Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-08-23

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You must have seen by the tel
eeraphic dispatches that the Ne.
yada Knights outshone everything
in the procession. The De Witt
Clinton Ccmmandery, mounted on
coal black horses, and all marching
| with automatic exactness, drew
forth rousing cheers sll along the
line. Their immense stature was
also commented on and they are
spoken Of and justly too as the
"giants of tho conc'avs" T. would
warm your blood to see these men
in parade. There is not seem big
enough to knock Sullivan out in
two rounds. The sagebrushers
also throw their money about lively
and keep the $50 pieces jingling
about as if there had just been q
big stock rise on the Comstock.
PENURIOCS KNIGHTS.
It makes me sad while I write it,
but it is nevertheless true, that
some of the Eastern Knights hold
on to the cash with tremendously
tight grip. There's no use disguis-
ing the fact. the Eastern people are
not up to our California style Of
handling money. They spend their
money in . cautious, gingerly way
that makes one think that they feel
as if somebody were about to die in
the family and the expenses would
all fall on them. When it comes
to accepting hospitality, however,
they fall in line in first-rste style.
OF course, this style OF Knight il
not universally met With, but one
strikes . good many, but there are
plenty Of whole-sonled fellows to
Offset the kind mentioned and thing s
70 here with . general rush.
THE CHICAGO KNIGHTS
Deserve special mention. The St.
Bernard Commandery of Illinois
are the pets of the conclave. Poo
pie wonder why this is. I will sx-
plain. There was another Com
mander in Chicago who refused to
come and went to Europe to snub
the conclave. They seemed to think
that if they went across the pond
and threw their weight on the Other
side of the world it would make .
great difference to San Francisco.
The St. Bernard men, who were
good enough to come when their
brothers would not. are looked
upon with special favor and every
effort is being made to treat them
with such royal hospitality that
they will make the fellows on the
European tour green with envy
when they get back. Trust Cali
fornians to handle such matters in
style.
THE RELIGIOUS SERVICES.
fear that I tread on rather dam
gerous ground when I apply my
powerful mind to a description Of a
religious service. l am one OF
those religiously incliued people
who seldom so to church. How
ever, 1 could not we'll ignore the
grand service at the pavilion in
which eight or ten thousand PEG
pie took part, so got ticket from
q Chronicle reporter and fought my
way in. The services were wholly
conducted by the Episcopalians
and of course the preachers of this
denomination were in high feather.
It made my old Methodist blood
boil to see the style they put on.
They had the solemn professionals,
the blood curdling walls Of the
great organ, the singing re-
sponsss of the white-robed choir
and the measured chants that
swslled from the supplied ecclesi-
astics, which were massed like
banks Of white flowers about the
altar. I could not help, sinner and
worldling that I am, to feel the
deep beat of some heavenly pulsa-
ton in my VEINS and know tho
thrill of some mysterious power
while this grand service was in pro.
gross. Three thousand kneeling
knights. the foamiag sea Of white
plumes, tho fash of half.drawn
swords and the divine harmenies
of the old masters pealing above all.
AS USUAL.
Imeant to cless my letter with .
Of the services, but I
cannot do the subject 1.-THE Of the
:..x:no %hek kalon1a 10 II. nor can