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The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-12-14
A Remarkable Case.
[Visalia Delta, Nov. 26.l

About four weeks ago Juan Moreno,a Mex
lean working for George Cossmore, while ar
ranging something about his wagon, was
kicked in the head by one Of the horses, pro-
ducing a fracture of the skull over the right
temple about three inches long and an inch
and a half wide. The fractured end Of the
bone was driven in for three-quarters of an
inch and pressed upon the brain, while the
scalp was torn from the whole right side of
the skull and left the bones bare. Moreno
remained unconscious for about 80 hours,
when he again became conscious and was
brought to Town and placed in the hospital
under charge of DR.. A. E.. Hall. He seemed
to suffer no Inconvenience from his injury,
being able to'walk unaided and to talk ra-
t~ionally, and, were it not for the bandase on
his head, no one would suspect anything the
matter. A consultation of physicians was
called, and though strongly tempted to raise
the fractured end of the bsne by the usual
method OF %trepanning, they concluded to
wait developments, as the case appeared to
progress so favorably and considerable time
had already elapsed since the injury was sus-
tanned. What is strange in this case is that
in spite of all theory, with the o still in
at least ~three-quarters of an inch, no untav-
orable symptoms have beeh manifested. The
wound IS almost entirely healed, and to all
appearances the patient Is almost we'll and
ready to resume his occupation.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-12-14
An Awful squirt.

A Rockland young man until quite recently
was counting a fat girl at the North End, and
had progressed very favorably with his suit.
One evening last week he dressed up in his
best clothes, carefully combed his hair and
started out to make his tri-weekly visit to
his fair one, who was waiting in the parlor
with fond expectations in her heart and a cold
in her head, superinduced by the ~fuctuating
weather. This was, as you may say, the pro-
logue to the tragedy. it appears, moreover,
that the fat girls father-who is worth many
thousand dollars in good, sensible bonds, and
as a consequence is an object of the young
mans tender regard-had for several nights
previous been the victim of some unknown
miscreant who had raided on his hen-pen
with disastrous effect. Sick of such foolish
ness, he had prepared a CHASTITY retribution
for the fowl Williams. To this end had filed a
big garden syringe with about a gallon of
ancient beef brine, seasoned with garlic and
favored with assafntlda, and was lying in
ambush behind a box, where he could sweep
every approach to the henery. The young
man who is pretty well acquainted with the
whole family thought he would surprise his
girl by entering the house unexpectedly by the
back way.
Gaily up the back yard the young man
comes. Silently in ambush the old man lies.
Cheerily the fat girl MARBLES. Quiet but
awful is the syringe. In the uncertain light
of early evening the old man sees a figure
drawing near his guarded pets. With bated
breath he waits the onslaughter. The
syringe sounds its dreadful "wh-s-s-h-p," and
its deadly contents fly through the air like a
wild MAJ avenger. A yell that tore the azure
robe of night fairly knocked the fat girl off
the piano stool and curdled the old mans
blood, followed the discharge, and when the
neighbors rushed in under the impression
that the Blaine boom had suddenly burst
right.in the neighborhood, they found the I'M
fortunate young man paving madly around
on the ground, and screaming out awful
Mexican words terrible to hear, while the
old man lowered over the Gene, with the
syringe in his hands, looking like an animated
figure escaped from an a~llegory. Sympathiz-
ing arms bore the young man into the house,
after their owners had stopped their nostrlls
with cotton, and it required the combined
efforts Of the fat girl and eight friends to
bring him to, and it was some hours before
he was able to fairly inquire if the meteor
hit anybody else when it struck. That night,
beneath the darksome shade of the cypress
tree, whose thick branches the struggling
vainly strove to pierce, an old
mans toLtering form rested upon a spade, and
silently viewed a new-made grave. He had
just buried the syringe.-ROckland Courier.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-12-14
why Mrs. Grant Did Not 60 to a Banqaet

