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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-05-05
Liquidation Needed.

A subject that should early receive
the attention of the coming Nevada
Legislature is that relating to the tax
alton Of mortgages ana of property
mortgaged. In nearly every other
State in the Union if mortgage say
of 81 900 is ON BIS property, which IS
worth 81 800, A IS considered to he a
partner in the place, and is assessed
for the full value az the mortgage,
while 3 is assessed for $500, or the
difference between the fnce value of
the mortgage and the assessed value
of the place. This seems to be the
true and only just way. If B mort.
cages his place to A, it is not increas-
ed in value thereby. When B mort
Cages his property hs parts with 4
certain portion Of its value, of which
A becomes possessed, and should be So
taxed for it. While B, since his in
tere has been diminished. should
only pay taxes upon the difference of
the taxed value and the face of the
mortgages, for that is all he may be
said to possess.
The laws of Nevada upon the SUBJ
are peculiar. They hold that in the
case above, A shall he taxed for 81 900
and B for $1,000, while, should the
latter apply the 81 900 he has received
by mortGaging his property, this also
would be subject to taxation, making
in the eyes of the State a fictitious
valuation of $4,000, where only 81
500 is involved. In every case the
amount covered by the mortgage was
twice taxed. Tbs effect of this works
a direct injury to B.
In California the mortgage itself Is
nottaxed. Bpsying the whole amount
of taxation, but the burden between
A and B is equalized, since A on this
account can afford to let his money At
q lower rate of interest. Those who
in Nevada are compelled to borrow
money, giving a mortgage or a note
as security, complain that money from
California is loaned at two or three
per cent. less interest than they are
compelled to pay the Nevada capital
list. The Nevada money loaner thus
making himself secure and on q par
with the lender of California; but it
all comes out of the man who has to
borrow, who should, if there is to be
any discrimination, have the favor.
No class is benefited by the law as it
is, while both the lender and the one
to whom money Is lent, are embarras-
Sod by it. The former since all who
can get money from California will
do so, to the disuse of bis own, and
the latter as has been stated. ii Reno
Journal.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-05-05

The Fiuancier, discussing the re-
recent passage of the "bond bill' by
q vote of % to 81, after stating the
condition of the National circulation
aud its steady contraction, says:
Silver at its present low rate of value
rs compared with goli-Q6 to u is
deemed Just as reliable basis FOR the
issue of notes AS gold--indeed safer
basis when rhe real stability of silver
&C 10 to is consideration silver, at
such low valuation, is more liable TO
appreciate than gold, and nothing but
the attempted decentralization of sill
var by certain gold standard nations,
whose financial interests are antagon-
istic to ours, has deprecated silver.
1t is good to see paper published
in the shadow of the houses of Wall
street declaiming that legislation has
caused the decline of the white metal,
says the Reno Gazette. But the chief
damage was done by our own nation,
and the restitution should be ours.
Had the law of 1878 never been passed,
had we held to the rule as laid down
by our fathers, holding to the double
standard, but keeping the silver dol
lar of 4l215 grains the unit of values,
Germanys decentralization would have
no effect upon the world. Indeed it
never would have been. Germany
was overwhelmed by the statement
that the United States had discarded
silver and that there was 81 100000
600 in silver in one mine in America.
The truth was, that mine yielded $116,-
100000, "A per cent. of which was
gold. If we will but make arrange
meuts to use our own silver, to pre-
vent it's going abroad, use it by de-
posting it in the Treasury and minis
and issuing certificates upon it to pass
as money from hand to hand, we need
not concern ourselves about the out
side world. We can meet all eur en-
gagements with foreigners with gold,
and within a month after silver ship
nents cease from this country, the
effect will begin to be seen in the adj
vaucing price of silver until it reaches
its old pace.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-05-05
STATE AND COAST ITEMS.

