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M.D.. .. wi , 'oirlc'sn. firndnnted In 1H51. V. i'..- .n' rin imh. OHlco. Lett ti r1 .i -r iiir!fn 'Itlock. Sneeiftl till'. iOt :rI'- and dlssfs or V." !-ra on m Vsr8 rJa eTI SsesI t-:e?, -v- LOTJ ESTABLISHED 1853. Oldest Paper in tho StatoJ "GOD BINOAVS ALI, THE REST." "Now I lny," repeat It darling "Lay mc," lisped the tiny lips Of my daughter, kneeling bending, O'er her ioldod linger tlpca. "Down to Bleep," "Tobleep'oho murmured And the curly head bent low ; "I pray the Lord" I gently added, "You can &ay;it all I know." "Pray the Lord" the sound came faint. Fainter stll "My soul to keop." "fhon the tired head fairly nodded, And tho XJhlld was fast asleep. But the dewy eyes half opened. When I clasped her to ray breast, And tho dear voice softly whispered, "Mamma, God knows all tho rest." OR THE SEARCH FOR THE MOUNTAIN MINE. BY GEOROE MANVILLE FENN,: AuTiioitor "Ship Ahoy!" CHAPTER XXV. DELUDIIERIN' TIIROUT. Ten dnyB of peaco by the beautiful mountain lake soon passed avvuy with out a single Interruption. Dawson grew ationger each hour, atid his eye flashed blighter. Then they fished for the delicious lake trout, Larry's old Irish experiences, in what he call ed, with a twinkle of his eys, "fishing widout lave." came in useful here, and lie had great success. But not nt first. For two days he came buck empty-handed, though Frank had been more fortunate with his gun, and the ducks he brought In made a pleasant meal. I don't liko It," said Larry, rub bing his chin. "Thero's thousandsof throut there, for yo can see thim Bwimmin' about in shoals. Bad luck to thim ! bud they won't bo caught, an' yo can't go an' halo out a big hole like that lake; yo might got tired. The bastes aro artful, that's what It is, a:i' don't like to be caught honorable. Why, yer honor, I'vo known glntle min como wid their grand flshln' poles, an' flies like buttorflies, an' thry all day an' niver get a fish thryin' honorable, ye know. Bud whin Mickey Daly an' I whit quietfr ov a night an' did a bit ov poachin' och ! the fishes wore delighted, and wo caught as many as v,o liked. Now I wouldn't be abitsurpri3ed,"said Lar ry, thoughtfully, polishing his stick with a handful of sand and somo grass "not a bit surprised ifthodiv ils out here aro as ounnin' and wick ed as they aro at home. Bedad! an' why not? Human nature's tho same all tho wido world over, an' why not here?" Duwaon laughed, for the Irishman's ideas amused him. "What will you do, then, Larry?" "What will I do yer honor? Why, I'll bo aven wid thim. 'Play black,' sez they 'a shpado.' 'Arrah !' sez I, 'an' I haven't got wan. Thrumps!' an' fhut thrick's mine. On wo go agin, and I let thim take a diamond thrick, whin, thinkin to havo me, they plays diamonds. 'Whisht!' sez I, 'an I've got ye agin !' an' I trumps once moro an' wins. That's how I'll do thim, yer honor, MIsthor Dawson, Sor." "Well, that soundB all very well, Larry," laughed Dawson ; "but not a bit tho wiser. Y7hut do I'm you mean to do?" "Lo. Sor? Why, that's what I've been tellin' yo. They won't play fair, so they must play foul. I ohatcd thim whin I playod thrumps, bud they niver knew it, so I must chate thim bore. That bit about the cards what Father Rooney called an appylog." Dawson nodded. "Ye see, fctor, it's plain enough that the fish won't be took fair, so they must bo got wid a bit of wlokdness. I'll have to go an' pouoh for thim same's I do at home. Only think of the little scaly beggars bein' so artful." "Why, Larry," said Adams, laying down his pipe, "how can it be poach ing when there is no law against tak ing tho trout?" "Whisht, yer honor, an' what do the fi3h snow about laws an' all that sort of thing? They niver hoard the word poachin' In all their Hve3 not even in Injun." "Exactly ; that's what I Bay," laugh ed Adams. "But then Ican't argue." "Ov course not, yer honor.'' You'v not studied throut an' salmon as I havo all mo life, an' don't know all their artlful little ways. It's tho iday ov tho poachin' that plases thim, not the name ov tho thinir., le see. a throut's a kind ov baste that likes to bo tickled. Thry it in any strnme where there's wan layin' by tho side air jiatEay tickle to him wausc wia yer fingers, an' he'll lay over laughin' in yer hand, on' thero yo have him, ready for the gridiron.' "But you can't tickle trout in a lake, Larry." "Ov coorso not, wid yer hand, yer honor, unless ye had