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then good or bad, not according to the char
acter OF the employer, the amount OF wages
which he paid, but according to the number
and quality OF his company. The system ma
turally led 70 servants being kept In great
numbers. In the Constant Couple" we find
a. widow lady and her daughter,
of good position, but not parti,
cularly rich, with four footmen In the
house. They formed society OF their own,
with their own rights and privileges, and
could pc az troublesome on occasions as the
apprentices OF London were century before.
They had the right of free admission to the
upper gallery OF the theatre. And when
their rtotous behavior made 1t necessary to
expel them, In the year 1887 1t was not done
Till twenty-five persons had been seriously in
lured. AZ they lived principally on board
wages, they had their own clubs and taverns,
as indeed, they have now. where they swore.
drank and gambled like their betters. OF the
grievous burden which the system OF walls
entailed upon the poorer class Of visitors,
when money was nearly worth double what
It is now, innumerable anecdotes remain. or
these the most amusing is Of Steele and
Bishop Hoadly visiting the Duke OF Marlbor-
ough, when, oni taking their depar-
ture through lines Of rich liveries, Steele
found he had not money enough for the whole
| number, and made the servants speech in
stead, complimenting them on their critical
powers, and inviting them all gratis to Drury
| Lane Theatre to whatever play they might
choose to bespeak. The worst OF 1t was that
the guests. were expected to fee all The ser.
| lowest; and Mr.. Roberts has preserved a
table OF walls kept by one OF the Burrell fam.
| lily, In which the gardeners, under gardeners
undertook, errand boy and nurse figure with
| the chief domestics. The nuisance, however
was very tenacious Of life, and Is not deaC
servants, namely game-keepers, 1t Is hardly
| III at all, abated,
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London News. January 81


Paris has no quarters into which ladies
might not penetrate with imBunity. At the
dog market held every Monday, near the
barriers st. Jacques, old ladies' are to be seen
IN great numbers, bargaining for pets stolen
from England. A system of free exchange is
SAID to go on between the French and English
dog fanciers, SO that valuable quadruPeds
hiched on one side Of the channel are speedily
shipped to the other Anyhow, il is noticeable
that many OF the pugs, King Charles. ter
rier6 and Havanahs, sold at the market, are
such we[l-mannered little dogs that they
must have received their education elsewhere
than in the back yards Of frowsy shops. The
fashion in dogs vary. and it is surprising to
see how quickly the demand for any special
breed is met by a lavish supply. A few years
ago we were told that the race of pups was
dying out, but some great ladies took to Gull
tivating pugs, and 10, all the markets
swarmed with black-nosed little monsters
Yellow, wiry English terriers are now the
rage in Paris, and Itslian greyhounds have
become SO scarce that q fancier told me he
could not undertake to furnish well-matched
pair cream or mouse color-for less than 600
francs. Let any grand dame or popular
actress set up pair Of lerrettes, and will be
bound that In a twelvemonth we shall see
these shivering, uncomfortable little creatures
skipping over the pavements OF every city
from Dunkirk to Bayonne. Amateurs Of bull
dogs will be sorry to hear that NJ. Guigots
late edict against this race mas altogether
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A Begging story.
NEW York Tribunal


