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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1894-01-04
no CONSISTENCY.

Ii there is one thing which puzzles
us, and for which we can offer no
plausible excuse, it is, how can
colored men of this country be either
Democrats or Republicans i'll politics.
There might have been time in the
distant past when they had n pro-
bable excuse for afiliating with the
Republican party, but that is a long
time ago; but none whatever to work
for or with the Democrats.
The recent census shows that of
the eight million colored citizens in
the United States there is not on an
average over one dollar head In
actual circulation among them. The
circulating medium IN the north
among the white laborers is certainly
low enough, but it is simply astound
ing, when the condition of these
colored laborers in the South Is con-
sidered The colored men them>
selves hold the Democratic party of
this country responsible for their en-
slavement, and give the Republican
party credit for the emancipation. Be
that as it may, its merits and de-
merits We shall not stop to discuss;
but if the Republicans emancipated
them from the iron shackles, they
have rlvited on them more firmly the
irons Of political slavery, and their
financial condition for the most part
is almost as bad as it was thirty years
ago, The Democrats and Republi-
ems alike have legislated in every |
way imaginable to make serfs and !
slaves of the laborine men of this |
country, both white and black. Ever |
since the black man has been clothed |
with the rights of acknowledgements
he has voted for the g. o. p. Some
few are more recently allying them
selves with the Democrats. Their
condition, and especially in the
South, grows desperate every day;
hence we think 1t poor reqaltal for
them to continue to lick the hands
that smite them the hardest.
There is no doubt whatever in our
minds that if the colored men would
read fully and carefully the Omaha
platform of the peoples party, and
the doctrines in general enumerated
by the populists, they would break
away from these old parties of vice,
corruption and debauchery. Both
the Democrats and Republicans fill
the pockets of a few of the colored
leaders with shining pieces of their
illgotten gains, and these emissaries
are sent out to hooodwink the poor,
unsuspecting voter by first filling
him up on bad whisky and taffy.
The Peoples party appeals to you
IS men and citizens to ''strike boldly
,ut to sea" and assert your indepen-
dence. This question of finance in
,erests you as much as any body else
md it is high time that you were $
aking an active interest IN your own
'ehalf. The principles of the popu-
lists are recommended to you for
FOUR consideration, and we believe
,ou will find them dey oted 20 the in
crest of the laboring men prospect
We of race. color and nationality
Peoples Call.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1894-01-04
Free: Free!
No humbug In this =,

No humbug In this,
hayea sure, tried. proved and guaranteed
gu. e I, hrg aud chicken cholera, which has
stood the test for six years and used in thous-
snds of cases, without a single failure. One
dollar will buy enough ingredients to cule from
30 to - hogs | will send the recipe family
right for only so cents. aud include, free, val
liable book, which should be in every home.
Besides other valuable information, it contains
400 valuable recipes for the manufacture of
medicines, ellis, compounds, furniture polish,
stove polish, silver polish, starch glass polish,
grease spot remover various kinds of drinks
fancy and laundry soaps, perfumery, artificial
honey, gold and silver plating ETC., etc. Order
at once. Don't wait till your hogs and chickens
die with cholera. Agents wanted. Address
Rev. Moses Brackin, p. NJ. Brackin, Ala. Es-
tabllshed III business in 1862 d37
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1894-01-04

Mining statistics show that the
high water mark in mineral produc-
ton WAS reached in 1898.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1894-01-04
Lack of Exercise

Is one of the prime causes OF head
| ache in the winter. Persons accus-
toned to the pure air during the
pleasant months are subject to this
terrible annoyance at this time o. the
year. A boon is offered in krause' s
Headache Capsules, which is guaran-
teed to cure any kind of headache
no matter what the cause. Headache
caused by overindulgence in food or
drink late at night, can be prevented,
by taking one Capsule before retir-
ing and one in morning. 20 CTS box.
Ask your druggist for them.
From now on the Capitol Restau-
rant will furnish tickets good for 81
meals for 81 so or SIS per month.
For 81 you can get a ticket for :.
meals which entities you to chickel
porterhouse or oysters served ever
meal. Private lunches or dinlr !.
parties furnished for $40 ard a,
wards. oSlrt
Christmas No, elites.
John 6. Fox is constantly re.,
ing Christmas roveirieS ia the wy
Of books and boz aiets, unique jewr.-
cry, and has = large quantity of
things suitable for holiday presents.
q 10 IF.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-01-18
PAINT AND POWDER.
A Few Reflections for the COnsideratiC
 of WOmankind.

