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roo nUcm FOR THE COURT.

why Jones Declined 20 serve on the
Jury and Was Excused.
Recently the residents of certain
street in the northern part of the
oity saw man copying the name un-
der the letter boxes in the Railways
Of the flats. A few days later q
number of men living in that street
were notified to appear at a certain
court to show good and sufficient
reasons why they should not serve
on the jury about TO be drawn. All
of the parties summoned appeared
but ones. NJ. Jones. Some were
excused, some we're held, and the
Court directed that s. M. Jones
should be notified that failure to
appear the next day would result in
fine OF $50 being imposed and i'm
prisonment.
The notification was duly attended
to, but the time passed and no Jones
appeared. Thereupon the Court
sent an officer to arrest and bring
OOuco lutO COuIt. 1uo OluCcf,
large, portly man fastened to the
flat where Jones lived, and discov-
cred that the delinquent 8. NJ.
lived on the fourth floor. He climbed
the narrow stairway and raped at
the door. 1t was opened by young
girl with large blue eyes.
4" Is your father within?" de-
manded the officer.
"No SIR" was the response.
I've got letter for s. M. Jones.
Where will l find him?" said the Of
hcer. with a display of intellect.
" am the only S. NJ. Jones here
Sarah NJ. Jones" the girl said. and
noticing the look of wonder on the
officers face. asked: is 1t you
who has been sending all those
horrid messages to me-"
But the officer was half way down
the stairs, and so far the arrest has
not been made.-N. Y. Sun.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-01-07

How Baron vorwsrts Manages HIS
Paternai Estate.

EAON nAEOn NoEN aEt& Mnnnk - sstH
Pasernsi Estate.
Baron Verwarts has, near Stavsn-
hagen, in Mecklenburg. an estate Of
about 5000 acres. 1t is chiefly de-
voted to wheat and bestroot. and 10
worked by its owner on q form Of
corporation; and although the
times are bad, be is still able to
make q good profit on the capital
value Of his estate. He is his own
farmer. He pays very small wages
in money, but the laborer is pro-
vided with house, a supply of corn,
a piece of grazing land, the means of
education. and other advantages
which enable him to live in eomfort.
The Baron is content with four per
cent interest as his own share; and
once in ten years he divides the re-
msinder of the profits in equitable
proportions among the peasaDtry.
At the last division, which took
place in 1884, as much as 500 and
$3.50 fell to the share Of single
family. This excellent landlord
lives among his people, and has 30
completely identified himself with
their we'll being that the peasants do
not speak of the Baron's wheat or
horses" but of "our wheat" and
our horses" The Baron believes
that so far as agriculture is con-
cerned he has discovered the means
of harmonizing the interests of
capital with those of labor.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-01-07

They unplucsed ne Kcgofbugjuiee
That was plueEea with CooofcorEus.
with The prohi hitt0n statute
Win the little paper ballot.
Far down IN the reslm Of Georgia.
n the land q Monsieur Grady,
In TIE hunting ground Of Cclquitf.
Then they rolled the plagside d0vnside.
Rolled ths Sangside upside downside.
turned the iugside inside outside.
Turned the wstside from the inside
To the inside that wss outside.
and irank deep the tribe q Ants.
Drsnk the dark blue AfricNnus.
Drank the blear eyed. red-nosed PAlefaec,
Drank the hories Of Ignoramus
Till they turned their inside outside,
Til they felt their iugside subside,
Tfii their wife and little one sighed.
That's why they Cpd the Kcgofbugiuiee.
why they rollei the plugside d0Nnside,
Rolled the bungsiie upside dONnsite.
Turned the jugside inside outside,
Turned the wetsfde from the outside
To the in aide that ~ss outside.
why thoy turned their inside outside,
Why their wife and little child sighed.
Far down in the realm Of Ge0rgia.
In the land % Monsieur Grady.
In the hunting ground Of Celquitt.
For the eurse they could not all quit.
Duluth PsrAgrapher.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-01-07
Before the Commission.

