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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-09-28

yards from where deceased was
found; the breech of the gun was
covered with bark; the gun had been
recently discharged.
Benjamin Gerkin lives about one
mile from Hebert's place; saw Whit
ney Monday evening near 10 o'clock,
behind a tree about thirty yards from
Hebert's house; saw him leave the
tree and 60 to the rear of the house /;
hailed him, and he answered, How
are you, BennyY" Whitney and Hrs.
Hebert went into the kitchen; were
gone about two minutes; Whitney
said ne had come up to the house to-
see what the dogs were barking at.
David Gerkin saw Whitney coming
up to Hebert's house on the night Of
the murder; Whitney went home and
came back again about midnight.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hebert seemed much
attached to each other.
Mrs. Emily Watkins testified that
on the night of the murder she went
to Hebert's; Mrs. Hebert appeared to
be uneasy about her husband; Whit
ney was there and told her not to be
uneasy for If Hebert had drawn the
money as expected he would stay at
Silverton over night; after Mr.. Ger
kin had gone home Mrs. Hebert
started to Whitney's to "eaves drop"
MIN, as suspicious had been thrown
out during the evening that her hus-
bands detention was owing to him ;
she came back with Whitney in the
course of half an hour; never saw any
undue intimacy between Whitney
and Mrs. Hebert; Mrs. Hebert told
witness that they thought they had
been followed from the east.
Sarah A. Hebert, the wife of the
murdered man, testified that her hus-
band was indebted to Whitney, and
that the latter was to have been paid
on the 18th of September, with
money expected from Nevada; her
husband had gone to Silverton to get
the expected money.
At the close Of the examination the
prisoner was held to appear before
the grand jury which will convene
about the 25th of October.
Oliver Hebert formerly lived here.
A year ago last June he married a
woman who lived in house of ill
fame opposite the Silver City brew
cry, and then moved to Gold Hill
with his wife. Last May they went
out to Oregon and settled on ranch
near the scene Of the murder, Two
brothers of the murdered n1an-Nel-
son and Joseph Hebert-have lived
here during the past ten or twelve
years. They are steady, hard work
ing miners, and have thought all
along that no good would come of
the marriage. They are of the opin-
ion that the murder was committed
at the instigation of their sister-in-
law, and they will leave for Oregon
in few weeks, to attend the trial
and do what they can toward bring
ing the guilty parties to punishm ent.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-09-28
Tact and Talent.

Talent is precious, lad, own,
But tact has far more In 1t,
For talent points you to q goal,
Tact shows you how to win 1t.
Talent is earnest, sober, grave,
Respectable, discerning,
Tact lends those qualities . grace
Tact saves while talents earning.
Tact is the life Of every sense
That helps us, lad, in seeing;
1t makes our hearing more acute;
Tact Is the life Of being.
To tact we owe the judging taste,
And our keen sense Of smelling:
Tact. lad, is in our fingers ends,
And makes . touch cen telling.
Tact solves all riddles. makes us see
Life through muddy fountain;
By tact we walk DER rocky road,
By tact we climb steep mountain.
Scorn not your talents, lad: let tact
Lend talent grace and lightness;
True talent and fair tact combined
Will rival genius brightness.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-09-28

The yellow fever is not the result
of Hayes's Southern policy.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-04-17

Piled: "You give me thirty cents,
and I'll telegraph to Undertook
to have the depot-master forward
it by telegraph to Greenbush. 1t
will reach there before we do
The German paid the thirty cents,
and the boy departed, taking the
satchel into another car. On reach
ing Greenbush, the boy returned
with the bag. "Ah," said the Ger
man, "dot telegraph is vun great
dings. Here, dake anoder quarter
mein boy"
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-04-17
"GOD KNOWS,

OH wild and dark was the winter night,
When the emigrant ship went down,
But Just outside of the harbor bar.
In the sight of the startled town.
The winds howled, and the sea roared,
And never soul could sleep,
Save the little ones on their mothers breasts,
Too young TO watch and weep.
No boat could live in the angry surf,
No rope could reach the land;
There were bold, brave hearts upon the shore,
There was many a ready hand:
Women who prayed, and men who strove
When prayers and work were vain,-
For the sun rose over the awful void
And the silence Of the main
All day the watchers paced the sands
All day they scanned the deep;
All night the booming minute-guns
Echoed from steep 10 steep.
"Give up thy dead, o cruel sea :"
They cried athwart the space;
But only baby's fragile form
Escaped from its stern embraced
Only one little child Of all
Who with the ship went down,
That night, when the happy babies slept
SO warm in the sheltered town.
Wrapped in the glow of the morning light,
1t lay on the shifting sand,
As fair as a sculptor's marble dream,
With shell in its dimpled hand.
There were none TO tell Of its race or kin,
'sGod. knoweth," the pastor said,
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An Old Deciver Caught.

