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The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-09-25
OUR SHRINKING SUN.
Its Diameter. Becomes About Four,
Miles Less Each Century.

""es Less Each Century.
There are various theories to account
for the enormous store OF heat and
light In the sun. The theory now gen
orally accepted by physicists is that
the gradual contraction of the sun in
cooling is the chief source of apparent
inexhaustible energy. 1t has been cal
culated that at the present rate of ex-
penditure of heat the suns diameter
would contract four miles In a century.
and in a few millions of years 1t may
become as dense as the earth.
The sun Is supposed to be COMPOSED
Of much the same materials as the
earth, except that they are at q much
higher temperature. About forty of
the seventy terrestrial elements have
been identified by the spectroscope as
existing In the vapors around the sun.
Astronomers think that they find traces
there of very few substances not al
ready known. Even these may be dis
covered on the earth some day.
1t has been calculated that the heat
thrown on a square mile exposed at
noon under the equator would melt in
an hour 10000 o Of ice. This amount
has to be multiplied fifty million times
to arrive at the quantity Of heat re-
ceived by the earth's surface during a
single hour. Yet this enormous supply
is even less than one ~two-thousandI
millionth part of what the sun pours
forth in all directions In space. 1t
stands to reason that this inconceiva-
BILE outgiving of heat must be accom-
panied by a gradual though impercepti-
BILE diminution In the size of the sum-
Philadelphia Press.
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take away tne UNDERSTANDINGS NhoS.
iv, III.
Verses 1O-12.-A threatening boast.
Ben-hadad took too much for granted
when he determined to humiliate Ahab
beyond the limits of self respect. 1t Is
true Ahab was al ally, but even so, he
could not be expected to surrender his
honor and all his privileges at the eX-
acting and unreasonable call Of the
Syrian. Ahab knew what was expect
ed of him, and without any objections
he paid the tribute Of silver n gold.
But Ben-hadad wanted to go further,
and so he sent his ambassadors from
Damascus on what appeared to be a
mission of plumber. He insisted that
Ahab permit his palace n the houses
of his servants to be ransacked. After
consultation with his advisers Ahab
sent word to Ben-hadad positively re-
fusing to submit to this indignity. The
refusal stirred the Syrian, and at once
he modified his forces to fight Ahab.
He also sent the king of Israel a mes
sage that was intended to strike terror
into the hearts of the nation. 'The
gods do so into me-" "A vigorous oath.
1.-THE lust of Samaria." The capital
will be RACED to the ground and so COM
pletely destroyed that his men will
carry away its dust in "handfuls." This
sort Of speech only put Ahab on his
metal, and for once in his life he proved
to be a real king and leader of his peo-
pie. His reply was couched In n popu-
lar proverb which has the essence of
| common sense. LET not him that GRID
| eth Time enough to boast after the
battle. do not count your chickens
before they are hatched." Ben-hadad
was clearly a bully, and from what we
read further ON in the story 1t Is prob
| able that he was under the influence of
drink when he sent his intimidating
messages to Aham. ''The kings We're
| feudal chieftains who commanded
army corps. "In the pavilions." In their
tents they were preparing themselves,
not by Strengthening out. but by drink
ing to excess. "Set yourselves in ar
ray ''Place the engines (margin of
revision).
Verses 13-15.-An encouraging mes
sage.
While Ben-hadad was preparing to
take Samaria by storm its citizens
were also getting ready to resist the
invader. In this time of crisis there
came a prophet unto Ahab." These
servants of Jehovah always appeared
In seasons of need. and they never fail
ed = peak the appropriate word. 81
" Z deliver it into thine hand" Let
MOI the king be fearful. for God will
grant him victory over the hostile null
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-09-25
THE CZAR'S CHECK.
II Passed Over Itching Palms, but That,
Was No Surprise.