The first woman to attend the ses-
sianS of the Interstate Commerce
Commission was the handsome aud
brilliant daughter of George Rice,
the Marietta oil man, who is making
such q strong fight against the
whole power of the Standard Oil
Company. Miss Rice knows as
much about the points at issue as
her father. She took charge of part
of the papers, watched the pro.
eeedings closely and now and then
made suggestions to her fathers
counsel, John Randolph Tucker,
Judge LOOMS and Mr.. Follstt. The
lady was present every day.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-01-07

LitsIe Boxes for Finy Censs ssa
mtg Oae. for $4,000 that VIII
PIay Overtares.
Musical boxes are very pretty
Christmas gifts" said an importer
to q reporter of the Mail and Ex-
press this morning, "snd their sale
is increasing yearly"
Are they expensive?"
You can gets small one for 90
cents, and We have some that would
cost you 5000. The cheap kind
will give Just one tune and only
then by turning a crank. We can
put music into almost everything.
We have money safes which Will
play q tune when a coin is dropped
in. They are worth So. We have
musical snuff-boxes which play
when they are opened; musical
albums, musical decanters, water
pitchers, cigar boxes, bird cages and
cabinets. The IS, 900 instrument is q
handsomely carved ebony or ma
hogany cabinet. In the box is what
wo call a full orchestra; it con-
sists of drums, cymbals, castanets
and flute, in addition to the ordinary
comb. 1t plays As tunes. having
eight interchangeable cylinders.
Each cylinder plays six tunes, extra
cylinders can be purchased at any
time; and any piece of music ar.
ranged on the cylinder. The cylin-
ders vary in price from $40 to $50
each. A very fine box will play the
entire overture of an opera, SO that 9
man can sit at his dinner and lister
to Trovatore," Martha" Dor
Giovanni, Fra Diavolo, Tam
hauser." or any other opera. Thss,
boxes are made in Switzgsrland.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-01-07
SAD LIVES.
The Terrible Pate That Awaits the
women of Algeria.

The Terrible Pate That Awaits the
women of Algeria.
The lives the women lead in
Algiers, particularly if they are
young and pretty, are simply ter.
rible. When about IA an Algerine
girl is married-or rather sold. for
it is scarcely moro than a money
transaction-to q man whom she has
probably never seen. but who. from
that moment, possesses absolute au
thority over her. II she should be-
long to the higher classes she is
usually restricted, even in her hus-
bands house, to one or two rooms.
" III she were allowed to wander up
and down stairs she might meet
man." the husband says. The win
dows OF the rooms into which she
may GO always look into court
yard, not public street, but for all
that they are carefully covered with
lattice work. so that she may have
no chance Of holding communica
tions with the outside world. The
only amusement she is allowed to in
dulge in is a weekly visit to the
cemetery, where she is supposed to
go to mourn for the doaj. This
mourning, / must confess, is per-
formed in n manner peculiar to the
country. On Fridays, all men hav-
ing been carefully excluded, the
Algerine ladies drive, closely veiled,
to the cemetery. Once inside the
gates, they throw aside their wells,
and, seating themselves upon tho
tombstones, prepare to make a day
of it. They also go provided with
substantial luncheon, and they
spend the whole day laughing, chat
ting aud gossiping with their fellow
mourners. At sunset they resume
their wells, mount into their car
riages, and are driven back TO their
homes, which they will not quit
until tho following Friday.-New
York Times,
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-01-07
HIS Only Crime.

A stranger in a Dakota town was
attracted by large and noisy crowd
on the street corner. Drawing near,
he heard one saying:
4" 1 tell you what, boys, he ought
to be run out of the country"
Give him dose Of tar and feath.
ers, yelled another.
Hanging's what he needs,
howled another.
My friend" said the stranger,
timidly. addressinga a native on the
outside of the crowd, what did the
man do?"
What'd he do?" echoed the man.
g Yes; W w.what great crime is he
gilty of = murder, dark, red
handed"
"Oh, no; be amt no murderer,
but I'll tell you bout him. He
done something to hurt the town.
Yes, sir. done something to hurt the
prosperity of our city--said there
was more houses in the next town up
here than there is in this. He's sup
posed to be hiding under some of the
barns round town, and we expect to
pull him out by the legs inside Of
half an hour.-Chicago Tribune.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-01-07

The United States courts have
decided" said papa. reading from
the Pathfinder. THAT driving with
loose reins, whereby the horses be-
come unuanageable, is q fault the
law will not condone." His daugh-
ter Geneyieye turned pale and looked
troubled. 81 think" she said in a
broken voice, the Government in-
terferes in a great many things that
are none of its business, does it say
anything about driving with one
hand, papa?"
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-01-07

