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Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-04-09
DESCRIPTION OF PRISONERS.

TIM MCNAMARA: 4 native OF Ireland; aged
- years: height feet IGL4 IL shoes blue
ewes Ezht brown hair: Eeti beard: sGaT CT l.tt
hin scar on right side Of hack under shoulder
I-at.e. nab by kite: mole On b@Ck Ct right
,,,,.v. SsI.t tro--. storey county Sept {, loC7,
- years. f-r l-a--SlaUsl-.s-.
VIZ FORREST Aged - years: trade. I.la-
el.,l:st t.ark brown curly E@ir; blue eyes
l-r-a scar O. fCr5tncer krGckle az Lett hand.
) n from Storey county February II. le5o, for
years, fox burglary
THOMAS HEFFRcN: Native Of Florida
aged - years: height feet Eazel eyes
twzteryl; dark brown lair: long face: blood
Feins III right leg BADLY swollen; SER on left
E-p Shot iii shoulder in attempting TO break
prison Dee !, is.o- sent from Eikn county
Z-rcL .. I>7q- SCLseIcei tO- life, for burglary.
CHARLES JONES Native Of Ohio; aged 70
y-zrs weigh: I4.ibS-: light brown hair; hazel
tyes /, scar right hand; ship L, india ink o..
LII am small ears. Sent from White Pine
unity March L. lt'g. tor 10 years, ttT murder
- dcgrec-
DAVID LYNCH: Native q New YORK age
- wears nsicLt ) feet inches weight IJ5IIs.:
Blue eyes; brown hair sandy bead: four dots
L india ink on left hand star On right hand in
india ink: Goddess Of Liberty and American
Tag in red and blue ink on right arm, over
which Is ;i.Ile stars. wreath AID heart two
hands on LETT arIa i'll red and blue ink Sent
from White Pine county april -, IS.e, for >
years, fer grand larceny.
T. G.. WATSON Native Of Michigan age 20
years: hCist: feet 10 inches weight 1CUIbs.;
Sire eyes: dark brown hair; spare face scar
en- back OF neck. Sent from ElEo county JUNE
-, lS'0, tor - years, fer robbery.
ELIJAH INGRAM Native Of New Yo-k: age
Il years light blue eyes Light brown hair;
light brown beard long spare face mole on
right shoulder: scar inside Of right thigh:
scar on right side of forehead. Sent from Nye
county Sept. Is. Is7o, tor - years, for assault
With intent TO murder.
E 3. PARSONS: Native Of New Halapslire
aee 81 ye2rs; height feet 10 inches: blue eyes
auburn brown hair; sandy beard round face
Oh forehead small scar on left forefnSer.
Sent from Washoe county for 20 years, for rob-
bery, Dee. =, 1870.
JOHN I. JACKS: Native of Pennsylvania
age - years height 5 feet So inches weight
Ii-Iss.: dark hair dark eyes. enc small vaeci-
nation mark On RICH: arm between elbow and ]
shoulder. seEt from Nye county Sept y, 1s.l,
for yea-s, for grand larceny.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-04-09
FREIGHT TRAINS

Leave Virginia City DAILY 81 5:i5 a. H., as a,
~, s45 a. NJ, II is 7. H., AS p. H., 3A5 p. N.
and S:i5 p.
l0a. a., l. m, 2 p. m, p. M, AID p. II.
At Virginia City, Gold Bill and Carson Ofice
Through Tickets can 10 obtained to San Fran
cisco, Ogden AID intermediate points On the g
P. R.R.
Through Tickets can be procured at the Gem
p.ny's office, Virginia for Chicago, Kansas City
anu st. Louis.
II. n. YRRINCTON,
General SuPerinteEl.1t.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-04-09
TIE EEESOH WHY.