u Passed over ltching Palms, but mat
Was No Surprise.
When Professor Tuxen, the Danish
artist, had finished his great work,
THE Coronation Of Edward VII.," he
received, 1t appears, an order from the
Russian emperor for a copy Of this
painting, for which the Ear was to-
pay 1900 ruhaes.
In due course the professor repaired
to Petrograd to deliver the painting.
He was granted an audience with the,
ear, who expressed his satisfaction
with the picture and who handed the
professor an order on the imperial
treasury for the sum agreed upon.
When the professor presented the
check for payment he vas told that an
order from the emperor vas subject to
a discount, and he had. therefore, to
accept a sun considerably smaller than
the face value OF the check.
Before his departure from Russia the
professor had a farewell audience with
the car, who in the course OF CONVEX
sation asked him, Did you get your
money, professor"
Professor Tuxen replied that he had
not intended to mention tine matter,
but since his majesty himself raised
the question he would say he had re-
ceived only part Of the money.
At this the car seemed not at all
surprised, but calmly made out anoth-
err order for the sum which had been
deducted from the original amount.
and thus Tuxen got his money.-Wash-
ington Star.
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The Men Who Make a Team.

Germany Schaefer has a theory as
to managerial ability. He figures that
the greatest manager in the world Is a
pair of blokes in there like Cobb and
Crawford or Collins and Baker tear
ing the cover off the ball and fur
nishing all the runs a team needs to
win.
I'D rather have a pair like Cobb
and Crawford or Collins and Baker on
the field than a Napoleon or a Won
Hindenburg on the bench" says Schae-
fer.
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Hummel Good In Any Position.

One of the best auxiliary utility play
ers in any of the leagues is John Hum
mel of Brooklyn. In the recent absence
from the game of Jake Daubert, who
is one of the heaviest batters in the
National league as well as n of the
best first basemen in the league. Hum
mel had a hard berth to fill. He more
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Quotes the Headlines.

