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The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1903-02-21
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

James G. Doughtey has just been APP
pointed postmaster at Tuscarora.
United States Senator-elect Newlands
left Reno Monday night for Washington.
The President has just re-appointed
Matt Kyle United States S~urveyor-Gen-
eral Of Nevada. e
The Elko Independent says: The oil
we'll is now down between 600 and 700
feet. Everything is moving along smooth
ly and good progress is being made.
The Lovelock Argus wakes wroth over
the turning down of DR.. Ascher for the
position of Superintendent of the State
asylum and the total ignoring of Hum
boldt county in appointments.
Alex Mckenzie, while playfully -four
ishing a revolver in a Tonopah dance
house. sent a bullet through the foot of
one Carmichael. Mckenzie was jailed
on a charge Of discharging firearms in the
town limits.
w. j. Vance was killed and several
other miners seriously injured as the
result of a giant powder explosion in the
Douglas mine at Wabuska, 25 miles from
Reno, on February 10. Vance was trying
to thaw out some powder on one of the
lower levels. He leaves a wife, two
daughters and one son.
A broken rail on a sharp curve, nine
miles east of Winnemucca, caused a
wreck of Southern Pacific train No. 2,
known as the "fyer," on February Is,
and six cars were thrown into the ditch.
Several of the passengers were serious
ly injured. When the train struck the
broken rail it was going at the rate OF
sixty miles an hour.
Editor Gotwaldt OF the Winnemucca
Silver State was assaulted Saturday even
ing by the members OF a theatrical troupe
he had been raking up the back. They
gathered in the Silver State office and
threatened to scatter Gotwaldt all over
the place, but the sheriff and deputy got
there in time to save the spilling of blood.
w. S. Bonnifeld, one of the trustees of
the Silver State took the part of the the
atricsl company. The members Of the
company were placed under arrest Sat-
urday night and turned loose Monday
morning.
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THE BALL..
A Gala Time I'm Carson o m Next Mon
day Evening, February "a.

The SENTINEL is in receipt Of q letter
from the Executive Committee, who
have charge Of the Inaugural ball to take
place in Carson on next Monday. with
the request that the following be pub
lished
The citizens OF Carson City will tender
to His Excellency, Governor Sparks. a
reception at the Opera House, on Mon
day evening, February %, 1908, to which
the people Of the State, and the friends OF
the Governor everywhere, are cordially
invited. Reception at 80 O'Clock, fol-
lowed by the Inaugural ball. Admission
to the hall, by card only, $500. Gallery
seats, $1.00; ladies free.
The State officers, and members Of the
Legislature, with their ladies, will be our
guests.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1903-02-21
Daily Newspaper For Tonopah.

The Reno Journal OF February II says
that James Morris. a practical printer
and newspaper man recently connected
with the Reno Gazette, has purchased a
half interest in the Tonopah Miner. The
Journal says that at present the Miner is
being run as a weekly, but in a short
while will be published as a daily and
under the supervision of Mr.. Morris no
doubt will become the leading publica-
ton OF that district.
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Cherry Creek Mining Sale.

Virginia Enterprise: Senator Green
has received word from his home in
White Pine county hat an important
mining sale has taken place at Cherry
Creek. The Cannons of Salt Lake City
have purchased the Centennial mine, a
gold and silver proposition, that has
shown up we'll. AS the purchasing
parties are live business men and inter-
ested extensively in mining property.
Mr.. Green believes that the sale will
result in great benefit to that district.
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The Masq rad hall.

The Eureka Brass Band will give .
masquerade ball on Tuesday evening, March
II, 1903. Prizes will be awarded to the
gentleman and lady who sustain the best
assumed characters. A cordial invitation ia
extended to the people Of Eureka and vicin.
ity, and the management will spare no pains
to make this the most enjoyable ball OF the
season. The Eureka Brass Band deserves
well OF the people Of Eureka and the ball
should be literally ps~tronized.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1903-02-21
FATHERS DUTY TO DAUGHTER

