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A ShreWd Young TralAp.

The tramp industry, like other in
dustries, seems to flourish because it
pays. rs witness the two diaries of the
systematic Master Frank Eabelle, or
Taylor, aged II, originally of St. James
parish, La, then of the wide, wide
world, and now OF the Albany Peniten-
tiary, where he will remain for six
months He is slight and eGEeminate in
appearance, and his lay was to work
lawyers offices, asking for $2.70 with
which to get home to Maine. He wanted
TO get copying, and, as the lawyers usu-
ally had no copying, neither any 81. 20,
they would compromise by giving him a
quarter or an order for q dinner. or
something of the sort. He always asked
for his benefactor's address, nominally
to return him the sum, but really to en-
ter it III his diary, with the day of the
month and the amount of the donation.
This diary showed that, between Decem-
Der 7 and May 8, five months, he had
received $449.05, and during the last
week of that term $35.O5. His best
days work was at Galveston, March Is.
when he took in $3.50. He says that
Galveston and Houston are the best and
most generous places he has met with.
The names of his victims include rail
road and steamboat officials. newspaper
men, United States Senators, bankers.
lawyers and the hke.-NeW York
UTnrTI
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Many BosOms With a Single Thought.

An amusing incident happened on a
Kansas City paper the other day. Two
brothers, named Hart, were arrested
somewhere in the interior for obtaining
goods under false pretenses. There was
unusual commotion and mystery among
the members of the editorial staff
that evening, and each said unto the
other, "I've got bully thing for to-
morrow's paper-juSt you wait and see;"
and, being asked what the bully thing
was, declined to go into further particu-
lars just then. Next morning the mys-
terry was solved There was an editorial
note in the first column as follows:
"The Hart Brothers were arrested
yesterday, at -, foT defrauding their
creditors. They were evidently, as the
poet says, Two Harris that beat as
one. ,"
Halfway down the same page was an
other editorial paragraph, MS follows:
1.-Two Harts that beat their creditors
like one, on even more, were arrested
yesterday, at -. Let us hope that
the righteous Judge will, in the words
of Cicero, Soc ct tuum.
Over on the second colHmn there was
a display healing, in big black type
1.-Two Harris That Beat Like One;" away
down at the foot of the third column was
a little item, surreptitiously inserted by
the advertising clerk, about two hearts
that beat as one, and half way down the
fourth was letter from '"T. Y. Pc, )" the
acknowledged wit of the composing room,
addressed to the editor OF the Kansas
City WhanSdOodle, and asking if that
wasn't case of two hearts (Harts) that
beat as one. The different authors of
this exquisite witticism spent the morn
ing in paying visits of coincidence to
each other, and remarking with dispar-
aging shifts, that it would only be in ac-
cordance with fraternal feeling and news
paper etiquette so let another member of
the staff know when one intended max
ing dun fool of himself in specific
direction. Chicago Tribune.
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The Fifty.DOllar Coin.

II appears that the new $50 gold coin,
which is to be struck from die now in
course OF preparation by the officers OF
the Mint, will not be the first coin of
that value struck in the United States.
In 1851 $50 gold coins were issued at the
Assay Office in San Francisco. 1t is
said that millions of dollars of this de-
nomination were coined and went into
use, but that they gradually disap-
peared, for the reason that they were
intrinsically worth more than $50 III gold
by reason of the silver they contained in
excess of the standard. They came to
be used for mechanical purposes, or they
were sent to the Mint for recoinage.
Washington Cor. Net0 York Tribune.
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4 Great Curiosity.

Yesterday great curiosity was placed
on our tabIe-a deer's heart containing
the flint barb of an arrow. Last Sun
day, Mr., F. Sharp, of Aycata, was out on
Boyntons prairie on deer hunt. He
saw large five-point buck and brought
it down with his rifle. Taking off the
hide and securing the heart and other
rare bits, he started home. On arriving
there Mrs. Sharp boiled the heart and
when the meal was ready placed it on the
table. In attempting to cut the heart
the knife struck against something hard.
The lady split the heart open, and in the
fleshy part the flint barb OF an arrow was
found. 1t must have been there a long
time, as the flesh calloused all around it,
and the scar, where the barb entered, is
plain to be seen. This is quite a curios-
ity, as only few such instances are
known to be on record. Humboldt
((HL) Times
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slN A NAUGHTY LITTLE BOY, SLEEP
ING.
by BRET HARrE.

