davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1890-05-04

0SEALED tOPOSiLS will he received
Al the on .e Of the Supervising Archi-
tect, Treasury Department, Was shington,
D. O., until O'CLOCK y. NJ. on the 4th
'dav or Aprfi. ls3J, for clock in the
tower OF the u. :. Court Housa Post
once, &c. at CA z ON CITY, NEVADA,
In accordance with the .rawing and
spesi sincation, copi - ot which may be
had application at this uffi ce or the
omice OF the superintendent Each
bid must be acco npaniei by a certified
check for 500 90.
The Department will reject all bid s
received after me Il me II xei for opening
the same;, also bids which do not
!, comply strictly with all the reouire-
ments OF this Invitation.
Jas. III. Windrim,
March ssh. 1890 supervising
MafI5
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1890-05-04
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
Il Stockholders of the Virginia & True
kee Railroad Company will be held at the
Office of the Company, in the City of Vir-
ginia, Nevada, on Tuesday, the Thirteen
tn ;19thJ day of May, 1890. at 80 O'Clock
P. NJ. E. B. YERINGTON,
a16td Secretary.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1890-05-04
Thursday, May 8, 1890,

At the hour of o'clock P. NJ, for the pur-
pose of electing Board of Seven Direct
ors to serve for the ensuing year, and for
the transaction of such other BUSINESS as
may properly come before the meeting.
d. A. BENDER,
al Secretary.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1890-05-04

svBscRIPTIoys MUST BE PAID IN
ADVANCE.
ne APYEAL be delivered to the citizens
oarson as 2S eDts per week
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-08-16
TOM ocHlLTREE ouTooNE.
q Mississippi Congressman's Wonderful
and Astonishing Yarn.

u Misstssippi Congressman's Wonderful
aud Astonishing Yarn.
"Did ] ever tell you,r said Represent
.tive Allen, of Mississippi. day or
;wo ago, and the gentlemen around him
irew their chairs closer, did ever tell
Fou about the coon hunt ! witnessed
,nce in Florida2 No? Well, was
iown in that part of the country some
lime ago, and after spending an insult
ierably dull week, despite the presence
II eongenial companions, longed for
tome excitement | was complaining
about the general dullness one day when
sport OF the place said:
Suppose we try coon" hunt
"'Nhat?' asked.
"a coon race said he; you don't
know what that Is? Well, you set an
alligator after nigger and see which
ian cover the most ground in the short
st time
And then he proceeded to explain
.or my benefit that while an alligator
.ill run away from white man, he
will always run as fast as be can after
negro or q hog, IL he gets smell of
the critter. Generally a start of few
Fards is given to the human being and
here is sure TO be great deal OF fun.
The nigger always takes to the woods
ls fast as he Is able, and tries to climb
tree before the alligator can gobble
aim up. II he succeeds in escaping
rom the reptiles jaws he is offered q
small prize. The idea caught our fancy,
and we determined to enjoy the sport.
We bought a big alligator for sac, and
An offer Of $40 secured waiter from
onr hotel as a victim. OF course, even
In Florida, such sport Is not admissible,
and when tho police heard OF our pro-
posed amusement they objected. But
my friends were not To be deprived of
their fun on this account so 1T mid
1ight day or two afterward we and
the alligator and the nigger got in
wagon and rode 10 an open place about
three miles from our hotel. We went 10 a
spot which left distance OF about mile
70 the tiurser on every side. 1t was as
lark as pitch and one OF the party held
light while /, with the alligator grasped
hrmly around the waist allowed the
beast to see and smell the coon. A sig
aal was given and the coon started
away with the gator close at his heels.
They dashed along, each making the
sffort of his life. ! tell you ii was
,lose and exciting race. One of the best
[ ever saw"
''But who wonP" asked one OF the au.
litors.
We'll, really never heard. You see
no one ever saw either OF the contest
ants again. When saw them the coon
was about ten yards from the woods and
the 'gater couple Of feet behind him."
'.But you said the woods were mile
away and IL was pitch dark. Tom ochil-
tree ventured 20 remark, knowing by ex-
perienee how TO disconoert inventors of
tanciful tales.
Allen, however, was in no way discon-
,erted He replied carelessly:
"oh, the darky was white with fright
and could be seen against the woods as
clearly as the white letters of a patent
advertisement on a barn paint
ID black"
After that oohiltree stood treat"--
Cor D, Y, Tribune
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-08-16
PlTH AND POINT.

