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The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-06-14
THE EKLY MINER.
TEARING UP THE BIBLE.
Extraordinary Proposition Of an
Orthodox Protestant Cler-
gyman.

rThe Rev. DR.. Swing in the Chicago Alliance.l
1t so happens that all modern difficulties OF
any moment, in the direction OF the Holy
Scriptures, are not difficulties with a render
ing, but with the subject matter, however in
terpreted. There should be in the new YER
sions Examinations of whole chapters and
whole books, on the ground that they make
the sacred volume too large to be printed in
good type and still be portable. a small
Bible always means that the type is almost
microscopic. A popular Bible should be e.
once portable and of fair, clear type, and to
make this possible a large part of the Old
Testament should be omitted from the edi-
tons of the future.
Not only are the laws of the Mosaic state
repealed and dead, and therefore unworthy
of a place in this guide of the public, but they
are the avs of a semi barbarous age, and cast
no little of their imperfection over upon the
fair pages of the New Testament. The New
Testament has suffered much from thus being
ound in bad company. Those t~reatises are
valuable as being a part of the history of the
Jewish state, but not as beil g a part, much
less a valuable part, of Christianity. Many of
the Hebrew laws were so unjust that their
presence in the popular Bible make it essen
tial that each clergyman and each Sunday
School teacher should spend much time in
explaining the relation of Mosaic things to
Christian atfairs-an explanation to be made
easier by a withdrawal of the cause. The
laws about women and slaves are particularly
unjust, and their presence in the good book
will always compllcate the inquiry: "What
is inspiration If, as almost all
Christian scholars admit, those laws
were the temporary statutes of a nation,
temporary compromises between a horrid
epoch and a kinder one in comparison,
that legal literature should have lapsed into
quletness along with the Hebrew, the Amorite
and Jubusite, and not to be spread out to-
day before our youth, as forming some part
of the divine truths to be believed. Besides
the savage injustice in some of these laws,
there is much that otfends against the refine
ment of our more civilized times. No min
lister, no family, dare read aloud all of the old
testament. 1t anne from a far-off time, and
jars like a discord upon the modern heart.
The Bible has already been deeply injured by
the timidity of its friends, that now, since the
rage of a new version has come, it is high
time a demand were made that the best of all
books be set free from some of the weights
which so impede its progress.
Other leaders will come along after a time
to make changes of a more radical nature,
and from their hands the Bible will come
ready to be the hand book of the Christians
of the next century. The bible will always
live aud always lead man.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-06-14
DR.. SPINNE
NO. Il KEARNEY STREET, |
Treats all Chronic ana special Dis,
YOUNG MEN
WHO May he Suffering from h

WHO May he Suffering from She ,
w of youthful follies pr indiscretion,
well to avail themselves of this, the a
boon ever laid at the altar of suffering ii
ity. DIR. SPINNEY will guarantee to iort
for every case of seminal weakness or d
disease of any kind or character which he
takes and fails to cure.
MIDDLE AGED MEN. f.
There are many at the age of thirty 10
who are troubled with too frequent evaca
of the bladder, often accompanied by al
smarting or burning sensation and a veal
of the system in a name the patient
account for. On examining the urinary
its a rop sediment will often be found
sometimes small particles of albumen vi
pear, or the color will be of a thin mllkS
again changing to a dark n torpid a
ance. There are many men who die of ti
ticnlty, ignorant of the cause, which is IL
ond stage of seminal weakness. DR.. {
guarantee a perfect cure In all such casd
a,healthy restoratin OF The genito- urina
eans.
Office hours 10 to / n 6 to 8. Sunday
10 to II a. m. Consultation free. Tholoui
animation and advice. IS.
Call or address, DIR. SP1NNEY q
No. II Kearneyl
my3wtf San Francisco.
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Produce Market Report,

froduce Market Report.
BUTTE, June1l, 1881.
The following are the wholesale prices
paid by merchants and hotel keepers for the
commodities enumerated, delivered from the
wagon. Price list carefully corrected eyery
Flour, Ruby Valley, xxx, $500 per cwt.
Mill Greek, xxx, $500"
Union Mills New Process Cream of the
Valley, 5000.
Union Mills xxx Snowflake, $4.75.
Utah, choice, $3.50.
Graham, So. {.
Wheat, per h., 8 cents, fair demand.
Oats, per h., p to 3 cents.
Butter, per h., 30 to 35 cents.
Eggs, per dozen, rs to so cents.
Corn meal, 8 to 81 cents
Beef, on foot, SC
Beets, none in market.
hay per ton, $3.50 to 1885, 90: in demand.
Fresh fish, 30 cents per pound.
Cheese, 16 to IS cents.
Barley, So 30 to 2 Is per hundred,
Dried beans, Montana, Gets.
Mutton, 8 cents per pound.
FORK, dressed, ID cents per pound.
veal, y cents per pound.
Chickens, $11.00 per dozen.
Wood, Sc per cord.
Rutabagas, &c.
Potatoes, 25c.
Onions, s to 10c.
Chopped feed 3 cents per pound
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Brain Weights.

The weight of the human brain, according
to a recently published work by the eminent
Munich anatomist, Professor Bischof, is on
an average 1852 grammes to a man and i219
grammes for woman. The difference between
the average brain weight Of man and woman
thus amounts to 143 grains or 10.5 per cent.
The braln-weight of man exceeds that of all
animals except the elephant (4500 grains)
and The larger Cetacs (2500). The BRAIN
weight of the largest ape is hardly one-third
of mans. Professor Bischoff has worked
with a considerable amount of material his
data comprise the weights of brain of $50
men and 34T nomenclature.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-06-14

Against the contingency of Illness by
with him Hostetter's Stomach Bitters,
casion o congratulate himself on his TO
when he sees others who have neglected
so sutfering from some one ofthe mala
which 1t is a remedy and preventive.
these are FEVER and ague, biltoHsness, &C
ton n rheumatism, diseases often al
upon a change of climate or unwonted
For sale by all druggists and dealers.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-06-14

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And when that blushing San Francisco
bride showed the check for a million to her
hnstand he burst into tears, and exclaimed
with intense feryor, Sand even this shall not
separate u.s."
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-10-13
SsIseteH s Story. s
Ill. Aj.SSET IT SiRiTOGA.

When the doctors recomm ended
six weeks at Saratoga to Reuben
Russct, they possibly didn't think
Of Pennis Joyce. Doctors are
apt to be men Of one idea. Mr..
Russet's digestive apparatus was
certainly out Of order; but little
Miss Joyce's heart-that was quite
another thing.
Mr.. Russet was q young the.
illogical student, with pale brown
hair, an intellectual face, and a
slight stoop in the shoulders
Pennie Joyce was farmers rose
checked daughter, the eldest Of a
large family Of children, and ono
Of those thrifty girls who under
stand the whole theory and prac-
tice of housekeeping from Alpha
to Omega. To become q minis
ter's wife was visible promotion
to her, and she exuIted in it, in her
quiet way. But to be separated
from him for six whole weeks
that was q trial.
The time will soon pass, my
love- said Reuben, in the slightly
pasronizing manner which he
affected toward Pennie.
Yes, I know it will, doar,' said
Pennie, valiantly trying to smile.
And I shall write every day
THAT will be so good Of you =
said Pennie.
and really, you know, Pennic,
man whose mission is to reach
the soul ought to have q little
knowledge Of human nature
Yes, of course assented the
girl.
And where can one obtain it
so we'll as at one Of these great
human hives where the fashion
able world congregates?'
TO be sure p said Pennie.
4 only wish you were going,'
he added, atfectionately.
Pennie sighed softly.
OF course that is out Of the
question:, said She.
Farmer Joyce shook his head
when be heard the dlctum Of the
medical maD.
'Saratogy, indeed!' said be. 4
don't believe Saratogy is bit
| botter than our spring down By
the maple grove. Id venture
Reub Russet'd be we'll enough If
| he'd 60 out and weed onions halt
an hour every morning; and be-
sides, I've neerd there's lot OF
| temptation at a place like Sara,
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-10-13