fingers a hun dred feet long; so ye tickle thim wid the Iday ov bein' poached for, an catch thim like fun. It's the wicked ness ov the thing as thoy liko3, for they're a bad lot. they aro, thim fish a could-blooded, hnytheniah not, an only fit to be ato. I don't wondher at tho ouid Eaint goiu' an' praychin' to thim as he did, an' much good It's done thim. Ab, the divil a bit! It would want a dalo of praychin' to make n doycont boy ov any wan ov thim." . Larry had ovidonily a plan ready, for soon after he set to work with an axe, lopping off boughs from thepines, aud cutting down two or threo smaller lul I IlLMall ll fly II i Lild ? """'' -' Mlf tMLJJLJkAl.UMitUii I II I poles, whioh ho out in lengthB lashed together at the ends and then crossed them with othere till he had made on tho sandy shoro of the lake a decent little raft about six feet by eight, strong and sufficiently buoyant to easily bear a couple of men. On this ho placed a rlco bag and his fishing tackle, cut himself a rough oar to pad dle with, and thon waited for the night to sot In. There would bo but little exortion, so Dawson deolded upon accompany ing him, for the voyage was only to bo a few hundred yards out In the lake; and at last, when tho surface was liko one purply-black sheet, spangled with the glittering diamonds refiooted from above, they pushed off, aud anohored by means of a heavy stone lot down by Larry with tho thin rope used for lashing on the packs of the mules. "Thero, yer honor," said Larry "thoro's for yo. Yo might think ye wero out on a lake in ould Olreland, an' tho kaypera on the watch ashore waltin' to catch ye, Tho throut are down below thero, thinkln' it's a rare gamo; an' if wo could see thim, be dad an' It'ssartlu that they're smellln' round that stone I've put down, an rubbin' thimselves against the rope. Now I'll have first thry;" and ho lowered a baited hood, which had hardly reached the bottom boforo tug tug, there was a sharp Bnatoh or two at tho lino, and Larry began to haul up a good-Eized fish. "Faith, an' what did IsayV' he ex claimed. "Bud whieht! I musn't spako too loud, or they'll bo ofF." Dawson had now lowered his bait, and after a minute he had u similar good fortuno. "It's their nature all the world over as I said before," said Larry, in a whisper, as ho hauled in another and placed It in tho rice bag. "It'll bo a good dieh wo'll havo for the ladies, an' a fine feed In the mornin' ; an' no fear of starvation so long as we kapo close to tho wather, on' know enough nntral history to dalo wid the fish.'' "Didn't wo deludher thim?" said Larry, as ho bore his heavy bagful of fish up to the hut. "Here's Misthor Dawson caught about half, an' enough left in tho pond there to go at for months to come the artful little bastes. An', masther dear, what d'ye say to the poauhln' now ?" CHAPTER XXVI. ANOTHER O II E C K . It was a pleasant fortnight that they spent by tho shores of that clear watered lake, over changing in its hues now glittering and shlmmoring like silver in the sun, now mirroring the shapes of the mighty mountains whioh surrounded it on all sides ; or by night smooth and tranquil, with a long path of Itgbt seeming to pave a way to where tho great round moon poured down beani9 whioh sent the tiny waves rippling to break upon the sand liko fluid phosphoresoent light. The days passed thero wero for rest and Frank and his wife rambled often through the pine woods, whoso whole some resinous perfumo seemed to load the air. It wbb a dreamy, lotus-eating existence, and Larry declared it to be graud for tho "mulo bastes." "Only look nt Don John," he said to his master ; "did yo Ivor see such a coat? Look how Itshlnes, yer honor; an' falo the fat ho's got on his rib3. Arrah! now bo quiet,' ho Bhouted at tho mule, whioh raised its head from where it was grazing, laid its oars back, and gave an unmistakable kick. "Is It wantin to pick a quarrel ye are? or did yo think ye could touch me ribs by raisin's yer leg in that un convanient way? Now be aisy, an' go on atin' an' gettin' sthrong." Tho mulo went on with its grazing, and Larry led tho way to another. "There's Pepe, Sor ; he's as sthrong as a horso, an' quito fat. It's wonder ful how they've all improved. I tell thim to make good uso ov their time, for thero's somo hard work for thim to do by-aud-by. But it's proud they ought to bo carryin' goolod as orowns Is made ov, instead ov a dhirty load ov sthones such as