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Very Serious Case.
f~PhiladelDhia CALI

ifnllaOelpnlA CALL
A New York dude was suddenly
taken violently i'll and a physician
was hastily summoned.
After looking at his tongue and
feeling of his pulse, the usual for
mula, the doctor remarked
He has evidently been overload
ing his stomach. My dear sir" he
continued, rousing the patient, "can
you tell me what you ate to-day for
dinner?"
"Nothing, doctah, but a glass 70
watah and a part of a toothpick,"
replied the sick dude, YEARLY.
Him" unused the physician, "that
is strange. His faintness certainly
comes from a disordered stomach"
Then he suddenly said: "Bring me
his cane"
The cane was brought him, and
after q careful examination he laid it
aside with the remark
ut is as 1 thought, a Decent cane
and he has sucked the varnish of the
head. Give him three drops of milk
every four hours and be careful not
to exceed the dose. I'll call again to-
morrow,
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THE OTHER OK vi

President Arthur, says the World,
has removed the seal from his lips
long enough to complain to a Wash-
ington correspondent of the unfair
ness Of an Ohio journal which
accuses him of "Free Trade views.'
II believe there r many incon.
sistencies in our present tariff laws"
says President Arthur, land they
ought to be adjusted. \ But
there is no act of my life and no
word l have ever spoken that could
give an honorable man reason to
accuse me Of having Free Trade
views"
Just 80. But the Democratic
party believes that there are incon-
sistencies in our present tariff laws
which ought to be adjusted, and for
that reason and for no other the
Republican press and Republican
politicians are bowling against it as
. Free Trade party!
Now that the President feels the
shoe pinch when he is so dishonesty
misrepresented himself, perhaps he
will recognize the injustice of his
party in so dishonesty misrepresent-
ing the Democracy.
There ale some Free Trade cranks
in the country, but they are more
numerous in the Republican than in
the Democratic ranks. Perhaps
President Arthur's position on the
Free Trade question has been limo
Gently misunderstood through the
fact that the New York machine, of
which he is the ex-boss and which
he now rules by proxy, voted in the
Republican State Convention for the
election of Republican Free-Traders
for delegates-at.large to Chicago.
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OH1NA-TONQU1N MATTERs.;

1t was reported some time ago that
the French minister had negotiated
a treaty with Ii Hung Chang under
which China agreed to recognize the
protectorate of France over Tonquin
and Anam, or in other words to re-
linquish the s%uzerainty which it has
so long and persistently claimed over
those regions. This is an unexpected
back-down on the part of China. As
an exchange observes, the submits
sion is in striking contrast with the
vaporing of Marquis Tseng. the Chi
nese Ambassador to England and
France, when hostilities commenced.
He asserted over and v again that
anyone of several successive steps
taken subsequently by the French
would be regarded by China as a
casus beW. But the French took
Sontay and.n0 declaration of war fol-
lowed. They captured Bacninh and
no crash was heard. While the ne
gotiati MS were going on, persons
acquainted with the Chinese history
and character, were expecting that
the Chinese ironclads would soon be-
gin to move in grand pageant, and
that the enormous Chinese army,
provided with the newest Implements
of warfare, would soon deploy before
the astonished gaze of mankind.
But nothing of the Kind has taken
place. China has, on the contrary,
quietly submitted and yielded up all
the points of dispute. As Commo-
dore Shuteldt recently said she under
stands nothing 20 we'll as the bam- |
boo. If France had insisted on an
indem nifty judging from the history |
of the past, that also would have |
been forthcoming. China will not
make vigorous defense even of her
own territory when invaded. She
has always preferred to buy off in
stead of fighting off lntruders. Ex-
perience has taught her that she can
make no Roadway against the civil
lied nations. The Chinese are un-
fitted for war. There are no war
in the history of that
people.
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The Milwaukee Daily Wisconsin
gives the Presidential erences O
about 300 of the most prominent busif
ness and professional men of that
city. Of the Republicans inter>
viewed, nearly all of the business
men prefer Arthur. while the law>
yers mostly prefer Edmunds. II
may be taken for granted. however,
that the great mass of the people
prefer a Democrat to either of them.
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The Tricycle..
London Standard

