davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1893-04-26
ALL SORTS.

6 Have you ever had 'em.
: Jim Moore arrived on last lights
train.
The dispatches say that Booth :
recovery is certain.
Spring is here. The opening fight
occurred last night.
John Sweeny was amoug the de-
partures last night.
George M, Humphrey, of Reno,
was yesterday appointed q. S. Mar
shall for Nevada.
Adolph Sutro has refused to allow
any more balloon ascensions from the
Cliff House, and has ordered the
railroad company to remove its poles
from his property. Mrs. Hagal, the
injured aeronaut, is improving, but
the doctors say she will not be able
to walk for six months.
! 1t transpires that Taylor didn't put
Ramsey out as was reported. The
Silver State says: Taylor failed to
put the colored man cut in the re-
quired 10 rounds, as the latter
proved to be an expert sprinter and |
fell repeatedly to avoid punishment,
and the fight was awarded to Ramsey. |
The Irish spend sl1 per capita, the
Scotch SI5 IA per capita and the
English $40 1G per capita for liquors
annually.
There are men in Carson who
spend that much every week, and
they don't claim to be hard drinkers
either.
For some months past the bullion
in silver dollar has been worth "a
cents. Still that dollar will buy as
much as gold dollar, and in Lon1on
Or Paris will sell for 96 or 81 cents in a
gold. Could there be any better
proof that money does not derive its
Falue from the material of which it
s made. Mining Industry.
j. NJ. Campbell, a Texas sheep !,
'aiser, lost about one fourth Of his y
locks last by wolves. He has now
lit upon novel plan for exterminat- 9
ng the wolves. He entrapped a f
lozeh of them and kept them with a II
nancy dog until they caught the dis b
ase, and then turned them loose. .
lie expects the mango to kill all the f,
olives in Texas within two years.
his might work well with coyotes. w
1t does an oyerworked editor and bt
lie tired composition good to see Sc
red Sargents express wagon drive pc
, to the front door of our office, al
eccnd street branch) with a key of be
LENS malt nectar; that golden ex-
act, for drink of which an angel ST
ould part with one of her wings. 1t su
axes life's rocky road look like a
assy, well-shaded avenue, and =
. take it all back; Sargent carried
e beer into Jennie Forests next ne
'or. Such is life. Is
pr,
Lera Valley, in Blue Rock road at
strict, west of the Indian Reser-
ton in Round Valley, Mendocino thi
unity, CAL, has sixteen-year- old the
i hunter. She has killed within at
g past twelve months, with her ius
lie, eighteen deer, two large bear, Tn
9 panther, eight foxes and numer- thi
5 cats, and variety of consider :
lie small game. But trapping is Cit
at the young lady dotes on, and res
} makes neat little sum by the
e of the fur of the animals thus
zen.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1893-04-26
A Finger Broken.

At Empire yesterday, Jabe Laws
got his right hand caught while put
ting up battery in the mill. The
third finger was broken and three
others crushed.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1893-04-26

Strayor or Stolen-One dark bay
horse, branded d on right shoulder.
Any information regarding him will
be suitably rewarded at Carson Hay
Yard, Carson, Nevada. a18
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1893-04-26
The Manly Art.

Billy Armstrong will teach scien>
ti6c boxing to limited number.
For terms apply to Billy Armstrong
at Circe's Exchange. aI9tf
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1893-04-26
Physical Training

Miss Lamprey viii commence with
her class in Physical Training at the
Armory Hall Thursday afternoon.
March 10th. Children at $3.50 and
ladies at 4:SO p. m. m,e
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1893-04-26

From this on I will keep 10 varities
OF apple trees that will keep from
March to May, such as will sell in
San Francisco by the car load when
California apples are going out of
season. | will do my own grating
and bring the prices down. In
Spring | will condense from publica-
tions East and West the cheapest
and best way to abate and DESTROY
fruit pests. l have elms and other
shade trees, roses and general nursery
supplies.
JOHN WoeD.
Carson, New. Feb. 9th, 1898.
PaSturage.
On the K:rman ranches, which con-
tain over 400 acres situate one-half a
mile from town. Milk COWS taken
and delivered daily. Terms 50 a
month. Season begins April 1st.
WILLIAM SMYTH.
Lessee.
ADVICE TO MOTHERS. Mrs. Wins
lows Soothing Syrup should always
be used for children. teething. It
soothss the child, softens the gums.
sIlays the pain, cures wind collie
ind Is the best remedy for diarrhHa
twenty five cents q bottle.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-01-12
HIGH JUMPERS.
Lively Bass That Leap Two Feet Above
 the Water.

