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The new daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1872-1873, 1872-11-18

This term is applied to the latest and
very taxing edition of rouge ct ,eir.
We plead ignorance as to the etymology
of the word after it leaves it's classic pre-
cincts. Why this game is named for the
Grecian goddess we cannot say. We
may be allowed to surmise, however, and
We do so after this wise. Diana of old
and her modern namesake are both pro-
digal of extremity charms. but preserve
she mystic beauties of their more hidden
nature, scrupulously invisible except to be
the view of those 'on the inside Both
Dianas are on the hunt The goddess
and her attendants are pictmred bathing
by day, shielded from the gaze of profane
eyes by shaaowy boughs, in water; the
boss and managers Of the game, are to
seen as general rule at night, in places
of public resort, performing their abl,,-
tions in gin. These fellows can make as
sweet music by gingling four bit pieces
together, as the hunter goddess ever
dared to loot from her silver horn. They
are both sporting institutions. One
Action, according to the Grecian myth,
falling prey to too prying curiosity
and TO an inordinate longing to see the
sights offered by godly nakedness, was
into a stag and lacerated by
dogs. When the modern Diana goes to
bath, many peep in, stare at the naked
: tiger are changed into asses and bitten
by sharps.
The new daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1872-1873, 1872-11-18

TIE Columbus Wagon Road mustn I
be allowed to. fall through for want of
little venture of money on the part of the
Carsonites- Let's help the matter along
to-day and not let Mr.. Frazier 60 back to
his Esmeralda friends with the report
that the citizens Of the capital are too
close and too badly afraid to put up few
hundred dollars in aid of promising
investment to give him warrant for longer
remaining here.
The new daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1872-1873, 1872-11-18
HuxT1ko.- Carson turned its hunters

HUNIINo.-CarsOn turned its hunters
loose yesterday. They went on a big
spree. The weather promised well
aud they disregarded Sunday. They
are all scholars that hunt on Sunday,
and they say that rest means recreation.
One Of them, in order to satisfy his
spouse ON this point, and effectua1ly to
put o atop to her scolding, and as a con-
Sequences to be allowed by her to drive
through q main street with shis wheeled
bateaaxl on hnnting Sabbath days, says
he is going to suggest the necessary
amendment to the Board Of Revisofs Tor
the new Bible.
The new daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1872-1873, 1872-11-18

p Nh. Epson, SO well and favorably
known IN Carson for his many excellent
qualitjes ndsespecially for the music of
his voice, gave Ne . call e. our sanctum
yesterday. Our loss is Gefioa's gain.
The new daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1872-1873, 1872-11-18

NIGHr ScHooL.-We are glad to helr
that very capable lady, Miss Fleming
by name, will take up the night school
where Miss Shear left it and keep it
going for some weeks to come. We hope
that nothing will happen to prevent the
carrying out of this arrangement.
The new daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1872-1873, 1872-11-18

PRESBYTERIAN SocIABLE.-There will
be a, Sociable 1--WE are quite certain that
is the name of it) at the residence of
Capt E. G. Winnie (the Willow Ranch)
on next Wednesday, day after tomorrow,
evening We believe we are informally
authorized to invite the friends of the
canSe. .-.-....-..... ..-..a..
The new daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1872-1873, 1872-11-18

BossEs WANrED.-Col. Curry is in
search OF boss men. He has had four
teen applications to boss his rail road Dob
already; and be wants to fill his list.
The new daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1872-1873, 1872-11-18

FIT.-Saturday morning, when not on
the local war-path-for, you know, We
are too pious to issue the APPEAL on
Sunday-behold, an item! And not one
of the Argus eyes Of our neighbor John
did eight upon it, Charley Appleton,
who works at Benton's, fell down sud
denly in front Of the stable door in con-
WILSON'S. Numerous friends stood by.
Cold water and chatting of the wrists
were successfully resorted to; and We see
Charley going about his business now,
all right ag lin.
The new daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1872-1873, 1872-11-18

The FOUNTAIN RESTAURANT is the name
of very nice new eating house just
opened next door to Pines place. 1t is
just as neat a. n piu; and there must be
some very excellent cooks there, for We
noticed some viands in the window which
betokened the accomplished culinary
artist. 1t is rvitient that starvation is to
be withheld, for season yet, from tie
dwe'le s and sojourners of the north end
and in the railway vicinage. The Foun-
tain must and shall be maintained,
The new daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1872-1873, 1872-11-18

