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Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1890-09-06
ruE pRosPECToR.

These are suspicious times Tor the
miner and ~prospector. For years they
have labored alone and unsided, and
their reports Of strikes and rich hnds
have been received by capitalists with .
GOODNESS that has sent arctic chills run
Mag through the sturdy miners Anst-
omy and driven him back 10 his barren
camp, there to m with nature
and curse the policy Of . country that
Disseminated against the poor man and
in favor Of England and the Wall street
broker. But it is = long road that
never turns" aud after = long period OF
patient waiting the almost ~disheartened
miner lie on top again, and he is there TO
stay. From every camp in the west we
hear the sound Of pick and shovel, the
reverberstions Of dynamite blasts and
the rush and tear Of the precious ore as
il leaves the csr and goes pell NELL into
the ore house below. The prosPector
who has with the greatest difficulty
kent IN the assessment work and main
tanned q precarious living for the last
five or eight years is now the coming
millionaire, for he is having 10 difficulty
10 selling, bonding or leasing bis claims.
The world now looks brighter to BIN,
and he begins to feel that his dream oil
Independence and veal is about to be re-
aIized-that the comforts and even luxu-
ries that have been denied him so long.
are about TO come TO him. It is the be-
ginning Of q new world, q new life; and
his prosperity means the growth and sd-
vancement Of the best interests Of the
western slope, whose environments are
marked with q silver belt. Long live
the miner and prospector, aud may his
pathway up the rugged mountain sides
grow smoother and his "fnds" richer
until the whole fraternity meet with
their Just reward.-Sslt Lake Stock Ex-
change Journal.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1890-09-06

Bismarck sleeps in plain quarters. The
latest personal item about him says that
his sleeping room contains only . bed,
wAshssAnd and bootiAok. In our Prohi-
ess'on States the bootiack also contains
something soothing. bat we make no in
saaaAsion against the ex-Chaneellor.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1890-09-06
Doesn't Like His wife's "Tend.
ency."

encf.D
Alexander Doran, Of Columbus, o.,
has filed a suit for divorce against his
wife, Cynthia. He alleges that many
years ago his wife, against his remon.
STRANGE, became q member OF a sect OF
New Albany, 1.-THE Tendency" some Of
the practices Of which lead towards free
love. He alleges that some OF the lead
ing members Of the sect have q way Of
borrowing each others wives and taking
them for long buggy rides, which per-
formances naturally create considerable
scandal. 1t is said that the persons who
form the sect referred to call themselves
Free M~ethodists." This sect ia an off,
shoot OF the Periectionists, now in full
vogue st Cincinnati.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1890-09-06
A Cigarette Victim.

Walter X. Nunnelee, one of the
brightest young journalists in Ala
bama, and a member OF one OF the
finest families in the State is now a
maniac. Cigarettes was the cause.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1890-09-06
,,..,pe,..ea r,a..r Dealers.

The Boston liquor-dealers who laid
in a heavy stock in anticipation Of a
great trade during encampment week
were disappointed, as the liquor sales
during the time vert scarcely above
the average.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1890-09-06

Go to Lambert's, on South Mair
street, and get some of Georges whole
Goldfish. 1t is something new and de
licious. :
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1890-09-06

The Chronicle has no disposition to be
unfair towards Congressman Bartine.
He was the best that the Republicans
could put upatthet time he wasnominated,
for WOODBURY. refused Congressional
honors. and the new development T"
had not then reached the State. He is
. gentlemsnly person who tells Qlibly
upon the stump the story Of the war and
the achievements Of the 6. o. p. but be
is not q giant Intellectually. and he did
weaken. and weaken wonderfully, until
he was braeed up by the Silver Conven-
ton. and that is the truth Of history.
even. II our morning contemporary does
not like the telling Of it.-vireinis
Chronicle.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1890-09-06

Something New.

