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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-03-11
AssIssNINfs LIVIEb.

NEW YORK MINING CONPAHX.
IN Location Of principal place Of business
San francisco. Oilifornia.
Location Of works. Gold Hill. Storey county
Nevada.
Notice 10 hereby given. that at . meeting Of
the Board OF Directors. held on the nrst list.l
DAY OF February. 1881, an assessment mo. ~
Of Ten Cents u0c) per share was levied up0n
the capital stock Of tho corporation. payable
Immediately, In United States gold coin. 70 the
Secretary, ct the once Of the Company, Room
8, No. s11 Pine street (Ssn Francisco stock and
Exchange Buildingl, Ban Francisco Caltfornta
Any stock upon which this assessment snau
remain unpaid OF SATURDAY, the 9Th day OF
March. 1881, win be delinquent, and adver.
Used for sale at public auction. and unless
payment u made before, win DO toid on
SATURDAY. the twenty.sixth tf6thl DAY OF
March. 1881, 70 pay the. delinquent assees,
ment, together With cost Of Advertising and
expenses Of sals.
By order Of the Board Of Directors.
d. L. THOMAS, Secretary.
0niee-Room 9, 8. r. stock and exchange
Building. No. al Pine street Ban Francisco
POsTPONRMBNT.
The day Of delinquency Of the abovepamed
stock 10 postponed 10 March 18th. 1851. and ths
day Of sale 70 FRIDAY, April 9Th. 1851, at the
same hour and place.
" D. L. THOMAS. Secretary.
Omce-Room 3. 9. y. stock and Exchange
Building, No. s27 Pine street. San Tranciseo,
Caiifornis. marc
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NAVN NJ
u Mining Company.-Locstion Of principal
place OF business. San Francisco, CALIFORNIA;.
Location Of works, Tirginia Mining District,
Storey county. Nevada.
Notice 10 hereby given. that as . meeting OF
the Board Of Directors. held 90 the seventh
(7th) day Of March. 1881. an ssseesment
(No. iD Of One tSlI Dollar per share va levied
upon the capital stock Of the corporation, pay.
aba immediatsly. In United States gold coin. 70
the Secretary, 1t the ONCE Of the Company.
Rooms 3 sndl uecond hoor). No. 700 California
street.. San Francisco. California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid on the eleventh ulthl day Of
April, iSd, win b delinquent, and cd.
verified for sale ct public auction, and unless
payment u made before win b sold on
N0NDAY, the SECOND C7dl day Of NAY,
1881, to pay the delinquent sssessmsnt. to.
gsther with costs Of advertising and expenses
J. \; s%uTfIsoToH sscrsts.Z;,
Odce-Hooms . ana Z, aecoad eoof, % O4u-
foruia sfrest. 6au Hrancisco. Ca1ifpguta, 10
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ORDINANCE NO. ll6.

An ORDINANCE to- satherizs the 10.
ssasce 81 a Hesd for a: r.ryese or
x,ss'iss pss' o. 'ss Town Of Geld
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-03-11
HONrIDENCE SILVER MINING
~ COMPANY = Location Of principal place

CONFIDENCE uINhNd
~ COMPANY. - Location Of principal place
Of business. San Francisco, California
Location Of works, store, county Nevada.
Notice 10 hereby given, that 81 . meeting OF
the Board OF Directors, held on the twelfth
day OF February. 1881. IN assessment mo. III
OF Fifty Gents (s0c) per share was levied upon
the capital stock Of the corporation, payable
Immediately, In United states gold coin, TO
the Secretary, at the ONCE OF the Company,
Nc. al California street, Ban Francisco. Gall
fornN.
Any stock upon which this assessment shAll
remain unpaid on the eighteenth Qathl day
Of March. 1851, Will be delinquent, and
advertised for sale at pubic auction. and
THURSDAY, the seventh 7th day of
APRIL, 1881. 70 pay the delinquent assess.
ment. together With costs OF advertising and
R. wRaENER, Secretary.
Ofdce-No. <ii California street, ban Fran.
cisco, California. fei4td
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-03-11

lxPoar OF owS cLxlK.
To the Honorable Board Of Trustees Of
the Town Of Gold Hill-9entlemen The
following 10 my report for the quarter
ending January 81. 1881:
Amount Of warrants issued. ....$S,67o 81
Al follows
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Passed Juns 7th, isso.l
TIE BOARD OF TsusrEzs OF GOLD

