This mine is named after my favorite mule, and I am very anxious that it should succeed.
I have already sunk $10 in this mine, and I cannot therefore abandon it, as the casual observer will notice, without great loss to me.
THE COSTLY WATERMELON.
Once a bonanza man took out his check book and asked the market man how much he wanted for meat, and when he was told he burst into tears, and said he would have to deny himself the pleasure of a watermelon or put off going to Europe till next year.
CHESTNUT-BURR XXXVII—VIEWS OF CHICAGO.
Chicago the Rival of Laramie—The Wonderful Parks—A Chicago Funeral Procession—In Search of Watermelons—Changes Amongst Old Friends—The Vitality Restoring Revolver.