Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-07-24
HITLER AND YOS.

During the dark hours of the night before
last smart shower of rain came upon the
face of this little valley, cooling the air,
washing clean the dusty leaves of the grass
and trees and vines, laying the dust and re,
freshing Mother Nature generally, 1t was
very grateful Small showers are to be
thankfully received in these days of drought
and debility; but wo should be proportion
ately thankful if they might be more abund-
ant and plentiful We note good many
heavy clouds skirting the horizon, and after
dark there were displays of cheat lightning. "
Now is the time for the o'erheated citizen to
take himself and his wife and the children of
his body out into the cool shades of gurgling
! streams where the mosquito sings his little
song aud the black fly burrows in the human
| ear
TIE DRIFTING BUG.
Yesterday in our short wanderiugs we came
| upon very curious and very enterprlsing
little insect, the like of which we never hap
| pened to see before. 1t was about as big as
the common honey bee, but with body not
unlike small cockroach and legs like very
stout, able bodied mosquito. This odd insect
attracted our attention by his very vehement
efforts at scratching away the loose earth
from the mouth Of small tunnel he was
excayating in the unpaved sidewalk Our
footsteps disturbed him, and he left hi, work
and circed round for foot or two until he
was sufficiently treasured to continue his !
labors He worked like beaverton, rather, |
he worked like a very vigorous old hen; for !
he scratched the dirt and threw 1t behind !
good deal of progress and no little fuss lie |
had already got quite start made In his |
tunnel before we disturbed him; and when
he resumed his work he plunged into the ex
cavatinn and kicked away at the sand if |
he were working on wager or under con-
tract Finding that the debris had ten
dency to clog lis work by sliding down the
incline, he came to the mouth Of the tunnel
two or three times while we watched him and
performed enough of dead work" to keep
the dump pile from crowding him and making
him do his work over again. Indeed he VAS
a very systematic worker; and MS manner of
labor was very entertaining. We suspect
that he was she one, however and that this
unnel.digging was preliminary to the making
of nest and the laying OF some eggs. Wont
some entomologist be good enough to tell us
who this funny bug is and what his history
and mission.
An ELEVATOR FOR THE CAPITOL.
We invaded the State House yesterday.
We found Mr. Litta a. the foot of the north
stairway husily engaged in the mild and
peaceful task Of painting step ladder.
Nothing could De more harmeless and con-
sentative than this employment; and it was
therefore in no revolutionary spirit that he 6
in the affirmative to our leg-weary s
suggestion that the Capitol should be provided I
With an elevator. The second story of that Z
,difice is high above the main floor the as
lending statesman and ambitious patriot is I
greatly fatigued before completing the long Il
light of stairs leading to the Legislative halls;
he wear and tear of leather, patience and y
,tfcial fibre is something enormous; the lost v
notion incident to the t0ting of wood and Il
oal, brooms and spittoons, chairs and car a
,ets, water and supplies up those far climbing c
teps is something appalling And SO the
levator is prime necessity of the times-a
necessity that quite casts in the shade the II
mall question of Who shall be the Governor,
gho the Lieutenant Ditto, who the Minister
f Finance and who the Senator. Show us
Il Executive who would veto an elevator and
re viii show you a man whose sensibnities
re benumbed, whose soul is shrivelled and
hose nature has become petritied past all
he tender instincts of humanity. Give
$ an elevator or give us change in the ad- II
Illustration r.
On Monday evening Senator Jones was =
lade the recipient of a serenade and spon- 4
aneous and informal call at the hands of his 81
lends and neighbors of Gold Hill Judging r