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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-11-11
Wood forsSaIe

G. Ouilette has a large quantity Of
wood for sale at Tunny's Hay Yard
He charges for yellow pine $3.50
Cedar S5 and pine s6 per cord,
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Not Employed.

Trenmor Coffin appeal e'i at fhe iM-
quest apparently as %. s""ntor for
the county. The couHty officials say
that be was not ems loyed and the
friends of Jones say his appearance
in the case was an unwarranted in
truSiOn
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THE UNION PACIFIC.


Passes through the best cities and towns
in Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, and
Nebraska. and is the best route to Den
Yer. Kansas City, Council Bluffs, Sioux
City. St. Louis. Chicago and all eastern
points.
The advantages gained Ivy tIaveling
via the Union Pacific are
Quick Time,
UnequaIied Service,
Magnificent Equipment,
Double Drawing Room,
Pullman Palace Sleepers,
Pullman Dining Cars.
Free Reclining Chair Cars,
Pullman Tourist Sleepers.
For time tables, pamphlets descriptive
of the country traversed, rates of fair, or
any other information. address
f. L. LOMAN,
GEN'L PASS. AND TICKET AGENT
OMAHA, NEB.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-11-11

The Republicans viii have NIL T
i,y of five on joint tallot III Ohio, and
Hanna. the doodle king of the United
States, will be Sen ator. Il Was a close
shave.
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CastOrIa

~Castoria isso we'll adapted TO children that
Arecommend it as superior TO any prescription
Known to me. ." H. A. ARCHEP NJ D.
III So. Oxford St, Brooklyn, y. Y.
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Carson Exchange
! : TX, ~ under the man
agcllltnr OF d. Circe,
an'l affords excellent
",ccomOdat1On>s tor the
pu bic.
The best OF WiGes> Liquors
and Cigars at the bar.
The table is SecOnl to none
in the State.
Meals rs Cents.
Rooms rs and so Gents
My2S
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THE MORNING APPEAL

Published every morning. Monday
excepted by
5. p. DAVIS.
Odice-Second Street, Opposite Capitol.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
One Year, by mail sS oo
Six Months N5
Three Months 90
BY Carrier 25 cents per week.
Entered at the POstO1fice at Carson City
Nevada, as second class matter.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-26

covered his Identity from his d~c.irious
talk. had telegraphed TO his people.
and the young woman he was TO marry
FASTENED 10 his bedside. He had not
been found until the car was opened
at it's destination. when he was un-
conscious and raving like a maniac. A
mark On his forehead indicated that
The had in reality been bitten by a
tarantula, probably when he tainted
the second time. AS soon as he was
able TO travel he started for home by
easy stages, first having married the
handsome and devoted woman who
had Joined him under such peculiar
circumstances. His physician says
that he will in time recover his health
and strength. although he will v
get over the effects OF his awful en-
counter with the terrible ta%rantulas
in the %blackness Of the banana car
and will never look at a cluster Of that
fruit again without a shudder.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-26
HUNTING.
Profitable sport That IL Making the
Birds Scarce.

Profitable sport That IL Making the
Birds scarce.
An ostrich chase is very attractive
sport OF rather the sale of booty is so
great as to attract hunters, says Paris
1llnstre. The Arabs give themselves
to IL with a real passion. Mounted on
tbei. fine little horses they try as much
as possible to fatigue the ostrich, for
as II is eight feet high and has very
strong legs II possesses a qulckness of
movement which the best horse cannot
attain. II has great endurance. Over
taken by the hunter. IL seeks to defend
itself with its feet and wings, but more
often II still strives to escape by fight,
uttering a p~laintive cry. In fact, the
ostrich is deprived of the power Of
flight by reason of Its great size. The
muscular force with which nature has
endowed II is not equal to lifting such
a weight. Its peculiar organization
has made II the courier of the desert,
where il is able to quickly traverse the
almost limitless expanse. The Arab
knows very well that IL Is the habit of
Nv vi " ihdhe GTedt uctOuTs dDOut
its nest In a circle. He chases 1t then
without ceasing until IL Is almost there,
when. worn out, II succumbs. conceal
ing its head in the sand in order not
to see Its enemy. or instinctively hop
ing to escape a danger which 1t cannot
see any more. This chase requires
eight or ten hours. but 1t offers large
rewards. The plumes are worth a con-
siderable sum. the skin makes good
leather and the Arabs are very fond
OF the flesh. Besides. in spite OF the
fact that II reproduces its species rap
idly. the ostrich is all the time becom-
ing rarer, and 1t is hunted fer export
and domestication in other countries.
II is one Of Africa's greatest resources
and may become a new source of pros
perity TO Algerians II they are willing
to make the effort. The truth OF the
popular saying. 1.-The stomach of an
ostrich" has been confirmed recently
by an autopsy on one. doubtless for a
time captive, when the following was
found In its stomach: A parasol handle.
two keys, two great pieces of coal,
a glove, a handkerchief. a pair Of eye
glasses. a ring. a comb. three large
rocks, the necks Of two beer bottles,
the sole Of a shoe, a bell and a little
harmonica.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-26
Longevity OF Birds,

