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Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-02-15

Congressman Sperry Of Connecticut
has introduced o bill in the House to
provide for the Classification OF clerks
employed 10 irst.class and sscond-class
postofices through the country, and IL
should become q law. The letter car.
riers and the employees Of the railway
mail service are thoroughly classified by
statute now and their pay lie regulated by
8 Fixed schedule. but the postofics clerks
have not been so favored, although they
are among the hardest worked and most
faithful servants Of the Government.
The details OF Mr.. Sperry's bill have
been carefully considered and they seem
just and reasonable. The increased ex-
pense to the Possofice Department which
it's enactment would cause would not ex-
coed $500, 900, and half Of that amount
would be used to bring the minimum
wages up to q fair standard.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-02-15
ED1.ox,s LATEST IxvExrIoS.

Mr.. Edison. the inventor, has erected
large iron works in Sussex county. New
Jersey. Having convinced himself thst
there il an immense quantity Of iron ore
on eight hsndred acres Of land which
had been abandoned as an iron mine. he
purchased the tract aud erected on it
~forsy-one buildings, contiguous to each
other for the transmission Of power. By
means Of power drills driven by electric
ity, as IL indeed al the machinery Of the
plant, the ere Is detached in blocks Of
eight or ten tons weight. These blocks
are hoisted by derricks and placed upon
cars which carry them to the crusher.
when they are broken into pieces about
the size Of . hens egg. the pieces are
carried up in an elevator and slid down
to the dry house. where they are thor
ouehIy dried at . temperature Of three
hundred and City degrees F~Ahrenheit.
They then 60 to the stamp mill. where
they are reduced to fine powder. This
10 then passed cver powerful electro
magnets, each Of which - wound with
forty miles Of wire. these magnets attract
every particle Of iron and allows the sand
to slide Of, TO be carried by machinery
outside the ~building. The iron dust 10
then taken to the mixing house where it
is mixed with . composition which lie .
secret Of Mr.. Edison's. II then passes
to the press room where il is pressed into
the form Of bricks, which are carried ont
and loaded upon cars to be sent to mar
ket. No hand touches the iron from the
ore to the time it is shipped; nc muscu-
lar strength is applied. The iron is Of q
superior quality and sells to the steel
makers for 81 so per ton. The output
is 1000 Ions per day at . cost Of sixty
rents per ton. The profit is then Sc 90
per ton, and if . Thousand ons are
turned out in . day the profit is So. 900;
at the same rate in . year Of 300 days
the profit wou Id be 81, O7O. OO0-Ex.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-02-15

The island OF Cuba has about one.hslf
the population that the United States
had when it ohucked overheard the tea
in Boston harbor. The Cubans have ex-
perienced five times over the oppression
our fathers had. II is no wonder the pa
triotic American people are in sympa-
thy with them. The wrong is that they
have not properly expressed this sympa-
thy and given the struggling patriots q
fair show. Here. for instance, are the
figures which show that about $26, 0O0,-
900 are levied annually, or SIG for each
inhabitans. OF this amount 40 per cent
goes for interest on the public debt, 35
per cent for the defense Of the coun.
try, 224 per cent to maintain civil gov.
eminent, and only p per cent "to de.
velop the resources Of the country" For
seventy years Cuba has not drawn . free
breath. She is . ohattle, tied to the
tail Of the Spanish coach.-Ex.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-02-15

The New York Press thus tells how
this country would be feeding its foe in
case Of . wal with Great Britain:
"Tf England's flying squadron were to
attack the United States she would use
American munition of war against Amer.
loans. The fleet is stocked with beef,
canned in America. A day or two before
the squadron was ordered to sail west,
the British Government bought 500. 600
pounds Of corned beef Of . Chicago firm.
The meat was already in the Company's
storeroom, 90 that there was no need OF
. shipment from this port. For yearly
three years the British Government has
bought no American canned beef, but
has depended on supplies from its colo
mics. The sale is taken ~ indicating
that Australian supplies have been K
hausted. American houses, since the
complications abroad have caused COM
msnt, have increased their stock 81 for
sign ports. and the Chicago house was
able TO supply the Government Of Great
Britain at the shortest possible notice.
The Chicago house has aold recently .
lot Of beef-2.0 600. 900 pounds-to the
French Governments"
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-02-15

