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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-11-02

The Republican rally at Miners Union
Hall last night was = grand success in all
the particulars Of attendance. enthusiasm
anu interesting addresses. The people are
always glad to hear the speakers Of the
Republican party. for the reason that the
sentiments expressed are Of a manly and
eunobling character. In the absence oil
G. c. Stevenson. Chairman Of the County
Central Committee. j. II. Mills was chosen
Chairman for tho evening.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-04-24

"No matter about calling the
two hats. You didn't pay to have
that opera gone through with twice,
did you.i
"How absurd! Certainly not.
'Spose we say twelve dollars for
both"
"Say nothing until ] get through.
] am the tenor of that opera troupe.
Every song that l sung was call
ed upon to repeat, and If l am not
mistaken you clapped harder than
any one else in the theatre. And l
had to give you double the amount
of goods that you had paid for,
don't you see :"
The hat store man did see by
that time. and he said to the tenor,
81 acknowledge the corn, you can
take my hat" but be wouldn't, he
only took the one he had paid for,
and with a feeling of satisfaction
that he had impressed lesson up
on one Cincinnati man who would
encore everything, he walked out
and with a genial smile pursued
the even tenor of his way.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-04-24
THE BURGLARY AT SIMPSONS.

OF late, several bnrglaries have
been committed in the neighbor-
hood in which Mr.. James Simpson
lives, and, Of course, the folks are
not a little alarmed. 10 Simpsons
row, alone, enough firearms and
ammunition have been collected to
conduct q very fair sized war with
Mexico, and Simpson. particularly,
has bought whole armory Of
weapons and loaded them to the
muzzle. Simpsons brother-in-law.
George Washington Budd, COM
monty known as "Wash," lives with
him, and for weeks past Wash, up
on going to bed, has made such n
preparation and display of various
kinds Of engines of destruction
that looker-on might have con-
cluded that his purpose was TO con-
dnct q kind of battle Of Gettys-
burgh on his own responsibility.
The other night Wash, after re-
Gaping all his revolvers. running
his thumb along the edge Of his
broad sword, half-cocking his gun,
and laying the bowie-kDife on the
chair, thought he heard a burglar
prowling about down stairs. Buck,
ling on his artillery, Wash, in biz
stocking feet, crept down the bach
staircase determined to annibilat,
the thief.
Simpson heard the noise at thu
same moment, and he, thinking
Wash was in bed asleep, loaded ~
bis machinery Of death, and crep
softly down the front stairs, ais,
without his boots.
Both reached the first floor q
the same moment. They stoppe'
and listened. Wash thought b.
heard the burglar in the parlor
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-04-24
LIFE.

"what will II matter bye-nnd-hye
Whether my path below was bright,
Whether II wound thro' dark OF light,
When look buck on IL
By-and-dy."
Life Is like mighty river, roll
ing on to the great wide ocean, we,
like the vessels, some sail to a safe
harbor, while others are wrecked,
and cast away. We glide down
the stream, all the more gently,
for a few kind actions, and pleasant
words; they encourage us to sail
to the safe haven OF rest. The
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-04-24

The art of advertising is being
brought down to a decidedly fine
point; and when an agent sends
you an inch advertisement to in
sert at your lowest rates and &C.
companies it with six inch local
notice, which he wants put In for
nothing, you cant help but admire
his acreage of "cheek," and wish
you had gun that would shoot q
hundred miles, and kill the fellow
you are thinking of, without taking
aim"
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-04-24
A Poor Rule that won't Work two
Ways.


A Poor Rule that won't Work two
Ways.
He was tenor singer in one Of
the opera companies that visited
Cincinnati this season. He was a
good singer, and every time he
sang, the audience, with that de-
termination to get the full value of
their money and little more, which
is a popularity Of Cincinnati au-
diences at an opera or concert, al
ways insisted upon an encore
And he responded good naturally,
although he thought il little hard
to be compelled to perform double
the work set down on the bill every
night. One day while promenading
Fourth street it occurred to him to
do little enVoring himself and see
how it worked. He stepped into
hat store and enquired Of the pro-
prietor. who came forward to wait
upon him, the price of q silk hat.
"Seven dollars" was the reply.
He selected one that fitted him and
paid for it, then he shouted EN-
core encore -
"What do you mean 7" inquired
the proprietor, in amazement.
IL mean that l want another hat"
Certainly" said the proprietor.
as he placed duplicate upon the
counter, wondering what the man
wanted with two hats.
The tenor picked them both up
and started for the door.
"Hold onp cried the halter,
"you didn't pay for that hat"
"But I paid for the first one, and
the other is an encore" replied the
tenor. Seeing that the man OF
hats, caps and furs failed to COM
prehend, he said:
81 think / saw you at the opera
last nightw
"Yes I was there. But I don't
, see what that has to do with your
paying me for
, swat a bit. You paid to hear
/. the opera given that was on the
programme
1 "Yes, certainly, OF course I did
0 I will call the two hats--v
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LAVENDER.