"Do you see that youngster standing
on the corner with his hands in his
pockets and whistling with all his
might?'
"Of course l see him and hear him
too" f..
Hes one of the calamity howlers in
our neighborhood."
"You must be mistaken"
mo, I'm not. He sells newspapers
after school, Birmingham Age-Her-
aid.
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Suddenly we receive the order to
charge.
"We crawl out Of our trenches N
form a crescent. We advance from fif-
teen to twenty steps, then quickly fall
fiat on the ground. We recover our
breath and, like birds of prey, peer
with a thousand eyes at the fringe OF
woods before us. Again the order, 'Ad-
vance We take ten steps this time
and again fall fiat on the ground. The
English machine guns spit and fume
and send death into our ranks. The
very earth seems to burn. Now for the
last quick run. Advance Is again
heard. We leap forward, u eyes blaz-
ing and our mouths open in a wild hur-
rah. We see the black British terrific
rial troops spring out Of the trenches
just before us and disappear in the
woods. With bayonets glistening in the
sunlight we pursue them. We do not
shoot. With one leap we clear the Brit
ish trenches and pursue the fleeing en-
envy in the woods for sixty or eighty
yards. We see the enemy running
InIOuSu lnc NllluSc SlltctS anu tdklllk
| refugein the farmhouses. We halt and
frantically begin digging new trenches.
After an hour they are almost finished.
We are protected, and the shooting
from the enemy's lines ceases.
storming the Chateau.
In the taking Of the chateau in the
wonderful fifty days fighting which
ended in the capture Of yermelles,
neal La Bassey, France, the struggle
was so quantity intricate it may seem
almost incredible to those who have
taken no part in this style of fighting.
After several futile attempts at a
direct advance the French commenced
to carry a mine underneath the cha
teau, but it exploded just outside. An
immense cavern yawned in front of
them, and the bodies Of the Germans
flung In all directions We're all of the
enemy to be seen, a shapeless mass of
what had been a nan having been
driven almost half through the wall.
The failure of their main intention
was something Of a shock, but, burst
ing through the wall which had been
preached by the mine in many places,
the a%ssailants found themselves above
a labyrinth of trenches dug deep
through the paths and flower beds and
bushes.
For a moment they could not believe
their eyes, for the men in the trenches,
instead of firing at them. were cropping
about confusedly as though it were
pitch dark. paving at each others
faces and feeling about for their arms.
The tremendous shock Of the explo-
sion so close at hand had blinded and
deafened some and deprived others of
their n
Strange Struggle In Trenches.
Scarcely understanding their good
fortune, the French leaped on the dis
tracted men, and a weird struggle fol-
lowed in the narrow trenches between
the half crazy Germans and their as
s~ailants. Machine gunners In the
chateau tilted their weapons over the
sandbagged windows determined to
kill friend and foe together.
The garrison of the chateau, irritated
by the impotence Of their machine
guns, were dragging a couple out TO
play from the sandbagged porch upon
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the combatants unaware of twenty
five or thirty men who had gained the
shelter of the house walls. These, as
Unexpectedly opened. leaped with joy
Gus yell upon the emerging Germans,
who, numbered with guns, tripods and
belts, gave way before the onslaught
and were either b~ayoneted on the spot
or managed to escape to the first story.
A most extraordinary situation was
thus created. French re-enforcements.
seeing their comrades enter the cha
teau, but not observing how they
reached the entrance, dashed forward
to join them, but were swept to the
ground by machine guns in the cellar
covering the direct approach. Thus
there were Germans on the first floor,
French on the ground floor. Germans
in the cellar and French firing from
German trenches at both cellar and
first floor.
Fight Between Floors.
At such a crisis queer things happen.
In the d%eafening uproar, reek of blood
and fumes, absence of orders and i'm
minence of death men go crazy with
excitement and do un%accountable
things. After an attempt to carry the
staircase had been flung back the
French on the ground floor began to
fire upward through the ceiling and
the Germans above them fire down.
They even managed to get off part Of
a belt of a machine gun, but the ef-
fort proved disastrous. Such a fusil-
lade from below was concentrated on
the spot that the ceilings were fall
ing in every direction. The air was
scarcely breathable with dust and
smoke. Men were collapsing. shot
through the whole length Of their
bodies. The din was indescribable.
Suddenly a mans leg protruded
through the ceiling. A leap was made
for it, and a couple of Turkos were
hanging on TO the boot. Above the
Germans may have made a dash to-
gether to rescue their comrade, but
the ceiling was too riddled to with
stand it. Another pair of legs came
through the ceiling, a cluster of men,
settling ON it like flies. dragging the
owner clean through the floor, his face
scraped of all the flesh on it as he came
through the ceiling.
Then the beams of the floor, rending
and crashing. began to give way. The
upper stories of the chateau, already
more or less in ruins, began to topple.
At this breakup Of the floor and
through the aperture which already
was gaping slid Il horrible confusion
of masonry, furniture. Germans and
guns. The French were outnumbered,
but the men that came down with that
debris on top of them We're not well
placed to make a fight of II, and the
rather dreadful piece Of carnage end
ed in favor of the assailants.
And all the while the house walls
were swaying as If about to bury all
of them, and the stammer of the Ger
man machine guns never ceased I'M
der the floor. Then suddenly the gun
ners, seeing the wall collapse, made a
dash for the only exit, but the ruin
had been too quick for them-the door
was blocked. They were back at the
guns In an instant. but too late.
1t was thus the French captured the
chateau of Vermelles.
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a year of war, are still as full
of live interest as the first month
Of the wal.
The Berliner Tageblatt publishes a
graphic story from the German front
in Flanders, written by Herr G. Popsel,
a member Of its staff, who was serving
In the ranks and who has since been
killed In battle near Ypres.
II am resting on a little bench"
writes Herr Popsel, (which I con-
structed yesterday with much care but
little artistic skill in the trench where
we are now located. Near the bench
/ have dug out a place for my coffee
cup, my cigars and my cartridges. All
one seer Is a trench six feet high, trees,
the top Of which have been shot away,
and the blue sky. Just now some men
of the Berlin landsturm are looking
through the rife holes and shooting at
a cat which wanders through the adj
1acent vacant farmhouses and makes
the night more hideous with her bowls
than the exploding shells. BY looking
through these small holes we can see
part of the village street and the wreck
Of a once beautiful castle.
: I'VE have been constantly active,
moving from n place to another.
Something was up, but we did not
know what. We were dispatched here
and there and then back again-all to
no seeming purpose. At the beginning
Of May we took a position south OF
st. f. and received the order to in
trench. This labyrinth Of trenches, ex-
tending right and left for miles through
forests, fields and villages, is the tenth
wonder Of the world. At night we
work hard digging trenches In the face
of deadly shrapnel fire. Now n then
there Is the fash Of a searchlight re-
vealing a chain Of kneeling forms
virtually digging themselves into the
earth to escape the terrible Shells
When morning dawns the work Is
finished. A few hours sleep before
noon must suffice us for the whole
nights work.
Terrible Strain on Nerves.
"And this nights sleep has failed us
for weeks. The terrible strain on the
nerves cannot be described.
our trenches are dug nearer n nearer
TO the enemy's lines. On May 10 u
regiment was ready for an attack. The
trenches were filed with reserve
troops. For three days the artillery
had sent a murderous fire into the Eng
lish trenches. The % centimeter guns
and the mines sent earth, rock and
dust high into the air, often suspendmg
there like thick. dark clouds. The
whole earth trembled. and the roaring
Of the guns made us practically deaf.
It was impossible to say q word to my
we could not be heard. The
English answered with their SO cent?
meter guns, with which they kept up
n constant b~ombardment Of our
trenches as far as Ypres. We throw
ourselves on the floor Of our trenches
10 escape this awful fire. Suddenly
there Is a terrible crash, and stones
ana steel fly nearly 500 yards in the
air. For two minutes we can hear the
shells sing and roar in the air; then
ouickly the whole deadly rain falls
down upon US. 1t is worse than hell.
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Webb and Hannah to Row.

