Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-03-17
DIED IN THE SNOW.
TERRIBLE FATE Of AN UNKNOWN MAN.

TERRIBLE FATE Of AN UNKNOWN MAN
y Yesterday a couple of wood choppers
$ who came down from the Lake, reported
the finding of the remains of a man in a
ravlne In the mountains about seven miles
from the head Of Falling Leaf Lake. The
two men were crossing the Sierra on
snow-shoes, when they came upon the re-
mains, which had evidently lain in the snow
several weeks.
| A CHASTITY SIGHT
They first noticed large space in the
snow which had been trampled down evil
IDENTIFY by wolves, and near by were the
remnants of clothing. Under a large pine
was the skeleton of a man. the flesh having
| been picked clean from the bones The
clothes were scattered about and trampled
IN the snow, and some of the bones had
been carried nearly a hundred yards from
the spot. \ six-shooter was also found near
! by. with all of its chambers loaded. which
would indicate that the unfortunate ssan
| was not at first attacked by the wolves, but
had persisted from cod and hunger. 4
pair If show shoes we're also found. with |
two ks cut in each, There was no other
distinguishing mark.
NOTHING TO IDENTIFY
Although The wood-choppers carefully |
searched the clothes Of the deceased. there |
was nothing to identify him. In the pocket |
OF tue coat were the remnants Of some old |
letters, but they had been SO saturated with
wafer that the writing was utterly 1lninte!-
hgible. A black felt hat and a tE.iolz-sole3
pair OF boots completed the inventory. The
man had evidently been lost in some heavy
snow storm while trying to cross the noun
tains and persisted miserably in the ravine
The .wood-choppers gathered the bones to-
gether. dug shallow grave, inferred the re-
mains, and rolled bowlder over the spot.
The snow shoes they brought into Yank's
Station, in the hopes that they may some
time be Identified
LoCoEOTIoN OF INANIMATE THINGS -Most
OF the annoyances with which people are
obliged to contend originate with inani- I
mate objects. A collar button which drops
from It's place on q cold morning while a
man IS putting on his shirt Will rebound
and LAND thirty feet from the spot where it
fell. It invariably seeks the
furtherest corner of the room, or sneaks |
into some hole, only to be found two or 4
three weeks after il has been given up aud q
forgotten.
Boot jacks, hatchets. hammers and screw,
lrlyers are the meanest of all utensils. :
They wander away to the houses Ct the 7
lelghbors and the instant they chance to
'e left to themselves, slip off and hide some
where, to escape work. 4 hammer had II
ather lie in the bottom Of well ten years V
han do days honest work driving nails a
t is astonishing how a step-ladder will
Talk off i'll the night and remain away from +,
ome for weeks and weeks just at the time v
hen 1t is wanted the most. The worst case q,
t rapid transit is the pocket knife The
id, one bIaded jacl-knife is not much of
n excursionist, but the ivory handled chap d
nth four blades loves rapid changes of IL
cenery and climate. He is tourist of ST
he first-class and is continually seeking new
lasters. Ia the spring the mbrellas are very ri
ctlye, especially the new silk variety. I'll
enc times they will follow perfect stran- re
ar out Of q hallway in tie dead of night
nd never come back to the old home again.
he vigor of youth is in their bones and
ley skip about from house to house and -
y to city, but when they get old and ~
ON ont seem to prefer to settle down in
'rne quiet place and pass THEN cid age in 10
eacc. Buggy whips and carriage robes he
e lively fugitives and wander off to parts u
nknown only to renew their pilgrimage to
ew localities. Lead pencils travel like the f..
ind whenever they have the slightest ST,
lance to slope The most perverse of al lie
'grants are books. No matter how care
lily they are provided for at home and
Nv comfortable are their accommodations,
ey VIII without moments notice forsake "
d associates and cling to new acquantan- o'
IS. When once a book gets out OF the
'use no amount Of coaxing or pursuasion he
II ever induce It to return. No roof so an
spitable or home SO happy that book to,
ICE out Of doors Will ever return to. Its ,
W master may bang it about day or E..
ght, read il at viii aud pull it 10 pieces, lac
t it will stay there conten.ed. All thes. the
tits we have dwelt upon arise from pure no
SselneSs Of will and disDositiDn and can | J.: