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88 and dryness of the skin. The staples of food and salt meats. Salt Fish. Flour. Hard Bread. White Beans. Split Peas &c. Fresh Meats are scarce - vegetables none. The stores keep several articles of delicacies but they are held at such high prices - that they can only be used in case of actual sickness. Warren has preserved Fresh Meats 2 lb Cans $5.00. Preserved Fruits $4.00 pr Jar - Eggs $12.00 pr doz. The style of food then - together with the exposures to climate - the draft on the vital powers of hard labor - will tell hard upon the miners. Happy will he be who shall pass unharmed and attain the purpose that brought him hither.