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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-05
A MOTHER, SORROW.
SPORTING NEWS.
Boyd Issues a Challenge to the World to
Row Him.

LONDON. March 4-Boyd has recently shown
wonderful Improvement in form. aud has
issued q challenge to row any man In the world
over the straight three miles course on the Tee
HANLoN TO MEET TR1cKErT IN ENGLISH WATERS.
ToaoNTo. March 4.-Hanl IN says that II
Trick.tl goes ID England as he announces his
intention of doing. ne tHanlon) will Certainly
make trip to meet him IN English waters
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-05

Lord Derby says i .glish capitalists have
sacrificed GOO OoO,00D by investing In foreign
securities. The securities quoted on the
various exchanges in diff rent European capi-
tails In 1876 exceeded Es.000,000,0oo, Or about
S35 oO0, ,0O0. 900, producing an annual income Of
turn their attention to the new South.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-05

A thief in England saved himself by a cute
trick. He was brewers clerk. and was
charged with stealing money FROM the post
Office. He got marriage license, married
the postmietresB, buxom widow, and the
only witness for the prosecution. When the
case was called, the objection was raised that
she could not legally testify against her hus-
band, and the magistrate discharged him.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-05
CUB

HAVANA, Feb. 2s.-In reply to q request from a
Cuba Senator In Madrid the Minister of Colo
ntes has sent a statement OF the actual debt OF
Cuba to the last dates existing In the Ministry
If Coloni,-. showing q total of Sl26.sl6.415 gold
and $45. 800 076 bank bills. Accord to the last
advices rece we'd here thing has been resolved
upon regarding loan for the Island Of Cuba.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-05
ENGLAND.

LONDON. March 4-In the House of Com
mons to-day the Chancellor of the Exchequ er
said that the Easter recess would probably
commence On th. twenty fifth Instant and ter
inmate on the fifth of April.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-05
A Nat,oual Rapkruue 1aw.

New YORK March The Chamber Of Com
m~rce met this afterno n and appointed . epe-
ctal committee to cooperate ufth the Buek0n
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-05
SPAIN.

MADRID. March A decree has been pub
lished fixing the numerical strength Of the
$4,000 for Cuba 1000 for Philippine Islands and
1895 tor Porto Rico.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-05
strike o, West virginia Miners.

CINCINNATI Ma, ch IA Fairmont W. Va)
special to the Enquirer says, All miners em-
ployed In the U'Donnell. CASTOR and West
Fairmont mines struck to. day for higher
wages This throws about eight hundred men
out of work. Up to this time no violence has
been attempted.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-05
MARITIME.
A Russian Brig Ashore Near Haaslingen.

LONDON. March 4.-The Russian brig Lutto.
Capt. Tonlimo. from Pc sacola, December
~. for Haaslingen. is ashore at the latter
port full OF water and her mast cut away.
The crew we're saved. steamer has gone to
her assistance.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-05
Strike Promised. and an Increase In the
Price Of Tobacco.

New YORK. March The Tobacco Dealers
Protective Association formed last night. A
general advance In prices OF all kinds Of to-
baccO is soon to b6 made.
About one hundred aud fifty marble polishers
strike Monday If their wages are not increased.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-05
LAWRENCE 4 MARTIN, Proprleta ~.

DMueGlsr- GnoCEm- An" WINE ME-
L.
PRCks
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The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-01-20
NEWS NOTES.

