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, 1879-10-02
A Midnight Vigil.

The night is dark, the air is raw and
chill and damp, the storm is raging.
An old and eminently respectable citizen
out on North Hill is sleeping the sleep
Of the. just, with the snOre of the
wicked, and the private clocks on their
respective brackets and mantels through
out the city (for Burlington has no town
clock, }, are tolling as well as they know
how to toll il, the hour of 80 A. M.
A violent sjangl;pg at his door-bell
awakes the eminently respectable citi-
zen. a ~ ~ 10 ~
Shuddering, he crawls out Of bed; ;
muttering, he gropes across the floor.
Swearing under his breath, he falls
over aT9ckingchair.
4 At last he finds q match, lights a
lamp, and descending the Stairs, opens
the hall door and admits a gust Of wind
that blows out the lamp and Q torrent Of
rain that drenches him to the skin.
"Whatf fis wanted q the respectable
citizen asks sE fai
"Are you the resident owner, OF this
property ?" promptly inquiries the caller.
81 am" wonderingly replies the emf
nently respectable citizen B
"Were you in bed when l rangP
81 was" replied the emmently respect,
able citizen. IN fJf 81
'"That was right, cheerfully 'exclaims
the caller "that is the place for man
Of your age. at this time Of night. |
am surprised to see you out of it. Get
back to it and pleasant dreams"
All is silence after the crash that en-
sues, save a mocking smile that dies
away in the distance. The fragments of
the lamp that are revealed on the side
walk by the, coming Of the dawn indi-
cate that either the lamp fell out Of a
balloon at hight Of about twenty-nine
miles, CT was hurled at some object with
great force. When will the mystery be
solved4
, 1879-10-02
A Royal Scandal,

Ifreport speaks truth, Mrs. Lmgtry,
the reigning belle of London society, is
rather,sto be pitied than envied. 1t Is
asserted that her husband is about to insti-
tute proceedings for an absolute divorce,
and that npsless o person thancthe heir
apparent to The BritishqthFone win be
NAMED as Correspondent. n
Since the Mordaunt trial, the English
lovers Of scandal have not been, offered SO
great o treat IN that case, .also,, the
Prince Of Wales was named as cores
pondent. He solemnly denies the charge,
yet circumstances were so much against
the lady that she sought, refuge in In
sanity, and for years has been an inmate
Of an asylum. This event rendered the
Prince of Wales very unpopular, and he
only recovered favor after his long illness
at Sandringham, when lit became whis-
pered around, that lie had sown his oats
and had determined to turn over new
leaf. Since then his conduct has been
prudent. if we except little supper
with some of the actresses of the Com
edie FRANCHISE in the office of the Paris
Figaro. .
Taking that affair at its worst, it was
vacation escapade, and took place in
the gay French capital. On these &C
counts the matter did not make much
noise in England But the Langtry
scandal is another affair. The slady in
this instance is q member of the British
aristocracy, at least by adoption, has
moved in the highest circles OF the capi-
tab and above alEipap English matron,
!. II ispo laughing affaiS lsf Albert Ed
ward be he innocent or G6fltY. 'sHe is
known To- have been one q the, frs6and
most pronounced Of the admirers of the
Jersy beauty, and now that the scandal
has taken shape, it willbe no more easy
to allay than was the BfordayInt unpleas.
antness. AS for Mr. Langtry, if he be
an unfortunate husband, and not q trader
on his wife'sreptsation, he will serve as
a monitor to the husbands of pretty Wo.
men around court to ''put no trust in
princes or any child Of man" 4
Political advice-Tf at FIRST you don't
, 1879-10-02
Curiosities Of Suicide.

