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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-05-02
Arsenic for the Complexion.

Speaking of the weakness of the
gentler sex, says a Cleveland CORES
pendent, I met my friend, the doctor,
yesterday, and as he and 1 stood and
surveyed the passing show, a plump,
fair woman passed by, and l said to
him, 'What a charming complex
ion!' "Silort-lived, though, my
dear boy" quoth he. I expressed
surprise, for my charmer was young.
"Arsenic, Talbot, arsenic!" said he
calmly. Then it dawned upon me
what he meant. Resuming, he said:
Its u-e is increasing. Women eat
it in two forms-lhe white powder,
that caused poor Jennie Cranler's
death, or arsenious acid. as druggists
have it, and Fowler's solution, which
the pharmacopoeia says is a mixture
of arsenic with potash in the fluid
form. Either way of taking arsenic
produces the plumpness of face and
beauty of complexion that you no
ticed in yon fair lady. Its influence
is principally on the capillary System
of the skin, which produces the
plumpness. In plain English, water
is the influence at work, and III the
end it shows itself. The skin as
sumes a watery transparency, which
in its turn gives way to ghastliness
and whitening of the lips. This is
the awakening from a blissful dream.
Beauty vanishes and the end comes.
Horrible? Oh, no! I call it retribu-
ton. Cynical? Perhaps! but plain
truth generally is, my dear boy,
in these days Of ours. Arsenic
eating can be stopped at any
time without an effort, except that
which vanity breads. 1t has none
of the soporific effect of opium or
morphine. Used as a medicine, it is
ar excellent tonic, one of the best
known"
How long a arsenic be used be-
fore it produces the ghastliness you
speak of" I asked my mentor.
"Six weeks unbroken dosing will
do the work we'll and effectually,"
answered he; shut woman is skillful,
and, using it a week she pauses, and
before the effect of the cessation
comes she takes another interval of
arsenic dosing. Thus fate is held off.
The end must come, however, and it
comes all too 500 for the arsenic
Some systems agree with
the drug longer than others, but a
few years of the periodical settles it,"
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-05-02
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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-05-02

healthy ticket, and one which ought
10 De elected by a handsome majority.
Lie Boulder Hot Springs have
oeen opened for the season. VIM.
l.. Sweet is the present proprietor,
ana has made every arrangement for
'he comfort and pleasure of his
guests. The medicinal properties of
.he waters, both for drinking and
bathing, are we'll known. Hot, cold
ana plunge baths have been pro-
v'ded, and special accommodations
'or ladies and families.
Glendale is excited just now over
,ne results of little April fool joke.
-: Crockett Stevens, Byrnett and
williams were summoned with mock
legal dignity to sit upon a jury and a
ease was tried before them, the farci-
'Sl character of which they knew
no1hlng of until the verdict was rem
aered. They now claim in the
vourts u 200 damages against J. G.,
Mmeppler, E. R. Award, Judge
.nomas ct al. alleging unlawful re-
s'ralnt of liberty.
During the past few days the city
las been favored with a visit from
@oout twenty five Bannack Indians.
yesterday, while the rain was falling
last and thick, they were seen on the
1reA OF the Big Butte, mounted on
Suelr ponies, and pointing with their
uows and arrows in various direc-
"ons' as if marking the changes
"'."'h their recollection, from an
an'rodden plain to the busy populous
Ivy which has sprung up upon the
Nv" spur of the Rockies where Butte
Is located.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-09-26

brought into active service. Thus the Ru- thor makes the ear 8 useful auxiliary in distinguishing and determining the verbal qualifications which the gender of German has hitherto made so tedious and difficult, by ayailing himself of certain vocal cues to which the subject noun in each case fur nlshes the keynote. The method, as it's title indicates, is to pass in easy stages from simple terms to complex phrasing. To make the exercises more effective, and to fix 8 habit of rendering grammatical forms speedily and accurately, the student is gradually introduced to a limited but welI-selected vocabulary, consisting of three hundred and fifty nouns, one hundred and twenty five adiectives and two hundred verbs, besides the necessary adjuncts of minor words and particles. By constant recurrence of the units of this word-inven- tory, they are presented to the student in frequent and eyer-changing groupings and associations, bringing out fully both their individual and their conventional meanings. For sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 The Fate of Marcel" by Caleb Harlan, M. D., is story of the old fashioned kind, III WHICH At 4s sAouBAb hocoesaHy Co A0'o 0 plot with an ingeniously contrived and care fully concealed mystery at once to excite and to gratify the curiosity of the reader. The narrative is original in it's conception and full of interest, while the characters are cleverly drawn and sympathetic, so that al- together 'sThe Fate of Marcel'' is an emi- nently readable book. Published by J. B. Lippincott & Co.,, Philadelphia, and for sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-09-26
COMMUNICATIONS.
Public to Coal Men.

