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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-08-24
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

The yellow foyer still continues to cause
death and dismay in the South. The stories
told are full of sorrow and distress. The peo-
pie of northern and southern cities are con-
Irritating of their means to alleviate the con-
dition of the sufferers.
Collector Smith of the Port of New Orleans,
rising above the atmosphere of disease death
and destruction has promulgated an order
that the attaches of that institution shall
neither drink or smoke during Office hours.
This is civil service reform from the very root
the very cheroot, as it were.
The Chicago workingmen, stimulated there
to, no doubt, by the lecherous capitalists and
the throat cutting bond holders, have repu-
dated Denis Kearney.
Increased vigor is to be employed by our
on the Texan border.
Postmaster General Key is raiding about
through the West-especially in Chicago and
Wisconsin
The State Treasurer of Missouri, one Gates,
denies that he has hypothecated the States
securities.
Six clerks of the Philadelphia Water Works
are charged by their chief, McFadden, with
having systematically robbed the public funds.
He thinks the amounts thus flched would
aggregate hundreds of thousands of dollars
Here is an account of one of those terrible
encounters which occur among our pistol
hacking people from time to time:
San Luis Obispo, August ga shooting
affair occurred night before last, six miles
from town, between Francis Castro and L. B.
Jones. The former received one shot and the
latter two. Jones died yesterday morning at
o'clock and Castro died this morning at l.
fhe difficulty grew out of disputed right of
way across Castros place.
Chris Schmidt, at San Jose committed sui
eide with razor He almost severed the head
from the body.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-08-24
GENERAL GRANTS MOVEMENTS.

By the courtesy of an army officer, formerly
attached to the ex-Presidents staff and his
personal friend I'VE are enabled to publish the
following letter. 1t would appear by this that
Gen Grant does not intend to visit China, and
will come home by way of the Atlantic:
Berlin, Germany, July 1, 1873.
My DEAR MAJOR: The several letters you
have written me, with all their Enclosures,
have been received with great pleasure. l
have been very negligent about answering,
but you must forgive that We are now on
our way north through Denmark, Norway,
Sweden and Russia In the fall we expect to
visit Spain and Portugal, and then settle down
for the winter at some pleasant place, prob
ably the south of Italy. In the spring shall
90 back to the United States and settle down
for life; where, it is not yet determined. My
whole trip abroad has been exceedingly pleas
ant. AS yet not single unpleasant incident
has occurred Every place, in every nation,
and by all classes of society, from rulers to
the working people, the greatest civility has
been shown me, and the profoudest respect
expressed for our country and countrymen.
AS pleasant everything has been, however,
| long for the time to come when [ am to re-
turn home. | would go back, after visiting
Spain and Portugal, in the fall q will have
visited every country in Europe, Egypt in
Africa, Syria and Asia Minor in Asia), only
that | have no place to go to. By waiting
until spring l can go to my Long Branch home
and have the summer for preparing winter
home.
Truly yours, Z. s. GRANT.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-08-24
FREAKS AND STREAKS OF LIGHT
MING
Saws the Alpine Signal of Wednesday:

Says the Alpine Signal of Wednesday;
Last Wednesday afternoon the lightning
played several little tricks about town. 1t
commenced by picking up dog on the street
and turning him t'other end to, sent him
home with speed almost equal to that of the
electric fluid itself 1t next lodged down
the stovepipes of the Court House, passing
into the District Attorneys Office, stunning
and binding the Attorney, and shot into the
Clerks Office. But finding the combinations
and complications a little too complicated
there for a new conner, dropped in to see the
Sheriff He had left the day before, and his
deputy, smelling "a mice, b" had made him
self unusually scarce, Judge Griffith and B.
E. Hunter, however, were in the Office at the
time, and met the intruder with some little
degree of hospitality. The Judge and his
companion even went so far, SO It's said, as
to shake hands with their lively visitor.
(Hunter declares he could feel the grip half
heur afterward.)
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-08-24
THE RENO FAIR PAVILION.

