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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-06-03
Huxley on Darwin.

Tn1 iethe tribute which Professor r.
r. -. huxley pays to the memory Of DR..
Cnorles Darwin: ''N0ne have fDuohi
oetter and none have been moro fortu-
nate than Charles Darwin. He found
: great truth troalden under toot. reviled
cy 6egots and ridiealed by all the world:
ne lived long enough to zee It. chiellv
6y III: own efforts, irrefta9sbiy estab
Ilsned 10 science. insepar,Ably incorpor-
atea WIN the common thoughts Of men,
% .na only nated and feared ~ those who
wou10 rev1!e but dare not. w ut shsll
. IMAM desire M re than this9 Once
more the image Of Socrates rises unbid-
Gen, a:d the noble peroratjon Of the
Apology rings in our ears as II Il we're
Charles Darwin's farwell- The hour of
depart re has arrived and We 70 our
ways; 1 to die and you to live. Which
is the better God only knows"
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On . stzike.
rasestr traahion for Swell Pe0ple.

svell people in Wsshington no longer
70 to the dressing rooms to remove move tsesr tSe:r
Scotmen sione, and they stand in the
hsii And serve the purposes Of clothes
peg. TIN the psr:Z b'sss: up sn% rav tes oi
x xxc"1~,e~ Tn the hall, heeped to the
cosi.sdes , Of thar hats With TIE furry
ana e3.c, :,s ee:, e;.s,c::3 s:.1: ::st & ss:1 It 8:
emP.oys11ss yyss1es,tsinments, r and the certain
En- of he Distinguished character Of
the sss:t.: ne fss'S:ss: fss sSS: S:a Ss@ &: s
s m1ovs ,..1 ~ ~ fvinkling q IN eye.
n Ths 1. n,e,nhers o. the Csbinet. Supreme
cos:s :ad :e:s:s!y y.ss q. :: s'Pisssb *: ss:bss s'
similarly r;;yyssssS ss:ssS1SS SSIioVin9 each season,
= viii soon BE- = problem Tor the ho;ts.e &C..
to Ind room e 90 ::: :al',,ssSt ~ :e::tpess. es:
p~onle mo haven't tootmen borrow ~
xSs :, '!'oss. of their nelghboss who have
ss,<k ioekeys % hasd. -.i
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-06-03
The Candied President.

Last Thanksgiving day the table Of
President Arthur was graced by some
butternut candy, which an excellent
and venenble maiden lady of Vermont
had made with her own hands, aud aent
to him - pleasant reminder Of the
days 0f MS b0yh0od. The d-hearted
President acknowledged the favor in =
graceful note, which, of ccu,e, was
printed In the local paper Of the Village
where the lady lived, and thence copied
into many Journals In various parts Of
the country. AT ones supply Of G. n
fectiouefy began TO rour into the White
House; confectjoners sent It, hoping for
. letter from the President to display in
their show windows. School girls and
ladies Of uncertain age, with hundreds
Of school boys, sent candy, each fondly
hoping TO receive In return the coveted
Of the President. II has been
asserted that more than . ton Of confec-
tionery has been received at the White
House during the winter and spring.
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Relation of 1rain-Woek 20 Blood
Supply.

But, even II It 10 true that the larger
and. healthier Phvsjqwe affords moro
blood for brain use, Il does not follow
that the larger the supply the greater
amount Of brain-W0rk possible. The
argument assumes that the brain has
no limit to Ito activity except in the
quantity of blood that can be prepared
for It. But It needs no scientific educa-
tion to know that there are other iuflu-
ences which limit the thinkers activity,
and that these limitations are some
where in the mysterious receases Of the
brain, or in the forces Of which the
brain h the organ. The physical health
Of the brain-worker mey be perfect, his
digestion unimpaired, his power TO ~
simulate food the same, and yet he may
not he able to concentrate his thoughts
or carry on . complicated train Of rea-
soning. The defect h not In his body
that is % healthy as ever; nor h It In
any of the processes Of bl00d-maktng-
these 10 on - before. The trouble lies
in the brain itself, whose capacity for
work is measured by some hidden
standard Of its own, and which gives
varninR when Z cessation OF brain work
IL imperative. The body II . furnace
whose power Of consuming fuel IL great
er than the capability Of its boiler-the
brain-to generate power. To keep the
latter In good working condition. some
thine more - necessary than building
and feeding the tirps: A supplementsry
but important confederation b, whether
the steam beyond . certain point vii.
not be productive Of unpleasant conse-
ouGnces in the form Of IN expl0et0n.-
Nina Morris, in Popular Science Month";
h.
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An n0Eongo- -Wrapptng in 1lorida.

