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Wanted 1t Just Right.

D[OOklyn Sunuay Eagle.
How much will this cost in your pa
per?" asked quiet-looking man, as
he handed in the following advertise.
ment at the EAGLE counting-room YES
te:day:
Smith-Busted trace, in this city,
Friday, just after dinner, Mary Smith,
wife Of the undersigned, and daughter
of old Sim Pratt. the leading black
smith of Denver, Colorado. The corpse
was highly respected by the h!gh-tondest
families. but death got the drop on her,
and she took the ~ bucket with perfect
confidence that she would have square
show the other side of the divide. The
plant transpires this afternoon at her
clearinghouse on Willow street.
Come one, come all.
Dearest Mary, thou has left us,
For you on earth there wasn't room;
But it's heaven that hath bereft us.
And snatehed our darling up the fume.
Denver papers please copy and send
bill, or draw at sight.
By her late husband, P. SMITH.
Il don't believe you want it in lust
that way, do you ?" asked the clerk,
rubbing his chin obviously.
why not, stranger?' asked the
quiet man.
1T don't read quite right, does it?"
asked the clerk.
"Was you acquainted with the corpse,
stranger?" demanded the quiet man.
Was you aware of the lamented
while she was busting around the So
ciety down at that boarding house?"
Il don't know that ever met her"
responded the clerk.
$50 reckoned, Judge. You wasn't
up to the deceased when she was in the
living business. Now, jedge, the de-
ceased wrote that Grafton herself afore
abe died, and want it in. Doyou hook
on, partner?
but it isn't our style of notice." OBJ
jected the clerk.
Not mine, either" acquiesed the
quiet man. II was for having a pic
ture of her and a lot more talk. but she
wanted it quiet and modest, and so she
whooped that up. Say, stranger, is it
going into your valuable space with
out any dif6culty?"
81 don't know" SAID the clerk dole
fully.
II know, partner. This celebration
comes off tomorrow afternoon, and
that's going in in the morning, iii
goes in out of . cannon. l got grief
enough on my hands now, stranger,
without erecting a fort on the side
walk. but if you want war, got the
implements right in the back part of
these mourning clothes. What dye
think. ledger"
Does it make any difference where
it goes?" asked the clerk.
Il want it in the paper" said the
-and its going in If 1t takes
. splle driver. Think you twig my
racket, stranger?"
"All right" replied the clerk. "I'll
put it in the 'Salid,' among the other
remarks. Four dollars,
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Salt Mackerel.

Mr.. John Wanamaker, of Philadel-
phia, is well known as most enterpris.
ing and honorable business man, and
as also deeply interested in every good
word and work. He finds, or makes,
time. amid all the pressure of an extern
slve business, to conduct one of the
largest Sunday schools in our country.
In one of his addresses at the late
London Sunday-school Centenary, Mr..
Wanamaker illustrated the Importance
of giving God what costs us something,
by the following incident:
"God forbid that our church work
our Sunday-school work-shall come
when we have nothing else to do. A
gentleman was with his little boy at
tending service where the minister
gave wonderful missionary sermon
that stirred the man heart as he listen
ed to it. He went home-sat down to
the frugal meal with his boy, and after
while he said to his son,
"'Was not that wonderful sermon?
We have got to do something more for
the missionary cause than we have ever
done yet. 1t is astonishing l never
thought of giving anything more for
this work
"The son said: You cannot give any
thing more. We have hard time as
it is
81 must said the father, do some
thing In this cause, now. am pre-
pared to give up the butter on my
bread, and if necessary-the sugar out
of my coffee"
Wonderful sacrificed said Mr..
Wanamaker, Il am afraid l could not
be led to that myself.
60 Now SAID the father to his son,
Bob what will you do?"
well, father said Bob, I can't do
"'Ah,' said the father, you can give
up something, just as have DONE"
Il don't know about that said Bob.
He paused little and then said
will; l will give up salt mackerel.
You see we dom have it very often and
l don't like it much, anyhow
swell, now, said the speaker, shat
is simple story, but it illustrates pre-
cisely what mean. 1t seems as if we
give God and his work the last few
minutes of the day, or little shred of
time here and there. Rather let us
bring our best. don't believe it pos
sible that man who will take an hour
or two hours of the heart of the busiest
day for Gods work, will ever regret it.
am ready to say deliberately, l don't
believe that God is willing that any Of
us shall be indebted to him..
City council of GAINESVILLE. has been
to levy a tax to meet
judgment of VIM. R. Ganse against the
city.
Willie johnson, school boy at Pierce
CITY, was found after school was dis
missed. lying senseless in the hall-as
though he might have fallen while slid
ing down the balusters.
One ]. B. Malt, who claimed to be
special artist for the Police Gazette,
and the Globe Democrat and Republic
can, bled 800 out of farmers near Sc
dalla lately.
The capital-moving committee of
100, at Sedalia, has organized as fol-
lows: President, A. D. Jaynes; vice.
president. J. N. Daily; recording Sec
rotary, F. Houston: treasurer, J. C.
Thompson. A resolution was passed
Sedalia' friends in the legis-
|ature. and arrangements were made
for the circulation of petitions and adj.
dresses for popular effect before the
next election.
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KENDALL'S SPAWN CURE
On HUMAN FLESH !!
Read below of its wonderful effects rs a lin
iment for the human family:

iment for the human family:
Hematite, Mo-. Aug. Goth. 1850.
B. J. Kendall tS Co. Gents.-l am so over
joyed in view of the result Of an application
of your Kcndalrs SPAWN Cure that feel that
ought for humanity's sake publish it TO the
world. About thirty-five years ago, while
riding young ugly horse | was III ured in
one of my testicles, and from that time to
three weeks ago slow but constant enlarge
ment has been the result, giving me Il great
amount of trouble. almost entirely prevent
ing me from horseback riding, which was my
usual way of travelling. | saw a notice OF
your Kendal's SPAWN Cure, never once tho't
of it for anything except for horses, but after
receiving the medicine and reading over what
it was good for, feeling terribly exercised
about my difficulty, for | had consulted many
physicians and none gave me any specific but
when it could be endured no longer to remove
it with the knife. l applied your kendalrs
SPAWN Cure, rs an experiment. and it was so
painful in ITS application that concluded not
to repeat it and thought no more about it un-
til near a week and 10 and behold one half of
the size was gone. With joy l could hardly
believe it. | Immediately applied it again.
and have made in all about One-half dozen
applications, running over space of two
weeks. and the terrible enlargement is almost
entirely gone, in view of which cannot en-
press my feelings of delight. 1t has been
God send to me. May he send to others with
like troubles. JOHN RICE.
Pastor of Hematite Congregational Church.
p. s. You are at liberty to put this in any
shape you please. / am not ashamed to have
IN upder over mr. " the side nf
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STATEMENS MADE
UN ID Err o ATH.

To WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN In the year
1875 treated with Kendall's SPAWN Cure.
bone SPAWN of several months growth. near
" half as large rs a hens egg. and conplets-
ly stopped the lameness and removed the En-
largement. / have worked the horse very
hard ever since, and he never has been lame
nor could ever see any difference in the size
the hook joints since treated him with
Kendalrs SPAWN Cure.
IA. GAINES.
Enosburgh Fall, Vt. Feb. p, 1879.
Sworn and subscribed to before me this
18th day of Feb. A. d. 1879.
JOHN G. JENNIE. Justice of the Peace
KrNnAII, SDANIN CI-RR
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ORGAN IS: 3. 80 - &

$40, 1925, and upwards. in the latest and uxI
beautiful designs. and having thesweetest :adm 4
harmonious tones to be found in arv ors1n IN ~
world. Pianos 5000, 1925, S275, $500 L,
upwards. ILLUSTRATED CATAL0GUi
containing full information, Sent free.
Address the manufacturer. JAMES ]. PATTEhsn
?. o. Drawer IL. Bridgeport. Com. ~
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KENDALL'S SPAWN CURE.

Send address for illustrated circular which
we think gives positive proof of its virtues.
No remedy has ever met with such unquali-
fed success to our knowledge, for beast as
well as man.
Price 81, per bottle, or six bottles for So.
ALL DRUGGIsTs have it or can getit for you.
or it will be sent TO any address on receipt
Of price by the proprietors. DIR. B. J. KEN
DALI II CO, Enosburgh Falls, Vermont
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
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FROM A PROMINENT PHYSICIAN.

The most successful I.ineu, e..i uiseovsr-
ed as il l. certain in its effects aud does not
Dlisfer READ PROOF BELOW.
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KENDALL'S SPAWN CURE.

