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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-04-20
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WAsHTNGT0N, April II.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE APPEAL:
All the departments of the Govern
ment will hereafter refuse to pay K
! any other telegraph company higher
rates than they are charged by the
Rapid Transit Telegraph Company be-
! tween points reached by that cOmpany's
wires. This refusal is under the decis-
ison Of the First Comptroller of the
Treasury made upon an offer Of the
Rapid Transit Company to forward
| messages 1t reduced rates.
OILING THE GUILLOTiNE.
\ report, first published on Saturday,
to tne effect that there would be chan
ges of all the Bureau officers in the
Navy Department, is generally believed.
The changes only signify the substitu-
ton Of one naval officer for another. In
those departments where the appoint
;Ileit Of one man to the charge Of q
bureau npaI!5 the retirement of an
other 70 civil life. 1t is also believed
;h;at the cilaGge5 vii! be general.
CAN THIS BE TRUE.
Besides the other alleged troubles of
the Administration - many Of which
of which are in the imagination of the
people-it is now said ,hat great inliu-
ence is being brought to bear for the
removal OF ali ''Grant men" from Office
in the South. Beyond a few cases, in
which either causes than this are alleged,
there is no reason 10 believe anything
Of this kind is urged. Nor is there the
slightest probability shat the President,
while affairs within the party remain as
now, would commence such raid, no
matter what pressure might be brought
to bear upon him.
a THEOLOGICAL DEAD LOCK.
The result OF the late attempt to re-
move pastor Randall from the Presby-
terrain ministry, because of his having
married q Catholic lady, and the failure
Of the attempt, will be the formation of
a new church. The methOdists who
seeded from one of the churches of the
city a few weeks ago, because of the
d!siitie 10 the pastor assigned them, had
services yesterday for the first |
time. Tacy will at once commence the |
erection OF ANEW house Of worship. so
thai Washington, already noted for the |
Number of It's churches, will have two |
more during the year. The Universal |
lists, who are quite numerous here, are |
also talking Of building.
CHRISTIANITY AND ARCHITECTURE. |
The hristians-those belonging to |
the same church as President Garfield
will select let for building in a few
lays. AS they never build until the
funds are in hand, | suppose they have
had complete success il collecting
money for the purpose throughout the
COUNTRY.
THE SNIFFLES OF DAVID DAVIS.
Senator David Davis, of Illinois, is
confined TO his room, at the National
Hotel in this city. He was taken i'll
N "Wednesday, and has been unable to
cave his room since. His sickness is
rot of serious character, being a COM
)Iication Of malaria and cold.
KNOX
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-04-20
1t is said that within few days severa

1t is said that within few days several
Carsonit v 40 have become enthused over
G. W. Bryant's graphic description of the
beauties and grandeur of Riverside, Los
Angeles county, California, propose max
ing trip down there, with view to pur-
chasing land for the Gu tivation of oranges,
LEMONS, raisins, ETC. Mr.. Bryant describes
the place as perfect paradise on earth.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-04-20
he OSHY0 HSUao.

"Neck and Neck" was played last
night to good house. 1t is Il very real
istic and entertaining drama and the
gallows scene extremely exciting. Vir-
ginia audiences will find Mr.. Stetson's
acting very painstaking and capable.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-04-20

Those japanese fish poles at Rails
are voted 'the best thing for the money
in the market" by all anglers.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-04-20

The Bodie free Press reaches Carson
on the day of publication over the G.
& G.. route.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-04-20
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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-04-20

We respectfully invite everybody TO call and sbts
prices before purchasing elsewhere. HARRIS BROS
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-04-20

Senator David Davis, of Illinois, is
confined to his room, at the National
Hotel in this city. He was taken i'll
on Wednesday, and has been unable to
leave his room since. His sickness is
not of serious character, being COM
pIication Of malaria and cold.
kNON.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-07-28
4 W oman'- Age.