We often repent OF what we have
said, but never of that which we have
not said.
lie that is slow to anger regretteth
not the idiocy incident TO swollen head.
Oil City Blizzard.
The man who Is always freeing his
mind never realizes what an exposure
he makes of himself --Boston Post
The man who is blessed with a good
memory needs TO be blessed with for
bearance, too oo-Somerville Journal.
An things come TO those who wait,
is consoling adage TO those who would
rather wait than work. Galveston
News.
The mouse that gets caught in
trap can never be so young that its
friends will not say IL was old enough
10 have known better. r.-Atchison Globe.
There Is no more uncomfortable
thing in the world than fact, espe-
cially when 1t comes inopportunely in
conflict with pretty and graceful
theory y.-Detroit Free Press.
lit is easy enough TO destroy; and
there are destroyers enough. IL re-
quires skill and labor to erect build
ing; any tramp can burn IL down. God
alone can form and paint flower; any
foolish child can pull IL all to pieces
Rural New Yorker
1t Is OF the essence of resource that
IL usually lies dormant and often un-
/ suspected, until necessity awakens it.
II is a draft payable on demand. the
very demand being essential to create
the assets. In q word IL needs the
power of the moment" 10 evoke the
power of the man"
| The billows will 90 over us at times;
they are so much greater than we. Blu,
/ hey pass as surely as they come, and
are look back to see them break in foam
and disappear forever, while we are but
lnvigorated by their shock and baptism.
Thy billows"-they will never be used
20 drown q human soul.-United Pres
,yterian.
The emotions OF love, compassion
and sympathy soon die out in the breast
Df one who withholds or delays their
natural expression, or they turn inte
IL useless or sickly sentimentality
while in the heart OF him who hastens
20 embody them In his life and actions
hey will become living fountains OF Joy
20 himself. and good TO others --Ch ris.
nan Inquirer.
| Like fakes of snow that fall un-
perceived upon the earth, the seeming
| y unimportant events OF life succeed
,ne another. As the snow gathers to
gether, SO are our habits formed; no
Jingle fake that is added to the pile
produces sensible change; no single
Iction creates, however it may exhibit,
mans character, but as the tempest
iurls the avalanche down the mount
lin, and overwhelms the inhabit and
iis habitation, so passion. acting upor
:he elements OF mischief, which per
iicious habits have brought together
BY imperceptible accumulation, may
overthrow the edifice OF truth and Writ
Ie.-The Old Homestead.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-08-16
SIMPLICITY OF LIFE.
its Not Wealth Hut the Contenteh Hear
That Makes Happiu.-S


In one Of the public parks of Man
chester, England, there is a marbl,
statue to the me nory Of Joseph Brother
ton, who represented that city in Par
Lament for many years On the monu
ment there is this simple inscription:
MY wealth consisted not in the
abundance OF my riches, but in the few
ness of my wants"
DIR. Fraser, the good Bishop Of Man
chester, used frequently to quote the in
scription as an illustration OF the taci
that IL is not wealth, but the contented
heart that makes happiness. The
Bishop was also fond of telling a story
which showed how largeness of heart
and broad public spirit is sometimes
associated with simplicity and home.
hnoss of life.
He was to go on certain day to con
secrate one OF the handsomest churches
In South Lancashire. built at cost OF
one hundred thousand dollars, the gift
OF one man, mill-owner. Upon arriv-
ing at the station nearest the place, he
had mile to walk before he came in
sight OF the church.
Can you tell me where Mr.. W
Lives, the gentleman who built thai
noble church," asked the Bishop of Q
pedestrian.
''oh! ay, it's yon cottage against you
bank" answered the man, walking
away.
The Bishop thought that there must
be some mistake. Presently he over
took girl in Sunday attire.
''Can you tell me where MIR. w
lives, who built that noble church?'
asked the Bishop.
That's IL, she answered, pointing tc
the same unpretentious. cottage; Elm
going 10 the conservation"
The Bishop made his way TO the cot
tage door, still thinking it improbable
that man who had built q church al
such cost should dwell in house oi
that sort. He knocked, and the door
was opened by an old woman, simply
dressed. The Bishop did not dare 10 ask
If Mr.. W was in, and therefore re
peated his question:
Can you tell me where Mr.. w
lives, who built this noble church?''
VIZ lOu it but uFc your Tb'
piled the woman. Hes bein' expect.
ing on you. Come forrard, you'll find
him / tn kitchen"
Ushered into the kitchen the Bishop
found an old, hne-looking man sitting
by the fire smoking q church-warder
pipe.
80 you've come. have you?" said the
old man. ''Nowt like being in good
time. There'll be a snack Of sonnet thing
when you've done"
"You have done nobly by the district
Mr.. W" said the Bishop, seizing this
hand and giving ita hearty grasp.
'Naw, naw," answered the old man
looking surprise, but returning tn,
hearty squeeze; ''nsw. nav, made tbs
population with my mills, so / maun dc
my duty by them"
The old mill proprietor, who had mad,
such large gift, was so simple as Il
think he had only done his duty TO his
worlsmen. Youths Companion.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-08-16
FoREiGN GOSSIP.

