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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-05-29
Wenfa,i on Beck.

ST.. LOUIS, May 2s.-Iaforniation
from the mining districts o. St. Clair
county, H., is that work was 20 be re-
sumed to-day at tie Rosehill nine, near
West Belev;lls, bat when the men were
about to commence. 1T O'clock, a
band of $50 womer, the wives and
daughter of the strikers, march
ing two abreast and armed with
stout clubs, appeared on the scene and
after some alteration compelled the
men to desist, and work was not start
ed. The Sherif's posse was driven
back by the women, and the latter are
row IN possession OF the mine. The
military are now assembled in East st.
Louis and detachment will probably
be sent to Ro:ehiil |, restore order and
protect men who desire to work.
EeindIsh Plot.
ST. LOUIS, May 2s.--A fendish plot
to destroy whole family is reported
from the town OF Nelson, l l;nois. On
Friday night ropes were tied to ali tie
docr.knobs on the house Of Mr.. BOYD,
AMI then made ia to trees il the yard.
Coal Oil was then poured on and around
the foundation OF the house and
fired. Boyd was awakened by the no,s e
and flames. and luckily was able to
burst open one of the doors, and with
his wife and children rushed through
the flames without h3rm but their es-
cape from a terrible death was very
narrow one. It is not known by whom
or for what reason the devllish deed
was committed.
WASHINGTON, May oS.-Adjutans
General Drum has received the follow
ing dispatch from Fort Bliss, Ell Paso,
Nav 26: General Z. K. Drum
Nothing authentic yet heard in regard
to General Crook. l have daily com.
munication with the Mexican colnman-
der at Paso del Norte, who assures me
I shall be promptly informed Of any
news received from military headquar-
ters at chihuahua. The commanding
General Of the Mexican forces in Chi
huahua has slso given ne like assur-
ances. FLETCHER, COMMANDER.
P1rrsBuRG, May. 2S.-Thos. Walsh
was fatally stabbed with red hot bay
onet yesterday by his wife. Walsh,
! who had been drilling, struck his wife,
when she grabbed up bayonet, which
| was used as poker. AID stabbed him
in the lsit breast The bayonet passed
through the left lung, coming out at his
back. The injured man Is still alive,
but the physicians have no hope Of his
| recovery.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-05-29

The Courier-Journal of Louis
vile, which is nothing if not an
able and consistent advocate of free
trade principles, congratulated the
Democracy on the transfer OF the
New York World to Joseph Pulitzer,
as it would give what was long
wanted, a great journal identified
with the common interests, etc.
What must have been the disgust
Of the Journal to find that the very
first number of the World under
the new proprietor declaring that
it would no longer be urgent for
free trade or radical on that sub
iect.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-05-29
NEvADA,S OUTLOOK.

Several mining experts have been
visiting properties in this vicinity
during the last month, says the
Battle Mountain Messenger, and
express themselves as much pleased
with the mines. These gentlemen
have inspected the mines in the
interest Of California capitalists,
who are beginning to wake to the
fact that our State is not played out
as q mining field as asserted by
many. Our State labors under
great disadvantages as against sew
eral other mining States and Ter
ritories. There seems to be a de-
cided prejudice against Nevada in
the Eastern States, for the reason
that Eastern people have been de
ceived and defrauded by Eastern
Companies doing mining bust
ness in Nevada. They have passed
Judgment on our mining indus
tries, without ever enquiring who
or what was to blame for the fail
ures. In the first place many OF
the properties purchased by their
agents were worthless ana known to
be SO, by those who purchased
them, and were simply bought that
they might be made the medium Of
y big swindle secondly, expendi.
lures have been made on the sur
face, instead of opening up the
mines, and large staff of hangers
on have eaten up the funds of the
stockholders, and the State Of Ne
vada is blamed for their useless ex.
penditures and extravaganza and
her mines are pronounced value
less. The time is drawing nigh
when these same men will be seek
ing investments. Several of our
old mining camps are resuming
operations on a solid basis and on
legitimate business principles and
are making regular shipments OF
bullion, the best proof Of their
value and stability. We want no
booms. open up your mining prop
critics instead of rushing off to ether
countries in search of bonanZas,
and when purchasers come along
he willing to sell for the actual
value of your properties. The day
has passed for fancy prices. and the
amount in sight is the true value Of
mining, as well as other properties.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-05-29
Terrible Tragedy.

