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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-11-15
The MOUND BUILDERS.
Their Burial Customs Prevailed Until
the Whites Came.

Mound builders Of the Mississippi
valley in the manner of burial of
their dead were in close touch with
those of the valley Of the Ohio and
had something in common with
them, embracing the ideals display
ed in the ancestor worship Of the
oriental as well as antedating the
custom of setting granite shaft as
mark Of respect over the graves of
our departed>at the present time.
Formerly mound builders were
supposed to have become an extinct
race, occupying the territory in
which these numerous burial
mounds are found prior to its occu-
pancy by the North American In
dams, but in the light of more re-
cent and more thorough investiga-
ton, writes Richard Hermann in
'Records of the Past" it has been
shown that burial of the dead in
mounds has been practiced by the
Muskawakies of the Foxes, who oc-
cupied the territory up to and in
Guiding some of the time when the
first white people settled in the up
per Mississippi valley.
The former erroneous supposition
came about principally through the
uncommunicativeness of the Indian.
When questioned concerning the
mounds and their contents he would
invariably act the stole, for accord
ing to his ideas of ancestor worship
the subject was held sacred and was
not to be touched upon, nor were
any of the belongings which had
been buried with him ever in any
manner to be used again by any liv-
ing man.. For this reason when
shown flint arrow or spear heads
they would profess ignorance and
insist that they were there before
the arrival of the Indian.
The conical mounds, Mr.. Her
mann states, are generally individ-
ual or family burying mounds. The
earth, sand or other material is car
ried there by members of the tribe
or the nearest of kin and filled
around the body. Apparently the
farther the earth, sand or material
OF which the mound is being built is
brought or the more laborious the
work of carrying it to the place of
lnterment the higher the respect
paid to the dead. And in this re-
spect they do not differ materially
from white people. We would dis
dam to erect over a grave in the
middle west a shaft made from the
limestone of the local Galena for
nation, but instead get a granite
shaft shipped from Vermont or
elsewhere, equally as great a dis
lance and at as great an expense.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-11-15
kneeIine Down to Die.

Though a camel is supposed to
have carried Mohammed in four
leaps from Jerusalem to Mecca, sew
en- miles an hour is the latter day
camePs limit. 1t cannot maintain
this rate for over two hours either.
Its usual speed is five miles an hour,
a slow pace beyond which it is dan
gerous to urge it, lest, as Asiatics
say, it might break its heart and die
literally on the spot. When a camel
Is pressed beyond this speed and is
spent it kneels down and not all the
wolves of Asia will make it bulge
again. The camel remains where it
kneels, and where it kneelS it dies.
A lire under its nose is useless.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-11-15
The History of the Kite.

The invention of the kite is usu-
ally attributed to the Chinese. The
first man on actual record as having
used the kite is Archytas (about 400
b. o.. For what purpose he en-
ployed it | have been unable to as
certain, but it is not probable that
ne accomplished anything of scien-
title Importance, and it was not I'M
til 1749, when DR.. Alexander VIII
son and Mr.. Thomas Melville in
Scotland used it for taking the tenn
perature of the upper air, that the
kite showed possibilities of becom-
ing useful and scientific appara-
tus. Franklin's well known expert
ment of obtaining atmospheric cleo
tricity by means of kite again
drew attention to it. 1t is, how
ever, within the last decade that
the kite has gained nearly all of its
Importance, and this is due to its
development by men who have stud
led it and the forces acting upon it
In a scientific way. Among others
may be named Marvin, Langley.
Hargrave and Eddy. BY their la
bors hitherto useless toy has be-
come an important scientific appa-
ratus.-Exchange.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-11-15
Remark Betrayed Him.

He sat in the smoking compart-
ment of the parlor car complacently
putting a perfecto. His easy man
ner and his polished language pro-
claimed him to be a man of the
world.
"Of one thing / am certain" he
SAID, "and that is that / understand
women thoroughly and completely"
His fellow passengers looked at
each other uneasily and made vari-
Gus excuses to leave the compart-
ment.
Two keepers boarded the train at
the next station and took the soil
tary smoker into custody. He had
escaped from an insane asylum that
morning.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-11-15
An Old Story OF NIAGARA.