General Clark, Clerk of the last
House, has instituted a reform and
reduced the stationery to a legiti-
mate basis-to the actual needs of
the members economically adj
ministered, 50 TO spe4s= Fans. per-
fumee, opera glasses and bric-a-brac
are no longer TO be found there, but
only writing paper OF all kinds,
tablets, mucilage; inkstands, waste
paper baskets. spongss. pens. pen
holders, knives with and without
the suggestive corkscrew), scissors
and red tape in abundance. A few
CLOCKS and plush bags for opera
glasses are there because left over
from the last Congress before the re-
form measures were instituted.
General Clark says that he does not
think the law ever authorized keep
ing fancy store in the stationery
room, so he determined to begin at
once with what he thinks long
needed reform. 1t used to be the
case, especially when Christmas was
at hand, that the room would be full
every evening of members and their
wives or "other ladies shopping.
Each member then. as now, was
entitled to S125 per annum as q
stationery fund, which he could
have in goods from the stationery
room or draw in money. This he
can do now. but he can buy there
only such articles as are above men,
toned. The fund appropriated for
the stationery of 325 members Of the
House Of Representatives is good
sized one, amounting in the aggre-
gate to S40,625 per annum.-Wash-
ington Corr.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-01-07

This little story has sting in it
for a good many public speakers: A
young minister Unexpectedly called
on to address q Sunday school,
asked to gain time, Children, what
shall / speak about?" A little girl
on the front seat, who had herself
committed to memory several decla-
nations. held up her hand. and in a
shrill voice inquired. What do you
know"
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THE ONLY GUARANTEE CURE

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by mail for 81 10. For sale by JOHN s. CA
PROM, Main street, Eureka, New. fe-dkW
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-01-07

Isaiah Williamson of Philadelphia,
is the richest bachelor in the United
States. His fortune Of $50, ,OOO, 900
was made in the dry goods trade.
and yields him an annual income of
81 800. .O00.--N, Y. World.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-01-07
Enough IN Is q Feast.

Old Man with emotion) n)-Do you
realize. my dear sir. that you are
asking me for the only daughter that
/ have?
Young Man (calmly)-Yss. sir;
but if you had dozen 1 wouldn't
want but one.-N. Y. Sun,
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-01-07

The man who sets out to study a
woman's disposition can generally
learn q great deal. but the price OF
tuition is apt to be high.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-01-07
wretehed and Miserable Homes.


1t is a constant subject of inquiry
why there are so many deserted
wives in our city; why SO many men
when trouble overtakes them, run
away from their homes, leaving the
burden OF toll and sorrow to fall
upon the wife and mother; why is ID
that so many men get drunk, neglect
their wives, neglect their children,
making their homes wretched and
miserable when those homes should
be as they are intended to be, spots
of earthly paradise? The answer
will be found in the disposition to
separate families. young children be-
ing sent to the west, sick child or a
sick father to the hospital. all result
ing from the overorowded dwellings
of the masses and in the street influ-
ences so destructive to the tender
associations of the home. Persons
so reared are ill-fitted to assume the
responsibilities Of married life, and
when such duties come to them
know little of what is required Of
them. A poor home is better than
no home, and poor nursing at home
is more to be desired for the indi-
vidual and the community than the
most skillful nursing in the hospital.
N. Y. Tribune.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-01-07

M1s PER mONTH FOE ASE.slI As. III.
D(O Local or travelling. fiye es.."-ss1i
ing srtic'tss In the world; csne ernRREIL
d co.. eomerset Mich
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-01-07

Prices " suit the times, the battle cry Of
Berg.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-01-07

The only place in town TO get fresh ina
ported candies Is at Berg's. I
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WORKING CLASSES. 4n.n.

we are now prepared TO furnish an elas.es
Win Win empioymsnt at home. the who e OF the
ume' or for their spare moments. Rnsina.s
new. iKnt and profitable. Persona Of either
and prop'rtionai sum BY devotf og Al ths;,
time 70 the business Boys and ira sayn y.
most ss much - msn. That an who ses ~.
wsy ws send .sna Their & address: and test the business
.Atisnsd we will send one dollar 10 nav n, ~
Trouble OF writing For fun psrtleuisrs an
natnt fIes address. aEoKok drIrsos 20.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
PHYSICIANS.

