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The rumor that comet will strike the
earth next August, has produced an inter.
essing and dimportaut article at Florence from
the celebrated astronomer, Prof. g. B.
Donati, regarding the probabilities Of any
such event. Donati says the small comet
of B,ela has often crossed the earth's orbit,
at intervals of between six and seven years,
and If still existing, should cross the orbit
this year, about the 28th of August dis.
tant from the earth one hundred and
ten million miles. The fact 10, however,
that the comet Biela was not seen when
due in 1865 and 1858, and when last seen
had separated into two masses a. II becom.
ing dissipatsd in space. Donati thinks il
probable this comet has broken up, and
much of 1t may have already fallen on the
earth in small fragments. It It should ap.
proach very near the earth in one mass, he
says 1t would take position like the moon,
and be satellite of the earth. No .comets,
either large or small, are observable at pres.
ent Other comets have disappeared after
periodical visits for ages, and Donsti con.
siders it likely the comet of Biela has been
scattered into msteors and will be seen no
more. In any case he thinks oil comets too
small to come into alarming collision with
the earth. =
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Tho Vaiue Of . Newspaper.

The following is the experience of . mo.
cha mic concerning the benefits of q news.
paper
Ten years ago lived In town In lndi.
ana. On returning home one night, for I
am carpenter by trade. saw q little r,rl
leave my door, and l asked my wife who
she was. She said Mrs. Harris had sent hen
after their newspaper. which my wife had
borrowed. Az We sat down to tea my wife
said to me. by name: :.
II wish you would subscribe for the
newspaper; It 10 20 much comfort to mo
when you are awav from home"
Il would like to do so," said I, "but you
know owe . payment on the house and lot
1t will be oil can do to meet It," ....s
She replied: IF you will take this pspes.
l will sew for the tailor to pay for it,"
l subscribed for the paper; it came in due
time to the shop. While resting one noon
and looking over 1t. I saw IN advertisement
Of the County Commissioners to lets bridge
that was to be built. put in bid for the
bridge, and the job was awarded to me, on
which cleared $500, which enabled me 70
pay for my house and lot easily, and for the
newspaper. ii had not subscribed for
the newspaper I would not have known
about the contract. and could not
have met my payment on my house and lot,
A mechanic never loses anything By taking
. newspaper.
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Anecdote or NcKeau Bachanau.

Mexican Buchanan was, some years ago
q merchant in this city. and m my of our
Oldest citizens will remember him. He was
. gentleman Of very peculiar habits and
many eccentricities. Of great experience and
great traveller. His talents q Q ,ra :etlian
were often rewarded with the nrsst glowing
praise, and again met with the most ad-
verse criticism. Personally he was gen.
sleman Of excellent education, very affable
and genial, and greatly esteemed by those
who had the pleasure of bis acquaintance
There'are many anecdotes which illus
trate his peculiarly Of manner, one or two
Of which may not be out of place here
While playing in Australia, to a very fine
busi ness, Mr.. Buchanan found. much 10
his establishment, that bis receipts were.
comparatively quite small. He consulted
bis agent regarding the matter, but could
elicit nothing satisfactory from him. 90 be
determined to lind out where the leak was
himself. which be did the next night, for
he found his agent pocketed large per.
centage Of the box office receipts, and of
course made small returns to Nj. Buchan.
IN. The agent being valuable business
man, Mr. Buchanan Was 10th To make Q
charge against him. although bis dishones-
" was evident. AT last Ar. buchanan bit
upon plan which succeeded admirably.
He WAS one Of the best poker" players in
the world. The agent was also quite fond
Of putting up his aDte;" - Mr.. Buchanan
used to invite him to his room at the hotel
after the performances was over, and In IN
hour would '.buril" the agent Of every
csnt. He kept It up. and in this manner
retained his valuable business man and got
I'll bis money regularly besides, for no mat.
ter how much the agent would knock
down" at the box-oAlce, Buchanan would
win Il all 10 IN hour after the show waa
oyer.-N11 Orleans RtDv bGooA.
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Nstes sa1 Queriss.
IS00 the New Yoek Obeerves.
0l0NArURE OF THE Cnoea

