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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-12-08
Opair.

VIRGINIA Orr, Dec. 9, 1870. l..
Weller. President: No work has been done
in the bottom Of our main incline during
the week. Tho vork Of cutting out the
$500 station 10 making good progress. and
will be sufficiently advanced BY Monday
next TO enable us 10 start q north drift
and resume work In the incline. This
drift will bs run through q own ground
to our northern boundary. and from there
through the Mexican and Union Consoli.
dated TO q connection with the Union
shaft, forming. when completed, the main
north lateral drift Of the level. On q
2400 level the west crosscut has been I'd.
vanced IS feet. and II o a36 feet from
ths station. The material passed through
IL . very favorable vein matter containing
streaks Of quartz giving low assays. On
our $500 level tho south drift has been id.
vanced 80 feet. making . total length Of
iis feet from the east drift. and continues
In hard. blasting porphyry. The joint
Mexican west crosscut on our north line
has been extended 50 feet. and 10 now In
l57 feet from the main north drift. The
material passed through continues . very
Manufacturing vein matter carrying
some low.grsde quartz. and shows marked
improvement a We advance. On our 2200
level the southeast drift 10 now In Is feet.
passing through . vein porphyry showing
streaks OF quartz. On q 2l00 level the
north drift In the Hardy vein has been ex.
tended 30 feet-total length from crssscut
No. I. $50 feet-and continues In low
grade ore. There 10 NO change to note In
our ore slopes. Our new pump rods are
In position up to the 500 station. The
foundation for the surface bob 10 com.
pleted, and We expect to start q pumps
by the Last Of next week.
W. Il. Parton. supt.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-12-08

VIRGINIA Crrr. Dec. 9. 1870. Z.
Wsiier. PSesidsrt. On our $500 level the
main north drift has been advanced IS
feet and 10 now In le9 feet from our south.
ern boundary. The material passed
through IL Q soft. birdseye porphyry. car.
rying heavy clay seams, the clay showing
some quartz and having IN easterly dip.
The Joint 0phir west crosscut on our
south line has been extended so feet, max.
ing q total length Of l67 feet from the
main north drift. The material passed
through continues . very fsvorable-look.
ing vein matter. which carries some low
grade quartz and shows marked improve
ment a. We advance. On q 1000 level
the Joint Union Consolidated west crosscut
ON our northern boundary line has been
advanced a feet. and 10 now In $50 feet
from the main north drift, passing
through Q vein formation somewhat harder
than at date Of last report. The Joint
Union Consolidated Wine has been sunk
and umbsred II feet and 10 now. ais feet
in depth. The bottom Of this winxe 10
nov in birdseys porphyry similar In APP
pesrance to that encountered In the main
north drift on our $500 level.
W. II. PATTON. supt.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-12-08
offlcIAl MINING LETTERS.

Tho following letters. under the dstes
given, have been sent from the Comstock
to tho principal Offices Of tho various com.
panies in San Francisco:
Usioa Cesselidassa.
VIRGINIA. CrrY. Dec. 6. lS7s.-Robsrt
Shsreood. Prssident: On our 1000 level the
Joint Mexican white on our south line has
been sunk and timbered II feet. making .
total depth Of 2l6 feet. The bottom Of
this WINE IL now In . birdseye porphyry
having . similar appearance 70 that
encountered In the main north drift In the
Mexican ground on their $500 level. The
Joint Mexican west crosscut has been
advanced 20 feet and 10 passing through .
vein formation somewhat harder than Of
date Of last report. On our $500 level
(Sierra Nevada 2200) the main south drift
has been extended IS feet, making . total
distance Of $50 feet south Of the Union
shaft, and continues In . favorable-looking
vein material. We have commenced .
north drift from the $500 station and Will
continue 10 In that direction 10 the Sierra
Nevada incline, interesting the ore slopes
AZ hat point. This will enable ~ 70 COM
msnce the extraction Of ore lying above
this level. On our 2400 level the east
drift hss been advanced "a feet. making .
total length Of 70 feet In ore. and contin-
ues to show good milling ore In the fsoe.
The face Of this drift II now 20 feet east OF
the east clay Of tho ore body. - exposed In
tho main drift from the Sierra Nevada
incline 10 the Union shaft, which at that
point had . course Is degrees east OF south.
A clay slip shows on tho north side OF the
drift. having . course 50 degrees south OF
east. which may DO the same clay exposed
In the main drift. We have extracted 46S
tons Of orc during the week and shipped
7s3 IONS to the mill. leaving $50 tons 10
our ore house. The Brunswick mill com.
menced the reduction Of orc on Monday
last. The work Of excavating the different
bob and tank stations In the Union shaft
Ia making good progress. but - that work
employs nearly al the hoisting capacity Of
the shaft 10 interferes materially with the
extraction Of ore. A that work progresses
and approaches completion the facilities
for handling our will be increased.
W. H. PATTON. Supt.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-12-08
NOTICE.

