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Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1898-03-19
MSING

"
O. J. Smith and c. T. Bender have
commenced work on the Renegade mine
Of Olinghouse.
The zinc .roughs at the April Fool
mine. Lincoln county. we're recently rob-
bed Of cyanides valued at 1920.
The April Fool mine at DeLsmar is put
ting through twenty tons Of ore daily OF
an average value Of SIS gold per ton.
The placer mines at oscsols are begin
ming 10 feel q little shaky on the water
question for the coming Summer.
Represen iatives OF 9 New YORK com-
pany are in Mason Valley negotiating for
the mines OF she West Walker Company.
A public test OF Edison's latest gold saw
ing machine is being made ct Carson on
ore from the Orc Grsnde plaosrs near
Dayton.
Lode: The machinery is now on tne
road for DeLsmar's ice factory md cold
storage plant. 1t will be in operation
about April LIST.
The lone NJ. Company st lone 10 en-
ploying 100 men and milling the gold val
ues out Of forty tons a day. The shaft has
9 depth Of 800 feet
The total bullion product Of Mountain
City District. Elko county. since 1868 Is
estimated at 81. 400 500. Of which $4,000
wss taken from placer claims.
The Kinkesd mill at TuscsPors lie crush.
ing 60 tons Of ore daily from the Dexter
mine which gives returns Of SAG in gold
and six ounce in silver. The mill pro
duced s13. 900 during the month Of Feb
ruary.
The latest news from the East is that
the Gold Greek Company is very much en-
coursged In its effort toward rehsbilitat-
ing that company and now fully expects to
be able to start up its placer mines In the
Spring.
In addition TO Its numerous mineral
products Humboldt county contains q vast
area Of slate, some Of ii adapted fol-
roofing purposes. The exports Of slate
in 1897 10 foreign countries aggregated
1891, 537.
At the Summit mine, near Phoebe,
enough ore is blocked out to keep the mill
running for the next ten months at it:
present capacity, which is about thirty
five tons per day. The mill and mine en-
ploy forty men.
DeLamar Lode: The reports Of new
strikes at Deer Lodge and State Line ev-
cry few days are very encouraging and II
the veins continue down as they have ev.
cry appearance of doing the camps will be
asscond Cripple Greek.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1898-03-19
Eureka Comfy.
OF INTEREST Ts MINERS.
Locating and Markig Claims SO
as 90 be Free FronAdverses.

A location notice may beritten, printed
or engraved on any substace.
Red ink or typewriter pnting will soon
fade. Lead pencil writinmill last longer
than ink, aud DO legal.
Location notices m~ustoptsin the fol-
lowing: Name or names , ~locators, date
Of location, and 9 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. by
reference to natural objeo or permanent
monuments to identify IL claim and TO
distinctly trace its bounda es.
A claim may be 800 fee in length and
800 feet on each side OF thmiddle Of the
vein or lode, but no larger
At least 500 worth OF wrk or improve
ments must be NADIA on e,h unpatented
claim in each year, aud unss so made the
claim may be relocated. ht IL the owner
or owners begin work at ~ time before
relocation is made their rilt holds good.
That il, an owner may no his claim by
beginning work instead oby relocating.
even after the beginning ola new year. II
no other locator has interfed.
No claim can be recordedutil q vein or
lode, or at least indicationshave been dis
covered upon IL at some pot.
Within 9 reasonable tin the location
should be properly records
The law makes no distincon on account
Of sex, and . minor may nike q valid 10
cation.
A location made In the rme OF - prin.
cipsl eanno be claimed byhe person act,
ing as agent In making the,cation.
II a notice does not specf the extent Of
9 claim il will relate on 20 the place
where ii stsnds-ssy 9 pee to start 9
shaft and no more.
A location may be made ( any day.
Lines cannot be changed after location
TO interfere with previous Thts OF others.
A stake or monument 81 eh end OF claim
showing that the locator clans the ground
from stake to stake and q s,cifed number
Of feet IN zach side 10 ~sufient to hold .
claim.
II q person takes up ma ground than
allowed by Law, 10 does no invalidate his
claim. but be cannot hold iore than 1900
by 900 feet In one claim.
Locstors are not held isbsolute accu-
racy, but description WILDE considered
sufficient IL il puts an host inquirer In
the way OF finding the lodeAnd reasonably
defines the boundaries.
The foregoing points % taken from
Cops American Mining Ode, and are In
accordance with decision by courts and
the land department..
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1898-03-19

