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Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-08-25
1t is an open secret at the New Yor

1t is an open secret at the New York
Republican Club that eager efforts are
making to induce Carl Schurz to take
part il the campaign for Harrison and
Morton. Letters have been despatched
to the distinguished German, bidding him
give his influence and eloquence to the
Republican cause. Indeed. so anxiously
10 his assistance sought that Chauncey
Depew lie to make q personal appeal to
Mr.. Schurz during his s%ojourn abroad.
It is not likely. however. that these en-
deavors will end in aught but failure.
Schurz has repeatedly said that he has
done with American politics. And what
IL more. he has on several occasions ex-
pressed unqualified approval Of Cleve.
administration.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-08-25
CAPITAL PUNIsRMENT UNDER
NEW LAW.

The chief reform in the infection OF the
death penalty adopted by the act passed
at the last session Of the New York Leg.
i~slature is the substitution Of electricity
for the gsllows.
As to what instrument or process the
fatal agent shall be administered the Law
is silent. 1t simply says that "the pun
ishment Of death must, in every case, be
Unlisted by causing to pass through the
body Of the convict = current Of electric
ity Of sufficient intensity to cause death. "
1t will probably be for the executioner,
the warden Of the State prison where the
execution takes place. to determine by
what means to apply the electric death
shock.
Besides this leading reform the new
law makes several radical innovations to
which the public attention has been little
called. The day Of the execution is not
to be fixed by the Court, as it now is, but
only the week. The time Of the execu-
tion within the week is left to the discre-
ton Of the warden, who acts as execu.
toner, and he is forbidden to make any
previous announcement Of the day or hour
except TO the persons allowed by the law
to be present as witnesses. Literally in.
terpreted the law prohibits the previous
announcement, even to the condemned
man himself, though it is not likely that
such q practice will be adopted.
Another radical change is that the
death penalty must be administered in
one Of the State prisons. That is = com
mendable improvement Of the present
practice, which provides for executions
in every county Of the State. The law
very properly limits the persons per
mitted to be present to a very small mum.
Der, but it then proceeds to make an In
noyation which ought never to nave been
enacted. 1t declares that "no account
of the details of any such execution, be.
yond the statement Of the fact that such
convict was on the day in question duly
executed according to law at the prison,
shall be published in any newspaper"
1t may be doubted whether a State Leg.
islature has the power at this day aud in
this country to dictate what shall or
shall not be published by the press. But.
however hat may be, the above provis.
ion, as . matter Of fact. will be futile and
dead letter. A graphic account OF the
frat execution by electricity would be
apt to appear in the Herald on the follow
ing morning. aud perhaps in the columns
of some Of our enterprising contempora'
ries also.
Such publication will be q necessary
function of journalism. a duty imposed
upon q wideawake newspaper, and in thii
case q duty of exceptional Importance tt
science, to the world, to humanity. Fol
the first time in history electricity will
be used as a means of putting criminals
to death. The first attempts will be nee
essarily primitive with respect to appli
ances and operation-mere experiments
Let these be described to the world an'
needed improvements will follow iron
science and genius. This vital conside
ration was overlooked by the Legislature
IN. Y. H erald.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-08-25

Anderson Of Iowa has introduced a bill
in the House Of Representatives to define
trusts and provide for the punishment OF
persons connected with them. He also
introduced a resolution declaring that the
report of the Pacific Railroad Commission
discloses scandalous law-breaking on the
part Of the management OF the Union and
Central Pacific companies, and providing
for the printing of 10000 extra copies OF
the report of the Commission.
Breckenridge introduced FIVE tariff bills
in the House. They are intended to cor
rect abuses arising under the present
tariff laws and the present system Of
trusts. He does not expect a general
tariff bill to pass at this session of Con-
gress, and he introduces those bills in the
hope that Congress may check the trusts
by reducing the duties on articles in
which they operate.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-08-25
Down with .he Traders.

The Austin Reyeille has the follow
ing it is good sense: 81 tell you it
is not always popularity" remarked
one OF the old standby voters, that
carries the day. I've known men who
we're exceedingly popular in the
country, much more so than their OPP
ponent, but who were slaughtered
by trading in their own party. A
man who trades his party for his
own election should be tabooed by the
voters and given a regular Waterloo
the next chance that is offered. At
the last election there was much Of
this underhanded business going on,
but it will not be healthy for anyone
to try it and get caught, because the
mass of the voters have a long
memory and do not forgive very
readily. / like TO see a straight open
fight and then when a man is beaten
he knows 1t is a fair deal and the
fortune of politics, which he must
take. Let us have a square fight from
top to bottom of the ticket"
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-08-25
A Queer Mining Accident,

