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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1898-10-16
ORDINANCE NO.f0Z

An ordinance fixing the compensation
of Officers in Carson City, and repeating
Ordinance No. 81.
The Board of Trustees of Carson City
do Ordain:
Section 1.-The salary of the City Treas
urer shall be 500 per annuln, payable
quatery.
The City Clerk shall receive a salary of
$500 per annum. payable quaterly.
The City policeman shall receive
salary of $50 per month, payable monthly
The City Marshal shall receive salary
of $40 per month, payable monthly.
The City Attorney shall he cOmpen-
stated as is provided in Ordinance No. 10.
The City Recorder shall receive the
same fees in both civil and criminal cases
as are now allowed 10y law to the Justices
Of the Peace: but when such fees are paid
by the City of Carson, they shall not eX-
ceed six dollars in any one case.
Section 1.-The City Recorder shall, at
the beginning of each quarter year, pay
to the City Treasurer, all fines collected
by him for the preceding quarter. taking
duplicate receipts therefore, one Of which
he shall deliver to the City Clerk. who
shall thereupOn charge the City fToa>ur-
er with he amount named in such re-
ceipt. The City Recorder shall quarterly
and eftener. if requested hV the Board Of
Trustees, report to said Board the am
ount of fines collected lN him, the dis
position made thereof the number Of
"ri'ni'' al cases tried IN his Co2rt, stating
p. Il case tha r"~';jt Of trjd, and iH
Il # cOuNicti"a, the amount OF fine
49, nd the .,ufrber Of days Of impris-
80 1t adiudged.
ION 3-Orlinarce No. 81. entitled
ordinance fixing the compensation
icerS in Carson City. and repeating
" lances Nos. II and %" is hereby
ttion ALL ordinances and parts Of
~ Crrsi n I.Antli.t with
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Ballot Clerk ::
w. d. C0ttrell, James Holbrook

w. d. C0ttrell. James Holbrook.
Second Precinct, Carson City, Armory
Hail.
Inspectors:
W. L. Taylor, T. r. Hofer, E. IL. d.
Harris.
Ballot Clerks:
w. II. Cowan, VIM. Hy Doane,
Empire Precinct, Empire School House
Inspectors:
Thomas Murphy, Oscar Woodbury., E,
Dalyrimple.
Ballot Clerks:
+. f. Roberts. John Lloyd.
BY order of the Board of County Com
miSSOnerS.
Attest:
GEO. \. TYRRELT,
Clerk of the Board of County Com
miSsiOners.
Carson City, Ormsby County, Nevada
October = 1908.
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THE Nevada Boys.
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husband at "a. She bore to him two
sons and daughter, as proved by the
parish register. Margaret McDowal,
lO6 years old, married and survived
13 husbands.
Among the recorded centenarians
are two dwarfs-Mary Jones, 100
years, who was two feet eight inches
in height and terribly deformed, and
Elspeth Watson, lis years old, who
was two feet nine inches in height.
Among the most agile were Mrs. Bar
rett, who, at the age of 116, climbed a
ladder to repair the roof of her cot
tage, and Elizabeth Alexander, who
was particular about her dress at 10S,
and was used to daily walk of two
miles. Several had peculiar habits.
Mrs. Lcwson, III years old, never
washed her face for fear of taking
cold, but creased it with hogs lard.
John Hussey, 116 years, drank only
balm tea as beverage. Jonn Wilson,
the same age, supped always off roast
ed turnips. Judith Banister, 100,
lived entirely on biscuit, bread and ap-
Piles during the last 60 years of her
life. Old Lord Searsdale and Lord
Combermere, both of whom lived to a
ripe age, thought the wearing of a
tight belt habitually about the waist
had much to do with their excellent
health. Macklin, the centenarian act
or, abandoned regular hours of eating
in the last 81 years of his life, taking
food when he was hungry. Two in
teresling married couples are reported.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cotterell, aged respect
lively 120 and 115 years, were married
9S years and never had quarrel.
