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In short it Is the SIMPLEST, SAFEST, most
DURABLE and most ECONOMICAL Engine in
the world. We fully guarantee them in all the above
particulars. COLTS ARMS CO. have spared no
expense in getting up SPECIAL TOOLS AND MA
CHIMES with which to build these Engines SO that
every part is made up to gauge and are perfectly in
Interchangeable, the importance of which will be I'M
derstood by all who at all familiar with machine
cry. Thus, every Engine of given size is an exact
duplicate OF every other one of that size and case
OF breakage, the broken part be Immediately re-
placed by its perfect duplicate.
The inventor of this Engine had in view, in its
construction the great need that exists tor perfect
steam Engine-of small power-adapted to all kinds
OF light mechanical work. and that should also COM
bine all that is good in Steam Engineering.
The first point was, to secure a perfectly philo-
sophical Boiler and Furnace, in order to insure the
most perfect combustion and to take up The greatest
posSsote amount OF heat IN generating steam.
:, The second point was, to make perfect cutoff
Engine, working steam expansiyey, and keeping nm
the temperature OF the cylinder to Prevent loss by
radiation or condensation.
The third point was to combine and make the
whole a1echanscally and scientifically correct ma
chtne; all its parts being provided with means to
take up lost motion, that it may be used for any
numoer OF years, and always run smoothly In ali
these particulars as much has been taken as in
the largest anu most perfect engine constructed
The result is-THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF POWER
sUMED-thus proving the fact-well known to men
OF scienee-thdt ardter IS the best medium to trans
NIT the mechanical forces, generated in the COM
QUESTION Of fuel to the production of motive porer.
Machinery for any purpose furnished at
Manufacturers Prices.
PLEASE SEND FOR CIRCULAR.
JUL d1wtTSTtf
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PORTLAND g ROCHESTER, RAILROAD,
SUMMER ARRANGEMENT.

Easssssse.ssas Passenger trains leave Portland for
E-nT-GH5Rochester and intermediate stations at
1870 A. NJ, 1.3O and 4.15 P. NJ. making
direct connection at Rochester with trains for Boston,
over Boston q Maine and Eastern Railroads. Also
connect at Rochester with Dover aud Winnipiseogee
Railroad for Alton Bay and with Portsmouth, Great
Falls and Conway Railroad for Conway.
Leave Rochester for Portland and way stations at
7.20 A. NJ. IL M. and 5 P. M.
The IL O'Clock train making direct connection at
Rochester with trains from Boston, leaving Boston
via Boston & Maine, and Eastern Railroads.
Leave Portland for Saco River at $50 P. Nj.
Leave Saco River for Portland at $50 A. III.
Stages connect as follows:
At Gorham for West Gorham, Standish and No.
Lmington, daily.
At Buxton Centre for West Buxton, Benny Eagle
and Limington daily
At South WATERFORD for Ross Corner and DAMS
Mills daily.
At Centre WATERFORD for Limerick ParsonsAeld
daily. no
WILLIAM Fl. TURNER, Superintendent.
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BOSTON & MAINE
RAILROAD.