Col. L. L. Polk related the following
incident in one Of his speeches in Georgia:
A man in Washington said TO me: "Did
not General Sherman cause great damage
to the Southern people! :" Eyes" said l.
"Apd great suffering" Eyes" Don't
you people entertain 3 very bitter feel
ing toward him." "a great many do"
l replied, "but General Sherman was en-
gagged in legitimate war. He cut q
swath through that God-favored land
fifty miles wide and five hundred miles
long. and left nothing but death and
ashes to mark his track. l stood in my
house night after night and saw the hori-
ION lit up with the lurid flames Of burn
ing dwellings and cotton-gin houses. But
he left Us and we were left to temperate.
But | want to say that there lie another
man named Sherman in this country who
inflicted ten Thousand fold more suffer-
ing upon the people than ever Tecumseb
did. You find his work at every howell.
At the Preside Of every laboring nan
you find the whitening effects Of John
Shermsn's financial policy. Southern
Mercury.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-02-15
wall SHEETS LOYALTY.

Senator Vest Of Missouri sent to the
clerks desk in the Senate aud had reads
paragraph from the circular Of . Wall
street hrm Of bankers and brokers. stat
ing that the United States Senate Is
sinking lower and lower in public esti-
nation and threatening revolution IN
less the Senate adhered to the gold
standard. Vest said the Senator from
Soush Carolina TiIlmsnl had been de-
nouncsd a. . communist because be
spoke Of an incipient revolution IN this
country, but here was . statement from
New York bankers that unless the Sen
ate did the bidding Of the capitalists and
adopted their opinions and policy . revo
lutioa was q. hand and q c~onvulsion was
coming.
1t appears that il is the next thing to
treason for a Senator or Representative
in Congress to speak Of the condition Of
the masses and sound . note Of warning
to plutocrats, but for Wall street bank
ers and brokers, who have gold to loan.
to threaten revelation, unless the Senate
declares for the gold standard and sane
tious the issuance Of bonds, mus. be re-
garded ss patriotic. To this complexion
has ii come that a person who insists on
the coinage Of gold and silver. the money
Of the Constisution. and does not bow to
the golden god worshipped in Wall
street, is clsssed IS sn anarchist or COM
munist, while those who reverently and
subnissively bow to the idol, though de-
prived Of the common necesssries Of life
through the exaltation Of gold, are the
only law abiding citizens in the land, as
fsalsy to the gold standard is the Wall
street test Of loyalty to the Government.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-02-15

A bright Mexican was in this city last
week, and in conversation with q gentle
man said: "Mexico was never half so
prosperous before as at present. Agreat
many Americans are going there. They
reduce their money to gold before going.
and on reaching the capital exchange it
for silver. obtaining two dollars for one.
They buy ranches at silver prices; they
employ our cheap labor. and send their
coffee. sugar and fruit to the United
States, where they are sold for gold,
which gold is again returned to Mexico
and again exchanged for silver. They
are doing q most prosperous business"
This is the way in poor and degraded
Mexico. Do any Of our gold standard
friends know Of any Msxicans who are
coming TO the United States to make in
vestments Salt Lake Tribune.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-02-15

According to = Washington dispatch
there Is . new Richmond in the field
for the Republican Presidential nomina.
tion. II Is Matthew Stanley Quay, Sen.
ator from Pennsylvsnis. Two months
ago Senator Quay positively denied that
he would be . candidate, but recent po-
litical developments have changed his de.
termination. State Treasurer Haywood
Of Pennsylvania was in Washington last
Monday and had q long talk with Quay.
Afterward Mr.. Haywood said he felt
justified in saying that Senator Quay's
name would be presented to the conven-
tion.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-02-15

Edison believes that he can solve the
problem Of air ships either by using bal
looms or aeroplanes; but to use his own
words: II would construct actual ships
Of the air-yachts, schooners and brig
antines-which would tack and jibe. and
sail before the wind. My idea is that
the lifting power for these air ships
should be gas stored in the sails. In
other words. you apply the balloon prin-
ciple in such q way that the gas bag. in
stead of being an impediment. as it is at
present, would be the actual means Of
propulsion. / would construct gas bags
shaped like the sails OF a yacht"
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-02-15