The question is daily asked by thousands Of
cur citizens, why it Is the IE / B-tters have
achieved such popularity with the public, and
have such I'll immense SALE" The reason is
because they aye an old and well established
article, and are made from the most choice
herbs and roots; the many who have tried them,
testify to their beneficial qualities, and Lave nc
hesitation in recommending tLeG TO their
afflicted friends.
They are Acknowledged TO be tie best tonic
and recurerator known: they build Up the sys
tam. ard illraTt strength TO the weak and ez-
hausted, aE3 are endorsC / cid recommended by
cur most eminent Plysicians las per certificates
cn each bottle. To these afflicted with the
Dyspepsia, Indigestion and Loss Of Appetite, rs
bleed purifier they surpass all other so called
toaics which have lately been placed il tie
market.
Nc family should he without then. Sold
everywhere.
l. EPST.IN x Co,
sclc Irorr:etors, us Front St,
D.ct12-5ul SaL- Francisco.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-04-23

Observation-Disclosures are more important
than money. A boy who is polite and pleas
ant in his maners, will always have friends,
and will no. often make enemies. Good be-
havior is essential to prosperity. A boy feels
we'll when he does we'll. Ifyou wish to make
everybody pleasant about you, and gain
friends wherever you 60, cultivate good man
ners. Many boys have pleasant manners for
home
We visited small railroad town not long
since, and were met at the depot by little
boy of about eleven or twelve years, who en-.
tertained and cared for US, in the absence of
his father, with as much polite attention and
thoughtful care as the most cultivated gentle
man could have done. We said to his mother
before we left her home, "You are greatly
blessed in your son, he is attentive and obi
ging." "'
"Yes," she said " can always depend on
Charley when his father is absent. He is
great help and comfort to me-" She said this
as if it did her heart good to acknowledge the
cleverness of her son.
The best manners cost so little, and are
worth so much, that every boy can afford to
have them.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-04-23

wandered in purposeless manner about the
streets, spreading contagion wherever they
went, till at length they dropped down. ana
diving in the street, remained there till the
dead cart came round.
One most perplexing popularity OF this
frightful disease was, that its signs were not
always apparent. In very many cases. 1t Is
true, its presence was evident to the observers
by spots, swellings and carbuncles, but IN
other instances the patient suffered little, and
was to all appearance in good health while
consuming with the disease which seemed to
cut him off in minute The ignorance and
credulity of the times is curiously shown IN
the tests to which it was proposed men should
be subjected, in order to prove whether they
we're plague.stricken. Some asserted that II
diseased person we're to breathe on glass;
the glass being condensed, living creatures
would appear, which seen through mlcros-
cope would be found to resemble snakes,
dragons, monsters Of hdeous shape, and
devils. AS no microscopes were used for this
purpose, however, the truth of this assertion
could never be ascertained. One learned
man gave it as his opinion that the breath
of pIague.infected person would prove fatal
to bird, even one Of the size of cock or
hen. A writer of that period observes that
he never saw the experiment made, but con-
siders it very probable that the breath of such
persons would have had the effect ascribed
to it. .
1t is pleasant to be able to record that
Florence Nightingales existed two centuries
ago. Brave ladies left their homes at the
West End to tend the sufferers in the East,
encountering far greater peril by so doing
than that to which the Sisters" of the present
day have been exposed in the very worst of
modern epidemics. In what manner these
good women of the past entered the red cross
houses is not recorded. Did they bribe the
watchmen? Did they nimbly climb in by
back windows? or perhaps become noble
kind of housebreakers or did they obtain
special permission from the Lord Mayor
No matter Enough that through the dark
clouds which enveloped the city some CLEANS
of Heavens light fell on the wretched inhab-
itants.
Toward the end of September the pestilence
began to abate, but when the circumstance
became known, strange to say, the people be-
came reckless, and went about freely among
the plague.stricken, so that the death-rate be-
came even greater than it had previously been.
Of one hundred thousand who sickened in
three weeks thirty thousand died, and when
the vast difference between the population of
London at that time and in the present day is
considered, it must be admitted that the NOR
tality was truly awful.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-04-23
BRAVERY AND DEVOTION.

