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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-01-28
Cutlery.

John G.. Fox has now the most COM
plete line of cutlery in this city and Of
the finest quality. Everything in the
line Of first-class cutlery can be found
here and at the most remarkable
prices. If
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-01-28
Cigars

A most desirable present is box Of
cigars, Thiak twice as this line
will be retailed at wholesale prices
at Chas Fl. keliv's Arlington block.
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Railroad Fatality.

San Francisco, Jan. 27.-The south
bound train on the San Jose division
OF the Southern Pacific ran into a
washout near South San Francisco at
Is o'clock last evening, The engine
and teree cars toppled over into the
water. Engineer John Keyer was
killed and the fireman Gill was badly
injured Twenty passengers received
injuries.
The engineer did not see or did not
heed the warning lantern waved by
the trackwalker
The I. S. Court meets this morn
Ing. 1t is not probable that Gof1in
will be cited today as the L. S. author
tiles have decided to have him reg.
ul arly indicted by ii Grand Jury. as
they consider that the gravity of his
Offense requires it.
Bob Gfimmon will take charge of
tie Arlington House on February 1st.
Bob has AL the qualifications Of 4 iirst
class landlord and will run a popular
hotel.
Ed Burlington still continues his
big reduction sale in foot scar.
Showers, drizZIing RAIN. fog and
earthquake yesterday.
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JUSTICES BALLOON SLEEVES.
lie Was Not Going to Bs Beaten By Any
body Getting Ahead Of Him In style.

sAS w - wv ooAu6 " ~ oSSsS - " my
body Getting Ahead Of Him In style.
From the Chicago News.
Justice Underwood this morning
brought a mysterious looking bundle
into the Armery court and hid himself
from view in a side room for several
minutes. When he emerged he closely
resembled one of those large, super
abundant moths which fit around a
gaslight on a summer evening.
On each arm was a huge blue polka
dotted, widely-expanded sleeve, as big
as the jibboom of the Defender, and
containing as much air as the fire bal
loon at the siege of Eicksburg With
these gigantic appendages on his arms
his honor fioated to his chair everybody
getting cut of his way TO avoid any
chance of MASKING the wondrous
sleeves.
Excuse me. your honor. but what
are those?" asked Lawyer Lucas.
Those" responded his honor. Why.
those are sleeves. l read i'm yesterdays $
papers that large sleeves were to be
the rule this winter. and | saw at once
that the little ginghams that had been
wearing to keep the ink off my clothes
wouldn't dc. I'm not going to let any
body beat me out on the fashions"
And his honor called time on the first
case, which was that of tramp who
had been sleeping on the lake front.
The tramp took one look at his hon.
or's get-up. and then asked IL this was
the new woman or the bearded lady.
The court fined him S25. and didn't smile
again all day.
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PART Ii.

Suddenly the mans words began 10
repeat themselves in Enderby's head;
Tonight the king sleeps at Sutterby
on the Wolds. 'Tis well for thee that
doost not bide wi his majesty Pres
emily n dozen vague ideas began 10
take fern. The man had come To warn
him not to join the king at Sutterby.
There was some plot against Charles.
These stilt-walkerS We're tools IN
the hands OF the kings foes, who We're
growing more powerful every day. lie
would sleep tonight. not at Spilsby. but
at Sutterby. He was loyal subject:
no harm that he could prevent should
come to the king.
Before you come to Sutterby on The
Wolds. as you travel north tn the ZEN
land. there Is a combe through Wnlcn
the highway passes, and stream when
has ON one side many rocks and bould-
ers, and ON the other n sort OF hedge of
trees and shrubs. 1t was here that the
enemies of the king, that is. some stilt'
walkers, with two diShOnOrable gentle
men who had suffered from the kings
expressions. placed themselves Ia way
lay his ma1ecty. Lord Rippingdale had
published it abroad that the kings
route was towards Horncastle, but at
Stickney by the fens the royal party
separated. most of the company pass
ing on to Horncastle, while Charles,
Lord Rippingdale and two other cav
alters proceeded on a secret visit to a
gentleman AT Louth.
1t was dark when the king and his
company came to the combr. Lord
Rippingtlale suggested to his <naJesty
that one of the gentlemen should ride
ahead 10 guard against surprise or ann
bush. but the king laughed, and said
that his shire of Lincoln bred no
brigands and he rode on. He was in the
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SLAVE NOW EMPRESS.
Tho DOwger Empress of China When
Girl Was Sold to q Famous General.

