Show THE PARADISE 1 OF THE GREAT BASIN A laud land where blizzards and cyclones tire lire unknown the new FI el doi dorado ado I 1 I 1 ot of the mojave summer in winter A ghost hunt HuntEn en glands earth quake mines the region of the re gieg Gun gunfight gunsight sight ind and Drey breyfogle fogle invaded gold on top of the ground on the comstock I 1 I 1 I 1 tribune j i we wh who dwell in ive s tern Nevada near the eastern base ot of the iho great sierra nevada range have bave thus far this winter been blessed phen phenomenally Dle nally I 1 fine due weather two light blankets of snow enow have thus far fallen but both quickly under a bright suii still an and w warm ar woo C terly breeze up to date tile this sound ot of 8 elgh bells lias has not been heard this winter nor as aa yet have we VIO heard the warning hi hil hi hit at 0 tile tho ceab ceaner ter on the cross crosa streets with the ground bare and tile tha sun shining brightly all day it in III now made like CC imay may than december we can hardly realize that thai it Is 18 so cold kulil lit in our latitude at no great distance to the lie eastward but the weather runs rung in and thele are currents in tile hie air its as in ili the ocean one of 0 theao CUr currents lents strikes in to the northward of 0 thin ahll region 1 I another passes to tho the ou thaid let kwang us ui in a big eddy under the ire ice of the he the people peaple or of tile the kaat X t aio at a now retting getting a blast through the treat great the immense alley heglon that thal extends northward from the lake country to the arctic ocean there will III be much suffering suffer lne in fit tile the big cities this winter already the chicago relief and ald aid society are appealing to fhe cho people outside for resi resistance assistance si they say the calls call 8 for help heir which are dally daily and he hourly u aly made ado at tills this office tile aie pit pitiful ifill lit in tile the extreme jt it Is salil auld there ate aie now in chicago no fewer than persons persona ahil tt ho are arc unemployed the wave these people lie aie now seeing hoeing Is 19 not the promised promis cd wave of 0 prosperity SANTA CLAUS ON til WARPATH our people arcin tile the whirl and din ot or lrein lre ii atlon ailon tm for christmas all AH tile the i book toy loy notion and fancy stores ate aie say ay will holiday roods goods old santa cattus 11 lua laigo as a s in ill dont or of conle of taft ill I 1 mid seldom ralls falla during ja lie laouis u 1 s to lie ii boilo honored ed by groups ot of staling a and n 1 admiring oune tem piones ines of 0 tile tho little folks go front from to win window closy to lite Christ rittis displays each sloping to get bet r ome borne one of oc tho the wonderful things on ex exhibition hil litin although lie he set see in tho the ot of holiday goods tho the wealth or of anil and ot I 1 nd those of it ill who were here in the file old bonanza dale daa flail nn 1 the he layout lay itly out very the shop ANIn windows dous ll no i holiger show trays of gill bering diamonds ot of the size of filbec ts is iff rubles and other gems by tile thi quart nor 10 lo do we see tho buis bushels us hels ot of to watches and the ot of anim sol il livar we are now down don to ta the useful cheap and substantial nto 9 no longer throw our money away alvay on the oft off color products ot of south afrim africa fortunately the ili chickens chick e its turkeys a reese and ducks aro are it s tah III ft as abig big and fat at as a t in the old lush flush tini times es find and the beet beef Is tender and juicy 1 aa 1 a hen wo were mero rolling in gold and silver 8 1 aver these thing ti lings after all are the essentials ot of life we ive can take them in assimilate them thus making them a part ot of ourselves tS which it would I be ira possible impossible tor for us to do vicie we to invest our money in diamonds and jewell of gold and silver there 13 no lack ot of christmas eatables a and nd 0 of the very cry best most kandi 0 of f provision provI provisions slon 1 are now quite cheap which Is s a recommendation to even tp lim r richest of 0 us its the man who la 19 able t to 0 capture his big christmas turkey and all the customary accessories feels himself bout about as good as aa a bloom I 1 it ill millionaire I 1 yesterday met tile the old time bootblack boot bont black going home with a bag fat gobbler under tinder chiq arm I hello fello lilily hilly 1 said 1 I youre all right tor for another Christ christmas mRs yah yahl yaa det bet yer lite 11 te I 1 Is anti and lie ho pawl pa wl on oil humming billy emersons of old refrain I 1 I 1 and I 1 feel fee just aill M happy as a big biff sunflower that norla nods and bends s in the breezes and mv hoart heart lq 19 on as gai t As ali tho the wind that blonn blog the leaves from froin orr on the freezes THC DLACK SPECTER R the comstock spook has been very much h in elid encO of late being seen it ii sonic some part of the ho town almost every D ight several ladles ladics have been acry cry badly frightened of course somo homo joker in if playing and tx the fullness business has licen lice kept up until it lias has become a nuisance the police polica hae bane been 0 on ri tile the watch tor for tho the ghost for