The CHURCH CoMBINA1IoN.-Day after
tomorrow Wednesday = evening, tie
widely renowned Church Combination
will be and appear at the Carson Theatre
There is a coed deal of available talent in
this company; talent in the musical line,
vocal and instrumental; talent of the
terpsichorean sort; talent of the histronic
variety. These performers present a
thoroughly good show-as We know from
actual observation; and We recommend
our play going friends not to miss seeing
them. -....- ....-
The new daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1872-1873, 1872-11-18

And large supply of BAY CLOTHING. which
We offer for sale at tho very lowest rates.
CALL AND SEE.
Carson City. Sept. ., 1872. i.tf
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-11-16
How IL Feels to be Hanged.

Though wculd-be suicides are some.
times resuscitated, it is seldom that
halfstrangled victims of the laws ma.
jesty return to tell of their experience.
A man named Franks was sentenced to
be hanged in Fiji last summer for the
murder of Mr.. Thomas Muir. 1t was
the first attempt in Fiji to carry capi.
tai sentence into effect, in Il civilized
way. The preparations were bunglingly
made, and after the prop fell Franks
was apparently dead for about three
minutes, when he revived, raiset one
arm, and caught hold of the rope. One
of the officials on the impulse of the
moment cut the man down, and soon
after reprieve arrived. Franks says
that when the bolt was drawn and he
fell, he thought he felt something at the
back OF his neck, and he was praying
and thinking of God in Heaven. Then
the memory of wreck from which he
was rescued passed before his mind.
He saw himself cling to the chains
until washed away; then seizing rope
attached to floating spar, and clinging
by heavy sea. All the details of the
wreck passed through his mind, and
then came the thought, Why do | net
die ?' Finding he could breathe, he
suspected an intention to torture him
by prolonging his sutferings. The
Fijians seem to have had enough of the
Western method of execution, and it is
understood that Franks has been ban.
ished from the country. Whether FIJI
will return to the roast-oven system
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-11-16

| Iadoc Pratt, of Prattsville, Greene
county, N. Y, was a noted farmer and
died in 1870, at the age of eighty years.
lie was known as the husband of five
wives and the tanner of million sides
OF sole leather. He prided himself on
minding his own business and making
money by it. He did some tall writing
on tter-making in the reports of the
Department of Agriculture, and he was
| written about . great deal by general
dairy and farm writer's toward the close
of his life. But all this did not satisfy
the intense lonring he seems to have
had for due application among the gen.
erations of the future. He did not
spend his substance in rearing apyramid
on which to inscribe his material
achievements, but dedicated huge
rock, five hundred feet high, to the per-
petuation of his fame. lie cut zigzag
path upward along the face of the rock,
rendering it a comfortable pathway to
tread, by carving chairs, settees and
tetea ktes at intervals. Then his sculp-
tor carved the patrarch's bust and that
OF his son SO as to face the village of
Prattsville and the farm opposite.
Whether he intended in the beginning
to surround his own bust with those of
his wives, but found it "to numerous"
job, we have no means of knowing;
at any rate they do not appear. Instead
of them his stony figure is surrounded
by rude lettering, of which these in
scrlptions ire specimens: 200
pounds of butter, made from 100 COWS
in 1864, on the farm opposite" "l,0OO,-
600 sides of sole leather tanned with
hemlock bark in twenty years, by z.
Pratt" Also other inscriptions, one
showing him to have been member of
Congress in 1874. But if Mr.. Pratt
loved himself and his doings, he was
not altogether selfish. lie had great
affection for the dumb brutes that had
ministered to his welfare and his pleas
ure. There are, accordingly, to be
found on q tombstone in front of a
mound, on terrace below the rock, the
following commemorative inscriptions
The following were the favorltes of
over 900 horses owned and worn out
in the service of Z. Pratt: Bob, "a
years, sorrel; Boyne, Is years, bay
Prince, 80 years, gray" Dogs-Carlo,
II; ltite, l Mingo, lO-lS60." In re.
producing these facts concerning Mr..
Pratt, we have no particular point to
make or moral to draw, but give them
merely as ou'croppings of human ex-
centricity.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-11-16
Reward of RaSIlncSS.

