Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-05-13


significance can be seen at glance. II repre-
sents the Carson Tribune attempting one OF
its great political feals, such as have made it
famous throughout the State. The ends OF
| the tight rope are held up by the Republican
and Dolly Warden parties, and the good Dea
con having fallen off the Salk hangs to the
s.me with despairing grip while he attempts
to curl his toes over the rope. The expression
thrown into the right foot by our painst akins
and onscientious artist is considered sonnet thing
very fine by Competent judges of the art II
the acrobat shouidn's happen to lose his grip
the rope will break as its parting strands
already indicate. 1t is parting on the Dolly
Warden side where it is nat urAlly the weakest.
This Is the first attempt in Nevada to illus
ate a daily newspaper. We admit that the
result obtained by copygram in inexperienced
hands is more or less crude, but with little
practice We expect to proc Go better work.
The pictures viii only b. issued for the pres
ent to our regular advertisers and the business
houses on Carson street, as it is impossible to
print mora than one hundred Impressions
from the same original without dmming the
print. Those who do not receive one of the car
toms will simply understand that there was
not enough to go round We are now making
arrange ments with New York firm to furnish
us with enough copygrams 70 Ell able us to
he campaign. We reserve the right to print
The cartoons only as occasion requires. he
expense of producing these pictures is not
arge, and there will be no extra charge for !
lay, and additional pictures can be secured |
III application at this Office. We hold the |
copyright of these studies, and all infring-
nents will be treated with the utmost leniency
nd consideration at our hands,
RECORDING BAD JOKES Some ees peo-
lie living in the vicinity Of a rail. lad depot
Whistles from the locomotive 1t my be in
prmation to a good many to know that the
nriek of whistle under these circumstances
known few moments later in Florids
1dihe ailu 1eAas. W men al engineer gets on
particularly bad joke the fireman announ-
IS the fact to the other engineers along the
ne by FIVE quick, sharp yeps of the whistle,
he other engineers take up the cry and il
choes from Carson to Reno and Virginia
lty and sometimes flrther if the engines
ong the line are within hearing of each
her. The first telegraph operator who hears
lie noise taps five times on the Key of his III
rument and thus the taps fl shed in a
Nv moments all over the country simply 90
cord the fact that an engin Ger has perpetra-
d bad joke. This is a custoa which has
own up during the last few years among
e engineers and operators and i, is said that
though frequent attempts have been IN de {
, the railroad and tele graph sInerntend-n,>
stop it, the custom is held J, sacred tn 1t all ,
Forts to stamp it out are unavaling. Each
Ike of that kind costs the country hundreds S
dollars in steam and electricity, although +
e cost is so evenly distributed that it doesn't
ally amount to much.
WEATHER. The present heavy wind storm c
IS duly prognostcated by the Signal Ser
&c Department at Wash !gton. 1t will, ac-
riding to WASH gton advices reach its eli T
Ak TO- morrow. This will not be Very en- o
uragng news to the Comstockers who dur
: the past few days have been obliged o
Id on to lamp posts to keep from being
rried away. At the present writing the
,nas which HANG over the Sierra are giving
3 mountains snow storm. Should it reach
3 valley where the blossoms are all out. and
3 flowers blooming, its effects would De any
ing but agreeable. This is 1880, and it is
d that every ten years lively meteorological
turbances must De expected. There IS yet
possibility Of another snow blockade on the
P. road, before summer fairly sets in.
A CURIOUS Observation-Disclosures afternoon I
horse belonging to John w. Williams be- ~ ~
ne frightened at . scrap of paper blown a.
oss his path and dashed up Carson street al
a breakneck pace. He suddenly stepped
'rt without any apparent cause, and was L,
n overtaken by his master. 1t turned out
t he came to a halt on seeing the low prices t
the choice vegetables sold at w. q. Rules 81
it stand.
HIGH WINDs.-Our country exchanges con-
ne to give us tough items regarding the
I'd. The Truckes Republican, states that
ing gale on the c. p R. Il. few days
the labOrers had to get of hand car and .
h 1t along a down grade Only YESTERDAY 4