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BLIND MErCALFE, THE ENGINEER.

One OF the most extraordinary instances OF
victory over adverse circumstances is found
In the career Of John Metcalfe, Of Knares-
borough, the well known engineer ana road
maker He was fully deprived Of sight by
smallpox when only six years old. As
rule, the loss Of sight skaters the whole
framework OF the mind and body and the
child grows up selfish and moody, becoming
day by day more silent, reserved, nervous
and discOntented. The very reverse Of this
was the case with little John Netcalfe; no
boy ever entered into the sports Of boyhood
with a lleener relish than he; he was pre-
fcient climber and birds hester; he knew
how to ride and manage horse and enjoy
ed a good CaIlop he knew how to swim,
and on one occasion saved the lives OF three
Of his companions, and on another the life Of
man after whom he had dived 10 the bot
tom of the river Nidd four times Nor was
lie less apt at indoor than outdoor amuse-
ments; he could play the violin with con
siderable skill, and amuse himself i'm such a
variety of ways that time never hung heavily
upon his hands. As he grew up he devoted
himself to useful pursuits, made a little
money and was rich enough 10 bug a horse
Of his own. on which he constantly followed
The hounds, and was as bold and daring =
rider as any in the field. He even entered
for r race and WON'T, 10 the chagrin Of MANY
who had laid long odds against him.
Among the feats which proved his courage
and saCacity was a walk from London to
HaTrowgate, a distance Of two hundred
miles, on an unknown road and what Is
more extraordinary, and would be incredible
but for the good authority on which the
story IS told, he accomplished the distance in
the same time it took Colonel Linden to
perform the journey by coach. It should be
mentioned that the roads were in a terrible
state of dilapidation, rendering coach travel
ing slow and very hazardous work. During
this journey with his mind undisturbed by
objects which distract or engage the thoughts
Of seeing men, NIetcalfe considered the state
of the roads, revolving in his mind whether
something might not be done to improve
them. Each fresh episode i'm the journey,
each new difhcuity-as such rs deep marshy
places impossible for carriages TO pass, riv-
ers without any bridges across them, steep
declivities with ruts in them sufficient 10 try
the springs Of the strongest yehicles-im-
pressed the thought mOIe and more strongly
on his mind and although when he return
ed home tile time had not yet come for the
idea TO be fully developed, it was destined
at later period TO bear fruit. In the mean
time he employed himself IN a variety or
ways in order to procure a livelihood, and
amongst other things played the violin az
dances and public assemblies, kept q vehicle
for hire then started i'm business as = fish
salesman, enlisted and gained many v0lun-
teer recruits afterwards dealt in hosiery,
then in horses, and finally became a carrier
between KnavCsborough and York, starting
the first stage wagon ON that road-Bsross
OF Britain.
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STANDING THE TEsT,-The following is a
good one in the way of a religious test-gOod
because it is true. 4 ministernot long since
held protracted meetings not far from Port
Austin and Bad Axe, Mich. One day one
of his converts, while driving his oxen with
a heavy load behind them over the bad roads
between the above named places, accidental
" looked back and discovered his pastor
covertly following behind. The convert
could not imagine the cause of such strange
conduct, but thought he would keep an eye
on his movements For two or three miles
the man Of holy orders hung on the rear Of
the slowly moving oxen. Now crouching
behind stumps, now moving like phantom
through the skirting forest, occasionally
spurring like a quarter horse across some
open space to gain the cover of some friend
" fence to keep the field side like stray
dog. again lodging through thicketS, diving
through cat-tails, crawling behind logs,
bounding over pools of wateT-the pastoral
legs seemed equal to any emergency. All
the while the pursuer kept ever near, ever
eager, ever listening finally Strengthening up
and calling the brother driving the team by
name Brother -, / have followed you
two miles to find out whether you would
swear at them oxen. ! am satisfied the Lord
has filed you with the genuine article. Bless
the Lord Another soul saved Amen
Good morning. And the good man walked
contentedly back. The man with the oxen
drove slowly on, studying on the mysterious
ways of Providence and wondering how il
would have been with his soul if he had not
seen his watchful pastor all the time.
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BOB BURDETT'S NUSHEEy--Nrs. ]. n.
y. Bloomington, writes when is the
best time TO make verbeua beds 90
Well, we suppose after the yerbenas are
up. That's the time other beds are made.
after the people are ont Of them.
Mrs. Mulhooly. of Elyria, Ohio, says. 81
have very small garden, only about fifteen
feet square What can ! plant jn it to the
best advantage o"
Rag weed. Its dead sure cure. and YOU
won't have to break your back keeping the
other weeds out OF it,.
John STUDY writes from Lancaster Ohio
''What is tie best thfnEto raise hens on pc
In confidence, John, in strict confidence. a
pine board with the edge heated hot Its
the best thing to raise hens on you ever tried
Cut the board about the length OF the roost
you are going to raise the hens from. press
tire warm edge UP against their feet and
there you have 'em. Don't give is away.
Marcus Wachcnheimcr, a commercial
traveller from Dunkirk, wants 20 know
Can railroad conductor put me OF the
train because he can't change the bill with
which offer to pay my fare 9''
He can, Marcus most assurediy NE can.
If he carries the breadth Of beam the con-
duct0rs usually do, DE cannot only put You
on, but he can throw you half way across
the prairie, and make you think the train
has run over You. lie may have no right TO
DO 50, but-howeyer tlat wasn't what vou
asked about
Miss Ethel EhinEum writes from GaIison.
Ohio: i think 1 have found She solution
Of the fIt-''
Ethel, if you, or anybody else, writes
another line TO this paper about that device
Of the evil one for destroying human reason
and domestic peace, there Will be an envoy
plenipotentiary from this Office proving
around Galison with n sand club. You
throw that dreadful box over the fence and
soak your pretty little head, and write us
some nice poetry about life being a river or
something Of that sort, and ve'H talk to You.
Huntington Ezl-Eege
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IN THE TWILIGHT.
BY W. K. CAMERON.