There is Home of Rest for Horses
in London, regularly incorporated and
with a Lord for its president
The total length OF streets, avenues.
bouleyards, bridges, quays and thor
oughfares generally OF Paris are set
down at about six hundred miles, of
which nearly two hundred are planted
with trees.
I'm Madrid whom an actor has ben
eft his admirers send TO the theater lit
tie gifts, such rs canes, slippers, game
and such tribes, just AS II II were q do
nation party. and the employees hand
these gifts around among the audience
FOR inspection, while next day n COM
plcte list of them is printed in the pa
pers.
They tell in Vienna OF female
member Of the family of diplomat
who, at recent gathering. asked the
Papal Nuncio TO let her look at the dia-
mond cross he wore on his neck, and
then placing IL about her own neck went
/ TO see the effect in a mirror before she
/ returned ii. The jewel Is regarded as
sacred emblem by all Catholics. and
/ they were Mortified
The parish registries OF England
contain some queer names. Among
them may be mentioned Foot Bath.
Pascal Lamb, River Jordan, Morning
Dew, oflspring Deer and Smith follows.
One Too Many and Not Wanted James
we're the names given to the last two
:hildren In large family. Edward
Bing Tally-Ho Forward Jewett appears
in one record, and from six to ten bap-
slsmals names are frequently found.
Emperor Williams riding horse Ia
Ihod with new and singularly-con
'trueted shoe. 1t Is in two parts, and
has on its lower surface a rubber-like
composition. the object of which is to
prevent the horse from slipping, thereby
preserving the animal The monarch.
IN being shown the new invention, at
,nce ordered his favorite horse and six
teen others OF his stud TO be shod with
II
"A good deal OF interest Is being
AIKEN in the unprecedented efforts Of
he Victorian Government for the sup
preston of rabbits in that colony. In
upwards of one hundred districts in the
ipINhtEu anu MNSltFu paris Vi tue tbi'
my simultaneous action is TO be taken
FOR the destruction Of the rabbits, In nc
.ordancc with the Rabbit Suppression
Act, recently adopted by the Legisla'
ure. Poisoned grain is to be largely
ised, and IL is estimated that fully sew
,nty-hve per cent Of the rabbits will be
Silled.
"A baker OF The Hague recently re-.
used to comply with the formalities oi
,he census for curious reason. says the
Transatlantic. He placed before the
'yes of the official who presented the
usual blank passage from the twenty.
ourth chapter Of the second book oi
samuel, in which il is said that. David
having ordered census OF the people oi
israel, the Lord became angry and sent
pest that killed more than seventy
'dousand persons. And as the stupefied
.tiicial did not understand, the baker
explained that the influenza which was
making SO many victims in Holland was
certainly due to the census ordered By
he government
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-08-16
ETHALINDA'S WOES.
The Tragic Story of Domestic InfelIcity by
W. VI. Thackeray's Aunt.


W. VI. Thackeray's Aunt.
"Why, Ethalindal'
"Boo-hool boo-hoo!"
what are you crying for, Ethalinda?"
asked Mrs. Doverspike, for it was She
Mrs. Doverspike had just run over
after breakfast 10 see her daughter, the
bride of month and of a man named
Theophilus Skimgullet
She found her in tears, and in the
dining-room.
Daughter, insist on knowing what
is the matter. Have you and Mr.. Skim.
gullet had words?''
Mrs. Doverspike called her son-in-lsw
Theophilus when the domestic sky was
serene, but when clouds arose or seemed
about to rise, IL appeared to her discrim-
inatiye nature that the cognomen Skim
Fullet was better suited TO the occasion.
As her mamma insisted upon knowing
the cause of Ethalinda's weeps, there
was nothing for Ethalinda TO do but
tell, for Mrs. Doyerspike was an expert
in the insisting profession.
Eyes" sobbed Ethalinda.
1t Is due both Mrs. Doyerspike and
Mrs. Skimgullet to say that the answer
of the latter followed more closely upon
the question of the former than this re-
cital OF the facts would seem TO indi.
cate. The paragraphs have placed be-
tween the question and answer are not
inserted 10 mislead the reader in this
respect, but to elucidate for his Tor her)
benefit the characteristics OF the char
actors of this story, in order to 9 clearer
understanding OF the same.
Then that good-for-nothing skim
gullet has been abusing my dear daugh-
ter, has hc? Tell me, did he dare be
cross TO your"
mo; but he hurt my feelings. Boo
hoo! boo-hoo!'
What did he say2''
'Why, ! got up early this morning
boo-hcol-and made some real nice bis
cuits-boo-hoo!--and to said to The
ophilus: Love, you'll eat some of these
biseuits-boo- h oo--that your own bride
made, won't yon?'
And what did the brute say?"
"He said-hoo-hool.-.for your own
sake dare not'-boo-hooi'
Why not? ! asked-boo-hool o,
boo-hoor'
Then what did he say7nd
lie aid-boo-hoo.-he hadn't got his
life insured"-W Ii. Siviter, in Jury.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-08-16