The Lavania Roach case together with
others of similar character call our at.
tcntion to the frequency of the appalling
crime Notwithstanding the number of
females in the unfortunate list, it is
evident that the male sex prepsnderates,
The reason of this difference is found in
the fact that woman is more hopeful and
enduros misfortune with more courage
than the so.called sterner sex. AS a
general rulemarriedpeople plehaveastronger
hold on life than celibates, and yet a
large proportion of the suicides is found
among the former. Most of the female
suicides are impelled to this crime by
disappointed affections, and hence from
II to 20 (in point Of age this predomi-
mates. From 20 to %, however, the
males are the most numerous. From 20
to 40 suicides are rare because at this
age most people are fighting the battle
of life and are too busy to listen to such
dreadful temptation. The largest class
of suicides is found from 40 to 50, and is
composed to very large degree of males
They are intemperate or unsuccessful
men, who have become thoroughly dis
appointed and therefore throw their lives
away From 50 the proportion dimin-
ishes, but age proves no exception, and
we have an instance this season of man
who committed suicide at -,
During the warm season suicide by
drowning is very common. Under other
circumstances, the cord is frequent
method. Paris green has been used in
the city, the reason being that it is
regular article of merchandise, and is
therefore easily obtained. The pistol
has often been employed, and some very
distressing cases of this kind have oc-
CURED during the past season The time
chosen is also a matter of notice. Seldom
do such crimes occur in the early morn
ing. Toward noon they become more
frequent, but as night approaches the
fatal purpose acquires increased power.
With regard to the seasons of the year,
the colder the weather the less the self
destructive temptation, Gloomy, murky
weather, which always depresses the
spirits, invariably increases the number
of suicides. NJ .I.'
n The first suicide mentioned in the
Scriptures is King Saul, and it is curl
Gus fact that the Bible contains no fe-
male case of this kind. On the other
hand, the first suicide recorded in pro-
fame history is that of a woman-Lu-
cretia The most distinguished case of
classic times was also woman--Cleo-
patra. During the dark ages suicide
may have been frequent, but as no record
was kept, its ratio in the death rate was
not known. Toward the close Of the
last century the crime began to increase
in very noticeable manner, both in
France and England. The French revo-
luton was marked by some cases Of pc
cular interest, one Of which was that of
Roland, the husband of the famous wom-
an of that name.--Cor. Troy, New
York, Times.
, 1879-10-02
British Waste Land Unemployed.

There are no less than 100000
acres of waste land IN the United King.
dom capable of profitable cultivation, of
which 5,950.0O0 are in Scotland. Were
the latter cultivated the country might
be selfsustaininc. Yet these are kept
waste for the pleasure Of a few men,
while tens of thousands are cXpatriated
that might find happy homes on them.
One is sometimes tempted to think that
the venerable Professor Blackie may be
right and that "an agrarion outbreak
would do good. We have had two or
three premonitions OF exhausted patience
north of the Tweed The government
even thought it was time to be doing
something, and promised Game Law
amendment bill. Nay, they even intro
duced it, but then played and dallied
with it until the lateness of the season
gave them an opportunity of slaughter
ing it with the innocents The case was
this: The case Of o farmer in Scotland,
convicted, under the Night Poaching
act, of killicg q rabbit outside of his own
gate, had excited much Indignation, and
at the suggestion of a Scotch member
the government engaged to mitigate the
brutal severity of this act, by enacting
that when the convicting magistrate was
Of the opinion that the crime of killing
a rabbit at night was not aggravated by
violence, actual or contemplated the
penalty might be diminished to that to
which the offender would have been
liable had the horrible crime been com.
mitted in the daytime. 1t will hardly
be credited outside this enlightened
country that under this atrocious Night
PoaChing act the magistrate in sentencing
has no discretion, but must condemn to
Imprisonment with hard labor. The
government brought in their bill, and
though the Night Poaching Act applies
to the whole country, the mitigating bill
applies to Scotland alone. P. A. Taylor,
member for Leicester-that radical of
radicals, as well known, perhaps, in
America as here-not liking the idea
that the English farmer and laborer
might be kicked and houted more than
their Scotch kinsman, moved that the
bill should apply to the whole country,
This was agreed to, and friends of de-
cency and justice congratulated them
selves on the fact that ar last one little
step had been taken toward investigat-
ing the shameless atrocity of the Game
Law Code. But they cheered before they
were out of the woods. The bill went
to the wall with other innocents, and the
poaching laws are yet unamended, much
to the annoyance of the Scotch especially.
As l write the report comes to hand
that within the last two weeks no fewer
than seven applications have been grant
ed to farmers for sequestration in the
Sheriff Court Of Fifeshire, and that in
the Eastern counties the number of
farms on the eve of being given up is
steadily on the increase, the occupiers
intending to try their fortunes in Cam
ada and the States, where they will only
have the weather to contend against, and
not heavy taxes and extortionate land
lords also. 1t is poor consolation, but it
is nevertheless true, that now, as in days
gone by, England is suffering from the
folly of unwise legislation. London
Corr. N. Y. Herald. Nu ~
, 1879-10-02
Port Townsend
HOSPITAL!
PORT TOWNSEND, W. 7.

