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sung and danced, played games ana
told stories pulled candy and cracked NUTS
zone sliding on the snow and skating on the
ice and now. as a final frolic, were watching
the Old Year out.
Outside, in the cabins, the negroes were
doing the same thing; not, however, WIN
mirtR. but in prayer and praise, and we coulo
nIainly hear them singing their plantaelon
bvmns. even through the closed doors ana
As we listened, one of our party-aa reck-
less spirit, always ready for any prank,|,sug-
Vested that we should give the assembly
sscare~a not difficult undertaking, since the
Southern slaves were proverbiaDy superstl-
tious. /. ,,.nu -. ,ho,+
enter the cabin on the stroke of twelve, while
the rest of us waited outside to see the effect
Of the supposed apparition. -,
The plan was readily adopted with but
faint opposition, and the party adjourned to
the the dining room to prepare the dough face
"nN When all was finished, it still lacked some
,,;nntes of midnight. While we waited, an
elder cousin-a praeticing physician coming
home from visit to a patient, and entering
The back way, walked in upon the party,
shSSS %WeII. H. Young folks, what's this" he asked,
oleasantly: and more than one of us hastened
to explain, the. madcap. of the party adding:
%Won't it be fine fun?"
III don't know about that" answered Cou-
sin George. II have never been able to see
any fun in soaring people since an affair of
Ihe kind once witnessed. Let's see. There
are still fifteen minutes before midnight.
Suppose tell you the storyF'
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Master Tom (aged twelve, visiting for his
vacation)-"Have Gig, grandpa%
Grandpa-"Hey? A what, sir?"
Master Tom-"A cig-cigarette, you know"
Grandpa Certainly not, sir; l never smok-
ed in my lfe."
Master Tom-"Ah! then wouldn't advise
you to begin"
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"a | opened, and four well-dressed young
@ fellows entered.
I&5EasH "There he s-just as l told !ou'
Ned" said one of them, with con
temptuous look. "Confounded drunk
en- little clown, throwing away his money IL Hn
set of dirty old sailors, and lot OF leiio"s
from the back slums." ,, Md
"oh, its disgusting, Bob!" replied Ned
looking about the crowded room, reeklng WIN WIZ
the smell of gas, bad liquor and tobacco snoke' -,
"We must get him out Of this mole: GA
claimed third, in a determined sort OF way
"We may have some difficulty in getting our,
selves out, Val, if you fellows don speah
little lower" admonished the fourth, no'ic
ing by the black looks of some OF the com
pany that they did not relish the mtrusion
any more than the personal remarks
"Come Jim," said the first speaker, aoVa,c-
ing toward the young man, you know we Ie
engaged for champagne supper al DaiAAe l,
tonight, and it's time we were there.
"Yes. Get out of this before these roughs
get your money all away from you, Whlsperea
the one called Ned, taking him by the arm;
"Id like to know who the gintleman yanoer
was calm roughs" insinuatingly remarhea
Mr.. Brennan, deliberately laying aside MS coas
and turning back the sleeves OF his nannei
shirt; , ,.uo, +hro.+sn
men stepped forward. =,
"Were in a mess now, by Jove!" muttered
one of the young men, looking anxlousiy 10
ward the door,. against which Sneakng Joe
had placed his back. ,.,
"Trapped!" said another, between his teetn'
"and not weapon among us. =
The other two stood pale and speechless, Tor
let me tell you that there are times when
human life isn't worth sixpence IN wafer
street. :,
They well knew this, and were aware that
the best they might expect under the clrcum,
stances would be to escape minus money ana
plus terrible beating.
Things looked decidedly bad for these. ven
turesome young gentlemen; for, as it unfortu-
nately happened, Mrs. Mack had left the room
few moments before, and Jerry himself, per
haps not relishing the audible reflections that
had been cast upon the establishment, dlo not
"Roughs, are we?" echoed an ex-prize light
er. called Burton, with an ugly smile. "Well,
maybe you'll think so before we've done with
you. - ,
by very cooly knocking the unofending "Pe-
troleum Jim" down offhand,
This seemed to be signal for the fray, and
though the four young gentlemen had always
"manly art" of boxing, their feeble science
availed them little against the brute strength
of half dozen roughs of the worst stamp.
