Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-12-23
rue A~RGONAur.

The Christmas number OF the Argo-
naui comes to hand from San Francisco
enlarged. improved and in better form
than ever. The FIRST outside page Is
covered with q fine picture representing
a stylish young lady sitting on some
Ignite cropping by the seaside. weeping
and blowing her nose over the departure
Of q full.rigsed brig lying beealmed In
the distance. with her rsereant lover on
board. Even her pet grizzly. lying on
the ground behind her. Is sroaning In
sympathetic agony Of spirit. The lower
right-hand corner Is adorned with a
vignet,o portrait OF Frank PiIley. the
talented editor; and his associate.
Somsrs. occupies the opposite corner.
The Ayonaud IL now done up in PAM
phlst style, much more convenient than
h~srvtofore. with thirty.two pages. and
contains q large amount Of highly inter.
esting literary reading matter. including
the poem. oh. the Chinese Must Co..
in both English and Chinese; also. a
fac smile OF the original manuscript OF
Bret Harts's Heather Chinee." There
arc numerous illustrations. quaint and
peculiar. besides some pictures OF the
ancient days OF San Francisco. before
the gold discovery. Altogether. the Ar-
gonaut IL q first-class literary paper. and
reflects high credit upon its projectors and
conductors. The present improved form
shows evidence OF increasing prosperity.
and appreciation on the part OF the read.
ing public.
"Prauls has an illustrated heading.
consisting OF a peculiarly funny picture
Of a couple Of dOnkeys caressins each
other. The quaint saying aud reiiee-
tions OF Bisrcs scintillate with unwonted
splsndor. We give the following speci-
mems:
Kisses" observes q poet. ARE sips
OF the wine OF love" II Is royalty good
wine. too, but when q fellow brushes n
flask OF II with Susan ID. Anthony he
observes that the vintage OF lIiO Is q
shade too dry.
I once saw q cavalry soldier shot for
desertion. He was seated dstrids his
coffin. q black bandaee about his eyes.
his arms bound behind his back. The
officer OF the dring squad gave the com
mands "Rsady-aimf' aud q dozen
loaded carbines were leveled at his breast.
We heard him call out. up went the guns
and the officer was seen to step forward
and bend his ear TO the mans lips.
Then the officer stepped back. repeated
the commando. aud a second later ths
poor fellow was q thing Of shreds and
patches. "what did he say to you p
aftsrward asked the officer. Wanted
TO know II he couldn't have q saddle"
"My child. have you heard Of the diff.
ference between Mr.. James Q. Flood and
Mr.. Squire p. Dewey" "oh, yes. my
teacher, I know all about it. II Is a dli.
ference Of depth expressed in their
anne the one Is an inundation. the
other q dew swell answered. lad.
Now tell demonstrating these gentle
mems watsry names-can their quarrel
be Justly termed . naval engagement
81 have already well considered that
point. may 1t please you, and l think
not" "whyi'' because II IL were
an engagement Of any kind Mr. Dewey
would have broken IL long ago" els
there no other reason Why IL cannot
properly DO ~ callsdl" "Yes; those
words are already In use TO describe the
nature Of Mr.. Dewey's former eonnse-
ton with the bonanza-beiore Mr. Flood
severed the umbilicus." What -
Twas but q sudden pun-'hs gone.
Pray give me your arm, and let US leave
this place"