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The Morning herald., 1877-09-17
The oldest copy of bill of exchange
known is one dated at Milan in 1928.

In the cemetery of Pere-la-C -Chaise, in
Paris, there is grave from which rises a
woman's arm, beautifully chiseled in mar
BILE. The hand is clasped by another, evil
'lently mans, that comes from an adjoin-
ing grave. It was the fancy Of young
husband who did not long survive his bride.
A prize of twenty dollars has been offered
oy the Paris Anti Tobacco Society for the
>est essay addressed to the young on the
hangers of a premature use of tobacco;
'rize of forty dollars to the physician who
hall write ''the greatest number of interest.
ng and unpublished remarks" concerning
he diseases which follow the use of tobac
o, and prize of sixty dollars for the best
essay on the influence Of tobacco upon stu'
dents IN schoals, .--,,<xs. .z
The Morning herald., 1877-09-17

The attention of the San Francisco Micro
scopical Society has lately been directed to
m interesting mineral which is known to
occur only on the Pacific coast. 1t resembles
fcheelite in which part of the lime is re-
placed by oxide of copp''r, and is therefore
called cupro-scheelite. When first discover
ed, it was thought to be mechanical mix
ture of scheelite with some copper mineral
but upon a careful examination under the
microscope it was found to be perfectly
homogeneous. One noticeable popularity
Of this mineral is the ease with which the
tungstic acid it contains can be isolated,
md, as tungstic acid, combined with soda,
forms tungstic of soda-thesolution of which
renders cotton cloth incombustible-th
,rticle may come to have an important in.
lustrial value.
The Morning herald., 1877-09-17
"PUNIPKIN.HEADS.N

'Mewhaven tnow New Haven9 il cele-
bratea for having given the name Of pump
kin-heads' To all New Englanders It orig
mated he4a the Blue Laws which enjoined
every male to have his hair cut round by a
cap. When caps were not to be had they
substituted the hard shell of pumpkin.
which, being put on the head every Satur-
day, the harris cut by the shell all round the
head What everreligious virtue is supposed
to be derived from this custom I know not
but there is much prudence in it; first, ii
prevents the hair from snaring; secondly.
it saves the use of combs, bags, and rib
bons; thirdly, the hair cannot .incommode
the eyes by falling over them, and fourth
", such persons as have lost their ears for
heresy and other wickedness cannot conceal
their misfortune and disgrace" - Peters
History Of Connecticut.
The Morning herald., 1877-09-17

MANY attempts have been made to oh.
tain paint solvent equal for al conditions
and circumstances, but not with the success
desired. Recently, however, something
has been brought forward in this line, in
England, which is said to fully answer the
purpose. The solution is simply applied
to the paint with brush, and is then left
for short time, after which the paint may
be scraped off with ease The number of
coats ofthis solution depends upon the num-
ber of coats of paint-four, which may be
be applied within quarter of an hohr Or 50
of zach other, being sufficient in the
most hardened casesit is said. This solution,
which, it is alleged, causes no injury what
s'er to the hands or to the brushes, is quite
| ,eSpensive, and without smell
The Morning herald., 1877-09-17
A.. - A. .,~o&tv foro;oo ~ Eronoh =,

One of the pretty fancies of French peo-
pie is to make colors the expression Of SEN
timent. They hold that violet is analog-
GUS to friendship, blue to love, as suggested
by bluo eyes and azure sky. A bunch of
violets would therefore tell lady's suitor
that friendship is all that he has right to
expect. Yellow is paternity or maternity;
tits the yellow ray of the spectrum which
causes the germ to shoot. Red figures, am
bition; indigo, the spirit Of rivalry; green,
the love of change, fickleness; black, favor
itism; white, unity, universally. In ad-
dition to the seven primitive oolors, gray
indicates power; brown, prudery; pink,
modesty; silver gray (semi'white)' feeble
love; lilac (remi.violet), feeble friendship;
pale pipk talsa sAsaa~ 49,
The Morning herald., 1877-09-17