The above institution having beer placer on
n perrnanen footing, as the United states HOS
pital for Marine Patients on Puget SCUM ihe
proprietor taxes pleasure III Hnnnniirlhl 'tat
no pains or expense will b. spared IN minis
tering > the comfort and conven!ence"i "i PR
vate patients ,.u, -, q
This is the largest General ti0Splt'l hotlh :"
San Francisco, and by far the most CON p."tI
In equipment. IL has been thor ughly r,nt,uu r
and refurnished. Its general wards :lnNy :lnt "I
cOmmodatious 'or about one huhhrel pn,t,stm,,,
ami ara pacuIIarly adapted for eases requiring
the most careful treatment and cohsltht Sa- sn
pervision at limited expense. Those W,I's VINO uS
entirely separate and distinct, at asiisil a"u'
tional cost. ~ - o,,a A,nse
sIrThe attention OF Mil owners, ana su,Stt ,Wnt
Interested In shipping, Is called to tne hcs Vii ,
seamen suffering from con IagiOuS diseases WIZ WI"
be treated outside the Hospital WItho"1 CA
pense TO the vessel
Thomas L. Minor, NJ. De-
oa,r Managing NuiE on
, 1879-10-02

Political advice-If a. FIRST you don't
succeed, lie, hs again.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-01-29

OK the 18th, at Auburn, District Attorney
Bullock, of Placer County. shot Fl. W. Fen
ton, the editor of the Placer Argus, wound
ing him slightly. The trouble arose out of
an editorial published by Fenton rejecting
"a Bullock
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-01-29

THE postmaster of Ward, White Pine
County, has been notified by the Department
that the mail service between that place and
Osceola will be discontinued after January
31st. This will not only deprive Osceola
of mail facilities, but the adjacent country
depending on the postoftice at that place for
mail
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-01-29

TIE Toronto Globe says that the American
paper manufacturers are buying all the pop
lar wood they can find in the Canadian east
ern townships. They pay fifty cents cord
in the tree, and thus the farmer reaps re-
turn for wood that is almost ralueless for
fuel
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-01-29
MITTRRs AT PYRAMID LAKE

M.T1BRs AT PYRAMID LAKE.--Ali is quiet
there now. The troops have escorted the
fishermen beyond the mag nary line of the
precious reservation; the fishermen have
qnetly submitted, and few of them have
gone back to their fishing .-aIn, believing that
they are not Infringing upon the Indians
territory There seems to be disposition t."
let the whole matter drop; for what reason we
are not informed The fishermen think the
instigatots found they were Sowing the wind
but were reaping the whirwind," and backed
out of it as soon as the first gust struck them.
The time is bound to come when the question
will have to be settled ill the courts, and if
there is reservation there, TO define its
boundaries and limit it to the allowance made
by Congress. Until this is done. inst such
scenes have recently been enacted at the
lake are liable to occur at any time Reno
.JO'tTnnG
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-01-29

THkEH-FIFrHs of mine at Leadvill
Colorado, called the Little Chief, was recent
sold to Chicago capitalists for $500, 900,
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-01-29

The Erening Dispatch, a daily newspaper
will begin publication at Ogden, Utah, Oh til
first of next month
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-01-29

1LL,-We regret to learn that genial Joe
Wasson, who arrived here few days ago,
has been suffering from a severe attack of
cold for the past few days, and are proper
tionately glad to know that he is getting bet
ter now The rough stage ride from Carson
Virginia at this season is in itself sufficient
to cause indisposition to any one, and, al
though Wasson has travelled many miles over
rough roads the trip hence is enough to take
even him down for time. We hope soon
to see him on the street again. --Bod1s Stnad-
nd
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-01-29

NINETY BIN murderers we're hanged in the
United States during the past year. All
were men; thirty were white, ffty-two col
ored, two Indians and one Chinaman
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-01-29

Washington, Jan. Is. The House of Rep
resentatives to-day, by vote of 1856 against
II, passed the bill to restrict Chinese immi-
grafton precisely as reported from the Com
mittee on Education aud Labor. The bill
now goes to the Senate.
Carlinville, ILL.,, Jan. 26. This morning
atficers arrived bringing s, W. Hall, a promi-
nent attorney of Olympia, Washington Terri
tory, whom they arrested as G. II. Halliday
on a requisition from the Governor of Illinois,
for defaulting as County Clerk. 1t proved
tity, AS many citizens Immediately discovered
that Hall was not the man that is wanted
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-01-29

