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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-11

"Our baby Is down the wellr cried
q colorcl woman to Policeman Pontlus
OF RoNborough. as be was patrollng his
beat on Monastery avenue. The officer
ran 20 an old. dlsused well In the rear
OF the premises. followed by every man.
woman and child on the street Peer
ing into the depths be fanciod be saw
the child lying on a pile Of mud. As
there was very little water In the hole
he FASTENED 10 the police station. Sc
culed ropes. and, together with offcer
Clegg. returned 10 make the rescue.
Clcgg. being the lighter. was slowly
lowered to the bottom. the women and
children lending a willing hand, The
hauling up process was a tedious. la
borious affair. but by main strength
Clegg was finally landed on terra hrma.
bu, with look OF disgust on his face
that would have turned vinegar sour.
In his hand he helda baby, not real.
living child. but a half worn-ont one Of
the rag species The woman had dis
appeared. but a ohuekle In a nearby
house told she was enjoying the police
mems discontinue -Pittsburg ChrOn!-
clo-Tolegraph.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-11

The Fourth National Bank Of New
York II run on the civil service reform
principles. and as a result 81 the resig
nation Of an assistant cashier. few
days ago. made thlrty-gour promotion
ON the stan of is employees.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-11

The accompanying portrait Is Of Al
red Austin. ho asplrcs to succeed Lord
Tennysnn as poet laureate OF England.
Austin Be- In bis sixty year, and was
bora at Hoadlngly. near Leeds His
parents we're Roman Catholics. and he
was educated at Stcqyhurst and St
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-11

about ffty years old. He has been gov-
ernor OF tina, State. On June II, 1854.
ne was elected United States senator,
receiving the unanimous vote OF the
republican members Of the legislature.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-11

The fact is recalled that the teaches
aud an those who sat under her In
siruclion In a little schoolhouse In the
town Of MInot. Mass.. fl,y-three years
ago are alive and vel today.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-11
HORSES on TOB0GGAN.
A FREE RIDE DOWN 4 ToBoo.
GAN EVERY DAY.

Saves Wear and Tear ga uooif '-fhs
Animals Draw Two c.rs a. Hui'and
Thea slide HACK on the Dsaa
Trip. o
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-11

an lmpos,er By some. but he lives sim
ply and works hard, an the time his
discoveries and inventions may YET
ysaadiah most Of the difficulties that
confront us to-day.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-11
THE NEW JUSTICE.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF
RUFUS W. PECKHAm.


7 USTlCE Rufus
II W Peckham. the
81 new associate JUS
tico of the SUI
,a.--os premo court. was
born In Albany. ff-
49, ty-elght years ago.
100000 ~ he is the son Of the
- Fl | late Justice Rufus
ril W. Peckham. who
was elevated TO the
appellate bench In
1870. after having served as a district
attorney OF Albany county. as member
Of congress and In 1859 having been
elected justice Of the supreme court
The elder Justice Peckham. with his
wife, was drowned at sea In the VILE
de Hayrc accident In 1875
Young peckham passed through the
Albany Academy. and at the age Of Is
he entered the office Of Colt a Peckham.
where after three years OF study he was
admitted 10 the bar. with the same ass
siduiiy that he displayed In hie studies
no pushed his advancement 10 Che pro-
fesslon OF bis choice and soon obtained
reputation and clients Soon after bis
admission 10 practice he became mem
Der Of ihe hrm OF Peekham q Tremaiu.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-02-11
aeergs re,haa, Metmers.

Hon. George Peabody wetmorc. the
senator.olect from Rhode Island is
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-08-16
A Mixed Political Mess.

The Chicago Record makes this
classification of poiitIca: parties.
l. The gold Republican patty.
2. The free silver Democrats, among
whom ar (n) those who don't want
Populiets' support and (b) those who
do wan .Populist support.
8. The free silver Republicans.
4. The gold Democrats. among whom
are (n) those who will support William
Mckinley and (1 these who will non-
iuate Il ticket # their own.
5. L e ProhibltlOnlsts.
6. The Bryan PopniI ts. among whom
are (a)thos- who favor Bryan and Sc
wall and % t!Ose who axe for Bryan
and aGaInst SewalI.
Z. The antl-Bryan Populists.
8. Tue Voters who are on the feAce.
g.. The VOTERS who have taken TO the
woods.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-08-16
Tr,a:urer NesterfieId Back