A hundred yards above the brink
OF the American fall rock ten feet
square projects for foot above the
water In midstream. One morning
the inhabitants awoke and saw a
man sitting on it. The noise of the
rapids prevented verbal communi-
cation. They did not, do not and
never will know how he got there.
ID He stayed there thirty-six hours.
The people telegraphed to Buffalo,
and the railway company sent one
excursion train after another for
thirty-six hours to see the man on
the rock. They painted signs and
stuck them up for the man to read,
saying, eve will save YOU" Two
hundred yards above there is a
bridge. From this by ropes they
fioated RATS with provisions to him.
At the end of his stay big one
came for him to get on. What they
were going to do with him if thew
got him in this seething rapid is not
known. He tried and failed and
went over the fall, and that is all.
-Blackwood's Magazine.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-11-15
CRAB CLAWS.
A Seville Tidbit, Eaten More For Fun
Than For Sustenance,

Visitors in Seville see women car
rying baskets full of crabs claws,
says writer in the Paris Temps.
The claws are cooked and people
nibble at them more for fun than
for sustenance, just as the Russians
nibble sunfower seeds. But what
is this crustacean? What becomes
of the rest Of him, especially if he
is a crawfsh, Of his tail?
AS a matter Of fact the crawfish
has no part in the business. The
carrasquenas, as the claws are call
ed, are taken from a salt water
crab, the Gelasimus tangeri, which
lives along the shores Of Morocco,
Spain and Portugal. Each little
crab, with his one little wife, has a
little cave for a home, and, adopt
ing the Arab estimate of the other
sex, he usually keeps his wife shut
up inside the cave, meanwhile stay
ing about the threshold himself and
making a brave show with his big
claws.
When the tide runs out the crab
fishers prowl along the beach look
ing for crab holes. Either the crab
IS stalking up and down seeking
what he may devour, and thus
showing whether he has fine claws.
or he is still at home, and the size
of his doorway indicates the size of
the householder. In the one case
the fisherman cuts off his retreat bv
blocking his front door with mud.
In the other case he digs him out.
Anyway, he deprives him of his
plnchers and sets him at liberty
to grow some more.
Right here appears the happiest
feature of the whole affair, for the
plnchers are not torn away from the
crab at all. Instead he presents
them to the fisherman-perhaps
even with his compliments. 1t is a
fact easily demonstrable that the
crab can detach his claw by mus
cular effort, thus making no hemor-
rhage, but leaving the stump in
such condition that new claw is
soon grown. The fishermen simply
take Mr.. Crab by the hand, where
upon he lets go, leaves the claw
with them and runs off home with
out it. And as the claw is no longer
OF any use to him or to anybody
else In the water and as it is salable
and edible, the fisherman naturally
takes it home and sells it.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-11-15
IL Was Found.

A clergyman while going to
church one Sunday morning lost a
pocketbook containing valuable pa
pers. After the service he made
known his loss and said that who
ever found the pocketbook and re-
stored it to him would be well re-
warded.
An old man Immediately rose up
at the back of the church and cried
out:
cts found, sir"
ooh, thank you, thank you, nv
man." said the clergyman. 'Have
you got it with your"
mo, sir" answered the man.
"but | coined that way myself after
you did, and it wasn't there then"
London Globe.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-11-15
Couldn't Wait a Minute.

A Pittsburg man who suddenly
acquired riches was DESTROYS of pur-
chasing fast horse. He went to a
dealer, who sold him an animal and
guaranteed that he could trot mile
IN 2:l0. He took his purchase home
and the next day drove down to the
track to try him. Much to his dis
gust, the best the horse could do
was a mile in $40. He returned to
the dealer in rage and said:
You told me this horse could
rrot mile in 2:10. lie can't go a
mile better than $40"
The dealer looked at him a min
ute and said:
We'll, what Of that? Are you in
such terrible hurry you can't wait
a minute "-Exchange.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-11-15
One Penitent Amonu Than.

