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Whom the Gods Love.

There WAS once young and lovely
boy, remarks Punch, whose mother
parted his hair down the middle, and oc-
casionally hit him in the back with a
fiat-iron. There was also bad, wicked,
and depraved boy, about whom /. at
the moment, do not recollect any
further particulars. These two were
brought up together. and simultane-
ously received u present of sovereign
apiece. O how that Lad, wicked,
and depraved boy kicked up his heels.
The good boy smiled the while seraphi-
cally and slobbered. The bad boy
then went straightaway and laid out his
good money in all manner and kinds of
nasty, indigestible messes-hard-b bake,
cocoa-nuts Che bought fourteen of fthese),
bulls eyes, stick liccorice. tamarlnds,
and Australian beef. The boy fell to,
and gore ed hideously upon these things,
and so exhausted his little capital, COM
ing to the good boy when II was all
gone with long and pitiful face. "A ~
said the gooi boy, had you not spent
your sovereign thus foolishiy you would
have had it now, as / have mine. In
stead of buying hard-bake-a thing
never touch, except when it is given me
-yon might have bestowed five shillings
upon the society for supplying wooden,
legged infidels with worsted slippers
instead of buying cocanuts, you might
nave dropped another five bob into the
donation-box of the hospital of para
iyzed Shakers and, instead OF wasting
the other ten shillings in the way you
have, you might have done don't know
what that was good and kind and gener.
ous and noble" The bad boy, confused
and confounded, turned away his head
and wept bitter tears. Then the good
boy went out for a stroll, feeling ever Sc
much gooder for having said what h'
had, and on his way accidentally drop
ped his own sovereign down sewe1
| rratiu6
Richland beacon., 1873-09-27
Chinese Theatricals in California.

The Chinese theater on Jackson street
has lost none of its prestige by the
opening of numerous rival establish
ments of a similar character, and among
the Celestials, especially with reference
to the aristOcracy, is more popular than
ever. The management of the th ater
has always been characterized by dis
cretion in the selection and production
of plavs and due regard for The tastes
of the people, together with an un-
swerving adherence to popular prices
for admission, thus encouraging the
patrons of the drama to become regular
in att ndence and whetting the appe-
tite of the younger heather. The pro-
perties of the theater have attained a
great value, the stock company has be-
world, aud the orchestra has reached
that stage of perfection, accordinding to
an eminent Chinese critic, which harmo-
nizes agreeably with the motto of the
theater, signifying that improvement is
impossible and depreciation improba-
BILE. The business manager of the thea
ter, sn urbane fellow of so summers,
has Just displayed rare tact and enter
prise by bringing ont from China a star
of the first magnitude, who assumes fe-
male characters with startling fidelity,
and has withal fine social qualities.
This engagement is one of the greatest
successes the theater has ever known.
During the last three nights the per-
formances have netted in the aggregate
$4,000. The play smacks strongly of
sensation, and is utterly devoid of the
moral-lessons which should be incul-
Gated on the heathen, but is free from
the taint of indecency. The musical
selections embrace gems culled from
the Chinese national airs. The drama
abounds in domestic scenes among the
Chinese, which are rendered the more
striking by the musical accomplishments,
and possesses many novel and ingenious
features. The practice of allowing
dealers in refreshments to monOpolize
seates with their stock is leprehensible
in the extreme, and should cease at
once and forever, even if by taking
prompt action in this regard the retail
dealers in fruits, rice, sweetmeats, tlial
eorridge, sugarcane, ETC., are sOrely
displeased and endeavor to iniure the
business of the house 6y slanderoUs
statements. We realize. that hint will
suffice to achieve an abatement of this
refreshment nuisance, and are therefore
content to leave the disposition of the
complaint with the management.-San
Francisco Butlettin
Richland beacon., 1873-09-27
Labrador.
JaDra00r.
Fearful Ravages of the Recent tOrpl

