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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-04-25
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The Cxar Of Rusaia 10 developing
qualities for which the world has not
hitherto given him credit. II appears
that Alexander 10 . Christian: that he
believes In . God. and hat be has .
great deal Of faith In that God. In His
address 70 his army ii Kischsasf this
model Christian says: ct feel gdsvsd
al sending you 10 the hsld Of battle. and
therefore delayed setion - long - pos
sibls. hssitating 70 shsd your blood; bot
nov that the honor Of Russia 10 attacked
I Am convinced you win know hsv 70
vindicats IL. Nay God b. viii you. !
wish you complete success. Farewell
until yosr return"
II IL sad Tor The world at large 70 b
forced 70 contemplate the grisf Of the
Car; saddsr still TO reflect that the God
OF the Universe has to depend upon the
ruler OF Russia for protection. Until
now VI have had . vague nstiou that
the Gar. like any other monarch. Wa
hsman. and . subject OF Almighty God.
1, appears. however. that Ne we're wrong
In taking this view. His Majesty.
Alexander. Is the protector Of the Chris
tian Church, and he has entered upon .
war which will dssolais all Europe. Tor
the purpose Of saving . few Christians
In Bulgaria from persecution.
That IL what the Gar and his Prime
Minister, Prince Gortschakof, say. But
is there any truth in their language Ii
there q man. woman or child in this
world Who imsginss that Russia earss
anything for the Church Of Christi 10
there q man, vnman CT child. Who does
not know that The Car goes into this
war with the sams objects In view which
Russia had In 1897 and In 1852 And
il there q man. woman or child Who ean-
not sec that unless outside aid comes TO
Russia, she will DO whipped more thor
oushly than she wss in the crimsan
warf
The Cxar Alexander II known - . re-
markedly smart man; but smart men
somstimss fall. and the Car 10 an m.
fortunate example OF this fact. He Al
tempted to bulldoss Europe. and Europe
declined to be bulidossd. He had no
iisa Of going to war in the hrst place.
He was mot prepared for IL; he 10 not
prepared for IL now. But the ground
which be occupied has forced him into
war. He IL obliged 10 fight new. or sink
into utter Significance - . European
ruler. The qusstio. which AlsIsnd'r
should AJAX himself Is. which fate 10
preferable, TO sink into utter insignih-
canoe os to Ls wiped out altogether by
Turkey. ~ he certainly will be 10 he 10
l.ft alone TO eight his own battles.
The declaration Of war Is made. how
ever. and once again the old maxim IA
verified, whom the Gods vould destroy
they nrst make mad" The Car OF
Russia has become mad. and has placed
himself and his empire On the verge Of
destruction. Our own country will gain
by the war. We shall sell our products
to both Russia and Turkey. But vhss
ws consider the oceans OF blood which
mus. dow to give Ms this advantage. W
may we'll pause and shudder d the cost.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-04-25
FOR TOWN MARSHAL.


ID RsPEcTRULLY ANNOUNCES HIMSELF
IL a. candidate for Town Marshal Of Gold
all d tho coming municipal election. subject
10 the decision OF bis friends and fellow Gu
gems. mniotu--
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-04-25

Is RESPECTFULLY ANNOUNCED Az
candidate for reel, ction 10 the once or
Town Treasurer OF Gold I'LL. subject 10 the de-
cision of the people. mrl1Ide
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-04-25

VNrIIs !oLD.RsTABLIsIRD AND RnL
quantity. iS,' Of a- RsHcy.i.d RI ga c1. % ' Iir. 9u s sSy
out being DAMAGED BY manipulation o. By
chemical application.
psckagss punctuaily called for and ~
turned.
0FFicEs-Theodore woId's Clothing storr.
and vesey House. Gold Hill. N
The Van Buren press., 1877-12-25
MISCELLANY.
John Hollands Merry Christmas.

