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Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1890-02-01

a Railroad Accident Caused by the
Message the Parrot sent by Teie-
nhona-

a Railroad Accident Caused by the
Message the Parrot sent by Teie-
phone.
Out in the far Weston one cold night
in January a horrible accident occurred.
Snow several feet in depth covered the
ground.
The little town Of B was perfectly
quiet, and not one Of its inhabitants
dreamed Of the scene Of disaster that
would soon be witnessed. The small sta-
tion. house was for the time deserted, the
station master gone to the store not far
distant. Poll sat all alone in the cosy
little station. house, ever and anon talking
to herself. "Polly want a cracker; pretty
Poll; pretty POLL" Then, with a wise
shake of her head, she flew to a shelf
that was just above the telephone, rang,
and receiving the answering ring
shouted: "Send down ll3." Then,
flying back to her perch, she was quietly
sitting there when the master returned.
There was no telegraph in that part OF
the country, and Poll had often watched
her master talk through the telephone
to the station master at jerome, a small
town not many miles distant. In about
half an hour the passenger train was
due. When it was nearly time for the
train to com the station master thought
that he heard the noise OF a train IN
each direction, bat concluding that he
was mistaken he did not trouble himself
TO look out. In q few minutes the pas
senger train passed up, but it did not
stop, and in another moment a fearful
crash was heard, a piercing shrek rang
out upon the night air, and the piteous
grons we're heard. Snstching up a Ian
tern, the station master hurried out. A
fearful scene was before him. The freight
train attached TO engine lib had come
into collision with the passenger train.
Fifteen passengers and both engineers
we're killed, and five passengers were in
iured seriously. In a short time the
whole town was astir. The injured were
cared for and an engine arrived and
pushed the broken cars on a side track,
much excitement prevailed throughout
the town. The people wondered who it
was who had telephoned to the station
master at Jerome. They did not solve
the mystery for many a long day, and
both station masters nearly lost their
situations, but as nothing could be
proved against them they were allowed
to remain. One evening in June, as the
station master at B sat doing in his
chair he was aroused by hearing the tele.
phone ring. Looking up he saw Poll
sitting on the shelf above the telephone,
and heard her call out in her shrill voice,
"Send down 49,"
At last the mystery had been solved
Philadelphia Times.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1890-02-01

THE ALASKA A

Mr.. Window that, on the
expiration of the lease Of Alaska to the
Alaska Commercial Company in July
next, he will offer the lease to public
competition. This is as il should be.
In awarding q new lease the Treasury
Department will be governed by the
duty of the nation to a territory more
than twice as large as the territory of
the original thirteen States. When the
lease Of 1870 was granted, it was urged,
on behalf Of the proposed %lessees, that
their offer would secure to the Govern
ment a round rate of interest on Mr..
Stewards investment. That is not the
way to look at ii. The United States
are not in the land business. They did
not buy Alaska to make money out of it..
They do not seek to make money out Of
it now. Alaska was bought to round of
the national territory on the Pacific, so
that when. in due time. British Colum-
bia comes under the flag. there will be
nothing but American territory between
Mexico and the Pole. To carry out that
intention, it would be better to spend
money on Alaska, SO as to stimulate its
settlements and develop its resources,
than endeavor to make it q source of
profit.
II is in strict line with this policy that
the Government has checked indiscrim.
mate seal hunting, lest the fur-sesl
should be exterminated. II will un
doubleday continue to do so. But how
the subject is to be accomplished is not
so clear. 1t has been very difficult to
ascertain the facts about the dangers of
free fishing; those who know most have
been careful to tell least. On the one
hand, the Senate Committee has heard
witnesses who have declared that the
unauthorized ~sealers effected no appre-
ciable diminution in the number of
seals; on the other, agents Of the Alaska
Commercial Company have testified that
they were exterminating the breed.
The truth, perhaps, lies midway be-
tween these assertions. It is probably
impossible to kill seals in large numbers
without access to the ~rookeries, but if
Behring Sea was filled with sealers it
would probably be hard to protect the
rookeries against marauders.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1890-02-01
ALI, SORTS OF ITEMS.