A gentleman who arrived direct from
Labrador gives the following fnfOrma-
ton about the effects of the recent
storm on that coast. At Indian Tickle
six persons were killed ny a falling
building. There were six square rig
ged vessels in and off this han bor, all OF
which were lost with their crews. The
fishermen lost all their cod liver oil, of
which they had accumulated large and
rich quantity. OF all losses, except
that of life. none will be felt more than
this. The loss of life on land as far as
could be ascertained, was % women and
IA men and many children. The num-
Der of lives lost in skiffs and boats near
shore, could not be calculated. Dis
cOnsolate women were rushing in all
directions on the morning after the GALE,
seeking news of their fathers, husl is
and brothers. Their cries were heart
rending and nearly all of them wers
left without food, shelter or a change OF
clothing. The few hints in low ground
which had outlived the storm were act
ually packed with men. women and
children seeking shelter from the colo
and pelting rain which prevailed on the
morning after the gale. The inhabi
tants lost most of their provisions, ant
should vessels which will he sent to tht
relief of these unfortunate creatures b'
delayed through stress of weather o.
other accidents. a terrible famine mus
be the next affection to bcfall the nov
previously afflicted fishermen and wo
men of that ruin stricken region.
Richland beacon., 1873-09-27
Thoughts of Great Men.

We always think of great men rs III
the act of performing the deeds which
give them renOwn, or else in stately re-
pose, grand, gloomy, and majestic. And
yet this is hardly fair, because even the
most gorgeous and magnificent of hn-
man beings have to bother themselves
with the little things of life which en-
gage the attention of us smaller people.
No doubt Moses snUffed and got angry
when he had severe cold in his head
and if a fly bit his leg willie he was sit
ting in the desert, why should we sup
pose he did not Jump and use violent
language and rub the sore place? And
Cesar, isn't it tolerably certain that he
used to become furious when he went
upstairs to get his slippers in the dark
and found that Calphurnia had showed
them back under the bed so that he had
to sweep around wildly Cor them with
the brOom-handle And when Solomon
cracked his crazy bone, is it unrcason-
able to suppose that he hoped around
the room and looked mad and felt as if
ne wanted to cry? Imagine George
Washington sitting on the edge of the
bed putting on clean shirt, and growl-
ing at Martha because the buttons were
off; or st. Augustine with an apron
around his neck having his hair cut; or
Joan of Arc holding her front hair in her
mouth. as women do, while she fixed mp
heY back hair; or Napoleon jumping
out of bed in frenzy to chase a mosqui-
70 around the room with pillow; or
Martin Luther in his night-shirt irving
to put the baby TO sleep at . o clock in
the morning; or Alexandria the Great
with the hic-cups or Thomas Jefferson
getting suddenly over fence to avoid a
dog; or the duke of Wellington lying
in bed with the mumps; or Daniel
Webster abusing his wife because she
hadn't tucked the covers in at the foot
of the bed or Benjamin Franklin par
ing his corn with a razor or Jonathan
Edwards at the dinner-table wanting to
sneeze Just as he gets his mouth full OF
hot beef; or Noah standing at his win
dow at night throwing bricks at cat
.udr Adeicr.
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quarrel with really "good Shots" and
Captain Ross, it is interesting to know,
has stated it as his opinion that people
are now much more guarded in heir
language than when staggering and
Offering TO fight went long way toward
whitewashing a scoundrel, and therefoSe
excited him to pick quarrel. OF his
skill in that particular line of shooting
which has just gained this veteran his
parting cheer at Wimbledon, we may
mention that in his time the gallant
captain has won all the three great cups
there-the Association, the Wimbledon,
and the duke of Cambridge's-while no
one else has won more than one.
Richland beacon., 1873-09-27
CorSetS Defended.

We know perfectly well that some
persons lace themselves too tight, al
though il is not at present fashionable
to do SO. We know, too, that many
women have riously injured their
health, while some have sacrificed life
itself on the shrine of a slender waist.
But the wearing of the corset does not
necessarily, and. in fact, does not COM
monty, end in tight lacing; while lacing,
and that, too, of very hurtful sorr,
may be, and fire guently is, accomplished,
without the use of corset at all. We
have seen mems clothes worn as tightly
as any corset ever was. The condemna-
tiOn of tight lacing is perfectly Just, OF
course, as everybody having the small
est knowledg of anatomy knows. But
many women who never lace wear cor
sets and derive great benefit from their
use. 1t is certainly very absurd to de-
mand that these people shall forego a
comfort-giving article of apparel merely
because they could turn it into an in
strument of torture if they were fools
They find that to put the entire weight
of their clothing upon their shoulders
is to give themselves pain, and in order
TO divide it they let part of their appa-
rel depend upon the hips for support.
To do this without a corset it would be
Necessary to wear the garments altogeth-
er tighter about the waist than they
should be worn, and to bind then,
around a single narrow zone, which
would be both uncomfortable and uu.
wise. The corset, however, distributes
both the weight and the pressure over
the strong muscles of the hips, and as
it is less yielding than the flesh, it OBJ
viates the necessity of tight Wristbands
altogether. Tue corset, properly used
in other words, furnishes the very best
remedy for tight lacing, particularly
now that taper waists have gone on. %
fashion,-HeorM and Home.
Richland beacon., 1873-09-27

