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The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-03
A pomestie Scramble.

Is It true the house is haunted when each
window has a shade?
Shall a mistress scold because she sees a
large spoon holder maid?
(The maid may take a cup and saucer. i'm
pudent young thing!
Should you always come to breakfast
when you hear the napkin ring?
II the water pitcher to the floor, will 1t
make the butter ball?
(She's often let the salt shaker and never
wept at alb
Is IL true that for each window pane
they'll call a doctor later:
That, though your stove may nave a grate.
there is a nutmeg crater?
IL you let the pepper box. then should you
let the sugar bowl.
The teapot stand and s~trainer eyes to see
the finger roll?
And when the biscuit cutter did the knife
handle the scraps2
Let the picture wire to know and you'll
find out these things. perhaps.
-Woman's World.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-03

The circus and menagerie of Jones &
Jones were coming that way. The
greater part of its menagerie consisted
of the elephant Abdul. and Abdul had
become old and irritable and 10 longer
saw things with the friskiness Of other
days. He was being most carefully
watched when the show arrived at
Clementsville.
Jones & Jones had had to offer so
cents on the dollar to their creditors
at the last three stands, and when the
exhibition at Clementsville was over
they could not pay certain farmers for
oats, hay and straw. One farmer, the
largest creditor, refused to take a note
OF hand. His claim was for $40, and
he rushed to see Mr.. Taylor, the law
yer, about 1t.
"Your claim is good. and all we have
to do is to attach something" was the
lawyers announcement. LAS the ele-
plant is the biggest and most valua-
BILE thing they have, We will attach
him. The circus won't move on with
out him. Your case will be settled
Mllulu dl ubIl dlttI We dll0Nh MN.
And so the elephant was attached.
The constable saw the creditor, and
arrangements were made to take ABB
dull out to the farm. He figured that
he was going to get a soft thing. and,
much to the establishment of the cir
Gus folk. lie went along in a contented
manner and finally brought up in the
farmers barn. Then the real history
of the Ease began. Jones & Jones left
town with smiles. That meant that
the suit would have TO be adjourned
when called and that ultimately 1t
would be decided in the farmers IA
yor; also that he would find himself
with an elephant on his hands. He
found hat out even within the first
hour.
Abdul wanted from three to FIVE bar
rels OF water to wet his throat. II
took an hour to bring 1t from the
house. Then he wanted a quarter of
a ton Of the best hay to eat and the
same amount TO toy with as he stood
up to mediate and feel sorry for those
elephants that were still knocking
around the country. Night had not
yet come when he took a fancy to A
certain beam In the barn and wrapped
his trunk around II and pulled 1t from
its place and used it for a baseball bat.
Then he tore out the manger and used
the sliysrs for toothpicks and went to
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-03
With the Short Story Writers
Attaching the Elephant
BY CHARLES B. LEWIS

bed happy. The farmer again con-
suited the lawyer. The latter had been
making elephants a study for the last
four hours.
Yes. all the cost Of Abdul's keep and
all the damage he did while In the
hands Of the law would be assessed on
Jones & Jones when the case was de
cided against them. as it surely must
be. Just go right back home and give
that elephant whatever he wanted and
1t would be all right.
On the second day Abdul broke his
chains and pulled a ton Of hay from
the NOW. Then he wanted a drink,
and when the farmer cut him of with
five barrels Of water he trumpeted
wildly and broke up the tanning mill,
the corn shelter and some stray boards
and beams.
very irregular and improper on the
part OF Abdul" declared the lawyer.
but Of course Jones & Jones will settle.
They must settle. They must have
him with their show"
On the third day Abdul demanded
seven barrels of water, half a ton Of
hay and most of the pumpkins grow
Ing on the farm and then broke down
the doors and piled the fragments in a
neat heap and set out on a voyage OF
discovery. He discovered the smoke
house and chicken coop and dairy
house and upset them. lie discovered
the family well and yanked the pump
out by the roots and threw 1t over the
house. He discovered the house itself
and smashed all the windows and
doors The he passed into the orchard
ana pulled up twenty-one apple trees
TO show that he was no buffer. He
had leveled forty rods of fence and
torn down a wagon shed and tossed n
reaper and mower sky high when he
entered a mammoth mudhole and
drowned.
Inc lawyer said Adults proceedings
could be legally criticised. but that
there was no question as to how the
SUIT would go. There wasn't. Jones &
Jones came back and won II and made
the county pay them $1,000 for the
loss OF their elephant while in the
hahds of a duly elected constable. And
then n & Jones, the clown. the
bareback riders. the tight rope walk.
er ana other circus people smiled and
winked. and Lawyer Taylor realized
ne had had his chance and was not
ss1A' Tue OCCASION l5Al
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-03
Agricultural Topics