TINE BOARD or TRUSTEES OF GOLD
/ Hill do oIdAin,
BEG. /. The President and Clerk Of the Board
OF Trustees Of the Town OF Gold Hill ars here
By authorized and required 70 isrus one Bond
Of the Town Of Gold Hill IN the sum Of Five
Thousand Dollars United States gold coin,
bEo. .. The aid Bond shsll Be In such form
- the Presidsnt and Clerk Of said Board may
prescribe, and shall be 10 the eject that The
Town Of uold Hill 10 bound and holden aud viii
pay TO the holder q said Bond The sum Of
meney named therein on the fifteenth day Of
Oetober nett. With interest thereon ct the
nate OF one per cent. per month, United
states god coin. Interest payable quarterly.
bso.S J. Ths money received from the sails OF
aid Bond shall b used for the purpose Of
paying On the aoatiug dsbt Of the Town OF
sso. Z. This Ordinance 70 take e0set and b
In force from and aftsr its passage and one
weeks publication In the 0oLD HuL DALy
NEW.
L. T. FOX.
Prssidsnt Of the Board OF Trustees Of he Town
Of Gold Hill.
Attest; ". q. HIDE. Clerk Of the Board.
On motion Ordinance No. lle, e rSsd. vas
passed By the following vote,
APES Trustees Mercer. Dauchy. Lsmsry.
2courdy and President Tox.
Q. Arpl. Clark Of The Board.
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e70 A WEEK. Sis . Day q hone eddy
e ~: Getty ousas frss. Aaassis 1xss
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ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
Scorpion Silver Mining Co,
ASSESSMENT NO. Q.

0E0. r. ePInNKX. SECRETARY.
omes-Room q, No. 30 Pine sns.t,. ban
fraasasso' osiiornia. MA
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an.r,.r,, sspsrs. Of rsw. one.r..

The following quarterly reports Of
town officers were read. and on motion
were referred to the Committee on
Finance:
lx1oRr OF rowN rRxAsrlrl.
To the President and Honorable Board
Of Town Trustees-9entlemen: I here
with submit my report for The quarter
ending January 81. 1881:
DR..
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-03-11
Union CONSOLIDATED Silver

omos-Room Il. No s1s Montgomery street,
San francisco. California
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-07-01

Miss Mary Anderson has rece,vea
. proposition 70 appear this season ~
prury Lane. London, but has not 40
Mr. W. D. Howells has agreed q
write for Mr. Lawrence Barrett AZ ORIG
inal play founded on incidents II early
Colonial life.
Says the London Nems: "Ameri-
can literature has now become NJ "a
English that II has supplied IL with
more household words than the litera-
ture Of any other country except
Louis Kossuth. who Is now living
IN Italy with his unmarried sons. Z
quoted as saying; ~ am literally man
without country. vet what man ever
loved his country moreY' In letter
70 correspondent Of the Boston Tran
script he speaks pathetically OF y NV
dear native land. alas! not my home.h
There are four descendants OF Will
lam Penn now living in this country--
DIR. Penn Gaskcll SkilIeon--wh0 still
receives from the Pennsylvania Trust
Company his income from the Penn
estates n ireland Colonel Peter Penn
Gaskell Hall, and two boys related 10
the Penn family through their dead
mothers.
II 50 happens that five Southern
writers will have articles in the July
Scribner, including Mr.. Cable, MIR. Har-
rs (uncle Remus), and Mr.. William
Murfree, who furnishes the text for
an illustrated paper on The Mjssissip-
pi Levees." 1t will be popular de-
scripflye article, with little to say about
engineering questions.
AS q recognition Of the generous
dispensed by Sir Edward
Thornton and his family during the
thirteen years he has been British Min
ister in Washington, and Of the active
part they have always taken in local
charities, tbs said that citizens or WASH
ington will give them q complimentary
entertainment before they finally re-
move from the city.
"A German critic. discussing the
tendency Of his conntrymen to exhaust
ans subject that they study or write
about, and at the same time to exhaust
themselves and their hearers, gives
some amusing illustrations OF the wav
he theologians Of the fatherland have
aborcd upon the Bible. Thus Prof.
Haselbach. Of the University Of Vienna.
ectured twenty-five years upon the first
chapter Of Isaiah, and had not finished
shen death surprised and carried him
III. Chancellor Ulrich Penziger, OF
ribingen, gave 312 university lectures,
covering period Of four years, upon
be prophet Daniel. then lectured TWEEN
y-iive years on Isaiah, giving 1900 Leo
ures, and then. taking up Jeremiah,
inished one-half Of him in seven years
md 459 lectures. At that juncture, in
'is eightieth year, death ended his
achievements.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-07-01