b
AS we grow old, our yesterdays
Seem very dim and distant;
We grope, as those in darken'd ways
Through all that is existent;
Yet far-of days shine bright and clear
With suns that long have faded
And faces dead seem strangely near
To those that life has shaded.
As we grow old our tears are few
For friends most lately taken,
But faIl-ss falls the summer dew
From roses lightly shaken
When some chance word OF idle strain.
The chords Of memory sweeping,
Unlock the floods gates OF our pain
For those who taught weeping.
AS we grow old our smiles arc rare
To those who greet Us daily,
Or, If some living faces wear
The looks that beamed so gany
From eyes long cIosed-and we should smile
In answer to their Uooing-
sTis but the past that shines the while,
Our power 20 smile renewing.
As We grow old our dreams at night
Are never Of the morrow:
They come with vanished pleasure bright,
Or dark with Oldcn sorrow;
And when we wake the names we say
Arc not OF any mortaIs,
But OF those in SONS long dead day
Passed through life's sunsets portals.
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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-04-30

JURIEs AND JUDGEs.-The following Gu
rious facts are mentioned in a recent lecture
by Chief Justice Horton, of Kansas, before
the Atchison Institute
-Four hundred years ago, at least, the pres
ent jury system was adopted. An old tract
says the jury of twelve was adopted because
the prophets were twelve, the apostles num-
bered twelve, there were twelve Jewish
judges, twelve pillars of the temple, twelve
patriarchs, twelve tribes of Israel, twelve
stones in Aaron's breast-plate twelve gates
Of Jerusalem, twelve months of the year, and
twelve signs in the zodiac. In all times the
number twelve has been regarded as an i'm
portant number. In early ages the oath of
twelve persons was necessary to convict.
When juIies were first established, the
judge took the jurors about with him in
cart until they agreed. If they'didn't agree,
they were fined and imprisoned William
Penn was once prosecuted in London for
street preaching. The jury was locked up
without meat drink or fire to find verdict
They declared Penn not guilty, and the Judge
sentenced each Of them to pay fine. Juries
are not now compelled to agree.
An Ohio judge was fatalist, and used to
determine perpleXing cases by chance. An
Indiana judge once had number of cases to
pass upon, and he gave decision turn about
for plaintiff and defendant, declaring after
ward that they were the best decisions he
ever made, as every one of them was sus-
tanned by the supreme court. General Bella
NJ. Hughes told an anecdote of David r.
Atchson who was a senator from Missouri
and Vice President of the United States
He was district judge in Missouri before he
was a senator and was holding term Of
court in frontier county. The lawyer for
the plaintiff quoted Blackstone. The Oppos-
ing counsel, in reply, said he was astonished
that his leaned brother should quote from
an English law-book, written by an English
nobeman, in an American court of Justice
4 book written by man who had kissed the
bloody hand of George III. At the close of
his speech Judge Atchison declared that he
was surprised at such a proceeding in his
court. lie gave judgment for the defendant
and declared that if the attorney for the
plaintiff ever again read in his hearing a book
written by a relocated Tory he would fine
him fol contempt
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y YOUNG LADY was sitting with gallant
young captain in a charmingly decorated re
cess. On her knee was diminutive niece.
In an adjoining room, with door open, were
the rest OF the company Said the little
niece in a jealous and very audible voice,
"Auntie, kiss me, too" Evidently some
thing had happened. "You should say
twice, Ethel, dear; two is not grammar"
was the immediate reiolnder
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country never to return thereupon she
never wrote to him, for how could she hold
intercourse with the man who had slain her
father, although he was her husband2 Ran
som had shipped under the name of Carter,
and she hoped and prayed his whereabouts
would never be discovered.
1t is needless to say that the young couple
were happily reunited.
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Advertising Rates