Some ten or fifteen miles beyond the noun
tains in the immediate vicinity of Trieste, over
among the rugged passes of the Carnic Alps,
there is a small hamlet of huntsmen's dwell.
ings, and among them, though somewhat iso-
lated, is sort of rough inn, which used to
serve as wassail house for travellers on their
way to and from Laybach. 1t was q cold,
clustering evening in March, and, though
there was no storm, yet the blasts, as they
came sweeping and whistling, whirling and
howling down the mountain sides, failed not
to drive the people to the cheer Of the fire.
side.
Within the bar-room of this humble inn
we're collected some halfdozen of the Alpine
hunters, who passed the mug and tankard
with good zest, now breaking into happy
chorus, and anon bending willing ear to the
tale and joke, while near to the blazing fire
sat two men, strangers in the place, who had
arrived just at nightfall, and engaged enter
tainment and rest for the night. These two
travellers looked not much unlike common
men, but yet there was something about their
countenances that attracted more than pass
ing attention from the hunters. They did not
behave as honest men would be supposed to
behave for in all their movements there was
an evident aim to escape observation. They
had horses in the stable, and were provided
with large traveling-sacks, which sacks were
either entirely or nearly empty. Ever and
anon one or more of the hunters would cast
furtive glance toward the strangers, and once
or twice they endeavored to draw the twain
into conversation; but the two men persisted
in remaining by themselves, and ere long they
retired to the room which had been allotted
to them.
"Marcelline," said one of the hunters, a
middle-aged man, addressing blooming mai
den who stood behind the bar, "does Altzorf
, return tonight"
"No, sir returned the girl "he comes not
till the morrow"
"Aud has your master left you alone ?" asked
the hunter.
90, no; Altzorf has left Lubin with me-"
"But Lubin is only boy-a mere lad"
"Well, what of that?' replied Marcelline,
looking with somewhat inquistive glance at
the hunter.
20, nothing said the man, cndeavcring to
hide, as much as possible, the fears or suspl-
cons he entertained, "only | do not exactly
like the looks, OF those two men whom you
have Just shown to their room."
Several of the hunters Immediately coinci-
ded with this opinion, but Marcelline laughed
at their suspicious.
"What an idea!' she said. "Why, what
do you take them for?" .,
"It is not impossible that they are robbers" "
returned the first speaker.
"Ha, ha r' laughed Marcelline. "Robbers
in such place as this Let's see-there are
about twenty groschens in the drawer, and l
have exactly seventeen kreutzers in my little
box up stairs. What place for robbers
My master took all the money with him to
Trieste save what have named"
"Marcelline," said the first hunter who had
spoken, as he stepped forward and bent his
head over the bar, "do you know if your mas
ter received in trust large wooden box from
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-04-23
THE BRIDAL TOUR.

Young Spriggles and his Aramantha Jane
had just been married, and we're going upon
their bridal tour They didn't know whether
upon their return they would board "with
the old folks" or take rooms at private ho'
tel Being only clerk, Spriggles's means
were limited, and he could not expect much at
first in the way Of living.
"Of course" he said to old Dodger, veal
thy member of the firm who had kindly
granted him three weeks leave of absence,
eve must be in style, you know. suppose
you took rusher when you we're married. l
mean yea took an extensive one, and showed
your wife the sights.
EYES," said Dodger, with nod. 81 made
long preparations for my bridal tour, and the
girl who was to become my wife helped me.
We had it at all fixed and every thing laid
out beforehand. I worked for it hard; and
she worked too. 1t was to be the grand event
of our lives, and we wanted that it should be
success. We felt that as the new life open
ed, so should it continue was earning five
hundred dollars year. That was good pay
for salesman 6ve-and-thirty years ago
better than three times that amount now, as
things 20. We we're married in the morning
at the house of my wife's father. Then we
rode two miles to the substantial cottage / had
secured as home My money had made
the first payment on it, and Mary's money
had furnished three rooms in it.
"And we ate our first meal thereafter in
our own house; and I thence went to my
work, and my wife set about her work. 1t
was new life, and we determined to succeed
if possible And in that effort was our Joy.
And in the success that followed was unalloy.
ed happiness. In less than three years my
house was paid for, and my home was my
own. Come storm, or come sunshine, we had
roof to cover us-a roof from which the
hand of man could not turn us.
II doubt young man, if ever bridal tour
was happier than mine; and | know the exer-
ciseof housekeeping upon her own account
was invigorating and healthful. But then,
we married for real earnest living and loving.
We believed we should find life's purest JOY
in the discharge Of life's sacred duties.
81 declare" pursued the old man, with
gistenihg moisturein his eyes, 81 should like
those first blessed days of my own home-life
to live over again. But it may not be. And"
he added, with regretful shake of the head,
II fear the young men fthe present genera
ton will not live them for my viewing"
Spriggles walked away, scratching his head.
He wasn't sure that he had really caught the
drift of the old mans remarks.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-04-23
AN IMPORTANT DECISION.

