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The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-06-08

In the Republican convention held in Gin
cinnati four years ago, Hayes received only
sixty one votes on the first ballot to two hun
dred and eighty-five for Blaine. On that oc-
casion the defeat of the latter was brought
about by the abrosation of tho famous unit
rule" and curiously enough the abolition of
this rule was the work Of the Blaine men.
Pennsylvania, obeyIng the unit rule, was sup
porting Hartranft for the Presidency, giving
hin the solid vote of her fitty-eisht delegates,
which was within five of the highest number
of votes he at any time received. Finally,
when two of the Pennsylvania delegates pro-
testing against the unit rule, demanded the
right of casting their individual votes for
Blaine, the chair ruled in their favor, a ruling
sustained after some debate by the conven-
ton. 1t was in this debate that Ingersoll,
who had placed Blaine in nomination, deliv.
erei himself as follows: 81 tell you that we
cannot afford to 60 to this country upon the
idea that a delegate from aState can be forced
against his will and conscience to vote for q
man that he does not believe his own imme-
diate constituents want" So the unit rule
was broken, and the delegates were free to
vote each according to his individual choice.
In the final ballot between Hayes and BlsiLe,
the Pennsylvania vote stood thirty for Hayes,
twenty-eight for Blaine. In this ballot Hayes
was nominated; but if the unit rule had been
observed, the majority of the Pennsylvania
delegates would have had it in their powert to
cast the entire vote of the State, and this
would have nominated Blaine by one vote
more than was necessary for a choice.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-06-08

tude must also be allowed. That boy does
noes not change his nature on entering the
school room. To ask him to preserve an i'm
mobility irksome to a grown person, is
cruel to club him like a wild beast for obey
ing the impulses of his pure nature, is to
crush out and beat down, to supplant with
craven fear, the manly courage which should
be encouraged, stimulated, not repressed.
Excessive school discipline is as useless as
cruel. The little people are not so given to
intense mental application as to max silence
a necessity in order to permit each to wrap
himself in abstract thought. They never
study in that way. Even from books they
learn very little in the first few years. school
ing. 1t is principally from the living voice Of
the teacher, made effective through loving
sympathy that their lessons by CONSTR Mt rope
tition become craven in their minds, until
time in its flight brings the power of refec-
ton, and with it the capacity for independent
study.
In the more advanced sections of the East
these views find full acceptance, the success
full Kindergarten" schools there conducted
presenting a scene Of confusion calculated
to disnlay the disciplinarian cf the old school.
But the children learn faster, and are happier,
brighter and healthier than We used to be
under tho old regime. With these results the
new system is surely an improvement on the
oil
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-06-08

One of Blaine's "henchmen" has recently
issued for circulation among the southern
negroes a campaign document in which he
supports a presidential ticket Of the two BIS
Blaine for first place, and Bruce, the darkey
this isn't doGbie-dlstilled demssogueism then
W would like to know what is. In view Of
such performances, unrebuked of the man in
whose interest they are undertaken, il it any
wonder that :, Names favorite son - comes in
for a liberal share of contempt from the bet
ter elements of the Republican party?
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-06-08

At the recent eletion in Rhode Island the
favorite candidate for Governor, Hon. Alfred
Lit'lefeld fell short of the majority of votes
required to elect, receiving 1O,224 votes
cut of $500, the whole number cast. Up
o n this the Senate and House Of Rep
resentatives, a. soon as Organized after
election, went int "Grand Committee "
for the purpose of electing a Governor of
the State, an election resulting in the
choice of Mr.. LittIefield by 81 votes against
20 for his opponent. Horace A. kimball. A
brother Of Governor Littleteld, Mr.. Daniel
6. Little6eld. of Pauntucket, an honory conf
missioner at the International Industrial Ex-
position OF 1870, is now visiting Montana.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-06-08

Congress recently created a commission
with a membership of 100, author lied TO work
in conjunction with commissioners from each
State All Territory in the Union, in making
New York City in the ummer of 'S3. The
sum of S 100000 to defray expenses, is to be
raised by sale OF shares. No appropriation
will be asked from Congress, and no aid from
the State further than legislation permitting
certain streets to be closed, and allowing the
commissions property to be held free OF taxa
tion until the big show comes to an End The
exposition of 'S3 is expected to surpass in
magnitude even the Centennial Exhibition of
Philadelphia, four years ago.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-06-08