PIoCBB Record: Sickness, consisting prin-
cipally of colds, exists to a great extent
around Phoebe, aud there are also several
cases of pneumotlia both here and in Panaca
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-01-29

Denis kEARNEY will start out for trip
through the State of California about the LIST
Of T. oru:ry. fnr the purpose of organizing
the interior If that State. There is at pres
ent Workingmans organization in forty
counties. aud the agltat"r proposes to start
one in each of the other thirteen. He will
speak in all of the principal places, and use
every means to wake the laboring people up
to the Importance of the coming campaign.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-01-29

THIS is the way the editor of the Belmont
Courier chops from profanity to moral advice:
Stocks still continue like the roadways-
damned soft. Probably they'll stitfen up a
bit ere long.
Those who know what is good for their
spiritual welfare will attend church to day,
A hot stove is the bumners delight when
he can't get whiskey straight
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-01-29

ALL this talk about the prevalence of pneu-
monia in Bodie is little joke we have been
getting off on the outsiders. 1t is the 'no
money" epidemic which Is raging here at
present -BOdie Standard.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-01-29

A HANDSOME WINDFALL Some years since
the late Peleg Brown took out life insur-
,,nce policy for $4,000 in Massachusetts
company. For several years he paid his in,
stalIments but ceased to pay them in 1874,
and paid no more attention to the matter.
After his death his widow found the papers
one day and thinking there might be some
thing i'll them showed them to her attorney,
John Bowman. He took charge of the mat
ter and after considerable corresponding has
Just received letter from the parent office
announcing that the claim to over S., 900 had
Oern allowed upon Mr.. Browns policy, and
WIS payable on the 25,h of February. This
unexpected good fortune is duly appreciated
10y tho worthy Lady. Reno Journal,
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-01-29

"MoLL1Es N1prLE." says the Silver Reef
Mi.,er is the name Of peak in Kansb Noun
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-01-29

The mail bags of the European, Cape OF
Good Hope steamer wrecked December, 1877,
were saved, but very wet. They contained
quantities of diamonds Those in packages
were, although the addresses were almost OBJ
liberated. ultimately all delivered at their
destination, but quantities of stones had got
loose from the packages reduced to pulp.
After infinite trouble the London Post Office
found out for whom they were intended; they
were then valued by diamond broker and
the amount, 800, 900, divided among the sew
erat claimants, and the most remarkable thing
in the whole business, not a single murmur
was made by any of them.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-01-29
ADROIT CONTEMPLATING.

A London correspondent of the Baltimore
SIN tells of some adroit manipuators of the
pen and showers of the "queer," as follows:
For some time past the London police au
thorities have been forwarding information to
the police in America about an old and pow
erfully organized gang of London forgers who
departed hence for New York and San Fran
cisco, and skillfuly forged letters of credit ON
British banks after the eleventh hour of pre-
caution. good deal of surprise prevails here
at police headquarters that these forgers were
permitted to indulge in their pranks without
hinderance before being successful In the
case of the forgeries on a prominent London
bank by one of the chiefs of this gang, in
San Francisco there is no doubt that he was
known beforehand by the police of that city.
If precaution is better than cure, and convic-
ton is only d division of the spoils the soon
err the " detective police is reformed, the
better for the Orient and the Occident regions.
This gang has been an old expectation from
London, and daring in society as well as III
'' letters of credit has been one of its chief
stocks i'll trade. / am informed that one of
their party can 80 skillfully forge signatures
that it is no easy matter to detect the false
from the fair name. Then the process of
false water marking paper by the glycerine
veneering is also effective in deception. Hence
preparatory information to the programmes
of such persons should be acted on promptly
by the police. | learn that Washington may
be surprised before long by an attempt of
skillful forgers; hence, to keep safes, bonds
and certain employees properly guarded is
wise precaution. A grand telegraphc police
system is about to be organized or arranged,
placing the great places of the world in super
vised information as to crime and criminals
used the word " supervised advisedly, for
it means looking after some police as we'll as
some prisoners, and perhaps making the
former like the latter in the eye of the law,
, 1879-05-16

