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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-01
THE MAJORS CIT:

Maj. Corwin, our grocery merchant,
is wha, Rip Van Winkle would call a
"jolly dog" He is we'll known and
liked among the "boys,' who often
assemble in his store in the evening to
enjoy the Majors jokes and humor.
At present the boys are enjoying them
selves by guying him about his cat.
The Major is very fond Of the feline
tribe and always keeps one or more in
his house for company, he being an
old bachelor. Some time ago he
owned an elegant specimen OF the
Maltese kind of the male persuasion.
As a mouser this Thomas was par ex-
cellence. The Major was so fond Of
him that he was permitted to share the
old mans bed; but this cat was des-
tined to cause HIM trouble and grief.
This Thomas cat grew tired of sleep
ing with the old man he longed to
get out on the wood shed roof, il.
the moonlight, ard sing unto his lady
love, Mariar, come out" like some
other cats Of greater experience he had
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-01

The dance last Thursday night
proved very enjoyable affair to all
who participated IN it. The arrange
ments were good and music excellent.
The ladies desire to express publicly
their thanks to Messrs. l.. G.. Crow,
Gates Kersburg, L. L. Harding,
Windsor and Forest Queen hotels for
favors also to Mr.. L. Powers for
securing music and hall.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-01

The base ball match, next Sunday
afternoon, above the lake. between the
Gunnison and Rubyites, bids fair to
be exciting. We understand that the
Gunnison boys are making prepara-
tions to walk off with the palm, while
the Rubyites don't propose that they
shall have walk over to get 1t. We
trust that the Gunnlson people will re-
ceive that cordial treatment at the
hands of our citizens that We did down
there.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-01

A lot of second hand household
goods, very little used, can be bought
cheap by inquiring at this Office. This
is a good opportunity to purchase
such articles as bedsteads, bureau,
sofa, tables, chairs, etc.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-01

Mrs. Mason, the lady who runs the
leading hotel in Ruby Camp, has
wrought magic and becoming change
in the arrangements OF the Forest
Queen hotel. The thirteen bed
rooms are newly cafpeted. papered
and painted. The dining room is
clean and inviting. while the tables
contain food unequaled this side of
Denver and prepared to the Queens S
taste. Mrs. Mason is prepossessing,
afable lady, and affords her guess all
the comforts Of a home. By her kind
attention and liberal rates for board,
she has attracted to her house our
leading merchants and mine owners.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-01

"Aw, blawst me bloody heys, they
cawn't dawnce in H america like we
do hin Hold H'england, you know.
They can honly OPP said young
John Bull, at the dance, the other
evening, when some one suggested
that he be "'it on the cad with a
'ickory 'andled 'ammer."
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-01
PERSONAL.

Geo. H. Holt, of Crested Butte,
dined at the Windsor on Tuesday.
Geo. A. Phillips, a brother of We
editor, arrived here from Denver, a
few days ago.
N.Babcock, of the Gunnison Nrys-
Democrat paid our camp a fying
visit last Sunday.
H. {. Thompson and F. w. Fuller
started for Leadville yesterday, to be
absent about ten days.
Capt. S. A. Townsend started for
Philadelphia and New York last Mon
day, to be absent month.
Geo. A. Hawlcy, prominent law
yer of Gunnison, was in town on Fri
day inquiring about politics.
T. c. Hood, interested in number
Of claims here, departed for mis- home
in Carthage, Mo-, last Saturday.
Mr.. T. NJ. Harding, one of Canon
City's leading merchants, has been
spending a week in our camp with his
brother, L. L. Harding.
Last Saturday Lee R. Thompson
and Judge W. H. Davis departed for
Denver, and NJ. O. Rollins and c.
H. Lawrence for Chicago.
]. H. Sargent and son, of Augusta,
Wis, who have been here all summer
working their mining property, de-
parted for home yesterday.
Mr.. Graves, the father of our es-
teemed fellow townsman, Walter H.,
started for his home in Illinois, last
Sunday. He has spent most of the
summer here.
c. E. Walker and wife, of Poncha
Springs, were here last week visiting
Rev. Lewis Hamilton, father of Mrs.
Walker. They left here Saturday for
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Col. B. F. Montgomery, of Silver
Cliff, Prof J. H. Kerr, of Colorado
Springs, and Henry Ames, of Council
Bluff, Iowa, arrived at the Windsor
House yesterday.
e. H. Reynolds, Denver; W. 7.
jenkins, Scranton, Pa; E. H. Shan:
non, Philadelphia, and Geo. Yule, Of
Gunnison, were registered at the
Windsor House on Sunday.
The mother and sister Of Mr.. S. A.
Reed, of the Gunnison crushing and
sampling works, after spending few
days in our midst, departed for the
east the early part of the week.
John T. Mcdonald, one of our
rising young men, who has been rusti-
eating at Colorado Springs and Mani
tou the past two weeks, returned to
the scene of his labors last Monday.
Mr.. Geo. II. Stevens, of lion, N.
Y, and Col. Tuckerman, Of Mime
apolis, Ninn., after having spent the
summer in Irwin, working their prop
critics, bid US adieu last Tuesday and
departed for home.
Mr.. Wilder and party have returned
from their hunting expedition, having
killed four deer. The deer were wild, !,
but the man who killed the most of
them was Wilder, although among
the crack shots of the party there was
Good 'un. Beer, if you please.
DR.. L. A. Pierce, OF Onargo. III. :,
is in camp, and has recently purchased
the Iron Jacket mine Oil Sheep noun
tain, which is the main lead of the
Gothic Belle. The vein is 3H feet
wide, shows iron, copper and anti-
monial silver. There is 4 shaft IS
feet deep now, and DR.. Pierce it,
tends to run a tunnel 100 feet long,
which will cut the vein at depth of
100 feet and in all probability it will e
a producing mine when the vein is
struck in the tunnel.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-01

