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The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-02-22
A Fair Chance.

Equality, too-whatever equality may or
may not be just or possible ; this at least is
just and 1 hope possiole-that every man,
every child of every rank, should have an
equal chance of education; an equal chance
of developing all that is in him by nature an
equal chance of acquiring a fair knowledge
of those facts of the universe which specially
concern him, and of having his reason trained
to judge of them. 1 say, whatever equal
rights men may or may not have, they have
this right. Let every boy, every girl, have an
equal and sound education. If | had my
way, l would give the same education to the
child of the collier and the child of the peer.
| would zee that they were taught the same
things and by the same method. Let them
all begin alike, say l. They will be handi-
capped heavily enough as they go on in life,
without our handicapping them i'll their first
race. Whatever stable they come out OF,
whatever promise they show, let them all
train alike and start fair, and let the best colt
win.-Charles Kingsley.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-02-22
Absence OF Mind as q Sign Of Ineipien1
Mental Disease.

The Medical and Surgical Reporter has
some suggestions and statements in the ar
ticle below, which are of interest and import
ance to a good many people:
1t is essential to skill that the muscles of
the body should work unconsciously, but the
moment they assert, as it were, their indie
pendence of self-consciousness, and prompt
to the initiation of efforts outside OF what
they have been taught, a diseased condition
is begun which we call 'absence of mind"
Such a habit begins on little things, more
generally by an omission than a commission.
Thinking of something else while dressing, a
part of the toilet is overlooked, the necktle is
forgotten, the wrong coat is put on and the
hair is unkempt.
Soon, as the habit increases, absurd and
even harmful acts are committed. The col
lections of anecdotes are full OF stories of
such follies. We know of an able young law
yer, who, instead of pouring a tonic from a
bottle on his desk carefully emptied the ink
from his ink-stand into a spoon and swallow
ed it. Another, an ex-attorney general of the
OulGtu OUdICo, WCuV VII q AOiVhiSho "iP w Nv
tend an absorbing legal case. His wife
packed a half dozen shirts in his ~portmanteau.
On his return there was no shirt visible.
Pushing her inquiries, she found that her
husband had regularly a clean shirt every
other day, but had forgotten to take off the
soiled one, and now returned wearing the
whole half dozen.
An authentic anecdote of the grea' political
economist, Adam Smith, tells us that when
called upon. to sign a contract, instead of writ
ing his own name, he made an elaborate imi-
tatlon of the signature of the other party,
which had already been affixed.
Such incidents tend to depreciate a man,
though perhaps uniustly, IN the opinion OF
those with whom he does business. They be.
come also a grave annoyance to the individual
himself. In a sense, they are mental weak
nesses, which, pushed to certain degrees, pass
into mental diseases. Senility and insanity
are not frequently marked by automatic &C
tions, carried out without the will or con
sciousness of the doer. The absent-minde
one, like the sleep-walker, performs action
without the knowledge of them, and neglect'
duties which are pressing. Justly, therefore
it is a source of anxiety with every thought
full person when he finds himself falling init
this bad mental habit. 1t is usually gladua
In its onset, stealing over one in moments o
intensest occupation. Unlike other mint
weaknesses 1t is not the foe of the idle man 81
much as the busy one. Yet habits of rever.
and day -dre aiming may also bring it about
Those who feel this habit creeping owe
them will do we'll to make all early an
special effort to resist it. 1t can be conquere'
by a habit of attention, and by severe self
Gliding when the mind yields to it.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-02-22
SIDE DISHES.

