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Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1892-06-11
NEW YoRK.s VOTE AT CHICAGO,

One Of the delegates from New York to
the Chicago Convention, Mr.. James II.
Manning, the editor Of the Albany Ar.
gus. and son Of the late Daniel Manning,
10 reported by the Rockford, ILL.,, Star as
having written . letter to the editor Of
that paper. tn which he declares that the
New York delegation 10 Chicago will. un.
der its Instructions. present Mr.. Hills
name and vote for him on the first bal
lot. Mr.. Manning says. after the first
ballot, 1.-THE attitude Of the New York
delegation will reflect the choice Of the
delegation and not necessarily the choice
Of the February State Convention" He
intimates that that choice will then be
In favor Of Mr.. Cleveland.
This statement will attract general In.
terest. for If New York's seventy-two
delegates should favor Mr.. Cleveland's
nomination at Chicago that will settle
the matter. But New York votes as q
unit. A majority Of the delegates will
control the sentiment of al, and We shall
be much surprised II the friends Of Mr..
Hill will not outvote the friends Of Cleve-
land when the issue comes.
And when the Hill delegates cannot
get their first choice they are very apt to
60 elsewhere than to Cleveland for their
second. In any event the vote Of New
York 10 to be the most potential factor
in the Chicago Convention. We have no
idea that Hill will be nominated, nor do
we see q clear road to Cleveland's sue
cess.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1892-06-11
Gsoroe Elicit. /. sommercial tr.vsls,

George Elicit, q commercial traveller,
while sitting in . hotel corridor 81 Kan
sas City last week. fell forward ON the
floor. Friends picked him up and found
that he was deaf, dumb and blind. Sur.
geons found that . clot had formed in
the brain. The man was prepared for an
operation. . trephine inserted, and when
the button Of skull was removed the OBJ
stacle was found just n expected. II
was the work Of an hour to dissolve it.
One by one Mr.. EIlett's senses returned,
leaving him as clear A. ever. barring ex-
haustion.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1892-06-11
haustion,

Senator Morgan Of Alabama, one OF
the ablest advocates Of free coinage in
the U. 8. Senate. said in . speech the
other day that In one county Of Alabama
the farmers were compelled TO sell their
corn for 30 cents . bushsl to pay their
taxes and then 60 to the commission msr.
chants and enter into . contract 10 sap
ply them with corn al . dollar 9 bushel.
He attributed this abnormal condition
to . scarcityof money In the South which
the free coinage Of silver would remedy.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1892-06-11

The Silver State has this paragraph;
"On the 10Th instant a special train will
leave the Oakland mole with the Califor.
MIA delegation for the Tammany pow
WOW at Chicago. At Reno the Nevada
delegation will join it. The California
delegation is instructed by its convention
not 10 discuss the silver question lest IL
hurt the party. The Nevada delegation
is instructed to discuss nothing else.
This will be an interesting crowd. For
once Nevada will have California where
the hair is short; 1t will not dare to open
tie mouth on the great issue of the day."
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1892-06-11
THE CASE CORRECTLY STATED.

OAS3 ~
A gentleman in Denver has Issued .
little pamphlet entitled "The Silver
Catechism, " from which is extracted the
annexed sensible paragraph: III is true
that free coinage Of the American prod
not would put out 81 90 Of circulation
instead of the market value; and fifty
four million ounoss would produce $780,
100000. The Secretary Of the Treasury
is authorized under the present law 10
coin the 6fty-four million ounces per IN.
mum which are now purchased OF re-
oeived in exchange for Treasury notes;
and when he does 90 the full $40, 000, 900
per annum will be in circulation under
the present law o. well as under the free
coinage Of the American product. So
that with the free coinage Of the Ameri-
can product. the prospect of any increase
in the circulation 10 doubtful, and the
danger of . diminution below what the
present law now furnishes 10 great-any
limitation on silver destroys il Is money
any other use Of silver except uniimi-
ted coinage, leaves gold ~ the only stan.
dard by which values and credits are 10
be measured. Nothing but its full and
complete rehabilitation will break the
corner and relieve the mssses."
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1892-06-11