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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-12-08

Parties wishing ne to receive and deliver
their ffsight Will pesss direct shipper 70
marx plainly-"carsT q, Cold Hin.N
em THOMAS GALLAGHER
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-09-04
An Historical Table.

; The table Upon which Napoleon Ill.
signed the declaration of war by France
against Prussia at st. Cloud in July,
1870, has, been just added, with the
sanction, of the German Emperor, to the
Hohenzollerl1 Museum i'm Berlin. When
ST. Cloud was bombarded and occupied
by the German troops during the opera
tons against Paris, the table was saved
and taken in the first place to Versailles
and afterwards to Berlin. The. table is
round, about five feet in diameter, and
covered inthc center with green cloth ;
the outer rim Of the top being of ebony,
richly inlaid with mother of pearl and
various metals, and bound with an orna-
mental gold ring. Under the top of the
table are six drawers of the form of a
trtlncated segment Of a circle, and each
provideawah a1cunninglyl constructed
lock; the inner part Of the drawers be
ing Of mahogany, the outside Of quaint
/ W carved and inlaid another of pearl
BY the side of the, table stands an arm
chair covered with green leather, which
being faTOfite Chair of Napoleon Ill.
was sent to him at Wilhelmshohe.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-09-04
The Suicide City.

San Francisco may fairly be called
the q Suicide City, From 1860 to 1874,
the reported eases of self-destruction
averaged about 80 II year among the
white population. But i'm the latter year
the number suddenly jumped to 81, and
it has since reached 103. Comparative
statistics show that the proportion of su
icides to all deaths in San Francisco is
full three times as great as in New York,
although instances of self-destruction
are from various causes extremely fire.
quent in the latter city. The mania for
self-destruction in the chief city Of the
Pacific slope is attributed to the conse-
qAences Of the universal passion of the
population for gambling in mining
stocks. Suicides increased with the
growth Of the mining excitement, and
since the collapse of mining shares in
1877, over 200 persons have cut short
their existence with their own hands.
Taken in connection with the business
losses, crimes, suffering and disorders Of
the last few years, the above facts show
that the Bonanza mines have not proved
an unmixed blessing to the people of the
Golden State.-Bufalo Courier.
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BELLEVUE La, THURSDAY, sEPrEMBER 4, 1879. g7. IT.

of forest trees planted within the State
and kept alive. Under this stimulus
over 10000 acres of fruit and forest
trees have been planted, and there has
been remission of State and county
taxes to the amount of 100000. The
acreage of trees is about one-half of one
per cent. of the farming lands of the
State. A very considerable hole is made
in the tax income of the State, but the
loss will be more than made up in the
permanent advantages to the State.
Older States may find it expedient to
follow the example.
A SINGULAR incident is related by the
jacksonville Fla.) Union: A white
servant of family in that city had a
little boy who was very fond of Il mock.
ing-bird which used to sing near win
dow Of the residence. One day the bird
flew in; parties tried to catch it, but il
escaped through the window The child
would often ask to be permitted to &c
into this room to hear the bird sing. A
short time ago the child fell sick and
about the same time the bird ceased t.
sing. A few days afterward the child
died, and when the undertaken visited
the room where its body lay, the bird
flew. in at the window, and, after max.
ing a circle or two, dropped dead upon
the floor :.
A STRANGE case is that of young
William Blake of Monmouth County
New Jersey. Barely % years old, the
son of rich man, a young man of pure
life, member Of the Presbyterian
Church of Allentown, recently prom
ising and ambitious student in Princeton
College, he is starving himself to death
In his junior year at college a diseas.
manifested itself which has since beer
pronounced by the doctors to be I;
paralysis produced by a spinal affection
and incurable. On learning that he wa
to be IA cripple for life, the young maj
lost heart and hope, saying that deatl
was preferable to such life as lay be
fore him. He refused to eat any thin:
but toast, drinking tea without milk
This diet he kept up for two weeks. III
then obstinately refused to swallow an,
thing but water, announcing his purpos'
to starve himself to death. All the en-
treaties of the family have been unavail
ing. Although reduced nearly to
skeleton, he says that he is perfect,
comfortable, reads his Virgil, and chat
freely with those around him. "I meal
to die, and | will," he says. There is
streak of insanity in the blood, and th
fact is now recalled that one of youn.
Blake's grandfathers hanged himself.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-09-04
A Fortune in a Barrel OF Apples.