An eagle died at Vienna at the ago
OF lO3 years. According to Button the
life OF the crow is lOS years, and no
observation authorises us to attribute
to 1t, with Hesiod, 1000 years. A
paroquet. brought to Florence in 1888
by the Princess Provere d'Urbin, when
h went there to esponse the Grand
Duke Ferdinand, was then at least
twenty years old, and lived nearly 100
more. A naturalist whose testimony
cannot be doubted, Willoughby, had
certain proof that a goose lived a CEN
fury, and Button did not hesitate to
conclude that the swans life is longer
yet; some authors give IL two and even
three centuries. Mallerton possessed
the skeleton Of a wan that had lived
307 years.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-26
WORTH READING.

A Los Angeles tCal.) Jury recently
refused to deliver its verdict until its
fees were paid.
New iork's appropriation for free
Libraries has been increased this year
from $63, 900 to 10 5000.
Peppermint lozenges are being sup
planted throughout Scotland by choco-
late drops filled with whisky.
The strongest fortress in European
Russia is Cronstadt. 1t Is the Russian
naval depot of the Baltic sea.
The number Of convicts In the Mary
land penitentiaries has increased 20
per cent In the last three years.
One steamer-the Mongolian-car-
ried l20. 900 geese and turkeys from
Canada to Liverpool just before Christ
mas.
They make their W bicycles In
Japan now and call them j~in-ten-sha,
which means, literally, man-wheel-
vehicle.
II is said that one of the colored
kings OF Borneo has just placed an or
wv ~ WIS ouhsi III q Aoui tccu-iuCQ
searchlight.
A plan proposed for marking Queen
Victoria's longest reign on record is
for every little community to establish
a garden, park or playground in her
honor.
The Countess-Do show me the cor
onet! The Earl-My dear, I'll show
you the ticket for the coronet. II was
hypothecated to pay for the engage
ment r~ing.-Puck.
One British writer spent 1000 In
advertising his book, and never sold n
copy. Another spent $50 In calling at
tention to a little 81 book, and sold
10000 copies within a year.
There are said to be in Michigan
white cedar shingles now doing good
service on roofs In that state that have
been in full exposure and wear for over
se~venty-fve years.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-26
THE QUEEN AS AN IDOL.
British Protection Held to BE Div,,
Power In Thibet.

British Protection Held to BE Div,pe
Power In Thibet.
In addition to being Queen OF Ery-
land and Empress Of India, 1t appears
hat Her majesty is a goddess. An
Englishman named Stuart MAORI
banks has recently returned from q five
years s%otourn i'm Tbibet and Bengal,
and he is the authority for the follow
ing remarkable story. When he was
journeying in Thibet in 1893, Mr.. Maj
oribanks says that he heard through
the natives OF a white goddess worship
ped by a sect whose place of habita-
ton was in the most mountainous sec
ton OF that rugged country. With two
guides and q native servant, Mr.. Maj
%Oribanks started for the mountains
that had been described to him, and,
on reaching them, found that he was
the first white man known to have
made his way to this spot. The treat
ment accorded him by the members
OF the sect for whom he had been
searching was amazing. He had been
told that he was going to certain
death, and that no mans hand could
save him. To his surprise he wal treat
ed as a most welcome visitor. He was
received with profound salaams, and
with his escort was assigned quarters
In a hut for the night. In response
to his request for information he was
courteously told that all he wished
would be made clear to him in the
morning. The villagers kept their
word to the letter. After the morning
meal the visitor was escorted to the
house Of the principal official of the
town, who !, termed the Khan. Two
priests appea. I'd by order Of the Khan,
and conducted Mr.. Majoribanks to a
building located on the crown OF a high
hill. Entering. the traveller found him
self In a dimly lighted apartment furn-
ished with all the evidences Of a bar
barrie religion. But the most amazing
thing OF all was that, seated in a del
icately carved chair was the figure of
q woman. wearing a golden crown. ap-
parently attired In European costume,
n looking not unlike a specimen from
Nine. Tussaud's. Closer inspection,
necessarily of a very respectful nature,
disclosed the fact that the figure was
intended to be a representation of
Queen Victoria. Careful scrutiny
showed that the imitation, so far as the
clothing was concerned. was very crude
indeed, but the likeness of the face
to the original was startling in it's
faithfulness. After leaving the temple,
Mr.. Majoribanks had another inter-
view with the Khan, and from him
learned how the Queen of England
came to be the goddess of a heather
tribe. II seems that a few years ago
the tribe was sorely beset by enemies,
and a deputatiOn was sent from the vii
lage to Calcutta to appeal to the Eng
fish government to interfere and cause
the Indian marauders to remain at
home. The mission was entirely sue
cessful. When the Thibetans returned
from Calcutta, one of the men had Sc
cured a photograph of Queen Victoria,
and apparently out OF gratitude, as
good an imitation as It was possible for
them to construct Of the Great White
Queen was fashioned, placed in the
temple, and w%orshipped as the chief OF
all the tribes gods.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-26
AN INNOVATION.
A Church Fair In Oklahoma Every
hin perfectly square"

