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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-11-26
She Paid Extra.

A widow, whose age might have been
forty, went into business on Grand
River avenue, and the first move was
to get sign painted. The services of
a sign painter were secured, and when
he finished his work he put on his sim
print" by placing his initials, "W. A.
H." down on the left-hsnd corner of
the sign. When the widow came to
criticise the work she queried:
"What does w. A. H.. stand for?"
"Why, Wanted, A Husband" re-
piled the painter.
ooh, yes-I see," she mused. at
was very thoughtful OF you, and here is
O dollar extral"- Detroit Free Press.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-11-26
Decrease in American Shipping.

The Commissioner of Navigation "a
Washington telegram says) reports that the
apparent decrease in the number of vessels
owned in the United States since the re-
port Of 1884 is 1924, but as there were
many vessels reported in the list of 1884
which had been lost or sold to foreign
traders it is estimated that the real decrease
in the number of vessels owned in the
United States during the last year was
about two hundred.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-11-26
Horrors OF the Sanctnm.

According to this telegram the King
of Italy is employing his time in mush-
room hunting" remarked the telegraph
editor.
"With all the war excitement in
Europe, "rejoined the obituary editor,
IL should think. he would not have
mushroom for sport of that kind"
Beware" Clipped in the snake
editor, "a little of that kind of fungus
great way"
Then there was silence for the space
Of fifteen econds.-PittsLurgh Chron-
icle
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-11-26
THE TRAppER,s GRAVE.
GgAT rIBfDSAraAS d uRsEn 11Fr7 ~
@In.r,,,a.s ,.vsr, sioeos .,s,i- O. Lsn.c,,,,

After llfes fever, he sleeps well. ksPedi't
Deep in a mighty canyons gloom.
Beneath giant pine.
stood beside a trappers tomb,
And read the carven line
That told the name and age of him
Who rested there so well.
And how amid the forest dim,
True TO his trust, he fell.
Ay. yonder stood the hut where he
Dwelt with his Indian bride,
And, tits recorded, proud and free,
The treacherous foe defied,
Tin, rs the great gold seeking bands
Invaded his retreat.
He perished by assassin hands,
Majestic in defeat, llftW
Around this spot, where died his hope.
There bounded then the game;
The red deer and the antelope,
The mighty grizzly came:
And where some mining camps now hold
Their scenes of strife and blood,
The buffaloes in myriads rolled
Their brown and biliowy Hood.
THIS gSdss ERiSh hls lsst slumber seal
Once echoed TO his rides peal
Or marked the hunter free
Steal through the forest mazes deep
Where the panther's footprints 90,
Or on his wiry mustang sweep
In chase of fleeter foe.
Perchance his simple heart despised
And held in sad disdain
The glittering dro Bwhose quest so prizeo
Disturbed his wild domain;
Perchance to some still louelier spot
He, restless, vet hadfiown,
Had not the bastard, ambushed shot
His massive strength o'erthrown.
No matter; here he takes repose
From war-path and from chase;
No prouder monument e'er rose
Ger hero's resting place. -
The solemn Colorado Hlades
Around I'm grHndeur sweep;
No care disturbs, nor dream invades
His-grand. eternal sleep.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-11-26
Bulgaria.

Great excitement and enthusiasm prevail
in Philippopolis. Troops are being hur-
ried forward to the defense Of Sofia, and
the war fever, which had recently died out,
is again at the highest pitch.
Prince Alexander, from his headquarters
at Sofia, issued an order of the day to the
officers and men of his army, of which the
following is the substances: "King Milan
has declared war against us and ordered the
Servian army to invade Bulgaria. Our Ser
Wan brethren, instead of assisting US, wish
to ruin our country. Show your courage
now and defend your mothers, wives, sis
ters, and honest Pursue and annimlate the
cowardly, treacherous enemyl Let For
ward be your battle-cry, brethren, and may
God aid us and grant us victory"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-11-26

A LANCET correspondent thinks that
one of the overlooked causes of the
evils of cigarette smoking is that the
cigarette smoker actually uses a great
deal more tobacco than do cigar
smokers.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-11-26