William Webb of sydney, Australia,
the former worlds champion single
Hannah in a three mile race for $1,000
n side. The race is to take place on
the Wanganui river, in New Zealand,
some time in September.
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Topics OF the Sport World :
By SQUARE DEAL
By SQUARE DEAL

this direction and lead their respective
teams in throwing out runners from
the remote corners of the outer garden.
In his day Fielder Jones was n past
master in pegging the ball from the
Quilted and nipped many n
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Two Studies Of John HummelI, Brook
Iyn's Star Utility Man.

than fulfilled expectations. however,
despite the hot pace set by his prede-
cessor.
Hummel is at home in almost any
place on the diamond. He has been
a member Of the Brooklyn team for
half a dozen years, and in this time he
has held down every position except
catcher.
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Kauf Considerino the Staqe.

Benny Kauf is considering an Of
fer to appear in vaudeville at the close
of the present season.
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March Of Progress.

what has become of love IN a cot
tage, anyhow"
1T has given away TO incompatibii-
ty in a bungalow."-Kansas City jour-
nal.
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Symptoms.

Father-Jane, are that young mans
intentions serious?
Daughter-Well, you've thrown him
out Of the house eight times, and he's
due here again tonight.-Boston Globe.
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Golden Text.-Wine and new wine
take away the understanding CHos.
Nv, III.
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Advancing and Intrenching Under
Fire Of the Enemy Take Heavy
ToIl-How the French Captured
a Chateau Where the Germans
Contested Every Inch Of the
Ground.

@TORIES from the front, even after
a year of war, IN still as full
~ of live interest as the first month
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-11-06
On tho Sea.