An article in the February Cosmo-
politan says that there are two things
that can be done by a father for his
daughter, and that, if they were always
done, would, in the course of a single
generation, make our womankind APP
proach q level which they have never
yet reached. The first is to gain the
confidence of his daughter in her
earlier years, and the second is to keep
it unimpaired and to perpetuate it.
"If he be his daughters friend and
chosen companion, sharing all her con-
fdences and imparting to her much of
what he knows, with the intuition of a
woman and the breadth and sanity of a
man, the girl will grow up with q mind
unlike the minds of the many women
in whom femininity verges upon faulty.
From close association with a father.
the young girl quite unconsciously ac-
quires something of the largeness of
the mans nature and loses something
of the pettiness and of the
woman's. His tolerant, genial spirit
will moderate her tense e~motionalism.
His sense of humor will rid her of sem
timentalism and Undue her with a sense
of true proportion. His fun, like good
comradeship, his affection, and his
knowledge of life, will help to send her
forth into the world, strengthened and
developed as nc purely feminine in
iuence could strengthen and develop
her,"
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Heavy Snowfall as sand Springs.

The SENTINEL learns that the owners OF .
number Of the large bands Of sheep that
have been wintsring 10 the Sand Springs
country, about 100 miles south Of Eureka
and 40 miles southwest Of Duckwater. Nye
county have been losing quite . number OF
sheep. These focks came from the north
and . great number were 10 poor condition.
During the recent storms more snow fell in
the Sand Springs country than has been
known for years. and the extreme cold
weather and lack Of feed were the causes OF
the losses,
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n e BILL.

10 IL said the Small Ranchers of Elko
County VIII Have TO Sell out II
somethfng Is Not Done Tor Their
Relief
The Elko Independent OF February IA
publishes the following communication {:
The Independent received a letter this
morning from q prominent rancher in
the southern part of the county asking it
to do all in its power for the sheep bill
now before the Legislature. He says he
fully believes that one-third Of the small
ranchers of Elko county will have to sell
out for just what the sheep men are a
mind to give them if something is not
done for their relief. The writer states
that he has been around the county .
good deal and finds the same feeling
existing everywhere, especially outside
the railroad limits where the sheepmen
cannot lease the land.
The writer OF the letter Is not what is
called a ''small" rancher and is not in
that section OF the county where the
greatest damage has been done by for
eign sheepmen and their rowing hocks.
His statements are therefore entitled to
more consideration than il he we're d.
rectly interested in the passage of the
bill. He has seen the damage done to
the actual settler by rowing bands Of
sheep, whose owners live outside the
county and in many instances outside
the State, and has raised his voice
against the lack of respect for the rights
and property Of the men whose thrift
and energy are building homes and de-
veloping the esource OF the county and
State. Ii is against these men that the
law is aimed. Their methods in the
past have been a serious hindrance to
the developing of the agricultural re-
sources of the county and the Legislature
should do something to check their greed.
Be it said to the credit of the resident
sheepmen Of this county that few if any
complaints are made against them. In
this respect they differ greatly from those
men whose sole interest in the county is
merely to use it during the summer
months as a great sheep pasture.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1903-02-21
school Laboratory Apparatus

winnemuccs Standard: Principal Win
frey has placed an order with . San Fran
cisco house for $3.50 worth Of apparatus for
the high school physical and chemical lab
orstory. The new apparatus when installed
will make the equipment Of the laboratory
equal to that in the possession Of any public
school in the State. The new apparatus
will be paid for with the funds raised BY
the recent high school entertainment.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1903-02-21
Made q Favorable Impression.

Austin Rsveille. Feb. Is: Judge Breen
departed for Eureka Monday morning after
holding . term Of Court in Austin. The
Judge made . favorable impression. and he
showed no inclinstion whatever Of being in
8 hurry to adjourn and get away. but in
formed the attorneys that be would remain
IS long Is there was any business to be
transacted,
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1903-02-21
state Prison Appointments.

The Board Of State Prison Commissioner
held . meeting Tuesday and made the fol.
lowing appointments: Commisssry. Mitch
Grsgovioh Of Eureka county; Clerk. Charles
Henley Of Elko county; Overseer. Al
O'Brisn of White Pine county; Guards.
Charles F. Reilly Of Humboldt, Percy Gard.
nsr Of 0rmsby, and Cas- Warren Of Storey.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1903-02-21

ore Shipments Over she =. a r.
The following ore shipments nave been
made over the Eureka & Palissde Railroad
for the week ending February 20. 1908:
NINE. POUNDS OF ORE.
Eureka Con.......... ............ $500
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Hard spOt To Find.