It cost 81 900 per annum for a liquor
license at Dayton, W. 1.
The population of Portland, Oregon
is 1880.
The trip between Denver and New
Orleans Is now made by rail IN o.
hours.
Fish Commissioner Carey has sent
100, 600 young trout to Winnemucca,
to be placed in the Humboldt.
BY fire in a Butte, Montana,hotei
Wednesday two men were burned 80
badly as to die.
Fine coal discoveries are being made
IN the Black Hills. The latest strike
is deposit of camel coal.
Portland (Oregon) is to have $780,
900 Hebrew temple. The A. o. L. w.
of that city also have raised $15O,OO0
to erect r temple.
p. T. Barrett ef Fall City, Shasta
county, Cal, drowned himself in his
own well last Sunday
Leadville, Colorado, has decided that
"the gamblers must GO and the
Mayor, has ordered the City Marshal
to enforce the decree.
The Belmont Courier predicts the
Grantsville, Nye county, mines will
become steady bullion producers If
worked for silver.
The city of Vancouver, B. C., has
given bonus of $25, 900 for smelter,
which will treat fifty tons of ore day,
and will be built Immediately at a
cost of $4,000 to 100000.
The Carson Index-Union says the
Mint is overrun with work nowadays.
Plenty of bullion coming into the re-
fnerv all the time. One hundred
thousand ounces were melted last
week.
Railways are said Ia consume mere
than half of the worlds production of
iron, the 100000 car wheels re-
quired in the United States alone
taking more than 100000 tons.
William Keefer, until recently
prominent resident of Eureka in this
State, attempted suicide last week by
jumping in the bay of San Francisco
from the deck of the ferry steamer
Encinal.
The Modesto News reports the cap
ture of centipede four inches long
in a private residence in that city.
One of the wells which furnish the
water for the city of Marysville is $50
feet deep, and enough gas comes up
with the water To feed constant
flame when the pumps are not work
iny
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-05-05
Dissolution of COpartnership.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
~ the eopartnership heretofore existing un.
der me arm nrms OF SIMPSON d STEVENS
lie this day dissolved by mutual consent. M ri
Stevens retiring. j. B. Simpson collects ali
bills due the late firm and win pay all debts
against said hrm ~''
j. B. SIMPSON.
N. II. STEVENS.
Taylor, Nevada, April !, 1888
The interest of 81. II. Stevens having baen
purchased by l.. s. Scott. the blsj meas will he
cenpucted at the old stand BY w
aple4p SIMPSON d SCOTT
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-05-05

New York, April 2S.-The Catholic
News has received the following cable
dispatch: "The Vatican has issued a
decree condeming boycotting and the
plan of campaign. The decree dis
tinguishes the national movement
from these revolutionary measures.
1t condemns only the latter"
Between the Tory English Cover.
nment and Rome, poor old Ireland
seems 10 have a hard time Of it.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-05-05

John Fanchier, a citizen of Nevada,
who was arrested some six months
since in France and forced into the
French Army, has written to his friends
IN America bemoaning his fate. Al
though admitting that he is kindly
treated and allowed to visit his friends.
he longs for America. Secretary
Bayard is pushing the case vigorously
He has been released.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-05-05
The Human Breath.

Professor Brown-Sequard has re.
Gently been making experiments to
determine whether the human breath
was capable of producing any poison
Gus effects. From the condensed
watery vspor OF the expired air he OBJ
tanned q poisonous liquid, which,
when injected under the skin of rab-
bits, produced almost immediate
death. He sscertained that this poison
was an alkaloid, and not a microbe.
The rabbits thus injected died withou,
commissions, the heart and large blood
vessels being engor2ed with blood.
Brown-Sequard considers it fully
proved that the expired air, both of
man and animals, contains volatile
poisonous principle which is much
more deleterious than carbonic acid.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-05-05

81. Paul, April 27.-A Deadwood
special to the Pioneer Press says: Gen.
trail City was destroyed by FIRE early
yesterday morning. Not store or
shop Is left standing and 1870 buildings
are bnrned and families are left home.
less. DeadwoOd is sending food to
tho sufferers. The loss is $3.50 900 !;
insurance, $4,000
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-05-05

Boston Globe:- Clause Spreckels
Just made IDEAL" by which be can
ship California sugar to the East at
low rate of freight and thus under
sell the Sugar Trust. What the trust
needs is . line of custom houses along
the Rocky mountains to pro,ec. y
against tho paDpsr sugar of California.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-05-05

Secretary Fairchild is opposed to
the fractional currency bill now bsfore
Congress. He thinks it would accom-
plisb no good purpose, as it would
drive out Of circulation fractional sill
yer coin. A smooth quarter IL prefer
able 70 a twenty-five cent greasy
"sbinplaster."
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-05-05

Specimens Of tin ore from the TEN.
escai mines, Los Angeles county, mssys
20 per cent. pure metal.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-01-28
PuItne smiles Again.

