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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-28
Produce Market Report.

BUTTE, NJ. T., April %, 1883
The following are the wholesale
prices paid by merchants and hotel
keepers for the commodities enumer-
ated, delivered from the wagons
Price list carefully corrected every
Saturday:
Flour Ruby Valley, XXNX, $3.50
per cWt.
Mill Greek, XXXX, $3.50
percWt.
Kansas xxx $500.
Bakers, $3.50.
Mill Creek, New Process, 1850.
Gallatin, $40 per cwt.
Union Mills, New Process, Cream
of the Valley, 500
Ruby Valley, new process) $500
Union Mills XXXX Snow flake,
$685..
Utah Common, 1926
Utah Choice, $3.50.
Graham, $500.
Wheat per h., p cts, fair demand.
Oats, $2.00at $50.
Butter, per ]b., $50 40 cts.
Eggs, per dozen, 26: cts.
Corn Meal, &c.
Beef, carcass, 8 cts.
Beets, 81 cts. perlb.
Hay per ton, $23@S25
Bailed Hay, per ton, $22@2J
Cheese, 1920 cts.
Barley, S2.25@2.50 per cwt.
Dried beans, Montana, : cts.
Mutton, 10 cts.
Pork, dressed, IA cts. per Ii.
Veal. 12b cts. Der 10.
Chickens, 81 a. $3.50 per dozesI.
Wood, $5.25|@ $500
Rutabagas, u cts. per Id.
Potatoes, s1.3D@1.5D p c"t.
Sausage, Is cts. per 10.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-28
Strayed or StOlsn-$2O Reward

From the subscriber one bay horse, brand
cd with q heart on left thigh; two white
hind feet. and q star in forehead. One horse
branded r with figure 4 underneath on left
shoulder and \ on left thigh; two white
hind feet; left side white; stripe In the for
head. Mrs. MARY A. HANSON.
Butte, NJ. T., April %, 1888. s-w-3t
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-28

The Custer county grand jury has
recently returned a true bill against
John Sullivan, the brakeman who
robbed q young Austrian on . North
ern Pacific freight train near the Big
Horn q few weeks ago.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-28
BORN.

CLARK In Butte, Montana, April 9th.
1883, at 10 80 O'Clock, a. H., to f. 8. and
Laura Clark, a sOn.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-28

If you want a genuine bargain in
new furniture so to Pinkham's. \
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-06-21
A Monster.

In 1857 the three chief officers Of tho
ship Castilian came upon a sea-serpent
in the ocean in the vicinity of St.
Helena, declaring that there heaved itself
out of the sea, about twenty yards dis.
tant from the ship, creature with .
head shaped like nun buoy and seven
or eight feet in diameter at the largest
Part: With kind Of scroll OF hood ofekin
be some 200 feet in length, and WAS ..
dark color spotted with white. Com
bining al the facts and alterations that
could be collected, the case made out by
the advocates of the sea-serpent theory
was that the creature usually appeared
In unfrequented seas and calm weather,
that it had . slender body OF perhaps
100 feet in length, . broad snake-life
head with prominent eyes, . long and
narrow neck and ane, and was COM
monty Of dark color. It swan swiftly
at the surface, with the head and neck
elevated, progressing apparently by
vertical undulatine motion. There did
not. seem to be any fish to which the an
imal could be referred. but it was MAIN
talned-to put the matter in ito plainest
iorm-that there might be some mod.
med type OF the secondary enaliosaur-
iane marine Iizard) or some form inter.
mediate between them and the elonaated
cetaceans.-fNeW York World. ~
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-06-21
Improved Engine Construction.

Improved Engine construction.
One Of the latest methods of steam
engine construction aims to economic
steam and maintain a constant equal
pressure on the driving shaft, with the
advantages accruing from such a plan,
and is claimed to be an improvement on
those engines which have more than
one movable piston working in the same
cylinder, each separately connected by
the crank. According to this system,
the engine has three pistons in the CYL
inder, the rod of the central one passing
through! the center of the inner piston ;
the rods of the outer piston also pass
through the wires. secured to it at equal
distances from tho rod of the center pis-
ton, these rods not being fastened to the
latter, though they pass through It.
Thus. the movements of the outer and
inner plsrons are steadled. The centrai
and outer pistons are forced apart in op-
posite directions when the steam is let
i1 between them through tho port, until
the exhaust port allows it to escape.
When it is admitted through the central
and inner pistons, the former is moved
back, going in one direction, while the
end pistons move in the other; and %
the cranks of the central and end pis-
tons are set opposite; the crank shaft il
At the time pulled and pushed in oppo-
site directions by the movement of the
three pietons, and the strain upon it 10
equal in both.
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Religious Cranks.