The longer we run newspaper and write
about people and events. the more we
realize how utterly impossible ID is to
scratch every man on the spot where he
itchss moss.-Kansas City Journal.
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The Lensen season.

Lent will begin on February 20, Ash
Wednesday. and continue until Easter
Sunday, which this year falls on April IL.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1903-02-21

In the Hardware line we have
among other things Picks, Shoveis,
Axes, Powder, Fuse. Horse Shoes,
Nails, Guns. and Ammunition, Etc.
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MAIN ST, mURHKA.


In this Department will be found
complete stock of the Choicest and
Freshest Goods, including every
thing needed in the way OF table
supplies. We keep only the very
best grades Of goods and can guar
antee to please all our customers.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1903-02-21

Orders from the Country VIII Receive Prompt
and C0refMl.A ttenti0n.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1903-02-21
Prices, Etc.

Our Prices will be found to COM,
pare favorably with any offered else
where. Team makes regular trips
to Ruby Hill and the Diamond Mine.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-03-28
HIS TEST OF THE ARTIST.
Made Suggestions to See If They Woul
Pc AccAnfed.

Made Suggestions to See if they Would
Pc Accepted.
There is perhaps a lesson of some
sort for young artists in the story
told by Frederick Kost, the landscape
and marine painter, of the days when
he was just starting. 1t was at a time
when things were not prospecting as he
could have wished-when, in fact, the
artist was pretty hard up-that a man
wearing a great fur lined oyercoat
knocked at the door of his studio. The
stranger was evidently a Westerner,
and a man Of wealth.
"Mr. Kost," he said, 81 have seen pic
lures of yours at different exhibitions
and l think I would like to W one"
Then he nodded %approvingly at a
landscape on the easel, and said: THAT
is exceedingly nice. But" he added af-
ter a pause, might make a sugges-
tion?"
Certainly" said Mr.. Kost. go
ahead"
WELL" said the would-be purchaser,
Il think the sky might be changed with
advantage" and he started in to ex-
plain the alteration which he thought
would improve the painting.
Mr.. Kost did not agree with him, but
as he wished to sell the picture he
said he would consider the matter. And
the stranger went away, promising to
call in a few days.
Mr.. Kost went to work to change the
sky, against his own judgment, to suit
the stranger. He ended by changing the
entire picture to suit the sky. In fact,
from a landscape it grew into a marine.
The stranger never turned up, and the
artist cursed his folly in having acted
contrary to common sense to please an
ignorant person, and so spoiled n OF
bis best efforts, the result of several
months of work.
About a year later a knock took Mr..
Kost to his door again, and there stood
the stranger in the fur lined overcoat.
Being asked in, he took a seat before
the easel and nodded approvingly at a
picture that happened to be there.
Il like that-like it very much" he
said thoughtfully. Then, after a pause,
"but may l make a SUGGESTION"
Mr.. Kost was not so angry with the
as annoyed at the recollection Of
his own foolishness. He looked square
ly at his visitor.
60 to Halifax with your sugges-
he replied.
What's that?" exclaimed the stran-
ger.
Mr.. Kost repeated his invitation. For
moment the other colored. Then he
smiled quietly. "Well, Mr.. Kost," he
Il may take that trip some
day; but not just yet. In the mean
time, | think l will buy that picture Of
After a pause he continued: II would
have bought the painting you showed
last year, Mr.. Kost, but when | buy
! picture / want it to be n with
which the artist is perfectly satisfied,
which he considers a sample of his
work. When you consented to
the other picture, | concluded
hat you were not sure of it yourself.
guess if you think enough of this
'ne to ask a man to go to the devil be-
cause he wished to make a suggestion
concerning it, it is the stuff | want"
And the picture was sold according
The Opelousas courier., 1903-03-28
Wells That Breathe.