A Yonkers IN. " negro brought
suit for $500 under the civil rights law
against the keeper of an ic cream sa-
loon for refusing to serve him, bnt the
case was dismissed ON the ground that
an ice-cream saloon III no way came
within the scope of the bill. being
neither ga vehicle of common carriage,
licensed theater or public place of
amusement, a common school or insti-
tuition of learning, place for the inter
ment of dead bodies, or a hotel or
tavern"
Richland beacon., 1873-09-27
The Dificulty-Monger.

1t will always be a nice and difficult
question to decide who are the most
d1sagreeable to live with. Our first
thoughts, in framing an answer to this
question, will be directed to the more
ugly and venomous passions, such as
hatred. envy, jealousy and the like. 1t
will probably be found, however, that
those qualities which come under the
head of foibles rat er than of vices
render people most intolerable rs com.
panions and coadjutOrs. For example,
1t NAV be observed that those persons
have a more worn, iaded and dispirited
look than ANY others, who have to live
with people who make difficulties on
every occasion, great or small. 1t Is
astonishing to see how this practice OF
making difficulties grows into a con-
firmed habit of mind, and what dis
heartenment it occasions. The SAVIOR OF
life is taken ont of it when you know
that nothing you propose, or do, OF
suggest, hope for, or endeIvor, Will
meet with any response but an enumera-
ii IN of the difficulties that will lie IN
the path you wish to travel. The diff
| culty-monger is to I've met with not Onl,
in domestic and soc al life, but also il
business. It not unfreqnently occurs
in business relations that the chief viii
| never by anv source receive, without
many objections and much bringing for
ward of possible difficulties, anything
that is brought to him by his subordi
mates. They at last cease to take pains
knowing that no amount of pains vii
prevent their work being d alt with il
d spirit of ingenious effectiveness. A
last they say to themselves, ''The bette
the thing we present, the more oppor
tunity he will haze for developing hi
nnpleassnt tllsn objectiveness. an m,
Richland beacon., 1873-09-27

The skeleton of a mastodon, with
an Indian arrowhead imbedded Ill one
of the bones, having been discovered
near Stanislaus, CAL, cheerful quarrels
among the members of the debating So
ciety at that place are anticipated.
Richland beacon., 1873-09-27

"A Chinese official provincial trca-
surer of Hupie has issued an edict for
bidding the drowning of female chill
dren. which he says takes place To the
number of eighty per cent. He regu-
larly argues with his people, tells them
thev can send their children tn the
founding hospital. assures them that
their daughters will find husbands
which must be true enough, If this de-
struction goes On-and at last threatens
the people with the vengeance of hea-
ven, in the form of repeated female
births. Killing female babies, he re-
marks sagaciously, does not make male
babies come, and there is the child s
wrath to be thought about, which may
bannt the mother. The teasurer is
evidently very much in earnest, and
threatens all people, particularly all
soldiers, with some monstrOns calamity
from heaven, if they persevere, and be
sides with punishment as wilful homi
cides. He will have to adopt the Indiar
system at last, and make Il a grea
offence for village to have fewer girl
of eight than boys, rule based on thu
ascertained feet that girls not killed a
once are never killed afterwards.
Richland beacon., 1873-09-27

A man from Placeville, Cal, when
asked by a Saratoga waiter what he
would have for breakfast, replied /:
well, 1 rather guess I'll just flop my
lin over chicken"
Richland beacon., 1873-09-27

-"If George had not blowed into the
muzzle of his gun," sighed rural Wild
ow at the funeral of her husband, "be
might Lave got plenty OF squirrels, il
was such good day for them"
Richland beacon., 1873-09-27

