, 1869-03-29
NEVADA.
Among the Clouds,

NEvAyAs
Among the Clouds.
Life In The Wh!te rlpe Region.
How the Sabbath is Kept.
silysr Train-The Cost Of Water and
proyidonA
lYtnk CUR BPEc1ll ooR1E8FoNDEsrJ
- hnfch Il, lsSS,
: wnat country Is ours, and What variety OF
climate, 1on, ne{ds fos enterprise, does Il present
to the chpice pf our peop1et
r. 49,, AwEKk S1NGK
I was :klring In my own pleasart home on the
sunny slope OF Russaln nUl, looking down on falr
Gardeas ha1ti cultivated ne.dA green hals md tho
white winged ships 1adeu with the commerce OF ali
nat!oaa paxlng Ia and out the Golden Gstc and
up and down the pIaelo Waters of The Bay OF San
Francisco. The As vas that ot Nay or June With
you, the aty uncionaed blue, and TIC soft, wasm
sunlight mctlowIng and gtonfytn& al the broad
landscape 1twas seene to bo enjoyed and re-
memhet@ for yeazs to come; remember Il to-
night more stsid1y bJ contrast With my present
s1rzonnatngs-
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-. N.Ass 49, ~ s.s'tns ~ na4 -ao'1s T.! aa14
sensA~' aaa's1 w ats eol1ns ~ t4sa>e aAts "
nsoy W s1.t, .es sa,an.' oos 'a" sas HuIa me
.sAlsous a+tusn 1..sss . !ae. Saa 11i MUG u
taeteaoo1.o non ae monaes " "1 eAfeat! "un-
oets toe Hoe.utuS oa1sae taa 1mpcss foaxs
eao oes.s u+re. ls-s'to aug" iAnnS mora
Iapso'J 'AsA Ahts esse seeu u eAe"neta Oh earn
~ We ca ~ e.lo - 70 10 "a eNta nefe}, ano tne
1Ioteo eieuut Anonn 1A US foSo-nlpt' drtlta
s'e8.'ay Aaoos loe enl.see W tne naooH1oa. "7ka
~" ee' 1SA.p a4.4 u.AIA eo1eans 'ouAa- ffon
tae toNi' = seW t"aa oo'o~ ne, comes tne SOUND OF
olseotaan! mnsse, me faoe notes Of IN Imperfect
osasa band. PlAf1n9 ones1de the door OF rude Ns-
iadeon Of tne lowest ciaas, The only Legitimate :"
ptAee e1 AMusemens u IfeaAale lily tne Jingle OF
aeign ReAs--mnne had not heasd BE-
fose tos n1ns long Jsareaud, from time
to TINE ne foad &hoae Of sone dstnteu reTee1, or
The oeep feyeEhefstaon of h1Ast-or shot a. 1t Is
here ee1med-tet on N the silver mines On chlo-
rde, efofaiae, fosoMp o. Ala flat, where Nott
goea on anees1nzlI night and day, shaking tho
solid mooftxm and echofrg anorg the crzgs tke
the report of huge cannon am
u 1nsa TEE t1oCpS,
more tnan 5000 feef Above the sea. and In the cen-
ssc OF TIC nttc Ptne Silver Mines, OF Whose won
long The hpEm haa been driving through the town,
md have stood hour AFTER hour, n the only wtu-
COW Ii our hst'e Cabin, aud Watched the ahttstn2
scsnea oa nc ~eaaeEsul panotans heforn me. at
one n"hoers inc sno" wins poeonfp would come
ealHan9t esA5lnG ana 8"a1ain8 N great MnTes trnn
the asr9 ocFan oelo", up over the summit Of the
WINE f,ns hoonssan. ssn Thousand feet tn height,
osfa 70 sac "ess~eta ano crossing over the inter
senlng eanoas sreep along mo summit OF Tstasure
aHl' olfeulnR tue SUI ana nla1ns every object
4e" !asos oAAut. men Inc po2oNip woold pass
a"a5 ~ tne tHs, ano me apn "anlo ahlne out Tor
leM nuul n'.o,eula on ~ A5euc 4auaseape the
sane5 aatia a. oat tefI ana tae rugged. hatp-
outaneu a1ounu uss III eiaa II garments
o. aazAnne, snueshK WE'VE, saeA ~ We used to
'ane, ne HfSen III AeaFea VOTE aAa tnen AGAIN
Sseas e!seR a1osntcloaass WHICH naa. probably,
ua5 CT 1eo easnct oeen pouring GOWN ram On the
!e1ase sAAsst ea asaaao! eAaoeuaa, tnea anaw On
sne s's1sa Nssaaa; "ooio tou " u nase taseafen-
10y u4aseest o'e. .s NC eau.Io " ."o slsos NOUN
ss.s.,,n s -. VIC .,4,t. ~ ,sa.' s"as WIN
essn.- fspM.,3 =. ~ Auset 'eanx wv
~s"a .,n .s,.>r ,.r,s- "onsut -, !.
.h s.s 0Ne u'ie"
sI,., H." -, - u he ~ naRs
eata. ~. -. ~ ss,,-,,toa ~. =, ~ u .ou4o r..
won,d fe.r tts n,17.r .nrt.ra ,ns h,,e... 'e "a
ana ro,,,no ,5tn tsnaa 1t sta .,ce., s,a - st.1s
,.nrnr, fnn. ~..+.- ~. 1.s.,.s. ~ sss $500
ars,,zs< te-,h ~, ths ~. ....,s.. a.o. ~ n
49,. "'e~' s''>-Ns''s u4'A>'as1a W
.