The Revista of Naples contains the
following account of the loss of two
gentlemen in the crater of Vesuvius,
who, with great temerity, insisted on
being lowered down to the dark cavern
Immediately below the orifce of the
crater: "a party was formed to ascend
Mount Vesuvius on Friday afternoon, in
the Cafe de Europa. The party con-
sisted of two Americans, three English
men and one Frenchman. On Sunday
for Resina, reaching there at ll:30 p. m.
Having procured horses, guides, and
other necessaries, they started for the
burning mountain and began the ascent,
one Luigi Garoglo leading as cicerone,
and arrived at the base of the upper
most cone, further than which horses
do not go. The tourists then began the
ascent over the hillocks and boulders of
lava until the vicinity of the crater was
reached, when Messrs. James Wilcox
and Francois lie Mieur, an American
and Frenchman, insisted on being
lowered down to the cavern which is
formed below the mouth of the volcano.
The guides, who provide themselves
with ropes for that purpose, complied
with the request of the foreigners and
lowered them down. The mountain
being perfectly quiet, no danger WAS an
ticipated; but when one of the party
above the crater called out to the rash
adventures no answer was returned.
The guides, growing anxious, cried,
"Gentlemen, it would be better for you
to hold on to the ends of the ropes"
Still the ropes remained slack, and no
answer came from the sulphurous and
murky cavern below. Twenty minutes
passed, and the adventures were yet
silent.
1t was then proposed that one of the
guides should be lowered down and
hold on to the ropes until he had inves-
tigated the appearance of the cavern
base. He had hardly entered when he
cried out Justify: "Su sui non c'e
niente che una pietra strettissima r.
"Upl upl there's nothing here but q
very narrow rock") AS far as any liv-
ing person can tell the rest-the unfor-
tunate strangers, the victims of their
own mprudence-werch hurle, into the
mysterious abysses of Mount Vesuvius.
In this same month, sixteen years ago,
two Englishmen of birth and fortune
and a French comedian committed tie
same terrible error. The same ambition
which urged them 10 scale the icy
heights of the Matterhorn also nerved
them to search insidious Vesuvius while
| it slept, and they were either lost in
| some labyrinth of the lava and ashes OF
smothered by vapor of sulphur.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-11-16
The HOttesC Month.

The Philadelphia Medical Times pre-.
sents some statistics from observations
made in Philadelphia, which 60 to show
that the month of August, 1872, was
the hottest August on record for the
past eighty-three years. The mean
temperature was was Sl.64 degrees, the
highest point reached, 97.00 degrees.
The average mean temperature of the
same month for the past eighty-three
years was 1888 degrees, and the highest
mean temperature during all that time
WAS that for the present year. A similar
comparison of observations reveals the
fact that the summer, as q whole, was
the hottest on record. The mean tenn
perature for the three summer months
of 1872 was 5000 degrees; the average
for the past eighty-threc years, 1857 de-
grees, and the highest mean during that
entire period was that of the present
year.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-11-16
A Problem Solved.

What is cerebro spinal meningitis? is
I, question which has long puzzled the
physicians and the public. A New
York physician has answered it so
clearly that hereafter there can be no
excuse for ignorance of its character or
improper treatment; he says, it is not
"a simple or idiopathic inflammation Of
the membranes of the brain or spinal
cord, nor of typhus fever, nor of PERM
cious paludal fever, but substantive
disorder, consistent with itself in all
material points, with constant symp-
toms produced by constant cause, and
is entitled to be described and regarded
as distinct disease, whose proper nos.
illogical place is among general diseases
born of an external morbid poison"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-11-16

This titular description of our late
war, which has become so popular on
the Southern side, originated with the
present writer. Shortly after the war,
he proposed to write history of it, He
offered the work he designed to a New
York publisher, who thought we'll of it.,
but objected to the plainness of the
title, History of the War;" etc. The
work thus entitled might be confounded
with some other inferior memoirs of the
war which the writer had already COM
posed, mere annals" First Year of tho
War;" etc. "Could not some title be
found more unique and captivating, and
not quite so heavy?'' The writer prom.
ised to think of such title. The next
day he presented himself to the pub
Usher and said: g have thought of a
name for the work | design it is 'The
Lost Cause You see the bulk of the
people of the South were persuaded
that we really contended for something
that had the dignity and Importance Of
liberty (though God only knows what
the sequel might have demonstrated).
| think there is something of proper
dignity in the word 'Causc;' then 'The
Lost Cause is an advertisement of
something valuable that is gone; be.
sides, the associations of the title are
tender and reverential-there is strain
of mourning in it. How do you like
it," "Excellently WE'LL" replied the
publisher; "it is just the thing" The
title proved an Instant success, and has
since become monumental. The words,
"The Lost Cause have been incor-
porated into the common popular
language of the South and the univer-
salty OF their reception implies sig.
nificance that is itself interesting
EdUard 4. Pollard in Appleton's Journal.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-11-16