One night lately our party Of tourists
went to IN ''ofange-wrapplng" A
large ware house belonging to the VIII
klnoon p1aee Was lighted up. with can
dies, placed along the walls, and all the
'"help" of the neighborhood. was eath-
cred. In one corner Of the room there
were huge boxes filled with orangev.
They were rigged with handles 1t each
end, and It took two men to brineone
Of them in. On the opposite aide Of the
room there were long tables behind
which ct the "wappen" The fruit
wae eupplied to them by boys, who car
ried 1t In bread trays, putting q tray to
ev.ry three men. Before each man was
. package Of tissue paper. BY /. dex-
trous movement an orange wae envel-
oped In Leaf Of paper 6y one move.
ment. As the fruit was wrapped It was
dropped into another tray, which was
carried to the packers" !" who stood he.
fore pile Of empty crates. Each orange
was placed In the crate separately, being
packed In close rows. A crate holds
from I'D to l4O oranges, and sells here
for about $3. The oranges are not
brought directly from the grove to the
packing house, but rest day or two IN
the drying house. There tney are
spread over lattice shelves, where they
81 through "sweati1g'' process before
they are ready for shipment. The
scene In the wrapping house was q pref
ty one. The golden fruit piled in rich
profusion; the men and boys laughing
- they handled it 80 rapidly; the order
" crates with their tempting contents;
. heap Of pine apples in an odd corner,
filling the room with their exquisite:
flavor; huge punches of bananas with
just heck Of yellow here and there
amid the green; clean looking lemons
almost as largea> the oranges heaped of
to themselves; great citrons with their
royal gold color, groups Of 0oatlnen and
hunters with their swarthy faces aud
picturesque attire, lending q hand
wherever 1t was needed, y negro with u
banjo drumming rude tunes to which
the crowd gave equal accompaniment,
the ladies watching curiously and samp-
ling au orange now and then-these
were some Of the element that m .de up
The soene-the whole being enlightened
with the haste and hustle Of getting
ready against the next days boat, and
having the fruit ready to go cut with
the hIp.-Aaanta, Ga., Cbns!ifwtion.
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4 Dog Dealer.

inquired . gentleman. .to~.in. %
I1 ISOnt q box wherein : rsm~rfchIs9s
Sssever-Iooking Yoskahire terrier. ve;~S!
.. - tnan hve pounds, lay doeie1
~:.L sSI wnSc0 Va presided over by = mSS
"::n ..9 peculiar "dofgy'' look.
doSIa!s, sir." A. the eentle.
,,,s sn examln d the dog, the "dcrxv"
...s ..: so'nking that he h.d . buyer, d.
:.NS W: Will you give for him?'j
II, ~, might give 30 on him" was
c.n,e y: G, Ine Iook Of disgust that
deocf1batle. ''''P'y ~
4, Ten doll:s!" he calculated. pettin.
me ::ae, nttle fellow on the head, ''snd thsf
!!ssSe terrier weighin' but little mor.
tosn 1oor pounds and havin' cauei,t
tnIee rats already! Sir, that's an insult
70 the d0rg. IN Y. Hour.
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From week TO week millsss bring out
new cOl0rs and shades in tr1mmings.
Some Of the latest are epussy willow green
which IL not green at all but . pur-
plish gray with tint Of green In It.;
t Sest red: d. pss po%cEr:n.t: .s p!nk , ssst brown:
turkey -oombed red, wheat, dahbdil and
co.sSs c.s &C. h.ss and sr aase,. or d."s sss
Of morning pink.
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4 LOST BOY.
4 Specimen Brick at PAGAN Bob'a
EloQuenco.
Colonel Ineersoll's Speech.


