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wanted me to go as an escort, and she
herself didn't care a straw whether
went or not, she would have said: Il
want you to go so much" III pod
sign when mother comes ~ the front
Bah, I'm trying TO construe nothing
into something's practice l thought
had abandoned ever since the days
when persuaded myself that certain
sohoolg girl returned my youthful pas
sion, because she permitted me to carry
her bookstrap to school. q dream that
was dispelled by her subsequently con-
ferrng that privilege on another yonng
gentleman in knickcrhockers.
But still should like to see Scotland
and the places so clustered around
with historical associations" Il believe
that's the phrase which one reals
about ir--in Sir Walter and-anl other
historians. At home they'll be sure to
ask me about Aud Reekic, st. Romans
Well. Corrie Nan Shian. and Coilan
Togle, and what shall / say? 1t is
clearly my duty to go to Scotland. be-
cause-Harry Oldcn, you are pulling
the wool over your own eyes! You
don't care jot more for ordinary places
with extraordinary names than you do
for extraordinary places with ordinary
names. Now acknowledge it's the girl.
Well, confound your impertinence, sup
pose it is the girl.
1 am going to Scotland.
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Leaves From . western House.
Keepers Journal.
Rural New Yorker.

Rural New Yorker.
"There is not anything in the house
but salt pork" / heard the cook say to
Aunt Dorcas. "Oh. that is all right"
and she gave jolly little laugh. and
said, "I've lived too long away from
markets and fresh meat not t. know
how to make meal. or a dozen, out OF
salt pork. Once on time ] cut it in
thick chunks, and fried it in its own
grease over hot fire after parboiling;
but now | cut it as tim as possible
take off the rind. and steep it first in
clean, soft water. about milk warm. II
requires rather slow cooking, and. when
done, can be set in the oven to keel
warm" And all this time Aunt Dorcas
was working while she talked. and then
prepared . gravy Of milk and -four and
some of the grease from the meat, in a
clean frying pan. She toasted some
stale bread, and dipped it in the gravy,
using it Us garnish for the meat Fry
ing q few eggs to lay between.
"In this way little pork goes
q long way" said she. "Chi!d-
rem prefer the toast, egg and gravy
to the meat" Then she cut up some
0DpltS Huu lIltu tutAl u.s. We To SOuldtO-
ga potatoes, removing the cores, but
not peeling the apples. 1t made alto
gether palatable dinner, and, as she
predicted, the children liked the toast
and gravy with their baked potatoes
better than the meat.
One day she cooked what she called
"furmity" in the place Of barley or rice.
1t was made by sleeping wheat for "a
hours, then boiling it gently in soft wat
er for six hours. IL is then set away
for future use, and when wanted is COW
cred with milk upon the stove and al
lowed to simmer. Half on hour before
it is wanted, stir in o couple Of we'll
beaten eggs, little allspice and sugar
to taste. ats nice diSh," said aunt
land where We grow so much wheat il
is handy to keep it boiled and ready
for use. One can't always be running
to the store for rice, and the children
alwans liked furmity the best"
"Did you ever steam cggs?" she
asked one morning before breakfast,
and she took mp pie plate, butteretl
it, and broke some eggs on it, then
seasoned them with salt and pepper and
little butter. Then she sot the plate
in q steamer, and cooked till set. They
were done to a turn, and would he q
good dish for delicate appetite. Eggs
and chickens are plentiful out West,
dearie." she said, "and we try and cool
them with as much variety as possible.
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soLILoQrY TIE SECOND.

Three weeks in London! Well,
LONDON isn't SO bad after all. and am
really interested in hunting up queer
places.
I'll give a farm Just to find Mrs.
Todgers' lodging house, and Miss Gray
is const lntly locking for a Curiosity
Shop. That I should meet her again,
and especially IN this human labyrinth.
is n piece Of good fortune little short Of
fatality. Her mother and 14-year-
brother constituted the party, and the
oil lady says she really doesn't know
how they would have managed to see
So much Of London but for my valu-
a - aid. I'm disinterested party, i am !!
T. aged if l don't believe I'm getting
too much absorbed in the flesh tints, and
the perspective. and the foreshortening,
and the coloring of my study in Gray.
She has not said word about my
guide book, not even whether she re-
ceived il or not Int she seemed glad TO
see Inc. and I-pshaw! I'm too old to
lie .bed and day-dream like school,
boy. ! think I'll go home. I've seen
enough yellow fog and black smoke.
Mrs. Gray says they are going to Scot
land. and the Hebridss, and all those
moist dem'd unpleasant places that
William Black rejoices in-and. indeed
when one can sit by a warm fire and
read about rain and wind, leaden sky
and dewy heather. it isn't bad; but ex-
cuse from participating, Is the mar
said when he WAS going to be hanged
Yet / can be with her by going. She
said her mamma wanted ME to go Sc
much. wonder whether she speaks I,
me with mammals lIps? Girls do.
know, particularly when they are afrai.
to let fellow see that they take an,
interest For example, if her mothel
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philosopher, cynic. hermit anything
but a sentimental fool. Amen.
sOLILoorY THE SIXTH.