JONES assumes, on coming homo to
dinner, the bearing of an outraged hus-
band. "Why is it, Mrs. Jones, that
you ride through Wall street in the
very equipage am struggling to main,
tain for you at high charge, and cut
your husband I" Mrs. Jones at once
treasures him. "You certainly would
not have your wife, from five thou
sand dollar barouche, bow to man
who is at work for living!"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-11-16
English Children.

A writer in in the GALAXY says the
two great wonderful sights of Europe
are the children of England and the flow.
ers of Paris. If any one doubts the
former assertion, let him make pill
grimage any fine afternoon to Hyde
Park and look at the English children
as they are at play, and he will own
they are earthly angels of incom-
parable beauty" The flowers he does
not attempt to account for, but the
children's beauty comes from living al
most entirely in the fresh air, eating
plain, good food, sleeping on hard but
comfortable beds, playing until they are
sleepy, and sleeping until they are rest
ed again. Such training, says the
writer, will confute the bold assertion
of SO convincing person as Prof. Book
of Leipsic University, who says, A
healthy man is a rarity healty wo
man apparently does not exist"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-11-16
NUMBER s.
Don't Go In!



1t is lighted. we know. like n palace.
That fair gilded temple of sin;
1t has signs on the walls-lct's read them
The BEST of Vino, Brandy. and Gin
CAS- if human stomachs would need them)-
My son. oh! my on. don't 20 ini
Though it giveth its beautiful color.
Though it CLEANS in the cup like rose.
Though it seek like a serpent to charm yeu
And glittcrs. and glimmcrs and glows.
Like the bright, willy serpent twill harm you
And rob you of earthly repOso.
1t will tarnish your glorious manhood.
And SOW tho vile seeds of Disgrace
Then why deal with this terrible danger?
Why enter this crime haunted placer
Much better to pass it q strangerl
Much better to grid on tho armOr
To 6ght life's great battle. and win.
Than to lay down your all on the altar
That burns in this TEN plo of sin
To strike for the right and not falter-
My son. ohl my son, don't go inl
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-11-16

Mrs. PARToN's pretty nom de plume,
Fanny Fern, became to her almost as
real a name as to her friends and ad'
mirers. For years, such as were the for
tunate recipients OF one or more OF neI
charming and characteristic notes,iouna
in place of the monogram on paper ana
envelope a dainty little fern leaf, every
part pressed nicely and transferred to
The paper. Her fondness for ferns was
remembered by her friends, and on her
coffin lay lovely bunch of these, min
pled with autumn leaves.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-11-16
arleties.

