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The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-11-23

The executive committee of the democratic
national committee had a private meeting Oh
the 18th inst. at New York City. In response
10 inquiries in reference to the so-called
Morey letter, the committee state that 1t has
taken no action in reference to the letter or
gave any advice concerning it; that it did not
see it prior to Oct. 20; that those who were
familiar with the handwriting of Garfield
came to the conclusion that 1t was genuine,
and that if the letter was forged the commit
tee approv's of all honest measures to punish
any and all persons who have committed any
violation Of the law. The committee also
passed the following resolution:
WHEREAS, Allegations of fraud in various
states, and especially in the state of New
York, have been brought to the notice of this
committee.
Resoived, That the committee has no iur-
lsdlctlon over the local violation of election
laws, but recommends the several democrat
lc committees of the states where these frauds
have been committed to investigate them
with a view to the exposure of violations of
law, and their prompt and just punishment.
In relation to the duties of courts and con-
gress In the premises, this committee is not
and cannot be charged with any advisability.
A resolution was also passed, rendering the
thanks Of the committee to w. II. Barnum,
chairman, to the advisory committee and to
the officers of the committee, for the efficient
and faithful manner in which they performed
their respective duties.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-11-23
P~ROFITLEss.

Many of our eastern and home exchanges
are fighting the battles of the late campaign
over again, or rather they have not ceased
fighting since it commenced. The exciting
canvass through which we have just passed
appears to have raised the enthusiasm of some
journalists to such a high pitch that they find
it impossible to come Town to the legitimate
objects of journalism without a greai deal of
struggling and kicking. During the cam
paign their assaults were confined principally
to candidates who, by common consent, APP
pear to be legitimate objects for Newspaper
dissection. But after those candidates have
been disposed Of, either 10y an elevation to
office or a retirement "a the walks of private
life, party strife should CEASE aud the personal
animosities eu-eniered DUNG that strife
should subsIde. Yet some ed tors are ham
mering away at each other with a vim and
gusto as protitless to themselves as it is unin-
t~eresting to the readers OF their papers. 1t is,
to say the least, inconsistent in editors to oc-
cupv their space in personal TRADES against
each other when they would consign to the
waste basket communications FROM cores
pondents that contained like offensive alIu-
sions to outside parties. So the people say,
and We endorse their opinion.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-11-23

CHICAGO, Nov. 17.-Papers ha,. .
with evidence Of tho manufac,,
quantities electromagnetic In this \.
ing $4,000 pounds per day. A TIM
sentative went on an investieatino !
terday and discove red fifteen butts.
in full working order. "Butters
these concerns is compounded Of j.,
gradients, as soapstone, lard, TALON
substances. This disgusting bps,.'
profitable that it finds numerous q
embark in it. In some cases NJ
employed is, as a rule. beyond hall,
most unwholesome. In the Others
the taste revolts at the ingredien,s
are not deleterious. Cheese is also NJ
with some villainous matter and a.
men complain that they are much h
this growing element IN the dairy 4.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-11-23

NEW YORK, Nov. 16.--The Neios COWS
Chas. A. Byrne, director of the 7Tm,a,
To-day In relation TO the Morey l"'ter,
some things had TRANSFERRED that a'most .
nm believe that the letter was a forgery
sonie things In connection with it co'il'
explained he should concede that it v
Forgery. He also stated That ..Kenward
~ no longer connected with Truth.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-11-23
TrOOps for ireland

BALIINosHE, Nov. 17.-Four hundn
ditional troops will be sent here this mo
The land league refused to sanction
petition to Lord Ems house because!
excited state of the couhtry. The COM
er OF the troops has been ordered to III
to proceed at a moments notice by
marches in the direction of Galway
count Of the alleged importation of an
the disturbed districts from America.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-11-23
Ohio Benatorsh,n

NEW YORK, Nov. 16.-Parties =,
tell widely different stories regard
chances of Foster and Sherman n, !.
torship. The prevailing belief h.,
Sherman will be called into Garfel
net and that an arrangement win
very soon.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-11-23
RallrOao

LEhsvILLE, Texas, Nov. l0.-A.
ton train on the Dallas & WIGHT, :,
went through a temporary bridge o..
~ creek, 40 miles north of here mi, !.
Thirteen laborers were woundea. !
whom have since died. Physics.
Dallas reached the scene by sDeeI.
The wounded are still on the grouDl
physicians opposed moving them II,
snow and sleet. half Of the wouns
die.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-11-23
Irish Affair."

