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Griggs courier., 1895-09-20
A Promising Child,

Mr.. Manhattan Beach-What are you
reading, Mamie?
Mamie (aged eleveneOnly one Of
those French novels
"Yoa should not read them. It is
not proper for you 20 read such books. :"
"But am not reading it for my own
good. am just looking through It to
see II It Is proper book to have lying
around where mamma might pick it up
and read it."-Texas Siftings.
Griggs courier., 1895-09-20
Profitable Pupils.

Friend-1 should think having such
dull pupils to teach would drive you
wild.
Music Professor-I like dull pupils.
De parents neffer dink does tear chill
dren hat no music in dem. Dey plane
de biano, und den l zells dem new
vons.-N. Y. Weekly.
Griggs courier., 1895-09-20
A Mean sJok0.

A Mean Joke.
First Doctor-That was q mean joke
some one played on Filkins.
Second Doctor-What was that?
First Doctor-Why, some ono tele-
graphed him to hurry to Niagara Falls
to remove cataract, and he never
tumbled till he 60 therein. Y. World.
Griggs courier., 1895-09-20
II THINK You CANE FROM THE ISLAND
OF CUMBRAE"


OF CUMBRAE."
beg your pardon, gentlemen, but
will you please show me which of
these things are not yours? The pas
senger who was in with you has sent
me across for them"
'"Then he's not going on to st. Pan.
GRASP" Sir Theophilus asked, eagerly.
mo, sir; he's changed his mind, and
he's going on by Northwestern"
Sir Theophilus looked hard at me.
This is queer" he said, "devilish
queer. 1 don't half understand it.
Why on earth should he take it as an
imputation on his character that he
comes from Cumbrae? Never met
such a singular circumstance in my
life! Here. boy, have you got any
London papers?"
The paper boy handed him up the
Times. Sir Theophilus took it. I
bought Daily Chronicle. The ira in
went on. For awhile we sat silent,
and buried in our respec tive prints.
Suddenly Sir Theophilus gave long,
low "Whew!"
whats up?' I said, looking across
at him.
"Why, now see what the fellow
meant by denying Cumbrae," Sir Theo-
philus cried decisively. ''Rut he won't
escape me! His head betrayeth him.
just look at this paragraph and you
can see the whole truth of it."
He handed me over the Times with
his thumb ON one column. I looked
where he pointed, and this is what I
read: 'Ballachulish Shooting Case:
1t has now transpired that the missing
man, Hudson, who is supposed to have
fired the fatal shot, is person of the
name of Reuben Plummer, a native Of
the Island Of Great Cumbrae, we'll
known as q bookmaker at Newmarket
and elsewhere. The strictest search
has been made for him in the neigh
borhood and the police believe he will
soon be captured"
Police be blowed!" Sir Theophilus
murmured pensively. "I'll back my
self to recognize Cumbrae head
against any detective in the adjacent
islands,"
But there's a portrait Of Hudson in
this man isn't really the least bit like
him. He has q bushy beard and
whiskers and is described as red
haired" ........ .t.
Sir Theophilus glanced at it. ''Shaved
himself and dyedv' he exclaimed in
-eply. Nothing easier than to dis
guise himself. One doesn't expect
much from hasty wood-cut in an even
ing paper; but even there I can see the
same ears and forehead. However, we
shall be up in town before him. I'll
communicate with tho police and SEQ
the copy Of tho photograph they have
Of the man before he reaches Euston."
That very same evening l accom-
panied Sir Theophilus to the Maryle-
bene police station and went round
with him and the inspector to await
the man from Cumbrae as he came in
by the Northwestern. And that's how
Robert Plummer was really arrested.
London Sketch.
Griggs courier., 1895-09-20

"A description of the corporation
plate and insignia of Office, the mace.
sword of state, mayors chain, ETC., OF
every city and corporate town of En-
gland and Wales, of the universities at
Oxford and Cambridge, and of the two
houses of parliament, has just been
completed by Mr.. W. A. st. John Hope,
and will be published in few days.
Griggs courier., 1895-09-20
Well Brod.

