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The Red Cloud chief., 1895-06-14

We apologize tor mistakes made in all
former Issues and say that they were in.
excusabis as all an editor has to do is TO
hunt news, and clean tho rollers, and
set type, aud sweep the floor. and men
short items, aud fold papers, and write
wrappers and make the paste, and mail
the papers, and talk tn visitors, and dis.
tr.b 1.l", carry water, and saw wo, Il
ant read Sic proofs, mud correct the mis-.
takes, AND hunt the shears To write eli.
torials, hnd dodge the bills. and d.l,n.
quenls. and take rus-ings from the fn,c.
and tell subscribers that we need monrv
We SAY that We have no business H.
make mistakes while attending 10 Less
little matters, and getting our living On
gopher tail soup Favored with imuyinn.
ton, and wearing old shoes. no relinr
And \ patch or our pants. OBLIGED ,,
turn n smiling couu'euaUce 10 the man
who tells us our pgirr isn't vo-th 81
styhow. md that o. n.u.U make. .Ir'
Ter Que With his EYES SHUT,
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-06-14

Sheriff Runchey Of Webster county
has a bicycle with which no runs down
criminals. He is n little more careful in
going down hill, however, than our own
marshal Jones' Superior Sun.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-06-14

The Cen&aur Company, n Murray Street, Now York City.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-06-14

going down hill, however, than our own
marshal Jones' Superior Sun.
There il Il marked advance in the ed.
vocational standing Of Red Cloud High
School this year over all previous terms.
Judging the superior culture and
high literary achievements OF the pupils
10 their graduating addresses last Friday
(ss they appeared in The CHIEr) there
ia an evident increase in originality and
native talent. The most striking in.
stance Of this is tho "Class Prophecy" by
Miss Margaret Pauline Miner who gives
us over two columns OF highly interest.
ing and humorous poetry depicting in
the most ironically comic manner the
probable future Of the graduates who
are treated individually. While the me-
ter sad the rythm is not in exact accord.
ance with the best efforts Of Tom Hood
or Buffers III udibras," still as a first
public achievement the rising young
pOetess deserves the utmost credit.
Miss Miners many friends in Bladen
will readily accord her every possible
congratulation, especially il they stop to
think that sRtirioal poetry has only been
successfully accomplished by less than
half u dozen OF the worlds acknowledged
poets. These may be summed up in the
names Of Tom Hood. Samuel Butler,
''Gl Bias" Max D'Rell and Mark Twain.
Let us only hope that the rising young
poetess OF Red Cloud will yet complete
the half dozen stars in the realms OF
comic, ironical and sarcastic poetry.
OF the prose orations the palm undoubt.
Udly must be awarded to Roscoe Gather
for originality. literary merit, and gen.
eral intellectual superiority .-Bladen
Enterprise.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-08-24
Tariff ON Matrimony.

A young lady who goes to Concordia,
Kan, TO teach school will find a very
~exacting rule, which was recently
adopted by the Board Of Education.
1t seems that several lady teachers
have married in the midst Of the term
when II was impossible to fill their
places. This the Concordia School
Board proposes to regulate, and it did
80 recently by the adoption Of the fol-
lowing resolution:
Inasmuch as it seems to be the cus-
tom Of the lady teachers of tho public
schools Of Concordia, Kan, to con-
tract marriage without the knowledge
er consent Of said Board, therefore be
it
Resolved, By said Board Of Educa-
ton that should any Of the lady teach
ers Of the Concordia schools hereafter
commit matrimony during the term
for which the have been elected they
shall forfeit a sum Of money equal to
one-half months salary, provided,
they take a home man, and a sum
equal to one months salary in case
the groom is imported from some
other county or State; in either case
the lady shall cause a card OF invita-
ton TO be sent TO each Of the members
OF the Board OF Education.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-08-24

Frank Golden was in Bodie only q
few days ago, and tells the Enterprise
OF an incident which occurred in one
of the public schools there. which in
dicates that a portion Of the rising
generation in that camp is likely to
find itself at work on q rock pile some
day. Two boys Of about fourteen
years Of age got into a fight in the
schoolroom during school hours. One
of the contestants struck the other a
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. blow nearly
knocking him out. He recovered after
a moment, and reaching suggestively
for his hip pocket and facing his n
tagonist said, care you heeled?"
Boy No. 2 made a talk for fair play,
and said he would be in a minute. He
ran out OF the room and returned with
a pistol in his hand.
Boy No. l drew his pistol from his
pocket, and what might have hap
pened in another moment had not the
Principal Of the school arrived and
disarmed the combatants cannot be
said.
Both bows were expelled.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-08-24
10th boys were expelled.
DID ingalls, No Injustice.


