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Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1890-12-20
MISCELLANEOUS.
No. 900.
Application for a Patent.
U. S. LAND OFFICE, EUREKA, New,
0ctohar 1SQn

U. s. LAND OFFICE, EUREKA, New.
October 8, 1890.
Notice is hereby given that B. Berg,
Dan Davies and Frank j. Brossemer, whose
Postoffice address is Eureka. Nevada, have
this day flied their application for pat
ent for fifteen hundred linear feet of the
South Wales No / mine or vein bearing
gold and silver, with surface ground 400
feet in width, situated in Eureka Mining
District, county of Eureka, and State of
Nevada, and designated by the field notes
and official plat on file in this Office as lot
number 3l4, unsurved, the exterior boun-
daries of said lot number 314 being as
follows, to wit:
Beginning at the northeast corner post,
the original monument and marked post
number /, y s s number S14, whence the
main shaft bears north rs deg w. 600 feet,
and the southwest corner post number 8,
U S s number SS Stella claim bears north
AZ deg E, 374 feet; thence running lat
course s % deg w, 400 feet to the south
east corner, the original monument, a
post marked number 2, u s 8 number 314;
thence running I'd course north 65 deg w,
!, 800 feet, to the southwest corner, the
original monument, post marked number
3, u s S number 314; thence running Sd
course north rs deg f, 400 feet, to the
northwest corner, the original monument,
4 post marked number 4, U s s number
IA, whence mineral monument number 2
bears n deg K, 69S feet; thence running
tn course s IS deg 4, 1900 feet, to the
place of beginning, containing 1877 acres.
The courses are expressed FROM the true
meridian. with magnetic variation OF
16 1-2 deg east.
Any and all persons claiming adversely
any portion of said South Wales number
mine or surface ground are required to
| file their adverse claims with the Register
of the United States land Office at Eureka,
| in the State of Nevada, during the sixty
days period of publication hereof, or they
will be barred by virtue Of the provisions
| Of the Statute.
J. p. DUNKLE, Register.
| 1t is hereby ordered that the foregoing
notice of application for patent be pub
lished for the period of sixty days no con
secutive weeks) in the Eureka SENTINEL
a weekly newspaper published at Eureka
Nevada. ]. P. DUNKLE, Register.
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Kafenhx Coxates.

The Eureka tUtah) Chief of last
week reports ghastly find near that
place, which proved to be the remains
Of Cornelius Harrington, who disap-
peared from camp about six weeks
ago. The remains were in terrible
state, the coyotes having eaten all the
flesh and nothing but skeleton re-
naming. About POO feet from where
he lay his suspenders we're found tied
to a sagebrush, and near by his open
knife with bloody blade. A Coro-
ners jury returned verdict that he
committed suicide while temporarily
insane.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1890-12-20
signs of Decay.

"Our next issue will be our last, "
writes Georgia editor. We are salts
fed that the people of this town can
get along without us, for we have been
getting along without the people for
six months past. There are some sub
scriptions owing, but We will not col
lect them, as the citizens will soon
need the money to defray the funeral
expenses OF the town."
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1890-12-20

The American Minging Company
of Helena, Montana, have bought out
A. Kleinschmidt's interest in the
Seven Devils copper mines for 81 ,60O,-
900 and capitalized the company at
S. 100000. Contracts are now being
let for hauling to Weiser, ore for ship
ment to Belleville Smelling Company.
Next season railroad will be built
and the greatest mining camp in
America, il not in the whole world,
will be started.-Ex.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1890-12-20

Lewis and Richards, the recent es-
capes from the State Prison, who were
recaptured, have been doing penance
in the dungeon OF the institution for q
month, and will be kept in solitary
confinement till the flowers bloom in
the Spring.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1890-12-20
NOTICE..
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE, !
EUpEKA Nav De IG IaQO