The large and reliable circulation Of the CA-
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SAY 1ICK."-A country schoolmaster
once told lis pupils TO say .tieS'' when they
came to a comma I'm reading: stick. tick
when they should come t0a seiuiccion: tick,
tick, tick for a colon, 'ticlz tick, tick, tick
for period, or full point, The parish min
ister having sent word that Ec would visit
the school the next day, the teacher told the
pupils 20 leave out the "ticks" in residing.
but to think Of them al tine same Now il
so happened that the first boy called up by
the minister lad been absent the preceding
dav, and in the hurry the master had forgot
ten 30 give him his instructions how to read.
The boy complied and in his best accent he
Gau-"And the Lord spakc unto Moses, say
ing tick. speak unto the children Of Israel.
saying tick tick, tick, and thus shalt thou
say urtO them, tick, tick, tick, tick. This
unfortunate exhibition acted like q shower
bath on the poor master, while the minister
and his friends almost died OF laughter.
On, the bang, the beautiful bang.
On the maiden's white forehead You see il
hang.
/ Girls that can't get one most die Of despair,
Z Abuse the old man and rea'cc.t thciruar}l Hair.
Kicking
CoaxinE
Pleading with ma,
! Trying to keep her from siding with pa
/ Beauteous fraud. with her hair in a frizZ,
I Hustung around till things bubble and sirz-
Oh Let a big gun OF Il new boomerang,
f! And look for the woman that brought ous
the bang.
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The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-10-12
Another Burglary.

AT Il late hour on Monday night the resi-
.dence of Mr.. John Morris, OH Montana street,
was broken into for the purpose of theft, but
the booty which the burglar secured hardly
recompensed him for the danger he incurred
of being filled with buckshot. Mrs. Norris
was awakened about one o'clock by a suspI-
cious noise at the pantry window, but as Mr..
Morris could not be induced to believe that
any danger was impending, the warning was
unheeded. Yesterday morning the servant
girl discovered that the kitchen window had
been broken into, but as the frames had been
previously nailed down, the robber was una
BILE to effect an entrance. He had contented
himself, therefore, with reaching in and steal
ing a few small articles which, being worth
less to him, he threw on the ground outside.
Soon after the servant had reported her find
ings Mr.. Morris himself made a discovery,
for On arising and beginning to dress. that
| gentleman found his most necessary article of
attire, viz: his pants, were non est. He re-
membered that on retiring, the night previ-
Gus, he had left his clothes near the bedroom
window, and it became at once apparent that
the robber, cautiously raising the lower sill,
| had reached IN and distracted as much OF
Mr.. Morris wearing apparel as he could Sc
cure. The thief evidently expected that he
would capture the days receipts OF the store,
but in this he was again disappointed, forLhe
owner of the pants had lett only about two
dollars in change in them. Those who are ac'
quainted with the physical proportions OF Mr..
Morris are perhaps aware that very few men
in Butte can boast OF that g~entlemans cir
conference, and it VIII readily appear Una
not one burglar in Il thousand would have
any use for his pants. The thief therefore
contented himself with rlfing his pockets,
and may consider himself fortunate that Mr..
Morris didn't rifle him..
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-10-12
MINOE ITEMS.
From Tuesdays DAILY

tFrom Tuesdays Daily
The new Pipestone road will be finished
in about ten days.
Several hundred tons of freight were yes
terday unloaded for the Butte merchants.
The several brick yards in the vicinity of
Butte have contracts ahead to supply build
ing material.
1t is believed that within a year Butte will
be the central distributing point for Monta ma
There is no reason why it shouldn't be.
The reports from Glendale continue of a
very encouraging nature. The mining prop
critics are looking well and the smelters are
making a successful run. -
Flour will soon take a tumble if, according
the the m mentioned by the Madisonian,
parties are contracting to deliver Utah flour at
Dillon for So per sack of SO lbs.
The city garbage has been dumped along a
portion of the road leading to the race track,
giving that highway a most uninviting aspect.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-10-12