"Mrs. Mack! Mrs. Mack!" shouted Jack,
breaking through the swaying crowd and rush
ing to the half open door leading up stairs to
As jack afterward said, Mrs Mack came
down that flight of stairs in exactly two steps:
"It was always this way when l leaves"
she exclaimed. calmly taking in the situation
that door! -Brennan-leaf those chaps
60" she called, in a clear, deliberate voice.
which rung above the din and tumult. "Stop
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-Mamma-"Harry,y you have taken cake
Always ask mamma when you want a cake"
'Please, mamma" said the rogue, meekly,
pointing down his throat, "may 1 have this
one?"
A polite way of dunning a delinquent is to
send him bouquet of forgetme nots.
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Copyright by James Elverson.)
ONE forty years ago a dozen OF is
young people, in ages ranging from
twelve to eighteen years, had been
spending the Christmas holidays at
an old Virginia homestead. We had
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Continued From Preceding Page
CHAPTER XVII.

S Jack started to leave, the door
opened, and four well-dressed young
fellows entered.
"There he is-just as I told you'
Ned" said one of them, with a con
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-11-10

THE AMERICAN CONSULATE AT HoNGKoNG.
of other nations may frequently be
seen there. The shipping interests of
Hongkong are very extensive. No port
ON the globe has a larger export trade
and in point of tonnage that of Hong
kong ranks third. Victoria, though II
has features characteristic of a Chinese
city, is In many respects a modern
town In appearance, with excellent
schools, churches, hospitals and other
public institutions. The United States
consulate, which Is shown in the pic
ture. is an unimposing house in the
lower part of the city, and the consul
general usually makes his home in a
district upon the hillsides beyond.
The loss of life among the natives at
the time of the typhoon at Hongkong
was especially large in consequence
of the fact that the families of the
boatmen are accustomed to live upon
the sampans, or native ships. The
harbor Is Enclosed on all sides by high
hills and Is regarded as m of the
finest In the world. Yet, as recent ex-
p~erience shows, it Is not free from an
occasional visitation by the dreaded
typhoon. 1t has an area of about ten
square miles. The lower levels Of
the city of Victoria are covered by
a dense mass of Chinese shops and
tenements, while beyond these, rising
tier upon tier on the hills above, are
the homes of foreign residents. Peo-
pie from England and America who
reach Hongkong see the spires of
churches before they leave ship and
see British and American flags waving
In the breeze, and it is not unusual to
hear from them the expression Home
again." though they may be 10000
miles from their hearthstones.
The Chinese characters representing
the nam of the island of Hongkong
may be read to signify either good
harbor' or pleasant streams" From
April until October the climate is very
oppressive. and people wear the light
est kind Of clothing. Persons of wealth
generally send their families to the
mountains of Japan until the worst
part Of the hot season Is oyer.
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In a set to which MRS. JONES WisIER-
Mrs. Walker has never been able to
effect an entrance. On this account
and also because Mr.. Weightman at
one time showed a Partially for Mrs.
Wister a quarrel arose between the
two women, or, rather. i'll concealed
dislike existed between them. At the
time the testator and Mrs. Wister
were on terms of close friendship he
made a will in her favor. but after.
ward changed 1t so as TO bequeath
practically all his great fortune to his
daughter. When the contest Of the
will was begun Mrs. Walkers atfor-
neys produced in court a scrap Of pa-
per which caused a sensation among
the contestants. Upon this paper the
late MI. Weightman had written a
statement about Mrs. Wister and filed
it in his desk with his will. What the
contents of the paper were no one
would reveal, but on its production II
at first given out that the contest
OF the will would be abandoned. Later
Mrs. Wister announced that she would
the contest and that the pa
per benefited her side Of the case. Mrs.
once told friends that Mr.
after her husbands death
askad har TO marry him In thu court
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the subject of a similar vista
" ton OF nature in September,
1874. Great devastation was wrought
In the harbor on that occasion. Several
years later 1t suffered from flood.
Hongkong Is not a part Of China, but Is
a British possession off the coast of
China. 1t Is an island and Is separated
from the mainland by the narrow Lye-
nun strait. Its capital and chief town
is Victoria. often spoken of as Hong
kong. This city is built upon the north
side of the island and around the curve
Of a wide bay. The island of Hong
kong is about ten miles long by seven
broad, and behind the city of Victoria
rises Victoria peak. which attains an
altitude Of nearly 1000 feet.
