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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-05-03

AT LAsT-We have long been in state of
wonderment why it was that the rogues who
wrecked the Continental were not proceeded
against under the criminal law. 1t seems by
the following, which we copy from the
Chronicle of last evening, that some of the
scamps are to be dealt with as they deserve
Says the dispatch:
New York, May 2.-Thomas E. Lambert,
President, and Alexander j, Reed, Actuary,
of the Popular Life Insurance Company, have
been indicted for answering falsely tits alleged
to the statements of the standing of the
company Indictments have also been found
against Luther B. Frost, President, and P
Rodgers, Secretary of the Continental Life
Insurance Company, upon similar grounds.
Those who have been robbed by this fellow
Frost will find some satisfaction in the prob
ability of his getting a term in one of the
New York Penitentiaries
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-05-03

Apropos of the stock smash, elsewhere al
luded to- let it be remarked that the market
depends upon developments, and that the de-
velopments which originally made a mining
stock market in San Francisco depended upon,
or owed the possibility of their origin to, one
William Ralston, deceased. He shoveled out
from the Bank of California, with a cheerful
and heroic hand, the millions which resulted
in the Crown Point, the Belcher and the min
ing renaissance of 1S7O-71-72 and so on.
He was the inspiration behind Sharon. He
was as much moved by fine frenzy for great
enterprises as ever Byron was by the frenzy
of poetry. The people reap the benefits of
disbanded bank dollars when such as Ralston
get control of the hoardings and gains of old
Money Bags. His amazing inspiration seems
to have lasted, with gradual waning of its
impulse, through the eighteen or twenty
months since his death. To wait for develop
ments to create market and "give us deal"
is like waiting to learn to swim before going
to the water. There was as much doubt of
what was in the bottom of the lode from 1867
Ralston is needed to dare to have faith and
risk the needed money in the direction of
possible developments. They will not come
for the wishing, merely.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-05-03

We are not displeased to see that our con-
temporaries are disposed to initiate our own
poetical manner and method of expressing
the more delicate facts and phases of life
reporter, alludes to the women who avail
themselves of the advantages of the Lying-in
Hospital there as "The unfortunates who
seek the secret shelter of its fold when over
come by the primal sacred sorrow of their
sex." Such beautiful alliterative language as
this is well timed rebuke to the Sairy
Camps and Betsy Prigs of nursedom as well
as to the dry attendants who wait upon the
accouchement of journalistic paragraphs and
small reportorial responsibilities.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-05-03

Blaines are prevalent as well as popular in
Maine, and they utilize all sorts from Chill
to Jim, and that's how it happens that the
latter, in the midst of countless multitudes of
the former, has been chosen Chairman of the
Republican Central Committee of his adopted
State. Jim is a lucky caapet Dagger
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-05-03

The Reveille has made the likely discovery
that May day is so called ''because it may be
fine weather on that day or it may not-in
this country generally not" That is to say,
May is all evasion both in syntax and meteor
ology The Interpretation is all too true
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-05-03
LINES ON TEARING OFF A NEWS
PAPER WRAPPER.

The frugal mind doth feel inclined
To save both great and small,
And never waste drop of paste
Which may be saved at all
And as with paste, so too with waste
Election ballots, which
Are dropped in haste or get defaced
At primaries and SIGH.
Now when we tear, with hurried air,
The covers of exchanges,
We sometimes swear to see the care
To tighten those bandages,
And make 'em close az any hose
About leg or shin,
Or pin-b back clothes, or fly on nose,
Or underwear that's thin.
Or when we come to run our thumb
Those envelOpings under,
And find some rum old cove, or bum
Has torn the same asunder,
Stealing our news before we choose
To get down in the morning
Could we refuse his head to bruise,
And put his eye in mourning?
But, oh! the feeling upon us stealing
When that wrapper its inside displays,
To find it revealing (oh era of feeling,)
A campaign picture of Hayes.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-05-03

Strikes are of frequent report in the Elko
lations to be rendered to the Independent for
the good times promised to itself and consti-
tuencV
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-05-03
STOCKS BOUGHT AND SOLD.