The Faure battery continues 10 az
tract attention il France and England.
"A correspondent Of the London Times
tells how he carried box or the stored
10 electricity from Paris ~ GLASGOW.
HI saws: A Faure battery. Or piie7 NY.
ondsirc. Wa CHARGED with the electric
fluI6 direct from The ordinary Grove
battery and n nv presence. The re-
ceptacle consisted 81 four Faure bat
teries, each about five inches diameter
and ten inches hich. forming 4 cvl;n-
drical leaden vessel. And confaininr IL
ternafc sheets II metallic lad and min
ium wranned IN fat ana rolled into =
spiral wetted with acidnlafed water
Aid the whole placed n ! sonare wood'
81 box. measuring about one cnb;c FAT
ana weichinc some SEVENTY five nounds
This was nrofected ~ I joose wooder
cover through which fbe elecfrodes IN
Iead) protr1ded. Ana were aattened
down for convenience ~ transnort.
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When il comes to descending :
ladder. the bravest Of rs generally back
down. - Philadelphia Chronicle.
-. Longfcllow wears his frock coat
buttoned to the chin" The question
nov Is who sewed that button on tie
poets facial extremity? Louisville
L0urier-Jonrnal.
BE good little girl" said Edith
70 her younger sister; "you mustn't
ask for second piece OF cake. Il isn't
good tor little girls. Beside" she add
ed. ~ want it myself. 80 Boston Tran
script.
"A correspondent should always
make Il a point 70 add to newspaper
communication. III too long. please
cut down to suit yourrelf.n This rcas-
sures the editor and suggests q way out
Of possible difficulty which might
never have occurred to him. Rochester
Democrat.
MA" exclaimed the boy. gazing
down into the back yard. where the
young lady next door was talking to his
sister, .scome and look At the bonfire.n
She came and looked and then ex-
claimed; my son. that isn't bonfire;
that's . spring bonnet. - Brooklyn
Eagle.
Prof. Atwater says there il no
more brain food in fish than in butchers
meat; but he does not account for the
superior intelligence OF men who are
able TO make their wives believe they
catch all the fish they bring home
after protracted wrcstle with draw
poker on land. ~ q. Ricayunc.
A tramp writes to the Providence
journal Of his profession as composed
sof men who 20 from place TO place
through the country, gathering and dis
seminating, Of course, great amount
Of useful information. relying mainly
upon the public hospitality Tor their
maintenance. never wearing
out their welcome by long sojourn il
one place, never interfering in politics,
carefully and conscientiously abstaining
from all agitation Of the labor question
II any Of is phases"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-07-01

The late DR.. Coleman was once trav-
cling in the early wilds Of Ohio. and en-
tering hotel, called for dinner He
noticed, upon sitting down at table,
there was q glass OF whisky beside his
plate After eating, he paid his bill. The
landlord charged him for the whisky.
But" said the worthy doctor. II
have made no use Of Il. and never do"
"It was there and you could have had
Il; YOU must pay"
4 Very well. said the doctor.
Some time after the doctor was there
again, and before eating. he placed his
beside his plate. After
eating, when paying his bill, he brought
ia charges for medicine.
But" said the host, ~ have not
had any"
"Ah. but you could have had IL; Il
Wa On the table.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-07-01