George Eliot said IGNORANCE Is not so
damnRble as humbug /; but when it prescribes
pills 1t may happen to do more harm."
According to the Detroit Free Press, some
body has been figuring how long the obelisk
will stand this climate, and it is believed that
it will take 5000 years of bad weather to re-
duce it down to Sara Bernhardt's thinness.
General Garfield says he has some men
recommended for cabinet places whom he
never heard of, to say nothing of not know
ing the men who recommended them.
The opportunity of Agricultural Com
missioner De Dues life is before him. Let
him successfully engraft buckwheat cake
seed on to sugar cane and produce sweetened
1ap.jacks, and his work would be in every
body's mouth.
Fashionable high school education "Old
man, don't you think 1t is about time you
we're buying Georgiana an English grammar
and a spelling book ? She is through with
her French, Latin, Greek, music, drawing,
painting, calisthenics and dancing --don't
you thinkit is about time she was ommenc-
ing her English studies ?"
sab ! this is suggestive" he remarked. and
a pleasant smile of anticipation lighted up
his face and was reflected in a refulgent
glow from the most prominent feature as he
licked up a fat bottle in the closet. "Merely
| suggestive he added sadly. as lie dropped
the empty bottle after smelling the cork.
What shall be said of a well-educated
young lady who makes a practice of forget
ting her pocket book when she goes down
town, and allows her gentlemen friends to
loan her money-and never pays them !?
ongregationalist.] Say? Why, say that
she is undoubtedly laying up treasures for
herself in h-well, Ingersollville.
A "stand-up lunch' is the latest New York
social invention, for ladies ONLY. As they DO
not stand up, aud as the lunch is in rea ity
an early dinner of m any courses, comprising
all the dainties and delicacles of the season,
s.stand-up'' must be a mistake for "bang-up."
Here is the latest composition of the So
ciety idiot ID you dawnce the lawncers?'
mo don't dawnce the lawncers, but my
sister Frawnces dawnces the lawncers and
several fawncy dawnces." The management
Of this sentence assures &entrance to the
highest circles.
A young man at Waverly, Iowa, when
packing eggs about a year ago for shipment to
the East, wrote his name and address on
one, with the request that the person to
to whom it finally came would write
him and advise him of the fact. In due
course came the letter from a young lady in
New York it was acknowledged :; a cores
pondence sprang up photographs were ex.
changed, and the merchant is coming to New
York in a few days to take home the young
lady as his wife. As a mere matter of graft
tude they will suck eggs the balance of their
lives.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-02-22

There used to be>a really funny fellow on
board a Nantucket whale ship during a
cruise in the Pacific. He got offjekes enough
to amuse the whole crew, and was a good
singer. In fact, singing was the only form of
speech which he could use without SIAM
mering to a terrible extent. One day only he
and the cook were on deck, when the cook
fell overheard. The stammering tourist
rushed to the cabin companionway to notify
the captain, but, as usual with stammerers
when in a hurry, he couldn't say anything,
stammer as he would. The captain saw that
something was the matter, and shouted
"Well, if you can't say it, sing it, You fool"
aBe-be-be-be
Overload is Barnabas,
And half a mile astern of US %
Barnabas was promptly rescued.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-02-22
0 THE FARMER.

In selecting sitting hens always take the
smallest. They are not so liable to break
the eggs as larger ones nor crack the young
chicks when the eggs are hatched.
Ducks, after commencing to lay, drop one
egg very regularly in twenty-four hours in
the silent night. They make nests, but are
not very particular about depositing all their
eggs where they may be hatched, seeming to
regard them as not of much consequence.
laying some of them in the water, here and
there. Care should be taken to pen ducks
regularly every night during the time of lay
ing. They should be fed plentifully, and
during the day have free access to the water.
For setting we recommend eggs of year.
olt-past and two-year-old hens as the most
serviceab .e and the most reliable where these
can be had handily. If the novice is COM
mencing fowl-raising with a trio OF young
stock, however, it is perhaps as we'll to set the
pullet's eggs in his case. The earliest filters
a pullet lays in tina. case should not be used.
They. are not so good for incubation as the
latter.
When tools are clean and bright they may
be kept so by wiping, before putting them
away, with a cloth dipped in melted paratne'
Ii they are rusted they may be cleaned by
soaking in kerosene oil and then rubbing
with an oily rag dipped in fine emery pow
der.
When nails begin to rust it is almost i'm,
possible to stop them from becoming eaten
away in a short time ; in this case prevention
is better than cure. Mix one pint of linseed
oil with two ounces of black lead, stirring
until the whole is incorporated heat the
nails red hot and steep them in the mixture
They should then be well drained and shaker
up in an old nail bag until dry.
Many farmers injure their farm implements
more by exposure to the weather than by use
on the farm. An implement which will
good care would last twenty years, will, whet
five years or even less. A farm cart which
with good usage, would last almost a life
time, will last only a few years when exposed
to the weather.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-02-22
OHIO MEN.

A soul released from earthly clay
To heaven swiftly winged its way,
And, wondering what would be Its fate,
Alighted at the golden gate.
There humbly dropping on his knees
Before the man who held the keys.
1t said "From Earth | have come to-day
Past suns and stars The Milky Way
1 climbed at noon. IT'S almost night.
l wearied with my rapid flight.
Please do not longer let me wait
Outside, but pass me thu rough the gate"
The keeper of the gate began:
HIM are you an Ohio man?"
ENC, sir; ! came from Michigan
From Michigan" the soul replied.
The keeper shook his keys and sighed,
sFrom Michigan, that state of sin!
I fear l cannot let you i'm
ssBut where is Peter ?" asked the soul;
ri thought that here he had control"
"Well, SO he had,' the keeper said,
sBut now I'm acting here instead.
There's been q change. I'd have you know,
Since l came here a year ago.
The offices the saints held then
Are now held by Ohio men!
All from that state get into glory!
All others go to PurgatOry."
The soul, borne down by weight OF woe,
In sadness took its way below.
-SomeruiIe Journal.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-02-22

