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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1900-02-10
To Whom 1t May Concern.
No. s..
STATE LAND OFFICE,

STATE LAND OFFICE, t I
CARSON CITY. Nevada. Nov. zSth, 1899.
Notice is hereby given that the state OF Ne
vada, under the Act OF Congress approved
June 10th. 1880 I'll Stats. 2s7l has filed in the
United States Land Office at Carson City, New
List No. 1873 of lands selected under said Act,
and has applied for patent for the said lands;
that part of said list is open to the public for
inspection. and a copy thereof, by descriptive
subdivisions. has been posted in a convenient
place in said United States Land Office for the
inspection OF all persons interested and the
public generally
Within the next sixty days following the
date of this notice protests or contests against
the claim of said State of Nevada to any tract
or subdivision described in the list on the
ground that the same is more valuable for
mineral than agricultural purposes. will be re-
ceived and noted by the Register and Receiver
OF the United States Land Office at Carson City.
Nevada. for report to the General Land Office
at Washington, ID. e.
The following are the subdivisions describ-
ed, to wit
SWh of Swh Sec. s. T. II N. r. "a E.. M. d.
Is. & MO acres
f. ID. KELLEY,
state Land Register of the State of..Nevada.
First insertion December 9. 1899.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1900-02-10

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Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-03-02
The Unfathomed.

with APOLOGIES TO EDWIN MARKHAM.)
I am the Unutterable; in me
TIL admixture Of the lightning and the
snow,
The glimmering glacier grinding out to
sea,
The hurting, fre-shod bolts of mighty
Jove!
I am the gnarled tree, whose twisted
shape
Roots the dark earth and shadows the
dun sky
With eerie images to fright the world!
I am the Unquenchable that saps the
strength
OF ancient universes! 1 the shape
Whose hydra-headed semblance cleaves
the rock
OF Time and moulds the pillars of the
sky!
I am the Oofty-G oofty-the Zee-Zee
OF Unity Tumpty- hear me whoopty-
whoop!
I am the Googy- Googy! See, I pull
A mountain from It's nest and crawl
inside
And pull the hollow hole in after me!
Perchance you think to know just what
I am,
But hanged if I can tell. I'm something,
sure,
But DANCED if I a tell just what it is!
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-03-02
The Value of Poetry.

1t is customary when the poetic muse
is elusive and shy for singers to tell Of
the miraculous effects of certain of theil
productions in bringing cheer to gloomy
hearts and hope to despairing lives. A
little leaf of poesy, waited by a breeze Of
chance to lie upon a bleeding heart, acts
as a soothing balm and the torn and
tempesttossed hearth is healed and led to a
haven of rest and gladness. Thus I shall
reproduce some letters sent to me from
grateful readers in Illustration. There
will be no names or places. The success.
full liar never gives names or places in
telling a lie. Here is the first letter:
DEAR SIR: One of your poems came
to my hands recently with a SOU bone
wrapped up in it. It was at a time when
I was totally discouraged. There was
nothing to eat in the house but food.
Ny wife had paralysis and was unable ia
take in washing. Thus our principal
source of revenue was stopped. In this
dark hour your poem came to me. II
breathed hope and encouragement. /
never saw a poem with such a breath
before. When I read it I saw at once
that there were worse things in the
world than I had ever dreamed of. II
every poor family in the country could
receive a soup bone wrapped up in one
of your poems you would be a public
%benefactor. 1 am now cheerful and my
wife is we'll, and the music of the wash
board in the kitchen tells me that we are
making money again. I believe you are
the author of that little couplet or triplet:
When the soap is in the boiler,
When the wash is on the line,
When your wife is strong and healthy,
Why should any man repine?
Accept my grateful thanks for the
good you have done me. You have done
what Pydia Linkham has failed to do in
twenty years.
It makes you feel that your work is not
entirely without reward when you get a
letter like that. Here is another illus
tration:
DEAR S1R:. Driven to desperation by
the probability of securing steady en-
ployment I determined to take strych-
nine and end it all. I purchased half
an ounce of the poison and drank it off
at q draught, for I was very dry. In
casting away the empty package I
noticed that it was wrapped up in one of
your poems. I read the poem and the
had no effect on me what
ever. I was immune. You have saved
my life and I am grateful to you.
In the light Of these letters who shall
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-03-02
Never Min.