some rome time but until list last night failed to the iff object of 0 their search m aifili last night sheriff quirk hill mooney looney anil billy cu aiming ran upon lita his up on it the I 1 C divide it was the samp old spook cpr k Irea iLd 1 in I n blak black from froin head to toot foot the fleer R found the ghost very fleet ot of foot they chased it over a anilie anti and finally y gave it ft up but bill not lot un until atif sheriff quit enlik k had fired two shots at t the a thing the will probably vo so the lie ghost that he will keep in ills hla ile hole lor for a urne time wo a have stories alora ot of t kimble lii ihla in all a koscs ge s and all countries but thus far n not 0 f a L single genuine ghost has ever been seen could a real simon pure ghost choat be found it would bo be a matter of nt con sider ablo to tile the human race as ag it would show that there Is lite life beyond the grave and flint a traveler in the undiscovered country may return 0 dut but thele alic ie la 14 no corning back all 1 moves on n as aa st e a d aa time no c omard al lit the h el in ano universe I 1 e r r Is can a bach k movement tho the butterfly butt eilly never ever n goes baek back into ills old caterpillar shell 1 1 the 1 plant a never goes back into alic the h e seed ubach was nas once its dwelling earthquake it appears they had a bloomin bloom ln earth carth quake in irland the other day it would seem to have been rather a lively shape up tile the atch says it was the heaviest ever experienced in that CO country u which 1 illi 1 la is a mistake in tile the old 01 h limes ime they had somo some pretty severe in england Rland in the year 1274 tho the whole island as shaken aa and id thi the ton of 0 in 1580 occurred shocks w filch were so no heavy at london as to cause the tha fall or of part of st pauls church noluo of part of the temple church several of force have I been eon felt lit in england at parlous fit also alao in ireland on one or two occasions tile last fast cat lit in england pro to alic lie late one 17 37 ill it 11 extended over tile the nhoi rv and lit in settle did dh con coil rt Ainaire it took aiu on all a sunday nt at 1231 1230 p m nhen mien sermons were in tull full bialt and the filled with poor to several chur C heni irist their spires at nottingham chere it was waa lather mild tile tho tonn Dewa naper speaking of the effects of the shot its at various churches r rather ather quaintly says tle this pillars ol 01 ung st Ii larys tower shook very visibly but fortunately tho the attention ot of the crowded congregation wai wag so engrossed by the eloquence of oc the She whorl chabi chapi chap liln aln I 1 and the presence Prea ence tince of the budke an bal lit hla retime that the alarm was wan but bia slight or tile the rush and ami lobs of 0 life ike might have been grent CALI FORNIAS NEW EL DOrA california winora anti anil prospectors prospect are arc corning round to the east cast side of or 0 the flearl nevada range and ire are advancing elt ili alie into I 1 the lie great basin their big camp 14 thirty or forty inalea north of mojave whom they have hoth both dry and gold eold quartz they find the lie mines on oil tills this slue side of the sierra different III character r aiom I 1 thora 1 1 0 on the hie west side lit in cal california y proper r f pae r 1 I at tile the desert country there has riot not been the great erosion awl anil heava liver wash nash see seen everywhere ever here lit in the old california CalifornI ft mines the placers ore are of if local ori gill and lie over or immediately below the quartz veins which brodu produced ced them wherever placers are found it 11 la is easy cosy for the prospector td id find the odes lodes I 1 to I 1 which filch they owe their origin it Is n croal gereal poor mans camp the ine dry pay good wages sonic from V 5 to 20 a day to the man and tire quartz veins are riot not only rich at the broas grass roots lut also alo lit in the crop pings pines that stand out above the general funeral sit burrace r face of 0 tho country several mines yield ore so ildi fill that it Is worked in hand mortars some going as high as 1 1 I l a pound the treat great drawback to the mines li 14 1 4 the scarcity 0 of f water ater liven even water for drinking and domestic use uie in 1 hauled front crom a well six nix melr alles i distant giant and costs costa tl 2 1 per barrel ot of forty callons illona Ki already experts room clippie creek fi rom oln south africa and other mining regions have len fluent examining tile handsbure Handa bure mines sonic some of these se say the prospects are the i ilchert on earth that the sur surface Cace Is all sold gold ill lal L aa yet it 11 all a prospect as the deepest shaft Is down doin only about 10 reel feet the owners of 0 the rih rich veins all rak bin prices for their cla chilin cl ilin lont all and d us as would he be buye r a cannot see bee it call i into the ground there tire are few sales A miner mho has gold cold glittering ill ili his vein vill himself take chan chances cos lie he vi hlll III sell for no little in ili some the lie mines mine 9 resemble millie ot of cripple croak while there aro ahmo laige lodes bides there ate aie also albo a great number kumhera num hera a perfect