I
sloNAruRE OF TIE cRosa
The mark which persons who are unable
to write ore required 10 make instead OF thei,
signatures, is In the form OF cross; and
the practice, having formerly been fol
lowed by kings and mobiles, 10 constantly
referred to ~ On instance Of the deplorable
ignorance Of ancient times This signature
Is not. however. invariably proof Of such
| ignorance. Anciently the use Of the mark
was not confined to illiteratc persous: fo.
among the Saxons the mark of the cross, "
afiestation Of the good faith of the person
signing. was required to l,e attached tn the
signature of th,se who could write. = we'll
~ to stand in the place of the signature of
those who could no, write. In those times.
It . man could write, or even read, HE
knowledge vas considered proof prssump-
i've that he was IN holy orders. The clericus,
or clerk. was synonymous with penman !;
and the laity, or people who were not clerks,
did not feel any urgent necessity for the use
of letters. The ancient use of the cross was
therefore universal, alike BY those who
could and those vho could not write; it
was, indeed. the symbol of an oath. from
tts sacred associations. ~ well - Ms mark
generally adopted. Hence the origin of the
expression, ''God save the mark" - form
Of ejaculation approaching the character OF
an oath.
NOT WORTH THE CANDLE.
In bygone days there was phrase used
BY courts in ordering sales, aud tn prevent
the auctioneer hastily disposing of articles
to favor bidders, to preclude which 1t was
required that the article, If of great value.
should be up for competition during the
time required by candle to burn one inch;
but where articles were not of value equal
to that of the candle consumed, such for
mality and use of the term to nything Of
Insignificant considerstion-''not worth the
candle" In the earlier colonial records of
Pennsylvania will be found decree of court
condemning pirsticsl craft which had been
captured, to which 10 annexed the order
that she be sold BY the inch of candle.
The antiquity of the usage is doubtless much
greater than any illustration our country
can present, ss in France the proverb. lie
jeu ne vsut pas ID chandelle. 10 Of no mod.
ern origin.
FONT or TYPE.
Az . scrap of information, We give the
proportions in which the different letters are
cast to font of type. and in which they
occur in print: Letter e, 1900 I, 800 q,
eS0 n. o, .. !, eOG b. 6sG !, 69e d. 40, l;
.. $40; c, m. StO; (, ESQ., wy. 204 g.p.
10. b, 100. ', 1S9 /, 60 q, IS; j, Z, 20, Z.
TO- Besides, there are the combined letters,
q, f; fl. 10 a. 20; III, Is; fi. 10 .. 10; o.
g. The proportion for capitals and small
th6se: I takes The first place, then +, then
A and E. &C.,
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Mr.. Schurx came to the front 10 day, and
In response 70 the suggestion Of the z+t3sss
. few days since visited the Treasury d..
'partment for the purpose 1T adjusting that
uncomfortable position of his accounts @
former Minister to Spain, which for ten
years rast has posted him in the light Of .
defaulter. He will. II II understood, "a.
deavor to stretch . leave Of absence, over
the time for which hs drew ray after hs
returned, which involves some >8.000 But
there comes up m embarrassing question Of
law, for one Of the reforms Of the present
administration IL law preventing payments
on leave Of absence over sixty dAya 6churs
will probably claim that bis accounts must
be settled by the old law. But whether 10
escapes or not, II seems established heyond.
doubt that he rendered no service whs@evee.
The fact that be b compelled 70 ooatsa
judgment ~ 70 his DELINQUENCY In The MT.
ter Of his accounts. creates great amusement
here.- WaaAiaetoa DispstaA
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Few people have an idea of the immense
steamship business eentering at the 18th.
mus of Pauams from the different coun.
tries of the world. The following list,
which gives only the regular steamship
lines, will be of interest u the general
reader:
On the Atlantic side the following lines
run TO Aspinwall: The North German
LlOyds, from Bremen, cne steamer each
month; the Hamburg American Company,
from Hamburg. ono steamer each month;
the Compagnie General Transatlantique,
from st. Nazaire, two steamers each month;
the West Indies and Pacific Company.
from Liverpool, two steamers each month.
On the Pacific side the following hnes run
to Panama: The Pacific Steam Nav,ga.
tion Company. from Valparaiso and inter.
mediate p0rts, one steamer each month; the
Compagn,e General Transatlantique, from
Valparaiso and intermediate ports, one
steamer each month; the Central American
Company, running from ports of Central
America, three steamers q month, and
parts Of the year tour steamers month;
and the Pacific Mail Steamship Company,
from San Francisco, two steamers each
month.
The opening of the Central aud Union
Pacific Railroads largely affected the pros
perity of these lines, the receipts in the lot.
ter part of 1870 and the beginning OF 1871
being barely sufficient to cover the expen>
ses. subsidy and interest. BY reduction
of charges on the Panama Railroad tho loss
has been largely repaid, aud the receipts mp
to the drst Of the present month have large.
y increased.
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Destiny.