Druggist and assayer. No. 3 Mair
street, Eureka, Nevada.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1890-09-06

Editor Rosewater Of Omaha says .hat
he drank beer with President Lincoln
during the battle Of Fredericksburg. He
was an attaehe in the box-of6ce and sent
out for . pitcher Of beer, which he and
Lincoln drank with some crackers.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1890-09-06

DR.. JAMES WILLIAMS.
pHrsICHAN AND sURaEoE-Or
= riok In sxsrIzxL Building. iys-tf
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eeel quito sure. Il she knew mo III.
would Ike me better. Perhaps that
Il . piece Of vanity, bnt i should try to
make her, you know, and I won't tels
into absurd superstitions that . woman
must hate her mother-in-law. can't
remember my own mother, and Greg.
ory's certainly would seem to come
next TO her. Now you have the story,
Mrs. Switxer."
II am sure it does you credit. and
the old lady ought to he ashamed Of
I wanted to get up and kiss my
daughter-in.law then and there. but
that would have spoiled nv fun. so
after that I sewed hard and didn't ssy
much, and together We finished the
pretty silk dress, and had Just finished
Il when . key in the door caught both
our ears.
@That il my husband said my
daughter-in-law; and I knew it was
Gregory. Upstairs no came, two steps
ct o time, opened the door, and looked
ct US with q bright smile on his face.
sIhis is - II should bs. Fanny, I
shall kiss mother first this time"
And he put his arms around US both,
but Fanny gave Q little scream.
sOh. Gregory! what are You about?
This IL Mira. Switxer, who is making
my dress, At least. I have thought
sMy dear. said I. srve played a
little trick on you. or rather let you
play one on yourself, but you've turned
out 81 good IS gold. could not get
you to say Q word against the old lady.
I an Gregory's mother, my dear, and
yours. too. il you'll call me so."
sIndeed I WILL" said the dear girl,
shut I have kept you sewing hard ali
day. You see. I was expecting q Mrs.
Switzer, and Il"
sWe've been all the more eociable
for that, my DEAR" said I, saml I'm
glad it happened. I've been very fool.
ish all the while. aud Gregory has
chosen q better wife for himself than
I could have done.s
And so I think to-day. for I believe
there nevor was . better woman than
Gregory's wife Fanny.
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4 CHICAGO yoxRR.


kx0 N00xIY 0OB80kU BUV Ian V0t MI 00VVy
Car CoAduotef.
John Donnelly, OF Adams street, tool Q
mean advantage Of Q wsst Side street car
conductor the other day. He boarded
a car for the West Side just after it had
been emptied Of its load Of. holiday buyers
and turned around the loop on its up trip,
and, aster finishing his cigar on The front
platform, he started through TO the rear.
It was an old. rickety cal, which had been
hauled out OF the barnl,to do duty 90 . trip.
per during the holiday rush, and It was
Allied with musty old hay. An idea struck
John just a. the odor struck his nostrils.
Reaching down into his ovsrcoat pocket he
pulled out a natural-looking rubber rat
aud dropped It IN the straw. Then he
vent outside and complained Of the con.
dition Of the car to the conductor. such
an old rattle.trsp ought 70 DO split up into
rats The conductor eyed him sharply.
as il wondering IL he ives bound.
for the W~ashingtonian Home. s1hers
are no rats in this car" he said.
WELL" said John, "if you don't think so
60 inside and see." Now the conductor
was sure he had Q patient, and he thought
best to humor him. go he went inside.
There, sure enough. was . rat. keep still
q minute" the conductor whispered to
John. who had followed him In. He \.
tiou .ly reached under the seat aud got Q
broom. Then he raised, IL aloft and
brought it down on tho Nbber rat. The
whistle in tho toy gave q squeak and the
condu tor proceeded to basic the life out
Of the bogus rodent. When he had tired
himself out John picked up the rat andput
It back In his pocket. Was the conductor
ma u Well! you think ser smart, don't
you2" he muttored. ~eayapely. sOnlv \ Joke.
old man." said John, reaching outhis hand
to shake. AS the conductor made . mo.
ton to take 1t John uncoiled the rubber
snake which he held and It shot out toward
the bell. punch man. He nearly fell of
the car, and he kept as Far away from
Donnelly as possible during the rest Of the
trim.
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Why Women Are Rarely Robbed.