TIE. sursr W~sterfield has returned
rom his Eastern trip. He says 4
was in the hot str-ak that hit x
Louis and that no one in this touh!ry
knows what hot weather is until you
go East. Nevada climate beats the
world. and hell never go there any
more" meaning OF course. the East
srn Statrs in summer time.
H spent some time in Southeast
ern I,wa and Illinois, md busine IS
mn aud farmers alike COMPLAIN OF
the hard times. Very many Republic
cans have declared for Bryan and
occasionally he found a Democrat
who is going for Mckinley, Strange
to say one Of the most uncompromis-
ing g"ldbnRs that he met was "A doctor
who formerly resided al Hawthorne
in this State.
He says that Hanna is preparing
to swamp the Middle States with
money, but they nave an Anstl allan
ballet in force and the goods cannot
be delivered Thousands OF poor men
will get all the Hama money they
can and vote for Bryan.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-08-16
A Lucious Melon.

During the past week three leading
hu-iness HOUSES, who deal in the sue
uIent w~a'ermelon, have sent their hest
fruit to the APPEAL Office to be re-
ported on. The custom of having the
leading daily newspaper Of II Capital
city act "a watermelon ~insnect"r, is
as old as journalism. lnd II great as
sistHnce 10 Interstate and
the watermelon trade.
The APPEAL is prnhahly sel-c'ed to
fill this important office because o.
the imls1,iality of the editor, and his
large experience with melons, but the
c%ornrosit"rs r~mark that il is because
Of hi. Large M nth. These remarks
coming from 'he composing room are
cut # p a"e, and only given currency
here to sii"w the bad and
lrviiy Of conIuct which c~haracterizes
the average compassion.
Last week Charley Kelly, Leslie
Bell and Walsh & Wylie all sent tntir
best melons to The APPEAL office where
a fair test was m ale. The printers
lit onto the finest looking and the
.ditor WAS obliged 10 lake the scrub
best nf the lot home.
The sorry appearance OF the fruit
caused some uncomplimentary re-
marks, but when the knife went into
the heart Of the fruit the air was
heavy with EXPLANATIONS Of delight
II was blood red from core t. rind,
and the rich juice spurted out like
wine N" language can describe the
taste. 1t melted in tue mouth with II
c"mbinatiun OF fiavols h a we've to
the tongue what a Wagner-wov-n
symphony in six fats is to tine ear. 1t
Was just Il fraction of a suggestion
over ripe, but as the dinner Was fiji
teen minutes late, If was not the fault
Of the melon, and tue SEED has BEEN
carefully laid away for the spring
planting Never refuse melon be-.
cause Of its plain exterior. You can
tell till you cut EN-.
So far Wal-h & Wylie have taker
the premium, but we have no doub
hat some of our enferprising grocers
can Leaf this melon all hollow. Mel
ons left at this office between 9 a. IN
and II p. M, wilt receive proper at
teution.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-08-16
Primary Election.

At a meeting Of the Ormsby County
Silver Centrn! Commitree, held on
Friday evening, August IA, 1896, the
following was adopted:
Resolveh-That a Primary Election
be held in Carson City. Nevada, Sat-
urdAy. August %, 1896, at the Curry
Engine H"ns- for the purpose of ell
Getting eight delegates to the Silver
Convection which at Elko,
New, September 8, 1896.
The following named persons shall
constitute the Board of Election.
William Taylor and Ed. Reynolds
judges, and Sharon Winrton clerk.
Al-o i" the Eemrire precinct, EN-
pire, at the school house, Sam Tonga
baugh and Jerry Barrett judges. and
Micheal Smith clerk.
P lis t. be opened at 10 a.. m. and
closed at 5 p. IN
The following test will be required OF
voters at said primary election: # am il
favor of William !. Bryan for President
of the United States, and the free and un,
limited coinage of silver at the ratio of It
to in the United States independent O.
any other nation, and will support ths
nominees of the Silver Party.
SAM DAVIS, Chairman.
WALTER CHEDIC, Secretary
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-08-16
Ogden Wins the Futurjtv.