A Visalia Zeal dispatch of May 26
says: About 6 o'clock last evening }.
II. Harlan, Of the Western Union Tel
egxaph Company, was returning from a
buggy ride with the wife, son and
daughter, aged four and SIX years res
pecsively, of Levi Elliott. f lott met
the party at the entrance to bis prem
ises, and exclaiming, ''You----,Ive
caught you," opened fire with a revol-
yer upon Harlan. Harlan shielded
himself with tae body of the lit,ls girl.
who received bullet in the breast and
died in a few minutes. Harlan was
wounded in the right hand, left wrist
aud hip. After firing Elliott either shot
himself or was shot by Harlan, through
the heart, expiring in few minutes.
1t is difficult to determine which was
the case, but from Harlan's manner and
the finding Of two pistols nesr the
scene of the ARRAY, it is believed Har-
Ian shot Elicit. Harlan, after the
shooting, went to drug store, where
bis wounds were dressed. He was
then taken by the Sheriff t, Jail. where
ne is now coufinel. The affair has
caused quite an excitement. and threat
Of lynchipg Harlan are freely made
Harlan has recently separated from his
wife, aud E!liott's wife was seeking q
divorce from him. Harlan and Mrs.
E. lott have furnished much food for
scandal by their intimacy for some
weeks past.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-05-29
II. X. Grab.

CHICAGO, May, 2S-Tha Tribune
SAYS: "The sacred soil of the United
States is, by virtue OF Secretary Tel
ler's decision, located on what is usu; l.
" known as the Texas Pacific Railroad
grant. It comprises $4,000. 900 acres
IN California, Arizona and New Mexico,
and could have been pat ented to the
Texas Pacific had the company built
its road. This it failed to do.
The Southern Pacific (assignes Of the
Texas Paciic) now claims the broad
acres, and undoubtedly will organize
powerful lobby in Washington to aid it
in securing valid title. The Secretary
Of the Interior states that owing to the
peculiar conditions of the law regarding
so-callsd lapsed opforfeitsd land grants,
be u obliged to hang up these fourteen
millions of acres. No 'trespassing
will. be allowed; the intending settler
must move on Should a majority of
Congress concur in the tteal of these
lands by the Pacific railroad monopo-
lists, many member scU rue the day
he eper roted for tie BILL"
Anti Monopoly.
San JOSE, May "a call has been
issued for an anti-monopoly mass meet
ing, to be held in this city on June ID,
to consider the outrageous exactions Of
the railroad companies. The cal is
signed by Thomas H. Lane tD.), S. F.
Leib (R.), S. A. Bishop J, J. NJ. Bat
tee (D.), H. NJ. Naglee 3D., H. NJ.
Leonard r. J, NJ. H. Hyland (D.). JOS
eph R. Weller (R.), w. H. Lubbock
d., r. McCemas (R.), H. c. Morey
(D.), D. vestl (R.). L. A,Fhit shurst
iD.j, F. o. Smith (D.). J.H. Barbour
(D.), L. Krumb Cd. J, Christian Wentz
(R-), and over 500 others. AL the
siguers Of the call pledge themselves to
do everything in their power to pro
mots the object for which they propose
the meeting. It will be one OF the
main objects of the mass meeting to i'm
press upon the Governor the necessity
of taking some steps to punish the RE-
creant Railroad Commission. The
wh. L. affair will be stric ly non-par tsan
in It's character and ITS only object will
be to secure protection against railroad
! exactions.
The Lily to Wed GebhArdt.
WASHINGTON, May 2S-The Sunday
Herald says: The Jersey Lily is to be
m arried to Frederick Gebhardt in the
| coming Autumn, by which time she
| will be free from the bond of matrimony
and at liberty to do as she will. The
| divorce will be obtained under the
law of New York, which grants
divorces for abandonment or desertion
| for two years. The fair Lily will plead
that Langtry has abandoned her and
has done nothing for her support during
the period mentioned. There is quite
difference between Mrs. Langtry and
Gebhardt in the matter of age, she be-
| log about 80 and he "a. Mrs. Langtey
has made about $50, 600, which she now
has above her expenses, and Mr.. Geb-
hardt's fortune is rated at about $40,
600 year.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-05-29