just now missed from hall and stair
joyful treble that had grown
AS dear to me that grave tone
That tells the world my older care.
And little footsteps ON the moor
Were stayed. laid aside my pen,
Forget my theme and lstened-then
stole softly 10 the library door.
No sight no sound Ia moments freak
or fancy thrilled my pulses through;
"If-no and yet, that fancy drew
A fathers blood from heart and cheek.
And then-I found him There he lay,
Surprised by sleep. caught In the act
The rosy vandal who had sacked
His little town, and thought II play.
The chartered vase the broken jar:
match still smoldering on the floor;
The inkstand's purple pool OF gore;
The chessmen scattered near and far.
Strewn leaves of albums lightly pressed
This wicked (" Baby Of the Woods :"
In fact, of half the household goods
This son and heir was seized-possessed.
Yet all in vain, for sleep had caught
The hand. that reached, the feet that strayed
And fallen in that ambuscade
The victor was himself o'erwrought.
What though torn leaves and tattered book
Still testified his deep disgrace
4 stopped and kissed the inky face,
With its demure and calm outlook.
Then back stole, and half beguiled
My guilt in trust that when my sleep
Should come, there might be One who'd keep
An equal mercy for His child
IitypeT's Magazine for JUty.
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That Big Frog.

LII Wns remembered aIJerWhru VIM no
had sneaking, low-down look, and the
boys were sorry that they didn't arrest
him as the Nathan murderer. He called
ut the Ninth Avenue Station and asked
if they had an aquarium there, and II
they didn't want Lake st. Clair frog
to put in it, and he added:
Gentlemen, it is frog which L
caught myself, and he really ought to
be on exhibition. / never saw frog OF
his size before"
How large is it? inquired Ser
geant, instinctively CHANGING toward the
top of the coal-stove
Gentlemen, / hate to give you the
figures, because I'm stranger, replied
the man.
"Theres some old whOppers up in
the lake." put in one of the relief squad.
I've seen 'em as big as a stove-cover,
and even bigger"
"Well, some one ought to have this
frog who can feed him up well, said the
stranger. 81 amt much on natural
science, and I've seen about all there is
to see, but this frog-great heavens !!
Some man ought to take him round the
country y
"How did you catch him 2" asked the
Captain.
Run HIM down with tug and threw
fish-net over him."
"And he's monster, ell ?"
ga monster. Well, / don't want to
give you dimensions. Three reporters
were Mt my house last night to get his
length over all, breadth of beam, and
carrying capacity, but / wouldn't let
them in don't care for the glory of
the capture, but simply desire the adj
vancement of the general interests of the
State"
"I've heard sailors tell of seeing frogs
up there as large nail-keg, but l
thought they were lying" observed the
Sergeant.
Nail-keg! Why, dye suppose I'd
come around here with a frog which you
could put into a nail-keg %
81 suppose he'd go into a barrel, {"
tremblingly remarked the Sergeant.
Gentlemen, you may have sailed
across Lake st. Clair" coldly replied
the stranger, "but it's plain to me you
never showed boat through the marshes.
Would fool away my time on frog no
larger than barrel? Would tug-boat
chase such frog"
81 shouldn't be bit surprised if this
frog was as large as a hogshead, said
the Captain. "I've seen 'em up there
even larger than that"
GA hogshead Gentlemen, L see
that you don't care for this frog; you
are willing that 1 should ship it away to
some other town. Good-by, gentle
men,"
"Hold on ~ called the Captain, hold
ing out his last cigar. 1--WE believe
you, of course. If you said this frog
was as large as a wagon-box 1 should
believe you, for I've seen 'em up there
fully as large as that Please give us
the dimensions of this frog"
The man Lit his cigar, took a pill-box
from his vest pocket, and, shaking out
frog not over three days transformed
from pollywog he quietly observed:
+" Gentlemen, get out your tape-lines! :"
When they rose uphe had vanished
Detroit Free Press.
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The Electoral Commission Records.