LONDON, sNov. l6.-The STANDARD
leading editorial said it understood to
cabinet will take important action III
to Ireland. The article hints at a split
cabinet. The Times In its leader also
OF recent differences Of opinion in the
net in regard to Ireland.
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Schefield

NEW YORK, Nov. 16.-The Times w,s,
ington special says: Gen. Scbo6s,d
relieved from his position as commando, :,
West Point and Transferred. His ,enor, ,a'
The WHITAKER case Is the cause,
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-11-23
D~lstreasiOg Fire,

LITTLE Rock, Ark, New. l6.-I1
O'Clock Yesterday evening u fire brokec q
Inc northern part of Newport, Oh the !
Mountain railroad, and under the inhn;
OF a high wind the flames rapidly spread
two-thirds Of the buildings IN the town
destroyed. About two hundred famihes
rendered homeless and their distrcssk
great.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-11-23

bopiE, 16.-The fire at ANN o,,
o,ts on sunday burned all the upper portion
OF town above the Herald Office. Tho ,o-n-
part OF town. including the mill of the Mon
m"'n company, is saved. The loss is though,
to aggregate $40, 900. '"sh'
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-11-23
Slse Was Well Fixed.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 16.-~An inre1
OF The estate of the late Mary Shields
shown the property TO be worth s9Sa,
nearly all In personal effects. or this am
$e73,000 will go by will 10 the PennsyN
charitable societies.
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A~rres.Inx a rhier

NEW YORK, Nov. l6.--Robert Sal
isowden, alias Samuel McFadden, an abse
ing bankrupt, charged with d~efrsudine
eieoitorsto the ex'eh; of $50, 600. was al
20 to-'iav OH board the steamship Anch
lfst arrived fr.m Glasgow.
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NEW YORK, Nov. lib. B. Sul
member Of the democratic national -
informs the Burlington, w., Fan p,|
when he. first saw the Morey letter
lle' ed that it was genuine. Adding.
now, OF course, it is proved beyond 4
be a forgery.
The grand jury is considering N.
letter case.
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Afma for ~lrAlanll.

BRUSSELS, Nov. 16.-rhere is good \
to believe that 5000 rifles were shippl
Gently at several Italian ports for ireland
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-11-23

The largest match factory in the world is at
Oshkosh, Wisconsin. IL consumes 2,000,00 0
feet OF logs annually, and uses $500, 900 in
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-11-23

DEADwoOD, Nov. 10. - Frank Sea
While eating supper at Lead City SUI
nlsht' choked to death trying to swal0
large piece of meat.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-11-23

NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-THE Official.
the city gives Hancock l23,0l5; Gar6e
CSC; Weaver 6lO; Dow 20.
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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-07-28
Too Little To Do.