New York, Aug. 15.-Heavy storms
on Sheershead Bay yesterday made
the track heavy for today's great race
for the ninth ~futurity stakes. The
track vas lightly narrowed this morn
ing to let the earth dry before the big
contest for fifty six thousand dollars,
the richest stake in the world for two
year-olds. Ornament. ridden by
Sloane, was the favOrite.
Ogden wins the futurity by a
length Ornament second by a length =;
Rodermond, third. Time, l 10
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-08-16
The Fusion Proposition,

As the q. after now stands he pfsi-
ton taken by Joseph Ryan, Chairman
Of the Democratic Central Committee.
is generally ted rs the correct
business, and cannot be successfully
a@sail-d
The wing Of the Democratic party
represented hy his COMMITTEES castuver
three per cent of the total vote two
years ago and by this acquired the
right to nominate a ticket in a con-
vention. The other wing was not a
s-perate party, having fused with the
Silver party, and must now nominate.
If at all, ny p-tiIinn. Hence the Con-
vention called for the 5'h in tnis city
cannot make valid nominations. This
is the cold law aud it cannot he gain
said
At Reno the Democrats put up Geo.
Russell. Jo eph Ryan ana Gen. Clarke.
Afterwards Gen. Clarke declined to
run.
The Silver Convention meets at Elko
on the 5'h. Che same date Of the Car
son C~onventionG.
The Elko Convention should endorse
the nominations OF Russell and Ryan
and put up a third elector. They have
invited the Popuiists also to a'tend
and il they are tn do SO they will
probably give the Porulisls a portion
OF the ticket in the interest Of harmony
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-08-16
Street Talk.

Eyes I'd b- for Bryan if it wasn't
for having the surplus silver OF Eng
land and M-xico dumped here
Well my boy let me ask you, if
outside silver got dumped in here from
the borders it would cost money to
transport it from the edge Of the
United States to the Mint, eh?"
Il Huesso."
well, the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
les would make a turn, eh?"
Looks that Way"
"And Uncle Sam would charge for
minting it?"
"S'pose So"
Chen the Mexicans. when they get
the bullion made into mouey, would
buy mining machinery and agrlcul-
Iural impliments to taks home aud
leave the money here?"
Quite likely"
"And the blasted Britisher would
buy Nebra-ka corn, Alabama cotton
Louisiana sugar and Wisconsin wheat
with their dough, wouldn't they?'
Guess they would
"rhen wnen all this has been
done and the cpmodities " had to sell
had zone o If the country aha the
money they brought in was all left
hele. wouldn't we al tie It aay for the
n+xt load of Mexican AM: English sill
yer to be dumped here?
You may be right, but don ttt'ink
we'd b-ttrr rush at the thing without
we have some sort of international
agreement
Man in the crowd-"Oh yes. that
means when hell freezes over
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-08-16
ALL SORTS.

Those who try Trib praise it.
A bank in Texas failed yesterday.
Judge Mack was in this city yester-
day.
District Court will be in session
Monday.
VIM. J. Bryan is at Irvington-on-
the Hudson.
The base ball game set for today
has been declared off.
]. W. Westerfield and wife retur led
from the East yesterday.
J. Rooney. lately with F. J. Stein
metz, has como to Chico.
The Western Hotel at Chico, Cal,
was destroyed by fire yesterday.
Mexican Sherbert Saturday and Sum-
day, at Muller and Richardson's
Several Carson people attended the
dance given at TalIac last evening.
Miss Rachael McCrimmon, for Oak
land, Cal, is visiting relatives here.
Anyone wishing board 10 a private
family, inquire at Mrs. G, NJ. Shultz.
Will Thorne, HenryQuill and Alex
Harris leave today for an outing at
Rubicon.
All Min, charged with assault on
Albert was dismissed, after paying al
costs.
Lost-A Fraternity pin with Greek lett.
Gs. The finder will please leave it al
Browns Drug store.
For sALE-An upright piano in per.
feet condition and fine tone, just as
good as new. For particulars enquire
at this Office.
81. NJ. Yerington and wife leave
tonight for a six weeks trip to the
Sand wich Islands. Miss Clara Was
son will accompany them.
The new Presbyterian Church will
be opened for the first time to day
Tue furnishing is not entirely com
pleted but sufficiently 50 fer comfort
The dedication will come at a late
date.
Flora Finlayson, Of Reno, formerl,
in the B"stonians, is the latest add
ton to the Tivoii company. She make,
her initial appearance at that hous,
on next Monday night in II Trovatore
in the role Of Azucena.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-08-16
Republican Cheek

Pittsburgh, Aug. .I6-The following has
been posted in Jones " Laughlin's mills,
where men are employed: "All those
in favor of sound money and DESTROYS of
getting an honest dollar for a days work
will of their own free will and subscribe
one dolla- to the Republican National
Committee" there is no name signed to
the request. The company said that it
would not be compulsory for the men to
subscribe
Clean. strong. penetrating is Trib
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-08-16
BeMtun'> ointment.