From the ST. Louis Post-Dispatch.
There Is no more dramatic story in
the world of fiction than that OF the
DOwager Empress of China. She was
the child of poor peasants living In the
suburbs of Canton. and was remarkable
for her beauty and intelligence. When
her parents were actually starving she
proposed that they should sell her for
slave. This course was followed and
she became the property Of famous
general, who was so delighted with her
beauty and wit that he adopted her as
his daughter.
At Pekin she came under the emper-
Or's notice, and his majesty made the
former slave his wife. So highly did he
value her intelligence that at his death
he left her regent of the empire, and she
Is accredited with administering the af-
fairs of state better than almost any of
her predecessors. Her views in regard
to the mission question in China are
most sensible. Her majesty thinks that
If the missionaries would interpret the
teachings of COnfucius in accordance
with Christian principles they would
have great success among the people.
But to tell the Chinese that everything
they have heretofore believed is all
wrong results in COnfucian worse con-
founded,
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FRUIT As MEDICINE.
It Is Que of the Pieasantcst and Most
tIcaithfui Adjuncts TO the Table.

ssoJu"SsS w
From the Popular Science Monthly.
Why for ages have people eaten apple
sauce with their roast goose and suck
ing pig? Simply because the acids and
pcctones in the fruit assist In digest
ing the fats so abundant In this kind OF
food. For the same reason at the end
of a heavy dinner we eat our cooked
fruits. and when we want their digest
i've action even more developed we take
them after dinner in their natural, un-
cooked state as dessert. In the past
ages instinct has taught men to do this;
today science tells them why they did
1t. and this same science tells us that
fruit should be eaten as an aid to diges-
ton of other foods much more than 1t Is
now. Cultivated fruits. such as apples,
pears, cherries. Strawberries, grapes,
etc, contain on analysis very similar
proportions of the same ingredients.
which are about | per cent. of malic and
other acids. and l per cent. of flesh
forming albuminoids, with over so per
cent. of water.
Digestion depends upon the action OF
pepsin in the stomach upon the food.
which Is greatly aided by the acids of
the stomach. Fats are digested by
these acids and the bile from the liver
Now. the acids and pectones in fruit
peculiarly assist the acids of the stOm-
ach. Only lately even royalty has been
taking lemon juice in tea instead of
sugar, and lemon juice has been pre-
scribed. largely by physicians to help
weak digestion. simply because these
acids exist very abundantly in the
lemon.
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POE'S PARODY.