MINISTERS, voCALIsTS, PUBLIC sPEl e.
1Nl ers and the professions generally, recon-
cines for all diseases Of the THROAT, CHEST
and LUNGS.
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CAR.bs-LAwKsr srYIm
' iass rsesfvsd st tAs ssxy HzI sf,ee.
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nHh nfor WORKING people SEND 10
Ucents postage. and We will mail
you free royal. valuable sam
PIE box Of goods that Will put
yva ~ tne way os masking more money in q
,ew hy Gays than you ever thought possible st any
" oas,ness. h Capital not required. You can live
.ne time. All Of both sexes, Of sil ages.
srsna,y successful. Fifty cents to S5 easily
earned every evening. That all who want
,y WI, my test the business, we make this IN.
i ised We will send 81 70 pay for the trosble OF
wnune as. full Particulars, directions. etc..
ssns y, ,res; Immense pay absolutely sure 10,
81 who ssart at once. Don't delay. Address
srrssos Co.. Portland. Maine.
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Beware of limitations

See that the trade mark SANTA Able Ia ON
very bottle. Satisfaction guaranteed or money
efunded by JOHN Q. CApROA.
Fergus County argus., 1888-10-11
An Intelligent Dog.

POmpey is the classic name OF u very
fine bulldog owned by citizen OF In
dianapOlis. Though an unusually gen
tlemanly and good-natured canine. he
has one bad trait-an unconqlerable
desire for fighting. Not another dog
goes by the house but he challenges.
and il the dare is accepted short and
decisive battle. with the bulldog com
ing out best, is the usual result. Some
times. however, he gets hold of n tar
tar and gets whipped. Some things
told by a local print about POmpey
sound like n stretch of the truth.
1t has been not iced that after a fight
he never waits for congratulations on
Il victory or expression OF sympathy
for a defeat. but goes directly to the
wooished OF his owner, reappearing
few minutes later to hear anything
that is said. This action excited n
great deal OF curiosity among his adj
mirers, and they followed him several
times to ascertain what he did. He
would begin digging in one corner of
the shed. soon unearthng two short
sticks. one OF which had a number OF
notches bitten in it and the OF her only
II few. Taking one OF the sticks Pomp
would bite new notch in 1t and then
rebury both. No one could give IL
plausible explanation. until one day,
having received IA severe drubbing, il
was noticed that the new notch was
added to the stick containing he few
est number. Then the puzzle was
solved. The dog in this rude way was
simply keeping AN account OF his vie
tories an,, defeats. This is not all,
however. \ near neighbor owns dog.
also oi the bull species, and between
him. and the aforementioned dog there
seems to he standing feud with
almost weekly bouts. though neither
seems able tn gain an advantag over
the other. After trying conclusions
with his adversary he would, as usual,
retire to the woodshed, but no entry
was made on either of the victory or
defeat account. In another corner OF
the shed he had hidden another stick
on which he registered separately his
fights with his worthy foeman.
Fergus County argus., 1888-10-11

lie got off ut the ID. 4 NJ. depot the
other day, looked around with some
anxiety, and then asked the police
man:
Anybody going to he hung in town
today"
Nobody. sir"
ANY big fires raging"
NO"
ANY riots arOund?'
Haven't heard of any"
"Any prize-iiehts or horse races"
NO"
no runaways, boiler explosions or
falling from fOurth-stor DRY windOws?"
There's none on the programme. ="
"Might he some stabbing atfrays or
saloon figh, So
"Yes, but ] don't think so.'
"HIumph. Detroit must he n nice
place to live in, Ii that all it amount =
to III sit down here and go back by
the next train"
And. as the policeman solemnly
ailrins. he sat down in the waiting
room for four straight hours and took
a train home without having left the
buil,ling.-DetrOit Free Press.
Fergus County argus., 1888-10-11
Why the Top Of the Wheel Moves Fastest

