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Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-12-28
MiIlet and "The Aneelus.,

1t was only after long years Of strug-
gle and dire poverty, through which
Millet was consoled and supported by
his wife. that the peasant painter was
able to take the three roomed cottage
at Barbizon and "try to do something
really good" 1t was then that he be-
gan to paint that most beautiful poem
Of poverty" the "Angelus," which is
today one of the most valuable pic
lures In the world. Again and again he
threw aside the picture In despair Of
ever finishing 1t to his satisfaction, and
as often his wife replaced 1t on the
easel and induced him to continue.
On one occasion he was SO fncensed
at not being able to produce a certain
effect that he seized knife and would
have destroyed the canvas and ended
the matter once for all had not his wife
fortunately seized his hand and In
duced him to give the picture another
trial. Thus 1t was that at last the
"Angelus" found place on the walls
of the Louvre. The success it won en-
couraged Millet to paint many more
pictures and thus place himself among
the immortals in art.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-12-28
Work of the Earthworm.

When we behold wide. turf covered
expanse, we should remember that its
smoothness, on which so much of its
beauty depends, is mainly due to all
the inequalities having been slowly
leveled by worms. 1t is a marvellous
reflection that the whole OF the superb
cial mold over any such expanse has
passed and will pass again every few
years through the bodies Of worms. The
plow is one of the most ancient and
most valuable of mans inventions, but
long before he existed the land was, In
fact regularly plowed by earthworms.
1t may be doubted whether there are
many other animals which have played
so important a part in the history Of
the world as have these lowly organ
lied creatures. Some other animals,
however. still more lowly organized
namely, corals-have done far more
conspicuous work In having construct
ed innumerable reefs and islands in the
great oceans, but these are almost con-
fined to the tropical zones.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-12-28
a Snake Mine.

Silver State: Everybody knows
that Nevada has wonderful mineral
resources and that some great discov.
cries have been made. First the great
Comstock lode, lastly the Tonopah
bonanzas, and now comes a story
from the end of Humboldt county
which knocks them all out. Near
Jake Leick's ranch, about sixty miles
from Winnemucca, where Messrs.
Lasher and Winn are quarrying sand
rock for building purposes at their
quartz mill at Kennedy. the men at
work struck a crevice in the rock that
has been a great producer of rattle
snakes. From the time they struck
this seam they have encountered
snakes and up to the present time
have killed no less than $50 of the rep
tiles. At one time they struck a snake
graveyard where there we're the bones
and skins OF thousands of snakes.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-12-28
She 2Seeklg Sentinel.
TERMS FOR WEEKLY SENTINEL.


Don't4imagine that a dozen. always
means II things. Intthe Staffordshire
potteries and In the earthenware trade.
a dozen to this day represents that
number of any special article (which
can be offered at any fixed price,.
For instance, the pitchers. which are
called jugs in the trade, are sold as 2,
"a, @, 0, IL, 1S, "a, 80 and SO pieces to
each dozen, the price for dozen being
constant.
The ordinary pitcher holding q quart
represents IL to the dozen. while pint
pitcher Is "a to the dozen and is SO call
ed when dealing with that size.
Few of the articles of the trade are
sold in dozens of IL, plates being al
most the only ones and some Of them
being sold 60, 20 and even so to the
dozen.
Besides these curiosities In figures
the potters have peculiar names, such
as cockspurt, twifiers. etc, that make
up trade language of itself.
The bakers dozen of 13 is a recog-
nized figure in their trade.
A publishers dozen Is usually 10
copies.
Among fishermen In Cornwall a long
dozen consists of 26-London Answers.
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Heada Much Alike.

Most expert craniologists insist that
1t is extremely difficult to determine
sex from the skull, but admit there are
a few distinctions which taken togeth-
er indicate sex. Perhaps the most
marked distinction Is the prominence
of the bony projection over the nose.
The skull in man Is thicker and stron-
ger, and the mastoid processes beneath
the ear are larger. Broca Is authority
for the opinion that II the skull rests
on the mastoid processes 1t is almost
certainly a mans. In woman the top
Of the head appears flatter. while in
man the curve from before backward
is more smooth and even. Greek sculp-
tors always recognize this.-Health
Culture.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-12-28
GAME LAWS Revised.

