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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1890-08-13
BOARD OF TRADE.
Ihe Regular Monthly Proceedings
Last Saturday.

resident Newlands presidin,
= secretary Bragg, Manager Fulton
and Directors Martin, Foley, Fol
|, son, Bender and Powning; also ]
Il. Vail, Peter Marker and Alvar,
Evans were present.
President Newlands made a re
port on the subject of the pro
posed address concerning econo
my In State and county govern
ments. He said he had conferred
with number Of persons who
were opposed to a Constitutional
convention, and believed the nee
essary changes could be effected
oy law and amendments. In or
der that the subject might be fully
considered, counsel had been en-
pioyed to show the advantages of
convention, and also how the re-
forms might be effected bv the
Legislature. Mr.. Bragg offered
the following resolution which was
adopted:
In view of the fact that our SEN
ators and Represent atives in Con-
Bress are in position to be OF |
great assistance to the Board OF
Trade in its efforts to develope |
the resources of Nevada, be it
Resol0ed. That the Secretary be
instructed to write Senators Jones
ana Stewart and Congressman
bartlne inviting them to name a
lay when they can meet with us
or the purpose of formulating
some plan to raise money to sue
'esstuIly carry out the work eff re-
lalming our arid lands and en-
ouraging settlers to come to Ne :
ada.
MI. Martin moved that a gen
raj meeting of the Board be held
rlor to the meetings of the re- E
pectlve State Conventions, to dis
uss convention questions.
The Manager read an address :
the Southern Pacific Company
skiing for that company's assist =
ice by the establishment OF a -
'lonlzation agency, granting stop =
'er privileges to immigrants by "
eating a general officer in the s
ate to have charge of all local w
alters and to render financial
to the Board The following
nmlttee was appointed to sign
d forward the address to the :.
uthern Pacific Company: c. C.
wnlng, NJ. d. Foley, W. o. III. ~
'rtin, L. ID. Folsom and A.C
agg. he'
committee consisting Of L. D.
som, I. V. Julian, G. H. Mark 'nt
n, A. G. Fletcher, w. II. Gould =
nes Mayberry and William
'mpson was appointed to con-
II and report upon the estab- go
ment OF a creamery and a wool
ehouse at Reno, and such
IT Industries as might well be n
Bull
u ou I'll monday ton
i'-'hD MEETING forte
e epitomise the foregoing in thai.
request: up V
the Southern Pa P M
company organize a COLOMBIA ants.
agency for Nevada similar to conn
ne now organized in CaIifor. tiff b
md that the company take oven
ufes TO market its own lands. trial
courage the application of
to land, and to make use of
gencles which it now EMPLOYS A.. =
llfornia for building up the - =
ond NJ befor,
Iase ir,n,i,nae. - Judge
opo moss -, Gus fendal
day, to stop over at one or "u q
,ecifiad nloaog - - " guilty
~ OC- 10 mo
le Whether or not they would , III
settle in this State. an
tba ST ''many
ompany appoint some Gen. mr.
lanager, Vice President or Las
Mt Director, who will have son wa
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-12-31
Their Common Interest.

The Journal ofthe Knights Of Labor
points out as hopeful sign the solidity
of labor the world over as exemplitied
by the action of the English trade
unions in raising fund for the assist
ance of the Australian dock laborers.
1T is expected" it says in the last
issue, "that the English dockmen alone
will be able to raise from 915,000 to
100000 in repayment of the generous
assistance given by the labor reformers
of Australia during their struggle, which
in no small degree enabled them to
win in the contest. In addition to
this the Gas-Workers' and Sailors
unions will each send FL, 900 in aid of
the Australian strikers. and their noble
example will doubtless incite other
unions to contribute. We are rejoiced
to note this indication that the toilers
in other lands are beginning to recog-
nize and to practically act upon the
principle that labor everyW here has a
common interest irrespective of dis
tance ur international boundaries. If
all the laborers of the civilized world
fully appreciated this great truth they
would be irresistible. So long rs we
allow international jealousies, race
prejudices, or mistaken ideas OF patriot
ism to influence us we shall fight at a
disadvantage with an enemy which
never allows national or sectional pre-
judice to override its interests.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-12-31
Prehistoric Animals.