\ parody on 1.-THE Raven"-the parody
written by Edgar Allen Poe himself--has
just been discovered in a collection of Poe
manuscripts. y is owned by Boston
questioned 1t is printed for the first
time:l
Leave us not so dark. uncertain! lift
again the fallen curtain!
Let us once again the mysteries OF that
haunted room explore.
Hear once more that friend infernal-that
grim visitor (sic) nocturnal
Earnestly We long to learn all that befalls
that bird Of yore.
Oh, then, tell us something more!
Doth his shade thy floor still darken?--
dost thou still despairng hearken
To that deep sepulchral utterance like the
oracles of yore:
In the same place is he sitting? Does he
give no sign Of quitting?
Is he conscious or unwilling when he an
swers "Nevermore?'
Tell me truly, implore!
Knows he not the littlcnesses that poor
human nature presses?
Knows he never need of slumber falntins
forces to restore?
Stoops he not to eating.-drinking? Is he
never caught In winking
When his demon eyes are sinking deep
into thy bosoms core?
Tell me this, If nothing more.
Is he, after all. so evil? Is it fair to call
him "dcvl?"
Did he not give friendly answer when thy
speech friends meaning bore?
When thy sad tones were revealing all the
loneness Ger thee stAallng,
Did he not, with fellow-1eelng, vow to
leave thee nevermore?
Keeps he not that oath he swOre?
He too, raay be vainly praying--vainly
earnestly essaying
To forget some matchless mate beloved
yet lost for evermore.
He hath donned suit of mourning, and
all earthly comforts Scorning,
Broods alone from night till morning. BY
the memories Of I.enOre.
Oh, renounce him nevermOre!
Though he be a sable brother, treat him
kindly as another!
All, perhps the world has scorned hin,
for tht luckles hue he wore
No such narrow prejudices, can he know
whom love possesses.
Whom one spark of freedom blesses Do
not spurn from thy door,
Lest Love enter nevermore!
Not a bird of evil presage happily he
some message
From that much-mourned matchless NAL
den--from that loved and lost Lenore.
In pilgrims garb disguised, angels are
but seldom priced. ta
or this fact at length advised, were II
strange II he foreswore
The false world for evermore?
Oh! then ill-starred midnight ranger!
dark, forlorn, mysterious stranger,
'Wildered wanderer from the eternal
lightning on Times stormy shore. !
Tell lls OF that world of wondered that
famed, unfolding yonder.
Rend-oh. rend the veil asunder! Let our
doubts and fears be DER! ~
Doth he answer "NevtrmorsY'
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and said: "rha doost not know ma wife
or tha wouldst not speak like that
At that Dick laughed and said: Fellow,
do pity thee and taking the old man
by the shoulders. he lifted him on his
own horse and took him TO the vii
lage fair, and there bought him twelve
skeins Of wool and sent him on his way
rejoicing, with a horse worth twenty
times his own
With her chin in her hands the girl
had listened intently to the story. When
it was finished she said
"What didst thou say was the gen.
tleman's name?"
"His friend called him Dock He Is q
poor knight, one Sir Richard Mowbray.
of Leicester, called at court and else
where Happy Dick Mowbray. for they
do say a happier and braver heart
never wore the kings uniform"
Indeed I should like to know that
Sir Richard Mowbray. And, tell me
now. who is the greatest person thou
hast seen in thy absence?"
II saw the king--at Boston town."
"rhe king! The king!" Her eyes
lightened. her hands clapped merrily.
what did he say to thee? Now. now,
there Is that lark light In thine eyes
again. I will not have 1t so!'' With
her thumbs she daintily drew down the
eyelids and opened them again. There,
that's better. Now what did the king
say to thee?"
'He said to me that should be Sir
John Enderby, of Enderby."
"A knight A knight! He made
thee a knight?" she asked gayly. She
slipped from his knee and courtesied
before him, then seeing the heaviness
of his look, she added: Boob! Sir John
Enderby. why dost thou look so grave I?
Is knighthood 80 big u burden thou dost
groan under III"
|f"Come here, my lass,sih he said gently.
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SENATOR TELLER's PRAYER.

