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The news., 1882-12-26
A WINTER SONG,

Oh, Summer has the roses
And the laughing light south wind,
And the merry meadows lined
With dewY, dancing posies;
But winter has the sprites
And the witching frosty nights.
Oh, summer has the splendor
OF the corn-felds wide and deep,
Where scarlet poppies sleep
And wary shadows wander;
But winter fields are rare
With diamonds everywhere.
Oh, summer has the wild bees,
And the ringing, singing note
In the robins tunefal throat,
And the leaf-talk in the trees;
But winter has the chime
Of the merry Christmas time.
Oh, summer has the lustre
Of the sunbeams warm and bright,
And rains that fall at night
Where reeds and lilies cluster;
But deep in winters snow
The fires of Christmas glow.
SUSAN HARTLEY, in the Dec. 81. Nicolas.
The news., 1882-12-26

Ivy, anu NOlAdu COHslSueu w lISlO
labors, breeding children for the
slave master, to do his bidding and
magnify his political power.
Ask the traveller what Of Greece
Greece, Ancient Greece! Once the
seat Of learning. science and art
and the home Of philosophers, dis
tinguished above all others; where
the youth with uplifted hand volun-
teers his oath Of allegiance to his ma
tive land and says 81 will be brave"
and the young man deliberately sur
veys his country, family and home,
and swears Il will Defend" and the
aged as life is waning say Il have
been brave" Greece, indeed, has
been beautiful, but alas, Greece is
dead, torn by the ruthless, wicked
hand of selfish man, the ruthless,
ambitious Turk and she, too, in all
her ancient glory, poetry, and song,
is dead.
What Of Russia, Austria, Turkey.
Call the world to reason and his
tory's audience chamber, and the
very face Of God would pale, and
liberty weep, before the wailing
clamor Of anguish.
But here in America, where man
is free, where man should be man, as
he was made ruler in the beginning
over the terrestrial creation, master
Of his own fate and builder of his
own future. Where the ballot to
him possesses the same power for his
protection and liberty be he rich or
poor; where the martyrs prayers
were answered, for life, liberty, equal
rights and the pursuit Of happiness,
in the full enjoyment Of religious
and political liberty, in the birth and
guarantee of the National constitu-
ton! Where widespread as oceans
boundless floor, vast prairies and
mellow fields await his tillage; where
the farmer with sunbronzed face and
sturdy arm guides the plow across
the fields and steps with the proud
consciousness that from his loins NAV
spring a Washington, Lincoln, or
a Garfield, who may hold or guide
the destiny Of our Western world;
where the miner digging diamonds,
formed in natures wondrous labora-
tory, knows that his voice is heard
in the Nations council chamber;
that his vote has sent a champion for
him to Congress; that his children,
too, are digging, in the public
schools, the great treasures Of knowl-
edge; and his soul should be proud
within him for he feels that he too
bears the signet ofa freeman. Here,
too, the fisherman. thinks of his
prattling brood on shore, and he
laughs at the tempest, for should he
be lost he knows no vision Of the
poor house will haunt him or they,
for his country's generosity and wide
spread fields Of industry await
them.
Notwithstanding such grand mu-
nifcence as / here enumerate they
are but jot Of the whole, yet thous-
ands Of its users barter away THEN
birthright or manhood, regardless Of
all that | have pictured above
Blind to their conditions, blessings
and privileges which they enjoy
deaf to the voice of duty and respon.
sibility, needless of the future conse-
quences, or our country's veal OF
woe. Oh! ye ungratful prostitutors
Of freedoms unsparing bounty; yt
pilferers ofour sacred and God-giver
liberty, how can you fee from the
wrath to come? Surely judgment
will come upon you, swift and sure.
To BE CONTINUED
The news., 1882-12-26
Written for The Ners.
PART FIRST.

PART FIRST.
ooh, that man once more were
manly,
Woman's pride and not her scorn,
That once more the pale American
mother, IS
Dared boast to us, A man is born"
In contemplating this comprehen-
sive idea Of the Quaker poet it falls
with conviction upon our political
situation with crushing weight. We
are standing to-day where other
nations have stood, with moral cour-
age and duty on one side and cor
ruption and lavish prodigality on
the other, dragging us past the late
political revolution into the very
jaws of death. The history Of all
ancient nations stands out before us
in the light Of the prophecies of our
own, and as the wheels of time each
year hurry us onward they are
as gray hairs upon the hoary head
Of our nations history, and while
the story Of some is grand, great and
glorious in the cause of universal
liberty there are too many recorded
upon the other, that true patriotism
and human nature itself weeps to
know and to feel that the better and
holier elements of christian duty are
inflicted upon the innocent, true,
honest and faithful, as well as upon
the wicked, designing and undeserv-
ing.
1t is thus we stand to-day, enjoy
ing as American citizens reputed
unexampled liberty of this young
and vigorous nation, which our fore
fathers wrought out of the chaotic
and absolute monarchies of the Old
World, ever restless, ever striving
for political power whereby to furth-
er debase manhood; whose subjects
were ever longing and longing for
rest and liberty, yet their unremit-
ting and unrequited toll was but the
stepping stones for others to regal
courts and royal thrones-footballs
for political change and power.
But let us continue this revolving
picture little further, for as history
repeats itself through the actions of
wicked and ambitious men, so pro-
phesy must stand or fall.
Go to England, where human
ity is hovered together in the
great cities, and at the first pass
Of dawn millions of spindles fly into
action, and hundreds of thousands of
toilers, pale of face and thick Of
skull, plod to the treadmill of daily
toll, till the grave, the only land
they can ever own, claims them.
Here ambition is narrowed down to
frugal dinner, hope crushed to a
pot of salad and the lank mother's 5
smile over her child is but a ripple
Of life upon the monotony of invar-
liable poverty and daily toll. Go to
France, where it would seem that
economy which stands unrivalled in
the world, would bring for old age a
respite from interminable toll, where
second nature showers her treasures
with lavish and prodigal generosity.
Here, too, men are the footballs Of
political power, who following the
phantom of a vain military glory,
drenches her soil again and again
with revolutions bloody drip, ever
restless and poor, praying for liberty
and rest, the substance Of an unrea-
lized dream. Go to Germany and
| find man born to the fit of goll;no
The news., 1882-12-26

lC tlAuC " give 10 tnlsy
And reap pleasant bliss.
Give while you live:
How many at the last,
When life's sweet day is past,
When they can drink no more
Of pleasures gathered store,
Make mournful haste to give
Just as they cease TO live;
As launch their boats away,
They cannot make delay
To see the ripened corn
They should have sown at morn
But leave untasted all
The joy beyond recall.
Give while you live
Rich commerce Of the heart,
Twas Gods own secret art
He gives and multiplies,
And droppeth from the skies
The rain, the light the dew;
He giyelh all for you;
He gives and ever lives;
That you may give He gives.
o charity is gain,
Give though it cost you pain;
IT'S wasteful to withhold
Your love, your prayers, your gold
Give while you live:
Your dying gift may fail
To hush the worlds sad vail ;
Your gold laid up with care
An enemy may share;
The shameless prodigal
Perchance may waste il all;
Give, and the influence
May save from rank ofense
The children of your love;
Lay up much wealth above
Since God gives back the price
Of all your sacrifice.
The news., 1882-12-26

A Maryland infant drank bot
tie of corn medicine and then 'turned
up its toes.'
The news., 1882-12-26
ADIZZY BUSINESS.
Washington Star.

n DAAAL DDSA4NESS.
Washington Star.
As you stand at the foot of the
terrace below and look up atthe i'm
mense dome of the capital the work
men there seem midgets, clinging by
toes and finger tips to the convex
surface. To the nervous spectator
the sight is more exciting than in
teresting. The narrow landings sur
rounding the lower and upper ends
Of the dome appear as threads Of
white marble on which hardly fly
could obtain secure foothold, much
less man. You shudderas you see
human form uprear itself from the
interior of the cupola and with APP
parent carelessness climb backward
over the narrow ledge to the ladder
beneath. That ladder seems fear
fully small and unable to support
the weight Of or give foothold to sew
eral men who are upon it. They lean
forward at times until only their
feet and one hand are on the ladder
as they run their brushes over that
part of the dome within reach. They
seem suspended in mid-air, and you
tremble lest the next blast Of the
wind, which, you know, blows fear
fully hard up at that dizzy eleva-
ton, should loosen their frail hold
and dash them, shapeless masses,
against the cold, cruel stones of the
pavement, two hundred feet below.
Suddenly, while you gaze, one of
them rapidly descends the ladder to
the lower landing, which is in real
ity eighteen inches wide, but seems
to you a mere line, and lightly, reck-
lessly even, jumps down upon the
projecting edge of the column imme-
diately below. You notice, however,
that he climbs back with much more
care. And you watch with sort of
fascinating interest till the eye grows
dim with its constant gaze, and you
seek inside for further information.
Dangerous as this work seems to
be, very dangerous as it is in fact, a
more gruesome job is that of paint
ing the pedestal on which the God
dess of Liberty stands. The statue
is of bronze, the pedestal of iron, and
the latter must be freqently painted
so as to correspond in hue with the
Goddess. From the very top of the
dome the cupola uprears its graceful
proportions without any interior
means Of access to the statues ped
estal. Access must be made verti-
cally from the outside. When the
pedestal is to be painted, riggers from
the navy yard are detailed to erect a
temporary structure by which the
workman ascends to the top of the
cupola. To climb over the out
side ledge of the latter, either in com
ing down Or going up, is said to be
a dangerous undertaking. So haz-
ardous is the entire job of painting
the pedestal that only one man on the
force will do it. He is native Of
Capitol Hill and said to be utterly
Indifferent to danger, apparently un-
conscious that he runs any risk what
ever.
The news., 1882-12-26
TIE MIGHTY DOLLAR.