touching begging story with good
moral Is told by the Pittsburg Telegraph. A
young man who had been on a three days
debauch wandered into the reading room OF
hotel, where he was well known, sat down,
and stared modify into the street. Pres
emily little girl OF about ten years came in
and looked timidly about the room. She was
dressed In rags, but she had q sweet, intelli-
gent face that could scarcely fail to excite
sympathy. There were five persons in the
room, and she went to each begging. One
gentleman gave her q five-cent piece, and she
then went to the gentleman spoken OF and
asked him for penny, adding: II haven't
had anything to eat for whole day. The
gentleman was out of humOr, and he said
Grossly: Don't bother me; go away! !
haven't had anything to eat for three days"
The child opened her eyes in shy wonder and
stared at him for moment, and them walk
ed slowly toward the door. She turned the
knob, and then after hesitating few sec
onds, walked up to him, and, gently laying
the five cents she had received on his knee,
said with tone Of true girlish pity IN her
voice: IF you haven't had anything to eat for
three days, you take this and go and buy
some bread. Perhaps / can get some more
somewhere" The young fellow blushed to
the roots of his hair, and, lifting the Sister Of
Charity in his armed kissed her two or three
times in delight. Then he took her to the
persons in the room, and to those In the corri-
doris and the office, and told them the story,
and asked contributions, giving himself all
the money he had with him. He succeeded in
raising over $40, and sent the little one on her
way rejoicing.
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The probability Of bullets and other mis-
siles meeting In their flight when shot from
opposite points In such numbers as they
would necessarily be In battle, is certainly
not by any means doubtful. The possibility
of such missiles being welded together ny
their contact, however, seems so decluedly
remote that such a result appears to us GER
tainly phenomenal. -,
Stream, that the New York shot manufac-
turers, Messrs. latham Brothers, occasion
ally found bullets welded together In the
scrap-lead brought from the battle-felds OF
the American civil war, and Lieut.. Col. John
A. Mclaughlin recently forwarded two bull
let's to the Scientific American SO impacted In
each other which were also picked up on the
same fields, He SAYS that at the time OF the
retreat OF the Federal Gen. n. I. BANKS, after
bis defeat, In attempting to capture Shreye-
port, La, In the summer OF 1864, ne LIeut;
Col. Mclaughlin was In command OF one OF
the retreating regiments. A portion, Of DIS
regiment was thrown forward on the Hank Oh
the main body In skirmishing order. These
two bullets he says, were impacted Id the alt
between his skirmishers and the sklrmlshers
Of the enemy, and fell like a spent ball near
the head of the column OF the main body,
drum major, seeing the missile fall near him,
picked 1t up, thinking 1t TO be spent bullet,
but found the two bullets welded together
He afterwards presented 1T 70 Lieut.. Coi' MIC
Lauphln. One OF the bullets belonged to q
larger bore rifle than the other, and the larger
one is stated to have belonged to the Confed-
crates, as 1t was of calibre then known to DC
much used by them, and somewhat larger IL
bore than the rifles used by the Northerners
II Il supposed that the larger bullet had
travelled shorter distance than the smaller
at the instant of impact, and possibly hao
been propelled by superior quality or guam
tity of powder. This, together with its
weight, is thought to have had the effect o.
driving the smaller bullet back beyond tht
line from which twas fired.
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FEATHER IN VERSE.


m. Y. Clipper.I
.dspsd desires In a MODEST s0i' Oh
observation. which properly be
writing verses on the several
lsassoolnns business. and for these con.
\ reasons
:, The autumn the subscriber did
w ,vember. showing how the spirit
"a dsspondent at the season Of the
.,sa are dull and leaden. and the
"a chill aud drear'
uov recall to mind that. when No
y ., is,Dn nor chilly days accompanied
sssssabier was az balmy as In Florida
lasensst on November was respectfully
spsd.
.,ssIs ambition to prepare q worthy
.rote Christmas song three weeks
y ~ :, ' frequent reference to the sharp
g IL II the cold white snow that COW
arth 50 fair'
,sad remind you that the Christmas
IN. x m iii and cold white snow Of which
~ sb Y s mildness while for icicles /
1s sss nv frigld verses were with cor
warmth returned.
.uripg / set to work-'twas on an
w. - ,Juns-I set to work and wrote an
.sssi Hai may have come In part from
sang Of gentle spring. why then 1t
Ead showed
|. rhsn dew inspired me a pastoral to
", when the poem was done. a dread
{srouth set In:
\. nor 10 moisture In the earth. which dry
HaFyer grew. ,.L 49,
kpIsce on dew came back TO me with eix
" postage duel
EAse conclusive reasons It is obviously
"a al, the weather are precarious and
Undersigned would only add, 90 far az
Eoaa see. a..
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pTBECTogS:
OFFICE OF AUDITOR OF STATE.