KENDALL'S SPAWN CURE.
Harrisburg, Ps., Nov. 18th, 1880.
DR.. Il. j. KENDALL Il Co.. GENTs:-l have
very fine mare that has had bone SPAWN
for long time. 1 tried everything man
could devise to cure it, but all in vain, and
was about TO give it up when a friend Of mine
in this city came to me and recommended
Kendall's SPAWN Cure, which / tried with
great results, removing that bone clear and
clean, and then I sent % cents to you for one
Of your illustrated Horse Books, and think
there is no better book printed on the horse
and his diseases. / have taken great interest
in it and have since sold Is copies for you to
nv neighbors, and will try and do what good
I can by getting them for others.
Yours truly, &. w MILLER.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-05-19
JOSHUA WI7ZTCOIN-B.

=" But where did you get your idea OF
Uncle Josh?" Said Mr.. Thompson.
II must tell you about that. The
character is taken from two men | have
known for years, and who lived at
Swanzey, N. H. The serious side of
the role is nodded from Joshua Hol-
brook, a sturdy, sedate farmer,
who had rather singular ideas about
regulating the world to make it con-
form to his ideas. The humorous por-
ton of the character was taken from
Capt. Otis Whitcomb, quaint, hui
morous old Swanzey farmer, who is
still living, and who went to Boston
last winter and saw himself mimicked
upon the stage as others see him. All
the other characters are also taken
from Swanzey people nearly, and when
l played there short time ago they
all came and saw the play, and were
delighted, except Cy Prime, who de-
clared he never told lie in his life"
81 have purchased the eleven-acre
plot of ground at Swanzey, where my
mother was born, and have erected
upon it a home that cost me $50, 900.
This is, of course, the dearest place on,
earth to me, and here my wife, two
daughters and son live. l spend my
three summer months there, and there
l am going when the people get tired
of Uncle Josh, and pass the remainder
of my days. Father and mother still
live there, and the former is seventy
five years Of age. He, also, is an ideal
Yankee. He came to Chicago last
winter to see me, and enjoyed the trip
hugely. He is just as much out of
place in the city, however, as rail
fence is. but he has good head for
business yet. Said he to me at part
ing: sDenman, you take my advice i;
you let Mr.. Hill do the fggerin' and
you do the cuttin' up on the stage.
That's him all over"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-05-19

a bachelor toe poor to get married
yet too susceptible to let the girls
alone,was riding with one on summer
day, land Acknowledgements arms are
awkward things-dropped an arm
round her waist. No objection was
made for a while, and the arm gradu-
ally relieved the side of the carriage
of the pressure upon it. Put Of sud-
den, whether from late recognition
of the impropriety of the thing, or
the sight of another beau coming,
never was known, the lady started up
with volcanic energy and exclaimed,
"Mr. B., l can support myself. -
"Capital''was the instant reply. You
are the very girl I've been looking for
these five years. Will you marry me2"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-05-19
THE PPOSPECTOR.

Novelists and poets have sounded
far and wide the paens of praise in be-
half of the trapper as the pioneer of
civilization, recounting at length his
hair breadth escapes from ferocious
animals and treacherous Indians until
many persons regard him with an al
most reverential awe. This romantic
character, once SO interesting, is fast
disappearing from the pages Of mod
ern history to give place to another,
and one more deserving Of the avant
courier o. ciyilization-1he Prospec-
tor. He is one of natures noblemen,
the advance guard of myriads who
come after him, but close in his wake
to participate in the great riches Of
the earth which he opens to the glo-
rious light of advancing day. Facing
perils and encountering hardships Of
no ordinary character, the prospector,
clad in his weather-beaten. tattered
and torn garments, plods necessarily
amid the gorges and the peaks Of the
mountains seeking indications Of
gold and silver. He looks carefully
for "aoat-rock," and then patiently
follows ''indications" through "out-
groupings" until he has settled upon
a 'fvein' or "deposit" which he be-
lieves can be developed into a good
pay-lode. Sometimes his rewards are
great, but usually other men receive
the lions share of the profit arising
OUT of his experience and perseverance
in tracing up good mineral locality.
Ostracised from friends and family,
he usually lives alone Or with his
"pard" in little, lone cabin, subsist-
ing on coarse scanty "grub," but all
the while hoping that luck will soon
befrlend him. His pilgrimages are
almost invariably made on foot, but
he generally has "burro" or jack, as
a pack animal upon which he loads
his grub, his toof and his ammuni-.
ton. This Il sure fRoted little animal |. IS
the very personi6cation Of patient,
plodding industry. Docile, faithful
and strong, it is truly the prospector's
greatest help-meet. The nation owes
much to the hardy and brave men who
go thus forth across the mountains as
path-fnders and prospectors, laying
foundations amid the wide wilderness
of new towns, extensive cities and
prosperous communities. = DeNyey
and Mining Gazette.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-05-19