really Is. gome say turtle, somc dcvil,1eh,, aud
the Captain hmlelf IL OF tho opinion that II was
"Oll Nick u iinsclf, and hereafter anncr.
may lave 10 fcar OF punishment 'n tle Internal
has different theory, nn'1 n0 two pcrspns can
a9rec IN wfat IL Is Dr w!Iurc . belongs: Tile
stnthvil1c pilots say that i.s Satanic Mnjeatv
has been seen oil tic coast for The last twenty
years, but lie has never met any one who was
bold enough to attack him until the gallant tar
Of The Alpha hove down upon bin and nnt an
end tu lfa career. Can't. Chaslwlck sighted tho
'tlling" obous tight miles on Wcstcru bar, md
Immediately stccred toward 1t. When within a
short dtstance OF It he fired ut Il with his rifle,
the ball paas!ng through the neck aud killing Il.
It rcuuired ak men, with tlier utmost strength.
TO pull 1t over the rail, nn It H. estimated tlut
IL weighed 600 Or 10 pounde. Thy animal was va
seven feet long BY three md halt feet vide.
On ife back wss hard black she'll. 1ixo q
turtles, with tlree ridges r,nni.s lsnethwiss:
ft,e mouth, extending down Into thu throat,
were rows uf soft teeth. The tail waa not morc
that eighteen inches long, and proj jcctcd Ia three
pronEA. The fins and fcnt were like a turtle,
viii, tho exception there wese mo claws.
, 1879-05-16
OUR COMPETING MILITIA.

JoL,KT, H., May 15.-L!cut. ]. II. Dreckcn-
ridge. Of Company b, Twelfth Battalion, received
q letter yesterday from Capt. c. W. flewcs, OF
Company D. OF Rock Island, stating that Gen.
Strong had sent him duplicate copy Of
tic letter he had addressed to Company D,
In which be stated thai, In Ills opinion, the Rock
Island company had no r!Kht to de-
nlanl = match with Company u, but, "un-
dor the ctrcumstances," II sas deemed best to
show them "mtl,tsry eonrtesy,nn and allow tho
match 10 take place. Tile Rock Island mon hold
thc same opinion IN regard to tho matter as
il held bY .ils officers Of Company D, which CO.
tuclles with tho Views expressed ,n tl,ese dts.
shout ma :ch under Geu. strung's proposition,
and hayo Withdrawn tlieIr challenge, bnt Al say \,
they wish - meet tho Joliet eompany, and WI
probably hlyu friendly contest with the Inter
III this city aom0 tune during tic aun,mcr.
Gen. Strong has also written secnn!l COM
nuplcattou, III which hn scems to realize his
nistako in irving to iguoro tho challenge Of the
Ottawa company, ana ne now thinks that sl,e7
are eutitled to thu 1rst eAancp TO compete for
1lIe ptfzc,
, 1879-05-16

the Dousd of Tratlo and showed II there. They
ali knew tint In wheat there wcrc ANAL neces
uf black stuff which WIS known aa -" black
urnvc," hut which wa4 certainly orc OF koMc
kind, nnI this ile magnets tuok out. For
t,.nutcly, there WAS M patent IN these tr.agnnts,
nnl they wcrc very cl,enp-only dol'ar encl'.
Five vi them wuulh bo enough to tnko out ~
much wire rs would bs found IN M ordinary
mill. lie had tblrty.eKht IN all IN his mill.
They wcte In all places. evcf, In tue
bran-apant, and therc they took OUT
little pieces which In Sofne way hail escaped the
othcra. I{s WAS Btruuyy in favor Of tho rcso-
lntfnn, ard uf tho general Introduction of tic
mnCncta In atl mills.
Mr.. u. II. sparks, Of Alton. ILL.,, Expressed his
approval Ut tic magnets III equally wuEtn terms
At their State Association Inst winter tlie sub
jcct Of wiro III wheat casnc uD, an'l resolutions
opposed to tho use Ut wire tInders were offered.
all the mischief being attributed tp tllG wire.
On that uccneton he opposed The resolutions,
md they had found that tic wita vas nat ali to
bamo. Not long ago magnet man came
alonE md induced lin! to put 10
thirteen OF tic magnets. In very short
time they took out largo lanliul
Of wire, little nails, an1 tacks of all dcscrll,-
tlons. Tie tAcks wcre not III the Kind usul IN
mill, showing that they cAtnn in tic wheat. The
samples shown wefe not exagEcrntiu1ls at oil.
fur he could slioW equal quantities taken frou,
his own MILL. lie believed It would pny nnv
miller to1putin the magnets, especially ns there
was no patcnt OH theul, ad they were very
cheap.
The resolution was then atlopted.