This is one of the ways fortunes are
made in Leadville, Col. A. Cohen was
one Of the spectators who went
there to look for a silver mine. His
money dwindled rapidly, until he had
only three dollars and fifty cents left. In
desperation he went to wholesale gro
cery and bought barrel of apples, pay
ing his entire capital on account, and
remaining in debt one dollar and fifty
cents. Then he set up a stand at a busy
street corner, and offered his apples for
sale at ten cents apiece. Before sun
down he had sold out, and was the pos
SCISSOR Of nearly thirty dollars. The next
day he had a larger stock in trade and
did equally well. In a fortnight he was
well-to-do man. His profits had been
immense. Now he has large fruit,
nut and candy business, and has store
full of assistants.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-09-04

q did, but don't mid asking you
once again Hew old are You ?''@sSa'
sa" "Old enoughstosmindamy@ewn sbusi-
ness, and to tel. other people. to mind
theirs. You VIII really do me a favor,
my friend, by asking nlesno more quess-
TONS ..a-.rx
The irrepressible seemingly setticdin-
to aaprofounel a. }, and i thought my
purgatory was ended. Vain thought !;
he came mp to the next round, smiling.
EyarsLecturing's yeur. trade, ain tit? You
make your bread and butter by it. don't
you?''I' - 9' Ss' ~ aF>''PS r 'A'''''S t'@ > .
'g My Observation-Disclosures sersedfor
aWeii, now, 10 slf' al Hsrist That comes q to
YOUR mil, H,tiiena One fellevism stamps
ares good : as .an9ther's, hey?pw
fSs am forced to admit it:&S ss@A
s5s.N .NeH, now,1' growing emphatie and
dragging out some greasy looking bills
and currency, . look here You'll
never lecture in our town.ssIt's too
darned small. But I'd like to hear what
I YOU can do when your steam 3 up.
! tliought1 L get a. free blow out but
reckon you, wern't born yesterday got
| your eye-teeth cut. There's {; dollar
III that paysyeu for a good square t;tlk
and all the fiXens?''
| make it manifest to him that il ,etslt t
and hold my peace once mere. sa
"What! not for a. dollar? Well, then
it's pretty steep, but don't iniihl JUS
for once going t,oo dollars.',,s sssSf
Not even for ten dollars, can bs
wound up and made to go, and liis'for
bearanee is exhausted .-e.y7 xsgssssEs z
You don't mind my telling you thai
I think you're pretty considerably mucf
ION the make !? 7 i never did see You
beat. You won't be sociable, and YOU
won't make a square trade!8 You ri
not the woman for sny stamps, i put
ting back his unwashed currency. g
wouldn't talk to you ffAwcH, I'dAas lie
talk to q STONE wall Perhaps you &
like your own company?n /,
And as l did not contradict him, h,
4 gathered himself mp, oseleoat and all
and replanted himself for slow roas
by the fiery dragon Of a stove. sS
1 But, evidently, he bore me no NAH &c
for, getting out at a lumber town in th'
woods, he paused and said, sif !o,
ever shoald speak any ywhere round, III
come to hear you. -
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-09-04

The perfection of lazy ease has at last
been attained by The invention Of Il new
self-operating swing. saa
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/. .% - :

Qu1N1NE has gone up SINCE tie duty
has been taken off. Two or'three nans
ufaeturers have done this, but the price
viii probably come down as soon as COM
petition can reach the market gss~f
, 1879-07-23

