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4 Miners Superstition.
From the Virginia City, New, Chropicle

From the Virginia City, New, Chropice
A reporter was talking with an old miner
y few days ago who implicitly believed
tfae no death ever took place in the mines
Without warning of some kind. You
see," he said, "death never comes of q
sudden upon the men i'll the mines. You
reporters write up accidents, and how
something gave way or fell quick and killed
somebody. Now, this amt so. Thers's
always some warning. When [ see nv
lantern begin to burn down low and blue
know that there is danger ahead. If it
keeps on for few days and then begins to
Waver and flicker, I'll watch to see whera
it poin's. New, you may set me up for Il
iooi' but what am telling you is the gospel
truth. When the fame leans over, as if it
was oelng T2rSed hH- hloGai1aq,- e.,4l ,,4iettrr
pointed light to him for ever on hoar, an'l
when he moved the flame would follow him
just as If Bill was a loadstone and the fame
was p mariners needle. I knew he was
gone, and told him to be careful about the
blast. Well, he got through all right and got
on the cage. AS we got up the candle kept
acting strangely, and at times the flame
would stretch out and A.,rds Bill. At
length it gave sudden flicker and Bill
reeled to one side and was caught in the
tilnbers. I heard his dreadful cry as he
disappeared down the shaft, and while he
was bounding from side to side, dashing
out his braids and scattering his flesh to
the bottom, my light went ont. never lit
that lantern again. 1t hangs up in my
cabin, and it always will, There's more
in candle fame than people think. I'd
rather see cooked revolver pointed at me
than candle fame; a revolver sometimes
misses, but candle flame is sure to kill
when it starts toward a man.
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WHAT THE WITS SAY.
A manager is not known by the company
keeps.-NeW Orleans PieaqQne,

w
keeps.-New Orleans Picagune.
A great wliter says "some people are
born Christians" but theie'sno occasion
for worrying over the matter. They gener-
ally out grow it.-Bridgeport Standard.
Men may come and men may CO. but we
want to see the man who will come to town
in two. horse wagon, and not go to a cross
ing to stop his team.-BrookUiue Democrat.
She saw morning mosquito on the
crean-white paper of the bedroom, and
crushed him then and there. But she
didn't know he was loaded. d.-Stamford i'd
oocGte.
A fashion journal says Nothing will
be worn this summer by the fair sex, except
longitudinal striped hose" Goodbye !
We are off to the FIJI Islands. s.-Norristooon
Herald.
An advertisement in daily at our elbow
says theae is ga piano for sale, belonging
to a lady about to depart for Europe with
modern legs" Modern9 All, padded ?
Turner'S Falls Reporter.
1t is left for futurity to produce two men
who have sufficient Christian grace to oc-
cupy different offices ON the second floor of
building, and then not wait for each other
to sweep the stairs.-FuZton Times.
Editors are generally poorly off for cloth
ing. When you hear of one of them having
two suits, you can calculate that one is the
suit he wea,s every day and Sundays, too,
and the other is libel suit.-Rome iSenti-
mel.
No man can know all things, but there
are lots of men who think they do. They
are the fellows who give an editor so much
valuable information as to how to run
newspaper-into the ground. .-Kenne5unk
STAR
The forest leaves are turning. and the
chestnut worms are squiIming, as the pea
nut man stands churning them upon fiery
bed; and book; will soon be laden, by every
city maiden, with leaves which nature
made on purpose to be red Wheeling
Leader.
Astronomers tell us, says the Haookeye,
that if there was telegraphic wire from
the earth to the nebula in Andromt Ia it
would take 1,250, 900 years for dispatch
from here to reach it's destination. AnI
suppose the rate was forty cents, and you
sent the message to be paid at the other
end of the line, how like all eternity the
interest would pile up on the other fellow
by the time the boy handed him the mes
sage. Figure it up, some of you.
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THE HORSE THAT Took A RIDE.-1es-
terday afterne on as one of the street cars
which run by the City Hall was slowly go
ing up D street bet ween Third street and
the Lincoln statue, Cne of th3 } horses used
by the company to assist the car horses up
the steep grade at the point named for some
cause left his station at Third street and
followed after the car, which contained
number of passengers, and among them
several ladies. Being pretty quick STEP
per he overlook the car, and Immediately
mounting his fore feet upon the step, Gu
tered the car, so far as to rest his hind feet
on the back step, and thus rode several
rods, to the CONSERVATION of The passengers
and amusement of outside spectators. The
driver of the car stopped it to invite his un-
welcome guest out, as he hadn't put any
fare in the box. At this time a rather
small bystander climbed over the back OF
| the horse to the inside of the car, and ra's
ing the head of the animal from the lap o.
| a terrified old lady. who was apparently al
4 the swooning poinG with fright, carefully
| backed the sociable animal out at that in
| horsepitable stall, and landed him on thu
cobble-stones on all fours, right side up
nothing broken, and no one injured excep
some of the female passengers, who's
nerves were unstrung by the intrusion
WASH Star.
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A GIRL TEAMsTER in BooTs.-Ihe Lit
tie Rock (Arkansas) Democrat says:
For several months past, among the many
teamsters and wood-choppers working for
the railroad company at, and 1.-THE vicinity
of, Poplar Bluff there has been one, trim,
very smooth-faced fellow especially notice
able. He was popular with all his associ-
atee, owing, perhaps, 90 his boyish ways
and his straightforward bearing. He did
not indulge in the use of Intoxicating
liquors, and night after night, as the meu
were grouped around the camp fire, his
cherry voice, as he sang the rude ballads
of his com panions, made the forest ring.
About ten days since he fell victim to
the chils and fever, and while delirious,
his attendant made the startling discoy-
ery that their fayorite was not what he
claimed, but woman in disguised. At
night, on the return Of the choppers to
the camp, the information was impaired.
aud the next Gay the girl was carried to
| Poplar Bluff, where, under the care of a
physician, she sooE recovered. Her occu-
patton A,tre. she found herself an object
| SUSPICION and curiosity Unable to obtain
work suitable for her sex, a few nights
since she donusd her 9 old Clothes and,
| as We learn from Conductor Welsh, came
to Judsoaia. where she is again At her old
occupation n-driving a team. The girl,
when questioned as to her reasons for
4
/ leading the life she does. answered frankly
that she cannot obtain employ ment saita-
| ble for woman, and Chat as man she
receives much larger pay than she would as
.-x.,..z=.e<.s.
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Po ETRY
" What Art Thou Doing With Thy Life