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICER
EUREKA, New, DC 16. 1890 I
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
N following named settler has hled NOTES
Of his intention to make final proof in support
of his claim. and that said proof will be n ade
before the Register and Receiver. U. b. Land
Once, at Eureka, Nevada. on Saturday, Dec.
20, $780, viz: Robert Hagar. II. Z. No. 23l. for
lots /, 2. 4. 5 and 9. section 81, I. 27 N, R. IS
E.. NJ. d. NJ.
he names the following witnesses TO prove
his continuous residence upon. and cultivation
of, said land. viz:
Henry Uagar OF Eureka. Nevada; Walter S.
Long Of Eureka, Nevada; Luther Clarke OF
Eureka, Nevads; Joseph rognini Of Ruby Val.
ley. Nevada. ]. p. DUNKLE, Register.
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Ogden. Fine Hatel.

Ogden is reported to be completing
the finest hotel between San Francisco
and Denver and also an Opera House
which has few superiors. Ogden
claims to have the promise of another
trunk railroad line connecting it with
the Great Lakes.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1890-12-20
Change of Business,

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT
IN Charley Jim has purchased all Of the In
terest of All Sam in the Eureka Restaurant,
two doors south Of Paroni's butcher shop,
Main street, on the 10th day Of August, 1890.
and will hereafter conduct the business In his
own name. He will not be responsible for any
debts contracted by All Sam.
Meals will be served In good style and Of ex-
celient quality for rs cents. Business strictly
cash.
su2S-Im CHARLEY jim
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Assessment Notice.
Ruby Hill Tunnel and Mining Com.
pany.

r ooATIoN OF PRINCIPAL PLACE OF
Il hnsinasn- -ED-Aha. Enraha senssys Ne
vada.
Location of works, Eureka Mining District,
Eureka county. State Of Nevada.
Notice is hereby given that at meeting OF
the Board of Directors, held on the 9th day OF
October, 1890, an assessment mo. 20l OF One
cent per share was levied upon the capital stock
Of the corporation, payable Immediately In
United States gold coin, to the Secretary at
the o.ice Of the company, in Rylsnd's Building,
at Eureka, Nevada
Any stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid on
Monday, she 10Th Day OF N0vem.
bers 1890.
will be delinquent. and advertised for sale at
public auction; and unless payment is made
before. will be sold on WEDNESDAY the 10th
day of December. 1890, to pay the delinquent
assessment, together with the costs Of adver.
tising and expenses Of sale.
BY order Of the Board Of Directors.
b. F. MoEWEN, Secretary.
0fnce-Ryland's Building. Eureka. Nevada,
Oct. 9, 1890. ol1-td
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1890-12-20

Berg has tons Of the celebrated Duck
water apples. Get your Winters sup
ply. :
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1890-12-20

10000. 90 year Is being made BY John
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Reader, you may not make as mueh. but
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Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1890-12-20

1t is hereby ordered that the foregoing
notice of application for patent be pub
lished for the period of sixty days, (ten
consecutive weeks), in the Eureka SENTI-
MEL, weekly newspaper published at Eu-
reka, Nevada. d. H. HALL, Register.
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WANT ED

LIVE, ENERGETIC AGENT TO TAKE
n orders for our make OF knit shirts, oardi-
1an Jackets. underwear, socks and hosiery at
once. LUKE'S KNITTING FACTORY,
sI3.1m Ogden. Utah.
Telegram-herald., 1890-04-18
FACTS ABOUT FLAGS.
THE black f,ar is a sign Of piracy.

