Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-12-12
aIosY GREEN"
SOME OF HIs OBSERVATIONS IN
THE BAY CITY.
why 0pcn.Baeked shirts should
Net be Worn rhers-Ths silver
Questisn-stoeks stiii ON.

your readers know. to their sorrsw. Con-
fdencs in the market seemed to have wansd
considerably during the close Of last week,
and the faces Of operators wore q lugubri-
Gus look, and the complaints ever lsssss
were loud aud many. ophir seems to be
the particular stock that gives things IN
general = black eye. People talk as II that
mine was completely worked out, and. In
fact. / have met with many who declare
and believe that II has seen its best days,
and that ito prospects for the future are
the reverse Of bright. I have heard so
much Of this depressing talk about Ophir
that Il has frightened me. and I have con.
cluded To sell out the thousand shares l
bought Of $500. 0phir, being first In tho
call. aud having been for . long time
ts gamble Of the market, has been looked
on As q sort Of key note; but II IL declared
that Il 1. now destined TO loss its place as
such, and be superseded by 0verman, in
which many people see the coming stock.
I hear and pick up \ great deal OF stock
talk, but IL 10 a. contradictory and I'M
satisfactory as were the telegraphic dis
patches about the presidential election.
during the week succeeding election day;
but one thing | can see sticking out very
plainly, which IL. that there seems to Ia
an indifference. amounting almest 10
apathy amOng the general public, ~ re-
CARDS stock; and that the principal talk
and skirmishiny comes frsm men who
make \ business Of operating In mining
stscks.
SILVER.
But 4 few days ago the money brokers
were Offering a. high Is Sal Is in silver
for $40 in gold /; now the highest rate ID
sai 10 silver for $50 gold. Isuppose thi,
decrease In the discount on silver Is at
tributabls partly to the advance In the
price Of silver in Londsn ; but there Is | n
this city such an onmity 10 silver coin.
partly fostered by some Of thep papers. and
the people are too easily panicked into let
ting the money brokers knock the discount
on silver about A. the humor suits them,
that ii IL almost impossible TO assign any
direct cause for fluctuations In the dis
COUNT. u WITTY buittNt tuat " w ttta
In silver coin was actually worth ten dol
lars In gold as No much silver bullion.
these Money sharps would have II so fixed
that II would be worth less than ten dol
lars A. money. Last August when l was
in Virginia. the stores and saloons nearly
all had signs stuck up saying that trade
dsllars would only DO taken at ninety
cents on the dollar. when at that time they
were intrinsically worth more than that as
bullion. The trade dollar IL now worth u
premium ; that il, II you want TO buy
trade-dollars you must pay q premium OF
n per cent: but II You sell thsm 10 the
brokers. you car get all the way from
n~insty-eight cents to par. Somebody
must have made . few dollars BY brighten
ing people all over tho Pacific Coast into
letting go Of their trads-dollars al ninety
cents ON the dollar.
II IL laughable TO read the papers Of this
city on the silver question. some Of them
now bsing Engaged In . wrangle on that
subject. In lieu Of the usual quarrel about
their respective calculations and Geographic
facilities. One paper says gold Is the only
true standard Of value. even ignoring the
historical fact that Christ was betrayed for
thirty pieces Of silver. Another paper
comes back and says the first paper don't
know anything about 1t, which ststsmsnl
il considers . kn0ck-down argument; and
in this manner they have kept up aguarrsl
for several days. without either having
stated = single fact or said anything on the
subject but the veriest twaddle. The Aha,
however. seems To he the best posted paper
on silver ; for. In a recent financial article,
II admitted that 1t didn't know anything
about the question. and expressed the be-
lief that IL will never DO settled by news.
paper articles and talk. but will regulate
itself in accordance with the natural laws
~ finance. As silver has reached ~ higll
q price as sc pence per ounce In London,
I agree with the Aha that tho question will
settle itself.
DrPHruEHiA
Still continues its ravages among tho in
fAntile population. and occasionally carries
of an adult. One Of tho papers says that
the weekly number Of deaths from this
cause for the past week has been exactly
twenty-five each week. Ono day last week
eight funeral professions passed through
the street on which Is situated the mansion
in which I take my daily hash-and tho
street IL not on the direct routs 10 the CEN.
~eteriss. On the same day | saw a number
OF funeral professions on other streets. l
did not count them all. but I must have
seen as many rs fifteen funeral PROFESSIONS
during that one day.
THE WEATHER
Still continues delightful, being warm and
pleasant. with the exception Of 4 slight
GOODNESS Of the atmosphere during tho
nights and mornings. To u unaccus-
toned to such mild weather In December.
ID 1. hard TO realizs that this, In any ordi-
nary country. il the Winter season. In
the markets you see green vegetables Of
nearly all kinds known to the Summer and
Fall. strawberries and grapes and flowers.
Boquct. are offered for sale on nearly every
corner. and on every hand you sec
carrying punches Of freshly pluckcd
gathered while growing in the
open air. Fears Of = drought, owing to
tho lack u this usual rains. are becoming
widespread, aud people who are not wor.
risd about stocks arc borrowing troubls on
behalf Of the farmers and predicting short
or. mayhAp, . total failure Of cereals
and roots. Apropos OF worriment about
stocks. I frequently sec men on the streets,
ears and boats engaged in audible CONVEX
sation with themselves. On mentioning
this circumstance 10 u friend. he said (:
a. That's . sign that stocks are down.
When stocks are down. people talk to
themselves; whsn stocks arc up, they talk
10 othor people,"
Touous.
For the love Of God give me enough
to get a meal. l haven't tasted food for
two days" was what q man said as he APP
preached = group Of men Of which I was
one, a few evenings since. "You've told
me that same story every night for a
week. said one Of our party. Before tho
msndicant could answer this charge an
other u Of the party handed him four
bits, and he proceeded 10 call down blcss-
ings ON the head 81 the donor. who stopped
him with, "0h. I'm good enough; I don't
need blessings and prayers" After the
man had gone, the gentleman who had
accused him VI being q professional bcggar
remarked that he was All old tough"
What's an old toughy'" said I.
"Oh. a 'rounder.'" said he.
Certainly" said l. 81 ought 10 have
known that without asking.
The words tough" aad "~roundsr,"
! have since learned. are terms applied In