mellow. covered with a thick growth
Of fine hair.
The Ayrshire is a tough, hardy cow
with a vigorous appetite and not 700
particular what she eats. While al
pasture she goes to work rapidly, gain.
ering what is most convenient ana
when satisfied lies down to chew her
cud.
The general appearance Of an Ayr
shire as you look at her Is striking
being alert and full Of life and reserv-
ed energy She is a healthy cow rare
ly having ailments Of body or udder'
and YOU seldom see an Ayrshire COW
but that has four healthy quarters IN
her udder, giving a uniform quantity
of milk well up toward calving. Many
AYRSHIRE cows are dried of with DIM
Guilty.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-03
SAVE YOUR SOIL

How TO Prevent Your Valuable Lan6
From Being Washed Away.
When soils are likely to wash an
ounce Of prevention II worth many
pounds of cure The best remedy,
writes ]. G. Mosia In Farm Prog
ress. is a preventive one. This applies
especially t. the formation Of gullies
on hiIlsides By which a farm may be
completely ruined In a very few years.
When these bitches are small they
may be nTed with rubbish that viii
check the current Of water and causs
the sediment to be deposited there
which win result In the nLing OF the
diten.
The general washing that takes
place from the surface OF all billy and
even slightly rolling Land should be
looked after as well.
The washing removes the best son
and lowers the productive capacity OF
very large areas of land. Much OK
this was 0 the best to begin with.
and the removal OF the thin top sol
has rendered many tracts afmoss
worthless.
SIT and clay soils are much moro
liable to wash than sandy ones, be-
cause the particles are smaller, conse+
quently more easily carried by water,
and as these soils DO not absorb ths
rainfall readily, because the pores are
small. so there Is more water to run on.
While 1t Is impossible to change the
inorganic constituents Of soils 10 any
appreciable extent, Jet they may Be
treated in such a way as to change Tia
texture In a few years.
This may be done by Incorporating
organic matter In them. The partially
decayed material cements the soil par
tcles into granules or grains. giving u
somewhat the porosity and loossnsss
Of a sandy soil.
II Is estimated that ten inches OF
loose soil viii absorb two inches OF
rainfall.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-03
AYRSHIRE DAIRY 0 W
POINTS OF EXCELLENCE.
o.ntIs. Hardy Animal With a Healthy
Appetite and Produces Milk Con-
t~inuously.

The Ayrshire GOV In general n q
handsome, sprightly looking animal OF
medium size, Weighing at maturity
about 1000 pounds, red and white IN
color, the relative proportions OF req
and white being greatly varied ana
Welding readily to the taste OF the
breeder, says the American Culuyator'
There have of late seemed to be more
INQUIRIES for Ayrshires with white pre-
dominating, but color is merely a mat
ter of fancy and carries with 1t no
excellence Of dairy quality.
In Scotland there is not the atten-
ton paid to color that there Is In the
United States, the dairy quality OF the
COW seeming to be about all hat COM
mands attention.
The Ayrshire has a small, bony head;
large, full eyes; dish face. broad muz-
zle, large mouth, upright horns, the
size. whether slim or large, being a
matter of local taste in breeding; long.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-03

az A MAN WHO KNOWS.