liz &1Nt - 800 &<tHH A. - <t4f-
On. listen % me brakeman, through al the
A. ,hsr sisis ~ ~ he wheels bars The whIrlinr
How shss'il, he bangs the door whrn anybody
How shse,faIly insoihe ditch shel lazy sramphe
And when you reach NJ station. how Justify be
~Lone SPAR l. what he says. but .Loxans-
port he means.
ne burning cinier a. your eye awakc< you
from your mp.
Ana Cedar q. . Msg'as must be nigh yon hear
dis merry shout flows on ard on. and near the
You slow into : batavia : and hear him shrek
Ana when Il noon he hollcr- -K'loo<- you
think ~ some place new.
Duf when you reach the station itsonly 4 kai-
amaxoo."
broad. fair land
No matter what the brakeman says. you win
not understand
Ap' ~nen e. e. s s5r'ss' , ssa ana
You have q guess II ~ Hopkins" Or
"Isbur: ebay can Pass Eoinneast hay twent
How 40 YOU know from what DC saysit's PITTS
burzh that you're inf
Oh. the wasted English language THAT ne Stays
without sigh
On. the stations where you want 20 stop. but
where you're carried by.
-Dah.r Ne calls a oneida" and when they
hear his shout.
The passenrcrs for Buda' IN haste 20 scram-
bling out.
And then % shc conductor, In accents plain
and clear.
From BIZ station AZ the steps he shouts dis
tinctly: ALL RIGHT HARE
Bsrd<ii<. "a Ha.rlsep,
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~ xvh.t c1..s 10 c,,,l..~, ..-<.-,,...
n.,'o~.,. T.,,. ..-.S .,..',, 1870
,.',,,.d -. y, ~, -, 49, 49, nnse
ir,'.'. ~. ~. ~ L:-s- $50 ~. 49, 5 ~
...'.,' ~ ..' .' oHe. ,'no
~ ...>..,J - III ~ $50 80,
/. l.~.-, +. ,,o.,..x - l....i' - L''s 49,
an ssorr 49, III ,o,se.ssd ,..,a,,' $500
si,v.., ~. ,-:,h;, .i''.i...,,.,,. ~ ~ -
th.se who 49,. .,.,..' ha,,;@S 1870 III. =,
$50 f.,S:r - ..,- ':,.'s,,.s s..,~ '.. ''''1
.aj ~, $3.50 sn 49, a~a;
81. - .n,.., y, ,n.s 'er =. -. 7 ra1
t;np oca .fse,nnc, ssa n",,. N ~ W.
s,ocd n ~. Ic|.r ~ - .'sn s''a
bare hesd ma .rms .l;mho Gus, e.. r 81,
snsd mns,e.;.~ Z, ha-s.iS. ~ ~ ~
f.;lci - 49, 1870; ~, 80 ~
nj ths r,.,r;ra 49,. v 80,
,rr,'.,,h -. $3.50, . 49,. -se' u'- a's :.
49, 4, ~, ~. $500 u r.. ~. .'''
49, =, $500. ., I'D. = .uo 49, :. me
~. ..>'..,S 49,, ~ neI s'gn'nean'
lrh.vr,;.c 80. "; ~ NJ piace
eaas ~ 'ssaI n, 49, nSn.- .ne
re,,r<' ..'n- .u. 49, 49, ~
M olI fc.,,s Th. iasP' . s.,',:,r
Iar.. 49,. 'la: -s
Ia.en' many windows gone Not far
away was m old horse. his skin like
sanron-coiored calico, half bleached
ana notified ~ .age- Skulking under
10 be made Ont II ! h;f u IN 1870.
stun lefs over fran IN. No. ~ -, ss,"s
tanker dog 4 lane n.-rc -, ~,
lesS,y trying g strengthen . harness A.
Ieaay more 81 rope than 81 leather;
anu these were al the living creatures
Y s'ght except me woman She was
about for'y-ive Years old. 20 tall and
o'g ooned IN body. 80 Yankee hating in
soul: she had more than once threat
ened Disguise and an irregular join
lng "a the Confederate army. Her
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-07-01

"a Georgia paper says that : law
against smoking on the street Is still
on the statute book Of many States, and
h Of opinion that Il should be enforced
against Notwithstanding school bovs
under sixteen.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-07-01