1t was many years ago In Gilpin
county, Colorado, so the story ran, and
Senator Teller, not senator then, was
leading citizen of those parts. 1t was
In the earlier days of the Colorado sill
Yer excitement. Mining operations
were going on up every hillside and
along every gulch. Teller was in the
thick Of 1t. While there was great
ds al Of silver mining there. wasn't much
law, but the denizens Of those regions
were a very earnest set and maintained
reasonable order and degree of safety
to both life and property by that
prompt method of justice known as
lynch law. One day a Mexican was
caught rObbing the sluice boxes. 1t
was not the first time this Mexican had
betrayed this sluice box weakness. In
fact. he had very bad record in Gill
pin county and the public had long be-
fore come to a conclusion that the
world would be better of without him.
So, taken as he was in the very act. it
was readily decided to be the proper
thing to hang him. Teller took u prom
inent part in the debate which preced-
ed the Mexican's stringing UP. He said
he very much regretted the stern
necessity which suggested the suspen-
sion of this Mexican, but like the rest
he was vigorously in favor of IL. He
saw no safety in anything less. TO let
him go was to- encourage others of the
sort, and these sluice box depreda-
tions were certain to finally lead to
killing In which honest men might get
the worst of 1t. So a rope was brought
and arrangements were made for chok-
ing the life out of the Mexican. A
pinon tree nicely arranged for gal
lows was selected and everything was
made ready to shove the .rObber into
eternity. At this crisis Teller. who was
man of profound religious cOnvic-
tions. called. halt in the proceedings
to give the condemned man a chance to
pray. The Mexican declined to avail
himself of this advantage. so Teller Of
fered up prayer in his place. 1t was
a very honest petition. and Teller ask
ed forgiveness for the Mexican from on
high. and urged that all punishment
in his case hereafter might be averted.
Then they swung him off. After the
lynching Tom Bowen. who was pres
ent and who was afterward in con-
gress from Colorado. went up TO the
coming senator and said:
"Old man, that was u great PRAYER
you put up. That Mexican ought to
have felt flattered and would II he had
understood you. l couldn't help but
think. however, that there was GER
tain amount of sarcasm in 1t. 1t struck
me that you displayed fashion of ef.
frontery In urging the admission 10
heaven OF Mexican whom you had al
ready condemned as not good enough
FOR Gilpin county, Colorado"
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coach with gentleman beside him, and
Lord Rippingdale rode upon the right
Almost as the hoofs of the leaders
plunged into the stream there came the
whinny of q horse from among the
boulders. Alarmed, the coachman
whipped up his team and Lord Rip
pingdale clapped his hand upon his
sword.
Even as he did it two men sprang out
from among the rocks. seized the
horses heads. and a dozen others
swarmed round. all masked and armed.
and called upon the kings party to
surrender, and to deliver up their valu
ables. One ruffian made to seize the
bride of Lord Rippingdale's horse. but
my lords sword came down and
severed the fellows hand at the wrist.
''Villain." he shouted, do you know
whom you attack"
For answer. shots rang out; and as
the kings gentlemen gathered close to
the coach to defend him, the king him
sci: opened the door and stepped out.
AS he did SO q stilt struck him on the
head. Its owner had aimed it at Lord
Rippingdale; but as my lords horse
plunged. it missed him, and struck the
king fair upon the crown of the head.
He swayed, groaned and fell back into
the open door of the coach. Lord Rip
plnguale was at once beside MN, SWORD
drawn, and fighting galantly.
''Scoundrels!" he cried, will you kill
your king"
I'VE will have the money which the
king carries" cried one of his assail-
ants. THE price of three knighthoods
and the taxes of two shires we will
have!"
One of the kings gentlemen had fall
en-, and another was wounded. Lord
Rippingdale was hard pressed, but in
what seemed the last extremity of the
king and his party there came a shout
from the other side of the stream:
God save the king! For the king!
For the king."
A dozen horsemen splashed their way
across the stream, and with swords and
pistols drove through the kings as
sailants and surrounded his coach. The
rufiians made an attempt to rally and
resist the onset, but presently broke
and ran, pursued by. a half-doZen of
his majesty's defenders. Five of the
assailants were killed and several We're
wounded.
AS Lord Rippingdale turned to
Charles to raise him, the coach-door
was opened upon the other side, a light
was thrust in, and over the unconscious
body Of the king my lord recognized
John Enderby.
His majesty'-began John Enderby.
"His majesty Is better" replied Lord
Rippingdale. as the kings eyes half
opened. You lead these gentlemen?
This should bring you q barony, Sir
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position. when II fell le.so. two of the
committee were helpless in = back
room o the hotel. while the spectacle
was presented of Stewart tenderly as
sisting the third to his own room.
where he was TO he safe until Stewart
returned from the meeting. This gen
tleman was an especial friend of Stew
art-at least so Stewart said-and he
wanted to continue his visit with him
when he got through talking. Stew.
arts opponent had the first hour at the
meeting. and talked from o'clock un-
Ill 2. Stewart sat there on the plat
form as rigid and decOrous as judge.
When 1t came his turn At o'clock he
was never in better shape to make a
speech in life. and he simply tore the
opposition to pieces The plot failed.
and Stewart was triumphsntly elect
ed"
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NOTHING TO SAY.

lover once pondered an amorous plea
For many day:
Resolved that the tale Of his passion
should be
Told In a neat way
The tenderest terms of the Language he
sought.
And conned them till all were arrange 4
as they ought
To be. II know what I'll say. SO he
thought.
"Oh, what will she say?"
But, strangely enough, when he knelt by
her side
1t chanced to befall
That none Of the eloquent speeches he
tried
Would come at his coll.
His cowardly tongue could say little. ut
best,
But his brave eyes said much. while q kiss
said the rest:
And she-She only hid her face In his
breast, i4l.'AOt+ .I[ 81 :, Y =
saying nothing at oil. Truth.
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Copyright lss by Bachelor, johnson and Bachellsn