SOETLOt(CH The STNIH'
Will the day never break? Those
swallows outside of my window hav.
been chattering for an hour rs II II
were their wedding day. The 2ith O.
April just year to-day since LANDED
in Venics-just year since ] begar
studying the light and shade of my
beautiful picture in Gray, and to-day
Illace it in my fathers hall! All, there
comes the sun! How the clouds gather
golden fringes, The birds are singing
rs if they knew my happiness, The
dew ~ sparkling on the grass. 1t is
springtime, and nv wedding day.
Sheldon Borden in Tine Argonau..
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SOLILoQUY THE THIRD.

SoLILoQUY THE THIRD.
hh-grrr -krrr-gnooch, BY Jove.
how | must have been snoring! l new
er felt so little like getting up in my
life. though the SIN is pouring in Mt the
window, and the whistle of the part
ridge comes from the hillside like a
morning matin:
The breezy callof incense breathing morn.
The swallow twitteriny from the straw built
shed
I'm glad l came to Scotland
We left the beaten track of tourists and
took mp our quarters at this highland
hostelry. don't think l ever erjoyed
rambling through woods, and picking
ferns, or sketching hill-tops, half so
much, even on the banks of the old Sus-
quehana-my benson on her broad bos-
ON,
I'm sure there must be something
about these Highland braes that nourish-
es rhyme, romance and all that sort of
thing, for fellow seems TO drop into
poetry as naturally as Mr.. Silas Wegg.
LAUREL beg pardon, Miss Laurel
my study in Gray-says she knows am
of q poetic temperament, and am so
foolish as to go hammering up verses to
prove it. All, we'll! When It is happi-
ness to be foolish, it's foolishness not to
he happy!
Seems to me I've heard some quota
ton like that, emily briefer. Heigho /!
Yesterday was q red-letter day in my
existence. To lie sole guide, assistance,
counselor and protector Of the dearest
girl in the world for q whole day of
rambling through forest and glen, is
what call . blessed privilege! We
explored Ben Voirlicli-all the noun
tains in this country seem to be af-
hicted with Christian name of Benja.
min-spoke our little piece over Mo-
mans Rill, and ate our luncheon in
"Lone Glenarty's hazel shade" l
think I must have spoutcd a whole
canto of "The Lady OF the Lake" at
different times, and how spirited she
was over the defiant stag-how her
beautiful eyes fill up at the death of my
gallant gray"
Well, it's a blessing know Scott by
heart! 1t is precious little else I know
besides poetry and novels, but she de-
fers to me as if l were an emporium of
information. Said she:
mir. OldeD, you seem to feel poetry,
while other people, just say it. You
give II a ring OF reaiity tnat Is more al
iecuhg thah nn'shea ueeiahatioh.
III must DE because you are my
AUDITOR then. uenera,iy regard poet
ry as o combination OIL iantasticaiiy eie,
vateu woras anu id , hyperooilcai
expression OF nitfa-human sentimehts IN
ultra human language. With you for
listener, IL seem, almost apPropriate'
50 m'Sh r';iA 40 give you.
one tarchiy).i wonder IL 1 nave
awning 10 90 with the ieeiings when
promp' you 10 VIM up an tmPassioned
poem Win some absurd parody or Dur
iesque.
On, that IS done ior the purpose
OF taxing tue ed9e on wnat you nlighs
otherwise consider seht,meh'ai,ty-ahc
partly 10 convince myseii tnat am not
growing sentimental IN realty.
ohe-is sentiment s"ch crime IN
your eyes!
No' crime' ou. source LOT riui-
cue; fromise me nor 10 ia"Sh-not 10
thihk me aosurd-aha III play NJ TO-
nance iike the vefiest iover OF snem aii'
i nave mighty leaning t0H
one oome "ay you IL pay ~ !" N
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woe thee, for I'm in a holiday humor,
and like enough to lie ensnared 2"
lyon regard me as trifier, / see"
She (regrctfully)-"And only think
what Won might have been! Let MS 60
home"
Now, what does all this mean ?
Am IN love? And is there
u chance for me? A to the first, yes ;
and the second WELL. she scornoi
the manner and not the matter Of my
wooing. There's some comfort IN that.
IL you can convince woman that You
were trihsr until you succumbed to
her, she is prepared to forgive the
first, and to regard the last as very
La.ural.
Only to think what you might have
been" She said it almost monrnful-
ly. Now. don't think l might have
been anything in particular; but shall
try to DE it from this time forth, and
she shall be the Judge. How beautiful
she is! I'd give a kings ransom to
There's the breakfast belll
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Matutinal SOIiloquies ola Young Man.
soLu.oQrY THE f.RsT.