A RA1N-SToRM IN LIMA.-From Lima
a correspondent writes as follows of a
recent heavy rainfall GAS the houses
are not often covered with ceilings, on
account of earthquakes, the high rooms
are finished up to rafters, painted in
fresco, exactly like the interior CT our
churches; and often the roofs Of the
best houses are only smooth boards,
covered with little adobe plastering.
Many of the honses have fine flower
garden on the top, the plants of course
set out in boxes and nearly every one
who keeps fowls, parrots, and other
birds, keeps them mp on the roofs,
among the shrubbery. Such cacklipe
of hens and screaming of parrots when
the rain-drops upset their domains and
deluged them with its fury! Such q
shrieking of women and children, af
they ran from one room TO another vain
ly seeking shelter! Shuch a lively
running among shopheepers and clerks
az they rushed with delicate silks, laceS
and ribbons. seeking some shelf o1
hiding place that the food would mo-
seekiout."
Richland beacon., 1873-09-27

Value over expenses, $O.75. This, at
least, is onr result with Mr.. Schelmire's 8
figures, though he puts the value of 65
bushels of corn, at SOC, per bushel, az
amounting to only 1927 ian evident er-
ror,) and thus supposes loss of s4.75
per acre.
As to the apparent result of high ma
nuring in this instance he says, that
while it points to no profit he still thinks
there is gain, "because this acre was
converted by it from one of the poorest
OH the farm to one of the best, and
that the benefit will be shown in sue
ceeding crops- Country Gentlfnldn.
Richland beacon., 1873-09-27
The Centre of Fashion.

elf Cleopatra's nose had been short
er. the face of the earth would have been
different" If the Emperor Napoleon
had rot gone to war with Prussia, Paris
would still be tee empress of the fash
ions, and he himself, the grim man with
the iron hand in the velvet glove, might
still be stroking his moustache in the
Tuilleries. But he did, and ne isn't.
Now, the question is, where do the wO-
men get their fashions from? There
must be fashionable head-centre some
where, for everybody knows that wo-
man is constitutionally unable to rely on
herself. Two women, with their arms
about eace others waists, may face a
sheep in the field; one woman, seeing
it, would say go, my gracious :" and
fly. 1t follows, therefore, that in the
matter of dress no woman will dare to
think for herself. In reference to the
fashions she has not mind of her own.
She mus follow somebody's lead, and
the great probability is that that some
body is man. Who is he? Where is he:
Not in Paris, certainly. for Paris cannot
recover her prestige for years. Not in
London, for London is too smoky, toe
dark, too material to be the birthplace
of all the little fallals of fashion which
women affect. The air of the birthplace
of fashion must be pure as snow, and
more delicate than an Etruscan vase
So London would never do. He is moi
in Berlin or Vienna, for those courts
have long since given in their adhesion
to fashionable edicts from abroad, while
the stolid Germans are Indifferent, as {
rule, to..what their wives wear. Not il
st. Petersburg, certainly, for there tn
fashions preserve a curious sameness al
the year round, and the fur is as in
evitable as the droshky and the black
mailing of the police. Not in Rome
surely, for the Vatican would excom
municate him. Then he must be il
New York or Brooklyn! Here is
chance for the police, for the reporters
for Gen'l Jourdan, for Mary Handley
for Lucette Meyers, for Patrick CamI
bell, for the detectives, and for ever
citizen of an energetic turn of mind
The person who shall find the arbiter c
the fashions will achieve a reputatiO
more enduring than that of Stanley an
. / more profitable into the bargain
Brooklyn Eagle.
Richland beacon., 1873-09-27

People may talk and write as they
please against the habit of early rising,
but in the bracing atmosphere of tins
season, we know of nothing more invig-
Grating than getting up at o'clock in
the morning, and going forth with Ian
tern in hand to meet the rising sun.
Richland beacon., 1873-09-27

VINO is the Oldest lunatic opisacord2 :.
Time out of mind. x;:.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-09-03

DIsCHAIGED.-The examination Of
William Winter before Mr.. Justice
Whitford at Genoa on Saturday last
under charge OF arson resulted in the
discharge of the defendent: SO We learn
from Mr.. Saml. d. King of counsel for
the accused party. Ut will be remem-
bered by our readers that Jake Winters
lost his barn about two weeks since, by
fire. This examination was the result
of a suspicion and charge against his
half brother.)
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-09-03
HYMESIAL AND TEoUGHTFUL. - T