London Standard.
The bicycle does not commend itself
to travellers who want to use their
eyes and tongues as We'll as their legs,
IC Is but a hoop turned into a wheel,
and those who trundied the one yes
terday have mounted the other to-
day.
The luxury of the tricycle. has yet
to be appreciated in the United
States, where at present it is very
little known. Seated upon u tricycle.
the rider may amble or gallop, as he
pleases; he may loiter to take a pho
tograph or to sketch; to hunt a out
tertty or pluck a wild flower, and his
machine will carry all the prizes he
may collect. MOI SO the bicycle. The
rider, until he is thoroughly au fait at
the exercise, finds it not very easy to
dlemount and mount; walking the
machlne Is a feat requiring some dex-
terity; standing is sill impossible.
But the tricycllst may go as he lists,
sit still as long as he Pleases, to watch
the landscape Or listen to the singing
OF q bird, and he can dismount and
mount again in an instant. Such a
vehicle has been the dream of men
for q century.
1t Is we'll within the mark to sav
that no vehicle has ever risen to such
q sure place in public estimation in so
Short q time. Seven years have not
yet elapsed since the first tricycle.
made its first appearance, and now
the supply cannot keep pace with the
demand. Last year 10000 new ma
chimes were sold, and this year it is
anticipated that not only will the
manufacturers work full time, but
that the stock on hand will he entire.
ly exhausted. Already 10. 900 work.
men are employed in the manufacture
OF tricycles, and capital approaching
q million sterling has been sunk in
heir manufacture. 1t must not be
assumed that because the tricycle. is a
more steady going machine that it is
therefore slow. A man may ride, for
instance, from John O'Groat's to
Lands End within a fortnight; he
may 60 to Paris, ride from that city |
to Geneva, and return home by train |
within ten days; or he may, starting |
from Lucerne, ride round the Swiss |
lakes, cross the Alps, and running
down into Italy, pass through the
enchanting scenes bv lake Mageiore
to Lucarno, and return home within
twelve days. The future of the tri-
cycle is assured. The art of rldldg a
tricycle. is easily acquired, but its en-
ioyment depends upon the constant
exercise OF the judgment in a great
variety OF circumstances, for which
no special set of rules can be given.
Judge needed legal information, got
up and said; "Your Honor, you can
take no action in this matter, as it is
entirely beyond your Jurisdiction"
II ask for none of your instruction.
the Magistrate replied. II under
stand the law when it says that a
Justice of the Peace who marie, a
couple has q right, at any time, to
grant Them q divorce. Mr.. Clerk.
just make an entry on the docket that
these parties are 10 longer man and
wife. Go-you are Free"
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Mr.. Gladstone has been so honest
in his efforts at reform that it seems
ingratitude On the part of the Eng
lish people to censure him. Yet the
English governments desertion of
General Gordon, is an .offense which
sinks deeply into the hearts of Eng
lishmen, who, whatever t cir faults,
have an innate 10 re of manliness anu
fair NAV.
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MlSCELLANEOVS,

NEW YORK, May 16.-The New
ark Savings Institute closed its
doors to-day. Bank officers say
Fisk & Hatch owe the institution ST.
OOU. 600.
New YORK, May 16.-Manager
Camp Of the clearing house says the
banks are availing themselves freely
of the new certificates. He would
not be surprised if $40. OOO, 600 were
taken to-day. The suspended firms
are all busy Strengthening up affairs.
KANSAS CITY, May 16.--All traces
of yesterdays furry in banking
circles have disappeared. The banks
are paying in full and to-day busi-
ness is moving as usual.
PHILADELPHIA, May !6. - The
court discharged the receiver of the
Reading railway.
Los ANGELES, Cal. May 16.-Thos.
j. Cayst'lle, q of the proprietors of
the Times died this afternoon.
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MEETING OF DEMOCRATIC CEN.
TRIAL COMMITTEE.

