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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-04-08
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BUTTE, MONTANA.

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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-30
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Life in Germany,

Labor of all grades is poorly paid for
in Germany. Lessons in music, the
languages, art and science, cSn be had
for twenty-five cents or two shillings an
hour, and yet the teachers are professors
of credit and respectable position in
society; in fact their position is an ac-
knowledged one, which can hardly be
said of certificated teachers of both sexes
in England receiving three times as
much. The professorialfee in Germany
is so low, for the simple reason the< no.
body can afford to pay higher one;
but no one dreams of looking down on
the professor in consequence. Again,
take the newspaper delivered at your
door daily for six pence month"; re-
spectacle little paper, too, containing
the most important kilograms from all
parts of the world, good deal of locA
information, and really excellent lit
erary supplement on Sunday. Where
is the profit in such transaction? How
can printing, paper, and manual, not to
speak of editorial labor, be remunerated
at such rate? As.it iswith intellectual
so it is with manual labor. Call in a
carpenter to do repairs, send your trunk
to be mendcd, YOUR boots to be sDlcd,
and you will find the scale of charges in
each case about half what it is with us.
OF course it is easy to understand why
an economical style of living should be
obligatory on all classes throughout Ger
many, and why so many workers in all
fields seek their fortunes elsewhere.
Work, ill remunerated as it is, can often
not be had; large families abound, and
the excessive taxation presses on the
poorest. Even the beggar who pays for
a weekly lodging, and has a certain
whereabouts, contributes his mite to the
dreaded ''Steuer," or tax, no more to be
escaped than the even more dreaded
military probation.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-30
No Crank Present.

cam dar' a crank present in de hall
tonight" softly asked Brother Gardner,
as the meeting opened.
Not voice answered.
''Have any of you seen crank aroun'
town dis las week?' continued the
Not one had, or at least no ono ad
mitted it.
1.-Two weeks ago de kentry was full
of 'em. You could find 'em on de street
kyar, at de depot, aroun' de hotels, an
eben in chuach All of a sudden you
can't skeer up 4 single crank. De biz
ness has got to be unhealthy. De plea
of insanity doan' 90 down wild sde jury
as slick as it did De time when one
man kin put knife into anoder an
make de jury believe he was bon dat
way and couldn't help it has bout ex-
pired. De crank mus 60. He mus
quit shootin', stabbin', stealin' an bein'
heard of in de land. When de crank
fust brought for d de ideah dat de Deity
was behind him an urged him on it was
sunthin' new an novel, but dat ideah
am played out wild de rest.
''My frens, let de cantankerous biz
ness alone. Doan' call stealin' by any
odder name. If your hands itch fur
money dat belongs to some one else, take
it an skip, an when de law overhauls
you doan' sot up de plea dat an angel
from Heaven urged you on. Legal
farces have had DER day in dis kentry.
Insanity, kleptomania, sudden emotion,
drunkenness an loss O memory will be
poo excuses befor fucher iuries."
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-30
WHOLE No. 700.


Getting up corner in pork, wheat
or corn is not modern device Years
ago, when the thriving city of Milwaukee
was but a territorial town, with only
fifteen hundred inhabitants, a speculator
thought that he could make large
amount Of money if he should buy and
thus control all the salt there was in
town. So he bought every barrel he
could find and stored it. Having, as he
thought, a corner, he put the price up
to ten dollars Il barrel. Unfortunately for
the speculator's profits. another citizen
heard of the speculator's purpose, and
saw therein chance to make an honest
penny. He dispatched schooner to
Chicago for load of salt. The winds
Were propitious. and the schooner with
her load was soon at the good citizens
dock
One morning farmer came into town
for 4 barrel of salt Going to the spec
ulator's he was asked ten dollars bar
rel. "Salt has riz," was the only reply
vouchsafed to the farmers protest. He,
however, would not pay that price, and
soon discovered that there was a schOon-
cr-load of salt for sale at the dock at
twenty shillings barrel Having pur-
chased n barrel he returned to the spec
ulat"r and telling him of his purchase,
denounced him as a sWindler.
~ on must have stolen that salt" said
the speculator, <tfor there's no salt in
Milwaukee except what have"
''Oh, amt there? There's schooner
load of it at Swett's dock"
'Then I'm rUinedr' exclaimed the
speculator, as he r;ished out to verify
the statement-and he deserved to be.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-30
The Eldest Daughter.
by LILLE E. BARR.