Some time during 1890 there was quite discussion in the Angler, as to how high a smail-mouth would jump when hooked, and, if my memory is correct, the discussion ended with an editorial of five or six lines, in which Bro. Harris expressed doubt if they ever cleared the water more than eighteen inches. At the time 1 thought knew this to be contrary to my experience, but, as it was not my funeral, l re- mained silent. That some bass-per- haps large majority-do not clear the surface more than eighteen inches is no doubt true, and it is equally true that others exceed this limit. Eighteen inches is baby to what a number of my catch this fall made; a leap of two feet above the surface was not uncom- mon, and I had one three-pounder to clear the water es much as three feet. I am as cool and clear-headed as the next one when 1 hook g fish, and, as l carry my bait in a galvanized iron min now bucket instead of in a glass bottle or a stone jug, I will not come down an inch from the above figures; 1t IS below rather than above the distance he made, and I could but wish that so grand leap for liberty might result in his free dom. The snall-mouth will leap higher, leave the water oftener, fight longer and with moro spirit when hooked in the lower jaw than when hooked in the upper, and the chances of his final cap- ture arc about one in the former to three in the latter. In number of instances, where the water was not above three to five feet, could see every move the fish would make, and at times as many as three or four would make dart for my minnow at the same instant, and, to my surprise and chagrin, the smallest one in the school would get there first, as a rule,
The St. Johns herald., 1893-01-12
coLoNIsTs OF GREENLAND.
1t Is Believed Ii cut. Peary May Have
 Found Their Descendants.

It Is Believed ieut. Peary May Have
 Found Their Descendants.
 "There is good reason to believe, judging from the contents of papers transmitted privately to my hands some months ago although have never spoken of the matter hitherto-that Lieut.. Peary, in whose behalf a rescu- ing expedition is about to start for the Arctic, has actually met with the fam ous lost colonists of Greenland"
 So said one of the most distinguished ethnologists in the government employ at Washington. He added: "You may remember that the Norsemen estab- lished settlements during early times in Greenland. One off these colonies was entirely cut of from civilization and lost, as is recorded in the sagas and other traditional histories of those peo- pie. Winters grew colder, and one un- precedentedly severe season following another, the little gathering of squat ters in that icy region was shut away from the rest of mankind by frozen up of mighty ice cliffs, through which there was no passage ana over Whcn It was impossible to climb.
 ''That was six hundred years ago. Since then expedition after expedition has sought these lost settlers in vain. Owing to geographical indefiniteness in the original accounts written on the subject not even the locality occupied by the colony could be very nearly as- certained. am not at liberty just now to say more than that Lieut.. Peary has apparently discovered the descendants of these vanished Norsemen, somewhat less than two hundred in number, dwelling in a sort of icebound oasis, without either entrance or exit, as they themselves have so many generations believed. To all intents and purposes they are so many Rip Van Wrinkles. Peary is now at Whale sound. Next summer he will strike northward, with the intention to determine the coast line as far as it extends. If the land extends as far as the pole he may att tain that long-sought goal"
The St. Johns herald., 1893-01-12
HYPNCTlSM BY ANIMALS.
Instances of the HIesmeric Power of Cats
 and Snakes.