Last Sunday man and his wife NAM
ed Palmer, living in Crowley county,
Kansas, while laboring under q de.nsion
stripped themselves. and not being
adorned by even the historical fig-leai,
wandered about their corral and orchard
gil DAY and night, imagining they were
IN Eden and obeying the behests of Je-
hoyah. As the husband is q very strong
and powerful man the neighbors were
afraid to 60 near them, but on Monday
morning some of them coaxed up cour-
age enough to 70 to them ana per-
suade them to clothe themselves. Their
children were in the house. but were
unable to do anything with their par-
ents. The couple are now Quiet. but
still out of their minds. The woman.
who is very we'll educated, was bitten
by rattlesnake a few days before the
above occurrence, but trusting solely in
prayer, refused to allow anything t.; be
done to cure tho bite.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-06-21
A Clergyman's Robuko.

The Rev Brooke Hereford, of Boston
doesn't like to be interrupted when he
is busy writing a sermon, and 80 the
other day. finding himself somewhat be.
hind hand with his preparation for the
coming Sunday, he retired to his study.
giving explicit orders that he was not to
be disturbed by visitors, no matter who
might call. Pretty soon along came the
autograph file-that is, the lady who was
collecting autographs and favorite texts
OF Boston preachers for charitable oh.
ject. She was SC importunate that Mrs.
Herefold at last went to the study door
and tapped. "Brooke?" Eyes" ''There
is q lady down stairs, and" "But. INV
dear" II know; Brooke, but she only
wishes your autograph and favorite text.
for dear charity's sake" Herefold Weld.
ed. and dashed down his name and the
reference, I. Hmothy,9 ", IL, on q
sheet Of paper. There was grim smile
on his face ~ he handed it to his wife.
She took 1t down to the visitor, and she
in turn went away rejoicing. But when,
in reviewing her treasures, she looked
up Mr.. Hereford's text, she read: 'And
withal they learn to be idle, wandering
about from house to house; not onlv
idle, but tettlers also, and busybodies,
speaking things which they ought moi. ;"
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merely ornamental. Yet sometimes the
initials are 30 plain - to be readable &C
glance, and woman looks @ though
ownership or Identification. OF conn.,
this is bad taste. and may be due either
to mistaken view Of what IL bo&ominp
or to brazen desire to force attention.
There is no judging, here in New York.
OF the character OF women by appear
ances. Some of the best of them offend
the rules of propriety in dress unawares
and some of the worst are cleverest at
obeying them.
A freak of our fashionable women 10
to wear little or no jewelry. A bangle
or two at the wrist is about all the gold
ordinarily visible on belle Just now,
and if she knows anything in the way Of
precious stones, it Is diamond or pearl
In each ear. But this discarding of gew-
gaws does not imply general absence of
adornment or prevailing Quietude of
style, for nothing has ever been bright
er or gayer In street attire than the Jer.
supplemented by the punches of natu.
ri flowers. oflenest yellow, that are
displayed upon them. Usually as soon
a. fashion has extended to poorer NO.
men, the rich promptly discard it; but
here is IN exception, for wealth can
make itself florally manifest in Jacque-
minot roses at one dollar apiece, while
comparative poverty does the best It
can with daisies ut ten cents q handful,
and an equality of prettiness does not
involve the dreaded commonplace.
A curious thing in the way of humor.
ing our whimsical bellies, by the by, was
told me by glove merchant. His clerks
are girls; they average we'll in good
looks, but have remarkably big hands.
Il won't employ them" said he III they
Gan wear less than No. . gloves. I mean
that their hands shall always be larger
than those of the customers. who are
flattered by the contrast and thereby
chases,"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-06-21
A ecrap.Book.

We wonder how many farmers wives
know the value of scrap-book? It 10
not necessary to purchase one with q
fine cover. Very few houses are with
out some old law book that is ofno value,
and this answers the purpose. Keep q
bottle Of gum-arabic and water with q
feather ready to dip in it, and when you
are reading and see anything you think
useful in paper that is likely to be de-
stroyed, cut it out and paste It at once
into your book, otherwise you may never
see it again. BY doing 80 great deal of
valuable information will be obtained ::
every time you put in a fresh. piece YOU
will see some new thing in the old ones.
and at the end of q year or two you will
be surprised to see how interesting and
valuable it has become.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-06-21
Gen. McClellan's Opinion of
Southern Generals,
Gen..