Pauline Dodge. the 15-year-old
daughter of Mr.. Cheever K. Dodge,
of No. 400 West Fifty eighth street,
who. ran away on Monday in order to
earn her own living, and threatened
to take cold poison yesterday when
captured, was in a happy mood to-
day and thoroughly reconciled to
her situation. She spoke of run
ming away again or of taking poison,
and her parents seriously thought OF
sitting up all night to watch her.
After four hours of fretting and
pointing because her parents found
her, she changed and began to
laugh. What worried her was the
idea that she had promised to nurse
for a lady and was not permitted to
carry out her contract.
Her father said to O Mail and Ex-
press reporter that he was moi
alarmed about Pauline, and did moi
fear that she would run away again
very soon. Her great regret was
that she did not secure the position
of companion to a lady to go to
Florida at $50 per month. The girl
has the elements Of a novelist in her.
Her glib story of being Miss Lenore
T~revertout, and having lost her
parents, was related with q degree oil
accuracy worthy of a trained fiction
writer.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-01-28
The Mining Business.

Somebody who has been in the
mining business writes as follows in
the Buffalo Courier about It:
Mining is q tonic. No business is
less monotonous. no work has so
much of hope. What o comparison
is the selling Of dry goods? Think
Of the WEAKNESS of bookkeeping in
comparison? There is the perennial
hope Of striking il rich"-the
chance with every shovel Of dirt,
with every clicks Of the pick, of find
ing ones self at the opening of
Aladdin's cave. 1t has the ex-
h~ilaration of the lottery, without it's
dishonor, its deadly blanks, its des-
pair. 1t is the we'll founded hope OF
good and quick returns Of sudden
requirements, the free-to-a all chance.
together with the "eutdoorness,"
the bivouacking habit of mineis, the
free and easy life, the quick recovery
from adverse luck. II is these
which render to mining o fascination
that does not belong to any other
kind of occupation.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-01-28
BEss AND Hen BEER.



Charlie Brill, the genial restau-
rant proprietor, has q big mastiff
which has proved the relation of the
brute to man by taking up q OF
the vices which heretofore has been
deemed q manly prerogative. Bess
as the dog is called, is an inveterate
topper. She will take q drink every
time she is invited, and has q Ca
paoity for beer that is really sur
prising. When any n enters the
saloon and calls for drinks, Bess,
who is generally lying asleep on the
floor, will get up, walk slowly to the
bar, put her paws on the counter and
wink at the bar-kseper. She sell
dom winks in vain, and when q glass
of beer is put before her she drinks
with apparent relish. :.
But Bess does not oonfine herself
to drinking in her masters saloon.
She knows all the saloons for blocks
around, and when she is cut on the
street for exercise il she wants q
drink she merely pushes her way
into o saloon, and standing up ct the
counter, wiuks at the bar-keeper.
All the bar-keepers know her. and
her credit seems to be inexhaustible.
Washington Post.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-01-28

A large number of Chicago girls
met one evening last week for the
purpose Of forming a Ladies' Anti
Slang Society" The meeting was
called to order and Miss Sadie Park
was elected President. Before tax
ing her seat, she said in a clear,
calm, we'll modulated voice:
Really, girls, / am too badly rat
tied by the honor conferred upon
me to give you much Of my gulf.
It's the first time l ever tumbled to
anything of this sort. and l hardly
know just how to catch on. How
over. I'll try to be sufficiently up to
snuff not to let any flies light on me
while doing the president-of-this-
society act. I'm with you in this
move, and don't any of you forget it.
All owe our land slang words and
phrases are multiplying like flies in
sorgum time. and it is our duty to
help knock this crying evil as silly
as possible. Let our motto be,
"Shoot the Slangist."
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-01-28
Russian Tea. Drinking.

