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THE SEA. 



sold a dozen or so of the same packages, and, it may be added, the same number of purchasers. 

 There were no more prizes that day ! 



A newspaper is published regularly on the overland trains of the Pacific Railway. 

 There are telegraph stations everywhere on the route, and the latest news is handed " aboard " 



ON THE PACIFIC RAILWAY : A SCENE IN THE SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS. 



to the editor, leader-writer, compositor, and pressman represented by, or condensed into, 

 one and the same individual as soon as the train arrives, and is immediately " set up " 

 and printed. Thus " specials," " extra specials/' and " special extra specials " follow one 

 another in rapid succession, and keep the train alive with excitement. 



A term which has come into vogue here originated on the Pacific Railway during 

 the writer's stay in California. A terrible accident occurred near Oakland, in which one 