A Few Reflections for the Consideration
 of WOmankind.
 One may be disposed to forgive the woman who has been beautiful, if, in her desperate attempts to retain her beauty, she paints and powders and chooses to make of herself thing of borrowed shreds and patches. But, says All The Year Round, when women tell us-as some of them do tell us now and then-that men like a woman to caricature her own womanhoOd; that they prefer-it comes to that-imita- tion beauty to the real article, they require of us faith too great for ordi- nary human nature. To be told, as 1 was told little time ago-and by lady-that men do not care for women unless they paint and powder is to have too strong strain placed upon ones natural civility. That this same informant was guilty of perhaps par donable feminine exaggeration when she declared Chat, nowadays, all women use both paint and powder am assured. Had she confined herself to the statement that a very large number of women are indebted for what they call their charms to any thing but nature she would have de- livered herself of an utterance on the literal veracity of which she might safely have staked, as our transat- lantic cousins have it, her bottom dollar" The lady of fashion may not be aware that she is guilty of 9 rever- sion to savagery when she calls in arti- ficial aids to the help of her natural attractions; but she is. Among savage people it is an almost general custom to revert to such auXiliaries.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-01-18
BORING IN THE SEA FOR OIL.
American DriiIers at Work for the Mika-
 dos Government.

American Driiiers at work Tor the AiAa-
 dos Government.
 The Japanese government has had in it's employ for over a year past two ex- pert oil drillers from the Pennsylvani" oil region, who are experimenting bor- ing for oil in the waters Of the Japan sea, one hundred and fifty yards from shore, just outside Idzmozaki, a city of about thirteen thousand popu- lat1on on the northwestern coast of Japan and about ffty-fve miles southwest of Niigata. They have met with success. This venture is re- garded by the Pittsburgh Dispatch as promising some important develop ments,. especially as, instead of that government importing the refined oil from this country in the quantity they have been doing, they have now erect ed four or five reineries. With these they are refining their own oil, the producing of which is yet largely mad equate to their demand, and also be- ginning to refine the crude which they import from the United States and Russia. The most of the refined oil which they import from this country comes from Philadelphia. Their native oil is similar to the Pennsylvania oil, but a little darker and of fOrty-three gravity. The present price of oil there is from three dollars and twenty-five cents to three dollars and twenty-nine cents barrel, or in their native cur rency from four van and ninety sen to llc of gold, but these drillers said it was worth sixty-fve and three-fourths cents in gold when they left.
 At Idzmozaki, which is noted as a fishing town, the available shore line is very narrow, it being occupied by the city, immediately back of which the mountains, about two hundred and fifty feet high, rise. The wells are crowding out into the waters of the sea, much as they have been doing at St. Mary's reservoir in the north western part of Ohio. About four hundred and fifty feet out the water is only some three and One-half feet deep. They usually put down a cribbing of logs or timber, which they fill in with earth and thus obtain the necessary though somewhat limited space upon which they can proceed with their operations and boring. They run out to the derrick from shore narrow walk upon which the natives carry to land on their backs the oil, few gallons at a time. La bor is very cheap there, and natives work for seven yan a month and ''fnd'' or board themselves, yan be- ing, as before stated, about sixty cents. They are not organized, have no such things as labor unions, and strikes are unknown. They have nc set time for a days work, which ii practically during daylight, frequent ly beginning work at the wells at foul o'clock in the morning.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-01-18
AS IT SHOULD BE TAUGHT.
The Sound Views of an Intelligent Edu-
 cator on the English Language.

