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Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-08-13
An Extraordinary Razor

uAs BEEN INVENTED BY THE QUEENS
" OWN 90. Of England. The edge and
body IL 80 THIN md YLEXIBLE AS NEVER
TO REQUIRE GRINDING, and hardly ever
setting. II glides over the face like . piece OF
velvet, making shaving quite . luxury. tits
creating A GREAT EXCITEMENT in Europe
among the experts, who pronounce 1t PER
FICTION. Two dollars in buffalo handle; u
in ivory. Every razor, TO be genuine, must
bear on the reverse side the name Of Ma.
THAN JOSEPH, GAL Clay street, San Fran
cisco, the only place In the United States
where they are obtained. Trade supplied
sent by mail 10c extra or @. o. d.
The Queens Own Company havin
enlarged their factory, are now making PEARL
and IVORY CARVING KNIVES, TABLE and
POCKET KNIVES, HUNTING KNIVES and
SCISSORS, Of the same quality As their mar
v~elously wonderful Razor. se6-1yd&w
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-08-13
UMMONS,

In the District Court Of the sixth
Judicial District. I'm and for the
County Of Eureka, state Of Nevada.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-08-13

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MANHOOD.Im
potency, Paralysis
and all the terrible
effects Of Self-Abuss
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Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-04-18
An AmazOnian Paradise.

Among the colonial pos cssions, or
more correctly, dependencies, ofHolland
there is remarkable little State which
in its constitution and original costume
of its inhabitants, surpasses the bodies.
dreams of the advocates of women's
fights In the Island of Java, between
the cities of Batavia anu SSaaEas,rssne SSSaaiEarsne IS
the kingdom of Bantam, which although
tributary to Holland, is an independent
State. The sovereign is, indeed a man,
but all the rest of the Government be.
longs to the fair sex The King is en-
tirely dependent upon his State Council.
The highest authorities, military com,
manders and soldiers are without ex.
ception, OF he female sex. The Amazons
ride in tie masculine style. wearing
sharp steel points instead of spurs. They
carry pointed lance, which they swing
very gracefully, and also a musket,
which is discharged at full gallop. The
capital of this little State lies in the most
picturesque part of the island in a fruit
full plain, and is defended by two we'll
kept fortresses. Boston Advertiser.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-04-18
GEN. GRANTS LAST VISIT.
Some Things He Said and Did in St.
Louis in 81.
What He Thought Of GarfieId-How He Treated
Arnot's Horses-Goy. Johnson's REM
iniscences.
st. Louis Sunday Sayings.
GRANT AS A DRIVER.

Eyes, Grant was hard man on horses, >
said Jesse Arnot the livery man. Il have
good reason to know that. He was hese In
81, at the races. He was. driving around
with Joe McCullagh most OF the time. Joe
was vice president of the Driving Club, and
had very fine span of young horses himself.
BE has the horses yet, believe. Well, as |
get it, he had promised Grant the privilege
of driving those horses. Grant had taken
up the promise on terribly hot day, and
McCullagh feeling anxious about the team,
asked him where he was going to drive
them. He told him he was going down TO
his place, thirteen miles south of the South
ern. MIR. McCullagh knowing Grants repu-
tatlon as hard driver, asked him how much
time he expected to give to the trip. Grant
said that he wanted TO make the trip in two
hours. Well, little Mac came down to my
stable and told me the story, and asked me
If couldn't help him out. had a pair of
pretty tough road horses that | thought
could make the trip, and it was those road
horses that were sent around to Grant, at
the given time, in place Of Macs trOtters.
guess they made the trip in the time men,
toned. never took pains to inquire. One
of the horses dropped dead as soon as he
was driven back TO the stable, and the other
died in short time"
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-04-18

