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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-05-25

The funniest joke we ever heard of in the
bony way is related as follows,
Hanover, On. H. }, May 1.-THE skeleton
of Evans, the Northwood murderer, which
has been for several years in the medical
museum, was this morning discovered sus-
pended by the neck at the hight of thirty
feet; between two fagstatts of the campus,
attired in a buster and tall hat; with UNI
brella and carpet bag, the latter labeled
Montreal" in allusion to the seniors con-
templated but abandoned excursion to
Montreal Nobody knows who did the deed
The college carpenter with much difficulty
succeeded this forenoon in cutting down the
skeleton, the campus being lined with spec
tators, students and citizens
A skeleton in a plug hat and buster is an
awful commentary on the vanities of fashion.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-05-25

Diphtheria prevails fatally among the chill
dren at Winnemucca.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-05-25
NOTICE,

lIDS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF IN
- Addition to the State Orphan Home will be received
until MAY 26th, 1877 Plans and specifications be
seen by calling upon the Superintendent at the Home
Address s. p. KELLY,
Secretary Board of Directors.
Carson City, May l9, 1877,
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-05-25

| Now, after the sixteen years of earthly
accommodations in the harbor of San Francisco
since Downey's veto of the Bulkhead Bill,
! the citizens of that settlement complacently
regard Governor Irwin Major Bryant and the
three Halbor Commissioners appointed by
his excelenccy, as the five of them fix upon
plan for Just such sort of sea-wall as was CON
templated by the Act which Downey put his
small NIilesian foot upon, Prefacing a tech
meal or Typographical description of the pro-
posed embankment, the bulletin says that
"The seawall line is 50 located as to provide
for street two hundred feet in width along
the whole water front of the city" In other
words they are going to have now what they
might have had and would have had years ago
if a conflict of selfish interests had not pre-
vented. 1t used to be said that Milton S.
Latham was elected to the Senate in order
that successor to himself (as Govenor)
might be seated who would not be unfavorable
to the Bulkhead Scheme aforesaid. In other
words Latham was made Senator to take an
announcement veto power out of his hands AS
it turned ont, however, the Bulkheaders
jumped out of the frying-pan into the fire.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-05-25

When the break for liberty occurred at the
Nevada State Prison in the autumn of 1871,
Bob Dedman was a convict under contine-
ment there. Instead of taking part with the
mutinous prisoners he came to the rescue Of
Lieutenant Governor Denver and his family
and assistants. For the part thus taken by
him he was pardoned and restored to citizen
ship and liberty. He has latterly been doing
duty as a policeman at Gold Hill 1t seems
from the following account in the Enterprise
that Bob's morals are not of the most delicate
and admirable variety:
Robert Dedman is a Gold Hill special po-
liceman He has been on the force but a
short time, and was considered with distrust
from the first. His station is on Main street,
from the railroad line of the Second Ward
Inc salaries of special policemen are paid by
citizens, and Dedman has been remarkably
prompt in collecting his money. One of this
policeman's customers is d. j. RadOvich, pro-
prietor of the Capitol Rotisserie. For some
time cigars, oysters snd other articles have
been disappearing from the restaurant in a
mysterious manner. At length Radovich be-
came tired of this thing and concluded to
watch his premises. Last Sunday night he
SeCreteu nllllSeH III Tile pantry anu IOlu Ills
steward to shut up the shop. In about fiji
teen minutes he heard somebody open the
back door, and, looking from his place of con
cealment, he saw Dedmau enter the kitchen
A lamp was left burning dimly, and every
thing in the room plainly visible. The
intruder helped himself to cold meats, took III
mince pie, tested number of Eastern Oys- |
tiers on the half-shell, and then made grab |
for the cigars. He went behind the counter |
where the cigars are kept, and, opening box |
of fine. Carolinas, proceeded to fill his pockets.
This done he took his departure. The next |
day Radovitch informed the Town Marshal of |
the facts, but that officer declined to take any
action i'll the case, preferring to leave the en-
tire matter to the Town Trustees. At the
meeting last Monday nothing was done III re-
gard to the removal of Dedman.
OF sorely afflicted young woman to whose
pitiable condition death would come as a
merciful relief the Bulletin of Wednesday
evening says ::
Miss Sarah Lane, II years of age, and
native of Boston, Massachusetts,
mltted to the Napa Insane Asylum yesterday.
She has been an inmate of the Roman Cath
ohc Orphan Asylum since she was an infant,
is nearly blind, quite deaf, and at times very
violent. Last August she was afflicted with
Il severe attack from small pox The Sisters
of the Asylum signihed their WILLINGNESS to
take charge of the girl III case she RECEIVERS
her mental faculties
Diphtheria prevails fatally among the chill {
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-05-25