The Sound Views of an Intelligent Edu-
 cator on the English Language.
 The following extract from Prof. E. G. Robinson's article in the Homiletic Re view presents in compact form truth that is becoming more and more eVl- dent each day, and one that applies not alone to the education of ministers:
 s'The most manifest defect in our sys- tenn of education is it's insufficient at tention to the English language, not merely to the science and genius of 1t as embodying one of the richest liter atures and as being the most widely spoken tongue in the world, but to such study of it and practice of it as will give to the student a correct and facile and forcible use of 1t in the expression of his thoughts. It IS hard ly possible to overestimate the value of a mastery of English in any calling that requires the use of it in intiu- encing the thoughts of others, but in preparing for the Christian ministry or almost anything else whose chief func- tion consists in endeavoring to move others to right action by public ad-
  should yield precedence to the attain ment of no other. And yet, strangely enough, candidates for the ministry and law and journalism and author ship are taken in hand and for ten years are scientifically drilled in va riety of subjects, some of which they never so much as once again recur to when done with them as students, sell ing the textbooks they have been com pelled to use; while of English, on their use of which their final failure or success will so largely depend, they are mainly left to acquire their knowl- edge in any haphazard way they can, receiving at most, at the very time when most needing it, only such in structions as may be gathered from brief study of some college textbook in rhetoric and from writing a few compositions, on which the professor in rhetoric scratches in red ink scant words of general criticism; and sot they stumble on in their course, reaching the theological seminary or law school only when it is too late for the prOfeS- sor (of homiletics) to do for them what ought to have been done for them all the way along from the start, and dwhat no amount of instruction or personal , effort can then do for them. In no sin gle respect are established methods of education so glaringly and so radically defective as in rhetorical discipline. For no one department of instruction do colleges-not one, but all of them make so inadequate provision in the number of teachers; in none are the results of the instruction, on the whole, so unsatisfactory. In no grad uates are these results more painfully apparent than in the occupants of our pulpits," and law chairs, and legislators and writers in all departments.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-01-18
WATERWAYS OF ARIZONA.
Marvels of Engineering Skill Cut Out 0
 Many Feet of Solid Rock.

Many Feet Of Solid Rock.
 The largest and likewise the best preserved of the waterways was taken out of the Salt river, 'on the south side, near the mouth of the Verde, and, as described by the Californian, is mar vel of engineering skill. For three and one-half miles it passes through an artificial gorge in the Superstition mountains, cut out of the solid rock to the depth of one hundred feet. After the mountains are passed it divides into four branches, the longest of which measures more than forty miles, while all four aggregate length of one hundred and twenty miles, inde- pendent of the smaller ditches by which water was distributed over the soil. Except in rare instances these smaller ditches have been filled, and in that portion of the desert are ob- scured by the sandstorms that prevail; but the larger one is perfectly distinct, and measures sixty-four feet iii width with an average depth of twelve feet. Through this way the water for the support of the cities between the Salt and Gila rivers was conveyed, and one thousand six hundred square miles of country, now destitute of all vegeta- tion except the Sahuara and an occa- sional paloverde, was irrigated by it. This canal reached to within a short distance of the Gila river, and tho water was taken from the river Salt for the apparent reason that at this point the north bank of the Gila was so high that they were unable to reach the current with canal, and they evi- dently knew of no way to raise the water to the level of the surrounding country. This part of the desert is covered with ruins, and must have been at one time the residence of teeming population.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-01-18
A QUAKER CITY INDUSTRY.
Hsnsmen's Ropes of Finer Quality Than
 Those Used for Ordinary Purposes.