/ had occasion, says Mr.. Ingalls, not
a great while ago to appear before the
students and faculty at Dartmouth
college, in the State of New Hamp-
shire, to confer with the young gentle-
men there about to start out in the
journey OF life, upon some Of the great
questions affecting citizenship and
scholarship, education and the State.
AT the table in the hotel in which I
was disposed for rest and refreshment
there were three strangers to me, and
who, l subsequently learned, were
students in the higher classes of the
institution. One of them addressed
me by my name and said that he rec
ognized me by the c~aricatures he had
seen OF me in the cartoons of the
comic newspapers when I was in pub
lie life. / thanked him very much
and said to him that l supposed that I
was the only man who had been at all
prominent in public affairs in the
United States for the past twenty
years to whom q caricature did no In
justice whatever.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-08-24

From Father Kennedy we learn that
DeLamar is and promises to be a good
camp. OF the men employed in the
mines there are LIS underthe DeLamar
Company, 25 in the April Fool mine
and O number OF others scattered
among various prospects. The Moni-
tor and Jim Crow mines OF the Della
mar Company are said to be on q true
assure vein, and there is enough ore
reputed to be in sight to keep the mill
running for five years. Thirty tons of
ore that was recently shipped from the
April Fool to the Salt Lake smelters
gave a net yield of $4,000. Notwith-
standing that there are 10 saloons run
ming night and day in the camp,t the peo-
pie there are all orderly and law abid-
ing. Capt. DeLamar has offered TO SUBJ
scribe 1900 for a public school build
ing II the citizens will furnish an
equal sum for the purpose. The writer
Of this met Capt. DeLamsr in Idaho
over four years ago; there he was
highly esteemed, as a wideawake and
enterprising citizen. He is the right
sort Of q man TO make q mining camp
all that 1t should be.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-08-24

The State Board Of Education at its
meeting Monday adopted the Bancroft
object lessons on the animal, vegeta-
bic and mineral kingdoms for use in
the public schools. These objec. cards
we're already in use in many schools
in the State. The Bert reading and
number study was recommended to
the schools as a substitute for other
textbooks Of the first year grade.
Petitions were received from many
principals and teachers requesting the
Board to sanction the use of supple
mentary books in cases wherein there
would be no extra expense to pupils or
parents. On this proposition the
Board allowed the use of Frye's COM
plete geography and Reed 4 Kellog's
advanced language lessons.-Virginia
Chronicle,
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-08-24

We learn that Mr.. Wilson, who is
at Ely in the interest of a San Fran
cisco syndicate, has offered $3.50, 900 for
the Chairman mine. Among the con-
ditions named are q given time to
complete the purchase of the property,
the erection Of a 25 stamp mill and
pumping machinery of a sufficient
capacity 10 drain the mine. The ven-
dees will guarantee to have all of the
machinery in working order in four
months, to pay the owners 40 per cent
OF the gross yield of the mine for that
period and the balance in cash if they
determine to conclude the purchase.
The same parties have also the pur-
hase Of the Keystone property under
consideration.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-08-24
WITH RATS.