"That dog is pretty well bred, amt
hep asked the man, leaning over tho
division fence.
"Well bred?" echoed the dogs owner.
II should say he Is well bred. Why,
that dog won't eat his meals at all un-
less he has his collar on" Detroit
Tribuna
Griggs courier., 1895-09-20

Paris had big fire recently, when
it turned ont that in the whole city
there were only eleven steam fire en-
gines- The Parisians see no reason
why they should introduce the Amer
lean system when their firemen can get
ready to leave the engine-house in
twelve minutes.
Griggs courier., 1895-09-20
Not in His Calculation.

Park Commissioner - You are NOT
making that new bicycle path wide
enough.
Surveyor It's wide enough
for ten bicycles to ride abreast.
Park Commissioner-It's wide enough
for the bicycles. But It isn't wide
enough for tho bloomers.-N. Y. World.
Griggs courier., 1895-09-20
Exclaimed II.

Little Dot-l don't see how COWS can
eat grass.
Little Dick-1 'spose when they is
young the mother COWS keeps saying to
their children: IF you don't eat grass
you shant have any pie. Good House
keeping.
Griggs courier., 1895-09-20
Hygienio Item.

Teacher-So you can't remember the
names Of the great lakes. Cant you
keep them in your head?
Johnnie-No, ma'am. II I was to
keep them lakes in my head might
have water on the brain.-Texas Sift-
ings.
Griggs courier., 1895-09-20
Improyident.

"How long have you been Pullman
porter?" said the kindly gentleman.
1.-TWO yeah, sah."
"And still working?"
"Yaas, indeed" =
"Dear me! How improvident you
must have been!"-OaklandT Times,
Griggs courier., 1895-09-20
rhe OolnaEs Question.

Wallace-Even the women have
tackled this coinage question. My
wife and lot more have formed club
to discuss Il.
Ferry-a'm. My wife hasn't got
any further than to demand sixteen
hats to my one.-Cincinnati ENQUIRER.
Griggs courier., 1895-09-20

Young Mrs. Gotham Cher first sum-
mer experience)-O, we could not pos
sibly use as much ~ six quarts Of milk
a day. Couldn't you rent me the little
one instead of it's mother?-VoRue,
Griggs courier., 1895-09-20

The Regular Baptists, north. have
=, ,9O2 organizations and membership
of s0o,025. They worship in 1865
churches, seating also. 45s people, and
in 1,165 halls, seating 49.524,504. Their
church property is valued at S49. .5o4. I.
5Ok
Griggs courier., 1895-09-20
A Religious Broker.

Jinlks-Smithson strikes me ~ being
q sort of religious broker, but I'm
blamed If can tell whether he's bull
or q bear.
Filkins-Why not?
Jinks-Because he's long on coun-
tenance and short ON works.-Harlem
Life.
Griggs courier., 1895-09-20
A Needed Rest.

Clara-1 have been to tho seashore,
resting.
Aunty-Huh! What have you been
resting from?
Clara-Why, from sitting around st
home. Of course.-N. Y. Weekly.
Griggs courier., 1895-09-20
An Interrupted blessing.

Thaclseray tells Of an Irish woman
begging of him who, when she saw him
put his hand in his pocket, cried out:
"May the blessing of God follow you
all the days of your life," but when he
only pulled out his snufbox she imme-
diately added: "And never overtake
you."
Griggs courier., 1895-09-20
SultlnI tho Action.

"Jamie," sharply called out his
mother, you've been loafing all day.
Satan always finds some work for idle
hands to do. Take this basket and
bring in some kindlings. Chicago
Tribune.
Griggs courier., 1895-09-20
A New AAl8dy.

''How did all the people IN this town
happen to be afflicted with ST. Vitus'
dancer"
"They're not. That's the bicycle
dodge. Free Press.
Griggs courier., 1895-09-20
Very Welcome by Comp.rison

''Why did you meet that book ped
dler % eRusively? You never saw him
before, did you?"
mo. thought At first he was bdlI
collector. TimesHerah
Griggs courier., 1895-09-20

-Vattel declares that In war al
vines, fruit trees and growing crops
should be spared.
Griggs courier., 1895-09-20
Another Pattern Altogether.

Another Pattern Altogether.
He was handy with his pom.
And twas every now and then
That tho bankers paying tellers he'd
perplex;
But no made his boldest swlpes,
Getting only ugly stripes.
Whore he'd fondly hoped - gather
pretty checks.
CHICAGO Record
Griggs courier., 1895-09-20
Prudent.