The day before Christmas every story
window was wreatned in green, every
rare and beautiful thing exposed to tempt
the passer.by, was labeled Christmas
gift Even the corner groceries and
baker-shops had green boughs and a gen.
erous display Of gingerbread horses and
whte-sugar hearts enriched with gilt
beading, and impossible pink fowls, pop
ularly supposed to be doves, There were
myriads of dolls and hundreds of slcds,
with names taking in the whole animal
kingdom. The streets were crowded with
fur clad, smiling women, who were max
inc the last selections of pretty things
with which to swell out the fair proper
tions of many little stockings.
John Holland, leaving his office earlier
than usual made his way slowly through
these waves Of happy womanhood, carry
ing his aching head little forward, and
watching, with sullen eyes, the joy about
him, until the tide of the bitterness in his
heart rose high, and forced from his lips
curse on the morrow that would bring
so much happiness to others, and so much
woe to him. A lonely man was John Holl-
and. over whose dead past stood no mon
umental marble, with name and date there
on-a weary man by his dropping shout
ders and uncertain gait--an unhappy man
by the wistful look that crept, now aud
then, into his sullen eyea. And so, IN
weary, lonely fashion, he walked on, lea
wing the city far behind, and coming, at
last, upon country road that wound its
rough, powdered length through
shrnbby bolows. and up the hills between
leaGess, gray -barked trees. Now and
then a thin sheet of ice cracked beneath
his feet--he did not hear it; above his
head. close to the soft, gray clouds, fat,
inky crows sailed round and round, cav
ing companionably-he did not heed
them; while, here, there, the bare, brown
dnoers Of some shrub held out to him
a bunch of scarlet berries, which he did
NOT see. All the grays and browns touch :.
cd here and there, with green and
scarlet, appealed to him in vain. To NOR
row was Christmas day. He stood alone
he made no ones happiness; therefore
To him the world could not be fair. lie
The Van Buren press., 1877-12-25
ttIt
Aunt Liza Wins the Good Fight.

Doctor, 10 I got 20 GO
Aunt Liza, there 10 no moro hope
for you."
"Bress de Great Master for his good
mes. Ise ready"
The doctor gave few directions to the
colored woman that sat around 'Liza'i
bed, and started to leave, when he was
recalled by the old woman, who was drift
ing out with the tide.
"Marse John, stay wild me till It's obcr
I wants to talk oh de old times. know.
cd You when a boy, long fore You went
aud been doctor. l called you Marse
John den; call you de same now,
Take yo' ole mammys hand, honey, and
hold it. Ise lived q long. long time.
Ole marster ane ole missus hab gone
before, and dc chillun form de ole place
is scattered obcr de world. Id like to
see EN- fore l start on de journey to-
night. My ole mans gone and oil dc
childun l nusscd at dis breast has gone
too. Dey's waitin' for dere muddcr on
the golden shore. / bress de Lord
Marse John, for takin' me to meet 'em
dar. Ise fought de good fight and Ise
not afraid to meet de Savior. No mo-
wo'k for poor old nanny, no mo- trials
and tsbulatons--hold my hand tighter
Marse John--Fodder mudder-- marster
--missus - chillun Use a gwino to
home"
The soul while pluming its wings for
its flight to the Great Beyond, rested on
the dusky face of the sleeper, and the
watchers, with bowed heads wept silently,
She WAS dead.
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Crooklg his Elbow.

A select party was highly entertained
last evening by the precacious four year
old of the host. The youngster attracted
universal attention by the singular move
ments of his elbow. His aunt resolved
to ascertain what the little chap was
up to, and in answer to question, he
said:
"Ise crookiu' my elbow"
"What are you crooking it for, John
ny2"
II want to Diet nice little stawberrey
on my nose
"Why, Johnny; that won't make a
strawberry"
"Yes it will, Aunty; cause cook says
papa wouldn't have strawberry on his
nose if be didn' cook his elbow so much
and | dess cook knows"
His questioner's and sire's faces be-
came radicnt, while Jhonay continued
his performance unmolested by inter
yiwers.-Francisco Chronicle.
The Van Buren press., 1877-12-25
lnfdels Don't Pray.