AT 40 p. N. yesterday. Minneapolis
time, the call Of the roll Of States In The
Republican National Convention was
completed and Harrison declared the
nominee Of the party for President.
There was but one call Of the roll. The
final contest was had on Harrison, Blaine
and Mckinley. the former leading both
competitors. The vote is not yet st hand.
bat we hope 70 get u before going 10
press. One bulletin received here stated
that Morton would be renominstod for
Vice President in case Harrison should be
again named for the first place. Through.
out the fight has been q Of the bitter
est Of modern times. There was . hest
vote on Thursday night over The seating
Of contested delegations which demon
strated clearly that the Harrison men
were In command Of the situation. We
take ID that the Administration forces
had unlimited Wall street money ct
their back. The Southern States, In
which, in all human probability, Harris
con viii not receive an electoral vote,
gave him the nomination. IL was the
power Of Federal patronage and English
and Wall street money that did the
work. Ex-Secrstary Blaine was put
into the eight O. though he were In good
earnest . candidate. He allowed no word
TO escape him. however. 10 the effect
that he had recanted his February let
ter Of ~declination to Chairman ClarksoD.
We fear that the unseemly scramble at
Minneapolis has in no sense added to the
lustre Of his great name. The Pacific
Coast and inter mountain region generally
stood loyalty by the mar from Maine
until the last. The object OF the
opposition to Harrison seems to have
been 10 keep the name Of Blaine before
the Convention long enough to mass their
strength on Mckinley. who was the real
candidate. The news comes too late for
further comment in this issue. II is
needless 10 say that the denomination Of
President Harrison creates 20 enthusi-
asm here. Not . gun will be fred. All
eyes will now turn 10 Chicago and after
to Omaha
Note-The vote stood: Harrison. SOS;
Mckinley, 1888; Blaine. It's; majority
over both, 207. Not . word has been
received here about any portion Of the
platform.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1892-06-11

The number Of saloon licences issued
in Chicago so far this year is about 6, 400,
which is700 more than for the correspond.
ing period Of last year. and will give
$3.50, 900 additional revenue to the city.
The amount to be received from saloons
this year promises to exceed 50. 200. 900.
This will give the world some faint idss
Of the importance Of our retail traffic in
liquors. when saloons alone pay over enc.
tenth Of the whole city expsnses.-Mi-
da's Criterion, Chicago.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1892-06-11

Says the telegraph; SHERMAN then
went on to denounce the bill under con
sideration as wrong in principle. in de-
tail. and in every respect a fraud on the
creditor. The very threat of free coin
age Of silver. he said. was doing more
than anything else to disturb the bust
ness interests Of the country"
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1892-06-11
STRAIGHT . Ds DEMANDED.
The Republican National Convention

STRAIGHT GOODS DEMANDED.
The Republican National Convention
at Minneapolis June 7th; the Democratic
National Convention at Chicago June 81.
the Peoples party. or Farmers Alliance
National Convention al Omaha July 4;
the Silver Convention at Helena July II
The Silver Convention comes after all the
rest. and will be in position TO deliberate
with its eyes wide open. There Is no
telling what the first two will do. but
the Omaha Convention can be relied upon
confidently. Always the 6rst plank
in . Farmers Alliance platform is for free
coinage. They proclaim for free coinage
OF ell points and In all States from Mas
saohusetts to California. There will be
no uncertain sound 60 up from Omaha on
July the 4th, and IL is not improbable
that lie work and It's candidates will be
ratified by the Silver Convention at Hell.
ena on July 18th. At any rate we shall
see what We shall sec. There Is one thing
about which we ell feel certain, and that
10 that the silver men are not going tt
accept an ambiguous platform from any
party. They will insist on straight good
on the free coinage question.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1892-06-11

P. c. Weber. Of White Pine, was In
Carson last week on his way to the Chi
cago Convention. He said II there Is nc
silver plank in the Democratic platform
White Pine county Democrats will join
the silver party In q body.-Carson APP
peal. So they will all ovsr the eastern
part Of the State. Democrats ont this
way positively decline to be tied up TO
gold bug candidate on . gold bug plat
form-
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1892-06-11