 Rope used for executions is made al- most exclusively by Philadelphia rope factory and differs from ordinary rope for commercial purposes in that 1t IS made by hand, instead of by machin- cry. and finer quality of rope is em- ployed, says the New York Herald. Orders for such rope are received by the Philadelphia firm from all parts of the country. When the rope to be used in hanging is received by the sheriff 1t is usually locked up carefully and kept from curious eyes. As the day of exc cution draws near the rope is soaped iberallv with common kitchen soap, so it may run freely through the moose. Then it is thoroughly stretched, one end being tied to the gallows beam, while to the other end is attached about three hundred pounds of stone or iron. The rope is allowed to remain at this heavy tension for hours, and then. after having been well soaped again and rendered per fectly supple, it is laid away to await the day when it is to be used for busi- ness purposes. After use the rope IS usually considered to be one of the perquisites of the hangman. If he IS not the sheriff himself, that official usually cuts off few inches of the moose and divides it up among his favored friends as relies. The hang man is then at liberty to dispose of the remainder as he chooses. Usually he sells it at fancy prices to curiosity seekers or to dime museum managers and others on the lookout for curiosi- ties After the hanging of the four Haymarket narchists-August Spies, Albert R. Parsons, Henry Fischer and William Engel-in the Cook county jail at Chicago, in November, 1887, the ropes were taken from around the mems necls by Sheriff Matson's depu- ties. The greater part of the ropes were cut up almost immediately after ward and given as relics to the wit nesses of the execution and others Seven dime museums in different parts of the country about a month later were exhibiting four uncut ropes, which were sworn to as having been the identical, uDmutilated ropes with which the four anarchists were hanged.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-01-18
A BIG CLAM MINE.
Thousands of the Bivalves Stored at the
 Mouth of Delaware Bay.


 A clam mine, full of live clans, and of great breadth and depth, has been discovered at the mouth of the Dela- ware bay, off the Fishing creek shore. This has proved valuable find, and recently abont one hundred boats, con- taining from three to five men each, were at work on the mine, says the Trenton Free American. The product of the great bed is shipped daily to Chicago, a. speculatOr of that city agreeing to take the entire output of the mine at about thirty cents per hun dred delivered at Bennett's station, on the West Jersey railroad. There has recently been a corner in the clam market, and choice articles have been sold at as high as one dollar per hun dred to restaurant keepers.
 The pocket of clans covers wide area just beyond the low-water mark, and, consequently, all who wish to may dredge without fear or favor. It was discovered some days ago by Will liam Harper, of Green Creek, who found dozens of prime clans imbedded deeply in a small cake of ice washed aSDOTO ClOSc Oy 11IS5 liliAA eIhNa ~AAAAAoo ton beaches. Marking the spot care fully he waited until the ice was en- tirely out of the bay, and then taking a boat he patrolled the bayside from end to end until he located the mine. For day or so his liberal finds att tracted no attention, but one by one the idle fishermen and farmers rowed out to the mine and helped themselves. The find being located beyond the low water mark the mine is public proper ty, and is being worked for all it will bear.
 The other day over fifty thousand clans started on their journey west from Bennett's station. The bags were piled so high as to almost hide the station house.
 Every now and then a discovery something like this is made, but the present mine exceeds any previous find known on the Atlantic coast. About three years are required for clans to grow properly and attain marketable size and flavor. This bed is said by ex- perts to be about three years old.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-01-18
Wonders of the Insect World.

Entomologists generally concede that upward of one hundred thousand species of insects have been recognized and classified; some authors even place the number at two hundred thousand, and it is even believed that this vast number does not represent more than one-tenth of the number which act ually inhabit the globe, One-half of these belong to the Coleoptera, or beetles. Of Che butterflies Oepidop- tera) there are fifteen thousand species, and an equal number may be credited to the Hymenoptera (bees, wasps, etc.) the Hemiptera (bugs in generaD and the Diptera (flies). The Orthoptera Qocusts, grasshoppers, etc.,) are much less numerous, and of the netted winged insects there are probably less than two thousand.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-01-18
SPEED LESSENS DANGER.
With Proper Construction and Equip
 nent Fast Trains May Be Safest.