TuusvILLE, Fla, Aug. 14.-The is
land Of Tropic, twenty miles south Of
here, has been invaded by an army Of
savage rats and the inhabitants have
been forced to fee for their lives.
Tropic is three miles long and two
miles wide and the soil is very fertile.
A dozen families have settled on the
island and engaged in growing vege-
tables for market. George Butler, one
Of the settlers, has just reached here
and tells a thrilling tale Of the inva-
sion and subjugation Of Tropic by the
rats.
Up TO q month ago, according TO But
Ter, there were no rats on the island.
At that time the advance guard Of the
rodents arrived, and were quickly fol-
lowed by others, until in two weeks
there were fully 10000 on the island.
The rats came from the mainland,
which is only two miles away, and
Butler says that they swan across.
He says he has seen them coming out
Of the water by hundreds.
At first the rats contented them
selves with attacks on the vegetables,
which were soon destroyed. Then
they invaded the homes Of the settlers.
The latter made wal on them, killing
them by hundreds. Butler says that
he has killed as many as a hundred
without a stop, but that others would
rush forward and attack him, biting
him viciously on the legs.
In spite Of the slaughter the rats
got into the houses and attacked the
women and children. Several OF the
latter were badly torn by the sharp
fangs Of the rodents. One baby was
so severely bitten about the face that
its life is despared OF. For three nights
not a soul on the island slept as that
would have meant death.
At last the people in terror and worn
out fed in their boats to the mainland,
where they are now encamped in q
destitute condition. The rats pur-
sued them to the waters edge and the
women and children were repeatedly
bitten before the boats could be
pushed off. Every vestige Of vegeta-
ton has been destroyed on the island
and il resembles a desert. The rats
are described as gray in color and
monstrous in size, being larger than
squirrels.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-08-24

An officer of the police detail said
recently: "When l vas a mounted
policeman l learned a most humane
and kind method Of curing a balky
horse. 1t not only never fails, but it
does not give the slightest pain to the
animal. When the horse refuses to
go, take the front foot at the fetlock
and bend the leg at the knee point.
Hold it thus for three minutes and let
down, and the horse will go. The way
in which 1 can account for this effec-
tive mastery Of the horse is that he
can think Of only one thing at a time,
and having made up his mind not to
go, my theory is that the bending Of
the leg, takes his mind from the origi-
nal thought.-Farm and Field.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-08-24

u will not prove a. bad a. his friends an
ticipate. Mr.. Beaton Is . member Of White
Pine Lodge. Il. and A. NJ. OF Hamilton
and will receive the care Of the fraternity
ct this place.
Claus sprectels is about 10 have erected
81 the eorner OF Third and Market streets,
San Francisco, for the use Of the "Csil,"
now one Of the greatest dsilies Of the Pa
ci6c Coast, 9 building that. when COM
pleted, is intended 10 excel In elegance and
proportions any Of the great modern news
paper buildings OF the world. II is to be
constructed Of granite. marble and steel
work and will occupy 7ix75 feet Of space
on the ground and will be $40 feet high,
being 100 feet higher than the tsllest
building nov In San Francisco.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-08-24
Ambrose Bisrce's Meanes..

The members OF the Woman's Press
Association all hate Ambrose Bierce
and take many ways to show their
disregard, says a San Francisco x
change.
One Of them in one Of their meeting
Of the association announced that she
had named a particularly Grabbed old
tom cat Ambrose Bierce because it IA
the meanest cat she aver knew. There
was a chorus of applause.
A few weeks later she was asked
how the tom cat was getting on.
"Confound Ambrose Bierce, she re-
piled, he had six kittens last night"
"The mean thing. what else could
you expect Of such a perverse crea-
ture."
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-08-24
A short Campaign.

There is a movement for shortening
the Presidential campaign Of 1896,
which is commendable. 1t is too much
to keep the people in a turmoil of po-
litical excitement for q whole year or
more. Moke the campaign short and
brilliant. The long campaign of 1872
killed Greedy. Blaine never recovered
from the campaign of 1884. It is to
be hoped that a short campaign will
be determined upon.-Oakland Times.
This reminds US of a remark made
some years ago by Tom Fitch, when
he expected to run for Congress. Meet
ing an Office seeker he said:
Lets urge a short campaign. Our
characters won't either of them stand
a long one."
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-08-24
Pahrurnp Valley.

The July-August number Of the
Orchardist, is endeavoring TO boom
Pharump Valley, Nye county, the
greater portion of which has been pur-
chased by the Calivsds Colonization
Company Of Chicago. The company
has purchased the celebrated Pah-
rump ranch, consisting of 10000 acres
and has in addition secured about 3d.
coo acres Of the adjoining land for the
purpose of colonizing the valley.
The soil and climate of Pahrump
valley is equal to that of lower Cali
fornia and grapes are raised there that
cannot be beaten in any garden spot
in the world. 1t is destined to be-
come q great agricultural and fruit
raising section.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-08-24
THE LATEST ABOUT LETTER.
WRITINg.

Begin your letter TO q woman friend
without any prefix Of endesrme,t at
all. says the Royal Letter Writer BY
appointment 10 her majesty, Ms.
Grundy. For, with logical severit,
reasons this not-to-be-contradicted
authority, it is henceforth to be con-
sidered both vulgar and impertinent
to call a mere friend or acquaintance
your dear" The letter-writer d.
reefs his pupils TO begin their notes or
epistles with easy, friendly sentences,
and conclude with the words, esteem,
hope, or a new cut-and-dried phrase:
Gin hope Of an early meeting, / am
yours, etc." or, "in pleasant anticipa-
tons Of seeing you soon, | am yours,
etc." 1t is distressingly inelegant to
write, pursues Mrs. Grundy's master
Of the pen, any letter over four pages
long; that is, just m full sheet Of
letter paper. Leave a half-inch wide
margin to the lett Of every page, and
by writing an a~ristocratic hand, OF me-
dunn size, all there is necessary to
to communicate by post can be said in
the fixed space. The model letter
writer's in the politest periods Of So
ciety never required greater space in
which to make their cleverest mots or
convey most interesting news. For
this reason the new letter-paper is
nearly a foot square; and, oddly
enough, the authority quoted recon-
mends men to study George Wash
ington's az the most elegant, graceful
and manly model. An aristocratic
hand, be it impressed upon those who
follow the laws issued from Mrs.
Grundy's throne, Is one which for
women shows no crossed t's or dotted
is, and Ia written in clear purple ink.
Black ink is meant for trade and legal
documents only.-From "Society
Fads," in Demorest's Magazine for
August.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-08-24
Small Beginnings

Make great endings sometimes. Ailments
that we are apt to consider trivial often grow
through neglect, into strocious maladies,
dangerous in themselves and productive Of
others. II Is the disregard of the earlier In.
dications Of III health which leads to the
establishment Of ell sorts Of maladies on Q
chronic basis. Moreover, there are certain
disorders incident TO the season, such as
malaria, and rheumatism, against which ID
lie always desirable TO fortify the system
after exposure 20 the conditions which
produce them. Gold, damp and miasma
are surely oounteracted by Hostetter's
Stomach Bittsrs. After you have incurred
risk from these influences. 9 winsglassful
or two Of HostetteS's Stomach Bitters
directly afterward should be swallowed.
For malaria. dyspepsia, liver complaint.
kidney and bladder trouble, nervousness
and debility II Is the most deservedly po-
pular Of remedies and ~preventives. A
wineglassiul before meals promotes ap.
petite.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-08-24

A Utah mining man claims to have
discovered a way to neutralife giant
powder smoke in mines. With an
ordinary fruit spray pump the foreman
in the tunnel blows lime water into
the hanging smoke and gases and the
lime neutralizes the latter to such an
extent that the tunnel is rapidly
cleared and the men may return to
their work at the face. The lime water
is made by Stacking a small quantity
of lime in a bucket Of water and OF the
latter but a small quantity is needed
at each spraying.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-08-24


Even in the best regulated families
things sometimes I" gang aglee."
A certain man in our town set out
the other day to celebrate his little
sons birthday, and went down cellar
to make him a freezer OF ice cream.
He was going to an afternoon tea
and had just 20 minutes in which to
freeze the cream.
He managed to crack the ice and
three fingers in the first five minutes.
Then he gouges q hole in the palm
Of his hand with the ice pick, but
finally got the freezer packed and few
at the crank with bloody hands and
make it reyolve at the rate Of amillion
revolutions an hour.
One can always tell by the way the
freezer turns when the cream is stiffen-
ing, but at the end Of 20 minutes the
freezer was grating around as easily
as when he began 81 he flung off his
coat, got a little madden, and in
creased the number Of revolutions by
a quarter Of q million. At the end OF
ten minutes the thing was still flying
around, with no indication OF the
cream coming"
Finally he jerked off the lid and
then fell down in a dead faint, frothing
ct the mouth.
All that terrific effort had been ex-
pended on an absolutely empty free
zer!
The cream was upstairs on the
kitchen table.-Ex.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-08-24
Still HustIfng.

