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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-06-17
FOR WOOD.

Sealed proposals will be received by
the Board of commissioners for care of
the Insane, at Carson City, Nevada, up to
June 9th, 1897. at l o'clock p. IN. for furn-
iShing Five hundred cords of woods de-
livered in Reno Nevada for use at the
Nevada Hospital for Mental Diseases,
the quality to be good limb and split pine
wood. Stch wood to he delivered at such
times and in such quantities as may be
required by the Superintendent of the
Hospital.
The commissioners reserve the right
to reject n and all bids.
Envelopes enclosing bid should be
marked proposals for wood.
By order of the Board:
w. r. DAVIS. Clerk.
Carson City, Nevada.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-06-17

superintendent Ut N
United States Mint, Carson City, Nevad;
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-06-17
OUT WITH TIE TRAITORS.

The Silver Democracy al over me
country have &c. epttd BryaE's drc!a-
ration of sta j. = y NE Chica-o
platform as r" X y uute Of all fntnte
action. The Chicago platform f So
must be upheld, al" thr Hessio.s
who left th. Democratic party to do
the bidding of the gold trust, must
not he allowed to return to the fold,
except as humble peninteDts, seeking
dissolution for their sins.
The APPEAL believes it is n ris-
taken policy to let them come back at
all. These men were bound by all
PRECEDENT to accept and support a
nominee who was the choice OF more
than two-thirds Of a National CoDven-
ton and they overthrow all party ira
ditiODs when they refused 10 he gLided
by the deliberations of represrn tative
men from all parts OF the Union. Be-
sides this there was nothing in the
platform that had not been good
party doctrin for generators. 1t lie
therefore safe to assume that the men
who deserted Bryan in the great bet
tie Of '96 were sell-outs pure and
simple, a merceaary gang Of Political
street walkers, who lnred by a little
money and promises Of future reward,
were traitors for hire.
The Republican party, however, re-
pudiated all promises Of Indebtedness
after the campaign and left them to
shift for themselves. These scallo-
wags had eerved their purpose and
they were done with the m Consider
ing that the Republican party will not
wipe their feet on this vermin, Why
should the Democratic party have any
more respect for them?
This is the way the Kentucky Dem.
ocra,s indorse Bryan's idea:
Resolved. That WE hereby re-hffirm
u faith il the principles set forth
and enumerated in the platform
adopted by the Democratic Iarty il
National Convention. held at Chicago
in July, 1896, and we adopt said plat
form as that Of the Democracy il
Kentucky.
Second. That the principles ad
opted and set forth in thai platform
are the true principles of the Demo
cratic faith, and we urge upon al
true DIN Gratis to stand by them a
all times and under all circumstance!
and conditions.
Third. We indorse the canvas.
made by William J. Bryan, the pom
inee of the Democratic party for h
Presidency in tie late election. ",
commend its wisdom, approve it a
just and fair to all parties and all in
tereStS Of our common couatry. ",
recognize il him the fearless orato
and statesman and the great cham
pion of the peoples rights against To,
moneyed power, toe m~onOpOlists. til
syndicates and trusts, and we pledg
him the support of a united Demo
cracy in Our State.
The remaining half of the platform
is devoted to a ~denunciati n of tn
Republican State administration, I
a de%nunciation Of allowing convic
made goods to compete with FIRE
lahor, and to a felication Of S-natu
Blackburn and those who led in hi
two Senatorial fights. Their was ou
dissenting vote out of 1000 to th
adoption of the report.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-06-17
President MrKinley was invited re-

IlCSitCbt hiuV VOC VIE tt-
Gently t visit rhe Vanderbilt palace
in A-henvillA n. g. The newspaper
men with his party were not invited
and Mckinley refused to accept the
invitation unle~s the pres. was
counted in Matters being sa'isfac-
torially adjusted, the press vas in
vited and all hands called. Auy mem
Der of the press who accepted this sort
of an Invitation should be promptly
discharged.
The 100 young men who fitted out a
vessel TO 60 to the SolOman Island
and marry some manles- m-ideus
who were pining for mate, are al
ready we'll liked by the natives. Sew
eral have te.n killed aud eaten, and
the glrls ale smacking their lips for
more.
The Warren dance at ARM Hail
this evening will draw lar4e crowd,
as tickets have already heen disposed
OF insnring the success o. the inter-
tainment. Refreshments will also be
served.
At the school Board election 4O, 1000
voters cast thAir ballots, and 76. 900
failed to do so because politics is "cut
and dri-d.' Nevertheless the absent
voters could have had their way about
it by n large Aajoelty.-St. Louis
Globe Democrat.
California flower at sl.25 per sack
at Chas II. K-lly's, Arlington Block.
Try some-Buy some, it is good.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-06-17
PROPOSALS FOR SUPPLIES

