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The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-03-07
Will Start Mill Soon

The White Pine News says Ralph
and Paul Irwin, who have been work
ing steadily for the last two years on
a group of claims at Irwin canyon,
near Duckwater, expect to have their
new five stamp mill in operation with
in short time. A large quantity of
milling ore is lying on the dump
awaiting the starting up of the mill.
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BeahdC LOdQc No. 7, (. Of P,

Meets every Tuesday evening ct its Castle
Hall on North Main street. at 7 o'clock
from October / to March 81. and at 7:SQ
o'clock from April l to September so.
All Brother Knights in good standing are
fraternally invited to attend.
LEONARD RosEvEAR, @. @.
Attest: d. T. NosrRosA x. Of 4. IS
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w. N, McGill. Governor Adams,
w. Y. McGill and Charles Stevens on
an auto journey from Hot Springs
to- Ely recently experienced many
hardships. After travelling through
mud which made the roads almost
impossible, they reached Jakes Val
ley, where they decided to camp un,
tilthe roads froze, which occurred
the following morning and they were
able to resume their journey.
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ALFALFA

The following short poem from an un
known author appears in the late issue
of Successful Farming:
What makes the landscape look so fair
What blossoms bright perfume the air;
WHAT plant repays the farmers toll,
And will enrich the worn-out soil?
Alfalfa
What is the crop that always pays,
And will mature in forty days;
Resisting drought, the frost and heat,
Whose roots reach down one hundred
feet?
Alfalfa
What grown in lone, clay and sand;
What lifts the mortgage off the land;
What crop is cut three times year,
And no foul weeds in it appear?
Alfalfa
What makes the swine so healthy feel
And never raise hungry squeal;
TIE wholesome food that never fails
To put three curls into their tails?
Alfalfa
What makes all other stock look nice,
And bring the highest market price;
What fills the milk pals; feeds the calf
And makes the old COW almost laugh?
Alfalfa
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Ch|LD'S HEALTH IN
HOME AND SCHOOL

Two problems concerning the
health and physical and mental de-
velopment of a child confront
thoughtful parents to-day. consider
alton of the child outside of school
and attention to its environment
within the school" says the Journal
of the American Medical Association.
Whether in country or in city, the
home influence on its health is most
important. A constant and control
liable factor is its food. Herein lies
the home responsibility of the mother.
She must learn that the food of the
growing child is next only in import
ance to its feeding as an infant; and
that the greatest good comes to it
from plain nutritious. well-cooked
and easily digested food; that it needs
certain foods for body structure and
other foods to supplyheat and energy.
A child should frolic and romp and
play because there is a natural rela-
ton between such muscular activity
and the proper performance of such
food material in carrying on their
functions. The mother must also
realize that rest is as important for
the child as play, and that sufficient
quiet, restful sleep does its equal part
in storing energy and bringing about
perfect development.
Children need sunshine and fresh
air, and at night should sleep in a
well-ventilated room with the win
dows we'll down from the top. They
should be bathed regularly and prop
erly clothed. But no matter how
well fed and clothed. how clean and
we'll nourished previous to the admis-
sion to school, the parents interest
must follow the child to the school
room and see that such environment
does not undermine its health. Here
in lies the responsibility of the father
as a citizen and taxpayer. 1t is his
money that maintains the school and
it is his duty to see that his child is
not forced into an over-crowded,
poorly ventilated, overheated class
room, compelled to breathe for five
hours a day the expirations from 40
or so pairs of luugs. and its condition
so weakened as to render it vulner-
able to the attacks of infectious dis
ease.
Any one, on reflection, will be i'm
pressed with the futility of expecting
maximum progression, physical and
mental, where children are housed In
overcrowded classrooms with little
OF no moisture in the air, compelled
to breathe dry, vitiated air and to
attempt mental tasks with suffocated
brain-cells deprived of natures gen.
erous supply of oxygen. This is the
condition in a large number of school
rooms throughout the land to-day,
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DREAM OF INTERNAL REGION
Delrium of An Overworked Editor When
The Spark Plug Failed