Sum of money submitted for ap-
portionment as per report of County
Treasurer now on file in my office,
SO, 1922. 25, less $1,000 paid to Board
Of Examiners. Respectfully,
PETER BREEN,
County Supt. OF Public Schools.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1898-03-19

An artist employed to decorate the
properties Of an old church in Bel
GUM, being refused payment in lump,
was asked for details and sent in his
bill as follows:
Corrected the Ten Command
ments D %
Embellisbed Pontius Plate
and put ribbons on his bonnet. O2
Put a new tail on the rooster
of st. Peter and mended his
comb s 20
Replumed and gilded the left
wing OF the Guardian Angel. ... 4 IS
Washed the servant of the
High Priest and put carmine on
his cheek. 5 IL
Renewed heaven, adjusted
two stars and cleaned the noon Z 10
Terminated the flames OF
Purgatory and restored souls 3 O6
Revived the flames of hell,
put q new tail on the devil,
mended his left hoof and did
several jobs for the damned. IL
Re-bordered the robe OF
Herod, and re-adjusted his wig 4 90
Put new spotted dashes on
the o OF Tobias, and dressing
in his sack. 2 90
Cleaned the ears OF Balaam's
Ass and shod him. 3 OF
Put earrings into the ears OF
Sarah. 2 VI
Put a new stone in David's
sling, enlarged the head of
Goliath and extended his legs. 8 o.
Decorated Noah's AK. 3 OF
Mended the shirt of the Prod
igal Son and cleaned his ars 4 OF
Total. $50 04
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1898-03-19
The war scare Knocking Wool.

The Boston Commercial Bulletin OF
March IL says Of the wool market: The
war scare has completely knocked the
bottom out Of the wool market. The free
cancellation Of orders for goods Is Q de-
pressing feature. Statistically wool was
never stronger. and foreign markets are
advancing. but here all merchants are
sailing near the shore. keeping 9 full bal
ance Of cash on hand. The settlement Of
the war scare will probably result In bet
ter business.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1898-03-19
NEVADA NEWS ITEMS.

Many Of the Elko ranchers on the river
are dehorning their cattle.
A los Of 800 tons Of hay recently sold at
$40 per ton, delivered on the cars at Reno.
1t Ia estimated that over 100. 600 head Of
sheep will range in the northern part Of
Elko county this year:
Efforts are being made TO have the Ore
gon Short Line build a branch 10 tap min
ing districts in Elko county.
Golconda has eight saloons and numer-
Gus business houses. A few years ago it
was merely q flag station on the G. P. B. r.
The valuation of property within the
limits of the city Of Reno as returned by
the assessor for the year 1897 was s1,745.-
$50.
Vice President Maxson has arranged
with B. F. Leete for Q fine exhibit OF Eagle
salt. q natural product Of Nevada. for the
ON aha Exposition.
Winnemucce Is advocating the estab-
fishing of a free public library in that city
by leyying 9 tax on all property OF the
Winnemuccs school district.
Dwight @. Crittenden, one Of the best
known mining men on the coast. Is lying
10 g critical condition at st. Msry's hos
pitsl, San Francisco. He was formerly
superintendent Of the North Belle mine at
Candelaria.
The tax levy for Lincoln county for the
year 1898 was made as follows: Phoebe,
1882; DeLamar, 3.42. and general coun.
ty So. 80. The tax OF As cents extra, which
Was made last year on the interest Of the
bonded indebtedness, was not levied this
year.
During a furious windstorm at Blue
Springs, Nye county, one night recently
the roof OF the school house fell in and
was demolished. On that night q party
was to have been given at the schoolhouse
but for some reason or other the place OF
meeting had been changed. Otherwise
many lives would have been lost.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1898-03-19
Nevada's Booze shops.

A. @. May. Deputy United States Rev.
enue Collector for Nevada, reports that be
sold 500 retail liquor licenses so far this
year. The Virginia Report remarks that
this furnishes 9 booze shop for every
twenty voters in the State and states that q
distillery would be a better scheme than q
beet sugar factory or q wooden mill.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1898-03-19
sunragists Appreciasive.