1t is singular that more ladies are
not robbed on the public thorough
fares, for the majority of them carry
every cent they possess in their pocket
books, which in turn are carried in
their hands. suppose, however, the
reason thieves do not snatch more Of
these money.books is that they know
we'll the chances are they would get
but little, even il successfulin evadipg
the police, after an assault Of the kind
upon a woman. The great handsome
silver-tipped Russia leather affairs
called purses are very attractive in
themselves, but in nine out of ten cases
the inside of them is Every lonesome"
I heard . professional thief say once
that it was regarded IS extra hazard
GUS in his profession to rob . woman,
either in the house or on the street,
and for two reasons: Firstly, that q
woman always screams, and, secondly,
she has seldom much to be taken. A
man, on the contrary, either gives the
thief q chance to get away or fights,
and then his watch. money, OF salua-
bles are much easier to getat.-Louis-
piIe Post
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He has also established q boat ward at
Chengmal, wnoro he employs arga num-
bers OF men and enables slaves to be eman.
cipated themselves according to tie GUS
toms Of the country BY making bouts for
their masters. American tools are fast
supervising the primitive implements Of
tho natives in the work Of boat construc.
tion.
There are no newspapers In the Gao
type, but tho Rev. Mr.. Peoples expects to
have . font OF Lao type prepared in this
from Its use. Mr.. aud Mrs. Peoples have
spent seven years ia Lao and will return
In about . years time. Mr.. Peoples
worked chiefly at LAkhon. an importsst
Lao town.
There is now ouite q large party Of
ladies In the Lao mission. and the pros.
poets arc much moro encouraging than .
few yoars ago. At LhenR-ma 70 tnsre is .
commodtous school room wnere the girls
arc taught tho ordinary subjects Of study
besides receiving practical instruction in
needlewo { household duties, etc., with
lessons in music aud singing ~ o recrea.
ton. The ladies' board OF tho society In
New York sends out regular remittances
for the purpose of rsdesming Lao girls
from slavery aud sending them to school.
The elephant plays such . prominent
pat In LAosian life that special legislation
Is invoked in It's favor. The stealing Of an
elephant or buffalo 10 Q capital offence.
The buffalo ia the chief domestic animal,
but Is not used as q beast OF burden.
The population Of tho Lao district prop.
or - about 1900, 100; in all Eia,n there
are about 10. OO0. 100 OF Inhabitants.
Cheng.maf 10 the most powerful Of the
Lao states. When It was founded 40
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-03

years ago Muang Fang was the principal
city After being several times con-
quered and sacked by the Rurness and
Ngious respectively. 1t remained deserted
until about seventy years ago. wien sew
cral princes came over from I.akhon,
founded the present dynasty, and raised
Cheng-mai to it's present Importance.
The Cheng-mal market Is held every
morning from y to II o'clock. The wo-
men do all the selling. The natives are
decidedly partial to strong drink, and
'tsamshoo" is the prevailing tipple. The
climate Of Lao Is distinctly tropical, but
not unhealthy, except in the rainy season.
Dysentery and fever are the principal fac.
tors in the bills Of mortality.
In this connection it Is proper to men,
ton that s%piritualism IL q popular craze in
Lao. There are regular spirit doctors and
mediums, who not only ''charm away dis.
ease, ' but nre consulted whenever any diff.
fculty occurs in public OF private affairs.
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Monaghan. Hluang Prabang. and Muaug
Prau. All are iLdepen ent Of each other
and the rulers are autocratic. The Offices
OF chiefs In the several states are held for
life, but are not hereditary and are electo.
rial under the will OF the people with the
consent VI the King Of Siam. The tribute
paid to the latter by each thiee is chiefly
in the form Of gold aud silver betel boxes,
vases. necklaces, etc., With representa-.
lions OF trees in gold and silver. Taxes
arc collected ~ the chiefs from farmers
and Others, aud It is sufficient to say that
the Office Of tax-collector is strictly Sin
politics" that is to say, 1t is a convenient
source OF private gain. It is a poor
. wealthy a
The Laosians have q characteristic salu-
tation when wealthy or q aristocratlc
person passes along. IL involves. going
down on elbows and knees and raising the
hands to the face, almost in the attitude Of
prayer-a posture nbject enough to re.
call the worst features OF court civiltza-
tion in Europe. The Laosians are I'M
familiar with the practice OF shaking
hands and the usual greeting is grunt.
Under pressure they have been In.
duced to follow the conventional
practice, Tut IN this case they extend
the left OF right hand indttferently. Tho
Lao country between Raheng and
the border OF the Ngiou states,
along the twentieth parallel Of
latitude, Is the princi. ,al source Of the
elephant supply ir Siam, and 1t may
be said Of ths entire country Of Lao that It
is essantia'ly the land Of Buddhist temples
and elephants. The latter are the only
animals which can get through the dense
jungle without difficulty.
Tattooine is practiced in western Lao to
q considerable extent. As in civilized
countries, so called, women pinch in their
waists aud SILVER in insufficient attire to
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please their youthful admirers Of the
sterner sex, SO In Lao the young Lotharios
and Adonises the risk Of tho death
penalty to make themselves fair In wo.
mems eyes, for the statistics Of tattooing
show q steady mortality of 3 per cent,
with q much larger ratio Of blood-poison-
ing and Inflammation tardily recovered
from.
The prevailing religion in the Lao states
70 Buddhism. The Laosian theory Of the
universe is Q peculiar one. and sets CRAWL
tation at defiance. The center Of the
world 10 Mount Zinnaio, which Is half un-
der water and half above. Tie former
portion IL q solid rock with three root-liks
rocks p%rotruding from the water into the
air below. Round this mountain u coilsd
. large fish furnishing . remarkable
analogy 70 the emblem Of early Christian
sepulchers). This fish can embrace and
move the mountain. When II sleeps
the earth Is quiet: when
It moves produces earthquakes.
Mount Zinnalo fs full of caves, which bslow
water are inhabited by dragons called
..Naks," and above BY angels called
s~'ThewedaA" Above the earth and around
the great mountain Il the armament. with
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-01-03
Autocrat Of tho Telephone.