At the Red Canyon mines, Utah, a
few days since, the wire rope broke,
letting the loaded cars run down the
slope. The rush down was terrific.
Trains, coal and a mule that was
caught and killed, were all mixed in
an inextricable and jammed up mass
at the bottom. Strange t. relate, such
a dust was raised, mixed with natural
gas, that an explosion took place. Two
men, Sandy Fowler and William Seq
gett, were killed, and the other men
were more or less injured. The dam
age was soo repaired and the work
ing OF the mine resumed.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-08-25
DIR CLIMATE.
.evsda. "The worlds Great SAINT
.rium"

NHhUsns
The state Bureau Of immigration
gives the following send off on our
climate, c word of which is tue {;
The climate Of Nevada is the most
delightful and salubrious in the world.
Neither the Frustrating heats and de-
structive cyclones, nor the Artic frosts
and deadly blizzards OF the Western
states are known here. The con
sumption-breeding fogs, and count
less insect pests that swarm IN other
lands, are also strangers in Nevada.
The warmest days of summer are
modified by soft southwest winds,
| laden with the sweet odor OF wild
flowers and the invigorating aroma OF
| the indigenous sage, while the nights
are seasons OF t~ranscendent loneliness,
rendered so by the gentle mountain
breezes that wait health and vigor to the
sleeper. In June and July occasional
thunder storms cool the air n
freshen the face OF nature: The
| Winters, with the exception OF a lew
cold DAYS, are Spring-like, the snow
remaining only a short time except al
great attitudes. Malarious fever and
pulmonary consumption are exceed,
ingly r and are usually imported
cases, while smallpox, measles and
| kindred diseases are shorn OF theii
terrors by the dryness and purity o.
the atmosphere. Scrofula, saltrheun
and similar inherited taints OF blood
are in a few years, almost entirel,
eradicated from the system by the
wonderful healing properties Of Ne
yada's matchless climate. Nevada
may be Justly styled 1.-THE Worlds
Great Sanitarium."
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-08-25
Life I'm the Mines.

In some countries il would seem
strange for a party going to e a
theatrical entertainment to make a
dive into Mother Earth, travel four
miles under the mountains and then
dart up to the surface within a stones
throw OF the ticket office, but it is
after such a fashion that some of our
people 90 for their regular dose OF
drama, comedy or tragedy. Last
night a party OF ladies and gentlemen
of the town of Sutro, who wished to
see The Two Johns" at the Opera
House took the short subterranean
cut. Starting at the mouth OF the
Sutro tunnel Cat their own DOORS
they came up the tunnel to the @. &
G.. shaft, a distance OF a little over
four miles. Dismounting from their
cars they then boarded the cages in
the shaft and were shot upward to the
surface, a vertical distance of 1910
feet. This way of going to a theater
is as much fun for our ladies as going
to a picnic. 1t is really a pleasant
trip, brt until a lady becomes some
what accustomed to life in the mines
it requires a little nerve. 1t is fine
and cool the whole four miles Of the
way underground. The cars will not
soil even the most delicate dresses Of
of silk and satin, therefore there is no
trouble about changing clothing. In
her room at the mouth OF the tunnel a
lady may stand before her mirror and
give the finishing touch to flower OF
feather, and in just such shape as she
turns from her glass she is shot up to
the surface in this city, ready to take
her seat in the box at the Opera
House.-Virginia Enterprise.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-08-25

The fact that fifteen hundred italian
laborers have been imported to work at
starvation wages and take the places that
should have fallen to people at home
sadly in need Of work appears IS evidence
before the Congress Committee. II means
. great deal and will 60 far to explain
she existence Of 3 system which leads to
discomfort among laboring men and
strikes which annoy and depress society.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-08-25

1t has been decided by the s. p. r.
r. to drop one Of the through passen,
ger trains between Reno and Ogden,
and return to the old schedule, one
through train, and two trains between
Reno and San Francisco, the local
train running on the old lightning -
time. The change herein Indicated
will take place as soon as the new
time card can be got out.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-08-25
An Ar,e.ian wei, and PLACER Mine

Reno Journal; While sinking for
artesian water last week on the ranches
in Surprise Valley, two farmers were
made happy by not only getting flow
ing water, but also running through a
rich placer streak full of gold. They
are greatly excited out that way, and
propose to 90 ahead and open out a
mine. The discovery was made on
Abel Woods ranch, about half a mile
southeast OF CedarYille.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-08-25
A JeaIous Piute Brave.