They died within few hours of each
other. John Rovin, Hungarian, and
his wife, aged 172 and 164 years, lived
together 14S years. At the time Of
the husbands death the youngest son
was 116 years old.
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A COTTAGE BY THE V0LGA.
BY STEPNIAK.
Author SAVED BY THE STARS AND
STRIPES"

when he saw that look. The "agreea-
BILE" meeting was to be a meeting IN
prison at the interrogation table.
The pleasure of such meeting would
hardly be reciprocal, and Vladimir had
no mind to wait for it. He decided to
20 that night; but, come what might,
he must see katia first. He must tell
her his name and explain the truth to
her. Of course they would never meet
any more. But she might somehow find
out his name, and even if that should
never happen he could not leave her to
think of Vladimir Sosnin as guilty Of
her brothers. ruin-perhaps even of
treachery.
Kroutikov was i'll tempered and out
of sorts all the way to the station. He
urged on and abused the driver and
even struck him with his fist. He was
in state of savage irritability, and,
like Vladimir, was debating within
himself and over the same question,
only from the other side.
"Shall l inform or not?" On the one
hand the idea of coming forward as an
informer, and, above all, as an informer
against a guest in house which he al
ready regarded as half his own, was re-
pugnant to him as young man of hon
or But, on the other hand, this matter
concerned the happiness Of all his life.
1t concerned Katia. 1t twould be an easy
matter to lead astray and ruin such a
generous. enthusiastic girl. Had there
not been examples?
There was already between her and
this vagabond close tie which horri-
fed and tormented him. She had been
in plot with this man to keep a secret
from him, her betrothed. 1t was true
that she had afterward confessed every
thing to him, but he now remembered
that she had done so only when she real
lied that he already knew the whole
truth without her help. And then that
last scene-his blood boiled when he
remembered it. How might not all this
end? No doubt this Vladimir, or what
ever his name might be, would soon 90
away, and, supposing he should not go
away of his own choice, nothing would
be easier than to frighten him away.
But what was there to prevent him
from coming back again in month or
two? Would it not be safer to remove
him altogether? Was not he, Kroutikov,
bound by his duty as an official, by his
love to Katia, to conquer his own re-
pugnance?
But what would Katia herself say to
this? How would she look at him If he
did such thing?
He could not make up his mind. and
this still further increased his anger
and irritation. In this state of indecislon
he arrived at the town, spent the even
ing at home and, still unable to make
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of the present number authorized by
law of 259.
Of this number, as above stated, 25
are majors for the permanent second
battalion, and the other 234 officers, it
is provided in the last section Of the
bill, shall, on the conclusion of hostili-
ties, be either absorbed by filling any
vacancies existing in the other compa-
MES of the service, or by an honorable
discharge, as may be deemed necessary
to reduce the commissioned officers of
the army to the number now provided
for by the first section of this act.
The following important proviso was
offered by the committee as an amend
ment
Provided, that in the event of call
by the president for either volunteers
or the militia of the country, the
president is authorized to accept the
quotas of troops of the various states
and territories, including the District
of Columbia, as organized under the
laws of states and territories, inclu-
ding the District of Columbia.
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serpentine and granite rocks, which
predominant in the eastern part of the
island.
The latest census, taken in 1887,
gave total of 1,681,000 inhabitants,
of whom 52S, 900 were black and 1885,
900 whites.
Taking together the natural increase
in the population and that in immigra-
ton, of which there has been consid
erable to Cuba, and the lack of a
census in 1895, the total population
may be estimated at 100000 souls,
of whom 100000 are colored and the
rest whites. 1t is to be borne in mind
that in Cuba the censuses that have
been taken show that the colored
race diminishing.