The Supreme Court Of South Carolina has
recently rendered decision, the following
summary of which will give the reader clear
understanding of the import:
In September, 1861, Mr.. William Whaley,
the executor of Joseph Whaley, had funds to
his credit in the Bank of Charleston, to con.
siderable amount. All the banks ofthe State,
including the Bank Of Charleston, published
a resolution that, after the 9th of September,
1861, all credits would be given and be pay
able in currency, including Confederate Treas.
ury Notes. Mr.. Whaley continued to deposit
and draw funds duringth years 1S61o62-63
and '64, until, according to his pass-book, eve
rything had been drawn out except $74, and,
according to the bank books, every dollar
had been drawn out. No protest against the
payment of the checks in Confederate money
had been made to the Bank, but the checks
had been drawn and paid and the money &C.
cepted in the usual manner. The account
was regarded by the Bank as closed. In
1870 Mr.. Whaley brought suit, claiming that
the amount paid on his checks should not be
charged against him for the face value, but
for the scaled values according to the value of
currency in gold. .:..
The decision of the Supreme Court (Mr.
Justice Willard dissentipg) sustains this claim
and DEGREES that the account shall be opened,
and the deposits and checks be scaled, and
the balance added to the gold deposited to
his credit in 1861, and decree entered there
for"
The previous decisions of the old Courts
and of the present Court of Appeals had laid
down the doctripe that payments in Confed-
crate currency, if accepted without protest,
were valid payments for the face, and the
business of the country had adjusted itself on
that basis. The banks had arranged their
debts to the public and to each other; but now
all is at sea again. This new decision, as we
understand it, establishes new rule, and all
these accounts can be reopened, unless barred
by the statute of limitations, and the pay
ments in Confederate currency be scaled to
their values and allowed as credits to that ex-
tent only.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-04-23

SoANDAL.-The story is told of woman
who freely used her tongue to the scandal of
others, and made confession to the priest of
what she had dore. He gave her a ripe this
tie top, and told her to 60 out in various di.
rections and scatter the seeds, one by one
Wondering at the penance, she obeyed, and
then returned and told her confessor. To her
amazement, he bade her 60 back and gather
the scattered seeds; and when she objected,
that it would be impossible, he replied, that
it would be still more difficult to gather up
and destroy all evil reports which she had
circulated about others - +houghtless,
child, can scatter handful OF thistle seed
before the wind in a moment, but the strong.
est and wisest men cannot gather them again.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-04-23

France, under all her trials, is one the world
may emulate. No nation ever gave a more
admirable proof of its consistency and force.
Defeated by gross negligence and incompetent
cy, the French nation has risen, indeed, like
the tabled Phoenix, from its ashes and stands
now the admiration of the world.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-04-23

his fiat. She admits her fault; deplores it !;
is glad there are women so much better and
more fortunate than she; strives to have hope
for the future, and listens with bounding
blood to every voice that brings back to her
the spotless past. Never does she quite re-
nounce morality, humanity claims her to the
last. Miserable, down-trodden wholly forsa-
ken, she looks up from the dross and the mire
and hears the lark of her love still singing at
the oates of heaven,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-04-23

FALLEN MAN AND WoMAN.-Man, sunk
below his natural level, hates and affects to
despise the height where he has walked. Wo.
man, fallen from her fair estate, looks ever
back to it with longing and regretful eyes.
He proclaims himself not worse than bis fel-
lows; endeavors to pull those above down to
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-04-23

A@ A Floridian heard the other day for
the first time the story of David and Goliath,
and he became so enthusiastic that he swung
his hat and called out, Bully for the fellow
with the sling !':,..''';.. : III. ..
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-04-16
Wu7. g. HiCKCk,

Genl Agent state o. Nevada, VIrsfHIa
$. C. icCCUs, Local Agent,
For Orulsby COuE--. Ctl'c: Corner le!fHraph
and Carson Streets. larson City. laJi-iin
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-04-16
Sowing Oats.