Instances of the EIesmeric Power of Cats
 and Snakes.
 The power attributed to the snake and feline families of charming their victims seems to me past dispute, says writer in Science. Is it not merely sort of hypnotisln? Livingstone tells us that when at one time seized by a tiger he felt neither terror nor pain; all h;s senses seemed to be benumbed Bates, in his Naturalist on the Anna Zon,'' states that one day in the woods small pct dog flew at a large rattle snake. The snake fixed it's eyes on the dog, erected it's tail, and shook it's rattle; 1t seemed in no haste to seize the dog, but as if waiting to put the dog into more suitable condition for being seized. As to the dog, it neither con- tinued the attack nor retreated, could not or would not move when called, and was with difficulty dragged away by its master. l have seen one case of . snake charming bird, but had better opportunity to study cat charming a bird, and probably the process is much alike in both. The cat placed itself on the outside sill of my window, near to pine tree. A bird presently lit on the pine tree, no doubt not observing the cat. The cat fixed it's attention on the bird. The eats eyes were widely opened and shone with a peculiar brightness; it's head was raised and intent, tho fur on its neck and about its face slowly stood up, as if electrified. Except for this rising of the fur and certain intensity of life III tho whole attitude of the beast it ,,as as still as if cut from stone. The 1irJ quivered, tremblcd, looked fixedly at the cat, and finally, with feeble shake of the wings, fell toward the cat, which bounded to seize it. A lady tells .s,e that she ''does not believe that cats .an charm birds, because she has seen cat try to charm a parrot, and the bird, greatly alarmed, scolded loudly" This proves nothing; the parrot in gen. eral, or, moro probably, that particu- iar parrot, did not prove good subject for the mesmeric power. 1 have' seen people who cannot be hypnotized; they resent the effort, and nervous action becomes intensified
The St. Johns herald., 1893-01-12
People Who Lack Salt.

Salt does not enter into the food of the poor Vcnetians, says letter from Ven ice to the Omaha Bee. They never taste it and the hospital for the scrofulous children at Lido is filled by these who have not had this necessary article in their food. Every evening I have no- ticed a poorly dressed woman, accom- panied by two small children. Q boy and a girl, go to . point on the river and lean over the edge of the wall and fill a bottle with the salt water. Becoming curious as to the use made of it I ap- preached her, with an apology for the question, and asked what she did with the sea water. Turning upon me a sweet, sad face, in which traces of bcaEty were still visible, she replied that this was the only way she had of giving her children the taste of salt which they required. The tax levied upon this article by the government placed 1t entirely beyond the reach of the poor.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-01-12
/ A SMART MULE.
It Rescues One of Its Fellows and Saves 8
 Railroad Train.

It Rescues One of It's Fellows and Saves 8
 Railroad Train.
 heard a good story the other day that was told by an old locomotive en- gineer. or engine driver as they more properly call him in England-for the engineer is the man that surveys and ''lays out the road-and an going to give it to you exactly as he told it, says a writer in the Humane World. If you don't want to believe it all I shall not object, but I shall preface the yarn" with the remark that there are some mighty smart mules in the world. Here is the story: Railroad people have horror of running over animals, not only obecause they don't like to kill them, for humane reasons, but because a collision with one often results in de railing the train. There is another reason, too, as the old engineer said they don't like to ''muSs up" their en- zine by strewing pieces of animal all over it. One day, on a railroad out in Illinois, this engineer scared up mule on the track beside him. They were about two miles from bridge at the time; knowing the fashion all animals have of running straight ahead on the track instead of putting their common sense on the matter and sheering off to one side, the engineer fairly made the surrounding country ring with the noise of his whistle, so as to get clear of the mule before they got to the bridge. But Mir. Mule seemed to think that the ie41 +n him on the track and make him run faster, and he kept straight on at redoubled speed. Of course the en- zine could easily have overtaken him and knocked him into smithereens, but as that might have resulted in knock ing the train into the same kind of frag- ments, the engineer slackened speed a little, and finally stopped and sent the fireman out to drive the beast off the track. That was done several times. but each time the fireman had hardly got into the cab again when the mule was on the track the same as before, and tearing ahead like mad. In fact the thing was becoming very monoto- nous, when, looking up, suddenly, the engineer saw that he was very close to the bridge. Then he began to get un- easy for fear the idiot of mule-as he thought the animal to be-was going to try to cross the bridge. though how he would manage to step on the ties sure footed the puzzled railroader could not understand. They were so near the bridge by that time that the engineer dared not go another rod, so he stopped short-just as the old mule dashed off across field, praying like good fel- low. And then the engineer and fire man saw the game the wise old animal was playing. Right in the middle of the bridge was another mule, stuck fast with his legs between the ties. The old rGilroadcr insists upon it that the mule had kept on the track to make the train go slow, and thus prevent it from coming into collision with the mule on the bridge, not because it cared so much about the fate of its compan- ion, but to save the train from wreck. decline to express an opinion; as for you, you can take your choice as to the mules motive.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-01-12
THE POOR POSTMAN.
He Relates Some of the Trials He Has t
 Undergo.