what Art Thou Doing With Thy Life.
What art thou doing with thy life.
Oh, thou with many gifts?
Is thine nature that Inspires
And comforts and uplifts?
Do those in trouble think of thee
AS of precious balm?
And does thy presence lull the storm
Till 1t becomes a calm?
What art thou doing with thy life?
Twas meant fer others use,
And awful is the reckoning,
For waste and for abuse
Better to use one talent well,
Than to misuse the ten,
The smile of God is recompense
For all the scorn of men.
What art thon doing with thy life
Up and be doing friend:
The days and nights and months and years.
Our God doth only lend.
If time was all our own, why then
1t might be freely spent.
But it is borrowed and tits theft
To squander what is lent
What art thou doing with thy life?
Retrieve past of guilt.
Alasl thou canst not gather up
The drops already split.
But God will blot out yesterday
For the Redeemer's sake,
If thou to-day with good resolves,
Wilt trust in Jesus name
What art thou doing with thy life?
1t is already noon;
The evening shadows are not far
The nighttime will come soon.
And to the Master we must 90
At setting of the sun,
To hear him say how our days work
Has in His sight been DONE
Ndsy Cram.
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THE NEXT ROYAL CoUPLE.-Amopg
the newest things in our shop windows are
some admirable German photographs OF
the Duke of Connaught and the Princess
Louise Margaret of Prussia. He is young
man of whom much good is spoken, and
who is said to have resolved to CLAIM no
advantage from his royal rank, but to rise
in the army by sheer hard work and the
ordinary rules of promotion. The portrait
shows a soldierly looking young fellow,
witt. frank and pleasant countenance.
| Who would be handsome were bis profile
not rather too suggesting of George III. s
retreatiDg forehead and disproportionateiy
prominent nose, as seen still upon some o.
the older coinage. Otherwise there is IN
the face strong resemblance to /" Albert
the Good. The Princess looks SO really
pretty in the colorless photograph that the
chances are she is really pretty in the flesh
She is said to be simple and unaffected
!. and not above doing her own shopping anf
! carr ing iiisl purchases home with her
London Letter.
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AT recent meeting of the Scientific
Com nittee of the Roytl Britt b tIor ,icul-
turai Society. some beautiful spe linens O f
kelei on leaves were shown, the exhibitor
stating that they were prepared i'll accord
apce with these general principles For
the dissection of the leaves maceration is
too long and tedious, to say nothing of the
uncertainty as to the result. The use of
alkali in saturated slution is preferable,
the specimens to be introduced while the
the liquid is heated 10 boiling poiot. The
time of the immersion is to be regulated
by the character CT the various leave', and
the nature Of the epidermis to be removed.
When the specimen is freed from epder-
mis- and cellular tissue, it mu + be sob.
iected to the action of chloIine to de. troy
the coloring matter The introd uction of
peroxide of hydrogen serves not only to
render the lace-like spe ecimens puter in
color, but preserves it also. In destroying
the c-lering M ,tter in felns this also is in
valuable added to the chlorine it gives q
solidity to the bleached fronds, aud APP
pears to equalize the action ofthe chlorine.
For skeletonizing capsules, the slow pro
cess of maceration by sleeping in rain
water is alone available moderate heat
may be appli ID to hasten { he process, but
alkali is useless. The only known flower
which can be dissected is the hydranges
japonica The fbrous nature of the petals
renders 1t easy to skeletonlze in the perfect
truss in which it grows. Skeletonizee
leaves and capsules appear to gain in the
process toughness and durability no
possessed by them il their natural state.
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Nice Melodies.