In drafting the bill for the Electoral
Commission no provisions was made for
depositor OF the records of the COM
mission. They consequently now re-
main in the custody of the Secretary of
the commission, who is considerably
embarrassed with their possession. The
law makes him responsible to no one,
and the official record of the Presidential
title might be destroyed at any hour
without responsibility. The Secretary
is very worthy gentleman and would
be glad to be relieved of the custody OF
such important documents. = Washing
tom corr = ,HGencc
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MEASURES.
BY HELEN HUNT.

have dainty cup Of glass;
IL Is not craven by line;
It's beauty In its fragileness;
A baby's hand might crush IL fine.
gave a man 10 drink from II,
One day, draught Of water cold.
He took IL like a womans hand,
In reverent, loving, lingering hold.
He held II up In keen delight,
Gazed on It's texture rare and fine:
"Snch glass as this" he rapturous said,
ssGives water all the grace Of wine."
Another day, another man
Sat eating, drir king at my board
Into the dainty, peerless glass,
peerless wine for him poured.
He drank il at a swallow down:
With smothered wrath weli-nigh burst.
Nor wine nor glass was sught TO him,
so that he quenched his boorish thirst.
"Ah me 7" said, Ito him that hath,
All things ON earth their tribute bring;
From him that hath not, earth takes back,
And leaves him beggared, though king"
.Scribner for July.
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Another AstOnisher.

Mrs. John Boiler of Jalapa, wife OF
the borough Supervisor, was breaking
eggs into a crock, and when she opened
one she found small, perfect egg, al
most as large as robins egg, and,
with a speckled shell, imbedded in the
yelk. This little egg contained a partially
developed, perfectly formed snake
Pottsville (Pd.) Chronicle.
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not awake, and, the situation being dis
covered, his aunt prevented any noise
being made until two boys climbed the
tree and awoke him, and he got down
safely.-DetrOH Post.
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Russian Generals.

The enumeration of the Russian Gen.
erals in the following extract from South
eys humorous poem, "The March to
Moscow" may again be read and pro-
woke smile. Many of the same names
that figured in Bonapartes disastrous
campaign of 1912 are once more made
familiar to us by the dispatches from the
East
There was Formazow and Jemalow.
And all the others that end in ow:
Modradoyitch and Jaladoyitch.
And Karatschowitch,
And all the others that end In itch:
Schamschef, Souchosaneff,
And Schepalef,
And all the others that end in eff
wassittchikof. Kostmarof
And Tchoglokof,
And all the others that end in off
kajensky and Novereffsky,
And Rieffsky
And all the others that end in effsky;
And Paton he played them of,
And Shouvalof he shoveld them off,
And Markof he marks them of
And Krossnof he cross them off,
And Touchkof he touchd them of
And Boroskoff he bored them or
And Kutousoff he cut them of.
And Psrcnkof he pared them or
And Worrouzoh he worried them or
And Doctoroh he doctor them Off
And Rodionof he noge'd them Of
The attendance at the PHILADELPHIA
Permanent Exhibition is very meager.
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The attendance at the Philadelphia
Permanent Exhibition is very meager.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-07-15

gyHIS BANK WILL RECEIVE SAVINGS
L. Deposits in sums low One Dollar and issue
Pass Books for the
VIII issue Time and Call Certificates Of Deposit, and
receive Commercial Deposits open account subject 10
check draft demand
VIII pay interest Time Certificates and Savings De-
posts
Buy and sell exchange New York, Canada and San
Francisco Currency and Bullion bought and sold
Make collections, loan money, and discount oomnaer'
cisl paper.
AGENTS FOR THE FOLLOWING INSURANCE
COMPANIES:
NEFrencE Corporation. and
Commercial Union OF london.
GEORGE TUFLY, President
RICHARD KIRMAs Vice President
GEORGE B. Hill, Cashier noVlS
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-07-15

dog or your dogs or your. boys dog or dogs
the requisite permit to be dog, and being
dog, to enjoy any post or other attribute OF
canine liberty lying in the pathway of his
dogmatic career. We advise the Juggler-
liking readers of the MORNING APPEAL to HE
him at once to the Theater and secure him
seating place-for there is going to be grand
outpouring of the people to see the Commo-
dore
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-07-15

ACTION OF BOARD OF PARDoNs. -CockerilPs
case was continued to tho next session of the
Board, in October next; also Casy's. James
Gleason's case was continued to the same time
bv request of his attorney Bethard's case
was not presented to the Board. Duke was
hardened, in considerati ton of 143 days extra
extra service performed as cook, etc. Pat
McCue's case was continued to the October
session. Dugan's application was denied.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-07-15
MINING STOCK REPORT.
MORNING BOARD.