Mr.. Flood, one of the bonanza
miIIionaires, it is reported, means
to outshine Mr.. W. II. Vanderbilt
by erecting on Fifth avenue, New
York, house which will be larger
and more costly than the one now
being completed by the latter. AS
the estimated cost Of Mr.. Wander
bilt's house is s2,5OO,OO0, Mr..
Flood will have to put up great
many Of his silver bricks to out
shine Mr.. Vanderbilt.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-10-13

A Poor AppETITE.-A rather
seedy-looking customer came IN
to a restaurant or Austin avenue
and said to the proprietor, What
do you ask for nicely-cooked beef
steak, we'll done, with onions ?
twenty-five cents And the gra,
W 2 OK, we don't charge any
thing for the gravy. You don't
Tha's liberal. How much do you
charge for the dread 2 We throw
in tho bread ? Is it good bread :?
IL is so you throw in the
bread and gravy?' Certainly.
sTben bring me some bread and
gravy. It's not healthy to eat
meat in summer.'-Ter0s Sitlngs
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-10-13
JOB RDRKsVTAy'G
THE MAN IN THE MOON.

|
| The disk Of the moon, as is very
apparent. is not of uniform bright
ness, but is diversified by dark
areas here and there. These dark
areas are so arranged as to repre-
sent the eyes, nose and mouth Of
a human being, and the whole
disk represents, passabiy well. a
human face. Not all people, how
ever, can see this resemblance.
Some who cannot see the face can
see a man and d woman carrying
between them a bucket of water.
The man stands on the left side of
| the disk, the woman on the right.
10 some the dark spaces appear
to have the same shape as North
and South America, as if the
Western Continent was reflected
n the moon.
The Tartars sec moro of these.
but their man in the moon is a
Wood-cutter, bearing on his back
a huge bundle of wood and sup
porting himself with a staff. The
japanese see the form of rabbit
in sitting posture. His long
ears stand erect, and before him is
large mortar. In bis forepaws
be holds pestlc, with which be is
grinding rice after the manner of
the Japanese.
The Emperor Rodolph, who of.
ten observed the moon with the
astronomer, kepler, saw upon it
the image of Italy. The ancie nts
recognized the rcsem blance of the
moon to the human face, for the
historian Plutarch wrote a trea-
tise contradicting the vulgar idea.
Great fools,' said he, ARE they
who think that they see a face on
the moon. That which-they think
they see is an illusion. 1t is
caused by fatigue Of the eye,
which makes light and shade
where there is only uDiformity.'
How greatly he was mistaken
was shown afterwards, when the
telescope was invented. Under
the powerful eye Of this instru-
ment the surface of the moon ex-
hibits anything but uniformity.
1t equals in roughness the rough
est portion Of the earth's surface.
Huge mountain craters are scat
tered over the disk, and within
many Of these are smaller noun.
tains. Deep chasms and high
ridges are abundant. From some
of the mountains, long rays ex-
tend in every direction like
streams Of lava.
The telescope dispels all those
emblances which are so ap-
parent to the naked eye. but even
with this aid not all people see
alike. One likens the moon to
green cheese, while another
thinks it resembles a body Of
water frozen over with the rifles
on its surface, and the craters are
air-boles in the ice. Another
simile, perhaps the most ridicu-
lous of all, is that Of a pot Of boil
ing mush, the craters being the
bubbles Of air as they come up
and burst on the surface. Some
see only cold, dcsoIate, dead
planet, Incapable of supporting
life Of any kind, while others see
valleys, streams. canals and other
characteristics Of mother earth.
T Gin. Commercial.
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THE FALL OF THE YEAR