some poor neglect ed bastes would have to bear, an' soro places coming on their backs at the samo time. Arrah! an' that's a fine mulo, that Popo ; look how purtily tho baste waggeles his ears whin the flies como taziug him, an' how he makes much ov tho little bit of tail ho's got, an' it isn't much. Thim bastes, Sor, will carry a wonderful load, see if thoy don't ; an' only want a rowl In tho sand now an' thin to freshen thim Up for their nextjour ney." And now amonth had glided away ; and, as they sat watching the glorious tints upon the mountain-tops as tho sun painted upon them tho glories of his last rays, Dawson said, with a sigh, and a dry look of humor upon his face, "I'm very Eorry, but I feel quite well now." "Sorry!" exclaimed Mrs. Adams. "Yes, sorry that I must assume once moro tho position of protector instead of protected. It is utter non sense that I should idle any more. But," he said glancing round at Mary, "tho holiday has been very sweet." Mary was busy over some piece of work, and did uot seem to hear. "We must be up and doing again," continued Dawson, who seemed, as it were, to be rousing himself from the peaceful, dreamy state Into which he had fallen. "I'vo lain by too long, and now, Master Frank, Imean to re sume tho reins of government." "With all my heart," said Frank, lazily ; "but, do you know there must be something in this soft mountain air that is enervating as to moral tone BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1875. while It is exhilarating to the nature. I could go on living here forever. It is a pleasure merely to exist to breathe the puro breezes, to sniff up the scent-laden air, to sleep such rest ful slumbers and wake up so strdng and refreshed, to eat and drink and think so little. Heigho! Dawson, old fellow, gold and civilization and tho world seem to be of very littlo consequence when one oan live in such an Eden. What do you think of it, Larry?" "Sure, an' It's very nice," said Lar ry, who Was smoking; "bud Ifc don't seem quite- perfect." "Not perfect?" "No, yer honor, not for mo. Shuro haven't ye two gintlemen got tho so ciety ov tho ladles, samo as Adam had In his Eden ? while poor Pat, as Mis- ther Dawson's bo fond ov call in mo, has got nothin' botther'an tho mules, whioh Is a highly resplclablo kind ov bastes In their wa3't bud still they aren't Christians." "Then you would not like to Btay hero always, Larry ?" said Mrs. Ad ams. "Sure an' I wouldn't," said Larry "'specially In tho winter; an, be tho same token, isn't tho tobacco ruu nin, so short It won't last above a week or two longer?" , "Larry's quito right," said Dawson. "The tea too, is getting low, and the flour and rice. We've plenty forEomo time, but these things won't last for ever." "An" the throut ain't so wicked as they were," said Larry ; "they'ro get tin' converted from their evil wa3Ts, an' won't take to the poachin' like they did at first. Not that it matters much, for I'm ready for thim In two or three other ways if they won't bite." "We came out silver-hunting," said Dawson slowly, after a pause. "And wo havo hunted gold,'' Bald Adams, "and havo grown so enervat ed in the mountain valley that we care for it scarcely at all." "But now comes a general waking up," exclaimed Dawson. "Back to tho big city is now the order ; for it is not prudent to remain here. Because we hnvo been unmolested eo long, wo are tempting fate. I don't want to be a bird of 111 omen, but not only may tho Indians find us hero, but nature may turn unkind and send us storms, for tho season is getting on. I tako my place as leader ouco more, then, and say it is not prudent to stay. The mules aro strong und hearty, our treas ure lies waiting us to claim it, bo to morrow let us bo woll on toward tho valley, and load our beasts for the journey across tuo aescrt." At daybreak tho next morning the little tent was struck and wrapped around its light polo, the mules laden with tho food and such few things as thoy folt that they must havo ; for with suoh u weight of treapuro await ing them they could not afford to bur den tho mules with tools and pack ages that would bo of little service now. Tho light valisea and speci mens collected hero ond thero were tossed aside unwillingly, but tho nec essities of the position bade them do it; and at last cleared of everything that they could dispense with in tho homeward journey, they gavo a fare well look at the peaceful lake and