How prone we are TO hide and hoard
Each little token love has stored,
To tell Of happy hours;
We lay aside with tender care
A tattered book. a curl Of hair,
A bunch Of faded flowers
When death has led with pulseless hand
Our darlings 10 the silent land,
Awhile we sit bereft.
But times go on, and anon we rise,
Our dead being buried from our eyes,
We gather what is left.
The books they loved, the song. they sung,
The little fiute whose music rung
So cheerfully of old;
The pictures we have seen them paint,
The last plucked flower, with odor faint.
That fell from fingers cold.
We smooth and fold with reverent care
The robes, they willing, used TO wear;
As painful pulses STIR,
As DER the relics of our dead
With bitter rain Of tears we spread
Pale, purple lavender.
And when we come IN after years,
With only tender April tears
On cheeks once white with cure.
To look on treasures put away
Despairins on that far of day,
A subtle scent is there.
Dew-wet and fresh we gather them,
These fragrant flowers; now every stem
Is bare Of all its bloom.
Tear-wet and sweet we strewed them here
To lend our relics sacred, dear,
Their beautiful perfume.
Their scent abides on book and lutte,
On curl and flower; and, with its mute
But eloquent appeal,
II wins from us deeper sob,
For our lost dead-a sharper throb
Than we are won't to feel.
II whispers of the long ago,
Its love, its loss, its aching woe,
And buried sorrows stir
And tears like those We shed Of old
Roll down our cheeks as we behold
Our faded lavender.
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merest trifle makes life more hap
by or more sad. IL is not great
events that make up life, tits little
things; an unkind word, or look,
often leaves q sting behind, that
makes sore heart bleed. Even
the ones we love best we grieve
by q cruel thrust, and never know
how it was received, until we re-
ceive a like one. The utterance OF
petty spite can stir up huge
nerves of strife. What good does
it do us to be spiteful II Time does
not stop in his fight, the world
moves round, the seasons come and
60, the sun shines as bright, the moon
and stars shed their soft, mellow
light, just as if there was no such
thing as spite. Why do we add. to
the weight of care that each heart
groans under! Why do We not
speak in loving, cheerful accents,
and spare the bitter reproacbes ?
If our brother or sister find them
selves standing alone, why do we
not help and steer their frail bark
to shore! We are all brothers and
sisters in this world, working to
reach the same place; then why are
we so selfish! They that help
their neighbor, lightens their own
burden. We should throw sun
shine into others lives as much as
possible, only we must not try to
he far-sighted like God, and snip
pose our path will be strewn with
roses, always.
God sends us trails, that they may
purify us, as gold is chastened by
fire. We must do His will with
cheerful hearts and ready, willing
hands. The sunniest day has little
clouds; life that is filed with sor-
row is great deal brighter when
the tempest clears away. The
sweetest time in life is Just between
the dark and the light. Every
day has its own hour of shadow,
but the darkest hour will soon
pass away, and we will wonder at
the troubles we have had. Life is
hut short OF the best, and is what
we make it; the harvest will be
either thorns or flowers; if the
world seems cold, let us kindle fires,
to warm it; if the worlds "vale
of tears" let us smile, and make
the frowns disappear; let us make
other souls-that thirst for the love
that many have cast from them
feel that hopes sparkling stream
mingles with sorrows deep river.
But what will it matter, by-and-
by, whether our lives are peaceful
or stormy, or whether in joy we go
through the years, with content,
not believing that tears will be
sweeter very soon What will it
matter, if we are not understood,
if our sighs are unheard, or whether
unhelped we toll alone? What will
it matter! Nothing but this, if we
only are sure that the way we are
walking leads to Him-to God.
We need not question the why,
when or how, SO long as we reach
Him; if we have chung to Christ,
through all, never minding how
rough the path, for He will smooth
it. All! it is JOY and pain lifts us
upward, helps US to gain heaven
home--rest.
L. Mooney.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-04-24
HEAVENS WHISPER.