In Germany the public schools are all
taught by men.
One OF the new Partisan follies, fresh
from the exposition, is silk socks dyed IN
the colors Of the French flag.
Chicago now has sixty.eight Aldermen.
What in thunder does che want OF 9
worlds fair with 9 menagerie like THAR
The will Of the late Sunset" Cox con-
tanned barely more than 200 words He
left his small estate to his widow.
In Massachusetts, q blacklist containing
The names Of legislators who voted against
labor bills, is being circulated among the
unions.
Mrs. Charles Kimla, OF Trenton. Wis,
recently presented her husband with three
! fine girl babies, their combined weight be-
ing twenty-one pounds.
The wine list on the bills Of fare used in
dining cars on railroads crossing lows
hss this notice at the bottom: mo liquors
sold in the State Of Iowa"
Lives Of great men all remind us,
We could make our lives ss grand,
II into the public grab-bsg
We likewise could get our hand.
st. Louis Mammal see that Chicago
has annexed most Of the State OF Illinois.
st. Louis Daughter-Yes, the ground was
needed to give the girls standing room.
EARLY to bed and early to rise,
Mind your own business and tell no lies,
Don't get drunk and spoil your eyes,
Pay your debts and advertise"
Never before" says the Paris CORES
pendent Of the London Telegraph, has
work been SO abundant and SO we'll remun-
Grated in the city as during the exhibition
season."
The grave OF q woman buried in Cohoes,
n. Y, eighteen years ago. was opened re-
Gently and the body found petrifed. The
features looked as natural as II the woman
had just died.
Ellen Terry has just shocked all England
by observing that if girls like a cigarette
and it does not harm them there is no rea.
son why they should not enjoy their
quiet little puff"
Lady entering editors sanctum) i
should like to find out, sir, something
about the condition OF the poor in this
town. Editor Well, ms'am, at present
we are well supplied with potatoes and
cordwood, but a new pair Of trousers or a
spring overcost would be quite accepts-
ble.
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shall Meet No More.

A German long resident in London,
who left home at 20 years of age, there
by evading service in the army, has
sent to the English press a communica.
tion received from the authorities in
Fatherland in answer to an application to
be permitted to visit his father before he
died. "Come by all means" was in eff
feet the austere r~eioinder; but you
will have to pay a fine of GIG los, un.
dergo six weeks drilling and spend six
months in a fortress" This was a little
too much for the correspondents flial
instinct. at would have been q great
joy to me to have seen my father" he
says. "but under these circumstances
we shall meet no more"
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1890-02-01
TNCossIsTENT PREACHERS.

The preachers Of Minneapolis have
entered into a written contract to wage
war against what they call sabbath
breaking" and selected the third sun
day in this month as the day upon which
the battle will begin. with a great Hour
ish Of trumpets. The main objects oil
attack are work Of all kinds on Sunday
the Sunday theaters and the Sunday
newspapers. The clause Of the contract
in regard TO the latter reads as follows;
1--WE pledge ourselves to withhold all
patronage from the Sunday newspapers
both in the matter Of subscription and
advertising, and to persuade our people
in so far as possible, to take the same
position. W. do this believing that the
Sunday newspaper is the head and front
of all offending" The shallowness, in.
sincerity, hypocrisy and inconsistency oil
the holy demsgogues is made apparent
by the plan adopted for the opening
night Of the campaign. II is borrowed
from the practice Of actors appearing at
different theaters upon the same night.
Each of the evangelists will be given oneof
the topics to discuss, and upon it he Will
prepare a short but redhot sensational
address. The churches have been d.
vided off aud when the preacher has
i
spoken his piece in his W church he
will hop into a hack and be rapidly
driven to the next church, and so on I'M
til the evening has been consumed. In
this manner the congregation in each
church will hear all the subjects talked
of. There can be no objection to the
preachers enjoying themselves in this
way even though they foolishly assail
the Sunday press as "the head and front
OF all offending" But where, then, does
consistency come in? II Sunday work
is sinful what right have they to send
the cab drivers to hell in order that they
may make a sensation. Is such a prac-
tice in accord with their precepts! Ger
tainly not. Yet it is in perfect accord
with the s~el6shness that chsracterizes
the modern pulpit. With its ministers
religion is simply a matter Of business.
They preach where they can get the
highest wages, and a few dollars advance
will often cause them to change their
alleged creed. In the abstract they
have great concern for the poor and
lowly sinners, but they do not go into
the highway and howell to gather them
into the fold. Their preference is a
warm church and we'll dressed congrega-
tion, as hYpocritical as themselves, and
where their creature comforts are in
volved they have no objection to Sab.
bath labor. They must have warm
v~ictuals on that day no matter who pre-
pares them. They will not walk if con-
veyance can be had, no matter how hard
the cabman, the cardriver, the engineer
or the conductor has TO work. What.
ever they desire is a necessity; what
other people enjoy is a sin. In fact, the
Minneapolis preacher and very many Of
his brethren all over the land are first.
class frauds.
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rur unRLn v