The following up-to-date revision Of
the game law is going the rounds Of
the press:
1t shall be unlawful to hunt and kill
piano peddlers, feather renovators,
stock food peddlers or wheat fan dis
trioutors between January l and De-
cember 81.
1t shall be unlawful to shoot, trap
or wound any book agent or sewing
machine agent between sunrise aud
sunset. Life insurance agents may be
hunted at any time on ones own lots.
1t shall be unlawful to ensnare, en-.
trap, enveigle or entice any old maid
into any kind of matrimony between
the last day of May and the first day of
April, by the use Of any net or fascin-
alton known to horrid men.
Neither common nor grass widows
are to be molested in quest Of game be-
tween the front gate and the parlor
during the time which eligible bachel-
ors and consolable widows are apt to
be at large and unprotected.
Hoss traders and crap shooters are
not to be killed on the first day Of the
week, commonly known as Sunday,
nor is it lawful for editors to go gun
ming for delinquent subscribers later
than 10 P. M. Saturday.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-12-28

One ofsthe oldest little. creatureS44p
all animal nature is s'the g"leaff aut's sOf
Central America. Although dideRens
species Of this oddity are knowp,to dp-
habit the American continent from
Brazil to Mexico. the real rhomefof the
true leaf ant is in Nicaragua To all
outward appearances this littlesinsect
Is a common ant, but. onerof gigantic
size, 1t must be admitted, when COM
pared with the ants Of our temperate
regions, being on an average oper an
inch in length. The habit for which
these ants are SO celebrated. and one
which we could hardly believe were 10
not for the testimony of reputable nat
uralists, is that Of carrying a leaf for
sunshade, just as our women and
men carry parasols and umbrellas for
the same purpose.
When at work, the leaf carrying ants
look like a little army in which each
individual member is protected from
the suns rays by a little banner of
green. Another remarkable fact In CON-
nection with the leaf carrier is that
only those at work carry the little leafy
protection. When long file Of burden
bearers have deposited their budgets,
they discard their parasols and return
for a load without the leaf which
made them such conspicuous objects
when on the "up trip"
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-12-28

Tourists come here and shout to wait
ers, hotel clerks, shopkeepers, etc., be-
lieving that If you only yell forth your
English 1t instantly becomes compre-
hensible. And common error In breed
Ing and one not confined to tourist for
eigners is to make unpleasant remarks
about men. women and things in tone
OF voice which conveys at once to the
natives that something disagreeable is
being said. So we acquire not without
reason the reputation of being muy gro
seros, or very rude, and too often we
are.-Mexican Herald.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-12-28
A Laugh saved a Life.

The Rev. George Harvest, rector of
Thames Ditton, England. was very alb
sentminded, SO that on one occasion he
went into a friends house, and, seeing
no servant, he rambled over 1t, finally
entering the room of an old lady i'll of
a quincy. He stumbled over a clothes
horse, and his awkwardness made the
patient burst into such a fit of laughter
that the quincy broke, and she lived
many years to thank him.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-12-28

q ome startling figures on the
~ wool industry in the United
States are found in the statistics sent
out from the headquarters Of the Ma
tional Association Of Wool Manufac-
turers in Boston, remarks the Salt Lake
Herald. The 1901 clip aggregated 265,-
SOP, 1928 pounds. That certainly looks
like wool enough to make every man
ii the United States at least one suit
Of clothes. and at least every woman
one dress. To this must be added
5000. 900 pounds of pulled wool, bring
ing the grand total well above 270 ,0O0,-
900 pounds.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-12-28
Tunnels.

A New York newspaper remarks that
ferries came and ferries go, bridges
rise and bridges fall. but tunnels last
forever" There is a scientific truth in
the observation. OF all works of man
earthworks. plain earth mounds sodded
over. are about the most enduring. A
properly constructed tunnel is essen
TALLY a work In earth and so almost as
permanent as the great globe itself.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-12-28
Seeing Around Gamers.

Ihere are many insects which have a
very much larger field Of vision than
we nave. This is due to the greater con-
cavity OF their eyes. enabling them to
see around the corner. so to speak. be-
hind and at the sides. This develop
ment In man would have its objectiona-
pie points, but also its good ones, not
tne least of which might be the detec-
'ion OF pickpockets.--Chambers Jour
nal
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-12-28
Lets Him Ont.

Mrs. Nagger-Oh, James, how awk-
ward! Mr.. Smith has come. and now
we shall be 13 at table.
Mr.. Nagger-What then?
Mrs. Nagger with a shriek)-Why,
one of US will die before the year IL
outl
Mr.. Nagger (brutally)-Never mind.
I'm tough.-Pick-Me-Up.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-12-28
Just In Time.

An Irish gentleman getting upon q
street car found one place vacant.
which he proceeded to occupy.
"Sure." said he, with a twinkle in his
eye, II came just in the nick Of time"
"How is that?"
"Arrah! If I was to come now, l
shouldn't find a seat in the car!'-Ex-
change
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-12-28
WARNINC!

All persons are prohibited from hunting
and shooting or in any manner trespassing
upon the Fish Creek and Fenstermaker
ranches in Fish Creek Valley.
ANY one found so trespassing upon said
property will be prosecuted TO the full ex-
tent Of the law.
FORD LIVE STOCK COMPANY.
Eureka Nsv.. Aug. Q. 1901.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-12-28
December and MAY.