THERE is movement on foot among the
colored people of the country to raise q
large sum of money for the erection Of o
monument at Washington to commemorate
their emancipation from slavery.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-11-26

THE Victory, the war ship on which Nell
SON fought and fell at Trafalgar, is at
Portsmouth, Eng, in q good state Of pres
ervation. ~
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-11-26

THE commander OF Danish Arctic ex-
pedition, Just returned TO Copenhagen, says
there is no possibility Of ever reaching the
North Pole.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-11-26

Frank Parker, an old resident of Royal
Oak, has developed very sad case of tenn
porary insanity.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-11-26

Basil Boynford, he has never spoken
of the love in his heart which time and
Keziah's tender care have strengthened.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-11-26

WIN. Johnston died at Monroe Sunday,
aged SO. AT the breaking out of the war he
was obliged to leave Frederick, Nd, be-
cause of giving information to President
Lincoln of a secret secession organization
which met in a hall over his store, and
which was arrested in a body. Mr.. John
ston had resided in Monroe over twenty
years, and was respected by all who knew
him.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-11-26

The crowd surged up and swept her ten
feet away. She held the letter in one hand
and the stamp in the other, and gazed her
indignation. Her anger seemed to center
on one man-one who had elbowed her the
hardest. He seemed to feel il, and he turned
and bowed, and whispered:
"'Scuse me, ma'am, but this is no idiot
asylum"
Then she chawed and chawed, and went
out without posting her letter.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-11-26
Kind Sir, Please, Gu Me Information"
From the Detroit Free Press.l

Twenty EIGHT impatient people in half
circle about the stamp-window at the post
Office the other day. The twenty ninth
was not an inpatient people. She was a
young woman of eighteen. She had let
ter to post and she posed in front of the
window, spread out her arms and chewed
her gum and said:
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-03-10

DROPOsALS FOR TRANSPORTA-
ton. - Headquarters department.
Of California, office OF Chief Quarter
master. Preside Of san Francisco, Cal,
March 5, lSS5.-Sealed proposals IN "Trip
licatc, subject to the usual conditions
will be received ut this office until II
O'Clock A. NJ, Tuesday, April IA, 1850, at
which time and place they will be open
ed in the presence of bidders, for the
Transportation of Military Supplies on
the fo!lowing-described routes in the De
partment of California, during the ms
cal wear commencing Julyl, 1885:
Route No. Reno, Nevada. to Fort
Bidwell. California. Wagon Transpor-
tation. Distance, 1872 miles. Route NO
2 -winnemucca, Nevada, rto> Fort Nc
Dermit, Nevada. Wagon Transporta-
ton. Distance, 70. Route No. 3-Arcata
California, to Fort CASTOR, California.
Pack Mule Tianspor' alton. distance,
40 miles. Separate proposals must De
made for each route. The Government
reserves the right to reject any or all
proposals. Blanks and full information
as to bidding, etc will be furnished on
application to this office. Envelopes
containing proposals should be mark
cd Proposals for the Transportation
on Route No., and addressed to the
undersigned. j. ID. BlNGH AM,
Assistant. Q. NJ. General, Chief Quarter
master.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-03-10

Congress, and that Is the ushering
out Of General Rosecrans. This
gentleman has done nothing but
nisrepresent the sentiments and
betray the interest Of hia csnstitu-
ents since he has been in o@ce.
His backyard speech on the
Grant retirement bill aroused the
indignation Of our people, and the
feeling il further intensified BY his
active opposition to the San Fran
cisco Postoaice bill. L was bad
enough that the bin Vas delayed
through his neglect or Incompetence
but that he should persistently vote
against the measure when an oppor-
.tanity "A. presented for its pas.
SAGE, shows him to have been al
along . traitor to the trust imposed
in him. It was the spiteful act Of
q small narrow-minded man, to get
. petty revenge uDon the people Of
this city for refusing to return him
to Congress and reindorse his i'm.
becility.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-03-10
MAPLESON'S SETBACK.

Mapleson the English cad, who
50 outrageously swindled the peo-
ple of San Francisco last year
through the medium Of scalpers'
bogus ticket sellers etc, has had
the British assurance to come
back and try to repeat his tactics.
During his opening week he has
changed the programme half q
dozen tim es, taking extraordinary
pains to disappeint and disgust
the public as often as is possible in
specified limits.
In New York you can hear all
the Patti opera you want for $3.50
aud $500 and yet by putting the
prices up at outrageous figures he
succeeded once in setting San
Francisco crazy and clearing a
large sum of money. This year
the ticket scalpers have lost money,
and one night last week he
had to paper the house to
make a showing to the public.
The wary opera patrons have de-
decided to wait until the Patti
craze strikes the 81 90 stratifica-
ton. and it has been pretty Sc
verely agreed upon that people will
net purchase tickets of the specu-
lators at any price. The Post and
Stock papers are exposing the
fraud, while the Chronicle is
bolsiering it up as before.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-03-10
EXIT CHANDLER.

It's an i'll wind that blows nobody
good. and no matter what may be
the result of the next four years
Of Democratic rule, it is safe to as
sert that there will be no deteriora-
ton in the quality of the Navy of
the United States. There, never
was such collection of water-log-
ged old tubs masqueraded under
the title Of Navy by any civilized
nation, but rotten as these old hulks
we're, they were models compared
with the disgraceful old blister up
on the country's record Secretary
Chandler. In after years, when
the enemies Of the Republican
party want to hurl obloquy and
heap ignominy upon its name and
reputation, they will only have to
mention Chandler, and in that one
word express the concentrated
odium resultant from his misrule OF
the American Navy. When an
honest Republican feels regretful
of the disasters Of last November
he can pluck consolation from the
reflection that defeat has its COM
pensations.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-03-10
ProDosals fer Site for the U. =
Government Building.
OFFICE OF THE POSTMASTER,
CARSON CITY, NEVADA.
February, 1885.

Sealed proposals will be received at
this office until IAN, on the fourth day
of March, 1885, for the sale of property
suitable as a site for the public build
ing authorized to be erected in this city.
A corner lot is preferred. II corner lot
the dimensions should be not less than
10 I 1870 feet If not a corner lot, not less
than 40 go feet, the 23O feet to be street
frontage. Buildings on property select
ed to be retained and removed by the
owner. The Department reserves the
right to re iect all proposals.
Proposals should be marked Propo
sails for sale OF property for site OF q
public building at Carson City, Ne
vada, "and addressed to
&C. WHITE. Postmaster.
Carson City, Nevada.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-03-10

The telegraph reports that two
wealthy men, one of whom is
worth $500, QUO were recently sent
to prison for the petty offense OF
selling pools. The laws Of New
York must be different from those
of this coast Here rich man
can usually escape prosecution,
and he can always escape csnvic-
ton and punishment. Let the
public wait for the Spreckles trial
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-03-10

The investigation Of the charges
against Ger. Barnes Tor having
purchased the sparions Tyler Gu m,
pel contract from McLaughlin, 10
oyer, and the committee Of Eve ap.-
pointed to 1ake |. report have sui
mitted lengthy document which
closes as follows:
Your committee are unani-
nously Of the opinion that the con-
duct of Mr.. Barnes has been un-
professional and contrary 70 coed
morals, and that it should receive
the positive, unqualified conden-
nation of this association. But in
view Of the facts and circumstan-
ees, your committee are OF the
opinion that your association hav-
ing declared its disapproval OF the
conduct of Mr.. Barnes and its con-
domination of the transaction under
consideration, no further action in
the premises is demanded by, or
would be conducive to the cause OF
truth, or the interest Of the pro-
fession or the good of this associa
ton. In reference to the conduct
of Mr.. Tyler in the premises, an
Indictment having been found by
the Grand Jur- against him, your
committee have concluded to make
no report, except to advise a sus-
pension of action of this assoeia-
ten pending the criminal proceed
ing against him. Respectfully
submitted.
The report was discussed for
over three hours, and finally res
olution introduced by Cyril v
Gray. was adopted by vote of 4e
to II, as follows:
Res olred, That after considering
all the facts and circumstances
which surround Gen. Barnes in, the
matter of the Tyler-Gumpel con
tract, this association is Of the
opinion that he has not been
guilty of unprofessional conduct.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-03-10
POINTED CRITICISM.