A Church Fair In Okiahoma--Every-
thing perfectly square"
Brethren and sisters said the Rev.
Jack Jonks, the well-known Oklahoma
divine, relates the New York World,
Il am requested to announce nat the
ladies of the church will give a fair
and festival at Tilligan's hall next
Thursday evening, to which everybody
is invited. / will further say that
everything will be square and above
board on that occasion. l have been
moved to insist upon this innovation
because Of the numerous kicks which
have been registered since the last
event Of this character. Certain OF the
brethren, especially those who have but
recently become members of the church
and have not yet forgotten their world
ly wisdom, have been complaining that
there was no reciprocity in the various
catch-penny devices and games OF
chance at the last festival, and they
are emphatic in their proclamation
that. while they do not object to run
ming up against any legitimate hazard
for the good of the cause, they decline
to participate in any more lead-pipe
cinches. ! will therefore add that at
the coming festival the grab-bag, fish
pond, weighing-machine and kindred
devices for replenishing the treasury
Will be under the direct supervision OF
Curly Conroy, the g~entlemanly and ac-
complished dealer of faro at the Blue
Kuhn fortune parlors. In kindly agree
ing to superintend these devices, Mr..
Conroy pledges his professional honor
that every visitor who puts down his
scads will at least have some show for
his money, and that his part Of the
evenings entertainment will be con-
Quoted In the same unprecedented and
impartial way that characterizes his
work at the Blue Ruin. The usual coll
lection will now be taken"
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-26
MOnachIsm In Thibet.

The honorary secretary of the Budd-
hist Text Society Of India writes: Thi-
bet abounds in mosasteries and tenn
pies. No other Buddhist country in
Asia. whether in the past or the pre-
sent time. could be compared with mo-
dern Thibet in the number of her
Buddhist priests and mosasteries. Dur
ing my residence in Thibet l obtained
a list of well known monasteries, com
piled by Sumpa Khampo. The num-
Der of monasteries in the provinces of
LII and Tsang in 1925 A. d., was 1926,
and under the hierarchy of the Grand
Lama in Thibet was 1926, with a monk
population of 491 ,242. was told by
the spiritual minister of the Tashi La
ma that the number of monasteries
since the time of Sumpa had increased
not less than three-fold, and the num-
Der of monks had doubled. So the
number of monks in the monasteries
of T.hibet at the present day might,
according to him be estimated at a
million. According to my estimate,
which is based partly on Thibetan Of
fetal documents and partly on records
left by eminea' Thibetan writer's. Thi-
bet has a population of six millions;
though the country is nearly equal in
extent and climate to Russia, its popu-
lation is not larger than that Of Lon
don. The proportion OF its monks to
the entire population was, therefore,
one to six.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-26
WIDOWS IN WASHINGTON,
Gathering Ground Upon which Ricl
Reflects Meet and scheme.

