Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-11-12

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The most unphilosophic Of mankind.
I have still so much in common with
Samuel Taylor Coleridge as not to De-
lievs in ghosts. for the reason that 1
have seen 20 many Of them. The num-
Der Of dead people, for example, that i
meet every time I visit the Exhibition u
amazing. bow and raise my hat 70
them, and am mortified when they do
not return my salutation. meet them
face to face, accost them cheerfully' and
essay even to clasp the hand Of the dear
old friend Of days gone by. and am be-
wildsred by the icy stare. the contempt
uous shrug OF the shoulders. OF D
supercilious Monsieur, pous uous from
pss with which my advances are met
There is 4 reason less psychological than
physiological fer the dslusion under
which I have labored. There lisa limit
I apprshend. to the number OF facial
types fashioned by tho great modsllsr.
Nature. When the series is exhausted
she begins to strike a new set OF faces
IRON the o'u uies' INV
oEsEslL GRANT IN AN OMNIBUS,
c,..lav nm hoard A stsamboat1
SS-"~-r., p,.as,,cl tina Great
h" -, 3D.
in modern evening Dress not III ooeAea
hat and pissaii-'or your he'snoot IN
The stalls OF .nsa,ss, on M R,o:Swsx in
ON .n ~ ~ on ,hs nlatform Of a
r%aiIvsy station past which m express
train has whirled you-met with your
self and looked with admiration at The
distingus ~personager There are many
more spectres In Paris besides the spec
tres who hit across my path In the Champ
| de Mars, or glide past me In tho
retrospective museum at the Trocadsro.
But there Is one ghost-an apparition
for which I have been seeking s~edulously,
but mn 10 the present time unsuccess-
fully. What has become OF the Paris
ian ~rrisetts 2 Paris, We all know. Ii the
city OF Ephemera. but the grisstte
should not be considered rs an evanes-
cent parsonage. for La Fontaine, In
some OF tho daintiest stranzas that
French poet ever penned. sang her
praises more than two hundred years
| AGO. and in my own Partisan adolescence
I was habitually and pleasantly aware
OF.
ruE oRIsErrE.
sa,cv HARDWARE.
o., a..
'ns' ~ -,
t.. a, ,..5 h.,
80. 49, = van, vi,bou,
sperr 10 her own coffee in order that the
due lump might be thrust through the
bars OF the cage Oh hsr Pc. canay MI
s - wo,l WAS moi slsck and
s"ns w., anonoh 10 eat. Elt sc
~ Hsr costsa and plenty
-, ,m;L"ohf Sbs must have plenty OF
iii ,h. u%o,n;no: a bunk of bread,
han.h ~ c,.nss \ morsel Of fromaqs
=. L-;.',hs rhssse of the poor-for
b-,.srs..,. and Tor dinner the Dot au 6eu
NO, mneh more than so much hot
water a,yored with a little IA. and some
y,cetsbl,s and bread, with perhaps an
annie or a Dear. She was content with o
lit,ls two cents worth OF fried potatoes
from that well.remsmbsred stall on the
Pont Neuf-thero are no stalls on the
Pont Nsuf now-or six cents worth Of
ready boiled spinach. strained and
pressed 30 smooth that II looked In the
i~ruiiers window like so much green
paint, were
,-..vx,.r IN MN
But on HIGH DAVIS and HOLIDAYS she re-
called herself with some tiny kickshaws
Of ehareut.ris. Butchers meat she scarce
10 .vsr tasted. II she had a little
n,.n.v ,.t .,,s, ,bs strict, nec,ssuire
III - rrov;d.d for. abe RECALLED
-, viii ,onstsd ehestnuts. or
.;,s sl;c. m that incomparsbly
al ,oo,hsoms oa,it, which thew
s sam t,on,aa hon In the
pus ~ ,oSson Ths or;s.tts took a
4 ioSo uo ~ ONsNe