]. Holman Buck, editor of the
Western Nevada Miner, is catching
up with his dates of issue. 1t is all
owing to the vagaries of a gasoline
engine that is used to operate his
plant. This is the way the editor in
dulges in a delirium caused by the
confusion of ideas and aggregation
of grievances under the head "A
Dream of HE'LL"
I'VE had dream the other night"
Editor Buck writes. eve had shuf-
fled off this mortal coil and wele
knocking at the outer gates of feil
for admission. One of Satan's inside
guardians slipped the bolts and we
were admitted. A guide met us ind
asked us if we were ready to be
shown and we told him, Sue,
we're from Missouri We tnen
started up on our journey. We
noted cleanliness around the fur
naces and remarked upon the fact
and was informed by the guide that
the place had been modernized. That
they no longer used the old fashion
Baptist and Methodist birthstone
fuel and red hot pitchforks had been
discarded. Crude oil had been pipe /
in and was being automatically fed
to the furnace fires. Seeing there
was no wood or coal to buy and
everything running so smoothly we
said, This amt hell.
Entering large ballroom where
a grand orchestra was drilling away
on The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
and other popular airs of the day,
we saw lot of swell chickens dane
ing the tango, the hesitation waltz,
the kitchen sink, the jelly wobble and
other rags. Seeing the gaieties we
said Surely this can't be hell Go
ing farther we came to some vats in
which a lot of delinquent subscribers,
press agents with lot of free read
ers for expositions and corn salve
were being boiled, and gleefullv
watching these free publicity graft
ers bubble, we said, This is too good
to be hell After wandering about
and seeing many other pleasant
sights, our guard informed us that
he would escort us to our future
apartment and occupation. Wewere
then taken away out into the
midst of the deserts of hell, far
away from supply points and
shown little room which we
were to occupy. Upon entering the
same we discovered a common every
day gas engine. The piston was on
the blink, the ignitor spring was
busted and the spark plug was
missing. We were informed that
our future operation would be to
keep the engine repaired and in OPP
Grafton. After looking the machine
over we remarked, We'll this is helll'
Just then we awoke and realized that
our gas engine was on the bum and
the spark plug lost somewhere be-
tween Nina and San Francisco and
every d-n press tied up awaiting its
arrival. And this is sure and unmis-
takably hell"
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NEVADA PRESS COMMENT


Oh, You Exposifor Man
Ely Expositor: When it comes to
your widow women, she is real art
ist; she can give the maid any handi-
cap and win without turning a hair.
In the rules of her game flight is bar
red; the male moth fiutters around
the bright flame of her charm, fas-
cinated, helpless. Looks, style, in
telligence, are not factors in her
triumph. She smiles and her face
seems to glow and sparkle like moon
lit rippling waters; mist-like cloud
of an expression settles upon her
face and you realize that she has ex-
perienced the pain as well as the &C.
stasy of life and you long to shield
her from future pain; her voice is a
caress. the glance of her eye a chal-
lenge, the touch of her hand delirous
rapture, and her lips rounded rhap-
sody; your wings are singed, you
couldn't fly if you wanted to and
wouldn't if you could.
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of the principal event of the day, the
arrival Of the evening mail, a crowd
had begun to gather, the usual mot.
ley crowd Of a summer resort on the
coast The sight Of the Mary Glou-
cester, steaming gracefully into port,
was greeted with a gay futter of
handkerchiefs and straw hats, and
Billy and Bartlett, standing where the
yacht would dock, were soon the cen
ter Of the laughing, merry crowd,
ready and eager to welcome home the
stout widow, her unfortunate chaperon
and the two supplements" as a vii
lage wag called the fat Henry and the
slim BERTHE.
AS the yacht drew near, the widows
corpulent form vas seen by the rail,
on one side a tall youth, and on the
other, two, side by side and apparent
ly in no very good humor.
Three, by George" cried Blatts, a
prosperous brewer from Milwaukee.
"She left here with two and returns
with three. Where did she get him,
Bartlett?"
But Bartlett did not answer, did not
hear. The g%ang-plank had been low
cred and he was watching in numb
fascination, the tall youth walking be-
side the widow, her ridiculous dog in
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ARE HANDS0MEST IN WORLD
Royal Irish constabuIary Bear Off the
Palm From All Police Of
the Earth.

According to those most entitled
to speak on the comparative pulchri-
tude Of the police, the Royal Irish
Constabulary bear off the palm from
all policemen in all other parts of
the world. Dean Hole is quoted In
the London Chronicle as contributing
the following tribute to the fascina-
tons of the noble Irish force:
"Our London police are well favored
in appearance, but if the Royal Irish
Constabulary were to take their place
for a week there wouldn't be a single
female servant to be warranted heart
whole in the metropolis"
London goes to the rural districts
for its policemen largely, and the re-
suit is often as amusing, not to say
exasperating, as that which arises in
New York from the employment of
foreign car conductors, sublimely tg-
norant of city streets and neighbor,
hoods. The Chronicle writer tells of
on encounter with an inexperienced
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SYNOPSIS.