The Carson City Savings Bank from and after April 9Th
will buy and sell mining stocks Liberal margins will be
allowed on approved stocks
San Francisco correspondent, l. Glazier & Co.
April 7, 1877 GEORGE B. HILL, Cashier.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-05-03

About this time look out for the writings o
the hopeless Ignorant who write about th'
Musselmen.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-05-03

Ben Fitch is making brick in Elko County
Bens father was brick maker too ; for Ben
himself is a brick, and we hope that Good
Luck may come down upon him like thou
sand of 'em.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-05-03

The Belmont Courier speaks in an encour-
aging tone of the prospects of the mining
interests by which it is surrounded.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-05-03

The proclamation calling an extra session
of Congress will be issued tomorrow The
10Th of June will probably be the day named
for the assembling
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-05-03

Will it be metempsychoss or transmogrif-
cation if the Russian Bear becomes Turkey
gobbler?
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-05-03

Only two men killed in the recent railway
accident near Chicago. More sarcasm from
st. Louis.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-22

A WONDERFUL INyENTToN.-The French
papers tell lis Of n wonderful invention,
which will enable the feebIest Of us 10
'witch the world with noble coacIman-
ship" The horse of Tie future is not to
be driven by ordinary rsins. Isut by
electricity combined with them. The
coacllman is to have under his seat al
electromagnetic apparatus, which he
works b. Il little handle. One rein is
carried through the rein TO the bit and
another to the crupper, 80 ti.at current
once set up goes the entire lonestl of tho
horse along the spine. 4 sudden shock
Will, We are gravely assured, stop the
most violent run: way or The most ohsti-
nate jibber. The creature, however
strong and however vicious, IS cat once
transformed into a sort OF inof,aLs We
horse of wood, with the Ieet firmly nail
ed to the ground" CuriousIy enough,
the opposite effect may be produced by
4 succession OF small shocks. Under the
influence of these the veriest screw can
be suddenly endowed with a vigor and
fire indesoribable, and even the Rosi-
mantle of Don Quixote would gallop like
Derby winner.-Ne,C York Nezys.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-22

The Boy AND THE PANTHER. The
Colusa (Cal.l SIM tells the following
story Last Saturday Master JOHN
Williams, aged 13, was out hunting near
home, on Elk creek, when he ran across
panther anu gave him the benefit of
the contents of his rife. The panther
made off, and the young man loaded up
again and gave him chase, getting in
another shot on him. This time, how
ever, the panther got ont of his sight,
but he could sec from the blood that he
had been hit. He went home and dream
ed all night, of course, of fighting pan
theirs with grizzly or two thrown in to
make it interesting. Next morning,
bright and early, he gathered his gun,
determined Oh finding that panther
He got on the blood, which he traced
into hollow log. He fired into the log
and then got an ak and cut the panther
out, finding him still alive, but he fin
l6hed him up and dragged his trophy in
triumph home. An inspection showed
that both balls OF the previous evening
had gone through the panther's lungs.
He was an immense fellow, measuring
seven feet from tip to tip. 80
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-22

AMERICAN ENTERPRISE. E.-The Phiiadel-
p'lia ledger Of Wednesday says There
cleared Yesterday from this city for Leg
horn, Ill Italy, the barkentine Addie E..
Sleeper, a vessel Of about ] 800 tons
capaeity, with full cargo OF orr manu-
Tactures. Consignmentso of cotton prints
are shipped by over thirty oE the chief
mills OF the country, including leading
makers IN and near the city. Samples
Of Texas, Louisiana and Carolina cotton
are taken, also samples of American
railroad iron, spikes, stoves, nails, shoy-
els. locks, tachs, hollow ware, and an
assortment Of hardware These samples
make I'D considerable portion of the
cargo, and they are intended to intro
duce these staple American goods to the
Italian markets. These samples will be
distributed upon arrival at Leghorn to
the Chambers of Commerce and other
public commercial bodies in that city,
and also III Turin, Genoa, Florence, Rome,
Naples, Palermo, and Messina. The
direct cotton print expectation to Italy
is intended TO forstall o circuitous expor-
tation now going on in those articles
from this country to Manchester, and
thence to Italy where the goods are sold
as English manufactures. One house
in this city is reported as sending weekly
to Liverpool fifty cases Of muslins, the
demand being reguler.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-22
NOVEL METHOD OF PUNIsHIEg
BAD CHICKENS.