ELECTRIC piano fortes are still engaging
Vie skill Of German mechanicians, and the
l't'0od of construction is certainly ingen-
|'o0S By means of clock work two rollers
lare set IN motion, these carrying from one
70 'lle other band of strong paper, con-
|'o'llhg perforations like that used in Jac-
|4Nala loom, and passing over an intermedi-
''e BRASS roller put n connection with the
|"S OF an electric battery, which are arranged
COILS around soft iron rods, and become
|."Bne'S Whenever the current of electricity
\ onofoken. The current is closed by
|u',a''S " OF series Of pins touching the brass
I'"e'S' and is broken when the paper passes
f.."een them and the roller. Thus series
iron fingers, by being magnetized and
:MaSnetizod, are made to strike the KEYS
"Sc'leS of strings with great rapidity.
[''N'o"S the power which moves the clock
'lA' "0attery ofthirty six Daniels elements
an" employed for operating the instru-
("'' oanguine expectations of complete
''''SS with this device are entertained.
The Morning herald., 1877-09-17
SCIENTIFIC.

AMONG the recent determinations aTnved
,t bv astronomi cal observations, the fact ap.
nears that We nus is most probably sur
rounded by very dense atmosphere, sc
that to see through to the surface of the
nlapet is not possible, and from this arises
the impossibility of cscerta.nin 6, from the
frequently observed spots, the time of rota-
tiou and position of axis. In regard to Mars,
from careful comparison Of over four hun.
dred drawings of the planet, result is oh.
tanned which, in conseque nee of the marked
diyergences between the several drawings,
especially with large rofractors, is not con-
sidered to correspond to the labor expended.
OF Jupiter, it appears that the occurrence Of
colored bands and the formation of bright
egg-shaped spots in his equatorial zone, COIN
eide with the epochs Of greatest frequency
of the sun spots. In Saturn, as in Venus Mars
and Jupiter, the occurrence of dark obsorp-
tion bands is found in the neighborhoed Of
the Fraunhofer lines B and G, and on both
sides of D; and as these are similar to the
ABSORPTION bands which arise in the suns
spectrum, principally under the influence of
the earth's atmosphere, through the action
of the aqueous vapor, the presence is inferr-
ed of aqueous vapor in the envelope of sa-
turn, as in those OF other planets. In re-
spect to comets, it is proved that their light
does not come exclusively from the sun, but
,.at it partly belongs to themselves; the
discovery, also, that between some comets
and star showers there Is q close connection,
is of peculiar Interest L ...
The Morning herald., 1877-09-17

The well-knoyn phenomenon that iron.
with long use in which it is subject to strains
Of the nature of shocks. assumes q coarsely
granularstructure, has lately been illustrated
by experiments made at the Friedens Hoff-
nung coal mines near Waldenburg, on the
hanging chain of the miners cage two years
in use. 1t appears that link of this Chain
broke, with the first blow of an eleven
pound hammer, into four pieces, whose sur
faces of fracture showed crystalline struct-
ure Another link of the same chain, after
having been annealed at q red heat, only
broke after twenty three blows with the
same hammer, and in such.a way that the
fracture on the one side of the ring went
quite through and on the other side only
@fshrough, and presented fbrous texture.
These facts are regarded as showing the tn
pOrtance, in the arrangements for the raise
ing and lowering of miners OF very careful OBJ
Ser'atlon OF such changes of structure-also
the deslrableness of spring boxes between
the rope and the cage, so as to modify
Shocks and the annealing from time to
ame, Of the connecting parts between the
rope and the cage. There would thus be af-
l0Oled most important practical safeguards
'ballSt frequent class of accidents.
The Morning herald., 1877-09-17
A COCOANUT PLANTATION.