-. The Grand Duke Alexis has been
appointed Almira'- in Chief OF the Rus
sian navy.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-05-29

-. Leland Stanford sailed from New
Y orx for Europe on Saturday.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-05-29

-. Some years ago Walter II. SIN tt,
mana ger Of the Merchants Bank az
S.rnia, Ontario, absconded with 49,
OoO, which the Citizens Guarantee
Company had to pay. The defaulter
settled in Nebraska and prospered. He
died two years ago, leaving considerable
wealth, which the Guarantee Company
claims and are now suing for the amount
embezzled. A commission is in Mor-
treal taking evidence.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-05-29

80. The theatrical gossips of New
York, say the Prince of Hayti. who has
been il that city for soma time, became
enamored of Miss Lillian Russell, tn.
comic opera singer, and after spending
considerable money in buying bouquets
Tor her, sent her nlts ofering his
heart She has Lot yet accepted him
mainly for the reason that she is al
ready married.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-03-24
Dancing.

Dancing is one of the oldest of recrea-
tons. Homer speaks of a new dance
invented by D@dalus for Ariadne. Thes-
Gus was immoderately fond of the reel
OF fandango in which the arms move
with the legs. The Normans revived
rather than invented round dances in
the twelfth century /; the Bohemians
invented the redowa; the Poles the
polka, first danced in England in 1910 :;
the Hungarians the mazourka and galop.
The cotillit n owes its origin to the
courtly Due de Lauzun, who, for his
audaclty in contracting clandestine
marriage with the "Grande Mademoi.
selle," was imprisoned for ten Years by
Louis XIV. TO this now popular and
long-winded dance many figures were
added by Marie Antoinette, and some
more by the Empress Eugene. Under
the second empire the post of conduc-
tor Of cotillions at the Tuileries balls
was one of considerable social inpor
lance, and was long held by one of the
equerries, the MARQUIS de
Cany
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tasiliiig AWAY tile Earth.

NO particle of send which goes down
INTO the sea ever comes back. Yet the.
particles leave the surface of the earth
every second and are carried, SUSPENDED
III the waters of more than twent{a
thousand rivers, out into the OCEANS
There are nlorezIaaan d hundred streams.
classed on theHsps as rivers, in Louis
lana alone. Tach one OF these has
several hundreds creeks, brooks and
spring branches tributary to it. FacI,
brook or spring branch, with it's count
iessflvulets, clasps the hillsides and slraos
down the surfaces thereof-dowrf intotIe
brooks--doWn into the creeks-dewn into
the r1vers-down into the ocean. And
there the atoms rest PATIENTLY. each
atom waiting for its sisters and its
cousins and its aunts still lingering in
the fields and on the hills, vet creenino
toward the .gullies and thence to the
sea. This process has been going IN
since the time when the world ua n
without form and void" whereby the
prlmeFaS rocks We're disintegrated and
spread abroad in fertile fields; whereby
the fertile fields are slowly being washed
pack INTO the oceans; whereby the hot
TOM OF the oceans is being prepared to be
again to the light and to form
other fields wherein cotton and wheat
or something OF other will grow. This
IS the very apotheosis Of s.demnition
grind" He who originated that phrasa
poke more scientifically than he knew
Life, animate and inanirnate, is sior1v
grinding down Of the higher parts and ].
Il, he distribution thereof in the folIows
The final outcome OF earth, after millions
u years, must be something in The
latlre OF large billiard bah whirIino
hf9 ' the sky, with nothing in the
'ofld on 1t except smooth. dead sur
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How a Dog was. Rebuked by Parrot.

A gentleman living near this village,
says the Port Jervis Union, has parrot
who knows good deal more than the
Law allows. Last summer friend of
his, whose name We withhold for OBJ
vlous reasons, called at his house one
day. A valuable young dog, pointer,
was with him. The two gentlemen sat
on the porch smoking, and the parrot,
which is very tame, was seated in an
lnterstice in the trellis about the porch.
The dog was lying On the floor at his
masters feet, and finally his attention
was called to the bird, which was look
ing steadily at him. The dog sprang
up, drew on the parrot and fastened.
There he stood, still as statue, for
full three minutes, when the parrot,
with contemptuous firt of his feath-
ers, screamed at him: $50 home, YOU
cussed fool p The dog dropped tail
and ears, wheeled round and struck
beeline over the fields for home. Since
that time he has refused to point bird.
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played the wedding march; and if the
trees could not quite Danish the mourn
ing from their voices-there is little
that is sad in everything; but the happy
lovers heard only sounds of JOY.
The doctor was there to kiss the
bride, and Baby Fraser, cooling and
growing and waving her dimpled hands,
and Mike and Kitty, all fearful and
smiling and eloquent with Irish words
of blessing and endearment. 4@~ Is
But to this day Bat cannot compre-
bend Jake's malice, and says with
puzzled look:
"Tll never fought he'll done dat
proppus. '-Calfmnian.
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A Dear Cllronometer.
Meanness not infrequently resembles
the