A banquet was to be given to the general
by one Of the Japanese dignitaries, says a
writer in the st. Louis Republican, and so
much of the learning and the power of the
Japanese was to be represented, that the gen.
eral was anxious to have his share of the en-
tertainment well conducted. Mrs. Grant
was accordingly requested to be in readiness
at a certain hour, SO that there would be no
delay. When the hour arrived she had not
made her toilet. The general sent to her
and found that she had a Japanese silk ped
lar in her room. The mans wares were
spread all around, and she was asking prices
and trying to make a bargain. 1t was time to
start, and the general went ahead in his vehi-
Gle, leaving a member of his travelling CON-
pany at the hotel to follow with Mrs. Grant
as soon as she was ready. This gentleman
paced the hall for all hour, waiting for the
eX-president's wife. She wa deep in bust
ness with the silk pedlar, and apparently for
got all about the banquet. At length the
pedlar went away, pleased at the sales he had
made, and Mrs. Grant began to make her
toilet. She shurried on her things,'' and at
length was ready. As the vehicle was OIL the
way to the banquet hall, Mrs. Grant spied her
husband returning. Dinner was over and he
was on his way back covered with flowers and
decorations, and laden with presents. "Good-
ness me,' exclaimed Mrs. Grant, "there is
Ulysses. | know he's mad from the way be
looks. Stop and let me get out" She quick
ly descended from the carriage, got into the
one occupied by the general, and returned to
the hotel. She said to her escort the next
day that "Ulyss was so mad that he hadn't
spoken to her yet" This incident did not
escape Grants sBoswell,' but it was not re.
corded.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-12-14
THE PRAYER A >
1t Gets the Better Of u Cancer the To-
Ond Time.

Rev. DR.. Simonds, of San Francisco, who
was reported a year or two ago as having
been speedily healed of a cancer or the face,
which threatened to destroy his eyesight and
eventually his life, by the simple power of
prayer, has lately had a relapse. Although as
firm a believer in the Divine power and will
ingness to heal human infirmities as Moody
himself, and in the main a man of good
habits, DR.. Simonds confesses himself in one
point to have been a great sinner, and attrlb-
utes his relapse and the recent renewed ap-
pearance OF the dreadful disease to his indul-
gence in swine's flesh in the form of ham, of
which he is very fond, but which was forbid
den by God to His people through Noses, and
which, as he believes, is still accused. He
was moved to remorse in view of his sin,
which was not eXcusable, he observed, as one
of ignorance, and spurred on to deep peni-
tence by the sharp pangs of the growing
cancer, DR.. Simonds again besought the Lord
that He would help and heal him, promising
that he would never again parlake Of pork.
improvement set in at once, and in a short
slime nothing remained but a slight scar and
a little tenderness. Having thus twice ex-
perienced the healing aid OF the Great PLY ST.
clan, DR.. Simonds assured the reporter that
he should keep his pledge inviolate and run
no further risks. His father had died of cancer
at about his own age, and he wanted to live
longer. "Had he any objections to having
his case published" "Not at all. Let God
have all the glory"
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-12-14
Heat without Fire.

Professor wells, of the Massachusetts, In
stitute of Technology has invented a ma
chine for heating railroad cars without the
use of fire. The principle of the machine is
f~rictiou. 1t consists only of an iron cylinder
two feet long and one foot in diameter, hav-
ing a fixed plate of hardened iron in one end,
and a second plate, attached to a revolving
shaft, which presses lightly or closely upon
the fixed plate, as circumstances require.
The cylinder is filled with water, the shaft
revolves, and from the friction of the plates
the water in an incredibly short time is heat
ed, and by means of pipes can be carried to
great distances for heating purposes.
The construction of the machine is such
that it is easily adapted to every place where
there is waste power, as in mills, factories,
public buildings and cars. Thus, to carry a
machine with thirty-six square inches of
friction plates-the ordinary s~ize-one-half
horse power only is required, while a machine
with two hundred and twenty-five square in
ches Of friction surface will require only four
horse power, and will heat a room 60x2000,
or 10000 cubic feet. In steam cars the ma
chine is cheaply adjusted TO the axles, the
power being taken directly from the wheels,
so that In case of an accident all danger frein
fire is eliminated. This machine has been in
practical operation for some months, and it
Is claimed that with thirty-six inches of
can be heated more uniformly and quicker
than bv the use of coal, wood or steam, and
absolutely without expense, save the wear of
the friction plates and the psttance for extra
coal under tho boiler.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-12-14