Havana, capital of the island, is
city of 100000 inhabitants, with fine
promenades, boulevards and streets,
firstclass hotels, with restaurants equal
to those of New York, Paris, Buenos
Ayres, etc.; three theatres in which
frstclass companies perform ; one of
them, the Teatro Tacon, is considered
one of the finest in the world; clubs
and social and scientific institutions,
all of which together constitutes the
main part of the intellectual life of
modern peoples. In the cathedral are
buried the remains of Christopher
Columbus and his son, Diego; among
several fine buildings are the palace of
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its entire coast line, 1,719. Its great
est breadth, in its eastern part, is about
100 miles; its least, in the province of
Havana, % miles, and its average
breadth so miles.
Around the island are innumerable
islets, keys and banks, many of which
are separated from the coast by mar
row straits, greatly facilitating naviga-
lion for small vessels of little draught,
but rendering it on the other hand i'm
possible in some places and extremely
dangerous in others for vessels of much
draught.
Along the coast, chiefly on the south
ern side of the island, are extensive
tracts of land in process of formation,
covered in some places with species
of brushwood called manglares, which
are the source of a profitable industry,
the bark, which is rich in tannin, being
used for tanning. These lands are in
undated at the high tide, but, being
left bare, when the water recedes, the
air is contaminated by the vegetable
matter, rotted by the action of the
water, producing marsh and other in
feclious fevers. Fortunately, their
malefic action is limited to the region
inundated, owing to the sea breezes
and the landwinds, which constantly
purify and cool the atmosphere of the
island.
In other parts of the island, instead
of manglares, there are low lands,
which are inundated during the rains,
in which springs of fresh water abound.
They are covered with siperanas and
other aquatic plants, and, at little cost,
are drained and utilized for agricul-
ture.
The geography of the island is de-
termined by chain of mountains,
which, like d backbone, traverses the
island from east to west, having no
great elevations, throughout its extent,
except a few isolated groups of but lit
tie height, but very abrupt, until it
reaches the eastern coast, in the prov
ince of Santiago de Cuba, where it
bifurcates, and, rising suddenly, joins
"a group called Sierra del Cobre, with
peaks 5000 feet in height, resembling
and forming apparently the beginning
of the mountain chain of Hayti, which
rises on the other side of the canal del
Vlenlo, and which is visible from the
Cuban coast.
The rivers are navigable in the east
eru part of the island only; but they
are always available for purposes of
irrigation. They are for the most part
Of little length, on account of their
sources being very near the coast; but
their abundant waters, utilized for the
irrigation of the fields, as is now being
done in the province of Havana, are a
source of incalculable wealth to the
agriculture of the country.
The subsoil of the country is formed
of chalky rocks of primary formation,
extremely porous, having the pecuil-
arily of forming vast caverns, like the
caves of Bellamar, in Mantanzas,
which are one of the natural wonders
of the world in many places these
rocks rest upon others of slaty torma.
ton, and in the centre of the island
tthey are combined with the slate and
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the governor-general, the residence Of
the bishop and the university. A few
cigar factories are worthy of visit
The city has also some fine promenades
and public squares, and is lighted by
electricity.
The other cities of the island are OF
much less importance the principal
are Matanzas, Puerto Principe and
Santiago de Cuba, with some 10000
inhabitants each, and Cienfuegos with
25, 1000. All these towns have good
hotels and rapid and easy means Of
communication among themselves and
with other countries.
The richness and fertility Of the soil
of the island are universally known ;
every kind of vegetation peculiar to
the tropics grows there with extraor-
binary luxuriance. In Cuba there are
canefelds which for 20 years have
yielded abundant crops yearly from
the first seed planted; all kinds OF
roots and tubers grow to an extraordi-
nary size.
Many vegetables, such as corn, po-
tatoes, sweet potatoes, various oleagl-
nous herbaceous plants produce two
or three crops year.
The banana, in all its varieties, is an
important article of domestic con-
sumption and of export; during the
past year its cultivation did not attain
very large proportions, but there is no
doubt that with the United States for
a market it would increase greatly.
The number of agricultural products
which could be cultivated with great
profit in Cuba is so large that it would
be useless task to attempt their emu
neration in this brief sketch. Suffice
it to say that all the tropical products
and many of those of the temperate
zone may be profitably cultivated i'll
Cuba.