On and after Monday, Sept. %, 1874,
Passenger trains will leave Port
land for Boston, at 6.15, 910 a. m.
EIs.=5315s 600 p. M, arriving at Boston at
1880 a. M, 200 7.30 and 1890 p. m.
Returning, leave Boston at s15 a. M, 1926, $3.50,
6O0t p. m arriving at Portland at I2.45, $50, $40,
1000 p. m.
For Lowell (via Lawrence) at 615 90 a. m,
3.15* p. m.
For Concord aud Manchester via New
Market Junction. 6.15 a. M, 3.l5* p, M, (via Law
renee at 9.10 a. m.
For Great Falls at 6.15, 91O a. M, 315#, 600
p. m.
For Portsmouth (yia Dover at 615 a. N.
For Rochester,, Alton Bay. WOIfbor.
ough and Centre llarbor (via Dover 81 VIM
npiseogee r. R. and Steamer "Mt. Washingtono at
9.10 a. m.
A train will also leave Portland for Kenne.
bunk and Way Stations at 80 p. m, arriving
at Kennebunk at 3.45 p m. Returning, leave KEN
nebunk at $50 a. m arriving at Portland at S.35
q. m. frr
Parlor Cars on trains leaving Portland 9.10 a. H.
3.15 p M; Boston 815 a. m, 900 p. m.
*Does not stop at Scarboro, Blue Point or Ola Or
chard 1ta
tDoes not stop at Blue Point OF Scarboro except to
leave passengers taken West of Biddeford.
JAS T. FURBER, Gen. Superintendent.
S. II. STEVENS, Gen. Agent, Portland.
seo6 tf
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MAINE
STEAMSHIP co.
TRI.WEEKLY LINE
TO NEW YORK.
Steamers EleanOra, FrancOnia
and Chesapeake

- Will until further notice leave
,dfSA ~ Franklin Wharf, Portland every
It'll XEn&M MONDAY, TUESDAY and
EEESTkSSTHURSDAY, at r. NJ, and
z1.z=zgzsssksg leave Pier SO East River, New
York, every MONDAY, THURSDAY, and SATUR-
DAY at4 P. NJ.
The Eleanora is new steamer, just built for this
route, and both she and the Franconia fitted up
with fine accommodations forpassengers, making this
the most convenient and comfortable route for travel
lers between New York and Maine. These steamers
will touch at Vineyard Haven during the summer
months on their passage TO and from New York.
Passage in State Room S., meals extra.
Goods forwarded to and from Philadelphia, Mon
treal, Quebec, st. John, and all parts of Maine.
EB Freight taken at the lowest rates.
Shippers requested to send their freight to the
Steamers as early as p. NJ, on the days they leave
Portland. For further information apply to
HENRY FOX, General Agent, Portland.
j.. AMES, Ag't Pier SO, L. r., New York.
Tickets and State rooms can also be obtained at %
Exchange Street,
oc2 id diff
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STONHNGTON LINE!
FOR NEW YORK,
AHEAD OF ALL OTHERS.
= his is the only inside route Avoid
ing Point Judith.

Steamboat Express trains leaves Boston from Bos-
ton g. Providence X. 4. Depot daily, except Sunday
at $50 P. NJ. connecting at Stonngton with the en-
tirely new and superb Steamer Rhode Island, every
Monday Wednesday and FRIDAY, and with the eleg-
Thursday and Saturday, arriving in New York al
ways in advance fall other lines. Baggag
checked through.
Tickets procured at depots of Boston & Maine and
Eastern Railroads and at Rollins q Adams % Ex-
change ST., and w. d. Little & Co., 493 Exchange ST.
L. W. FILKINS. ID. s. DABCOCK.
Gen. Passenger Agt. New YORK. President.
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N office.
TEN PER CENT INTEREST.

len FEK CENT 1NTEKEST.
d1A nnA CITY OF LITCHFIELD
lp1OeOOOs ILLINOIS. 10 per cent
twenty year Water Bonds. Coupons PAYABLE
January and July in New York, or at this Office
$500 each; also other seven eight and ten per cent
Municipal securities. These represent the first claim
on the entire property, and the combined wealth of
Cities Towns and Counties; well selected; no loss
security absolute. Bought and sold by GEORGE
WM. BALLOU, 70 Devonshire Street, Boston. Write
1or particulars oc13eod2m
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sagadahoc House-E. II. Mayhem, Prop
Bath Hotel, G. WI. Plummer, Proprietor
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Parker House. school 81. HI. ID. Parker q
Co., Proprietors.
81. James HOTEL. h. Crocler, Propri-
etOr.
fremont House, fremont St.-Chupiu
Gurrey d. Go. Proprietor
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KNOX & LINCOLN RAILROAD