Han frANctkfn t!H. . -.-..
In tie latter part uf May lust dispatches Mero
received ju Tits city from Berlin VIA kuw York
to tic effect That rroi. SorAeusk}o }od, Lbs swsa-
tsh explorer, had esrapcd frnM' the Airllc Ocean
way l,otIlu In thu Vega ya Slitz Cahal. Since
tl,at tt.lIc no con,lsuAtory reports hare G1a1 to
haui Of his arrival III Japan, a1l.l many. believe
that ho Haa not seen upun tho Siberian eeust
kight oi lis vessel. Lnlu Stockholm povers,
received Ut the nicn OF tho Alaska Fur Cou'.
pauy, ,n this City, nuke. clear what ilas hessla-
ioru bcra s.lruudtd In mystery. Fha
jir.t dispatch Is trutn Gov. Srhamarlh.
vi Siberia, tu gcntletsnn In Ut.
Petersburg. dated Ut l1klntsk. stating .hat
hv tus icticra from NorirnshjolA to il'e elect
that GU The 18th Ut September, 1878. le was
caught III TIC tcs, tn lalltuds u drgrues ntin-
usrs North, longitude III ivgEcvs u mtnutcs
west, uuLtu uca to uls Bl,utG. ELd tnat as II was
, 1879-07-23
THE COURTS.


Prince Albert Jonos 0nts Out-A Quror
IIabeas Corpus Ca4o-Juigmehts Ind New
sult..
Thc hearing Of the Prince Albert Jones habeas
.o,pao p 1ass"te @ t,es's .o@'a So, 1.nnau I.a.a
before Judge RoccFa. SAMUEL johnson, James
Brown' a's. Jones, ue Mes' It. =. nooto' ana
c,i,ed mot 10 tallr. mi thc .,udqo then NH, th.t
e'aea "1t W 'a's; "'. ',s ,uuso 'nsn 'au IVA,
he made up his m'nd Monlia5 afternoon, ahd
l'aa seen nothing sl,ss to lead him to change It.
mea u a4o AZ a,s,, @ s faso awe sweart9 n, % IN th.
IT, "' .ha n.a.s,.,.,on - ,v,s ~ ~ ha,,.rn5 s*
a, a. '"a ptos'su''on wn9 70 oe.'eSeu'
e euG"t ". 70 uS us over %soona ea
bo acquitted But he did not think the prisoner
ought 70 80 1rcs, as a' . .'e Iac's ,laa psooanly
, @ prisoner ts oss would o BE- convicted aa Of aS % a
.pnnslauehter, II Of that. The ball was then
fixed ut s5. QUO, and. s,tcr waiting n while, the
Judge went home, promising to come down and
approVe *thc oa''-no"l "neh u Tas reauY.
ts'neo staycu ~ uie couFt'1oom WILL apouta
touud my onu wl'u was willing TO 40 suro.y tur
n'tn' aha ne was naen n'oseoeu uaeh 70 JAIL
ANOTHER AAnEAs CORPUS GAZE.
day tit tl.p Circuit Court by =. II. Webster, uI,d
to tells ratlcr odd story OF tile way BY came to
oe . oenMla us pe.s. A. sces t!.a1 10 fe9suary,
do.o, ~ sanSea ~ - yu ~ an 0eosEo
rsssS , o sn9ore dns,i ~ i1nss ar, near
srvriai dars, but before II wns conc1ndcn the
Justice very cuolly went on to Cleveland,
leaving word that tho parties must agrco
on d continuance. This tho defendants
refused 10 do, mud the case was necessarily
dropped. They tllcn Turned around nni began
suit for malicious prosecution aGatnst Web
ater. In due time ha il!e1 h!s p1s'i, but IT was
1nlslatd, and tho plaintiffs, attorney took DE-.
fault, and entered up judgment fur $500. Az
soon ns he heard Of It, Webster nadc a motion
to have tho 1udGmont sct astde, Judge MEAL
AsFtf, AhEt usu TX. es .Aets' saa .ne 1ues Meut
s "as su"s sn.s H. H.. a.;i ,et ~, t. ;a -, 1
Aau 0onc ", ~ egn wv ~ @ ~ a''"et .ae nnm'
eVcT, Auvlssu tle"Ey o1oWut Mc Haili-
| tilts' attorney, TO bgrea to have It set
aside, as tho Appellate Court would
| at onco rovcrse tho Judgment If appealed.
| urowp, however, rcluscd to allow this, but
| pro1niscd no execution should he Issued, lie.
however. fnIled to kecp his wurl. and a canins
Ag"1Iest sA'eN ~ Aosp I.4o "o.Nt t"4 S~p'as
, 1879-07-23