After carefully wipng the beer from his lip
and while waiting to think how he might
meet the memorable landlord and reconcile
his mind to an infraction of his rule of Cash
on the nail" Bohemian contributor to the
Cincinnati Inquirer relates and moralizes as
follows:
few days ago | saw walking in the green
and shady avenues of kensington. gardens,
and leaning on the arm of young lady of
graceful mien. a man whom | knew as ripe
journalist, lawyer, and again as the Mayor
of the great city of New York Poor Oakley
Hall! What physical wreck-what sad
picture of a disappointed man. Yes, indeed,
poor Oakley Hall! Minus money, minus
friends, save that devoted girl-his first and
precious family idol-he totters about in
these green retreats of foreign land
The saddest misfortune to man whose
character has got among the breakers is this
conspicuous pitiful pity of the pitiless.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-01-17
She Also c,anorei For "Go-e."

"Gore! gore! gore!" Cried out
tbe wife af a Chicago Democrat, IN
her steep, the other night.
Snow that's ,ho kind Of a wife
for me, unused the Democrat, as he
sat up in bed, aud gazed at his sleep.
ING partner, "She's inst like me, she
is for gore She cries for gore in
her sleep ,
Then he aroused her from her
slumbers, and made her sit ut in
bed with him, while the dim GAS
light goated over the scene, and
shook hands with the astonished
woman and told her how he admir-.
ed her; how he loved to think that
she-noble woman that she was
dwet upon the political disturbances
of her afflicted country, until she
even dreamed Of them. and in her
sleep cried out for gore gore |"
"Gore?" exclaimed the puzzled
woman, suddenly interrupting him
and throwing herself down on the
pillow: "Why, you fool, you, | was
dreaming | was At the dress makers,
telling her how to cnt my new dress |"
The man confdentially told
friend the next day that he had never
been so set back since the news
came in from Florida.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-01-17

"Do | understand you t" say"
remarked an attorney to witness
that you were on the counter with
your back TO defendant, and saw him
slip bundle under his coat?' Eyes.
that's so, )" said the witness. swell.
then" asked the attorney, chow
could you see What the defendant,
DID: well, you see" replied the
witness, Il am cross eyed. and that
enables me 10 see over nv shoulder
and see what Is going on behind my
back -
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-01-17

Take something's inquired n
stranger Of the crowd in a Chicago
saloon, one day last week.
Don t mind-fi do, y ct ed the gang
IN chorus, srrlnging to their feet and
advancing.
We'll. then. exclaimed the stran-
ger breaking for the door, take a
joke"
They took it.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-01-17

/. used to tramp some, and dur.
Ing his jeurneyings made a stop at
C-n, Iowa. During his stay
there, wandering minstrel troupe
put in an appearance,to which all
hands had comp. The boys
gathered in the office early on the
evening Of the show, and to while
away the time INDUCED in a few
games of euchre. l.. transferred a
Jack to hi, vest pocket, for the
purpose Of putting it where it would
do the most good we SUPPOSE
and forgot it. Shortly after the
transfer, the boys adjourned to the
hall, presented their '.pasteboardS,'
and We're admitted, until LIS turn
came, when he met with the follow
ihg rebuff Climbs Amt trumps, here;
SO you cant pass on that" An expla-
nation was in order. and when il
was found that the wrong card had
been dealt to the door keeper, who
wasn't inclined to allow any 'renig-
ing when it came to play. Another
examination of the pocket turned
up The official trump" and L. then
passed, but ordered EN- up" after
wards, for the boys.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-01-17

Poor time for out door clocks, ma
cChmery, etc. Anything with iron
IN tits liahleto freeze up this weather.
i you have any iron in your com
position, or the iron has entered
fonr heart, or anything of that sort
look out.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-01-17