4 case has just been decided before
the appeal court at Metz which shows
how lady's age is a matter entirely
within her own control. Fraulein Cath
crime Mahl was engaged to a desirable
partner to whom she had imprudently
declared her age at six years less than
it really was As soon as the moment
arrived for producing tho certificate OF
birth, she was aware that her little de.
ception would be discovered, and she
feared that the match would be broken
of. She, therefore, took the liberty Of
altering the official document so as to
make it correspond with the statement
already made. The ceremony took
place, and the husband was duly united
to lady whom he believed to be quite
a ieunS ingenue. Unfortunately the
certificate, in passing through some Of.
flee, happened to be minutely examined
by one Of the clerks The bride was
charged with the offense Of falsifying a
public document, and condemned to
sp3nd, if not her honeymoon, at least
three OF the first months OF her married
life in prison. She had the courage to
appeal from the sentence, and cause the
case to be argued out before the court OF
Metz, which reversed the decision OF
the inferior tribunal, and acquitted the
lady on the ground that she did not in.
tend to commit an illegal act, but had
been actuated only by "female vanity. /.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-07-28
LADIES' DEPARTMENT.
a Fcminine Trick.

A feminine trick, very common among
foreigners ut Rome, Italy, is described
as follows: A lady goes to a milliner's
and looks over her stock of bonnets.
She selects those which she thinks will
suit her, and begs the milliner to send
them to her the following morning that
she may try them on at home and select
the one which suits her. The poor
mlliner consents. At . o'clock she
sends the bonnets. The lady is not up.
viii the "young woman" call again q
little later? The "young woman" con-
sents to leave the bonnets until 3
o'clock. What does my lady do then {?
She takes the bonnet she likes best to
little working milliner in back shop
of back street, and bids her make one
exactly like the model she leaves with
her until half-past . o'clock, when
she takes it back to the grand milliner,
saying that she is very sorry, but none
of them suit her"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-07-28

Plumpness, such as would be consid-
cred exuberant in the cold and critical
north of Europe, constitutes the popu-
lar ideal of female beauty in the re-
gency of Tunis. Among manageable
young ladies of that province slender
ness of form and delicacy of proportion
are regarded with iustifiable aversion,
as disqualification for the welded state.
The fatter q maiden the better is her
chance of making a good and early
match. To be abnormally obese is to
be certain of drawing a prize in the
matrimonial market, and the loveliest
htheness remains unwooed, while home
ly corpulence can pick and choose from
among q throng of eligible suitors.
How deep q root this prediction for
capacious charms has struck in the Tu-
nisian manly bosom may be gathered
from the fact that widowers, desirous TO
marry again, should they haply, moved
by family or pecuniary considerations,
select bride whose dimensions are re-
ported to fall something short of those
to which their previous experiences had
accustomed them, are wonted to send
the dear departed's" girdle and brace
let to the parents OF their too exiguous
betrothed. On receipt of these articles,
conveying n delicate hint that it might
be expedient to make up for natures
shortcomings by some iudicious treat
ment, the brides papa and mama pro.
ceed to fatten her with assiduity and
dispatch. For some weeks she leads
the life of Strassburg goose, and when
she has attained the necessary goodly
proportions her nuptials are celebrated
to the entire satisfaction OF everybody
concerned in them.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-07-28

He received about thirty small shot in
the neck and face.
1S79-April H-Attempted ASSASSIN
alton OF the car at st. Petersburg by
one Solojew. He was executed May ..
1S70-Decembe THE assassination
of the car attempted by mine under
train near Moscow.
1S79-December 30-The king of
Spain was shot at while driving with
the queen.
1SS0-February 17--Attempt TO kill
the royal family of Russia by blowing
up tho Winter palace. Eight soldiers
were killed and forty-fve wounded.
1881 March 13-The Gar Alexander
H., killed by bomb.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-07-28
The Ways of BARRIERS.