1t was amusing to see the air OF
Importance assumed by the old
fraud as he brislly entered Wood
ward avenue restaurant yesterday.
He coughed loudly, put his hand to
his breast pocket, and said to the
proprietor:
"Ahem-ah-I suppose you have
wines I"
"Yes, SIR"
81 suppose you have wines fit for
my Christmas board :"
81 have"
"And-ahem-you could let me
taste sample, l suppose
81 can," aswered the proprietor,
and he handed down wine bottle
which he had filed with beer-slops,
molasses and butter-milk for just
such occasions. The old fraud
took a deep "swig," set the bottle
down, and as he drew his mouth
clear round his shoulder blade he
said: "That goes right to the spot !
I'll call in at noon and have you
send up twelve bottles !"
When he goes out to the door he
seemed undecided whether to hold
his mouth open or shut, and now and
then he INDUCED in a horse-like
cough. He halted and looked into
a candy store for minute, but his
mouth did not water. On the con-
trary his scowl darkened, and as he
turned away he said: "Waugh I!
l wouldn't even lick grindstone
If it was sugar coated"
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An intoxicated German got on a
Hudson River train at Undertook
to go to Troy. He threw his satch-
ell down In q corner Of the car, took
q seat, and was soon asleep. On
awakening be said he had left his
baggage at Undertook, and asked
the boy employed on the train what
he should do to recover IL. The
latter, who had seen the German
place bis satchel in the corner, re-
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-04-17
'VEGETIIE,
For
Chills, Shakes,
FEVER AND AGUE.

A"ooiO, 4Ns W 1910.
Mr.. II. II. STEVENS.
DEAR SIR feel very grateful for what your
valuable medicine, Vegetine, has done in my FAM
lily. wish 10 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 chils, shakes, fever and ague. My
sick with measels in 1873, which left him
with hip-joint disease. My son suffered u great
deal of pain, all of the time; the pain was 80
great he did nothing but cry. The doctors did
not help him particle, he could not lift his foot
from the floor. He could not move without
crutches. / read your advertisement in the
Louisville Courisr-Journal," that Vegetine was
a great blood purifier and blood food. | tried one
bottle, which was n great benefit. He kept on
with the medicine, gradually gaining. He has
taken eighteen bottles in ALL and he is completely
restored 20 health, walks without crutches or
cane. He is twenty years of age. / have n
younger son, fifteen years of age, who Is subject
10 chills. Whenever he feels one coming on, he
comes in, takes a dose of Vegetine and that is
the last of the chill. vegetine leaves no bad eff
feet upon the system like most Of the medicines
recommended for chills. cheerfully recommend
Vegetine for such complaints. 1 think il is the
greatest medicine in the world.
Respectfully, MRS. j. W. LLOYD.
vEoETINE-When the blood becomes siagnant
either from change of weather or from climate,
want Of exercise, irregular diet, from any other
cause, the Vegetine will renew the blood carry off
the putrid humors cleanse the stomach, regulate
the bowels, and impart a tone Of vigor to the
whole body.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-04-17
NHANcERY NOTICE.


