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why we coodnt kill them fast enough to get
our revenge. We simply wouldn't have Il st
ALI under any consideration. Now don't you
suppose our religion seems lust as foolish 10
Them as theirs would be to us2"
j. w. Hill OF Cairo. Kan. sends n postal card
on which is the iollowinR: II have reton let.
ter, which was addressed to Marget Joncs.
which has bin dead for some time. I think
come where near a year. and do not know any
thing of tho family. think they is one girl
In Ills. So ne placs and do not know any par
ties that know where bout they are. and II
YOU can find out will notify you II you will
send two or three envelopes TO reply. Hoping
| done right in riting the letter speak OF l re-
mRin.'
One poor individual, who lives in Crosses,
Ark. says that lie has not been able to have
his letters to Government officials considered.
and that lie Is oppressed on this account He
Is evidently religious crank. for he writes
about n number of tho scripturnl characters
Paul. In conclusion he says: "All scripture
is profitable. and TO be wise men must become
fools Why Is my writing barredy / have q
good coincidence In my work"
These are only q few of tho letters stored
away In the crank file" Of the department; ;
letters which are all comical and lauEhablc In
spite OF the fact that many of them are solemn
and serious. Nearly all of the letters are an
swercd and acknowledged. but In many cases
given to send reply. and In these cases the
letters are placed on file to await future de-
velopments. Even the letters which are known
to have been written hy habitual cranks are
acknowledged when the name and address are
given, and IL is usually state in the communi
cation that your letter has been placed upon
the crank file OF the Interior Department"
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SPECIAL STAMPS FOR CITIES.
A BiII to Permit Rig cities to Have Post
aye stamps pf Special DesIgns.

rom the WnshingtOn IDsf.
Representative Pugh Of kentucky has pro-
pared bill to permit cities of 100000 or more
inhabitants to obtain postage stamps of special
designs. His bill provides that any number Of
inhabitants OF any city OF the United States con-
tanning population OF 100000 or more. as
shown by the United states census OF 1890. or as
shown by any future United States census. as
may desire. may unite in petition for the issu-
nncc OF postage stamps Of special dcs! gns com
IntmOrhtIng the history Of said city or the mem
ory of inhabitants thereof now deceased but no
such special hostage stamp shall he designed.
made. Or used to advertise the business Of any
individual, firm, corporation, or society.
The petition asking for these special stamps
must be delivered 10 the Postmaster Of their
city and by lin forwarded to the Postmaster
General nt Washington. who shall report tho
latter, upon finding tlnt the provisions OF this
act have been complied with. shall furnish
po>tagc stamps of special design TO the Post
master Of that city for the use Of the people
up"r the same terms and conditions that post
age stamps are now supplied
Representative PuEh says there is cOnsidera-
blc sentiment throughout the country in favor
OF stamps oi ~prcial designs. and lie hopes to re-
ccivcn favorable rrn"rt ~ his bill Mt nm early
day. Mr.. Pugh in his hill provides against any
fraud or deception being praCtcrd on the Gov
crnmcnt. and that tie cost Of engraving and
printing thcs" stamps will fall on the people OF
the city aud not the taxpayers of the country.
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charged at The rate Of more than 400 4 minute

charged at the rate Of moro than 400 q minute
as long as they are fed TO the gun. The arm
consists Of a barrel attached TO a breech cas-.
firing and ejectinR the shells. The belts of
cartridges are coiled In boxes, which can be
readily attached to the breech casing, or they
may rest on the ground and the feeding will 20
on Just as well. When attached TO the casing
the boxes move with 1t, so thnt tho vertical or
be elevated or depressed at will, do not affect
the supply Of ammunition.
The gun Is worked by the pressure OF tho
powder gases In the larrcl after the projectile
has received Its max imum velocity and with.
out lessening, II is said. either Its range or its
penetration. In the barrel, somewhat In rear
which opens downward from the bore IL is
closed by piston which fits in n gas cyi:nder
that surrounds the outer edge of tho vent
The piston Is pivoted to u gas lever 80 that IL
adjusts itself to the gas cylinder. The lever
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Girl MAIL MESSENG ERS.
Mand and Alice Baxter and Their TIVE
Daily Trip. Over Connecticut Roads.