To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 We are unwilling to believe that the hon. orable body of coal dealers in this city would willingly or wilfully outrage the humane sen- abilities of the public. yet the fact remains that displeasing, almost distressing scenes are of daily occurrence on our streets for which they only can and must be held responsible.
 Most of us have had our blood heated, our anger honestly stirred and our compassion for much abused animal excited at the sad spectacle of horse dripping with sweat toil- ing along under blazing dog-day sun while compelled to drag heavy cart loaded with coal, not unfrequently gross ton, wheels cutting deep into mud of unpayed streets, up hill, with from one to three human be- ings perched on top of this already excessive burden. The faces of these creatures ex plain why they are not ashamed of such be- havior and tell the story of their brutal in difference 10 the feelings of horse or man, or anything in the world but their unlovsly selves, and when they go home at night you may be sure that wife and children suffer from the same savage spirit and endure ill treatment, having the same bad cause. Look at two of them now, half upon the poor horses back, squatted on the coal, while the third creature sits behind with legs dangling over the tailboard
 
 knees doubled almost up to the chin, a short dhudeen in mouth exhaling the vilest tebac co and poisoning the unhappy air around them. They make us sorry that we must call them men. In behalf of a much enduE- ing public we ask our respected friends, the coal dealers, to see to it that three may never ride in 8 cart loaded with coal. Also that even the one man walk by the side of the horse's head when the cart is loaded and not add his often huge, always unnecessary bulk, to @ weight already ap- preaching the humane maximum.
 If our coal dealing friends are in earnest to put stop to this often repeated disgrace to their business. we can promise that the public will be with them and help them, and If SO requested by the ceal dealers report to the firms the number of carts repeating this inhumanity Of course it is useless to appeal to the drivers and to their friends, who have SO lost the sense of common decency as not to feel ashamed to ride one, two and three on the top of cart loaded with coal If they can raad-which is doubtful-and have followed us thus far. do what they will, and be in the future as trutal as they may, they cannot forget what we have above written, and they have just read. They will some times hate themselves and in some measure realize their shame and then the over burdened and abused horses will be spared and grateful and they and we be thankful.
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DRAWING THE LINE.

Georgia draws the line at oleomargarine Even though'she has an Athens she has nc faith in the culture of grease.-New Yort Journal.
 What is the difference between fool ano mirror? The fool speaks without reflect ing and the mirror reflects without speaking Rome Sentinel
 Dammit" is the name of St. Paul man and every time 8 friend calls him on the street the people think some one has stupoeo toe.-Bismarck Tribune. The English needn't spare us any more sparrows. If this sparrowgraph meets the eye of the English they will please govern themselves accordingly.-Boston Trans cript.
 A quack advertisement says that red noses are sometimes caused by dyspepsia Thle announcement will be received with almost as much joy as that of two-cent letter post age.-Burlington Free Press. We see that our minister to England has been saying good word about Fielding Fielding is good occupation, and this coun try pays about as much to the best fielders as any in the world.-LoweIl Courier.
 A horse baked with 8 man in Buffalo the other day and he sat there in his buggy nine hours before the animal moved on. He was house painter working by the day, and would have put in another hour if necessary. Free Press.
 An article in an exchange is entitled 'tRe- ligious Umbrellas" A religious umbrella, we should say, is one that doesn't leave the church fifteen minutes before its owner, and send twenty-five cent substitute to take it's place.-Norristow Herald.
 The notorious and amusing jealousy be- tween St. Paul and Minneapolis has taken the dire shape of war over the direct ories of the two cities. Each directory man swears that the other is liar, and unbiased observ- CTS believe that each swears to the truth Boston Post.
 physician says: ''In buying clothing care should be taken to investigate the hygros- copicity of the cloth" We always do but, as singular as it may appear, many persons buy coat and never give thought to its hygroscopicity. This is great mistake Norristown Herald.
 Lightning itself cannot escape tho photog- rapher's art. Dr. Haensel, of Germany, has succeeded in getting good negatives of many flashes It is believed they'll yet be able to photograph a boy putting stick of candy in his pocket when he sees his chum coming round the corner Boston Post.
 An American who had jolly German friend wished to become acquainted with the Germans charming wife. ''Vel, said the German, ''ofe you dreat, dot will pc all righdt!' After the treat the German led him over to where the lady was sitting with number of friends. 'tKatrina," said the husband, ssyou know dot man p ''No, :" said Katrina modestly. ''Vell, dots him! !" Louisville Courier-Journal.
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RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

