Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-04-27

nave DeeD saved through III f.@'i~,.i@' -
tality, I'll ask 10 be excused, t,;s:i 10 be
allowed to come back and atone for the
dead failure.'
Sophie Pieoffsty, the lady Nihilist,
recently hanged at St. Petersburg for
completely in the Cars murder. is said
to have been pretty and refined in aps
pearance and exceedingly we'll educated.
A near relative is the aid-de-camp to
the Grand Duke Alexis.
Mr.. Russell Sage, one Of New York's
men of millions, said to reporter the
other day, dyes; began at the bottom
of the ladder, in Troy, n. Y. When
Twas yr:l,'a man m' wife assisted me
to earn - og by making collars and
cuffs for a Jan manufacturer.
Mr. Edison says he is prepared to
compete with the gas companies in fur
nishing houses with his new electric
lamps IF the companies lower their
IdlCS IIG " III Az" "a liAo, tetiSs nv ''iA''HN'
he can go lower than they. This is a
kind of competition which the public
will contemplate with great complacen-
cy.
At very digniied meeting of ply
sicians the question, "Why does hang
ing kill man." was discussed in all its
phases. The most learn ed and techni-
cal phraseology was used to describe the
pressure of the hemp Oh the esophagus,
but one more learned than the rest de-
clared that the real reason was that the
rope was not long enough to allow the
DOOR fellows feet to touch the ground.
Congress at its next session will be
called on to elect a Public Printer under
the new administration. S. p. Rounds,
an old war horse, we may say, Of the
profession, and who has the most eX-
tensive printing establishment in the
country at Chicago, is named for the
position, aud we presume the printers
throughout the country would be glad
to have him elected, and we should be
glad to have Congressman Daggett give
him his support.
Talking of public education, White
law Reid, editor of the New York
Tribune, lately said: "Strengthen the
basis of the schoo! system before you
increase the superstructure. Teach few
things, but teach them SO they will be
absolutely known. Make the coarse of
study more compact and manageable;
postpone the accomplishments; Danish
every science and drawing, and first
give the child what is essential for
practical business O. life and Il basis for
seif-improvement.
In an interview with Herald report
er Mile. Bernhardt spoke English and
did it so well as to occasion remark.
She invariably pronounced correctly;
and her enumeration was as clear and
even as it is in her exceptionally beau
tifui French. Attention having been
called to the fact, she said: dwell,
study hard and ought 20 succeed. l am
reading and studying Beatrice in
sMuch Ado About Nothing Some day
you will see something. l love the
English language-the language OF
Shakespear-and master it l will.''
A Times Washington special says;
Secretary Lincoln, it is understood. has
declared his intention to relieve and
send to their regiments such officers Of
the army as have enjoyed soft billets Of
detached duty in and about Washing
ton for several years. The most pro-
nounced case and one which is without
parallel is that of Thos. II. Bradley
breyet Captain and First Lieutenant O
the Twenty-first Infantry, who has beer
on detached service in the office of the
Secretary of War for nearly eighteen
years, and has never done days duty
with, nor seen his regiment since he
was appointed Second Lieutenant in
1856.