The San Francisco Post says:
The people Of San Francisco have
one especial cause for congratula-
ton upon the ushering in Of . new
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-03-10

Base Ball and Croquet Sets,
Bird Cages and Window
Shades, Writing Tablets,
Miscella neous and
School Books. A COM
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Decorative
Goo DIS,
Artists
Materials,
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Pistols and AM
munition, Musical
Instruments, Stylo-
graphic and Gold Pens,
Baby Carriages, Toys,
Brackets, Cornices, Mould
ings, Pictur, Frames to order.
Paintings, .Engravings and
Chromos, Prang's Anniversary,
COngratulatlOn an reward
Cards. Singer Sewing Machine
Agency. Optical Goods, Cutlery,
Meerschaum Pipes, Jewelry, and
1901 novelties of new designs at
CAGWIN & NOTEWARE'S
Two Stores, next to and opposite
PostOffice, Carson Street,
Carson, Nevada.
N. B.-We supply all Eastern
and Western Daily, Weekly and
Monthly Publications by mail OF
carrier. Subscriptions solicited.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-09-26
The Manners of Boys.

Boys at certain transitory age are apt
to be awkward. Outdoor exercise and
sports do much to make them strong and
straight, yet it is very common among
those who are growing fast Especially if
they read or study good deal, } to find the
head thrust forward, the shoulders round
and STOPPING, and a slouching, ungraceful
carriage Until these things are corrected,
no boy can be thoroughly strong and Wig
orous. Biting the nails is one of the most
annoying habits, and yet one which almost
any boy will fall into unless his mother
ships it in the bud" Not only is it al
most uncomfortable for nervous person to
sit in the room with one of these nail-biting
boys, but the young mans hands are injur-
ed in appearance, and, if the habit be car
ried to excess will become almost deformed.
In these days of professional manicures,
mothers ought, at least, to see that there
are no ragged nails and raw fingers among
their children.
A habit of shutting, or of scraping the
throat, of tapping the floor with the foot,
or the table with the knuckles, comes on
gradually, but, once fixed is exceedingly
difficult to overcome. External vigilance
should be mothers watchword, for the
true secret of curing bad habits is in
never allowing them to be formed. The
"ounce of prevention" is worth more than
the "pound of cure | would not take
away anything of boyishness or natural
ness. A real boy is worth half dozen
tops or dudes But [ do not see why
boys should not be as graceful and we'll
hammered as their sisters; why they cannot
sit down at a table without hitting it aud
Earring the dishes as well as the tempers of
the whole family; why they cannot eat
slowly and noiselessly; why they cannot
cross room without stumbling against the
furniture; or close door without slamming.
1t should be perfectly natural for boy to
lift his hat to his mother or sister when he
chances to meet them on the street; to rise
from comfortable chair when older per-
sons enter the room; to entertain visitor
when the rest of the household is occupied.
Do you say it is too much for boy to
think of all these things? If the mother
has trained him from babyhcod constantly
and carefully, he will do them without
thinking. Good manners are a growth,
and boyhood is the time, and home the
place, in which they should grow.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-09-26
CHAPTER WIGHT.