The Watermelon and James, "
tramps, bantering each other regarding
their personal appearances, dee,ae , ef
their companion. Mike, be the Judge
as to who is the better looking. Water
melon discovers a young man paInlns
in a a k and steals his clothes: MntiS
standing empty by the roadside. General
Crossman and his daughter, Henrietta,
drive up in a car. Assuming that his car
ance. Watermelon hands him a card
bearing the name William Hargrave
Batcheior. The general recognizes the
name as that Of a young man VINO oronv
days before. He invites him to dine Win
them. Watermelon Is introduced to BART
lett. a big Wall street operator, ano ms
daughter. Billy, Will whom ne pr proG been
stung by. Bachelors operations, plans 10
keep the supposed broker with him LOT
a week while he works a coup IN me me
broker. While chatting with Billy, the
telegraph boy tips off Bartlett's message
to Watermelon. Watermelon decides 70
Join Bartlett and the general in a week.
tells his hobo companions Of his adven,
ture and asks them to find Batchelor ana
give him the tramp clothes: Inc ParLy
starts out with Rartlett's and Crossmadh as
serted house, break in and spend tne
night there. In the morning Watermelon
discovers that the police are coming. Inc
party attempts to escape, but Is stopped
by the officers who are hunting TOT
Bachelors car. Watermelon, by a clever
ruse, gets them out Of trouble. AS Bart
lett had planned the party becomes lost
They are arrested and hailed before a
country justice for speeding. Crossman;
Bartlett and the Watermelon are robbed
of their money and tewelry In the night;
Alphonse. the. generals. chauffeur, n
Rartlett's car are missing. The party
proceeds in the generals car. gets lost
again and runs out OF, gasoline; Water
melon and Billy go to'a farm house TOT
food. Bartlett proposes to Henrietta ana
IS accepted. Billy starts back with the
food while Watermelon goes to ask the
farmer to tow the auto In. Hurrying TO
catch up with her, Watermelon hnds
Billy stuck in the railroad tracks with a
train rushing down upon her. He saves
her life and confesses his love. Water
melon decides to sneak away In the night
the night destroys the farmers barn and
the generals car, and Watermelon de-
.cides he cannot leave them yet Water
melon confesses all to Billy and tells her
he cannot marry her. Billy tells her faith
~er that she wants to marry Watermelon,
but does not reveal his identity. Bartlett
gets a message from his broker that
Bachelor has been in town all the time.
Watermelon confesses all. tells him Of his
love for Billy and that his right name Is
.Jeroboam Martin. Bartlett tells Water
mer home in August as a drunken tramp
and Billy then wants him she can have
him.. Watermelon shows up. dressed as
a tramp.
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the little dog turned again to the
sea.
yes, indeed, Mrs. Armitage," said
Henry Bliven solemnly. "Tell us
t%ruthfully, whom do you love the bet
ter, Kipling or the blessed duckems?"
Think" warned BERTHE, before
you answer. Kipling, a great poet,
author of sentiments that will stir
mankind for all ages, sentiments that
will ennoble, strengthen"
IF I threw my blessed pet over,
would you go after him, Bertie?" de.
manded the widow, to whose mind a
question of grave import had just pre-
sented itself. Henry, would you?
You know how I love my dainty little
kitty kit, would you save him from
cruel death for me? For my sake?"
mo HARM" said Henry with feel
ing, shall befall the angel child while
I live to protect it-her-him."
For your sake said BERTHE, Il
would die"
There was a splash, a gurgle and a
Mortified scream from the widow, as
with a sudden lurch of the boat, the
little dog lost his balance and fell
overheard.
"Oh, my precious, my lamb" cried
the widow. BERTHE, save him for me-"
Eyes, yes" declared BERTHE, hanging
over the rail and watching the strug-
Cling dog in the water below. Eyes,
yes, certainly"
Henry" pleaded the widow. IF
you love me-" VI
Trust me-" said Henry soothingly,
hiding a CLEAN Of satisfaction in his
mild blue eyes. II will have the boat
stopped"
The widows daughter and chaperon
appeared in the companionway,
flushed and sleepy. Mamma, what is
the matter?" " =
Caroline, my precious lamb" and
the widow motioned dramatically sea-
ward. Henry, you said"
II WILL" said Henry. 81 will have
the boat stopped"
II will do that" cried the widow.
"You jump overheard and save him."
Caroline yawned and raised her soft
white hands to her tumbled hair. do
ave him, BERTHE, I'm not equal to the
task of comforting mamma, just now"
BERTHE looked at his immaculate
yachting clothes and hesitated.
"Ah, you do not love me-" cried the
widow. "Oh, my baby, my own"
II love you So" said BERTHE solemn
ly, II refuse to leave you in your
grief even for a moment"
A long white arm shot over the
crest Of a tumbled wave and was fol-
lowed by a mans head and long, thin
body: The man swan well and quick
ly and was making straight for the
now swimming dog.
"a rescue, a rescue" cried Henry,
and added softly to himself. ooh,
poppyoock!" .,...s
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Bio SCULPTURE.