All the magnificent buildings of Paris
are made of limestone taken from
quarries near the city. These quarries
are composed of layers made entirely
from the tiny shells of microscopic
animals. No less than one hundred
and thirty-seven species exist in these
limestone beds. There were other lit
tie beings, not so small, that did an
enormous share of the bodybuilding.
They have received the name mum
mulites,' from the Latin word mum
mus" meaning money" because their
shells resemble coins. In Germany
they are commonly called the devils
money" They are so perfectly formed
that one cannot help thinking, on first
looking at them, that they have been
stamped with die. In some places
mountains of great height are made of
their shells. In Egypt the layers are
of such extent that since centuries be-
fore Christ the rock has been used for
building purposes. The ancient Pyra-
mids and the Sphinx are made of this
rock.
Beds of Ignite. kind of half-finished
coal are also found amongst the rocks
of this age. With it is found the vel
low amber, which is only fossil resin
from a species of pine tree. 1t is
abundant on the shores of the Ger
man Ocean. Insects are often found
preserved in it as on the day they
were imprisoned. The first bee of all
the ages was found in amber, IAN en-
balmed corpse in a crystal coffin"
With it were found fragments of flower
and leaf, as if the resin dropped on the
flower upon which the bee had alighted,
and enveloped 'both.-St. Nicholas.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-12-31
He Was an Honest Voter.

When Colonel Higginson was run
ming for Congress two years ago a
friend of his, gentleman living in
Cambridge, visited the polls election
day to see how the colored vote was
going. In one of the ward rooms he
met colored man who had formerly
been in his employ, and, going up to
him, he asked: '.Well, George, who is
your favorite candidate to-dayP" The
colored brother named the man for
whom he was going to vote, and, to
the grief of his former employer. it was
not the name of Colonel Higginson
that he gave. You don't mean to
say, George" said the Coloners friend.
that you are going to vote that wayP
Why, l should think that your sense
of honor and of gratitude would lead
you to cast your ballot for man who
has done so much as Colonel Higgin-
son has for you and for all the people
of your race" But the colored brother
had different IDEAS" Il should t'ink,
sah," he replied, ''dat my sense OF
honor and OBJ gratitude would lead me
to vote for de gemman what guy me
two and half"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-12-31
THE DAY OF JUDGMENT.
A Curious Theory Presented by q Clergy
man in Ireland.

The Rev. j. S. Vaughan discusses in
the Dublin ReUieao a curious question
in religion. His theory is that the re-
surrection of the body solves the pro-
blem of the final destiny of the earth.
and he bases It on ''the teaching of
sound theologians" and the accepted
truths of science" In brief, it is that
when the archangel sounds the last
trump and summons the dead to arise
from their graves and come to judg-
ment the whole of this planet will
vanish with them for their bodies will
comprise all the matter of which it is
composed.
This novel position is based on statis-
tics and science and is defended with
the exactness of mathematical calcu-
lations. He notes the tendency of
science to reduce substances hereto
fore regarded as elementary. and argues
that in the end only one universal
elemental substance will be recognized.
Next he refers to 1.-The scientific fact
that the absolute amount of matter, or,
in other words, the sum total of all
that exists in the material universe. is
ever constant quantity" Nothing
new, he argues, is created except
human souls, and they are put in
''earthly tabernacles kneaded together
from existing matter'' and subject to
the laws of matter.
He makes these remarkable deduc-
tions from the facts already given.
The weight of the earth is 5000, OO0,-
600, 000. 900. 900. 600 tons. The popula-
ton of the earth in the year 5000 will
be 32O, 600, 600, 900, ,OOO 900. Unless
every one of these people returned his
body to the earth, he remarks, ''there
would be steady and inconvenient
diminution of its bulk As the dead
multiply the entirety of existing mat
ter will be absorbed by their bodies.
Hence the conclusion that the earth
must disappear with the dead. "When
every soul of man that has ever lived,
from Adam TO the final crack of doom,
has claimed his body" says Mr..
Vaughan. ''will there be anything at
all left of the present little orb ON
which we dwell?' His answer is that
nothing-absolutely nothing-will re-
main.
Mr.. Vaughan thinks he can even
compute the day of judgment. 1t will
come, says, ''when SO many persons
shall have lived from the beginning
that. on reclaiming their bodies. the
whole substance of the earth will be
utilized in meeting the demand"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-12-31
ANCIENT OIL WELLS.
Early History of the Petroleum Industry
in Pennsylvania.