Miss Kettreli, a new clerk in the Nevada
legislature, had to undergoa remarkable or
deal for a woman, in being sworn in. Judge
Hawley adjured Miss Kettrell to support the
constitution and the laws, not to bear arms
against her country, and to pay no attention
to the laws of the Legislatures OF other states
when they happened to conflict with those
Of her state. He assured her that she was not
eligible as the servant of the state IL she had,
since the adoption of the constitution Of
Nevada, fought a duel, acted as a second at a
duel, or carried q challenge to fight a duel.
The young oma was able to set Judge
Hawley's mind completely at rest.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-02-22

Yourselves by making money
when a golden chance Is Of
fered, thereby always keeping
poverty from your door. Those
who always lake advantage of The good chances
for making money that are offered, generally be-
come wealthy, while those who do not improve
such chances remain in poverty. We want
many men, women, boys and girls to work for
us right in their own localities. TIL business
will pay more than ten times ordinary wages,
need, free. No one who engages fails to make
money very rapidly. You can devote your
whole time no the work, or only your spare
moments. Full information and all that is
needed sent free. Address STINsoN d Co., Port
land, Maine.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-09-14
Absorbed.
script.

Castle building is gcnerallya harmless
way Of wasting time, bringing no other
poriis than loss of will-powcr and the
consequent excavation Of character.
Prof. Wilson, the famous Kit North"
Of Scotland, dearly loved II long reverb
hcfore bedtime. One night the habit
almost proved fatal to life. While edit
ing HachwoodS Nuga=ine he often
worked till the small hours OF the morn
ing, ard then, for fear of disturbing his
wifi, threw himself on lounge in his
study, and slept till breakfast.
4 friend had persuaded him to intro
dure gas, just then coming into use IN
Edinburgh, and the professor found it a
wonderful llluminAtor during his long
u chit tolls. But one night, after finish
INC his writing, he seated himself before
the fireplace for long reyeric. Castle
after castle WAS built, dream plans fol-
lowed each other in quick succession,
till suddenly he discovered that the fire
was low, and he was shivering.
Half rousing himself, but still lost in
his dreams, he blew out the gas, and
threw himself on his lounge. In an hour
me woke, nearly suiiocated, and found
the study filed with a pungent odor,
and m atmosphere hard to breathe. He
Threw mp the windows, turned off the
gas and rushed ont of doors. The next
morning the gas-pipcs were torn up
they were dangerous convenlences Tor
one Of his habits.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-09-14

await ner return. tie uld NOT take tuc
articles she carried merely for the sake
Of robbery, but to have suspicion point
its fingers at some other party. At the
conclusion of his confession, he said that
he had no desire of conccaling it any
longer. His life was made wrctched by
the hord crime he had committed, and
death aud exposure We're not nnwccomc.
The next day after his confinement III
the jail, he was found dead in his cell,
He had ended his life by poison
As for Peter Groat, he was at once re.
leased, and all the inhabitants Of Hey.
wood stroye to express their regret and
regard for him, but to these, Peter sadly
shook his head, saying
He did care to live in blaze where
de people vas so ready to pelieve him a
pad man z! So he sold his little home,
packed his goods, and with his wife and
children, moved to the far West where
it is to be hoped in spite of sweet char
ity's sake he is more careful III enter.
tanning bcnightcd travellers.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-09-14

SEVERAL artesan wells mt Cincinnati
are flowing successfully. An artesian
well, in a season Of drouth, is an invaI-
liable thing, and communities are learn.
ing by experience their Importance. In
1888 the French Government began
sinking an artesian well in the suburb
Of Paris, which was completed in 1871,
at depth of l,792 feet, when the water
spurted ll2 feet above its top and con-
tinues yet to run in constant stream,
discharging 100000 gallons per- dicm,
In an effort to sink an artesian we'll, st.
Louis failed at depth of 5000, feet,
whereas Cincinnati is aucce5sful at Il
depth of 400 feet. Low geological for
nations are essential to secure q good
flow.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-09-14
Mustard as a Remedy.