started for tho golden valley. "Sure this won't do if thero's to bo much ov It," said Larry, wiping the perspiration from his face. "Tho mules is that skittish with tho rest an' foedlu', and now nothin' to carry, that they'ro killln' mo intirely, and I'll have to load thim up wid stones." But thy grew steadier as they jour neyed on, falling into their old places, and following their leader in regular Indian file. As they plodded -along, Dawson, who had thoroughly fulfilled his word of once moro taking tho lead gave out his orders for tho march, tho most important being that they should get as close as they could to tho valley be fore sending out a scout which, by th e-way, was to be himself and then, If all proved safo, thoy wero to stay just as long in the place us would be sufficient to load tho mules with the treasure. After this was done what remained could bo covered with frag ments of rock and fetched at some fu ture timo. Strange forobodjngs began to op press them n6 they neared the valley, but It was not spoken of by a single member of the party, lest It should dispirit tho others. Tho journey was a series of descents along ravines that looked a3 if they were the beds of mighty torrents during tho wintry storms, when they would probably be filled with snow-d rifts. Once or twice they had a ridge or two to sur mount, but thoy wero slight, and they wondered now at the height to which thoy must havo climbed almost imperceptibly in their wanderings. In spite of tho dispirited feelings, which they might have attributed to to the breaking up of their pleasant camp, no obstacles appeared, and thoy trudged on till tho sun grew unbear ably hot, and toward mid-day they picked out as sheltered a spot as they could find, and came to a halt, with tho faint, dull roar of the cataract coming at Intervals to their ears. This, it was decided, was as near to tho valley as it would be prudent for them to go, and now came reconnoi tring. "I have been an idler for so long that I shall take up that duty," said Dawson. "You aro loo weak yet," remons trated Adams. mi-Lj-np-rTm "Not I," was the reply. "Whatev er you do, keep dloso with th& mules until our return, for it is possible that tiiore may bo Indians hanging about tije place." 'Adams promised ; and after going to Mary's Bide for a few moments, Dawson made a sign to Larry, and the two well-armed men stepped on ward along the high .ravino which, some distance uhoad, opened into the golden valley. For a time thoy confined themselves to walking steadily on through tho glaring Bunshine, which made the very rocks too hot for tho baud to be rested upon them. "Suro an' this will give a finishing touch to my complexion, Sor," said Larry, in a whisper, "I'vo felt meself turnln' black for a month past, and now I'm being finlslltd. I suppose that was how tho nagurs first got turifed that color." "Don't talk so loud, Larry," was the reply ; "a whisper goes flying down these hollows In a way some times that is startling." "I'm spacheless, yer honor," said Larry, trotting close behind his leader. "Bud whist! what's that?" Almost involuntarily ho stopped be hind a rock, closely followed by Daw sou. But it was a false alarm : a piece of Btouo, loosened by a bird or some little animal, fell rattling down from high up tho slope of tho ravine ; and smiling at their nervousness, thoy stepped on again till thoy came close to the entrance to tho valley, where they hulteU for a fow minutes in a shady nook to gain rest and breath. "Wo shall havo to bo careful hero," said Dawson, "ond go slowly, keep ing always under shelter. And mind this Larry: if wo do come upon tho savages, wo muet not run toward where our friends are hid." "An'why not?" euidLarrj', scratch ing his head. "Why" not? Becauso it would bo drawing tho Indians to whero they aro. If it oomes to that, wo must try and lead the wretches nway.'' "Any how ye like, yer honor; I'm wid yo," said Larry. Thoy now went cautiously down from tho ravine, sheltering them selves among tho brushwood, till they stood once moro in tho familiar valley, with Its blulfd, points, and rifts, all fa miliar to them from their long so journ. J'Jvery tuing was sun in cuat noontide heat but the reptiles aud in sects, for hero and there upon the hot stones o tiny brown lizard ran rapidly along, to disappear in in somo rift ; a kind of grasshopper chirped nnd kept up its monotonous and tedious noise among the parched, mossy