In Russia tea is drank as beer is in
Germany or wine in France. 1t
may be called the national beverage,
and there are especial saloons or
resta urants all about, here and there
in st Petersburg, for tea-drinkers.
both rich and poor. The truly
Russian restaurant is very different
from the European one The walters
are all attired in white from head to
foot with a large black purse at the
waist, and are always all men. There is
generally a large barrel organ which
gives out the latest airs. 1t is won-
derful how much tea a Russian will
drink. The writer entered one
morning one of these restaurants
with a young Russian. Tea was
ordered and n glass followed an
other with the Russian until he had
drank seven. He said he had often
drank eleven, and that fifteen we're
not too many for an old hand. The
tea is drunk alone or with lemon.
and the sugar eaten from the hand.
A peculiar kind of bread or roll is
eaten with it.-Albany Journal.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-01-28
JUST IN TIME.


quite q CfOse SHAVE TOT faphs
Check Book.
"Please, how much ia that very
large doll?" asked q beautifully
dressed little girl, about two feet six
high, of a salesman in a WOODWARD
Avenue establish ment, standing on
tip-toe to get a glimpse over the
counter.
That is $25, MISS" was the
amused answer.
Isn't that q good deal for one
doll?" she asked wistfully.
"Yes, but it is a very largo one,
its eyes open and shut, it cries, says
mamma and papa can sit in any
position and has a beautiful dress"
1.-THE frock is pretty" said the
little one, obviously, "but it's a lot
Of money, and I'm afraid I haven't
got enough. Here is my purse, sir
will you please count it?"
The clerk did as requested and
announced the result: 1.-Two dol
Tors and forty five cents"
That's lots too little, isn't it?"
asked the small lady.
Yes a good deal"
Well, let me seel I have had
some money in my bank at home
and there is some more coming to
me for not eating desert and-oh.
I'll tell you," she exclaimed,
Frightening at the truly feminine
idea, "you send it to the house and
charge it to papa"
About this time mamma appeared
in great anxiety and reclaimed the
little %truant, who had escaped from
the carriage at the curb to go on an
independent expedition of her own.
Detroit Free Press.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-01-28

A Lecture ON Borrowing Tina
should he Carefully Considered.

A Lecture ON borrowing Tina
should BE Carefully Considered.
A Maine farmer asked in q Bangor
store about negotiating q loan of
$500. This led TO inquiries and
advice, Of which the Lewiston Jour-
nal makes effective use: " 1t seems
that the man had worked hard all
his days, had bought and paid for q
81, 900 farm, had taken a wife, fur
nished a house and now, envious of
some of his neighbors, wanted to
build q $500 barn. To do this he
proposed to borrow the $500 cash,
giving q mortgage on his farm. Said
the druggist after the story was told;
Your farm is clear now?" Yes, sir
You love your wifs?' Yes, sir.
WELL said the merchant, this is what
you should do. Go home and earn
the $500 first, and then build your
barn. If you borrow now, you will
think each night as you lie oil your
bed that you are in debt. You will
fret and worry; your wife will do the
same; sickness and accidents may
come. or q poor crop be your por-
ton; there will be a $500 SHELTON in
your house; and ten to one il you
don'tfret and grow peevish and have
a row with your wife. Don't go into
the mortgage businessl Don't go
into debit Live within your income,
be industrious, and when yoa do
build your barn and own il you'll be
as proud of it as an
Englisman is Of his CASTLE
For q moment the young farmer
hesitated. On each side were in
terested spectators, and all was
silence. Gradually the head lowered
and a tear rolled down his cheek.
The man took pride In his occupa-
ton, and wanted that barn. At last
he said: Thank you, sir. To tell
the truth, my wife was crying when
/ left home because 1 was going to
mortgage the place. I'll take your
advice and 60 home as l came down,
and she'll be glad to see me- There,
said the Bangor man, that fellow
came to a good. wise conclusion. /
have seen lots of misery on account
Of this mortgage business. He who
gives one often gives peace, COM
fort and contentment with it,"
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-01-28
Greek Courtships.