The Reno Gazette of Thursday has the fol-
lowing description of the pavilion erecting on
the fair grounds there:
Under the active superintendence of H.
II, Beck, the pavilion is making rapid pro-
gress. To-day the carpenters were engaged
III placing the timbers upon the foundation
walls. which had been completed A Ga2ette
reporter to-day looked over the plans The
building, as has before been stated, will be of
two stories and 80 by 100 feet. 1t will front
on Center street. The style is rustic and
when nicely painted the pavilion will have
considerable style about it. The front eleva-
ton shows on the lower story two large win
dows on each side of the double doors. There
will also be four windows i'll the upper floor
and double doors opening upon balcony -
feet square. Rising from the gable roof will
be 20 foot tower Surmounted by a flagstaff
Upon the face of the building above the up
per windows, will be an ornamental tablet
containing the date of the erection Of the
building and the name of the society On
the First street side there will be eight win
dows above and below, with double doors and
balcony corresponding with the style of the
front On the north side there will be three
windows below and four above, but no bal
eOny. The west end is to have two windows
IN each story and single door below, open
ing into yard 20 feet wide, extending from
FIRST street to the ditch Quite large piece
of ground will be left also on the north side
Part of this is at present occupied by Chi
nese house and garden. Next week the
hsathens will be fired out, his place wrecked
and the ground will be set out i'll trees. The
interior of the building will not be particu-
larly fancy. This season the walls and cell
ing will be left unfinished. The lower story
will be IA feet in the clear, and the upper Is
feet The upper floor is to be supported by
row of octagonal pillars, y inches square,
with caps. The plans call for a strong build
apart; the joists of the first floor 3x12, up
per, 2bx2O; stills, 8x20 The intention is to
have the pavilion completed in time for
grand opening ball about October 9th.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-08-24

REBUILDING CHINATOWN. Says the Reno
Record of Thursday:
The Chinese residents of Reno are laying
out streets and lots on the old Chinese gar
dens, near the Virginia & Truckee bridge,
preparatory to rebuilding Chinatown. 1t is
amusing to watch the heathens. Every man
is boss, and all try to talk at once A white
man was there this morning, and with cane,
was endeavoring to point out the best plan
for the Celestials to lay out their dens of in
EQUITY.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-08-24
SUSPECTED. Says the Silper State ofThnrs.
day:

SUSPECTED. Says the Sjlper State ofThnrs-
day:
Captain Len. Harris, one of the c. P r. r.
detectives, interviewed Charles Benton, who
is now confined in the county Jail to await the
action of the Grand Jury upon a charge of
burglary Harris is of the opinion that Ben
ton, whose real name he thinks is Patten, is
an escaped convict from San Qentin, for
whose capture reward has been offered by the
Warden of the California State Prison.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-08-24

MosE HAINEs proposes to stock the Hum
boldt river with catfish, and Commissioner
Parker will help him do it.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-08-24
MARROW ESCAPE. Says the Reno Journal

NARROW ESCAPE. Says the Reno Journal
Of yesterday:
Yesterday afternoon at about o'clock
collision happened near the ice house which
demolished a wagon and nearly killed Alex
Case. The yard engine was switching lot
of cars onto the side track-the cars being
ahead of the engine and therefore obstructing
the view. When the cars were near the cross
ing Mr. Case attempted to drive his team
over, without waiting for the train to pass.
The horses got safely over the track when the
forward car struck the wagon, wrecking it in
\ twinkling The horses, startled at the noise
behind them, made sudden leap forward,
and thus escaped being drawn back under fhe
cars. Thoroughly frightened, the horses
rushed down street, with the tongue of the
late wagon as the sole representative of that
hapless vehicle. Mr.. Case was sitting on the
seat when the collision occurred, but by lively
Jumping escaped instant death, and has only
a mashed toe as a relic. The car was ditched,
hut uninjured. 1t was a close call for Mr..
Case.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-08-24
NEARLY A FIRE.-Says the Lyon County
Times Of " ednesday:

NEARLY A F1RE.-Says the Lyon County
Times OF Wednesday:
About quarter to l o'clock yesterday after
noon. the old platform on which all the ma
chinery coming to this city has been landed,
alongside the railroad tcestlework, caught fire
from sparks which escaped from a locomotive
which brought a train of ore-cars to the
Trench mill The railroad Waterman promptly
threw few buckets of water over the edge of
the trestlework nearest the fire, and thus
saved it. In the meantime the mill whistle
had sounded an alarm, and crowd of men
had reached the trestlework. Water barrels
being ready for just such an emergence, all
hands turned to with will and drowned the
flames. The trestlework was somewhat charred
but not otherwise damaged. The platform
was damaged 5000 worth. Had it not been
for the prompt arrival of the mill hands, the
whole trestlework and the Bacon and Trench
mills wonld doubtless have been destroyed, as
a strong wind was blowing at the time.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-08-25
THE DONAHOE
PATENT CORD-BOUND MATTRFs,