Canada is issuing bank notes of
the 81 denomination.
Jay Gould's income from Western
Union alone is $4,000 a day.
The Dwyer Brothers won s74,-
$40 during sthe racing Nseason of
1882.
New York's 1000 rag pickers do
an annual business of S30,000,0O0.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1882-09-27
THE "sPOELs- CAMPAIGN.

The year of grace 1882, in which sew
eral State elections are to be held, and
a full House of Representatives is to be
chosen, finds the two great parties
which for years have been contending
for supremacy without an important
living issue. For some time past these
parties have not been divided on any
great principle, but the "bloody Shirt"
which is now happily eliminated from
politics, had the effect of keeping many
well disposed persons from noticing the
fact. The Democrats in the present
Congress had it in their power to make
economy in the administration of the
Coz eminent living Issue, but they let
the golden opportunity pass without
doing so. Though in minority, they
succeeded, with the aid OF Western Re-
publicans, in passing the Chinese Re-
striction bill, and could, with equal
facility, have prevented the passage OF
the River and Harbor Steal over the
Presidents veto. They made no issue
as party on extravagant appropriation
bills. and the consequence is the pres
ent campaign is simply being fought for
''spoils." IS
In many of the Southern States Dems
ocrats who felt that they did not re.
ceive fair share of the Offices, have
organized independent parties. which
ara Endorsed by the Republicans, while
in some Of the Northern States Inde-
pendent Republicans are being support
ed by Democrats, everybody making
the best terms for himself without re-
gard to party. This state of affairs
will undoubtedly continue until living
issues arise and parties again divide on
principle.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1882-09-27

The Carson correspondent of the Sill
YER STATE is one of the clearest- headed
and best posted politicians in the State
He is identified with the interests of
the people Of Carson. and therefore op-
posed to the Railroad Ring, which runs
the Republican machine, and to some
extent the Democratic party in Ormsby
county. He suggests, as the only feasi-
BILE method of defeating the railroad
combination, ticket composed of Dem
ocrats and anti-monopoly Republicans.
The latter comprise respectable mi
nority Of the Republicans of Ormsby
county, and as they manfully battle for
their rights and will not wear the v. &
T. r. r. collar, they are feared and
hated by the Railroad Ring-feared, be-
cause by coalescing with the Democrats
they can carry the county, and hated
because they will not obey its man
dates. As the Ring cannot control
this anti-monopoly element of the Re-
publican party, its attempts to &C
complish its purpose by coquetting with
prominent Democrats, and urging them
TO oppose, on high moral grounds, a
coalition of Democrats and anti-monop-
oily Republicans. 1t is doubtful, how
ever, if the Democratic tools of the
Ring can succeed in preventing the
nomination of Joint ticket.
George B. Hill, George w. Chedic and
other prominent anti-monopoly Repub-
licans, as we'll as several of the leading
Democrats, are represented as being in
favor of adopting our correspondents
suggestions, and nominating a ticket
which will receive the cordial indorse.
ment and support OF all who are op-
posed to the rule of the Ring. o. X.
Stampley, formerly of this county, is
mentioned as the probable choice of the
Democrats and anti-monopoly Republi-
cans for Sheriff, and his many friends
in Humboldt will be pleased to hear of
his nomination, which will be almost
equivalent to his election, If the Con-
vention adopt liberal policy and
nominate frst-class ticket with fair
proportion OF anti-monopoly Republi-
cans.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1882-09-27

will be unable to interfere with the
operations of the Mormons in England,
as he presumes that their converts 60
with them willingly.
1t is officially announced that Gen.
eral Wolseley and Admiral Seymour
will be raised to the peerage, in ac-
acknowledgement of their recent distin-
guished services in Egypt.
Tuesday morning two sneak thieves
stole $l2, 900 in Columbia and Green.
vile Railroad bonds from the Cashiers
room, in Baltimore.
Recent frosts have visited and ruined
the corn at Dixon, Ills, and where half
a crop was anticipated, only soft corn
fit for fodder will be gathered.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1882-09-27