No fowl over two years old, says the
american Agriculturist. should be kept In
the poultry yard, except for some special
reason. An extra good mother, or a finely
feathered bird that is desirable as a breeder,
may be preserved until ten years old with
advantage, or at least so long as she is
serviceable. But ordinary hens and cocks
should be fattened at the end of the second
year for market. Feeding for this purpose
miy be begun now. When there is q roem
or shed that can be closed, the fowls may be
confined there. The floor should be covered
with two or three inches of sawdust, dry
earth, slfted coal-ashes, or clean sand. The
food should be given four times a day, and
clean water be always before the fowls. A
dozen or more fowls may be put at once in
this department, so that there need not be
too many ready at one time. The best food
for rapid fattening, for producing we'll
favored flesh and rich fat, is buckwheat
meal mixed with sweet SKINNED milk, into
a thick mush. A t~ea-spoonful of salt should
be stirred in the food for a dozen fowls. Two
weeks feeding is sufficient to tatten the fowls,
when they should be shipped for sale without
delay, and another lot put up for feeding. If
the shed is kept dark and cool, as it should be
the fowls will fatten all the quicker for IL.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-12-14
To Lease or not TO Lease.

There is a wide difference of opinion among
miners and mine owners in regard to the pro-
priety of working mines under lease Or days
pay. In the case of a strong company pos
sessed of sufficient working capital, days pay
men, or what Is still better, contractors, are
undoubtedly preferable to ~lessees. If the
company is in such a situation, however, that
the employment of lessees or cessation of
work is inevitable, the former course is
certainly to be preferred. The closing down
of a mine for a year or two while a capital is
being raised for its development entails an
unnecessary loss to its owners. The under
ground workings suffer damage from water
and other causes which a daily inspection Of
the property would prevent, and the detriment
to hosting machinery or other surface i'm
provements, is equally as great.
The great difficulty in leasing lies in the
fulfillment of the terns Of the lease where it
is adverse to the interest of the lessees. In
such cases proper timbering and develop
ment work requires the most careful super
vision 10 insure its performance, and the I'M
fortunat lessees are usually more to be pitied
than blamed while on the other hand, their
greatest success secures nothing to the owners
but the exact stipulations of the lease. Men
working for days pay are not impelled by the
stimulus ofhope that inspires lessees and where
ireficient foremanship permits it, there is
sometimes n SUCCESSFUL dILtlDpt 10 10 the
smallest amount of work inthe largest amount
of time. This state of affairs is obviated by
the employment of contractors where the
nature of the work admits of contract labor
such, for instance, as stopping, sinking and
running levels. Tit loss of mineral III the
stulls is doubtless greater with contractors
than with men employed at so much per day,
but only in case of the exploitation OF ore of
extraordinary richness, would this counter
balance the economy of time and where the
stull dirt is crushed and concentrated, as is
the case at the Dunderberg, for instance, it is
of still less importance. Attic best, however,
nearly one-half of the labor expended on a
mine must be done by days pay men unless
the property is leased, but much of this work
necessarily insures a given amount of labor
in a given time.
Although it is undoubtedly wrongin princl-
Pile, it is claimed by at least one mine superin
tendent in this district thai leasing is the most
economical plan of working a mine. If this
be so, either the lessees do not average the
wages paid to miners, or days pay men do
not earn their wages. Mining is a vocation
liable TO wide variation in its results, and
companies should at all times have absolute
! daily control over their properties so as to be
enabled to receive every advantage that may
accrue to them. Leasing does not permit
this.-CotoTdd0 Miner.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-12-14
SIDE DISHES.

