, 1879-08-09
SELLING a MIME IN WALL STREET.
The tnaaeeaf FROM Necada aud tlte SArescl
Operator Who Gare His. Adriee. y

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we'll known On the Comstoak, went cas-
to sell mine lying in the Pyramid dis
trict. He had . map Of the claim spe
its underground workings all done W
nicely in pink and blue ink, and it was a.
fine a piece Of drsughting as one would
wish to see. He took his maps, traps
and samples Of ore to New York and be,
gan to clay" fer customer.
Presently he fell in with 3 wealthy
Wall street n,anipulater, who got him or
a string, and wanted to get him a orsto-
mer on commission. "Now, look here, Old
man" said the Wall streeter, ayou are
from Nevada. and probably little green
IN the ways of the street. YOp will meet
some awful sharp men here. and you
must manage to be a triAs sharper or yes,
cant DO anything, Let me manage this
thing, and give me all l can get over ten
thousand for the mine,
The Neyadan agreed, and the New
Yorker took him into room and began
to give him some confidential ADVICE.
" Now, here's the way to manage this
thing. OF course, if YOU haye a really
good mine it won't be at all out of the
way to make it look big. Now, take this
map-it is good map, but it amt big
enough. We must show up some more
ore III get an artist to put In some
extra ore bodies just scatter them
through the mine like plums in a pud-
ding-and that'll half sell it. The buyers
will be sure to discover these ore bodies
afterward all the same"
"This don't look to me to be hardly
square" said the Nevadan, with deep
religious expression. I" want to sell
my mine on its merits. l never sold a
thing in my life on false representations
and I'm too old to begin now.
NOW, don't get riled old fellow.
You are not supposed to know what l
do Give me the maps and the ore and
let me attend to the business. You can't
be too tricky when you sell Iaine."
After considerable persuasion the mine
OWNER turned over his maps and ore
samples TO the Wall streeter. and that
astute operator went on his way. His
first step was to get an essay of the
samples, and they showed up $500 to
the ton. This set the New York chap
to thinking, and he went back to his
Nevada friend and asked him how high
the samples would run tc the ton,
swell, ! hardly want to say" replied
the Nevada innocent. guass them
samples you'Y got now are good for $50
or $40 ton. Of course l just took an
average from different parts of the mine.
l don't believe in picked samples. Such
frauds are bound TO come out sooner or
later, and as I've got more mines to sell
l concluded to act pretty square and get
q good reputation for lpsiness aa tAe
street
The New Yorker drew his conclusions.
and thought ii would he a sharp thing I'd
take that mine himself.
"Tyc found custorAsr, old fellow, he
said, ai.i eagerly drew a check for $40,
900. protesting to have found a customer
and made a neat tarn on commission.
=, Bring along sume more mines and iet
ne sell EN- for yvu, ne added. :" You
see have facilities which you have not.
Wen 20 around and fix up the deeds. .
The Nevadan took the check, folded II
up, and remarked:
Nov, l hope you've sold that ,!ne on
the square and not got too mnch tor 1t.
1t is worth $4,000 as fair speculation,
The two men parted for good couple
CT days afterward, and the New Yorker
came out last week with some experts to
visit the rich property he had so shrewdly
acquired. Arriving at Pyramid, he asked
for the Gold Run Consolidated
"No SUCH a inine," was the reply he
got everywhere.
" Great Cesar I've bought the claim
and paid $4,000 for it.
''Got bit, sure"
a man showed ME a map. Here 1t
is, aud the New Yorker pulled out the
map Which he had received from the sell
ler. 4 crowd of Pyramiders gathered
round him and laughed uproariously.
"That's Old Sawyer's work Oh, he
a smart one.
lust then Old Sawyer, tho foremost cit.
i2en of the district, and as innocent an old
mine owner as the coast ever produced,
came up and looked over the map.
"It amt correct, old hoss. he said, aa'
dressing the New Yorker. "Too many
ore bodies put in"
"But there's no shaft, no machinery,
no mine !" roared the man from Wal
street.
"W H." replied Old Sawyer, reflect
lively, al don't see how you can seour.
The fellows who bought it are the ones t.
kick. You got ? handsome COMMISSION
you know" oo,,
"But the samples run up to $500"
"Salted!"
":rm syindled :"
Don't You know you said E mar
couldn't be too tricky III sellln mine or
Wall street ;" inquired Old Sawyer, and
only true Christian, such as are reared
in PYRAMID district, can understand ths
feelings of pious eletien which Brotha1
SAWYER experienced as the gentleman from
wall street. accompanied by his experts
drove furiousIy off for Reno, blasting ths
blossoming sage brush along the route
with their fiery lapguage.-Vir. Chronicle
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CAUSES OF SulDEI pEAIH.-fery few O
the sudden deaths which are saad TO arls'
from diseases of the heart do really arlst
from that cause, To ascertain the real or,gIr
Of the sldGep deaths, an experiment va
tr;ed and reported % scientific congress- a
Strasburg. Sixty-siH cases OF sudden deatt
were made the subject Of thorough pas
r,ortem examination. In these cases only
two were found who died from diseases o
the heart Nine out Of slxty-s:1 had dlea
of apoulexy, while there were forty y-six cases
Of congestion of the lungs; that is, the lung
were 80 full Of blood that they eoald no'
work. not being room enough for sufficient
amount of air to support life. The causes
that produce congestion oi the lungs are
GnId M feet tight clothing, eostive bowels sit
t;us still until chilled, after Icing warmed
,IS 18th lsbor or a rapid walk, going too sud
denly from . close room into the ar. esEe
sislly aftes speaking. too hssty Eslk.Hg, o.
rnnniue TO catch train. ETC. These e3nse'