That there were never mere than :
sergeant and ten men of the confederat,
army actively engaged at one time.
That Grant was surprised at all points
That he was killed early in the first
days fight.
That the federal force outnumbered
the stars in the heavens about ten to
one.
That Grants army was routed and
driven clear across the Tennessee river
into the mountains.
That it never came back again, and is
there yet.
That the valor of teamster in Buell's
army, who did not get there until some
time the next week, saved the day for
Grant. make this statement on the
authority of the teamster himself, who
ought to know.
That drummer boy did all Grants
fighting fer him. am credibly inform.
ed of this fact by son of the drummer
boy, who had it directly from his father.
The widow McLaughlin's husband, a
corporal who commanded the federal
right, finally led the movement that
drove Beauregard from the field. Ihave
letter from the widow-who, by the
way, desires that her pension be increas
ed-to prove this.
That all the fighting was done on the
first day;
Except that which followed on the
second day;
That both sides were vastly outnum-
bered;
That each side lost the most men.
That it was only reconnaissance in
force;
That it was merely skirmish;
That everybody in America was there
That nobody was there;
That there was no battle of Shiloh;
That there are powerful sight more
men writing about it than were in the
fight;
That the fiercest charge was made by
the sutler. Burdette in Burlington
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-04-18
A Butter Test.

BY that means convince my custo
mers that | don't sell oleomargarine, ,
said a white-aproned butterman, point
ing to two China sauce boats that stood
in the Farmers Market. In each sauce
boat lay little coil ofcommon lampwick
one end of which hung out of the nose OF
the vessel. Now" said the dealer
pointing to two firkins, zone of those
contains oleomargarine, made in Con-
necticut, and the other holds salt-packed
butter from Ohio. See if you can detect
the genuine from the imitation" The
reporter tried and failed. In flavor,
smell and appearance they were identi-
cal.
The butter man continued: "The oleo-
margarine will deceive nine buyers out
of ten, but will expose it for you." He
dropped lump of the oleomargarine as
large as an egg into tin cup, and in
another cup he placed a similar sized
piece of the salt packed The cnps were
held over blazing little charcoal furnace
until their contents were melted. Then
the oleomargarine was poured in one
sauce boat and the butter into the other.
The wicks were lighted. Both burned
readily, and the butter sent up faint
and pleasant smoke. From the oleomar.
garlne, however. came the nasty and
stencil of burning rancid
grease. Since l began showing the
difference between butter and oleomar-
said the dealer, as he snuffed
out the wicks, my business has doubled"
Philadelphia Times.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-04-18

Some time last summer we described 8
little weather prognosticator made and
used by Mr.. Scarce, near Danville. II
is simply light pine stick, a yard long
tapered nearly to point at one end
where a piece of cork is fastened and
weighted with screw, or a bit oflead at
the other. This is balanced and aus.
pended by thread near the ceiling. in
some part of the room where the wind
cannot affect it. When a storm is com.
ing the air is full of moisture, and the
cork on the long end ofthe stick becomes
heavy enough to sink below the level.
When clear weather returns the moist
ure leaves the cork and the stick returns
to its former position. Doctor Hunter of
Wabash makes an improvement on this
by using a small plotting pad.
which is first thoroughly saturated with
brine. 1t is then carefully dried and is
wrapped around the end of a light stick.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-04-18
BARE BOUDOlR BEAUTIES.
How our Society Bellies Make Arti.ts,
Models of Them elves.