Three roses, wan - mo0nliGht, and weighed down
Zach with its IovcaiDeas - With Crown,
Drooped In 6osisgs wi1dow u town.
The Arss lover bought Il lay = rsst,
Like SNOW On SNOW. tast night O Dsasty's bssesG
The sseosd r,se. - visIinal asA fair;
shvank 10 the tanajss q Aas3otb hsir.
Ths third. widow. With ns~ nssl via,
6hss In The icy palm oe ~ dead eAiA.
-AllGaele xoakAl1.
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Psts, talls, Hsdgisgs, sasrt Lsse.

Psts, Calls, Hsdsisgs, shsrt Lsae.
Stock jnbhing slang is thus elucIdated BY
Eli Psskins In the New York Adssvaisr:
What y . ''putr'
Suppose Erie d d to-day, and I think Il
= E.ing down. ! ~ % you I viii rive yoa
500 fnr The privilege of putting It 70 yos
u 80 any time vithia thirty o. sixty days
That = put II u goss to -. I buy It Il
and put i % Jon for =. making Il : p~
cent
The wocding Of . ..spal" h . follows
..Febsuasy &. lo54 Fds valse ssceivsd
the beeser nay 'pus' n ule oas ttouaand
shares II Lake oAogo 9 - a. ~ hefoee
Feb. q, 1054 Jou 0NJTR.n
What y : .'calll"
es "a .sa,s: 3 s: sies 20 sd ~ = si. +. Il e
slxsy davs | viDl elve yp0 1l0o. If Erle
90 " - - vill call ~ HI = q, and
mako thseo pe9 cooe
Ths wording ofa ''ollr = - 1stlswx
!. .'!shrsasy 9 isu -voe ve!ss .sesi.sd
= q: ~ m:,'' : =. = : 49, IT, ss.s.::y
Mlal = '.As6elaoss ,'- n ',..,'-'s
I 1f Ihey = cssi6lGe elsel. lli1l)ee + = -
~ - a1Sanes, shes + - 49,, - Il -
= bsgl1e - 1ol. IL - - ~, -
IelAt1 ~ = sseobe61 III - - 4 ~
49, GDziko1I I lnnsS - -
0oGkGe Gpooo - dloMnss s1sf syr: = III,
'0o9onR 0Q 19V1n. - 3hlol6 n
- e9leeag : - - ~
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Moo& ot The Noantaias! cold . cAils1ed stooe,
PaeNealsss, impaesivs. chass heasty an thy ON;
Qusen ofHeavens high eanival eoupaninajssA a)oass
How like 70 glaciers spirits. se6 sustaSsd and psosdi
Ninsing with, mt bisodiaG, vt woesAippsd b ~
crowd. f A
Brilliant ih their beasty, bss pitilsss = fate. Ply
And u oace foskettiag q coskivia9 tis-teo lats.
-Ata Hailo II T6~iov.
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Jtt Atw 9orth 'west,
DEER LODGE, MONTANA.
ADVERTISING Quarterly - Due.