Truth argues that Mr.. Tiiden is really a
Republican, and that instead Of striving for a
nomination with the least expectation of be-
ing elected, he desires it merely to keep a
better man, one likely to win, from being
shosen. "If Mr.. Tilden were to 20 over to
the Republicans says Truth, "and work for
them openly, his cooperation would not
amount to anything, his influence would be
of the zero grade But working as lie does,
by securing the nomination and leading his
party to disaster and defeat, Tilden is the
most valuable ally the Republicans could pos
sibly have" In this there is no inconsider-
able amount Of candor and truth, considering
That it is from a campaign paper in tie Grant
interest; but Sammy is not nominated vet.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-06-08

The Ner North Vest announces that
Priests Pass, upon examination, has proved
to be impracticable as a railroad route. There
is no question that the main divide, as crossed
by the pass, is al 4 very low altitude; but
altitude is not the paramount consideration.
The grade approaching the pass cannot be es-
tablished a. low as the maximum at which
even Il narrow-gauge can be operated, so an
other crossing place must be sought for if the
line is to run from Deer Lodge to Helena.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-06-08

We surrender a large share of our space to-
day to The dispatches from Chicago, in1ecisive
though they are. Thus far, it must be re-
membered, the action t AXE amounts merely
to the resolutions adopted by the various
committees, but whether those resolutions are
to be effective in shaping the course of pro-
ceedlngs, we can only learn by considering
the action taken on them by the convention,
when submitted. Where everything is I'M
certain, where it is impossible even close by,
much more at this distance, to have a full
knowledge OF all the secret springs of action
whose working is manifested in the proceed
ings unfolding before us, it is not worth while
commenting at length. When the choice
shall be made and the result known, it will
be time enough then to pronounce an opinion.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-06-08

The manifestation Of strength by the anti
Grant men in the conventions committee
work, may have been more apparent than
real or was ConklIng only getting off ON a
bluff" when he pledged the convention to
support the nominee. Without stating it in
SO many words his motion has the moral effect
of a CLAIM to superior strength, since it is only
fair to suppose lie believed his ~fayorite likely
to profit by its acceptance. But running COM
ments in daily paper on a convention in ses-
sion are not particularly valuable, when each
day may prove the contradiction of the one
preceding. But ia trying to figure out the
respective chances of the various candidates
u readers must De careful to keep one fact
in mind, that is, the Associated Press dis
patches are animated by a decided hostility to
Grant. The motto anything to beat Grant,
once of familiar sound, appears to have been
resurreetsd from the limbo of bygons politi-
cal shibolsths and turned to account by our
press agent.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-06-08

. The Gunnison country is attracting immi-
grafton into Colorado at the rate of a thou
sand a day. Without railroad commumca-
ton could the stampede have assumed such
proportions? When the rail reaches the
mineral belt of Central Montana the move
mentof population towards this Territory will
faily begin, and not till then.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-06-08
New Dresses,

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10 match Dresses, at MRS. Lou y
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LIST OF LETTERS

Remaining in the post ofiice al b
FertiSed June 4th, 1850,
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-12-16

norance, in unholy alliance with prejudice are to
be allowed to sit in judgment on this supremest
evolution Of the triumphantly perfect femininity
of the nineteenth century? Ny soul sickens at
the thought.
Yet there were beings who blasphemed. My
father said:
81 have seen Rachel and I have seen Bernhard
Give Rachel"
And when said some poor words of witness to
Her Incompatible excellence, my sister Jenny
said that did not know what I was talking
about. / think that for unworthy minute my
sisters mind dwelt the fact hat she understood
French and did not.
1 can write more. A swooningful beatitude
takes possession of me. / think of Her, and am
utterly and uncharacterzably gone
Yours faithfully,
A. HYPERION GUSH.
P. 81 must add to this some brief tribute to
the grandeur of the only man who has fifty wor-
SHIPPED Her in the vulgar newspapers -Jehan
SOudan.
Such divine abnegation of manhood and reason
such utter falling at the feet-such supreme serv-
tude Of abasement have never yet seen. Would
/ could PROSTATE myself with him. And how
choicely and spiritually sweet in him to spell
Jean Jehdn. A. H G..
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-12-16
A TOUCHING STORY.