To any one who is familiar with the
barber shops of some CT the European
countries the difference in manner must
seem odd. The Partisan barber, though
perhaps a trihe more civil than the
American or Amcricanized, is still very
quick and curt in his ways, just as the
Partisan waiter is; and in the huge
barber shops Of London, conducted on
n mammoth scale which is unknown
here-such "a the establishment in
Tichborno street, employing in various
seasons Of the year fror thirty to sixty
men-Chesterfioldian manners are
hardly to be expected. But the Ger
man, Austrian and italian shops afford
amusing contrasts TO those Of New York.
What American who has been in Ger.
many has not been diverted by the
reyerent attitude Of the barber and by
the profound bow and "obedient ser.
want" (gchorsamer diener) with which
he signalizes the conclusion of his task
The insinuating, persuasive ways of
Italian "artists and tho delightful
ingenuity with which they "stick &"
foreigners with all sorts of costly and
useless toilet articles at absurd prices
| are known to every traveller. But
perhaps tonsorial suay.y reaches its
sublimest heights In the two gay Aus
trian capitals, Vienna and Pesth. There,
as the customer enters, instead of meet
ing with n silent and Indifferent stare,
and rude, loud next !" shouted out
: in stentorian tone, q perfect chorus of
soft and subdued voices greets him with
a cheerful "Guten morgen, ergbenster
dienerW Most devoted servant), and
Meme hochachting" my highest
esteem). 1t is inexpressibly comical TO
hear the knights Of the razor mechani-
cally sing ont all together these three
exclamations one after another as il
they had learned them by note, and TO
hear the similar chorus Of calculations
uttered in the same sing song, mechaui
cal voice at the customers exit oi
Meme compliments" my compli.
mentsD Ich habe die ehrel" II have
the honor J "Ich empiehle mich !" q
commend myselfD etc, to all of which
the lofty client only responds with q
short "Guten tag" or slight touch ot
the hat. The ineffable and silent con.
tempt with which the aristocra ic off
Ger, glittering with gold braid and liv
ing on $50 month, clinks his silver
spurs as he enters and leaves tho shor
without deigning even nod or reply
to all this outburst of extrRvagant civil
ity, affords striking illustration Of the
continental manner of treating theluck
less operator on ,hirsute chins.--Ne,l
wk Herald.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-07-28
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

A new species of wild horse has been
discovered in Siberia, and has been
named EFnc Pryepalsli.
Platinum-in the language of Peru,
" little silver, first discovered in
South America, is the heavies; body in
nature.
Daring the glacial period, the ice in
America, latitude II degrees ", is sup
posed, from evidences known TO scien-
fists, to have been 5000 feet deep.
Dividing the human body into hun
dred parts, the head of the infant is "a
per cent, the body 40 and the legs sc.
In the adult the head is -, body "a and
legs 81.
Water is considered soft which con-
tains less than $4,000 part of its weight
in saline ingredients; hard If it contains
more than l-40O0, and mineral if more
than 10000.
Phosphorescent paint. it is reported
from Turin, mixed with printing ink,
renders the letters luminous in the dark.
A daily paper is to be published there
with the luminous ink.
/ The crow is the most inveterate
enemy of the singing birds of New
England. Robbins, plovers, larks, and
nearly all the birds Of smaller size, fail
victi TO his ravenous appetite.
There is little or nothing known
with certainty in regard to the invention
Of glass. Some OF the oldest specimens
are Egyptian, and are traced TO about
I 1900 before Christ (by some 1890 b.
O. Transparent glass is believed TO
have been first used about 750 before
the Christian era. The credit of the in
vention was given by the ancients TO the
Phmnicians. The story is q familiar
one, of the Phmnician merchants who
rested their cooking pots on blocks OF
natron (sub-caFbonAte of scdal, Vi
found glass produced by the union, :
der heat Of the alkah and the sand on
the shore.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-07-28

Navy blue flannel is on the list o
popular materials for travelling suits.
Tho wide belt and suspended pocke
are indispensable for travelling outfit
Cretonne and Vatican fans take tho
precedence Of japanese fans this sum
mer.
Shaded grays, browns, and garnets
are tho colors worn by older women
this season.
The fashionable dust cloak takes tho
form OF the ulster or the Mother Hub.
bard cloak.
Black velvet bracelets, fastened bv
tiny buckles of old French paste, arc
again fashionably worn with delicate
evening dresses.
Long lace mittens in black, white,
cream, or the colors of the costume are
worn with sleeves Of short or medium
length.
The popular balayeuse is of muslin,
embroidered in the designs of Carrick.
macross lace, and is used laid fiat inside
the skirt.
Jersey webbing, sometimes called
stockinet, resembles the elastic texture
of knitted work, and is used for the new
Jersey basques.
Mauve-tinted Spanish lace bonnets
are trimmed with short ostrich tips,
powdered with gold, and pale pink roses
held by large gold buckles set with
pearls.
The designs of some of the new bro
caded gauzes, which come in colors Of
lilac, ciel-blue, corn and sea-shell pink,
are outlined with fine threads of silver
and gold.
Spanish iewelry showing large leaves
and flowers tinted in colors of pale pink
and emerald green and studded with
fine sparkling gems is just now IN great
demand.
The small old-fashioned shawls Of
white china Grape embroidered with
heavy silk floss in each corner. and
edged with white nettlcd silk fringe,
are again in vogue.
Pretty breakfast caps are composed
of small squares Of null, edged with
lace ruflles.
Beige, kersey. chevoit, Gannels and
lady cloths are all used for travelling
costumes.
A novelty for bonnet strings is tubular
ribbon, woven double without any visi-
BILE seam.
Shoulder capes and large mantles Of
net chenille are the wraps of high ccre-
mony for summer wear.
The most fashionable low coifrnre is
broad, describing figure horizontally
in the nape of the neck.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-07-28

