Sierra County advocate., 1895-09-20
TIE METAL MARKET,
THE MATRIMoNIAL NINE

The other night old Blinkkas,
seeing his Bon getting ready 10 go
10 ball. proceeded to give him
some wholesome advice on women.
Tom, my boy" he said filling
ap his pipe, Il see you are getting
fancy tops on for ball. Now /
don't object to balls or any kind
Of amusement, but want to give
you little advice, Tom lookout
for the woman you meet there.
A man who goes around after the
women is a good deal like a pros
pector hunting for a mine. You
see woman at ball and she's all
fri2sad np and rigged ont in silk
and powdered and painted where
ever her slin shows ! self, tiis sur.
face groupings look pretty well, but
II you locate on the strength Of EN-
you'll get fooled every time. A
woman Of that kind 10 just q salted
mine, Don't you take any stock
IN her, she won't wash. II you
want 10 prospect such location n
httle further, slide up and take an
nssay Of her conversation. O, my
boysl thres per cent qfintellIgence,
twenty-five of fashionable etiquette
and the rest frivolity, conceit,
ignorance and vanity mixed up
in about equal parts. Drop her
right away; such rock won't pay
TO mill, II you get q patent for
this.claim you'd never see dlvi-
dend como out OF II as long as you
lived. The assessment to keep the
upper works IN repair and the
lnwcr levels from caving In would
land you 10 poor house on D
lightning express and some morn
iag you'd wake up and find your
claim located by some one else.
The old man shook the ashes out
of bis pipe and eoui aae.iM
"sometimes you'll striko a PLAIN
girl IL eommolF aort Of d sifess.
Sne won't be goqA looking. m3ybe,
aud won't have abynira, Ihe sur.
face indications won't show much,
hut before you've prospected long
you're likely to come to some good
indications that VIII pay TO follow
up Rich streaks OF conversational
quartz and spurs OF intelligence
showing up finely the deeper you
go. Pretty soon You'll strike a
we'll defined vein Of common sense
That's the kind Of mine 10 freeze
TO Locate II as soon az possible,
and get out your patent papers and
you'll have regular bonanza TO
lall back on for the rest Of your
life. II you think the good claims
are all taken mp you're fooled
This town is full OF em. I'm an
old prospeetor aud I've Travelled
around a great deal.
Ii NV time wasn't taken MP
with my own nine, know where
there are lots I prime locations
only waiting Tor some practical
miner to come along aud deyelope.
A woman's heart, Tom, is mighty
curious thing. Take It in all its
spurs, angles, ramiiications aud
sinuosities and its more Of a puz
zle and mystery than the whole
Comstock lode. Some fellows try
To work aud by pure luck sulke It
rich sisht in plaee where old ex-
perienced miners never supposed
there was any thing. Gitun' the
title to ,be property alnt the only
.hiue, it's keeping mp the proper
developments aud seeing that
Jumpers don rfsr in and eneroach
upon your claim, Some Of these
domestic miners require an awful
lot OF money and machinery, aud
some Of them can be run On about
nothing. Whenever you get one
Of 'em aud find you can't run II to
advantage, the hes. thing % d. j.
to throw up Jour job as supavin-
sendens and shut down the works,
soua years ago the nasivet
near Bombay gave accounts Of