Bartlett & Peabody are closing out
their stock of gents furnishing goods,
hats, caps and notions at cost, prepar-
atory to closing out business. This
is rare chance to get bargains.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-01

The line of Dema -rcation has been
drawn for our reporter above the lake.
For all the good his visiting will do,
he'd j-Es:es we'll stay away from there
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-01

Parties leaving for the east should
not fail to subscribe for the PILoT, as
we propose to stand at the helm this
winter anl give full and reliable re-
ports of all local and mining matters
as usual.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-01

met with. And he grati6ed his long
ing and left the Majors bed for hap.
pier sports on the outside. After sky
larking about during the night he
would return home in the day and
lay beneath the stove. The mice
would join hands and circle around
him in game Of King William and
fan themselves with his tail, but he
cared not. He dreamed Of his lady
love. This incensed the Major and he
decided to perform a surgical opera
ton on that feline. Procuring boot
he showed the cat headlons into it and
with razor commenced the surgical
feat but his unsteady hand caused the
instrument to slip, making an incis
sion Of a dangerous character from
which it bled to death.
This almost bloke the Majors heart
He Immediately set out for Gunnison
to obtain another mouser, which he
was successful in doing. He placed
the animal in a sack. when boarding
the Ruby stage, as the best way of
bringing it home. Once in awhile,
along the road, he would take pussy
out of the sack and feed her bits of
meat. At Kings ranch, after feeding
his pet, he replaced it in the sack and
entered the house for his own dinner.
While the Major was engaged at the
table some of the stage passengers
took the cat from the sack and put a
beer bottle in its stead. When dinner
was over and the stage once more on
its journey, the Major gave the sack a
jerk to see if the cat was all right. The
sack felt as if the animal was in the
bottom of it, and the Major felt con-
tented. Arriving at home he took
the sack from the stage into the house,
but upon opening it what was his
surprise to find nothing but an empty
beer bottle. The Major offers S1oo
reward for the apprehension of the
perpetrators Of the joke.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-01

Our Presbyterian friends have taken
down their cloth church to make
room for a new frame structure,
which the builders arc now busily at
work putting up. While building, the
services of the church will be held in
the new school house.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-01

1t may sound rather ridiculous, but
we heard lady yelling: Dennis,
O, me honey" to man standing in
the door of the blacksmith shop the
other day. The mans partner said he
ought to Trainor better. We still live.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-01

Col. Cadle and J.C Cooper were
embarrassed by meeting a bear this
side of Mt. Owen, Yesterday. They
did not stop to interchange courtesies.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-01

Send your order to c. Conrad &
Co., for Budweiser beer, the best bot
tied beer in the country, also Moss
Rose" bourbon whiskey.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-01