I'VE are just now selling large number
ofinstruments to the very best society,"
observed a pronounced Broadway pur.
veyor of the appliances for amateur
photography to a Dispatch reporter
The rage broke out last Fall, and is
steadily on the increase. Our very best
instruments ard our finest quality dry
plates are in such demand that lust about
the holidays we are nearly run out of our
supply"
Il was always under the impression, ;"
said the reporter, that the Summer was
your busy season. 1t is impossible for
any one to tramp around the country in
such weather as this, even i: there was
any scenery worth photographing."
The tradesman smiled-a dry and
knowing smile.
"As you say, the summer is the best
season for the amateur" he replied. 'But
our fashionable patrons do not devote
themselves to landscape photography.
The human form divine is what they are
after, and they provide one another with
models: occasionally the plates are sent
TO me, In tie strictest secrecy of course,
To remedy some accident that has befall-
en- them. Here are couple which came
in to day."
lie held the negatives up to the light.
On the dark plates appeared the shadowv
forms of couple of young ladies', attired
in the airy fashion of the Sandwich
Islanders before the missionaries under
took to civilze them. The fair originals
posed with the abandon of professional
models, and to judge from what could be
traced on the negatives their expressions
betrayed hecompletests satisfaction with
Themselves
These nudities," said the dealer, are,
L believe, considered quite the thing,
and albums are made up of them-ofl
course foT private inspection only. There |
is photographer on Fourteenth street
who does most of the painting and |
mounting for these amateur operators.
they could do it themselves, of course. |
but it is hard work, and they care more
for the fun of making the photographs |
than the labor of finishing them. Do
you remember q story in the papers a |
couple of months ago about young hus.
band discovering his vile figuring as
nude model in the collection of photo
graphs in an artists studiO?"
eyes"
We'll. according to the story, her head
had been pasted to the shoulders of a
model and another photograph taken,
which made it look like the picture of
one person."
"And badu't it?'
"Well," replied the dealer, with
chuckle, II won't say it hadn't, but l
know t3at lady and her sister have each
one of the best cameras and buy an awful
lot of plates from us. But then, it may
only be coincidence. you know. Woul1
it be coincidence now if suggested to
you that it was long time between
drinks?"
1t was. n. Y. Dispatch.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-04-18
Malone and His Dog.

Senator Malone is great man. Many
people may not believe this, but it is
true, nevertheless. A short time ago
the weazened Senator from Virginia lost
a dog. He thought that it was valua-
bic dog. So he advertised for it, offering
Liberal reward" for the return of the
canine. A man in this city, who has not
the alleged blessing of riches, found in
his yard strange dog. The strange dog
tailed with the advertised description OF
Mahone's lost pet. So our man took the
dog TO Mahone's botel and left the ami.
NAL there. He also called on Malone
whose dog it really was, for the "liberal
reward.P Mahene was not in. He was
not in to half dozen subsequent calls
from the restorer of the dog. The restor.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-04-18

Pretty Little Game Worked on a Very
Obliging Friend.

II tell you what it is," said Tom Hard.
up to his friend Binks, "it has come to
this. ] must have a new suit of clothes.
See how seedy 1 am getting! Now, my
boy, l have hit upon plan that think
cannot fail to answer"
What is it?" said Binks, looking
somewhat askance al poor Tom.
"Well, it is simply this: You've got a
500 piece in your pocket; I snow. Now
just lend it to me for 10 minutes. / in
tend to go to IS place, where l used
to have credit, but, confound it, look
such wreck now don't like to ask it.
A few minutes after enter the store you
stroll in, and and say: Hello. Tom, old
chap, can you let me have $40 for day or
two?' Pll say certainly and hand you over
the coin you lend me. That little trans
action will at once substantiate my cred
it and I shall be able to arrange matters
satisfactorily with the tailor"
Blnks was cautious man, but he could
see no harm or risk in thus helping his
impecunious friend along. Accordingly
Tom went into the tailor's shop, and was
busily engaged selecting some material
when Binks sauntered in.
"Heilo. Toni said Binks. in a loud
looking for. Can you loan Inc $50 for a
week or so?"
Tom turned from the cloth and re-
Piled: "Awfully sorry, old boy, but 'pon
my word have not more than dollar
or so about me-"
Blnks's face grew visibly longer. He
winked at and nudged Tom, whispering:
'Confound it, nan, hand over the coin"
But Tom was obdurate. At last Binks
9rew tired of the game. and stood out on
Montgomery street to wait for Tom.
Tom, however, went out by a side door.
There will be war when these two meet
lgain. San Francisco Newsletter.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-04-18

er finally concluded that he had struck a
pretty bad scheme. So he transferred
his interest in the 'liberal reward" to
another man, on condition that the other
man should give him twenty five per
cent. of what he collected from Malone.
The man to whom the matter was trans.
ferred caught Senator Makone-after
many. previous efforts in the same
direction-the other day. Mr.. Malone
was equal to the occasion. He gave the
deputed agent of the liberal reward"
the sum of ore dollar. Senator Malone
is great man, as we said when we
started out to write this little paragraph.
Washington Hatchet.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-04-18
PREsIDENTs' WARNINGS.
Four Died I'm the Whitehouse-Harrt.
son, Taylor, Lincoln, Garfield.