I'VE cAa1S noAk ......
~ s1ann pss1 olock Ilom sae u'an street. over~
iooAlax tne mAa Potnon u INC to~n hnu tne
sea1sa 9, uaa on "asen INC naaan PORTION of the
MINING oelns done. Ihere afe mining claims III
atuuaa W. tae eaefe niHlae peln9 ootteo With the
tocA aalo"n 90. 'som hasls sunk on the various
Claims: aaat II lacts our nonse stsaos On iedgs
Hhea u eeimea LOT mining purposes, and they
A'u oIaoenH wv 'uA. u. oe seiess f'Rut AonR-
,t sus 80. sDsa s s.a oaa' ~ lousa, Anolt1 pine
uoaue nfsa eos' wv N so1o PET lnoasaha
-, go ase s".sess W w s,, '.aes, "Im cloLa
w.. W., .o,t4sa "'u ,N ~ .oasn ooasna not
tsI.ss ans euen - .as aoNa ~ ntle ano
sus WV uuuS 'ae .Aau.es sotaat can aeasee-
ees aue .tns sautn n4ss oae ooos anu one VIZ
aoT, ana y :. lec1 "a' ~ ~ II lensto' sl1 OF ~
w UNI ~ tn shoee 1A.n'l'ea a1e 10 Sa!1o1nla,
1eht 'n's caon At to' u 9o!a per month. VIC pald
20 Tor s1aal} stove, ID GEMS apiece TOT common
Plates, Is Tor \ DRY goods box, out Of which We
made rude table, md Ht1n'sa1 prices tor few
morc ustsc'fs of ta1e and dining room turnltuTc-
the only regular chair, common canc-aeAt dining
room cha,r, cost tfs hcre-and commenced house
keeping, Flour costa ns JIG ann III per hundred
pounds sugar 70 centa per pound ceoee = ceuts
tex IT, ss hpltcE by the leR IS ceats: pickles n for
d t1ve, Raop Reg; bce9 IS ceuts nor pound: pork
do; potatoes es to 81 cents per pound; md no On
through th3 lit wood-cet.a1, nutsane and pono-
tain mahoCtny, cut pnly few hundred rods a1aY-
IL ~ res eotl, aud sho,t cords Il tnat: water;
melted rro,n snow, FL to s7x cents pcr patful and
! bssat, IS TO 60 ccats Tor q laaf of ono and two
pounts- For bes,s ~ have hunks In one end OF
the room. In which We have straw nastrcsecz-
rntnr cost IAN and II Il nat1o O, eoarse p,rtny
sacks dlled with Wild osts ha1-aa1 three or four
pairs each ol the soft, warm ca1lso.uia hlaaketa
We need them allJ
! 7xx MINI 1xn ~
r,,, ". h,,r a f-htno boT rtchtrcn vcors =, a ~
,,msd "a H-ino u IN nnr eoosTng na a. ~
sTtIst m h,s xay. can opok~ enythtnv from mn one
ief tn = f1ner n,,fataa, snooar, csfs tn rr,t III
hoans and d. +, al ~ re1, AZ .nv Frrrrn root
r,va rim III. materfata and e ,.fI oe, nm dtnnc,
un,cb rnn11 r.lJsh anyvnerc IL g1ras M hr,at.
f.st a.. :.na ,+,cosr sr IN -, M ~ s.+.in.
,easn = ~, - ,re.,. 49, encnaI., - ~ nns hsns.n
~ ~ ,s,~S - thr.,, ho1-s, fahr- ~
IN, Al ths oataIe ha !. na,d farty Al, HI
~ n fo,a 49, @so,4n II. s.rn, ~ =,
much rorr rnaktng beds IN todytng houses, tteat-
tns and cleaning ta.nps tn salopus etc. and With
the !nsttnctyc business chazae:eristlca Of hIs
couptrS,ncn, acts a. aren't for tho vnahef1ucn OF
| hi4 own rac4, douceless m4ftnx proat OF tho
! rRAhtnR which wc entrust to him, md for which
Nc pay tfty cents each ehtrt And twelsc a.d hAlf
to twenty-five cents for each collar. handkerchief,
etc Ue ls getting spoiled aa1eaty WITH prosperity,
bets hwAy considerable su1ns II times on the
"Maek sud red, " and h In neGutiation with me-
DOW IA. the purchase Of my gold ~stch. He u a
smart 4. they make sAeu talth Engt,ah aad French
pAssxhl5 wed, and IA tok.st OF the nfst cizks tn
his way. VT Nve In this manner for about 81
each per nsohth. and sara moner by not patronlzo
! Ing tho lodging housea or tents and restanranta
where everything cosss q dollar The smalleat
change IN casnp Is atlrer Quarter OF dol1ar and
you can hug nothing, eseu to spoot Of thread, fol
less- The ieas, thing ,ou car bur In = resrsu1an,
| Ia cup of tea md VAIN ron, Aaa fos this you
must pay d cents A dinner or breakfast Of thu
pla.nert rsikrisla Is 81. and you Indulge n any