Cuba wants TO borrow forty mil
lion dollars" We have only thirty
h'ne mi'inns in cash ard we don't
want TO mortgage our printing office
TO make up the balance, hence Cuba
VIII have TO seek relief from some
other source. = Rennold, NeraM.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-01-17

Lansing, Mich, is developing
'1nhle pedestrianism. The girls
wax ten rrirnteS around the track.
ana hen sit down and chew pea
nuts with the umpire.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-01-17

a printers devil overheard the
boss wife say that the neighbors
were troubling our cistern.' The
devil tried a srriptrral cure by
"ponrlng oil upon the troubled
waters" II was kerosene oil. The
boss mhale1 him.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-01-17

An oh schoSa ma'am who saws
ynhb ny for verb, ''buhd" for bird.
oohr for burr, etc., will rain good
FngHsh among the females of a
te'ghborhood Tor three generations
60 come.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-01-17

At colorel party, Sambo asked
ninah if he should help her to some
Oh the breast. Now amt you sham
e'. Smnho. to say breast afore the
,@d'es: III take a piece Oh turkey
bosom.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-04-24
A FROG BAROMETER.


Out at the Lafayette Park police sta
ton they have weather prophet which
eclipses Tice and all the barometsrs in
the neighborhood. 1t is frog OF the
genus Hyla, more familar to the general
reader as the tree-toad. Hunt, the Super
intendent of the Park, was mildly abus-
ing his barometer one day for misleading
him. when the officer on the beat, an old
frontiersman, said he would show him
trick. He took 8 glass jar and threw W into
1t some stones and couple OF inches OF
water. Then he whitfield out little wood
en- ladder and put it in the jar. After
some lively scrambling tree-toad was
caught, chucked in, and tin top screw
ed on. The weather indicator was COM
plete. When it is going to be falr
weather that toad roOsts on the top
round Of the ladder solemnly blinking
the hours away. From twelve to fifteen
hours before q change to bad weather,
"the general" as they call him, begins to
climb down, and hours before storm
sets in he squats himself on stone, and,
with his head just above the surface OF
the water, peers aloft at the coming
storm. Let the weather be changeable
and shifting" as "0ld Prob says, the
toad goes up and down that ladder like
a scared MILDLY. When it is fair and the
toad roosts aloft his skin is Of light gray
ish green. When the change comes the
skin turns black as the toad goes down
the ladder, becoming jet, shining black
by the time he reaches the bottom. The
fame of the toad has spread through the
Lafayette Park neighborhood.-S'. L0sa
Times.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-04-24
TAGGING AT ENGLISH SCHOOLS.

The Earl of Albermale's book, Fifty
Years Of My Life" gives the following
account Of tagging at Westminster
school half a century ago.
The Tagging system was then in full
vogue Ny first fag master-I have rea-
sou for sup pressing his name-for though
kinsman of MY own he was "less than
kind was a good looking fellow, who
left Westminster i'or the Peninsula, and
served afterward at Waterloo. For the
edifcation Of more luxurious and less
oppressed generation Of fags, let me give
4 sample of days work during this his
period of seryitude. l arose as the day
broke. hurried on my clothes, brushed
those Of my master, cleaned several pairs
Of his shoes, went to the pump In Great
Deans ward for hard water for his teeth
and to the cistern of Mother Grants for
soft water for his hands and face, passed
the rest Of the time till eight o'clock in
my own hasty ablutions, or in coming
ever my morning school Lessons. Eight
to nine o'clock-in school. Nine to ten
o'clrk-out for my breakfast, or rather
for my masters breakfast. L had to
bring up his tea things, to make his
toast, &c; my own meal was very hasty
affair. Ten TO twelve o'.lock-in school.
Twelve to one o'clock-in the ushers cor
recting room, preparing tor afternoon
lessons. One to two o'clo&-dinner in
the halh-a sort of l-call--absence q
punishable offence, the food execrable.
Two to fve-evening school. Five to
siI-buying bread, butter, milk and eggs
for the great mans tea and preparing
that mes1. Six to the following morn-
ing-locked up at Mother Grants till bed
time; tagging of 8 miscellaneous aharac-
ter. l had borne this description OF
drudgery for about fortnight, when
without weighing the consequences
remember, reader, was not nine yeaEs
old determined to strike work. In
stead, therefore, of preparing tea as
usual, l slipped behind one of the maids
into the coal cellar and there lay perdH
for couple of hours. / was at length
dragged out of my hiding place and de-
livered over to the fury of my tealess
master. He made me stand at attention,
with my little finger on the seam of my
trousers like q soldier at drill. He then
felled me to the ground by a swinging
buck horse "a blow with the open hand)
on my right cheek. rose up stupefed
and was made resume my former position,
and received a second foorer. know
not how often ! underwent this ordeal,
but l remember going to bed with q
racking headache, and being unable to
put in an appearance next morning at
school.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-04-24

