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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-11-17
Colossal Lie Number Two
Branded with q Red Hot
Iron.
A Whopper Followed with
Stubborn Facts.
The Death Struggles of Com
petition.

Having purchased by Pacific cable,
via Honolulu, the entire stocks of
ladies' suits of every known dealer
in New York city, including H. Is.
Ciatfin Il Co. and Friedlander & Cas-
per. at a discount Of 400 per cent, we
wilt honest Injun-for the next 300
the last cipher without any extra
chatge-days sell this line Of goods
at their actual cost of manufacture.
No! no! We don't mean that; but
We mean we will sell each suit at
such an intinitesimal sum, that il the
lucre were in gold dust and played on
the point Of 4 cambria needle hon.
est Injun-it would not be percept-
ible, though you were to use Il glass
of sufficient power to read fine prii,
were the same held before your gaze
by someiuhabitant ofthe moon. There
is really no reason why we should
offer such colossal inducements 10
the good public Of Bate, for we
have all the suits-law suits excepted
that are between the two oceans
and between the Arctic and the
Gulf. But there's nothing small
about us, as what We have written
will attest.
STUBBORN FACTS.
There are some business houses,
who would like to be thought re!ia-
ble, who in their death struggle with
a competition that has defeated them.
do not '-esitat j., for a single moment
to promulgate in the form of adver-
tisements, statements that are recOg-
nized by the public az false, as quick
ly and Enthusiastically as though they
were branded as such with
\ RED HOT IRON.
The Advertiser is deluded, and not
the intelli gence that exists among
the newspaper readers Of the line
tenth century. 1t ia true that an
erroneous statement to draw Ii
mildly-may lie the best of which
some people are capable, and in this
event they are az much entitled to
the consideration Of the missionary
as the cannibal. There are such adj
vertisers in Butte and you know
them. We do not profess to have all
the suits that have been fashioned
during the past decade, but, as a mat
ter of fact, We have as many as any
other establishment in Butte and at
prices that will stand q comparison.
Yes, more; Ii u prices are not the
forrest, you may return our goods and
we will refund the purchase money.
That last sentence renders advertise
ing misrei RESERVATIONS impracticable
with US even though We had any dis
position in that direction.
Very respectfully,
SANDs i BOYCE.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-11-17

Efforts are being made to establish
a reading room in Butte. They should
certainly be successful. W. have
been without one too long already.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-11-17
III, WINE, M. II
OculiSt, Au1'iSt and
LarynSolo2ist.

Diseases of the Eye, Ear Nose and Throat, Ca
tarrhal diseases Of the Nose ard Throat Cavi-
ties. Special ana excllaive practice. Office
over Hale d Co S Drug Store, Vain Street, Hele-
Ia, Montana. lid
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-10-22
READING IN SCHOOL.

A paper read by Prof L. f. Tupper, at
the educational meeting held at Iras-
burgh, Oct 9Th.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-10-22
NEVER OUT OF SIGHT.

There is little saying
Which you'll find is always true,
My little boy, my little girl
A saying that's for you;
'Tis this, my darling little one,
With eyes so clear and bright;
s'No child in all this careless world
Is ever out of sight"
No matter whether field or glen,
Or city's crowded way,
Or pleasures laugh, or labor's hum,
Entice your feet to stray,
Some one is always watching you,
And whether wrong or right,
No child in all this busy world
Is ever out of sight.
Some one is always watching you,
And marking all you do,
To see if all your childhood acts
Are honest, brave and true;
And watchers of the heavenly world,
Gods angels, pure and white,
In joy or sorrow at your course
Are keeping out of sight.
Bear this in mind, my little one,
And let your aim be high,
To do whatever you may do
Beneath some seeing eye.
Remember this, my darling one,
And keep your good name bright,
No child who lives upon the earth
Is ever out of sight.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-10-22
DUNLUCE CASTLE.