Fans grow larger.
Jerseys are revived.
Shaded fans are much used.
The long basque is moribund.
Tailor-made dresses grow in favor.
Long faces look best with low Golf
fures.
Travelling costumes are made very
short.
Tall women should not wear high
coiffures.
Heliotrope is revived as summer
color in Paris.
Chuddah squares are the favorite sum-
mer shawls.
Very little iewelry should bs worn
with summer toilets.
A new device for lace pin is COW
jumping over the moon.
Both high and low coiffures are worn,
but low ones are preferred.
White dresses Of soft, crushable silk
are worn more than ever.
Sage green striped tweed 4 : novelty
fabric for trsyeling wear.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-07-28
How 10 Catch n Polar Bear.

81 do so pity those men on the
Rodgers" remarked Mrs. Max, passing
the Major the honey, which he always
insisted upon having with his rice cakes.
eyes, indeed" replied the Major, who
was n trifle cynical that morning, hay
ing burned his mouth with coffee. eyes,
indeed, my dear, the life of an Arctic
explorer must be hard. They are 80
isolated from the world. Just imagine,
if you can, the horror of living for three
years out of the dust and wind and fog
and rain OF our glorious climate; OF not
meeting all that time the man at your
club who thinks the oftener story is
told the better it is; o. being without
the consolation afforded You by the
busted stock operator who knows you
are glad of an opportunity to lend him
twenty; of being where millinery and
japanese decoration stores do not
daily entrap ones wife; of being"
why, Major, how YOU do talk l
was only thinking Of the horrid things
the Rodgers crew will have to do to
get their bear steaks"
"How's that?' asked the Major, in
stantly interested over the object Of
steaks, which he holds Of much greater
importance than the Irish land troubles
"What ! know about IT," resumed
Mrs. Max, Il read in a fashion paper
and it ought to be true"
at certainly ought to be, Mr.. Max,
If only on account Of its old age"
"Wcll, the article said, continued
Mrs. Max, pretending TO ignore the Ma
ior's slur on her favoritc reading, "that
Arctic explorers, when they want TO kill
q polar bear, plant big knife in the ice
with the blade sticking mp. They daub
the blade with blood, and the bear comes
along and licks it and cuts his tongue,
/ 1t is so cold that he don't feel the cut,
but, tasting his own blood, continues to
lick the knife until his tongue is all
fraycd, and he bleeds TO death. Isn't il
| dreadful t.
"Quiet your fears, my dear" said the
Major when his wife had finished
THAT is the way they killed the bear
when that story was first Published, but
in the last twenty years an improvement
has been made, which / will tell yor
about, if you will kindly give me just q
drop more Of coffee, with cold milk
this time. Tho way the thing is don,
now is as follows: When Captain Berry
OF the Rodgers, wants polar bear foI
dinner. he gives a midshipman a coppc
bed spring and a chunk Of salt pork
The midshipman congresses the sprinl
perfectly fat, wrapping the pork arount
1t tight, and holds it so until it freeze
solid. Then the frozen pork, stuffoo
with the bed spring, is thrown ont {,
tho nearest iceberg, whore IL IS prompt
ly swallowed 10y a polar bear. Wher
the heat Of the bears stomach thawi
ont the pork il releases the spring
which Aies out, and the bear soon die
from a pain in his side"
major" said Mrs. Max, with mucl
warmth, IL don't believe that story i
true"
"No, my dear. and you won't, until
in few years, you see it in some fash
ion paper, and then You will swear 10y it.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-07-28
Flower Farming.