The Butte, Montana, Western Min
ing World has the following to say OF
a former resident of Ruby Hill. He
will be remembered as the proprietor
of the first newspaper published on
the Hill-the Mining news: Mark
Musgrove, editor and proprietor of the
Silver Standard at Libby, Montana. is
an indefatigable hustler and an excel
lent all round newspaper man.. He is
a lawyer Of more than ordinary
ability, but he prefers to WELD the in
strument more potent than the sword,
rather than pressing suits for impecu-
NOUS litigants.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-08-24
ON the .. Hike"

Geo. W. Lynn is making a bicycle
trip from Denver to San Francisco. He
arrived here and put up at the Bureau
Hotel at 3 O'Clock last Thursday morn
ing and, after a few hours rest and a
square meal, took his departure, via
Palisade, at about 10 O'Clock A. N. He
had taken in Cheyenne and Evanston,
Wyo., Salt Lake, Utah, and
Cherry Creek, White Pine county, on
his route, making about 90 miles a
day, and intended when leaving here
to keep as much along the line OF rail-
road as possible. Mr.. Lynn looked
sunburnt and hearty. His stated OBJ
ject is mainly pleasure and to see the
country.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-08-24

A tall girl, named Short, long loved
a certain big Mr.. Little, while Little,
little thinking of Short, loved a little
lass named Long. To make a long
story short, Little proposed to Long.
and Short longed to be ever with Lit
ties shortcomings. So Short, meeting
Long, threatened to marry before
Long, which caused Little in a short
time to marry Long. Query: Didtall
Short love big Little less because Little
loved Long?
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-08-24
A million for q Mine.

The Haley, Idaho, Times says: A
letter OF which the following is a copy,
has been received at this Off ce:
"Dear Sir-Will you aid me in find
ing a large paying copper mine-no
matter where located or what price
over or under 81, 900, 900 lift is really
large property which will bear rigid
examination. A friend wishes to
purchase such a property as soon as
may be. Yours truly"
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-08-24
No BOOK geographically Correct.


remember once Of q publisher in
London who made up his mind to pub
lish q book that should have no typo
graphical errors whatever. He had
his proofs corrected by his own proof
readers, until they all assured him
that there were no longer any errors
in the text. Then he sent proofs to
the universities and to other publish
ing houses offering a prize Of several
pounds sterling in cash for every typo
graphical mistake that could be found.
Hundreds Of proofs were sent out in
this way, and ln.,y skilled proof
readers examined the pages in the
hope Of earning a prize. A few errors
were discovered. Then all the proof
sheets having been heard from, the
publisher felt assured that his book
would appear before the public an
absolutely perfect piece of compost
ton. He had the plates cast, the edi-
ton printed and bound between ex-
pensive covers-because as a perfect
specimen Of the printers art it was Of
course unique in literature, and ex-
ceedingly valuable to bibliophiles. The
edition sold well and was spread all
over the country. The publisher vas
very much pleased with himself for
having done something that had
hitherto been considered an impossi-
bility. Then his pride had Q fall, foE
six or eight months later he received a
letter calling his attention to an error
in a certain line on a certain page.
Then came another letter announcing
the discovery Of a second error in this
perfect book. / believe before the
year was up four or five mistakes were
found. -Harper's Round Table.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-08-24
protect the Game and Ftsb,

Shoot or hsh only in the proper season
and escape the game warden by observing
the laws. Many states have new game and
fish laws this year, and II you don't know
them. send Eve 20 stamps for a copy of the
Game Law issue OF The American Field,
245 State st., Chicago.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-08-24
A stem Child.

J~ohnson-Is this your boy. Uncle?
Uncle 'Rastus-No, sab. OATS only
my step.chile.
How do you make that out neither
you mol your wife were married be-
fore?
No, sab but, 20 see, sab, dis hyar
boy was done lef' bah somebody on
our steps, sab.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-08-24
P0stomce Hook, Stationery and
Variety store.

We have just received q full assortment
Of fine stationery. base balls, marbles. tops;
fresh garden seeds constantly on hand;
feather busters. playing cards. tooth picks.
toilet paper; . fine assortment Of pens.
inks. albums. scrap books. periumery, bird
cages, all kinds of school books and school
supplies. blank books. memorandum
books. and all kinds Of tablets; q complete
assortment Of cutlery, pipes. cigarettes.
fine smoking and chewing tobacco Of all
the leading brands. Fine cigars q
speciality. A full line Of toys. dolls. and
everything else pertaining 70 9 frst-class
variety store. Everything sold at the
lowest prices. w. J. SMITH.
. Proprietor.