To-day from all thy ruined walls
The flowers wave flags of truce;
For Time has proved thy conqueror,
And tanned thy strength, Dunluce!
Lords of the Skerries' cruel rocks,
Masters of sea and shore,
Marauders in their cankihg mail
Ride on thy gates no more.
Thy dungeons are untenanted,
Thy captives set free;
The daisy, with sweet childish face.
Keeps watch across the sea.
Thy halls are open to the sky,
Thy revelry has ceased;
The echoes of thy mirth have died
With fires that lit the feast.
What keepers of thy secrets old
Fit through the wind and rain?
What stern-faced ghosts have come by night
To visit thee again?
Grim fortress of the Northern sea,
Lost are thy power and pride;
Within thy undefended walls
The folded sheep abide.
Sarah Orne Jescett, IN Harpcr's Aagasine fol
November.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-10-22

JOSH BILLINGS HEARD FRoN.-NEwpoRr, r.. L.,
Aug. II, 1880.
Dear Bitfers.-I am here trying to breathe in all
the salt air of the ocean, and having been sufferer
for more than year with refractory liver, was
induced TO mix Hop Bitters with the sea gale, and
have found the tincture glorious result.
have been greatly helped by the Bitters, and am
not afraid to say Yours without struggle,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-10-22
Hair Work.!

Switches, Curls, Puffs and Frizzes made to order in
neat and workmanlike manner. Also Gents Guard
Chains and variety of Hair Flowers single or formed
in wreath. Give a call. All orders by mail
promptly attended to.
MRS. N. SMITH, Park St. Barton VT.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-10-22

paper reau Dy 1rOI. IL. II. upper, at
the educational meeting held at Iras-
burgh, Oct. 9Th.
'sThe great and almost universal
fault in teaching reading, says Supt.
Philbrick, sis the great neglect Of
attention to the sense of what is
read" Children may read with a
fuency that satisfies parents or guar
dians, when, to a critical ear. there
is, too often apparent, deadness of
expression which shows that the
mind of the reader does not grasp
the full meaning of what is read.
Even when a selection is of sufficient
interest to awaken the attention of
the reader, it is almost invariably the
case that the longer words convey
such an indefinite idea to the mind,
that the delicate shades of meaning
intended by the author are wholly
lost. Indeed. it would seem that
children are SO taught that they think
the whole service of reading to con-
sist in pronouncing words as rapidly
and smoothly as possible. The con-
sequences of this are of the gravest
character. No lesson is ever thor
oughly mastered before coming into
class for the last thing in the mind
of the pupil is to go to the dictionary
with word from thes grammar, ge-
ography or arithmetic, when such
course is not required in the reading
class. The meaning of a word is
often inferred FROM the connection,
and the strangest results sometimes
follow. To illustrate: pupil was
once reading a selection in which
something like the following occur
red: s'The soil was so torn and fur
rowed by the tornado, that the place
was hardly recognizable" When
being asked what a tornado was, the
pupil, who was girl of some four
teen or fifteen, replied that it was
something like hog. She judged
by what she knew by observation
and, strange as it may seem, we shall
obtain similar though perhaps not SO
absurd results, from examining al
most any reading class in our com
mon schools. Then the habit of
reading without thorough under
standing of the meaning of every
word IS usually not wholly overcome
in after life. How many adults, in
raadinu nawspanars maCaziua or
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-10-22