THE FALL OF THE NEAR.
| Coldv and bright draws in the day;
Gloomy and drear it steals away;
; For slowly now comes up the sun,
| His summers ardent laborS done;
Aud low his golden wheel declines
| Where Winter shows his starry signs.
! No more to earth the fervid beams
Give beauty such as poet dreams;
No more deScendS the glorious ray,
The rapture Of the summer day.
The sky'S deep blue is waxing pale,
The suns inspiring feryorS fail;
The slanting beam he gives is chill
Within the vale and on the hill;
And now with many a jealous fold,
The clouds would all his cheer withhold,
Nor would on plain or height bestow
The soothing of his waning glow.
The flowers are gone, save those that still
Like friends who ceave to US through i'll,
OOlu!df bIetSi hitAtA SA ~ OIN"S3
And deck their season to its close.
The leaves that late were only stirred
BY gentlest breath, that only heard
The song-bird's note, round these the blast
Blows keen aad fierce, and rude and fast
The rising gale Aings far and vide
Their withered bloom and idle pride.
The birds have fed; the wind alone
Makes song in many Suilen tone.
But sudden through the bursting sky
The sun again comes out on high;
The clouds fall back to Weld him way.
And fly before his eager ray;
And gla6neSS fill the breast amain.---
The glimpse Of summer come again!
All! sweet the beam, but like tue smile
With which the dying would begnile
The mourning heart-the last sad ray
Love gives to cheer our tears away.
The light is gone, the moments bloom
Is sunk again in cold and gloom.
So pass away all things of earth,
Whate' er we prize of love and worth
The form once dear; the VOICE that cheered;
The friends by many tie endeared;
The dreams the aching heart forgetS;
The hopes that fade in cold regrets.
Sweet scenes, dear haunts, that once knew
My heart yet fondly turns to you.
Let seasons. change and be We bright
With all the summer-tide's delight,
Or let the winters gloom be yours,
Your beauty still for pe endures;
For memory keeps unfaded yet
What Love would have me not forget.
Chambers Journal.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-10-13

Two or three days passed, auG
still Reuben Russet could not
? bring himself to tell Pennie Joyce
about the Saratoga hciress, with
the purple-blue eyes and the low,
silver. .syllabIed voice.
Pennie watched him, wistfuily.
He is changed she admitted
to herself; but Of course | could
hardly expect him always to be
just the same. Only-only-
And the tears came into Pen
nie's eyes, she scarcely knew why,
and she blamed herself for being
such a foolish little goose
! But one suItry evening, Mr..
Russet did force himself to write
the letter--a vague, mysterious
sort of missive: containing only
one pain tact-that be was en-
! gagged to Miss Gushington Cor
, don.
And, as he wrote it, he felt
more and more what q fatal mis-
take be had made in giving up
Pennie Joyce's true, womanly
heart for the artificial smiles Of
the Saratoga belle.
AS be folded and sealed it, the
landlady's little boy banded in
the evening mail-two papers and
a letter.
A letter from one Ernest Val
dez, whose acquaintance be had
made at Sarataga-an idle, good
humored young fellow, with no
BARN in him, and a deal Of latent
good.
Mr.. Valdez wrote:
we are all progressing much
the same as ever. We drink the
waters, we criticise the music, we
watch for the incoming trains.
By the way, you surely haven't
forgotten that tall girl at your
house, with the curious pansy-
colored eyes and tho magnificent
ly-dyed hair? Miss Gushington
Gordon, you know? Well, she
has turned out a hum bug-an i'm
positicn-a stupendous fraud. 1t
seems she is only lady 's-maid,
the whole time, aud she has been
skiIifuIly m"squeradlng IN her
mistress wardrobe, during that
lady's absence at the <ick-b Yt 4
dying relation.
Mrs. Montague has come back
the 'daw in borrowed feathers
has been stripped Of her gay pIu-
mage, and Miss Gushington Cor
don, with her imitation diamonds,
aud secondhand airs and graces
has disappeared entirely from the
arena.
Some say she has been arrested ;
others declare that Mrs. Montague
has forgiven her, on condition Of
her retiring to her native place,
in an obscure English town. At |
all events, she has vanished from
the stage Of action, and the places
that knew her once now know
her no more
Three or four closely-wrIttcn
pages of gossip and clever satire
followed, but Reuben Russet never
paused to glance at these. lie
sprang from his chair with an
exclamation Of relief.
Thank Providence = be exclaim-
ed, that | am no longer bound to
that false hearted, hollow pre-
tender! Little Pennie is worth
ten thousand Of her
He tore up the letter Of con-
fession, and went straight to
spend the evening at the Joyce
farmhouse, and innocent little
Pennie never knew how nearly
that season at Saratoga had cost
her her lover.
AS for Reuben Russet, he is a
wiser if not a sadder man. And
be wants no more lessons in hu-
man nature.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-10-13

