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...Early in the summer of 1860, I had an attack of gold fever. In Chicago, the conditions for such a malady were all favorable. Since the panic of 1857 there had been three years of general depression, money was scarce, there was little activity in business, the outlook was d...

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...The story revolves around Carter Brent, an alcoholic and gambler who had struck gold many times in the Yukon, but gambled and drank it away in Dawson; and Snowdrift, the half-breed who had spent her life with a wandering band of Indians in the frozen north country. Snowdrift had been raised by Wananebish...

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...int Statistics 1793-1902 50 Silver Coinage Mintage Statistics 1793-1902 51 Silver Coinage Mint Mintage Statistics 1793-1902 (odd denominations) 54 Gold Coinage Statistics 1793-1902 (in dollars) 57 Appendix C: Reports 60 Superintendent Robert Morris’ 1782 Report 61 PROPOSITIONS RESPECTING THE COINAGE OF GOLD, SILVER, AND COPPER. 66 Samuel Osgood and Walter Livingsto...

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...Our Mutual Friend, the last novel completed by Charles Dickens, has many plots, twists and turns, from the murky river Thames to the gold and crystal on the tables of ‘Society’. A tale of murder, treachery, jealousy and love, takes us first to a rowing boat on the Thames, where the Hexhams have found a body in the water and are bringing it to shore. We att...

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...Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe moved to California from Massachusetts during the Gold Rush of the mid-1800’s. During her travels, Louise was offered the opportunity to write for The Herald about her travel adventures. It was at this point that Louise chose the name “Shirley” as her pen name. Dame Shirley ...

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... a rather large topic, this novel limits its scope to deal with money, showing how legal tender paper currencies were cleverly instituted in 1862 and gold was 'confiscated' in 1933. For a thorough, non-fiction look at the same topic, please see Monetary Laws, Volumes I & II; by the same author....

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...ting up to 400% growth in business, since October 2008. And with the price of gold rising, many people are pawning in their gold for cash, as pawnbr... ...re pawning in their gold for cash, as pawnbrokers make instant profits on the gold price. 2. Campsites Even if there is an economic crisis, v... ... look for alternative ways of cheap entertainment. 52 ] 4. Gold Traders Confidence in banks and currencies is at an all time lo... ... banks and currencies is at an all time low, as many investors are turning to gold as a safe haven. Trading in gold is a short-term winner, until co...

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...tin Smarandache 3 1 School of Accounting and Finance, Griffith University , Gold Coast Campus, Queensland, Australia 2 School of Statistics, Vik...

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...had to put her two cents worth in. “I wanted a white casket, not wood. My gold fish got a better burial than this.” “Shame you weren’t cremated,” I ... ...ouldn’t know his dick from his pen, which incidentally is eighteen carrot gold-plated. He’s a typical wanker, the kind of guy you’d like to feed thr... ..., we can leave at a reasonable hour. Steven has always been known for his golden tongue, especially when it comes to women. The journey into the cit... ...ke this. There has to be something I can do to thank her, maybe get her a gold fish or puppy, anyway, I’ll come up with something. Michael and I take... ...can thank Steven for this mess.” Ali’s fuming. “Sexy legs supposedly lays golden eggs and if you pluck a feather from his arse, it writes in gold in... ...you’ve been ripped off.” “As I said, sheep are sheep to me. If they find a gold mine in wool, good luck to them. I just wanted to get rid of them, to... ...ny of those animals yakking away. “Bloody hell.” I grin. “A rooster laying golden eggs, are they thick or what?” I can’t help but now find it all qui...

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...rs. “Sure. Shoot.” Royce went to his desk, opened a drawer and brought out a slim gold case. Selecting a card from it, he jotted on the back, and... ...nd how his eyes held hers just a little longer than was appropriate. She twisted a golden ring on her right hand, a habit she often fell into when t... ...pricey high rise. In the elevator, he stared at their distorted reflections in the gold chrome cubicle as it rose to the eleventh floor. In the hig... ...rom the room. Gerrie Ferris 40 Chapter Six District Attorney Ben Goldman watched the Honorable Lowell T. Farnham stride into the ... ... the matter be taken up on the January calendar. The bench addresses Mr. Benjamin Goldman.” Ben took a small step forward, feeling cocksure. “No ... ..., let me advise you on this,” the judge said, sweeping an arm toward Ben. “Mr. Ben Goldman here and I knew Royce Lee very well. Everyone in town kn... ...is glasses and addressed Ben. “Any objection to Mr. Adams serving on the jury, Mr. Goldman?” The judge was in no mood to nit-pick any longer. ... ...any longer. “No, Your Honor.” They had their jury. “Mr. Rhodes and Mr. Goldman, approach the bench.” The two attorneys complied, standi... ...ulled up to a white-painted concrete block building with a large glass window. The gold letters across the window read RR Tower, Realtor. She thou...