John" my lord added. half graciously,
half satirically-for the honest truth
of this mans nature NeXed him. Ihe
king will thank YOU
John Enderby wants no reward Tor
being a loyal subject, my lord, an
swered Enderby.
Then with another glance at the
king, i'm which he knew that his maj
esty was recovered. he took off his
hat. bowed. and. mounting his horse,
rode away without a word.
At Sutterby the gentlemen received
gracious thanks of the king who had
been here delivered from the first act
of violence made against him in his
reign.
OF the part which Enderby had
played Lord Rippingdale said no more
to the king than this:
Sir John E,nderby was of these gen.
tlemen who saved your majesty's life.
Might it not seem to your majesty
that
WAS he of them?" interrupted the
king kindly: then. all at once, out of
his hurt vanity and narrow self-will.
he added petulantly: when he hath
paid for the patent of his knighthood.
then viii we welcome him to us, and
make him baron of Enderby."
Next day when Enderby entered
the great iron gates of the grounds
of Enderby House the bell was ringing
for noon. The house was long and low.
with fine tower in the center. and two
wings ran back. forming the courtyard.
which would have been entirely in
closed had the stables moved up to
complete the square.
When Enderby came out into the
broad sweep of grass and lawn, tlanked
or either side by commendable trees.
the sun shining brightly, the rocks fly
ing overhead. and the smell of ripe sum
mer in the air. he drew up his horse
and sat looking before him.
"To lose it. To lose it," he said, and
a frown gathered upon his forehead,
Even as he looked. the figure of a girl
appeared in the great doorway. Catch
ing sight of the hOrseman. she clapped
her hands and waved them delightedly.
E.nderby's face cleared. as the sun
breaks through a mass of clouds and
lightcns all the Landscape. The slum-
brous eyes glowed, the square head
came up. In five minutes he had dis
mounted at the great stone steps and
was clasping his daughter in his arms.
Felicity, my dear daughter!" he
said, tenderly and gravely.
She threw back her head with a gay
ETY. which bespoke the bubbling laugh
npnoh, to thv solsn,n yo,oo nh
,bo,, ~re.t hear dnst tbou lave me-
with tears IN th;na evsso"
She TOOK b;s hand and drev him ;n.
side tbe honse wbere lawns aside his
hat and ploves and sword they nassed
into the rrea I lihrory
come now teII mo all of the nlaces
thou base been TO-" she said nerching
herself on his armchair
| He told her and she counted them off
one by one upon her fingers.
"That is ninety miles of travel thou
| hast had. What is the most pleasing
thing thou hast seem"
ut was i'm Stickford by the Fen" he
| answered, after a perpleXed pause
| "There was an old man upon the road
side with his head bowed in his hands
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Thou art young, but day by day thy
wisdom grows. and l can trust thee.
IL is better thou shouldst know from
my own lips the peril this kn1ghthood
brings, than that trouble should sud-
denly fall and thou be unprepared."
Drawing her closely to him he told
her the story of his meeting with the
king: OF Lord Rippingdale: of the kings
threat to levy upon his estates and to
issue writ of outlawry against him.
(To be continued)
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STEWART AND THE PRINCE.

Governor Stewart" said Represent
ative Hatch. one day toward the close
of last session, was, when | was q
boy. one of the greatest characters in
Missouri. He was the brightest and
best Of the political takers of the day.
and on the stump nobody was match
for Stewart. He was governor of the
state when the prince of Wales. as a
boy. visited this country, and there is
a story often told of how Stewart at the
reception in st. Louis given in honor OF
the Prince of Wales, became exuberant-
ly happy. In those days everybody
drank, and so far from being any ex-
ception. Governor Stewart rather en-
phasized the rule. They had gotten
up grand ball in st. Louis in honor of
the prince. and Governor Stewart at
tended to add grace and glory to the
occasion. The opening of the festivi-
ties found Stewart and the prince on
raised platform at one side of the
hall. while the valor and beauty of St
Louis and the regions round about
swept by in brilliant procession. Both
Stewart and the prince had not for
gotten to take an occasional drink, and
both were feeling good-the governor
especially so. At one crisis Stewards
admiration of the scene, as well as his
entire satisfaction with his own posi-
ton as governor of the state. was evil
denced by his suddenly bestowing upon
his royal back. which almost knocked
him Off the platform into the midst of
the festivities.
Prince remarked Stewart. hilar
iously. don't you wish you were gov
ernor Of Missouri
THE prince said he did, and II in
no wise amazed Stewart
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SYNoPsIs.}

John Enderby. a squire of Lincolnshire,
is offered a knighthood by King Charles
the First, while the latter is in Boston on
business. Ende,by refuses the honor, on
the ground that he cannot aoffrd TO pay
the. fee contingept to its acceptance. The
king Is very angry. as the fee is the main
thing involved. and is encouraged in ms
displsasure by Lord Rippinsdale, an old
emmy OF Enderbys. Enderby persists
JIM his refusal and the king thereupon
'cODfiscates his estate. on the way home
Enderby is warned by a stit-walker OF the
fens TO keep away from the KING that
night.