Says the Silver State: Iows's favorite
son Is assured Of nearly one hundred votes
to start with. Boies is the dark horse
to bet on. Give us Boies and the Iowa
silver plank and there will be but one
electoral ticket in the silver producing
Statea.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1892-06-11

There are more divorces granted in
the United States than In ell the rest Of
the Christian world put together. Amer.
loans are very Observation-Disclosures mar
risQe,
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1892-06-11

Silver State: Boies and Flower, on .
free coinage platform would not leave .
gold bug grease spot to stain our national
escutcheon.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1892-06-11
kMIGHTS OF PYTHIlS.

THE REGULAR MEETINGS OF BKA.
the Lodge No. =. 4. Of p. will DO held 4
their Castle Hall every FRIDAY evening ct a
O'Clock until further notice. sojournins broth
ers are cordially invited 70 sttsnd.
WIN. zADow. o. O.
JAMES WILSON. Z. r. o.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1892-06-11
BORN.

In Eureka. New. Nay 80. 1897. TO the wife Of
Antoine Foster, Q daughter.
In Diamond Valley. Eureka county, May 80.
1892. to the wife Of James white. . son.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1892-06-11

Joe Hausmann 10 just giving away his
goods.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1892-06-11
ESTRAYED.

A BROWN MARE MULE AND A soRREL
"A Buckskin horse. The mare muls 10 brand.
cd 40 and vented on the left shoulder. The
horse Is branded on the left shoulder with .
diamond and vented. A reward OF $40 will be
paid for each Of the animals delivered 70
FRANK PIsToNI.
At Eureka. Nevada. jeIl-lm
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-09-21
Humbug About Madstones.

The maidstone story is going its
rounds again. 1t is the property of
this wonderful agent to stick to a raw
surface of flesh and suck the poison
out of it, TIL is, the owners say so.
AS a matter of fact 4says the Brooklyn
EAGLE, no inorganic substances can
suck except by the aid of machinery.
Again, in nine-nine cases out of a
hundred the dog bites are harmless
and there is no poison to be sucked
out. Thirdly credulity is one of the
most effective cures in the materia
medica and ought to be used oftener
where people have no real disorder.
The whole tradition of the maidstone
comes from the absorptive power of
any anhydrous mineral Such stone
is filled with pores and by process
akin to that of capillary attraction the
water that it has lost-in the course OF
centuries, perhaps-it will soak up
again when in contact with liquid. II
one wishes to know the action of mad
stone let him put piece of tabasheer OF
dry clay or shale to his tongue. 1t will
stick. That is all there is to it.
There are millions of tons of mad
stone in every state in the union, anc
every family can afford to be without
it. These stories of mysterious stones
! that have come from the far east OF
that were bought at enormous prices
from voodoos and hoodoos and wiz
ards are all humbug. If person il
bitten by snake or dog it will do NJ
harm to clap a chip ofanhydrous stone
to the cut surface. 1t will stick, jus
as it will to his tongue or his eye or
damp saucer or Brooklyn street or tn
surface of bar, but let him hkewis
consult a physician.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-09-21
Canals in the United States.


To-day there are, according to Off
cial statements, some 1000 miles of
artificial waterways in the United
States, and through these and the nat
ural inland waterways pass in a single
year 72,000,000 tons of freight. In
the older portion of the country the
canals have ceased to have their rela-
tive Importance, and some of them are
in way to be abandoned. The Erie
and Champlain canals in our own
state, which a score of years ago were
the subject matter of the most excited
political struggles, now attract little
attention, and so acute a business man
as Gov. Flower has announced that he
is not sure that they repay the expend-
iture made upon them. But in the
west the St. Marv's Falls canal, the
famous $500" and the waterways con-
Meeting the great lakes in this country
and in Canada are of the highest i'm
portance, and the scheme for securing
not less than twenty feet of water be-
tween Duluth and Buffalo or New
York is one that is being steadily
pressed by men who never own that
they are beaten and seldom have been.
! That, with the Nicaragua canal, would
cause the torrent of the worlds COM
merce to low from the heart of the far
weet to the remotest shores of the
orient more safely and swiftly than
the ships of the Phenicians reached
| the Ultima -HGrDer'S WeekL3I
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-09-21
suPERsTITIoNs OF THE NEcRoEs.
A Gambler Robs q Grave to Get .
LUCKY" Finger-Bone.


