Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-06-27

years.
| OUR PET SPIDER. is some unknown
party whe takes a great deal Of interest in the
scheme of starting menagerie i'll the APPEAL
office. In the pigeon holes back OF the editor S
desk are tive horned loads, lizard eight
inc ..es long as, csrter snake in a jar. All
art alive. n, y every morning we end
some addition to the lection, and as long
as they do not 'aslest as we take no notice of
| them. Noti4. however, can draw as Az ay
| from our old pets, the spiders just above the
desk. The webs hang in festoens and :l.ers is
a regular colony of them which acreaes from
month to month. They are Of the exelu-
sive sort, but frequently come down on warm
Summer a Moons and pay US visit They
drop line and come in person at the same
time. |. ;s not an uAcenlmsn thing for the
big head of the family, g. spider about the
size of trade dollar, to drop down from the
ceiling and walk over the page as if to inspect
the work. Long association with the printing
office has taught him good deal and the mo-
gathers himself up in disgust and shins up the
line to his web twenty feet above US. Some
times he takes possession Vt the tep Of the
inkstand and renders valuable assistance on
warm Summer days nabbins the troublesome
dies which always buzz about the reperterial
table. His services have thus become almost
indispeA sible He knows who belongs at the
desk and wh" doesn t, al-a one day he bit an
exchange fend SO ...~ly that he was laid up
for a week.
tn CGHT HE WAS IRISH The other ds
rough loo' .ng man stepped into a clo 81
store street and wanted to buy
suit C ) The price was $50, but after
ca. Examination of the texture of the
goods he declined to purchase at the figures
named and started fer the door.
'Holt on" said the proprietor "sell 'em at
and t',s "boss' said in German, sixteen dol
lars. The coutryman turned around and said
he guessed hed take another look at 'om any
how.
Cost price you sayl'
The clerk assented and the country man
handed him sixteen dollars remarking:
"You can tie the old ones up
Hold on, IT, cost price is tive. ,ty four dol |
lars, said the clerk.
"Guess your mistaken l heard the boss
say sixteen"
The bsss looked up with: "Py Jennie! c:n
you speek German, thought you vos an
freshman al. - vile"
TREAsURE TKov2.-John Temlitson a lab
orer working near Treadway's ranch, dug up
IN old tin can day before yesterday which
seven old fashioned $50 slugs and
small bar OF gold valued at $50. 1t mus:
have lain there long time as the can was
very rusty. He was digging pest-h' he
lime and took tas job ia order to make
enough money to ge to San Fra ,isco. On
Ending the gold he Immediately threw up the
job, and said he was going r. the Bay at encs.
Later in the day he struck poker game and
inside of tw, hours he was broke. He went
JACK 10 us post-holes again, ana IL now dlG-
ng away as industriously as before. If he
hould happen to strike another can Of gold
ae will DOUBTLESS know how to hold ON to its
contents better. Perhaps however he will
lot and ano-h her, and the lesson hs ha learn
ID will be of comparatively little value. {
SLAUGHTER OF THE INNocEsrs Day before
Mrs. Wilson Of this city, was feed
ng her canary birds when a snail diamond !
rom aer ring fell , the cage and was i'm
nediately gobbled up. There were six Llrds
a the and they losked much alike
hat she wac unable to ,aep track Of the thief
After considerable thinking over the matter
hs finally determined to kill t. birds and
inspect their stomachs for r.. The
laughter of the innscsnts began at once and
5 luck a, @.ys has. it. the guard of tbs last
ird contained the jewel. After the diamond
'as recovered the poor wsnaa contemplated
he shambles and cried like child for sslid