The Tombstone epitaph., 1882-04-10
A yEOhern PhiianihrOpist.

Ir' III ll' Broohyh EaSc
 "Do you look after the financial news?" asked a tall, angular party in high hat, and wearing d seedy frock coat buttoned rightly across his chest, very tight doeskin pants, and low cut, ventilated shoes.
 "Well, not as a rule, but what is your troubIe:" asked the city editor, to whom the question was addressed.
 "Wcll, you see," began the visitor, removing his hat and placing it care fully upon the desk before him; "lm one of a number of gentlemen ahem.-interested in a speculation which is entirely novel in It's charao- ter. It is something which will be of ines:imahie value to the country, and we deem it no more than just that the press should cooperate with us."
 "Ah, indeed" said the city editor wi h shade of satire in his voice.
 "Yes," said the visitor, taking a chair and throwing one of his crane like limbs over the other. ''We are ali public spirited gentlemen-hum and we go into this enterprise with the right feeling. We propose to realize only q reasonable profit above our expenses, and the nterprse will be of nestimable value 10 the pub lie. With the liberal support of the press we can have the scheme boom ing in q short time. Now, we have already issued stock to he amount of two hundred thousand dollars, and what we want is to get it before the people. Acquaint them with the chance open before them"
 "Yes, of course," said the city edi Tor, in a still more dubious tone of voice, "But what is the nature oI your enterprise?'
 "Ah. there is the great point" :" pulling out time, stained handker- chief and slowly wiping his brow. Ut is something which will bring the blessings of the whole people-upon us. Sir, we have discovered q new process of extracting gold from the earth. It is great secret and l am not in a position to reveal it, but everything is working well, and all we need is yoaf co operation to en rich the entire community. We are not a close corporation, sir. We propose to let every body in on liberal terms, but tine thing is to get our stock within tuc reach of those we would benefit. We have sent an en, gineer to a western gold district, and he has secured five hundred thousand acres from the government-"
 "Five hundred thousand :" said the city editor. "Arc you not draw ing little on your imagination ?'
 Not in the least," said the visitor. ''that is mere front yard in the West, you know. Quite an insignlf- icant piece of land. Why the state of Colorado is five times as"
 "Oh, I've heard all that before," sald the editor, "and l suppose your front yard, as you call it, contains coal, iron, gold, silver, large tracts oi 'arming land, rivers and any quan- ,ity of rarc timber"
 "Ah, see you have read our pros- pectu>," said the visitor, smiling blandly.
 "Not exactly" said the editor, 'but they are all alike. Now don't l loubt but what you have alrran, built large town on you land, "s- -ablished court house and jail, d couple of churches and tneatr equal to any in the east, and of course all the houses are supplied with hot and cold water, gas, tele- phone and lightning rods"
 "You must have read OFT prospec- ,us," said the visitor.
 "And there are already four lines of railroad running through your own, and every lot in the place is going up at the rate of ten thousand dollars per acre." said the edi'or. 'Iu fact, your place IS bound to be he capital of the state in a couple ,f years or so, and in less than five ca '> it will be the great commercial :en-re between New York and San