A lady suffered long and excruciat
ingly from an attack OF bilious colo
before she would consent to have ply
stefan called. When at last one came,
his simple prescription was mustard, by
which the pain was shortly subdued,
always remembering, was the parting
injunction of the doctor, who rather
commended his PATIENTS spirit in being
her own physician in every day ailment
-" that for pain anywhere mustard is
safe aud sure remedy, as sure rs any.
besides being something that every fam
lily has on hand so that no time need be
lost" The following is recommended
as n mustard plaster that will not bis
ter. Take the white of one egg, stir IN
mustard until thick enough to spread
nicely; then take thin cloth as long
again as you wish the plaster, spread
tho mustard half the length, not too near
the edges, double the dry end OF the
cloth back over she mustard apd apply
warm.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-09-14
Inns The World Miss Any One |.

Not long. The best and most useful
of lis will soon be forgotten. Those
who today are filling Il large place III
the worlds regard will pass away
from the remembrance Of men in II few
months, or, at farthest, in a few years
after the grave has closed upon their re-
mains.
We are shedding tears above now-
made grave and wildly crying out IN
oar grief that our loss is irreparable,
vet IN short time the tcndrlls OF love
have cntwined around other supports,
and we no longer miss the one who has
gone.
So passes the world. But there are
those to whom loss is beyond repair.
There are men from whose memories no
wuman'a smile can chase recollections of
the sweet face that has given up all its
beauty at deaths icy touch. There are
women whose plighted faith extends be-
yDnd the grave, and drives away as pro
fame lh ,sc who would cntice them from
. worship Of their buried loves.
Such loyalty, however, Is hidden away
from the public gaze. The world sweeps
ON bcsi ic aud around them and cares
not 10 look in upon this unobtrudlng
.lici. 1t carycs line and records a
,ton" OVER the dead aud hastens away to
otter homage to the living. 1t cries out
yr"ungly, lie roy est mort, but with
tay ueN; breath excIaims ioyously,
yiyg le roy.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-09-14
THE DEERS .ANTLERS.
Anothec of Dnrwin'- Peculiar Scientific
Did MCIiNnk.


The historical development Of autlers
in the deer tribe is very marked. While
the group was still young and dominant,
with the open gIaSs-clad tertiary plains
all before it and with plenty Of elbow
room to spread and multiply it had MS yet
no weapons Of ottense of any kind. But
rs the races grew thicker and more M.
mcrous and as space failed the younger
eencrntion--for deer like men, are subject
to the memorable logic of the Nlaltln-
sians-the fathers of the hero began to
fight among themselves for the posses
sion OF the does, and only the strongest
survived to become the parents of future
dcerkind Butting naturally produces
hard bosses or proturbCrances OF some
sort, and IN the ancestral deer these pro
turheranccs took the shape of bony pro-
jcrtions on the forehead Again, those
deer which had the most marked and
most pointed projections would best VAN
uuish their rivals, and so fare best in the
struggle for their hinds. Their descend
ants would inherit their pcouilmmtlos
with more or less variation and would
similarly he selected by the law of battle
in accordance with their lighting powers
and the fitness Of their weapons. And
,li'S Pro'"o"''F' Srt 1itn -" P,l"e ~
Nlr. i,"r"'i'' IN'c'lN "'iiI'n WIZ, .,'o sou-
ioS''"i ror"r" "S ,ci l'o'pI'"'' ~ i"''
specialized Deer OF the lower mioccne
period had no nntlcr, at all they were
somewhat ilNe il!''N uo'' ""II"u' ''u
tnHNs' or ilHe young lawns II. '"''r '''S'
summer n'l ia 'i'o mn i''''''''' INV
'CrH H'''Nt ,"v', "i'' "lp' 81 '"' v '1' '','"
snort Polll,'d KNOBS h!A', u''N o'Nc'oP
II Sihei" Nlde t'ne III" W. INC upper h''o'
cen" t"eN come o'l ~ '"''F c'"'N'' nN AT
our in"d'ri' = ,r''o7' r'NtIS III, I''''u''l'
h'oSo eau Ut , tl"'.o ''s"'''' t'iG '''.','
n"H'eh' o"'S ''N' IVA, VI '''H'n"8 l'G
III our own guy "N" ti'e many ''i"''''i'"
ne"4Ploce VI ln' cA'S"i'S l'''I'c'' ~.
deed, one il'r tertiary Sl'clcS ma p'lr
OF "ohucf'4'iy 'l''lI''t "n,''iS E''''.
lar S"ri,1'Stl III gp''p''A'l ,I',' ~ %Is
ll'lhS G'N put nNo many "'"rl ",Sn'S
SperIlIl"ed cre0,''rrS' lL,'T "N'i'"''t'
opea 'yPe seems 10 nave l''i'c,' prey ~
the 8r'ai e%''h'' c'fiiNoL'S " 'l'' s''n'
pcrioI beiore Ilie aaIe1' VI man, ,n n,''nS
s"cll hlSii types existed "'ia 'hoS may
perhaps nave oeen phr'ly utS'roSeo ny
ms ln9iopolHl'S "Ii 'i'o most open . G,'''
"eair'l'Io pains rs ms Sl''cI'l mining
grounds i"r we no" KNOW .Il't , ii iI Is %
cer'"lh'y q,iaT'rlll1IN' "n,' plo"ip'{ u; "
tertiary genus us wen "'' T'en ; ~ iii'
lowest ANA h''illpi'SI io'nt' n, e, ,i't n,
Sence must nave n''lu Cp "'ni 'i 1n 'nI
very lit9' 1t HonII''''l'' '"'' "n' '''o i''''
iora Oh creation .. 600 u,4u,
~ Is interesting 10 iio,r' 'ou' tii'' , 'i,o
historical c'Ui'.'o 81 nn''rIS IN ,,,o I'opi
trl',e IL cA"c'iN '"I"liclc" ny 'iic iiio',''L
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-09-14