There are 1900 colored Masons in North
Carolina.
The Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum has
400 inmates.
Of the 1000 convicts is the Texas peniten-
tiary only five are ONE -'
The aggregate weight of the four girl babies
born to Mrs. Anna Dohey, at Havana, ILL.,,
was t~enty-siX pounds, three weighing seven
pounds each and one five.
The sNiagra River Transit Company of
Buffalo. incorporated in 1874, to bridge or
tunnel the Niagara river, is soliciting the
$1,000 in subscriptions necessary to carry
out its plans.
A association for the manufacture of wine,
with a capital of $4,000, has been organized
in Randolph county, Ga. Grape culture has
been carried to a great perfection in that
country:
From all information, it is safely assumed
that the annual consumption in the United
States of precious metals in all form for man
u%faturing purposes, now averages S 100000 OF
gold and 100000 of silver.
The colored Baptists of Atlanta, Ga, have
just dedicated "a seminary building, which cost
$1,000, and is all paid for, thanks to the
vigorous exertions of Rev. Frank Quarles, a
SololCu ldSloi vi tiS IVY, "'N piS hNiP " WV
American Baptist Home Missionary Society.
The Commissioners OF Patents, advises the
purchase of the first patent ever granted by
the federal Government. 1t was issued to
Samuel Hopkins, July 81, 1850, for a process
for making pot and pearl ashes, and is now
owned by E. 7. Hall, of Columbus, OHIO.
Basil NJ. Yates, of Wake county, North
Carolina, was buried, according to his own
instructions, in a big coffin, with his body
resting, on a feather bed and pillow, and his
hat, gloves and boots at hand, and a grand
dinner was served up for those who attended
his funeral.
John J. Jackson, better known as "Butter-
milk Jack,' because he dealt in that
commodity, and the last relic of New Jersey
slavery, was recently buried at Bergen, N. j.
Jack was born in l775, and after he was given
his freedom the family of his old master,
Cornelius Brinkerhotf, cared for him.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-01-20

The following article from the San Fran
cisco Chronicle, intended for mine owners on
the Pacific coast, applies with equal force to
all mining regions:
The choice of superintendent in inarg-
urating any new mining enterprise is so very
important question, as involving more or less
the prosperity OF the mine, that it should never
be settled without proper consideration; yet
it is a question often settled at the first meet
ing of a new company, and without any very
special examination into the capabilities or
knowledge of the candidate.
That often used phrase, 'gentlemanly
superintendent" does not cover by any
means all the requirements OF the executive
manager of . mine. Nevertheless, social
qualities are as apt many times to influence a
decision of this kind as sterling merit Of a
roughcr grain.
As a rule the mining men of this State and
Nevada have had their eye teeth cut in the
matter OF superintendents. In newer mining
countries mistakes which We have outgrown
are still prevalent, and people will have to
learn by their own experience.
RuinOns failure is too often the result Of a
misguided choice of superintendent of the
mine. There are plenty of competent men
to fill the places, but unfortunately there are
still more incompetent ones. and the latter
are apt to be the more persistent in their
! applications. We have 10 doubt that among
the many mining ventures now being organ
lied IN the East, dozens of failures, to be laid
to the mines. will occur through the superln-
tendents alone. 1t is safe to predict this.
The directors will want to put in men of their
w acquaintance, with more regard to their
faith in a business capacity than their expert
ence in mining matters. Yet it is possible to
combine these qualities, and in a high degree.
There are hundreds of men on this coast
with an experience of half a lifetime to back
them.
Our own fear in this connection is more
for the injury indirectly done to the mining
industry than that to individual mining COM
panies, which can only blame themselves. If
to oblige some important man among them.
the directors send his nephew, cousin or
friend, simply because he is a nephew, cousin
or friend, without questioning his ability and
experience, they will reap as they sow, and
should blame none but themselves.
1t will be just as well, therefore,, it ouf
Eastern friends, in engaging their managers,
make no extended contracts as to the time OF
employment, in case they find they have made
a mistake, and consider it necessary to replace
them.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-01-20

Edison is all very well in his way, but the
inventor that will he remembered when all
others are forgotten is a party named Mickey
of Boston, who has just rendered his fellow
men an inestimable service by producing an
apparatus called the " Married Mans Indica-
tor or the patent domestic Barometer"
This ingenious device IS simply a wonderfully
sensitive arrangement of the ordinary baronl-
eter which iniallibly detects the most minute
alterations in the atmospheric conditions.
The married man returning late from the
alleged g lodge" or other locality contraband
of war, INDUCES in no fearful speculations as
to his reception. He simply takes his " indi-
Gator" from its case and inserts 4 projection
arranged for the purpose through the key
hole. Instantly the domestic temperature
within is recorded by the dial. If it marks
S. F.-set fair S. A.-sound asleep or even
G. S.-cross but sleepy, he brings his propiti-
atory box of fried oysters we'll to the front,
chews a fresh Glove and enters boldly. If,
however, the faithful little instrument reports
S. B.-storm brewing, or V. S. Livery
squally, with lightning, he doesn't waste any
valuable time in warfare, but HES him to the
nearest hotel and sends ali up all night with
a sick friend note, with some matinee tick
cts and a new bonnet home in the morning.
Truly, if science keeps on in this way this
world will become quite a comfortable place
to live after q while.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-01-20
She Visits q Printing Once.