To "srRIKE the flag" is to lower the
National colors in token of submission.
THE yellow flag shows vessel TO be in
quarantine or is the sign of a contagious
disease.
DIPPING the flag is lowering 1t slightly
and then hosting II again to salute a
vessel or fort.
A alag OF truce" is white flag, dis
played 10 an enemy TO indicate a desire
for a parley or consultation.
A FLAG AZ half-mast means mourning.
Fishing and other vessels return with a
flag at half-mast TO announce the loss or
death Of some OF them.
FLAGS are used as the symbol Of rank
and command, the officers using them
being REALIZED flag officers. Such flags are
square, to distinguish them from other
banners.
IL the President of the United States
goes anoat the American flag is carried
in tho bows OF his barge or hoisted at
The main Of the vessel on board OF which
ne is.
THE red flag is sign Of defiance and
ia often used by revolutionists. In our
service II is a mark OF danger and shows
a vessel TO be receiving or discharging
her powder.
THE white flag is sign of peace.
Aiter battle parties FROM both sides
,ften 60 out 70 tho field 20 rescue the
wounded or bury tho dead under the pro-
action of a white far.
Telegram-herald., 1890-04-18
The LAKE OF DEATH.
A Mysterious sheet Of Water Which No
Living Thing Can Survive.

Devils Lake." in Calhoun County,
Ala, seventy miles east of Birmingham,
Is one OF tho most remarkable natural
curiosities to be found in America.
The lake is oval in shape and covers
about four acres OF ground. No vege-
tation OF any kind grows en- its banks
and nothing lives in its waters Even
snakes and terrspins shun the waters OF
DEVILS Lake. and fish placed in IL die
IN few hours. The water is clear lime
stone. with a peculiar taste. which
makes II unpalatable to man or beast.
Horses and COWS will not drink It, no
matter how thirsty they may be.
Deep down below tho surface OF the
lsko may BE- seen what appears to be the
oharred and blackencd trunks Of large
treos. They stand upright in the water,
but have neither root nor branch and
never rise to ths surface nor sink 10 tho
bottom. The lake has no outlet and
tho volume OF water in IL is the same
al tho time.
A strange fatality attaches 20 this
lake. Once IL was tho favorite resort of
tho boys Of the neighborhood for bath
ing and swimming, but now they nevor
60 near It. Fifteen boys have been
drowned in its waters in twice as many
years. A few Of tho bodies wero reoov-
cred. but those who were drowned any
distance from the banks sunk 70 tho
bottom and were never brought 70 the
surface
The depth ~ the lake has never heen
asccrtained. soundings 20 $ depth %
seven hundred foet found 10 bottom.
and the people in the vicinity say tie
lake has none. The Indian legend of
the origin o, The laxe is that before The
white nan cane q this country two
tribes became involved IN a var. AID
st,er = number of bloody battles the
smaller tribe Vas alr7ost eTteru1iuate5
Then To old men ard chiefs e the
weak tribe suei ior pssce snd arranged
foT council While ne pip< rss being
Psssed sroar3 = sigma vas given and
- chiefs - ths strong trihe suddenly
sprsns NJ rith 6ra-n torrahsTks az
murdered avsrT ore ef ~ chiefs - tbs
srsiler tribe-
The7 the "a vss renewed al -sr-
r1e5 O. until 10 weak trioe Tss sTser-
minated few moons after ~ rass-
sscre - sc chiefs s-e h-oss cut IN
the pine f5-est where the rsssacrs ~
CURED The sre hsrned y as sp.ot -
eaSht Mons a13 tse F-oani s1nk 1owr
eat - sisat; tse 80 sissppes--a- ~ IN
10 steso sr5~s->S a axe IT, nd isrs
rsvs - lsxs . aaz. = zesrs lsxs
81 Se2ka
Telegram-herald., 1890-04-18
ADMIRABLE ADVICE.