SO carly in the season, "ho had hopes u getting
through Behring's Straits mil reaching homo,
via the auex Cxnaf, hetoto EprfnG." This tcle-
gram has never been correctly given before, tnl,
In srauslattng It, what the Professor Eivcs as
"houc - II rendered as n fact. The very latest
In regard to the whereabouts Of the Vega comes
ID q st. Petersburg papcr. It f. dispatch
from GOV. schamnr1n, dated 1rksnlAk, ]inf W,
stating ho had letter from Prof.. Sor1cnsktotJ,
informing bin tl,at he had drtfted down tho
coast some distance, and was, At the sitne OF DIS
patching this messenger, located about 1D miles
10 tho westward Of East Cape., lie had plenty
that be should work his way out safely With
tho brcaktne-up Of the leo this sprng. This
situation OF the Vega confirmed The report
brought to this port BY Capt Campbell, Of lie
wha1ing-bark Normhn, which lett 81. Laurence
Bay on tic I'D Of October. who stated that
party of natives had Just conlo In who said they
had seen the spar Of a stap near the shore at
about That point. 1t isa little singular That
such mtsconcept!on OF Goy. Schamarin's t'rss
dispatct a has beeu pointed out should havo
mfsled The entire neuspaper press, ard hafc
served q tcrt for 80 many brilliant edltoflals
On Prof. Nordcnsdkjold's wonderful! !oyaga
from the Atlantic TO tic Pacific, VIZ behring's
strafts In Single season. The probability H.
that the Vega will have worked her way OUT
before the 1eannettc arrives in the Arctic: and
eytn now she mar he Oil her way to Japan.
, 1879-07-23

OF Nm illuatrstcd lecture by Prof. II. g. Cnrhart
on the subject Of LIGHT, which proved very A.
tyActf7o md loalructvc.
TODAY
the programme will consist Of the usual e1er-
ciscs, with trcturo In tic forcnu',, BY the Aos.
X. l.. pBshicl, y. H., on From Front md SNOW
to Fruit al.l flnwera y; ono n the afternoon ~
Sunday sclool IN the Culture Demanded by t'c
State atl lecture in t,e aranli,0 by ftoi. ~
8. Jewell, N. H.. OH "1he Dfnin "a t!,c ansar sa,'s
mcnt Of Thought and Fccli1lg." % ottFae''o"s'
, 1879-07-23

All babies ara dlu1lnutlrc Caaars, since they
COMO, tAev sce thuy conqubr, sometimes by thels
ou4 crying, induced BY coic, tcalh!ug, naIu-
leucc, etc. lii. Hu1ls !'aby Syrup, br IL Gsuttu
yet specific influence. qutets tho little onus with.
0ut producing The least FURIOUS effect Itlce.
rs ccnl4 botttF.
, 1879-07-23

There II chasM about an eIetunt sft Of teeth,
giving beauty to tbs face. Brow u's CHmpholutet1
sYpunacceua llcntifr!ca has never failod 10 pro-
dues thla charm. - cents.
, 1879-07-23

Mrs. WInatow's Soothing syrnp for. children
teetllnF gEeattF facilitates the prDcess of tcctin2
hy soflcntng Tho gums and ailayng all innaumas
t1pn. :!G cents. Avoid tn,ltatl0ns.
, 1879-07-23

..- -.--- PERSONAL.
In III column. three Hne# nr ksa. y cents PER In.
str1ton. Each adduianaih hH<. II csnts
11EHsOHAL--J. MICH. i7J ALL HIGHT. Av.
, 1879-07-23

Iv)N bALE-FuHHlruuEr AND PIANO, 0P y.
tuvni liot!At; pa.t clfa. Adltt.s u. It'"ahc
xI7dSIEn-AS ulL.3Tnvl!.. LITTLE tsEn; PIE,
1 rflUuub ILL.,,
, 1879-07-23