/ I.411I ~
knew The wild love AMI ~ MA ~.
| both there ~ the heart ~ III s.,,,,
ugly lcb.
Tb;. d.v th.,. h.a ,.n.. .,-
near h.r hn,,. r. ~. 1919
I hidden n IN. wo1.J' ~ W" wv - I,
ana f<.~,h y. 1870 s .'..I' o.'n
..n.,So.1 - ~, "."r}
~. c,,:d ,..,,..h y. 49, tna'
ters went TIM ~orst W.. o~ 49,,
al b.r. th.t III s'.ns 49,; -P1 81. \
Wa her country. her ward II nv ~
Nv 49, NM, 80 ".'u ana she
~ss,c. ~ ~, $3.50 s,'o " ven
ei,hongh !, 80 'n~,a;u '"nn Is. s1'ei'
h.rt<.-t. y -. ..'n sa.'r'1c..on ~
20 ,thers' sons jsy Je.d = '' y
~ .be wc,t ,hr'r',h ~. ..11a. ...
~ "c'' ,nr'u3n 'ne woods. Out
across anotber match ~ eo-as, 49, -.
along IL e.I~e wberc !, st;e,ea ~
highway. The snn - now dow,, ~
II was yef lioht Sra s.r rosnv str.. ~.
glers. heard there b,d heen |. h~:.7
indeciSiye f;rhf win sm.ii 49, ~ ~
either s;de She d;d M shnw har,a,t
Indeed. .he h.d ~ d.r,;,. s,.;s... i,
view. ~ h,d ~ thonght - 9s'., ~.
son amonc ~ deal S.ne,;mas ~. ~
questioned wounded confeJer.ts ~. ,.s,
dicrs. hoping for news Of him 81 Ill
comrades; but to-day she heard that
the wounded had been carried AWAY IN
the field. stopping in the thicket. a
short distance from the scene OF action.
she felt no curiosity 70 60 further. The
horrid details were familiar by this
time manylcd bodies. fallen horses.
broken Weapons -she knew exactly how
y ~ looked.
Heated BY walking fast in the sn'try
mr. that betokenei Quick-coming
thunderstorm. Deb pulled Oh her sun
bonnet and leaned against tree. The
sun had left iurid red low in the west.
The rest Of the SKY was rapidly dark
cn'ng. while the thunder was not unlike
the duilcd cannon roar ali the morning
cchoing in her ears. The only other
sound for few minutes was the patter
81 raindrop on some near leaf Then
there came from lust behind her \
grosn--a long moan of "Oh, mother!
n mother On God OF my mother.
comfort ner.
deborah sprang forward ~ il struck.
then slowly turned and crept back,
STOPPING 20 part the dense leaves.
mere. where ne had dragged himself:
lay bcy-in blue A man they called
him. no doubt. when he first put on the
gay new uniform; but where bis face
WAS nnblackcned il was fair and beard
less, while the powder-scorched hair
CURED crisp and brown about the tenn
pies a. Dep tore apart the branches
ne opened ms eyes and saw her lean
.nk o'er mum eyes, Out growing
y mos broke my heart % leave
',;nJ IL. NM sou y ns- -"nen ns
~ . 1 I. Z ,''an ses,nsu
49, 49,; ~. ~ 1917 motner'
80, M ' lo'her' motn-
1913; ~ no'y woru rom heaven no ago
1911 c.y rom neil could have 50
-ttiItl Thai woman soul ~ the long
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you help me ~ her? LIS away off
in-
Yes she answered. rruiIly. "Do
pear 10 b. lying?''
The tax Ia MA undertake., ,,;...
mot he easv nv d;o;c,,Is;e- ,..d. ~
4 defiant. Al the first iolf ~ thc IA =, u
the Young man ceased ~ sneak ma
soon ceased ~ oroan They MAJ s.v 49,
eral people alone fhs road. some I no.,
I to Deb: thev talked to0efher ~ ~
/ DAYS events. and Deb's orn rhatnr:..
was varie,atei "a correspond Nm fse;r
profanity. She was not inconsisfenf.
7 she hated the North. ana nrocI,;,neJ
| her hatred boldly: But She wa 4 won,-
an, and the heart Of one knows no
| 81 granny. The compass m IL always
I points where the love current IS strong
est east. west. north, or south. no
matter which way but all her secret
actions follow after Deb was more q
mother than . Southerner TO night.
Tom at the end Of the cart, his heels
dangling in the dust. or Tom limping
along on foot, he heard her parry all
questions az 70 her load. and wondered
what she could be plotting. Was she
going 70 wreak her vengeance in some
Of the dreadful ways he had heard her
hint ~ IN me past! Who knew
y was dark and the rain was falling
ptskiy when they reached home.
strong - Deborah was. she had hard
task, with All Toms added strength.
70 get her burden over the threshold.
Lock the door" she ordered. look
ing herself for . candle When found
and lighted she knelt where It's yellow
rays ieii full ~ the soldiers face. The
OLD negro covered close beside her,
wniie she took the hand, q shareiy and
delicate as woman's. in her own hard
one. = was warm and limp, but the
oeat q inc pulse nad stopped forever.
Dead before we got him here " she
muttered- and sat immovable for long
moment Or more; then, turning TO the
neSfo' sne eNciaimea' lou We seen
ho'nin SNOW nothin 20 We hear?'
he nodded vigorously. while she
bent over the boys body. felt in his
breast pocket, found his mothers let
tiers. pretty girls picture his sister
o. nv sweetheart-all the same now:
one learned the mothers address. and
put Inc things back, then she brought
wet cloth ana washed the stains on
with hlooj "a st;0 Len 80 5,,-s ~
"o's 49, 800. Will INC 3o@t ~
nad crawled through She gave look
and thought 70 cleaner old gray
>-.,~s "a IA. =. 49, III Ano
e,,cns 49, q, !, 49, -, q o,a 49, . na'l - IT
- ,';ess.- =. -. ~. A:.r o !. scnss
80 ~ 80 ~ ~ ss-.:''.s: cl,S ~
.h =, ~ -. - -. Paeja ou,u sne
;,,s.,i, I, - 1900 49, y. H, d.. 49, ~na. az
- ~. : - " ~ i, ~ - nlcn y ~ ,nas
-, XVI sh, ~ . ~ 1 h : ~ VEN n neip,ess:
se 49,. 49, 'he' IVY ci'eu' " nno'ner'
70 % oeo' she sara Grossly 20 \
Aom' ot up wnen 4 can q Jour-
ana tnen iorgit AZ H. We know
what's best fer yer
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1881-09-22
Gypsy superstition.
chambers Jourpal.l