Shells It well. do you think. to tell
the truth about your friends?
He-Yes-but wait till they're gone.
Truth.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-09-14

There Is now being baiit ct the Bald
win Locouotive Works in Philadelphia
an ordinary locomotive with driving
wheels Of Eve feet diameter, which the
Inventor says be viii. As soon As con-
plcted, draw . train Of cars from Phil
sdelphis to New York in che hur. The
Baldwius have nothing 10 say. They
are simply building j. for W. I. Holman
Of Minneapolis. an inventor, who has de-
signed the machine. The locomotive is
net to be set on the rails as engines ordi-
narily are. II is TO be placed on what
are known As the Holman frietion-geared
trucks. which will raise it thirty inches.
The inventor says:
cit will be just like any engine. ex-
oeps that zach Of its driving wheels will
rest on aud between two smaller wheels.
which in turn will res. on and between
three other wheels that finally rest on
the rails. The instant the drivers OF
the locomotive begin toturn they neces-
sarily through friction give an opposite
rotary motion to the small wheels on
which they rest. The natural and inev-
table result is that one revolution Of the
locomotives driving wheels BY this null
.iplicity Of wheels in pyramid form car
ries the engine just twice ss far forward
in q single revelation Of the wheels as il
they were on the track themselves"
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-09-14

The recent declaration OF Mr.. Balfour
in the belief that the calling Of An in
ternational bimetallic congress would do
no good, is construed by many to mean
that he has gone back on his old deolara.
tions, ever as Mr.. Carlisle on this side
has. We think that is not fair. We
believe il will be demonstrated in the
lex few months that Mr.. Balfour is
working with all his might to bring about
international bimetallism which will set
tie the question for years to come. He
no doubt thinks ii is not prudent just
now to try to have q congress, but nc
word has ever escaped his lips to go to
show that he has changed his mind in
the least in regard to the necessity oil
universal bimetallism or that he has re-
laxed. in the least his efforts in that line
Salt Lake Tribune.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-09-14

The British firm Of iron producers re-
ports to the London Times the result OF
q Eve years experiment with the eight.
hour system. At frat the cost OF each
ton Of output was increased, but now it
has fallen as low as il was in 1889. In
other words, the men get as much work
done in eight hours as they used to get
done in twelve. That this is not merely
| the result Of a coincidental improvement
in machinery or the methods OF manu-
f~acture is vouched for by the managers
| OF the works, who have considered the
point. II is reported by the Boston
Transcript that a similar test is being
made by a New England manufacturer,
who employs 700 operatives. He has not
| yet made q wholesale change, but his idea
is to ascertain what constitutes q fair
days product. and then to help his en-
| ployers to fewer hours Of labor by re-
| quiring from them only that product
turned out as il may be in fewer hours
than at present. II nine hours Of fresher
and more buoyant labor will turn out
the same product as ten hours Of more
jaded labor, he can afford to pay, and is
disposed to pay, the same wages for the
former 90 for the latter.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-09-14

A recent London dispatch says that
Right Hon. A. J. BsIfour. First Lord OF
the Treasury. writes under date OF Sep
TENDER 4 as follows:
"Wish reference to the recent deela-
rations in the House OF Commons l do
not know why persons interested should
be ~perplexed over my supposed change
Of attitude on the question OF interna-
tional bimetallism, for no such change
has occurred, l am and always have been
in favor Of international agreement. bot
/ have not the right to pledge my col
leagues, and / don't believe an inter-
national agreement would result from
any international conference. 1t only
regards the statement that | had no
grounds for thinking the conference
would result in an international agree
ment at the present moment and that
the abortive conference would do more
harm than good. that any difference Of
opinion may possibly be found among the
bimetallists. In my opinion, however,
there is but little prospect Of . conferences
succeeding unless the Governments that
are to be represented at it come
to some understanding on the main point
at issue before the meeting Of the main
conference. No such understanding. IN
fortunately, at present exists and IN
ill others exist a conference will probably
do more harm than good"
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-09-14
LANCE THRUsTS FROM THE
s.sILVRR KNIGHT.