"But, you know, appearances were
all against her." said Jones.
The fortunate temperance OF the
missing jewels, OF course, released
poor Jessie from "durance vile" with
in the hour.
But 1 have lost my place as nur-
sery-governess at Mrs. Hornblende's.' y
sighed Jessie, white and frightened.
"I shall have to starve, mamma
ard l."
"No fear OF that, my dear" said
Mr.. Jones, whose conscience had
stung him sorely for the days events.
II have five little elves OF my own
at home, and Mrs. Jones is delicate.
You shall come and be nursery-gover-
ness to them. And I'll pay you fifty
guineas year.
Jessie's eyes glittered
'Oh, sir, l do not think can earn
so much money!" she faltered. To
her it seemed like mine OF gold.
"I'll risk that" laughed Mr.. Jones.
Mrs. Hornblende was only to pay
me thirty" persisted Jessie, whose
sense OF justice was painfully acute.
Mrs. Hornblende Is nothing TO
me-" retorted Mr.. Jones.
And SO, happily to all parties, end
ed the episode Of the Amethyst
Cross
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-04-24
a LEGEND OF THE PALACE: OF BEE
LIN.

Highlanders are familiar with Legends
of supernatural visitors. whose duty 1t Is
TO warn of the occurrence Of deaths In
particular families. The imperial family
of tGermany possesses, it seems, such
ghostly retainer, who goes by the name
of "The Little White Woman A lady,
says the correspondent of the GeaherndHs
MaGaziRe, informed Prince Bismarck
few years ago that her femme de chdm6re
was thrown into Mysteries by hearing the
elattering high heels and the tapping
walking stick of the Little White
Woman" Bismarck at once replied,
"Make the matter public; at the same time
let people know that your maids head
has been shaved and that she has had
shower bath and blisters and bleeding, and
let it be done" The lady followed the
prescription, and the maid was sent to
an asylum. The "Little White Woman
has, however. appeared since then-once
in October, 1872, before the death OF
Prince Albrecht, and the last time in
October, 1873, when Queen Elizabeth OF
Prussia lay on her deathbed. The Queen
Dowager, however, was not born Hohen-
zollern, and so for while the visitation
was supposed to forebode the death ct
the Emperor, who was i'll at the time but
His Majesty recovered. The legend says
that long ago Hohenzollern princess, a
widow with two children, fell in love with
q foreign prince, and thinking that the
children were an obstacle to the marriage
she killed them both. The foreign prince
repudiated the lady with horror. and the
princess fell into the deepest remorse and
died. She was buried under the old
castle at Berlin; but at intervals she ap-
pears in white attire at midnight, carry
ing heavy stick and gliding about the
palace; and the apparition is a warning OF
the death of some member of the house
of Hohenzollern. The legend is too
strong even for Prince Bismarck. He
can deal with refractory ambassadors,
but refractory ghosts and superstltions
are beyond him.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-04-24
APAISrKR's SHOP IN CHINA.


