1883

CONTENTS

[ MY MULE BOOMERANG, ]

[ THE APOLOGY. ]

[ OSTROPHE TO AN ORPHAN MULE. ]

[ A MINERS' MEETING—MY MINE—A MIRAGE ON E PLAINS. ]

[ THE TRUE STORY OF DAMON AND PYTHIAS. ]

[ CHAPTER I. ]

[ CHAPTER II. ]

[ CHAPTER III. ]

[ CHAPTER IV. ]

[ SAD MEMORIES OF THE DEAD YEAR. ]

[ LETTER FROM PARIS. ]

[ PREHISTORIC CROCKERY. ]

[ SUGGESTION'S FOR A SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM. ]

[ THE FRAGRANT MORMON. ]

[ RECOLLECTIONS OF THE OPERA. ]

[ A SUNNY LITTLE INCIDENT. ]

[ HE REWARDED HER. ]

[ THE MODERN PARLOR STOVE. ]

[ REMARKS TO ORIGINATORS. ]

[ QUEER ]

[ SIC SEMPER GLORIA HOUSEPLANT. ]

[ HOW TO TELL. ]

[ BIOGRAPHY OF COLOROW. ]

[ DIARY OF A SAUCY YOUNG THING. ]

[ KILLING OFF THE JAMES' BOYS. ]

[ A RELIC. ]

[ SOME REASONS WHY I CAN'T BE AN INDIAN AGENT. ]

[ THE PICNIC SNOOZER'S LAMENT. ]

[ BILLIOUS NYE AND BOOMERANG IN THE GOLD MINES. ]

[ TWO GREAT MEN. ]

[ DIRTY MURPHY. ]

[ A ROCKY MOUNTAIN SUNSET. ]

[ THE TEMPERATURE OF THE BUMBLE-BEE. ]

[ DRAWBACKS OF PUBLIC LIFE. ]

[ THE GLAD, FREE LIFE OF THE MINER. ]

[ SOME THOUGHTS OF CHILDHOOD. ]

[ THE NEW ADJUSTABLE CAMPAIGN SONG. ]

[ SITTING ON ON A VENERABLE JOKE. ]

[ A HAIRBREADTH ESCAPE. ]

[ MYSELF, DR. TALMAGE, AND OTHER DIVINES. ]

[ FINE-CUT AS A MEANS OF GRACE. ]

[ THE WEATHER AND SOME OTHER THINGS. ]

[ THE PARABLE OF THE UNJUST STEWARD. ]

[ THE PARABLE OF THE PRODIGAL SON. ]

[ THE INDIAN AND THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL. ]

[ THE MUSE. ]

[ SHOEING A BRONCO. ]

[ PUMPKIN JIM; OR THE TALE OF A BUSTED JACKASS RABBIT. ]

[ CHAPTER I.—PUMPKIN JIM. ]

[ CHAPTER II.—GERALDINE CARBOLINE O'TOOLE. ]

[ CHAPTER III.—STARTLING REVELATIONS. ]

[ CHAPTER IV.—all's well that ends well. ]

[ WILLIAM NYE AND THE HEATHEN CHINEE. ]

[ HONG LEE'S GRAND BENEFIT AT LEADVILLE. ]

[ YOU FOU. ]

[ THE LOP-EARED LOVERS OF THE LITTLE LARAMIE. ]

[ CHAPTER I.—A TALE OF LOVE AND PARENTAL CUSSEDNESS. ]

[ CHAPTER II. ]

[ CHAPTER III. ]

[ CHAPTER IV. ]

[ SPEECH OF SPARTACTUS. ]

[ CORRESPONDENCE. ]

[ HE WENT OUT WEST FOR HIS HEALTH. ]

[ A QUIET LITTLE WEDDING WITHOUT ANY FRILLS ]

[ THOUGHTS ON SPRING ]

[ THE SAME OLD THING. ]

[ THE VETERAN WHO DIED WHILE GETTING HIS PENSION. ]

[ GINGERBREAD POEMS AND COLD PICKLED FACTS. ]

[ ORIGIN OF BEAUTIFUL SNOW, ]

[ UTE ELOQUENCE. ]

[ THE AGED INDIAN'S LAMENT. ]

[ HOW A MINING STAMPEDE BREAKS OUT. ]

[ THE GREAT ROCKY MOUNTAIN REUNION OF YALLER DOGS. ]

[ WHAT WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE HAS DONE FOR WYOMING. ]

[ PORTUGUESE WITHOUT A MASTER. ]

[ THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOG. ]

[ THE BUCKNESS WHEREWITH THE BUCK BEER BUCKETH. ]

[ BILLIOUS NYE AND THE AMATEUR STAGE. ]

[ A JOURNALISTIC CORRECTION. ]

[ THOUGHTS ON MARRIAGE. ]

[ A UTE PRESIDENTIAL CONVENTION. ]

[ THE CLUB-FOOTED LOVER OF PIUTE PASS. ]

[ CHAPTER THE FIRST. ]

[ CHAPTER THE TWICE. ]

[ CHAPTER THREE TIMES. ]

[ CHAPTER FOUR TIMES. ]

[ THE AUTOMATIC LIAR ]

[ SOME POSTOFFICE FIENDS. ]

[ AGRICULTURE AT AN ALTITUDE OF 7500 FEET. ]

[ THE GENTLE YOUTH FROM LEADVILLE. ]

[ A SNIDE JOURNALIST. ]

[ HE WAS BLIND. ]

[ THOUGHTS OF THE MELLOW PREVIOUSLY. ]

[ MY TOMBSTONE MINE. ]

[ BANKRUPT SALE OF A CIRCUS. ]

[ GREELEY VERSUS VALLEY TAN. ]

[ THE ETERNAL FITNESS OF THINGS. ]

[ THEY UNANIMOUSLY AROSE AND HUNG HIM. ]

[ RHETORIC VS. WOODTICK. ]

[ THE MODEL WIFE. ]

[ SOME OVERLAND TOURISTS. ]

[ CATCHING MOUNTAIN TROUT AT AN ELEVATION OF 8000 FEET. ]

[ TROUT FISHING. ]

[ HOME-MADE INDIAN RELICS. ]

[ THE PREVIOUS REPORTER. ]

[ THE PEACE COMMISSION. ]

[ SOME ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. ]

[ THE CROW INDIAN AND HIS CAWS. ]

[ THE NUPTIALS OP DANGEROUS DAVIS. ]

[ THE HOLIDAY HOG. ]

[ SOME CENSUS CONUNDRUMS. ]

[ THE GENTLE POWER OF A WOMAN'S INFLUENCE. ]

[ THE NATIVE INBORN SHIFTLESSNESS OF THE PRAIRIE DOGS. ]

[ ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. ]

[ THE SECRET OF GARFIELD'S ELECTION. ]

[ PERILS OF THE BUTTERNUT PICKER. ]

[ A WORD OR TWO ABOUT THE SWALLOW. ]

[ LAUGHING SAM. ]

[ THE CALAMITY JANE CONSOLIDATED. ]

[ THE NOCTURNAL COW. ]

[ THE RELENTLESS GARDEN HOSE. ]

[ A WAIL. ]

[ THE GREAT, HORRID MAN RECEIVETH NEW YEAR CALLS. ]

[ JUST THE THING. ]

[ THANKS. ]

[ AN ANTI-MORMON TOWN. ]

[ A CHRISTMAS RIDE IN JULY. ]

[ EXAMINING THE BRAND ON A FROZEN STEER. ]

[ ONION PEELIN'S. ]