Notes and Queries: The top is NOV
ing i'm the direction of the wheels mo-
ton OF translation, while the bottom
is moving in oppositiont o this motion.
A practical demonstration can read
lily he attained. Take any wheel, or il
none is convenient. n silver dollar;
mark points at the top and bottom,
say \ and B, and make n mark at the
starting point directly beneath A and
b, upon whatever surface the wheel or
dollar is rolled. Roll the wheel for
ward quarter revolution, which
brings A and B upon the dividing line
between the upper and lower halves o!
the wheel. 1t will he seen then that \
moves upon radius equal to the di-
ameter OF the circle, and by actual
measurement that A has moved a
much greater distance and described a
greater curve than b, and consequently
it must have moved faster. Both
points describe cycloidal curves. Now,
ii another quarter revolution is made,
or a half revolution entire, \ and u
have. of course, changed places. B Is
at the very top OF the wheel, while a
is at the bottom. 1t will be found that
in the latter quarter revolution B has
travelled the greater distance and de
scribed the greater curve. In an III
Simultaneous phot ograph OF carriage
in rapid motion, the spokes ut the
upper part of the wheel are blurred,
while below they show clearly.
Fergus County argus., 1888-10-11

Aeood story is told OF an actor who
recently paid "a visit to Cohoes. lie
had but S3 to reach home and the
thought struck him that if hecould
get some one to bet with him he might
attain the desired amount He en-
tered n saloon kept by an IrisLman.
told him his plight. saying he wanted
to make n bet. "All right" said the
bartender, who had just purchased a
ham. "Tll bet you 81 30 that you
can't carry this ham across the street
and back without laying it down"
The bet was promptly accepted and
the actor seized the ham by the string
walked across the street and back,
and laid the ham on the floor. you've
lost, said the Irishman. 'yOu laid it
down; but here comes friend OF mine
and you can get even" The friend
rea lily bit al the bait. lie seized the
ham, walked across the street and
back. and hung the ham on hook,
thus winning the stakes. 1t is not
known whether the actor has reached
his destination yet.-Albany Journal.
Fergus County argus., 1888-10-11
Done in a Minute.

\ ray OF light travels Il.IOO, ,OOO
miles IN n minute.
In the United States. the telephone
is used 5O5 times, the telegraph 1876
times in "a minute.
In each minute in the United States.
night and day, all the year round,
twent y-fOur barrels of beer have to 90
down IL, ,O96 throats, and $50 bush
els OF grain have come to bin.
OF tobacco. 925 pounds are raised,
and part OF it has been used in max
ing 6.613 cigars, and some of it has
gone up in the smoke of 2,292 cigar
cites. in the United States, in one
minute.
In a minute an express train goes II
mile. and a street car :32 rods; the
fastest trotting horse 147l, rods, and
an average pedestrian OF the genus
homo has got over lG rods.
In u minute we are whirling around
on the outside OF the earth by its
diurnal motion distance OF thirteen
miles; and at the same time go along
with the earth on its journey around
the sun / ,OSO miles.
Every minute, 500 pounds of wool
grow in this country; We have to dig
81 tons OF anthracite coal and 100
tons of bituminous coal, while of pig
iron We turn out twelve tons, and OF
steel rails three tOns.-Ex.
Fergus County argus., 1888-10-11

Husband-Hem, er- My dear, find
my correspondence is becoming so
heavy that | will have to employ a
type writer. You referred yesterday
to the accomplished type writer, Miss
DE Sweet. DO you know her inti-
nately?
Wife-Oh, yes. She has been teach
ing our daughter Clara for six months,
and Clara is nov ready to 60 into
your Office at any time.-PhiIadelphia
Record.
Fergus County argus., 1888-10-11

In the Medical News we find five
ways for curing cold:
/ l. Battle the feet in hot water. and
drink pint OF hot lemonade. Then
sponge with salt water and remain in
II warm room.
=. Bathe the face in very hot water
every five minutes for an hour.
3. stuff up the nostrils hot salt
water every three hours.
I. lnhale amonia or menthol.
). Take four hours of active exer-
else in the open air.
Summer colds are the worst OF all
colds oftentimes, as it is then very
difficult to protect ones self properly.
A drop OF camphOr to "a teaspOonful
OF water taken every few minutes is
good. A ten-grain dose of quinine will
usually break up a cold i'm the begin
ming. Anything that will set the blood
actively in circulation will do it,
whether it he drugs or the use of a
bucSsaw.