The negroes of the southern states
have many curious local superstitions.
The almost universal luck charms
among them is the left hind-foot of q
graveyard rabbit, but in gambling
there are special charms, their nature
varying with the locality and other
conditions. In Georgia, for example,
the most highly esteemed charm
among negro gam blers is bone from
the index finger of the right hand of
woman. These bones, once obtained
are objects of envy and veneration,
and readily command good prices.
An incident illustrating the ghoulish
nature of the superstition occurred
recently in Meriwether county, Ga.
Barnie Almand is prosperous young
farmer. June 18 his wife died; on the
2Oth she was buried. Three days later
there was another burial at the same
churchyard. 1t was discovered then
that Mrs. Almand's new-made grave
had been tampered with. When this
became generally known, as it did al
most Immediately, William York, an
other farmer. remembered noticing
the same thing the morning after the
burial. The grave was opened by the
family to see then if the body had
been stolen. No, the coffin had been
opened, but there was the body. The
lookers-on were horritied to find sec
ond later that the long white glove
had been stripped from the right arm
and the index finger of that hand had
been cut off.
Nobody could understand it. In no
other way had the body been mutt
lated. It was taken to be the work of
some crazy person, and there was
great excitement in the neighborhood
over the discovery. Detectives were
employed to solve the mystery.
A few days ago one of the detectives
overheard a lot of negroes talking
about Rich Mitehelps luck-bone.
Mitchell is notorious negro gambler.
He had been wearing the charm in
small red flannel bag, just over his
heart. He had shown the bone to sew
eral negroes, but would never tell
where he got it. To one man he stated
that he chad gone into grave after
it" The charm really seemed to bring
exceptionally good luck. Rich Mitchell
was so lucky that it was hard to find
other negroes in the county to play
against him.
Hes fixed with luck-bone," !" they
said. Gle can't be beat"
The detective worked quietly for
three or four days, and then arrested
Mitchell for grave robbery. The luck
bone was from Mrs. Almand's grave,
cut from her right hand the night after
she was buried. The negro came very
near being lynched.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-09-21
How nature Makes silver.

The processes by which nature forms
such Accommodations of silver are very
interesting. It must be remembered
that the earth's crust is full OF water,
which percolates everywhere through
the rocks, making solutions of ele-
Ments obtained from them. These
chemical solutions take up small parti-
cles of the precious metal which they
find scattered here and there. Some
times the solutions in question are
hot, the water having got SO far down
as to be set a-boiling by the internal
heat of the globe. Then they rush up
ward, picking up the bits of metal as
they go. Naturally, heat assists the
performance of this operation. Now
and then the streams thus formed,
perpetually flowing hither and thither
below ground, pass through cracks or
cavities in the rocks, where they de-
posit their loads of silver. This is
kept up for great length of time, per-
haps thousands of years, until the fis-
sure of the pocket is filed up. Gram
nies permeating the stony mass in
every direction may become filed with
the metal, or occasionally a chamber
may be stored full of it, as if myriad
hands were fetching the treasure from
all sides and hiding away future boz
nanza for some lucky prospector to
discover in another age.-MtTaerGts.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-09-21