Cathode rays were put to use for the
fret time in Chicago last Wednesday in
. surgical operation. Casper Smith. who
had been shot in the hand several years
ago. offered himself as . subject to DR..
james E. BURY and electrician Charles
E. Scribner. who had been conducting q
series Of experiments at the laboratory
Of the Western Electric Company. The
bullet in the hand was small. The in
jured hand was exposed to cathode rays
for about an hour and the plate disclosed
an excellent likeness. The physician re.
moved the bullet and Smith suffered bat
little pain.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-02-15

A genial Phiiadelphisn, who Tor obvi-
Gus reasons does not care TO have his
name printed on this occasion. secureds
parlor car seat in an express train for
Reading . few days ago, and % he was
about to pass through the gates was sur
prised to hear himself sccosted in femi-
nine tones with the somewhat startling
Question, please, mister. could l Dor
row you for q while"
Looking around, he found two buxom
women, who hastily and hesitasingly ex-
planned that they were riding on a pass
made out in the name Of q gentleman and
his wife, and, ss the gentleman was not
present, they wanted the genisl-looking
citizen to place his bought ticket ct the
disposal Of one lady and take the other
one under his wing. while he ~personsted
the absent owner Of the pass.
(Which is my wife ?" he inquired.
with an inward quslm. lest his W alb
sent better half should ever hear the
story.
"You can take your choice, sir" said
the lady in search Of an escort, and he
promptly did so by tucking the arm Of
the younger fair one under his own and
leading her into the car. The couple
proved to be right jolly travelling COM
pauions, and the citizens only regret in
the transaction was due to q fear that the
story might leak out and get home ahead
Of him. But il NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Record,
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-02-15

Rev. Thomas Alexander, . P~resbyter-
ian minister, long resident in Chelsea.
and well known as . brother Scot. was
most anxious to meet Thomas Carlyle,
the great philosopher, but had no oppor-
tunity Of getting an introduction to him.
One day on the Kings road be saw Car
lyle coming in his direction, and took ad.
vantage Of the opportunity by going up
TO the rage and saying: Thomas Car.
lyle, / believe" Carlyle's reply was:
tom Alexander. 1 know" They became
good friends. and later Mr.. Alexander
wrote 10 Carlyle for . subscription to-
ward Q school building fund, and Carlyle
wrote back . refusal in doggerel, where
upon Mr.. Alexander replied that If be
did no. send him s25 he would sell his
poetry 70 a collector or publish il. The SIS
was at once forthcoming.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-02-15

A Denver, Colorado. dispatch Of Feb.
10 says: Members Of the Trades Assem-.
bly, denounced the un-American utter.
ances Of Senator Wolcott in severe words
81 their regular session to-day. The
cause Of their denunciation Of the Colo.
RADIO Senator was his attack upon the
Monroe doctrine. and resolutions Of
scorn. censure and . request for his res
ignstion were severally offered. but
failed to receive votes enough to be
passed. Some wanted to hang him in
efigy. others to give him . drubbing
with clubs upon his next visit to Colo.
RADIO. He was called . Judas and .
Benedict Arnold, and one wanted the
records Of the Assembly revised so that
his name might be expunged wherever it
appears. The Assembly passed resolu-
tions complimentary to Senator Tillmsn.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-02-15

A $50 lawsuit over q 81 25 pig has
just been ended in Michigantown, Ind.
and the town treasury is out the former
amount. A month ago the City Marshal
.impouDded a pig belonging TO q farmer
named Hills. The farmer refused to
pay the 81 so pound charge and replev-
ined the zig. The town sued him, and
after three trials the Circuit Court gave
. verdict for Hills, with 81 OIL damages.
More than half the people in town were
summoned as witnesses, and the total
amount Of money lost ovsr the pig RUM
to . pretty high figure.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-02-15