If things git to goin' sideways,
Never min!
If We have a spell O. blue days,
Never min!
Try t keep yer spirits hummin'
The's a better time a. comm,
Never min!
If some sorrow has bereft ye,
Never min!
If We think yer frien's have lef' We,
Never min!
Wipe away tn tears that's fallin',
An yellshear a kind voice calm:
"Never min'w
If tn road is rough an weary,
Never min!
If tn way is gloomy, dreary,
Never min!
Keep a smilin', keep a. singin',
Some help tn Lord will be bringin'
Never min!
Jes' be patient, jes' be cheerful,
Never min!
Dom be %fretful, dom be fearful,
Never min!
For We mind, however old ye
Be, when Mother used to hold ye
In her arms, an her voice toll ye:
"Never min'w.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-03-02

An did 1 have some shoats to sell?
He asks about my boys out west
An hopes they're goin' to make
strike,
An says that cider was tn best
ct ever ambled down tn pike.
An jes' as soon as it warns up
So he can drive out to my place
He's goin' to bring that setter pup
For me, an some OIL family lace
For Mothers dress-his homes eye
Is beamin' with consarn for me,
He grips my hand an says good bye,
TIL fines chap We ever see!
I'm ies' plain, common Farmer ST,
With hayseed in my hair, but say!
The's nothin' green in that ar eye,
I know it's comm lection day."
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-03-02
B0YIEcAsE.
Jury Brings in a Verdict for 5000, as
the Value of the Land.

In the condemnation case of the state
against John Boyle for thirty acres of
land belonging to the latter and adjoin-
ing the penitentiary on the east, which
the state desires for an addition to the
~penitentiary grounds, the jury brought
in a verdict Saturday evening for $500.
being at the rate of $50 an acre for the
land. The defendant asked $500 an acre
tor the land. The $500 is the sum that
was offered by the penitentiary trustees
before the trial.
me case will probably be appealed to
the supreme court to determine whether
the state has q right to condemn and
take the land.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-03-02

The Unsounded Depths.
The sweetest song is the unsung,
Unspoken is the kindest word,
The sweetest chime the hearts unrung,
The grandest music the unheard.
Nor singer grand nor bard with Tyre
Within his sweetest song may hold
The fullness of the flaming fire
That leaps within, but is not told.
There is a grandeur and sublime
That fingers in each hidden heart,
That will not speak in note or rhyme,
The fire, unseen. that flames apart.
The grandest deed is the undone,
Whose endless promptings veer and
roll
But take n shape-the rayless sun
That shines, unseen, within the soul.
And, deed or song or rhyme or word
That soul may stir or heart may fill,
There is a sweeter, far-unheard,
An unseen beauty, grander still.
No tongue may tell the deepest roll
Where, all unfathomed, sweep. apart
The ocean waters of the soul,
The depths, unknown, within the
heart.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-03-02

friends
arc 0V0r.v1Mhoro.

ne 0v8SyU Vx10Ss8s
Every woman knows
some woman friend who
has boon helped byLydxa
e. Plnkkkias,,'s Vegetable
What foes
this friend say about ~
Read Hio Leffers from,
women being puhkxshed In
this aper. II you are
ailxng, don't try e,sperl-
h,onfs. Rely on the roLxa-
bic.
Mrs. Pknkhas,,,s great
n,adIcx1o has stood WITH
out q peer for Thirty
years.
Puzzled women wslfo to
Mrs. Plnk5as,, for advice
which she gives without
Charge Tho advice ks
confidential and accurate.
Il has helped a million wo-
s,ex,- Mrs. Pfnkham's
address Is lynn, Mass.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-03-02

tropic section of the south, the agricul-
tural and mining sections of the central
interior and the section west of the coast
range. Los Angeles is the center of the
first named, San Francisco of the west
coast and Stockton of the interior. To
see Pasadena, Mount Lowe, Coronado,
and the other famous southern points
which have made California popular
with the winter resorters, go to Los An
geles and make trips from that as a base.
Southern California consists of seven
counties. 1t contains a third of the area
and a fifth of the population of Califor-
MIA. Variety is its noteworthy feature.
Aside from n or two deserts, the oun
try is a succession of delightful mesas
and valleys. The climate is healthful,
the soil fertile and the population ener-
getic and refined. Los Angeles was
founded a hundred and twenty years ago.
Twenty years ago, after a hundred years,
the population numbered 1000. In the
time that has elapsed since then the CITY
has grown to 100000 inhabitants-the
growth of practically fifteen years. The
Southern Pacific road has a network of
railways to all points of interest round
about.
Nine miles from Los Angeles is the
city of Pasadena. This is one Of the
popular health resorts and winterine
places for sojourners from a colder cline.
A few miles away are the missions,
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-03-02
PROSPERITY in N. d.
l. P. 3 ker Testifes to the Prosperous
Conditions in the State.