Daily Trips Over Connecticut Roads.
BRIDGEpouT, Jan. ls--There are two girls.
living In Tticus. in the southern part of Fair
field county. who take considerable pride In the
fact that they are employees OF Uncle Sam.
Their names are Maud and Alicc Baxter, aged
10 and years respectively. and the Govern
ment service which they perform is carrying
the United States mail. They are tho chil-
dren OF u. Crosby Baxter a farmer living in
Titcus. Tn" girls are known to everybod for
miles around as the girl mail messengers. The
route over which the two girls carry the mail 10
between Ridgefeld station and Titicus. They
make two trips day and their regularity In
making these trips has made their faces famil-
lar to the summer contingent from New York
th"t spends the summers thcr".
the Titcus mail carriers drive over the coun-
try road in II light sidebOard carriage to which
il attached -orrel horse, which they have
named T." Uncle sam" OnICiasiy Maud is the
mail messrugrr, but the girls by mutual agree
mtnt divide the pay for he work, and Alice 10
the companion on every trip that Maud makes
work Is 100 each year. and as II all at one
time II IL quite a sum for the hrerag" country
girl 10 have, Not once SING" ihr, girls have
been carrying the mail have they failed Ia catch
tho early train which tax III" mail 10 New
York, nor has there ever been complaint made
against them for failure to perform their work
10 reach the train it is necessary for the girls
TO rise carly. lNfn COMES II iTlNN 10 tIt
Post ONCE 10 secure the mail hay from IOst-
master Nash and then IA drive OF five miles to
Rdg-feld station. The train leaves before y
O'Clock. aud when the travelling l. bad on tho
country roads IL makes 81 ncl" sam pun tn
get there in tim.; ~ tho Baxter grls, pull up
pouch and hands 1t over u h" railroad men.
This II very nice IN the summer months. In
the winter 1t is different. They tell OF many
struggles to get over the almost impAssAblY
country roads but not once have they hesitAted
IN starting out Besides max! ing two trips day
they attend the district seLOOL
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shields fastened to the iron stirrup which sup


In order that the conductor may form per-
fcctly. continuous circuit each section is con-
nected to the next by means of copper band
Between the conductors are laid the feeder
cables. which are INJECTED Mt Intervals to tho
overhead conductors
The tunnel is lighted by large thirty two can.
die power Edison lamrs, fixed at intervals of
seven and one.half feet on each side. eight feet
from the ground, in wooden blocks, which are
cut out around the lamp to protect IL from
moisture dripping from the walls.
An extension of the overhead part OF the
electrical equipment Is contemplated. Then
the electric locomotives will be used rs far as
Wavcrly.
II would seem from these examples that tho
hitherto perpexing problem of conducting
very heavy electrical currents to Il moving train
on surface road has been solved. This is the
first important application OF electricity to
steam trunk line railroad. The results of the
innovation none can tell. but one s not rash in
prophesying that before many years we Will
see the electric huid' In use. not only for
slow and heavy freight transportation. but for
the speediest passenger trains Oh tho largest
trunk line systems in the world.
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Mr. A. B. Cloney, a workman
employed in the shops at
Winchendon, Mass, and also
somewhat known ms n dealer In
watches, which he sells to his
fellow -workmen on the installment
plan, says of Ripans Tabules,
October ID, 1895: They hit the
spot have used them for three
years and they always fill the bill
and do all that is claimed for them"
Rlpans Tabules are sold by druggists. or by
mail. II the price go cents box) Is sent TO Tho
Rlpans Chemical Company. No. 10 Spruce ST.,
New York. Sample vial, 10 centA
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THE NAVY'S NEW WEAPON.
AN UTOMATIC GUN THAT FIRES
400 SHOTS A MINUTE.