A contracted volume Of currency
means q few very rich men and Q nation
Of paupers.
The patriotism Of a Wall street broker
is confined within the narrow compass OF
a gold dollar.
The politicians will find in 1896 that
catch-words and glittering generalities
will not make taking platforms.
Farmer | Do you understand that de-
stroying one.half Of our money doubles
the purchasing power Of the other hall
at the expense Of the producer?
You might as we'll attempt to stop q
western cyclone with q handkerchief 81
TO stem the tide now rolling on in gath
ering strength in favor Of bimetallism.
A gold bug newspaper which will us'
the phrase Sound money" to designat'
the monomessllist idea. would steal thu
livery Of heaven as q covering in which
to serve the devil.
The demonstration act struck dowr
Of one blow one-half the money OF thu
county; double the debts Of the people
and correspondingly increased the wealth
Of the creditor class.
Honest money" is silver money. Thu
only metal retaining the same proportion
to the commoditiesit buys. "Dishones
money is gold money, which has risei
in value while the prices Of the product
Of the country have fallen and the debt
steadily increased.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-09-14

Judge Cheney has an American dollar
OF 1900. On the diverse side Of the
coin are thirteen stars and the word
Liberty" surrounding the Goddess Of
Liberty, and beneath the head the date
"l799." On the reverse side Of the coin
are the words UNITED States Of Amer
lea" surrounding a spread eagle which
holds in it's beak a scroll bearing the
motto "E Pluribus Unum." On the
edge Of the coin are the words. "Hun-
dred cents or one dollar or unit" This
dollar contains exactly the same number
Of grains OF standard silver as the
standard dollar Of to-day. II is the unit
Of American money and il states on its
face that it is 100 cents.-Reno Journal.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-09-14

EuKKKA, Sept. 2, lS9o.
Enron SENrTSKL: 10 my lsss letter
on the agent" Of the 5. P. Company
employed to control the politics OF sh's
state. 1 called attention to the Party
Of Elections Law" passed by the Legs
l.ture last Winter and alluded to the
fact that it deprived the agent" OF his
mower to use money either before or st
our elections; be can no longer 80 from
precinct to precinct Just before an cleo
tion leaving 500 here, $50 there and
| 1000 1t another place. Under this law
all none used during q political cam
paisn must be expended BY q COMMITTEES
Of five persons chosen for tia, purpose
at the time nominations are made
and it can only be used to pay the sx-
penses Of political meetings, printing
and for other legitimate purposes. After
the election the committee Is required to
make q sworn report itemized. showing
the amount Of money used and the Pur-
poses for which il vas used. No person
is allowed to use any money individually
or to make any promise Of Office or en-
ployment to secure the election OF any
candidate under pain OF severe penalties.
Money may be furnished TO the commit
tee appointed to expend it for legitimate
purposes and not otherwise. The law is
so s~r.fuIly framed that it makes il the
interest Of each candidate for Office and
his friends to watch all OF the other can
didates and their friends and TO see that
the law is strictly enforced. IL does not
stop at a criminal prosecution for its vio-
lation but provides that 3 candidate who
is elected If he has been guilty of a vio'
lation Of the law to secure his election
shall forfeit his office, and if his friends
with his knowledge and consent violate
the law the same result follows.
The law lie too long and its provisions
too numerous to permit more than q
glance at . few OF its provisions tnat de-
prives the '~'sgent" and others like him oil
the most effective weapons they employ
money aud promises. II supplements
the Australian ballot law beautifully and
makes it possible for = poor man to be I
candidate for Office with an equal show Of
success with the rich man without beinG
compelled to pledge his soul to hi
satanic majesty or 10 the ''sgent"-muci
the same-to secure the money and in.
fuence necessary to elect him. In fact
under this law, il / am not greatly mis-
taken in the temper Of a vast msiorit.
Of the people. if a candidate is suspected
Of a leaning towards the agent" it vii
be his political death knell.
GU BoSo.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-09-14
DON'T BE A A