CULTIVATE a gentle. even temper.
The man who flies into a passion upon
every provocation. ia like a wasp, sense
less and exceedingly annoying.
IL contemplating your uisfortunes
always look beneath yon: in thinking o'
your virtue. and wisdom slTsTs look
above you; thus shall you be kept from
despair and from pride.
1F you want success. do not expect 70
get It by chance. but seek IL through
tho open doors of the things that lie
next you. and seek il as II your soul de-
pended upon your finding g.
WHITTIER young or old. think II
neither too soon nor TOO late 70 turn
over tho leaves ~ Jour past life and
consider What you would Do IL what ron
have done we're 70 be dons again.
THr knowledge vhich re have ~
euired ought not ~ resemble q great
shop without order s1d without sn in-
rentory. we ought 20 know What ~
possess sua - able n make it serve us
n ne.a
ALwAYs make fhe other fellow fesl. =
possible that he is having his ozn vz~.
The secret - the suooess % Frost lesa-
srs - Hen IL that vhils they lead tbsY
cssse their hencbmsn - think thss
they a. lss1lnz
BIZ polite % Your children D Tou
sxpe-t the- - hs raindfel of rosr We
fara7 To FroW gla5 a. vour arvrosrf =
To board s~aT r Go Tour pleasure BE-
fore rear request IL half spoken Ther
v1th a. yoar dignity ans Authority
EirFls polteness GIVE it ulchs ir
Toar hoase5ola terples orIv thsn
~ To7 have tss true se-r-f of sf-,5 irF
out irro - -orls really fnisbs5 zen
tszssz 49, ssiss
Telegram-herald., 1890-04-18

hf shortest Nuc fn Detroit and frrf f.f
Fsuf Bzrl0f cars between Detroit and Grand
RAPIDS. Trains issf nE Detroit o. m anf
Gisnd Hsuics Bl ~ ron dsiY 0rbfr fratur
daily yercspf SUNDAY
A. AAtsQrGs7. Ticket Agent 90 Go "
Muvaok uion Ticf rf Agent y Monroe .ff.
$50. ssrrs. GEM a. O. fiferf kap.ds N
A. CssFFNrRr IrsfIc Manage Irss d.
HTsLt. General hahsVfr
Telegram-herald., 1890-04-18
DETROIT. c. Il. AND MILwAUKEE

.ttaN.f l'tAtN'if H'f ~ I.t'a A.f'
Detroit "a press auc Evening 20 1prcs9 have
parior car attached. ana make direct ronuff.
uon iu Detroit Tor al points last
E1prest leaving - N.us B. nm haf nfner
sleeping caf 10 Detroit. arriving iH Detroit
al .tiaw
Morning Express ano Creme Rapids Express
have paflur car attached.
ThrouEh railrqaf Tickets and ocean steam
ship tickets AID sleeping csf hgfflf secured ut
D.. g.. n. d NJ. oflrc. - Monroe e. AND af the
depot.
JAS. CAMPBELL. Cify Pass Agent
JNO. ~. BOl y. Traffic Manager. DrtroIt.
Telegram-herald., 1890-04-18
Warning ss Husbands who Msy ne
married. to Muscular Womrn

A curious story IL told a. shc capitol
a. the expense Of a NON Dor OF Congress
who. while OF no small caliber intel
lectuallY. has not boen blessed With an
abundance Of avoirdupoi. SAYS the
Washington correspondent OF the New
York Tribune lie has wife who 4,
much taller than he Is and who is also
weli-known % her children a. strict
disoiplinarian. One evening. a. tho
story goes. she heard a noise In tho
nursery after bedtime. She promptly
seized her slipper snd started for the
scene q the uprosr. Just "a she resc he'd
the door The children ertinzuished the
light Stretching out her hand she
captured one % the boTs and 70 luds.
from the outcries he made the spanking
vas thoroughly Effective But the
mother vas somewhat surpri sol a. The
conduct of tao second sufferer Tnsteai
q sobbinT. be yelled protestatioas in
= strong voice sni a last swor~ roundlv
TIE mother. sssoaishsd. Jumped ID.
and, Letting hin fsll from her ksee q
The foor exclaimed. teoderly.
Is that you. hubby
Overwhelmed ~1th oonfusseu. a. Al
uniss>d shss Il was hsr huhhT~ she h,S
been spsukiHg Aft-r theT has rstired
smid ~ ruf'ed laughter q he chil-
trrn- rhe rer- tying = restrain - ~
stafsnG pillows inso their uaouth, sx-
pisnsficns followed. He 80 haS heard
the aoise ard Nth ~ sane sSs~cs n
view /. his wife. hs6 S-ae - tee
nurservs ~hers hs had b.en -asrAs 81
as sSc.se-
he->afssr - ro-- skss - VT sIicrr
sss wits - tlsciPa5e "a sa-1res zs-
aiie1
Telegram-herald., 1890-04-18
osrr,s ALONG.