Sealed proposals for furnishing grocer
les, meat and wood, delivered at the State
Orphans Home, for six months from
NJ. JUNE %, 1897. All articles to be first
class of their kind, and to be delivered in
such quantity and at such time as the
Superintendent may direct; quantity
varying each month as required. All
articles not being satisfactory to be re-
turned at contractors expense. Bids to
be directed to the Secretary of the State
Orphans Home, CARSON CITY, NE
NADA, up to June 9th. 1897
The Board reserves the right to reject
any and all bids.
H. c. CUTTING,
Secretary of Board of Directors.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-06-17
jun16
PROPOSALS FOR SUPPLIES

Mint of the United States, Carson City,
Nevada, May 18th, 1897. Sealed proposals
will be received by the undersigned until
1897, for furnishing such supplies as may
be required by this Mint during the
twelve months ending June 30, 1898, en-
bracing acid and other chemicals, wood
charcoal, salt. hOraX, soda, oils, crucibleS.
covers, s%lirrers, buck-glOves, cotton cloth,
dry goods, blankets, hardware and other
necessary supplies. Schedules in blank
forms for proposals, with information as
to the quantities of each article that will
probably be required; will be furnished
on application. Proposals will be con
sider,d separately m each article, and
will be accepted in whole or in part; the
right to reject any or all proposals being
reserved. acquisitions will BE made on
the parties whose bids may he accepted,
and the articles must be furnished with
ont delay. Proposals to receive cOnsid-
alton must be accompanied by Il Sutfi-
cient bond, with one or more SuIitleS,
and by samples, or such description of
the articles HS Will clearly designate the
kind and quality. Proposals should be
addressed to the undersigned and en-
closed with a copy Of The advertisement in
a sealed envelope. endorsed. "PrOposals
for Supplies.' The bids will be opened
and registered at the hour named, in the
presence of bidders, and the officers OF
the Min
j. w. ADAMS,
superintendent of the
United States Mint, Carson City, Nevada
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-01
weiebine Ice by Measure.

A correspondent Of the Western
Druggist complains that he is continu-
ally defrauded in the ice delivered for
his soda fountain, and weighing not be-
ing exactly practicable, he wants to
know If he cannot find the true weight
Of chunk of ice by measurement
st. Louis druggists are not alone in
their complaint about short weight on
ice, and the explanation for the .diminu-
tive size of 1OO-pound chunk of ice,
namely, that 1t is the coldness Of II
which has contracted 1t so, will be as
familiar to them as to their brethren
In Ill luck in Chicago. AS to the ques-
ton of our correspondent, that Is en-
tirely apropos, and we take pleasure in
assisting him. The calculation is quite
simple IL we remember that one cubic
foot of water weighs 62.5 pounds. One
cubic foot equals II times IL times IL,
or 1,72S cubic inches. Dividing this by
the number of pounds of water gives
us 1,72S, divided by 62.5, equals 27.65.
Hence, one pound Of water measures
27.65 cubic inches, which for 100 pounds
makes 2,765 cubic inches. While ice
blocks, as delivered, are not always of
exactly rectangular shape, yet in a ma
jority of cases the weight could be de-
termined approximately correct. We
would advise our readers to try this
plan, appealing to the scale when their
figures are doubted.-American Guilt
~, for
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-01

and were placed in Jail at Carthage in
the debtors room. Gov. Ford and the
local authorities Of Carthage had prom
Used Smith protection from mob violence,
as the feeling in the county against
Smith was pretty strong. But the local
militia placed around the Jail to guard
1t played into the hands of the mob,
which came out of the timber near
Carthage on the afternoon of June "a,
1874, and shot Joseph and Hyrum
Smith to death and badly wounded DR..
Taylor.
The citizens Of Carthage fed after
the murder was committed, fearing
vengeance from the Mormons, but the
Mormons did not attempt any retalia-
ton. After Smiths death Brigham
Young tried to run affairs at Nauvoo
and trouble ensued. Polygamy was
then, as alleged, introduced into the
church. At any rate, Hancock people
resolved to drive the Mormons out Of
the State. The Mormon war occurred
In 1916, and In the spring Of 1S46 the
Mormons left Nauvoo. In 1S4S the
beautiful temple, costing about 81 ,OOO,-
600, was burned by vandals.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-01