These mattresses are made by nv nev n.+a.
cess which enables me to defy composition With N
Kinds In general use A comparison Of the bedl..s1
any one that my, CORD DING has - vrs.t] snn,]
strength 10 more durable and nicer, and what h M
can gather OF yermin lodge The public are svttsSH ~
call and examine; ] shall take pleasure in shoWiJ
attention gwen 70 the Genalring Of all kinds 81 nal
them to all who prefer have their mattreesss ma
or repaired at home as cheap the other kind Of
can be made and hope by strict Attention sa1
promptness to obtain a share OF the public PATRONS
and delivered free Of charge.
shall keep constantly on hand the largest and hal
assortment Of MATTRESSES. PILLOWS, BoLSTESl
FEATHERS. BEDDING in general and REAnd
MADE TICKS of all grades at wholesale aud 1st9
and at the lowest rates. -0'
j. j. D0NAHOE,
PATENTEE AND PROPRIETOR,
A ---. ---- -Chartres Street -..d
NEW ORLEARs. anil nj
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-08-25

For particulars regarding Electric Belts, ad.
drOsS "Pulvermaoher GalvAniO Company" Cincinnati
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-08-31
Physical Superiority OF the Greeks.

The physical superiority of the ante AleNan-
dran Greeks to the hardest and most robust
nation of modern times is perhaps best Illus
trated by the military statistics OF AenophOn.
According To the author of the "Anabasls' the
complete accoutrements of II Spartan soldier,
in what we would call heavy marching order,
weighed seventy-five pounds, exclusive of the
camp, mining and bridgc-huilding tools, and
the ratons issued III weekly instruments, which
increased the burden OF the infantry soldier To
ninety, ninCty.iive, or even one hundred lbs
| This load was often carried at the rate OF four
English miles IN hour for twelve hours per
diem, day after DAY; and only in the burning
deserts of Southern Syria the commander Of
the Grccian auXilaries thought it prudent To
shorten the usual length of Il days march by
onctourth. The gymnastc tests applied by
| the SVttHlicAls, or recruiting officer ol pick
ed corps, would appear even more prcpoSter-
Gus to the uniformed cNuuiSitcs of a modern
crack regiment" Even tall, well-shapcd men
| of the soundcSt constitution could not pass the
preliminary examination unless theywerc able
! To Jump their own height vertically, and thrice
their own length horizontally, and tWo-thlrds
| OF those distances in full .rmur; pitch weight
/ equal Ia Onc-third of their own To distance OF
twenty yards. and throw a javclin with such
deXt Gritty that they would not miss mark OF
the size of a mans head more than four out OF
ten times at distance of fifty yards; besides
other tests referring to their experience in the
use of the bow and the sword.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-08-31

for am broud of it, but hay uddcr reasons,
my friend
And are you proud OF It, too? = said the visi'
tor, turning to the father a looking
young man, who, up to this time, had SAID
nothing.
yes" he replied, with a sort of shccpish
smile, Then, suddenly raising his head with
a different expression on his face, he said in 4
manly voice: Yes, .m prond Of it, and |
love it,
"Derc has been more dan lwmty.eight doc
tors here TO see it," broke in the grandfather
land dcy I'll say dat it i,h de greatest wonder
of de world and dat it ioh dc srlmallest ~hild
dat vas ever porn and lived, and more dan II
douscnd peoples hat been here tolooE It, More
dan tree hundred men, yimmcn and schlIdren
hat been down deere In the street at Won time
Waiting to get sChancc.'
ave haven't let any strangers III since Sat.
urday,N said the mother, "Tlcy filled the
room so that it was too close and hot for the
baby. They keep coming now all the time,
but we don't let them come up s.alrs.
The maternal Grandmother, Il middleaged,
misunderstanding, wclldreSscd woman, was
also present and seemed delighted with the lit
tie one "The only way she sad, that we
can account for its being SO small is that il is
"a gift from God" The grandparents, from
their appearance, would seem % be in much
better circumstances financially than the young
folks
Mr. Pincus is baker by trade, but has been
out Of employment for long time, Mrs. Pm.
Gus says that she enjoyed excellent health all
the time before her baby was born. 1t is sald
that many Of little EsteIle's visitors have left
substantial tokens
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-08-31
a MIDGET.
A Wonderful Little Child Born In Phila-
delphia-W Weight One Pound.