The made of awl-work-Boots.
BROTHERS. Rs.IN-LAw-The judges.
The last thing out-The truth.
TIE first tubular bridge-Of the nose.
PRovERB-A thorn in bush is worth
two in the hand.
To MAKE HENS LAY.-Tie their legs to-
gether so they can't stand up.
In making our arrangements to live,
we should never forget that we have
also to die.
GREELEY is type-setter and Grant is a
estpointer. No wonder they watch
the game.
AN editor asks his subscribers to pay
him that he may play the same joke on
his creditors.
A COUNTRY newspaper, speaking of a
blind fiddler, says: Although he can't
see he can saw"
On woman with red hair who wrote
poetry: Unfortunate woman how sad
is your lot Your ringlets are red, but
your poems ere not.
VINO are the most discontented of all
tradesmen? Blacksmiths for their bel.
lows and blows are always going, and
they are striking for wages all the year
round.
AN editor says his ancestors have been
in the habit OF living q hundred years.
His opponent responds by saying that
"that was before the introduction of
capital punishment"
FREsHAAN-W say, this umbrella
bought of you last week is all coming to
pieces" Shopkeeper-"l Indeed, sir.
You must have been taking it out and
getting it wet, sir, | thinkr
PlcNIcs in Pennsylvania wind up with
what is called the "Dolly Warden March"
the young ladies standing in row,
and tho young men pass along the line
and kiss each other goodnight.
A CONNECTICUT editor, having got into
controversy with a contemporary, con-
graduates himself that his head was safe
from "donkey's heels" His contem-
porary astutely inferred from this that
he was unable "to make both ends
meet"
A CLERGYMAN, meeting Barnum, the
Snowman, the other day, after inquiring
after his health, physical and spiritual,
said: Barnum, always liked you.
You are a good fellow, and l trust we
shall meet in heaven" son. said the
imperturbable Snowman, with twinkle
of his eye," 81 have no doubt we shall
if you are there! |"
Two wEAvERs who were drunk went to
the Rochdalc canal. One of them At
tempting to bathe, was drowned ; the
other, who was too drunk to attempt
bathing, slept on the bank, and conse.
Guently wasn't drowned. We should
like to know the temperance view OF
the case. The Obvious conclusion Is that
the more drunk you get, and the more
you avoid cold water, the better for you,
eh2
DR.. FRANKLIN described the farmers
condition in l776 as follows:
Farmers at the plough,
Wife milking COW,
Daughters spinning yarn,
Boys thrashing in tho barn
All happy to CHARM"
Another gives the account of 1872 as
follows:
"The farmer gone to see show,
His daughter at the piano;
Madam gayly dressed in satin,
All the boys are learning Latin
With a mortgage on the farm
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-11-16
Life and Limb.

Under the laws of the State of Mis-.
souri,, when a man is killed on "a rail
road by the carelcssness of the con.
ductor, his wife can sue the company
for 5000 damages, and no more. But
if his leg or arm is broken, he can sue
for 100000, or as much more as he
pleases. 1t would seem that life is
less valuable in the eyes of the law than
limb.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-11-16
AMONG the heavy tax x-payers in Prov

AMONG the heavy taxpayers in Provi-
dence, II. l., the following show
that Dame Fortune has not over
looked them: Alexander Duncan,
wife and children, $l,679,9O0; Robert
II. Ives, $l,203,30O; Earl ?: Mason,
$4,000; Joseph j. Cooke, S6i7, ,VO I;
Amos C. Barstow, $4,000; Tulley ID.
Bowen, heirs, $759,000; Truman Beck
with and wife, $592,OOO; John Carter
Brown, 1859, 100; Julia Bullock, $37O,-
600; Cyrus B. Manchester, $57O,OOO; I;
Amos ID. Smith, $3.50, 1000.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-11-16

ASHES were always considered good
to make corn and grass grow, ana now
they have been found wonderfully eih'
cacious in raising cities. Chicago has
grown st the rate of fifty houses day
since their application.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-11-16

A LONDON tailor "circulars" the i'm
portant fact that he is ready to supply
ia want much felt by American gentle
men, namely, garments cut not only TO
fit in the best style, but regulating any
disproportions that may exist, ana en-
hancing the correct contour OF the pro-
portionate,"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-11-16

FRANK LESLIE is building an elegant
villa residence at Saratoga Lake. In
front of the house and skirting the lake
shore he is constructing dock 600 feet
long.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-11-16
Days OF Vanity.

BY CHRISTINA @. ROssETrI.
A dream that waketh,
Bubble that breaketh,
Song whose burden sigheth,
A passing breath,
Smoke that vanisheth.-
Such is life that dieth.
A flower that fadeth.
Fruit the tree sheddeth.
Tracklcss bird that 9ieth.
Summertime brief.
Falling of the leaf
Such is life that dicth.
A scent exhaling,
Snow waters failing.
Morning dew that dricth,
A sudden blast,
Lengthening shadow cast
Such is life that dieth.
A scanty measure.
Rust eaten treasure,
Spending that naught buyoih.
Moth on the wing,
Toll unprofiting,-
Such is life that dieth.
Morrow by morrow
Sorrow breeds sorrow.
For this my song sigheth:
From day to night
We pass out of sight
Such is life that dieth.
-Scr:Jner's Monthly.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-11-16

AN Illinois farmer, who does not know
much about farming, but raises few
things for his own use, has acrop of5Oo,'
900 bushels of corn, part of which he
wants to sell, as he keeps but one pig.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-11-16

A COMMON Webster's die
tionary.