1t has never been known to do so with
out temporary "break" which would
wipe out the pyramlder instantly. If
1t avoids "break" 1t does so by rise
so fast that it would be impossible to
make sales, and subsequent purchases
in time to keep pace with the rise.
All of these bucket shops, "clock
games" with fictitious quotations and
imaginary deals, and Investment lotter-
les, are catered to by men and boys
who keep the places full, groups re-
gives out.
There are several types Of the bucket
shop speculator. There Is the clerk
who leaves his work for few minutes,
dashes In, leaves his weeks salary in
the bucket-shop in the belief that he
has a chance to double it. There Is the
young man just inoculated with the fe-
yer, the old broken-down speculator
who once dealt in 100000 bushels of
wheat, but owing to the strength of the
game he is now forced to be content
with 1000, which n ten-dollar bill will
margin seven-eighths of per cent. He
has a bucket-shep face. 1t is pale,
drawn and bloodless. He has been
buffeted by Ill fortune until his blood
and marrow are gone, and he has
about as much energy as a mummy.
Another type is the middle-aged man
who has had many ups and downs.
He has been in many kinds Of business
and usually failed. He knows a thing
or two about speculation and he is al
ways waiting for the best of it. He
hangs over the ticker and absorbs the
information 1t conveys. He is prema-
turely gray, seedy and taciturn. If he
has fancy for stocks he watches them
like n hawk and at the first sign of
weakness or strength he is ready to sell
or buy ten shares, But the bucket
shop brushes him. No new orders will
be executed on . panicky market.
When the bucketshop proprietor and
his patron are Of the opinion that
stock will fluctuate over a wide range
in a short time the bucket-shop will not
trade in that stock.
The new woman is daft on gambling
and she is a regular victim of bucket
shops. There are said to be three buck
bishops in Chicago that are supported
solely by women.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-01
AFTER THIRTY-oNE YEARS.
Prisoner Who Has Been Dead An the
Eyes Of the Law Since 1890.

Prisoner Who Has Been Dead An the
Eyes of the Law Since 1890.
Through the clemency Of former Gov.
Morton there will emerge from prison
walls into freedom next spring a man
who has suffered living death for
more than thirty-one years. The first
thought that naturally comes Is that
this man will be almost overcome with
joy at the prospect OF his release. But
on second thought grave doubt arises
as to whether this unfortunate man
will be even as content as he must have
learned to be in prison when he Is again
out in the world, free to go where he
pleases. He himself probably has no
such doubt now, but II is much to be
feared that when the bison doors have
closed behind him he will realize what
Ii Is impossible for to realize now.
At the age of GO years he will be
utterly alone in the world, without re-
sources, without the physical strength
to make his way through what little Of
life may remain to him. She that was
his wife, IL she still lives, Is the wife
Of another, for he was legally dead
when the life sentence had been i'm
posed upon him, and she exercised her
right to marry again; those who were
his friends, all those years ago, are
dead or scattered through the world.
He will be stranger among strangers.
There Is none to whom he can turn for
sympathy, for aid, or even for the op-
portunlty of making living. Moreover,
there will come to him, as never before,
perhaps, the realization that his life,
with all the opportunities which 1t
might have held, has all but passed
away.
Gov. Morton, before the expiration Of
his term, committed the life sentence
OF George e. Gordon, now in Dame
mora prison, to fifty-two years, so that
he will be released on May next, the
time off for good behavior being al
lowed. Gordon was sentenced in this
city in 1866 to life Imprisonment, after
conviction of the murder of stock
drover by the name Of Thompson in the
West Albany cattle yards. Gordon was
a resident Of Greenbush and was 35
years Of age when convicted.
The application for pardon has been
on file in the executive chamber for
twenty years and was signed by some
of the most prominent people and pub
lie officials in Rensselaer, County. Cor
don is at present the prison librarian
at Dannemora, and his good conduct
during his long confinement, together
with the fact that he has always con-
tended that he did not commit the
crime, led to the Governors favorable
action on the application for clemency.
Under the law at that time a person
charged with murder could not testify
in his own behalf, but he then declared
his innocence. He was convicted on
circumstantial evidence, considered
strong.
Gordon's wife has married again.
Albany Express.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-01