For a class of persons who are pop
ulsrly supposed to live by working
ON the credulities of their fellows the
gypsies are themselves singularly super
stitous. Some gypsies set their boots
crosswise before they so to bed, fancying
thereby to keep away from cramp; fe-
male gypsy carried the skeleton of a
mole's foot, which she called "fairy-
foot" because she believed it good
against rheumatism; and it is standing
truth among them that babies in teething
should wear necklace, made of myrtle
stems, which, for boy must be cut by a
woman; by man for girl. An adder's
| slough or bit of mountain ash is GER
tain to bring good luck, and with the
same object, some of the children wear
around their necks black bags contain
ing fragments of bat.
In order to hurt an enemy, you have
only to stick pins in a red cloth rag and
burn the same; others for the same end,
| resort to the cruel practice of sticking
pins in toad till it looks like hedge
hog, and then bury it with certain OBJ
servances. The sight of water wag-
| tail, if he does not fly when conjured in
certain rhyme to do so, is sign that
strange gypsies are to be met with Oh
| the road.
Of an old woman, 'fghost seer" we
are told that she carried in her pocket a
little china dog dressed like doll. 81
mind" says the gypsy who tells the
story, ''she lost it once, and she was in
an awful state till it was found, and she
used to fancy it would talk to her when
she was alone smoking her pipe in the
wagon. You should have seen a
pack she had of very old fortune.telling
cards, which was painted in different
colors. She used to select the different
ones for day; sometimes she would have
those with the devil and serpents on
'em, then other days she would carry
those with birds and palaces.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1881-09-22
ILondon World.]

A country cousin writes: "a short
time ago l was staring at the lovely dia-
monds and beautiful things in q shop
window in Regent street, (not covetous.
ly, as am content to see others wear
them) when man came and stood close
by my side.
don't understand why men should
speak to me in the street, because l am
sure 1 look the model of stout, British
matronly respectability.
But they do sometimes; and this man
remarked how pretty the stones were,
and edged up close, and suggested that
I might like diamonds. l said frankly
did. He said he should like to buy
me something. said how kind. What
did l want, he asked. oh, said,
"there are so many things; but let me
think.
Now what is it / want most2 Why,
some new shoes, stockings, flannel pet
ticoats, a scrubbing- brush for the kitch-
en-, two sauce pans, and three loads Of
manure for the garden. Oh, l do SC
want the manure, because it's getting
late for mulching.' That rude man
positively turned away, saying some
thing unmentionable. 1t was 20 very
rude, when he had asked me what
| should like, and had told him quite ths
| truth" r