From all antiquity and in all ages men have gone down to the sea in ships and plowed the main. There is a fascination about the ocean that never grows old, and the terrors that encom- pass the waste of waters seem but t6 add to it's attractions. Perhaps this arises from the fact that the ocean covers the only free land on the globe. The sailor on his humble bark has an equal right of way with the mighty steamship; he pays no rent and calls no man master Once he touches land he must bow to the law of King This or Queen That. but on the high seas he can roam without let or hindrance and owes allegiance to no ruler but nature. The sailor leads hard and perilous life and has the single boon of free dom to compensate for risk and priva- tion.-St. Louis Globe Democrat
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-11-06
VeqetabIe Ink.

There is in Colombia a curious vegetable product known as the ink plant It's juice, called chanchi, can be used, it is said, without any previ- ous preparation. The letters traced are of reddish brown color at first. but turn deep black in few hours. This curious juice is less injurious to steel pens than the commercial inks. These qualities of the plant seem to have been discovered under the Span ish administration. Some writings in- tended for the mother country were wet through by sea water on the voy' age. While the papers written with common ink were almost fllegible, those written with the vegetable ink were quite uninjured. Orders were slv- en in consequence that this plant juice be used for the inscribing of all public documents.-NewY York American.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-11-06
EARTHQUAKES.
How the Process Known to Geologists
 as "FauItino" Generates.

How the Process Known to Geolosists
 as "FauItins" Generates.
 It is a we'll known fact that the ma jority of the severest earthquakes are produced by movements and readjust- ments of the outer shell of the earth. The process. known to geologists as faulting, is as follows:
 Owing to various subterranean causes the solid crust of the earth is put un- der stress. The stresses keep growing greater until finally they reach the breaking point of the rocks. These yield suddenly and move over another along the line of fracture until the strain is relieved This breaking of the rocks sometimes along lines hun dreds of miles in length and the move ment of the broken parts over one an other set up jars or vibrations which travelling outward in all directions through the rocks constitute an earth quake.
 The seveTity of the shock depends upon the character and extent of the break. the amount of movement and the distance of the point from the place of origin of the disturbance.
 Earthquakes also occur frequently in connection with volcanic eruptiOns, Dut these are likely to be more local in character and, on the whole. less severe than those due to faulting.-Review of Reviews
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-11-06
The First Great Bank.

The first great bank in the world was the bank of Venice, established ill 1157 when the queen city of the Adri- atic was the head of the commerce of the western world. At that time the great current of the trade between Flu rope and Asia passed through the Per sian gulf and the Red sea to AleXan- dria, Egypt. and was carried in ships across the Mediterranean sea and through the Adriatic to Venice. where it was distributed to various parts of Europe Venice was sort of auto- cratic republic, founded and support ed by its merchants, who were famed throughout the world for their wealth and reliability. They founded their bank, which was guaranteed by the government and was held in high cred, it in all the great cities on the routes of trade.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-11-06
RECKONING THE DEAD.
The Call of the Indians to Which the
 Sea Responded.

The Call of the Indians to Which the
 Sea Responded.
 On the rugged coast of Washington by the Copalis sands there is tower from which the Indians watch for sea otter They are very eager after that game, for the hide of one of those crea- lures is worth all the way from $500 to $2OOO. Two young Indians were watching one day when they saw a sea otter off in the surf. Two shots from their rifles killed the otter, and then they rushed down to their surf boat. The sea was heavy, and when they were out some distance from the shore their boat broke in two over comber, and the men were thrown into the sea.
 One of the Indians drifted ashore on piece of wreckage. The other, al- though splendid swimmer, was drowned. The news soon spread to the reservation, and the Indians from far and near came to the beach and stood on the sands. silently beckoning to the sea to give up its dead. It was a solemn. impressive sight the stalwart, rugged, copper colored men and women standing at the verge of the sea foam asking the sea by the motion of their hands to send the body ashore. For three days they waited and beckoned, and then a dark object was seen drifting into shallow water. Sometimes it was buried completely from view by the heavy surf; then ii was seen again q little nearer. and so the body of the dead Indian came ashore at the call of his tribesmen.- Youths Companion.