I am always very sorry for those who
have too little to do, says a writer in an
English magazine. They seem to me
scarcely to have fair chance in the
world. Their natures are not properly
taxed and tested, trained and developed.
They might have been among the great
and wise aud good and famous in the
world, but they have fallen back into
the ranks of the tqnavun' pecus Their
liberation from the common cares and
activities Of lite, on which, perhaps,
they prided and plumed themselves, Is
their drawback and their bane. 1t is
even possible that it may help to kill
them. A traveller who visited the Pit
cairn islanders in their lonely Pacific
home found some of them dying of sheer
old age when between fifty and sixty.
They had too little to do. The rough
fiber of life, for its due adjustment,
needs q certain amount OF work and
worry-of working against the collar,
of straining against wind and tide.
One day two strangers met at a little
inn in the Isle of Wight. One was q
medical man; the other was a man of
letters, whose avocations gave him in
cessant work, and called him into all
sorts of plAces. / expect that the same
desire for repose had brought them
through different paths to this same
quiet haven of frest. In the morning the
special correspondence we had better
designate him-hy languidly on the
grass, plucking buttercups and daisies,
and gazing languidly into the blue
depths of the sky. Charles james Fox
used to say that there was only one
thing better than lying on tho grass with
book, and that was lying on the grass
without book.
The medical man watched him.
Those medical men often have trick OF
watching everyone. Their fellow-crea-
lures are their books, and they get into
the habit of scarning such pages very
"Sir," said the medical man, II
should think that you were rather fond
of lying on the grass and gathering
daisies" E.
"Sir," was the answer. Il have a
passion for it. I should like nothing
better in life. than to be on the ground
and pluck the daisies"
"And yet, sir, !" was the rejoinder, II
nave 8 SET0nG 1Qea tnaG you are man
who goes about a great deal in the
world, and takes an interest in great
many subjects.
81 60 about q great deal too much.
and work q great deal more than like.
If had my choice in life, I should lie
all day on the grass and Pick daises:"
"Do you know, sir, what would be
the probable result of your having too
little to dop"
"Well, what would it bef"
"It would probably be an attack Of
paral7s To shut up work would
probably be to close your existence"
And practically this is kind Of thing
which does not happen 80 infrequently
as might be supposed. 1t is always q
dangerous crisis for the professional
man who retires from the full tide Of
business without having learned the art
of cultivating and enjoying leisure.
Men of the highest professional emf
nence have found themselves absolutely
stranded when they have passed from the
condition of having too much to that OF
having too little to do. One might her
tell tragic narratives of melancholyde-
spair and suicide. Do
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-07-28

distance happily been so short-an ex-
ceedingly rash expenditure of wind and
muscles, as there was not the slightest
need Of haste, for in Gerald's bounding
heart joy and sladness were telling him
merrily, gleetully, that the iron load
which had been crushing all light and
peace from his soul was at last lifted,
and he had all his life long for hope and
happiness.
"If Lawrence were only here" he
muttcred, rs he dashed up the stairs to
his room, we should be afraid to say
how many steps at time. Dear old
chap, he will be almost as much de-
lighted as ami"
Miles away in California, Lawrence
received. two weeks later, the following
hastily-scrawled epistle, which was all
that was necessary to crown the happi-
ness of the newly-wedded pair:
"DEAR OLD LAWRENCE: Send your
condolences ct once. my boy, or your
congratulations, whichever you prefer,
for capricious fate has stolen from me
a wife and given me a. Wait a little; /;
I'm beginning at the end, like woman.
But I'm altogether too worked up 10 be
coherent, In fact, I'd give all my old
boots if you were only here to tell me in
the Individual penning these lines is
really Gerald Cliffe, or was it some other
chap who rode over to the Maori camp
this morning to pay a visit to his lady
love, was received by her fierce and un-
appreciative paternal relative, and calm
ly informed that he might be off about
his business, it not being the custom in
either savage or civilized society for q
man to marry his sister,
There, the murder is out, old boy!
Are your eyes well rolled up and every
hair standing properly on endP For
true it is that Kawara is none other
than my half sister, Alice, supposed to
be drowned when two years old, but
really stolen away by Maori to crafty
some grudge against my stepfather.
The chief Of the tribe had no children,
took fancy to Alice, adopted her, and
she never knew until to day that she is
not really his child. The discovery
doesn't seem to affect her much.
offered to take her to her fatheriwho as
you know, lives in Auckland, but she
declines, saying that although she had
fancy for an Englishman as ~ hus.
band, she is quite satisfied with the
second father Providence has given
her.
Il feel suspicion that you will be
heartless enough to rejoice at my dis
com6ture, but, being of an amiable dis.
position, I lose no time in affording you
this unfriendly satisfaction. Verify,
wonderful are the ways of Providence,
Fortune has evidently doomed your
friend to single blessedness, as well as
to continue still in your debt, old fel-
low. Shall never get even with you,
l wonder? My compliments to Mrs.
Lawrence. I am sure Of her sympathy
in this upsetting dispensation. Your
defrauded friend. GERALD CLIFFE."
And tha; is the man I called COM
and dull" murmured Claire,
remorsefully, as two teardrops fell upon
the rather untidy- looking letter.
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Counting All OF Them.