Hongkong is the first slice of her en-
pire which China gave to outsiders. 1t
was ceded to the English in 1912 after
the opium war. AT that time 1t was a
mass of barren rocks, the haunts of a
few fishermen. The Importance of the
port Of Hoagkong became such that in
1898 Great Britain obtained from China
a lease of $40 square miles of the main
land adjoining. This territory, with
Hongkong, now forms a British crown
colony and naval station.
One may now take a steam ferry at
the docks of Hongkong and land in a
few minutes in the English China of the
Kowloon peninsula. The English have
owned a landing place here since 1860,
but their territory was greatly en-
larged by the lease of 1898, and a set
Element has already arisen on the
mainland which has many of the char
acteristics of an up to date community.
Hongkong itself has a population of
about 100000. mostly Chinese, but a
large proportion of the Chinese even
are British subjects by right OF birth.
The colony is governed by officials sent
out from England and by minor Off
GERS chosen by the residents of the col
ony. The present governor Is Sir
Matthew Nathan. Being the naval de-
pot Of Great Britain in the far east it
is the rendezvous for British vessels of
war, many of which are usually sta
toned In the harbor. while war vessels
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dial. Mrs. Wister
was the widow of a
son Of Mr.. Weight
man when she mar
ried her present
husband. She I'M
dertook to break
the will of the
millionaire in order
to get a share Of
the $60.000,000 es-
tate for her minor
daughter. She be-
longs to one of the
old families of Phil
adelphia and moves
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ner he lived until fortune smiled on
him. When night came he rolled him.
self In a single blanket and slept on
the floor. In those days a plate of bak-
ed beans would have seemed like a
feast. His first case finally came and
Melted him SIS. Quick to see the bene-
fit of having many friends of the class
who most frequently get into trouble,
Moran went in for boxing and casually
from time to time invited the boys to
his Office to put on the gloves with
him. He astonished them by his quick
ness and litheness, and soon the word
went around that Moran vas the man
to have for q lawyer
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In speaking to his comrades on the
subject of courtship ald marriage Gen
eral Booth. the famous head Of the
Salvation Army, often relates the story
of his first love.
II was only a boy at the time" he
says, "and the girl whom | worshiped
was the daughter of a neighbor. Her
figure, her eyes, her hair. her DISPOSE
ton, brought me TO the verge Of dis
traction. ! imagined l loved her mad
ly. / wrote poetry and dreams and
nonsense in general. and yet two crea-
lures more unlikely to be usefully yok-
ed together never looked love at each
other. of course we both soon forgot
our infatuation, and it has always been
a source of thankfulness since TO think
that that senseless calf love did not
develop into disastrous matrimony at a
later date"
The story Of how Mrs. Langtry lost
the favor of King Edward VII. when
he was Prince of Wales by playfully
dropping a chunk of ice down his back
at a dinner party has often been told
But few have heard how Sir Thomas
Upton, who is now in this country try
ing to arrange for another international
yacht ace, won his majesty's gratitude
by q somewhat similar performance
1t seems that for some time past King
Edward has suffered from frequent out.
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taken full advan-
tage. Miss Anglin
Is a Canadian by
birth, the daughter
of the Hon. Peter
Anglin, for many
years a member of
the Dominion par
lament and said to
have been the most
brilliant m e m
who ever graced
that a s $ e m bly,.
Dame Fortune or
dained that Miss
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a work of charity among the Chinese
of San Francisco, and her rich sis
ter did not sympathize with her, so
the two women went their respective
ways. Mrs. Sun Yue was once the
wife of a rich merchant, and as
Mrs. Charles Overacker enjoyed a so
cial standing in San Francisco much
like that of her Weather sister in New
York. But she and her husband sep
arated. she resumed her maiden name.
became a Roman Catholic and took up
mission work among the Chinese of the
city. When the bubonic plague broke
III among them six years ago she was
the only woman TO patrol the plague
stricken streets OF errands of mercy.
and she became known as Angel OF
Chinatown" She took an active part
In the relief work among the Chinese
after the earthquake.