Southern Generals.
Interview in the Fort Wsrth Gazette.
"Who was the greatest Southern Gen.
eral?"
''There were two of them--Lee and
Johnston
(Which Johnston?"
Joe"
"You have heard of jefferson Davis
estimate of Albert Sidney Johnston.
Do you agree with him?"
"Sidney Johnston died too soon. I
had no opportunity to become acquaint-
ed with his merits as commander. OF.
hcers of ability and judgment, however,
informed me that Gen. Johnston was an
officer Of commanding ability. He en-
joyed the friendship and confidence of
Jefferson Davis, and that enabled him to
display his abilities at their best"
(Which was the greatest soldier, Joe
Johnston or Robert +. Lee?"
ut would be difficult to tell. Both
had genius commensurate with their
opportunities, and both deserve to be
ranked among the greatest generals OF
the age"
"Was either greater than the other?"
ut would be hard to tell. They were,
doubtless, possessed of different quail
ties. Lee was quick to plan, and John
ston matchless in performance. Lee
was superb in the defensive and John
ston without q peer in the offensive: Lee
had grand fighting qualities. and john
ston could equal Napoleon planning a
campaign"
"What about other Southern gener-
als?"
II think Beauregard should rank next
to Lee and Johnston. He made an ex-
celent officer, and perhaps had no equal
as an engineer in the army"
Where is Longstreet's placer"
HE made an excellent fighter, and
distinguished himself generally as a Of
ticer. but Joe Johnston and Robert E..
Lee were the soldiers of the confeder.
acy;"".
"You must get some one else to dis
cnss them with Won -
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-06-21
A Voice From the People.
TIE GREATEST CURATIVE SUCCESSFUL. ACE

No medicine introduced to the public hes over
met With the success accorded to Hop Bittsts: Il
stands to-day tho best known curative article in the
world. IT. marvellous renown 10 not due to the i'd
vertising It has received. 1t Is famous by reason
Of it, inherent virtues It does al that IL claimed
for 1t. 1t il tho most powerful. speedy and effect
i've agent known for the building up Of debiitated
systems and general family medicine.
Winston. Forsythe Co. N. c., March IS, 1880
your wonderful Hop Bitters. was troubled With
Dyspepsia for i've years previous 70 commencing
the use OF your Hop Bittere some six months "a.
Fist Methodist church Of this place, and nv whole
congregation testify to the great virtue to your
bi''er'' Very respectfully. REV H FEREsEE
Hop Bitters Co.~Pies.e accspt our erstefu1 A..
knowledgment for the Hop Bitters you wore 10
kind to donate, and which were such benedt to
US. We are 20 built up with 1t We feel young
OLD LADIES OF THE HOME OF THE FRIENDLsss.
Delevan. Wis, Sept. "a, 1880
Cent? have taken not quite ono bottle Of the
got it. To-day am a. active and feel ~ weli a.
dld ct 81. SEQ great nauy that need such .
' Monroe, Mich, Sent. IS n9 9s3S
sirs-I have been taking Hop Bitters for imam
nation of tho kidneys and bladder; it has done for
me what four doctors failed to do-cured me- The
eject OF the Bitsers seemed like magic.
If you have = sick friend, whose life is : burden.
one bottle Of Hop Bitters will restore that friend 10
perfect health and hi %a9;o,d D. u.v 100,
1T has cured mo Of several diseases. such ~
nervousness, sickness ut tho stomach. monthly
t1oH1ss; fs have not sseu sick Day since
Evansville, Wis, Juno -, 1882
Gentlemen-No medicine has had one half the sale
here And given such universal satisfaction a. your
Hop Bitters have. We take pleasure In speaking
Tor their welfare, Is every ono who tries them 10
we'll satisfied with their results Several such re-.
markable cures have been made with them here
that there are number of earnest workers in the
Hop Bitters Cause One person gained eleven
Bay City, Mich, Feb. 3. 1880
Hop Bitters Company-1 think it my duty to
send yon recommend for the benefit Of any ner-
son wishing to know whether Hop Bitters are rood
or not. know they are good for general debility
make new life. I recommend my patients to use
them DR., 4. PIArT'
Treater of Chronic Diseased
Superior, Wis. JAN, 1880
heard IN my nefghborhOod that your Hop Bit
ters Wa doing such great deal Of good among the
sick ard afflicted with most every kind Of disease.
and as had been troubled fifteen years With men.
ralgta and all kinds of rheumatic cOnaplaiuts and
kidney trouble. took one bottle according to d.
recuqns. T. at once did me great deal Of good.
and used four bottles more. l am an old man.
but am now % we'll as can wish. There are seven
or eight families In our place using Hop Bitters for
their family medicine, and are 80 we'll satisfied with
ntney Tii use no other One lady here has been
from the use of three bottles.
LEONARD WuITBECK.
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Losing q Day.
Pacific Ocean Correspondence Baltimore