Owing to the fact tina. oats and
wheat ripen at the same time in Iowa,
many SOW their oats late to keep them
back until wheat harvest i. over
Those who do this lose largely in the
crop. Early oats are generally the bes'.
There il difference Of opinion among
farmers about the plan OF sowing oats
Some prefer sowing first. then pillow
them in with common stirring pillow
Others recommend sowing and then
use the shovel pillow, or the corn cult
vafor, and then harrow down smooth
ly. Practice has convinced US that
deep covering OF oats is beneficial
Sown on loose, mellow land and plow-
ed in. and then narrowed down, the
oats are enough later to put them out
of the way OF wheat. The straw Is stiff
fer and the oats heavier. from the fact
the roots are deeper and the straw does
not dry out SO soon, the oats ripening
while the straw 10 still green and stiff
When the oats are standing almost
on the surface, the ground dry, there
is not time to perfect solid kernel. rs
the straw dries SO suddenly that it does
not convey 10 the grain that nourish
ment necessary to produce heavy grain.
All our small grain in this country ri
pens too rapidly. We need moder-
atelv cool July, with a plenty of mois-
ture in the earth to ensure a slow aud
regular ripening. And in the absence
of this, deep covering of oats gives a
slower ripening, with green straw to
convey the nourishment 10 the ripen-
ing grain. This is our practice and our
theory for so doing.--Hntc Register.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-04-16

to be the charm that kept the rats
of the farm; but, since | have learned
a cheaper method, ! would not take
the best dog as gift, much prefer
ing to give the waste of the kitchen
to the chickens, for in that is one Of
the secrets Of a supply of eggs.
Rats infest corn in the shock, for
they make their burrows under the
shocks. A rail-crib is also a good
place for them, as they are safe from
both dogs and spades. They used to
annoy me about the stable ;but ! made
the floors of solid clay, well rammed
down, upon which the plank was
laid, and no rat gets under this
planking. The urine tends to pre-
serve the plank, and, after eight
years use, they have not been re-
placed, and look as though they
would last several years longer.
There is not a rat about the stable,
nor any rat-dog to worry them if
there was. Then the hog pen is up
two feet from the ground, which has
spoiled all their hiding places, and
we are rid Of them. So much for
rats, in which an ounce of prevention
is better than a pound of cure.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-04-16
determination of Rats.

Hon. NJ. l.. Dunlap, in the Chicago
Tribune says:
"The common Norway rat will not
trouble corn-cribs that are set well
up from the ground and kept clear of
underlying rubbish, for he burrows
in the ground and never makes his
nest in the corn. Or if colony
should locate near it, few minutes
work with spade will dispose of
them; or, by watching the burrows
and shooting few OF them, they
will leave the premises.
The rat is a troublesome customer
10 the shiftless farmer, for he delights
to hide and burrow under his old
rubbish heaps and badly-constructed
stable floors; but he avoids all places
where he is exposed to the spade or
the shot, gun. Any one can have
rats If he wishes, for pile of old
boards, barrels, or heap Of stone,
will invite them to you. l once
thought good ratter necessary to
order to be rid Of them; but expert
ence proved that to be q folly. A
rood clean, sharp spade, and clean
premises are worth more than doz-
n OF the best rat terriers in the
have seen the times when
would not part with good ratfer
d City dollars, for supposed them
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-04-16

ITHAs AND IT notwithstanding
Of the result ofthe Wine and Beer war
in the General Assembly, the Daven.
port Gazette says:
The prohibitory liquor law in Iowa
now stands precisely where il did at
the beginning of this session. Strong
petitions were presented to change it
into . License Law. but this met with
very little legislative encouragement,
and was generally opposed by the tenn
perance organizations; ard finally the
effort to stop the sale OF wine and beer,
or place them within the restrictions
Of the law, has failed. So Iowa theor-
hiss . prohibitory liquor law,
and practically 1t hasn't. In palmer
words, II has : prohiLitory law which
i enforced In some parts OF the Slate,