In the year 1927, young man, Their
studying for the ministry, was requested
to preach in a town in this state, TIT
meeting was held in the evening. at ,
private house. Knowing that two oil
three Dcists were PRESENT. some remark;
were made upon the authenticity o.
Gods word. The president of an infldc
club arose, and interrupted the speaker
who mildly said to him: "Sit down. and
after meeting l will talk with you
When the services closed, there was
hardly time for conversation, and an
appointment was made that the parties
should meet at house of friend on
the following morning, At theappointed
hour, the president, with several infdel
books under his arm, and large hand
kerchief full Of pamphlets and papers,
made his appearance, in company with
two members of his club. No sooner
were the parties seated, and the large
table covered with his religious dissecting
knives, than the infidel began with much
warmth to pour forth his contempt for
the bible
Stop, sir, stop" said the student,
i" Let US commence right, and then we
shall end we'll. Do you believe there is
a God who made all things2 God who
has mind2"
IL do"
"Do you believe He created you !;
feeds, clothes and watches over you and
yours, without any roward2"
Certainly l do"
"Wcll, sir, that we may commence
right, please lead in prayer. Ask the
God in whom you believe to direct us to
the rejection Of that bible If it is false,
and il it is true, receive it. We do not
want to be deceived"
The man hesitated, and said, 81 never
pray. ! do not believe in prayer"
" Never pray, sir! do you not believe
in prayer, when your God has done so
much for you? never thank him for his
goodness9 Have you father9"
"Yes, sir"
"Do you never thank him ? If you
had a child whom you had always blest,
would he not thank you when you be-
slowed upon him some little trinkety"
q" l suppose he would"
"Well, sir, compare right. just pray !;
pray and thank God"
:" can't pray"
The student then turued to his infdel
companions, and asked them to pray, and
they both declined. With Undesirable
feelings he knelt, and with great freedom
poured out his whole heart to God. As
he finished they all three arose from their
seats. The president passed his fingers
Trough his hair, and as he gathered up
his book, said:
al think we will talk no more. 1t will
do no.good."
The student waitel on them to the
door, and in short time heard that the
club had disbanded. --Louisyile (Ky)
Herald, 1851.
The Van Buren press., 1877-12-25

on Hollands knee, whercupon her waxy
eyelids instantly would close and she fell
into most profound sleep. 'fwonld be
harder s.ill to tell how eagerly she ques-
toned him as to the exact appearance Of
Santa Claus when he came for the tree
the very tree she sat beside when she was
waiting.
Aud John Holland telling stories to
the little Ruth, hugging her precious
Rosey, had indeed Merry Christmas,
for on making the happiness OF another
he had found his own -Clara Morris. in
N Y. Graphic.
The Van Buren press., 1877-12-25

In stable, in a manger,
Lay fair-eyed. sweet-faced stranger
Out Of reach of harm and danger,
Sweetly, softly seeking rest;
For the inn was overlooking,
Nor chance was there or showing,
For the people coming, going,
billod the house SO much In quest
There within that manager lowly
Game breath SO softly, slowly,
Even now more pure and holy
Than human e'er had known before.
just above the strange crib bending,
Magi from the East were tending
TO the wonder of this sending
Ola God from Canals shore.
Down upon their knees adoring,
On his head rich perfumes pouring,
All the gifts of earth restoring.
To this holy, heavenly child.
10 this pure and holy Being,
Begotten by the Great Allseeing.
Who came, achild, to earth for freeing
The mortals, creatures sin. beguiled.
The midnight heavens now are ringing
As the angels voices singing,
The - Gloria in Excelsis" flinging
In joy for the God.babe born.
Peace on earth" was then resounding,
From the lips of angels bounding,
With joy divine, astounding,
To world by sin forlorn.
What holy light is stealing
Ger the Mothers face as kneeling
Side the crib, she sees revealing,
The holy light upon His cheek.
She sees the people bow before him,
Feels they love him and adore him
Spite of Jews who loud ignore him.
That Bethlem baby pure and meek.
Oh what holy light is cleaning
Ger that Manager, where is streaming,
From the face of Him who deeming
Man as lost. a love divine;
How look of pity Lighters
That angelic face, and brightens
With a love that ever tightens
Bout the hearts it would enshrine.
Sweet the joy that is enshrining,
All about our hearts entwining,
With its good and i'll combining,
Yearly, as this day comes round;
Comes. so richly fraaght with blessing,
Chasing way each thought distressing,
And our lives with sweets caressing,
BY its mem'ries strange profound.
With the Magi fore the manger,
Let us bow to the sweet stranger
Who, from man will move the danger
That hangs round him from his birth.
Who, by His birth in that drear stable,
And his woes in manhood able
Is He now, from that lone cradle,
To breathe His love out on the earth.
Mary, Virgin, Holy Mother,
Parent of mans Saviour, brother,
Never can, again, another
Know bliss so pure as thine.
Thee we love. as comes the dawning
OF each yearly Christmas morning,
To lend love as sweet, adorning,
Mary, as thy Babe Divine.
Till the trump that stirs the nations,
Dead and live, with its pulsations,
Shall have reached its long cessations,
win Christmas Day forgotten be.
Not till then will musc's dearness
Cease to tell the kindness, nearncss
OF thy babe, born mid the drearness,
OF that manger, and of thee.
The Van Buren press., 1877-12-25
Van Buren, Grange, Z. Ill.