This expression arose thus: On
Gem ber II, i540. the abbey church OF ;. :
Peter. Westminster. was advanced T.
the dignity OF a cathedral by letters
patent; but ten year. later 1t was joined
~ the diocese Of London again, and
many Of its estates appropriated TO the
repairs OF st. Pauls Cathedral. One
hundred years later, in l640, we find him
In "0utlandish Proverbs" selected by
George Herbert, priest and poet OF
classic renown. the subject OF one OF
.'Wiltous Lives" the proverb altered
and set forth AS follows: Give not ST.
Peter s. much, TO leave 81. Paul moth
ing This proyerb is quoted by Fran
is Rabelais early In the sixteenth cent
iry tpon The death Of William Pitt
Earl of Chatham, in l7Ts. each of the
metropolitan cemeteries laid claim 20
the honor of burial. The City Of Lon
Ion argued that so great a statesman as
William Pitt should be buried in ST.
paul's, while Parliament took the
ground that the dust Of so great man
ls be should come near 20 the dust os
Kings. and that not to bury him in
Westminster Abbey would again be
'robbing 81. Peter to pay Sc Paul.
paueit Nows
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-08-16
PROGRESS IN SCIENCE.
Condensed Accounts OF Recent Invention,
and Discoveries.

Condensed Accounts Of Recent Inventions
and Discoveries.
DIR. Norman Kerr states that there Is
an increasing use OF narcotics by women.
Alcohol, chloral, ether. chloroform, sal
volatile and eau dc cologne are among
the list used. Both tea and coffee are
used in excess. lie mentions having
found a woman insensible in her room
from having drank tea, but she had
consumed a pound in the course OF a
day.
English rose-growers are using blood
manure for their vines with great sue
cess. They take sixteen pounds Of
blood, and as soon as 1t begins To purify
pour with IL four ounces of muriatic acid
and four ounces OF proto-sulphate Of
iron, previously mixed, which turns the
blood into dark dry powder that will
keep for long time.
Photography has apparently dispFoved
the theories of the old-school meteor
ologists who maintained that lightning
never turned back in its path. An ex-
animation of lightning photography
shows that a fash not only turns back
sometimes, but tangles itself into a kind
OF knot
NJ Fouque, the mineralogist, claims
TO have discovered in a mixture Of cop.
per and lime the beautiful color,
azurrtao, the composition OF which has
so long been a puzzle TO artists. His
tint Is said to be perfectly unchange-
able, and is identical with the famous
Alexandrine blue.
In experiments recently made for the
substitution OF electric lights for the oil
lamps at present in use for lighting the
compasses of vessels at night, II was
found that by bringing an ihcandescent
lamp close to the compass DETECTION
OF the needle was produced.
The conclusion reached by modern
meteoroloyists are that cyclones of great
intensity are ascending spiral whirls OF
wind having rotary motion in direc-
tion in the Northern hemisphere op-
posite TO the movement of the hands OF
a watch.
The yield Of trout spawn in the fish,
breeding establishments at Orval. Bel
gium. is stated to have been exceeding
ly good last winter. OF the yield -, 900
eggs were sent TO this country in ex-
change for like number Of California
trout eggs
Inquiry made in France in order to
carry out the new law giving certain ad-
yantages 10 fathers OF more than seven
children has elected, among other
things, the fact that there are :. 600. 600
households in which there has been no
child.
II Is claimed that wall paper can be
made in such a way that the passage OF
low-tension electric currents will heat
IL moderately warm 10 the touch and
difiuse throughout the room an agreea-
BILE temperature.
An electric vegetable Is said 10 have
been discovered in India, which has the
power of affecting the magnetic no.dle
at distance Of twenty feet when the
weather is clear and dry.
With the view of testing the rapidity OF
electric welding twenty pieces Of one
inch common round iron bars with rough
ends were recently welded together by
two men in thirteen minutes.-N. Y.
Times
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-08-16
SPOILiNG THEIR FUN.
A Relief Party Meets with q Decidedly
Gold Reception.

