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Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-03-23
sao FOR sTATIoNERY.
Carson News Makes Serious Charge
Against Assemblymen.

Against Assemblymen.
On Wednesday OF last week the
Carson News criticized the members
of the Assembly for allowing them
selves 500 each from the State Treas
ury for stationery, etc., and the Win
nemucca Silver State comments there
on as follows:
"The Carson News in its Wednes-
days issue called attention to the fact
that at the beginning of the session
each member of the Assembly drew
$40 from the State Treasury for sta
tionery, etc., and charged that not q
single member could show that he
had spent the money for any legiti-
mate purpose. 1t claimed that the
State furnished all the necessary sta
tionery for the use of the Legislature
and that the members might just as
well reach into the treasury and hand
out $40 each for cigars. The News
called it q steal and challenged any
member to show that he had spent
his money for other than individual
requirements in which the State had
no interest.
"The charges Of the News excited
the Ire of some of the Assemblymen,
and at the evening session Skaggs,
Allen, Vanduzer and Wilson jumped
onto its editor. Skaggs and Wilson,
according to the published reports Of
the affair. applied epithets to the News
man, saying he was no gentleman and
liar. Allen said that in the past
members had been allowed $50 for
stationery. Now it was only $40.
Vanduzer said that he could show
where he had spent over $40 for
stamps, having sent out 700 letters
and 5000 bills. Plstt thought it was
small business for the Assembly to
waste so much time talking about the
matter.
"In Thursdays issue the News, un-
der the heading, 1.-THE Assembly is
Mad" came back with the following
reioinder:
Zone circumstance deludes the throng,
And hinders earth's delight;
A man talks louder when he's wrong
Than when he's in the right"
"The Assembly talked very loud last
night. 1t was angry with the News
for calling attention to the $40 pocket
money, in last evenings issue.
"There was a good deal of talk about
the frailties Of the News, but mighty
little about the $40. 1t was deter
mined that the News was a liar, but
in all the oratory that was turned on,
no explanation appeared of what the
members did with their 500, and in
the absence of that explanation the
News pleads mot guilty."
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-03-23
MINING NOTES.

From the Mining and Scientific Press.
With few exceptions the large and
handsome structures in San Francisco,
Denver and Salt Lake City are the re-
suits OF profit in mining, and the bulk
OF the manufacturing and industrial
enterprise in those three cities had
their start from the same source.
1t is no difference il 5000 or $1,000
in work or improvements were put on
an unpatented mining claim in any
twelve months, there must be 500 put
on the claim during each calendar
year till a patent is had. But all
money so spent counts in the neces-
sary $500 worth Of work and improve
ments, and whenever that much in
total has been expended application
for patent may be made.
Where mining claim is located for
a stated width and length, and after
the monuments have been fixed and
described in the location notice, and
the latter posted and recorded, il is
iound that less length or width than
that claimed has been included within
those monuments. they can be
changed, or. if stakes. can be moved
out, to get the claimed length and
width = provided such additional
ground is still subject to such location
also provided that when such exten-
sion is made new notice OF location
describing the stakes or monuments
as fixed by the change, is posted and
recorded.
The legal way for the owner of 9
mine giving q lease or working bono
to protect himself and the mine from
liability for material furnished or la.
Dor done thereon under the lease o,
bond is to conspicuously post notices
before such work is begun, that the
work is to be done, under bond O,
lease. to So-and-So manning the par
ties), and that the owner disclaims 10,
himself and the mine all liability fol
cost OF such work. He should alsc
have in the bond or lease a distinct
condition that the parties of the sec
ond part shall pay for all work ant
labor under such lease or bond, ant
that paper should be duly recorded.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-03-23
SIN More Counserfei,tux,

The Secret Service has unearthed
another band of counterfeiters and
secured a large quantity OF bogus
bills, which are so cleverly executed
that the average person would never
suspect them OF being spurious.
Things OF great value are always
selected by counterfeiters for imita-
ton, notably the celebrated Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters, which has
many imitators but no equals for in
digestion, dyspepsia. constipation,
nervousness and general debility. The
Bitters sets things right in the stom-
ach, and when the stomach is in good
order, it makes good blood and plenty
of it. In this manner the Bitters gets
at the seat OF strength and vitality.
and restores vigor to the weak and de-
bilitated. Beware OF counterfeits when
buying.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-03-23