We had good deal of trorble last
summer with Pitmans chickens. AS
fast as we would plant anything in our
little garden, those chickens OF Pitman' S
would creep through the fence, scratcl,
/ out the seed, fill up and 90 home. When
! the rsd.lish bed had been ravisl.ed in
! this manner for the fifth time, we com
! planned to Pitman. He was not disDfs-
cd to interfere. ''Adeler, he said, 81
tell you it does 'em good and it does
| them beds good to be raked over hv
chickens. Il / have raddishes, give me
chickens to scratch around 'em and eat
mp the worms. Raddishes that havn't
been scratched, ain't worth a cent. -
Then we climbed over the fence, with
the determination to take the law inro
our hands. We proccred half peck Of
corn and two dozen dilninutive fish
hooks. Fastening the hooks each into
grain Of corn, we tied thin wire to each
hook. Then we scattered the whole Of
the corn on the radish-bed and fixed the
end OF the wires to the biggest sby-rock-
ct we could get. The rocket stood in a
frame about ten yards away from the
hooks. That very morning Pnman's
chickens came oyer and instantly began
to deyour the corn. We were ready and
as soon as it WAS evident that the hooks
were all swallowed, We applied a match
to the rocket. Tt is probable that no
barn yard fowls that have lived since
the days OF Noah ever proceeded toward
the azure yault of heaven with such
rapidity as those did. 4 fzz, a few
elacnlatory cackles, pnff OF smoke,
and Pltman's roosters and puliets We're
swishing around among the celestial con-
stel!ations without their feathers, and
in some doubt respecting the stability
of earthly things. Pitman never knew
what became of his fowls but when we
read in the paper next day that twenty !
four undone chickens with fish hooks in |
their craws, had been rained down by a |
hurricane i'll New Jersey, we felt certain /
that the sky rocket had done it's duty /
lI0G -4Geie1..
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-22
HOW VALENTINES ARE MADE.

Modern valentines aside from valu-
able presents contained in them. are
very pretty things, anl they are gcoE
ing prettier every year, since large bus
mess honses spare neither skill nor
money in getting them up. The most in
/ terestiag thing about them to s:gro vn
, ups IS the way they are made: and per
haps even you youngsters who watch
eagerly for the postman, sinking be
meath the load OF endorsements not
his own, would like to know how satin
and lace and flowers and other dainty
things grow into valentine.
It Is no fuiry's haudiwork. Il went
through the hands of grimy looking
workmen and dowdy looking girls: it
made familiar acquaintance with sand
paper and gIne-pots, and steel stamps
/ and inky presses and paint brushes,
and ali sorts of unpleasant things, le-
fore it reached your hands.
10 be sure a dreamy artist may have
designed it. but a li5hographer with
inky fingers printed the picture On it;
a die cutter with sleeves rolled I'D made
a pattern in steel with the lace work on
the edge; and dingy looking pressman
with paper hat on stamped the pattern
around the picture. Another hard hand
ed workman rubbed the back Of the
stamped lace with sand paper till itcame
IN holes and looked like lace, and nct
merely like stamped paper, and a row
OF girls at common long table, talking
about their narrow lives, the hard times
and 50 fclth-put on the colors with
stencils, gummed Oil the hearts and
darts and cupids Of flowers and mirrors
and doors and curtains, and stuck in the
sacket powder, and tied up the bows,
and sewed On the fripges, and tucked in
the handkerchief Or ether gift, and other
wise finished the thing exactly ike the
pattern before them. You see the sen
tiEnent about the valentine doesn't be-
GIN yet. To all these workmen it is
merely their daily work, and to them
means only bread and butter and home.
1t is not until Tom, Dick or Harry
taiEes it from the stationer and writes
yopr namc on it that it acquires in some
mysterious way the sentiment that makes
= such a nice thing To Get.
The hideous Ammunition called a
"comic Valentine which is merely
a cruel or low minded Insult to
the receiver, is beneath the notice of anv
gentleman, whether he be five or fifty
years old, and | am snre no boy cares
to know inst how ii is matle.-G0ol
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-22