Meanness not infrequently resembles
| the
| Vaulting ambition which DE 'reaps itself.
/ And falls on the other.
an excellent ILLUSTRATION of thigs&aer-
leaplng" is furnished by certain tfans-
action OF John Jacob Astor with one of
his captains. The story is told by a
writer in the Boston 15.aasc,ipt:
The captain had sailed Voyages to
China without q yekro astef, depend
ing on g deadaeckohing" and s1unars;;"
just starting on his seventh voyage, he
, suggested to Mr.. Aston that it would be
safer to have q chronometer.
'sWell, get one," said the merchant.
The captain did so, and entered it's
cost in his account curre When AS
tors eyes fell upon this item he drew
his pencil through it. The captain ex-
postulated. Said Aston: "I told YOU
to get one; / didn't say I'd pay for it. y
The captain severed his connection
with Aston then and there, and went
into Wall street, engaged with other
owners, and before night. was in com
mand OF as fine q ship as ever foated in
New York's beautiful bay.
In three days she vas ready for sea.
and set sail. At the same time Astor's
ship, under the command of a new can
tain, set sail also. They had race for
Hong Kong, but the captain who, as he
used to put it, had discharged John
Jacob Astor, by keeping the men at the
braces, took advantage of every puff of
wind and won by three dagx
Then there was lively Mork. The
ship was loaded in the shortest time
possible, and before Astor's vessel.
which had arrived meantime, was half
loaded, our captain weighed anchor.
and with a full cargo of tea set sail fol,
Sandy Hook; arrived in good time; got
his ship alongside the wharf and began
hosting out his cargo, which was sold
by auctlon on the spot
Inas glutted the market, for the
consumption was comparatively small
IN those days, and when .Astor's shin
came IN prices had fallen.
Two days later, as the captain was
sauntering down Broadway, he met his
former employer.
How much did dat chronometer
cost your asked the latter.
" Six hundred dollars"
Veil, said Aston, "dat vas sheaD.
1t cost me sixty tousand dollars
The merchant and the captain have
long since paid the reekaaing. but that
chronometer is still a good timeLeeper
and treasured relic as WELL
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i" Sewers Song.v

Now hands to seed-sheet, boys,
We step and we cast; old Times Oh wing.
And would ye partake of harvest joys,
The corn must be sown in spring.
Fall gently and still, good corn,
Lie warm in thy earthly bed,
And stand SO yellow some morn,
That beast and man may be fed.
Old Earth is a pleasure to see
In sunshiny cloak Of red and green;
The furrow lies fresh; this year will be
Az the years that are past have been.
Fall gently and still, etc.
Old Mother, receive this corn,
The seed of six thousand golden sircs;
All these on thy kindly breast were born:
One more thy poor child requires.
Fall gently and still, etc.
Now steady and sure again,
And measure Of stroke and step we keep;
Thus up and thus down we cast our grain;
Sow well, and you gladly reap.
Fall gently and still, etc.
Thomas carlyle.
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Rents in Chicago have advanced fifty
per cent, while in New York the adj
vance is still greater. Street rents have
quadrupled in many instances, until, as
the Springfield Republican puts it, the
room in which man makes his money
costs more than the house in which he
spends it. Small houses on dirty back
streets cost 81 200 year in New York,
and rooms up four OF five flights of
stairs rent for $50 and $40 month.
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FACTS AND COMMENTS.