Extra copies of the SENTINEL can be OBJ
tanned at Ernest Mau's bookstore.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-03-23

To those in any way familiar with
the facts. the report is a disappoint-
ment In this, that 1t does not state
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-03-23

The following is the report OF the
Joint Legislative Committee appointed
to investigate matters connected with
the Orphans Home Fund, and the
disappearance of nearly the entire
amount of money which it contained
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-05

the ocean, made remarkable surveys and
exp.ora tons. carried the flag far toward
The poe. protected the tremendous growth
OF American maritime commerce and
initiated the fleets OF Spain; d list Of OK
PLOTS 10 take ones breath.
The New Navy of 1897.
The ships of the Constitution class may
be said to have been the first pure type of
American national vessels. The United
States, launched at Philadelphia July 10
1877. was the first of these new cruisers
and a description of her viii apply to the
other forty-four-gUn American ships OF the
period. She was built of the finest material
Tor ship construction. With extra heavy
urlbers ana lofty mdsts. She was armed
with enty-four-poUEdeT5 in her main
deck battery kind OF gun freely criti-
cised by the English, who used only egh-
teen-pounders the main deck-and car
ried a crew of about 400. where English
vessels of the same class We're manned by
n crew of about go. In short, she was an
experiment, sneered at by the British as
being top-heaNy, oVerarmed and over
manned. but she was built under the su-
pervision Of the commodore who was to
command her Not a long bolt was driven
or plank shifted except under the criti-
cal eye OF her future master, and she
proved iii the wars with France. Tripoli
and England what her designers had claim
ed for her-that. separat ely. she would be
superior to any European frigate of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-05
OUR FIGHTING NAVY
A Century Ago 1t Consisted of but
Fifteen Warships.
NOW We RANK AMONG sea POWERS
Wonderful Improvements in Amor
and Armament
MEN BEHIND THE GUNS
MEN BEHIND THE GUNS

Copyright 1901, by H. StevenS.1
Written for The Evening Star hy Rowan Stevens.
one hundred years ago the American
navy consisted of fifteen warships, officered
by nine captains, thirty-six lieutenants and
one hundred and fifty midshipmen. The
ships were constructed on entirely new
principles, manned by crews that, with few
exceptions, had seen no previous service
batteries. which the English sneered at as
'monstrous and preposterous
So lightly the navy regarded at
home. and so little was it feared abroad
hat two occasions the English took
men 10y force from our national ships, while
the East Indian pirates preyed upon Amer
lean commerce with small fear of retalia
lion. and the Barbary corSairs made q
systematic demand for annual tribute. This
last was actually paid for years until the
cry OF millions for defense. but not one
cent for tribute. aroused the nation to
sense of Its ignominous position and The
need Of a powerful national marine.
Today the tonnage Of the American navy
is the fourth greatest IN the ID, and tn,
efficiency of its ships and personnel is such
to entitle the United States to the third
pace among the great naval powers. Since
The year $50 the American navy has hunt
lated France on the ocean. suppressed the
Sarbary corsars, met England. the mis-
tress of the seas" on her own domain and
defeated her in thirteen out of fifteen
Sirg'e-ship actions, destroyed piracy in the
merce. beaten China, Japan and Corea i'll
various fights, aided in the suppression OF
the slave trade. battered the fortifcations
of Mexico, driven the confederate flag from
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only in the war Of 1916 with Mexico, but,
actually. as late 1861, in the war of Sc
cession. Indeed. the hundred-year-oId Con-
Stltuton may still be seen in her berth at
the Portsmouth navy yard, and the Con-
stellation. Of the same age, was. until quite
recently, actively employed as a practice
vessel for the naval cadets.
Steam In the Navy.
Steam was first applied to American ma val
uses in 1871. when the paddle wheel vessels
Mississippi and Missouri were considered
the finest men-of-war afioat. and the first
American warship to use the screw pro-
peller was the Princeton in 1874. AS sails
gave way to steam for the motive power f
lighting ships. other Improvements followed,
both in construction and movement AS
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A Few of His Objections.
.Om the IhieaDo Tribune