He Relates Some of the Trials He Has to
 Undergo.
 ''I may be wrong" remarked weary looking mail-carrier, who was discuss ing a slab of pie and cup of mystery in rapid lunch shop, says the New Advertiser, but it's my opinion that we postmen are asked more fool ques- tions than anybody else in this town.
 Here's a few that I just struck on the block of my route: |" Whats the rate to Chippewa Falls on two ounces and quarter?'
 How often does the mail stage run from Skidgeville to Skippahannoclz?'
 & Wouldn't it be quicker for you peo- pie to ride around in hack?'
 "'What's the best way to make kick to Wanamaker?'
 ." When does the next mail go to Alaskan and Don't you ever get tired walking?
 ''These are samples of the odd hun dred or so of queries that every letter carrier gets fired at him in the course of day. When mans new he tries to be polite and answer, but I got over it long ago. It's too wearing"
 At this juncture man at the next ta- ble leaned over and asked the complain ing one to stop at his office when he went out and get a package of one hum dred thousand circulars that couldn't be left in the mailbo1.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-01-12
GARFIELD'S ASSASSIN.
Guitcau's Last Drink-Eow His Body Was
 Boiled.

Guiteau's Last Drink-Kiow His Body Was
 Boiled.
 Dr. Tilden, formerly chemist at the national medical museum, has told re- porter some unwritten history about Guiteau, President Garfeld's assassin. He said that the assassin went to the scaffold in semi-drunken condition. ''This," added the doctor, was neceS- sity. You are aware that when a squad of soldiers entered the jail rotunda a short while before the execution and came to order arms with loud bang GuiteGu fell over in dead faint. His nervous system was shattered, and the physicians felt that they would be unable to get him to the Scaifold. 4 consultation was held and it was de- cided to give him a desc of brandy. This was done and he got a big dose too Not being used to drinking, the dose went to his head, and his Oh Lordy' song on the scafFold was. in my estimation, a drunken cffusion."
 Dr. Tilden. says the San Francisco Chronicle, described how the body of Guiteau was removed to the museum, then located on Tenth street. He said  that the body was never buried, but, after being placed in the coffin, was taken down into the jail cellar, where it remained until after midnight. Soon after that hour an ambulance drove up to the building and the remains were quietly placed therein and quickly driven down town. Then they were taken into the museum through the alley which runs in from street. Once in the building all that remained of Charles I. Guiteau was taken into the boiler-rocm and placed in an immense boiler, where 1t was allowed to boil and bubble until all the flesh had fallen from the bones. The latter were then picked ont and bleached, and some day will form an interesting exhibit in tho medical museum.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-01-12
SENATORIAL FIGHTERS.
Shoup and Sanders Have Had Experience
 with Border Rufians.

Shoup and Sanders Have Had Experience
 with Border Ruffians.
 The northwest has two senatorial fighters. These are men whose lives have been spent in the widest parts of the frontier and who have grown strong with fighting among the Indians and the desperadoes. I refer to Senator George Shoup, of Idaho, and Senator Wilbur F. Sanders, of Montana, says a writer in the Indianapolis News. Shoup is tall, straight, broad-shouldered, blue-eyed man. There is no hair on the top of his head, and he has not even scalp lock. He lost his hair naturally, however, and he has had a number of scrapes where he might have lost it to the Indians. Born in the east he started out for Pike's peak when he was twen- ty-two years old, and during the war he was one of the independent scouts of the Colorado volunteers. A large part of his career during the war was as a scout and he has known well the Indians and desperadoes of the west. He is committee and he has been governor of Idaho and left the executive chair to take his seat in the senate.
 Senator Sanders is noted as having rid Montana of the noted gang of rufians which overran the northwest some years ago. He was at the head of the vigilantes and has a number of times looked death in the face. He has made many speech in his state with his pistol in his pocket, and while he was speaking pistols have come out before his eyes in the hands of his audience. During the rebellion he was in the army as a soldier from Ohio and it was through failing health that he had to resign and go west. In the camp where he settled there was band of southern sympathizers, and these undertook to haul down the stars and stripes from the fagpole in the public square with the idea of raising the stars and bars As they caught hold of the rope San ders, who was standing near by, pulled out revolver and said to them: ''No one shall haul that flag down while live" The mob looked at the flag and then at the revolver and into the eyes of the determined young man who held it, and they decided to let the flag stand.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-01-12
An Ohserrant uorse.