IN a recent paper published by the
United States Geological Survey on
wells and windmills In Nebraska men,
ton is made of the interesting phe-
nomena OF the breathing or blowing
wells which are found distributed
throughout a large portion of the State
of Nebraska. These wells are of the
driven type, mostly in use upon the
plains, but are distinguished from
those Of ordinary character by a re-
markable and unexplained egress and
ingress Of currents of air, which pro.
duce distinctly audible sounds and
give the names variously applied to
them Of breathing, signing, blowing or
roaring wells, according to their char
acters, in different places.
The air currents are readily tested
with the flames of candles or by.drop-
ping chaf or feathers into the well
tubes. There are periods when these
wells blow out for several days and
equal periods when their air currents
are reversed. It has been observed
that the blowing occurs with changes
OF the barometer. Some wells are
found to be most audible when the
wind is from the northwest, with a
rise in the water level; but with a
change OF wind air is drawn in and
the water is observed to sink.
During the progress Of a low baron.
eter area over one of these regions
wind is violently expelled from the
wells, with a noise distinctly audible
for several rods. Professors Love.
land and swezey, OF the University
Of Nebraska, have made observations
on a well of this nature IN Perkins
County, and found its breathing
periods were exactly colncfdent with
the barometric changes, No salts.
factory explanation Of this strange
phenomenon Ii advanced,
The Opelousas courier., 1903-03-28
No Poetry in Cattle Business.

THE cattle business does not offer
opportunities for poets now" said a
sunburned westerner to his Wall
Street friend the other day. The two
men were taking luncheon together at
a downtown restaurant, and as the
waiter spread the cloth the city man
remarked:
What could a poet ever do out in
your wild west, except be a tender
foot and an easy mark, as we says
nowadays?"
"Well, what / meant was that ranch
ing is not such a romantic and pic
turesque business now as some writ
ers paint it," was the reply. There
was a time, before l was ba1dheaded,
about 30 years ago, or perhaps less,
when the cattlemen had no fences to
their pasture grounds. They simply
branded their cattle, and once a year
they went out and rounded them up.
Each man then singled out the cattle
of his mark, and then came a long
drive to the railroad. These early
ranchers thought that they owned the
prairies by divine right.
about Is years ago a change came.
Hundreds of thousands of emigrants
came pouring in, the great majority of
whom were from Scandinavian coun-
tries. The opening up of the Indian
lands of Oklahoma and it's division in
to smaller farms took away many a
hundred square miles from the old
pasture lands. At the present time a
cattle raiser must fence in his proper
ty, own it or lease it, and by irrigation
get as much vegetation vi of if as pos
sihle His cattle are carried away
from his barns by express trains, in
refrigerating cars, and everything is
systematized, as in a department
store"
well, / shouldn't think a poet could
get very fervid over refrigerated
beef" was the answer, as the Wall
Street mar drank a glass of iced
water.-New York Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-03-28
BULLETS AS EVIDENCE.
Odd Fact Developed by Their Promi'
hence in Murder Trials.

Odd Fact Developed by Their Promi.
hence in Murder Trials.
The important part played in many
murder trials by a fattened and mis-.
sbapen bit of lead or steel, once in
the form of a bullet, often leads to
the development of some curious facts,
says the Baltimore American. "A lead
en- bullet will lose appreciably in
weight by being fired, and the form OF
the barrel may tend to reduce it's
size. In a rife some of the lead is
taken off by the grooves. The friction
also heats and tends to partially melt
the outside of the ball, and because
of this it changes it's shape in the air.
Que peculiar fact about a bullet is
that it will often make a wound of
entry smaller than the ~projectile itself,
even in SO brittle a substance as glass.
Another strange fact about a bullet is
that it will often pass through inter
vening clothing, making a hole that
can hardly be noticed, AND yet carry
On its point a circular piece Of cloth.
The carrying of bits Of clothing, hair
or dirt into wounds in such a manne
greatly enhances the dangers of peri
tonitis. Were it not for this latter
contact the bullet would not be nearly
SO dangerous, as it rapid flight and
heating makes it practically sterile.
Blackened edges of wounds are more
likely to have been caused by a lead
bullet, although the ball with a lead
tip could also produce this result. Re-
garding powder stains, smokeless or
otherwise, nothing of great value is
to be gained when the shooting occurs
at a distance greater than twelve or
fifteen feet. At a recent trial, a doctor
stated that from powder marks on
the face he judged that the shot had
been fired at a distance of not more
than three feet, which conclusion was
later backed up by the assertion made
on the stand by the prisoner himself.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-03-28