Direc rail route to Wiscasset, New
CASTLE Damarscotta, Waldoboro
st 2a=@s=s9Iia7Warren and Rockland.
No change of cars between Portland
and Rockland. H N
Steamers leave Rcckland for all points on the Pc
nobscot river, Machias, Mount Desert Vinal Haven
Hurricane and Dix Islands.
Leave Maine Central Depot, at TO A. NJ, and 100
p.
Stages connect at Rockland. for Camden, Lincoln
vile, Northport, South Thomaston and ST. George
daily. At Rockiand for Union, Appleton and Wash
ington, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
At Tnomaston for st. George daily. -
At Warren for Union, daily.
At Warren for Jefferson and Whitefeld, Mondays
Wednesdays and Fridays. A9
At Waldoboro' for North Waldoboro', Washington
and Liberty daily. er
At New Castle for Bristol and Pemaquid, daily.
Freight Trains daily and freight taken at rates
jv29dtf CA. COOMBS, Sup't,
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Proprietors.
Franklin House,-Hariow ST., McLnush-
lin q Davis, Proprictors.
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Augusta House, State ST. Harrison Bak
er, Proprietor.
Cony House, G. A. IL HI. Cony. Proprie
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BETHEL.
Chapman Rouse,-Andrews & Record,
Proprietcrs
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V1NAL HAVEN, LANES ISLAND.
Ocean EIousc, #. VI. Lame, Proprietor.
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Turner House, w. G.. EseseIfou, Propri
etor.
Elm, House. w. H. HHiron, Proprie,o
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BRUNSWICK, WE.
Il: IL tx. Dining Rooms, w. X. Field,
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FOR SALE

WILTON.
Wilton Rousa, Eg. ". Green. Proprieto
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Bnrden House, Adams g. RoSbin.or
Proprietors
PORTLAND.

BUHNCANE ISLAND.
Cniderwood House. H. a. Caiacrw @ cd
Proprietor
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sK GWHEGAN.

SACCAEAPPA.
CeatinI Housc-Aivin Alien, Prophet
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PITTSFEELD.
Laucy Hcuse-Eictcher a Gale, Prerrie-
tors.
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HOTELS.

ACBUBN
Elm House, Court. 50. w. -. g. A. Young,
Prcprietcrs.
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CAPE ELIZABETH.
Ocean House,. II. Chamberinin, Propri-
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PARIS HILL.
Hubbard Hotel, III. Hubbard, Preprieto
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NORTH STRATFOED ". ~.
Willard House, T.. =. Esaiiey a. 90. r
yrietOrs.
The Placer herald., 1874-02-21
NUMBER 81

They are gosh darned site better than
skins, for pumpkins and jack rabbits are
great dish here, and are what most of us
have. am getting fat on them myself. 1
can jump like jack rabbit now, and by
spring will be as gay as an accord on play
er Our almanac says we will have an
early spring, for the cattle have begun to
shed already-that is, their hides. don.t
know any business that would do so we'll
here as a comb manufactory, as cattle horns
are the principal production Bones will be
plenty next spring, and powder manufac,
tory might do well. Don't recommend
soapmakers to come here, the cattle have
not fat enough to raise scum on clear wa
ter. Any body wishing supply of horns
can get them at Shuline's store, where he
has them barrelled ready for shipment. l
hope our friends in a warm climate will not
forget us up here. for though the girls are
nice, our toeses and noses are as cold as ice,
and if it was not for the doughnut balls L
fear our days on earth, or snow, would be
few. Yours,
The Placer herald., 1874-02-21
HOW THEY SPENT THANKSGIVING.