"One Of the things about your American
papers that strike me unfavorably" the
distinguished editor Of the London comic
weekly was saying to his transatlantic
caller. as he casually clipped a joke from
an American paper and ran his eye over 1t,
lis their lack of system. They tumble
their news together. don't you know" he
proceeded. changing railway" to tram
way with his pencil, substituting "shil-
lings" for cents" and fling the amended
production away in a drawer labeled "ro
be used In 1903" land you have to look the
whole paper through to find any particular
thing of which you may happen to be in
search. Another thing he went on, clip
ping another American joke. changing
creek" to brook and varying the dia-
logue by the Introduction of II say in one
or two places, lis their want of originality.
If one starts up a new feature the others
all fall in line and initiate it. I attribute
the success Of my own publication, he
added carefully placing the improved Joke
In the 1904 drawer, ito my persistence
In originating new and striking features in
journalism
Here he was interrupted by call for
copy.
He promptly opened the drawer marked
1900" took out few corrected american
Jokes OF the year 1895. marked them "orig-
inal," handed them to the Office boy and
turned again to his caller.
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FISH STORIES.
Two Remarkable Specimens From
Over the Seas.

i rom hsWers.
A big Norwegian timber ship-very old.
sluggish and weedy-sailel into Ramsgate
harbor one day, and after her followed a
mighty shoal of mullet very fine and
marketable fish.
They filled the outer harbor till the water
seemed stiff with them. When the dock
gates opened and the ship went through
into the inner basin, the great shoal of null
let followed, swarming in the bark's wake.
Whether they We're seeking shelter. or
were attracted by the trailing growth of
weed on the old ships undersides is a mat
ter for guessing. When the tide was out
the dock s!uices were opened and the water
drained off The bottom of the dock was
four feet deep in kicking, jumping fish
most of them fine, large ones of two pounds
and upward. 1t took all day to clear them
out, with the help of twenty men, and the
bottom fish were crushed fiat by the weight
of those on top.
About twenty carloads were taken away.
and thousands of mullets were crushed into
the mud on the dock floor. That catch
realized $50 in few hours.
One does not expect to see mackerel grow
ing in green fields but few years ago a
big storm and very high tide combined
broke down a sea wall on the Suffolk coast
and flooded some fifty acres of low-ly'ng
land. Al first sight this looked like L lis
aSter TO the farmer who rented it, But
through the breach in the einbankment a
big school" of mackerel We're swept by the
incoming sea. When, in the course of d few
days, the water was drained off, the whole
meadow, which had lain under some four
feet of water, was carpeted foot deep
with fish 1t was Il wonderful sight All
the carts round the country side were COM
Wandered to the service and in thirty-tive
hours the mackerel were cleared off, fetch
ing over 1920 in the London market. Some
thousands more of the fish We're spoiled and
unstable, but the farmer paid for the dam
a f,p 1n ,1n
and was, moreover. FLO to the good.
The same year. in Essex. Il farmer living
near the Crouch estuary, found three iine
seals few yards from his back garden.
They had swum through a breach in the
sea-wall, and were stranded on the farm
when the tide went out.
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B. c, D" of the new navy, Atlanta, Boston,
Chicago and Dolphin, all the modern YES
sells we possessed in 1855, we now have q
naval strength of twenty-eight battle ships.
including modern monitors. eight armored
cruisers, fortyfour cruisers, seventy-three
gunboats and fifty-three torpedo boats and
destroyers, inclusive of vessels contracted
for, but not yet in commission. and eXclu-
sive of hospital. collier. refrigerator, repair
and supply ships and other vessels which
are not actual fighting craft. Among the
most remarkable of all the types of Ameri-
fighting craft are the Holland sub
marine boats. the only class of torpedo YES
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sual dimensions. would, If assailed by
numbers. be able to lead ahead, could go
nto action on her own terms. and. finally,
n heavy weather. would be able to fight a
iouble-decked ship on equal terms.
Vessels Of the line-of battle ship class,
like 1.-The swift-saling Independence" and
of the gunboat type, like the Wasp. Hornet
and Pelican, Joined the United States and
Constellation types III forming the nucleus
Tor the American navy. and so stout was
the construction of these old-fashioned
wooden sailing ships and SO admirably
were they cared for that many of them
took a Formidable part years later not
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Mamma-"Ethel, must really forbid you
touching that lobster-you know 1t does not
agree with you"
Ethel (resignedly)-"Very well, mamma;
but 1t does seem as II everything in this
world that is nice is either wicked or in
digestible. Liza
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swITCHMEN ON HORSEBACK.
Colorado Roads Employ Cowboys tn
Make Up Freight Trains.