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a. I1ost tae Trees n Baintea rs1,
fhs jsy s.rd stsSSe1 ais l;tgls rae
az sxiEsee al - as cea tlcs sz4t,
rhs ssy's heel z=z srs2psd iowa -
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a uliakia' ef ne passsa yesrss
Go -hsz tas -fEd blows ssfn al ool1
A f.slSr fssls 49, ssssts osd
hes sort . rsisy r0sId the syss-
fAs time. I mean, shsn ss-S saves fissi
K c. rspisy IA Judge.
Telegram-herald., 1890-04-18

From kanlsiee. Ludit .en. b8ldWlnf 4 ~ 81
DAILY fnaily cAer q sunday. tDally al
cert saturday fbsilS except Monday
lkrsUGh pArlor coac to Chicago ou J Is D.
NJ tfslL-ns eNtFs che lt los seals
The 81 o. ~. train consisting ~ CAY coach
- ano smoker runs taruuE a. tticagu solid
through combination sleeping Hnd chair
cAfs % hAe IRON Indianapolis ul Night lt.
press trains
Through siecpcrs H. ane from Chicago "a
uight Ieprc6s trains
lHAs, ~ hEALD G~nG Manager
". A, tAhPsAIEh Trafrc Manager
NilIlas A. 1sNErT. hss { eeu Pass AGENT
Telegram-herald., 1890-04-18
DULUTH, SOUTH SHORE { ATLANTIC
RAIL WAY
ELEGANT wtGNtR BUFftT SlEtprRS.

The Duluth, South Shore 4 Atlantic Ry lf ths
Short Llne from Lowe Michigan 70 Mar
que'ts. houFhton. Negs0nes, ST. Ps1., Mn
neapels. DBlUfh, Por land. seattle. lscorrs.
sn5 the Great Northwest
Ter Nsps loves Rates. efr. rsn or dearest
Ickft gent or address
rAK UItEINr. gseFser Ni~t
EierIrf Ffss gent
VI TITCU 3 HfFEhFn.
GeB Nsnarrr PAT A.
Msralefre WfrhiRsu.
Telegram-herald., 1890-04-18

tDslik. al Others csuy except huudEy.
Taxing edrei sunday suiy - lss.
sleeping chrs on Pacific aNd Atlantic iT
presses 10 And from Detroit farof cars rln
OF Day kNprcss and Grand Rapids "a pres fa
aud from Detroit. Direct connections lnE e.
az Detroit with 81 through trains East Ert.
cts on SAFE - niou Tlckei once & Monroe
ST.. and 81 Union depot
TEEp III. kUQGs Cent hC'f =. Monroe
%. N. hUceIrs. q. = and J Agt. Chicago
Telegram-herald., 1890-04-18

CULTIVATE a gentle. even temper.
The man who flies into passion upon
every provocation. ia like a wasp, sense
less and exceedingly annoying.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-02-27
GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 1878.
Commissioners Notice.

The subscribers, having been appointed bv
the Honorable Probate Court for the District
OF CALEDONIA, commissioner to receive. ex-
anime, and adjust all claims and demands of
all persons against the estate of Harvey
Sanborn, late of Peacham, in said District
deceased. and the term of six months from
the 21st day of Jan. 1890, being allowed
by said Court to the creditors of said de-
ceased, to exhibit and prove their respective
claims before us: Give notice that we will
attend to the duties of our appointment at
the store of l.. l.. McCIary in Peacham in
said district. on the 9th day of Feb. and
the 27th day of June, 1890, next, at one
O'Clock in the afternoon, on each of said DAYS.
PLYNN BOLTON,
l. L.
42-44 Commissioners
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-02-27