In the Circuit Court for the county Of Alpena,
James Lewis, complainant, VS.. Maria M. Lewis,
defendant.
II satifactorily appearing 10 this court that the
defendant, Maria NJ. Lewis, In a nonresident Of
this State, and IL a resident OF the State of New
York, on motion Of Turnbull and Mcdonald, So
licitors for complainant, II IL ordered that the
SAID defendant Maria NJ. Lewis, cause her APP
peafance In this cause 10 be entered on OF before
the 18th day OF June, A. ID. 1s5s, and
that In case OF her appearance she cause her an
swer 10 the complainsnt's bill 10 be hled, and a
copy thereof 20 be served on the complsinants
solicitors within twenty days after service of a
COPY OF said bill and notice Of this ORDER and In
default thereof that the said bill be taken AZ con-
fessed by the said defendant, Maria M. Lewis.
And II u further ordered that within twenty days
the said complainant cause q notice OF this order
30 be printed IN the ALPxEA WEEKLY ARous, a
newspaper published In said county, and that the
said publication be continued In said paper, Al
least once In each week, for six weeks In Success
sion, OF that he cause q copy Of tins order 70 be
personally served on the ssid defendant n least
twenty days before the time above prescribed for
''' J.B. FUTILE, Circuit Judsr.
TunrBuLL 4 McDosALp, complsinsnt's solici'
dated Alpens. March nth, is,a ss4vs
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vECETINE
ron
DYSPEPSIA, NERVOUSNESS,
And General Debility.

BERSARpsroN, Mass, 1873.
We, the undersigned, having used Vegetine,
take pleasure in recommending IL 10 all those
troubled with humors OF any kind, dyspepsia,
nervousness, or general debility, it being the
great blood purifier. Sold by II. L. Crowell &
Sons who sell more Of IL than all other patent
medicine put together.
MRS. l.. F. PERKINS,
MRS. II. w. SCOTT,
JoSEPHUS SLATE.
vegetine Is the great heslth restorer--compo.ed
exclusively Of barks, roots, and herbs. 1t is very
pleasant TO take; every child likes IL.
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VECETINE
FOR
NERVOUS HEADACHE
And Itheumntisun.

CINCINNATI, o., April 0, 1877.
Mn. STEVENS.
DEAR sIR.-I have used your vegetine for
nervous headache, and also for rheumatism, and
have found entire relief from both, and take
great pleasure in recommending II 10 all who may
be likewise afflicted.
FRED A. GOOD,
los Mill st., CHM.
vegctine has restored thousands 10 health who
had long and painful sufferers.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1878-04-17
THE LITTLE WIDOW.