Il knew q youth-a noble, geneross
yOuth-fr0m whose heart flowed living
fount Of pure and holy feeling, which
spread around and fertalized the soil of
friendship. while warm and generass
hearts crowded about and enclosed hian
IN circle of pure and god-like hapei
ness. The eye Of woman frightened se
his approach, and wealth and honor
smiled to win him to their circle. His
days sped onward, and rs summer's
brook sparkles ell joyous on it's glAd-.
some way, sosped be OH, blithsome amid
hoods eulogy. He wOOed aud woa .
delicate and pure, who bestowed the
harvest of her hearts young love uron
him. The car OF time rolled Oh and
clouds aroee to dim the horizon If bis
worldly happiness. The serpent of inc
briatisn crept into the Ellen Of his
heart; the pure and holy feeling which
the God Of nature had implanted IL his
soul became polluted lly the influence
Of the mis-callel social cup. The warm
and generous aspirations Of his soul .ee.
came frozen and call0us within him.
The tears Of the wretchetl agony ot tI.o
afflicted wife found no response within
his bosom. The pure and holy fount of
love within his heart, that once glshest
forth ut the meanings of misery and
prompted the hand to administer to the.
requirements Of the wretcllesl, sent forth
no more its pure and benevolent ofier..
ings; It's water had become intermlingkd
with the poisoned ingredients OF spirits,
and the rank weeds of IntCnli,erance
had sprung up and chOketl the faunt
from whence the stream flowed. The
dark spirit Of Poverty had tapped its
wings over his habitatkn, aiul the
burning hand Of Disease had scared the.
brightness Of his eye, and lalsied the
elasticity Of his frame. ThefrisnIs who
basketl In the sunshine Of hisprssperity,
fled when the wintry winds Of adversely
blew harshly round his dwelling.
Pause, gentle reader! (iO to yon low-.
ly burial place and ask who rests be-.
meath it's lowly surface! 1.-THE mout:ler-
ing remains OF a drunkarl!' One who
possessed q heart 0veri]0wing with
the milk Of human kindness, the days
Of whose b0yhOod were hallowel 81
high AMI holy aspirations; the hours A0f
whose early manhood were unclOu1ed
by care and unstained by criu,e; the set-
ting orb of wh0<e destiny was enshr0ud-.
ed In a mist OF misery and degradation.
He saw the smile Of joy sparkling in the
social glass; he noticed not the de,uN,
Of destruction lurking ut the l,OttOM Of
the goblet; with eager hand he raised
the poisoned glass to his lips and he wa,s
ruined.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-06-03

Several hundred letters are received
every daN at the White House. They
are delivered by a special messenger.
The correspondence addressed to the
President Is not opened by him, and it
Is very rare that he reads one Of the
thousands Of letters addressed to him.
All Of the letters are first opened by his
private secretary. The majority of
them are simply referred elsewhere, and
never In any form come to the attention
Of the President. 1t makes no differ
ence how personal, private, or conf
Dental" IN envelope may be marked, 1t
does not 60 by the desk Of the private
secretary unopened. Letters from rela-
tives or Intimate friends are sent to the
President just q. received, but alt other
letters Of character worthy Of being
called to hls attention are simply
''briefed," }" % that the President can see
ct glance what 10 wanted. Applicants
for Office who write to the White House
are always referred to tho Departments.
It has been the custom Of late years TO
send out 20 every such applicant . po-
lite formula, saying that the application
has been referred to such and such de-
partment. Some Of the simple-minded
correspondents Of the Executive con-
strue the receipt Of this formula - one
0fthe most important steps In the way
ofsecuring the de9ired 0l6ce. One hap
py man who recently received one Of
thes<. f6tmulas -WTUtg tn 1Upoy -tAoe61D
gratitude over the receipt Of the same
was ''as big - an Elefent." He then
added that when he should get his place
his gratitude would be ''1s big ~ 2
'Elefents." This formula Of answer 10
To- $n~n ~
the editors polite ''rxjec: ed with
thanks" sent under seal with pile Of
returned manuscript. But no amount
Of i'll success has any disc0uraging effect
upon the people who write to the Presi-
dent for Information, advice, money or
office. Out Of the 50, 0,OOO, ,O0O OF people
in this country there 10 always . daily
number who llatter themselves that they
are not wasting good paper, pens and
ink by writing to the Presfdent.-CNica-
90 7imes' Warrington Letter.
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49, I"ated stockings will again be worn.
4 come in dark flower patterns u
I. A.uiniere effects, almost hiding
~ sounds of blue, maroon and other
.Snd black, polka -doeted. stock
4" "lI also be wofn, but the h0ceeTy
- most fastidious women b dark
~. o. color, and when not black.
~. |" blue, or maroon It matches tn
o the costume.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-06-03
ROMANCE OF AN INDIAN
PR1NO439.
The Mysterious Beauty Who Dag
xled Washington Society.