~ don't want to make any trouble,
Init there is one man in this city who
ought to be gibbeted!" began q blunt.
spoken woman of forty-6ve as she stood
before the officials Of the Twentieth
street station day or two ago
When they inquired for particulars
she handed out a letter and said: -
"Observe the envelope. TIE letter is
addressed to me. You will see that the
writer calls me his jessamine, and be
wants me to set an early date for the
wedding" -.
When the captain had finished; the
letter she was ready with another. ad'
ding:
ter Lucretia. You will see that he calls
her his rosy angel, and he says ne can
live if she doesn It marry him. lts tne
same man."
Soft was, and his letter was as tender
as spring chicken. That finished, ne
handed out q third, with the rcmark:
"This is directed to my daugnter
Helen. It's the very same man, ana ~
it he calls her his pansy and ne says ne
dreams of her" .o,
Why he seems to love the Who'll
family, ,"remarked the captain. -,
"That's just it. I'm a widow with
two daughters. and he was courtlng US
all at once and engaged to the three ot
us at the same time. On! wnaS
wretches there are in the world"
"Yes, indeed. It's lucky you founo
him out" ..,
"Yes, it is. If I hadn't he might nave Is
married the whole caboodle OF us. IL
Lueretia hadn't opened one of my let-
tiers and if hadn't searched the glfiss
pockets while they were asleep we u
have thought him an innocent lamo;, o.,
And do you want him ARE sseas ,h;o
mo, guess not, but ": nj tn.s
matter to 90 into the pape as a Wata, 81.
inc to other women. Just think OF his
sitting up with me Sunday nlgnt;
Lucretia on Wednesday, night, anu no
Helen on Friday night, and calllng aS ea;n s;r
one of us his climbing rose! Vn, sn, da,
the womea ought to know Wna' d o'
ceiving animal man Isl! =,
"Yes, he's pretty tough" .o;a
"lt has learned me lesson, sue au sa,u
as she was ready to 60. "The ne4t maa maj
that comes sparkling around my house
has got to come right out ana say
which he's after. If it's the girrs !. =
won't saw nothing, and if it's me IL
won't do 'em bit of good 10 sia'n
things around md twit me OF hury'"s
two Observation-Disclosures f'ee f'''',
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Walt Whitman on Seeing Niagara.

For really seizing great picture, or
book, or piece of music, or architecture,
or grand scencry-or perhaps for the
first time even the common sunshine, or
landscape, or mayoe the mystery OF
identity, most curious mystery of all
there comes now and then some lucky
five minutes of q mans life, set amid a
fortuitous concurrence of circumstances,
and bringing in brief flash the culmi-
nation of years of reading and travel
and thought. The present case about
two o'clock this afternoon gave me
Niagara, its superb severity of action
and color and majestic grouping (likee
some colossal cluster of Greek suatuary)
in one short, indescribable show. We
were very slowly crossing suspension
bridge-not full stop anywhere, but
next to 1.-THE day clear, sunny, still,
and l out on the platform. The falls
were in plain view about h mile off. but
very distinct, and no roar hardly a
murmur. The river, tumbling green
and white, far below me; the dark, high
banks, the plentiful umbrage, many
bronze cedars, in shadow and tembering
and arching all this immense materl-
ality, q clear sky overhead, with few
white clouds, limpid, spiritual, silent.
Brief, and as quiet as brief, that picture; ;
vet a remembrance always afterward.
Such are the things, indeed, | lay
away with my lies rare and blessed
hits of hours, mostly reminiscent, past
the wild sea-storm q: Ions I once .sr saw one one
winter day off Fire Island-the e.der
Booth in Richard that famous night
forty years ago in the Old Bowery. or
Alboni in the childrep's scene in
Norma, or night views. l remember, on
the field after battles in Virginia-or
the peculiar sentimen. of moonlight and
stars over the great plains, Western
Kansas-o scooting up New York bay,
with stiff BREEZE and good yacht, OIL
Navesink. With these, | say, l hence
forth place that view that afternoon,
That combination complete. that five
minutes perfect absorption Of Niagara
not the great majestic gem alone by it
self, but set complete in all its varied
full, indispensable surroundings
ter TO Philadelphia Press.
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An 0SsIfiod Eve.