She was Just the neatest little
woman in the world-always smil'
ing, always fresh, plump and deep
in her forties-one Of the kind who
smooth their aprons down while
they talk with you. Then the lit
tie cigar shop at the corner which
she kept, and where she ratified on
about different brands Of tobacco,
and talked of the weather to her
customers, and the kindness which
any tale of sorrow told by Migrants
called forth from her-the many
times her fat little hand went into
the drawer for change to be bestow-
ed on some charitable plea-all went
to make up the best-tempered, the
most motherly and the incest little
woman you would ever chance to
meet.
So thought DR.. Ash, who lived
next door and who often went in
for a little snuff, you know, but
who invariably settled his wig more
rakishly before popping into the
shop.
He used to say to her, "My !!
you must be lonely here, Widow
Thornw
"Oh, not at all, sir, thanking
you" she would reply.
81 wonder you never married
second time, Widow Thorn! !"
"Well, it is a wonder, isn't it,
doctor! But you see I'm such
queer old body that guess not
many could fancy me-"
MADAM, there you must stop! /
cannot hear the divine sex dispar-
aged" replied the doctor. He was,
as the say, of the old school. She
laughed.
"Can't a woman speak against
herselfT she asked.
"No! She nevers speaks against
herself unless she means to hatter
herself by contradictory disparage-
ments when some one is by"
"Sir, you are too plain"
"Widow Thorn, was always call
ed plain and the wigs too big for
me-"
Then she laughed at him; and
what promised to be quarrel end
ed in a merry Goodbye"
Then there was the baker at the
corner. He was q widower, and
he used to come in of an evening
for chat and buy cheap cigar.
Said he, "This lonely state il
miserable, isn't itw
"Do you speak from experience 7
asked she.
eyes, my Maria's been dead
fourteen years." said he.
81 shouldn't think it would TAX,
so long for you men to forget any
thing" she said.
"Ah, ma'am, man is wonderful
being-the most wonderful of God
creatures"
Except woman" said she.
"You're right, widow And that
the reason that the Lord mean
that every man should have wife
and every woman q husband, jus
to make them equel. So l thinl
you and must have new partners.
"Now look here, Mr.. Johns
You've had your partner, and Nv
had mine, and death has dissolve,
the partnerships. Now, we're bot
bankrupt, and can't carry on
Joint business so we must go o
pleasantly" she said, and laughing
ly babe him "Good nightp II
had to laughed, too, because sb
seemed to expect nothing else.
Then there was the old bachelo
over the way, who was learning th
bassoon. He used TO come to b
window Of summer evenings, whe
the widow was standing at her doc
for breath Of fresh air, and b
would blow away at THE La
Link is Broken till II was wondt
he did not rupture something an
die. He did not smoke, nor drinl
nor chew. But q brilliant ide
struck him one day, and over !
went.
"Do you keep paper collar
ma'am 7" he asked, trembling.
Eyes, SIR she answered, smooth
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| nttie WOuan mixeu u IumUlerlui Oh
O certain compound.
give cucumbers !" she said ;
"and the doctor only had two
Consequently he'll need as much
again and a half and little more
pepperl (She had quite a head
reckoning, I assure you). She gave
the glass to the girl, and went ont
again and locked the door. 81
hope It won't hurt him I" said the
little widow.
Next day the shop was not open
ed. The doctor tried the door and
found II locked. The baker. ratb.
er shaken, came by and looked In
In establishment. The bachelor
peered from his window and won
dered. But, for all that, the littl,
shop was closed I; and closed It re
NAMED all that day and night
The doctor was for breaking In th,
door TO see II she was inside, III, o
dead. The baker seconded tn
motion, as night approached. Blu
, Just then the bachelor came over.
, "Maybe she's gone away to Wis
. itr said he.
Eyes on some errapd Of mercy,
chimed in the doctor. "Sbe is
, capital nurse, that I can testify to.
, $50 can l." said the baker, do
, biously.
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cuse me, we'll say the doctor VA
imprudent."
"Pm afraid I'm that myself
man." he said, low-spiritedly
"and lately I've got to feeling
pain here" And he pointed in the
region Of his heart-that is, his
left side, where nobody's heart is
you know.
"Oh! you play too vigorous
sir" she said. 81 once knew {
gentleman who played the fife
lovely; but he died suddenly, sir
and the doctor who opened hin
told me he was clear a, whistle
sir-his own identical words, "a:
clear as a whistle Everything
had gone"
"But i dare say he was a mar.
ried man."
ayes, indeed ! A blessed wife
and twins T.
"Ah! That's the reason. I'll
never die that way, ma'am-for
there's no one to mourn for me,
I'll keep on blowing till, after
awhile, you'll hear the echoes roll
ing in me, and I'll play the tune
twice at once, and one bar be-
hind the other"
ooh ! goodness gracious me y
she said "you'd better see doc
tor"
Then he shook his head sadly
and whent out.
She sat in the little shop for an
hour or more, writing long letter.
She linked her fingers, said "both-
erp to the pen for spluttering,
folded the letter crookedly, refolded
it straightly, directed the envelope,
put a stamp on the left-hand cor
ner, went out, dropped it in the
box and came to DR.. Ash's door,
knocked, inquired how he did and
came home again. Then, l think,
she was busy for quite time, as
all such are.
Soon in popped the doctor, with
q huge bouquet in his hand.