Four of the beautiful little volumes epti tied "Heart Chords' have been published by Cassell 6 Go. One is by Dr. Montgomery dean of Edinburgh, teaching how to come near to God and to walk with him like little child; another, by the Rev. P. B. Power of Worthing, tells of the battIe-fields of the soul, and leads it from it's warfare and per- plexities to restoration of peace with God and abiding joy. Another is by Joseph w. Reynolds, Prebendary of St. Paul's cathe- dral, and is entitled My Growth in Divine Life" The other, by Rev. Dr. George A. Chadwick, is entitled seIy Emotional Life. , These little books are prepared, not to advo- cate the views of any special school of reli- gious thought, nor to discuss any vexed questions, but rather to minister to all that is true and strong and manly in moral char acter. For sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 '.Door Yard Folks. and Winter Garden" by Amanda B. Harris, is the title of very interesting book. In 'Door Yard Folks' the author presents series of agreeable and entertaining chats about the living things which are commoa to our country door yards -LnOlSSs IOouS anu S4uA1ESA5Y ana A0Qs GO them brief chapters on fox, bird and trout life. In IA Winter Garden. she gives her readers the results of winters study of buds-not rose buds, but the buds of maple, chestnut, cherry and whatever else could be got at during the snowy season. The twigs bearing them were brought into the house, and by tender care and judicious coaxing many, of them threw out leaves and even blossoms. The volume is well illustrated. For sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 sA Washington Winter by Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren, is book which has been much discussed and sharply criticised. It has also and therefore had good sale. It does not give a very ahattering picture of Washington society. and the author has been accused of spite in drawing some of the characters. Published by James R. Osgood < Co.,, Boston, and for sale in this city by Judd the bookseller.
 ''The Cumulative Method in German, by AdoIphe Dreyspring, is published by D. Appleton $ Go, New York. The stCumu- ative Method" is based upon the theory that in the acquisition of 8 foreign Ian guage every available faculty should be
Morning journal and courier., 1883-09-26
September

Sweet is the voice that calls From babbIing waterfalls, In meadows where the dowDy seeds are flying; And soft the breezes blow, And eddying come and go, In faded gardens where the rose Is oy1Eg. At eve, cool shadows fall Across the garden wal, And on the clustered grapes to purple turning; And pearly vapors lie Along the eastern sky, Where the broad harvest moon Is redly burning. An, soon on field and hill The winds shall whistle shriI, And patriarch swallows call their hocks together To fly from frost and snow, And seek for lands where blow Ths fairer blossoms of 8 balmter weather. The crickets chirp all day, 90 fairest summer, stay p Tho squirrel eyes askance the chestnu's browning The wild fowl fly afar Above the foEny bar And hasten south ward ere the skies are frowning Now comes fragrant breeze Through the dark cedar treess And round about my temples fondly liDgers In gentle playfulness, Like to the soft carees Bestowed in happier days by loving fingers, f Net, though 8 sense of grief Comes with the falling le If, And memory makes the summer doubly pleasant, In all my autumn dreams future summer gleams, Passing the fairest glories of the present
 George Arnold.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-09-26
POPULAR PROSECUTIONS.

According to the latest reports from Strat- ford the authorities of that town do not pro- pose at present to arrest Lewis. We could ation, if indeed we desired to, of the manner in which they have conducted the investiga- ton of this sad mystery. They have shown promptness and zeal in investigating and are showing wise moderation in their hesitation to arrest. This is tho reverse of what is usual ly the case in this State. On too many occa- sions that are still fresh in the minds of everybody the authorities have exhibited a great laxity in investigation and great promptness in making arrests. They have paid good deal more deference to the popu- lar demand than attention to evidence or re- gard to the rights of the accused. No more dangerous or disappointing method of pursu- ing crime exists, than doing it under the di- rection of the public. Popular approval will undeniably often sustain a prosecution based on very slight evidence, but when the verdict is lost 1t is very quickly converted into popular condemnation. It is often said in murder cases that the public de- mands victim, but it will never be satisfied with one who is not convicted. An acquitted victim is not much of victim. A nasty and lI-founded prosecution is worse than no pros ecution at all. A murderer may escape detection and the officers of the law be in no way to blame. A murder committed on 8 lonely road at midnight without leaving trace or indication that points to it's perpe- trator is 8 problem that requires patience as well as skill, and it's solution is a triumph of both, and it is 8 problem which if 1t remains forever unsolved justifes no reflection upon those who have attempted to master it. But an unwise and nasty prosecution can plead no such difficulty for it's excuse. The prose- cutors know what evidence they have to sup port them. If they subject the State to an expensive trial and financially ruin the accused on 8 fimsy case they have committed blunder that is worse than some crimes, and done more than g dozen unsolved, mysterious murders would do to bring the law into contempt. The State of Connecti- cut has seen enough of unproitable trials where nothing has been proved except the mismanagement of the cases. Lewis may or may not be guilty, but he should not be prosecuted until there is proof that he is- What evidence the authorities may possess we do not know, but none has yet been given to the public which at all justiies his arrest, much less his nroseeution
Morning journal and courier., 1883-09-26
5aIlrnaI aaS Courier.
Wednesday. S. ptember 26, 1883
A PROPHECY.