The first almanac was printed in 1857 by
Burback in Vienna.
French scientists have succeeded liqulfying
ozone.
A pint of water converted into steam fills
space of about 1900 pints.
There are spoken in the world $3.50 Ian
guages.
Scientists say that one-twelfth of the hui
man brain is composed of phosphorus.
The air we breathe contains five grains of
water to every cubic foot of bulk.
The number of optic nerve fbres is 43S, 600
and Of retinal cones IN each human eye
3,360,O00.
The gross income derived from tobacco by
the farmers of the United States is annually
S22, 900, 1000.
Cracks in stoves may be effectually stopped
by a paste made of ashes and salt mixed
with water.
Meats of any kind should not be washed,
but wiped with a towel to preserve the juices
and quality.
Calico was born on the same day that
Michael Angelo died, and died on the same
day that Newton was born.
The phenomenon known as will-o'-the-
wisp is simply the phosphoretted hydrogen
gas which rises from stagnant water and
marshes.
The national costume of the finely shaped
Albanians consists of white kits, with velvet
jackets embroidered with gold. They have
a shawl for a belt, in which swords and pis-
tolls are carried.
In turning into ice, water expands or swells;
that is, any given quantity of water makes a
larger amount Of ice, and the ice is therefore
lighter than the water, and this is the reason
why It floats in water.
One of the Yale students asked Beecher if
a man who is naturally cold and unsympa-
thetic should go into the ministry. "No," re-
piled Beecber; "you might as well take all
icicle to warm an invalid's bed with"
"Any good shooting on your farm ?' asked
the hunter of the farmer. s'Splendid,' re-
piled the agriculturist, "there's a drive-well
man down in the clover meadow, a cloth
peddler at the house, a candidate out in the
barn and two tramps down in the stack yard.
climb right over the fence young man, load
both barrels and sail in.
While viewing the beautiful effects of the
colored electric light on the fountains in
Prospect park, a young lady who was sitting
near them electrified all within ear shot, as a
delicate tint of Quaker gray was thrown on
the sparkling water, with: go, isn't that
splendid? 1t looks just like the trimming on
the inside of a coffin"
TIL greatest patriot in a monarchy IS he
who makes the largest number of his fellow
citizens dependent on the relgning dynasty.
An Independent is one who looks out for
himself. He neither follows nor should be
followed.
Ideal republics, like dollhouse plants,
should be kept under glass. Citizens thrive
pest under simple protection of the indi-
yidual.
THE HEN AND TIE GOLDEN EGG.
A farmer, as 1 have been told,
Had a hen that laid eggs of pure gold
But one day she stopped,
And down dead she dropped,
Remarking, "I'm getting quite old"
The farmer ripped open his hen,
And what do you think he found, then?
Rich quartz to his ill,
And q 20-stamp mill,
Which for several millions he sold.
Petroleum World.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-12-14
H BUGLE.
FROM THE FRENCH OF DERouLEpE.

The air is keen, the line is long,
The quick advanc rings clear and strong,
The Zouave column chants the prayer;
The solemn wood that crowns the hill
Looks down and listens, silent, still
And Prussians wait us there.
Our bugle is a battle-bird,
din of many a flight has heard
Midst shot, and smoke, and fire and flame,
He fits and wheels with cheerful call,
To rally round when comrades fall
Brave bird no foe can tame!
Another order hark the tone!
Oh, never holder bird was known!
IT'S death or glory" once AGAIN.,
Your breath oil passion stirs the soul,
And courage rises to the goal,
Where foes too long have lain.
We charge at double, shout and climb
To where the bullets bide their time.
All now the Prussian sniders speak:
We close IN ranks, and now the cry
"Advance with bayonet, do or die !"
The wood is gained with Zuave shrek.
A rush, a pause-our Bugle struck!
A moment only--Zuave pluck
Gives never in to aught but death.
Then, sounding high, mid strife and cheer,
U~ncOnquered notes, and always near,
The Bugle breathes its passion breath.
And though we breath the red blood CLOVIS,
Yet blast on blast the bugle blows;
His hand clenched round with iron will;
He puts off death some PAGES yet,
And pressing back each fOeman met,
The brave old Bugle leads us still.
All! there upon the turf at last
He lies, but still the bugle blast
Rings shrill from blood-stained lips that pres
Disdaining. stretched on CORY ground,
Guarding his bugle-still the sound
Wells forth, and urges none the less!
And now upon his elbow leant,
He sees the ZouaveS backward bent
On ground where all his blood has run.
Then-not till hen-the Bugl lie stops:
His task is done-he bends, he drops:
Defeat in d~eath-death nobly won.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-12-14
TON HUGnEs' NEW COLONY.
some OF the settlers.