Gathering Ground Upon which Rich
Reflects Meet and scheme.
Especially is 1t a great place for rich
widows with daughters-that peculiar
type OF American women who, as soon
as pater-familias Is comfortably tucked
away under the sod, fly to Europe,
spend years wandering about like So
cial Bedouins, then are seized with a
romantic form Of Inconsistencies, says
the illustrated American. But they
can't stand P%orkopolis and Kalamazoo
and West Jersey after Paris and Lon
don n Vienna, and Washington az
fords a convenient stop-gap. 1t Is
American in location, European In hab-
Its and. to a degree, in personnel, So
they come here, buy a fine house, get
in with the diplomatic corps and the
thing is done. And Washington, which
processes a lofty scorn for trade and
ruthlessly shuts the doors of society
in the face OF all Washington brokers
insurance agents, real estate people
and, In short. trade in every form, ex-
cept banking, welcomes with open
arms the retired trades people from
New York, Chicago and anywhere else
on the face OF the globe. 1t reserves
the right of laughing at them, though,
and after faithfully attending all their
~lnncheons goes home to roar over
every slip the ambitious host or host
ess has made. This habit Is I'M
doubleday an affront to hospitality, but
1t has n saving virtue-Washington
makes use of rich people, but 1t Is not
afraid of them.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-26
A Commercial Conflict In Prussia.

Under pressure from the Agricul-
tural party there has been enacted in
Prussia a law which prohibits all deal
ing in futures" in grain and other
produce. The law went into effect
on the first of January, and the produce
exchanges of Berlin, Stettin and other
trade centers promptly suspended and
organized as free associations in or
der to escape the severe supervision
prescribed by the new law. Germany's
great grain trade with Russia and
America Is entirely dependent upon
future deliveries, and the merchants
engaged In 1t insist that 1t would be i'm
practicable to carry II on under the
restrictions Of the new law. The hove
of the Agricultural party is to ad-
vance prices for farm products by pre-
venting speculation.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-26

freely. This, however. was only a tenn
porary relief. The people by this time
had worked themselves up to a state
of uncomfortable excitement. The
vast throng surged and swdyed and
crowded until alarm was felt for the
safety OF the ladies.
Cries now arose Of Grant! Grant!
Grant, Then came cheer after cheer.
Seward, after some persuasion, induced
the general to stand upon a sofa. think
ing the visitors would be satisfied with
as they caught sight OF him their
shouts were renewed and a rush was
made to shake his hand. The presi-
dent sent word that he and his secre-
tary Of war would await the generals
return In one of the small drawing
rooms, but 1t was fully an hour before
he was able to make his way there and
then only with the aid Of several Of
ficers and ushers.
The story has been circulated that
at the conference which then took
place, or at the interview the mex day,
the president and the secretary OF war
urged Gen. Grant to make his campaign
toward Richmond by the overland
route. and finally persuaded him to do
so, although he had set forth the STU
perior advantage of the water route.
There is not the slightest foundation
for this umo Gen. Grant some time
after repeated to members OF his staff
just what had taken place and no ref
erence whatever was made to the
choice OF these two runtes.
He said: THE first interview I had
with the president, when no others
were present, and he could talk freely.
he told mt that he did not pretend to
know anything about the handling OF
troops. and IL was with the greatest re-
luctance that he eve interfered with
the movements OF army commanders:
but he had common sense enough to
know that celebrity was absolutc's nee
essary: that while armies were sitting
down waiting for opportunities to turn
up which might, perhaps. be more fav-
orable from a strictly military point of
view, the government was spending
millions of dollars every day; that
there was a limit to the sinews Of war,
and a time might be reached when the
spirits and resources Of the people
would become exhausted. He had al
ways contended that these considera-
tions should be taken into account, as
well as purely military questions, and
that he adopted the plan OF issuing his
executive orders principally for the
purpose of hurrying the movements of
commanding generals; but that he be-
lieved knew the value of minutes, and
that he was mo- going to interfere with
my operations. He said, further. that
he did not want to know my plans; that
1t was, perhaps, better hat he should
not know them. for everybody he met
was trying to find out from him some
thing about the contemplated move
ments, and there was always a temp
tatiOn to leak l have not commune
Gated my plans to him or to the secre-
tary of a The only suggestion the
president made-and 1t was merely a
suggestion, not a definite plan-was
entirely impracticable, and 1t was not
again referred to in our conversation"
T. j.. S.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-26
THE NEW THAMES TUNNEL.