Pacific Ocean Correspondence Baltimore
Sun.
o. Sunday evening We approached
the 18Oth meridian of longitude. We
went to sleep Sunday night and awoke
Tuesday morning. We had left out
Monday in order to set ourselves right
with the time of the world. In tlavel-
ing westward from London we were
just twelve hours behind London time.
To set ourselves exactly right we should
have missed but twelve hours, but by
common consent all vessels crossing the
18Oth degree of longitude from east to
west miss twenty -four hours, so that, hav.
Ing crossed this meridian, we were
twelve hours ahead instead of twelve
hours behind London time: but travel
ing on westward We would lose twelve
hours bv the time We should reach Lon.
don, and thus we would find ourselves
exactly right by London time. In tray
cling round the world the other way, /.
g., from west to east, the order is re-
versed, and day is counted the second
time. Thus It viii be seen we have lost
Q day Of our lives unless we undertake q
trip eastward, in which case we would
regain the day We have lost.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-06-21
Tomato Culture.

Perhaps no other garden vegetable
has grown more or faster in public favor
than the tomato. 1t is one of the most
profitable garden crops, if cultivated
right and got in market early.
have made tomato culture special
study for the last six or seven years, en-
leavoring to grow the earliest and best
tomatoes. would get all the new vari-
cites could to test, cultivating them in
the best way according to my knowledge
and judgment to make the vines the ear
Hest and nearest perfect fruit. I will
give the mode of cultivating that have
found to be the best and most profitable
way as yet.
Start the plants in hot bed; SOW the
seeds in box large enough to hold the
required number of plants wanted: sow
in this box in rows one or two inches
apart the seeds thick, and insert in the
hot-bed up to the top. When the plants
have four or six leaves, transplant to an.
other hot bed four inches apart. No.
tice that the beds are the same or near
the same temperature. The transplant
ing is done to give the plants more room
and give them abundance of roots. The
plants should be hardened by taking of
all cover, or if sash is used raise them On
q warm, clear day, When all danger OF
frost is past, transplant to the open
ground. Break the ground deep and
work it mellow, mixing with the soil all
the manure than Gun be spared from
other crops, for the richer tn. 80 il, if it
is warm, the better. Mark off the rows
three feet in the rows, working we'll
with the soil. and set the plant some
deeper than It was in the bed. Before
taking the plants up wet the bed thor
oughly, and take mp as much soil with
the plant as you can. Sc: in cloudy
weather, It you can, if the weather il
warm. The least check the plants re-
ceive the better. As soon as they start
to grow begin to cultivate them. Culti-
vate every three days, if the weather
will admit. Remember, tillage is earli-
ness! Tillage is manure!
AS soon as the laterals or suckers an
pear keep them OFT. At the second or
third cultivation top dress the ground
with hen manure; just put it around the
hills. Keep the vines nicely and well
tied up to stakes. As coon as the fiuit
begins to form, 90 through the vines and
keep all imperfect, defOrmed fruit of
and all laterals. Imperfect fruit Injuries
the sale if you are early. Sell by the
number, three to five cents each. Sell
to the consumer; they are the ones that
will appreciate nice fruit, and will pay
for it, too.
As soon as the fruit is gown let the
suckers a:one; they will give you fruit
later. Varsties-Perfection, Paragon.
or Acme, are very nice, but prefer the
two first-Cor. Farmer and Manufacture
or
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-06-21
What it Did for an Old Lady,.

Coshocton Station, N. Y, Dec %, 1873.
dents-A number of people had been using your
Bitters here. and with marked effect lady of
over seventy years had been sick for the past ton
years: she had not been able to be around. Six
months ago she was HELPLESS. Her old remedies.
or physicians being of no avail. sent forty five
miles and got bottle of Hop Bitters. 1t had such
an effect on her that she able to dress herself
and ak about the house. After taking two bottles
more she was able to take care OF her own room
and walk out to her neiRhbor's and has improved
all the time since. My wife and children also have
derived great benefit from their use.
w. B. HATHAWAY, ACT. u, s. Ex Co.
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The celebrated Vegetable Compound for fe.
males, which, within few years, has made
the name Of Mn. Lydia Il. Pinkham known
IN every part of the civilized world, relieves
suffering by the safe and sure method of
equalizing the vital forces and thus regula-
ting the organic functions. III only by such
. method that disease is ever arrested and re-
moved.
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Physical Enduranco.