At the tea party for the benefit Of the
Garfield Memorial Hospital last Satur-
day night q great feature was the mum.
ber Of pretty women fitting around in
light and picturesque costumes, red,
white and blue caps Cr fancy hats.
Many Of those attending wore full
dress, and denli-toilets were the rule,
summer and party dresses being more
numerous than dark walking costumes.
There was one beautiful stranger who
excited every ones interest, and for a
long while people kept asking who the
fair unknown could be. She was tall
exquisitely slender and graceful. with
fine, delicate features. . creamy COM
plexion and eyes and hair light mid
night. Her escort WAS swarthy, raven
haired, with quick, courteous mOve-
ments, and, from their appearance, q
gentleman Of extensive travel pro-
n0unced them Mexicans surely. Never
In any place but the City OF Mexico had
he seen . man of that type, and woman
Of that particularly rare beauty were
only to be met in Spenish-American
countries, and approached to lare!y ny
the lovely cre0les Of New Orleans. The
unknown lady wore just the dress an
artist would have put her in. q feep
cold -colOred satin, with sleeves and dra-
peries Of black thread lace and . large
corsage bouquet of red roses, and her
hair was caught hack in q gracefully
loose knot. She stopped before the
Kansas table for refreshments and
spoke to Mn. Ream, the mother Of Vim
ME Ream-Hoxie, the artist. Immedi-
ately IN enthusiastic young man rushed
ed to Mn. Ream to ask who the Mexi-
can beauty was, ~ there were none Of
his friends Of that legation present to
tell. DO you know her?' he asked,
and the mstron gave him the satisfacto-
nv reply that she did; that she was her
daughter'in.law, Mn. Ream, Of the In
dian Territory. "And the gentleman,
ouoth the young man, ''be surely b
Mexican." mot at all; he IL Governor
Wrixht Of the Chi"kasaw Nation, and
from the same Territory" came the
answer in full. There II . very pretty
and ruanantjo story connected with this
lady. who met and married young Ream
On ooo Of her vacation trips while che
Wos studying IN the East. Mn, Ream
- Q pgtnoeoo Of the Cherokee Nation,
I'M eoe. musical name e thot dialect
be@0le she conve1tionali3ed Il BY mar
Tiaee, and che 10 still one Of the most
beautiful women b be seen IN season.
Warrington Con-. s.. Lossis GLOBE
DeNs0cy0t.
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The Railroad Situation.

We learned while below from \ relia-
bIe source that It u the intention of the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company to
b,'jld direct line Of railroad from S.
attic across the Cascade mountains to
Priests Rapids on the Upper Columbia,
thence to Ritxvil]e on the line Of the
present N. p. r. r., thence through
the Pal0,lse country to the POtlatch,
thence descending the Potlatch to the
Clearwater, and thence up the Clear
r0a4oe toA point at or near Kamiall,
from whence the road will be built east
erly over the Bitter Root Mountains ut
the leisure of the company.
The object Of the scheme In first to o.
cupy the Clearwater route, which Is the
only direct route for q transc0ntinental
railroad, secondly, to provide al outlet
for the products Of Camas Prairie. We
were given to understand that the resi-
dents Of Camas Prairie will be appe aled
to to do the whole Of the grading on the
branch track that will connect them
with the main road at kamiah and
from what we know of that people we
are confident thai they will be quick to
respond when called upon to and in the
development of that land Of milk and
honey.
1t Is not yet settled whether thu road
north Of Clearwater will be built into
Moscow or not, but we know that the
survey will be made from Three Forks
through the Paradise Valley across the
Buttes into lOtlatcll country and thence
to the Clearwater khis sMNsnaer. 1t has
also been made public through these
columns that the company have caused
q boat to be fitted up to facilitate the
line up the Clearwater, and this fact
lends additional weight to the Informs
ton stated above.
The fact that this road would leave
Lewiston out in the cold causes US no
alarm whatever, because we have steam
beats anyhow, and IL will be no great
trick to build q railroad over the I'D
miles of road between Texas and the
P0tlatch.-Nez Percc NcWs, Nay 1S.
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The Lay Torpedo.