Says the Chromique des Arts:-The first
principle of pictorial art in chino is, "Ob-
jects must be represented as they are,
not as they appear to be-" In virtue OF
this principle, and not because Of ignor-
ance, as is commonly supposed, chiaro
oscuro, foreshortening and perspective
are banished from Chinese pictures.
Painting is therefore reduced to simple
coloring, and is not at all an art. The
Chinese painter is, besides, rather mer.
chant than an artist, and the ground foor
of the house he occupies is the shop
where he sells the work he fabricates.
His atelier is situated in the top story.
There exists In China nothing analogous
to our painting in oil. Water color and
distemper painting are the only species
the Chinese employ. They paint on silk
and on vellum, but most OF. all on that
fragile material which we call rice paper
This paper is manufactured from the
pith of several kinds of trees, but more
commonly from the stems Of young bam-
boos, which have been softened by steep
ing in water and afterward beaten to pulp
in stone mortars. This paper owes its
consistency and its whiteness to alum
solution and isinglass.
On the first floor Of the house are ordi-
nsrily found the young painters, disciples
or rather workmen for the master. They
are seated around large tables, in large,
we'll lighted apartment. The most pro-
found silence reigns in this atelier. With
sleeves rolled up and the queue twisted
around the head, the artists, bending over
their work, proceed with the most minute
attention to details. First of all they
choose q sheet of rice paper free from
defect and pass over it light wash OF
alum to render it filter TO receive the
color. Then they draw the outline, which
most frequently is nothing more than
tracing. made easily enough in conse-
auence of the extreme transparency OF
the paper. Every artist has near him a
collection Of printed sketches, from which
he can draw at pleasure. All that is re-
quired to make apicture has been includ-
ed in these ingenious collections trees,
rocks, lakes, mountains. houses, man
darins, birds, fishes, notwithstanding
is wanting. As soon as the outlines are
completed the artist grinds up his eolors
with great care, dilutes them with water
adds alum or glue or isinglass and begins
to color the design. The pencils which
they use are extremely fine, certain kind
made Of the whiskers of the rat being
highly priced. The artist uses two
brushes, one being held in the right hand
perpendicularly, so as TO form right
angle with the drawing; the other, in the
| left hand, is held horizontally. The tirst
only is charged with color, and with this
the artist makes almost imperceptiblt
dots; then, by a rapid maneuvre, th'
second pencil widens and "stumps" tn,
colored droplet And thus the artis
proceeds, changing his colors as the pic
ture requires, until finally it is completed
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-04-24
JOHN RUsKIN's FOUNTAIN.

There is an old tradition concerning
Mahomet that he was once standing De-
nrath q palm tree and teaching his fol-
lowers. saying :-"Hs who clothes the
naked sl all be clothed by God with the
green robes of paradise. If good man
gives with his right hand and conceals 1t
from his left, he overeomes oil things'
While he said these words, man drew
near and cried, "Oh, prophet my mother
Sad is dead what is the best aims l can
give away for her soul9" Mahomet De-
thought him of the painting heats Oh 'ns
desert and said. "Dig well for her ana
give water to the thirsty" The msn dug
a we'll and said, "This is for my mother.
I do not know whether Mr.. John Ruskin
ever met with this old story, but he has
Just performed kind and gentle actioS
which has reminded me Of it. A little
way from Croydon, near London, there
has long been . dirty, marshy little pond,
which is now an exquisite, clear spring
of running water. Mr.. Ruskin hss eI'
pended $500 in making this spring, which
is not far from the home of his child.
hood, and surrounded it with trees and
flowers, and named it after his mother,
Nargaret's Well. On the neat tablet
over it are inscribed the following words:
-"In obedience to the Giver OF lie, OF
brooks and fruits that feed it, OF the
peace that ends it, may this well be kept
sacred for the service Of men, hocks ana
flowers, AL by kindness be called MAJ
garet's Well."-Monc,rs D. Conway
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-04-24
SCIENTIFIC.

A PNEUMATIC THERMOMETER Tor use
on board vessels, Is among the recent
inventions. The machine consists OF
a. copper cylinder. capped by
diaphragm Of stout india rubber,
Theoretically sealed, the whole being
covered with a metal dome having an
opening in its summit to admit an iron
pipe connecting with the deck. A
slight metal rod rests on the dia-
phragm and passes up through the pipe
to stand on deck, on which is placed
q dial plate. The action OF heat in the
cargo Is instantly communicated to
the cylinder, expanding the air In 1t
thus raising the diaphragm and with
il the rod connecting with the hand ON
the dial marking the amount OF heat
generating, as would an ordinary
Fahrenheit thermometer. A short
time ago the English Government
appointed scientific commission to
examine into the cause OF spontaneous
combustion OF coal on board vessels,
and the remedies which may be posi-
BILE to adopt for preventing and guard
ing against the same. The pneumatic
thermometer is designed to meet this
difficulty, the intention being to place
three or four OF these machines In
different parts OF the cargo OF coal
ship, so that If the cargo commences
to heat means may be immediately
taken to extinguish it. BY having
several the location OF the fire can
more easily be determined.