Parties with good prospects wanting
development and needing some assist
ance can, obtain winters supplies
on a fair basis, by ADDRESSING
]. G. WARNER,
Colorado Springs. Colo.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-01

Oh, yes! Why is it that everybody
goes to the City Bakery for bread i?
Because they know where to get a
good loaf.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-01

Good n lining claims in this district
to exchange for farms IN Illinois, Iowa
or Missouri. Address this Office.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-01

am now prepared to contract for
Anthracite Coal to be delivered dur
ing the next ten days in or about
Irwin. JOE SELIG.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-01

While in Gunnison 60 to the Null
in House for first-class comforts. The
best table and rooms are furnished
here better than any house in Gunni-
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-01

Lisle Thread Gloves for ladies and
gents at 5. Cullom ( Co.'S.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-01

Cigars of all kinds always on hand
at the City Bakery.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-01

Fresh California fruits at ]. E.
Packard & Co.'S.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-01

The wife and daughter of Mr. D. B.
Powers have arrived at Crested Butte.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-01

California fruit at Malcolm's.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-01

Eggs and Butter by express, two
days from Denver, at Packasd's.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-01
THURSDAY, SEPT. 1, 1881.

R-sters are ripe to-day.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-01
ELK MOUNTAIN PILOT
IRWIN. GUNNIsoN Co.. COLORADO.

~ The rates for local notices will be twenty-five
esnA line for the frst insertion and fifteen cents
tne for each subsequent insertion, and from these
Vs will not dcviate.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-01

Go to S. Cullom & Co. for the
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-01

Cents Scarfs of all kinds at S. Cal
lom & Co.'S.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-01

S. Cullom & Co. is the only house
that are dealing in everything.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-01

Gents Silk Pocket Handkerchieves
at S. Cullom & Co.'S.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-01
The best cigars at Malcolm's.

that are dealing in everything.
The best cigars at Malcolm's.
To the trade. When you want any
glass ware or other bar fixtures, give
your order to Jos. Ludwig, OF c. Con-
rad s. Co., Gunnison.
Circulating library at Malcolm
Views Of the camp at Malcolm's.
Newspapers and periodicals at NAL
colm's.
California Canned Goods of all
kinds at S. Cullom & Co.'S.
While at Crested Butte, for 4 good
Dinner try Mrs. Songer's Hotel. &
The City Bakery man wants to bet
81 20 that he has two of the largest
hogs II Irwin.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-09-01

4 4 Y
Bread made BY new process y
X every day.
All kinds of cakes, pies, pastry \
x and bread always on hand.
* Customers supplied at their res y
i licences with order. x
Ball, parties, etc, furni ed at <
= short notice and on reas. nable y
terms: !.
ORNAMESTlSG A SPECIALLY.
II. C. POETZ, Prop'r
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unnecessarY Falsehoods.

Surely, clerks IN some stores tell many
unnecessary falsehoods, in their anxiety
to advance their employers interests.
Misrepresentation drop constantly from
their lips. 'eThis is, all silk, LADY, as
serts ssleswoman who exhibits black
cotton lace scarf; and +" every thread
linen" is the description which the
housekeeper receives Of towels into whose
composition not thread of linen enters.
The fibs told in second-class dry-goods
stores are SO enormous that they argue O
love of lying on the part of the statesmen,
and utter idiocy ON the part Of the buy
ers. Why should any one desire to make
the statement that all the goods IN bis
establishment are sold at cost price, or
expect customers to believe that he en-
tered into trade from purely philan-
thropic motives? A fair profit is the
right of one who sells. I Tits the motive
of his selling. IL" Upon my word i am
giving this away, imposes upon some
body. Why it is so often uttered is q
mighty mystery and must remain SO.
Then, too, If one desires certain style
of collar, of scarf, of shoe quite IN the
mode, and well known to be so, and In
quires for the article at "a store where
they do not happen to keep it,4the nega-
tive to the question, +" Have, you so and
SOP" is always followed by the remark,
Nobody wears them now; they are en-
tirely out of fashion''---a comment both
insulting and false. Do such fbs "pay,
in any sense Of the term?
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: An InssnIooIu. Err Punch.