| arrived at no such thing. l knew
they would both refuse me as matters
stood, and, although justly incensed,
knew / should not have the nerve to
take the alternative fate offered. The
rain came down, and I turned to go
home. To my surprise, 1 met Mrs.
Girdlestone
"Why have you ventured out such q
day as this?"
"Oh, I had some shopping to do"
"Could not l have done it for youp"
"1ndeed, no." she answered, with a
laugh and blush.
"Or one of the servantsP"
"No; servants chatter So"
@lt's a secret, thenP"
well, yes, it is-from you, anyhow,
Mr.. Thompson"
Did you get what you wanted?"
"Yes; 1 have it here"
l noticed she was CARRYING a fair
sized parcel wrapped in tissue paper
"Oh, let me take it for you?"
%Will you be very carefulP I don't
know what / should do if it came to
grief"
promised to guard it like my life,
and we walked on. Presently the rain
stopped, the sun came out, and we
heightened our walk. She was very
kind and sympathetic, and at last I
told her the whole story. Nothing
could be nicer than the way she spoke,
and 1 became quite engrossed in our
conversation. 1t lasted up to the very
door, and we passed in front of the
house, while she stopped to say last
word, pressing my hand and telling
! me show grieved, how very"
At this point a butcher-boy came
along, carrying a basket The boy
ran against Mrs. Girdlestone's parcel.
There was sound of breaking glass.
dropped the thing, but not before my
hand was covered with blood-as ]
/ thought.
"O6, oh. OH" I cried; "my hands
cut to bits. %
The widow looked at it.
81 must staunch the blood!" I cried.
Nonsense, Mr.. Thompson. It's not
blood; it's-it's-weI, it's my hair
wash" and she blushed very becom-
ingly.
"Hair-wash!"
"Yes," she murmured; "my hair is
woman, don't hesitate at such a
moment!"
well, pale red; and that dries a
| lovely auburn.
Her hair might have been blue for
all l cared. She was a charming
woman, and had rescued me from .
fearful temptation and one of my
cousins from an early death. I pro
posed to her on the spot.
Then l went in and told my cousins
They leaped up and rushed into one
another's arms, exclaiming, in furious
tones: "The old cat!"
We were married in a month.
have no word to say against my wife
only it is fact that she had nothing
but 81, 900 a year, which ceased on re
marriage. Each of the girls had, as
said, $4,000.
So my visit to Fatima cost me ex
actly $50,
think the law should be impair
italy administered, and all such per
sons put in prison.-St. James Gazette
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-09-21
Two oId-Time Love Letters.

In an old boek, dated 1920, there is
the following very curious love epistle.
It affords an admirable play of words:
"Madam: Most worthy of admira-
ton. After long consideration and
much meditation on the reputation you
possess in the nation, have a strong
inclination to become your relation.
On YOUR appreciation of the declara-
ton, shall make preparation to re-
move my situation to more conVen-
lent station, to profess my admiration,
and if such obligation is worthy of OBJ
seryation and can obtain commisera-
ton it will be an aggrandization be-
yond all calculation OF the JOY ana
exultation of yours,
"Sans Discrimination.
The following is the still more Gu
rious answer:
"Sir: 1 perused your Grafton with
much deliberation at the great infatua-
ton of your Imagination to such ven
Grafton on so slight foundation. But
after examination and much serious
contemplation l supposed your anima.
ton was the fruit of recreation or had
sprung from ostentation to display
your education by an old enumeration
or rather multiplication, OF words o.
the same termination, though grea
variation in each respective signitica
ton. Now, without disputation, YOU
laborious application in so tedious al
occupation deserves commentator
and, thinking imitation sufficlen
qualification, l am, without hesitation
Yours, Mary Moderation.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-09-21
People Should Sleep Apart.

Is it healtful for two persons to sleep
in the same bed? Its always unhealth-
full for two persons to sleep under the
same covers.
The air under the bed covers I'M
mediately surrounding the body of a
sleeper is exceedingly impure, becom-
ing more and more impregnated with
poisonous substances escaping through
the excretory glands of the skin from
the moment the person retires until ne
arises.
The odor of the bed clothing, after
having been occupied for a night, is
often positively offensive to the nostrils
of person who has just come in from
outdoors, where the fresh, pure air has
been breathed. The poisonous charac-
ter of underline bedcloth air would be
somewhat more likely to effect a child's
constitution than an adults.
In elderly persons the amount of i'm
purities in the air surrounding the
sleeper must be greater than in the
younger persons; consequently, while
both persons would be more or less in
iured, the proportions of harm woulc
doubtless be greater to the younger
person than to the person of more ad
vanced years.-N. Y. Ledger.