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"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 ?
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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.
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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.
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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
.'