OF the nutritious qualities of the fresh
laid egg much has been. said, all, how
ever, falling far short of the praise which
II fairly deserves. Yet how 10 tell when
an egg Is fresh is q difficulty which has
puzzled the wisest of earth's sages.
Happily Tor oft-deo6ived humanity, an
Ingenious American has come 10 the
front. and by simple invention haa, like
aseeond Col1Inbas solved ths great egg
Problen1.2 According 20 ifhs bridgeport
Ne1os, an india -TuBbef stamp, fitted with
q i1ioveabls dial b arrauged IN itlie nest
Of every hen This stamp beng fitted
With q pad Of fideiible Ink. As II well
known. when the hen lays On egg she
kicks slightly backwards, and, by way Of
Utilizing this curious action, an electric
die is SO nxed that as the foot touches il
the stamp turns over on the ink-pad,
and, revolving. marks the date upon the
egg. Then the hen departs and the nest
Is emptied, the date efl the stamp being
altered every day. II Now, al this Is very
Ingenious and pretty; but the ona fault
the world win find with Il iss,we fear.
fatal The farTnr may be certain in his
own mind from the momspt be adopts
ths invention Of the precise age Of every
egg he sells, and yet the buyer would
not be so ahselutely convinced. There
have been instances m history Of even
fHrmers falnifying dates What II the
agrscultarhlist m q jocular raomant post
dated his egg-register, and sold Cor new
laid eggs those which had been laid q
month previously -. -
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Yankee ShreMdness.

Sitting on a piazza overlooking Buz-
yards Bay the other afternoon, the land
lord told the following story of Yankee
cuteness: when / kepta country store,
said mine host, can old farmer came In
one day to make a butter trade. He had
a lot of fresh butter and 1 asked him
how much he wanted a pound for it.
fourteen cents he answered We'll,
III take itjust as it stands, was my re-
ply, and he put it down cellar without
further comment. He then ordered a
lot of goods-hour, sugar, and so forth,
that he wanted to take home with him
and asked me how much they would
come 10. ! figured up and found that
they amounted to about 81 more than the
price of the butter. This seemed to an
nov him and, after hemming and haY-
ing a good deal, he said: Wall, nov,
Cap'en, supposin' that butter was sixteen
cents a pound, what would it foot up2 ]
told him a trifie over what he owed me.
Wall. then answered he, as he put the
groceries into his wagon, Il reck'n wen
have to can it square trade. 81 =
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An animated controversy has Of late
been carried ON la the Frenoh military
papers respecting the relative whine Of the
drum and bugle, some writer's maintaining
that the former, others chat the latter,
instruments should be abolished Among
other arguments against the drum, Il n
urged shat signals beaten upon IA are un-
derstood by very few, and, IN support Of
this assertion, an anecdote Of The cam
paign Of 1859 is related by writer In
the AVenfr Nflitdfre. On the evening
of the 9Th of June, 1859, the 2d French
Corps had arrived In the neighborbood
of the town Of Marignah, too hate 10 cut
of. rs IL had been Intended q should,
the retreat of the Austrians iJfng tho
Lodi road Finding thatit hal come up
too late TO accomplish its nf ision, ~
commander had issued orders for the
troops TO bivouac for the night. The
first company Of the I'D Regiment was
extended IN skirmishing order ia front Of
the rest Of the regiment, and it, com
mander ordered his drummer fo beat thu
''assemhly." The 2d Regimere Of Zou-
aves happened 10 be on the ri9ht font,
and about 200 yards only dhiAnt arom
the skirminhers Of the 72d; and the men
Of the former, hearing tbs taps on the
drum, mistook them fm the REPORTS of
mnslkets, and Al once opened FIRE IN The
direction Of the sound The night had
become very dark, and the men OF the
I'D Regiment, in turn believing tiiht they
were being fred upon by 10 enemy,
also opened fire. Hearing tho noise of
the firing, Marshal MeoMahon rode
hastily up, and found the two regiments
engaged in hot muskctry combat, which
was only stopped by ordering tile hugiers
70 sound the march of the I'd Corps, and
cease firing.
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Life in fha Sea.