~ htici Ehrty mffts Win q decidedly
Cold Reception.
On one occasion, when with the Gov
ernment survey party in Texas, a man
rode into our camp on a mule and gave
US the news that band OF Indians had
attacked a rancher about seven miles
away. We made up party of twelve
soldiers and civilians and covered the
distance as fast as our horses could go.
Sure enough, there were fifteen or
twenty Indians besieging a cabin, and
they were just getting ready to set fire
to IL by backing up wagon loaded with
hay. We got two Of them and captured
six ponies, and the others were not yet
out of sight when the settler opened his
door and stepped out, followed by his
wife. lie bad rifle and she a shot
gun, and the first words the man said
were:
"Now, you dog-goned onery lot but
what does this ere mean? Who in the
deuce are you'uns, and what brought
you here?"
why, man. said our Captain. 1--WE
come from our camp seven miles away
to save you"
Save nothin'r' roared the man. 'fWho
axed fur any OF your help?"
YES, pint him out?" added his wife.
why, a settler rode in on a mule and
said you were attacked, and, of course,
we came to your help"
We'll, dod rot you, you hey split all
the fun! We've been waitin' right we're
fur five years to hev them Injuns show
up, and we'd just got 'em red hot fur
fun, when you had to cum chargin' up
an scatter 'em of 1t was dead wrong
on me and Nance"
"You bet, Sam, dead wrongr she
added.
"Why, you'd have been burned out in
ten minutes more!' exclaimed the
amazed Captain.
I'VE would. eh?' In the first place.
that hay is still wet from the rain. In
the next place. | drawed out the axle
pins, and every wheel would hey run of
in backing ten feet In the last place,
we jist wanted to git the crowd in range,
and then sweep 'em with the old swivel
I've had mounted back yere fur over
two years | reckon you meant right
nun, but it vas dead wrong on me and
Nance. and after this I'll thank We to
mind yer own bizness. Them Iniuns is
gone, and the Lord only knows when
another gang will cum along.
And the pair picked up their hoes and
went to work in the corn patch without
giving US another word or look.-N. Y.
sun.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-08-16
SkILLFUL SAvAGES.
Wonderful Aptitude ~ the Natives of the
Congo Country.

Wonderful Aptitude ~ the Natives of the
Congo Country.
The Congo country in Central Africa
Is, perhaps, the most talked-of country
on the globe just now. We are looking
toward Ii as the land OF untold wealth
and resources, and wonder what kind of
republic will be founded within its
borders.
Not the least wonderful object in this
far-away land are the natives Mr.. IIor-
bert Ward tells us that the villages are
deserted almost every morning as the
people go out 10 their plantation To
work, on which the women work as hard
as the men. The natives of the Congo
country are still in a savage condition.
but MIR. Ward tells as some surprising
things about them. lie says that in
their villages the center OF activity is
the blacksmith-shop. This shop is A
roof OF grass supported on poles The
bellows are of skin and wood: the tools,
hammers that resemble doctors pesties
OF varying weights, cups made of clay
for melting ores, and an anvil The
workers take the ore as ID Is
dug, and there. under the grass
roof, with these rude tools
the metal passes through every
stage, and leaves the workers hand a
finished tool, spear, knife. arrow-h head,
or any instrument designed by the work
err They work in clay with the same
ease, and without tools that in civilized
countries are supposed TO be necessary
to such manufacture. The lump of clay
becomes in short time a finished YES
sci, even decorative, so perfectly and
neatly Is II finished; they do not even
have moids to shape tho clay.
Mr.. Ward tells US that these people
take no measurements. that they rely
on their eve and hand. They have
made guns, beginning with wood aud
metal in Its original state in the tree
and ore, and made their tools as they
needed them, adapting the tool as they
discovered its need.
OF the young people, Mr.. Ward saws
that they engage in the same line Of
work as their parents or masters. and
they are cheerful and light-hearted. en-
tering with enthusiasm into their
games bird-trapping and hunting. one
Of their amnsements is playing al war.
Some OF the tribes make commercial
contracts that might he called protective
measures. One tribe makes contract
to engage in agricultural pursuits. while
the other tribe, party to the contract.
engages TO confine its energies to pot.
lery-making. and not 10 engage In aeri-
sultare In any FORM and they keen
these contracts honorably. A railroad
Is now being built through the Congo
country, and this will in few wears
stop slave-trading and cannibalism.
Christian Union