The epidemic known as the Texas
cattle fever has made its appearance in
q nnmber of herds in the West. The
only way to treat it is to isolate the
cattle that have it. and keep the native
cattle off the pastures that have been
used by the sick ones until after frost.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1882-09-27
A Delicious Appetizer

That insures digestion and enjoyment
of food; tonic that brings strength to
the weak and rest to the nervous; a
harmless diarrhea cure that don't con-
stipate-just what every family needs
-Parker's,G inger Tonic.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1882-09-27

From report Of tho accidents which
occurred last year on the railways of
Great Britain, it appears that the pro-
portion Of passengers killed and injured
from all causes was Lin 8, 700, TAO killed,
snd-i il 335, 577 injured.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1882-09-27
Public Speaking
HON. GEO. w. CASSIDY.
Democratic Candidate for Member OF
Congress,


Democratic Candidate for Attorney
General,
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1882-09-27
WINNIE M u Goa
x e CTION WORKS.


culver AND GOLD ORES, FREE OR
- base, Bought at Fair Rates, or
worked on reasonable terms, by milling or
roasting process.
Ores from distance can be shipped rail
direct TO the mill. Mark sacks 'sW. r. w.,
winnemucca, New"
ALEX WISE, Proprietor
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1882-09-27

Attached to the Works IL an ASSAY OFFICE
where ores will BE- assayed on reasonable terms,
and accurate returns guaranteed.
OLE AVERY, Assayes.
wfAAsmucca. October Is, 1881. Il I.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-03-25
SERGEANT MASON'S SENTENCE.

Sergeant Mnsoi,. who shot ut Cur
team while cohiued Ia the y. 5. jail
at Washington, has been tried by
C"urt-inartiM found guilty aud seu
fenced to eight years hard labor III
the Albany. New York. penl,entiary.
besides belsg di>hunorabl, dlscharS-
Ell from the U. s. service with the loss
uf all pay aud allow ances now due IN
Ia becvlue due to hun. The sentence
has been approved by Gen. Hancock
This seems to be very harsh SEN
tence for "a man who Las the symlm
thy of a civilized world with him, hui
military rules ale iuexorable AMI
should not BIZ disobeyed. Tue N. \.
Sun comments III follows on the
RESULT
The findings aud sentence of The
GENERAL Court Martial winch trn d
S-rgea..t Mason for shoo'Ing a, GuI
teau. with intent To kill him, SHOW u
thorough appreciation 1T the gravit.
OF the ufferse, aud n determination
4" make ills case "A warming tor 9th
ers. Sergeant Mason has been found
guilt, of the charge aud spec'hca
tom, aud has been s.ntenced to be
dishonorably discharged, with loss 81
all pay aud allowances, aud to he
G. mind in peuItentiar, ut hard In
bor i,r eight years. Gen. Haucock
approved The findings and >euteus ..
IL Is evi,ent that the Suggestion that
Srrgeaut Mason was NOT rigbt III his
mud had no weight with the court ;
hat the distinctiun drawn III regard
to his mol being member of the re.
/ l.ef actually On guard ri tue time al
the shooting had NO weight. aud that
,h. character aud offence Of (iulteau
were no, allowed ~ mitigate The I'll
iep-e. Ibis a,t,lle, .m"n stuck n
u ow at tn. Up ltat,"n 1T the re9ulal
trupps T. obe,,i. uce 10 Ordeis under
III G .rr,,u.siabc-s. To have punish
u iiu IN Il. Ii .ntl, would La'r help
ri L., spi+md tue cuhvic'i"n that TIE
troops could noi be- relied np"n u
,.IfurIu ,sa.r--able duty III mo.
u nis of great public excitement
and II wouid have half cunsiui,ed ons
If the greatest offenses which sol
Her, ~ such, ran I've guilty of u
nis of =
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-03-25

IN. o. Tin,es-Democrat ]

