Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-12-10

such an establishment as fuckers need
never complain Of hard timos. The
windows fairly sparkle with precious
stones. Hundreds Of gems flash their
sc%intillating rays on other gems, like
tiny stars. Great Jewels are scattered
about with an artistic carelessness that
Nlmost makes one ask If they are
indeed rubies, emeralds, diamonds and
garnets, or only base pretenders, born
in the glassmaker's mould, instead OF
In the bed. of some Indian river or
Peruvian %ravine; while, rs II to keep
guard over the treasures displayed.
marble Fauns and Satyrs stand In the
background, and with hooking looks,
that seem to penetrate into the empty
pockets of the gazer, leer at his long
Ing face and then point provoklngly at
the unattainable riches at their feet. .
The jewellers are not the only ones
who understand the art of making peo-
pie envious. The toy dealers have
studied 1t and mastered 1t thoroughly,
especially that branch which Is intend
ed to act on the juvenile mind. It
would require a whole letter to do JUS
tice to the toy shops and their contents,
to describe the toys scientific, the toys
amazing. the toys laugh-proyoking and
the toys diabolical. or course the lat
ter are In the majority, and range from
the tln-horn horrible, and anathema on
the maker-almost indestructible-to
the drum-hideous, which, praised be
Its. manufacturer, soon. beats itself to
pieces. Then there are the booksellers,
aud the fancy-ware dealers. and the
caryers and gilders, and many others
Of varied trades and businesses, who
each aud all try their very best to do
to the passer by what each one prays
every Sunday to be individually ex-
cused from, and that is-being led into
temptation. So that If M wants to
be mlsanthropical and parsimonious
Just now, it IL requisite to leave the
purse at home, and gaze neither to the
right nor to the left, for to neglect one
or the other is at present fatal to the
preservation Of coin, and destructive to
the indulgence Of better feelings.
Judicial Daniels.
The old proverb, handed down to
to us from somewhere about good King
Alfred's days, that "only God know
eth the mind of a fool and a petit
jury" seems to be nearly as applicable
to some Of our Judges, for they do
render some of the most bewilderingly
inconsistent decisions that ever email
ated from the judicial brain. Only a
few months ago, Tyler, who shot Dob
son under circumstances that every
body thinks almost amounted to justi-
fable homicide, was held In custody
by order Of Judge Sawyer, without the
alternative Of giving bail, and he had
to appeal to a higher Court before he
was allowed to furnish security for his
appearance. On the other hand, your
Virginia importation, Ike Brokaw,
who committed u Of the most cold
bloodcd aud atrocious murders that has
been perpetrated In San francisco du-
ring this year of grace, has been told
that he can go ut large on finding
bonds In the sum of. $40, 900. and this
,by the Daniel who rendered the former
decision. On n par with this piece of
Inconsistency Is an opinion Of the Su-
preme Court, which, though given
some time ago. has only just now taken
effect. A notorious a6ortionist, called
DR.. Josselym, operated ona very young
girl In San Mateo county, and was ar
rested and convicted Of tho crime. But
our Supreme Court held that the evil
dence against him was insufficient. be-
cause there was no one to corroborate
the girls testimony about the use OF
instruments on her--testimohy that,
from It's very nature, could not be du-
plicated. A nolle proseqai was entered
against him the other day, and he has
now resunedh his practice. Elective
Judges are not the best otlshoots OF our
Republican system. JACK HoRNER.