Six members of the new United States
Senate are not natives Of the United
States-Farley, of California, Fair, of
Nevada, Jones, Of Florida, and Sewell,
Of New Jersey, were born in Ireland;
Jones, of Nevada, in England, and
Beck, Of Kentucky, in Scotland.
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The new prohibitory law of Kansas
denies the use of wine at the sacrament,
and renders preachers liable for its use.
1t compels every physician to take an
oath not to prescribe any article into
which alcohol enters unless it is neces-
sary for the health of the patient, and
every druggist to take similar oath not
to put up or sell any such article except
by prescriptions, duly signed, by a
practicing physician. Under this law
no one can buy spirits of camphor,
cologne or favoring extracts except
upon physicians prescription.
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The -4nsrieaa Register, of Paris,
boasts, and not without reason. adds
the English journal, Loud and Et,aar,
Of the slow but sure manner in which
American goods are forcing their way
into and successfully competing IN all
foreign markets with European n,a,u-
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features. ssOur cotton goods, both
heavy and fine, are rapidly taking the
place Of English. Our printing and
wrapping paper is finding ready sale
in the East and West Indies, while
even bank note and bond paper Is indie
mand in Italy, Austria and Spantls.
American cutlery..is sold in Birming
our locks are supplanting those OF Eng
ish manufacture in English houses.
American jewelry is sold in Paris, and
if We. are not sending GOALS to Newcastle,
London is talking of supplying her
CRATES and furnaces with anthracite from
Pennsylvania. English manufactures
must stir up and put their shoulders te
the wheel, or = ! will be nowhere IN
the race for wealth.
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crease of the use of opium and morphia
in the United States the following sta
tistics have a painful interest, and it
must be remembered that this is no ex-
ceptional case. In one of our large cit
les, containing twenty five years ago
population of 81, 900, the sales of opium
and morphia reached $50 pounds and
375 ounces respectively, or about forty
three grains of opium and three grains OF
morphia yearly for each Individual, if the
consumption was averaged. The popu-
lation is now 1000, and $500 pounds
of opium and $500 ounces of morphia
are sold annually. While the popula-o
tion has increased fdty-nine per cent,
the sale of opium has increased 800 per
cent, and morphia LOO, or an average
of 2O6 grains OF opium and twenty-fo
grains of morphia to every inhab-
liant. But there are additional
sales Of from 100000 to 100000
pills of morphia, which would give
us 40 ounces more of the drug. One
fourth of the opium sold is consumed in
its natural state, and three-fourths are
made into opiates, the principal one
being laudanum. The imports Of opium
into the United States for the years 1879
and 1880, ending the thirtieth of June,
were 533, 451 pounds, valued at 2,7s6,
COG
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/ dress P. D. Box ia. care OF Mechanics tx
change, DonaIdsonvI.le. La.
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r.sitDrs TO ta. otsy oesf.F= SO .....s.....
with rooms, with or without board.
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Ilrs,te correspondence 1nvIss.l. 12atl1.ess
p. u. Box 1893.
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Fe e""it-no'rs. Irr,vlI:s par 1871 % ;
being required.
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His heal dropped lower, his lips were
still. The water swept across his breast,
the long ferns, waving, brushed his
bleeding hnads, and through the laurel
branches the sunshine fell upon his
CHASTITY face.
Jake, my poor Teller, look-hope
your heyes-you amt dead, don't it
Sapre, wake up, mon ga" cried Bat, in
an agony of terror and compassion, as,
with trembling hands, he dashed the
water in his face and rubbed his hands,
and from Jake's pocket-fask poured
whisky down his throat. At last Jake
slowly Enclosed his eyes and feeblv
moved his lips.
"Dat's right, by golly, swear i you
want to, but keep you heyes hopen.
Now, how You tink I'll got you hout OF
dis? Here, embrace me, mon cher; put
YOU harms ron ma neck, CONNIE ca-ho
done! You are more heavy dan a black
oak log, but keep to me-now. hup we
go. Dere," laying his burden safely on
the bank, 'you better bath yourself in
de stable next time, young Teller"
But Jake had tainted again, and Bat
ran to the house fer help.
Yes, [ meant to kill you, Bat, as true
as you live, said Jake, in his first pen
itence. I'm sorry now, for you're
brick, and YOU deserve the girl; but I
couldn't stay round and see her smilin'
like that on no man, not if he'd saved
my life a hundred times; I might be
tempted agin; it's in my natur, Bat
I'm mean cIlss. that's a fact. bnt as
soon as I'm on my pins asin, I'll git
And he did. Aud Maria and Bat were
married. The pines and the waterfalls