II ma, be we'll tO state that Colfax
Is "a furnishing little town oD Red
river, few miles above Alexandria,
10 this tate. II IL the seat of Grant
parish and became celebrated early
IN its career as the scene of riot
rhe fact IL that both the parish and
,wn were rr. ated during the carpet
bag regime, os,~hsih'y With N view to
convenience and s,n,inetry, bnt really
FIR the purpose uf adding to the Re-
pnbIiran majority in the Legislature.
Ne need not state tba. the resp+cta-
I,l- people d,sl,k.d the arrangement
and that, f,r some time unpleasant
ness pre- vailed. Coifax. however. has
,.n lIv.d all this. { has bMa,me re-
concllrd to lts na,ne aud 10 the rest
II It's mfflirtinns generally, and has
braced mp. I'D to speak. 1t has array
III itself ~ paint aud whitewasll.
spread itself out. and in various gays
doomed mp. Besides being u parish
seat, It rs getting Ia he = very cs'Ds'si'
-rahle place on ne merits The ciii-
z-nS are proud Of it, proud of the
curt house, the churches, the promi-
n4nt bu,l.i,ngs aud. above all, 1t the
Lvceum. This Lycenm is cs'mmon
gr.,nu.i upon viii h I'LL classes meet
AMI frateru,ze. Here the different NJ
c,eties assemble, concerts ARE given,
f.,rs. are held and other social erup-
mons take place. l~,cal poets give
| birth to their productions within
these classic precincts. AM! Dcsl ora
tons make The ntfrighted echoes ring
against it's walls.
Bnt there 10 want long felt 10
CoIfnx lib. yc-nm has {, o organ
Oh Uc . u.,s Of ~ q steal main o. q 4
a. the wa, bling Of "L,r~nn' by ss'si,s
sweet girl graduated FIR Oh from the
| M,Ddrn Seminary In ruch Orrs
sn,us. We say. the want OF an organ
mar produced All aching void IN fl's
bosom nf every trur sou aud dansi'
ter of Culfax. There was Hl~ay'
something licking; s,.rt of vacuum
10 to speak. dI~s.los~d itself Fro0
the moment Colfnx realized that hs
want VI an organ was lenve"ipg IT.
| lows. poison entered the seal nf Col
Fix aud green and melaDcl o wen
{, roust upon its roof The conrt
honse looked shabby I; the white vast
Ifsll in takes from the 0ocs dazzling
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-03-25
A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE.

When the alarm was fast raised
ut the Columbia meeting, aud the
astounding claim made on the gov
ernment for supplies on account 81
the shortage in last years crop, the
average citizen Of this Union wns
disposed to think rather small ct the
claimants. But when real calami-
", such M has been caused by the
overflow of the Mississippi and its
tributaries, il shown to exist, then
the call meets u responsive echo IN
the hearts IF the people Of this land
from Main to California The feeling
Of Repre-. entative Rsbeson expresses
the idea in nut shell Said he 81
will vote, in order to relieve these
really suffering people, million, tw"
million, five million dollars, il the nc.
tnal requirements OF the situation
justi y IT. Our people need have no
fears that genuine suffering will he
ignored or neglected" There In Al
,utln,mti.n plainly made that reIlei
has been asked for those mot real,
deserving. We know there are
plenty to take issue with MS right
here, but iLe convictiou Ii frm in ON
mind that the issuance Of ratioDs IL
any community in Louisiana on nc.
count of short crops would not only
i-nIoralIze the labor, which is precm
rlcns al best, buI wunld debase tile
in,.eti,,ar,es who receive it, and he.
c,ne IA precedent altogether danger
aus. We have too many amoug u:
wiling to 20 down gu the pauper list
This thing of living without labor II
the curse of our State. Let the deaC
heats aud drones, who spend al
their time aud money at corner gro
reries, starve If they vii no, wUik
The sooner they make way for I
thrIfiy, manly class, that cali eai 4
her own lively hood, the better >
1 will he FIR the .ommnnity at large.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-03-25

AN ITEM Here Is an ten OF no
small lm,,ortancel While half Of the
sonthern country in inundated, Alex
andria aud the adjacent county is
high aud dryi-We The People.
Another While Alexandria
is high and dry. Colfax lie higher aud
dryer. It took levee six feet high
t. keep The water ont of Alrxand,ia
ten days ago. Al that time We had
ten fee. of natural bauk to spare at
Culfax.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-03-25

The assess.,r 81 lied River parish
called upon ii cit zens If that parish
to assemble IN mass meeting and
'-give a public expression as To the
actual rash U0luation Of all property
subject 10 torat,on." II is likely he
got livery mnci, mixed. We have
waited aud watched for the result Of
that meeting. bu! Lave yet to see amy
rerori of wnat was done There is
All evil in the present mode Of assesses
ment, recognized and acknowledged
ly all. The question Of the honr il.
"what are yon going to do abont it p
We predict that NO HAAS meeting will
remedy the evil. and that it will nev-
er be cured exrepi by board I'll as
SCISSORS. whose duties and obligations
shall be expressed by law defining
their powers aud restricting their
actions.