4 MOUNTAIN OF SALT.-A correspond
ent Of the San Francisco Chronicle
writes cone mile above the ferry the
Virgin River comes in from the North,
and on and neal 1t is, perhaps, the most
wonderful and extensive salt formation
on the continent. The formation is in
fact one Of the mountains Of salt, hard
rock salt which is blasted ana gisarriad
out like quarries of granite end marble
Commencing six miles up the Virgin
River, these mountains of salt extend
fer thirty OF more miles up the Virgin
and Muddy rivers. There are openings
now made from six to twenty miles up
the Virgin River at different places.
From six to twelve miles these openings
uncover species of dark gray salt, nine
tg-two per cent. pure, presenting to the
casual observer the appearance of com
mon, coarse, gray granite. These open
ings are all on the east side Of Virgin
River. from one fourth to one half mile
mp from its banks. At a point twenty
miles up the river, and on tho western
side, is mountain of pure white crys-
talized salt, white as the driven snow,
aad transparent almost as glass. 1t is
al once a pleasing and interesting spec
tacle to see the great masses OF crystal
like salt, as thrown out by three or
fill blocks resemble somewbat blocks Of
the purest ice when prepared for the ice
house.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-22

Mn. LANCASTER HoDSEs of Brown
vile, Ne, is a gentleman who has at
tained the rathoE nlatrre age Of I06 years.
The other day youth OF 50 appeared
at the centenarian's home aud taking mp
his fiddle enthusiastically played divers
old fashioned dance tunes like "Money
Musk" Presently the old gentleman of
10e began e lift his snowy head with an
excited air. and in Ave miilgs.cs he was
in the middle Of the floor cutting the
pigeon-wing and other figures in hill
arious and scientific fashion, which could
not be surpassed by any youthful votary
of Mr. Swiveller's favorite exercise, the
fnaZY.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-22

The latest cremation experiment at
Washington was an ignominious failure
4 Granger living near there found live
and frisky potato-bug wandering ahont
lis premises without any means OF sip
port so he captured the beetle, bottled
him up, and buried him il 4 snow bank
1T the end of five weeks he was released
from his prison, and appeared as full Of
life as a tramp is OF impudence. Then
the Granger took the bug over to DR..
LsMoyne's furnace, and subjected him
to heat Of l, 400 degrees above zero for
ten hours and wle1 the oven was oper-
ed, that ridiculous bug smiled sardoni
cally, tapped its wings, and few away
to parts unknown. The crenating pro-
cess merely fhawed him out AMI made
him feel good AMI # this story is not
true-anG We admit that i: has dime
novel flavor abogt lit is the bugs
fault and not ours.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-22

A LIARS VICToRY.-The fact that
Detroiters are long suffering and kind
hearted was again empIifed yesterday.
One OF thcdozen passengers ofWoodward
avenue car suddenly remarked that it was
an awfnl snow stern, and thas he never
saw so much snow cn the gronnd be-
fore. epoch !" exclaimed little Wifi
fet of a man in the corner; ''this is 70
storm at ali Why, in Omaha [ have
seen # feet of snow on the ground at
once -
;ii5nrie,1 the town, diln't it 2" quired
the man opposite.
''Of conrse it buried the town, but
that was all right. We dug out the
snow and left crust, as a sort of sky,
and in three days we bad summer wealth
er down there. Roses b!oomed, peach
trees blossomed, and the boys went in
swimming, the same rs in July Don't
talk to me about such storms as this!"
"W-what became of the crust" g sp-
ed a man at the front end Of the car.
''It's hanging up there yeti" rerlied
the noble liar, ''and the man who doubts
uay word wants to step off the car for
hall a Minute -
There that whole dozen men sat as
mute as clans, not daring TO even wink
at each other, Or to enter protest, while
the little man branched of anew and be-
gan telling thai he had seen hailstones
weighing six pounds each.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-22

The Amer'n Journal ofPharrnaey SAYS
that for some time past HerJG ,Sea.pyIi
wild thymel has been used with success
10 effect permanent cure of drunken
ness. In case of a relapse tonly after
years. a short treatment will effect q
cure again. The treatment consists III
making al infusion OF Wild thyme Il !oz.
TO l pints), and giving the patient a
teaspoonful every half-hour. The next
day it is given every two hours,
and then four to six times day until the
cure is complete, which generally takes
from two to three weeks. The effects
are in the following ortler:-Vonlifing
diarrhoe, increased urine, strong trans
oiratie 4, then generally increafed ap-
petite and craving FOR acidnlous bever-
ages. The diet-easily digested food
and lemonade or other acdulous liquids.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-22
THE LOVE OF MONEY,
Bow Kiser Wa Caught in His ovn Trap.