An English veterinary surgeon
recommends that those who have
charge of horses, especially farm
horses, should be taught that the
stomach of a horse IS not like the
ume of a cow, a mere receptacle
for food, but an essential organ of
digestion of limited capacity, which
does not need to be crammed in order
to perform its proper functions, and
that it cannot be so treated without
danger to the animal; that the
teeth of the horse are provided for
the purpose of masticating the food,
and that the food which does not
require m~astication should be spar
ingly, if ever used. He further
recommends that no horse be put to
work Immediately after a full meal,
and where a horse has done a heavy
days work IT should be allowed to
stand in the stable until it iscooIand
comfortable before being fed. A little
water may be given, and if a little
good hay be put into the rack it will
occupy his attention, and besides
requiring proper mastication will
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-02-27
Il GIRL MACHINIST.

Miss Nelly Patterson, one of the
prettiest girls in the village of Mount
Carmel, says a Connecticut paper,
has just completed a four-years' APP
premiership to the machinist's trade.
Today she is working at her lathe
and wise in the factory of the Mount
Carmel belt company, and there isn't
a mechanic in the whole shop who
can do a better job or in less time
than the fair young workwoman.
Four years ago, when Miss Nelly be-
gan to think of the means whereby
she must earn her living, she looked
over the whole field of wOman's
work. Among the trades or occupa-
tons which the pushing women of
this country have made their own,
there was nom she especially liked.
She was a bright girl, with a great
deal of Yankee cleverneSS, and con-
siderable ingenuity and inventive
ness. The remark was made to a
friend that she was ST fond of inven-
tons she ought to become a machin-
list. The seed thus idly sown took
root, and she applied for a place as
an apprentice. For the past four
years she has worked faithfully, and
a few days ago her time expired, and
she is now a full-fedged machinist.
She is able to block up a piece of
work on the planer, or turn up an
arbor on the lathe. She uses the drill
or handles the file as we'll as any man
in the shop. Her speciality, how
ever, is tool making, and to this she
proposes to devote herself. She can
also draw plans, figure out dimen-
sions, and from the working draw
ings she can make anything. She is
not afraid of the grease and grim of
the shop, and her beauty is not in the
least married by a long swipe of dirt
across her dimpled cheek, or a spot of
oil on her nose. Her hands are not
as white as those of some of her sis
tiers, but they are by no means large,
though they are very strong. She is
a great favOrite with her fellow
workmen, and is the pride of the lit
tie country village.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-02-27
NEWSPAPER

One of the most important peculi-
arities of newspapersis that but very
few who read them much ever read
anything else. The notion that a
confirmed newspaper reader can turn
to books whenever he pleases, or that
newspaper reading as a general rule
forms a taste for any book-reading,
except perhaps novels, finds little
support in observed facts. The pow
er of continuous attention which
book-reading calls for-attention of
the eve as well as the minds ac-
CURED, like the power of protracted
bodily exertion of any kind, by con
tinual training, ending in the forma-
ton of habit. Anybody who neg
lects it in youth, or lays it aside fora
considerable period at any time of
life, finds it all but impossible to take
it up again. The busy man who es-
chews literature, or postpones cul-
ture, until he %retires from active in
dustry, usually finds b~ook-reading
the most potent soporific he a turn
to. Now, nothing can be more dam
aging than newspaper reading to the
habit of continuous attention.. One
of its attractions to the indOlent man
or woman, or the man or woman
who has had little or no mental
training, is that it never requires the
mind to be fixed on any topic more
than three or four minutes, and that
every topic furnishes a complete
change of scene. The result for the
habitual newspaper reader is a men
tai desultoriness, which ends by max
ing a book on any one subject more
or less repulsive. So that the kind OF
reading newspapers lead up to, for
those who wish for more substantial
mental food, is, at most, books or
periodicals made up of short essays,
which will not keep the attention
strained for more than half an hour
at most.-[E. L. Godkin in the Feb
ruary North American Review.