IN thl column, lArtk Nrss ttss. y csHs PR In
ssriton. Each additional ltns IN rtnt4.
, 1879-07-23

Dutosss's Cocosiua tweuty years a fsyorits,
, 1879-07-23

TNR. KHAN, j73 Ct.A1kK b.. CIilCAGD-CHS8tll..
lJtItlun tfec, p.FtA,aaly ur bf letter. ~ Glfotu
male and female ul,rAa.t Cutcl Tarran!eH Fl!s1t
iilltstrsel bIuk rAtat; bl aKsA fE4lIlfulit uuluf
pisscripllons fuF VII tiseasc. Ftts. u. Iosspalt
nj l!A l1Gillss CLkMEhT. oFF!!E e. h,,ut!l
Ali tculaIS runIp1atu!. quickly SNr.1.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-08-23
What saoo Did in Wall Street,

August 10, 1873, a Philadelphia Gus
toner, wrote Messrs. Lawrence & Co.,
Bankers, n. Y; "Dear Sirs: Yours con-
tanning remittance for 81, 1925, as pro-
fits on my 200 shares, is received. Ac-
cept my thanks. for | am very well sat
isfied. You may use this letter. /
would recommend every one who feels
disposed to speculate to send for your
circular. This is but one instance out
OF thousands, by which the new CoMBI-
NATION SYSTEM OF operating in stocks
enables people with large or small capt.
capital to make similar profits. BY this
excellent plan, the orders OF thousands
of customers from city and country are
pooled into ONE IMMENSE SUN and CO.
operated as a MIGHTY INDIVIDUAL AC-
COUNT. Each member of the combina-
ton secures all the advantages of the
largest capital united with unexper-
fenced skill. Profits divided monthly;
$40 invested returns $50, or 5per cent.
on the stock, SIS will make $50, and so
on, according TO the market. Messrs.
Lawrence & Co.'S new circular mailed
free) has two unerring rules for sue
cess" and explains everything, so that
any one can operate proftably. All
kinds OF Stocks and bonds wanted. New
Government loan supplied. Apply to
Lawrence d Co., Bankers, 81 Exchange,
y. Y. CITY.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-08-23

dress, are moro frugal even than their
fathers, are not women becoming more
aristocratic and exacting? We do not
saw that they claim more than they de-
serve, but do not they expect and ask
more than the men who ought TO be their
husbands can give, and is there not on
this account Just now great pinch IN
the marriage market? Sterner censors
might say that American women are
asking for the emancipation and the
dash OF their French cousins, without
helping out, as those cousins do, the
means to pay the bills. There is way
out OF this difficulty, we trust, without
giving up our American birihright OF
honest love.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-08-23
A Happy Family

From the Detroit Free Press.
The other evening at nine o'clock q
policeman found family OF five persons
and two old trunks under a shed near
the foot of Second street, waiting to go
up the river on wood barge which
wouldn't leave until the next forenoon.
The man had both hands pressed to his
face, the woman was wiping her eyes on
a handkerchief and all the children were
squalling.
'"What seems to be the matter?" in
quired the officer, as he halted among
them.
ooh, nothing much" answered the
man. "Ive got the jumpin' toOthache,
hut il allus Stacks up on me about mid.
night"
"What ails your wife,"
"Oh, she's kinder tired out and ner-
vous, but rs soon as she gets good rest
for her back agin the wood-pile she'll go
to sleep and forget all about it. She's
all right, she is"
"But the children are crying" contin-
ued the officer.
"Yaas, kinder crying" replied the
man, but that's nothing. That boy
Augustus Caesar he wants a stick ofgum,
but he'll soon chaw himself to sleep on
silver. The next one, Charles Henry,
he's howlin' cause | won't buy him a
rockin' horse, but soon's | git time to
spank him he'll cnrl down and go to
dreamin' of angels That gal, Minerva,
has got her mouth made up for fried
cakes and milk, but I'll give her a bite
OF pork and bread from the trunk and
she'll never know the difference. We
are kinder sprawled out here, and We
seem TO be kinder afflicted, but We are a
regular happy family.