MORNING BOARD.
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California 17os 82 loss zoos IS bso soos 49, l0os - %
Hale and Norcross slss
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Crown Point 1865 81, los $40
Yellow Jacket Cos 9sz, s0s "a
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Rock Island 40s 25c
Dardanelles 500s csc
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Alta 22Os 19o zoos 1895, 3ss
Lady Washington zoos lilo
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Leopard los 1.3o, zoos lbs
Northern Belle 46s II, SIS l6Z
Rye Patch 600s 31l 3oos $50
Belmont 30s
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Raymond Ely sos 81 Cos s14 Zoos 81, SOS Sss
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Peytona 1075s Ito
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
United States for the District Of Nevada In the mat
of George w. Chedic, bankrupt. In Bankruptcy -
District OF Nevada ss-Notice hereby given that George
w Chedic Of Carson City, Ormsby county in said District
duly adjudged bankrupt according TO law, has filed in
this Court petition for discharge and certificate thereof
from all his debts and other claims provabe under Title 81
Of Revised of the United States and that
TUESDAY, THE 10th DAY OF JULY, A D. 1877, at 10
o'clock NJ of said day, in open Court In Carson City.
been appointed the time and place for hearing tbs
when and whore the creditors who have proved their
debts and any person In interest," appear and show
cause, any they have, why the prayer the petitioner
should not be granted. 7. J. EDWARDS Clerk
Carson City, June 20, 1877
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SARGENrs LETTER TO JUDGE MCFARLAND
The San Francisco Spirit of the Times
makes statement with regard to Senator Sar
gents letter to Judge Mcfarland so erroneous
as to demand refutat:on. 1t asserts that
the aforesaid letter was written by George G.
Gorham, and that Mr.. Sargent did not see it
until it was in type. Now the fact is that the
letter was first printed in the columns of the
Record Union, and it was written by Mr.. Sar-
gent himself Not only was the letter in Mr.,
Sargent's own handwriting, but the turns OF
expression, the sentiments and the whole
character of it belonged to him and to nobody
else We have nothing to say regarding the
other letter, which may have been written by
anybody for all we know to the contrary, but
Senator Sargent unquestionably wrote the
reply, and very positive and uncompromis-
ing statement in regard to the Senatorial sue
cession he made in it -Sacramento Record
Union, July 10th,
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-07-15

MORE PRESIDENTIAL BLUsrER. j. P.
Hamilton, Secretary of the Kanses Repub-
lican association, called on the President to
ascertain whether the civil service rules
applied to persons holding Offices in various
state associations. The President was under
the impressions that the association were
simply social in their character, but being
informed that large amount of political
work was done by them, he emphatically
asserted that no person in the government
empty would be allowed to take any part
whatever in politics If the association were
of a social character there was no objection
to their continuance, but politics must be
eschewed, and no political services can be
rendered by the government employe at any
time while he holds such a position, even
though it does not interfere with his duties,
as it is his (the Presidents intention to for
ever divorce politics and the civil service so
far as in him lies the power.
IN, Reception to the "Order President
Hayes has decided that as the National Re-
publican Committee will have no political
duty to perform for three years there can be
no objections to Federals officials retaining
their membership, and thus they do not come
within the restrictions of the recent order.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-07-15
STOCKS BOUGHT AND SOLD.