A Detroit girl of 16 has eloped with
q 90-year-old lumberman. The only
extenusting circumstance connected
with the Spring winter affair is that
the old man is very wealthy and In
feeble health.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-12-28

REATIFIC LODGE NO. z. X. OF r.
NTEETs EVERY TUESDAY EVENING AT
Nl its Castle Hall In the Smith & Richard
building. at 7 O'Clock. from October 1st to
March Slst. and at 7:30 O'Clock from April 1st
TO September 30th.
All Brother knights In good standing are
fraternslly invited TO attend.
F. I'M OBERsTEG, @. O.
Attest: NJ. B. BARTLETT, X. R. & s.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-12-28
How to Treat Linoleum.


A point to remember in connection
with cleaning is that when linoleum Is
used as floor covering scrubbing
should rarely be INDUCED in. When
dampness gets underneath the linole-
um. the way has been found for its
speedy rotting. If well swept. wiped
over with a merely moist cloth to re-
move all stains and polished every
once In awhile with turpentine and
beeswax, good linoleum has no wear
out to 1t, and, furthermofe, 1t looks
well as long as 1t lasts 1t Is a good
plan to wipe it over with milk and wa
ter or with linseed oil once every week
or so.
Mrs. De Good-Why aren't you going
to church,
Mr.. De Good-Last Sunday the roor
leaked, and three or four drops went
down my back.
Mrs. De Good-The roof has been re-
paired since then.
Mr.. De Good-Huh! Then they'll De
wanting money to pay for the REPAIRS
New York weekly.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-12-28
|. A. HARC0URT,
Physician and Surgeon

GRADUATE OF THE MEDICAL
Department of Buffalo University, Mem
Der Of the Chicago Medical Society, Hon.
orary Member of the Sacramento Society
for Medical Improvement.
Special attention given to Surgery and
Gynecology.
Office and residence-Brown Hotel, Eu.
reka. Nevada.
Office Hours-2 to 4 p. NJ.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-03-12

The origin of baseball, "our national
game" is not definitely known, but the
first club organized to play it was ia
New York in 1845. Singularly enough,
this club, lie the one first organized 10
promote ro' ing, was called the Knick-
erbocker club. After 1851 other anna
teur baseball clubs began to organize,
including the Atlantic, Mutual, Union,
etc. In 1857 convention of delegates
from 16 clubs in and around New York
and Brooklyn was held. About ten
years later, at the annual convention Of
the National association in 1866, POP
clubs from II states and the District Of
Columbia were represented. The col
lege baseball associations were started
about 1862 or 1863 Amateur baseball
throughout the Union was at its height
in the years 1865, 1866 and 1867. Pro-
fessional baseball was recognized in
1868, and the first games were played
In 1S69.-Harper's Weekly.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-03-12
Betraying Buckles,


General Duhesme was a distinguish
SLAMS after the rout of Waterloo. He
was full of resource and had great skill
and presence of mind. At Pescara,
when he was in great danger, large
fortress in front and a savage insur-
rection In his rear, his own common
sense saved him.
"Who commands at PescaraY'- he
asked soldier.
"There are two"
what is the grade of the chief In
eommandY
"a brigadier general"
"His name"
"De Pietramaggiore."
His title?"
"a marquis
"His ageT
about TO-"
els he well preserved? Does he keep
his colorY
"He is thin and pallid."
els his voice strong and manlyT
cit is weak and dull"
els he lively, gay?"
Neither the one nor the other"
"What does he wear on his headY
"He is powdered, and his hair is done
In locks"
"Has he boots and spursY
''No; he wears silk stockings, shoes
and great buckles"
"Great bucklesy' cried Duhesme.
Bring up the guns and begin firing!
The place Is miner
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-03-12

When the stern Duke of Wellington
was prime minister under George Nv,
he managed the old monarch easily
enough, but when he attempted the
same tactics with the young Queen
Victoria he met his match. She con-
stantly outwitted him. One Of his
earliest official acts was to bring be-
fore her court martial death sentence
which he expected her to sign as q
matter Of course. A soldier was to be
executed for desertion, and as the
death warrant was placed before the
queen by the duke she raised her eyes,
full of tears, to his face, saying:
"Have you nothing to say in behalf
Of this poor man?'
Nothing" said the duke, standing at
attention like one of his own privates;
''he has deserted three times"
"Oh, your grace, think again." plead
ed the queen as If she were asking for
the life of her dearest friend.
''Well, your majesty, he certainly is
a bad soldier, but there was somebody
who spoke for his good character. He
may be tolerably good fellow in civil
life"
"Oh, thank you," said the queen in
heartfelt tones, and before the aston
ished duke could utter word of pro-
test she had written across the paper
the word "Pardoned."
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-03-12
Perambulattnx GOAT p.irte..