The most remarkable proposal ever
made about Mount Athos was that of
the architect Dinocrates. His plan
was to cut 1t into the shape of q gi-
gantic statue Of Alexander the Great,
holding in the right hand a city, in
the left a tank that was to receive all
the waters of the region. Alexander
was much taken with the scheme. But
it was eventually rejected on the
ground that the neighboring country
was not fertile enough to feed the in
habitants of the projected city. An
other of Dinocrates' plans was a tenn
pie to the wife Of King Ptolemy of
Egypt, with a roof of loadstones that
would keep an iron statue Of her float
ing in tbs air.
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arrive. Henrietta and the general
were coming on the evening boat to
spend the autumn in a small cottage
which the general was pleased to call
his "shooting-box." But Bartlett's
pleasure at seeing Henrietta once
more was mingled with worry and un'
easiness over Billy and the Water
melon. He smoked thoughtfully and
watched Billy warily, tenderly. She
leaned against a pile and gazed over
the vast unrest Of the ocean to the
distant horizon, with dreaming, un'
fashionable eyes. Bartlett knew OF
whom she was thinking, whom wait
ing for more and more eagerly every
day now as August drew to a close
and still he did not come. But this
evening he had come, he was in the
same neighborhood, drunk and prob
ably hungry. When they met, as they
must and that shortly, would he make
a scene, become ioud-mouthed, foul,
abusive? 1t would be hard on Billy,
and Bartlett wished vainly that he
could spare her. But it was best that
she should know, should understand
fully and with a sudden quick cut 1t
would be yer with, the June madness
when one is young and pretty and
care-free. Billy would read her folly
In the bleared eyes Of a shiftless fool
Poor little Billy and her puppy love!
A most unfortunate affair, the whole
mistaken, unhappy business!
There comes the Mary Glouces
ter" said Billy breaking into his
thoughts.
"The Mary Gloucester" chuckled
Bartlett. THAT woman hasn't the
sense of her ugly little poodle dog"
81 know" said Billy, that is why ]
have always been so afraid of her"
why afraid of herr"
For a MOTHER" explained Billy un'
fortunately, but Enthusiastically say
ing the wrong thing.
Bartlett flushed. You just admit
ted that she was a fool. Do you think
I would marry that kind of a woman
men always do" said Billy. "A
FOOLS bad enough, but a fool and
money are simply Irresistible"
"You know too much for your age
said Bartlett coldly.
81 don't exactly know It," blundered
Billy. II just see It,"
BILLY, have you ever s>en me-"
Eyes, father. That mig 1t in the pa
vilion at the Ainsleys-"
That will do, Billy"
Billy was hurt. IT don't mean to be
nasty, father; but you asked me"
There comes the mailboat," inter
rupted Bartlett firmly.
Billy looked at 1t and sighed. II
was the last of August and Jeroboan
Martin had not come. Had he forgot
ten her in two short months?
Bartlett laid his hand tenderly or
her shoulder. Forget him, grille
He's not worthy of you"
HE said he would come" whispered
Billy.
IF he doesn't, dear, you have me
We have stood together through
everything for eighteen years and will
stand, still, Ell, Billy"
Billy bent her head and rubbed hel
cheek against the hand on her shoul
der with a half laugh and a half sob.
With the first sight of the smoke
on the horizon, heralding the approach
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CHAPTER XIV.
AZ He Said He Would.