South Africa has a multimillionaire
who can give Rockefeller points" His
name 10 John B. Robinson, and his for
tune is estimated at $3.50. 900, 900. In
1873 Robinson was in debt. He had
kept a grocery store in the Orange Free
State, bG. b. could not make both ends
meet. He aad his wife begged their way
for 800 miles to Kimberley. Here Rob-
inson laid the foundation Of his enormous
fortune by picking up q rough diamond
worth 81, 200. His one ambition is said
to be able to 60 ON record as the worlds
frat Millionaire.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-02-15

The wal with Cuba is costing Spain
"a, 000, 900 a month. The debt Of Spain
is 81, 200. 900, 900. and no further loan is
possible. The inevitable result Of pro-
tracted hostilities is bankruptcy in the
mother country. IS well as in Cuba.
That means possibly 9 revolution, the
end Of which no man can foretell. II
the Cubans can keep up the revolution
for q few months more. Spaine will be
forced to retire, as wars cannot be car
ried on without money. The situation is
extremely alarming for Spain.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-02-15
News has been received at Ruthland

News has been received at Ruthland,
Vermont. Of the death Of Macomber, a
leading Indian Of the Caughanwag reser-
walton. near the Saranac lake. He was
l0S years old. and left considerable
wealth. The old man had been married
three times. His first wife bore him six
children, by the second he had fifteen
and by the third the same number. He
had over 1000 grandchildren, R~reat.grand.
children and Observation-Disclosures.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-02-15
CORRESPONDENCE.
UNITED STATES SENATE,

UNITED STATES SENATE,
wAsHSeToS. d. C., Feb. !, 1896.
EDITOR SENTINEL: Quite . number Of
citizens Of Nevada have made requests
Of me for seed. AZ the Secretary OF
Agriculture has determined not to carry
out the Law relative TO the distribution
Of seed TO Senators and Representatives,,
!. will be impossible to furnish seed this
year, unless the resolution now pending
before Congress. directing the Secretary
Of Agriculture to execute the Law, IL
passed. 10 that event, seed will again
be distributed, and / shall supply all cit
izens Of Nevada who wish to experiment
with them. Yours. very truly.
WIN. NJ. STEWART.
Since the above was placed in type we
learn that the Senate has passed . reso-
luton directing Secretary Morton to con.
tinue the purchase and distribution Of
seeds.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-02-15

Secretary Olney received q ~cablegram
from Mrs. Hammond, dated Pretoria
Feb. s, regarding her husband, John
Hays Hammond. which reads as follows:
because Of my husbands i'll health, due
to prison confinement. the Governor al
lows me to emove him to private house.
where | can personally attend him. The
preliminary examination is proceeding
and the treatment of prisoners is good"
Another ~cablegram says Hammond is ont
On hail.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-02-15

President Kruger Of the South Afri-
can Republic lost the thumb Of his left
hand while he was 9 boy. He was out
hunting. when his gun burst and shat
tered the thumb. He calmly took out
his jsck-knife and cut what was left Of
the member of at the joint, after which
he tied his hand up ~ best he could and
went home.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-02-15

A French submarine boat recently in.
vented is intended to carry passengers
without se~ssiokness, or, In time Of war,
to explode torpedoes under the ksels
Of hostile ships. It is driven by an cleo
trio motor. has 6ne and other queer sp-
planes and Is entirely invisible from
the surface Of the waves. II 10 claimed
that roomy passenger ships can be built
on this pattern to cross the Channel 45
feet under the water.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-02-15

William II. English died ct Indianap-
oils, Indiana, on the 7th inst. He was
born in the same city in which he died
in 1922. In 1880 be ives nominated for
Vice President by the Democratic Ma
tional Convention held at Cincinnati on
the ticket headed by General Winfield
5. Hancock, for whom Nevada cast her
electoral vote.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-02-15

A man supposed to be Schlatter. the
healer, who created such a sensation in
Colorado, is thought to be working in
the changing at San Bernardino. Cali
fornia. He has long hair and beard and
resembles the pictures Of Schlstter. He
will talk to no person. except when
urged, and says he is doing penance for
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-02-15
The Cstrou bill to probibis prize Hsh

The Catron bill to prohibit prize fight
ing in the Territories was approved by
the President last Saturday. This law
virtually puts an end to prize fighting
within the boundaries Of the United
States, ii almost every State in the
Union has upon it's statutes . law pro-
hibiting meetings Of that kind.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-02-15