She came into the office, smiling and beauti-
ful. George and she were engaged, and
George had a case. He had a galley of solid
nonpareil on his frame, which he was about
to lock up and prove. George, blushing like
a girl, shook her hand and called her his
darling. She eyed the galley and smiled
sweeter than before.
s,DoIdy, DEAR" she said, still cycling the
galley of nonpareil, care them the things you
print with?"
Eyes, darling" said Doddy, feellngly.
She swept her taper fingers over the matter.
squabbling the entire galley.
"Bless you, my darling" said George,
chokingly, the sweat pouring down his face.
She looked at him and said:
"Why, Doddy, dear, it's all in little pieces,
amt it?"
eyes, love-" said George, gently taking her
hand and leading h%ertoward the door. "Good
bye, darling !" he said.
Bye-bye, Doddy; be sure you come to-
night"
"Dear me- she soliloquized, show George
loves me! He nearly sobbed when l touched
those funny little bits of ~thingummies.'
George moodily, 81 wish all women Were
in-heaven."
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-01-20
CHIPS.

Strawberries can't lie sold at any price IL
Memphis. There are no berries there to sell.
There appears to be a fine field II Maine
for an enterprising soothing-syrup manufac-
turer.
During the whole course of the Boston
breakfast to Holmes there was not a single
bean or tiShball on the table.
A diary for 1850 will cost the price of three
good cigars. A word to the wise is sufficient.
Visitor III st. Petersburg-What is the
name OF thisr river?
Guide-The Neva.
Nlsitor--What, Neva?
Guide-Well-here the wires broke down.
The aides think Eve was severely punished
for her transSresslon, from the fact that she
never appeared in a nude dress afterward.
as it wrong to cheat a lawyer?" asks an
exchange. No, not exactly, but it's rather
reversing the order Of things.
Parent (o dissolute son who had been
making calls)--" It's a shame you should go
on so. BE ii man anG keep sober, and you
may make your mark" DissOlute son--
"Can (hic) do more than hat now-can
write my name.
"Whole hug or none," as the young fellow
said to his betrothed Oh making his last New
Years cali.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-01-20
Eurcpe's Rich City.

Frankfort. on-the- Main, how containing a
population of about 100000, is reported to be
the richest city of its size in the whole world.
If Its wealth were equally divided among its
inhabitants, every man, m n child
would have, it is said, 10000 marks, Or some
$1,000 apiece. There are. as may be sup
posed, a good many poor people in the town;
but the citizens are, as a whole, III unusually
comfortable circumstances, more so probably
than the citizens of any other capital IN Ger
many or Europe It is asserted tlat there are
100 Frankfortels worth from $4,OOO.OO 0 to
$1,000, 900 each. and $50 are worth S3,OOO,O0O
and upward. The city city is one of the great
banking centers of the globe. Its aggregate
banking capital is estimated at $2OO,OOO.OOO,
more than o%ne-fourth of which the famou
Rothschilds, whose original and parent house
is there, own and control. The annual tran
sactions in bills of exchange are in excess of
Sl00, 600, 900. Its general trade and mauutac-
turing Industries have greatly increased since
the formation Of the German empire, to which
Frankfort was originally averse, being a flee
city and an opponent of Prussia until coerced
in July, 1866, by General Won Falkenstcin,
who entered it at the head of all army and
imposed a fine of $4,000 900 forms for its in
subordination. Frankfort is such a place for
conventions and assemblies of all sorts, that
it is very apt to be full of strangers, and is.
consequently very expensive and by no means
satisfactory to tarry in.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-01-20
The Marriage Of the Future.