The widow leaned far over the side.
"Oh," said she, "the man is naked"
"As, truth" agreed BERTHE. "You
might retire, you know"
g" won't look" promised the widow,
turning her back and peering over her
shoulder. But is he near my lamb
now? VIII he, al he save him?"
Unfortunately. yes. mamma" said
Caroline.
BERTHE and Henry leaned over the
rail and watched the rescue, the long,
easy strokes Of the swimmer and the
amusement on his face as a wave car
ried the struggling dog within reach
and he grabbed the little woolly back.
Saved" cried BERTHE, and turned
just in time to grab Mrs. Armitage,
who was also turning to see over the
rail, by her fat shoulders and whirl
her around again. Safe, dear lady, but
look the other way. Our hero is
clothed in the seafoam and his own
nobilit,, nothing else"
Henry was already disappearing
down the companionway, the yacht
was stopping and the crew standing
by on the lower deck to lend assist,
ance to rescued and rescuer.
The evening was warm and suftry.
What little breeze there had been dur.
ing the day had gone down with the
sun, while the ocean heaved and
moaned in long, green swells and ran
softly whispering up the beach and
splashed against the rocks with hard.
ly a fake Of foam. The sun, sinking
behind the hills, cast long orange and
pink streaks across the waves, and
turned the small white clouds over.
head a dainty, rosy mass of drifting
color.
Bartlett and Billy strolled down the
winding street of the little seaside
town, out on the pier and stood idly
waiting for the evening mailboat to
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Coal and the X-Ray,

1t is now believed that the mystery
of the formation and constitution OF
coal, which has long puzzled students,
will be solved by e Of the X-ray.
According to a French scientific
journal, there are two or three kinGs
of ash in Goals: First, the foreign
matter carried by the wind or the rain
into the forests that gave rise to tn g
coal. Next there is the mineral mat
ter that forms part of living plants.
Finally, there is generally more or lesa
mineral matter due to the formation
of new compounds by the decompost
ton Of the first two kinds of ash.
The examination of coal with the x
rays will probably lead to a posi-.
BILE distinction between these three
forms of ash, and will thus contrib.
ute to throw light on the formation
of veins.
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CHAPTER xxIv.-contInued.


Maine is a prohibition state, but the
Watermelon had been there before
and knew just where and how to OBJ
tain what he was looking for. With
the bottle in his pocket, he sought the
beach and made his way up 1t to some
secluded place where he could drink
in peace and out of the heat of the
sun.
As the day advanced, the sun crept
around the headland until it streamed
unchecked upon the Watermelon,
.sprawled, drunk and warm and dirty
In the lee Of the rocks. The combined
heat Of the sun and the poison he had
in him, called by courtesy whisky,
grew unbearable, and he rose in
drunken majesty to find some cooler
place. The sun would soon have
thrown long shadows on the beach,
but the Watermelon could not wait
for that. He must get cool at once,
and in the waves splashing, gurgling,
laughing, breaking at his very feet,
he found a suggestion. Where could
one get cool If not in the sea itself?
A steam yacht far away like a streak
of white, was seen creeping slowly
landward, but the Watermelon did not
trouble about such a thing. He began
to undress, solemnly, stubbornly, with
the one thought to get cool.
The yacht, Mary Gloucester, was a
gay little bark, all ivory white and
shining brass work. A brightly striped
awning covered the deck, there were
large, comfortable chairs, with many
colored pillows and ribbons and
tchintz, and daintily arranged tables to
assuage ones thirst and offer cooling
bodily comfort on q hot day.
The Mary Gloucester was named
after a poem of Kipling's, and her
owner was explaining this fact, en-
;sconced gracefully, If solidly, in a
many-cushioned chair, her feet a bit
:awkwardly or the rest before her, a
fan in one hand and a small, fat,
white, woolly dog on her lap. his fore
feet on the railing. his mouth open
and his tiny red tongue tapping moist
Iy from between his teeth.
Whom do you love the more"
asked BERTHE Van Baalen, "Kipling or
this angel chfld?" and BERTHE sought
to pull one fluffy white ear near his
hand. But the little dog snarled an
grily and snapped sharply at the
hastily withdrawn fingers.
"Ah, the $duckems. naughty man
shan't tease him." crooned the lady.
slapping at BERTHE with the fan, while