1 dare say, said Pcnnle, with
mild superiority, for some people
But Reuben is above that sort O:
thing
'Humph ? said Farmer Joyce
1 amt so sure of that
Father, how can you?' cried
the indignant girl, bristlipg ur
like hen-canary.
Human natur' is human natur
whether it's at Saratogy or any
other place, stoutly maintained
the farmer.
Mr.. Russet went to Saratoga
and took rooms at fashionable
clearinghouse, near the Hathorn
spring. lie walked up and down
the shaded paths with two lit
tie devotional books, Of a morning,
! listened to the band, and studied
out telling sentences for possible
! sermons, in the afternoon, and
edged himself modestly into the
glittering bathrooms of the mon-
ster hotels at night, when the Ger
man WAS in full career.
Merely to study my fellow-crea-
turesr said Mr.. Russet, as he ad-
justed his eyeglasses.
Such a delightful study = said
Miss Gusbington Gordon, wao
blazed with jewels, and wore long
trained skirts, such as Mr.. Russet
never had beheld at Raspberry
Vale.
Miss Gushington Gordon had
the best rooms at the house, the
largest wardrobe, and the most
brilliant necklaces. Rumor called
her q great heiress, and Mr.. Rus
set found her very agreeable.
She had big, purple-blue eyes,
hair Of the real Roman gold, a
complexion which was undeniably
a work of art, and a soft, lauguid
voice, whose syllables dropped
from her lips like g!obules Of sill
yer.
Life is such a vacuum said Miss
Gushington Gordon.
Ny experience exactly!' said
the young theological student,
who was fast losing his head.
"A: least, corrected the beauty,
i have always found it so until
now. Bu, your grand grasp Of
subjects, Jour reading Of the book
of existence has somehow awak-
ened me to q new sense OF things
Mr.. Russct grew red to the
very roots Of his hair, with a
pleasurable tingling.
4 am but too proud he STAN.
mered, If I have succeeded in un-
raveIing any problem which,
;Oh!' cried Miss Gushington
Gordon, have | said too much ?
Pray, pray forgive my impulsive.
ness! I am the creature of emo
tion!'
She put out little, sparkling
hand with bewitching frankness to
the spectacled student. Mr.. Russet
gave it a gentle pressure, and for
got to drop it again.
That was the first day that be
omitted to write to little Penelope
Joyce, at the red farmhouse in
Raspberry Vale.
She won't be so foolish as to
expect a letter by every mall he
said, a little impatlently.
At the end of the six weeks he
came home. Pennie met him at
the railway station, with her dim
pied lips put up for a kiss.
4 may as we'll tell you, at once,
Pennie-' he began.
But Just then Deacon Oberne
came up, with that vise-Iike hand
grip Of his, and there was no
chance 10 say more until they
parted at the crossroads by the
mill.
'Perhaps it is just as WE'LL said
the theological student, to him
self. 'I'll write to her that have
oL,,,o1 ,ov mind an6 a0paUe6
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-10-13

DRAMATIC NoTE.-When he re-
turned TO his seat in the theatre
and said be had just stepped out
to see some one: she gravely re
sponded, 1t must have been the
Evil One;' and when the young
man asked If she saw the cloven
foot she turned up her pretty
nose and said, No, but I smell the
Glove in BREATH
lNea1 Havsn Register.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-10-13

People never attack religion out
when they have an interest to at
tack it.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-10-13

A woman out West threshed
$50 bushels Of wheat last year
and probably her husband into
the bargain.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-10-13

If slander be a snake it is q
winged one; it flies as we'll as it
creeps.