Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-04-01
STUPENDOUS ENTERPRISE.
IRE APPEAL DISTANCES THE LEADING JOURNALS
OF AMERICA--A SOLUTION OF THR gem
PUZZLE IN ALL IT'S conBINATIoNs-
GREAT EXCITEMENT.


GREAT EXCITEMENT
Last week the APPEAL published comb.
nation worked cut by c. W. Friend which
solved the "Gem" puzzle from the basis OF
havir the numbers stand IA, Is, ID in the
last row. Since then the paper has been al
taost deluged by postal cards asking to
publish the other four combinations worked
cut by Friend Here is sample:
SILVER CITY, Nevada, March, 80, 1880.
EDITOR APPEAL: You say that Mr.. Friend
has solved all the combinations of the Gem
| puzzle. We should be pleased to see the
| moves he would make in solving the other
combinations. Onr experts have all tried 1t,
and while they think 1t can be done, are I'M
| able to accomplish the solution as yet. A
| publication of the solutions of the five com
| binations may save some of them from Stock
ton. JOHN SNYDER.
THE TRUE BUSINESS
| few weeks ago we promised our subscrib.
ers to give them no further doses OF the
| Gem" puzzle. Now we propose to give the
| full solutions, aud we can safely say that the
| APPEAL is the first paper in the United States
| that has gwen the solution of the five differ
| ent combinations of the last row.
THE NEW YORK HERALD.
James Gordon Benefits paper, the New
York Herald, published the following editorial
on March the 10Th:
TIE GEM PUPILS. To day the Herald pub
fishes several communications from leading
scientists and mathematcions which settles
forever the question OF the solution OF the
"Gem" puzzle 1t is simply mathematical
lmposslblllty, and the doits who wearing
their brains out working at a. thing which can
more be accomplished than the problem of
perpetual notion will act wisely in letting the
puzzle alone.
THE 8. F. CHRONICLE wEAKENs
The Chronicle of the 21st contained the fol-
Lowing:
The Gem Puzzle W lich is now so agitating
the community, is one Of those mathematical
inpossbiIities which no amount of labor can
accomplish Some of the best brains in San
Francisco (the editorial staff of the Chronicle
IS doubtless here alluded to. Ed. APPEAL,)
have studied the problem and declare it i'm
possible. People are simply wasting time or
the subject. They had better try to lift them
selves by their boot straps.
LATEST FROM THE BAY.
The following dispatch FROM San Francisco
appeared Yesterday:
George Mitchell, a painter, was arrested
last night at his place OF business on charge |
Of insanity preferred by his employer. He |
mad become insane the - 10 Il puzzle, |
and covered the floor and walls with figures
IN an attempt to solve It,
THr APPEAL BEATS ALL COMPETITORS.
The following solutions of the puzzle for
ever settle the grc4j problem. This Is the first
in.yance in which the New York Herald has
ever been beaten by an interior jou rnal. The !
fact that Bennett may commit suicide when
he hears of it makes no difference to US
15-I4-13-D f. RI, U Is, y, D 3, r ..
q IA, L s, D 2, 80, IA LII, D T, r IA,
Z 10, L y, D IA, r 10, U Is, L II D 8, r
Is, IL, L II, D Is, r IS, z IA, L 10,
10, R IL, D IA, L IS, Z II, R II.
14-13 15-K IA, D l, L 4, Is, R 9, D 2,
s, IS, R 5, D 8, L u, q IS, r 10, D 6, L
g, IA, r 9, D 13, IL, II, r 13, 10,
: 8, D Is.
1916 I'D 4, r l, z 49, L II, D 3, r 5,
J 10, L 8, D 2, r 8, Is, L II, D 7. r Is,
J il, L II, D Is, R 10, Z IA, L Is L IL, R
!
10 13-14-D12, R 9, Is, L 10, D II. r
5, . IS, L Il, D 10, L 10, U II, R IA, D
3, L IL, U II. .
IA 10, 13-R Il, D 9, L -, U IS, R IA, D ,
L, L IS, U ID, r IA, D IS, R II, Z II, L )
4, D 10, R 10, . 9, L 10.