Lying upon such bed as only
the starving poor ever knew of-in
such bleak, gloomy and ghostly
room as the poorest of Gods child
rem inhabit, a girl of ten looked
out through the cracked and dusty
panes at the great white moon rails
ing up from its bed so far toward
eternity that man has never discov-
cred its location.
Was she ten OF thirtyi one could
hardly have told in the dusky
room, lighted only by the moon
by Heavens own lamp. The fin
gers were so thin and long that
you would have shuddered. The
face was so wan and pale that
your thoughts would have gone
back to some dark evening when
you trembling skirted graveyard
and caught sight of some head
stone standing ont alone in the
gloom of night. And such eyes
Great round eyes, which glistened
and sparkled as eyes never do till
Heavens gate has opened just
enough to let the living catch
glimpse of such joys as man cam
not even dream Of unless the angel
of death whispers in his ear.
Like great ship suddenly rising
out OF the fog of the ocean came
the moon. 1t brushed away the
dust and cobwebs and crept through
the window, every beam and ray
and silvery streak seeming to be
FURNISHED the brighter in the
struggle. A beggared and dispair-
ing mother was on the street,
begging for bread. The fire in the
old stove slumbered. If cricket
nestled in the old house, it was in
some warmer corner-in some of
the gloomy rooms where it now
aud then caught the laugh Of o
child or a CHEEKY cry from the
street. 1t was very still.
at is cold in here" whispered
the moon as its beams danced over
the ragged quilt which covered the
girl.
ave have not had a warm fire
for days and days-we are very
poorp replied the child, as she put
out her hand to catch and detain
one Of the shivering rays.
"There is nothing in the old cup
board-nothing but few old dish.
es !" whispered the moon as it rose
little higher and looked in al
another pane.
"Mother was sick yesterday ant
could not go out" explained tn,
child. al have been i'll for week,
and weeks, and we have come t
be very poor"
".No fire-no food-no medicin,
no light-Do furniture but an ole
chair or two and a tablet is ter
rible !" whispered the moon. I"
have only been up an hour, ant
yet I can see into hundreds O
rooms in this great town-see warn
rooms, tables spread with goo
things-fires burning cheerful
and people smiling and happy
Who comes to see you 2"
"No one" sighed the child. 81
is weeks since saw any face bu
mothers"
A cloud passed between the oil
window and the moon, shutting on
all its light. IL sailed on and OF
and after a time all the glory cam
back to the pane, and the moo
said:
al counted thousands Of Christia
men and women. They are seate
10 warm rooms, or on the street
costly clothing. They look bapp
and contented. They have plent
10 eat and to wear. Some bav
given TO something or other Gale
charity-something where one pei
son contributes . loaf OF brea'
and Il goes through three or for
hands and reaches no one In psrtic'
lar. Some have given to some forsis
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''yEGETIIE, ="
ron
ChiIIs, Shakes,
FEVER AND AGUE.

AhOoio, ~ -, 100
Mn. H. X. STEVENS.
DEAR SIR feel very grateful for what your
valuable medicine, Vegetine, has done in my fam
lily. ! wish TO express my thanks by informing
you OF the wonderful cure of my son; also TO
let you know that Vegetine is the best medicine
ever saw for chills, shakes, fever and ague. My
son was sick with measels in 1878, which left him
with hip-ioint disease. My son suffered n great
deal of pain, all Of the time the pain was so
great he did nothing but cry. The doctors did
not help him particle, no could not lift his foot
from the floor. He could not move without
crutches. l read your advertisement in the
Louisville Courier Journal" that Negctine was
n great blood purifier and blood food. I tried one
bottle. which was IA great benefit. He kept on
with the medicine, gradually gaining. He has
taken eighteen bottles in all and he is completely
restored to health, walks without crutchcs OF
cane. He il twenty years Of age. I have n
younger son, fifteen years Of age, who Is subject
to Chilli. Whenever he feels one coming on, he
comes in. takes dose of Vegctine and that il
the last Of the chill. Ncgetine leaves no had eff
feet upon the system like most of tho medicines
recommended for chills. 7 cheerfully recommend
Vegetine for such complaints. l think it is the
greatest medicine in the world.
Respectfully, MRS. J. w. LLOYD.
vEGErISE.-- When the blood becomes siagnant
either from change of weather or from climate.
want OF exercise, irregular Diet or from any other
cause the Vegctine will renew the blood, carry of
the putrid humors. cleanse the stomach, regulate
the bowels, and impart = tone Of vigor to the
whole body.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-04-24
VEGETINE
Prepared by
II. 10. STEVENS, Boston, Mass.
vegetine is sold by all Druggists.
32fyl
CHANcERY NOTICE.