w.,sb, Only Forty Pounds and May Re
Used on . Police Patrol Wagon = Tho
Gun Worked by tho eases OF the fow-
der ns. wonderfuil Accuracy or Fire.
A new automatic rapid-hrins gun has been
adopted by the Navy Department after careful
and exacting tests In It's operation the gases
~ tho powder are utilized to throw out tho
.mpty shells and feed in the fresh cartridges.
Tho whole machine. after one movement OF a
lever by hand, Is worked by the expansion Of
the gases without interfering with the en-.
eIency OF the explosive In propelling the bullet.
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The operator merely pulls a trigger like that of
q pistol and the gun goes on firing. The
tests were made under the orders OF the Ord
nance Board. The gun here pictured gained
for itself the approval Of the authorities. II is
called the Colt automatic gun, Browning's pat
ent Lieut.. =. f. Mason. superintendent OF
the Indian Head proving grounds. says In his
report to the Bureau Of Ordnance that 1t Is q
marvel OF rnpdty. precision. and strength.
The gun is so made that 1t can be readily
usei and carried either by infantry or cavalry.
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sw n - in vertical pane. To operate lnc : IN
the reed belt y put in and the lever, is thrown
Is done once by hand. The movement opens
the breech and feeds the first cartridge from
the belt to the carrier The lever is then re-
leased. and the spring causes 1t to spring for.
ward. close the vent. and transfer the ear.
fridge from the carrier to the barrel. The same
locks the breech The shot Is fired by pulling
the trigger. After the bullet has passed the
vent. and before it leaves the muzzlr. the pow
der gases. expanding through the vent. work
the piston and the gas lever. which act on the
breech rc"hrniSr. open the breech throw out
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From he CNiru0O Ddt'U JTl6unt.
Customer docking Mt himself In tho glass;
The trousers are not the kind they are wearing
this season. are they? They seem to mo to be
out OF style.
Clothing Merchant Mein fricndt. dose pants
vas all right, but your legs vas yOost liddle out
OF shtylc.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-09-05

Judge Wellborn Of the United States
Circuit Court rendered a decision to-day,
says q Los Angeles dispach Of Aug. IL, de-
claring that the Government has the right
to fix the rates for the transportation Of
troops or any other Government business,
including the mails, over any road. II 10
estimated that the decision will make q
difference Of from $45. 600. 900 to $50, OOO,-
600 in the amounts paid by the Govern
ment every year for transportation Of
mails, troops and other business. The
suit OF which this decision Is the outcome
was brought by the Atlantic and Pacific
Railroad. backed by all the other land
grant roads, ss q test case. A trooper who
travelled from Albuquerque, N. NJ, to
Prescott, Ariz., refused TO pay full fare and
rendered the conductor just half the regu.
lar price OF a ticket. The conductor re-
fused to accept this, and after transport
ing the trooper the company sued the
Government.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-09-05

Mr.. Reed, 10 his Old Orchard speech.
states only . part Of the history OF Eng
land through the crash Of 1875. We last
week gave the history Of what was done.
Silver was ~Semonetized in lSl6, and then
accounts wen called in, and by 1875
there was in En.lsnd exactly what there
was in this country in 1890. The money
had drifted &c sne interest gatherers in
London. Tie people at large had none.
The rsa who had money in London did
not dare invest il in any property in
England, because property was falling
there Just as il has been in this country
so long. So they went into all kinds OF
speculations. London then was as it is
now, q commercial center. There were
millions and millions Of dollars there on
deposit, safe from the uncertain cou
tries Of Europe. Wild loans were made;
wild speculstions were entered into until
there came a collapse. That only affect.
ed the rich in England. The poor were
as poor as they could be before, and
England was a desperately poor country
until her Golfers we're r~eplenished by the
gold Of Australia and California. That
history read rightly instead Of being an
argument such as Mr.. Reed would make
is an awful warning to him and the
people that unless silver shall be restored,
we shall have years and years Of worse
times than England had, because Eng
land is a little country with a great many
people. Even after all the crash her
moneyed men had much money. and they
had to buy the products of the soil at
fair prices. Mr.. Reed is . great. clear
headed man. but the picture that he draws
| Of what would come with Mr.. Mckin-
ley's election, has no basis in fact. The
only thing Mr.. Mckinley could do to
give any promise Of q restoration Of pros.
perity would be to follow out his natural
instincts and bring around ~remonetiza-
tion by an argument with France, Ger
many and Russia, ignoring Great Britain.
But there is no prospect of his doing
that. because, if Mr.. Mckinley is elect
ed, John Sherman and the great syndi-
Gates in New York who are lavishiDe
money upon this campaign, will control
the administration. The only hope fol
the Republican party and for the good
Of this country is to have the Republican
candidate beaten this yesr.-Sslt Lake
Tribune.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-09-05