HYMESIAL AND THOUGHTFUL. - The
newly married pair whose card now
reads "Mr. and Mrs. w. p. Mcintosh, -
have started upon their welded life in
the most approved and admirable fashion
by sending & small sacriicial Offering
of cake and wine to the conservers of
the Art Preservative. We broaden the
palms of our patriarchal hands and ex-
tend them above their happy pates,
wishing them the blessings of love, pros
perity and the natural contingents in
abundance
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-09-03

l. S. MINT.-The Superintendent OF
the Carson Mint received, yesterday,
IA, 1913 ounces of mixed gold and silver
bullion, for melting and assaying. to-
sether with 635 ounces of gold bullion
sent to the Mint for coinage. On the
same day the Cashier of the Mint de-
hvered to Wells, Fargo & Co., Carson, 6
impaired bars of gold and silver, weigh
ing together 500 pounds and worth in
dollars and cents the sum of S17, SG6 0G,
going to the credit of the Crown Point
mine, Gold Hill, Nevada.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-09-03

II TIE DISTRICT CoUHr-Septenber
d. NJ. Perry, one OF the Grand Jury
having permanently left the State the
vacancy caused by his absence was filled
by the summoning of John G. Fox and
his swearing in as one OF the jury. The
jury being thus reformed an indictment
was presented against John Burell and
Henry Thompson for the crime of house
breaking.
Grand Jury was discharged for the
term.
September 2.
Defendants Thompson and Burell ar
raigned and Burell pleads guilty and
Thompson pleads mot guilty" The
Court orders Burell to appear for judg-
ment on Tuesday next. Thompson S
trial is set for next Monday.
In the matter of the case of Sharon
VS. Sweeney ct al, decree is ordered
against Sweeney, Buckley and Tom
Roach as the executors of certain
mortgage; and the Judgment further or
ders that in case the property thus
mortgaged fails to realise the amount
due, then a Judgment shall lie against
the other defendants.
Nadigan vs.. Hogan, continued to the
9TH inst.
Longabaugh VS.. the V. & I. L. Il.
Co., continued to the 9th inst.
Court adjourned to September >.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-09-03

One DOSE CUsE.-ln prescribing for
his patients afflicted with tansle-leg
and propensity to occupy ell the side
walk or sleep crosswise thereon, DR..
Witherell finds, since the organization Of
the Town government, one application
for coin OF order for Imprisonment sufi-
Gent. His patients thus far have not
been repeaterS.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-09-03

WORK ABOUT THE ROUND HoUsE.-The
one hundred and eighty foot front of
this apartment Of the mammoth V. & I.
railroad structure, presents n striking
appearance, opening to view with eleven
ironbound doors and set of above with
the same number of huge yentilating
smoke stacks. Into the door of each
enters a track that DIVORCES from the
round table situated some seventy-five
yards directly east from the center of the
building. The intervening space was
being filled up at lively rate, yesterday,
by swarm OF Cinnamon who are to be
kept travelling back and forth on
train of six flats TO and from the cuts
along the road towards the tunnel
where they load with sand obtained
from the rocky hill. When leveled and
packed, the grounds which the Johns
are now swarming over will be hard, and
dry all the year round. The turn table
proper, that is, the iron machine on
which the cars are to be turned, is
ponderous affair weighing sixteen and a
half tons. made By the Sellers Co.
Philadelphia; but so admirably poised
on a ground bed of granite, under the
supervision of c. L. Anderson, civil
engineer in chief of the road, that 1t is
actually blown round by the wind and
must be checked while the work of fur
ther construction goes on. 1t is fifty
four feet long, made to swing around the
circle which is of that diameter, and
just of the length to manage Pullman
car, if the same should ever be used on
the V l. T. railroad.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-09-03

EIGHTH NEVADA REPoETs.--We are in
debted to the Secretary of States office
in general and Deputy Secretary Charley
Martin in particular for copy Of the
Eighth Volume of Nevada Reports. As
all Mr.. Helms Reports are, this is a
very handsome volume and reflects much
credit upon the printer, Frank Eastman,
OF San Francisco.