herbage: aud once they saw a small snako, al armed by thelrapproach, glido among tho stones. So silent did every thing seem in that blazing heat that a less cautious man would have been con tent to stop boldly out; but Dawson had learned no littlo by oxperlenco. and went on from shelter toshelter, as ono might bo expected to go who is prepared lo receive an inimlcalshotat any moment. Thero was tho rivulot with goldon sands and nugget-haunted pools flash ing back the sun ; there tho. Bpot whero thP3'hadbeon attacked ; across tho valley the opening to the rift whero tho silver lay, and not far off the rocks that towerod over the cache, and tho epot whero tho hut had stood; behind them was tho entrance to the cannon, out of which oarae the deep bass roar of tho Y.'aterfall ; but every where the place looked deserted,' and free from even suspicion of danger. Tho hot sun beat down on rock and plno from the dazzling sky, and the very air seemed to quiver and vi brato as they scanned the place from tho shadow of o small clump of small firs. The hut seemed to bo standing safe ly, and that meant that tho gold had been untouched. They were not quito sure, for their observations had only hpnn tnlrnn from the further side of tho valley, but they were satisfied ; and goingon farther away still from the open desert, they found more and more shelter as they proceeded. "This will be about where thimbeg cars played at bow-an'-nrrow wid us," said Larry, in a whisper, as they halt ed onco moro omong eomo stunted pines which grow from amidst the rugged stones, ono of which stood up square and massive upon o little flat olear pleco of sand ; and he pointed toward tho pool in the rivulet where they had been so busy. "Bedad ! if I had the rascals now, I'd " Larry's whispered speech came to an end, for Dawson's hand was clap ped upon his mouth, as the latter peered anxiously back nlongthe route whicli they had come. Larry looked in the same direction, and there, about five hundred yards back, and between them and the ravino where the rest of the party awaited their re turn, was en Indian coming along with bent head and cautious look from side to side, evidently tracking their footsteps. One Indian oxily ; but his tribe must be close at hand. What was to be done? Escape was impossible, for this keen eyed enemy was certainly tracing them step bp step. They could see him-evidently at fault now and then upon the stony ground, and he would agaiu and again disappear in tho lit tlo clump3 through which they bad passed ; but when he came out It was to bo pursuing their trail with uner ring oye, and in a few minutes he would be up to where thoy stood; for not only had he their foot-marks, but tho broken and trampled bushes thro' H USH.itraWLltLSW.S'AT'jMJLteg. whioh, for tho sake of shelter, they had forced their way. Dawson examined tho leek of his rifle, and u stern, hard look camo into his faoo ; but Larry, after rubbing his chin for a few moments, made a ges ture of dissent, handed Dawson his rifle, and wetted tho hand which held his stiok, going through tho pantom ime of being in ambush aud knocking a man down. "If ye shoot, it'll bring all the var mints down upon us, yor honor," ho whispered. "Como along, an' I'll show ye. D'yo seo that bit ov a rook?" he continued, pointing to tho mass right in their path. Dawson nodded. "Very well, thin; ho's follyln' us bo our fato; so, whin wo get thero, yo shall go dn an' I'll dodgo back, an' tako up mo quarthers behind that shtono. He'll come slithorlng along like a shnoko, tho baste, on' thinkjn' we're on in front, whin whoosh ! Ob, tho nato tap ho shall havo upon that coppor-colored head ov his ! I'll tache hihi to ploy the shaako afthor us ' The plan was good, and they went on a dozen yards, when, making a Bidejleap, Larry jlauded himself among the bushes, and raado his way back to tho big rook, whoro ho took up a fav orable position with upraised stick, and such a smile upon his face as ho might havo worn if feelliip; for heads outside a font at Donnybrook. And all this time, and ever oomlng nearer, tho Indian crept cautiously on, tracing step by step with uner ring fidelity the trail taken by tho two odventurero. TO BE CONTINUED. This story la published by Messrs. llarpor & Eros,, N. Y., complete, and will be sent by them to any part of tho United States, dostago prepaid, on receipt of forty cents. THE PACIFIC COAST, A Peculiar Country