recognized from year to year. Scient-
lists have estimated it at four feet a
year.
Gradually the wall-like ends Of the ice
cap are forced into the sea, and these
are called glaciers. Year after year the
enormous pressure inland sends the ice
further into the water, but the whole
mass is so solid that no force seems
great enough to wrest piece from the
main body. But the all-powerful sea
performs the seeming miracle. 1t Is the
upward pressure of the water on the
floating end of the glacier that finally
wears down It's strength and causes 1t to
burst from the ice cap with the roar Of a
thousand cannon. This Is the birth of
the iceberg.
Slowly the released mammoth moves
first one way and then the other. Great
pieces drop Off into the sea, but finally
1t finds its equilibrium. Then it begins
its long journey to the south, moved by
the strong Arctic current running deep
and strong hundreds Of fathoms below
the waters surface, and grasping the
submerged ends Of the berg In relent-
less grip. Further south, where the
berg meets the northward current of
the gulf stream, the underlying Arctic
the mass along. but the opposite pres
sure from above and beneath wears
great holes in the solid body and the
mass which centuries labored to create
dies in few short months.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-01
Ericsson's Drawing Board.

An engineer in the department OF
docks, New York City, thinks that he
has discovered the old drawing board
on which Ericsson drew the plans fol
his famous Monitor. The wood is stain
ed by age, and 1t is filed with holes
from the thumb tacks that have been
driven into It. Ericsson was employed
by the Delamater Iron Works when
he designed the Monitor. The company
built a derrick for the city few years
later, and at that time the old draw
ing board was taken from their Office
and placed in the derrick. 1t was kick
ed around carelessly for several years
and finally landed In the office Of the
dock department, where it has seen
much service.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-01

ton as did this one. The few people
living to-day who were alive at the
time of the killing Of the Mormons say
that no event of like nature ever took
place within their memory which Gre
ated such excitement The case at once
became so notorious and caused so
much comment that thousands Of peo-
the details as IL they had been eyewit-
nesses. Even those who sanctioned
the deed at the time and still sanction
1t agree that 1t Is the blacklist spot on
the pages Of the history Of Illinois. The
Staying Of their leaders was the cause
of the removal of the Mormons from H.
linois to the far West. The return of
the executive branch Of the church gov
eminent to the State in placing the
missionary headquarters in Chicago
marks an epoch of the withdrawal of
the Latter Day Saints and its cause. In
standing the famous old Jail, with its
stone walls yard in thickness, but in
stead of presenting the forbidding as
poets Of the average Jail a beautiful
conservatory adOrns almost the entire
front Of the lower story and two wood
bine vines are creeping UP the walls to
the sill of the window from which
Joseph Smith fell a corpse. On the
ground underneath the window flow
er bed marks the spot where the proph-
ct lay as he breathed his last.
1t was in 1S39-4O that Joseph Smith
entered Illinois with thousands Of his
followers who had been driven out of
Missouri and Ohio. He established a
city at Nauvoo which in two years at
tanned population of $4,000. The Nor
mon prophet had little trouble In OBJ
tanning illegal charters from the State
Legislature, and it was to the rascality
Of that body that in great measure
were due the subsequent troubles with
the Mormons. Whenever Smith or any
Of his followers would evade or break
the law and were threatened with ar
rest, or were arrested, they would re
sort to the protection of the habeas
corpus act, and by this method escape
the clutches of the law.
The late Judge Hibee and his brother
Francis were living in Nauvoo during
the reign Of Joseph, and became very
weary of the methods employed by
Smith and his followers. SO, about
June 20, they issued the first number of
the Nauvoo Expositor, which fairly
screamed with denunciations Of Nor
mon methods. This was the first and
last issue of the paper. BY order of
Joseph Smith, mayor and president of
Nauvoo, the Expositor office was de-
molished and the press and type thrown
into the Mississippi River. Joseph
Smith, his brother Hyrum, and DR..
Taylor. who was the late head Of the
Utah church, were arrested for this act,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-01
Callers and Omce-Seekers.