Sugar and tobacco are the chief ele-
ments of the agricultural wealth of the
island the sugar crop has reached Il
maximum of 100000 tons.
There are in Cuba upward Of 1000
miles of railroad track, and the rail-
way lines are controlled by the follow
ing companies:
The United Railway company, with
four lines: Havana to Matanzas, Ha-
vana to Batabano, Havana to La Un-
ion, Havana to Guanajay. The lines
of this company traverse the most pop
ulous districts of the island, and by
their junction with other lines most OF
the remaining railway points in Cuba
can be reached.
The Western railway traverses the
Vuelta Abajo tobacco district, reach,
ing the city Of Pinar del Rio, 1O6 miles
southwest from Havana.
The Cardenas and Jucaro railway
with main line from Cardenas to Santa
Clara.
The Matanzas railway with a line
from Matanzas to Murga and line
from Matanzas to Guaveiras.
The Sagua la Grande railway, line
from Concha to Cruces.
The Cienfuegos and Santa Clara rail,
way.
The Caibarien United railways, with
line from Caibarien to Placetas.
The Puerto Principe and Nuevitas
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-04-27
GENERAL DARLINGTON.
A South Carolina West Pointer to Leat
South CarOlinians.

A SOuth CArOlina west fOiuter ID Leau
South Car0linians.
Immediately upon the issuance of
the call for 125, 900 volunteers last Sat-
urday, and when it became known that
South Carolina would be called upon
for a brigade, Governor Ellerbe tele-
graphed to President Mckinley re-
commendation of Major Ernest A.
Darlington for appointment as briga-
dier general of South Carolina troops.
Referring to the matter in its issue Of
Sunday, the Columbia State says:
Governor Ellerbe had sometime ago
made up his mind to ask the president
to appoint Major Darlington, U. S. A.,
as brigadier general in case he had the
opportunity. Major Darlington is at
present assistant inspector general, U.
S. A., with headquarters at Washing
ton. He is member of distinguish
ed South Carolina family and has a
military record that any man may be
proud of. He was born in Newberry
county As years ago. He got his ap-
poiutment to the United States Mill
tary academy while he was at college
at Athens, Ga. After his graduation
he was at home on a furlough when
the news came of the killing of Gus
ter. He at once returned to duty and
went to the front as a lieutenant in the
Seventh cavalry. He served with the
greatest distinction in the battles in
the west and was wounded in the bat
tie of Wounded Knee. He was pro-
NOTED for gallautry, and when the
time came to send the Greeley relief
expedition 70 the Arctic regions, Major
Darlington volunteered and had charge
of it. All know the story. When he
was appointed by Secretary Lamont
as assistant inspector general of the
army, the secretary made the state
ment that he was one of the two men
in the military service who had never
asked for an appointment or office Of
any kind. That his recommendation
by Governor Ellerbe will meet with
the unanimous appreciation of the peo-
pie of the state is shown by the many
letters and personal requests that Gov
ernor Ellerbe has had asking that Ma
jor Darlington be secured if possible
to command the troops from the proud
Palmetto state.
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STORIES OF CENTENARIANS.

Not all of the centenarians were
paragons of all the virtues, says The
North American Review. Thomas
Wilmington, for example, who lived
to be 1O4, was habitual drunkard,
drinking only London gin, of which
he consumed from pint to a pint and
a half daily. Philip Laroque went to
bed drunk at least two nights in the
week until he was 100. At 92 he cut
four new teeth. John de la Sonnet,
13O years old, was an inveterate smok-
er. Several famous old people were
extremely addicted to matrimony.
Owen Duffy, who lived to be 1872, mar
ried his third wife at 116, by whom he
had a son and daughter. Francis
Hongo, a Venetian, was five times
married, and was the father of 40
children. At the age of 100 his white
hair fell out and a new crop of the
original color came in. At the age of
112 he had two new teeth. Margaret
Krasiowna, a Pole, married her third
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First. twenty-five majors, as pro-
vided in the first section of the bill.