"How do you like the Episcopalian
service?' asked Jones. "Never heard
it" said Fogg. 81 dropped in at one
of the churches last Sunday. 1t was
quite early and SO began to read the
service. didn't read far, though, be-
fore found that it would never do
for me. So | came out" "Why,
what was the trouble 2" ''Too many
collections. ""Too many collections
eyes; on almost every page it said
collect, One collection is all l can
afford to respond to. Must be awful
expensive to be an Episcopalian"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-05-19

A country editor had just finished
an able and lengthy editorial on the
Il" Physical Degeneracy of Women"
when robust female entered the Of
fee, with cartwhip in one hand and
a copy of his paper in the other. As
the editor threw open the window
and was about to spring out, the wo-
man modestly said she had brought
the lost whip advertised in yesterdays
paper, and she wanted the fifty cents
reward offered.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-05-19

Two residents of Sacramento, Cal. =,
were startled one night by loud
screams proceeding from the room of
a lady member of the family. Inquiry
elected the information that "there
was centipede in her bed" The gas
was at the time turned down quite
low, but the men could see the insect
on her bed, and doubling towel
several times, one Of them cast it over
the centipede and. clutched it tightly
to prevent It's escape. One of the
gentlemen was somewhat of an anna,
teur scientist and desired ardently to
preserve the centipede as a specimen.
Accordingly the captured insect was
carried in the towel to a drug store.
The druggist poured chloroform on
the towel to stupyfy the creature and
to prevent the possibility of its escape,
and one of the clerks stood by with
an uplifted club to strike it should it
attempt to get off. The towel was
opened and the expectant lookers-on
were astonished to find that all the
fuss had been made over little strip
of calico.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-05-19
EACZS.

| So'hS tl.uS SlUCt inc -tHIef- OffXY
IN reply to the doubt; often expressed
IN the East as TO the protitableness Of
mining in Colorado, and the just Is
frequently published statement that
every silver dollar taken out of the
ground cost one and half dollars
in labor, made IN estimate of the
number ofmen and amount of capital
engaged in the mines end mills OF
Colorado during the past year. This
calculation based upon the official
census showed beyond contradiction
that forty cents or the dollar would
be high estimate for the cost of each
dollar of the precious metals, AID was
substantially as follows:
1. The population of the State of
Colorado is 195,234.
2. The number of the population
Of the State who are voters is 5s,42o.
:. Much less than one-third of the
men in the State are engaged in mi
ming and smelling. One-thlrd would
be 17,So4.
4 Supposing that they labor during
an average of 200 dayta liberal
allowance-in the year, at $500 per
day, this would give as the total pro-
duction of the State s7,121,6oo.
5 Add to this interest on improve
ments amounting to $40, 900, 900, at E
per cent-equal to $1,000, ,ooo-and
we find the total cost to be So, 3a1, 600.
6 But the total production Of the
precious metals in Colorado during
the year 1880 was s24, 900.
7 1t follows then that after paying
the cost of labor and per cent inter
est on the money invested in plats for
mining and reduction, there remains
a profit of s15,67S, 400.
8 Which makes the average cost
of producing a gold or silver dollar in
Colorado during the past year less
than 40 cents.
1t would be hard to make more
sss ssf y ss'afg y, slowing in rsgaEd + to mi
ming than that which these figures
show. But an eastern writer has gone
into the subject in much more gen.
eral way and produces estimates of the
production in the United States, cov-
ering period Of thirty years. He
places the capital invested in precious
metal production at $4,000, 900, 900;
labor value, $40, 200, 900; property of
miners, $50, 900, 200; total, S1,1ao, 200
900; product since 1850, s2,o6o,o 900,
ooo; va-ue of mines, $500, 900, 900;
vslue of mills, ETC., $500, 900, 900; to-
tai 81, 100, 900, 900; profit; 1859, 500,
900; ayetage annual profit for thirty
years, s52, $685. 900; one third paid for
treating ore, transportation, ETC., s17,-
555,33c; net annual average, ,s35,o11,-
667. Showing that during this period
investments in mining enterprises have
paid profit of about one hundred and
fifty per cent.-De10cr Inter- OCEAN.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-05-19
WHAT'S NEEDED IN AN
OVTF/T