not prolong my tale. In six months
| was master of fast sailing vessel
you have seen that vessel, captain,
but never in port, and / have often
seen you, and knew your name twen-
ty years ago. But no matter about
that. My father continued to freight
his ships and send them to different
parts of the world-but he never
knew that | superintended a large
part of his business, and that many
of his cargoes found a sale in ports
to which they had never been con-
signed. His agents sometimes failed
to report.
have said enough, captain; be-
fore tomorrow sun sets, I shall be
in the caverns of the deep. But l
have forgiven him and do not COM
plain. | have a fortune in the Bank
of England, and with it is deposited
a will, and the orphan son of Ina is
my heir.
You have been kind to me, cap
tain, and in token of gratitude l beg
you to accept my watch and cutlass,
and this paper, which you will care
fully preserve. So saying, he held
out folded scrap of paper, which
my grandfather put into his pocket.
Morning dawned-but the strang-
er's eyes did not open upon it-they
we're closed forever. In the after
noon the "Burial Service at Sea" :"
that most solemn of sea scenes, was
performed-and the shrouded body
of the pirate, with a gentle plunge,
broke the CLASSY surface of the ocean,
and sank swiftly into its mysterious
depths.
1t was many hours afterwards that
my grandfather bethought himself of
the paper in his pocket. He opened
it and read as follows:
CAPTAIN LANE On the eastern
point of Nantucket, at high-water
mark, is tall, sharp cliff. A quar-
ter league due west from this cliff is
a large, round stone, and near the
stone thorn bush. That bush grows
in very rich SOIL"
The duties of his station kept nv
grandfather long time abroad, and
when he was in Boston, about two
years afterwards, and having a few
days of leisure, he was thinking about
acting upon the hint enigmatical pa
per. when his eye happened to fall
on the following paragraph in the old
Boston Messenger.
WONDERFUL DIsCovERY,-AsM Mr..
John Rogers was breaking a piece OF
pasture ground on the east shore OF
Nantucket, about month ago, his
ploughshare turned up a stout thorn.
bush, sticking to the roots of which
Mr.. Rogers spied Several Spanish
dollars. Upon this he went to dig.
ging Justify, and did not give up til
he had hauled out coins, chiefly
Spanish doubloons, of more thar
S23, 700 value. No doubt it wa:
buried by Capt. Kidd OF some of hi.
piratic kin
''No doubt" thought my grand
father, as he put down the pape
with slight nervousness. In wecl
he was again facing the storm on the
ocean, enriching his employers by
his skill and toll, till infirmities final
ly drove him high and dry on shore
There in due time, he died of ole
age, leaving little to his family, ex
cept the cutlass which three genera
tions Of boys have used in their ia
venile trainings and which, rust
ed and blunted, may now be seen il
the Office of his great grandson, /;
lawyer of New York.
READING IN SCHOOL.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-02-28
The New Iron Bridge over the Yazoo
River.

The Memphis, Vicksburg & New Or
leans, or what is better known as the
Wilson line Of railroads, is now building
quite a large iron bridge over the Yazoo
River, some twelve miles above Vicks-
burg, Miss. The construction of the
piers for the bridge has been vigorously
prosecuted for some time past. The
point selected is unusually difficult and
expensive for the construction Of d
bridge, as there is no bed rock or other
material within reach for the foundations
to rest upon, and the river, even at low
water, is nearly 10 feet deep.
The bridge viii consist OF three spans
about 800 feet long each, two Of them
fixed spans, and the third, draw span,
located in the middle Of the channel
These will be some six feet above level
Of extreme high water, and slightly
above the elevation of the bankson either
side. There will be five piers, one at each
end Of the bank and three in the river.
To obtain the requisite supporting ca
pacity, piles-l00 in the pivot and Y
in each Of the other two channel piers
are driven to depth of 40 feet Ito the
| river ppltblll. Liz OuJllb W uElNc bilcst
piles consists Of regular pile driver
engine, with 4,000-pound hammer, q
Skinner Steam hammer weighing 7,00t
pounds, and a large duplex Worthing
ton pump to supply a water Jet, wher
this can be used IN place Of driving, o.
to assist the latter. When the jet car
be used to advantage pipes are so ar
ranged chat one or more powerful let
are brought into play at the-point of tn,
pile, cxcavating hole for this latter t,
sink into The caison for the first pie
| is 30 feet in diameter, with sides fee
/ thick and 6 feet high; the roof consist
Of solid timber and is 7 feet thick.
The piers, when complete, will consis
of piles sawed off level with the bottom
Of the river. Surrounding these il
solid platform tthe roof of the caisson
Of timber Z feet thick, on which vii
rest the piers proper, which viii be on
continuous mass Of concrete. The COS
of the entire structure is estimated a
from $225,000 to $250,000.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-02-28

s.This ia q true-loTer's knot" he said,
As he twisted over a bit OF thread,
And carefully drawing the ends out
straight,
Presented tic form Of the figure eight.
ST Is. my darling, double moose,
Pretty 70 looka if left quite loose,
Bnt two hearts closely He may unite
By pulling the ends Of the cord up tight.
"This is bovine knot, quoth he,
To the merry maiden upon his knee
"And terrible things on the mighty ship
Would happen, you know, I'll TINS Knot
should slip;
Tn dropping the anchor, in hosting sail,
In making safe from the fearful gale;
And the bovine knot you will understand
Should never be made by a careless hand.
"And this is a weayer's knot, my dear;
An intricate puzzle to you. fear;
But you'll find you'll often have use for 1t
When the children's stockings you learn to
knit
O. what confusion and loss beside,
If a knot in the warp were left united
Hither and yon would the stitches run,
And the weaver's weaving be soon I'M
done.
'In tying a knot, if yon tie it wrong
You can't depend on it very long
But if made as it ought to be-firm and
fasi-
Twill hold, and tighten, and always last,
Now which Of these knots do you like the
best ~
Said he-and the maiden whom he adj
dressed
Like woman answered, and queried too
IL like the true-lover's knot. Don't you"
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-02-28
The Color Line in the South.