1t has been asserted by some curiou
observers that the inaugural cerenonie
OF each of the four presidents Harri
son, Taylor, Lincoln and Garfield
whom death, an unseen and unbidder
guest, entered the WhiteEouse. wer,
warned by signs and omens, that, inter
preted by supernatural lore, (oreshad
owed to the ignorant and superst,tious
TIE funeral pageantry in which they
would ere long be figures.
General Harrison arrived at Washing.
ton in the midst of a driving thunder
storm, and as he descended from his car.
riage fash of lightning blinded him
and caused him to miss step and fall.
The first night he slept at the Whlto-
house an owl perched on the roof over
his bedroom, hooted continuously, and
he complained the next morning that
the owl and bowling dog near had kept
him awake.
When Mrs. Taylor was told of her
husbands election she burst into tears
and exclaimed: "Oh. why can't they
let us alone" When she entered her
bedroom at the Whitehouse she started
back, and pointing to a diamond shaped
ornament carved on the mantel said,
See the first object to greet me is a
collin. Death will rob me in this dread
tul house of some one | love-"
To MIR. Lincoln there came an appari.
ton, THIS described by him: "On the
evening of the day wien | received
news of my election, worn out bv exc te-
ment and fatigue, threw nv self on a
lounge in my bedroom 10 rest. Just op-
posite to ue was bureau with swing
ing glass, and looking in it, noticed two
separate and distinct images of myself.
A little bothered, perhaps startled, got
up and went to the glass, but the illusion
vanished. Lying down. l saw again,
but noticed that one of the faces was
paler than the other, and had q blood
stain on it. When my wife came in
told her OF the vision, and she, who had
great faith in signs, and generally at
tachec some meaning to them, said: 1t
means you will be elected to a second
term, but will not live through it,"
On their trip from Springfield to
Washington they passed by General
Harrison's burial place, and halted to
pay tribute of respect to his memory.
Turning from the grave, a blackbird
made a circle round his head. The
night of his assassination Mrs. Lincoln
tod one of the watchers that on that
eventful trip through the bright, happy
northern villages decked with flowers
in his honor, as well as that mysterious
night ride through Baltimore and secret
arrival in Washington, the tolling Of a
death-bell, clear and unmistakable, was
in her ear.
The dreams and forebodings ofthe two |
Mrs. Gartelds, mother and wife, are too |
recent 20 be repeated. Were they the |
die fancies of nervous women? Har-
oer's Weekly.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-04-18
GREAT YEAR FOR lMMIGRANrs.
Over Two Thousand Newcomer
Landed at Castle Garden.

my first day at Castle Garden" said
Commissioner Starr to Journal reporter
on the landing pier. was May II, 1873.
That day more than 5000 immigrants
landed here. The whole number of i'm.
migrants for that year was 262, ,27s. After
that the figures tuDlbled down year after
year until they took sudden bound up
iy 320607 in 1880. But here it is oply
the 2S.h of March, hardly time for the
opening of the immigration season, and
yet we have 2,l08 immigrants who land
ed to-day. 1t looks to me as if this was
going to be great year for immigration. !"
The steamer Main, from Bremen.
landed SOl immigrants; the State of
Pennsylvania, from Glasgow, IsO: the
Elder, from Bremen, 1892 passengers:
and the Britannia, from Marsejlles. las
The old Castle fairly swarmed with
Immigrants all day, but at dusk the place
was nearly empty again, most OF The
immigrants having departed for the
great West. n. Y Journal.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-04-18
REGARDING GARFIELD.

During this visit to st. Louis. which was
bis last, he seemed to be more thoughtful
and given more to the fine expression of his
thoughts than ever before. 1t was just a
month before the assassination of Garfield,
and, in the course of conversation one eve
ming weli-known journalist said:
Il am sorry that Garfield maintains such
an attitude toward COnkling.'
Grants reply was one of the most remark
able of his utterances. 1t was almost an
oracle.
Gentlemen" !" he said, "a strong man fights
his enemies, weak man his friends"
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-04-18
Americana.