The press OF Nevada merits she sincere
thanks Of all suffragists for the friendly
manner in which it has always treated
our question. All articles were willingly
published. This IL noble and true Amer
icanism.-Neyada Citizen,
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1898-03-19
TO MINERS AND PROJECTORS:

In order to promote prospecting and mining
throughout this section, WI . view OF In
creasing as much ss ~possiblehe mineral pro.
duction. We make you the flowing offer;
Any samples that you may ish to know the
mineral or market value of. , TO learn a. TO
whether IL will stand shlpms. can be sent to
US. We will make the assay free Of charge
to you, and report results byaAil to those iiv.
ing outside Of Eureka.
Send us your samples plsi5 marked with
numbers and address. and as on as practicable
after receipt At our once. ctihcstes showing
Its contents will be sent you. 10 will cost you
nothing, hence let us hear fn you. and rest
assured we will endeavor todve you as low
rates as may permit the exposition Of ore, now
practically worthless. for thaek Of knowing
its market value.
THE EUREKA 5AMLING WORKS.
B. l.. SMITH, Agent.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1898-03-19

PUBLIC SCHOOL MONEYS.
OFFICE OF
COUNTY SUPT. PUBLIC SCHOOLS,
EURFKA. Ian. 12. 1903.

To the Auditor, Treasurer and
School Trustees OF the county Of Eu-
reka, Nev.-Gentlemen: l have the
honor to submit the following appor-
tionment OF State school moneys for
the county of Eureka, Nev., as fol-
lows, to wit:
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-09-01
AT A GHOST PICNIC.
A Form OF Summer Entertainment
Which Affords More Fun Than
Anything Ever Tried.

A fine moonlight evening with the
barometer at satisfactory altitude
is one of the essentials for this form of
entertainment. On the invitation
cards guests should be notified that a
white costume of some description is
necessary. 1t may be silk, satin or cot
ton, according to the fancy or means
of the wearer, but pure white, without
spot or bleInish, it must be.
Since it is not every one, especially
among the matrons, and of course all
the men, who is in possession of a
white costume, some of the shifts to
which the guests will resort will be
sure to add immeasurably to the mer-
riment of the occasion. So much the
better; ghost" picnic should be
wildly hilarious. The scene of the
gathering should not be fixed too far
from home, and should be chosen, to
some extent, on account of its easy
access. Instead of arranging a pre-
Hminary meet, as at the ordinary pic
mic, the guests should find their way to
the place in family groups or singly,
the case may be. 1t will, of course,
depend upon the individual humor of
each guest to make his or her appear
ance on the scene as ''ghostly" as may
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-09-01
PITH AND POINT.

We can do nothing yesterday, Isor
tomorrow; so we really ought TO do
all we can to-day.--L. A. ". Bulletin
Twenty usually constitute a score,
but sometimes it's to in the ninth
inning.-Chicago Daily News.
When people have to tell of their
own generosity you may know that
nobody else ever heard of it.-Wash-
ington Qa.) Democrat.
A Safe Bet-@Jones (reading a dis
patch from the seat of war; The
Spanish fired at random" smith
I'm bet they didn't hit it."-Puck.
We imagine that when a man has
been to war, and returns home safely,
the temptation 10 lie is as great as
after a fishing trip.-Atchison Globe
Groom-''A ring round the moon is n
sign of rain" Bride (sweetly)-"And
ring round a woman's finger is the
sign Of" Groom (sadly)-"Reign.
Boston Traveller.
Had a Woman to Blame.-"I have
had dreadful luck. This morning L
dropped my spectacles and my wife
stepped on them" That's what call
good luck. If had dropped mine I
| should have stepped on them myself"
Chicago Record.
Il saw a sign painter barely save
himself" said the student boarder,
by catching as he fell the sign he had
finished. He was suspended 90 feet
from the sidewalk He is not the
first man." said Asbury Peppers, who
hung breathless on his own words
when no one else did Cincinnati
Enquirer.
What do you suppose was the origin
of the expression BY George?' he
said, thoughtfully, when the CONVEX
sation began to flag n little. I'm sure
L don't know" she answered. ''I bet
do" yelled her small brother.
"What?" they beth asked. George
Dewey" was the prompt reply.-Chi-
cago Evening Rost.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-09-01
CHAPTER XVII.
"PIECEs on EIGHT."