Productions Eatables Drawbacks Irrigation A Big Canal Tho State to Irrigate Towus and Cit ies Yi'ho Should Come and "Who not. Correspondence Nebraska Advortlser. San Francisco, June 1, 1S73. A PECULIAR COUNTRY. California Is tho most singular coun try in the world. It has within its borders moro varieties of climato, and moro varieties of production, and is, altogether, a peculiar country. San Francisco, for Instance, enjoys a sum mer during whioh the thermometer never goes abovo 70, and in the win ter never below 40. Go fifteen miles aoross tho bay and you will find it 10 hotter, and you go up the San Joaquin valloy 60 miles, aud tho mercury will mount up to 105, on the slightest pro vocation. Then go on to the moun tains and every step you go up it bo comes cooler till you shall find, if you go up far enough, snow tho year round. So you seo you can got any olimateyau want, varying from that of Greenland's icy mountains to In dia's coral strands. And itB PRODUCTIONS Vary as widely as its climate. Wheat grows to a perfection Unknown In the other States. Rye, barley, oats, pota toes, and in fact all the grains and roots produco wonderfully. Fruits miraculous both in yield and quanti ty. It is fashionable to say of Cali fornia fruits that while tho yield Is large they are deficient In flavor. This is not true. A pear grown in Califor nia and oaten In Now York will not havo tho flavor a pear should havo, but It must bo remomberod that It has beou bounced In railroad trians seven days, and that It was picked green. That same pear whioh is so Insipid in the New York market, is as spicy and high flavored in San Francisco as ono ooulid wish It. The oranges, straw berries, peaches, plums, apricots, and all other fruits aro just as good in quality as they are In quantity. And remember another point. The Californiau has these things tho year round. There is no season of year that new potatoes, beans, green peas, asparagus and all edibles of that clas3 aro not in tho market, and strawber ries even aro plentiful ten months In tho year. OTHER EATABLES aro just as plentiful and just as cheap. Tho muntain ranges afford splendid food for oattlo and Bheep, and tho ocean streams are full of the finest of fish. Nowhere can bo great a va riety of fish bo found, and in no wa ters aro they better. In consequence, living is very cheap in California, and not only cheap but good. In San Francisco a better meal can be had for twenty cents than you can got In New York for a dollar. But the country II AS ITS DRAWBACKS. There are but two seasons, the wet ond tho dry, and the dry season Is very dry. For months and mouths no rain falls; and during the wet sea eon it rains almost every day. If the rain-fall is light during tho wet sea son, a short crop, or rather a total fail ure of crops, Is tho certain result. In somo of tho valleys the rain-fall is fre quently sufllolent to produco two crops in a year, but more frequently ono only can be matured, and total failures aro by no means uncommon. IRRIGATION la the only certain thing for orops anywhere in the State. That makes crops absolutely certain, 'and not only oortaiu but wonderfully profitable. VOL. 20 -NO' 4 When a man buys n farm In Califor nia, It is the water, not the land, that ho buys. Land oan be had cheap enough anywhere, but to get land that wator can bo put on Is tho point. The country must bo irrigated in somo way, to make production cer tain. In somo sections artesian wells answer tho purpose well and cheap ly. Tho wator is raised by moans of wind-mills, ond distributed in the us ual way. But ateslan wells cannot be had everywhere, and then other means must bo resorted to. Tho San Joaquin Valley, ono of tho largest and richest in tho State, needs water moro than almost any other portion of tho Stato. To do it it is proposed to make a CANAL 300 MILES LONG fiom Lake Tularo, bringing tho wa ters of that little sea down tho whole length of tho valloy. To utilize tho water to tho fullest extent, It Is pro posed to make tho canal navigablo so as to not only furnish water for the crop3, but to furnish cheap transit for their crops after they are produced. Tho work will bo enormously expen sive, but it will pay. The Valloy Is as rich as the Nilo country, and In wet seasons will produco tho orops with certainty. Two years' orops would pay for the canal. This pro jeot with a dozen others will be urged upon tho State Legislature this win tor, 'and