Petroleum was sought and used in
North America perhaps as early as
anywhere else in the world, since it
was collected in many places and in
large quantity by that mysterious peo-
pie or peoples whom we know as THE
Mound Builders" When, in 1859,
went to Titusville, like thousands of
others. called there by the Drake oil
well, noticed that the bottom lands
on Oil Creek below the town, and
where covered with a magnificent for
est of bemlock trees, were pitted in
peculiar way; that is, the surface was
occupied by a series of contiguous
depressions ten or fifteen feet in diam
eter, and from one to three feet in
depth. These were circular and SYM
metrical, in that respect differing from
the pits formed by uprooted trees.
Inquiring of Brewer and Watson, who
had an oil well there, what was the
cause of this series of pits, received
no satisfactory answer from them; but
a by-stander answered my question by
taking me to his well, just begun in
the vicinity. As it CHANGED, this well
was sunk in one of the pits before re-
ferred to. 1t was carried to the depth
of about twenty-five feet in the earth
when the rock was reached and the
drilling begun. Throughout this depth
it followed the course of an old well.
which had been cribbed up with tim
ber and in it was ladder such as was
commonly used in the copper mines of
Lake Superior by perhaps the same
people who worked the oil wells. This
ladder was a portion of a small tree,
of which the trunk was thickly set
with branches. These were cut off
four or five inches from the trunk, and
thus formed steps by which the we'll
owner could 60 down and gather the
oil as it accumulated on the surface of
the water, just as was done by the old
oil producers on the banks of the Cas-
plan and the Irrawaddy. Some of the
trees which grew over the pits which
marked the sites of oil wells were three
and even four feet in diameter, thus
proving that the wells had been abGrs-
doned at least 400 or 500 years ago.
At Enniskillen, Canada, and at
Mecca and Grafton, Ohio, found SIM
liar ancient oil wells. At Enniskillen
the oil was obtained by sinking pits
through forty or fifty feet of imper-
vious clay. Beneath this the oil accu-
mulated on the surface of the limestone,
and sometimes thousands Of barrels
| flowed out when one of these reser-
voirs was tapped. In sinking one pit,
which was seven by fourteen feet in
area, on the banks of Black Greek. the
operators found that one corner of
their shaft cut into an older shaft
which had been filled up with rubbish.
twigs, leaves, etc. At the depth of
| twenty-seven feet from the surface a
pair of deer's antlers were taken from
this old pit. Here, as on Oil Greek.
the surface was occupied with trees
three feet in diameter, and some OF
them were growing Immediately over
the old oil well.-Prof. j. S. Nesoberry,
tn Hdrper'S Magazine.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-12-31
Hayseed Is Risin'.

We kin all of remember how along about
September
The papers used ter tell about the caucus or
the fair
End them fellers from the city used ter git
almighty witty
On the feller with the duSter what had hay
seed in his hair.
They he'd fun in legislators with the man what
raised pertaters
If by any hook or crook or chance elected
and sent there,
End the reportorial friskers used ter comment
on the whisllerS
End the caIpet-sack of Billson, what had
hayseed in his hair.
Yes, bgoshl lie rid mis- pass out end he used
ter blow the gas out
End he used ter drink hard cider when he
went out on tear
End he used TO pinch dollar till the buZzard
used to hOller
End the man cut up ree-e-diklOuS what had
hayseed in his hair
But, by gum! eff you've been readin' you OBJ
serve strange purceedin'-
It's the feller with chin-whiskers that is
slowly gittin there,
End it won't be too surprisin eff by slowly Or
ganiZin
Old parties may wake up tew find the hay
seeds in their hair
When the fashions change you fellers will all
carry green umbrellers
End trousers wide across the seat tew make
the dudeletS stare;
In them times eff you pass muster you must
wear a linen duster,
End eff you want to throw on style put hay
"A. T. Worden in Judpe
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-12-31
Our Army.