A rare example Of cOnstancy, courage and de-
vOtiOn combined has just been furnished by a
brave young peasant woman, born and bred in
remote hamlet of the Vosges Marie Hagart, this
heroine in humble life, bade adieU to her husband
some months since, and saw him start for the
ployment there. But almost upon his arrival in
the capital he fell i'll, and, being without either
funds or friends was taken to the Hospital de la
Pitie. The news of his illness reached the hamlet
where his wife lived in the course of time and the
latter, listening only to the promptings of her
heart determined to join her sick husband at once.
She was utterly destitute. To travel by rail was
therefore out Of the question; so she started on
foot with baby in her arms, just two francs in
her pocket, and a journey Of one hundred and
three leagues before her. Braving hardships of
every description, sleeping by the roadside or in
the fields and living on what scraps of food she
could obtain on the way, she passed onward, moth
ing daunted, for the city where her husband lay
sick. She had lost her way several times her
clothing was in rags, her shoes gone, but her
courage remained undiminished until few even
ings ago, when, fOOtsOre and weary, she found
herself at Charetin, when she sank down in the
streets overcome by her sufferings exhausted
from want of food, and exclaimed family, Non
DieU! / can 90 no further" Mother and child
were conveyed to the police station, revived,
warmed and tended, after which the poor woman
related in few words her touching story, SEEM
ingly astOnished that those who listened to her
should express admiration for her conduct.
Kindly persons offered the young woman the as
sistance and shelter her fOrlOrn position required
but her absorbing thought was to obtain news Of
the man for whom she had travelled so far. The
Police Commissioner undertook to satisfy her on
the point, and few hours later she learned that
he whom she had walked so many leagues to see
had expired in the hospital ward twenty-four hours
before her arrival.-LondOn Erening Standard.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-12-16
GOODNIGHT.
By VARY H. HISeHAx.

God keep you SAFE my little love,
All through the night;
Rest close TO his encrcling
Until the light.
Ny heart is with you I kneel to pray
Goodnight God keep you in His care Away.
Thick shadows creep like silent ghosts
About my head:
lose myself in tender dreams,
While overhead
The moon comes stealing through the window bars,
A silver sickle cleaning through the stars.
For 1, though am far away,
Feel safe and strong;
To trust you thus, my dear love-and yet
The night is long
I say with sobbing breath the old fond prayer,
Goodnight! Sweet dreams God keep you everywhel
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-12-16

every woman of the village was there, and none
voted to keep the jug and the glass where they
would be handy for husband or lover.
The saloons went out of power as the women
went into power. There was joy in the cottage
There was public jubilation and praise aloud
bestowed upon her name-Agnes had saved the
town
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-12-16

THE HUMAN EAR.-Imagine two harps in
room, with the same number of strings, and each
string perfectly attuned to a corresponding one in
the other. Touch string in one, and the CORE
spending string in the Otherwil give out the same
tone will be sounded. So with all the strings 1t
would not matter how you played the one harp;
the other would respond. No doubt the response
would be weaker; that is what one would expect
but the response, as regards pitch and quality,
would be almost perfect Now substitute for one
harp human ear, and the conditions would, ac-
cording to theory, be the same, except that the
responsive mechanism of the ear is much smaller
than that OF the responsive harp. In the ear
there are minute chords, rods or something, in
such state of tension to be tuned to tones of
various pitch; sound tone, its corresponding rod
or chord in the ear will resOund, perhaps feebly,
but still with energy sufficient to excite the
nerve-filament connected with it, the result is
nervous current to the BRAIN and sensation of a
tone of particular pitch-Good Words.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-12-16

FEARS SHE WILL BE EATEN.-There is living
at the house of Captain Means a girl about nine
years of age, whose history is remarkable. An
American vessel called at a small island in the
Pacific ocean to procure water. The island was
inhabited by cannibals. They brought this little
prepare her for cooking if he would buy. The
Captain bought her, and, afterward meeting Cap
tain Means, gave her to him. She still believes
she will be killed and eaten, and when strangers
enter the house she clings to Mrs. Means and begs
protection of her.-MiIlbridge Journal
''rHE SOFTEST THING. "A Galveston man met
gentleman from Northern Texas and asked how
a certain mutual friend was coming on.
''He is doing very WELL - was the reply
''What business is he at?'
''He has got the softest thing in the world.
He bought lot of Mexican donkeys at San Anto-
nio for 50 apiece, and clears S27 head on them -
''Do they bring such high prices? ?n
''No; but he lets the railroad trains run over
them, and the company has to pay him $50 apiece
for them"
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-12-16

to explain why Clara Louise kellogg has never
married In her school days she fell in love with
poor boy, and they exchanged vows of con-
stancy. She went on the stage and made a for
tune. He declared that he would not become her
husband until his wealth equaled hers; and it
has never done so, though he has struggled hard
to increase it to the required amount.
Emma r." asks the Springfield (O) Tribune
this question: "DO you think it right for girl
to sit on young mans lap even if she is engaged
extraordinary lie eve have had no experience
in the matter referred to-" Why didn't he saw:
IF it was our girl and our lap, yes; if it was an
other fellows girl and our lap, yes; but if it was
our girl and another fellows lap ever.'i-Er.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-01-16
italian Marble. /.