New Orleans, January 90, 1879.
The Louisiana Equitable Life In
surance Company Of New Orleans
has this day filed in this oilice
sworn statement in regard to regis.
tered policies in said company, and
deposited the necessary reserve
thereon, as required by act No. 80
of the extra session of the General
Assembly of 1877, entitled Gan act
to better secure holders of life in
surance policies in this State; to
proyide a reserve fund therefor,
and for other purposes"
ALLEN JUMEL, Auditor.
jas I'm cod 3mW
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secured them from the market, for " u now
forbidden to walk bulldog about the city
even with chain and muzzle on. beloIe
leaving the market let us take note OF some
placards advertising dogs. "who go well In
single or double harness. ms applles 70
the long-suffering animals nastiifs or COL
leys-who are made to drag the carts q mix
men. bakers and butchers In French FLANDERS
and ali over Belgium and Switzerland.
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eLD TINE SERVANTS.
eneh Nuisahces Hundred Years
~so-ioS Men servants Behaved.
LCornhill MaeRzine.l

gnn VOUTHHIII WaRHZlne.I
gghs.M tie greatest social nuisances of the
N Nsy'illh century we're the men servants.
i 4. Ahoy the figure they make in the plays
Eho1 Period; the impudent blackguards
|Snid an an. gentleman Of tue present day
n - sn aacs down stairs before they had been
4htlaallau es In his company. These are
4 3f II n exaggerations; but the fact was,
T Ean nv Ae fashionable world at that time, a
ia Ia ~ NJ W. under little more obligation to be
KIM, n az ~ master than cabman is now to
lS i br0 ms fare. He lived by society more
Wages were the walls which wera maid
" lis masters friends; and place was
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The sierra Temperance Lodge.
[Reno LheY.l Gazette. ]

A dreadful story comes from Sierra Valley.
Previous to Christmas last there was flour
ishing temperance society there. During the
holidays certain melancholy things occurred
water lodge a good young man moved that
those who had broken their VOWS be expelled.
The motion was lost. Then a motion was
made that all those who failed to get drunk
during the holidays be fired out. Carried. A
motion TO dissolve the lodge was also carried,
amid wild enthusiasm, and the temperance
meeting adjourned with three cheers for John
Barleyeorn.
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The Board Of Directors, at n meeting held on
setting aside Ten Thousand Dollars to the
reserve fund from the net earnings Of the year,
and paying the 10 per cent dividend to the
stockholders, have resolved to pay CASH
DIVIDEND OF TWENTY PER GENT on the
net earned participating premiums Of the year
ending December 81. 1873 said dividend payable
on and after Monday. the twenty seventh day Of
January 1879.
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The above statement Is true and correct
transcript from the books OF the company.
J. TUYES. President.
J. W. HINcKs, Secretary.
Sworn to and subscribed before me. this If
teenth day Of January. 1879.
TIL. BUISSON.
Third Justice OF the Peace.
OFFICE OF THE New ORLEANS INSURANCE Co..
Corner Camp and Canal Streets,
New Orleans. January IS. 1879.
At a meeting Of the Board of Directors held
on the eleventh day of January, 1879, 1t was re-
solved to pay. on demand. the semi annual in
terest dividend Of FIVE PER CENT on the
capital stock to the stockholders or their legal
representatives.
DIRECTORS.
O. T. DUGAZON. e.. GALLY.
CHS. LAFITTE. WA. BELL.
CHS. E. SCHMIDT. ANT. CARRIERE.
CHS. j. LEEDS. JULES ALDIGE,
d. FATJo, PIERRE POUTZ.
A. SCHROEDER. JULES TUYES.
Ial6 IT
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Actual net profits. ..................s II, 59s 8

The foregoing statement is Just, true and
correct transcript from the books Of the Com
pany. JAMES i. DAY. PRESIDENT
lei. CARPENTER. Secretary.
Sworn TO and subscribed before me this twen-
ty-second day of January, 1879
A. INGRAHAM, Notary Public.
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INSURANCE,
SUN
MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
or NEW ORLEANS.
Paid up Capital 80 49, 100000
rWENTY-THIRDA ANNUAL STATEMENT.
rwENTY-THlRD ANNUAL STATEMENT

OFFICE SUN MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY,
No. 80 Camp street,
New Orleans January /, 1879.
In conformity with the requirements Of its
Charter the Company publishes the following
statement for the year ending December 81.
1878:
AMOUNT OF PREMIUMS FOR THE YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 81, 1878,
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The above statement is true and correc-
transcript from the books Of the Company.
THOS. A. ADAMS. President.
HENRY Y. OGDEN. Secretary.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
twenty -second day Of May. 1878.
ALFRED INGRAHAM,
Notary Public.
The Board OF Trustees this day resolved tnat
after paying the annual dividend Of TEN PEN
CENT on Capital Stock Of Company. that
dividend of TWENTY PER CENT in cash De
aid on Monday. June 10. to those parties en-
tiled TO receive the same.
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INSURANCE.
THE FIREMEN's INSURANCE COMPANY
OF NEW ORLEANS.
FOURTH ANNUAL, sTATEMl


