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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-03-25
How Auigators Hat.

An alligator's throat is an animated
sewer. Everything which lodges In bis
open mouth goes down. He Is u lazy
dog, and, instead Of hunting for some
thing to eat, he let's his victuals hunt for
him. That is, he lies with his great
mouth open, apparently dead. like the
'possum. Soon a bug crawls into It,
then fly, then several gnats and col
ony Of mosquitoes. The alligator don't
close his mouth yet! He il waiting for
whole drove Of things. He does his
eating by wholesale. A little later a
lizard will cool himself under the shade
Of the upper jaw. Then a few frogs
will hop up to catcl, the mosquitoes.
Then more mosquitoes and gnats light
on the frogs. Finally whole village "f
insects and reptiles settle down for an
afternoon picnic. Then all ut once
there is an earthquake. The big jaw
falls, the alligator blinks one eye, gulps
down the entire mcnagerie, and opens
his great front door again for more Wis.,
it ,rs."
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-03-25
Conversational Hints.

I'VE mortals." says George Eliot,
''should chiefly like to talk to e:'cl, 9th
or out Of g.nnl will and fellowship, not
for the sake of hearing revelations or
being stimulated by witticisn,s, and l
have usually found that It is the rather
dull person who appears to Ike disguised
with his contemporaries because they
are not always strikingIy original, and
to satisfy whom the party ut a country
house should have included the PrOph-
1t Isaiah, Plato, Francis Racon and
Voltaire. 1t is always your heaviest
bore who is astonished at the tameness
If modern celebrities. Naturally, for Il
little of his company has reduced them
to state of flaccid fatigue. 1t is right
and meet that there should Ike an album
dant utterance Of gOtH1, sound common
places. Part of an agreeable takers
charm is that he lets them fall c0ntin-
ually with no more than their due emf
phasis. Giving pleasant voice to what
we are all we'll assured of, makes u sort
Of wholesome air for more special and
dubious remark to move in.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-03-25
New York aaxty-Five Years Ago.

1t will te sixty-fivc years next Fourth
of July since Dewitt Clinton broke
ground for the canal, and the progress
which the city has made since then is
suggested by = curious book Of contem-
m,rury date. I refer to "Blunt's Pic
lure If New York" published in 1917:
From this learn that the population Of
the city had then reached the surprising
number of lOO,6l9. New York ut tl'at
time contained four daily morning pa-
pers. the Merchant .4lrerfi~er, the Nc
aonal Advocate, the Daily Advertiser
and the Morning. Gd=efte-all Of which
long since were discontinued: The last
mentioned, however, survived until
1870, and can remember some Of Its
closing issues. The Staten Island steam
ferry made two trips per day-fare four
shilings-while Brooklyn was reached
by n steam ferry with four trips every
hOur-:are six cents. The fare to Pltla-
delDhia was $3.50, and tn Albany s. per
steamboat, and Those who were afraid to
take the latter are informed that sioor
sails for the same city daily, the fare be-
Ing $rNcw York L0rr. Troy Times.
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Produce Market Report

Butte, NJ. r., March ~, 1882.
The following are the wholesale prices
paid by merchants and hotel keepers, for
the commodities enumerated, delivered
from the wagon. Price list carefully
every Saturday.:
Flour, Ruby Valley, XNXX, S3.7i
per cWt.
Mill Creek, NXXX, 1919
l~rcwt.
Mill Greek, New 1'rocc.ss, $l.35.
Gallttin. 81. - lcr cwt.
Union Mills, New PrOcCss, Cream Of
the Valley, 81 M
Union Mills XNNN Snowflake, $500
Utah Common. $50
Utah Choice. S:'.75.
Graham, $4.Ml
Wheat per H., 2: cts, irtlenland.
Oats, S:3:.71'rs $50.
Ruttcr, per H., ~ cts.
Eggs, per dozen, 100, 80 cts.
Corn Meal, ~.
Beef, On foot, )! cts.
Bce,s, 3: cts. perth.
Hay per ton, S3::;t., -.
Cheese, -: - cts.
Barley, $33.:IN' 2.755 lrrcwt.
Dried LEANS, Montana, I cts.
Pork, dressed, II! cts. per IL.
Veal, cts. per IL.
Chickens, 50 ~ ST. per dom.
Wood, 81. e. -. In demand.
Rutabagas, ? cts. per H..
Potatoes, 81. 75c' 300 r cwt.
Sausage, Is cts. per IL.
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A Personal EketCh Of George W
OAhlo.

The February A3Clrinfer Ccnfury con.
taius frOntispiece p0rtrait. engraved
by Cole, Of the author of ''Old Creole
Days." and 1.-THE Grandissin,es." and y
study of his life and writings, by Col.
George f.. Waring, Jr., In which we
find the following peil-(ortratt Of the
novelist aud some account OF MS
family:
Personally, Mr.. Cable is a small,
slight, fragile-loOkinx man, thirty-sev'n
years old. He il erect, bright and
frank, with u strong head, and u rcfin-
ed, gentle face. His hair and beard are
dark, and his large hazel eyes are ex-
pressive,-happily more often Of nIerri-
ment than Of sadness, though they are
capable of becoming sad eyes, too.
\ young author should be accorded
the privilege Of having his more init
mate biography withheld until his ca
rrer il finished, but 1t can I've no unWel-
come invasion Of Mr.. Cable privacy to
SAY that he is happily married, that he
has four charming little girls, and that
he lives in higl-pOrchc;i, broad vcrsan-
.lahe.i house. somewhat after the mani
ncr Of the Grandissime>' mansion we
know 50 well, and situated lar up in the
''Garvien District" of New Orleans.
What is Of more Legitimate interest to
the ,n,l,lic. and more important as u
study of character, is the combination
Of inhcritancts and Of circumstances
which have helped to make hini what
he is. lie is descended on his fathers
side from colonial Eirg: MAN family,
and on the mothers from tile old New
England stock. The two branches same
together in Indiana, wllerr his father
and mother were married IN 1881, ana
whence they removed to- New Orleans
after the financial crisis Of 1887. In
New Orleans, Mr.. Cable prt'spcred in
commercial pursuits until some time at-
ter the birth Of the su; jcct ofthis sketch.
In 1859 after u second dli~:,str O,,s failure,
the father died, leaving the fallily 80 ~
ducetl I'm circumstance that young Cable
was obliged to leave school ut the age Of
fourteen to aid in their support. From
this time until 1877; he was usual, enl-
ployed 40 q clerk. Although then in
his nineteenth year he was such
y tiny and youthful-looking lad
that his sisters, when sent beyond the
lines for refusing tO take the oath Of al-
legiance, had no difficulty in obtaining
permission to take their ''little brother"
with them. Once within the COntetler-
acy, the valiant youth volunteered, and
vas mustered into Colonel Wilburn's
Fourth Mississippi cavaly, of General
Writ Adams brigade. The expert
ences of the fled and the rude life Of the
camp produced n marked change In tho
hitherto guy disposition Of the young
recruit. He Is described IN having been
a gM,d soldier, scrupulO,.sly olservant
of discipline, always ut his post, and al
ways courageous and daring. During
day4 of inactivity, he employed his
leisure hours in making IL critical study
Of the Bible, in working out problems
in the higher branches Of mathematics.
and in keeping up his knowledge OF
Latin grammar. In ono of his engage
lllents he received u serious wound In
the left armpit, n,akinga narrow escape
with his life.
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"Of what Is the surface Of the earth
co,rposed:"
"Of corner lots, mighty poor roads,
fields and skating rinks."
"What portion Of the globe IL water?"
"About three-f0urtlls. Sometimes
they add little gin and nutmeg to It,"
''Whst In u town."
"A town IL . considerable collectt IN
Of houses and inhabitants, with four or
five men to run the party and lend
money ut Is per cent Interest"
"What is city,"
"a city IL an incorporated town, WIN
a Mayor that believes that the whole
world shakes when he happens to fall
fiat on cr0ssWalk."
"What Is commerce."
"BOrrowing 8 for dav or two and
lodging the lender for . y ear or two"
"Nanle the different races"
"Horse race, boat race, bicycle race
and racing around to find . man to en-
dOrse your note"
LIMO how many classes Is MANKIND
&livitle,t!::'
"Six: being enlightened, civilized:
half civilized, savage. too utter not
worth cent and Indian agents"
wv hat IA tOuS UIC CssssS~s ~''''so'
ssThose which have had the most wars
the wort laws and produ' ed the worst
.How many motions has the earth:''
..That's according to how you mix
YOUR drinks and which way you go
NV :.What II the earth's axis::''
"The lines passing between New \ or<
ssWhat causes day and night::'
"Tlav is caused by night getting tired
ont Night il caused by everybody TAX
ing a street-e"r and going home TO sup
per-"
* map j. driving :" sh G"n tee 9 9aty
him "A LIT under the eye" IAN,
:.What is . mariners co'npass:,,
* jue holding four gallons "-De-
''T There n something about the atmos-
,hcre of Chicago that tries mems ortno-
doxy.
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SUSAN B. ANTHONY.
Tho Truth About . Woman Whom
The Newspaper Wits Poke
Fun ct.

Susan b. Anthony Is about to cele-
brate her birthday. Recent discoveries
in the Egyptian t0mbs throw c0nsidera-
BILE light upon the date of that interest
ing event.-ErchGngc.
These funny paragraphs, 80 many OF
which are aimed at Miss Anthony, prob
ably do very little harm. Like the jokes
that used to be made on Mr.. Greeley,
they only increase her audiences when
she delivers . lecture. Miss Anthony IL
= noble woman and q true lady. We
have known her for many years, and
know that che was u dutiful daughter of
honored parents, and that she IL q de-
voted sister to her surviving brothers
and sisters. She has lab0red faithfully
and effectively In many good causes,
and 10 as worthy of the respect and es-
TEEN of the American people - any
true and pure man who has worked In
the same field.
Some years ago Miss Anthony and
Mr.. stanton started q woman's Iaper
in New York, The Rcr0istiOn. It was
able, admiralty edited and printed, hut
It did not succeed. Miss Anth0ny's
share of the loes was about SIC, 900, most
of which she had borrow. from sister,
q school teacher in Rochester. The
brave Susan did not whine or grumble,
ar remain idle, or avoid the debt. She
went to work again In the lecture field,
aud did not leave it until every dollar
was paid. The papers made no jokes
about that. When her brother received
q wound that the physicians pronounced
fatal, she travelel ,(NO mics to reach
his bedside, and remained with "Dau"
until he recovered. Many similar incl
dents might be told Of this noble and
Christian lady. But most of our brother
Journalists think they show wit when
they riliicule Susan AntllOny.-X. ./O-
rDL. No.. Herald.
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Treating q Cow Like q Lady.

A man came into the Office on Tues
day with black eye, q strip of court
plaster across his. cheek, one arm In q
ding, and ~ he leaned on crutch and
wiped the perspiration away from
around q lump on his forehead with q
red cotton handkerchief he asked 1t the
EDITOR Wa. in. Being answered in the
Affirmative, he said:
well, want to stop my paper" ana
ne sst down on the edge Of y chair ~
though It might hurt. scratch my
name right of: Yoo are responsible tor ;,
my condition" Can 1t be possible ~
we inquired. YES" said he. II am =
farmer and keep cows. ! recently read
an article in your paper about dairy
Ean s convention, where one OF the mot
t"es over the deOr was, Treat your cow
H. yeu would lady, and the article
aid it was contended by our hest dairy
men that u COW treated in polite, gen
ten'anly manner. as though she was y
companion, would give twice ~ much
milk: The plan seemed feasible to me.
had been hard man with my stock,
and thought mag be that was one reason
my cows always dried up when butter
was forty cents u pound aud gave plenty
~ %. milk when butter was only worth
n11ern cents u pound. I decided tn a!opt
your plan, and treat u COW ~ ! wOuiG :!
smy. had i brindle COW that never had
1ten very much mashed on me, amt
! DECIDED tn commence Oh her,
az" The ne3t morning after l had read
your dcviIi>h paper / put on my Sunday
-, sa' and white plug hat that ! bought
Tue Year t;rtpley ran for President, and
*rM I" the harm to milk. ] noticed the
~" cow seemed to I've (asllfuI and fright
.h%i, hut taking off my hat and bowling
r"'''eiy. said: Madame, excuse the
, ,.;Ia 'n'propriety Of the request, b!'t
WI ~" You Il" lie the favor to hoist : Al
IN, -, s:,'nc time l touched her gently on
.'m rlSh, flank with my plug hat. anu
putting the tin pail ON the floor under
Ivy, Ivy. sal down on the milking stool.
mi She hoist ~ asked we, rather allx'
I''ls I" know how the advice Of Pres,.
'":'l Smith, Of Shel'oygan, the grea!
WM.rynlam, had worked. Ibid she hoist !:
""ei!, look ut me and see ii you THINK
."s t'.'s,rd. That cow raised right up
al al" Kicked me with all four feet, switch
~ ner tail and hooked me with both
-" '"'.ns AL at once, and when l got up o0'
no. tae bedding in the stall, and dug my
. aa out ~ the manager, and the milking
s.''oi out from under me and began tn
ul that COW, I forgot all about the
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-03-25
Handling q Tennessee Crowd.

A Michigan man who has patent
windmill went down to Tennessee lust
fall to sec what he could do among the
farmers Of that State. Reaching town
in the central part Of the State, he went
to a dealer in agricultural implements
and stated his desire to erect his machine
and call attention to 1t.
"Well, 1t can be done, guess" was
the reply.
"Well, yon kin put her up over on the
hill thar. I don't know who owns the
ground, but If you treat the crowd I
guess no one will object"
"Vary we'll"
Next Tuesday is nlarket-day, and
there'll be ncaps of folks in town. You
want to he around early and treat the
crowd"
EYES,"
'Sct the old thing going, aud ask the
boys over to drink something.
"Just So"
"You want to stand on q bar'l and
make some explanations, Of course, for
it will he new to most Of 'enl. But
dent talk to long. Make it about ten
minutes, and then treat the crowd"
eyes,"
IF you have to talk any more, tell 'ena
there's another drink ahead"
II see."
"If the old man Jones comes in with
his boys there'll be u row in the crowd.
They shoot on sight. Keep your eye
peeled and if you see any signs of y row
ask the whole crowd out to drink.".
Eyes, Dut"--
"I.ook out for dog fights. II one takes,
place you can't hold the boys minute.
Keep your eye on the canines. Ifyou
see y yeller purp i,egin tn bristle up, ask
the crowd over aud mOisten."
Eyes, but by that time the whole
crowd will be drunk" protested the
agent.
''Sartin it will, and that's what you want,
of course. They will give you q chance
to skin out and take your life along with
you, and II you make stop anywhere
within Il hundred miles III send the
windmill by freight providing there's
anything left to send! Nothing like
knowing how to handle q Tennessee
crowd, my friend. Did you ask me out
to take sunthin'":'- Detroit Free Press.
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BENNINGTON, Kan.
Give sketch Of Marx Twain, % full
- space will allow. E. 8. R0GERs.
Aasseer.-6alnuelL anghorne Clemens
b . native Of Florida, Monroe county,
Mo-, where he Wa born Nov. 80, 1885.
Up to the time he Was thirteen years Of
age he attended . common school, and
then became IN apprentice. or "devil, :"
In the printing ONCE Of the Courier, 1t
Hannibal, Mo-, and subsequently,
worked ct his trade Ut st. Louis, Gin
cinnati, Philadelphia and New York.
He went south to New Orleans in the
year 1855, intending to 90 to South
America and explore the Amazon, but
as there was no vessel from the Crescent
City to Para, his objective point, the
trip was abandoned. As he went down
the Mississippi river he struck up IN &C
quaintance with the pilots, who taught
him the art of steering, and for the sum
Of $500 they engaged to make him q st.
Louis and New Orleans pilot. He
turned his attention to this, in due time
received his license, and secured place
as pilot at $3.50 month. Mr.. Clemens
brother was in 1881 appointed Secretary
Of the Territory of Nevada, and the fil-
ture humorist accompanied him at pri-
vate SECRETARY. For about . year he
worked in tine mines, and came in time
to the notice of the editor Of the Vir-
ginia City Entcrprisc through OCCASION
nj letters he wrote to that journal, and
then was appointed city editor Of that
paper, which position he held for about
three years. Part Of the time he report
ed legislative proceedings from Carson,
summing up results In weekly letters in
his paper, which he signed mark
Twai1." The name was "Reminiscences
of his steamboat days ON the Mississippi,
where it is the leadnlan's term to signify
q depth of two fathOMs Of water. Then
he drifted to san Francisco, that Mecca
of the journalist beyond the plains !;
there he was reporter for q tew months,
and left the Golden Gate for Calaveras
county, where he worked in the placer
mines for three months; but he did not
make his "pile, /" 30 he returned to FRS
co, and supported himself while there
on Newspaper work for . few months
longer. In 1888 he went to the Ha-
waiian Islands, where he made quite q
reputation during his six months resi-
dence among the Sandwich Islanders.
This was richer than . gold mine, for
he came ba"k to San Francisco, where
he lectured, and Travelled through Ne
vada and California ~ popular speak
er. He now turned his footsteps east
ward, and published h.s jumping Fr0g
and Other Sketches," in New York
this was republished I'm London. In
1857 he crossed tn. Atlantic with large
party Of travellers, and visited the ports
Of the Mediterranean, and the Holy
Land. In "Inn0cents Abroad" he gives
q very humorous account of this excur-
sion. Mr.. Clemens edited \ paper at
Buffalo for time, but subsequently re-
sun,e(l lecturing, and in 1877 and 1873
visited Great Britain. He IA a frequent
contributor to the leading magazines,
and makes many public addresses. His
home IL ut Hartford.-Chicogo Inter
OtxON
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II Q pure white metal, and n capable
Of taking . very high polish. t. found
native, also In combination with many
nOn-metal)ic elements, more particular.
" with sulphur and chlorine, forming
the beautiful minerals known - ruby
silver add many other hands0mespeOies
Of ore, the character Of which il much
Influenced by the proportions Of chemi.
cal ingredients that may enter into the
constitution of the silver-bearing min.
eral. Perhaps one Of the most remark
able occurrences Of silver IL In the car
Donate Of lead ore, - largely found and
productive Of wealth in the vicinity III
1.eadville. In the book Of Genesis We
lind that silver by weight, was ''current
money with the merchants" about : ONl
years before the Christian era, and fire
quent mention 10 made Of this metal in
the subsequent bOOks Of the Bible. The
earlist discoveries Of silver in Americs,
were made In Mexico, soon after the in
vasion by Cortez In 1916. The state OF
Nevada first become known NJ 4 silver
producing state in 1850, since which,
time the production from that state has
been extraordinary. Phillips states that
the mines on the great CONsstOcE vein In
the range of the Washoe mountains and
near Virginia city have since that date
produced bullion 10 the value Of Els ,OOO,
200 sterling.
Silver crystallises in the cubic system;
1t Is harder than gold and softer than
copper; it il nlallcable and ductile, can
he hammered to less than 4 ten-thOu-
sandth Of an inch III thickness, or one
grain of the pure metal may be drawn
out distance Of 4OO feet; by hammer
ing or rOllingtl,e metal il sensibly hard
ened. Its specific gravity il lO.!3, slight
" lighter than lead, which has specific
gravity Of IL ~, and heavier than opp
per, SIS. Gold ranges from 1872 to- 1875,
and Is therefore much heavier, while
the specific gravity Of mercury IL, IL. ~.
The melting point of silver IL 1850, that
that Of gold 11NOo-l3N)So, and lead 3355o
centigrade: Silver has y high conduct
ing power for heat and electricity It Is
vOlatilixed In the electric arc and pro
duces q pale blue flame. Silver il not
acted ON by oxygen 1t any temperature
below Ito melting point, but when mol
ten abs0rbs oxygen, causing what Is
known ~ sprOuting. Silver alloys with
many metals, generally producing q
h0mogeneous mass; arsenic when only
present I'm silver In small quantities
renders the latter brittle to crack when
rolled. Silver and copper combine when
melted together, though ingots Of the
alloy are not always identical in COM
position, alloy that contains from 50 to
$40 parts of copper per !, 900, the interior
Of the ingot is usually the richest in sill
er, while II the copper form $40 to 9O0
D,arts per 1000, then the interior II the
ingot IL the most argentiferous. Certain
proportions Of silver and copper, how
ever, produce . homogeneous alloy.
Gold and silver occur alleged in the na-
tive state, native gold always carrying
more or less silver. Lead and silver al
10y in almost all proportions, producing
. very homogeneous alloy. The former
metal impairs the nlalleability Of silver
and the alloys have no direct application
In the arts.
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SIDE DISHES.

The man at the telephone office al
ways has ''hOilcr b,lck.'
Strange, the more wicked u man is
the less he believes in hell.
The professional beauty il less sought
after than the amateur.
When q dr~sm"ker sends out her
bills look out for dress pay raid.