Political prophets are always with us, and always ready with their prophecies, which are often interesting and amusing, if not very impressive. An elaborate political prophecy has been started out in pamphlet form from Philadelphia and is going the rounds. It professes to be a detailed account, written just after the meeting of the two nominating conventions of next summer, of the nomina- tion of '.BIaine of Maine" for president by the Republicans. and of Butler, 'the Man from Massachusetts," /" by the Democrats.
 The prophet gives history of the drift of opinion in 1884 which results in the forma- tion of policy for the national Repubi- can" party, embracing, first, ''a vigorous foreign policy" second, ''a tariff to foster, encourage and protect American industry;' third, "protection from oppression by mo- nopolies;" fourth, "the restoration of Ameri- can shipping" The convention is held at Philadelphia; Tom Marshall nominates Blaine; Emory Storrs nominated Arthur. On the second ballot Blaine receives 543 votes, including nine of the twelve from Connecti- cut, and is chosen.
 This disposes of the Republican problem, and the prophet then turns his attention to the Democratic side. He makes the conven- tion meet in Louisville. Everything goes smoothly up to March, 1884, and then suddenly came the astounding intel ligence that rudely awakened the party from it's dreams of assured suc- cess-Samuel s. Tilden was helpless phys i0al and mental wreck" John Kelly declares for Butler. The South howls vigorously about Beast" Butler, but is soon whipped into line, and the 'sBeast" is nominated at Louisville on the fourth ballot, getting four hundred and thirty two votes, including ten of the twelve from this State. The nomina- tion is greeted by speech from Henry Wat terson, moving that it be made unanimous, and declaring that "we have nominated 8 candidate who, if elected, will take his seat :" and there is much and vigorous applause.
 How foolish or wise this prophecy is can not. of course, be really told until it is test ed, but it does not seem very wise. We will not, however, attempt to show it's unwisdom lest we, too, be accused of folly. If Blaine and Butler are pitted against each other the campaign will be very lively one.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-09-26

deck hand on the steamer City of Nor wich fell from the vessel at Bridgeport Sat. urelsy while drunk and was drowned. The body was afterward recovered. In his peck. ct was found longshoreman's card, number 62, on which was written William Moore, J which is supposed to be his name.
 Two boys, twelve and thirteen years old, were arrested in the Hartford railroad station Monday with half tickets for New York and making suspicious display of money and cigarettes. One of them acknowledged breaking into bakers shop at Portland, Me, last week and robbing the money draw. CT. The Portland police have been notified.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-09-26

RHEuMAT1sM, disordered blood, general debility, and many chronic diseases pro nounced incurable, are often relieved by Browns Iron Bitters." E A-
 HUNTSVILLE, ALA.-Dr. J. c. Spotswood says: "I highly recommend Browns Iron Bitters for dyspepsia, rheumatism, and gen eral debility" -
 FAIRFIELD, TowA-Dr. J. L. Myers says: Browns Iron Bitters is the best iron pre- paration have ever known in my thirty years of practice
Morning journal and courier., 1883-09-26

People who live in cities do not appear to think it worth while to pay much attention to the way in which public affairs are run. Thus the annual business meeting of the city of New London was attended by only one hundred voters.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-09-26

Boston Democrats are much like other Democrats Since the present city govern ment came in fifteen Republican lamp lighters, some of whom were soldiers in the civil war, have been discharged, and their places filled by Democrats.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-09-26

The Empress of Japan has ordered her chamberlain to prepare list of all the faith fuI wives in the empire, in order that she may present them with a medal or badge of chastity. The chamberlain will deserve fine medal if his list is correct.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-09-26
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Butler yesterday and made fuss enough about it.
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with broom and thrown lighted match in his face. She denied every allegation and said that he gave her the planoforts uncon- ditionally, and other presents as well. She admitted that she once playfnlly threw a piece of cheese at him when they were at the table, and that she pursued him with 8 broom when he tried to kiss her. John lost both suits.
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We begin this morning the publication of a series of articles concerning New Haven's glorious elms and Green. They have been prepared with great care, and contain much that is interesting. Our readers will find them well worth their attention.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-09-26

Many pleasing anecdotes concerning Con gressman Robinson, the Republican candi- date for governor of Massachusetts, are in circulation. For instance, it is related of him that he was member of the special committee on the improvement of the Mis- sissippi river, and that when the committee visited the river he secured vote at the first meeting by which the Sergeant-at-Arms was ordered not to furnish any liquors. For once such trip was made in which there was no intoxication and no scandal The cities of Memphis, Helena, Natohez and New Orleans rendered great dinners. At his ssg- gestion they were declined and the time given to visiting the improvements which the government was making.
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Morning journal and courier., 1883-09-26
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