Oh, love the eldest daughter: she is so quick
and neat,
Her eyes are full Of tenderness, her voice is
clear and sweet:
She's like n bit of sunshine upon rainy day,
And all the house goes wrong think, wheE-
ever she j away
II.
She's in the dairy straining milk before the
mousse awakes:
She sweeps the room and lays the cloth and
makes the iightest cakes;
She awitkcS her mother with IL kiss, and then
with loving pride,
She calls her father from the barn, unto the
bright tiresidc.
The children bring to her their griefs, their
broken strings and toys,
The hard words i'll their spelling task, their lit
tie griciS and joys;
The mother puts all trust in her-she says,
''IhGre is no doubt
But everything is going right II Bessie 1s
about"
She sweeps and dusts, and makes the beds,
and leaves the chamber neat;
The parlOr, underneath her hand, grows
beautiful and sweet;
She hangs the snowy linen out, she churns the
yellow cream
A lovely girl in all she does, though not poets
dream.
afternoon,
When all the house is tidicd up, she's like a
rose in June;
She sis besides the cradle then, low-singing
with II smile,
Her busy fingers picking fruit or sewing swift
the while.
VI.
Her work is never done 1 think, from morning
until night:
But then her work, her pleasure is, she makes
il n delight.
Her beauty makes it beautiful, her loving
makes it rest;
Of all the daughters in the house, the eldest is
the best.
VII.
It is a pleasure great enough, to watch her will
ling hands;
TO hear her soothe the little ones, and give her
quick commands;
To note her glad obedience, her tenderness
and grace,
And catch passing blush or smile as she fits
by my place.
Come quickly happy day pray that binds to
me for life
This darling eldest daughter as my own true
loving wife;
And then her little sister Kate will eldest
daughter be,
And that will be u blessed thing for some good
man, you see.
For though Kate is charming girl, and full Of
stylish airs,
To make her wOmanly she needs an eldest
daughters cares;
So little Kate, to fill the place, both love and
patience bring,
Then by-and-hy yOu'n make some man far
richer than king.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-30

How often do we hear the query,
'EWhat becomes of all the dead birds?"
The secret of their mysterious disap-
pearance was but just now half told by
the buzz of those brown wings, and the
other half is welcome to any one who
will take the trouble ofollow their lead.
The beetle is one of mans incalculable
benefactors 1t is his mission to keep
fresh and pure the air we breathe. He
is the sexton that takes beneath the
mold not only the fallen sparrow, but
the mice, the squirrels, and even much
larger creatures that die in our woods
and fields Beneath the clump of var
row found just what [ had expected
a small, dead bird-and the grave dig
gers were in the midst OF their work.
Already the rampant of fresh earth was
raised around the body, and the cavity
was growing deeper with every mo-
mcnt, us the busy diggcrs eXcavated
the turf beneath. Now and then one
would emerge on q tour of inspection,
even rummaging among the feathers
of that silent throat, and climbing upon
the plumy breast, to press down the
little body into the deepening grave.
These natare-burials are by no means
rare, and where the listless eye fails to
discover them, the nostrils will often in
dictate the way, and to any one desirous
OF witnessing the operation, without the
trouble OF search, it is only necessary to
place i'll some convenient spot of loose
earth, the carcass of some small animal.
The most casual observer could not fail
soon to be attracted by the orange
spotted beetles.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-30
WEARING mt Sails