ca,d Il Five Lines: Square Ten Lines, OF this
.,ns' Local Business Notices q cents per line.
~ Correspondence, short and ncwsy. solicited
s.1 each camp. Writer name must accompany each
ssse,. TO .usrxntee good faith. Permission TO use
"sns or initials preferred. .
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Ost Il h eva usasA.

IN 1854 nr. Greeley said In the 1ti0sss
]" We do not know just where General
Grant i going to strike, but would advise
any ono who may happen to bs IN bic way
70 get ont of Il direcsly." Pretty good Cd
vics, Brother Greeley.
Ia 1919 he said !: I'VE No Id By him
who dryt taught our armies 70 conquer IN
IL Wet, and subssqusntly In ths East !;
aleo. NchmOpd would not come 70 % until
No sent Grant after i. snd then Il bed %
eo0s. [ChessaJ Hs Aas hsssr ~ Ssss ~
(SslSk, 80 ~ sSsR ~ ~ He viii b =
s1eat and ssccsssf1l On ths hsn u politics
. o lhae Of asmA
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eFAsia II atls ac fRsyuo Il i; nTFraa ssrss, !.
" 49, sii Ialasss III sa' a:ss d. y
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miscellaneous.
1880. FlRST 1850
Commercial Heuse Establishod 10 Nenta.a.
1890. 1900
WORDEN g. CO..
Wholesale and Retail Dealers In
Dry Goods, Groceries,
HATS, cars. BOOTS AND SHOES,
And Fasmers' and Mines' Supplies r.pws1
Mis~o"'a Mills. Montana
Deer Lodge Brewery
Deer Lodge City, Montana.
P.vallton, Proprietor.
THE PIONEER BREWERY,
AND ALWAYS AHEAD
am prepared to furnish. Wholesale and retail
B o t tied Be.er
B O t t Q d p o r t or
md 81: mo mos. asS ssdos: S q aso
Ordc . Promptly Filled.
IL
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rROrEssIONAL CARD =.
, 1872-09-05

SCOTTISH LANDsCAPE.-This nice bit
of description of Edinburg may serve as
a hint to American tourists who propose
to 60 do " Scotland this Summer: From
Callander to Edinboro is one contin-
uous scene of cultivated landscape,
which realizes to the eye the idea of
Emerson, that British landscape is
so fine that it looks as if finished with
the pencil rather than the plow. In
this beautiful tract of country the farms
assume the aspect of estates as COM
pared with the small rentholds in Ire
land, in all parts of which the dry stone
wall and hedgerow literally cut up the
whole face of the country into little
patches and fragments. As the train
shoots along over the smooth, solidly
built road, glimpses of magnificent man
sions, surrounded by velvet lawns and
highly ornamented ground, are caught,
and the mind is made sensible of pu-
rity of atmosphere and a depth and
beauty of verdure such as one must see
to appreciate. 1t IS an effect as the
twilight which is of such clearness and
duration that the regular Summer even
ing stroll in Edinboro ends at the post
office, where the letters are taken out
and read on the street ct half past 8
O'Clock.
, 1872-09-05