Cores. Chicago Inter Ocean.
Absolutely unique in the history of rail-
reading are the cowboy switchmen OF
southern Colorado With the Introduction
Of automatic coupers and the present use
Of double-headed trains of fifty cars in
length it was discovered by long headed
railway officials that men on horseback
could couple UP trains much quicker than
those on foot
Although not general custom, this
unique method of switching has been tried
with success in both the yards of Walesn-
burg and Trinidad. Here are located great
coal mines, and hundreds Of cars a day
were handled formerly by footsore SWITCH
men. who trudged many miles coupling
trains. One day cowboy dashed up and
watched the switchmen at work. With a
grunt he urged his pony across the tracks,
rode fearlessly between the cars, arranged
the coupler, then backed out and gave the
signal for the engineer to back up. The
coupling was made. and then the cowboy
dashed further up the track. uncoupled an
other portion Of the train and in various
ways performed the work of the regular
switchman in half the time 1t would have
taken him to do it.
Three brothers named Berry, who were
working for rancher close to the range.
came into town resolved to get work on the
railroad. They learned the duties Of yard
switchmen, and then introduced their ponies.
These animals had special training, and
we're taught not to balk at the cars never
to stand on the tracks, but between them,
so there is no possibility Of being run over.
They were also trained to follow their
owner along the train. should he climb on
the to set brakes.
The Rio Grande railroad seeing the posi-
bilities of the new method of switching,
soon introduced several cowboys. who be-
came fully as expert as the Berry broth.
ers. train of forty cars was recently
made up, the air connected and the brakes
loosened in eighteen minutes. This necessi-
tated twelve switches, and Is the best on
record
The Brotherhood Of Railroad Trainmen
took the matter up. and after a long nves-
tigation they decided that the new method
was not down in the agreement with the
railroads, and therefore 1t must be abol-
ished. Railroads. however. fought the
brotherhood. claiming that they had used
the cowboys more as an advertisement than
for any other reason. and seeing that It in
terfered but little with the work Of the road
crews. they would continue to use the cow
boy switchmen.s =s..-
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Gayiord-"Glad to have met you, old
boy; come up and see some time"
Meeker-"I declare. It's too had; II will be
impossible for me to come then; I've an en-
gagement elsewhere. 50 sorryi'-Boston
Transcript
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guns became heavier their number on shin
board decreased. and we go from the IA
gun Independence of 1913 to the tWo-gun
monitor OF 1862. The latter vessel, with
her heavy guns and armored turret could
easily have blown the former out Of the
water, and was probably the most formida-
bic fighting craft sfoat at the time of her
encounter with the Merrimac. During the
later years of the civil war the Monitor
played the part of a battle ship and bore
the real brunt OF the attacks on such forth
fed positions as the approaches to New Or
leans. Mobile and Charleston ably second
ed by steam frigates like the Wabash
brooklyn and Hartford and corvettes of the
class of the famous Kearsarge.
After the close of the civil war the navy
was neglected and permitted to fall into
such state Of ineffictency that the two
Chilean battle ships. Blanco Encalada and
Almirante Cochrane. had war been declared
at the time Of the Chilean e1nbroglio in 1881
could have destroyed the whole American
naval force and placed our seaboard cities
under the alternative of tribute destruc-
ton. Had war been declared against Spain
at this time the American navy would have
been as completely overwhelmed as was
that Of Spain in 1893.
Rehabilitation Of the Navy.
A board Of officers, to advise in regard to
the construction of new warships, was ap-
pointed by Secretary Hunt in 1881; Congress
readily fell in with its suggestion. and to-
day. from the nucleus OF four ships. the "a,
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She Would Never see 1t Again.