Captain Baker was interviewed down
in st. Paul, enroute to Washington and
said: North Dakota has experienced
an unprecedented increase in business
during the year, and the immigra-
ton this year promises to be enor-
nous. The three large railroads travers-
ing the state will have more business
than they can handle. The crops have
been very good and the only cheap
thing today is wheat. AS soon as we
can get more of the diversity of the farm
North Dakota will be in even much bet
ter shape than she is now.
ut is interesting to note the interest
that is being taken in j. j. Hills state
ment regarding the ship subsidy bill now
pending before congress. Every farmer
is anxious, with Mr.. Hill, to see the meas
ure defeated. If a subsidy was paid to
ships for carrying the farmers wheat and
stock to new markets, it would be a diff
ferent proposition, but the agricultural
interests of the northwest cannot figure
out how they are to benefit by a meas
ure which pays a premium to a few rich
shipbuilders for carrying people to the
Paris exposition. Such a scheme would
be of no advantage to our people, and in
stead of bringing foreign money here,
would take moneyaway from this country
The farmers no longer regard Mr.. Hill
as a 'bogie man. but as their friend, and
Jim Hill in North Dakota is looked up
to as much as any man occupying a
position of prominence in the world to.
day. The farmers are recognizingi in Mr..
Hill a friend, and he has unquestionably
done a great deal that has been of direct
benefit to u people.
1.-THE improvement and advancement
that has been made in North Dakota in
the last twenty years gives us splendid
example of what a new country may be-
come in a short time. That long ago we
had one railroad; settlements were few
and far between. During the winter the
railroad suspended operations and not a
wheel was turned until spring. The
stock raising industry had scarcely start
ed and the settlers did not enjoy the ad-
vantages of a ready market. Today we
have three great lines of road running
magnificent vestibuled trains and are
within a few hours ride of several great
markets. But recently a reduction of
passenger rates from four to three cents
a mile went into effect. Thousands of
people are pouring into North Dakota
from other states. Settlers in old and
we'll developed farming communities are
selling their farms for fancy prices and
buying untitled cheap North Dakota
land. Eastern farmers are sending their
sons west, and whole colonies of Ameri-
cans are coming to us from other states.
1.-THE tide of immigration is nothing
short of phenomenal, and land values are
going up radidly. Spectators as we'll as
settlers are buying land, the former to
hold as an investment. But the bona
fide settlers are the ones that are getting
most of the land.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-03-02
FARMER ST.

81 like tn feller't grabs yer han
And squeezes till yer fingers crack,
Who says to We: Hello, Oh mani"
An asks ye ef We jess come back.
He wants to know how Mother is
An ef tn girls is middlin' well,
An glad tn price o. pork is riz,
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-03-02
Never Said Nothin' at All.

Never Said Nothin' at All.
Never said nothin' at all,
When we brought his dead boy home
to him.
Never said nothin' at all,
But his jaws, they were set sort O. grim
He took it so quiet an still,
None of us see a tear fall,
Jes' sat with a resolute will
And never said nothin' at all.
Never said nothin' at all,
When we tol' him jess how it occurred,
Never said nothin' at all,
Set like a stone-never stirred.
TOT is to take him in there,
Lay him down on tn couch in tn hall,
An he set beside him on a chair
And never said nothin' at all.
Never said nothin' at all,
Never once heaved of a sigh,
Never said nothin' at all,
Eyes sort o fevered an dry,
Never a cry or a moan,
Let not tn slightest sign fall,
We went out an lef' him alone,
But he never said nothin' at all.
They found him, an still sittin' there,
Holdin' his boy by tn hand,
Sort o half fell from tn chair,
Dead-they couldn't understand,
How it had struck him so deep,
there still in tn hall,
When he didn't once: cry out or weep
An never said nothin' at all.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-03-02