Columbus (Ga) Enquirer
It seems The hardest matter in the
world for the people in the north to an
derstand the color line business
They imagine that there il q struggle
increasingly going on between the whites
and the negroes for the ascendency Of
the colored race. They imagine that IN
church, in social and in affairs Of polit-
ical nature, the white man II all the
time trying to put down che negro, and
they ON the other hand are endeayoring
10 put themselves on an equality with
the whites by mingling with them on
equal terms, Such is not at all the case.
The negroes are just as anxious TO be left
entirely to themselves in all their affairs
rs the whites could possibly be. They
want their own churches, for their own
color, and under their own management
If the white churches of any denomina
ton were to throw wide their doors and
invite the colored people to Join them, il
would be only as very last resort tha
they would do so, They are as mucl
opposed to a mixed membership as an,
Others are, and they are so from princi
pie.
While the most cordial Christian fel
lowship exists between the races, the,
desire to have their own houses of wor
hip, and to control them in accordanc,
with the creed of the denomination t,
which they belong. And so it is Will
them MS to schools. All they want i
their pro rata share of the educationa
fund, and they then want their own in
stitutions of learning. This fact Is grow
ing stronger and stronger year by wear
and the negro would make it SO eve
could he have it any way he desire,
When they see that they have thei
rights under the law, it is all they ash
They have no desire for social equality
and the most cruel thing that could b
done would be to thrust it upon them.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-02-28

Col. Jones S. Hamilton has been in
New York and Washington for several
days on business looking to the early
building of the Gulf and Ship Island
Railroad, though the probabilities are
that no active steps viii be taken in that
direction for some months yet. He ex.
poets to complete his contract on the
Memphis and Holly Springs Division Of
the Selma road by the LIST of April, and
will have the cars running on eighteen
miles of it-from Holly Springs-thii
month. As soon as the division of tn,
road is completed, he expects to 90 I,
work on various portions of the line be
tween Holly Springs and Aberdeen, with
a heavy force, with view to the early
completion of the entire gap from thu
Mississippi river to the Tombigbee.-
Aberdeen Examiner
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-02-28
REcovER1EaHI HIS CHILDREN.
But Allowing the Kidnapper to
Keep the Wife and Money
he Had Stolen.

COLUMBUS, S. C.-The two boys of
John g Smith, who were kidnapped by
Hugh G.. Port when he ran away with
Smiths wife ten years ago, were return
ed 10 their father at Marion yesterday,
in accordance with an agreement by
which criminal proceedings against Port
were stopped.
Smith and Port were near neighbOrs
and we're regarded as fast friends. In
1862, when a young man Of %, Smith
married a Miss Brown, and, after the
war. began a successful career as a farm
err. Port married in 1860, and had, at
the time Of the elopement, two children,
aged 8 and 6. In the winter of 1873,
Smith and Port hauled a lot of
cotton to the neighbOring town of Null
Inns sold it for 5000, and deposited the
money with the merchant who had paid
it to them, subject to the order of either
one of them. Soon afterward Port in
duced his friend to 60 down into Horny
county, thirty-five miles distant, to
transact some business for him. On the
same day that the unsuspecting man set
out for Horny, Port went to Mullins,
drew all the money, and, destroy
ing his own family, eloped with
the wife and the two children of his
friend. When Smith returned he found
his home desolatc.
Not was known of Ports whcrea-
bouts until three weeks ago it was ascer-
tanned that he was living with his para
mour in Fairburn, Ga. 4 requisition
was obtained from Gov. Thompson,
warrant was issued by Che
Governor of Georgia, and Port was ar
rested. As he was aboe$>1o be brought
back to this State the officer who had
him in charge received a dispatch from
Smith, saying that if Port would snrren-
der the two children which he had kid
mapped, he could keep his paramour and
the money he had stolen, and the prose-
cution would be stopped. To this prop
osition Port readily agreed. Ports wife
died in August last, not having heard
from her husband since he deserted her.
Smith is one of the most prosperous
farmers in Marion county and is highly
respected by all who know him.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-02-28
Railroad and Political influence.

Ex-senator Chafee's Interview.
"aave the railroad potentates much
influence with the Arthur adminiatra-
ton"
sob, yes; they have 50 much money,
They have money to hire lawyers and
keep newspapers up, Ln7sbort, the time
has nearly come when we must deter
mine whether we are nation Of men or
belong to the railroad companies. |
have made up my mind that unless we
get a white man for President next time.
/ shall in my part of the world try the
force Of revolt. I shall run for Cover
nor as the anti-monopoly candidate, and
can carry Colorado"
II believe YOU were the Chairman Of
the Republican State Central Committee
at the last electionY'
"Yes, and we carried everything but
the Governor. That was impossible
from the nature Of the fight. But
erected more than two to one in the Leg.
isIature, or ffty-two to twenty-three, and
hence we kept our Republican hold on
the United States Senate"
'iYou do not think that the present
administration win be renominated T"
no, don't, don't think the peopl,
want it,
'Mr. Chaifle, Is not the Republican
party hare up for first class Presidential
material any way?
VERY hard up We have come t,
that place when none OF the leaders o
the party can be nominated In conyen
ton, and we have to put up with frauds
like the last two Republican candidates
At the Chicago Convention there were
three leaders Of the party in the field
Grant, Blaine and Sherman. Instead O
taking one Of them, the convention nom
mated man not worth hillo beans
] mean for that place. said Mr. Chat
fee, correcting himself. He. wasn't fl
to be President, because he hadn't TIN
executive capacity. Four years befor
we went to work and nominated no
Blaine, nor Morton, nor any frst-clas
material, but q fool on the lake shore
That is why the Republican party ha
been wheedled for the past seven year,
For one am tired Of it; and if any SCI
ond-rate material is put up next time
as | tell you, | shall join the anti-monor
Olists."
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-02-28
The CLARION.
CmTL.DmooD,s VAI.I.EY.
IGoOd wordsl

GOOD words.
II was a quiet valley,
Set far from human ills,
A sunny. sioping valley,
Begirt vita green, green hills.
The white clouds softly knitted
Gray shadows in the grass;
The sea.birds poised and fitted
As they were loath to pass.
A clear stream third the bridges,
Blue, lazy smoke upcuriedi
Beyond It's purple ridges
Lay the unquiet world.
Under the ivicd rafters
Iow-crooned the sun-dr0wsed dove
While youthful, breezy daughters
Moved on the slopes above.
Where mid the howerpied spaces
We children made bright quest;
Sure as we ran quick races
The far-sesn flower was best.
Thus while the sun uplifted,
And flashed adown the stream
The white clouds drifted, drifted,
In deep untroub.od dream.
Fair shines that sunny valley,
Set far from human Ills
Our childhOOd's simple valley
Begirt with green, green hills.
Nor all the worlds mad riot
Which we have known since then,
Hath touched this valleys quiet
Deep in our hearts own KEN
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-02-28
The Tariff.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON The amendment pro-
posed by Mr.. Beck reducing the internal
revenue tax on snuff, smoking and man
ufactured tobacco to cents per pound
was agreed to-30 to "a, as follows:
AYEs-Aldrich, Barrow, Bayard
Beck, Brown, Call, Conger, Farley
George, German, Grover, Johnston
Jackson, Jones (Florida), Lamar, Ma
hone, Mills of New York J, Mitchell, Nor
gan, Pendleton, Platt, Ransom, Sawyer
Vance, Van Wyck, Vest, Williams
Butler, and kellogg 80.
NoEs-A Allison, Anthony, Blair, Cock
rell, Coke, Davis (Illinois), Dawes, Ed
munds, Frye, Garland, Harley, Ingalls,
Lapham, Logan, McDill, Mcmillan
Maxey, Miller California;, Morrill,
Plumb, Rollins, Small, sherman an,
Windom-24.