In conformity with article 10 OF the charter, |
this company makes the following statement of |
It's business during the year ending December |
II
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"It ever cease 70 love-" Wha.? shadines
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The above statement Is a true and correct
transcript from the books Of the Firemen's In
suranee Company Of New Orleans.
/. N. MARKS. President.
r. I'll. BENNERs. Secretary.
Sworn to and subscribed before me the six
teenth day OF January. 1879.
ALFRED INGRAHAM. Notary Public.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-08-26
SIGN0R G. CHIARINFS

Admirably trained horses Ia aute ecole the models
of perfection, evncing in their performance the
preach OF brute instinct to human Aractive
Interes ting ! Instructive
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-08-26
STATE AND COAST ITEMS.

We propose that the name of the Alpine
Signal be changed to Excelsior. % What's
the use of trying to improve on Long fellow2
They have mulcted the Chinese of Elko in
fine, for fouling the Humboldt with the suds
from their washing platforms; and now WOODEN
shirts will be in fashion, and ladies will sport
garter snake hose and Balmorals.
Frank Cluggage has been around town for
the past week, watching events i'll his quiet
way, and now and then taking hand in the
discussions of the Evening Star Club. !"
Frank is an old stager who has carried more
men to wealth and away from misfortune
than any man on the Coast. We do not want
to survive him, but if we do, he shall have,
such an obituary
Williams, the Workingmens' candidate for
Congress in Cal, has Withdrawn his resigna-
ton, at the instance of Kearney, with the fol
lowing explanation. Il find, he says, THAT
[ have been deceived that there was a deep
laid conspiracy, involving treachery among
my friends, to get me off the ticket, as an
tering wedge to the final removal of not only
all our Congressional nominees, but even our
standard bearer, w F. White.
The Ward Refer says: 1.-The Ivelest bust
ness in Hamilton is that of lot-jumping. All
the jumpers hold themselves in readiness to
take bets on the proposition that men will be
swarming the streets of Hamilton and Treas
ire City as of old in less than six weeks. Five
thousand is the lowest figure the jumpers will
consent to place the influx at. They are cal
culating on more lunatics to the square inch
in Hamilton than can be found elsewhere in a
square mile Just what is going to cause such
an unprecedented influx of people they are
not exactly prepared to say
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-08-26

SAYS the Reno Gazette: No one would have
an idea how really handsome Reno is until
theyget view oft from some elevation, such
as they would have on the drive talked of "
Damascus viewed from the distant sand hills
on the eastern approach is one of the most
beautiful sights on the earth, with it's glded
minarets and white domes dotting beautiful
bed of foliage But it is a sort of mirage
When you enter the narrow, filthy streets,
and are compelled to seek refuge in open
bazaars from plodding camels, and the JOS
ting of denkeys, and are threatened every
moment to be upset by NANCY ours, and your
ears ringing with the shrill pleading of the
deformed beggars or Backsheesh, it is not
half so pretty as it looked while you rested
under those few palms, and Toasted your
eyes on its verdure. Reno has a sort OF
Soupcon of Damascus
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-08-26

New LECTURE.-In circular issued by
lecturers open to engagements during the
coming season, we find, out of a long list of
subjects, about a dozen marked "new." The
same old hacks, with some old worn out sub
iects, like the jokes of circus clown, are to
be paraded around the country for the in
struction and amusement of country lyCeums
and old fogies of the cities. Among the
number there are about twenty lectures on
Burns, all fresh from the usual Biographies
attached to his works, with critical obser-
vations from Professor Wilson, Lockhart and
others. " The women of the age, " The
Coming Man, "Grit, "Pluck, &" Success
riglnal subjects are announced, and Henry
Ward, Tamage and host of other "ambas-
stdors of Christ" are among the lecturers
They are gentlemen of large philanthropie in
stinct and not mercenary or covetous of fame
This business has become a public nuisance,
and only tends to show off a few notorieties,
and ambitious men, at an enormous cost to
the public, while almost any town as large as
Carson or Virginia could furnish local talent
equal to the best of them. We know Ne
vada mechanic who can deliver as good
humorous lecture as either Josh Billings,
Burdette, or Mark Twain, but no one would
90 to hear a common wagon maker, and he
has not the cheek or confidence to push him
self.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-08-26