Proprietor (at telephone,-Hello, cen.
trail! What seems to DO the matter? I
have been trying for the last half hour to
get you. Give mo n nought- five. Waits
ten minutes longer and no answer.l Dear,
dear. this telephone puts me all out Of pa.
thence. Here. Thomas, call up one.
ncueht-ive and wait till you get it.
Office boy Giving handle q vigorous
whirn-Hullo.hullo! Say, central, what's
achin' you? Why don't you git us one
rush there and shake en- up or we'll drop
onto you from de roof and paralyze you!
Central (obsequiously)-Yes, sir. I'll
connect you right away; excuse delay,
plesse.-Iime.
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4 1lrlvli . nm AowAaD 1Ayll.
N xXYB JACQUES

--
TIAslS s.sass e ths sat!hsr g .nsms sy: =
Doeede French steamer, to b carried. 70 MAJ.
|sQles. whence they were forwardsd "a AmseseAl
'y should sess a apsas thss1s native s6ors;
A thousand weloomes 70 The chip
That beArs thss to thy hone onos noea.
NohAmmsdan and Christian Wepk
10 lose tho well-lovod dust Of Gno
Whoae pure. poetic soul bad cfcpt
Into their Utmost hearts u homes.
For three decades THAR loving hands
Had guarded well thy foreign tomb.
Ard dusky lips r. Afric,s land
John Howard Payne, thy simple song.
From every open doorway 6oats,
Where summer evening l~oiterefs throng
And q by n take up thy notes.
In every warm. home-loving heart,
rs Ta sssm siG sv o. PiaS sn saESS ss , nlss g ! Z sso,1
Responsive tits ebb . dow.
In palace home. . In plessnrs's hail.
The noisy nousboys cease their eau,
And rowing arabs OF the street
1hke mp the strain With loud hAlloo,
Whils barefoot wallis with voices swsse
Sing on. Of shomess they nevar knew.
OF flowing smilss' they never meet.
Tia not the poct's 1ery words.
That touch our fancy for . ttrme,
And stir our passions aud our blood,
And make MS half In love with crilne.
It's not grave wisdom's learned voice
Thai rings for aye. through deathless years,
But thoughts like thine, one common thems
Ofloves half mixed with pain and tears.
These words. inscribed with iron psn,
On slabs which guard thine empty tomb
Find echo In one grand amen
That swells from every heart and home:
sSure. when thy gentle spirit fed
To realms above the azure dome
With outstretched hands Gods angel said.
Welcome to heavens Home. Sweet Home.'s
RUsavLLE, Neb.
latter the removal of Payne's body the empty
iva covorod With marble slabs, upon which
veee inscribed tho words of this last rersa.1
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She HAD Not Entire,y Forgotten.