Ex-President Harrison gives a most
interesting pen picture of "A Day with
the President at His Desk" in the La
dies Home Journal. The article Is
unique, as being the first written by a
President of life in the White House.
and in describing the routine Of Chief
Executive. A feature that he treats
with directness relates to the Presi-
dents Interruptions from callers and
office-seekers. "It Is a rare good for
tune" he writes, during the early
months Of an administration If the
President gets one wholly uninterrupt-
ed hour at his desk each day. The Pres
iednt's time Is so broken into bits that
he is often driven to late night work,
or to set up desk in his bedroom
when preparing a message or other
paper requiring unbroken attention.
Thoughtlessness Is the root Of all this.
Il only want five minutes and If he
were the only one 1t could be spared;
but his double is at his heels, and the
urgent public business Is postponed or
done ut night with jaded mind. It
may be said that untimely visitors
should be excluded. and so they
should; but thoughtfulness on their
part would be a cure without a smart"
Regarding the office-seekers' persistency
In having personal interviews with the
President, General Harrison asserts
that they advance their cause but little,
IL at all. "But the feeling that some
thing is or may be gained by a personal
interview prevails, and for the first
year and half of an administration
the President spends from four to six
hours Of each day talking about things
he will not have to act upon for months,
while the things that ought to be done
presently are hurtfully postponed.
"If the President could make up and
publish an appointment docket, and no
tify all persons having anything to say
in a particular case to draw near on
fixed day, 1t would result In great saw
ing of time all around, and a great saw
ing Of money to the applicants, who
could remain mt home until summoned
to appear. No papers should be received
after the submission Of the case, and
motions for rehearing and for a new
trial should be barred"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-01
Exfraotinr Gold.

A process of extracting gold by which
every particle Of the metal in the ore
is recovered is stated to be in success
full operation In West Australia. 1t is
called the ore atomic process. Gold
quartz is crushed into small Jumps and
is then put into closed chamber, sub
jected to the heat Of furnace, to the
action of water and Of hydrogen gas.
This eliminated sulphur and reduces
all oxides to the metallic state. After
being heated, the material Is suddenly
cooled by Jets of water-an operation
repeated several times till the quartz
crumbles to powder at the touch of the
finger. 1t Is then thrown into tank
and the gold is separated by washing.
Chicago Tribune.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-01
BIG BERG SEASON.


~---- -
II the sharps of the sea are to be be-
lleved, 1897 Will go down In history as
one of the greatest years for icebergs
In modern times. Many dangerous
bergs have been reported.
The winter of 1S9 was famous sea-
son for bergs. as one vessel passed fifty
within radius OF 200 miles. The bergs
Of that year, however, were not dan
gerous. being soft and badly cut up
by the action of the sea. The year OF
1856 was the most famous of them all
for the floating mountains. and scores
of vessels were sent to the bottom by
running into them during the heavy
fogs which make navigation of the
Banks so dangerous at all times.
Few shippers, who have seen scores
and scores OF bergs, know that these
monsters are hundreds, and, perhaps,
thousands Of years old. The inception,
birth and growth Of an iceberg is one
of the most curious freaks of nature,
and much about them Is still an unex-
planned science.
Greenland is the home of nearly all
the lcebergs which terrorize the officers
of transatlantic vessels, as those form
ed further north rarely break loose from
their Icy mornings. Nearly the whole
island Of Greenland is covered with an
immense sea Of ice many thousands Of
feet thick. commonly called an ice cap.
The SHOWS Of each year, falling on this
great field of ice, are slowly absorbed,
adding to the thickness and solidity Of
the ice cap and exerting n tremendous
pressure on the solid mass. Wherever
the country slopes toward the coast
there is an imperceptible movement Of
the mass, so slow that it can hardly be
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-01
German Land Owners.

Germany's fifteen largest land own
ers own between them 100000 acres
of German soil. Prince Wittgenstein
has 100000 acres, next comes the
Duke Of Arenberg with 100000, then
In order the Prince of Thurn and Taxis,
the Duke Of Brunswick, Prince Salm
Salm, the Prince of Talleyrand-Sagan
who Is French subject; the Prince of
Pless, the Duke of Leuchtenberg,
Prince Bentheim, Prince Lowenstein,
the Prince of wied father of the Queen
Of Roumania), and Prince Fengger.
Many OF these have large estates out
side of Germany.