Owing to the cant of the vessel the
masts hung far out over the water, AMI
from my perch on the cross-trees l
had nothing below me but the sur
face of the bay. Hands, who was not
so far up, was, in consequence, nearer
to the ship, and fell between me and
the bulwarks. He rose once to the
surface in lather of foam and blood
and then sunk again for good. AS the
water settled l could see him lying
huddled together on the clean, bright
sand in the shadow of the vessels
sides. A fish or two whipped past his
body. Sometimes, by the quivering OF
the water, he appeared to move little,
as if he were trying to rise. But he
was dead enough. for all that, being
both shot and drowned, and was food
for fish in the very place where he had
designed my slaughter.
I was no sooner certain of this than
I began to feel sick, faint and terri
fed. The hot blood was running over
my back and chest. The dirk, where it
had pinned my shoulder to the mast,
seemed to burn like hot iron; yet
it was not so much these real suffer
ings that distressed me, for these, it
seemed to me. could bear without a
murmur; it was the horror had upon
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-09-01
THE MOUNTAIN STREAM.

rise exultant from the mountains crown,
Leaping, sparkling,
Through dark and rocky courses rushing
down,
Shining. darkiing,
I throw my spray to kiss the ferns and
daisies
And keep them green:
The harebeI1 and the lily sing my praises
And Ger me lean.
tarry not within the shady dingle
To rest and sleep,
But with the rugged rocks rudely mingie
And rush and leap.
The precipice invites me to its border
But cannot keep,
spring impetuous from each would-be
warder
And downward sweep.
I bear along the pebbles and the grasses
In merry play.
And many a bowlder in the narrow passes
I turn astray;
Curvettfng, dancing to my music springing.
I haste along,
Far down the hillside all my treasure
hinging
OF happy song.
-Edlah G.. Hawkes., in Springfield (Mass.)
Republican.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-09-01
HORSES NAME AND FoREToP.
Their Removal Is Foolish Fad
Which Is Both DishgurinE
and Harmful.

The fad for cutting off the foretop
of horse is founded neither on beauty
nor benefit to the health of the ami
NAL. The stable boys like it because
the foretopi is out of the way in bridling
and cleaning the horse. The driver
who uses an overhead check claims
the absence of the foretop and name
back six inches removes all danger
of the hair getting entangled in the
overcheck, TO the annoyance of driver
and horse. But granting these claims
all the value they should have they
are more than offset by the fact that
the foretop and name over the poll are
not useless appendages, to be put ON
or off to suit the fancy of the owner
or within of the groom.
Nature has combined in the horses
name and tail both beauty and utility.
The capillary growth softens and
shades the hard outlines OF the form
The beauty and relief given to the out
line of the horses head and neck by
the flowing foretop and name have
never been equaled by any sculptor or
artist in their grandest works of art
The lightness and grace of the flow
ing hair cannot be expressed in mar
BILE or bronze. Until the bald pate be-
comes as desirable and beautiful as
that adorned with the natural cover
ing of hair it may be insisted that the
clipping of the foretop is a fad, hav-
ing neither need nor sense at the back
of it.
The capillary growth over the poll
is a great device of nature. 1t pro-
tects the brain from the direct rays
- ~
ing storm and piercing cold and acts
as a cushion to lessen the injury from
a blow. Of the value of this persons
with bald heads can speak with feel
ing. Possibly there are owners and
grooms who place their comfort and
preferences above those of the horse,
and with such men the truly beauti-
full is not appreciated. The cutting
also deteriorates the sale price of a
horse. An American correspondents
tells me that those who serve horses
in this way fought to know, however,
that they lose many chances of sales.
and if a buyer be found he must, if
he understands the market, cut down
the price of the horse. l have bought
two horses recently that / have paid
less for than 1 would have paid if they
had their foretops. As they WILDE used
on the farm my ideas of damage are
less than if they were to go to a city
/ have seen it stated that prominent
buyer of export horses says he cannot
take a horse for the foreign market
if the foretop has been cut unless he
| can manage to get the horse so low
that he can afford to keep him until
the foretop grows out. Another buyer
says he Will not pay full value for 3
horse with the foretop clipped of. He
discounts such horse so he can keep
him for six months or more. No man
will pay a penny more for a horse
| because of the absence of his foretop
and a part of his name, but there are
many who will not take a horse so
disfgured unless they can buy so low
that they can afford TO keep him six
months or more for the foretop to
grow."-Belfast News.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-09-01