Rugby, the settlement of the English land
company, recently dedicated by Hon. Thomas
Hughes, is being rapidly peopled with the
sturdy sons of England. The settlers are moi
a party of idlers, but, when once their fool
touches the land so generously given them by
the philanthroplsts across the water, they lose
not a moment in providing themselves witt
Installations, temporary, it is true, but amply
sufficient to accommodate their present wants
Among the recent accessions to the colony are
Messrs. Milmoor, Blackjack, Maude, Wallace
Robinson, Rlddell, Marshall, Voughlehn, Jel.
l~icourse, Gardner and Boyle. All these are
Englishmen by birth, and haye very recently
came to America. Each one is 10Y engaged
in building a temporary dwelling for his
family, who have been sent for, and will soon
arrive.
Mr.. Maude is equerry for the queen, and
will raise stock in that vicinity for her Royal
Highness. Fine grazing lands abound there,
and the stock will be unmolested by prowl-
ing thieves and u~nhampered by formidable
Enclosures. They will have a country free
and unlimited, and the best of Tennessee
stock will be produced.
Mr.. Blackjack was a minister in England.
He left hat country with seven sons, and will
farm near Rugby. He is one of the most
valued citizens, and Cyrus Clark, the mana
ger and superintendent, remarked of him
that Rugby's glorious future would in truth
be assured if 100 such ministers, with 700
such sons, had come there to farm.
The majority have purchased farms and
will raise stock, cultivate grain and grow veg
etables for Chattanooga and Cincinnati mar
kets. Others have embarked into other en-
terprises several will deal largely in lumber,
among others a Mr.. Riddell and a Mr.. Glib
son, the latter formerly of Cincinnati, but
originally OF England, Mr.. Riddell is now
having erected at Rugby a $4,000 residence.
The report that all the officials at Rugby
are Englishmen is untrue. The only English
officials are the %geologist and cashier. Hast
ings Hughes, Thomas Hughes brother, is at
Rugby, not in the capacity of an official, but
solely to represent his brothers interests.
Mr.. Clark, the manager and superintendent,
as well as the assistant superintendent, and
all the other officials, are Americans.-Chat-
tanooga Times.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-12-14
Produce Market Report.

BUTTE, Dec. 10, 1851.
The following are the wholesale prices
paid by merchants and hotel keepers for the
commodities enumerated, delivered from the
wagon. Price list carefully corrected every
Monday:
Flour, Ruby Valley, xxx, $6percw wi
Mill Creek, xxx, Sc
Graham, IS.
Wheat, per h., 81 cents, fair demand.
Oats, per h., 81 cents, in demand.
Butter, per h., 35 to As cents.
Eggs, per dozen, go cents.
Corn meal, 5 to 7 cents.
Beet, on foot, &c
Beets, 8 cents.
Hay per ton, $3.50 to $27.00; in demand
Fresh fish, 20 cents per pound.
Cheese, Is to Is cents,
Barley, So SO to 2 Is per hundred.
Dried beans, Montana, 7 cts.
Mutton, 7 cents per pound.
Pork, dressed, 10 cents per pound.
Veal, 7 cents per pound.
Vension 6 cents per pound.
Spring Chickens, $3.50 per dozen.
Wood, So to 81 per cord.
Rutabagas, &c.
Potatoes, 3ac.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-12-14
ID. X. BAKER,
PRACTICAL MILLwRTGHT

o5 70 Sa pIepareu 10 do all work in his line has had
IN ! e"ns experience. All work warranted done
O1n steam and water power. Parties conaem,s
conSnif bI{n n - or repairing will do we'll 3.
.a,oaaa Address BUTTE CITY,
MONTANA.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-12-14
Bsdfes Recovered.

LONDON, Dec. 10.-Twenty-two bodies
have been recovered so far and "a more have
been seen in the Penygrag pit.
Decorah-posten., 1880-04-21
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