A curious case of an ossi6ed human
eve has been made known few days
since in Cincinatti. The patient was MIR.
w. q. New, one of whose eyes was in
jured twenty-seve years ago by piece
Of gun ~. The missile entered the
eye-ball and produced partial depriva-
tion of sight, which continued for a
number Of years, and gradually growing
worse until the sight W as completely
gone. ,-
This caused sympathetic derange-
ment of the other eye, whose vision in
consequence was greatly impaired. The
pain from the diseased eye during the
last six months became so intense it was
decided to remove it. The operation
was performed and a dissection of the
extracted globe revealed a complete
ossification of the choroid coat. On
tapping on the ossified part with a pen,
ell point, for instance, sound is heard
similar to that produced by contact
with a slate or any other hard SUI
stance. This is rare case Of the kind.
there being but one or two similar castf
recorded in the surgical annals of tn.
country.
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Not Yet.

The days glide by on winged feet,
A river flowing bi Dad and feet;
Thy face from mine is turned away,
1t will not be 90, dear, alway.
Thy heart would fain its love forget.
1t cannot yet, dear love, not year.
I stand outside fast-closed door,.
Against me closed forevermore; -.
Yet parts us neither bolt nor bar,
Who are 80 near, and yet 50 far.
Oh, heart that would its love forget!
And cannot yet, dear love, not yet! Z
I hear thy voice SO soft and low,
And silent tears unbidden flow;
While yet its music hlls tho air, ~;
pass and breathe silent prayer.
My heart would lain its love forget,
And cannot yet, dear love, not yet. -
One step-and by thee could stand,
And touch thy dear familiar hand;
One look-and I'upon thy breast
Would lean, and, weary, ind my rest.
Poor heart that lain would love forget,
And cannot yet, dear love, not yet.
One word-and again might raise II
My face to thine, and meet thy gaze;
And with 90 word thy heart should read,
That love is all woman's need.
Dear heart, would thou thy love forget
Thou canst not yet, dear love, not yet n
II eer thy soul hath need Of ofmine,
If e'er the truth thou canst divine,
Seas will not part, nor bolt, nor bar, ~
We shall be near, who now are tar.
True hearts that fain would love forgot,
And cannot yet, dear love, not yet. S
Bottom Transcript.
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A Western Wind,

Mr.. Ernest Ingersoll, in an interesting
article on The Metropolis OF the
Rocky Mountains" in Scr1bner. says
that "in congratulating herself that
Cheyenne has from one thousand five
hundred to two thousand and more
miles of wind q month than she, Denver
asserts no strong claim to being calm
locality. A good motherly woman,
hating frivolity, and camping to please
her children in the mouth of a canon, is
what this daredevil wind loves above
all things to meet with. 1t holds still
tin she has made everything ready, and
is just reaching out to set her frying-pan
upon the nicely glowing GOALS; then
Diff! and the embers are going over the
tor of the hill, and the whole camp de-
votes itself for the rest of the evening in
collecting scattered articles. There is
a warn about a miner who, being swift
of foot, chased his vagrant fire and
held his skillet over it rs it Travelled:
When his bacon was done he found
| himself fifteen miles from camp.