English people are congratulating
themselves over the approaching COM
pletion of the new tunnel under the
Thames at Blackwell, and Growing
over the fact that "the biggest city in
the world will hold proud possession
OF the biggest tunnel.'
The largest tunnel on this side OF the
Atlantic is the one under the st. Clair
river, which Is t%wenty-one feet in dia-
meter. That building under the Hud-
son has an external diameter of nine
teen feet, while the Blackwell tunnel
is not less than twenty-seven feet
across.
The length of the new tunnel is
$500 feet, though the breadth OF the
river at Blackwell is only 1912 feet,
an apparent extravaganza accounted
for by the fact that in order to get
beneath the bed of the river the engin-
GERS had to go down a depth Of eighty
feet below the Thames high water.
That the approaches might not be too
steep, therefore, the tunnel had to be
made about five times the actual
breadth of the river crossed.
Our American tunnels have been
bored through clay, but the Blackwell
tunnel had to be bored through gravel,
an undertaking Infinitely more diff
cult-so difficult, indeed. that many Of
the most experienced engineers, when
consulted, doubted whether the enter
prise could be carried through all
right.
The undertaking was, however, an
imperative necessity. Nearly 1000, 900
L%ondoners live east of London bridge,
and until two years ago, when the
Tower bridge was opened. they had
only three ways of crossing the river
by the foot-passenger subway at the
Tower, by the Mapping tunnel and by
the Woolwich free ferry. There was
not a single bridge east Of London
bridge.
The Blackwell tunnel was begun in
April, 1892. Extraordinary precautions
were taken on behalf of the workmen
engaged. AS a sample, to avoid the
danger of chill in passing out of COM
pressed air into ordinary atmosphere,
a covered passage to the bank was
built for the men and hot baths and
dry clothes awaited them at the close
Of each days work. II is hoped that
the queen will open the tunnel in per-
son, by way Of celebrating the Goth
year of her reign.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-26
Her Recommendation

I'm really afraid l can't engage you,
Miss Hyjee," said the operate manager.
Your voice is not remarkable and you
VIII pardon me II | say that fail to
see what you rely upon to draw an
audience MY dear SIR replied she.
Il have the enviable distinction of
uever-absolutely never-having sung
before Queen Victoria" Why didn't
You say so before?" cried the enrap-
tured manager. you are the very
songstress ] have been looking for
these many years."-Pittsburg Chroni.
cle-Herald,
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-26
Ideas About Finger Nails.

The japanese have some curious
ideas about their finger nails. One of
them Is to the effect that they must
not be cut before starting on O journey
lest disgrace befall the person before
he reaches his destination. NeithV'
should they be cut off at nigh: lest cats
claws should grow out. To throw nail
parings into the fire Is to invite some
great calamity. II, while trimming the
nails. a piece should fall in the fire the
person will soon die,-New York Her.
aid.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-26
esentf

81 have a good father" said the
young man, zone who, ! am sure, al
ways tried to do his duty. | have
only one thing with which to reproach
him."
What is that?"
Human nature is human nature, and
l must take 1t for granted that he ia
no exception to a universal rule. I
don't think ! can ever forgive him for
the name in which he used to 20
around and bore his friends with the
smart things said when was a baby"
Washington Star.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-26
As to the Police,

Artless one--lsn't it strange that
they should choose for members of the
police force men who are so heavy that
they are unable to run with any an
proach OF speed? Sophisticated one
Not at all; II they were s~printers they
would be able to get away from a dis
turoance much quicker than they now
can.-Boston Transcript
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-26
Statistics of the Frsnco-German War

According to recent French statis.
tics, France lost 1876, 900 men by death
through wounds, sickness, or accidents
in her war with Germany, while 1S9-
421 men were disabled on the field of
battle. Germany's losses were 7s. 8
dead and 1888 wounded. The none.
iary loss is more evenly divided hat
for France being 1866, 4S7, 522 francs
while for Germany it was 5000, O0O. 600
francs.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-26
n Correction,

This" said the professor of anat-
omy, as he exhibited a human law
bone, is the inferior maxillary."
~ 'er YOUR pardon, professor" SAID
one OF The married students. but didn't
l understand you to say the skeleton
you have before us belonged to a fe-
male?"
II did"
In that case, then. there is no infer
Tor NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Times.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-26
WASAN AWFUL NIGHT
EXPERIENCE OF A TRAVELLED
IN A CAR OF BANANAS.

t%arantulas Crawied Across Ills Face -
re Was Bitten Once, and Twice he
came Unconscious - Health Almost
Shattered Horrible Predica m tent.