Two of our neighbors are named John
Briggs and Jonathan Biggs, and it happens.
most unfortunately, that they live next door
to each other. The letters and the pack
ages of the two are constantly getting
mixed, and Biggs has opened SO many of
Briggs letters, while Briggs has peeped into
so many of Bggs', that a bad feeling was
long ago excited, and for several months
they have not spoken to each other. On
Thanksgiving, however, there was an open
rupture between the two families. Both
Biggs and Briggs ordered turkeys, which
were sent home on Thanksgiving morning.
1t so happened that Biggs' grocer sent his
turkey to Briggs, and the Briggses accepted
it, supposing that it was a present from one
of their friends. When Bggs and his wife
came home from church, the servant, in
great CONSERVATION, told them that the tur-
key hadn't come, and there was nothing for
dinner. Bggs went off in a hurry to the
grocer's and the boy explained where he
had left the fowl Biggs then rushed back
and rang Briggs door-bell furously. Briggs
himself came out, and Biggs fiercey de-
manded his turkey. High words ensued,
and at last Briggs, in furious rage,
slammed the door, darted back to the din
ing-room, seized the turkey which was on
the dinner-table, and opening the window
hurled it over the fence. 1t went clear
through Biegs' glass sash, and hit Mrs.
Rigcs ON the hq97 ri GvineH " H HSt"t"C' fi1 with h"r
ica t'"2 %.oa,s, in~".5 -SJahMA ",,n 40.
hair and daubing gravy and drumstieks up
on her dress. Bggs, frantic with wrath,
hurled the fowl back again and smashed
Briggs window Then Briggs returned the
turkey with fresh violence. Then each
went into his own yard and spent the re-
mainder Of the day handing that miserable
bird across the fence to each other. On to-
wards evening it wore away with SO much
handling, and at last, when nothing but the
neck remained, Briggs buried that and
went in the house while Biggs put on his
hat and hunted up an alderman for the pur-
pose of P oseeuting Briggs for larceny and
for smashing his window. Neither of them
has had his Thanksgiving dinner yet.
Briggs will probably move.-Har Adeler.
The Placer herald., 1874-02-21
Constable'S Sate.

DY virtue of an execution issued out of the
ID Justices court of r. G. Poland, Justice of
the Peace of township No. 3, Placer county,
State of California. and to me directed, on a
certain Judgment rendered therein on the 26th
day of January, A. D. 1874, in favor of Richard
Perry and against the Greene Mining Company,
a corporation, for the sum of one hundred and
eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents, and interest
on said sum at the rate of per cent. per an
mum from the 26th day of January. A. d. 1874,
together with costs of suit, taxed at 1922 with
accruing costs, have levied upon and seized,
and shall expose for sale at public auction, at
the Greene Mine in township No. 3, county OF
Placer, State of California on
Monday, the 23d day ofFebruary, .. d. 1874,
at the hour of 10 O'Clock A. M, all the right,
title, interest and claim of the said Greene Min
ing Company, a corporation, of, in and to the
following described property. to-wit:
That certain quartz mine, vein or lode, known
as the Greene Mine, situated in township No. 8,
Placer county, State of California. Also the
quartz mill belonging to said mine, and all the
machinery, the hosting works, engine and all
buildings and appurtenances thereto belonging
to satisfy said execution.
The above described property will sell as
aforesaid, or so much thereof as may be sufti-
cient to satisfy said judgment interest, cost ac-
cruing costs and expenses OF sale.
B. F. GWYNN,
Constable Township No. 3.
Auburn, Jan. 81, 1874. nN-td
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AUBURN, PLACER COUNTY. CALIFORNIA FEBRUARY 81 1874

Cold and damp are very depressing; almost as
much so as excessive heat, and protective med
icine is quite as needfu in winter as summer.
The commercial stimulants so unwisely taken in
the form of drains to keep out the cold, have
a precisely opposite effect to that produced by
Hostetter's Btters. Their first result is sue
ceeded by reaction which devtalizes and pros
trates the system; while, on the other hand,
the tonic and vitalizing operation Of the great
vegetable invigorant, is not only immediate but
permanent. There is no revulsion, no reverse
nervous action. The physique is strengthened
the appetite increased, the bowels regulated, the
stomach reinforced, and these conditions con.
tinue. If dyspepsia or rheumatism, or bilious
ness, or intermittent fever, general debility
or nervous weakness, is present in the system
expel it with this pure and harmless antidote
which is not only invaluable as a preventive o
sickness, but also remedy for large class O
disorders
The Placer herald., 1874-02-21