The army of the United States con-
sists of 2 167 commissioned officers and
a little over 20, 900 real private soldiers,
exclusive of those performing civilian
duties. In other terms one-tenth of the
military force consists of its officers.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-12-31

It has been found that in the long
run no powder is satisfactory for quick
firing guns that is not absolutely safe
from explosion by detonation, and that
the only satisfactory and safe system of
quick firing is by electricity.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-12-31

The World says that 100000 New
York school children will be turned
away from school this year for want of
r0Onl.
Crawford avalanche., 1890-04-03

Freight rates on English railways
are said to average q cents per ton
per mile; in America they average less
than cent. A correspondent of the
London Financial News makes a com
parison of the reports of our Pennsyl-
-.a.,is.- aii.-a-. -.sitl, tho I-anaasa-- ....1
Northwestern road, and says: There
fore, 1t appears that the average cost
of moving fIeight traffic on the Lon
don and Northwestern road is 10S per
cent greater per ton per mile than are
the average charges per ton per mile
upon the Pennsylvania road"
Our own dismalists, the gentlemen
who tell us to consider our English
aunt, and learn her ways and be wise,
should study these pleasant figures.
We don't really. There are quite as
many comforts aud necessaries of life
that cost less money in the American
market than In the English as there
are things that cost less in England
than in America. Besides which. we
have a great deal more money to buy
things with than the English have.
The dismalists should comfort them.
selves with these reflections. Inter
Ocean.
Crawford avalanche., 1890-04-03

'The local newspaper" says a CO.
temporary, "should be found in every
home. No children will grow up
ignorant who can appreciate a home
paper. 1t is the stepping-stone to in
telligence in all those matters not to
be learned in books. Give your chill
dren foreign paper which contains
not one word about any person, place
they expect to be interested! But let
them have the paper and read of per-
sons whom they meet and of places
with which they are familiar, and soon
nm interest is awakened which increases
with every weekly arrival of the local
paper; thus habit of reading is form
ed, and those children will read the
papers all their lives and become in.
telligent men and women, credit to
their knowledge Of the world as it is
to-day.
Crawford avalanche., 1890-04-03
INTERVIEW.
Senator Mcmillan calls the Roll OF Michigan
Virtues and Industries.

s'It seems that the Congress voted a
grant of two millions of acres of land
10 the soldiers of the war Of 1912. and
Surveyor General Edwin Tiffln OF Chill
hcothes Ohio. was instructed to make
q survey. He attempted to do so but
gave II mp, reporting to the General
Land Once Josiah Meigs was then
Commissioner under date of Novem
Der 30, 1915. 1t was copy of this re-
port that saw. It did not give
Bnehigan a very good character. say
ing among other Snsompli,nentary
tlIings that not one-hundreth part of
the two million acres appropriated
would be At for cultivation, and so the
Congress- repealed the law and sent
the soldiers to some other Territory.
You see, the hundreth part Of two
million acres. 20, 900 acres-Is reducing
the arabic lands of Michigan to
pretty email compass, especially when
Il is remembered that the area OF the
state Is 56, 457 square miles,"
well. how nearly right was the
Ohio mnDW
70h, We haze ebcrt tkat number OF
Crawford avalanche., 1890-04-03

The first steel vessel built in the
Saginaw valley was launched at
wheeier's shipyard in Bay City, Tues
day week. The boat is the City OF
Chicago, is owned by Graham & Nor
ton, Chicago, and will run between
that city and Benton Harbor. She is
213 It. long, has 20 state rooms and is
supplied with every modern convent
enee. The cost will reach 1920, 900.
Not less than Is, 900 persons saw the
launch. excursion trains carrying sew
eral hundred strangers to see the sight.
Crawford avalanche., 1890-04-03

The Free Press Is forced to admit
the truth of the assertion of "G. b. 3. "
that the mortgaged indebtedness OF
Michigan farms is but 10 per cent OF
their total value. instead OF AZ per
cent as has been claimed, but it does
so with mighty poor grace and with
much paving up Of dust to blind the
eyes of its readers. sc. b. s." put
the Free Press In hole and it will
have to stay there. .-Det. ITtdtQae.
Crawford avalanche., 1890-04-03

The rapid increase in the wealth OF
the United States the past ten years is
astounding. According to the publish
ed figures the total wealth of the
country is now $6l, ,459, 900, 900, equal
to nearly 81 200 per capita. This IL
an increase in ten years Of $1S, 600, OOO,-
600, or As per cent.
Crawford avalanche., 1890-04-03
POLITICAL AND MISCELLANEOUS

We are in receipt of the University
Calendar, by the courtesy of Secretary
Wade. A careful examination OF its
pages will give the reader some idea OF
this grand institution, of which every
citizen OF Michigan should be Justly
proud.
Crawford avalanche., 1890-04-03

A Washington correspondent has
been prowling around the patent office
aud says he found enough bosom pads
OF different styles to cushion the chairs
OF the house and senate. They were
nearly all the inventions OF women.
Detroit NeiCs.
Crawford avalanche., 1890-04-03
AT HANSON & BRADENS FURNITURE ROOMS

WILL be found at all times CASKETs and
BURIAL CASES Ladies' RARsK
will be sent TO of the country Especial given
embaming preserving corpse.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-09
NUSHKAS Ar HOME.