VAN BunnN GnANdG NO; S st. a, o. Of each
u,a " ooclock, A. NJ, at Lemley's iiail'
mohih az ~ ~ Van Buren,. Ark. Patrons II
In ,,,i's SANDING are fraternally invited; n
goou s'a'''"n Henry SHELLEY, W, NJ
The Van Buren press., 1877-12-25
A very laxative lady, VII o bad weafisd

A very laxative lady, VII Q bad weasisd
the temper Of Mr.. Abcrnethy. who Vas
at all times impatient Of gable, was told
by him, that the first moment he could
get chance of speaking, to be good
enough to put out her tongue Nov.
pray, madame said he playfully. keep
it out The hint was taken. He rarely
met with his match. but on one occasion
he fairly owned that he had. He was
sent for to an iunkeeper, who had bad .
quarrel with his wife, and who had scof.
ed his face with her nails, SO that the peos
man was bleeding and much dis6guzet.
Mr., Aberncthy considered dis m op.
portunity not to be lost for admonishing
the offender, anil said, /" Madam. are you
not ashamed Of yourself to treat yous
husband thus-the husband, who 10 the
the head Of all-Your head, madam, U
fact 2" "Well, DOCTOR" dercely rstossstE
the yirago, "and may not scratch ~
own head p Upon this. her friendly ID.
vis,r, after giving directions Tor the
benefit of the patient, turned upon bile
heel, and confessed himself beaten log
once.
The Van Buren press., 1877-12-25

Ha- Peg for yosr Paper -
The Van Buren press., 1877-12-25
POET Y.
Written for the Pass.
Christinas-Day.
BY EDWARD.

And she shall bring forth child, and thou
shat call ms name JESUS, for lie shall His peo
Hail, Mary, full of grace. tho Lord is with thee,
BLESSED art thou among women, and blessed is the
fruit Of thy womb JRsUs. Matt l.
The teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1876-1878, 1877-01-20

to perfection, whichths gentlemen~al'
luded to firmly believe, just think what
crop that will be to raise. One hun
bred and twenty.seven dollars worth Of
truck from an acr,! To be sure it will
require labor and strict attention, but
large portion of that will be paid for by
the sale of the refuse fibre. There is no
substance that will make such servicea-
BILE wheat sacks, or is so we'll adapted tor
the manufacture of the peculiar kind OF
Irvine used by the fishermen on the Co.
lumbia river for making their nets.
Large sums Of money are sent abroad
yearly to purchase this kind Of twine.
Should the experiments to be made
this season, prove success. seed will be
distributed and engagements made by
the parties above referred to, to pur-
chase all that will be produced. The
Dutch Lint fax must not be COMPOUNDED
with the Bombay flax, much of which
seed has been sown in Oregon, and has
proved to be foul and has brought crops
of weeds and been an injury to the grow
er. The seed offered for distribution
by Blake & Prygne will be free from all
foreign matter. 1t Will be harvested by
hand and carefully inspected before off,
cred for distribution. We must all
hope for the success Of this enterprise
as we'll as Of any other that looks tow
ard the home manufacture Of needed
articles, and the production Of crops that
will sell for enough to bear Transports.
ton to the seaboard and bring back
cash to our farmers pockets.-Doyton
Cor. of ". ". Waterman. "A
The teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1876-1878, 1877-01-20

seen the form of Him whom he had fol-
lowed still beckoning from the other
shore, and he had heard His voice say.
ing: "Lo, am with you always, even
unto the end" ..s
"They that wait on the Lord" The
cleaning of evening was around him,
but he visit not the words seem to
shine from the page before him.
"Have l not waited on thee Lord"
was the cry of his heart, 'imperfec:ly
and feebly, yet according to the strength
which thou gavest me Lord Jesus, let
not my waiting be very long, if 80 be
Thy holy will"
1t was dark when Martha remembered
that he had not yet come the tea table
was standing, and John had somewhat
impatiently exclaimed:
81 wish father wouldn't always keep
US waiting! !" 49,. ~.
And Martha, as she laid her hand on
the old mans shoulder. had like ut
terance on her tongue; but there was
no need oft.
His stiffened finger had fallen on this
sentence: "Thcy shall mount up with
wings as eagles they shall run and not
be weary; they shall walk and not faint"
"Curious coincidence, wasn't it ?"
said John after the funeral.
And Martha who was putting away
his cane and spectacles in the little back
closet, answered, with mechanical sort
ofsish:
"Well, fathers better off,"
Beyond all comparison and immeasur-
ably ''better off. Golden Rule.
The teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1876-1878, 1877-01-20
SCANDAL MONGERS.