A Dos Moines dispatch Of Feb. 9 says:
General J. B. Weaver sent the following
letter TO Senator Tillman: "My Dear
Senator: Have just read with care your
recent speech in the Senate. God bless
you for your courageous. masterful
effort. Keep your whip in hand. The
same one was twice used in the temple
scene in Jerusalem and you struck the
same set OF scalawags."
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-02-15

An aerolite exploded over Madrid,
Spain. last Monday, causing . general
panic. All the buildings were shaken
and windows shattered. though the off,
cials of the Madrid Observatory say the
explosion occurred twenty miles above
the earth.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-02-15

Lord S~alisbury's old hut, which he oc-
cupied at the Bendigo gold diggings in
Australia in 1852. is still standing. Lady
H~opetoun, upon visiting Bendigo. re-
marked: "Oh, the dear old man I
suppose it was the digging that made him
so round-shouldered.n
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-02-15

A London cablegrsm of Feb. 10 says:
Hon. Cecil Rhodes. formerly Premier of
Cape Colony. took his departure for
South Africa to-day. His leaving was
managed very quietly. He goes by way
Of the Suez Canal. and it is understood
be will return to England for the trial Of
Jamison. which will take place 10 June.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-02-15

Why does Sherman in all his speeches
call the single gold standard bimetallism 7
Because it has been so long since he
spoke the truth that the force of habit
prevents him from surprising the Senate
by a correct statement with regard to
any matter relating to finance. Silver
Knight Waterman.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-02-15

"And finally" said the retired bust
ness man to his son. who was just enter
ing on business life. don't be too prompt
in keeping your engagements. II you
are always there sharp to the second, you
will waste a lot of time waiting on the
other fellow"
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-02-15

Capt. Thomas Morley, who is al pres
emit living in Washington. seems to pos
sess q charmed life. He is . survivor Of
the charge of the Light Brigade. Of Libby
prison and Of the Ford's Theater disaster.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-02-15

An Austin, Texas. dispatch of the Sth
inst. says: The State Democratic Ex-
ecutive Committee was in session here
to-day. The silver caucus wal attended
by fifteen members Of the COMMITTEES.
Silver wal victorious on the one oonven-
tion scheme in the caucus. 1t is likely
that the majority Of delegates to the Ma.
tional Convention will be free silver men.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-02-15

The National Farmers Alliance in SEES.
sion at Washington sent q committee to
the House to present an argument for
free coinage. The Alliance is strongly
in favor OF free coinage.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-02-15

There was no change Of note in the
ballot for United States Senator in the
Kentucky Legislature up to latest ad-
vices.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-02-15

The Central Agricultural Association
of Belgium has petitioned Parliament in
favor Of bimetallism.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-02-15

The Senate substitute for the House
Bond bill WA voted on in the House last
Thursday.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-02-15
NOTICE.

All persons indsbtsd % the SENTINEL
re requested to make immediate pay
msns. as the business Of the late firm Of
Cassidy & skillnsn must be settled up.
Persons having bills against the late 6rm
will please present them.
A. SKILLNAS, Trustee.
Eureka. Nevsda, May 10, 1898.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-02-15
GEO. A. BARTLETT,

A rTORNEY AT Law. OFFICE
"A in the Ryland Building. on Busi and
Bsteman streets. Eureka. Nevada.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-02-15

Representative Grain of Texas died
suddenly in Washington, d. c.. last
Monday.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-02-15
To Whom Il May Concern.

IL PERSONS ARE Hereby WARNED TO
n abstain from dumping on the public
streets and thoroughfarss of the town of Eureka.
all garbage. refuse. waste matter. sweepIngs
and decsyed vegetables or other substances
from this time forth. or the Law will be invoked
to prevent the same.
Az. CLARKE. Sheriff.
Eureka. April %. 1895.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-02-15
{. A. Mcconnell S
PRICE LIST.
Corrected Weekly.

! will sell 81 my store. one door south
Of W. Fl. stowell's Drug Store for CASH
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-02-15
r. q. HARMON,

A TTORNEY AT LAW AND NO.
L. tary Public. once-Ryland's Building.
Batemsn street, opposite the Jackson House,
Eureka, Nevada