There are certain old women
whose duty it is to carry the pro-
posal and bring back the answer.
These old women know many love
potions which they administer for
money.
When the old woman goes to pro-
pose she must wear stockings OF
two colors. "She has on stockings
of two colors," says a modern Greek
rhyme, 7" methinks we shall have an
offer" If the proposal is refused,
the young man is said ito eat
Cruel" The cause of the frequency
Of these marriages de CONVEYANCE is
to be found in the peculiar law of
inheritance still in vogue in some Of
the remoter islands. The eldest
daughter inherits everything to the
exclusion of her brothers and
younger sisters, even her mothers
embroidered garments and the slab
on which she says her prayers in
church.
In other parts of Greece no girl
can ever hope to find a husband
until she has a house of her own;
hence. providing his daughters with
houses is an onirous duty which falls
to the lot of every paterfamilias, and
this system results in leaving a very
large portion of the female popu-
lation to pass their days in single
blessedeness, and where the above
mentioned matriarchal system is still
in vogue the parent always aspire to
obtain for their eldest daughter a
good match, and the proposals
always come from the lady's family,
Scottish Review.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-01-28
District Court Summons.
In the District Court of che State
Of Nevada, Eureka County.

TINE STATE OF NEVADA SENDS GREET
Il ing to VIM. Ferguson and Z. d. Van
derlieth.
You are hereby required to appear in an action
commenced against you as defendants by o
Pelanda, as plaintiff. in the District Court OF
the State Of Nevada, Eureka county, at the
town Of Eureka, and answer the complaint
therein, which is on file with the Clerk OF said
Court, within ten days alter the service on you
of this Summons exclusive Of the day OF
seryicel, il served in said county, or twenty
days II served out Of said county, but
within this District, and In all other cases forty
days; or Judgment by default will be taken
against you, according to the prayer Of said
complaint.
The said action Is brought to recover judg-
ment against you the said defendants, for the
sum Of 1857 so Qess 1928 heretofore paid on
said sum Of sssa 5ol for work and labor per,
request OF defendants on the Margsretta mine,
situated on Wide West Hill, Eureka Mining
District, Eureka county. Nevada, the same be-
ing 1900 feet in length and 200 feet in width,
and when said work and labor was performed by
plaintiff az aforesaid. said mine was owned
and possessed by said defendant. VIM. Fer
guson, and since said work and labor was per-
formed by plaintiff, as Aforesaid, said Fer
guson has conveyed said mine to said Wander
lieth, also TO enforce . lien against said Marga-
retta mine for the sum of 1854 so for the above
work and labor, TO wit: between the 18th day Of
October, 1885, and the It'll day OF May, 1887,
both inclusive. at the alleged stipulated price OF
$50 per month. Also, for s. so Tor the record
ing OF said lien and for costs of suit. Also,
that said judgment be adjudged . lien against
the said Marguerite mine; that said mine and
premises above described to the extent and in
terests Of said defendants be sdjudged and de-
creed TO be sold BY the Sheriff Of Eureka county
according to law. and the proceeds of such sale
be applied to the payment of the costs Of the
proceedings and such sale. and that plaintiffs
claim, amounting 10 s56s, and also for the claim
OF any other lien-holder on said property who
shall come In and be duly made parties TO this
action, and for such other and further relief as
the Court shall deem just.
And you are hereby notified that il you fail
20 appear and answer the sAid complaint a.
above required. the said plaintiff viii take
judgment against you the said defendant Ter
guson for s56s and costs Of suit. and apply TO
the Court for the relief demanded In said com
plant against both defendants.
ITEsTIM0EY waEREoF,I I. r.. III. HARMON,
have hereunto set my hand officially,
and affixed the seal Of said Court this
18th day Of November. A. D. 1887.
r. II. HARMON,
County Clerk and ex ofieio CLERK Of the Dis
trict Court of the State Of Nevada, Eureka
county.
r. n. BEATTY AND PETER BRzEs. Attorneys
lof painful f-6w