"You have saved my life, ma'am,"
said he.
"Nonesense !" she exclaimed, but
she smiled in a pleasant way, too.
Then he put the flowers beside
her, pressed her hand and went to
see his patients.
The little widow hummed tune,
patted her foot on the floor, late in
the afternoon, when the bachelor
from over the way rushed to her.
ave done it, ma'am u said he,
shivering.
"Lord bless you, man What
have you donep
"Tve been imprudent."
allow 7"
ave poured cold water down
my spine till I'm almost paralyzed,
and l want you to treat me as you
did the doctor"
"You do? Then wait! I'll mix
the dose for you"
And she did so. She brought it
to him, made him take gulp, and
he sat down Immediately on the
floor, white aud choking. There
was quite the look of heroine
about the widow then.
"Now go home" she said, kindly;
Ego to bed, and let me know to-
morrow how you feel"
And casting a strange, bewilder-
ed look at her, he obeyed.
Now, after 1t was twilight, the
little woman closed the shop, went
to her room, put on her neat, old
fashioned bonnet, and, going down
stairs, locked her house door from
the outside, and was on the pave
ment, when up came the servant
from the bakers.
"What's the matter with you p
asked the little widow.
80, mem he's took so bad that
he can't speak, and he's calling for
you all the time y"
90! / know what's the matter
with him. Come inside, Jane, and
I'll send him something to cure
him."
Then Jane went inside, and the
little woman mixed a tumblerful oil
o certain compound.
"Five cucumbers u she said
"and the doctor only had two
Consequently he'll need as much
again and half and a little more
pepperl (She had quite a head
reckoning, I assure you). She gave
| A a.
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A languishing lover says the
pull-back on his girl reminds him
of the draw back on sugar.
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the doctor.
"Neither did she you J" said the
baker.
"Sir," exclaimed the doctor, look
ing like thunder.
"Sir," exclaimed the baker, look
ing as much like thunder as bak-
er can look.
81 would have you know, sir"
said the doctor, "that am super
ior to any insult which a dough-
kneader may offer me-"
"And |, to any foolishness on the
part of a sawbones."
"Now, look here" said the bach
elor, 81 was sick, and she gave me
the same kind of medicine she gave
the doctor"
"She sent me the same," said the
baker.
"She came into my house and
held my head while took it," said
the doctor. He was triumphant.
Then, after much haggling and
qnarreling, they looked at the
house again: and agreeing that she
would certainly return by to-mor-
row, they took their ways to their
respective homes.
And, behold tomorrow the good
little shop was opened, and the
same array of goods met the gaze
of the passer-by. The woman was
seen up stairs busting the shutters.
She nodded to the milkman and to
the iceman as usual; and at last
the bachelor saw her, and over he
went, and met the doctor stepping
off the doorstep. "Are you going
in I" asked the doctor.
eS sdlu Tue UdCuclOI.
"Do You snuff
81 go for collars"
"Then we'll go in together"
And together they went in. A
tall, sun-burned man was there
elderly, but big and brawny.
The doctor spoke up, though he
was little shaken:
"We-I-that is-we should like
to see the Widow Thorn, sir"
"There amt no such a person."
said the man grinning. "She's
gone-vamoosed-pegged out"
"He's drunk" whispered the
bachelor. 81 saw her myself, be-
fore l came in, up stairs"
"What's that you observed 7"
asked the stranger.
"Sir, we want the Widow Thorn"
boldly exclaimed the doctor.
"And you keep on wanting that
old lady, gentlemen but she won't
come for wanting"
Then the pleasant voice of the
little woman sounded from the next
room, "Now, Charley, do just be-
have yourself" And there she
was before them neatcr looking
than ever
90! widow, good morning !"
said the doctor.
"No more widow than / am"
chimeG in the strange man, laugh
ing.
"Now, Charley, do behave" said
the little woman "and gentlemen"
turning to the doctor and bachelor,
"let me introduce Mr.. Charley, my
husband y
"Your husband ?" they both cried.
ayes, gentlemen. We've been
going to be married for years and
years, but he vowed he'd never
marry me till he'd been successful
in the mines, and he has been now.
We were married yesterday in
Boston. l wrote him a letter tell
ing him I'd meet him there-and
here we are But well sell out
this little place as soon as we find
customer"
Without a word the doctor grab
bed the bachelor by the back of
the neck, bauldh i'm out and tum-
bled him over the baker, who was
coming innocently into the shop;
and the three were down on the
pavement, when Mr.. Charley pick
ed them up. And when they were
busting themselves he stood for q
minute in the doorway, and sang
out:
Sand IL you ask for the Widow
Thorn, III tell you there amt such
a person !" and went in and closed
the door.
The doctor went home and
abused his servant; the baker was
seen to take the lumber which had
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VECETINE
T,asss,nAnu

Druggists Testimony.
H. r. STEVENS.
DEAR siR.-we have been selling your remedy,
the Vegetine, for about three years, and take
pleasure in recommending II TO our customers.
and in no instance where blood purifier would
reach the case, has II ever failed 10 effect cure 10
our knowledge. II certainly Ia the nc plus ultra
Of renovators.
Respectfully,
EN-. SHEPHERD & CO., Druggist,
Mt. Vernon, Ill.
Is acknowledged by all closes Of people TO be
the best and most reliable blood purifier In the
world.