III
In the Circuit Court for the county Of Alpcna.
In Chanccry.
James Lewis, complainant, VS.. Maria NJ. Lewis,
defendant.
II satisfactorily appearing 10 this court that the
defendant, Maria NJ. Lewis, Il a nonresident OF
this State, and Is a resident Of the state OF New
York, on motion OF Turnbuil and Mcdonald, So
lcitorr for complainant, II IL ordered that the
SAID defendant. Maria NJ. Lewis, cause her APP
pcafance In this cause 10 be entered on OF before
the 18th day OF June, A. ID. 1878, and
that IN c,se Of her appearance she cause her an-
swer 10 the compliments bill 10 be fled and a
copy thereof 70 be served on the complanant's
solicitors within twenty days after service Of
copy Of said bill and notice Of this order and In
default thereof that the said bill be taken Ne con-
Tossed by the said defendant. Maria NJ. lewis
And u is further ordered that within twenty days
the said complainant y notice Of this order
10 be printed In the AIrESA WyEHLy ARGUS. a
newspaper published in said county, and that the
said publication be continued IN said paper, al
least once in zach week, for six weeks In succes-
sion. OF that he cause n copy Of this order 10 be
personally served on the said defendant AZ least
twenty days before the time above prescribed for
: In. FUTILE, Circuit sudr~.
TunssuLL q MeDosarD. eomplainsnss so'ics-
dated Aipsna. March iish, is.s. sssvs
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mission, as they call it. / don't
know exactly what it is, but its
something to buy Bibles for people
who cannot read, while you and
scorse OF other intelligent and God
knowing and God-fearing children
are dying of hunger in the shadow
Of grand church spire. And none
of these people have brought you
food and fuel 7"
"None !" slowly answered the
child.
Sand you are cold!"
ave have only this old quilt"
"Child !" whispered the moon, as
it flung more rays Of silver over the
pale face, "you are dying! Food
and medicine and care would have
saved you. There was no one in
such q great city as this-no one
in the tens of thousands who have
plenty and to spare, who would
step aside to enter this door and
give charity to the deserving and
suffering! Has a clergyman been
here to pray with you! ?"
"No," softly whispered the child.
"But they pray with men who
are to be hanged-they sail across
ocean to pray to heathens-they
enter mansions and kneel and pray
for those whose earrings alone cost
enough money to give you food for
years.
There was silence. The girl
looked at the moon in a dreamy
way with her great round eyes and
the moon grew to be ball of silver
as it asked
"Do you ever dream of Heaven ?"
every night-every time /
sleep!" answered the girl, while a
soft smile crossed her face.
"And your mother!"
"She kneels here every night
and thanks God that we are not
worse off than we are !"
"Hark now!" whispered the
moon. "Do You hear anything!"
ell hear-I hear-why, it is
music ~ she answered, lifting her
head to catch the strains.
ais it sweet music 7"
at is blessed-it is grand !" she
grasped.
Sand now tell me what you see !"
whispered the moon.
"Gates-gates of gold-a light
grander than all the sunshine in
the neutrality-suspicious., angels-it
must be Heaven -
at isl" solemnly answered the
moon.
In the darkness hand pushed
open the door-feet echoed in the
bare room, and beggard, pale
faced woman bent over the bed and
said:
awake my child have some
bread for us Were you afraid in
the darkness !"
The moon was gone. 1t was
only when the mothers hand touch
ed the icy cheek that she sank
down and grasped:
"God forgive me for my poverty,
and God bless those whose table
crumbs would have saved my child
to me !"
The window was dark. She did
not know that the moon had looked
in there, whispered soft words to
the dying child, and that the gates
of Heaven were opened for the
pure, sweet soul. She only saw
the gloom and the darkness, and
she cried out at the white face on
the pillow of rags:
"Did you think Of me-did you
call my name-when death came
| Il --- IL - FL
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A young bride who had been
fashionahly educated was asked by
her fond husband to attend to the
ordering of the dinner, as he
shouldn't have time to go to market.
1t is a fact that she blandly reqest-
ed the butcher to send home leg
of tongue.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-04-24