These majors are to be a permanent
addition to the commissioned officers
of the regular army.
Second. One hundred and fifty
commissioned officers to provide for
the two infantry companies in the Sd
battalion for each of the twenty-five
regiments of infantry.
Third. Eighty four second lieuten-
ants, being one for each of the eighty
four batteries of artillery when recruit
ed TO war strength.
The second lieutenants are only to
be added in the discretion of the
president, but assuming a lieutenant is
necessary and will be commissioned for
each battery of artillery, it makes a
total of commissioned officers in excess
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No LEAP YEAR TILL 1904.-The
familiar rule that leap year is every
calendar year with a number divisihe
by four, will be broken in 1900, which
fact need not be regarded as an indi-
cation that even then it will be time
for change. This rule of the alma
nae may account for the proverbial
activity Of the new woman at the close
of every century. Then there is no
leap year for eight years. February,
1900, will have but % days, the extra
day not appearing from 1896 to 1904.
Centenary years are not leap years.
That year will be broken in the year
1000, when the interruption may be
regarded as an indication that it is
time for a change. Centenary years
divisible by 400 are leap years, conse-
ouently there were 80 days in Febru-
ary, 1000, and the same number of
days will be given to February, 1000,
and again to 24OO. The object of this
rule is to make the calendar year coin
eide with the solar year.
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GOT OUT OF BED TO VoTE.-Judah
P. Benjamin was the first Jew elected
to seat in the American senate, and
the contest was a notable one. Colo
nelly w. L. Knox was member of the
Louisiana legislature, and when the
senatorial fight began he was lying at
the point of death at hotel in Baton
Rouge.
There was tie vote in the legisla-
ture. Colonel Knox was a great ad-
mirer of Benjamin, and he determined
to break the tie an send Benjamin to
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olal Aaritulura and Commercial Snteress of the South


name, both of whom died in Bellvue,
had been taken to the dead house at
the same time, and when the keeper
guided the hand of the blind man to
the face of one, the visitor said, "No,
no, that's not Mary" He was led
along to the next, and this time laid
down his stick and used both hands.
His face was transfgured as the tips of
his fingers rested on the sharp, set,
cold features. MARY" he whispered,
II have found you, dear How thin
your face has grown! How cold you
are, Mary; how cold 7" The blind
man made no mistake. The dead
woman had been his wife.
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ARMY REORGANIZATION.
The Bill Passed the House Saturday by
Unanimous Vote.

The Bill Passed the House Saturday by a
Unanimous Vote.
The house on last Saturday passed
the army reorganization bill at the
urgent request of the president and
secretary of war; but the senate did
not remain in session, as was expected,
and the bill has not yet gone to the
president. Some fear was expressed
on the Democratic side that the bill
might increase the regular army in
time of peace; but an amendment pre-.
pared by Mr.. Bailey, which removed
all doubt on this score, was accepted
by Mr.. Hull and the bill passed by a
unanimous vote. The bill reorganizes
the army into the three battalion for
nation and authorizes the 25 regiments
of the infantry arm of the service to
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the senate even at the cost of his own
life. He was placed on a cot, carried
to the house of representatives, and
when his name was called he voted for
Judah P. Benjamin for United States
senator. Amid great excitement and
the widest sort of applause Benjamin
was declared elected, and, more dead
than alive, Knox was carried to his
hotel. He rallied in few days and
in the course of time recovered his
News.
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be recruited up to total of 1880 en-
listed men. 1t gives "a instead of 100
privates to each infantry company. 1t
authorizes the recruitment of the 10
regiments of the cavalry arm of the
service to q total of 10000 enlisted
men, the seven regiments of the artil-
lery arm of the service to be 16,457
men, and the engineer battalion, of
five companies, up to 752 enlisted men,
including two non-commissioned off,
GERS; which makes a total for these
four arms of the service when at q
maximum strength, 61,010.
The increase of officers provided for
in the bill is as follows: