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The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-12-07
The Dying Miner.
A TRUE STORY

Twenty miles from camp, and night
approaching. A young home mission.
airy, working for his Master in one of the
mining communities of Colorado. found
himself in this situation one day. and
was beginning to look about him for a
desirable place in which to spend the
night, when, little way ahead, he
deserted rude cabin.
Approaching nearer, he saw it was
one of the poorest of these rough hab-
ltatlons, and much of the "chinkinp''
between the logs had fallen out render
ing the place additionally uncomfort-
able.
"Such place as that is surely desert
ed, said the young minister to himself;
rather sleep out of doors, tonight, than
inside that shell, even if it should prove
to be inhabited by one who would make
me welcome.
AT that moment, the sound of song
toated out through the openings between
the logs, and our traveller stopped his
horse to listen to the mans weak voice
singing that dear old home-song-" The
Home of the Soul"
"Oh, that home of the soul in nv visions
and dreams
Its bright, jasper walls c&n see,
Till | fancy but dimly the veil intervenes
Between that fair city and me"
were the words which reached the ear of
the listener outside.
must see the man who can sing like
that in such place as this" thought the
missionary, riding up to the cabin and
alighting from his horse.
a feeble "Comel" came from within.
in answer to his knock; and entering,
he found himself in the one small room
OF the cabin, which was almost destitute
of furniture.
In one corner, rude bedstead had
been constructed of boards and rude
pieces OF timber, on which some old
blankets were spread and on this hard
bed lay man, evidently very near to
death.
dying alone, in this situation, TWEEN
ty miles from the nearest camp, still his
look into the beyond seemed SO clear, so
real, that the language of the hymn he
teebly sang was indeed the language of
his heart, said the missionary, as he re-
lated the incident afterward. "He died
that night, and [ have never ceased to
feel thrill of thankfulness whenever I
think of him, that 1 was belated that
day, and so enabled to be with that man
when the end came. Surely that which
SATISFIES man, when dying in the midst
OF such surroundings, is not thing to be
lightly rejected. When a young man
leaves the home of his boyhood, he can
not afford to leave the religion of Christ,
too. Golden Dovs.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-12-07

One of the most frequent ADVERTISING
signs which meets the gaze in London
being everywhere displayed in shop win
dows, on dead walls, and from the sides
OF the passing omnibuses-and which is
now also becoming conspicuous in New
York, is that of the new beverage known
as "Zoedone," of which it is said that
not less than six millions of BOTTLES were
drunk In England during the last twelve
months. The amazing popularity of this
article, as well as of the rival beverages,
Sparkling Hygeia" and Sparkling
Phosphate, has encouraged the forma,
ton OF a company in England for the
manufacture of non-alcoholic drinks of
the same character as "Zoedone." the
use OF which, it is expected, will diminish
the sale OF Intoxicating liquors. These
new articles it is understood, have for
their basis the pure Juice of fruits. and it.
is claimed for them that they POSSESS the
most remarkable tonic properties. AM
thing that will supplant whisky and
beer IN the popular estimation is GER
talnly to be welcomed as an effective
agent in the temperance cause. We
doubt, however, whether "Zoedone" ond
it's rivals, which are at the most bnt .
slight variation from soda water or oinoer
ale, will be found sufficiently stinnn7ating
for the taste Of the drinker. and wbetbe2
the large consumption which has already
been noted does not come mainly from
those who have hitherto contented them
selves With Christian Union.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-12-07

The FoRTNIGHTLY REVIEW for November Con
tents:
How is the Law to be Enforced in Ireland
Antonio Rosmini; The Future of Islam The
King and Early Civil Justice The Deliyerer
Salmon Fisheries; The. History and Future of
Interest and Profit; Home and Foreign Affairs
also, The Freres, by Mrs. Alexander.
New York George Munro, publisher.
WIDE AWAKE for December has the following
contents
Frontispiece-In December; Bob's Father
Griselda in Pound; To-Day Going into Winter
Quarters Sharon; Wee Willie Wrinkle. How
Alice Spent Twenty. FIVE Dollars On the Farm
In II, Winter; A Truly Church Having His own
Way; Prince Puss in Boots; The Baby's Els.
capade Hitty's Last School; Polly Cologne
The Chlldren's Prize Pictures; Tangles; Magma
charta Stories Ways to do Things Door Z ard
Folks; Old Ocean; Little Biographies; The
55ravelllpg Law School; Health and Strength
Papers; What to do About it
ID. Lothrop Co., publishers, Boston.
CONTENTS OF ST.. NICHOLAS FOR CHRISTMAS, 1881
Frontispiece-" The Kings Favorite" En-
graved by /. Cole after the painting By Zama
co.'s Cap and Bell Misunderstanding
Jingle; The Little Beggers Button hole Bon
quet-Poem; Hermann the Brave; Donald
and Dorothy The Ballard of Babette-Poem
Oh, Carry Me to College-Jingle; An Angel in
an Ulster; The Model Master0Jingle; Stories
of Art and Artists" Raphael" What Makes
the Grasses Grow Poem; Five Little Mice
Jingle; The Poor Counts Christmas; Little
Polly,s Voyage-Poem; The Seasons-Pictures !;
Recolleetions of Drummer boy The Hoosier
School boy; A Tragedy-Scene l.; Scene II. !;
FL Fun at Grandmapma's; A Hundred Years Ago !;
The Poet who Could mt write Poetry-Verses
Stories from the Northern Myths; The Nervous
Little Man-Verses; A Remarkable Fight; The
Runaway Prince The Magic Pen
Operetta-Concluded For Very Little Folk
Two pages of Sihouettes Jack in the-Pulpit
Deacon Green's Offer-One Hundred New One
Dollar Bills; The Letter box The Riddle-box
Inc above articles are nearly all illustrated.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-12-07

The Constantinople correspondent of
the Do.!y Nea0s telegraphed as follows
Application has been made here to obtain
from the Porte grant of land in Syria.
to be allotted to the Jews who wish 70.
emigrate from countries where thew are.
being prosecuted. In order to encourage
Jewish families to engage in Agriculture
1t is proposed to open up means of com.
munication by the construction of roads
tramways and railways, and to establish
colonies in blocks of land around the
railway station. The project has been
initiated by some English and German
gentlemen, who by their influence and
financial strength are able to carry out
the undertaking, and who are willing to.
give any profits which may arise beyond
the sum necessary to make the undertake
ing work satisfactorily to the Government.
The Council of Ministers has accepted the
application in principle, and the project
Is now being examined in detail. The
Sultan is reported to be favorablv dis
posed towards the scheme, which beside
benetitlng the prosecuted Jews, would
also be a source of new revenues to the
Imperial Treasury. As the traditional
Pollcy OF the Porte has been to protect
the II jews, it is by no means improbable
that this project will receive the imperial
sanctlon.-Ihe JeaOish Chronicle.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-12-07
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

What numberless perplexities, and
difficulties, and dangers shall we escape
by having our conversation in heaven
and thereby making God our Refuge and
Strength? Many cares and temptations
under which we now sink will at once
vanish away if we consider ourselves as
citizens of heaven, and if our only Joy is
that our names are written there. But
how can we expect that heaven should
be our portion hereafter unless our heart
and our treasure are there now?
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-12-07

A scientific journal explains in long
article "How thunder-storms come up. :"
We haven't read the article, but we
know how they come up. They wait
until the Sunday School picnic reaches
the grove and gets fairly to business at
copenhagen, swinging, Irritation, croquet
and other innocent games, and their thew
come up like thunder and lightning. It
takes the average thunderstorm not
more than ten minutes to come up in the
neighborhood of picnic.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-12-07

An old fellow whose daughter had
tailed to secure position as teacher, in
consequence of not passing an examina-
ton, said "They asked her lots of
things she didn't know. Look at the
history questions They asked her about
things that happened before she was
born? How was she going to know
about them? Why they asked her
about old George Washington and other
men she never knew? That was a
pretty sort Of examination
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-12-07

SAINT PAUL's VISION and Other Sermons by the
Rev. Eugene Bersier Pastor of + Eglise dc Z
Etoile, Paris. Translated by Marie Stewart.
New York A. D. f. Randolph & Co. limo.
Pp. 2S3. Price $3.50.
Did you never feel curiosity to know how
the great preachers Of other lands preach and
what they preach Did you never feel desire
TO have the opportunity of comparing them with
the preachers Of your own land? There are diff
ierent envirOnments-df different ways Of looking
at questions-different Issues on the continent Of
Europe, from those which prevail in the United
States
The present volume contains ten sermons by
one OF the most distinguished Of the Protestant
ministers of France in this day. NJ Bersier was
descended from pious family. He came to the
United States in 1850, and was Hospitality re.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-12-07

II you feel the need of having a pistol
IN your pocket, you are miserable cow
ard If you are afraid to 90 down the
street unarmed, you had better get vour
grandmother with her knitting needles
to go with you. A pistol is the meanest
and most Internal weapon ever invented
1t is the weapon of a sneak. wonId as
soon carry toad in my vest pocket.
ReU. I, De Wit TuZ,1noe
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-12-07

Proof positive. Wife (who has been
sitting up We'll, this is a pretty
time to come home Four o'clock f.
Husband (who has taken nothing but
one glass, OF a curious compound spoken
OF, by himself, as "Whiskanwarra y :
VIVA you mean, madam, by fork
lockY Unfort'nly for you, madam. it
s 81 appens, oourioulenuf, l parish d
Trinity, madam, and heard it strike one
(hlc) several times, madam"
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-12-07

PEARLS FROM THE EAST: Stories and Incidents
from Biblical History. By Rev. Richard New
ton d. D.. Philadelphia: American Sunday
School Union.
This is beautifully illustrated volume, and
is Just the book for the children as Christmas
present
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-12-07

The MISSIONARY HERALD for December is re-
celved Always full of interesting NATTER
Boston: American Board Commissioners for
Foreign Missions
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-12-07

The SPRAG Boy; or, Faithful in the Least. By
Helen b: Williams: Philadelphia: American
Sunday School Union. 1Smo. Pp. 40.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-12-07

The SANITARIAN for December. A Monthly
Magazine Devoted to the Preservation of
Health, Mental. and Physical Culture. A. N.
Bell, AN, Md, Editor. 113 Fulton Street,
New York
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-12-07

Every accepted prayer is not an i'm
mediately answered prayer.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-12-07

be ., lost by Indian doctors in repeating
the process adopted by NJ Lacerda with
ms dogs upon the victimIof serpent-bite.
London Daily Teleqraph.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-10-25
It Was q Plot.

The New York Herald prints the follow
ing: at it had not been for Sergeant Ma
sons hurry said a soldier of the Second ar
%tillery, "Guiteau would have been out of
the way by this time. We had arranged
everything" said he, :and would have car
ried out our plan on The mig t following.
Mason's individual fire had nothing to do
with us, and indeed it broke up the whole
thing. for that night he was removed to a
cell where no one could shoot him from the
ousiLe if they warted to-" Tn soldier
then detailed all the preliminaries in regard
to II e organization of the conspiracy. Said
he to the Herald correspondent: " Now that
the whole thing is a matter of the past, l
will tell You all about it. We were sick Of
the duty we were doing-guardlng the Jail,
and being requested to remain on the out
side. One OF .he nou-cninmissiOIed officers
suggested that, as Guiteau would be hanged,
We might as well shoot him and thus avoid
the trouble and expense Of trying him. That
evening at supper one of the men asked him
if he was serious about it, and at least a
d"zen said they would lake part III it. The
plan was Some morning or evening when
We were relieved from guard duty for the
whole party to march as near the Jail as We
could get, and then go through some KIND of
a drill St, as to attract Guitteau's attenti III 70
rs. We would go through the form of load
ing ami unloading, and then at a signal the
whole party were to let 90 a. Guitteau. The
whole crowd hiring together "e would all be
equally guilty, and none of us would even
know which of us fired the ball which took
effect. mason heard of il III some way, and
so as to steal the credit from US fired at him
alone. H. missed him. Had we all worked
together aud fired together, one ii us would
have certainly killed him, and the chance,
are that none ct lis would ever have received
any punishment for it,.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-10-25

The l4ondon Times, III sp1aking of the com
lag CT ,ebration at YurktoWu says I'VE have
quite as much reason as Americans to share
their centenary Thanksgiving, since that
event only forced The government TO arknowl-
edge what everybody knew--.lat The war
that they We're waeing was hop less" The
English people lave much more cause than
that to look with complacenCy upon York
town In q large se.lse lhc lat H. Of British
as we'll as American liberty was being fought
in our revolutionary war. Th Cause OF Egg
lish freedom was materially increased by it.
Many Englishmen al the time felt the cause
to be their own. All that iarse body Of people
whom Lord Chatham represented rrjoiced in
the defeat of the principle which the thr' he
in the time of the Georges was bent upon
sustaining. .Stbj-c ed TO the pressure which
was laid upon the American colonies, the
English people would have been very likely
to compel the house of Brunswick to follow
the example of the Stuarts.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-10-25

BIZ I'VE in Boomerang.

Bill Nye in boomerang.
A number OF years ago there was a stam-
pede over on Bush Creek, beyond Last
Chance, where there was some placer dig
gings, and three or four of us loaded up .
erub-staks and went over there. Albert
Walkers was one Of the outfit, and he took
along 4, big hoarse jackass that was called
Prima Donna. We packed our grub on
Prilna Donna, and our blankets and cooking
! utensils on q smaller jack that We called b.
laam. Some times BALKAN would wander of
to W ndward, and the Prima Donna would
! drift off to leeward, and when we got ready
to camp the grub would be in southern Wy
oming, and the bedding would be in northern
Colorado. This interfered = good deal with
the harmony of the trip, for we were all the
time tormented with doubts about whether
we'd follow Balaan and the pillow-shams or
take the direction of Prims Donna and the
grub. One day we left the camp and pros
pscted till dark, and when we got back the
Prima Donna had sampled the supplies. No
body knows, unless he passed through it,
what a mournful wreck = healthy jackass can
make Of . grub-stske if he turns his attention
that way. Albert felt grieved and hurt. When
a man has worked hard all day and comes
home to find his bill of fare gone, he loses his
self-control. So Albert tied the Prima Don
ma to q little cottonwood, and wore out an old
~pick-handle on her. Well, one day Albert
went up on the side of the canyon to bring
down some traps, and among the rest a big
bear-skin, so he took the Prima Donna
and as fat as a postal card. Albert laid it
on the Prima Donna, with the legs sticking
out four different ways from Sunday. and the
bears nose sticking forward between the
Prima Donna's ears. Going down hill the
bearskin showed forward so that most Of its
weight was on the Prima Donna's bump Of
ideality. l never saw q jackass that seemed
so excited and apparently so cursed with =
vague unrest as she was. She wante some
one that she could 60 to with her great sor-
thy. So she came dow where l was with a
bunch Of horses. The horses bad met the
Prima Donna before. Most all of them had
pieces kicked out by her, and the places
hadn't got we'll yet. They didn't seem to De
so tickled to see her as she thought they
would be They saw her coming through
the timber with a bears head looking out
between her ears, and they went away.
There didn't seem 10 be any delay or hesita-
tion about it. They seemed to think the
crisis had arrived, and they just simply lit
out. The Prima Donna had something on
her mind that she wanted TO communicate,
so she went with them. She yearned to
pour out her woes to them and be soothed.
She wanted to look up into their eyes and
toll them her LIES sorrow, so she went along
t''em. Some of that band of horses
are going yet. 1t was only about sixty miles
into town, and re thought a little vigorous
walk after our s~edentary lite would do us
good. So we walked in. When We would
get fatigued, we would sit down by the road
and recall some pleasant reminisc-l ces of
the Prima Donna and it seemed to do lis
good.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-10-25
How to Estimate Ore on Sight