She speak for me; Is it not so, my Pancha?
Eh. little rogue! Come salute me the strang
Americana.
Sir. in my country we say, where the heart
There live the speech" Ahl you not under.
Pardon an old man-what you call "ol' fogy"-
Padre Felipe!
Old, senor, old Just so old as the Mission.
You see that pear tree! How old you think,
senior?
Fifteen year? Twenty? All. senior. just fifty
Gone since plant him.
You like the wine? Ii is some at the Mission.
Made from the grape of the year eighteen
All the same time when the earthquake he
come to
San Juan Bautista.
But Pancha is twelve, and she is the rose-tree; !;
And am the olive, and this is the garden.
And Pancha we say, but her name Is Francis
Same like her mother.
En-. you knew herr No? All! it is a story
But speak not, like Pachita, the English.
SoY III try, you will sit here beside me,
And shall NOT laugh, ehl
When the American come to the Mission
Many arrive to the house of Francisco.
One-he was fine mamie buy the cattle
OF Jose Castro.
So!-he come much, and Francisco she saw
him;
And 1t was love-and very dry season.
And the pears bake on the tree-ani the rain
come,
But not Francisco
Not for one year; and one night 1 have walk
much
Under the olive tree, when comes Francisco
Comes to me here, With ber child, this Fran
Under the olive tree.
Sir, IL was sad-but SD AK not the English
So!-she stay here and wait for her husband.
He come no more, and she sleeps on the hill
side;
There stands Pachita
Ali there's the Angelus. Will you not enterp
Or shall you walk in the garden with Pancha?
20, little erogue-stt-attend to the stranger.
Adios, senor.
PACHIrA Cbriskly)
60, he's been telling that yarn about motherl
Bless you, he tells 1t to every stranger,
Folks about yer say the old mans my father,
What's your opinion?
Bret Harte.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-04-18
A CONSCIENTIOUS WIFE.
One Obstinate Obstacle to n Successful
Horse Trade.

O"o oOosHotc VOsI1cIe 70 n successful
Horse Trade.
A Fairfield man who is somewhat adj
dicted to trafficking has poor opinion
of women as aids in these matters. II
happened thus: Upon recent beautiful
Sabbath. when the sun shone bri-ht and
warm upon the glitterinu ----,"vrn py
frequent hoof beats into fine road, and
the tinkling of the merry sleigh bells
rang out enticingly upon the winter air,
the gentleman invited bis much better
half to join the merry throng. Harness
ing his horse they started for Waterville
and passing through the village they
found themselves upon the plain below.
Now it SO happened that this gentle
man "swapped" horses once with a
Frenchman living there and notwith.
standing the sacredness of the day the
ruling passion seized him, and he essay.
ed to trade. He expatiated upon the
virtues of the horse and said that he had
owned him three months. At this point
his better half broke in with "you have
owned him more than eighth He gave
her a nudge with his elbow and proceed
ed.
Il would not sell him." he said, 'but
expect to go on an extended toui in a
few weeks"
"Oh, Beu," said his wife in hornied
accents, you amt going away, either"
That settled it. Slowly and sadly the
horse was pulled into the road aid point
ed for home, while ordinations and
recriminations were the order of the day
The journey hoEce was not so joyous as
the start, and it is settled fact thai
when that gentleman contemplates 9
horse trade he will leave his wife al
home. Lewiston Gazette.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-04-18
FREMONT AND ULYSSES.

Grant, with his appointment as Briga
dier General" observed an old officer at the
Laclede last night, twas ordered to report to
Fremont, at st. Louis. Well, he came on to
st. Louis, and it took him three days to 90
through the necessary red tape to reach Ere
mont When he finally was presented at
headquarters Fremont came forward, glitter
ing in an elaborate uniform. Grant was in
preached him. General Grant, he said,
i am surprised that you do not appear. in
your proper uniform Well, ] don't sup
pose Grant said much in reply. History has
answered for him. But if he had made a
complete explanation to Fremont he Would
have said that he had ordered it and it was
still with the tailor's, as he had not money
enough to take it out"