Minister-Hello, exchange.
Telephone EXchange-Well?
Minister-Put me on the residence of Mrs.
Duzenberry.
Exchange-All right fire away.
Minister-Hello, Mrs. Duzenberry.
Mrs. Dwell?
Minister-Ask your daughter Malinda to
step to the inttrument.
Observation-Disclosures wanted?
Minlster-Your atfianced, Mr.. Algernon
Smithkinson is here and wishes to speak to
you.
M~alinda-Tell him for goodness sake to
hurry.
Observation-Disclosures, dear, l find it won't
be convenient for me to come around this
evening. Can't we have the ceremony per-
formed now?
Malinda-l suppose so.
Minister Qakihg off his hat)-DoyouAlger
Observation-Disclosures Aialinda DuzenDerrytObe
oupalt?
Algernon-l do.
Minister - Observation-Disclosures
AlgernonSmithkinsontob Observation-Disclosures
Malinda-l do.
andwllonlGO dhathionledtogethe letnomanput
asunder Makethemostoflt. $40. Goodday.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-01-20

General Jones in the Cincinnati Commercial
"No; it is a Garfield boom, and it means
that James A. Garfield will be the next Re-
publican candidate for President. He is
sound upon the financial policy and has a
brilliant record as a soldier. lie is liked, and
will be warmly supported in both the East and
West. This may surprise you, but l per-
sonally know thai. it is true. There is quite
a sentiment for Garfield all over the country,
particularly in the East, and its development
has only awaited the action Of tonight, and
its strength is hardly dreamed OF by Garfieid's
best friends. This is my own opinion" and
with that the General smiled Significantly, ap-
parently forgetful that lie had intimated to the
writer scarce a week ago that there was a plan
originating in Washington which might be
divulged after the Senatorial question had
been settled.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-01-20
self Collected In the Face Of Death.
Erom the SYRACUSE Herald.

At Medina yesterday Peter Gersbacker, a
railroad man who resides in this city, had an
almost miraculous escape from being crushed
to death under a freight train, with which he
was braking. While making a coupling in a
moving train his foot caught in the guard-rail
and he was unable to extricate it. The train
continued to back and if he had thrown him
self outside of the rails, as most persons would
have done, both legs would have been rushed.
Instead he threw his body between the rails
under the moving train and, as the brake-rod
passed yer him, grasped it and was pulled
along with the train. His right foot was
crushed, but his nerve did not leave him, and
the injured member was drawn from the
boot The train was soon stopped and he
was exlricated. HIS foot was dressed and he
was brought home to-day. His companions
say it was the most remarkable case OF
presence of mind which they have ever
witnessed on the railroad. TO it Mr.. Gers
hacker owes his life.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-01-20
a Good Place to lave.

Alaska is a pleasant place to live in, not
withstanding all of the polar bear and iceberg
stories. The climate of the islands, and of
all that part of the mainland that is bathed
by the warm ocean currents of Japan, is
remarkably bland and temperate, and free
from extremes of beat or cold throughout the
year. There is a great deal of rainy weather,
but it is of good quality, mild in temperature,
gentle in its fall, filling the fountains of the
deep, cool rivers, feeding the moses and trees,
and keeping the whole land fresh and fruitful.
Out of l4I days, beginning May 18th of this
year, rain fell on G5 days, and 43 were cloudy;
but on SOM of these days the rain lasted only
a few minutes, and hardly any could be called
stormy or dismal. The wettest of this weather
seems to be perfectly healthy, and there is 10
mildew in The houses. Thunder is rarely
heard-a fash and Il clap, faint and far away,
once in two or three years. The cause OF so
much wind is found in the vapor laden winds
from Japan.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-01-20
The First Attack On an American Presi-
dent.