All the natural scents now uTed in
this country are imported at high prices,
but within year the cultivation of
flowers for per!umery has been started
in Santa Barbara and Alameda counties,
California, and as the climate of that
State is we'll adapted to the raising of
flowers, there is q good prospect that q
large share Of the scents consumed in
this country will soon be produced at
home. In Europe 10000 gallons OF
handkerchief perfume are annually dis
titled. The profits of flower farming
in some portions OF the Old World are
shown in tho following figures: An acre
of jasmine plants, so, 600 in number, will
produce 5000 pounds of flowers, valued
at 81, $50: an acre of rose trees, 10000
in number, will yield 1000 pounds oi
flowers, worth 1875; 800 orange trees
growing on an acre will yield, at ten
years of age, 1000 pounds of flowers,
valued at 500; an acre of violets, pro
ducink 1000 pounds of flowers, is
worth $500; an acre OF acacia trees oi
800 will, at three years of age, yield
900 pounds Of flowers, worth $3.50; an
acre of geranium plants will yield some,
thing over 1900 ounces of distilled altar
worth 81. 900; an acre Of lavender, giving
over $500 pounds of flowers for distil
lation, will yield . value of $1,000.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-07-28

A witty New York society woman was
standing before zola's greatly admired
picture Of Lot and his daughters, which
was on exhibition in an art store on
Fifth avcnne. ''0h" !" remarked friend.
dolorously. "what do you suppose lot
Thought when he beheld his poor wife
turned 10 pillar Of saltg' II suppose =
replied our wit, with admirable gravity,
che thought how he could get him.
self-a fresh one"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-07-28

The United States geological corps
has in charge the first census OF the
Indians ever taken in this country. The
work was to be made an important part
of the present census and was placed in
charge OF Major Powell Of the survey.
The work was 10 be accomplished under
the direction Of special agents, four in
number, sent out by Major Powell.
The work has been in progress nearly q
year, and it will take fully a year longer
to complete it.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-07-28
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

Yusif Arbeely, who, with his wife and
six sons, came TO this country from Da-
mascus, Syria, nearly three years ago, is
delighted with the change. He ex-
plains that more Of his countrymen do
not follow his example because the
Turkish government not only discour-
ages emigration but takes measures TO
prevent il.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-07-28

Following are some interesting and
instructive figures given in connection
with the workings of the United States
postofiice department One letter out
Of every 300 sen: is unclaimed in the
Office 10 which ii goes. One letter in
2S3 sent turns mp at the dead letter Of
fee. One letter ont of every 3, 100 sent
is held for postage at the Office of mail
ing-and this amounts TO near 100000
in year. More than 100000 letters
every year are iDsuficiently addressed.
Ten thousand letters this year bear no
superscription whatever, and these LETT
ters often contain remittanccs Of great
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-07-28

The department Of agriculture at
Washington from July /, 1877, to June
30, 1881, inclusive, has- -publishcd 7,473
pages Of books and pamphlets, more or
less valuable Tho number Of these
printed was 2,36s, ,52j, and the total
pages printed were s5s, ,3Sl go. Taking
the population Of the United States at
J0,O0o,000, here are nearly eighteen
pages of printed information for every
man, woman and child in tho land. Nor
is this all. The department during the
same period has distributed 4,432. SIS
packages Of seeds and Ga, ,s32 valuable
plants.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-07-28

An.interesting contribution to the lit
erature of suicide is made in pam
phlet recently published in Berlin. The
suicidal mania is spreading so rapidly
in the German capital that the authori-
tics are earnestly considering in what
manner it cen best be checked. The
pamphlet above referred to states that
in the years from 1875 TO 1878, $50 cases
OF suicide were registered per million
inhabitants in Berlin, 2s5 in Vienna,
40 in Leipsic and only cigh,y-fve in
London. Paris, with 400 suicides, near.
ly appr cache es Ftartlingsfgurc OF
Lcipsic.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-07-28

Horsewhipping is an expensive luxury
in England. A noble marquis has been
fned-S 500 and costs and bound over
to keep the peace.for year for lashing
another noble lord, who had been 80
inconsiderate and imprudent as to
abduct the noble marquis wife. Two
of the noble marquis friends who took
undue interest in the sport were also
fined. In fact everybody concerned
seems to have been heavily mulcted
except the noble lord who got the noble
lady into trouble.