The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-10-27

the SKY
Trample the sunshine down, and chase
the day
into the dusky forest-lands of gray
and sombre twilight.
Nature, ever changing, ever glorious,
presents her every mood for the delec-
tation of the wayfarer in this desert
waste, and as though in compensation
for the discomforts of the wilderness
displays her manifold charms in all the
bcauty of their wondrous grandeur. At
times she typifies all the charming. and
to. man, incomprehensibie inconsist-
encies of the gentler sex. In her vary
ing humor she is now all smiles, nov
All tears; clouds and sunshine darken
or Tighten her countenance in con
stantly changing succession, and each
by comparison is but the more fascinat-
ing than the other. Her every within
aud caprice are mirrored on hill top
and broad expanse OF arid distance I'M
I'll they either paipitate n glow IN
the warmth of her caress, or aarken
and grow pensive beneath the shadow
Of her trown. AS a rule the volatile
maiden is disposed to look with kindly
nkein upon the denizens of this land of
sage brush and thirst, and the sunshine
Of her favor more than mitigates for
the ~hardBhips and the toll which are
The common lot of those who have fol-
losved the course of the great, white
dust rivers to their points of converg-
ence on the gold laden sands of Ne
vads. Each morning the radiance of
her sunny smile penetrates through
ehink and interstice in cabin wall, and
searching out the belated shadows
sends them scurrying to dusky hiding
places; the touch of her life impelling
fngers on slumbering eyelids arouses
man from his repose to enter upon the
duties of the day, comforted and sus-
tained by In unfaltering trust in the
bepe6cent goodness of Him who doeth
an things well, and who in the sum
Ring up Of the pilgrimage at eventide
j4dges the sojouTner not so much upon
the sfesuits accomplished as upon the
motives which actuated his journey
alone life's highway.
After all it is not SO much the
achieving of success that count AS it
Is the manner in which it is attained;
and even though the toiier fan to reach
the heights, if he be true to himself,
and make the fight honestly and man
fulIy, the WORTH ~ Tue pOorer lor ms
passing, though "memory Ger his
tomb no trophies raise 1t is easy to
make the race when the trail be blazed
and the going smooth, but the man who
counts, is the one who keeps to tho
road under the handicap of discourage
ment and though the load be heavy
pushes on and on and on. To such, adj
versity and setbacks are never insur-
m~ountable, and though the heart ache
and world WEAKNESS be at times pres
emit with them they never falter in the
course. VeritabIe Mark Tapley's, these
chaps; fellows to whom nature in what
ever guise looks good, and who in liv-
ing at their best, derive the best there
is in life, To be such a one, and there
ara such in Goldfeld, is to be every
inch q man..
At no hour during the t~wenty-four IS
nature viewed in grander attire than
when she Ions her dark hued robe Of
night, and the angels light the star
lamps in that eternal city on the ether
plain high above this desert habita-
ton of mankind. As the last rays of
the setting sun disappear over the
mountains to the west, resting for a
ssoment upon their hoary heads as if