BEiunful of life at its surfsce, the sea
won1d be encumbered If that prodigicus
power Of production was not Kept come
what in check by the antagcnistic power
Of destruction. Only imagine that every
herring has from 30, 900 to 20, 900
eggs If every egg was 70 produce 3
herring, and every herring $4,000
more, were there, not an enormous
destruction going on, the ocean would
very. soon be solidihed and purified
The great cetacea drive them toward the
shores, ever and anon diving into their
ranks and swallowing up whole shoal.
The whiting eat their fry cod again de-
YOUR the whiting. Yet, even here, the
peril of the sea, an excess Of fecundity,,
1hews itself in q still more 'terrible
shape. The cod has up TO 1900, 200
cl eggs, and this creature. Of such for
uAidable pewers, of maternity, has nirs
months OF love ont of twelve. No Elo1i-
der that the fishery Of this productive
6sh has created towns and colonies. Bot
evan than, what would tie power Of man
be, opposed to such fecundity2 BE IL
assisted by others, among which the
sturgeon takes chief rank. Then, again,
The sturgeon itself is very fecund hsh
This devourer of cod has itself L.
600,000 eggs. Another great De
vourer Is not proportionately repro
ductiye. and that Is the shark tod
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A bank-nota bearing . message writ
ten with, blood was paid into mer-
chants Office 1t liverpool, England,
some years ago. The cashier, while hold
it up to the Hight 20 test ifH genuinenaaa,
noticed some faint mnfhB upon a, which
proved TO be words 9scrawied IN blood
between the printed lines and upon tho
blank margin OF the note. Ekiraordin-
ary pains were taken to decipleT these
almost obliterated characters, and the
following sentence was made out: "If
this note should fall into the hands Of
John Dean, Of Long Hill, near Cnrlisle,
he will learn hereby his brother is lam
gushing n prisoner In Algiers." Mr..
Dean was promptly communicated with,
and he applied TO the British Govern
ment for assistance TO obtain his brothers =
release from captivity! The prisoner,
who had traced the above sentence Upon
the note with a splinter Of wood dipped
IN his own blood, had been a slave to
the Dey or Mohammedan ruler Of Algicrs
for eleven years, when his strange mis-
sive first attracted attention in Liver
pool counting-house. His family and
friends had long believed him dead. Ho
was released and brought home to En-
gland, where, however, he did not long
survive, his constitution having been ir-
rsparably injured by exposure. priYa-
tons, and forced labor in the Dogs gall
leys.
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South African diamonds.

The produce sof the. South African
mines is enormous, and the quality of the
stones, which is frequently marred by 9
somewhat tawny complexion, is reported
to be improving. Indeed, q twin ''drop'
from the Vaal River, skillfully mounted
by Mr.. Stfeeter, was declared by experts
to be of Indian extraction. Vast profits
have, of course, been realized. One
gentleman's ''claim" is said to have
cleared In two years e45, ,000 Tbs New
Rush Mine alone yields, $4,000 day.
In 1875, when the diggers had been at
work only four years, gems to the value
Of a3, 500, 900 had been extracted from it.
The packets of diamonds sent by post
bag from Kimberley to Cape Town in
1876 weighed 773 pounds, and were
worth e1, Ala, 500 Nor does there seem
to be any present prospect of the supply
coming to an end On the contrary,
there is every reason to believe that only
a very small portion of the diamantifer-
Gus regions of South Africa has yet been
explored d--FFaser's Magazine.
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III.

There shossld have been an answer TO
the letter In about two weeks il she was
like other women. But two, yes, three
weeks and more passed by without a
word. The FIRE died out on our hearth,
as the hot summer came on swiftly, and
was not renewed. March surrounded
MS and revealed wonders to the limited
New England experience which barely
becomes acquainted with the sun of the
extreme Southern States. April came
and going out into the past, left thirty
perfect days behind Lower Texas
bedecked ia suit q green, not aid on
as q remnant, buA With lavishness al
mo- EsastAful, iEnflsd - your face at
arst and then laughed aloud, hes notes
Of Joy bubbling from Q thousand throats.
Animal life, concealed before. crept oui
and basked on the eiaring stores. The AIR
was IN constant hum, unnoticed by
some, hut Intense to those whose ears
we're aftuaed to it, The VERY earth as
our feet seemed TO throb with life 80
It was just opening May when came
from the postofhce one evening and laid
down before jackson the letter he
had mailed weeks before. It came from
TIE Dead Letter Ofice--that Enoreue Of
% many h0pss-and ia the sann9 mai
Was q paper from what had bosn his
hons town, togsthsr with lsttsis for nv
sslfs He wns playing On his violin when
Eezms IN bak stepPsd4It once 3aiiX
] do not think that ct first hs felt 90