From Pick Me-Up
The Smart Girl-'I'm tired Of sending
poetry to the papers. 1t all comes back a
few days later
The Smart Youth-"Oh. can tell you how
to alter that"
The Smart GirE'FIow?"
The Smart Youth - Don't inclose q
stamped envelope"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-05

as the boss in?" asked the stranger. en-
terlng the drug store.
No, replied the absent-minded clerk;
but we have something just as good
Yonkers Statesman.
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SDectrOaconic Binariea,

of modern astronomy is that of the ex-
istence of large number Of binary and
multiple systems Of stars; that is, two
or more stars which are tied toGether, so
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-28
COTTON MARKETS.

NEW YORK. March 21.-CO,rTON-Th
cotton market showed some irregularity
after opening easy at a decline of 1 to 10
points, mainly on the nearer positions.
Following the opening call there was q
further recession Of a point or two, atrer
which the market sharply advanced :; TO
II points on the appearance OF one prom;-
nent house as an active buyer, said to be
on Investment account
Shorts covered freely on this upward
movement. but the room became bearish
again on the Withdrawal of the special
support mentioned. There was more or
less investment demand throughout the
session, however, probably more OF {
and of a better class than seen here FOR
some time. Investors showed a prefer
encc for October and the remote posi-
lions on the ground that record recess
sion had been TOO generally accepted as
inevitable. Reports from Fall River iadi-
eating that sellers were refusing to make
concessions of 2i2c. on good qualities Of
stuff gave some encouragement; reports
on print cloths and yarns were still uu-
favorable.
The very heavy movement checked con-
-fident buying of cotton for further delay.
The market was finally easy at 1 to :
points net decline.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-28
MARKET MOVED
IRREGULARLY
Contest Waged Between Bulls and
Bears.
DECLINE SET IN EARLY IN DAY.
Selling For Profits Forced Prices Down.
There Was Succession OF Advances
and Reactions Making Close
Irregular.
DECLINE SET IN EARLY IN DAY.
Try Associated rrcss.)

NEW YORK, March 2I.-Thc movement
and irregular to the last degree. The deal
jEGS were highly professional, and there
seemed 10 ee n contest waGinG between Il
bull following and boar following. each
side commanding the services of some Of
tho oldest and most skiilfUi professional
operators in The street While such was
The current belief among room traders
and the outside speculative contingent
whether the bulls were really bulls or the
bears desired tn SOC lower prices, il would
be very difficult 10 say
This gave rise TO the suspicion that
some large operators. long of stocks
were using wcll-known bear brokers to
give tho impression that the selling WAS
FOR short account. The market opened
with the influcnc" of last nights upward
rush still manifest. but the selling 10 take
profits caused n decline to set in almost
Immediately. which forced prices Sencr-
ally below last nights level. in Buring-
ton and Northern Pacific the proiit-tak-
ing Was especially heavy. owing 10 the
1ncaEre details which accompanied the
allegations that an agreement had been
reached for The absorption of Burlington
by tn" i1ili-Morgau interests in the
Northwest
The announcement of an export of gold
10 France also had Il depressing influence
The announcement gave ground for the
usual wranEle among exchange experts
As To whether the movement was d spc-
cia1 one or a regular exchange operation
J1i" general feeling is that il is the pre-
Jude to regular outward movement of
gold Bankers prnfessed to have no fear
that such A movement Will affect the
money market unfayorahly. The feeling
Of depression was practically overcome
during the first hour. and during the rest
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-28
NOTICE
Office OF

Office of
yirginia-Crarolina Chemical Company.
Richmond, Va. March 20. 1901.
TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE
VIRGINIA CAROLINA CHEMICAL.
cONIPANY: Should any of the stock
holders of this company prefer to turn
in their certificates TO the Richmond Of
flee. instead of sending them themselves
to the Corporation Trust Company of
New Jersey, the New York transfer
agent. have been authorized by the
Board of Directors, for the convenience
of such stockholders. to receive and re-
ceipt for such certificates and forward
The same TO New York for them, and
deliver to them in exchange the new
form Of certificate as soon as received.
This in no way changes the notice of
the 18th instant. but is simply added
for the choice and convenience of the
stockholders. S. w. TRAVERS
Treasurer