h Barker district, between White Sui
I springs and Benton, is just now causing
|iderable newspaper talk in the northern
hart of the territory. One of the mines
btly discovered in that section of country
been bonded to an eastern company for
boo. 1t will be developed during the
Inc winter and will perhaps look more
hising in the spring than it does now.
\ mines of the district make an excellent
ling for the amount Of work done, but
h no ore bodies have been discovered
b would Justify any one to venture into
country at this season of the year. The
cipal drawback to the development Of the
district is the exorbitant prices asked for
poets. The miners, though having ITO
ley to open up their properties, demand
kulous figures, and the result is that there
! earthly possibility of the investment OF
bal.
Butte mining operator who recently WIS.,
the Barker district, while h%esitating to
a decided opinion as to the merits OF
gher as a mining county, intimates a be-
that the people living in that section OF
htry will find it to their benefit to give at,
lon exclusively to their stock and farming
rests, which may be depended upon &c
luce a large and steady income.
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Ore

The ETHEREAL blue is 10 comparison to the
complexion of the atmosphere which sur
rounded our genial lightning manipulation at
the time we essayed to enter his den yester-
day. We departed into the safest and inner
most recesses of our sanctum sanctorum for
safety, dispatclling our Satanic Majesty to lis
assistance. Frank contidentially informed us
subsequently that nothing on earth condnced
more to a mans happiness here below, that
nothing more akin to the e~cstatic bliss OF be-
ing transported to Heaven Cor Deer Lodse)
could be experienced by mortal operators,
than to endeavor to take press reports next
door TO where observation-disclosures
Observation-Disclosures is constant
" grinding out in FLASHED" time the most
soul-harrowing, abominable strains ever pro-
duced by any being or from any other instru-
ment except an orguinette) this side OF the
river Styx. While deeply sympathizing with
our afflicted friend, we cannot but decline
with thanks the desk SO kindly volunteered
for the use of our Faber, fora description of
the entertainment, our musical education be-
ing so sadly neglected that we could not do
the subject Justice.
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From Wednesdays Daily.)
jail Delivery.

Three prisoners confined in the city iail ef-
fected their escape Oh Monday night. One
OF them, Mclean, had been bound over to
keep the peace in the sum of $500, and in de-
fault of bail was about to be taken to Deer
Lodge. The other two were in for disturb
ance, one Of them having been Jailed on Sat
urday night for undertaking to preside over
Mathews saloon and breaking a window and
the other being locked up for fighting a few
hours before the delivery took place. A large
hole in the floor revealed their means of exit,
The two prisoners first mentioned escaped
together, and the third one, who has since
been captured, states that on being locked in
the cell he saw the hole left by his predeces-
sors and following them and their example
soon found himself basking under the canopy
of heaven.
He is now once more basking under the
canopy of the city bastile, where he will
probably remain until the expiration Of his
sin, committed in endeavoring to escape from
justice. The other two birds are still at large,
but our vlgilant city marshal will probably
induce them again 10 take up their residence
as guests Of the municipal authorities.
No blame attaches to anyone for the es,
cape of the prisoners, and until the city
treasury is in a condition to warrant the cree.
ton of a suitable building for Jail purposes
We may expect such events to become peri
odical.
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New Bridge.

Yesterday morning Mr.. II. Z. Knox, accom-
panied by Road Supervisor Harper, drove
down to inspect the crossing of the Silver
Bow creek on the road to the cemetery. The
rickety old bridge at this crossing Is to be re-
placed Immediately with a substantial new
one, for which Mr.. knoxi is to draw the plans
and make the estimates. His visit yesterday
was for The purp Sc of making the necessary
preliminary examination of the ground. A
new bridge at the crossing has long been
needed, the Old one being quite unsafe for
even the most gentle teams.
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Local News.
From Tuesdays Daily.1
Flume

n Madisonian reports the robbery of
lex McKay's bedrock fume in Bivin's
!, and the arrest OF three men-John
lin, James Harkins and John O'Donnell-
zion. The evidence against the prisoners
ss inthe fact that the boot worn by n of
fits exactly into the boot print left at
hnme. On this evidence they were bound
in the sum of $1,000 each to appear be-
the grand jury. Cleaning bedrock had
Going on Tor six weeks, and the Is up
koyes which were cleaned up are believed
ve contained one hundred unces at the
| Of the robbery. The Madison;an fur
states that Mr.. Mckay offers $3.50 reward
uch information as will lead to the re.
rs of the stolen bullion"