The true miser loves to look at Lii
| gold, in which he finds more ieaut,
than elsewhere exists in the universe
consequently when Sir William Smith
wealthy English miser, was, al
seventy years Of age, deprived Of hi:
| sight, he felt it to be terrible affection
He was persuaded by Taylor, the cele
brated oeolist, to be couched who was
| By agreement, to have sixty glineas i
he restored his patient to any degree oi
sight. Taylor succeeded in his opera
ton, and Sir William was enabled tc
read and write without the aid Of spec,
tacles during the rest of his life. But nc
sooner was his sight restored, than the
baf0net began to regret that his agree
ment had been Tor so large sum he
felt no JOY as others would have felt, but
grieved and sighed over the loss of his
| sixty guineas. His thoughts We're now
how TO cheat the oculist he pretended
he had only glimmering AMI could see
nothing distinctly +; for such reason the
bandage on his eye was continued a
month longer than the usual time. Tay-
lor was deceived by these misrepresen-
tations, and agreed to compound the
bargain, and accept twenty guineas in
stead of sixty. Yet Sir William was an
old bachelor, and had nobody to care or
provide for. At the time Taylor attend
ed him he had large estate, an immense
sum Of money in the stocks, and thirty
Thousand dollars III the house.
When the government desired to bor-
row large sum of money from the i'm
mensely wealthy miser, Foscne, he re
fused the loan on the plea of poverty.
Fearing, however, thatsome Of his neigh
bors, among whom he was very unpop1-
lar, would report his immense wealth to
the government, he applied his ingenui-
ty to discover some effectual way OF hid
ing his gold, should they institute a
search to ascertain the truth or falsehood
Of his plea.
With great care and secrecy he dag a
deep cave IN his cellar; to this receptacle
for his treasure he descended by a. lad
deg, and to the trap door he attached a
spring lock. so thai On shutting it wouls!
fasten OF itself. by ana by the miser
disappeared inquiries were made the
house searched woods explored, and
the ponds were dragged, but 10 Foscue
could they find and gossips began to
conclude that the miser had fed with
his gold to some part where, by living
ii2coQ2aiio, he could be free from the
hands of the governmeat.
Some time passed on the house in
hich he had lived was sold, and work
men were basily engaged in It's repair.
In the progress OF their work they I-lct
with the door Of the secret cave, with
the key in tiie iooiG outside. They drew
back the door and descended with
light. The first object upon which tie
lamp reflected was the ghastly body OF
Foscue, the pnisar, and scattered about
him We're heavy bags of gold aud pon
derous chests Of untold treasure ;. 9 can
diesticlS lay beside him On the foor.
The worshipper Of nammon had gone
into his cave to pay his devoirs to his
golden god, and became sacrifice to
his devotion.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-22
TIE Philadelphia Record 4.

TIE Philadelphia Record gives the
following IS the mode of copying notes
employed by Tie eoqn.crf.e..ts who Eera
arrested in Pennsylvania : ga paste is
prepared, upon which the Tote to be
reproduced is laid, and allowed to stand
until q clear impression of the finest
lines are taken. The note Is thea re-
moved, and the paste in time becomes
almost as hard as stone. An eiectrotype
of tie Impression Is then taken, and the
that none but an expert can detect the
fraud. "
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-22

EtTSERAI, WooL.-It is we'll known
that at nearly all blast furnaces the Gin
ders and slags are thrown away, and
they sometimes accumulate to such an
extent as to greatly interfere with the
trans portation of fuel and ore to the
works. 1t is now proposed to manufac-
turo mineral fibre out of them which
can be spun into re-proof and non con-
dncting packings, and can be worked up
into chemical products. At the Krupp
Works, Essen, Prussia, the operation Is
conducted as follows The pig iron fur
mace is provided with tap an inch in
diameter, ont of which a continual stream
of Stag is allowed to flow and TO fall a
distance Of tyo feet six inches, when it
is met by G strong blast of cold aif, by
which it is spun into myriads Of hair
like threads, as white as snow, and re-
sembling the finest wool. These fbres
look like spun glass, and also recall the
famous Pele's hair, which is produced
by strong currents of air blowing across
the melted lava Of The volcano of XII.
auea, i'll the Sandwich Islands. 1t is
rather remarki lie that the idea should
not have heen borrowed from this natur
al volcano many years before.