Impure blood. dyspepsia, weak lungs, weak
kidneys, and weak nervous system are the
i've great enemies of physical endurance.
Purify the blood, strengthen the various or
gana Of lie By using DR.. Guysott's Yellow
Dock and ealsaparills, preparation of Vel
low Dock, saBapahlla, Juniper, Iron, Bu-
chu, Celery, OAfsaya, etc. It IL the queen of
oil blood purifiers! Itstrengthens every part
ofthe body. Jts use will make you healthy
and strong and increase your power of endur.
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Whv Some Ear Natln..

Why Some Farm FAilers.
The Southern Farmers Monthly gives
the following reasons why some farmers
do not succeed:
They are not active and industrious.
They are slothful in everything.
They do not keep up with improve.
ments.
They are welded to old methods.
They give no attention to details.
They think small things not important.
They take no pleasure in their work.
They regard labor as misfortune.
They weigh and measure stingily.
They are wasteful and improvident.
They let their yates sag and fall down.
They let their fowls roost in the trees.
They have no shelter for stock.
They do not curry their horses.
They leave their plows in the field.
They hang their harness in the dust,
They put Oft Rreasing the wagon.
They starve the calf and milk the COW.
They don't know the best is the cheap.
est. Wv ~''0''e
They have no method or system.
They see no good in . new thing.
They never use paint on the farm.
They prop the barn door with rail.
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4 Young Editors Good Fortune
About three years ago young boy.
LEFT Philadelphia to seek his fortune in
the west. He wont to Colorado, and,
having had some experience in news
paper work, supported himself for
awhile by writing letters to the Chicago
papers. To use the native phrase of
this country, be finally '.got stuck on
mines" He bad been in the west
about year. when he fell in with an
old fellow, who was an expert mining
engineer. The two became fast friends.
The newspaper writer knew little about
mines and less about prospecting. Then
be was rather frail young man. i'll it,
ted for such hard life. He drifted
into New Mexico, and was employed on
the Las vegas Gazette, afterwards get
tng control OF It. He worked very hard,
ana divided his earnings with the old
miner whom ne had Joined, without
question. he grub staked" him for ali
OF me- prospecting tours, and every now
ana o. then, when he would come into CIV
lll1etlon, furnished him the extra mon
clothes. For two long years. in season
and out of season, this Young how stood
by and helped the miner from out of bis
scanty earnings. '-'>
II met this old prospector," said he.
VINO IS thoroughly educated man and
member OF the Royal College of Mining
ENGINEERS. had faith in bis honesty
and ability, and for more than two years
oar mining interests have been INSOFAR
able. / have divided all I could earn
with the old man ever since va met
and, although it has been a lone t;ms
coming, have never lost faith in his strik-
ing it fat some day. suppose I have
given him 81, 500 to 5000 in ali. and
would have continued 10 helm him "a
long % he wanted it. It was mighty
hard grubbing for both of us sometimes.
but We stuck to one another AZ though
everything had been sunshine. A few
weeks ago he struck it very rich. and.
Ike the honorable, honest man that he
10. he ct once transferred me one halfin-
terest in oil his claims, seven in mum.
ber.''
WAS he bound to be 80 liberal?'
Not atall. Everything depended up-
on bis sense of right. Legally, he was
not bound to give me anything: but he
has more than justified my opinion Of
him % man of homer ard ability"
"Hov rich are your claims?"
"The most valuable yet found abont
Silver City. the richest mining region Of
New Mexico. Last week gathered up
465 pounds of the debris from the dr.
gings, took it to Denver, and had it smell
ted. They gave me a check for 81 GOO
for the proceeds. This would make the
ore yield So, 400 per ton. I think this is
only fair estimate of the value of the
Mines"
"Will you hold and work taem?"
II have not yet determined what I
will do: 1 have just refused $780, 900
for my interest in the property. But it
is worth. and can got, much larger
with my profession, and if 1 made alhalf
dozen millions would still want to be
connected with q newspaper."-Letter
to Philadelphia Press.