Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-05-09
yACK,s LIFTED.
some Breezy Notes From the Bows
East Country.

some Breezy Notes From the Dewn
East Country.
BosroS, Mass, April so. 1898.
1 send you . few lines Of matters and
things in general as I hnd them In the old
HUB" some Of which may be Of interest
TO your readers.
It's . "cold day" for mining. A Boston
merchant, who had invested heavily In
mines during the Colorado excitement,
said 10 me yesterday that il . man should
show him . hole in the ground as big u
the State House full Of solid silver and ask
him to invest in 1t, he would refuse.
To-day I met . man from California,
formerly . business man Of Boston. He
has been here eleven months trying to
raise SIS 5000. He has Z splendid property.
A grand mine, almost Z certainty, and yet,
with all his influence with men Of the
highest standing here, doing his mighty
utmost, he has failed to accomplish any
thing.
IL ID the reaction which was sure TO fol-
low the boom Of 1880. The tide IL ct its
lowest ebb, but I fear it will take . long
time before it will begin to flow our way
again. Nevada seems to DO looked upon
az particularly unfortunate, probably on
account Of the great decline in the Com
stock, and now the "Old Reliable" Eureka
Con, the standby Of many an old Boston
maid, her nest egg, from the profits Of
which she had been buying her Spring
bonneta and kid gloves for the past Eve
years, has not only ceased paying divi-
dends, but actually confronts her with .
dollar assessment. At every turn | Am
met with the same question. "Whats the
matter with the Eureka Con-"
! have done my best 70 uphold the
honor Of the old mine. but al explanation
il In vain.
Every stockholder locke a. II he or she
had received : personal injury. and no
amount OF talking will heal the wound.
Nothing 90 tickles Z Yankee ~ . good divi-
dend, but an assessment freezes the very
marrow in his bones.
Business generally IL rather dull. The
bulk Of trade il large. but competition 10
keen and the margin Of profit very small.
Yet TO look ct the streets one would think
the whole world was out on . holiday,
with nothing TO do but dress elegantly and
60 shopping. One thing il quite evident.
that whether times are dull or lively with
the men, the women are spending more
money than ever before. It II almost i'm
possible to get through the street in the
vicinity Of the large dry goods houses,
and to 60 into one Of these immense e.
Adjustments with " interminAble lines
Of counters filed with fnery, its hun
dreds Of busting sslesmen, it, host Of
cash boys, rushing and yelling like 10
many little demons, and, above all, its l0,-
600 eager. prattling women IL % much
% . mans life 10 worth. A man has no
business in . dry goods store. 1t is .
woman's world. and she knows it. The
boys inside the counter have . good time;
for them all 10 smiles and sweetness, but
. fellow on the outside has to take his
chances, and when : oma 10 bent on .
dry goods raid she don't care where she
steps or whom she hits.
Tho theaters are in full blast with comic
opera, minstrel shows and no end Of mod
ern dramas. Most Of the latter are short
lived, and from what / have seen Of them,
reaching the theaters. One Of Charles
Reeds. which I have Just seen, called
Love and Money" being about ~ poor .
specimen Of modern play writing ~ l ever
witnessed. 1t has IN explosion In . coal
mine. where the heroine il buried alive
with her father, and plenty Of low music in
minor keys by the orchestra. They are in
this situation several days. but they do mot
die with hunger, nor IRE damps. and are
not drowned. although the mine II flooded
by the heavy villain with 3 snort and :
black scar on his face. They live ON coal
dust and heroic sentiments until the lover
comes. the real Sunday fellow" with tight
pants and virtuous record, ct the head OF