The statement Of the Baltimore sum-
that the Roman Catholic Church has re-
moved the ban against all secret socie-
ties, except the Masonic, and is likely
to sanction even that in a few months,
is probably true. The change IN the
attitude Of the church is due to the
strong hold that fra~ternalism, 80 to call
it, has gained upon American young men
and women. They know that these Sc
cres societies are animated with the best
OF motives for mutual assistance. char
ity and innocent social enjoyment; and,
as for the secrecy Of them, it is not so
profound as that Of the ordinary family
circle in regard to the rest Of the world.
knowing this, the members OF secret o
cieties have not received with the re.
spect they might have manifested, the
churches prohibitory DEGREES. Young
America is religious to a certain point,
but where church rules are evidently
based on a misconception Of facts, and
are contrary to nineteenth century com
non sense, young America is not i'm
pressed. Hence it has appeared to the
churches better TO sanction than to pro-
hibit what prohibition would fail to sup
press, and better to keep young men and
women within the fold at a little saerl-
fee of sacerdotsl dignity and prestige
than to conserve every atom OF dignity
and prestige and drive the young men
and women away.
Bat, of course, any church that makes
concessions takes risks. The OLD and
faithful members who have "borne the
beat and burden Of the day cannot but
think to themselves, when they see con-
c~essions made to new corners, that much
Of their own self.denial has been in vain.
They have, for example, foregone friend
ships, forfeited many a social pleasure,
done themselves damage in business, IN
order to comply with the rules OF the
church, and now they find the church
saving, after all these years, that the
rules are not binding upon anybody
This being the case, how is anybody to
know that the rules Of to-day are any
more binding than those Of y%ester.
day were, and will not be relaxed to
morrow A similar but more marked
case is that of the Presbyterian revision
of the Confession Of Faith. How is
anybody to know that when the desired
reyisions shall have been made, the Con.
fession will be exactly right? Will there
not be further revisions by and by ?
Fifty years ago, in Scotland-perhaps
here also-a person who should have
questioned any word in the Confession
Of Faith would have been driven out Of
the church and out Of society. Ten
years hence it may be found that those
who bound themselves down to even the
revised confession Of to-day took a great
deal Of unnecessary trouble,
The world moves, and even the
churches, heaviest of all the movable
bodies, move with it.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1890-02-01

DROPPED A FORTUNE.
One HUNDRED Thousand Dollar
Lost at Poker.

Lost ut Poker.
"The two swell gamblers of New
York, who always created a Juror among
the sports of the metropolis whenever
they came, were Pittibone and Cleveland,
the latter, l think, a Philadelphia, at
least well known there, while Pittibone
was a Tennesseean. l saw Ransom lose
$50, 600 with Pierre Lorillard at a faro
duel in one night at SIS Broadway.
"But the biggest game | ever saw be-
tween two determined men was at S
Barclay street, now run by John DAILY
and his nephew, O'Conner. Pettibone and
Cleveland had been partners in a gamb-
lers' game in 1857 in Philadelphia, and
they quit the game as enemies. They
met by chance at s Barclay street. III
settle with you,' said Pettibone to Cleve-
land, who was a tall, raw.boned, elegant
specimen of physical pulchritude, iii
a game for 500, 600 at a single sitting.
Come said Cleveland. The greer
baize was cleared, and the tiger had
no combatants in sight but the two mid.
die aged gamblers. At it they went.
"Pettibone was a heavy loser in thu
first five deals and began to grow whit,
about the 'gills.' The next deal Petit
bone was loser to the tune of $50, 900
for there was no limit. The seventh
deal the nervy Tennesseean made a call
for $1,000. He won; he picked up $685.
900, and by midnight he had every dol
lar of Cleveland's money philadelphia
Times.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1890-02-01