A cocoanut plantation has altogether a
singular appearance. The trees, being of
one age, are of uniform height, thickness
of trunk, and spread of top; they are planted
IN horizontal lines at equal distances, and
growing up straight and perpendicular, pre-
sent series Of long, tall, thin, gray columns
rooted over by green feathery foliage The
trees at maturity attain height of forty
feet, nnbroken by leaf or branch, and rarely
inclining more than two or three degrees
from the perpendicular. The tops have a
spread of about twenty-five feet in diameter,
and as the trees are seldom planted further
apart than thirty feet, their foliage forms
nearly an unbroken canopy, shading the
ground below. The nuts CROWN clusters be-
tween the roots of the leaves OF branches at
the top, in all conditions of ripeness. If not
picked when ripe, they drop; and even with
careful picking, many nuts are lost by drop
ping and being broken on the ground. In
deed, in large plantation, the noise of the
falling nuts and the dead old branches
strangely breaks the silence that reigns
around. The force with which they fall is
considerable-suficient, if they alight on
the head. to kill man of ordinarily thick
sk,u
The Morning herald., 1877-09-17

FROM time immemorial, it has been the
custom in the southwest of England for
farmers to throw back shilling, (25 cents)
on every ten sacks of wheat and every ten
quarts of barley they sell. The custom is
supposed to have its origin in the fact that
formerly the dealers met the farmers at
their inns when the market was over and
paid them, when the farmer threw back tho
shilling for drink. If the custom where
.bolished, it is said that it would cost the
largest brewing firm in England $50, 900 a
year.
The Morning herald., 1877-09-17

In July, 1927, England, France and Rus
sia all signed the Treaty of London, by
which they bound themselves 10 compel the
Turk, by force, if it should be needful, to
acknowledge the freedom of Greece. In
November the Turkish navy was annihi-
lated at Navarino by the feet Of the allied
Powers In 1929 the independence of
Greece was acknowledged BY the Sultan
atteE = wAF et eight Year, dus4tieR
The Morning herald., 1877-09-17

r'rFy ingenious system is now employed
"''S lor receiving and dispatching the
o ". "'"de use of as conveyances in pheu-
'' ''OeS' Two lines enter the general
J''' a, each attached to separate apparatus.
n;4. ' ArSt place, for the purpose of trans
o., S messages, an attendant opens the
/; " means of a lever, the boxes and the
'n ~ afe thrown into the tube, and await
IV oo'tom the current of air which will
|o,Il ("pel 'nem' this current being produced as
"S 'he cock is opened which commands
t. ''u OF the apparatus opposite to the
Inc clocks distributes the air upon
:'.ona line. In the second place, the
|.n. 'Aus door is opened by second atten-
'D'' who finds the train at the station, and
|, ls' out the boxes in order to bring the
Ia o,s'''S 10 light The messengers are d.
I,, W. 'n'o TWO classes, questions and answers,
N''S and the executions, and orders which
N' once be exchanged between, any
H. :; u - 'ne city and any point of the inter
\, a. - 'ne province, or abroad, or inversely.
'' ~ ~ necessary in the carrying out of
~. 9'.elll Is a centre, connected in the one
WIN the exterior with the network of
w." wires, and with tho interior in the
WORK of pneumatic tubes.
The Morning herald., 1877-09-17

p,ietns ou ~, faal splitter in Indiana put the
is boIa H upon fellow who chaffed him upon
'ben "'u ua, nead, in these words: "Young man.
Use Aaif to ssu.S" S''' w S0t' vs. yours caA
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-10-20
WASHINGTON NEWS.

Washington, October 1S.-Speaker Randall
has called the attention of Doorkeeper Poll
to the rule requiring all appointments made
by the Doorkeeper to be confirmed by the
Speaker, and informed thai gentleman thai
only one nomination from each congressional
district will be considered
All the pension agents have been here fol
the past two days adjusting the boundaries OF
the new consolidated agencies, which were
much mixed.
The members of the Baltimore Presbyterian
Synod visited the Executive Mansion this
afternoon, to pay their respects to the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Hayes. The visitors were re-
ceived in the east room and severally intro
duced to the President and Mrs. Hayes
Speaker Randall will form the committees
of the House at his home in Philadelphia,
where he may be free from interruption.
Those who have taken pains to ascertain the
private opinion of good many Senators on
the subject of Harlans confirmation as Su-
preme Court Justice, believe he will be con-
frmed without serious objection.
1t is stated Randalrs committees will create
general surprise when published, and that
speculations concerning the chairmanships are
generally incorrect.
L. Benford Prince has been selected sue
cessor to Cornell as naval officer at New York
He is bitter opponent of Conkling. His Sc
lection was mere coincidence.
The War department is in quandary over
the disposition to be made of the Nez Perces.
They will be quartered near civilization this
winter, and in the spring disposed of perma-
nently.
The vote in the Senate to-day shows that
the Republicans are solid.
Members of Congress are disguised to dis
cover they are entitled to no mileage for the
extra session, and are now averse to shorten
ing the session and going home at their own
expense.
1.-The Chicago whiskey-ring lawyers are &C
lively engaged here trying to secure from the |
Treasury Department better terms, on account |
of the recent decision of Judge Miller of st. |
Louis.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-10-20
GAMBETTA.