The Salt Lake Tribune OF the lst inst.
has the following In to-dsy's Tribune
will be found q copy Of q letter sent BY
j. E. Schwartz. president Of the Penn
sylvsnis Smelling Company, to Samuel
James, superintendent Of the works at
Sandy. The letter states the intention
Of the company to close down. But the
letter gives the false reason that the
company is unwilling to assume the risk
Of the election Of Mr.. Bryan, who is a
free trader. openly proclaiming his oppo-
sition TO any protection whatever. The
| further assertion was made that the free
| coinage of silver would afford the COM
pany no relief. We say the reason Of
| fered is false because the platform on
| which Mr.. Bryan is running promises to
| raise sufficient revenue to run the Gov
| eminent through . tariff, end further
that the tariff shall be fairly adjusted to-
ward every portion of the country.
| Moreover, no one knows better than Mr..
| Schwartz that even il Mr.. Bryan were to
be elected no possible changes could be
made 10 the tariff for probably two years.
Had Mr.. Schwartz stated the truth
that because Of the poverty Of the eoun'
try there had been q mighty falling of
| in the purchase Of manufactured lead,
which has caused . large surplus to sc
cumulate in the East, his reason for clos
| ing down would have been much more
reasonable. Had he added that because
Of falling prices and low sales the tariff
had lost its charm that would have been
true. But We do not believe either would
have been the true reason for closing
down. We were informed . month sgo
that the Mingo reduction works had beer
leased, and for the purpose Of closing
them down. and that the purpose was tc
increase the charges for reducing ores.
We do not know that this is true, but il
has . reasonable look, and we would like
to have q statement from Mr.. Schwartz
whether or not the smelters when they
shall be closed down will cease to pay
any revenue to the owners
What we object to is the giving Of
false reason by the owners for one o.
their business acts.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-09-05
HOW NOws

Recently the Philadelphia Record cop.
led Mr.. Bryan's words, which were
We contend that free and unlimited
silver coinage by the United States alone
will raise the bullion value Of silver to
its coinage value and thus make silver
bullion worth $l.29 per unc in gold
throughout the world.
Then the Record says:
On the other hand, DR.. Otto Arendt,
member Of the Prussisn House OF Depu-
ties and Of the German Silver Commits
sion of 1894, says Of free and unlimited
coinage by this country "The none
tary anarchy would be thus perpetuated
for q space Of time beyond estimation.
Only by insisting in all countries in an
unequivocal manner on the international
solution of the currency question can in
transitional bimetallism be attained. No
more experiments is therefore the only
appeal which the European bimetallists
can address to those Of America"
We wonder what the Record will have
to say, now that MIR. Arendt has written
. second letter, in which he says:
What sad disappointment came with
the st. Louis convention. 1t is obvious
that the spirit of that convention was
inspired by Wall street when Mckinley
himself deserted the peoples cause and
closed an alliance. offensive and defen-
sive, with all grasping capital. Heaven
high above him, unfettered and unmer-
oenary, rose Bryan, who at ouce gained
the sympathy and respect Of bimetallists
the world over. II | were an American
citizen, / would unhesitstingly vote fol
the peoples champion. A free coinage
President appears to me a lesser evil
than a stock exchange President, who
would walk in Gleveland's footsteps.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-09-05

II is good news 10 read that Senator
Teller is about to enter the fight ; that
he will issue Al open letter in answer to
McKinley's financial sophistries, and will
take the stump in California and then 60
East. 1t 10 good to see, too, that Charlie
Thomas has gone to Maine. and that Col.
Tom Patterson has gone to Chicago. 1t
would be q joy TO see either one of those
gentlemen meet the brightest men that
the gold bugs can trot out in debate be-
fore audiences that would be fair and be
willing to applaud . good point when.
ever it was made in an argument. The
gold bugs are On the defensive. Salt
Lake Tribune.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-09-05
NEWS NOTES.