A large part of DR.. Jenkins custom
was from colored people. who would
come from ten miles around to get some
of his famous tonics. A marked pecu-
liarity of the plantation negro is that he
is apt to take offense at any remark
couched in words he does not under
stand. If anything is said beyond the
scope of his narrow vocabulary it must
necessarily be wrong and offensive. DR..
Jenkins was standing in the doorway one
day when an old oolored woman came
along with q basket Of tomatoes.
"Want some tomatuses, Dawk Jen.
kins?
81 don't know, auntie. I'd like a
few, but | haven't any change with me.
II you want to leave me q dozen or SO
I'll compound you a cocktail"
The old set her basket down
with a thump. thrust her arms akimbo,
Strengthened her back and glared indig.
nantly at the benevolent old gentleman.
"Dawk Jenkins, eff you want fer trus',
I'll trus, but | doan want no BLACKBOARD
tawk fun a oil man lax you s."-Wash.
inpton Post.
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A Faithful Newfoundland.

About three weeks ago John r. Brad
shaw of Markleyville, in the Sierras, was
killed by a falling tree and was buried
on his ranch. His faithful Newfound.
land dog watched all that transpired
from the time his master was killed IN
til placed in the grave. Since the flu
neral he has dug down to the coffin three
times, n C breaking his chain to 90 to
the grave. The coffin was finally taken
out Of the grave and opened. The dog
seemed then to understand that his mas.
ter was indeed dead. He ran bowling
to the woods and has since refused food,
but no longer digs at the grave.
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Gave His Reas0u,

A good story is told Of Governor Tom
Bennett, who presided over the des-
TIMES of Idaho more than a decade ago.
1t seems that a member Of the Legisla-
ture who had been annoyed by his
neighbours hog, introduced a bill com
polling the owner of the prescribed ami.
NAL to keep him within the limits of a
pen. The bill passed and went up to
Governor Tom for his approval. To the
surprise Of the members and the chagrin
Of its sponsor, it was returned with his
veto. When asked for a reason be ex.
claimed: 81 don't believe in the bill in
the first place, and if l did l wouldn't
sign a bill that spelled hog with a big H,
and governor with a little e."
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Thousands Of Dollars

Are spent every year by the people Of
this State for worthless medicines for
the cure of throat and lung diseases,
when we know that if they would only
invest 81 in Santa Able, the new Califor.
mia discovery for consumption and
kindred complaints. they would in this
pleasant remedy find relief. 1t is recon.
mended by ministers, physicians and pub
lie speakers of the Golden State. Sold
and guaranteed by John S. Capron. Main
street, Eureka, at 81 a bottle. Three
for 81 so.
The most stubborn case of catarrh will
speedily succumb to California Cat.r.
Cure. Six months treatment for 81.
BY mail 81 10.
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Seventeen Thousand Per Cent
Profit.

A circumstance of interest recently
transpired in Judge Murphy's court,
says the San Francisco Bulletin, as
showing the immense increase in
value OF real estate in some sections of
the city. j. w. Whiting, the WELL
known insurance man, was seated in
the jury box undergoing examination
as to his qualifications TO sit in a GER
tam case, when a man entered the
courtroom and handed him a check
for $l02 900 the proceeds of the sale Of
a lot Of land with cheap improvements
thereon, on O'Farrell street, near
Market. Mr.. Whiting stated that
some thirty years ago he purchased
this land for $500. This is a profit Of
1900 per cent, to say nothing of the
revenue derived from the property
meantime,
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1890-02-01
MS Boyish Appearance.