in somo shape will bo carried. It has been fouud necessa ry to make IRRIGATION A STATE MATTER. It is impossible for Individuals to mako ditche3 of sufllolent capacity to wator so vast an extent of country, and if corporations wero to do it, mo nopoly would squeeze tho llfo out of tho people. The Slate will do it, and when done California will bo os great as an ogricultral State aa she la now as a mineral. THE TOWNS AND CITIES of California aro, as a rulo, prosper ous. San Franolsco 13 growing very rapidly, and thero are scores of now towns springing into existence in all parts of tho State, and they aro going forward rapidly. Saorameutoisdoad, for Its business was taken away when tho Central Pacifio road wob extended to San Francisco, but Sacramento is an exception. But DON'T EMIGRATE IF YOU ARE POOR. California is no place for a man without moans. The Idoa of gold brought to tho Bhores thousands upon thousands of poor men, who wore dls, appointed ,in their hopes, and who consequently aro compelled to work for just what thoy can get; and be sides, John Chinaman, who can live on nothing a day Is hero, and a terri ble competitor in the labor market ho is. Tho delicious olimatohas brought thousands more, all of whom want semothing to do, and tho result Is al most everything oxcept farming is ovordono. Lawyors aro thiokor than blackberries in northern Pennsylvnia. Doctors ! bless you, thero aro ten for every patient, particularly as delirium tremens Is about tho only diseaso thoy havo hero, and there aro mechanlos of all kinds In plenty. Book-keepers, clerks, oalosmen, nil of that sort of people swarm through tho land liko bees. So don't come without money, expecting something to turn up. It may turn up, but, alas! thoro aro a dozen mouths for every bit that shows itself. But IF YOU IIArE MONEY. somo money, you don't ncod muoh, you can find plenty of flolds In which to labor profitably. Moehaulcs who do business for thomselves, do well, and with capital agriculture is very profitable. The professions aro nil overstocked, and merchandizing is overdone. Tho STATE HAS A GREAT FUTURfc boforo it, and whoever Bottles here in the right way cannot but get his sharo in the benefit of its growth. Gold is no longer picked up in nug gets, or washed out in pans. Thero is gold, but it takes money to get it, and it is with gold so it la with overy thing else. You can't pick up fortunes in California any easior than you can in New York. But It Is a delightful rich Stato, and whoever chooses to como with means, and works hard enough, will get on certain. And so he will anywhere. Thero are a great many coming and a few returning. The few will win nnd the many will be disappointed. Still It-Is good country to come to. Pietro'. How it is DoNE.-Somebody wrote tb tho editor of a paper to enquire how he would break an oh. The editor re plied as follows : "If only one ox, a good way would be to hoist him, by means of a log chain attached to his tail, to the top of a polo forty feet from the ground. Then hoist him by a rope tied to his horns to another pole. Then descend on to hia baok o five-ton pile-driver, and If that fails to break him, let him start g country newspaper and trust pwple for subscription's. One of the two will do i J suro." He that loses his conscience, says Izaak Walton, ha3 nothing 16ft that is worth keeping. Therefore be suro you look at that. And in the next plnoo look to your health ; and if you have it, praise God, and value it next to a good conscience; for health is the second blessing that we mortals aro capable of, a blessing that money can not buy ; therefore value It and be thankful for It. Ashareholder A plowman. ADVERTISING ItATES. Onelhch'.one year. Twonches, one year . 13 00 Each succeeding Inch, per year 5 oo' Legal advertisements at legal rates One square .- (10 lines of Nonpareil, oles.-0 drst ascrtlou, Jl.ooi" each subsequent Insertion, JCc. j3 All transient advertisements most be paid for In advance. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THECOUSTYi- 1IE COLONEL'S-itAT".'. Ho Didn't Mean to Insult tho Court.