Butte miners receive SO 80 per day.
carpenters IS to Sc and common laborers
50. The pay-rolls Of the mines aggre-
gate 81, 200. 900 per month.
The Shellberger placer mine, at 0sce-
ola, Nevada, recently cleaned up Sl2,0 600
from "a days work. There is much rich
gravel in that vicinity, but very little
water.
The owners OF the race track at Austin
asked such an exhorbitant price to the
Jockey Club for ent and privileges, that
the citizens propose to build a new track.
The California Supreme Court handed
down a decision affirming the constitu-
tionality Of the county government act.
under which decision the officials of every
county in that State, with the exception
of San Francisco, will hold their respec-
tive Offices for the term Of four years.
The Nevada papers are striving hard
to settle who was the first white child
born in the State. A new one turns up
every week.
Five years ago not over 20 carloads Of
refined salt were shipped out Of Utah.
Now the business amounts to 1900 car
loads annually.
The California State Fair opened last
Tuesday. 1t will continue open three
weeks this year.
Hon. j. E. Gignoux has received .
contract from the Government to survey
lands in Humboldt and Elko counties.
He has sub-let the contraot-which lie
for s5,000-to T. P. Mack, who will soon
leave here TO begin the work.-Dsyton
Times.
The Reno Journal Of September lst
says: The State University will COM
mence this morning, and the indications
are that there will be a larger number Of
students this term than at any previous
one in the history of the school. Every
room is taken in the girls cottage and
over eighty boys have applied for quar-
tiers 10 Lincoln Hall.
An accident occurred Monday on the
Pixies Peak Cog railway. The side bars
on the engine broke rendering the air
brakes useless. The engineer and brake.
man saved themselves by jumping and
the conductor stopped the passenger car.
The engine dashed down the grade at q
fearful rate and jumped the track at q
curve, the boiler exploding.
The creditors Of j. j. O'Farrell, the
San Francisco bankrupt real estate
dealer, held a meeting, al which il was
found that his financial condition was
worse than at first reported. His liabil-
tiles exceed sll2, OO0, and the assets
amount to only about So, ZOO. Some re-
cent transfers of property to O'Farrell's
relatives are TO be attached, and his cred.
itors ~nounc their intention to force
him into insolvency.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-09-05

The National Banks are in this fight
against Bryan and the People with all
their might and main. And they cannot
be blamed. 1t ia with them q life and
death struggle. They have bled the Ma.
tion systematically for years. They have
precipitated panics when there was no
real necessity for fear. no occasion for
apprehension. Having the people in
their clutches, they then squeezed them
to their hearts content. The people
will not soon forget the panic Of 1893,
and the utterly INSCRIPTIONS actions Of
the National Banks during that period
of business uncertainty, which was I'M
reasonable, but for which the National
Banks were mainly responsible.
The signs are in the air that these
banks propose to again try their same
old trick-this time with the object in
view Of frightening people from voting
for Bryan and free coinage. It will not
work, however. The people are despair
ately in earnest and do not care for
threats. Every menace from 8 National
Bank. every lying circular from an insur.
ance company. every yelled attempt on
the part of power and money to COW the
workingmen by Representations that free
coinage will lower their wages-all these
will prove abortive. The eyes Of the
people are open, and they can no longer
be fooled, cajoled, seduoed, or bulldozed.
The National Banks have noticed this
determination On the part of the voters.
and they are moving Heaven and earth
to defeat the free coinage candidates
for they begin to understand that the
election of Bryan may be the beginning
of the end Of their career as intermediary
b~lood-suckers between the Government
and the people.-Sscramento Bee.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-09-05

The failure of Hilton, Hughes & Co. Of
New York is . pitiful ending Of the great
house Of A. T. Stewart & Co. Judge
Hilton was Stewards friend. Stewards
will gave him charge Of the business and
. tremendous present in money. He un-
dertook to handle the estate. The body
Of Stewart was stolen, and when the
ghouls wanted q large price to return il,
Hilton hageled about paying. He in
ceused all the Hebrews in the United
States by refusing to permit a Jew to
register or stop in q gresl hotel which
Stewart had built. He gave Mrs. Stew.
art infinite trouble in her lifetime about
the money she wished to use. By his
Management he dissipsted or appropri-
ssed . great part Of the estate. and now
comes the FINAL collapse. A. T. Stewart
was as cold as ice. He was one Of the
most perfect buriness machines that ever
ran in the United States. He piled up q
/ colossal fortune, but he did it honestly.
While he was as cold as ice. there was
no stain upon his name. But he did not
begin soon enough to administer upon
his estate, and the part that was entrust.
ed to Hilton is about squandered in one
way or another. The notice il serves
upon rich men to see to it that what good
they want done they must do themselves.
is very marked.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-09-05
NOTICE.

7 WISE TO ANNOUNCE TO THE CITIZENS
L OF Eureks and surrounding country that I
have sold my newspaper agencies and station
cry business to Mr.. O.. s. Bstchelder. All par
ties owing the late firm will please call and
settle the same at the stationery store, and all
persons having bills against me will please
present them Immediately.
Thanking the public for the generous pat
ronage received from them for the past many
years. l bespesk a continuance Of the sam for
my successor. Mr.. Bstcheldsr.
W. ]. SMITH.
Eureka. Nevada, Sept. A, 1896. SIS