Speaking In New York recent
ly before an audience Of bankers.
railroad men and manufacture
ers, Professor Perry @. Holden. :
superintendent Of agricultural
extension In Iowa, said:
"Its a question Of producing
aaother bushel Of grain per acre
OF soil. The time will come
when every farmer. just as every
doctor. will be required by the
state to have a certificate to
show his ability. We must grow
more grain per acre. and we
know that It can be done, for
we have done it In Iowa. and
every extra bushel OF grain pro-
duced In Iowa reduces the cost
OF living in New York city.
sHThe farmer who now gets a
Weld Of thirty bushels OF corn
per acre is just making a hv-
ing. He is not making money.
II re Gao produce thirty-hve
bushels on the same land he
will have a little extra coin TO
spend for railroads. churches
/. and schools. II he can produce
/. forty bushels he has doubled his
!. profits. and II he can produce
. forty-hve bushels he has treoied
. his profits. Our experiments
! show that he can get over sv-
. enty bushels out OF an acre.
. "In Iowa we plant three ker-
. nels OF corn to a hill. and out OF
each hin we now get one
. healthy stock with n a OF
!. corn Weighing eleven and one
! half ounces. We ought TO get
: three healthy stocks and three
. ears OF corn. We + not look
! ing for that all at once. but II
/ we can increase the weight OF
/ the n ear OF corn. for instance,
. by three ounces see what that
twill mean. II win mean ten
Traditional bushels OF corr per
acre. 1t VIII mean 10o.0oo,0oo
. additional bushels In the ninety
. nine counties OF the state. 10
. will mean additional profits of
I s5.OOO,000 for one year.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-03

slim neck. clean cut at throat; thin,
sloping shoulders, with the spine ris-
ing a little above the shoulder blades;
back level to setting on OF tail, except
a rise at the pelvic arch; broad across
the loin, barrel deep and large, with
ribs well sprung to give abundant
room for storing coarse fodder. and
wide through the region Of the heart
and lungs; milk veins large and tortu-
Gus, entering the belly well forward
toward the fore legs; skin soft and
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-03

Ladies, are you doing your trading
at home? don't mean all Of 1t, but so
much OF 1t as you can, asked Richard
A. Haste In a magazine article. Be
fore you send to the city are you CIV
Ing your home merchant a chance 10
sell to you or to send and get what
you want? You want this merchants
help to make your home town a better
place to live In. Now and then you
want a donation Of s., $40 or S25 for a
worthy purpose. 1t may be the build
Ing or a church or the establishment OF
a hospital or 1t may be the parking Of
a street.
Are you doing all in YOU power to
help this merchant In his business so
that he may be able to give to these
worthy objects?
Are you advising your friends to
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-03
c~oRNERlNe BEEF

Conservative estimates of the length
Of the Chicago indicted beef packers
trial when it began placed its dura-
ton at between four and FIVE months.
The defendants number ten and are
j. Ogden Armour, president OF Ar
mour & Co.: Louis +. Swift. president
OF Swift & Co: Edward +, Swift. vice
president Of Swift & Co.: Charles II.
Swift. director Of Swift & Co: Edward
Tilden. president OF the National Pack
Ing company: Edward Morris. presi-
dent Of Morris 4 Co; Arthur Meeker.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-03
CATALOGUE pEcEPrloNs

NO. thank you. I want what I ask
eu LOT Goo day" This quotation
loon the grand prize In a recent contest
neiu Dy a magazine in the campaign
against substitution In trade. You do
not always get what you ask for when
you order through a catalogue. II Is
very easy to make an article look bet
ter In a picture than 1t looks In reality
anu 'his Is done frequently In the cata-
l.sues' But there is a still more in
sioiouS and contsmpubls way OF d.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-03

ceiying the public which some of these
concerns employ.
Ihey PRIZE both a picture and the
description Of a piece OF furniture. FOR
Instance. According TO the picture. IL
Is elegant. Suppose It is a dining room
table. The picture win show handsome
nve inch table legs. The reader Is at
tracted at once. Even when he nnds
by perusing the description that the
table has two inch legs he Is not alto
gsthsr dissnchsnts4
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-03
Do You Want Home Trade?
AN APPEAL TO M


trade at home. sven II you can save .
dime by sending awayf
Or do you belong to a soap club and
get your teas. your sugar, your eore
and a thousand other things sent you
by mail aud expressf
Have you a collection of catalogues
In your house to which you go when
you want a rug or a piece Of furnt
turef
Are o always trying 70 get some
thing for nothing7
But that does not matter. while yoo
are trying you are the worst possible
enemy your W community has. You
are false to your first civic duty. And
all that you may do toward the Inn
proyement Of your home town will be
futile as long as the iifeblood IL bsins
drawn away.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-03
N IN VERSE
Tn. critic on the Hearth.