istence to the forbearance of the miner, and
not TO the projections of the law, an idea,
whether erroneous or no., many sound
thinkers will attribute to it. The want of
prosperity in the mountain counties is to en-
courage and reconcile these two important
interests and no means should be spared that
can be made to contribute to such result.
Can such a result be expected from the en-
actment of law by Congress, embodyng
the idea that mineral and agricultural lands
are of equal value to the government, and
open to the pre-emptor in equal quantities
and at the same prices, and entirely at the
disposal of the owner, to nine or cultivate,
which matter only concerns himself AS to
the Hon. Mr.. Wards supplemental bill, if
we are to have two laws, one governing
agricultural and the other mineral lands,
with this amendment, that instead of ten
dollars per acre the price should be fixed at
one hundred dollars, this would prevent the
perversion of the mining law in order to Sc
cure agricultural lands. With such an
amendment the writer is satisfied would be
great improvement on the existing law.
But viewing this measure in the light fol-
which it was intended, namely, one for rev.
enue, do not think there can be but one
opinion among all parties in the mining
counties, and that is grand failure 1t is
asserted that California has 5 1000 900 acres
Of mining land, for which the bill is trying
to put in the u S. Treasury $50, 900, 900.
Now | will close what more have to say
in regard to this matter, with a rough guess
and the guess is this If anyone should ask
the question, what is the proportion of min
earl lands embraced between the foot hills
and the summit of the Sierra Nevada in the
State of California that will pay as much
as one dollar per day, to that which will not
pay grub? My answer would be betwee,
100000 and 20, 600 acres. shall not feel
offended if lis is proven to be poor guess
In taking my leave OF the proprietors and
readers of the HERALD, it is with the regre
that an abler pen had not treated this mat
ter as deserved, and with the hope that the
coming years are freighted with prosperit,
for us all. Yours truly,
g. b.
The Placer herald., 1874-02-21
Precautions Against Sickness

The ability of the human body to resist the
causes of disease depends upon its vigor and
upon the regularity with which the several
organs perform their functions In the winter
the most proliAc s. urces OF sickness are damp
and cold, ana it is therefore wse and prudent
to fortify the system against them by wholesome
stimulation. Hence it is that Hostetter's Stom
ach Bitters prove such an admirable safeguard
against the complaints most common at this
season. The ingredients of this powerful vege'
table invigorant comprise three essential medi-
cinal elements which act simultaneously upon
the digestion, the circulation, the secretions,
and the nerves, infusing strength and regularity
into all. In this way the Bitters put the body
in the best possible condition to escape an atteck
of rheumatism. or intermittent fever, on indi-
gestion, or biliousness. or Of pulmonary disease,
The Placer herald., 1874-02-21
CORRESPONDENCE.
GOLD RUN, FEB. 16, 1874