Mrs. sun Yue is living in a ent with
her husband pending the erection of a
more substantial home. She declares
hat she is happy and in reply to a
question about her marriage said: My
husband is In the ruins yonder clean
ing bricks. He earns 81 a day. lie
labors hard, and | love him."
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TON. easily have checked
a more distressing malady. were una
bic to stop it. One day the king was
dining with Sir Thomas Upton and the
royal nose began to spout as though il
hss been tapped by a prizeighter's fist
IF your majesty will permit me, J
tai1k | can stop it," said the baronet.
go ahead and try" said the king
sad If you succeed 1t will prove thai
gov are c~leyerer than my doctors"
It was then that Sir Thomas dropped
8 bunch of keys down the royal back
ard the nose bleeding soon ceased. The
ki2g expressed his gratitude.
1.-The credit belongs to my mother
ssN Sir Thomas. "She stopped my
nose bleeding that way many a time"
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The Chinese ideas about ancestor
worship and veneration for the dead
are so important a part Of the religious
and social framework of society In that
empire that when a short time ago
death came to the mother of the Chi
nese minister to the United States, Sir
Chentung LANG Cheng. be Immediately
rendered his resignation of his office
This he did In order to go into mourn
ing for a period Of three years. as re-
qulred by the customs Of his country.
On account of the undesirability or
changing the representative Of the EN-
pIre at Washington at this time. how
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Professor Hermann Schumacher, who
recently arrived in this country to give
a course Of lectures at Columbia uni
versity, is the incumbent of the chair
of economics at the University OF
Bonn. His giving instruction at Co
lumbla constitutes a new departure in
scholastic affairs and is largely due to
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MRS. SUN YUE
Mrs. Howard Gould Now Has a
Chinaman for Her New
Brother-in-Law

BY the marriage OF Ella May Glenn
mons Of San Francisco to Sun Yue OF
the same place Mrs. Howard Gould,
whose husband inherited many Of the
late Jay Gosldfs millions. now has a
Chinaman for a brother-in-law. Mrs.
Gould was Katherine Clenmons be-
fore her marriage. and she and her sis
ter, Ella May Clemmons, have long
been estranged. The latter carried on
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istic idea of being
Independent, he
took desk room
with three sewing
machine agents
about as well fixed
rs himself. All
-four slept in the
office at night to
save o rent.
He would haunt
the Roxbury court
looking for cases
and then return to
his little office,
buying a loaf of
bread at the corner
bakery ON his way
back. In this man.
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Notice to Creditors
In the Third Judicial District Court of the
State Of Nevada. in and for the
County Of Eureka.

In the Third Judicial District Court OF the
State Of Nevada, in and for the
County Of Eureka.
In the matter of the Estate of A.. W. Camp
bell, deceased.
Notice ia hereby given that the undersigned,
p. II Hui. was IN the 18th day of Septem-
Der, A ID. 1906. by the Third Judicial Dis
trict Court Of the State OF Nevada, in and for
the County Of Eureka. duly appointed az
administrator Of the estate Of A w. Campbell.
Of the town Of Eureka, Eureka County. Ne
vada, deceased. and having qualified "a snch,
Letters Of Administrative thereon have been
issued to him, and a summary Administrations
of said estate has bv said Court been ordered.
All creditors having claims against said
estate are required to file the same. with the
proper vouchers attached. with the Clerk ~
the Court. within forty days after first Dubli-
cation Of this notice.
Dated, Eureka. Nevada. November 3. 1906.
=. II. Hull. Administrato
of the estate Of A. w. Campbell, deceased.
LEW ROGERS. Attorney Of administrator
First publication, November 3. 1906
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the initiative of the
German emperor,
who thought II
would be a gotl
idea to institute a
system of exchange
between professors
In German and
American institu-
tons of learning
and in this way to
bring the scholars
int students of the
two nations ir
closer contact and
sympathy. In &C
aArIanaa with tbtc
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Miss Margaret Anglin, the actress
who recently caused the arrest of an
Objectionable and persistent admirer,
is playing this a in 1.-THE Great
Divide with Henry Miller, and both
the play and Miss Anglin have made
a hit. The drama affords her emo
tional opportunities Of which she las
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cHESTUSS LANG the Chinese gov
cHExG erament ever sent
10 Washington. He thinks his country
men are much misunderstood in the
United States and on that account are
nore ~idieuled and looked down Upop
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breaks of nose bleed
ing and on occasions,
too, when the conse-
quences were pecul-
iarly embarrassing
and awkward.