In these days of hot politics in Franco
there is no figure which stands more proni-
nently before the world than that of Gam
BETA. We are informed as to his personal
appearance as follows by Paris correspon-
dent of the n Y. World: He is scrupluously
well dressed, but it is impossible to make a
dandy of him His very portliness would of
itself be enough to forbid it. He has of late
years made flesh to an alarming extent, and
in this respect has shown himself true
Frenchman, for they nearly all do the same
thing as they approach middle life. At thirty,
one might say, they give up the struggle for
waist The ex-Dictator is evidently too
much at his desk-too little afoot. There
ought to be no danger in him, in a political
sense, for he is of the fat men whom Caesar
did not fear This characteristic of form ex-
tends from his frame to his face; his cheeks
are colossal-the nose, well shaped and de-
fined as it is in itself, is almost lost in them,
and the dark eyes seem to count for nothing
in the waste of fat till one of them flashes
with ire; the other has long since lost the
power by an accident which deprived him of
the sight. Altogether-but let it be said
without irreverepce-he is amazingly like the
claimant to the Tichborne estates. Grace is
altogether gone from the frame, if ever it
were there, and the face would be positively
commonplace but for its expression of extra
ordinary william expression singularly in
harmony with the appearance of the body in
suggesting sort of brute strength of nature.
The hand is exceedingly delicate, full and
heshy indeed but white and tapering finely
at the finger ends to the classic point.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-10-20

DEATH OF AN OLD SETTLER. The Reveille
of Wednesday records the death of an old
settler of Eastern Nevada as follows News
has been received in this city that P c. Turn
er, Familiarity known as Pete Turner, was
found dead in his bed at lone, Nye county,
last Sunday. He had been drinking heavily
for some time past, but the immediate cause
of his death is supposed to have been an
overdose of some drug, as bottle containing
a drug of some kind was found by his bed
side. The bottle was brought into town by
John McComb and deposited with Dr. Wixom
who will make an examination of its contents.
Pete Turner was pioneer of Nevada, and has
resided in the eastern portion of the State for
long time, being one of the earliest settlers
of lone, where he had occupied the positions
of Postmaster and Justice of the Peace. For
several years he has been victim of intern
perance, but before he was captured by
whisky was a square and upright man, pos
sessing many fine qualities and attributes.
He owned at one time extensive mining in
terests at lone and vicinity.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-10-20

BALLOT Box.-Of this famous racer the Reno
Gazette of Thursday evening says: Yesterday
Ballot Box, as noble horse as ever got the
word, won his last heat and ran his last mile.
As he hobbled down the stretch there was
something human about his large eyes and
one could almost translate the look into words
expressive of the noble animals pain and cha
grin of defeat. Those who won money on
the result were loudest in their expressions
of regret, and as the gallant horse was led
away to his stable the crowd seemed drawn
after him by some feeling which was for the
time common to man and horse. The brave
horse who made the best 3-year old race on
record, will never run again.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-10-20

Hayes, who was shot by Pierce at Tusca-
rora, is dead. The Silver State of Thursday
has the following mention: A dispatch from
Tuscarora reports the death of M. B. Hayes
at that place last night. The remains were
sent to Battle Mountain this morning, and
will arrive here on the express train to-mor-
row afternoon. Deceased was member of
Humboldt Lodge, No. 16, l. o. o. F., and
we understand the burial will be conducted
by the Odd Fellows, with the funeral services
of the order
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-10-20