A Leadville paper gives to the pros
pectors this advice as to an outfit:
The trip of the prospector who i:
really in dead earnest-is "going tc
strike It or bust Us totally devoid
ot the picnic element. He has nc
ltooth-brushes or Budweiser, but car.
res only the bare necessaries of lite
and depends on his Winchester for the
iixprles. Not less than two men 60
aione as usual thing, and their world
'ly goods are packed on the back of a
patient jack. The outfit for a month
prospecting is as follows:
-four pairs Of California blankets.
Fifty pounds Of -four.
Thirty pounds of bacon.
fen pounds of dried peaches.
Five pounds of coffee.
Ten pounds of sugar.
sqall sack Of salt and pepper.
Che can Of baking powder.
Three tin cups, plates, knives and
forks.
One frying pan.
One thin Dutch oven.
One coffee pot.
awo picks and shovels.
A ready made stew-pan is luxury
when one can be so readily impro-
vlsdd out of an empty tin baking pow
der>box, and a can or two of con-
.deRsed milk might be found useful.
Wild beasts are to be encountered,
and a Winchester and 45-caliber re-
vdyer are sometimes very pleasant
companions to have. The careful
prospector will carry in his pocket in
addition to the outfit small raeti-
cine case, and a bottle of some kind
OF drug to check dysentery. Drills
arr seldom carried, as the labor of the
prospector does not often necessitate
their use. The outfit enumerated
t7tk something liks7125 pounds,
frosc htso to 5000 will comfort.
ably grub-stake couple Of men. As
his oyer-dress the prospector should
have stout, riveted duck suit with
heavy underclothing, strong hob
nailed boots and good broad brim-
med hat or Sombrero. Ofcourse, this
applies to man who can be master OF
his own outfit, but it only too frequent
ly happens that he must take what IS
given and not dictate. A man can
subsist On piece of bacon, a few
pounds of mouldy -four and handful
OF dried apples, but he is not liable to
grow obese. This scanty food and
insufficient clotl.;ng has been the
basis of all too many sad tragedies of
the mountains.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-05-19


Colorado Ike, the. individual who
blew into town on a high wind, was
conhdentialIy interviewed as to how
he subsisted. Taking the questioner
one side he said in a stage whisper:
"l've got good thing and don't
want it given away. I'm a chloridet;
| 60 into such mills as do drv crush
ing and stand around an hour or two,
or sleep in the corners ifI Igeta a chance.
When | come out have the cloride
that sticks to me assayed and make
good thing of it. Do you see that
hat?" said he showing an old battered
whity-brown hat; Z" we'll there is more
than three dollars worth of chloride in
that hat. had more in it, but Billy
Farrell thrashed dog yesterday and
knocked about dollar and half ou.
of it. ."--Coudtlly1a True F;;ssxyr.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-05-19

Ie ou hal River dollar with al,
eag who light feathers in his tail
squlese it J. 1t is worth two dol
lars OnlyJo ofthem were struck off
at the mint ben it was discovered that
an Americz eagle cannot have more
than six featders in its tail. .
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-05-19

A six foot vein of camel coal has
been discovered near Pueblo.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-05-19

If wrinkles are the graves of love.
false teeth must be the tombstones.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-05-19


Roads andrfcessary work may BE-
included in tht five hundred dollars
Improvements on a mineral claim.
When lode or mining clsim has
been located by several persons jointly
and during given year thereafter the
expenditures for labor or improve
ments, Necessary to maintain the pos
sessory title, have not been made, the
claim may be relocated by any one of
the original locators to the exclusion
OF his former co-clalmants.
Failure to make the annual expend-
iture, subjects a claim to relocation
"ln the same manner as if no location
had ever been made" hence labor
performed or improvements made by
an original locator cannot be claimed
by him as part of the expenditures
necessaryto entitle him to a patent for
the relocation.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-05-19

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FARR AGUT.

At the unwilling of the statute of
Admiral Farragut at Washington City,
April oath, President Garfield said =
"Fellow citizens 1T is the singular
province of art to break down the lin
itations which separate generations Of
mon from each other, and allow those
of past generations to be comrades and
associates of those now living. This
capitol is silently being filled up with
heroes of other times. Men of three
wars have taken their places in silent
eloquence as guardians and guards of
the nation they loved SO well, and as
years pass on, these squares and public
places will be rendered more populous,
more and more eloquent by the pres
ence of dead heroes of other days.
From all quarters of the country, from
all generations of its life, from all por-
tions of its service these heroes come
by the ministry and mystery of art to
take their places and stand as perma-
nent guardians of.our nations glory"