from the ihl!AIttpula Ill's.I
After ascending by winding, uncarpeted
pine stairway to the third story of No. $50
North Fourth street, a visitor was ushcred INTO
the room where dwelt Mrs Pncus and her
wonderful little baby The room contains II
small cook stove and serves as kitchen, bed
room and paror for the family, which consists
of Mr. Pincus, his wife, a healthy, robust boy
of eighteen months and the little mite Of hu-
manily whose fame, although only fourteen
days have passed since its tiny wall first quiv-
cred on the air of this world, las spread even
beyond the limits of the great city III which it
was born The room was deCently furnished,
but the family are evidently very poor. Sew
eral persons besides the mother and child were
present They all seemed in excellent spirits.
Mrs. Pncus, II plcasanttaced, healthy looking,
young Germ-American, apparently twenty
years old, stepped smiling to the bed and, re-
moving II small hem-stitched handkerchief
which served rs u coanterpane, proudly dis.
played the small specimen
1T weighs just sixteen ounces and is per
feet She said, carefully brushing away fly
which seemed disposed to settle ON the little
nose.
sixteen ounces ItcannOt be 20 much, said
the visitor dOubtngly. Then after pause, Il
thought struck him, and he said: "Ah, yes
sixteen ounces that's only a pound. | see
The infant was asleep. Occasionally il smiled
the smallest kind offs smile.
Just look a, its hand" said the mother
land ut it, Little nails and look ut it, feet, and
YOU ought to sec It's eyes Such great bcautI.
| iui blue cyc- And ~ur these" She said, bust
| ling 10 a table and holding up some dolls
| things--a pair of socks of crochet work, about
an inch long, and little lUcc cap, trimmed
with blue ribbons, too small To- TT a gOod-slZed
| udgcpippin.
! The visitor raised the tiny red hand on the
| tip Of III, llttlc finger carefully, 80 rs not Il
break il or disturb the midget's dreams. IL
Ipalm is No bigger than q dry-goods clerk :
thumbnail, and It's fingers are about half an
inch long, and scarcely larger than the graph
| itc in Il reporters pencil. To show the size o
the arm the mother took off her wedding rlnl
and slipped il over the chilG's hand and up I,
its elbow.
! Docs this-this-this baby eat, and how y
said the visitor, blushing
Eat, la, ha' ha'" laughed Mrs. Pincus
slapping her knees in glec, as she sat on The
side OF The bed. Il guess she does eat. Sh'
Ihangs ou me like lecch and never lets go a
Hong a. there j. a drop left
| Il am he gran iader,' said slim, mercuria
i German. who had sat his black eyes sparkling
with Measure. while his daughter was eAhih
citing her prize. lie could not restrain HIM
lselfany longer AMI he skipped about the room
lresiicuiaiing and cNpatiatinC deiightedly II
broken English upon the wonderful sinai
lpoinis OF littlc Estclle.
what T. your name =" said the visitor.
Il The old Germans manner changed sudden
-lv. He became very grave and cautious. "
ldanr want NY name in de paper" lac said 5,
.iriousiy. Not dat ! am ashamed 81 dc BABY
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-08-31
THE REST cow IN PERIL.

Old farmer b is stingy man,
He keeps all he gets and gets all he can
BY all his friends he is SAID 10 be
As 1irht AS the bark on the young birch tree
lie gocs to church and rents him pew,
But The dimes he gives TO the Lord are few
II he GETS to heaven with the good and great
lie will be let in Al the smallest gate.
Nov. farmer b, besides drags and ploWS,
Keeps - number of fine calves and COWS
He makes no butter, but sends by expires,
The milk to the city's thirstncs''
s,Wbat do the city folks know about milk
They are better Judges OF cloth and SILK,
Not a man who buys, vow, can tell
u I water il not or water il well
If they do not know then where's the SIN,
ri put the sparkling water i'm
Thus talked to himself old farmer 3
How mean he is, young and OLD can see
ongnight II was dark. oh, fcarfully dark
The watch dog never came out To bark
Old farmer b, in his bed did snore,
When rap, rap, rap nearly shattered the door,
And y voice cried out, in hasty breath,
'Your best COW, neighbor, is choking to deotA'
Ginning Oft the end OF rousing snOrc
Farmer bounded out on the bedroom Moor,
And the midnight voice was heard no more
He pulled on his pants he knew not how,
For his thoughts were all on the choking cow
He flew to the ward like frie htened deer,
For his stngy soul was filed with fear
Looking around by his lanterns light
He found that the cows were there all right.
'Tu give dime" cried farmer B.
s'To know who played that trick on me
MAY the hand be stiff and the knuckIc sore
That knocked tonight on my farmhouse door,
And now scowl on his face and a shaking head,
Farmer again sought his nice warm bed.
No rood thoughts came-thcy were o'erpowercd,
The little good nature he had had 5ourcd.
When he went to water his milk next day
The midnight voice seemed again to say
As he pumped away with painting breath, 80.
'>Your best COW, neighbour Is choking to death!
The meaning of this he soon found out,
Dor a stone was driven in the old pumps spout
Old farmer B, when he drives in town,
Now meets his ncghbors with savage irown.
They smile and ask, as they kindly bow,
'HOw gettcth along the best COW nOw|'
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-08-31
" !. Observer.