New York, October 10 The managing
committee of Edwin Adams benefit report
that the actual fund, as it now stands in bank
with expenses paid, is s8,553. This sum will
be increased to about 50, 700. The committee
have, with the sanction and consent of Mr..
Adams, voled to place the funds in the hands
of trustees for the benefit of Mrs. Adams.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-10-20

Bishops majority in Ohio is SO, 125 over
West. Meantime Hayess New York admir-
ers have endorsed him again. Well, man
who would admire Hayes after looking at the
Ohio returns ought to endorse him.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-10-20

SAN FRANCISCO, October 19-Chas Crock
er, Vice President of the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company, says the company will
collect material at the Colorado river pending
legislation by Congress. If Congress fails to
grant the right of way, the road will push on
under its territorial franchise The company
will introduce bill at the regular session of
Congress asking merely the right of way, but
will not refuse land grant if they can get it.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-10-20
A RABBIT DRIVE.

Of an aboriginal plan for the slaughter Of
rabbits by wholesale the Reveille of Wednes-
day says: The Piutes and Shoshones of this
vicinity have inaugurated a grand rabbit drive
in Reese River valley, which will last five
days. The valley is teeming with rabbits,
and the method pursued by the Indians in
killing them insures the slaughter of thousands
of the animals Their mode of procedure
in rabbit hunting is the same as that pursued
by the Irish soldier, who captured prisoner
by surrounding him. The Indians select a
piece of ground which they know to be the
resort of rabbits and, each man being armed
with gun or bow and arrows, form circle
Inside of this circle the women and children
are placed, and the circle is gradually con-
tracted, the squaws and papooses meanwhile
beating the brush with sticks to start the rab-
bits. The bewildered little animals rush
hither and thither, finding no escape from the
circle of hunters and being hemmed in on
every side and gradually concentrated in
smaller and smaller space; and when the su-
preme moment arrives, the Indians turn loose
their guns and arrows on the afrighted rab-
bits, Staying large numbers at each dis
charge, and the women and children even
killing many with their sticks. Captain
Charley, a Piute, who is chief engineer of this
drive, says that after it is over there will be
a joint fandango of the Piutes and Shoshones,
at which his son, Liar" will ''make him big
talk" Charley's son was dubbed Elias by
some white man; but the Indians cannot pro-
nounce the word Elias, the nearest they can
come to it being ''Liar," and by that name is
he called and known
Middletown transcript., 1877-08-25
SeIett Storp.
True Worth of Man.

"Henry, you mustn't let the desire to
save money lead you 10 be neglectful
Of personal appearance"
The bOy-or the young mamie
was sixteen-looked up from the desk
as he heard the words and felt a hand
upon his shoulder. His face flushed,
his lips quivered, and tear came very
near escaping. He was a handsome
youth with clear, fresh, healthfnl com
plexion, and face and. form indicative
of force and power.
Jacob Van Worst was a merchant
one Of the old school, upright, truthful,
and conscientious. Henry seaton had
been recommended to him over a year
before by clergyman, with whom he
had been taken into the counting house,
first as errand boy, but, very soon, his
knowledge Of figures, and his ready
command ofpen, having become known,
he was promoted to desk to assist one
Of the dispatch clerks.
'Mr. Van Worst" Henry said, his
voice not quite steady. 81 trust 1 may
never love money well enough to sac
rifce to it anything of greater WORTH"
There was manliness in the answer,
and manliness in the bright face that
looked up into his own, yet the mer-
chant spoke the words which had form
ed themselves upon his lips.
Surely, Henry, | pay you enough
to enable you to clothe yourself respect
ably, besides paying your board"
"Yes, sir. / viii get better clothes
next week"
A few minutes later the merchant
looked up from his paper and saw
tears upon the youthful clerk. He
could not quite understand it, but he
asked no questions.
A month after this Mr.. Van Worst
had business up the river, and the bu-
siness called him to Clarkstown. While
there he heard of a Mrs. Seaton, and