The observation exhibited by horse belonging to Prof. Romanes is both in- structive and amusing. ''I had a horse," the professor writes, (which was very clever at slipping his halter, after he knew the coachman was in bed. He would then draw out the two sticks in the pipe of the oat bin so as to let the oats run down from the bin above upon the stable floor. Of course, he must have observed that this was the manner in which the coachman ob- used to turn on the water tap to obtain a drink, and pull the window cord to open the window on hot nights"
The St. Johns herald., 1893-01-12
NATURE AS AN INVENTOR.
From Her Man Has Got Most of His
 Hints for Improved Machinery.

From Her Man Has Got Most of His
 Hints for Improved Machinery.
 Most of the skillful devices invented by men for doing fine work rapidly can be traced to nature, where fer count less ages they have been operating, says the Pittsburgh Dispatch. The discoverer of each new appliance of mechanism might be shown that his idea was as old as the hills. It is sug- gested that the inventors of the future will be those who carefully study the natural world. The stones of the mills are another style of the molar teeth, which grind all the grist that feed men and beasts.
 The hoofs of horses are made of par allel plates like carriage springs. The finest file of human manufacture is rough affair compared with the Dutch rush used by cabinet makers. The jaws of the tortoise turtle are natural scissors. The squirrel carries chisels in his mouth and the hippopotamus is provided with adzes which are constant ly sharpencd as they are worn. The carpenters plane is found in the jaws of the bee. The woodpecker has a powerful trip-hammer.
 The diving bell initiates the weter spider which constructs a small cell under the water, clasps bubble of air between it's hind legs and dives down to it's submarine chamber with the bubble, displacing the water gradually until it's abode with the fishes contains 9 large airy room surrounded by water. In leaving it's eggs on the water the gnat fashions them into the shape of a life boat which it is impossible to sink with out tearing it to pieces.
 The iron mast of @ modern ship is strengthened by deep ribs running along it's interior. A porcupine's quill is strengthened by similar ribs. When engineers found that hollow pillars were stronger than solid ones they only discovered a principle that is very con- monly seen in nature. A wheat straw if solid could not support it's head of grain. The bones of higher animals are porous; those of birds, where hghtness and strength are most beautifully con- bined, are hollow.
 The framework of a ship resembles the skeleton of herring. Aeronauts try to copy the structure and move mcnts of birds. The shipworm is an admirable tunneler, boring his way through any submerged timber and lining the round passage with hard casing. Brunei, the engineer, took hint from this animal and was the first to succeed in tunneling under water.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-01-12
4 SubtCrranean Lake.

An underground lake has been dis covered three miles from Genesee, Idaho. It was found by a well digger. At a depth of sixteen feet clear, pure lake water ran out over the surface for Q time, then settled back to the earth's level. The most curious part of it is that fish were brought to the surface by the overflow. They have peculiar appearance and are sightless, indicating thUt they are underground fish. The spring has attracted much attention, cDd many farmers in the vic:3.:y fear flat their farms will drop into the. lake.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-01-12
Winged Messengers.

A census of carrier pigeons and their owners has just been taken in Paris, in accordance with the terms of the army law of 1877. The object of the inquiry is to enlighten the war office as to the situation of each owner," as well as on the directions in which the birds have been trained. in order that the military antiquities may take possession of the establishment immediately upon an outbreak of war;" and at once utilize the pigeons. ...,...-..--.>