. tunSling to the deck; but the Ina:nsail
was harder matter. Of course, when
the schooner canted over the boom had
swung cupboard and the cap of it and
a foot or two of sail hung even under
water. Il thought tits made it still more
dangerous; yet the strain was SO heavy
that I half feared to NEEDLE. At last
1 got my knife and cut the halyardy
The peak dropped instantly, a great
belly of loose canvas hoated broad upon
the water, and since, pull as liked,
could not bulge the downhaul, that
was the extent of what could accom-
piish. For the rest, the ''Hispaniola"
must trust to luck, like myself.
BY this time the whole anchorage had
fallen into shadow-the last rays, re-
member, falling through a glade of the
wood and shining. bright as jewels, on
the howery mantle of the wreck. It
began to be chill, the tide was rapidly
feeting seward, the schooner settling
more and more on her beam-ends.
scrambled forward and looked over.
1t seemed shallow enough and. holding
the cut Aawser in both hands for last
security. let myself drop softly over
board. The water scarcely reached my
with ripple marks, and waded ashore
in great spirits, leaving the ''Hispani-
ola" on her side, with her mainsail trail
ing wide upon the surface of the bay.
About the same time the sun went fair
ly down and the breeze whistled low in
the dusk among the tossing pines.
AT least, and at last, 1 was off the
sea. nor had returned thence empty
handed. There lay the schooner, clear
at last from buccaneers and ready for
our own men to board and get to sea
| again. I had nothing nearer my fancy
than to get home to the stockade and
boast of my achievements. Possibly I
might be blamed a bit for my truantry.
but the recapture of the ''Hispaniola'
| was clinching answer, and I hoped
that even Capt. Smollett would con-
fess had not lost my time.
So thinking. and in famous spirits. ]
began to set my face homeward for the
block-house and my companions Ire
membered that the most easterly of the
| rivers which drain into Capt Kids
| anchorage ran from the two-peaked hill
upon my left, and bent my course
in that direction that might pass the
| stream while it was small. The wood
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-09-01
PART v.
CHAPTER xxvI.-CoNr1NUEp.

We were both of us capSiZed III sec
ond, and both of us rolled, almost to-
gether, into the scuppers, the dead red
cap, with his arms still spread out,
tumbling stiffly after us. So near were
we, indeed, that my head came against
the cockswain's foot with a crack that
made my teeth rattle. Blow and all,
I was the first afoot again, for Hands
had got involved with the dead body.
The sudden canting of the ship had
made the deck no place for running
on; I had to find some new way of es-
cape, and that upon the instant, for
my foe was almost touching Lie.
Quick as thought I sprang into the
mizzen shrouds, ratified up hand over
hand, and did not draw a breath till
I was seated on the cross-trees.
I had been saved by being prompt;
the dirk had struck not half foot be-
low me, as pursued my upward fight;
and there stood Israel Hands with his
mouth open and face upturned to mine,
q perfect statue of surprise and disap-
pointment.
Now that 1 had moment to my
self, I lost no time in changing the
printing of my pistol, and then, having
one ready for service, and to make as
surance doubly sure, I proceeded to
draw the load of the other and re-
charge. it afresh from the beginning.
My new employment struck Hands
all of a heap; he began to see the dice
going against him; and after an OBJ
vious hesitation, he again hauled him
self heavily into the shrouds, and, with
dirk in his teeth, began slowly and pain
fully to mount. It cost him no end
of time and groans to haul his wounded
leg behind him. and I had quietly fin
ished my arrangements before he was
much more than a third of the way up.
Then, with a pistol in either hand, I
addressed him.
zone more step. Mr.. Hands," said I,
land I'll blow your brains out! Dead
men don't bite, you know" 1 added,
with chuckle.
He stopped instantly. I could see by
the workings of his face that he was
trying to think, and the process was
so slow and laborious that, in my new
found security, I laughed aloud. At
last, with a swallow or two, he spoke,
his face still wearing the same express
sion of extreme perplexity. In order
to speak he had to take the dagger
from his mouth, but in all else he re-
manned unmoved.
"Jim," says he, 81 reckon were
fouled, you and me, and We'll have to
sign articles. I'd have had you but for
that there lurch; but don't have nc
luck, not 1; and I reckon I'll have to
strike, which comes hard, you see, for
a master mariner to ships younker
like you, jim"
was drinking in his words ane.s,ni1-
ing away, as conceited as a cock upon
aswalk, when, all in a breath, back went
his right hand over his shoulder. Some,
thing sung like an arrow through the
air, / felt blow and then a SHARP
pang. and there was pinned by the
shoulder to the mast. In the horrid
pain and surprise of the moment
scarce can say it was by my own wolf
ton. and I am sure it was without q
conscious aim-both my pistols went
off, and both escaped out of my hands
They did not fall alone; with a chokeC
cry the cockswain loosed his grasp upon
the shrouds and plunged head first into
the water.