Heiyi,oi So Til, is London, and q
smokey, foggy, dismal metropolis it is,
10 say the least of il.
Reminds me of young Simpkins. Of
our class, who undertook to write an
apostropic to the ocean, Ia Byron -
and completed one line: "Oh. thou pro.
disious dampncVw Simpkins stuck
there anil couldn't get any farther; but
there is no such limit to London damp.
Gess.
Ey the great ponds Of Michigan, the
air here seems to hold water in solu-
ton! One runs a risk of being drowned
IA breathing!
suppose this is what Mr.. Guppy
called London particular" but with
all due respect. don't think London is
particular, or she wouldn't have such
All atmosphere.
Fine showing. this, for an April
morning! Ho. hum. I really must get
up and com manoe my pi'erims ee.
cant understand why should have
started on this European tour, and con-
dom,s., wvs.le 90 w.r,,.rinc about
iooa''hs al 'ii'hsS i "oh I want 10 Sec
climbing mountains l don't want TO
climb. rummaging around through
nasty streets where / don't want to
run,mage, and inlaing oders that /
decidedly object to. What is the use
now of my doing" London, and sub
iecting myself TO fatigue. o,lors. and
ackncv coaches. when j accomplish it
all 80 mucl, more pleasantly with one
of Dickens novels at home ia ham
mock. or drifting down the Chesapeake?
i cant understand why ! should want
to SEQ the Tower because the princes
were murdered there, nor the Avon be-
cause Shakespeare was born there, nor a
hundred and one other places because
something was done or wasn't done
there. ii a man tells me that his ia
.i,er was hanged, | am quite satisfied TO
believe him without rushing off i'm
meiiatcly to see the place and bring
ing away a piece of the gallows or a
shred Of the rope.
Thank heaven. when I'm through
with London my occupations gone. and
j can go home in peace. Constantine
ple. Venice. Rome. Switzerland. Paris
I've done them all, and pretty thor
oughly, hope, though my people at
home will be sure to think of some con-
founded place that ought to have seen
but tllln't see. Something that have
omitted which they have been diving to
see for goodness knows how long.
Think Id better coach up on the
guide book, snd--that reminds me
gave mine to the pretty girl whom
rescued in Venice from the gondoliers
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The above sale is hereby postponed to MON
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UNITED STATES LAND oFFIoE,

EUREKA, New, Aug. II, 1880.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT
IN O. 8. Preble, of Carson City, State
of Nevada, authorized agent for the State If
Nevada. and acting for and on its behalf, ha.
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Congress approved JUNE Is, 1880, entitled IAN
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the NE. 4 OF section 3, the SW. h of the Sc.
u of section IT, and the NE. Y of the SW. u
of section 20, in township 15. north of range
So east, and the SW. n of the Sc. Il and W. Il
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Notice to Creditors.
In the. sixth Judicial Distries
Court of Nevada I'm and for I'm.
reka County.
VS.. In insolvency,
p. N. HANSEN.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT u
in the above entitled cause. Hiram JOIN
son, Assignee of said T.. n. Hansen, an ID
solvent debtor. did ON the Goth day OF JAY,
A. d. 1885, file in said Court a partial repo'
and petition praying that q dividend Of ts
sum of 81, 1875 rs Of the assets OF said insat
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Of the amount Of the claims of cseditors VIZ
have proved up and flied their claims in sss
matterl, and that 6 distribution thereof y
made according to law; that q dividend o.
said sum OF 50. 1856 Is has been declared, and
the hearing of the petition OF said Assignee
have the same distributed has been bysha
Court ordered to be set for
Monday. the 18th day Of September
A. ID. 1855,
before said Court at the Courtroom thereoin
the town Of Eureks, In said county, Al Ie
hour of 10 O'Clock A, NJ, or as soon theresl'a
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Assignee Sale.
I'm the District Court of m Sixth
Judicial District of Nevada, i'm
and for Eureka County.

W.T.. SMITH ct al.
P. N. HANSEN.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT I, AS
IN Assignee of the estate OF p. N. Hansen,
sn insolvent debtor, under and by virtue Of
an order Of Court in the above mentioned ac-
tion for that purpose duly made, will, on
Monday, the 18th day Of August,
1855,
At the hour of l O'Clock P. NJ, sell ct the front
door of the Courthouse of said county, in the
tow of Eureka, at public auction to the high
est and best bidders. for cash, all the right,
title. estate and interest of said p. N. Hansen.
and all my right title. estate and interest as
Assignee OF said p. N. Hansen. fnsolyent
debtor, Of, in or to the following described
property, situate in said county of Eureka:
One stockade building used for g store.
One boarding and lodging frame building.
One frame stable.
one blacksmith shop and three corrals. The
above properly is known as the Pine station
property on the E. h p. X. X.
Also, the Boma mine, situate about four
miles east of Pine Station.
The Denay timber ranch (so-called), about
IA miles west of Pine Station.
The Franklin ranch tso-calledl In Pine VAL
ley, adjoining the ranch Of A. Buschszzio on
the north.
The Bald Mountain ranch, about seven miles
northeast from Pine Station, and south OF
Telegraph Canyon. ~
The Hansen wood ranch, lying east about
two and q half miles from Pine Station.
The Margaroli ranch, about I've miles south
from Pine station and one and a half miles
east from Oak Station.
Together with all wood, charcoal, timber
buildings and improvements of every kind
whatsoever. situate on said ranches, or there
unto belonging.
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