We find the following article OF good
advice going the rounds Of the press,
which is just as applicable to this sec
ton as others: Oitentimes when mining
meu and experts for syndicstes come into
q place to look for sn investment, in
quiries are made as to where q mine can
be had that presents q suitable showing
for an investment, one that shows
well for the amount Of work done,
be il 500 or 5000 feet Of development.
They are perhaps directed by 3 citizen to
a certain location owned by Mr.. B.,
and upon finding him he is asked what
sort Of o mine be has, and on what terms
. lease and bond can be secured, pro-
vided the mine shows up samples equal
to his representations. He immediately
says: my group Of mines is worth
$50, 600" and then proceeds TO place
restrictions upon the probable investors
which cannot be met reasonably, and the
mines are allowed to remain a dead horse
on his hands, and worthless holes in the
ground, because he has not the means
to work them and is so unreason-
able and hard TO deal with that even
wealthy syndicate cannot or will no
handle them. A better way would be t.
hold our advantages by making the pric'
sl5. 900 instead of $50. 900. and theI
allow reasonable intelligence to govern
you in an smicable adjustment Of article
Of agreement regarding the preliminsr.
work, which is the only sure test
stranger has. Every man wants an evel
break. If be is going to buy a horse.
piece of town property or a mine. he ha
a right to satisfy himself by looking e
and testing the property, and if he is re
stricted, he goes 10 a place where he i
not and there makes his investment.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-09-14

The Legislature OF Switzerland meets
two or three times a year, sitting about
four weeks in all. and the legislators get
81 20 per day while the body is in ses.
sion. The canton Of Zurich, which has
so. 900 voters in q population Of $50. 900,
has passed only twenty-seven laws in
twenty years. In 1880 ID had eight
times as many telephones per loo. 600
population as New York and paid only
Sl6 per year, while New York paid S24O
per instrument. This was q benefit to
the people. a result Of direct legislation,
by which the control Of traffic. railroad
and express as well as telegraph. and the
regulation OF rates, were put in charge OF
the Government.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-09-14

II is reported that the Bank OF Eng
land has ordered portraits of President
Cleveland and Postmaster General Will
son to be hung in the bank in reoogni-
tion Of their work against free silver.
Very proper and appropriate. They
have enabled England to buy her food
supplies at 80 per cent less than for
merly and England is not ungrateful.
And the Bank Of England also has sus.
pended on it's wall the portrait OF John
Sherman. The original ought to be sus-
pended to . tree. But strange to say
the Bank Of England has no portrait
Of George Washington. or Andrew Jack.
son, or Abraham Lincoln. These men
were friends Of the people and patriots
in the true sense of the word. Those of
a later day are time servers, and look to
but their own selfish nds.-Virginia
Chronicle.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-09-14

Governor Altgeld Of Illinois. in speak
ing recently Of Cleveland. said: ut is
an undoubted fact that he was three
times nominated for President by no one
else than the Standard Oil Company.
They did IL in Chicago in 1884, they did
it again in ST. Louis in 1888. and then
William G. Whitney, that c%ompany's
representative. came to Chicago and OBJ
tanned for him another nomination in
1892" This is the same company that
made $50, 900. 600 only a few months ago
by increasing the price Of coal oil. The
probability is, if Cleveland desires 3
fourth nomination, they will again assist
him. The Standard Oil Company believe
in always having . friend ct court.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-09-14


A San Bernardino dispatch of the 9TH
instant says: A new company has been
organized to purchase the Nevada South.
ern railroad at the receivers sale and ex-
tend the line to Phoebe. Nevada. 1ne
new organization will be known as the
California and Eastern Railroad Com
pany, and ID is composed Of Denver, Chi
cago and English capitalists. r. w.
Woodbury. Of Denver will be business
manager. Receiver R. S. Seport is now
ON bis way East to confer with members
Of the new organization. and the confer
ence will determine the day Of sale.
Early this Winter the road will be ex-
tended 100 miles to Phoebe, passing
through the Vanderbilt and Waupah
mining districts and through the rich sg.
ricultural lands Of the Pshrump valley
and other mining districts of that local.
a.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-09-14

Senator Brice Of Ohio, . New York
millionaire, says Cleveland is 'the great.
est statesman and party leader of bis
time" Doubtless every millionaire in
this country and Europe, without regard
to party or nationality, will echo Brice's
eulogy Of Cleveland. This tool Of the
money power ought to receive the praises
Of the millionaires since he gets the
curses Of the millions. II will now be
10 order for John Sherman to arise and
declare that Ben Harrison is just as good
and great q man as Cleveland any day in
the week.-Chicago Express.