Every town, small or large high or
low, has its rendezvous of scandal mon
gers. They wait for each other patti.
emily and when they DO meet, each has
his victim for dissection. They are
usually, in fact always, men of the
lowest type. Good people avoid their
presence and if they tolerate it at all,
it is out Of fear, lest they should fall in
their venomous fangs. Walla Walla
has such rendezvous, where the scum
and corrupt filth Of the city holds forth
from day to day. 1t is in these places
where all the vile SANDER against men
and women is concocted when they meet.
What one don't know the other does
and to listen to their language, volumi-
nous in mephetic, virulent epithets,
would sicken the heart of the lowest
criminal within the walls of Sing Sing.
This may be putting it pretty strong
but We know the trash of which we
speak. The pirates upon the character
Of decent people, and the only way to
drive them to the wall is to treat them
like cowardly vermints. Whenever
you hear bad report about anyone,
seek diligently the. author of that re.
port, then compare the accused with
the accuser, weigh their character we'll
and ten chances to one the DETAINED is
the superior of the defamer in every re-
spect.- W. ". IVatchman. &
The teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1876-1878, 1877-01-20

FRIEND WATCaMAN The beauti-
full Spring-like weather makes we Col.
umbia county folks feel happy; and to
work of some of the exhuberance of
spirits will write you letter that, if
you sec fit, you can publish. To begin.
Two gentlemen from OREGON (last) have
been stopping here, whose object is to
select some laud suitable for the culture
of fax. Their names are Blake and
Pyrgne, and from what could be gath
cred from their conversation, your cor
respondent is of the opinion that they
are experts in the whole business Of
raising, rotting, hacking and manufac-
turing this staple, and they are sent to
this upper country by parties who rep
resent capital. The gentleman with
whom | conversed on the subject, Mr..
Blake, is lucid and fluent talker, and
evidently man of intelligence. The
particular kind of fax they intend to
grow is called Clutch Lint" and has
only been successfully grown in Ireland
and Holland until very lately, when an
experiment was made near Albany, Or,
egon, the result of which is that better
quality has been produced there than
has yet been raised in either of the
European countries mentioned above.
The experimenters in Oregon now wish
to try this country which they think
possesses even superior advantages, in
some respects, to Western Oregon. \
sample of the Oregon growth was sent
to the Centennial, and there was award
ed the gold medal, which is equivalent
to certificate of the best judges in the
world, that it is the best fax grown in
the world. Its excellencies are two-told,
that is, it exoels oil other varieties in
fibre and in seed. The seed can be left
to ripen without injuriug the fibre,
which is not the case with any other
variety Of fax. The soil best suited
for the growth Of it is a deep, moist
loan upon such ground it will produce
about 500 pounds OF fibre, ready for the
hackle. which will bring at ready sale
in Portland now, % cts. per pound, be.
sides about seven bushels of seed, worth
50 SO per bushel. From this fax is ,
made the very finest OF linen, the maui
facture of which is at pr sent only car
ried on at Dundee, Scotland, and at
Belfast, Ireland. But the enterprising
capitalists who are now at work in Ore
gon and whose agents We believe Messrs.
Blake 4 Prygne to be, hope to find en-
to enable them to feel safe
in establishing manufactory on this
coast, most probably in Oregon. Now if
there are spots in CUR country which are
peculiarly we'll adapted for its growth |
The teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1876-1878, 1877-01-20

TaE Salt Lake Tribune says there
is an eternal fitness in things. Bus
what is more absurd that to hear a
Mormon elder whistle "Home, Sweet
Home," as he stands on the corner in
doubt which of his nine wifes has enough
coal and affection in the house to keen
him warm over night. =. -
The teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1876-1878, 1877-01-20

We have some sharp men on the Pa
cifc coast but probably none of them
are equal to the peddler who stopped a
funeral procession in Connecticut, and
tried to sell mourning goods to the folks
in the carriages.-Aroldnche.
The teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1876-1878, 1877-01-20

CAP1TAL.-Millions of capital are ly-
ing idle at all the great commercial CEN
tcrs Of the country and there is gen
eral indisposition to invest in new chan
nels Of industry. Mining matters all
over the Pacific coast are very quiet,
and the new year has not dawned upon
the country with bright business pros
poets. We may reasonably hope, how
ever, that there will be change for the
better in few Observation-Disclosures.
The teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1876-1878, 1877-01-20

THE passage via He'll Gate shortens
the course to Europe BY fifty miles.
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