Here is rather a curious remedy, but in many
cases very certain one, for the cure of indi-
gestion 1t is simply the cultivation OF Il hab-
it of chewing, while Outofdoors, different
kinds OF green leaves, and swallowing the
Juice. one can always Gull a leaf from a
hedge or bush rs one passes. Almost all are
good that are not nauSeous, such rs the ivy, or
poisonous, Is the laurellcat One of the latter,
however, is a capital thing where there is Il
slight irritation at the stomach. The chewing
OF leave, cures dyspepsia, Principally, we be-
licvc, bv increasing the flow of the salIvary
Juice, and partly by the tonic and stimulating
action of the leaf chcwCd The leaves that &C
cur To- Us, at present, rs most likely To be bcnc.
fetal, are those OF the pinc.trcCS, spruce al
Scotch fir. backthorn, currant and rose bushes
mint. the petals of many flowers the stalks OF
mountain daisies, the white portion of ruShcs
the bark of many young trees, and the tender
parts Of the stalks of green wheat, oats or al
most any of the larger grasses; but your own
taste must in II great measure, guide you, il
yoa elect To make trial of my remedy. We
should say, however, that the chewing is bet
ter Ia take place before or between meals than
Immediately atler.-CaS,tlFS Family Nag.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-08-31

Profrssor-"What Is monarchy Fresh
MANA people governed by "A King Pro.
would reign il the King should
dics" Fr,,hman-"ThcQ Queen" Professor
And # the Queen should d;en Freshman
The Jack" Correct
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-08-31

Under this head the Sgourncv Netrs of II
late date has the following:
In all papers Of the tlashy sort, as well rs
some that claim higher standard, may be
read the advertisement, Your name neatly
printed on fifty cards for ten cents-postage
paid" etc. Every printer knows that the cost
of cards furnished, which are of fine board,
together with the work and postage, will cost
at least ten times ten cents. How can they
make the traffic pay? 1t is claimed that the
| lists of thoughtlcss young ladies and innocent
girls, as well rs those Of young men and boys,
gathered by advertisements of this kind in ev-
cry city and village, and at almost every post
office, command IL big price when offered for
sale to men who deal in literature of that kind
which posOnS the young mind and prepares II
| foundation for Il blasted life in the hands OF
these soullcss wretches. The preserved lists
are an unerring guide to the hearthstone Of al
most every family. The cards are somewhat
nice, but circulars offering books and PAM
phlcts Scnsuous and bcastly, and high prices
will doubtless follow. 1t may be that the al.
vCrtiSerS of cards do not want the lists for sale,
and are themselves the vampires upon society
who take this method of getting addresses for
II netarious traffic. BE this as it may, the
thousands of names sent for cards thus advcr-
used are on Il dangerous Journey
The Springfield JouWdi comments on the
above Us follows:
we give place To this article to show to
| those who have read these advertisements to
what Use their names will be put when they
are obtained under the circumstances given
above. When any printing house agrees to
furnish fifty cards neatly printed for ten cents,
postage paid" they have got to have some
other WY of making money outside of this
business, for no one can furnish cards at that
price, even though the cards were furnished
free of all cost"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-08-31

And thus from sire Ia son through Clrcllng years,
Labor these watChful creatures, noting wen
II falls small bird from the bending spray,
or mole tost out by ruthless hands. his home
Laid waste, himself corpse, where late he wrought
With patient toll. his humble shed To- rear.
or brown mouse. sleeping his last sleep. be side
Some tuu OF wild thyme: all and each are borne
From curious ken. and laid the earth beneath
with decent care
Y y Observer