The London Building News says
that the extraordinary demand FOR Ital-
ian marble has raised question as to
how long the quarries are likely to hold
out. According to report of the
French Geological Commission, there
yet remains considerable surface and
depth of the true Pentehcan marble
untouched, but no specific statements
are given on this head. At Carrara a
dreadful waste of material goes on. A
late traveller was assured on the spot
that hundreds of tons were needlessly
thrown away through sheer carelessness
and the clumsiness of workmen. Much
Of this exquisite material Is removed in
enormous masses for the decoration of
commonplace edifces. The Italians
are at length becoming alive to this.
The quarries have been worked almost
without intermission since the days of
the Roman Emperors. A little COM
munity of sculptors is established
around the quarries, and the artists
chisel is Piled almost side by sideswith
the marble-mason's saw. This marble
goes everywhere.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-01-16
A Monster Ship.

A new steamship which, when COM
pleted, will be the largest and finest
merchant vessel in the world, is nov
being built at Barrow, England, for the
Inman line. She will be ready for use
in the spring of 1881, and will then be-
gin making regular trips between New
York and Liverpool. The City OF Rome
was regarl ed as the most appropriate
name which could be given to this ad-
dition to the Inman feet. Her dimen-
sions are to be as follows: Length of
keel, 546 feet; length over all, 500 feet ;
breadth of beam, 81 feet; depth of hold,
38 feet 8 inches. and depth from top of
deck lfouses to keel. 50 feet. Her
measurement will be $500 tons, or over
1000 tons larger than either the City
OF Berlin or the Arizona, and 900 tons
larger than the Servia, the new Cunard
steamship which will be completed this
fall. She will be over four-fifths of the
size Of the Great Eastern. The engines
of the City of Rome will be of $500
horsepower, with six cylinders, three
OF which are high pressure and three
low pressure. There will be eight
boilers, heated by forty-eight furnaces,
and the vessel can be propelled at the
rate of 1Sf knots an hour. She will
carry four large masts and three smoke
tunnels. A large spread Of canvas can
be set, which will enable the steamship
to make good time, il necessary, with
out the aid of the engines. The saloon
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-01-16
Duel With Hatchets.

At Breckenridge, Col, in the early
settlement of that country, were two
friends, q. P. Hall, now in Montana,
and Spencer, now in the Black Hills
mining, and formerly Senator from
Alabama.
At social gathering, Hall, imagining
Spencer had insulted him, wrote him a
challenge. The latter at once accepted,
naming batchets az the weapons, and
the next day as the tims.
The parties each bought hatchets,
bnt they were not the size and weight
that could be thrown with accuracy.
Spencer had practised as o boy in
throwing q particular-shaped Ratchet OF
certain weight, and blacksmith was
employed to make two of the kind.
This delayed the meeting until after
noon, and the interval was employed
without avail by friends i'll the effort to
settle the difficulty.
The parties met, and again friends in
terfered, but neither would letrSct OF
make any apology. This delay proba-
bly, saved the life of Hall, for at this
moment the mail-carrier came in sight
auu tAo socoAu5 eoAu VIC PiihoiP~fo "
wait, as the carrier might have letters
for them. The carrier came up with 0
letter for Hall from his mother, who
wrote that she had visited Spencer's
mother .he day before, and how happy
they both were to think their two boys
were together to take care of each other
in case of sickness or trouble.
Hall, after reading the letter, passed
it to his second, who read and handed
it to Spencer's second, the latter giving
it to Spencer. After the letter had
been read all around, both principals
blamed themselves for being too hasty
and apologized. Spencer soon aitel
left for home, aud, during the war
joined the Union army. Hall, finding
gold In Montana, was there married.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-01-16

A good man, conspicuous for his
helpful interest in the young, occupied
the pulpit of the Unitarian church In
Northampton on . recent Sunday. His
heart was gladdened by the sight OF
some bright-looking boys on some front
seats. The speaker talked at those boys
with genuine enthusiasm, his ardor
rising ut the seeming quick response
which his earnest words met In the
frightened eyes and attentive attitude
of the chosen subjects of his personal
application" of most wholesome truth.
The preacher was little puzzled for
the moment to note the unseemly levity
of some of the congregation, but his
burning zeal was not quenched, and he
drove the truth clean home with sledge-
hammer blows. Going out OF the
sanctuary, the visiting brother, still
glowing with the pleasant warmth of
successful effort, asked the pastor who
those bright-looking boys we're on GER
tain seats. @Those,' said the minister,
gently, ~are the pupils of our Deaf and
Dumb Instituted