network of nil veins running lit in every direction nearly all of it mallch are full of gold wells IV ells fire are awing ix lne dug due and mills are arc going up in f now a town I 1 ut of ro roc hou cs dUg dugouts du Kouts outs lenla fonts own and 1 rush brush iome inhabited lite holes in tile tho ground but it baldi fair to bellome EL n permanent and important alao thus are arc tho the coming foman lounta I 1 the he into tile tho great im ila lin region reain ti en roulo toward death alley they are arc getting eel line into the clu country of rc PC Klec 0 of ricy fogle and tho the lot lode the old to c of myth romance roma jice and while tile the californians are comi comine i 1 9 up to to death valley front from the south 1 our ate aie down t to th tile same point olal fro from in the north A railroad through from SAIL lake to los angeles would connect a score of now isolated camps and give KIV tile the hole it a boom flom do la mar alar and state line down through yellow rine and an I 1 montgomery to lo handberg Rand Hand burg boier and red lieu canton canon As the iho californians are coming up toward inyo tho the time Is now ripe for tho the extension south wald waid of the carson colorado railroad now dow reaching to owens 8 lake still tile the great thing tor for this desert el EI dorado would be a road from salt lake through nevada to some coast town ton in southern california THE COMSTOCK LODE are now dull among the leadin ing mines of jbf comstock the majority bority y are in bor borrasca bonns tasca ca however a I 1 number lumber still manage to find some borne pay pa Y 1 19 oleo 01 c all tile the different companies both in this city and bold 1111 are 10 loing doing a li great deal 0 of exploration work at the brunswick the they y frequently encounter streaks and bundles bunches of good ore gling ph in promise of a a large birge body at depth the vein has a lively and fertile look it Is the tha opinion op of the experts that the bunch bunches es 0 of I 1 oro ore at present encountered andl indicate ca t 0 the near approach to the top ton of r a regular ore vein at tile the extreme north t it end of the some outside dailies are getting title prospects thiu STOCK RANGES owing to tile the mild weather and abundance or of teed feed the cattle on oil the tangelo have kept so fat fi that bholi herds intended for fop tho the maikel are arc bring being sold to buyers from rom the alast our stockman take the sparrow in hond hand lather than wait to capture the eagle in the sky eky jt it Is in sald said t that hat almost a a clean a weep sweep li 14 belne behic ni made ade of fit cattle that were being fed for sale in tile the spring thin dili 11 19 bad for tile lie ja richmon who grow crow hay as their one big crop in ili central neada ug big sales c of cf f hay have been made for 2 J 1 a ton tell all this la 19 line fine for the men of the hie ranges but it Is rough on tho the men or of the ranches OLD DYING death Is this v inter iminter thinning the rall its of tile the old time Comstock eis at an a It timing lato late lew few oie ate ill very lung imig the trouble seems to bo be in the and lightness rc OC tile almos phere herc which tc IIA upon a man when ulten lie crown of old and feeble the air air at this thin altitude Is deficient den elent lit in tile autri inne which it contains at tho the level of the lite sea where it la 16 anoro dense tile weaker a mail annn becomes the alie less pow power 0 r lie he lias has to expand hs he luns lungs and I 1 the he less tie air lie takes in lie he soon boon fades out of this life fire lack of ino moisture lature in t the 1 i e n air ir 0 on n tl this li s s side ld e 0 of r the sierras la is a also 1 s 0 b bad d f for cr c r t those i 0 w who h 0 are being dried up tip by old age there seems to be much more substance in the hie atmosphere mherl it rains or when Is aldow on the blound A warm dry winter Is 11 very cog agreeable to the aged but it Is a prohn ble that the r tarina 2 ring natural to the th would ile he hz setter atter for their health we hope hone to hear tile tho jingle jing g I 1 a 0 ot s alelah le h b bella I 1 s on christmas ai r I 1 s t i rl C its HOLIDAY I 1 0 L 1 D A amusements r U E besides regular entertainments es tile the opera r a house theio wll be given during iYo lige lipe holiday ll 11 d ek a number of festivals by the people 0 oc C the he churches society balls and a 0 number of private bolls not to 0 eat of dinner parties roe for the bacho bache I 1 luis is and fizzled veterans ot of tile the days or of r otty milne there ifil be extra good dinners at half a dozen restaurants at the saloons tu turkey akey und and chicken lunches will be given tree free to customers therefore et cian on the stranger ot itra ranger ant anil tramp in our katea gates will get it a mouthful of christmas turkey if he has haa good luck the inmates of the hospitals will not DOE be forgotten forfi otten tile the will have their usual bis big treat and even the bums i lanks and malig nants lit in the jail will be given an leetin feed As outside skirmishers the plute indian lindlau will III not tall fall to achieve halt a dozen doen full mcaleb lit in the wood woodsheds sheds of an many dif terent houses DAN dr DE QUILLE I 1 |