There are couple of European dai-
ries in Athens VIII ose proprietors keep
cows, but they do business mostly with
the foreigners and with those Greeks
who ape foreign manners. Your genuine
Athenian believes the goat to be the
proper milk producing animal, and he
regards the COW In this connection
about the same as Americans do the
mare.
The milkman takes his animals with
him, jangling their bells and sneezing.
"Galap he shouts, with quick. star
Ting cry, with a ''g" whose cultural
quality is unattainable by adult learn
ers and usually unperceived by them.
When a customer comes to the door,
he strips the desired quantity into the
proffered receptacle before her vigilant
eyes, selecting one of the goats and
paying no attention to the others, who
understand the business as well as he
does. Patiently they stand about, chew
ing the cud or resting on contiguous
doorsteps.
When their master moves on, they
arise and follow, more faithful than
dogs.-Scribner's Magazine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-03-12
THE ACT OF A HERO.



Molten Metal
Three men came up carrying long
iron shaft, which had been cut in two,
so that an iron ring could be inserted
between the two halves. An empty
crucible foot wide and deep hung in
the ring. The forward end of the pole
held crossbar, making it, as 1t were,
a huge T. Two men held the T part Of
the pole; the third grasped the rear
end. The crucible hung between. The
remainder of the molten metal from
the caldron was tipped into one cruel
BILE, and the men trotted of with it, the
two in front with strained faces, the
man behind driving them complacent-
~, the oldest team in the world. He
steered them through doorway, and
they emptied their crucible into small
mold. AS they went they kept step in
an unusual manner. Instead of step
ping out right foot with right foot the
left mans right leg and the right mans
left leg went forward together, knee
with knee, foot with foot. We asked
why.
''That," said our guide, 'is to prevent
them from tripping. If they should
fall, you know, that metal would pour
over them"
"Of course such thing never hap
pened"
Eyes, it did once. One of the men
went down. The other jumped clear,
but the fellow ON the floor swan in it. !"
"Horriblel OF course he died instant
~, poor man"
mo; the foreman of the carrying
gang, taking in the situation, made
several terrific leaps for him. jumped
right into the middle of it, picked him
up and threw him out of it bodily.
Then he jumped clear himself, with
the stuff dropping from his shoes.
They both went to the hospital, but
they are all right now. Heroic, wasn't
it? By the way, that's him, the fore
man, Jim H, over there now. He Is
still looking after those fellows"
We looked over to where big mus
cular fellow was directing a gang of
men manipulating molten metal. He
was not disfigured, and he did not look
like hero, but thereafter the grim6
that covered him seemed noble indeed.
and he would not say word Of his
feat when we sought to talk with him
about it. But Jim 81. will probably
never want for job as long as Bald
wins is working.-From an Article on
the Baldwin Locomotive Works in
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-03-12

Senator Hoar once gave five points OF
advice to young men about to enter
public life which are well worth re-
membering. They are:
First.-Do not trouble yourself to
court public opinion. People like indie
pendence.
Second.-In the second place believe
in the strength of Righteousness as q
powerful political force.
Third.-Learn to judge of men In
public as in private by their merits and
not by their defects. Eight Of the
greatest villains in the world were
presidents, so the critics said.
Fourth.-Never think you can gain
favor of people by departing from the
arena that belongs to you as educated
men.
Fifth.-Set yourselves strenuously
against evil, but do not go out Of your
way to reform. Remember that faith,
hope and charity are the three supreme
virtues.-Philadelph Bulletin.
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abel. what nonsense won't that child

abel. What nonsense won't that child
attempt?s
The luncheon was faultlessly served.
Never was waitress quicker, lighter,
softer, more all seeing, more graceful.
Even the critical Mrs. Caulkington
was impressed.
Afterward, when the luncheon party
had adjourned to the drawing room, the
guest deliberately led around to the
subject of domestics.
do you find it as hard to get goo
girls in the suburbs as we do in the
cityY' she asked. 81 imagine not, for
that young waitress of yours Is perfec-
ton itself"
swell, good girls are very scarce
here" answered Isabel, land I've NO
doubt we'd have endless trouble if we
had to change. But, you see, we have
raised Anna ourselves. She knows our
own ways and suits us perfectly. We've
had her for more than ten years.
know she'll never leave us-unless, of
course, she marries and has home OF
her own"
"My dear girl, you simply have a
treasure" cried the visitor, with
warmth "If l were in your place,
would SILVER at the very thought of
losing her. And, do you know, since
I've seen how perfectly your little table
is arranged and served I'm really afraid
Of what Miss Isabel will think when
she comes to me in the city. ! hope
you will close your eyes to number OF
things in my housekeeping, Miss Isa-
bel"
"Oh, am not critical Mrs. Caulking-
ton," laughed Isabel. "And every one
knows how hard it is to get maids like
Anna nowadays."-What to Eat.