The most successful type Of the NOV
.ke torpedo il found In the invention a
W n, John l.. Lay, OF Buffalo. Net
tx e. who has heretofore been mention
a = associate. with eEEnxinee
Vaal IN the invention Of the tofpedl
"a by Crushing. Az excellent a. In
isy undoubtedly is, It still has the samI
Isirt ~ others, namely, want Of suln
i.nt speed; this, however, does n.
.,em to Ike an insuperable obstacle. and
r;fh each successive construction Z
crater speed is obtained. The boat b
ssiva,s under the control Of the oper
.,or who can stop or start it. steer Il
Ether 1.-The on one side or the other. or firf
the charge whenever he pleases. All
,hese things are Of course extremely
sdysntageous, and greatly enhance the
r,lue of the weapon. The motive DOW.
sr IS car. onic acid gas. This gas (as is
rrll known) becomes liquelled und,r q
me,sare Of forty atn,ospheres, and In
ihis state 1t is stored In . flask in the
inat When the valve closing this flask
i omen, vaporizati0n ensues, and the
sv k taken {. the engine, first passing
n automatically acting reducing valve.
. that the pressure will not be to great. :.
As the liquid expands, great cold is pro-
duce,l, and trouble is experienced ffom
is use W q mortar this however, is not
sssious difficulty, and some remedy
viii doubtless be found. The explosive
daulber containing SO pounds Of ma
.nal is at the bow, and is % construct
Il that on contact with . vessel It 10 dis
easaged from its resting place, and
lSps several feet, the idea being that an
aplosion in that position will do more
Anage than at the water-line. In one
.snpr!ment Of the boat is . drum, from
Which b paid out the cable through
which the electric current passes, "A
sitable arrangement Of magnets opens
avalve which allows gas to enter q
CYLINDER, the piston in which causes the
helm TO b. put in the desired direction !;
nd similar arrangement causes the
h5uttIe Of the engine to open aud close.
The explosion n caused on contact II it
idesired, or it may always be Kept un-
ds the 0rerat0r's control. Some Of
,hse boats have but one wire in the
elble, over which the various functions
Ne caused to operate; Others have .
multiple cable, With . wire for each
din' required to be done. Over . mile
.da half OF wire 10 carried, 20 that the
1eetive range becomes very much
gsatef than that Of any Of its rivals.
III: Lay Is constantly at work introduo.
lsimprovenlents, oil Of which are pro-
ieeled BY numerous patents. His system
:. been definitely adopted by Russia
aefa satisfactory trial Of ten Of the
saaoe hutlt for her. A factory he's been
shb'ished, and II IL proposed to use
',en very extensively In any future
m1-AlIen ID. Brown, in Ha'Ter's
Magazine.
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Ba99y Trousers.

The man does not live probably who
has not mentally expressed himself i'm
the stOutest kind of Ang!o-SaxOn at the
ha9giness Of his pants ut the knees. 1t
is the one thing that makes life to hvn-
dreds Of our sex miserable almost be-
y0nd endurance. Even We have caught
ourselves saying gd-eu-terOn0my many
and many y time 1t the enormous
breadth and extent at the knees of 9TH
erwise immaculate pants, aud sighed for
some means whereby the evil might be
prevented. A writer in the Cincinnati
Gazetts supplies the need, and out Of
pure c0mmpassiOn for painting world
we reproduce It here: I'VE are conf
dentially informed W q society man,
the set, Of whose clothes are the envy
and despair Of q wide circle OF admirers,
that the only way to prevent their bag
giness, which has been a cause Of anguish
to three c0ntinents, '0ur continent and
the Eastern and Western hemispl,eres
generally IL to give the trousers little
hitch at the knee when you sit down,
and under no circumstances to crook
the pregnant hinges of the knee too
much when seated, but to leave the
neither limbs extended In q not ungrace-
ful fashion. Eternal vigilance is the
RGICO VI D1DIJO tS1SSJX0 Vs1Uu 1SNsCItyS WSeNe ~
moments forgetfulnees will be fatal, for
the cloth once stretched and nodded by
the shape Of the knee, not all the press-
ing, sponging, and blocking Of every
tailor's goose on Vine street can undo
the mischief. You will be suspected of
. desire to show your neat Overgaiters
and your olive and cardinal Isle thread
hose, and needless people will stumble
over v0ur Outsfretche6 limbs. balt vOal
will be sustained by that consciousness
that nerved Virginius to strike the fatal
blow, and say with him:
There = no way bat this"
Women Of fashion wear very little
jewelry in the streets, with the excep-
ti0n Of one or two slender bracelets that
are worn outside long gloves. Earrings
are abandoned for day wear ON all but
full dress occasions. A jeWeled collar
button and Q csavat bow are worn at the
throat, or e}se there - merely . slender
baP pin. The watch r. attached to .
short chatelaine.