Who ever heard mouse sing? we
have heard their little voices when the
room was still and they had no idea that we
were nigh, but we had little thought that
their notes could be called melodies.
They NUT sing, however, for writer in
the Popular Science Monthly, who would
not dare to tell anything but the truth in
that sedate magazine for sedate people,
elyes an account which even our little folks
will enjoy. He tells of some mice singers
which he saw. as follows: "The song to
which the little creature gave utterance
again and again in our full view was as
sweet and varied as the wa bling of any
b,rd. Tt must resembled that OF the
canary, but the melody of the nightingale
was occasionally introduced. Every note
| was clear and distinct, but withal so soft,
SO gentle, tender, and psanissi"'o, that
can only compare it to the voice of bird
muffled by being heard througha down
pillow. In the room was canary, whose
cage was suspended in one of the windows.
He had settled himself to roost, and his
head was under his wing, but at the sound
of Nicodemus's serenade he awoke and
listened attentiyely, and fantastically lean'
ing alternately to right and left, peepeo
curiously down to the floor. | learned
that the mouse and bind weie intimate
lv acquainted with each other, and that the
former frequently visited his featheree
friend and stayed to supper. Accordingly
while we looked ON with interest ant
pleasure, Nicodemus climbed up th'
/ drawn curtains, entered the birds cage
and partook of the seed-the canary show
ing no symptom of disapprobation or dis
tuebance, but merely from his perch peer
ing down on his visitor in ludicrousi.
quaint and odd manner. During his sup
per-time Nicodemus' obliged us from th
cage, with several repetitions of his song
sThe Chirper,' down below on the carpet
occasionally coming in with monotonou
contralto accompaniment, and sometime
emitting a sound like the squeaking OF
corksclew through cork. The two httl
songsters have done their best to please III
were rewarded with all that mice coui
wish for as components of feast, ane
after selecting the portions they severall
preferred. gracefully retired
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A BLACK HILLS TRAGEDY.

FATAL PISTOL DUEL BETWEEN A MAN
AND a woMAN-ELIZABETH LOWELL KILL
ED BY ONE WHOM SHE SOUGHT TO AS
,SASsINATE.
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A Chicago publisher has issued book
entitled !. How to Become Pump The
old way, you remember, was to fall out a
third-story window and come down plump.
The new method is less dangerous, but not
"a certaIT.
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THE KIND oF IioGs THAT SELL.-Hogs
in good condition outsell heavy.ones. They
really ought to bring more per pound, from
the fact that the frame, once made. the
outing on of additional fat is compare
lively easy. While this is true that the
difference in the price of hogs suitable for
heavy sids pork or the rendering tank.
For hams for city use especially. and for
bacon, a light class of hogs is desirable-
those not weighing over 200 pounds.
These also are not reqnired to be exclu-
sively fat nevertheless, the pigs must not
only be in good condition, but meaty.
This class of hogs, natever the market
price of ordinary hogs may be, will always
command high price and bring the best
prices.
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No person, animal, insect. compound o.
th;nos viii work harder, for q brief period
than CIDER Eden6nyg Herald,
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The Hair.