The day has been long and eventful, but
the night has come at last Amid its
silence and repose l can commune with my
own heart. Ali is well, and | am pleased
to find that the agitation of my soul has
given place to calm, and ill-will toward my
neighbors to resignation. | do not hurry
to bed, for have much to set right 10 my
own mind-to readjust, in short, the SEN
timents which, having been SO violently
displaced, were becoming mixed and con-
fused in my brain. l do not need light,
for the moons shining brightly, and every
thing looks so calm and quiet that the fever
and heat of my frame seem gradually to
have ceased, and | feel refreshed even with
the sight of the peace around me. But
one single taper is shining throughout the
village. Its light comes from the easement
of the poor old Widow Martin, who is
dying of sorrow and fatigue after life of
labor and anxiety to bring up her two boys.
One of them, taken by the CONSUMPTION,
has been lately killed in Algeria, while the
other, as eldest son left in mercy by the
law as sole support of his mother, died a
month ago, from an accident, in Paris,
whittier he had gone to earn sufficient
wages to make her old age comfortable |
have been able to supply her with all that
is needful, and she dies in peace, forgiving
the fellow-workman whose negligence caused
poor Michael to fall from the scaforlding,
as well as the Captain by whose rash COM
mand her darling Basil was compelled to
march with his comrades to certain death
in the ambush formed by the Arabs
And SO do |, too, retire to rest, forgiving
all, and invoking Heavens blessing even
upon those by whom my soul has been
stricken almost unto death.
This paper found among the writings
left by dear Able. had given it to him,
according to my promise, on my thirty-frst
birthday How far off it all seems now
glimpse into another world | am very
old now, but not solitary. Emile, restored
to comparative health by my unceasing
care, and unwilling to marry, resides with
me, and together we do good, after the
fashion of unmarried women, and find our
reward in the happiness of others. The
world smiled at the subsection to which
Cousin Octave was condemned by his union
with Madame de Meris; but we would often
sigh at the prospect of his debasement.
They returned to Martinique, where Octave
died, still young-worried into his grave
$50 people said) by the temper of his wife.
That lady's arritability has been increased
by the terms of Octave's will, whereby he
left me sole guardian of the only child born
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-09-26
A Death Picture.

At the commencement exercises of the
Medical College of Virginia, at Richmond,
a few years ago, Hon. A. NJ. Kelley deliv-
cred the address, in the course Of which
he drew the following exquisite wOrd-pic-
ture of scene which only those can fully
appreciate who have passed through the
pathetic and painful experience:
"Come with me, you who believe that
there is nothing in this human entity save
the gases and fluids and earth which re-
spond to chemical analysis-come with me
to the chamber where little child, an on
ly one, lying on its mothers lap, is fight
ing with wasting fever or fatal Group the
battle-oh, how unequal-for its little
life. Let us cross the threshold without
knock or bidding, for the conventionalities
of life have no place here, and out of the
gloom of swift-coming death softly step.
How loud the tick of the clock How
spectral the light! Scattered about the
floor are the toys with which mothers
love sought to wean the baby's thought
from the pain that racks its tiny frame
all useless now, for the gliding sands are
fastening to the end. Look down into
that mothers face, homely it may be when
measured by the painters standard or the
sculptor's, but radiant through all its an
guish with a divine loneliness which the
chisel of Phidias or Raphael's brush would
vainly seek forever Watch her, as with
warming love, whose mute eloquence
shames all the witchery of words, she an
swers the sad appeal of those fast-dimming
little eyes-turning to her in pathetic won
der-wonder why that tender mother who
failed it never before in trouble or suffering,
helps not now. Look down through those
trimming eyes, whose gushing tide she
STAYS for baby's sake, into that riven heart,
bursting with the thought that the fragile
threads are breaking-swiftly breaking;
that soon those eys, whose radiance out
sparkles all the gems of earth, will be dim,
dim, forever dim; that soon the prattle
which to her fond ear was sweeter than
hymns of seraphs will be forever hushed
that soon the little, pattering feet, that on
ly yesterday made sweet melody through
the house will move no more; and silence
which is akin to no other silence known
on earth will cast its pail upon that smit-
ten habitation. Hush the end has come.
Let us wait until the first burst of natures
Grief is over-past. Measured by reasons
standard, we should now expect rage, or
vengeance, or fear, to find expression here;
but of these scarcely trace is seen. A
new and totally distinct group of emotions
gather around this tiny form, raising and
softening and Identifying the awful scene.
Calm-eyed Faith stands there gazing down
the ages with look serene, and from Hopes
white wings supernal light floods the dark
ness, and Resignation, with steadfast front,
and Fortitude, with outstretched arm,
bearing up this bruised heart; and you feel
that it is not the grim skeleton and scythe
and hour-glass, nor AtrapOs in robe Of
black who sits desparing at this couch Of
death, but an angel with fearful eyes and
compassion limitless, whose hand has
soothed even while it smote.
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