. GREAT PANIC IN THE WHEAT MARKET.
"A dispatch from Chicago, dated Aug.
Goth, gives the following account of a
panic in the wheat market of that city
In the wheat market prices have reach
ed 81 10, decline of 35 cents on the
bushel from yesterday. Many strong
firms are reported to have failed and an
intense feeling of anxiety is prevalent
among operators. Many who have been
in no way identified with the corner will
be losers to greater or less extent by
the failure of parties to whom they sold
grain for their customers at high prices,
and who are now unable to pay. What
black Friday was to Wall street to-day
has been to the Produce Exchange at
Chicago. Men who yesterday were re-
ported 5 1000, 900 ahead on the deal to-
day are unable to put up margins, and
have gone to the wall. There are re-
ports of numerous failures and many of
them are doubtless secret, but at present
the exact number or identity cannot be
ascertained.
, 1872-09-05

to the death of Stephen, and Of his COM
mission from the Sanhedrim, m,-funct-
ions and powers that could not well
have been exercised by man who was
not member of that council. But we
are expressly told that this great assem-
bly, of the Jews including only fathers,
10 secure merciful Interpretation of the
law. An early explanation, too, of the
true "yoke fellow" at the church to
Phillippi, whom he bids labor to recon-
Gle or assist Enodia and Syntyche, rec
ognizes the wife of the apostle in the
phrase. The episte was, it may be
sud almost certainly, written from
Rome, and during the time of that i'm
prisonment in which the perils of the
apostles situation were aggravated by
sorrow, and ultimately the desertion of
many among his friends" Pau! Of
Tdrsels, by graduate.
, 1872-09-05

m sckcney Stemme, Grocers and dealers in
n a all kind of seeds, cor. First and Main strs
m amburger, B., 1893 First St. Importer and
Il dealer in staple fancy Dry Goods, Millinery
EH endee, D H., Photographic Artist, 8 cor.
II = First and Morrison. Child's pict. specially
Il enrichsen, l. c. & Co., 100 First st. Manu-
q d fact'rs dealers in Jewelry, Watches, &c.
II u ibbard, G. L., 9s Front st, wholesale dealer
a Il in Groceries, Doors, Wagon Materials dc.
4 n odge, Calef & Co.. 81 Front str, wholesale
d 4 dealers in Drugs, Paints, Oils, Glass. &c.
EseREa *, Sewing Machine, Straight
a hONA q = needle, under feed. and lock
stich Competition challenged. M E. Traver,
Agent, 112 Front street.
UE urgren Shindler, Nos 1G6 to 172 First st.
Il Importers of Furniture, Bedding &c.
n International Hotel, cor Front and Morrison.
4 NJ. Rudolph, Pl. Free bus attends steamers.
EZ ohm, J. & Co., 81 Front ST., wholesale and
HA retail dealer in fine Clothing, Furn'g Goods
NMaison Doree Restaurant, private rooms for
1V-A families cor. 1st Il Pine strs, Q. Voos, Pr.
IA artin, E.& Co.. wholesale dealers in wines &
I'VE Liquors, 0. S. n. Co. S block and San Fran.
EY eier K Schmeer, III Front street, wholesale
1SE and retail Confect toner's.
MS iller, John b., 93 First street Matchmaker
w and Jeweller, offers to the public fine as
polN4liciit vi "atSics, CioShS aliu oc"ciits
nls oelier & Co. Front near C ST.. dealers in
I'VE native and foreign Wines. LIQUORS & Cigars
M orthriIp. e. J., Hardware, Iron, Steel, Hubs.
IN Spokes, hardwood Lumber, &C. Portland.
NccidentaI Hotel. cor First 4 morrison strs.
" Smith 4 Cook Proprietors,
HHarrish, watkinsk Cornell Real Estate Agents
30 Front st. bet. Alder and Washin gton.
-1-O- -I(~0N0
PHOI(tJkAP G(J()DS.
:, vo.ar,s 70 IN, rrc,,t s+reot
v: u, NoooM.-Io w., w ! 1one e..ee..
ED Ice, j. NJ. 1877 Front ST., wholesale dealers
q e in Tinware and Stoves
ichter Paul, loo lrst ss;' importer VI De-
Ea lin wooden carvings, parlor ornaments, &C.
ID ider, G. c., Real Estate and Money Broker,
~ go Front street, Portland.
N4 osenbaum, I. S. / Co, Tobacconists, s. I'm
E0 porters of Foreign and Domestic Liquors
E0uss House Front st. On First class prin-
u HN, ciple. Thos. Ryan, Proprietor.
C1berIock 3 n Front 4 80 First SITS. dealer in
- Harness Saddiery and saddlery hardware.
N.Simop- J. Sc Front st., dealer in doors, sash,
y and Blinds, Window and plate Glass.
~incbe;,oer n J57 Front ST Imnorter of Pa
y nos, Organs, sheet Music, Musical Instrmts
G,kidmore. S, G., 1913 First st., Druggist and
, 1872-09-05

A SUFFERING MANA man was
picked up recently by the Cleveland
&Ohio) police who seemed to be suf.
fering from mental alteration, but on
recovery gave this account Of himself:
When he left his happy home early In
the morning his wife kissed him good
bye, as was her custom when she wan
ted any errand performed, and then
asked him to Ego to the dressmaker and
tell her that she (his wife) had changed
her mind, and would have the watered
silk made up instead of the poplin, and
be sure and tell her, dear" said the
wife, '.that if she thinks it would look
better with ten bias hounces without
putting, and box-plaited below the equa-
tor, which should be gathered in hem
stitched gudgeons up and down the
seams, with gusset stitch between,
she can make it up that way, instead of
futing the bobinette insertion, and
piecing out with point applique, as l
suggested yesterday. p"
, 1872-09-05

The North China Ne,os tells the fol-
lowing An extraordinary feat has been
performed by a Buddhist priest, with
the view of raising money to build a
temple at Soochow, whence the man
had come on begging expedition. He
found people Indifferent to his holy OBJ
ject and very unwilling to part with
their dollars. With devotion more
than worthy of the cause, he resolved
to stir up some interest and cause mon
ey to flow in by an extraordinary expe,
dient. He announced among the Chi
nese that he would allow himself to be
locked up in a wooden box for seven
days, during which period he would re-
main imam upright position, and with
out siood or sleep. On Wednesday af-
ternoon he was accordingly placed in
cage about 21l feet wide and 21a high,
just sufficiently large to admit him
standing upright. The bottom of the
cage was studied with nails, so that his
feet should have space only between the
nails sufficient for them to rest on, and
a couple of light bars in front formed
rest for his arms. The native public
were invited to prove the genuine char
acter of the modification, by locking
the good man themselves if they pleased,
and about 80 people brought locks of
different kinds and secured the door as
many times over. The cage was close
one, with q few open bars near the bot
tom for the admission of air. 1t was
placed in jossroom in Hoopeh road,
passing in and out of which crowd of
people might be seen day and night,
during the seven days, religious exer-
cises being engaged in the while, by the
priests. The devotee endured his pain
full incarceration with remarkable forti-
tude, the only relief afforded him being
an occasional glass of water, and he
emerged looking to all appearance little
the worse. On examination, his pulse
was found to beat sixty-four and was
steady, while the skin was moist though
hot. After his release, the cage was
broken up and sold piecemeal to the
Chinese, every nail bringing more than
its weight in silver. The desired result
of calling forth liberal subscriptions
was also attained.
, 1872-09-05

BLACKBERRY WNE.-Don't can, or
dry, or eat up all your blackberries.
Save some of them for wine, of which a
most excellent article can be made
good alike for the table and kitchen,
and highly valuable for the sick room.
In some classes of disease, especially
affections of the bowels, frst-class ar
ticle of blackberry wine is more valua-
BILE than the most costly foreign wine,
even when made from the pure jnice of
the grape. One great why black
berry wine is not more appreciated is
because it is SO seldom properly made;
and yet there is no difficulty in making
a good article, and by very simple
process. bss
, 1872-09-05

DID PAUL HAVE A W1FE?-It was On
early question whether Paul was mar
ried. The passage in the epistle to the
Cerinthians. in which he speaks Of him
self as unencnmber ed with domestic
cares, does not preclude the notion that
he might have been q widower-does
not even pscve shors than that he went
on his missionary journeys alone. On
the other hand, he speaks of his assent