WE SEE by the San Francisco papers that
Selden Hetzel has been admitted to practice
in the Supreme Court, on motion of Crit.
Thornton. Selden is a man of first rate
talent and was formerly engaged in Eureka
as editor of the Republican,, but did not ge:
very rich there. We see he has taken root
in Bodie, where We hope he will spread like
a "green bay tree"
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-08-26

THE heather Chinee takes kindly to the
American Summer resort. Several OF the
Chinese students at various institutions III
this country are at Mantle, Connecticut, and
may be seen promenading the streets every
fair day with the prettlest girls in town.
Here's hope for some of the bare legged
laundrymen who air their shins on Carson
street, to the disgust of ladies who have occa-
sion to pass up and down of an evening. Go
east, John; Mantle is the spot for yon; allie
same white man at Mantle
The Carson appeal calls Sunday 'sacred
day" and not one for recreation. Got Its H.
formation from that so-called "sacred boob"
no doubt, which is ust about as sa cred as one
of Webster's elementary spelling books, and
entitled to less respect.
This comes from the heavy weight of the
Ward ReRer-his name is Simpson with a
p" and would flourish in Utah, perhaps, but
is one of those noxious weeds which poison an
atmosphere it is the place of journalism to
purify
THE English scientists have discovered that
impure water incites to diphtheria. Few ar
ticles of consumption are dangerous as I'M
pure water.
A short time ago it was potatoes; what
next? We have discovered a cure for the an
noying disease; come to Nevada and breathe
fresh air, and come to Carson, by all means,
and take in Swift hot springs.
THERE is two headed woman on exhibit
ton in the western portion of the State. There
is two-faced man in Tuscarora, whom We
wish was OH exhibition there or some othe!
place besides this-Tin,as- RecjelC.
Wouldn't draw as much as toy magnet,
Major, they re too common everyw here. We
have one here who has more faces than
quartz crystal and more heads than hydra.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-08-26

SCHOOL DIRECTORS are generally supposed
education and talent. They are the men who
select teachers and pass upon the curriculum
of studies and the text books to be used On
one occasion, while we occupied that respon-
sible position, teacher was transferred
to the principalship of a boys grammar
school, and committee was appointed to en-
stald him in his new position. The Chairman
made the Introductory address and introduced
the new incumbent as follows: "Boys, we
have come to introduce as your future teacher,
Mr. Randall, who has been a teachin' the
boys in the Beck school. He has been
first rate teacher, and amt agoin' to stan
no nonsense, but he'll give you fair shake.
All we want is for you to do your duty an
he'll do his'n.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-08-26


Whose astonishing performances military maneuver
and other surprising feas the very Of susvate
instincts.
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NOTICE.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN TO ALL
~ creditors of the of James A ST. Clair that
under and by virtue of power of attorney, made the
23d day Of August 1879 by the heirs of said estate,
have been appointed collect all debts due said
All parties oang said will and trouble by
calling and settling forthwith.
J. d. kERSEY, Attorney in Fact
August 25, 1879. I0d
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-08-26

APARIs dispatch of the 23d inst says that
over 1000, 900 francs have been shipped from
French ports for the United States in the last
three weeks. The Bank of France has now
sold, wholesale, its small stock of bar gold,
and foreign gold coin. One of the chief bull
lion houses of Paris estimates that the insuffic-
lent crops of England, France and Germany
will make necessary purchases in the United
States to the amount of 10000, 900 sterling
1t is thought that million and a half pounds
sterling more will leave France for the United
States.
SIR GARNET Wellesley, the British Com
mander at the Cape was evidently a little
premature in announcing the conclusion of
the Zulu war. Latest dispatches tell us that
not only is Cetowayo not subdued, but he has
besides, an army of some four and twenty
thousand still at his back. If such is the
case, it will cost England some blood and
treasure yet, and will not result in much
honor after all.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-08-26
BORN ,

In this city August 18th the wife Of James Duffy
Jr., daughter.
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N & w CD a Y.
TO VIII M If fAY CONCERN.

CARSON CRY, Nevada September !, 1879
On ard after above date all work done by the dray
men of Carson City will charged for follows, tow