The CrIto on 4 HshFtHs
I know q mellow, worthy pair,
Who many q welded year have seen
And stoutIy faced their wear and tssr.
Learning to bear things and forbesr
And strike loves golden mean.
Yet 'tyixt these two one troublous cloud
Has spread that time fails to dispense.
And. spite Of all forbearancs vowed.
As with undying force endowed.
The thing gets worse and worse.
Yet by no deadly sin they're racked
And urged to such undying ire
Nay; thsy are proud Of this one aot
Which IL the futile way. In fact,
That ZACH win poke the nrsl
London Standard.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-03

director of Armour & Co.; Francis A.
Fowler. director Of Swift & Co.;
Thomas J.. Connors, superintendent Of
Armour & Co. and Louis II. Heyman,
manager Of Morris q Co.
The government charges that these
ten men, accused Of violating the Sher-
man antitrust law. have dominated
the meat industry Of the United States
and fixed prices since 1880.
= =
DEBIT AND CREDIT"
VIII you come to my divorce din
ner? read a note sent tn a dozen
friends Of the widow made by law.
And the dozen invitations were speed
lily accepted. The dinner in itself was
only one of the many which we hear
of nowadays. but it hadn't proceeded
far when IL was discovered that the
Divorce wore, in addition to the usual
garments and impedimenta, a plain
gold ring on the little finger of her
left hand. When this strange equip
ment was noticed swift questions flew.
"Why, that is my wedding ring. which
| had cut down to At my little finger,
to be worn as a public sign of my
new estate"
Is this new fad to displace the we'd
ding ring forever? somebody $
Surely If divorces continue at the rate
that now prevails the debit and credit
sides of marriage will soon balance.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-03
TAFT AT

When the new government building
was dedicated in Columbus. o.. JAN.
80 President Taft attended. On the
previous day he was the guest OF the
Tippecanoe club at Cleveland. After
the dedication he was entertained at a
luncheon by the chamber Of commerce
Of Columbus.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-03

mounted by a large glass and steel
globe eighty-ive feet in diameter. At
night the globe will be illuminated.
The approximate cost Of the struc-
ture will be 81 100000. The tower Is
designed to serve as an observation
point during the exposition and sub
s%equently may be of advantage to the
government as a lighthouse and signal
ing station, weather observatory and
wireless station. 1t will be located on
the side of Il knoll overlooking the Pa
ciic ocean and the Golden Gate, and
the top wiz have an altitude of 1.10O
feet above sea level.
This is only one Of the wonders I'M
dertaken by the exposition officials I'M
der the leadership of President Charles
c. Moore of San Francisco. Mr.. Moore
Is an engineer of note. and his pro-
fession is proving Of great value to
him as the preparations advance.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-03
A LANDMARK

Ii has positively been fixed that work
win be started on the tearing down OF
Madison Square Garden Feb. > by the
company that has purchased it. The
plans for the new commercial building
which is to be erected in its place was
approved several months ago. The
new structure will be twenty-four sto-
rles high. The top four floors will be
used for offices. the remaining twenty
for lofts.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-03
Woman's Will.

Men. dying. make their Wills. but wives
Escape a task so sad.
Why should they make what all their lives
The gentle danes have had?
John Godfrey SAKE.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-03
u~NALLoTTED LANDS

Secretary of the Interior Walter l..
Fisher believes that the leasing sys-
ten is the only means by which the
public domain car be preserved for all
the people. though 1t often seems TO
inf.ict hardships upon the individual.
He had in mind the unappropriated
public lands of the west when he ex-
pressed this opinion and said IT was
his intention to place these lands in
the possession of bona fde settlers as
quickly as possible.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-03

vardaman again. after which the for
mer governor turned the tables and
defeated Percy to the tune OF three or
four 10 one. John Sharp" has kept
clear of the recent controversy be
tween the two. doubtless for the rea-
son that one OF them already il his
colleague and the other soon will be.
and senatorial courtesy must be OBJ
served though the heavens fall
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-03
THE USES OF ALFALFA.
Worth More In Money Value Thar
Glover or Timothy.