1t may interest President Hayes to read Mr..
James Parton's account of the attack made by
Lieutenant Randolph on President Jackson,
in 1888:
"On the sixth day of May the President,
accompanied by members of his Cabinet, and
by Major Donelson, left the Capital in a
steamboat for Fredericksburg, Va, where he
was to lay the cornerstone of that monument
to the mother of Washington, which is still
unfinished. At Alexandra, where the steam
er touched, there came on board a Mr.. RAN
dolph, late a Lieutenant in the navy, who had
been recently dismissed the service. Randolph
made his way to the cabin, where he found
the President sitting behind a table reading a
newspaper. He approached the table as if to
salute the President.
"sExcuse me rising, SIR said the General,
who was not acquainted with Randolph, Il
have a pain in my side, which makes it dis
tressing for me to rise.'
aRandoiph made no reply to the courteous
apology. but appeared to be trying to take of
hls glove.
.tNeyer mind your glove, SIR said the Cen
eral, holding out his hand.
"At this time Randolph thrust his hand
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-01-20

violently into the Presidents face, intending,
as it appeared, to pull his nose. The Captain
OF the boat, who was standing by, instantly
seized Randolph and drew him back. A vio-
lent scufle ensued, during which the table
was broken. The friends of Randolph then
clutched him and hurried him ashore before
many of the passengers knew what had oc-
Cured, and thus he effected his escape. The
passengers soon crowue into the cabin TO
learn if the General was hurt.
".Had | known said he, that it was Ran
dolph who stood before me, l should have
been prepared for him, and l could have de-
Tended myself. No villain said he, has
ever escaped me before, and he would not had
it not been for my confined situation
"Some blood was seen OH his face, and he
was asked whether he had been injured.
"s,No,' said he, Il am not much hurt but
in endeavoring to rise l have wounded my
side, which now pains me more thar it did
"One of the citizens of Alexandra, who
had heard of the outrage, addressed the Gen
eral and said 'Sir, if you will pardon me in
case | am tried and convicted, [ will kill Ran
dolph for this insult to you, in fifteen min
utes.'
"sNo, SIR said the President, Il annot do
that. want no man to stand between ME
and my asSailants, and none to take revenge
on my account. Had l been prepared for this
cowardly villains approach, L can assure you
all that he would never have the temerity to
undertake such a thing again.
"Randolph published statements i'll the
newspaper of the { wrongs which he said he
had received at the hands of the government.
The opposition papers, though c~ondemning
the outrage, did not fail to remind the Presl-
dent of certain passages in his own life which
sanctioned a resort to violence. Randolph, L
believe, was not prosecuted for the assault.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-01-20
THE ART.

/ sang my lady many a lay
To win her by the music in 1t.
But word and tune were thrown away,
Till, haply on a morn in May,
l CHANGED to hear a singing 1innet.
Now many a bird of brighter coat
May plume himself on his apparel,
But never in a warbler's throat
Was trilled a more enchanting note
Than ouivered in that linnet's carol.
80 tiny, pass%ion-tortured thing,
Thy song quoth I, .hath all its rapture
Because tho amorously dost sing
In these, the wooing days of Spring.
Thy velvet-mantled mate to capture.
+" With song like thine, o 5onny bird,
If l could sing 1t half so sweetly,
Then, haply if my lady heard,
Her stony bosom would be stirred,
And 1 would win her love completely.
$50 l implore thee to impart
Unto thy ruder brother poet
The secret of the songful art
To charm a lady's naughty heart
Till on the singer she beStoW it,
"No art is mine to tell thee Of
The songster said, - for l disdain it:
Go ask the robin--aSk the dove
Ask every bird that sings OF love,
We feel 1t, but we never telsn IT,
"Then go and WOO as sOng-birdsd do,
Who from the Seed-time to the sickle.
Love faithfully the season through,
Nor change the Old ove for a new.
MOI prove (as men do) false and tickle.
90 Forbear a poets fatal pride.
In praising every charmer'S beauty,
But ever to thy chosen bride
To her alone, and none beside
Sing thou u song of love and duty
On tina same day, with hope elate,
Beneath an arbor green and shady,
To that same maid who held my fate
Like that same linnet to its mate,
1 sang my lay, and won my lady.