The Gazette of Exeter, N. H., relates
that q young clergyman Of very boyish
appearance was engaged 10 supply the
vacant pulpit Of . church In . neighbor.
ing town. He was so small that he was
concealed from view by the reading
desk, and an old lady who sat close by
was concerned to see the boy in the
place of the expected clergyman. So
she arose very softly. stepped on tiptoe
to the pupit stairs. and. reckoning with
her f~ore6nger, whispered loudly in coax.
ing accents: "Come down, my bow;
you mustn't sit there. That's the place
for the minister"
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1890-02-01
Neatly Taken LIN.

Several hundred Bostonians were re.
Gently cleverly deceived by a little de-
vice called "the five cent detective cam.
era" sold on the streets. In a folded
piece of paper is cut a hole, which is
covered by a slide Of black paper. Above
is the inscription, look in the camera
lntently for ten seconds, and then quick
ly withdraw the slide, when you will see
a picture Of yourself. No chemicals are
required" 1t was somewhat amusing
to see the purchaser take his camera
hasten to some doorway, gaze into the
instrument, pull the slide and then
throw the thing away in disgust as he
suddenly beheld the likeness, presuma.
bly, his own, Of a donkey.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1890-02-01

A OF WHEAT.
Professor BIount Says Every
Pound of seed should Produce n
RusheI.

fEDhtbSOF nlpuht Suy sNEy
Pound OF seed should Produce n
BusheI.
The yield of a single grain Of wheat,
says Professor A. Z. Blount, in the
American Agriculturist, is never less
than forty-fold under favorable condi-
tions, and when sown thin it should be
much greater. Every pound of wheat
should produce a bushel in all sections
were wheat is successfully raised. In
rainy sections the portion of starch in.
creases three or four per cent, while the
gluten decreases in a similar proportion,
compared with dry regions like Colorado.
The three superficial coverings of wheat
constitute the bran, while the next three
layers are composed Of gluten, the most
valuable part of the grain. 1t compri-
ses 10 to l6k per cent Of grain, and the
more gluten there is in the wheat, the
better the quality. The middle of the
wheat grain is mostly starch, comprising
about 6S per cent Of its bulk. The
starch grains are built up into columns
of irregular cells, each one Of which is
enveloped in q coating of woody fiber
that materially interferes in the milling.
The dark germ and the brush on the end
are secured off in milling, because they
make the -four dark. colored. 1t will thus
be seen that the wheat grain is more com
plicated than any other cereal, so that
the most intelligent management is abso-
lutely necessary to secure the greatest
| possible yield of the best quality.
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Postoaiee variety sfore.

Just arrived, at the Postofiee
Variety Store, a full assortment Of
French garden and flower seeds. The
choicest OF bird seed, feather busters,
tissue paper busters, wood tooth picks.
ladies work baskets, picture frames,
fine stationery, cutlery, meerschaum
goods, pipes, tobacco, imported and
domestic cigars, cigarettes and all the
novelties OF the eason always in
stock -
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1890-02-01

Autograph letters of George Eliot are
said to be very rare. She usually only
addressed near and dear friends, conse-
quently the gentry who make a trade Of
beguiling polite notes from authors and
selling them have not found her a pay
ing subject. Sometimes in her early
days she signed her letters George
Eliot" but this was not her custom.
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New q

| wish to inform the public of Eu.
reka that | have opened a first-class
photograph gallery in the rooms Tor
merly occupied by l.. Monaco. Call
early and secure good pictures, as
shall remain a short time only.
+. L. SMITH, Photographer.
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w.. II. SfOMeII.

Druggist and assayer. No. 8 Main
street, Eureka, Nevada. D
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1890-02-01

Johnny Lambert is getting a lot Of
strictly pure lard.
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Floor Managers:

Admission to the Gallery %
Seats reserved st the same price.
Masks removed promptly at II O'Clock and
spectators admitted to the floor.
No improper characters admitted.
Gentlemanly ushers will be in attendance t.
seat all spectators who may attend.
Grand March to commence at Q o'clock P. N
sharp.
Music will be furnished by