, 1870-06-21

u4oe1s3- II cfy;1izstinn and ths
] she * 4 1ssSe.d - e %ots eds otphso'T ths pset
station, and sn opportunity to pkek p sonna'
sftclet OF caothtnE, new or second hed, Left
within his raach b The nsophtsticassd tsavel
le1s- She, on ths other hand. looked up at
the car windows and necessarily repesfed
" Give ms txo Mta Give me- cracke1a! Give
me oranges!" 4 fat grAsahopper jumped
upon her head as she thus sat with over-
stretched arm and npturned face, and without
him instAnter, pulled OF his head, az you
would shrimp's, then quietly Transferred Lin
to the cap1cious cavity ID her fine open coun-
tenance, and with quiet determination closed
hes graceful jaws. wonder il Fair A.
akhss, and had the Alezan1dra 1impa
4cakeas toa liking for Low in his place
To a eSatenplstiye mind, welt-versed in the
history OF ott country, and not interested in
contracts for "FeeezTations" or "agenries," "
there is nothing more strihnely poetic md
noble red warrior Of tho forest hanGins from
the limb OF tree, and nicaIy dried into jelked
beef in the sun; but there are other places
where be is .less ornamental. And one may
chance to see too much of him il inclined to
look too closely along the line OF the Pacific
and beet-natuted dogs on earth. They do not
even possess skill, Of knowledge, or ambition
enough to build any kind Of permanent shel-
ter from the inclemeucy Of the weather at any
season. At midwinter they will go ont on the
hillside, in driving anow storm, pile up
feet high and ten feet across, to break the
wind, and, building fire in the centre, crouch
down by it,-men, women, and naked babies,-
and oliver there all night long They ire
allowed to ride back and forth On the freight
cars, and the locomotives and tenders OF the
nd ~
railroad as just what it is-a perfect godsend
to them, since it puts them ont Of the way OF
starvation. and inBures them living without
even the pretence OF labor.
EXIT An6ENTA
The tendency Of the depot towns, or "sta-
tions," WHICH, during tho building Of The road
sprung up so rapidly al along the line, to dry
up and collapse entirely ny the course
Of inland trade and travel changes,
is noticeable feature OF tho
country. When the road from the west reached
Reese River Valley, at tho point Of its junction
with the Humboldt, q town called Argenta, in
compliment to the rich silver districts OF Reese
River, White Pine, and other mineral locations
Of which this was to be the depot for supplies
and tho shipment Of passengers and treasure,
= rocket. Lots sold st fabulous prices. gam
bling tents, houses Of doubtful repute, ga-
1oons, stores and livery stables even, grew up
ii night. There WAS an eating house there
at which, for q in coin, you got the nastiest,
geHtible meal on tho entire route, and busi-
ness waa brisk. Before the town Was two
weeks old they had ffeo fight every hight,
and 9.s, generally I'm man or two for bFsat- real
ta ,nd returning five d.,s sotss sfssr taaad tassi
that the owner had ahos smother man, and
been killed in return, hiA store h4d been duly
administered upon, and the administrator,
having discharged the duties Of bis Office, had
sold out the stock and good vii Of the aaioon
another section, aome ifty miles further down
the road. But the section was too swift, and
eoon run itself out. The depot for the White
Pine freight and travel was removed to Elko,
other houses followed, and to-day the town Is
literally nowhere" EveIy house has been
tom down or removed bodily to other 1ocalt
ties the gamblers, thieves, and prostitutes
have packed up their traps, and, "folding up
their teuts Ike the Arab" proceeded to a.
silently steal nway. Somebody even carried
on tho skull Of the old Frenchman who was
"skn1! 1sanch," and was killed bY the Indians
On this spot years ago. His akull, with q
bullet hole through it, ornaInentcd the roof .uf
the little adobe house which he built, for
many years, and was there when first visited
the place. but DOW, even that i gone, and the
back 10 its primitive condition, and become
once more desert
ELEo AND OGDEN.
At noon of the second day We diaed well at
Elko, and saw tho heavily laden White Pine
trains going and coming to and from that
wonderfully rscl district one hundred and ten
miles TO ihe noEt1ward The Developments
OF the Fast year have demonstrated tho snor-
nous and permanent character OF the White
pine ard adjacent mining districts, and people
are just beginning to understand that IL
Eastern Nevada We have countless millions Of
wealth which ia soon to be dug out Of it's ma
tive earth and poured into the treasury OF
our country. The citizens OF Whiio
T1no find the "base bullion "
or argentifernus lead bars accommodating ut
their furnaces 60 last that they cannot provide
teams to Lau1 it away cheap and fast enough,
and they arc talking seriously Of building
branch road to connect with the Central Pacific
ut Elko. They claim that they can furnish 800
tons Of freight per day to road, and that it !
wou}d pay from the start.
Daybreak Of the third morning found ns
slirtlng along the northern borders of Salt
Lake. between promontory Point and Ogden.
Passing Corinno, now grown to a thriving,
busy town, and the varioua Mormon cities
the Eastern edge OF the fertile plain at the
head Of Salt Lake, NO arrived, 1t a. n, at /
Ogden, tho junction Of the Central and
Union Pacific Railroads.. Here I bade relGc-
tant nttien 10 my companion ard her Eastern
bound friends, and took the train for Great
Salt Like City, for brief visit to the capital
OF Mor1nopdom before returning to my home l
en- the shoro Of tho Pacific. What saw and j
heard there vii tel you in my next.
Yours, ALrAAoETE.