Last week a Piute Indian near Wei.
lington. becoming jealous of his wife,
tied her hands behind her, says the
Genoa Courier, and then whipped hen
numerically. Not being satisfied
with this he took his knife and
scalped her, cutting off a piece of scalp
as large as the palm Of ones hand.
Had il not been for the interference Of
the whites it is thought he would have
killed her,
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-08-25
low az

The Carson Appeal says: A few
days ago a Chinaman was killed in a
brawl neal Keller, and his country
men, at great expense, packed his
body in ice and shipped it to San
Francisco, where a fine, large funeral
was to be held. When the train
reached Belleville it was delayed by q
broken rail for five hours. Some of
the boys discovered that the celestial
was packed in ice, and thought it a
shame that so much luxury should be
INDUCED in by a dead Chinaman.
They accordingly snaked out 200
pounds Of ice, and the town became
wild with excitement. They gathered up
some old cows and made ten gallons
Of ice cream, while they reveled all
night in mint julep, sice-cold lemonade
and claret punches that almost iroze
the drinkers teeth. So much excite
ment had not been known in Belle
vile for many years. The men who
froze to the ice retailed it at % cents a
pound. When the body struck
Truckee it was so badly decomposed
that it derailed a freight train.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-08-25

The Washington Star says PROPOSE
tion is under consideration by the Dem.
ses.tio campaign managers to arrange for
. join. discussion Of the tariff question by
Carlisle and Blaine in twelve Of the prin-
cipal cities of the Union, to be named by
Blaine and the Speaker.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-08-25
Expert Horsewomen

Mr.. Kemler and his two daughters, Of
Paradise Valley, passed through Day
ton this week with 50 head Of work
horses, which were being taken to
California for sale. The two young
ladies were expert horsewomen and
are going to drive the horses over the
mountains. They have won several
prizes, both at the California and Ne
vada State Fairs, for their daring feats
on horseback. Lyon County Times.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-08-25

The value of the property left by
Charles Croker cannot be accurately
estimated for some time, but those
who are in q position to form a good
idea Of his wealth say that it approxi-
mates $35, 900, 900. His San Fran
cisco real estate is worth about $l0,-
100000.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-08-25

Colonel Lamont says there is not q par
ticle Of foundation for the published
statements to the effect that Briee is to
retire from the Craftsmanship of the
Democratic National Committee at the
request Of President Cleveland.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-08-25

The Enterprise says there are never
less than 800 idle miners on the Com
stock, and this number has been in
creased to 800 OF late, by drafts from
the several mines in consequence OF
the scarcity Of water.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-08-25
PROMENADE CONCERT,

A PROMENADE CONCERT Will. mn o,yrv
N at the Eureka Opera Honse on sarrIns
DAY evening. September /, Isss' under ~
supervision OF r. K. Morrison. The Canear,
will be given for the benefit Of VIM. s,mnson
All the musical talent Of Eureka will take mart
See hand bills during the veek1 "
Eurehs, Aug. %, IsSs. aas..,
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-08-25

Cheap and good groceries there, for no
one can afford to stay away from Berg's. I
Big money made by ~patronizing Berg.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-08-25
shuttIng Donw.

A number Of business men gathered
on the sidewalk and discussed the
proposition this morning about shut
ting down all the business houses
some day this week, and all go on a
picnic for several days, to allow the
shy boom to creep into town I'M
awares.-Austln Reveille.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-08-25

Clothing, furnishing goods, blankets,
quilts, hats, gloves. boots and shoes only
cheap at Berg's. :
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-09-01
GOOD LISTENERS.
Something About the Most Agreeable
 Members of Society.

Something About the Most Agreeable
 Members of Society.
 'The Duke of Wellington" wrote a contemporary, "listens always to oth- ers." His royal master, George the Fourth, was deficient in this courtesy.
 1.-The King never listens," said the Duke, on one occasion, and he added: George the Fourth is no gentleman, though an excellent actor of one for ten minutes; he can't support it longer"
 An agreeable person in society is one who is as willing to listen as to talk. "A good listener" says the author of ''Social Custom.' lis better appreciated by nine people out of ten than the most brilliant talker"
 The good listener may be vain, but he mortifes his own vanity, so that other people may not mortify it for him. He does not talk about himself, nor does he talk to show how clever he is. Moreover, he really pays att tention to what others say, and does not merely pretend to be interested. He does not allow his thoughts to wander, though he is forced to hear, unmoved, the old story of the social bore. Even the ill-bred person who talks "shop" will possibly give him some information worth hearing
 The most popular person is the good listener who can draw out" people so as to put them at their ease, and make them do their best. He is a social king and she society queen who is master of this art.
 Henry Clay mastered men by send. ing them from his society with in. creased self-respect because they had done so well, and MT. Clay had listened so attentively to their talk.
 Irving, the eloquent London preach CT, won the heart of a shoemaker bv drawing him out to talk about leather. The man. being an infdel, had ''for- gotten what the inside of a church is made of" but he began a regular att tendance at Irving's church, because, as he said to comrade, 1.-The man kens about leather. "-Y Youth's COnlpqa,- ion
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-09-01
HOW STORMS ARE MADE.
Effects of the Suns Heat on the Entir
 Surface of Our Earth.