Tristan dAcunha, 1900 miles due
south of st. Helena. is the smallest,
loneliest atom in the British empire,
according to the Pail Mall Gazette. II
was garrisoned during Napoleon's i'm.
prisonment In st. Helena and the in.
habitants are the descendants Of Cor.
poral William Glass, who, with his
wife and two private soldiers preferred
to remain there on the withdrawal of
the troops. Wives for the two bachc.
Tors were obtained from st. Helena,
and some women convicts were also
landed there fifty years ago, while an
occasional castaway has increased the
population from time to time. There
are now only some seventy inhabit.
ants, of whom a bare score are men,
The climate Is excellent, and the resi-.
dents very long lived. The Island Is
only eighteen square miles. Tobacco
and spirits are unknown, nor are there
any laws, the Oldest inhabitant being
regarded as governor. Communism il
the prevailing practice, all things
being shared In common and proper.
tionately.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-03-28

Former Postmaster General Thomas
L. James, President of the Lincoln Ma
tional Bank, of New York, says, as the
result Of personal observation In a tour
of the United Kingdom, that the posi-
ton that the United States has come to
occupy in the family of nations is much
larger in the estimation of the average
Englishman than it was even ten years
ago. More and more" he says, sit is
the vogue for the educated Briton to
visit the United States, and each time
he mi here he learns something,
and when he returns home he is a first,
rate missionary. The Englishman finds
that the best of opportunities exist for
for remunerative investments in ouI
great country, opportunities quite as
great, perhaps, as are to be found in
South Africa"
The Opelousas courier., 1903-03-28
WHEN SHE FELT OF HER BELT

WHEN SHE FELT OF HER BELT
AT THE BACK.
/ saw her go shopping in stylish attire.
AS she felt of her belt at the back;
Her walk was as iaunty as springy
steel wire,
And many a rubberneck turned to adj
mire,
AS she felt Of her belt at the back.
She wondered if all the accoutrements
there
Were fastened just right, or were out
of repair,
And she felt of her belt at the back.
I saw her at church as she entered the
pew, F..
And she felt of her belt at the back;
She had on a skirt that was RUSTY and
new,
So she felt of her belt at the back.
Shenfidgeted much while the first pray
y er was said,
She Ifumbled around while the last
hymn was read,
Th9sS1neof her belt at the back.
f"dgg
JacE~told her one night that he loved
her like mad,
And she felt of her belt at the back.
She didn't look sorry, she didn't look
glad,
She looked as if thinking, "Well, that
isn't bad,"
And she felt of her belt at the back.
I believe twas no very great
harm,
For what should the maiden expect but
an arm
When she felt for her belt at the
back.
c. A. NJ, in Lippincott's Magazine.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-03-28

on the pump. Hot eel sandwiches.
three cents"
How'd you make 'em?" queried the
Deacon.
"Wa-al, sir" said the Captain. II
don't know as you fellers know how
them machines work, but the engine is
druv by the explosion O. the gasoline
in the cylinder and O. cource it's all
afire in there the hull time. So when
enybody wanted a sandwich l jest
turned a valve and let an eel go
through tibet cylinder and he'd come
out all roasted"
Here the crowd rapidly dispersed,
dazed though delighted by the unique
eel story of Captain Titus, who, they
maintained to a man, was easily the
greatest piscatorial romancer extant
and as such justly entitled to the dia-
mona belt emblematic of the heavy
weight championship.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-03-28

The Campanile Of Venice is to be re-
built, and the cement used in it's con-
struction Is to be mixed with the red
argilla Of Rome, as was the case in the
e~-~3uN
structure when fcsssS1 III tngrmore, a
part at least Of the materM to be used
is to be brought from the mouth of the
Tfber in a sailing vessel which will sail
through the straits Of Messina to the
harbor of San Marco as was done with
the material brought thence for the
first Campanile. That is carrying SEN
timeut to extremes.