The following found in an exchange may
prove valuable TO miners who desire to know
how much ore they have in sight:
One cubic foot of lead ore weighs 474
pounds; thus a vein Of galena, or lead ore,
one foot wide, six feet high, and six feet long
Otherwise a fathom) will produce eigh hit tons
five hundred and thirty two pounds, or a vein
one and one half inches wide will net one
ton OF ore per fathom; three inches wide two
tons; six inches four tons, etc. This rule
will be . safe guide to estimate by.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-10-25

CAirI.i J y SniI.'iE ,
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The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-10-25

I wish To inform my patrons. and the public
Of Mcntana generally, that I have ordered q
Solar Gamers, and expect 1t here shortly, to be
used in making the large copies that agents are
eanvassing for, called "EnlArgements."
You can save by waiting and not giving your
orders, and Sc nding your money out of the
country, about one-half, and get work equal TO
II not better.
l hsve had experience In that branch OF ar
tistic photography, and I studied drawing and
portrait painting In oil four years 1t the British
School OF Art, London, England. and feel my
you work equal. II not better. and save your
Agents Fees, Travelling Expenses And Ship
ping. that yon have had ~ pay. Mine will BE-
kinds of photographs made II my gallery, Main
street, Boxeman, next door 10 DR.. Osborn's drug
store. ~
Give me q call and get satisfaction for your
money. j. ] BENNETT, Artist.
octi-w2m
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-10-25
WILL HE Rns1oNq
Further Allegations Concerning
General Manager Haupt.

The Chicago Tribune, referring to the ru-
mors first published by it that General Mama
ger Haupt, of the North Pacific, was to re-
sign, and that S. r. Galloway, Of the Grand
Trunk, was 70 take his place, publishes Mr..
Calloway's card denying his igrsrance Of the
change, and says: "It must be said in JUS
tice to Mr.. Galloway that he had nothing to
do with the publication Of the item in ques-
ton, and he may not have had an offer OF
the position, yet the information came to the
Tribune from . reliable source. 1t is posi-
lively claimed by parties who are supposed
to be we'll pnsted that Efforts have been made
to induce General Manager Haupt to resign
his position, aud that the name Of Mr.. CAL
loway has been canvassed by the present
owners Of the road as . suitable person for
the place. 1t is even asserted that . bonus
of $4,000 has been offered to General Mana
ger Haupt if he would consent to resign.
General Haupt has q five years contract with
the North Pacific and he cannot be retired
unless he voluntarily does SO. The reason
why the present owners Of the North Pacific
desire Mr.. Haupt to retire from the manage
ment of the road is not because he has
proved in any way inefficient, Oh the con-
trary, it is generally admitted that he has
made an able and efficient general manager.
But he was appointed by Mr.. Billings, the
former president Of the road, and the Willard
people, who are now in control. desire to
have the road managed by a man OF
their own appointment. 1t is their de.
sire to have Vice President 7. F. Oakes
assume general control of the business affairs
of the property, and then appoint a general
manager or general superintendent to take
charge of the operating departments. Mr.
Galloway has the reputation Of being an ex-
cellent operating man, and it is, therefore,
not strange that the Northern Pacific people
should desire to secure his services for that
position. While it is probable hat Mr..
Haupt will insist upon keeping his place dur
ing the continuance of his contract, yet it
seems more likely that he will not stick to a
position in which he is not required, and in
view Of the liberal inducement which it is
claimed has been offered him it 10 fair to pre-
sumo that he will soon step down and out"
1t Is probably upon the strength of the
above rumor that = Montana journal gives
publicity to a report that Geuerat Haupt vi
succeed General Anderson as chief engiue. r
of the road. The same paper states that "Mr
Billings still controls the road as Mr.. Willard
has not paid for the stock he procured from
the former gentleman"
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-10-25

Haidee sends in a poem beginning:
=. Ny brain is pulyerixed with woe;
My heart rs STEPPED In sorrow;
And deaths dark beam may DER me fiow
Before this time tomorrow.
The wave of agony and pain
Are oundm me fercely beating.
Because INV John took Mary Jane
Pendennis home from meeting
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-10-25

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