Youth,
When Hope was high, and hollow life
was Truth;
I say, could I 60 back again, and know
The boyhood's e~cstasies of long ago,
Trudge through the leaiy lanes and Ger
the hills,
By hedge and field, and rest by murmur-
ing rills,
It would be bliss, till d~isillusion rude,
In stern, parental tones: "Go saw some
woodp
Should break upon my listening ears,
and then
I'd be darned glad to be back here again!
Rended deartstrings.
"This pent-up misery within M breast
1t will not rest!
These clutching fingers, grim and icy
cold
That do enfold
NJ heart! And, ali! NJ short and labored
breath!
Hah! Is this death?
What are these agonies that do environ
Like bands of iron
NJ very soul-that fill with bitterness
And seem to press
Like leaden weights upon me? Hah!
Away!
Ye torments all that play
Upon mel"
Dear girl, if I we're in this plight
I wouldn't lace SO tight.
The Long Distance Patriot.
It's strange-it seems to me that I
Could fight for freedom till I'd die,
Could tramp the veldt and kopjes DER
To free the poor, down-trodden Boer,
Could march with lips all parched and
dry,
And yet with courage stern and high,
And never weaken, never tire,
Thrilled with a patriotic fire.
Yet, tho unwearied I could fight
Through tiresome day and dismal night,
It racks my frame and tries my soul
To carry in one hod of coal.
In the Wintertide.
Now a passing bird is singing as his care
less flight is winging
Where the oak leaves hirt and futter,
rustling low.
There's a feathered songster calling where
the Autumn leaves are falling,
And the limpid waters chatter while
they flow.
There's a breeze of Autumn signing
While the Summer glad is dying,
While the %listless leaves are flying in
a torrent to and fro.
There is music sad and dreary
With a cadence curious, eerie,
And the summer seems aweary, as
though it were glad to go.
Hank! A voice is calling, calling, all its
mellow echoes falling,
While the leaves and flowers are fad
ing and the snow
Through the misty air is flying, and the
winds are shrieking, crying,
Through the %leafless limbs that shive,
as they blow.
There is Sorrow speaking, speaking,
While the winter winds are shrieking,
And the trees are creaking. creakine
in a mournful dirge, and low.
There is Sadness, grim and dreary
In the mournful tones, and eerie,
And my heart it seems aweary az
though it were glad to go.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-03-02
Castles.

With naughty dome and tower and spire
Our castles rise, to speak the sky;
With pride we shape and raise them
higher
And dream our castles stand for aye.
We carve from sands of wealth a stone,
Hew rotten timbers from our pride,
Our columns raise on these alone
And trust our castles to abide.
Our castles totter and We seek
With tawdry ornament alone,
To find support for c%rumbling, weak,
And insecure foundation stone.
Our castles crumble, fall away,
For life is but an interlude
Twixt curtains Of an endless play,
Where nothing lasts but Right and
Good.
A Sigh for Youth.
Could I 20 back through the long, mel
low haze
OF Time to those sweet, careless, child
hood days
When Happiness was handmaiden to
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-03-02