Mr.. Billus sat in his comfortable
armchair, with his feet comfortably
resting on another chair. Mr.. Billus
vas enjoying himself. He had dined,
and he defied fate to do its worst, v 9
as another great man is said by histor-
ians to have done under like circum-
stances long before the period of
Billus.
"Maria," he observed, athis is the
anniversary of our wedding, isn't it?"
at is, john"
sTwenty-three years, Maria" said
Mr.. Billus, reflectively, as he took the
poker and stirred the fire in the CRATE,
"is q laundering long-h'ml h'm!-
long time for some married folks, isn't
ut is, john"
sAnd yet it doesn't 'seem-h'm! him
-as il it were thirty years since 1 first
met you at the Jasper County fair,
does it?'
ut isn't thirty years." replied Mrs.
Billus. rather shortly. slt is only
twenty-six."
II mean twenty-six years of course,
Maria. Speaking Of that fair" con-
tinued Mr.. Billus, II wonder if you re-
member that big artichoke in the agri-
cultural hall"
sNo, I don't remember any big arti-
choke"
"Have You forgotten that long ear of
corn sent in by old Absalom Wykoff? 2"
II have no recollection of it,"
@Don't you remember the big beet
that Uncle Jakey Dubois had on exhi-
bition?"
mo"
sMaria," said Mr.. Dillus, impa-
tiently, where's your memory? Don't
you recollect the great big pump
kin that weighed l76 pounds that Cal
Hepperly was showing everybody that
came to the fair?"
ut seems to me I do remember n big
pumpkin"
II thought so. Your memory is a
mighty poor one, Maria, but you could
not forget that big pumpkin. Do you
have any idea persisted Mr.. Eillus, with
growing recollections OF sundry pies his
good mother had made shortly after
that fair, whatever became Of that
pumpkin, Maria"
II think I have, john"
sYou have. hey. he retorted in r
prise. If it is all you can do to re-
member the biggest pumpkin at that
fair how do You happen to know what
ever become Of it, MADAME"
II married that pumpkin, John"
The fire burned feeb1y in the CRATE,
the canary bird Numbered peacefully
In its cage. and amid Q silence SO pro-
found that the shadows could be. plain
y heard dancing on the wall Mr.. and
Mrs. Billus sat In their cheerful little
parlor and dreamed the happy hours Of
their Wedding anniversary awsy.-Chi-
ca0o TFIbu,ss.
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lomsu1ss: : H. "''S NV III yosx, w.

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should admonish n that all is not right.
You emit afford to fool away precious
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Of approaching danger! It's madness 20
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Of relief and cure when thus afflicted Don't
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novel idea has been suggested as q
solution of u difficulty which has beset
congress for some time, in the matter Of
securing raading clerks with pene-
trating voices that con be heard above the
buzz andbabble Of an exciting session. It
is to employ lady readers. Il is stated in
advocacy OF this plan that the quality
of their voices to meet this need is shown
i'll the practical experience Of persons using
telephones, in which their voices, pitched
in a high key, can be heard distinctly. while
the ear of the listener q mass Of confusion
of sound.
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WHY noed It bot. We ssy, aud sigh
When loving mothers fsde and dc,
And leave the little one whose test
ThOy hoped to guide In pathway swoo,

II need not he In many cases. All about
as women are dying daily whose lives might
have been saved. It seems to be Q wide.
spread opinion TINT when Y woman is slowly
fading away with tho diseases which grow
out Of female weaknesses and irregularities
that there Is no help Tor her. She is doomed
to deuth. But this fs not true. DR.. Pierce's
Favorito Prescription is constantly rostor.
ing women afflicted with diseases OF this
class to health and happiness. It is the
enlv medicine for these ailments. sold by
drug .ists. under a positive guarantee from
the manufacturers Of it's giving satisfaction
In every case. or money paid Tor It will be
refunded.