The Carson City Savings Bank, from and after April st
will buy and sell mining stocks Liberal margins Will be
allowed on approved stocks.
San Francisco correspondent, I. Glazisr Co.
April 7, 1877 GEoRsS 3, Hull Cashier.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-07-15

A GREAT CHESS PLAYER-A rival to Paul
Morphy himself seems to have arisen In the
New York Sun of July we find the follow
ing account of an extraordinary players per
formances
The Cafe International was the scene last
evening of an unusual spectacle, James
Mason playing seventeen games OF chess
simultaneously against seventeen deterrent
PLAYERS. The latter sat in rows at their
tables, bordering over their pieces, while
Mason passed from one to the other, pauslng
only long enough to see the last move made
in his absence and to make an answering
move The seventeen games were finished
within about three hours. Three were drawn,
and fourteen were victorious for Mason.
Among the contestants was Mr.. Sloper, the
champion of Schoharie He sloped off happy
with draw An interesting side show was
q remarkable set of chess men, cast in Brit
ANNA metal, the work of Mr.. LIE Mon, an
artist of Brooklyn The figures on one side
represented Richsrd the Lion Hearted, his
queen, contemporary bishops and knights,
and English men-at-arms, all in the armor
and costumes of the period; and the opposing
pieces represented the contemporary king of
France, with the appropriate attendant figures.
The form was excellently posed and modelled,
and the costumes and armor accurately and
well executed. The white pieces were silver
plated and the black gilded.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-07-15

ST.. PETERS CHURCH (EpiscopaD Services
at II o'clock in the morning and 7;3O o'clock
in the evening. Sunday school Immediately
after morning service. II, L. Foote, Rector.
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A WONDERFUL ENTERTAINMENT.

LIE Commander Cazeneuve, the greatest
living wonder in slight-of-hand performances,
will give an entertainment at the Carson
Theater on Tuesday evening. Of his per-
Torrance in Virginia the reporter of the
Enterprise says he (the reporter) "has been in
the cabinet of the Dayenports, has attended
hundred dark seances, has seen things
wonderful past belief, but has never IN them
all witnessed anything any more neatly and
completely done than was the canopy trick.
The whole entertainment is wonderful. One
hundred presents will be distributed IN the
audience These presents will be on ex-
hibition at Fox's bookstore Reserved seats
can be secured without extra charge. The
apnearance here of such a wonderful artist
viii ensure full house. Secure your seats.
THE SuTRo TUNNEL.-Mr. F. B. Mercer,
of the Sutro Independent, reports to the
Enterprise that about "eighty-fve miners
inches of water now flow from the mouth of
the tunnel. The tunnel is in distance of
II ,345 feet, with drilling and blasting rock IN
the face. With Mr. Mercer is q. L. Foreman
who lost his eyes and had his left arm shat
tered by an accident at the tunnel last
January. Mr. Foreman now resides in
Sacramento. He has been at Sutro an
visit during the past fortnight, and MIR.
Mercer escorts him as far as Reno on his re-
turn One of the unfortunate mans eyes
was taken out by an Oculist in order to relieve
the other. With the eye that remains he can
only distinguish night from day.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-05-23
A Dark Picture of Distress.

A very dark picture is drawn by a
correspondent of the Paris Temps Of the
distress which has been prevalent in
China for the last few months. He says
that in the Chilli and Shantung dis
tricts the distress has reached such a
height that a part Of the inhabitants of
these large provinces are literally dying
of hunger Two Europeans who had the
courage to carry some provisions to a
small village in Shantung returned hor-
ror-struck with what they had seen. The
inhabitants were putting an end to their
suferings by suicide, and in one family
the father and mother, to avoid Wit
Messing the death agony OF their starving
children, he'd buried them alive. The
famine has been caused by the failure OF
the harvest for two years running III dis
tricts which are generally very fertile.
Neither grain nor fruits are to be had at
anv price, and the Land seems to have
been scorched by burning wind. The
Grass by the roadside has been deyoured
70 its very roots by the furnishing people,
who have stripped all the trees of their
bark and foliage As the winter has
been exceptionally severe, many of the
sufferers have died from cold as well as
from hunger, and the appearance of the
survivors is most CHASTITY. When fine
weather returns, these provinces, for
merly so populous and fourishing, will
have been converted into deserts, and
there will be lack of hands to till the
ground for next years crop. The func-
tionaries. the BONES, and the mission
aries, without distinction of nationality
or creed, have joined their efforts to
those Of the government to arrest the