say that poetry is valueless. I shall cite
nj more letter from a girl admirer. She
says:
(, DEAR SIR: Mamma was on her death |
bed. She was afraid to die and wept
constantly. We brought her your poem
which begins:
Where the citron it is sitting,
Where the radishes are red,
Where the caulitlower is calling
And the cabbage gets ahead.
She read the entire poem and died
without a regret.
Surely no. one will deny the efficacy of
poetry hereafter.
Bime By.
Eff de bells of grief am tollin' an de
clouds of sorrow rollin'
Laik de shadder of a spook acrost de
sky,
Eff de echoes am a fallin' where de whip
porwill am calm
To his mate, an she am singin' in
reply,
Ell de night winds am a sobbin' an de
singin' of de Robin
Am a hushed, an eff de night owls
boot an cry
FIN de shadders by de river am a maxim
us to SILVER,
,Dey's a brighter day a comin' bime by.
Ell de day am done an'dyin' an de chillen
m a cryin'
Fo' de con pone dat we eat de las at
noon,
Eff de price O. con am boostin' an de
chickens am a roostin'
Whar dey amt no chance to reach
'em mighty soon,
Eff dey amt no way to igger how a po'r
an ca'less niger
Gwine to git his grub, no mattah how
he try,
Den it amt no use to hurry, er to fumi
gate an worry,
Dey'sa brighter day a comm bime by.
Il Recruit.
The trumpet calls, the twilight falls,
Good bye, sweetheart.
A dream of bliss, a hurried kiss,
Good bye, sweetheart.
A stout ship, throbbing, speeds away,
A crimson sunset streaks the day,
A weeping maiden kneels to pray,
Good bye, sweetheart.
The trumpet calls, a soldier falls,
Good bye, sweetheart.
A gasping cry in agony,
Good bye, sweetheart.
A form, blood Redeemed, silent lies,
Where crimson streaks the earth and
skies,
Upturned two sightless, staring eyes,
Good bye, sweetheart.
The Blizzard.
The angry wind, enraged, with ireful
shrek,
And dismal, sweeps adown from out the
bleak,
ACo AoSheu auA tetlefeQ NOrCn, TO gather
up
Its missiles of the snow in brawny arms,
Hurtles and hurls its weapons like barbed
shafts
Shot from a bow, to fright the shrinking
earth
And bust the old barn door to smash
b'gosh.
Grave or Gay.
Which the songs W. love the best,
Glad or sad? Grave or gay?
Which the best loved-tear or jest?
Which the grander, who shall say?
What of music, what of art
Plays in life the better part?
| -
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-03-02
Grave or Cav.

Grave or Gay.
Which the songs we love the best,
Glad or sad? Grave or gay?
Which the best ~loved-tear or lest?
Which the grander, who shall say?
What of music, what of art
Plays in life the better part?
What speaks to the ear? or heart?
Glad or sad? Grave or gay?
Which wakes US to better things,
Glad or sad? Grave or gay?
Which the nobler bard who sings,
Joy or Sadness-who shall say?
What Of story, what of song,
Blows the sweetest blossom 'mong
The flowers we gather out along
The path we tread-the grave or gay?
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-03-02
SOME PRAIRIE BREEzEs.
Hope Eternal.

Hope Eternal.
Gloomy in tn mornin',
Brighter weather soon,
Mebbe clouds II scatter,
Sun'll shine at noon.
Gloomy at tn MONDAY,
Skies'll soon be bright.
Better weather comm,
Sun'n shine fore night.
Gloomy in tn evenin',
Let tn dark day 60,
Brighter day tomorrer,
Sun'n shine, I know.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-01-19
BnckInphnm IirIefs.

ARCANUM, VA, Jan. l6, 1900.
EJiY0r Hlraid.-Another marriage
in our midst. On the 10Th at p. IN.
by the Rev. John Spencer, at the resi-
dence of the brides parents, Mr.. Willis
Hackett, of Wingina, was married to
Miss Mamie Carter, daughter Of Mr.,
James ID. Garter. Her attendants were;
Miss Matte Carter and Mr.. T. Miles;
Miss Madge Davis and Mr.. J. Davidson;
Miss Annie Hackett and Mr. Willie
ilackett Miss Fanny Hackett and
Mr.. j. 4. Hackett,
All the neighbOrhoOd turned out to
see Miss Mamie married. She has a
fine reputation as an all-round business
woman, and is lady Of high standing
i'm the community. Her aged father
will miss her much, as she has been
his Fright hand MANI for years. The
old couple have but one daughter left,
Miss Matte, to solace their declining
years.
Nj Tandy Hooper is home for a
week picking up the few remaining
darkies for a West Virginia railroad.
The white folks have all the work to
do now indoors and out. The crops Of
tobacco must necessarily be shorter
each succeeding year, As all the young
white men are gone, with just here and
there am exception, and what negroes
are left, have i'm most cases an old horse
of their own to scratch a few acres for
and will not hire themselves
for love or money.
Mrs. Tom Norman has since her
husbands death moved back to her
glrlhood home, and is now living with
her brother, Mr.. w. G. Trent.
\ good deal Of unnecessary kicking
has been done by parents Of school
in regard to the vaccination
order issued by the county school
board, and some schools are almost de-
pleted, whilst in other neighborhoods
where common sense and an apprecia-
ton of the value Of vaccination prevail,
the schools are full Of vaccnated schol-
ars. one father with six children told
me he would much rather his children
had smallpox than risk their lives by
This near New Store.
II. or b.