Which has been used in Carson for
over twenty-five years, has saved
many an ache and pain to those who
know it. 1t is really intended for
uOrses but works with the same magi-
cal effect on the human. 1t is ID pow
erful remedy and for rheumatism is
the king of the world. Aches knocked
out in short order. No forseman
hould be without a bottle. BentOn's
Liniment is fol sale at all drug stores
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-08-16
II. M. Gorham Appointed,

Il. NJ. Gothan has been appointed
SUI erinteui-nt OF the Savage mine to
succeed the late General Heating. Mr.,
Gorham is highly esteemed in the
~ and his appointment will
be generally satisfactory to the pub
lie.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-08-16
Is Brown Coming Sack.

Abont three wee - ago a report was
circulated that Harry Brown was
coming back in u few days. Yesterday
the 8 ,me rep TT was in circulation.
1t will he we'll enough to consider
Brown as a definite quantity when he
gets here.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-08-16

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was a Child, she cried for Cas.oria.
When she became Miss, she chung 10 Cas.oria.
When she bad Children, she gave them castoria
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-08-16
Reducing Stock.

John G. Fox is now reducing his
stock and in order to make room for
Fall goods, will sell at greatly
figures, for the balance Of the month.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-08-16
CLEVELAND NOT GRO YER

But IA Cleveland Hydraulic Ram Beer
pump, now in operation at the Wei
land Saloon. Gail and see it.
w. Whitney. Prop.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-11-28
NA-KEENEY. KANSAS SATURDAY NOVEMBER 49, 1896.

As the train whirls through a dense
forest the gloomy view Is broken by the
appearance of a logging camp-a kind
of oasis in desert. Men are chopping,
saws are buzzing, and the sawdust il
flying in every direction. The camp il
a city in miniature. and in the rough.
plain log cabins, all alike. Huge piles
of logs are at one end of the mill; they
are placed in position and come out as
boards or shingles. All logging camps
are alike, it is said. But those in these
sections of Arkansas and Louisiana are
different, as they are part camp and
part village. The ''loggers" are not all
bachelors; many of them have brought
their families from the northwest, and
have become citizens. These particular
camp-villages are tapped by what is
called "spur" railroads. When all of
the merchantable timber has been cut
from a particular district. the syndicate
does not pull up stakes and move its
sawmill to another forest. He ''blazes"
away through another forest of tim
Der for a distance of 20 or 30 miles, as a
a crow would fly, and ther lays down the
parallel lines of wooden rails. or tim
bers, over which he lays some old iron
rails. He gets a few half worn-out fiat
cars, and now has railroad" He
each side as the road works its way
into the forest It finally runs out ON
the other side in open land, into q
swamp, or to a river, where It stops,
and another village is founded"
The road starts from nowhere in par
ticular and ends almost anywhere, and
after all of the timber has been cut and
transported to the mills, and thence to
the markets, the majority of the LOG
gers" remain at the camps, which have
now become villages. They get the
land almost at their own price, and set
tie down into farmers. And thus the
timber syndicates are indirectly supply
ing the country with settlers, while de-
nuding the forests. Within the past
few years, more especially. these Sec
tions have received large number OF
emigrants, and, as rule, the ''loggers"
become good and Industrious citizens.
But the Mississippi valley has received
a much larger emigration, owing to its
greater advantages in transportation
facilities and the richness of its farm
ing lands and forests.
Lands are cleared for settlement
which, only for the timber purchasers,
would perhaps remain idle for years,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-11-28
A RED RIVER FOREST.