In a rare pamphlet bearing the
imprint Printed by H. Haines, at
Mr.. Francklin's, in Russell-street,
Covent-garden, 1885," is given a
short history of the prime ministers
IN Great Britain. Details are given
Of the history of trusted ministers
OF the sovereign from Odo, bishop
of Bayeux, William the Conqueror's
servitor, down to the Duke of Buck
lngham of James rs time. The
pamphleteer sums up the fate of
thlrty-one prime ministers in the
following fashion:
Df'D by the Halter ............, 2
DUO oy the Axe ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 10
Ditto by STURDY BEGGARs .......... 8
DITTO untimely by private Hands .. 2
DITTO In Imprisonment ...........,.,. 4
Ditto in Exile A
saved by sacrificing their Masters 49,. 4
London News.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-11-15
The Caterpillar,

If any schoolboy were asked to
give the derivation of Caterpillar"
he would say that it had something
to do with "cat." And he would be
right. The common explanation of
caterpillar" is that it is the old
French 'chatepelose," which means
| literally "hairy cat and is very
like the English ''woolly bear" The
last two syllables suggested the
+ "piller," a plunderer, and
caterplller" was the regular spell
ing until the seventeenth century
Or. Murray's dictionary suggests
that the word may have come
straight from "cat" and pillar" A
Lombard word for caterpillar is
"gatta" (cat) and Swiss word "teu-
felskatz" devils cat), while a Scat
kin" is the vegetable imitation of
the caterpillar.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-11-15
Scared His Speech Back.

A remarkable case of the recoy-
cry OF speech and hearing is report
ed in the London Lancet from the
canton of Ticino, in Switzerland.
An Italian, aged forty-one wears.
VINO hye years ago became a deaf
mute In consequence of a serious
disease, was startled by the sudden
appearance of runaway horse. AS
ne jumped aside to avoid tie animal
n ne uttered a loud scream and after
IT had gone by found that he vss
able to talk and hear.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-11-15
Sincerely.

Mrs. De Robinson (writing)-
Dear Mrs. Brown, we are so dread
fully sorry, my husband and 1, that
a most unfortunate previous en-
gagement prevents us from accent
ing your much too kind invitation
to dinner on the 1 say, John?
eyes, dear"
What day is the Browns din.
ner ?"
"The 14th."
This month or next month";"
Next month"
Continues letter: Fourteenth of
next month. | cannot tell YOU how
sorry we are, and with best regards
to you and your dear husband, | am
yours most sincerely"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-11-15
Husbands.

a woman furnishes the following
essay on husbands:
There are three kinds of hus-
bands-the young husbands, who
make US unhappy because we are SO
Jealous of them; the middle aged
husbands, who break our hearts be-
cause they would rather make mon
ey or play golf than devote any at
tentlon to us, and the old husbands.
who sicken us with their silly OBJ
Jeclons whenever we turn to look
at younger men" Chicago Trib-
une.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-11-15
A PIav For . Mai

The weary tramp with the red
oeak halted in front of the way
side cottage. 81 called, num-" he
announced, because | found dis
sample package of dyspepsia tablets
down the road" Dyspepsia tab
lets ?" snapped the woman with. the
broom. "What have / to dee3%ith
dyspepsia tablets?" 'Why-er-I
thought maybe you might give me
something TO eat dat would Glib me
dc dyspepsia so | could test dem"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-11-15
A Lesson In Etiquette.

Priscilla had, unknown to her
mother, paid visit to one Of her
small friends, and on her return
Mrs. Parsons was disturbed to note
the soiled dress her child wore.
Priscilla, do you see that big
spot? What do you suppose Mrs.
Blakeslee thought of such a dirty
dress ?" she asked.
Il don't know" was Priscilla's
prompt reply. IF Mrs. Blakeslee
saw it she was too polite to mention
it."-Harper's Weekly.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-09-01
Water Notice.

Notice is hereby given that those who may
desire to do SO may use water to irrigate gar
dens, after first seeing the Superintendent Of
the Water Works and arranging therefor.
The said use Of water for irrigation will bs
allowed from s O'Clock a. m. to 9 o'clock a. m.
and from 8 o'clock p. m. to 9 o'clock p. m.
Mountain time, and during those times only
and an extra charge will be made for said us'
of water according to the size Of the garder
irrigated.
The said use Of water for irrigation will b.
subject and secondary to domestic and Other
uses, and in case the water be needed for any
other use or becomes scarce. the right is re
served to stop said irrigating at any time. and
the water shall be taken subject to that right
Any one using water for irrigating without
paying said extra charge, or using an unrea
sonable amount when paying, or using It a
any other time than that above specified
will be liable to have the water turned of
without notice and an additional charge Of 3:
will be made for turning it on again.
G. A. FLETCHER,
Superintendent of Eureka Water Works.
Dated Eureka. Nevada, July Is. 1906.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-09-01
BACK FROM THE EAST