ED. HERALD
With your permission will resume the
correspondence of Jan. 26, in which certain
objections were urged against the existing
Congressional Mining Law for this State
While California can claim to have added a
me st important share to the circulating me-
dium of the world while she may trithfuliy
claim to have distributed her bounties
throughout every civilized nation under the
sun, in which the poor and rich, the citizen
and stranger all shared alike, she may now
with equal truth, assert that her own con-
dtion demands, for the present, some little
alteration Not selfish alteration, which
would repent her of the good which she has
done, but the exercise Of a wise discretion
which shall continue to make her the hap
.py dispenser of blessings. Most fortunately
other and greater discoveries have succeeded
that of Marshall, at Coloma, and still the
one-balf has not been told. Gold, wheat,
wool, wine, raisens, oranges, figs silk, tea,
and cotton, are among the articles with
which we wish to feed and clothe the world.
And who says this shall not be the mission
of California. In view of the fact that the
papers Oh Tue iOldte nave eXtOIleu IuOSJ iTulu-
fully our many and unsurpassed advantages,
and thousands of earth's most gifted men
have seen and said as much or more than
any Of the papers, still the stubborn
fact stares US in the face that the sunny hill
sides of the foot hills and mountains are
yet unoccupied with happy homes, without
which we are but little better than the howl
ing wilderness the pioneers found here 25
years ago. To dead certainty there is a
fault somewhere. In all seriousness would
ask the question, has not the security, Or
rather the aFprehended security of agricul-
tural property in the mining sections been
the real and only cause of nearly the entire
neglect of this most important branch of in
dustry? And if so. is there now or has
there ever been an unavoidable conflict of
interest, in which it was necessary for the
farmer to be subdued in order that the min
er should have bis full rights as a citizen
Examples can be mentioned where agricul-
turasts have greatly suffered, and in the
same instance where the miners, after ruin
lug their opponents, abandoned the contested
ground in the most abject poverty. This
statement will bring to the mind of many
of your readers the name Of Stephen
Burge. This solitary instance beg to be
excused for citing. in order to show that
farms, gardens, and viney in what is
known as the "mineral belt" owed their ex-
The Placer herald., 1874-02-21
LETTER FROM SURPRISE VALLEY.
SURPRISE VALLEY, Feb. 10

SURPRISE VALLEY, Feb. II, 1874.
Mr.. ED1ToR:-
1t may be interesting to your readers to
know something of this valley, and how we
get along up here. We had gosh darned
hard time here this winter, skinning frozen
cattle. But every hide will buy dough-
nut ball ticket, worth 81 so, and dough
nut balls are all the 60. They pass around
dougbnuts, fried in tallow, that rattle like
hickory nuts. Sugar is out of the ques-
tion--tbere may be little sorghum in them.
1t will come pay day before long, and then
we will see the boys going in with their dry
hides to pay up for their winters fun. We
have fine looking girls here, but they seem
to have but little idea of what ball ticket
costs. Most of the gents here are fddlers,
and Of course they pass in free. | am
afraid when pay day comes some of the
boys will be skin or two short, and then
they will have to wait until they can raise
the pumpkins, which are currency here.
The Placer herald., 1874-02-21
OLD JONES OF STONY BAR.

Old Jones was always at the Bar Store
when not at work or eating his hastily dis
patched meals Of bread, beans, and bacon.
Jones wore perpetually one unwashed grey
shirt and a pair of duck pants, tied about
the waist by string, and always seemingly
in danger of falling down. He had been
more or less drunk since 1862. When Jones
was decidedly in liquor, his legs more than
bis head were affected They seemed feebly
elastic, and kept the observer in a continual
state of anxiety as to their further ability
TO support the upper part Of Jones. They
would IN unison ~waver, see-saw and lurch
with him from right to left in a manner cred
table to a gymnast, and crazed all specula-
ton as 10 the real location of Jones' centre of
gravity. Yet they were never known to
give way. They bent, but never broke.
Jones idea of the end and aim of exist.
ence was simply GRUB, tobacco, and
whisky" Physically, he was living and
dcfying contradiction to the total abstinence
theory. He drank year in and year out
He drank all he was able to buy. He drank
it by the tumberful. A privately prepared
bottle was Kept at the store especially for
Jones. His libaiions from the decanter in
ordinary use were too large TO leave any
margin for profit. He drank of the poorest
and cheapest quality. lie was never sick,
always at work, always blessed with good
appetite. No one on the Bar ever thought
of saying, Jones is drinking himself to
death" The old "residenters" would have
laughed at such an idea. They had found
Jones there in 1852, drinking and mining
industriously, making an ounce or two daily,
and attired in the same old, unwashed shirt
and strngted duck pants, and bis excesses
had long cea ed to be novelties Delirium-
tremens had no terrors for him. He said
the "snakes" did bother him once, but he'd
got used TO 'em. He "told 'em to 90 off
about their business, and they WENT
Ocertand Monthly for January.