Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-06-09
NOTES AND QUERIES.

RECENTLY been discovered on a little stream
which empties into Falling Leaf Lake,
among the red earth there, some rich gold
diooings. Buck Davis, he said, and some
Others, had gone there, prospecting. He
said, further, that he was going to take a
look at the new diggings himself Now we
understand something of the necessities of
the age and hour We know how hard the
times are, and how much there is need of
some developments, and all that. But there
has not yet arisen any necessity for the burn
ing of our mahogany furniture, or gold mir
ror frames, our pictures and our books
There is no need, yet, of consigning to the
pawnbroker our lockets and wedding-rings,
our keepsakes and our family Bibles. And
SO we hope they will find never speck of
gold in any stream whose laughing waters
leap into that lake nor on any hillside or glen
thereabout; for we are not willing to contem-
plate the fair face of that lOveliest of sheets
Of mountain water stained and muddled with
the turgid lInsings of fumes and rockers and
snices and long toms. There it lies, as
placid as a dew-drop and as pure mai
den's heart, u priceless diamond set in the
hollow of the mighty hills, glad thing to
the eye and blessed calmness to the tired
soul, above the value of any gold, above the
considerations of money getting, above all
sordidness and greed of gain. Then why
should it be made a sink hole, puddle, an
Opaque pool Lucky Baldwin owns the
wooded lands lying contiguous. With high
consideration which bespeaks him a man and
not a mere money bag, he has consecrated
those forests and groves to their own perpet-
ual beauty He has declared they shall
never be surrendered to the woodman S ak.
He stands by Nature as her one firm, effect
ual friend. So it is represented to the
APPEAL We like to believe that this is as
we have stated it. We hope he may also be
willing and able to prevent any mining van
dalsms which shall strip the sides of Falling
Leaf Lake of its beauties and befoul its face
and pollute its waters with the impurities of
the sluice-box and the rifle
THE CIRCUS
Is coming This fact is proclaimed in all the |
glories of the bill-stickers art.
II meets the eye in the form of portraits of |
distinguished equestrians; in pictures of the |
gifted India Rubber man; in life size and |
life colored prints of surprising horses; in
blood curdling scenes in African jungles; in
droves of giraffes fleeing before the pursuing
tiger in yellow cloud of fear in various
portraits of the Unicorn, the giascutus and |
the dodo, and in all the pomp and circum-
stance of measureless seas of posters Well,
pne might as well try and stop the winter
season with bonfire or a warm lemonade as
to attempt the interposition of any effective
word against the circus Not Mr. Montgom-
Try Queens Circus land menagerie) in par
ocular; but any circus; or, what is more to
he point, the circus-going impulse in the
leart of hearts of this great and liberty
owing people. Before and since Paul fought
With beasts at Ephesus; before the Olympian
,ames; before the Majesty of the Orient sent
PRESENTS of peacocks and apes to solomon:
'efore any papyrus writing was made to tell 5
he tale of nations history there were
ircuses and circus men. Montgomery |
Queen and the Queen of Sheba are alike in
aving been charmed with the plumage of |
are birds and the diverting antics of our Oar /
'inian progenitors. Who knows but Mont S
emery is descendant of the Sheban Sover- c
ign As to the self-distressing consdera- =
on that the circus will take away good deal 3
money, there is this assuaging boon The c
Duntry people who come in to see the show I
i'll spend as much among our shop and hotel .
eepers as we of the town will spend. This N
the cheering though sOrdid view Of the case.
ur deepest Affections have their CLEANS of B
and their moments of relief =
THE MAIL DETENTION G
was caused by some scoundrelish
ork on the line of the Central Pacific Rail
ay. A lumber laden car had been let loose
i'd set going down the grade. Luckily, it " ~
vitched itself off at an open place on the II
ack, or it would have gone down, down,
'wn the road, gaining velocity and impetus ,.
It'll, striking the up-coming train it would ~ ~
we smashed it and its passengers and all its "
eight into one disastrous mass As it was,
wrecked itself sufficiently near a tunnel
outh to be in shadow; and SO there was p
llision and detention. Nobody killed or re-
ured. Mr. Isaac Bateman, who came in
the arriving train lat 3:15 P. NJ. or there
H. II