The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-06-16

A MAJ vas buried in the snowy wastes OF North America. He had died
with the eoarsest side of nature. Yet en- If the number washed and dressed
the dead a he wrapped him in a shroud. and prepared him for the grave:
He knew no form of burial service, and so, in the cold afternoon, h lifted
his voice in the Lords Prayer. There was n song that had been sung by
their dead shfpmate during his raucous life. at wa the cap m father
wore,' this og they al knew m With the nan" G, oH"n novelins a"oa'
them they raised their voices in this final farewell. The song rang nut true,
opted shroud of buried kings tn mighty strains of wondrous music, the
looming metre of the death chant swept fro" the breasts o. " undred soul
would not so much W. moved these n. fH inc pa'"S I" s''S '' o' "
the grave.
Pa,hos is but humor turned wrong side out.
In a catin made from gunny sacks, with pillars of gothic made If tar
res filed with earth, and a roof covered with odds ns at most pa
thehc descriptions, far up in the gully at the south end of Godfed lives me
tie half filed with water, and in this bottle, when the fit is IN, this see
visions of marching hosts bevies of beautiful madden' lagoons o water with
swiftly propelled gondolas; he lies prone before his mirage and drinks in
the life of the world, and he is perfectly happy. His place Is neat nd
clean. He gets enough to eat "Ugh, . exclaim his neightor, che is crazy
And they tap their respective heads Significantly. When gaze into some
of the dirty houses, hear m of the senseless quarrel, and see how hard it
is or som of these others to be happy, it Is hard to see just who the crazy
oe IS.
Genius is ht insanity under control, and gifted with near Of express
A young friend OF nine about to be married asked another for advice,
the other IA a map, my friend should have known better. But the nan said
naueht he but took the young aside to where a lar that he loved bet
ctr than his life stood hitched n a light road cart. The W got in, the reins
wereh handed to my young friend who knew nothing of driving. The mare
tat the unfamiliar touch, she became restless, skhted sideways, panced,
and danced, and acted as n 0 self respecting horse would think of doing. The
mar hen took the reins, the mare "a soothed, se knew The difference at
nee The hand on the lines vas now steady m the "'nd hat dhrecteds tn
hands knew what it about. The young men marveled, he asked and the
came, 'To know how to do a thing is a matter of having done it be
FORE MY, What a mares neet' exclaimed 'e girl ~hen Se heaFa ABOUT
Courage comes from ,e knowledge gained by having done the thing be
1t is tue n football, it has won mary a game in life; when you have
don your very best, you an sn do n point better. When you ave ear
rea he tan as far az the opposing team will let you, you "a still carry it
a inch further
Said he, 1.-The cart is a muscle, it improves with exercise. The more
people that have taxed mine, the bigger it has become Every one seeks by
many devious patbs, the ground that carries god.'
A wooden wedding anniversary vas celebrated here not long ago The
only thing wooden about IT, however, was the expression OF the walters. The
word expression is used advisedly, as all good walters have nut one expires
siu. IT is called d wooden wedding at the end of FIVE years becaus from the
things learned in that eventful period so much cal be made, and it is well
known that wood is most amenahle to change but it is always distinctly IN
dastood that both sides must give in. Every couple celebrating = wooden
wedding think that all the other people attending the menu ere hloekheads
either because they have not yet come 10 that state, have just passed it, or
expect to reach tt. They are right However, this couple seemed happy,
Intelligent. and above oil weI-fed. They had their friends were sur
If their ground, and seemed to enjoy it all In hoc sgno vinees.