A Capo newspaper of the 19th ult. states that the discoveries at the diamond fields are on the increase, and estimates their value at not less than 5000/, a day, or 1,500, 000/, a year. How does, in the jargon of newspapers, •‘a rumor become current?'’ Here is a receipt for making a rumor become current. Take a full-fledged liar, who has been nursed upon rumors, and weaned upon election speeches don’t let him have anything to do; give him the run of thecity and lots of acquaintances start him out every morning with nothing particular on his mind, and leave the rest to chance. If a rumor doesn't “become current” somewhere in his track before noon, it won’t be through any fault of, his.— (hvii Rim Arjui.
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Dunstan Times, Issue 526, 17 May 1872, Page 2
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