The Nushka annual was held last Tuesday
evening, and officers were elected as follows:
l.. {. Hay, president; n. j. Boyle, secretary;
4. IL. Townsend, treasurer; w. j. Driscoll,
lieutenant; and Messrs. A. MaeLaren, L. P.
Ordway. W. Ii. Lightner NJ. c. GrIsgs, W. IL.
nyndman, j. p Elmer, A. B. Driscoll. W. C.
Read, +. a. Ja9gard and George G. Squires
as members of the executive committee. 1t
was determined TO again lease the handsome
Griggs house, on Summit avenue, for club
mouse, ana 10 furnish ii with contributions
OF different articles from the mem
Lers OF the club. The house has been closed
for some time, and next Tuesday evening all
the shiyering little spooks that now inhabit
1t Will be driven out, for the house-warming
Will occur on that evening. The most i'm
portant matter 10 come before that meeting
was the suggested amalgamation of the
Nushkas with the Town npd Country club.
II was discussed in an informal way. and
VIII be thoroughly canyassed BY committees
of the two clubs before action is taken one
way or the other. The committees are made
up as follows; For the Nushkas. Mr.. Hay,
chairman; Messrs. Lightner. Jaggard. Squares
and j. j. Parker; for the Town and Country.
MeSsrs. Morton, Patterson, Paget Peet aud
Squlres.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-09
LITTLE sOCIALs.

Locke Richardson the dramatic reader.
seems at last 10 be gaining that recognition
and patronage which, as the leader OF his
kind in the country, he deserves and should
have. Thursday evening he read before the
ladies Of the Aberdeen with great applause
The reception to Rev. W. S. Vail last even
Ing was fitting tribute to q gentleman who
is both eloquent AS preacher and useful and
loyal as citizen. Hundreds Of people
fastened to Day their respects to the popular
preacher.
A grand sacred concert is being arranged
by Rev. j. A. Fitzpatrick, pastor of st. James
church. TO take place in the near future.
Some Of the best talent in the city has already
been engaged for the occasion.
The Century club held a meeting at the
Aberdeen this week, and rumor says that the
regular order Of business was dispensed with
and that the ladies, by unanimous consent,
discussed the Mckinley bill.
The Low Pressure Whist club has
charged its name to the High Pressure
Whist club. which latter name, it is thought,
more nearly describes its great talent at
Whist.
Miss Mabel AcArdell was agreeably sur.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-09

supper was served by The clup IN the dining
room at ] . o'clock. The reception committee
comprised Louis llass, A. \. Rose, Ike Solo
mon, r. Lehman and Leo Ginterman Among
the guests were noticed Mr.. and Mrs. Am
brose Guiternan, Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Goodkind.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Bensinger, Mr.. and Mrs. sam
Sternherg, MIR. and Mrs. L.. Hertz, Joseph
Contain and wife. Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Rose,
MIR. and Mrs. j. SaItler, Mr. and Mrs. Dave
Marx, Mr. aud Mrs Wirth, Mr. and Mrs. A.
Kaiman, Mr.. ana Mrs. Ii. Stern, Mr. and Mrs.
George Gruhcr, Mrs. j, Dittenhoetier Mrs.
Mrs. 5. DiItennoeifer, and Misses Lille
flechner, Blanche, Maliie aud Lettle Buck
man. of Minneapolis: Henrietta Haas,
Carrie Rose, Elmira Guiiermann
Selma With, Jennie Stern, Minnie Smith,
Carrie Rosenteld, Frs ncis Goodman, Sarah
Cardoza, Eugenia Stern. Hattie Sternberg,
Amelia Hertz, Minnie Ditlenhoetfer, of Min
ncGpolis; Messrs. A. \. and |. Rose. n. Cl-
man. Of Chicago; Mr.. RoSentield, of Rock
Island; {. and ). Fantle, Sam Plechner. Sol
Guiierlnan, Ike Solomon, G.. Rittenberg. VIII
Cardoza, j. Herr, ill Elsingef $. Wolf, IL.
Sternberg, Judge Bichhoetfer, Stein and Cou-
hahn