In Bloomington, H., there are
fifty teachers, and all are women,
not even excepting the Superin-
tendent.
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VECETlNE
ron
DYSPEPSIA, NERVOUSNESS,
And General Debility.

BERsARDsToS, Mass. 1873.
We, the undersigned. having used vegetine,
take pleasure in recommending IL to all those
troubled with humors OF any kind, dyspepsia,
nervousness, or general debility, II being the
great blood purifier. Sold by II. l.. Crpweli 4
IONS, who sell more OF IL than all other patent
medicine put together.
MRS. l.. r. PERKINS,
MRS. ii. w. SCOTT,
JoSEPHUS SLATE.
vcgetine L the great heplth restorer- composed
exclusively Of barks, roots. and herbs. IL L. very
pleasant 10 take; every child likes il.
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VECETINE
FOR
NERVOUS HEADACHE
And IShcumnstSsn.

CINCINNATI, o., April 0, 1877.
Mn. STEVENS.
DEAR SIn.-I have used your vcgetine for
nervous headache, and also for rheumatism, and
have found entire relief from DO h. and take
great pleasure in recommending it 10 all who may
be likewise afflicted.
FRED A. GOOD,
los Min IT,, CHM
vegetine has restored thousands TO health who
had long and painful sufferers.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-04-24
VECETINE

Druggists Testimony.
IT, n. STEVENS.
DEAR SiR.-we have been selling your remedy,
the Vegetine, for about three years, and take
pleasure in recommending II 10 our customers.
and in no instance where blood purifier would
reach the case, has II failed 10 effect cure TO
our knowledge. IL certainly is the ne plus ultra
Of renovators.
Respectfully,
EN-. SHEPHERD CO., Druggist,
Mt. Vernon, Ill.
Is acknowledged by all classes Of people TO be
the best and most reliable blood purifier In the
world
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-11
Hard Times and Legislation.

A very general popular impression pre-
walls that with the reconciliation OF silver
and the repeal of the resumption act there
must necessarily be an immediate and great
revival of all kinds of business, and that
"hard times" will at once come to an end.
Assuming that silver viii be remonetized
and resumption indefinitely postponed,
there is no doubt there will be some revi
val of business and some softening Of the
hard times; but if the people are wise
they will not expect too much of these
most desirable blessings. The silver ques-
ton and the resumption question are not
the root of the difficulty. Had neither Of
them existed business would still have
been very dull and times very hard, COM
pared with what they were from 1861 to
1873. Then we were going through a
period of imitation; now we are going
through period Of contraction. Then we
spent too much and saved too little money;
now we are paying the penalty of our ex-
travagance. Then we were going up like
the rocket; now we are coming down like
the stick. The silver aud resumption
trouble has made US come down somewhat
less easily than we otherwise would; but
we have got to get to the bottom, softly il
we can, roughly If we must. The signs
are that we are nearly there now, and thai
if congress and the president gives the
asked for assistance we shall touch the
final point without further damage anC
begin the more agreeable process Of rising
But the rise must be slow; so slow that I
keen eye and lively faith will be required
to detect it. Old values will not be re
stored at once, old channels of trade
will not be reopened at once, cid de
nands for labor will not be repeated q
once, the pressure in every department o
industry aud commerce and finance vii
not be Withdrawn at once. In othe
words, those who anticipate the sudde
advent of financial millennium will b
grievously disappointed, That will moi
cannot come at congressional bidding
There are certain unwritten laws which ar
stronger than all the laws in the statute
book.
Therefore let the people moderate thei
expectations, and not pin too much fat
upon the results of legislation. All III;
legislation will or can do is to remove oil
stacles from our path, and thereby allo
US to climb slowly and laboriously back
the solid ground from which We foolish
embarked in balloon.