, 1880-01-02
Continuance Of the Break In the 0onstooks
---Bwooping-Awa Of Margtn-
Dealers.
0rer so,0O0,000 in Assessments tho
Past Year, md Less than S7,000,.
900 In Diyldenls.
Mines el Poughk.epsis uulth, IN Tho San luan
leslon.-Some Promising CAltagc
Enterprises.
Silver and Copper Deposits on the North
Shore Of Lake Superior.

THE CoMsrocK.
Sreetal Corsspn,.ir'et Of 1hf Chicago Tribune.
VIRGINIA CITY, New, Dec. 2@.-Still the brenk
continues. 1t Ia tryinE,-cs1lshinH. Every fnll
Ut dollar In tho leading stncks adds to the nn-
Der Of bankr,lpts. The brukera nppcnr 10 havo
been prrpnrci for tho emergency, md, with orc
exception, have weathcrctf the storm, SO fnr,
with flying colors. mt tht poor tuers by tho
wny-thuso who Ind stralned IMnt 10 buy, an,l
had arnlncd their margin to multiply sharCa-
hnve fnllen by hundreds. II Is wonderful thAt,
In tho faco of tho lust fifteen years experience,
thu poor Will still rIsk everything upon lnnrxin.
Year after ycnr We hnye l,,ltl these breaks. They
nlways tnko lis by R.irprtse; always come when
tho sIynB arc most promising, md nlways sweep
awny tho mnrBln-,lencrs like chaH before tho
wind. Yet the lcsson lB uuhcetltd, Az II tf1cru
were into4lcaton IN tho rlsk, tho bitten returns
aEnin to tho attnck, nEnin tn lose his little md
often much-necded beginning. Such Cases hnrtl-
ly deserve our pity; but for tho p'or innaconts
brought to suTer by this reckless gambling
;poor mother and helpless childrcn,-tho hcArt
must open.
Often brokers aro m,,ch to blamo for tho reck
Elcss ventures. Not IoNg nRo. when HferrN Ne
vadn was nelliug for sS0. Il po0r WOMAN who had
bought few ehurcs ut *a md doubled up ut
*4o ordered htt broker 10 sell. lie snnerinYly
t6all to her, You ttDn't deserve tu hAve my
thing, You hnvc no rervo." Poor creature!
Ehe Ind not" nerve" enough to bcnr the tnunt,
hut left tho stock (which she had dcnted herself
tho comforts Of life to hold with tho brnker;
a.d Inst week he sold her out ut 80. md lcft her
tering in that. broktr's Window, .Wrlppcd m
ulstcrs md rubes, ne a',d lts smiling wife sn
ning a he srec'h nr hs e nr o tis' wnrv "' v:m
S.s Sasscs disfcs W Tor I'D % mouth. >' ''' '
kcrs Most Il them 1" iii ii tGcr p"Wcr 10 si.ve
their customers without serious Injury to thctn-
selves. -........--
Tnoro Is re,uarsablo u sle' Sympathy among tho
Colnstock mines. AZ ot,e Kocs. thoy nil ~,
& aps nnsn S fns xs ss I tt U II g. f!;~ "a 81 it, t.
soes neh wrn hS TMey III scn ~ strIke II"
st onoo' "I md ttov ali VII Ut oneo. ~ '''Ao ~
a1Rin a.e sosSs noro Son ,ST en tor IL
stgko, Tho q stoeE sos ws %p the Sodels sn mako
'S % Il so eS s Il liz Gill Z
y sTsTti & alpnF ne s r5 ns TaS
4nto tos " the narS @ ,,,T ses' 9sa r. IN
brcax s VII Is r. rse Ws hnvs tho % mage NJ
ss;'t si G,o;t e tho %%e; 5 a,sety a @ ts IT, =;
MARKET N sia ''''f'o'''' "''o ''e' o'''A' "''"S '0
TSs 4, there are other eauses st work now Over
II ssessments % atrnR % thC past ~ year; nd less
tban f7.ooo. .oos has been disbnrsed III dividends
we, whwS so M oSeg eerprises; r mt hs
IN a,,ns,ors s ors hSa nn"y ,aan,,c r. frnis5
tn0rn nnW.rf,,l mnei,innry M rrt.nter t1ent hl.s
been attatned. A reuarkahlc cnse is TINT OF tho
InS 4ns Tn,s as 1 hss seS tsss t aSs cep.
%.S ths % ,ase6iSsry = @ nSS Ss!nx pnt Il p1acs;; e;
nost y tIo inoIey Sas gone; and nc Wy prom;
bs fnr to ks nss piS snen fetrs 9 sn0
It is different with most Of tho mines. They