lands of the north have learned that
they can get alluvial and heavily-tim-
bered lands in this valley at from five
to ten and twenty dollars an acre, which
will 'pay for ITSELF within three or
four years. Consequently the valley is
being settled with this class of indus
trious people. The valley of the Mis-
sissippi, including this portion in Ten
nessee, is perhaps the richest and most
productive land in the world, and land
at the present prices almost insures a
competency to the farmer who is at all
thrifty and moderately industrious.
The lands are heavily wooded, yield
Ing from 10000 to 10000 or 10000 feet
of good merchantable timber to the
acre, which, at the prevailing price of
40 cents per acre "stumpage," almost
pays for the land
Within the past few years, owing to
the exhaustion of the forests in the
northwest, the numerous lumber syn
dicates have transferred their opera
tions to the Mississippi valley, reaching
down through southern Arkansas and
into northern Louisiana. They do not
care much for land, no matter how
rich it is. They are after timber, es-
pecially pine and white oak. They pay
to the owners of the land specified sum
for the privilege of cutting any such
timber as they want. This is called
''stumpage." They take away the tim
Der, and leave him the land, ready for
planting The poorest hill lands. not
under cultivation, yield from 10000 to
$4,000 feet of lumber per acre; while
those in the Mississippi valley yield
double and treble that quantity. But,
when the "hill'' lands have been de-
nuded of timber, they are of little value,
selling at one or two dollars an acre.
while the valley lands are really worth
more than before. for this alluvia1 soil
never wears out" and produces crop
every year.
The more well-to-do planters of the
north and northwest emigrate to the
valley, while those of small means pur-
chase hill lands further south in Arlsan-
sas and north Louisiana, many of them
waiting until the lumber syndicates
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-11-28

have chopped away the timber, for then
the lands are much cheaper.
The trees in the Mississippi valley are,
of course, much larger than those on
the hill lands, because of the damp
soil, and the moist air which blows
from the great river and the lakes and
streams in the swamps- All along these
streams loggers are busy chopping down
huge trees, saving them into the prop
er lengths and floating them down to
the mills, which are located usually ut
the mouth of a stream, or at some point
touched by a railroad. Here the tim
ber Is sawed into what is called mer-
chantable lumber and shipped east.
All along the Mississippi. Ouachita
and Red rivers one may see log camp
villages at the mouth of the smaller
streams emptying into these rivers.
which shows that the logging industry
is far-reaching one and is steadily
growing. 1t has also permeated the
interior. along the line of the railroads
At points far from river navigation
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-11-28

and the little 'spur" railroads open
lines of communication to the various
camps" which eventually become pub
lie roads leading to villages. And in
some instances the "spur" roads have
been changed into regular feeders" for
through line railroads. At this rate of
progress and settlement, the Mississippi
valley in western Tennessee and south
ern Kansas and northern Louisiana will
become as thickly settled as some of the
middle western states, and their rich
pine and oak forests will disappear, or
rather very large holes will be cut in
them. These sections have one great
advantage-that of small streams and
rivers. There is no end to small streams
that is, numerically, and rafts are
fioated down from one into the other
until a mill is reached. at no cost. save
ber of streams, the logger is enabled to
reach the remotest sections of forests.
consequently camps and mills are moro
numerous than in countries containing
fewer '.navigable" streams. The log
gers who penetrate the more remote
wildernesses and float out RATS from
the smaller streams, of course, do not
carry their families. They are left at
the main logging camp at the mouth OF
the river.
The river camps are more lively than
those in the interior. because they are
that of time and muscle, which cuts
little figure with the logger. This mode
of transportation is a clear gain over
railroad rates. And. by she great num-
the points of landing for other loggers
who are floating RATS down to mills
lower down. The camp usually has a
palace saloon" kept by retired log
ger who wears the rough costume of the
camp. There are not as many murders
or fights in a place of this kind one
would naturally expect. The reason
is that everyone is prepared. and the
overbearing bully, knowing this. keeps
quiet 1t is only when he knows that
he has the advantage that he wants to
fight
The forest scenery along this route
is picturesque and grand. That por-
tion of the Mississippi valley forest IS
SO dense that it looks like compact
wall looming up against the sky. The
road whirls down by the banks of the
Ouachita. a bright. clear stream fringed
with forest on each side. cool and i'm
viting to the tired and dusty traveles.
J. n 0CANLANLA
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-11-28

But as worked that mornin' back and
forth In each long row,
4 did a lot of thinkin', and don't know why
twas SO,
But somehow, every minute. In a way to
bring surprise,
I'D see the face of Jennie with the grfeyed
look in her eyes.
And then my thoughts crept backward
through the years so swiftly flown:
Theyd been. knew, as worthless had
Travelled them alone,
For IN all the work and plannin' that I'd
ever tried to do,
she always had stood by me- ALWAYS inst
so sweet and true
In sunshine and in shadow, In health and
sickness too
Always. always standin' by me- alway.
sweet and always true.
Then in my mind seemed to sec a tiny
little mound,
Just DER the hilltop yonder. in the little
churchyard ground
"A little mound that nestles there beneath
the willows shade:
Twas there one autumn mornin' our little
boy was laid.
And then 1 thought o. partfn's, and the
thought gave me start,
While wave o. pain came tuggin. and
strainin' at my heart;