Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-12-09

WofIn vi appropriation W 'he -ohC' al ,
government, I still continue 10! scienti- !
tic researches expecting no reward ex- /
cept the consciousness OF duty veil per-
formed !
While dilating with pride on the |
high grade of business integrity shown /,
in connection with the wood business !
in Carson-a grade Of honesty which |
trust the coal dealers of Chicago might
be induced to emulate feel b, und to ,
make special note of very p'onounc-
ed adulteration which [ noticed On e
18th day of last January. ant ~! n !
mig ht be fairly set down a. AZ excep
ton to the general rule.
During an experiment with -ome
Oregon yellow pine, the character OF
which had excited my suspicion. the
top of the apparatus with winch the
experiments were being ccG.uct"d sud
denly came off, and rs il ruided by q
sudden impulse, went Through the cell
ing. | had often been acelstr:Hed to
make u display of Fireworks il honor
Of p itical H@plenirSs, and Is he lift
,,ng of til. >op OF The apparatus
-Nr0lvh to rCnf vNa 9ccC?nr.l ed by
loud defamation and coruscating
display OF what appeared to be the
latest thing in pyrotechnics. the people
of the city took it for granted that
WAS celebrating the election OF a United
States Senator whom / had previously
| opposed. My Office was soon in flames
and the local fire company, with which
| [ was ever on good terms. arrived and
suppressed the conflagration with n
master hand.
My previous political opponents rush
ed over and were not slow in cOngratu-
lating me on accepting the recent result
with good grace. 1t was indeed pleas
ant to hear the crowd telling each
other what political thorough bred |
was, being a man who not only knew
how to accept defeat. but when / def
ed ny hat to the winner | did it in
good shape.
The local insurance agent, who had
is eye on a high saaried local Office
allowed me sufficient damages to en-
able me to build a complete new roo
! on my Office and indulge in substantial
improvements downstairs in the shap
of job presses and pail for meltin!
roller composition.
was soon the political idol of tn
winning party and have since bee
allied on to lead several reform move
: ments in my town. They have onl
failed through the brutal weight {
money invested by the other side.
Regarding the cause of the explosio
many different theories have been aC
t vanced | at first thought | had su
y fered in allowing such delicate exper
ments to be conducted under the SUI
> ervision of my Office boy, who has bee
y called on occasionally to act in the C;
~ pacity of assistant experimental chen
ist but my suspicious contemporal
ie across the way has ipsinuated at val
g Gus times that the adulterant containe
ie on that occasion was really gial
d powder cartridge No. ,. This does ~
p seem to me to be a tenable theory,
the cost .of giant powder is conside
ably more than the cost of wood, al
no man with any business sense Won
add to the cost of the raw product
such an iil-adv ised course. w lille
have dismissed this theory from Il
orbit of my Investigations. | have G
dered my Office boy, who gathers t.
specimens for sampling (about } o clo'
in the morning) to igrore the Folsom
Springmeyer woodward in future a
r take only selected stock from the A
7 derson pile.
| trust that the rough diagram
nay appara Jus may make my metho
clear to jovr2' alists contem plating {
tering on a course of forestry expe
mepts in the middle states.
| have used Hawkeye No. ! wi
of considera BILE success, but many of [
Nevada contemporaries recommend
instrument of larger power, the Hi
Draught No. II. as better adapted