The quality and color of the hair was
subject of speculative theory for the an
cients. Lank hair was considered indica-
tive of pa 'illanimity and cowardice !; yet
the head of Napoleon was guiltless OF a
curl! Frizzly hair was thought and indi-
cation of coarseness and clumsiness. The
hair most in esteem was that terminating in
r;nglets. Dares, the historian, states that
Achilles and Ajax lebanon had curling
locks; such also was the hair of Timon, the
Athenian. As to the Emperor Augustus
nature had favored him with such redun-
dant locks. that no bair-dresser in Rome
could produce the like. Auburn or light
brown hair was thought the most distin-
eu,shed, as portending intelligence, indus
try, a peaceful disposition. as well as great
susceptibility to the tender passion. Cas-
for and Pollux had brown hair; so also had
Menelaus. Black hair does not appear to
have been steemed by the Romans; but
red was an object of aver m. Ages be-
fore the times of Judas, red hair was
thought mark of reprobation, both in the
case Typhon, who deprived his brother o.
the sceptre of Egypt, and Nebuchadnezzal
Who acquired it in expiation of his atroci
t;es. Eveu the donkey tribe suffered from
this ill-omened visitation, according to tht
nroverb of Sc wicked as a red ass" Asses
| oe that color we're held in such detestatloI
| among the Copths, that every year the.
sacrificed one by hurting it from hlgi
wall Edinburgh STANDARD.
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THE Austin ReoeilIe gets off the follow
ing at the expens of Democratic saloon
teeper: "At Galena there is but one
saloon and that IS kept by Democrat.
A party of politicians visiting the town
naturally found their way into the saloon,
and invited the boys to stand in. One OF
the politicians, who is making his canvass
with the braks put down on the whisky
proposition, called for some port VINE
Port wine !! calculated the proprietor IN
tone OF anger aud astonishment, why you
confounded scrub, do you thiuk tals IS
| Republican saloon This is Democratic
house and don't keep anything but Wh,sskl
straight, and you'll take whisky straight o
/ nothing. There was blood in the propfie
| TORS eyes, and and as he leached his hans
under the counter and the politician hears
| the click OF the hammer of q self-cockfr, D
mildly asked TO be excused, ana sara u
anessed he would take little whisky
Straight. And he gulped BIS dose q ngn'
/ ninp down without murmur-and AL We
| oniet On the Potomac z
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Spiders and Balloons.

The Rev. 81. G. McCook, of Philadelphia,
describing the ballooning habit, or flight,
Of spiders, says the spider seeks high po-
sition, at the top of fence-post, as the
point of ascent. The abdomen is elevated
to as nearly right angle with ths thorax
as may be pencil of threads issue from
the splnnerets, the face beng meanwhile
turned to various points until it looks in the
direction of the wind. The legs are then
stretched upward, thus raising thu body
aloft, and the insect gradually assumes
position as if resisting some force from
above. Suddenly the right claws are I'M
loosed, the spider mounts with sharp
bound and floats off, generally with the
back down ward, but sometimes with tile
position reversed. At first the abdomen
seems to be in advance, but generally the
body is turned so that the head is in front.
The pencil of threads is caught by the feet
and floats out in front. Upon these threads
the spider will climb upward as though to
adjust the centre of gravity. Meanwhile
| pencil of threads floats out behind, leav-
| the spider to ride in the angle of the two
or sometimes three pencils. The feet seem
to be united by delicate filaments, which
| serve to increase the buoyancy OF the bal
loon. The insect is carried forward by the
| wind, riding for lopg distances in an open
space and ofteu high up upon ascending
currents. Its anchorage appears at lines
to be within it's own volitioD, by drawing
in with the claws the forward pencil and
gathering it In white roll within the
mandibles, but most frequently the progress
OF the insect is stopped by some elevated
object, or by the subsistence OF the breeze.
ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHY. = Improvements
in photography, relating to the production
or Photographic pictures on woven iaorics'
having been announced, the Photogroph'e
Mans expresses itself as unable to discern
difficulty in the production of such prints
n the ordinary way, and it cannot conceivs
wbv artisans in this line do not take III
more generally the matter OF fabric PRINT
ING. It thinks that handkerchiets, doihes
mats of all descriptions, servietts, fans ant
4 hundred other things of the kind migh
he ornamented or marked by the AID Q
photography and thus, if photograph
could supply a set of doilies impressed wit
the portraits Of eminent persons, such 9
statesmen, artists, authors, actors, etc.. 9
should ornament screens, mats and simiia
articles with pictorial photographs OF on
: kind or another, such novelties Wouid =. !.
3 doubtedly become quite popnlar-nor woui
the application Of this process TO sucn .
q t;cles necessarily add much to their COST.
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Didn't Know eoosey.
s. F. Chronicle.


I" A relic of old dec ncy," in the form of
a dilapidated specimen of humanity, with
varicolered nose, walked into Montgom-
cry street saloon last evening and jauntily
waltzed over to the lunch corner, remark
7~'S,<r-- "~"-
basaIt block and covertly dump about a half
ponnd of crackers through hole IN the
lining of his coat. The cocktail being ready
the customer leisurely swallowed it, and
taking the measure of the cocktail dis
penser through the bottom of the glass,
asked
"Has 'Goosey' BEEN around here to-
night ?"
B. K. replied that he had not the honor
of that individuals acquaintance.
"What! Don't know 'Goosey !? Why
he hangs around mere every night. You
must know him. He walks in this way"
:. He walked toward the door, initiating
the waddle of goose. Having reached the
entrance he vanished into space. When the
bar keeper recovered from the paralytic
stroke of astcnishment he prescribed for
himself three fingers of cold Bluegrass, .
charged two drinks on cumstomer's card,
and fell to lnoralizing on the advisability OF
mounting small hCwitzer somewhere
within range of the front door.
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Blanks for Sale.

If an assortment is ordered lesser guam
titles than one hundred will be furnished at
same rates. Cash must accompany order.
Postage will be prepaid. Address,
NEW NORTHWEST,
DEER LODGE.
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DESIGNATED DEPOSITORY OF THE
UNITED STATES.
o.
Authorized Capital $500, 900.
Paid Up Capital l..................... 100000.
Permanent Surplus Fund ............... $50,0U0 90
Dividend paid March 4, 1874, ,........... $4,000 10
Average Deposits preceding six months, 4S5 600 60
Invested in q. S. Bonds Observation-Disclosures. 214,O00O0
We transact general Banking business, and buy, at
highest rates, Gold Dust, Cein, Gold and Silver Bull
lion, and Local Securities; Sell Exchange and Tele-
graphic Transfers. available in all parts of the United
States the Canadae, Great Britain, Ireland and the
Continent. COLLECTIONS made and proceeds remitted
promptly. Our facilities for handling
SILVER ORES particularly good, and this
branch of business will receive special attention.
Cash advances made upon Ores, and same shipped for
account of owners. r WE WILL BUY z r
CASH at the very best rates allowable. Owners OF
mines will consult their interests by calling upon
975
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BANK ERS.
First National Bank.

Helena, Montana.
7. HAUsER, ID. c. CoREN,
President Vice President.
EW. KNIGHT, r. Fl. KLETNsoHMIDT,
Cashier Asst Cashier
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Regular advertising payable quarterly, as due.
transient advertising payable in advance
Sn.f,al Notices are 80 per cent. more than reg
1lar advertisements.
Iaral advertising 15 cents for the first insertion
10 cents per line for each succeeding insertion;
lines counted in Nonpariel measure.
Job Work payable on delivery.
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Good Single Horses or Teams and buggies Fnrn shed
prnmptlv for drives. excursions or Jour-
neYs at reasonAbIe prleest
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TERMS Payable invariably in advance.
NEWSPAPER DECISIONS

one Sne Yeai CO CO
face Months. &
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For trimming purposes there is great
variety of material, the satin and plush
striped goods being used for Innings and
scarfs: feathers come in all possible combi-
nations and have a great deal Of gold mixed
with them, while peacocks' eyes are also
much employed. The ribbons this year are
much wider, and are cross-grain satiD-faced
or doubled faced satin. Black-faced with
gold coloris fayorite.