Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-02-14
ST VALENTINES DAY.
A FLOOD or HISTORICAL LIGHT SHE'D on rRR
MEMORY OF THE ANCIENT sAINT-Hou HE
CAMKTo BE Observation-Disclosures

To-day is celebrated rs the anniversary Of
St. Valentine, a worthy gentleman Of the old
school, who has long been recognized as the
patron saint of lovers.
HIS EARLY CAREER.
OF Mr.. Valentines early career we know
bat little, except the reputation that an old
historian alludes to him being &c a man Of
admirable parts and noted for love and chiv-
airy" His affectional disposition was the
rock, in fact, on which his character split and
his stay in any particular city was not long
Irats parents, Infatuated husbands and badly
disposed brothers were continually interview
ing him on important business. That Valen
tine was really bad man this scribe very
lar with his friends, and his easy, go-as-you
please style Of entertaining people often led
to wicked sarmises, the blame Of which should
have rested wholly at the door of the sur
misor. Pscpls who are disposed to rank him
with the pastors of Brookly R and Chicago
| should bear in mind that the most innocent
people are often SIMILARLY talked about The
APPEAL takes pride in defending his repata-
ton.
VICTIM OF GOssIPs.
Valentine. in letter to Valcrieus, we'll
known drygoeds and crockery merchant doing
business on the Appian Way, Rome, says:
a.n almost driven out of my senses oy be-
ing involved in an unfortunate scandal. The
gossiping old maids and ehildless danes of
this city have utterly ruined nay character
| can now imagine how you felt when you got
mixed up in the Tibsr Hotel scandal, which
the morning papers ventilated so extensively.
[ have breach of promise suit coming up in
a few weeks and l want some smart lawyer to
pull nae through. 1 think the one you had
will be iast the man. He's terror, and no
mistake. | think that [ will be obliged to
sell my 1000 shares Of Lake Cems water
stock to furnish money for the suit. Yours,
VALENTINE
HI LosKs HIS HAD.
Valentine who had SO often lost his heart
was finally condemned to lose his head. He
came to his end in the reign of Claudius in
the year $40. The accounts of the causes
which led to the abrsviation of Valentine by
the heads man s ak are somewhat conflicting.
Some say that his writings displeased the
Emperor, while later historians assert that he
attempted to carry the Rome primaries by
ballot stuffing, illegal voting and the circals-
ton of the sack, all being regarded high
fearful example, the Emperor ordered his
head to be chopped Of The execution was
a matinee affair and we'll behaved audience
of several thousand people were present. The
excitement was SO great that peanuts sold as
high as two bits a cupful, and ice cream |
couldn't be had at any price. Valentine had |
two brothers, one drove hask in Florence, |
and the other WAS agent for the Chicksrins sew
ing machine in southern Italy. His personal
which consisted of some swamp
land on the island of Cypress and some real
estate in Gresss, went to his mother. Soon
after his death the young people with whom
he was q special favsrite chose him as their
patron saint, and he was duly sannonizsd to
jswelry and gsrters were presented to ladies
by their male admirers on the anniversary of
his death.
MODERN oBsIKvANCRs.
Now adays the practice Of sending tender
nissves to friends is kept up, but the pre-
'entation of clothing and bracelets is gener-
.lly coppsred by the wise children of this gen
grafton. The plan of sending coarse pictures
o people, exaggerating their personal pc
is all the rage. A man with
,ald head, three front teeth gone, a colossal
cot, red hair or big wart on his nose, Is
ure to get an avalanche of letters. The ordi-
larry cheap valentine can be purchased for
en- cents, the fancy ones range from twenty
i've cents to Eve dollars, and in some of the
arge cities few range as high as $3.50 The
after as a rule, however, do hot flood the |
ountry {
THE POSTAL CLERKS
teady blasphemer of St. Valentine Instead
f sitting on a high stool and reading the H. !
.strated Tsmes on that day the postal clerk r
obliged to paw over two thousand vslen +
ines and cran eight days work into one +
'ithout any extra remuneration On the day e
slowing the suicides of that down trodden +
lass of people are not infrequent. i
The OPIUM LAw.-The Supreme Court yes a
,rday decided the Opium Smoking law con- Ii
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