Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-12-14
sAN Francisco, Dec. n, 1875.

bSs~ts oSs@o
curious to know and note what effect the
advance would have on tho signs In the
windows Of the money brokers. which the
day before we're offering $2 10 in silver
for $40 In gold. There Ia . money brok.
srs' Office every few steps on Market,
Ksarny and Montgomery streets In fact
they are thicker than saloons-and there
Is enc to about each one hundred Of tho
population. AZ II WAS carly In the fore
noon. most Of the brokers had not figured
out the exact rate Of discount. and many
OF them had Withdrawn their announce
ment Of $2i 10 In silver for $40 In gold,
and substituted therefor placards on which
was printed /: 1--WE pay the highest mar
ket rates for gold" The steady advance
In the price OF silver 10 probably something
Of q puzzle 10 the numerous money brok-
ers, and II IL continues only 4 little farther
the discount on silver will be 50 slight
that there will be no money In the BUSH
ness. and the :" shavers" will find . loss
Of their occupation staring them In the
face, II 10 q mystery 10 me. anyhow, how
20 large a number Of people can lind profit
able employment for their time aud capi.
| tai In this business, which. Appearances
indicate. must be very much ~overdone.
A IDEAS.
C~omstocksrs in San Francisco. OF which.
owing to tho lightning train, there 10
always q large sprinkling. startle me by
the way they talk about wealth. They
affect to look upon'any man who possesses
less money than q clean million As a mis-
cradle pauper. / was converting with a
crowd Of these fellows this morning, when
enc OF them asked me hsw = mutual friend
in Eastern Nevada was getting along.
"He's rich" said j.
"How much has he got p inquired he.
Hes worth perhaps two hundred thou.
sand dollars." I replied.
"You call that rich. do your" snsered
another OF the party. "why, that wouldn't
buy a first-class breakfast In Virginia.
| Your IDEAS Of wealth arc very narrow.
| You've been living out there In one OF
| those contracted Communities In Eastern
| Nevada till yoar ideas have become warped
| down 10 a narrow-gangc basis. You ought
TO come to San Francisco and live long
enough 10 learn something
Tom Nosler said this reminded him OF o
| Democratic orator who used 10 stump tho
| State he lived In In his youthful days.
| The orator was going for Daniel Webster's
scalp, and said Webster was q pretty smart
man. considering. but he ought IN leave
| his little old one-horsc Yankee State and
| come out West, where his ideas would
have 4 chance to expand.
Then I pulled out my silver watch tn
look at tho time, and one OF Tie party
asked me what I was doing with q steam
gague in my pocket, and another asked me
| not 10 draw that thing on hiQ. and another
one asked me u / wanted . monkey.
wrench to wind that thing mp with. aud
concluded that neither my watch. my
ideas. or myself were appreciated by these
large.brainod Comstock.San fransiscans,
and I went down 10 the What Cheer House
TO ind some man from the Great East"
whose ideas were less enlarged and who
would be moro eengenial to my silver
watch.
IDLE PEOPLE.
Appearances indicate that there arc 4
grea, many people out Of employment in
,hi. city. l frequently have occasion to
pass through a street on which is situated
a number Of intelligence Offices and
employment agencies, and whenever so
by. the sidewalks In front Of these offices
| are almost blockaded with crowds Of men
waiting for . chance for employment.
The are full OF advertisements
by persons wishing situations OF various
kinds and persons wishing to employ help.
and n perusal Of this class Of advertise
ments forms curions, and, N me. inter
c.ting reading. They cover every range
Of occupation. and many Of thsm arc 30
worded as 20 be ~laughable. i always read
them and pick out tho funny ones. Here
are a couple Of samples;
.w.xrxD-A wonsn who p~re,enir IN un.
denst,nd cooking. washing. Ironin: and zen.
enI housework. Mons hut Protesta"tr need
spply. aud they with recommendation. Wages
lib raj"
wonder II . woman who pretended to
understand cooking, ETC., and did not nn-
derstand them. would suit the above al.
y~ertissr, who was probably powerful
mad !" at some srring Bridget when hc or
she psnned the advertisement.
'wAsrIn-Ameriesn woman for . hotel In
Nevada. Must be q good co l aud house
keeper. aud not afraid 10 live In . rough scc-
ton. wAges . o TO so and arc paid"
have heard Of American women being
nut 10 q great many uses. but never heard
Of one being used FOR q hotel in Nevada
though.I know hotels aro scarce In that
woman who would let herself out for q
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