The question is under discussion i'm
the east whether the soils of farming
lands are wearing out. The western
farmer has not yet reached that stage
when it is necessary, for present pur-
poses, to give it serious attention. If the
conclusions reached by Mr. George Ged-
des, of Paramount, N. Y, are correct.
no one need have any anxiety that his
new productive fields will ever grow
less. The result of Mr.. Geddes' obSer-
vations of more than half century of
grain raising and mixed farming is that
the lands of New York state, when
properly managed, do fully sustain
their fertility without other manures
than may be produced ON them by
proper rotation of crops, and a proper
amount of farm stock to convert unsala-
bic productions into manure, and give
their cultivators fair compensation for
their labor and use of capital. He says
that the census reports go to show-and
he produces the figures the acre
age yield of leading crops is increasing,
though the total production of some Of
them may be less than it was many
years ago. The reason of this is to be
found in the competition of the new
fields in the west, and in the more profit
able crops that find markets near the
place of their production. Gradually,
the attempt to raise wheat, for instance,
on soils not naturally adapted to it is
abandoned, and dairying, or some other
branch of farming, is substituted; while
on the true wheat lands the yield per
acre is increasing.
Mr.. Geddes says that he had been
many years raising wheat before he rais-
ed bushel of barley; now there is rails
ed more bushels of barley than of wheat.
The average yield and average prices
make an acre of wheat and an acre of
barley of about equal value. But in
comparing farming half q century ago
with the farming of to-day, it is neces-
sary to note, he says, that, whereas
summer-fallowing was the nearly uni
versal custom of the far-off past, farm
ers now raise barley crop and then
follow with wheat, sown on the barley
stubble, thus harvesting two crops in
the time once taken for the wheat crop
alone, and with quite as large an aver
age per acre of wheat as when they sum-
mer-fallowed. Gradually the districts
producing wheat narrow, until the soils
are reached that are made up of the
things necessary to make q crop of
wheat after the forest manure has been
exhausted. There are men who say"
says Mr.. Geddes, ''that unless we re-
store to the land, in some manner, as
much fertility as we take away in our
crops, we shall surely exhaust our soil.
just as constant drawing checks against
a fund in bank, and no deposits
made, will sooner or later find the fund
all gone. This is a sort of abstract propo-
sition that looks quite plausible, but in
actual practice we see fields cropped for
many years, and no manure put on that
could in any wise equal the quantity of
fertility carried off in the crops. and
these fields are yielding constantly in
creaSinu cronS -
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-30
American Horse-Shoes in ENGLAND.

The poetical surroundings of 1.-The vii
lage blacksmith and his harmonious
anvil, says Chambers Journal, are threat
ened with a powerful rival, by the in
PRODUCTION from the United States of q
new industry; namely, the manufacture
of machine-made horse-shoes. A com
pany whose premises face the Thames
opposite Greenwich, has just opened its
works to supply the United Kingdom
with these machine-made articles. The
iron is rolled from scrap, coming from
the rollers as grooveu bar, which is
afterwards cut into the lengths, punched
with the necessary holes, and finally is
bent by a machine into the horseshoe
shape. 1t is calculated that there are in
the United Kingdom about 100000
horses; in Europe generally more than
10000, 600; requiring annually 1,50O,O00
tons of shoes. So that, if the new COM
pany turns out good work, there are
plenty of customers for its goods. 1t is
said that the new shoe has met with the
approval of ssme eminent authorities,
and is already used BY several tramwaY
ealapanlsR. ."-~-'-" -"a'~ - ~-->-''~~~~,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-30
What is Vitalized Air2

What should be implied by this term
is nitrous oxide gas, but what is cdtte9
vitalized air by charlatans Is COM
pound of nitrous oxide and chloroform.
Sometimes the chloroform is put in a
gas bag before it is filled with gas, but
more frequently an apparatus is used
which will throw around its character
and administration a mystery to induce
the patient to believe it is an entirely
new thing. 1t is an unsafe imposition.
(Which first became known as an
anesthetic, chloroform, ether or nitrous
oxidep'
Nitrous oxide gas. This was discoy-
cred by DIR. Priestly, in 1776. Its power
as an anesthetic was discovered by Sir
Humphrey Davy, in 1907, but DR.. Hor-
ace Wells brought it practically into use
in the extraction of teeth in 1874.
DR. Pierson discovered the anesthetic
property OF ether in 1875, but it was
not used for painless extraction of teeth
till DR.. Morton brought it to the notice.
of the dental profession in 1s46. DIR,
Simpson insroducsa ehloE0farm IN 1S47.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-30
A Sad Story of QnItnre.

A somewhat abSert-minded Boston
lady, who occupies nighly-favored po-
sition in the literary world, gives an
amusing account of her latest ''brown
study" and its effect on the London pub
lie. She was dressing to 60 out with
blind friend one day last summer, and.
having completed her toilet, joined him
at the door, when they proceeded leis-
urely through some of the most fashion,
ably frequented streets to their destina-
ton. She at last observed the people
looking curiously at her, and, not being
given to vanity, wondered why, but
still walked on, chatting contentedly
with her friend. Suddenly peculiar
glance from a passer-by caused her to
put her hand to her head, when 10! her
bonnet was not there! Of course it had
dropped off, and, rushing into shop,
she wrote out a minute description, with
reward offered, of the missing article,
and had it placed in the windows of the
shops along the route they had come;
then, seeking the seclusion of cab,
FASTENED home as soon as might be. Or
entering her room the first object thSs
greeted her now fully-awakened vision
was the bonnet, that had never been.
taken out walking at all, reposing quiet
ly on the bed.-Bosto1s Saturday Ga
zette.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-30
Abortion in Cows.

If in the winter season, and the cows
are kept stabbed, the surroundings should
be carefully looked after. There should
be ample ventilation, but great care
should be used that there are no drafts
of air. The barn should never be closed
up tight over night, nor the doors thrown
wide open during the day, while the
stock is in. 1t is a noticeable fact, that
in large city livery and horse barns,
more horses are lost by this treatment
than by almost all other causes COM
bined.
While ample ventilation is necessary,
we should not only avoid draught, but
we should not have too many cracks for
the winds to whistle through.
The surroundings as to drainage are
essential for good health; and it is par
ticularly important that there be no
smoking manure heap near the barn
doors or windows, where a gentle breeze
will watt foul odors in upon the stock,
in place of the pure bracing air.
Clear, pure water should be at hand,
or at convenient acknowledgement
ponds are prolific of all kinds of diseases,
abortion not excepted. Correspondent
of National Lice Stock Journal, Chica-
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-30

King Alfonso XII, like Won Moltke,
has some ideas about military matters,
and the Spanish establishment is to be
reconstructed. Eight years service in
the army is now required, four in active
operation, and as many more in reserve
force. 1t is proposed to increase the
time to twelve years as regards the in
fantry, two years and a quarter to be
assigned to the ranks, three and three
quarters to the ''active reserve" and six
to the ''second reserve" In the other
arms the terms of service are to be three
and four years, respectively. At the
same time the peace establishment is to
be raised to nearly 100000 men, while
the reserve force, to the number of 29,-
600, will be given active training every
year in April, May and June. There
will be in the infantry branch 14O active
and as many reserve battalions, and it
is estimated that after all these reforms
have been introduced, Spain will at any
time be able to put in the field, in the
space OF fortnight, 100000 men. Suit
able measures involving these ideas
have been laid before the Cortes by the
Minister of War
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-30
Phenomena of De ath.
Some Peculiar Instances.


To be shot dead is one of the easiest
modes of terminating life; yet, rapid as
it is, the body has leisure to feel and
time to reflect. On the first attempt by
one of the frantic adherents of Spain to
assassinate William. Prince of Orange,
who took the lead in the revolt of the
Netherlands, the ball passed through the
bones of his face, and brought him to
the ground. In the instant that preced-
ed stupefaction, he was able to frame
the notion that the ceiling of the room
had fallen and crushed him. The can
non-shot which plunged into the brain
of Charles XII. did not prevent him
from seizing his sword by the hilt. The
Idea of an attack, and the necessity for
defence, was impressed upon him by =
blow which we should have supposed
too tremendous to leave an interval for
thought.
But it by no means follows that the
infiiction of fatal violence is accompan-
ied by pang. From what is known of
the first effect of gunshot wounds, it is
probable that the impression is rather
stunning than acute. Unless death be
immediate, the pain is as varied rs the
nature of the injuries, and these are past
counting up. But there is nothing sim
gular in the dying sensations, though
Lord Byron remarked the physiological
peculiarly that the expression is invari
ably that of languor, while in death from
stab the countenance reflects the traits
OF natural character, OF gentleness or
ferocity, to the last breath.
Some of these cases are of interest, to
show with what slight disturbance life
may 90 on under mortal wound, till it
suddenly comes to final stop. A foot
soldier at Waterloo, pierced by musk
et-bali in the hip, begged water from q
trooper who CHANGED to possess q can
teen of beer. The wounded man drank,
returned his heartiest thanks, mentioned
that his regiment was nearly extermi-
mated, and having proceeded q dozen
yards in his way to the rear, fell to the
earth, and with one convulsive moveg
ment of his limbs concluded his career.
''Yet his voice." said the trooper, who
himself told the story, ''gave scarcely
the smallest sign of weakness"
Captain Basil Hall. who in his early
youth was present at the battle of Co.
runna, has singled out, from the confu-
sion which consigns to oblivion the woes
ana gallantry OF war, another instance,
extremely similar, which occurred on
that occasion. An old officer who WAS
shot in the head, arrived pale and faint
at the temporary hospital, and begged
the surgeon to look at his wound, which
was pronounced to be mortal.
''Indeed, feared so," he responded,
with impeded utterance, land yet l
should Ike very much to live o little
longer if it were possible"
He laid his sword upon stone at his
side, ''as gently" says Hall, ''as if its
steel had been turned to glass, and al
most Immediately sank dead upon the
turf
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-03-30
Sheridan's Famous Ride.

In very short time everything and
everybody was in confusion, each one
asking of the other what it was all
about. Cavalry calls were heard in
every direction, while the long roll of
the infantry on our 'eft was plainly aud
ible. 1t was indeed. most complete
surprise to every one, particularly to
the infantry camps on the extreme front,
many of the men being shot or bayonet-
ed in their beds. No one thought Gen.
Early any nearer than Staunton atleast
Saddles were hastily packed and horses
led into line awaiting the order to mount,
while those of our men who had made
such elaborate preparations for spend
ing the winter at this camp showed their
disgust and disappointment by savage
growls and language, which is not found
in any book of pious nature. AS the
fog slowly lifted, there began rush.
scramble, stampede, or whatever name
il may be called. They passed us on
the run, singly and in squads, many
with only their understanding on, others
partly dressed, while very few carried
their muskets. Surprise and fear SEEM
ed to have monopolized all their facul-
ties. Their one thought was to get to
the rear and get there quickly. AS day
light increased the firing became louder
and the flash of artillery added to the
general confusion. Most of the fugitives
belonged to the 9Th corps, and amid the
excited and panic-stricken crowd their
officers vainly begged, threatened, and
commanded them to halt and form.
Appeals were in vain; every man SEEM
ed intent upon securing his own person.
al safety by flight, and going on the
old maxim: "Every fellow for himself,
and the devil take the hindmost."
1t was at the time, when every one
felt sure our army would be either cap
tured or cut to pieces, that Sheridan
himself appeared on the field. Mounted
on Il large black horse he came on Il
appearance denoting anger and excite
ment. AS he passed us he shouted;
''Steady lads. we'll give 'em hi yet!
This wouldn't have happened if had
been here" AS he continued the men
gave him cheer after cheer Every one
felt the inspiration of his presence, and
we all felt that somehow or other he
would bring us safely through. Army
trains were turned into the fields and
many stragglers ran back voluntarily to
the front, Sheridan's staff, unable to
keep up with him, came galloping by.
one by one. Firing gradually ceased
altogether. our lines withdrawn a short
distance and reformed, while the caval-
ry were massed and took position on the
f1anks. Custer on the right and Merritt
on the left. Before sundown our victory
was completely f. Mdckay in PHiLq-
deiphia Weekly Times.