Alfalfa in money value is worth 40
ner cent more than clover and 60 per
cent more than timothy. One acre VIII
pasture thirty hogs for six months.
Ten milk cows can be fed on less than
two acres six months by soiling. Three
pounds make full feed for f~attening
lambs. T~hirty-fve pounds make a
full feed for fattening steers. A lamb
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-03
A JOHN SHARP"


Congress Is now getting down Sc
riously to work. There is usually lit
tie done before the holidays, and after
New Years it ordinarily requires
about one month for the solons TO
warm up to the game. Now they are
getting their gait, and W. may expect
much talk and some performance till
far into the summer. On the Demo
cratic side in the senate John Sharp
Williams of Mississippi is constantly
assuming a more important position.
John Sharp" as everybody calls
him. once vas minority leader Of the
house. and he is rapidly forging into
the same relative position in the SEN
ate. although Senator Martin of Vir-
ginia Is the titular minority leader OF
that body. Williams beat Ex-Governor
Vardaman in Mississippi after a hot
ly contested fight. Then Percy beat
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-03
Review of the Worlds Events

~ HARLEs DICKENS. famous
novelist, paid two visits to
America. and now that the n
hundredth anniversary OF his
birth Is almost here, the date being
Feb. Z. II Is a matter OF interesting
conjecture to ponder over the likely
trend of his pen II he could come back
and write Of things and persons as he
would find them today. Master Of hui
man mimicry and droll as well as
quaint in his study of mankind in his
own time, 1t is not too much to say
that were he living now he books he
could write would set the world by
the ears.
Are we growing better or worse?
Are there more Martin Chuzzlewits
and Old Scrooges than Of yore? Are
the Uris b Keeps more numerous? Are
the simple. faithful Peggottys scarcer?
What would Dickens say7 Stunning
os~tentation. Dickens requested when
he lay on his deathbed that no monu-
ment should mark his burial place.
And so they laid him in Westminster
abbey without display. and the only
epitaph that was written was this:
"Charles Dickens, ~1s12-1S7O."
Are men Of the type Of Charles Dick
ems, author Of the immortal David
Copperfeld," fewer today than In the
years gone by? Who will say they are
more numerous?
q
A SYMBOLIC TOWER
A symbolic tower $50 feet high is
planned as one Of the features Of the
Panama-Pacifc exposition In San
Francisco. The plans call for a gran
tie, anchored base 220 feet square; a
shaft eighty-ive feet square, with cor
ners rounded, Of steel construction, and
with marble or terra Gotta veneering.
rising 625 feet above the base and sur
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-03
CROWN JEWELS

The Portuguese government. Ii is re-
ported, decided hat all the Jewels
found in the various royal palaces
at Lisbon, Cintra, Mafra and elsewhere
after the flight Of King Manuel and
his relatives on Oct. ). 1910. do not
belong to the dethroned family, as at
first supposed, but are the property Of
the republic" Hence the cabinet pro-
posed to sell all these things and get
the useful money for them. They are
mostly relics of Portuguese conquests
crowns, swords, rings. scimitars and
such trophies, i~ncrusted with precious
stones and Of enormous intrinsic value.
in addition to their historic interest.
NEW COMMANDMENTS
Ten commandments for wives and
ten commandments for husbands were
recent literary diversions. and then
came six rules for physicians, written
by one Of their number. This physi-
clan, DIR. r. J.. Graham, advises mem
bers of the medical profession as fol-
lows:
Never permit your patient to become
familiar.
Ignore rich patients most.
Never explain. for you are paid for
your wisdom and not for your instruc-
ton.
Don't tell all you know.
Don't dicker with deadbeats; drop
them.
Keep your Office hours promptly
and study to improve the methods Of
business.
A discussion followed the reading OF
DIR. Graham's rules, and reporters
were shut out. Many home discus
sions We're preeipitated by the com
mandments for wives and husbands.
Truly. all the world is kin. and we're
an argumentative lot!