NJ. McGarry aud daughter. Mrs.
Gertrude Hngar. returned to Eureka
this week from an extended visit 10 the
East and Canada. Miss Ethel Nc
Garry. who accompanied them on the
trip. remained in Superior. Wisconsin.
with her sisters. Mrs. Darcy and Miss
Anna McGarry, and will take a teach.
ers' Normal course and continue her
studies in instrumental music.
Mr.. McGarry went over the southern
route to Nav York in May, was joined
at Buffalo by his daughters. and to-
gether they visited Niagara Falls and
went by boat up the st. Lawrence
river past the Thousand islands into
Canada and visited his relatives still
living there. They then ~journeyed
back through the Great Lakes, cover
ing something like 400 miles by water,
visiting different POINTS of interest en-
route to Superior, Wisconsin, where
his daughters are now living.
II being necessary for Mr.. McGarry
to look after his mining interests in
this district and at Hamilton. he and
his daughter expect to remain in Eu-
reka this Fall.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-09-01

An Estimable Woman and Pho.
neer of Eastern Nevada Dies
In San Francisco

Martin Mahoney received q telegram
Monday announcing the death Of hi.
mother. Mrs. Julia Brown, In San Fran.
cisco at 5 O'Clock hat morning. The mes.
sage informing him of her death came
very unexpected, as he had received q
letter from her Saturday stating that
she was feeling better than she had been
for some time. Before leaving for San
Francisco on August 10 her health had
not been good. having had a number OF
sick spells from which she had not en-
tirely recovered.
Mrs. Brown lived to a ripe old age.
and an eventful, active and useful life
n that can truly be said to have been
well spent-and was possessed of many
most excellent traits Of character. She
was a woman of strong mind and
womanly instincts, and had untold
energy and executive ability, as her
success in business ventures in this
section Of Nevada will confirm.
When the White Pine mining excite.
ment in 1869 drew people there from all
of the globe, Mrs. Brown went
to Hamilton and later engaged in the
restaurant business at Shermantown.
She came to Eureka in 1871 and shortly
after opened a restaurant here known as
the Julia Brown restaurant. and which
she successfully conducted until 1897
when she bought what vas then known
as the Jackson House, but which has
since been conducted by Mrs, Brown
under the name Of the Brown Hotel.
On March IS. 1906. she sold this property
to Mrs. L. L. Tippie. the present owner.
Deceased leaves a sister, Mrs. Finley.
living in Brooklyn. N. r.. and three
sons. Dan Brown and Frank and Martin
Mahoney. She was a native Of Noctofa,
County Kilkenny, Ireland, and rs years
ofage.
Her son Martin left Eureka Tuesday
for San Francisco. aud arrangements
were being made for the funeral to take
place in that city the latter part Of the
week.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-09-01
DEATH CAME WHILE ASLEEP
Laborer Working on the New Hotel
Found Dead Wednesday

Two men named Thomas Dunn and
g. II. Gaffney came to Eureka about a
week ago and ON Monday went to work
cleaning mp the upper story Of the
building on the corner Of Main and
Clark streets recently purchased by
Mrs. William Zadow.
They slept together on the porch. and
on Wednesday morning upon awaken
ing Gaffney shook his companion TO
arouse him and found the man dead.
Justice L. w. Cromer was notified and
an inquest held. the verdict of the jury
being that death resulted from natural
causes. No autopsy was held, but DIR.
Burnett gave 1t as his opinion hat a
rupture Of a blood vessel Of the brain
was the immediate cause of death.
From Mr.. Gaffney 1t was learned that
Dunn was q resident Of San Francisco,
where IL is understood he has a well-to-
do brother living at North Beach. who
has been notified of his death. He was
a Grand Army man. having served
three years in the Civil War as q Union
soldier. He was a native of Ireland
and 81 years Of age.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-09-01
PLEADS FOR AN EARLY TRIAL
VIM. Whalen Of Eureka County
Tells Judge He Was Kid
mapped From Nevada

