await
ing it's advent a grotesque group OF som
fifty non and women, clad in cotton gar
ments that was a cross between a surplice
aud a butchers frock. These were the dis.
ciples Of Prophet John Nickerson, who ap-
pear to believe that some time to-day the
Angel Gabriel is going to blow the trumpet
which shall "summon the good and the
wicked before the Ancient Of Days" Nick
erson, who is described az a stout. bearded
man of 40, and somewhat magnetic, has
spent the Winter in Penobscot county,
combining theology and mathematics with
dramatic effect. He has inculcated the
theory that the whole Of the seventh chap
ter of Daniel has been fulfilled up to the
thirteenth verse, and by q perfect labyrinth
of mystical calculation, he has demon
strated TO the believers satisfaction that
April 20 is the day set for b end OF the
world. The prophet has propagsted his
religious teachings in Q striking way,
making the scenes ct one OF his
meetings weird TO those who missed
hOAk dbbuIuibys Odbu6Tluk uo iAttlO
band in a small, kerosene-lighted room, he
would cover the walls with pictures in
flaming %colors, portraying the allegory Of
Daniel with a vividness that displayed q
bold imagination; mixing horned dragons,
impossible monsters and bears eating their
W cubs in the widest confusion. The
Nickersonian idea, like those of all minds
in advance Of their age, has met persecution
n opposition. Even among the ranks of
the elected are those who argued that the
prophets figures make the year 1889, but are
willing to take their chances to-day. And
when the sun shall have set this evening
and the seventh great seal remain as closely
hut up as ever. we fear much that the
farmers who have let their w~ood-cutting
and blowing slip by undone. putting off
their dreams and their ascension robes to-
gether will wish they had attended to more
commonplace horned beasts and the tin
horn blown at the farmhouse door sum-
moning them to business. The prophet
will lay it all on the arithmetic.