- Colonol Bangs la vory bald, and, in order to Induce his hair to grow again, is using a very excellent ortlclo of "Hair Vigor" upon his scalp. A woek or tr,o ago he was summoned as a ju ryman upon a caso In tho oIrcuIt court, and, upon tho day of the trial, just before the hour at whioh tho court met, he remembored that ho had not applied the Vigor to his head1 that mbrnlngl He Had duly a few minutes to spare, but he flew up stairs and into the 'dark closet? where ho kept tho bottle; and pouring Bomo' fluid upon a sponge, ho rubbed his head energetically. By some mishap1 tho Colonel got hold of the wrong bot tle, and tho Bubstance with whioh ho Inundated his scalp was not Vigor but tho biaok varnish with which Mrs. Bangs deoorated her shoes. Howev er, Bangs didn't perceivo the mlstakbj but walked off to tho court-room. It was a very oold morning, and by tho timo tho Colonel reached his destina tion tho varnish was stiff as a stone. -Ho felt a littlo uncomfortable aboufc the head, and lib endeavored to rb move his hat to discover tho oauBo of tho diflioulty, but to his dismay itwafi Immovable. Ii was glued fast to tho' skin and his efforts tojtako it off gave him frightful palm Just then ho heard his name called by the crier, and he had to go into court to answer. He was wild witli apprehension of coming trouble; but ho took his seat In tho jury.box and determined to explain the situation to tho court at the earliest possible mo ment. As he sat there with a guilty feeling In his soul1, it seemed to him' that that high hat kept getting big ger and blggor, until it appeared to him to bo as large as a medium-sized, shot-tower. Then ho was consolous that tho lawyers wertrstarlngat him. Then tho olerk looked hard at him and soreamed : "HatB off In court !" and the Colon ol grow crimson in thofaco. "Hat3 off!" yelled the clerk again, and tho Colonel was about to reply; when tho Judgs camo in, and as his eyes rested' on Bangs, he said : "Persons in tho court room must re--movo their hats." Bangs "May It ploaso your honor, I kopt my hat on ticoaUba- " Judge "Well, sir, you must tako ifc off, now." Bangs "BuI say I kept it on bo oause " Judge "We don't want any argu ments upon tho subject, sir. Tako your hat off, iuBtantJy !' Bangs "But you don't let me ' Judge "Remove that hat this mo--ment, sir! Aro you going to bandy words with mo, sir? TJnoovor your' head at onco.' Bangs "Judgo, if j;cu will only givo mo a chance to " Judge ''This is intolerable! Do you mean to Insult this court, sir? Do you mean to profane this sacred torn-" plo of justice with untimely levity? Tako your hat off, sir, or I will flno you for contempt. Do you hear mo?" Bangs "Well, it's very hard that!1 can't say a word by way of ex " Judge (warmly) "This is too much just a littlo' too much! Per-' haps you'd liko to como upon tho bench hero aud run tho court, anuV sentence a few convicts ? You'vo go moro audaolty than a mule. Mr. olerk fine that man fifty dollars! Now, sir, romovo your hat." Bangs "Judge, this Is rough on' mo, I " Judgo (In a furious rage) "Won'ff do it yet? Why, you impudent scoundrel! I'vo a notion to. Mr. olerk, lino him $100 moro, ond Mr. Jones you go and tako that hat off by' force!" Then the tipstaff approached Bangs, who was by this time half crazy with' wrath, and hit tho hat with his stick. It didn't movo. Then he struck ii again, and oaved In tho crown ; but It still remained on Bangs' head. Then he picked up a volume of 'Brown ori' Evidence, and Vmaah'cd tho orown In flat. Then Bangs sprang at him, and' shaking his fist under the nose of Jones, ho shriekod : "You mutton-lrecded Bouillon ! I'vo half a notion to kill you! If thafir Jackass on the benoh had any senso, ho could seo that the hat Is glued fast. -I can't take It off if I wanted to." Then tho Judge removed tho fines; and oxcused him, and Bang3 wenfcr home. Ho slept in that hat for a week and even when it oamo off tho top of" his head was as blaok as if mortifica tion had set In. Max Adler, in JV. Y. Weekly. A wealthy Loudon merchant ia re--' ported as having said : "I always feel happy when I'm advertising, for " then I know that waking or sleeping, I have a strong though silent orator working for me ; one who never tirea, -never Bleeps, never makes mistakes,, and who is certain to enter the house-' holds from which, If at all, my trade " must come." Hens need cool, fresh, water as well as other animals.- Don't forget thla, aa many do, and think that anything' will do for poultry. "Wash out the1' dishes In which their water is kept, and doe that they are sweet and clean.' "Somo BorcronlzerB," said Sydney"' Smith, ""preach as if sin were to be taken from men as Eve wa3 from Ad-? am, by casting them into a deep Bleep; - TVhy does tho raven cry? Gawa r .'