Sacramento. Cal. August 28--William
Whalen. the Nevada mining promoter
who is charged with having secured
large sums OF money from several citi-
Gems Of Sacramento by false p~retenses.
was before Judge Hart Of the Superior
Court yesterday afternoon. He was
called to hear the fixing Of a new date
for his trial. The date had originally
been fixed for September 3. At the time
of the fixing Of the date it wal not real
lied that September 8 is a legal holiday
Labor Day.
Judge Hart said he would fix Septem-
Der 10 as the new date of the trial.
The defendant. who is an old man,
arose in the prisoners dock aud asked
permission to address the Court. When
the request was granted Whalen said
he had been confined in a steel tank in
the county Jail for several months, and
his health had broken down. He was
only held mp. he said, by taking large
quantities of quinine. His case. he as
serted. was only one of KIDNAPPING from
the State of Nevada. II Judge Hart
could not try his case now. he suggested
that it might be taken up by one Of the
other Judges.
District Attorney Seymour said he
wanted the ease tried in Department 8.
Judge Harris court.
The Court said Judge Hughes was
disqualified from sitting in the case. as
his brother. J. r. Hughes, assistant
District Attorney. would be INT of the
prosecutors. 1t had been agreed not to
try any cases during the month of
August. The Judges here. as well as in
other counties, were away on their va
cations. Whalen was assured that his
case would be the first one tried.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-09-01
Simmer Rates to Tahoe

D. s. Taggart, District Freight and
Passenger Agent of the Southern Pa
cifc Company at Reno. requests the
SENTINEL to officially that
special rates will be in effect during
Summer months from all stations tc
Lake Tahoe. The lake is a very beauti.
full spot, and should any people be look
ing for a place to recuperate during the
Summer, they cannot find a better place
than Lake Tahoe. The announcement
concludes with this statement: 1--WE
have now very low rates from a greal
many of our points and will. within Q
a few days, arrange rates from all points
and ! would be very glad to have yor
bring this beautiful resort before the
public"
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-09-01
INGsTROM's FRIGHTFUL END
Old Resident Of Cortez and Bowawe
Meets Terrible Death

MtttS ltEftbtC DCuth
The Elko Free Press of Aug. 30 has
the following account Of the death Of
a Eureka County resident:
Joseph De Revier, who came to Exc
several days ago for medical attendance.
having mashed one of his hands while
working in q mine. tells OF the fright
full death of John Iugstrom. for many
years q miner about Cortez, Mineral
Hill and Beowawe.
On the 4th Of this month he left Mill
Canyon, near Cortez. for Bullion with
a demijohn Of whiskey. and on the 14th
his body was found in the valley by the
roadside, an u~nsightly mass ef maggots.
The remains were found by IN Italian
who notified q number Of miners in the
cany on, and q hole was dug near the
body into which the body was rolled
with poles and buried.
The ground about the body showed
that the deceased had met a frightful
death. He had kicked q big hole in
the ground and clawed the earth with
his fingers.
He was about so years Of age and was
well known in this section Of the State.
He was his OWL worst enemy.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-09-01
EUREKA SCHOOL OPENS MONDAY
Although a Legal Holiday Glasses Will
Be Organized and Work Arranged

A. B. Lightfoot. the newly elected
principal of the Eureka public school,
arrived here Wednesday from Ann
Arbor, Michigan. Notwithstanding
that Monday. September 8. is Labor Day
and a legal holiday, the Trustees Of the
Eureka public school have decided to
open the school next Monday morning
for enrolment. organization and CLASH
fication. and have asked the SENTINEL to
state that II is earnestly desired that all
pupils be in attendance. After the
work of organization has been CON-
pleted the school will be dismissed for
the day.
The Trustees have decided that the
school will be conducted on Pacific
(slow time). School will open at 0
o'clock as formerly, and the working
hours will be the ame
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-09-01
PALISADE BREvITIES.
Correspondence from the North End
of Eureka County.

1aVA
of Eureka County.
]. p. Raine passed through Palisade
Tuesday on his way to Reno.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. Extrom will leave
Saturday for San Francisco.
E. ]. Sasserno has bought a lot from
the Z. & p. and will move his store.
DIR. d. F. Abbott visited in Palisade
last Friday. He was on his way to
Cobre.
Mrs. Mamie Raine and her son,
Lester, will leave for San Francisco the
last of the week.
Ed Murray's house on Mob Hill is
about complete and he viii move his
family here from San Francisco.
The young people of Palisade intend
to build a dance hall and hope the peo-
pie OF the town will help them.
MI. and Mrs. John Thornton arrived
from Hazen Wednesday. where they
have been visiting for the past month.
John Barrows was transferred te
Oregon from Palisade the first of the
week. and Charles Hamilton has come
to take his place.