With Proper Construction and Equip
 ment Fast Trains May Be Safest.
 It may be said that in constantly de- manding more rapid facilities of travel people invite corresponding increase of the rate of danger to be encountered; but, according to a writer in the Engi- neering Magazine, it is very doubtful if this proposition can be maintained. The facts go to prove, rather, that faster trains develop more care on the part of the railroad people, and that there is really little, if any, more lia- bility to accidents on such account. As a rule the ''Wild Irishman" and Ely ing Dutchman' and ''Cannon BalP' trains are run on schedules so arranged as to insure the utmost degree of safety, so far as all ordinary contin- gencies are concerned. Their success depends largely upon this point, and the railroad companies well under stand that they cannot afford to take any avoidable risk. The de-
 nand for increased speed carries with it the demand for increased prudence. Fast trains must have men of superior skill and caution to operate them; they must have good permanent way to move upon, and they must be pro vided with all known appliances for security and comfort. The general eff feet, in short, is to improve the rail- road system in all respects, and to eliminate from it the carelesSneSS and incompetency that would be a source of fixed peril under the slowest of fixed time schedules. There must always be more or less danger on railroad train, but it is by no means sure that any thing is gained in the way of safety by taking a train which runs twenty miles an hour instead of one which goes five times as rapidly. On an Eng fish railway a high rate of speed is maintained, and this, when kept at regular rate, unchanged by numerous stops, is found to be safer than the slower rate, stopping often and sub- jecting machinery to cOncussions and jerks in starting and stopping, which disorder parts of the train more than is done by the uniform velocity of high speed. The writer has covered the space of five miles at the rate of seven ty miles an hour, and, notwithstand- ing this extraordinary speed, there was an entire absence of oscillation. So far as any motion of the cars was con- cerned, it was impossible to tell whether they were going at the rate of seventy miles an hour or twenty. The multiplication of fast trains there fore is thing to be commended and encouraged, and the railroad authori- ties are wise to make them as fast as they can within reasonable limits ot forethought and preeaution.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-01-18
4 Tnr Worth S5.nnn.

One of the most valuable toys ever made is that recently constructed by a jeweler of Turin, Italy. It is boat made of single pearl. The outlines of the boat are said by those who have seen it to be perfect. it has a sail beaten from solid gold, and is studded with diamonds. The pinnacle light is 8 ruby of wonderful brilliance, and for a rudder it has an emerald. The stand upon which it is mounted is made of me purest of ivory; and the whole toy
 stand, boat and all-weighs less than half an ounce. The value of this mar velous thing in dollars is five thousand
The St. Johns herald., 1894-01-18
Pres;dent Cleveiand's Pocket Piece

The president recently received sil- yer half dollar which was coined in the year of his birth, 1887. It came from Andrew Jackson Long. of Tennessee, who is, as a matter of course, a demo- crat. The medium of the gift was Representative Washington, who pre- sented it, and with it letter from the donor The missive asked the presi- dent to carry it as pocket piece, as surfing him that if he did so he would be always lucky, and could catch fish while other men stood around and swore with veXation or wept with de- spair. When this assurance reached the presidents eye the half dollar slipped into his trousers pocket with a deftness of motion that Hermann's self would have envied.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-01-18
Roses Better Than Rice.

After a recent Australian wedding the guests showered the happy pail with rose petals until the bride was literally covered with the fragrant leaves as she sat in the carriage. A pretty tribute this, and not likely to be followed by undesirable consequences. A small grain of rice in ones eye is not 8 pleasant travelling companion, par tieularly when it is desired to avoid feeling irritated.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-01-18
v,v Lord snerbroo,1e Broke Down.

The late Lord Sherbrooke was an albino. and to this defect in his eye sight painful scene in the house of commons was due just before he be- came a peer. He was a speaker of un- usual britliance and power and came into the house prepared to make slashing onslaught on the ministry. His introductory remarks gave promise of a notable speech, but he had hardly opened fire on the ministry before he was reduced to utter helplessness by the discovery that there was some con fusion in his notes, which owing to his weak sight he could not rectify. A colleague attempted to assist him, but the orator was so unnerved and morti- fled by this accident that he complete ly lost himself. The other members of the house were profoundly touched by the painful breakdown. The death of Lord Sherbrooke leaves but five living ex-chancellors of the exchequer-Mr. Childers, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Sir William Vernon Harcourt, Lord Ran dolph Churchill and Mir. Gladstone, who has four times held that high of flee. The present incumbent is MT. Goschen.