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...ave you to know, you old gaby, that when my lady fair goes out, a piece of gold comes into our savings-box.” “Oh, ho!” said the constable, who stood s... ...t deceived me,” she said to Jacqueline, “I promise you a hundred crowns in gold.” “Behold, madame,” said the woman, “the poor angel is confiding—here ... ..., giving the officer’s shoulder a familiar slap. “We have earned a hundred gold crowns this morning.” “I like harboring lords no better than harboring... ...; God protect us, and send me to meet some pert jade out in her bravery of gold rings to glitter in the shade like a glow-worm!” Jacqueline, alone in ... ...dow, like a magic jet from a fount of splendor, a long triangular shaft of gold that lay like a scarf over the whole assembly. They all clapped their ... ...bearing on its wings the richest fra- grance. On the horizon I could see a golden city like the Heavenly Jerusalem—a city whose name I may not speak. ... ...e seen those myri- 26 The Exiles ads of angels, white-winged, and holding golden sistrums, all soaring with equal flight towards the Throne, and you ... ... was not in pain! “‘She never rose again. I saw her sweet face change, her golden hair fade—and I did not die! She smiled to hide her sufferings, but ...

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... shadowy mysterious play of jet and silver, stirring under the red coppery gold of the hair as though she had been a being made of ivory and precious ... ...ods, Renouard looked up to the sky, an immense black pall dusted over with gold, on which great shudders seemed to pass from the breath of life affirm... ...aybreak to the deep purple of its outlined mass nimbed gloriously with the gold of the rising sun. He listened to the vague sounds of waking within th... ...anding place at the bottom of the garden. Just as the rising sun threw its golden nimbus around the purple shape of the headland, the Planter of Malat... ...sing, could be turned into a great thing—infinitely bet- ter—paying than a gold-mine. Cloete became excited at the possibilities of that sort of busin... ...unny smile: Eh? Come. He paid for them… The publican just blinks… Gave you gold, didn’t he? Speak up! … What of that! cries the man. What are you afte... ...the office know that he took sixty pounds with him to sea. Sixty pounds in gold in a canvas bag. He told me where they were. The coxswain of the life-... ...tly to the ground, then voiced calmly a moral reflection: “The passion for gold is pitiless in the very old, senor,” he said. “No doubt in former days...

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...er, for a moment to the Via Mala;—I had been staying for a few days at the Golden Eagle at Tusis,—which, by-the-bye, I hold to be the best small inn i... ...ooking merely to creature comforts, I would much sooner stay a week at the Golden Key at Chiavenna, than with mine host of the King’s Head in the thri... ...eve that will make it right, sir,” said he, handing them to me. I took the gold, slipped it with an indifferent air into my waistcoat pocket, and then...

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...Bruno by Lewis Carroll Is all our Life, then but a dream Seen faintly in the goldern gleam Athwart Time’s dark resistless stream? Bowed to the earth w... ... the old man was now dressed in royal robes that glittered with jew els and gold embroidery, and wore a circlet of gold around his head. CHAPTER 6 TH... ... apparently cut out of a single jewel, of a rich blue colour, with a slender gold chain attached to it. “It are welly pretty,” Bruno more soberly rema... ...n colour, the same shape as the blue one and, like it, attached to a slender golden chain. “Lovelier and lovelier!” exclaimed Sylvie, clasping her han... ...nd those trees? I’m almost sure it’s the gate of Fairyland! I know it’s all golden—Father told me so and so bright, so bright!” she went on dreamily.... ... the change came later: but it was completed in both before they reached the golden gate, through which I knew it would be impossible for me to follow... ... a last look at the two sweet children, ere they disappeared within, and the golden gate closed with a bang. And with such a bang! “It never will shut... ... “I don’t understand.” Silently the Professor drew front his pocket a square gold watch, with six or eight hands, and held it out for my in spection.... ...was back again at the door, and in the act of starting, while—oh woe for the golden dream of world wide benevolence that had Sylvie and Bruno Lewis...

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... were the old lawyer who dealt with his affairs, and an old Indian servant. Yet when the will had been read, and they all went to where the treasure--gold, jewels and bank-notes--were supposed to be hidden, nothing could be found. There are an unusual number of deaths, by murder and in self-defence, as the story unfolds, and we are left in total suspense until the very end...

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... Express offers an in depth account behind the need for a mail route to connect the eastern U.S. with the rapidly populating west coast following the gold rush of California, the springing up of lumber camps, and all incidental needs arising from the settling of the western frontier. Here we learn of the inception of the Pony Express, its formation, successes, failures, fa...

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...r. M. Khoshnevisan, School of Accounting and Finance, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland 9726, Australia. 3) Dr. Larissa Borissova and Dmi... ...ity portfolio closely replicated by the S&P 500 index, a long position in gold futures and a long position in the Lehman Brothers Growth Fund. The 3-... ...o his or her utility indices corresponding to the expected excess equity (Goldberger, 1987). In general, if we have a parabolic utility funct... ...apital-guaranteed financial structured product. The three risky assets are gold futures, the Lehman Brothers Growth Fund and a well-diversifed portfo... ... (iii).3 Correlation Matrix S&P500 Index Lehman Brothers Growth Fund Gold Futures S&P500 Index 1 0.862887415 -0.19457 Lehman Brothers Growth Fu... ...1 0.862887415 -0.19457 Lehman Brothers Growth Fund 0.862887415 1 -0.34702 Gold Futures -0.194566788 -0.347019467 1 Table (iii).1 Gold Perpetual Fu... ...nd that on the Lehman Brothers Growth Fund was not much better at -1.49%! Gold futures performed reasonably well generating a monthly average return... ...nly about 0.461%) as compared to return on the best-performing asset i.e. gold futures, the main benefit of the CPPI approach is that with a constan... ...e used here, the ideal investment would have been to invest everything in gold futures which would have generated a holding period return of about 3...