Show OVERLAND STAGE SAGE the black hawk col journal To in speaking of the difficulty of overland staging says few people bave any idea ol of the difficulties and dangers which have to bo be encountered in carry ing the overland mail we once had a little personal experience of them it world not perhaps be believed is if we should say we had seen been a dog frozen stiff in the air on the full jump wo we do not ask credence for it simply because we coul durt get it but we have seen a coach load of public documents burnt to keep the outfit mules n u lles coach and men from 66 freezing ln g to death again we have seen tle the waters of a small stream rise till it was when it lad gad to be ava swam in we only ossed crossed e r i a stream of this character in one day eleven times keeping the coach right side up with ropes and the wind all the time on a tear and cold as last art now new years we know that wild beasts road agents indians deep snows cold weather high water and all that beset the overland mail carriers but the mystery dyste ry j is how the coaches can bring in a jull full load of passengers every day aay and still AM not be able to brin bring 9 a mail but once or twice a week thaes what gets us |