More than once he
has been obliged to
beat a hasty and any
thing but dignifed
retreat from a house
party dinner table
with a handkerchief
clapped to his olfac-
tory a His ply.
~slcians, who might
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Owner Wanted

For one stray black horse mule braided on
the left hip + Found in Newark Valley,
BR
White Pine County, about July 10, 1906, was
carrying 40 feet of new rope-wound around
head as halter when found; weight 700 tn 500
pounds. Further information can be obtained
by applying to w. Fl. Sweeney, Sheriff Of
Eureka County.
Eureka, Nevada, October 5, 1906.
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Pen Pictures of Folk In the News

than they ought to be. Speaking on
the subject to an American audience be
once said: Il have become thoroughly
convinced that my countrymen viii
never succeed among you until they
make up their minds TO master the Eng
lish language and participate much
more freely In the life and habits Of
your people. The gross ignorance OF a
knowledge of English among my coun-
trymen who are here to stay is especial
ly to blame for the way they are dis
liked-and. / must confess, too often
looked upon with co~ntempt-by the
American people. II my c~ountrymen
would each and all master your lam
guage they would 1901 make their true
appreciated by Americans as
well as eradicate that air OF inqulsitive-
ness with which you regard u.s."
John Il. Moran. Democratic candidate
for governor of Massachusetts, who
won his nomination for that office on
record as district attorney of Suf-
folk county, the county in which Bos-
ton is situated, had to put up with a
good many privations when he was
started in his profession. His
wanted to help him through col
Iege, but John refused aid. He wanted
to work his way, and while study
.ng at Boston university he lived on
the most frugal fare. He passed his
BAR examinations and was admitted
litter a year and a half of study, when
only twenty-five years old. Not hav-
ng money enough to hire an office of
lis own, but with the same character
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Anglin's babyhood
should be out of the ordinary, for she
was born in the house Of parliament In
Ottawa, Canada, during her fathers
term as speaker. Her girihood was
spent in Canada, her first visit to the
United States being to the Worlds
fair at Chicago. Her first appearance
on the stage was with E. II. Sothern.
Her portrayal Of the part of Hester
Trent in "Zira" at the Princess thea
ter. New York, won her a reputation
as one of the foremost emotional ac-
tresses Of the American stage.
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NOTICE

Notice is hereby given to all persons that
MARY Melee is not now. nor ever has been,
the Secretary OF the United States Mining 4
Smelling Company, a corporation; and that
the said company intends to and does hereby
repudiate any and all demands or claims con-
tracted by | err a such pretended secretary.
p. b. WHALRN,
Sec'y United States Mining & Smelling Co.
Eureka, Nevada, October 8, 1906.
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V e the Imperial
decided
not to accept his
resignation. but to
continue him In Of
fee.
Sir Chentung was
educated in Ameri-
ca and Is the most
American minister
~ ~
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MINING TAX.

Notice is hereby given that the taxes on the
proceeds of the mines of Eureka County for
the quarter ending September 80. 1906. are
now due and payable to me at my Office in Eu-
reka and the law in regard to the same will be
strictly enforced. II. G. McTERNEY,
Assessor Of Eureka County, Nevada.
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VIRGIL I. KLINE. 1866. lie was adj
mitted to the Ohio bar in 1870 and has
since practiced in Cleveland. He was
twice a candidate for judge Of the
ticket and also ran for Judge of the
circuit court and common pleas court.
He is a member of the state board Of
charities. The proceedings against the
Standard oil company in Ohio have at
tracted wide attention, and the con
viction Of the company Of illegal acts
is regarded as an important achieve
ment in view of the efforts being made
all over the country to curb the powers
Of the great corporations.
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proceedings a witness to the viii said
Mr.. weightman had told him she had
been the one to make the proposal.
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THE principal at
torney for the
Standard OIL
company in the trial
in Ohio resulting in
conviction OF the
corporation OF CON
splracy in restraint
OF trade was Virgil
T. Kline. He was
born in Wayne
county. o.. in 1914
and graduated from
Williams college in