SELMA j. GRAY. and her husband.
William Gray, have brought suit in the
U, S. Court at Cincinnati against the
Cincinnati Railroad Company under the
Civil Rights law, asking damages in the
sum of $4,000. Selma, who is a
solored lady, AYERS that she had pur.
chased ticket from Cincinnati to Lex
lngton, KY, and that when she at.
tempted to enter the ladies' car, she was
refused admission by force. So it goes.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-09-14

MASSACHUSETTS, is Incompatible
worse; she is bubbling mass of do
nestle infelicity. Within period Of
one year, England, with a population OF
2i,OOO,OOO, reports only 800 legal scpara-
tons (or divorces) whereas Massachu
sets, the model commonwealth, reports
over 6oO. Massachusetts, is where they
have about ten women to one man
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-09-14
THE MAN a. AIRLIE.

The song Lawrence Barrett sings in the play
Oh. there abou' yon heather hill,
where iOOtla comes but rarely,
There is a house they pO'nt out Sill,
Where dwclt the man o AirllG
He wore a coat o holden gray,
His hand was hard wi labor,
But still he had namely way
o. slandin' by his neIghbor.
His hurly laugh made men rejoice,
His words the ncghhOrS guided;
The little BARNES loved his voice,
And in his smile cOnidrd;
The words to-day that lciI his lip
Became decd Tomorrow
H0ut mau the friendship Of his grip
Would lit the heart o sorrow.
He was ma loud, ne wa. ua' proud
lie lackei IN lnrnin' sary,
AMI yet ye'd pick him irtc a crowd,
The honest man o Airlir.
His wealth II Was ma in his land,
II WAS ma in the city;
A mint q honor was in his hand,
Ills heart mine o pity.
He's dead and gone, this prince o Fife,
Mute is his lurly laughter;
But, an! the music o his life,
That hideS with ~ lang after
lis memory lives, the man may die,
That fingers bright aGd luuin',
Just like star lost lrac the SKY,
Whose ray survives his rain.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-09-14

The following from the Cincinnati
Commercial is mitigating, although
truthful : "Sorrow breaks out il spots
over the impending failure of the
Star Route prosecutions. But it does
not matter whether two or three fellows
are inserted in Tho pentcntiary. A fraud
has been exposed, and the public bust
ness upon which n great swindlc was
fastened, is made economical and rep
utable."
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-09-14

"A PROMINENT manufacturer of glycer-
Inc In New York City says the demand
iof the article for the manufacture of
nltro-glycerine has been unprecedented
during the past fortnight. Whether
this brlskness is for the Irish or the
Russian market he was unable to say, rs
he only furnishes the raw material, not
the finished goods.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-09-14

SEVERAL offers, one of them bidding as
ugh as f20, have been made for MIR.
oradlaugh's coat, torn in ejecting him
'rom Parliament He replies that the
garment is not for sale; that payment
"f Its tearing will be made by his foes,
and until that payment has been exacted
''e coat has very special value as re-
hinder"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-09-14

SUSIE HAYDEN, at New Bedford, Mass,
hve months ago, became unconscious
during religious excitement, and has re-
NAMED in stupor ever since, but now
SHOWS some signs of returning intelli-
gence. 1t seems that religion, like other
mlngs, must be taken in moderation.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-09-14

As SOON rs the President is able, it is
proposed by his physicians to remove
alm into more congenial atmosphere.
The malarial Influences about Washing
ION are excessively injurious to the pa
dents speedy recovery.