Effects of the suns Heat on the Entire Surface of Our Earth.
 Our earth only receives a small frae.
 tional part of the suns heat; but, what ever that may be in the year, more or less than the average, the entire sur- face of our earth must feel and be sub ject to the effects. And one thing is certain-namely, that year or series of years, of excessive sun-heat will inevitably be years and seasons of ex- cessive atmospheric disturbances, be- cause increase of heat will produce ex- cess of evaporation, excess of electric action, and, necessarily, excessive pre- cipitation; and, during prevalence of this excess of sun-heat, there must be over-limited areas violent storms both summer and winter.
 When very large areas of the atmos- phere have been, by excess of heat, brought into an unequal state, as large areas of lower stratum of highly-heat- ed air and vapor, which is also intense ly electric, the conditions to produce sandspoutS, water-spout5 and tOrna- does are fully ripe. The upper and colder layer of the atmosphere can not cool the lower highly-heated and vapor-ladened stratum so evenly ana quickly as to prevent vents in the form of tunnels forming from the lower stratum to the higher stratum, and causing a rupture which takes place upward in pipe form, just as water in a tank or basin, having bottom means for discharge by pipe, flows out with a whirling motion-in our northern hemisphere always in the direction of the hands of clock-and so the heated, highly electric and excessively vapor-laden atmosphere breaks into the cold atmosphere above when at the level of the "dew point" invisible vapor becomes visible, part ing with its latent heat, which so rarifies the air as to force some of the condensed atmosphere in visible cloud, mounting thousands of feet above the condensed dew point and into region above the highest peaks of the highest mountain.
 To feed this pipe, or, as in some cases, pipes, the lower stratum flows in from all sides to rotate and ascend with the intense velocity of steam power, sufficient to produce all the disastrous effects of the widest tor nado, there being almost vacuum at the ground or water line, as the phe- nomenon may be on the land or over the sea. On the land trees are twisted and uprooted, houses are unroofed, solids of various kinds are lifted from the earth, and human beings have been blown away like dead leaves. There are, also, records of railway wagons having been blown off the rails. In deserts entire caravans have been buried beneath a mountain of blown sand-camels, horses and men; while in Egypt there are ruins of cities, massive temples and monu- ments deep buried in the adjoining desert sand. At sea many good ship caught by a tornado has been over- whelmed and sent to the bottom whole. Pull MaH Gazette.
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-09-01

tion in under my tree Us a safe and
 impregnable one, but the bear quickly StOrmed 1t.
 Bruce started and ran in a circle
 around and around the tree, and the
 bear followed. For at least five min.
 utes. that circus was kept up. The bear
 couldn't get nearer than one good jump
 to Bruce, but the dog wasn't at all
 happy for all that. At last the bear
 got tired of the chase and stopped.
 Then if he had had his wits
 about him he would have had Bruce
 foul, for the dog was going so fast that
 he plunked right into Bruins rear be-
 fore he could stop. The shock of the collision threw Bruce back about ten
 feet, and before the bear exactly un- derstood the situation the dog had picked himself up and made safe re- treat. The bear gazed after him and growled savagely and started back again for the woods. Bruce came back to the tree, squatted down and watched the departure of the bear with appar- ent regret. The bear had got good distance away, and I made up my mind that could safely venture to leave the tree and fly for home. I had just started to let myself down when what did that crazy fool of dog of mine do but spring up and tear away like mad after that bear again. 1 called and begged and whistled for him to come back, but I might as well have tried to stop a stream in its course. The dog caught up with the bear, and again Bruin chased him back to the tree and around it as he had before. The re- suit was the same, and the bear once more retreated in disgust. Three times after that I started to leave that tree, and every time Bruce started out and fetched the bear back to have that circus repeated. at last realized the fact that it wasn't the bear that was keeping my life in the balance, but that my own dog was the animal re- sponsible for my peril. If had had a revolver I'd have bored hole through him, but I had none, and so my only hope of escape was that the bear would eventually overhaul the dog and pack him snugly and effect ually away.
 'The bear, the last time his attempt to let me escape was interferred with by Bruce, had reached the very edge of the woods. The dog was little late in starting that time, but he got off. The bear had disappeared in the woods before Bruce got there, and the dog dashed in after him. Time passed. Dog nor bear appeared in the open. Hope grew so strong in me that 1 let myself out of the tree and flew. I reached my friend Finnegan's in safe ty. was there two days afterward. Bruce had not turned up yet. He is following that bear yet by easy stages, or has served as refreshments for him. I incline to believe that the latter is true, and I fondly hope it is."-Ed. Mott, ip New York MdiI and Empress.