, 1884-03-15

the following articles: Flour per bbl.;
5000; per sack, $1,000; coffee per H., jAI
sugar, per h., SIC ,bcaHs per H., iOc cam
dies per To-, SOC; dried fruits FER H., 5Ov;
tea per h., Sl,2j; bacon per h., IOc; to-
baccO per h., Sl.OO ; potatoes, per To-, 25c ;
lard per h., ioc soap per IT,, 2jc; aSsort-
ed jams per d., 75c yeast powder per H.,
75c; spiced Bacon per h., Soc; ham per
h., Soc; soda per h., DC; canned fruits
~ lbs, Sl.OO cheese per h., 25C salt per
d., 25c crackers per h., 3Oc butter pei
lb., 75r; corncd beef2 lbs, Sl.OO; syrup
per gal, $3.50; coal oil per can, $50 Ja-
nlaicu ginger bottles, Sl.OO; cigarettes
papers, SOC; cigars per NJ, from SiO.0O TO
$1,000; liquors per gal, $500; saws per
'foot, Sl.OO whip saws from Sl2.OO to Sl6.
stoves from $1,000 to Sl5O.OO; underwear,
flannel, 800; broOms each Sl.25; Shovels
each S2,5O picks each $3.50 to 500; axes
each $3.50 buckets each Sl.75 AK helves
each 75c canvas per yard, 3Oc house liu-
ing per. yard, lac cabot AZ 25c; over7
shirts, $3.50 20 e5.EQ' boots per per, 400
to S12.oo boots gain, por pair, 500.
The metropolis OF the Coeur d'Alene
needs no word Of praise. Beautifully To-
Gated, peopled with men Of energy and
| enterprise, and d'oflering superior inducC-
ments to capital, she has burst into city
in day. To number the business houses
| this week gives no idea Of thenumbor
Z
pie who were here a fortnight ago can
| hardly recognize the place to-day. Houses
and tents appear like magic where yester-
dav were only snOwdTiftS or tamaTackS.
New signs, painted on canvas, peep up nj
the most unexpected places and givo
legends concerning the most unexpected
occupations. "Tin Shop" "JcwCler,"
"Iardware," -" Market, ~ Dance House."
"Theater," and the like, confront one so
suddenly as TO excite an exclamation Of
astOnishment. Everything is new, but all
| denotes enterprise and permanence. Some
| very fine houses are being erected.
| Buildings that will be no disgrace when
| brick and lumber have superseded logs
\ are being put up in all quarters Of the
town. The advent Of sawmill would
| greatly accelerate the growth Of the city,
| but if Sawmills are delayed people WILL
/ not wait for their coming. a city foil OF
| people has arisen from the snow az II
/ by enChantmcnt, and the strungest part
Of all is that her present growth is not even
an intlmatiOn Of thattO come.
| Among the three thousand people who
| have thus early found their way to the
| Occur d'Alcne mines, large proportion
are business men. They are men OF,
! means, Of energy, of intelligence, who
| come here to obtain the first opportunities
| Of investment which are so desirable in
| all new camps. They are shrewd, thor
! oughly informed mon, who eagerly com
/ peteAVith each other for the numerous
| business prizes which are TO be drawn in
this great mining excitement lottery.
| There are hundreds OF labOTers here.
Hewers Of wood, and men who are con-
tent to earn honest wages for honest work.
They are stalwart, slnewy fellows, who
! toll early and late, In snow and storm or
sunshine. These are they who are build
ing cities in these desolate mountain
| wilds. There are gamblers here. or that
| rest assured. There are hundreds Of them.
Gamblers Of the genuine Bret Harte style.
| Men Of large hearts, of generous impulses.
/ men to whom, Of all that are in camp,
] you would go first to to ask a dollar with
/ which TO buy a meal. Men who would
/ never refuse you 50 long rs they had tho
| dollar. Gamblers there are, too; who are
not Of this stamp. Men who are Con
] stantly begging stakes Of tho better class
| with which TO fleece victims. And the
/ victims are here. Lots Of them. Some
/ are WOrkmen, and lose their wages every
| week. Some bring a little money with
| them TO the Coeur d'Alene, and return
/ home broke. The "girls" are here, too,
| and more Of them come every day or two.
| Some Of them dress stylshly and wear
silks and diamonds. Some dress coarsely
/ and slOvenly. Quite a number wear
I mems clothes, and walk the streets in gar
/ ments which would excite the envy OF
| Susan B. Anthony. Boys are here, meru
| youths not yet out Of their teens. 1t is a
| terrible school for lads, yet they have
| come with the rest There are Old 'f9-efs
here. Men whose hait and beard havN
| been silvered in the tirUless, persistent
/ search for goll which will never end till
| life's close. They are all prOspectors, and
/ you find them living a heTmIt's life in
/ l,tle cabins up lonely gulches. And tho
miners are here. The true, grand-soulsd
| Uld-timc miners, with their blue shirts
| and Opcn-palmed hands. Their cabin,
their fare, their blankets will be shared
/ with the stranger just rs it used to be in
/ the golden days on the American and
/ Nuba, just as 1t always has been where
| there were miners. II any class should bo
monarch among men, II is these same
miners. They laugh at hardships and
FRrivatiOns, they never think Of shirking
No Nork or Of doing dishonOrable act, and
t,Hhen the dust is panned out, it goes as
TeasIly as water. Bye and bye many ~
rough, hard character will come, many
! bully, Cutthruat, sCOuffdrel, but 20 long az
! the miners are in the ma aiOrity, the camp
will be all right. The miifers DIRE the me!i
upon whom depends the fate Of the coun-
trv, the men, Of all others, who will rulo
the camp. All YES, and another has
snow, nor the rugged mountain, nor tho
the silent forests, nor tho deep, drcary
canyons could hide from him this new.
born camp. He has come, and his pin
ions has borne some Of our number be-
yond the worry and WEAKNESS Of this
struggle for gold. Under the hillside
snow lie four Of the boys, whg came eager
and thirsting, little dreaming that theit.
bodies evermore would rest among the
gold dust they came to find. Yes, the An
gel Of Death is here, and scores and hun
dreds will acknowledge his presence ere
the years closes, and next winters snow
will find them sleeping under the snow,
among the golden sands.