There will be q meeting of the members OF
the, democratic Central Committee IL the Ter.
ritory at Deer Lodge City, on "ednesday, June
The committee Is called together for the pur-
pose Of selecting two delegates with alternates
to the National Democratic Convention to be
1Ss1. ~ liz The time tor holding the Democra tic
Territorial Convention to nominate = candidate
tor Delegate in Congress; to apportion the dele
gate. 70 the several counties Of the TERRITORY;
aud for the transaction of such other business
Is may come b.fore the committee.
The following named gentlemen constitute
said committee, uo-wiC A II: Mitchell: Deer
Lodge; Z. d. Curtis, Lewis e. Clarke: q. W: sta
pleton, Silver Bow; &. I. Bateman, Madison;
s. W. LanRhorne, 1~allatin; J.. B. Hnbbel!. Gus
ter; 7. K. Collins, Choteau; John F. NC! iintock,
Meagher; r. H. Poindexler. Beavefhead; W,
J. Mccormick, Missoula; E Mes riley. Jenerson.
A.. II, MlTCHELL,
Chairman Democratic Central Committee.
c. d. CURTIS, secretary.
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WASHINGTON. May i5.-The Sen
ate committee on foreign affairs Wit
respect tn our relations with Brazil
the committee say: We have con.
ferred an immense benefit on tbss
country by placing coffee on the fiee
l'st and obtained no equitable reciP'
rocal advantage. We possessed pow
er to purchase by act valuable PRIV
!eges for American commerce WIZ
Brazil. That power was SURRENDERED
without conditions. and Brazil 80 far
from approaching the literally Oh
our part has only maintained its hlsI
export duty on coffee, but increased
outleS on imports ten per cent. Az
valorem, and it is submitted thai y
may be wise generally before exteno.
Ing our free list to importatioDs Oh
consequence to try at least the en-
cheney of negotiations for equitable
and reciprocal benefit to ourselves
Inc committee does not find it neces'
sary to suggest any further leglsls-
CHICAGO, May 15.-A meeting
delegates to yesterdays anu
monopoly convention, which nonlI'
mated General Butler for President,
representing New York, Marylano
ana the District of Columbia, was
ne!o to-day and a protest drawn W
oEJectlng to that action as illegal
~ a Put-up job by Butler and lne
dreenbackers They will issue
another platform.
Ew YORK, May Is AT a meel,
lng OF the Northern Pacific Rallrosu
to-day Johnston Llvlnsff
ION was elected director III place VI
henry E. Johnston, of Baltimore, ae
;eased, and the board approved lie
maps of the definite location ttr
piles on the cascade branch trom
aKina City noIthwardly.
ClNC1NNATI, May 15.-Aside lfom
iittle more caution on the par'
bankers there is no effect nets
rom the disturbances in New lora
business shows no loss in vOluuss
news of the failure of FISK
latch was received too late to
ect the days business, but Is ~
Aroed as q proof that the cause y
ais trouble Is to be found OUTSIDE
actual business,
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THR NEW YORK FAILURES

There are lessons in the details OF
the recent failures in New YORK
which afford material for serious re-
Election. In the case of Grant d
Ward the liabilities are set as high as
$40, 0OO, 600. The losses, it is said, will
fall chiefly upon individuals who
have invested money with the firm.
But it seems other houses in that city
have been more or less affected by
their failure. Fish s. Hatch, large
dealers in government bonds, have
been drawn in the whirlpool and
gone under. It is not clear what
connection the latter firm had with
the former, but their suspension is
doubtless due to the failure OF the
former. Other houses were shaken
but recovered and are now transact
ing their usual volume of business.
The whole trouble was brought
about by Grant & Ward pledg ing the
securities hypothecated with them for
oans larger than the amounts adj
vanced on or secured by such securi-
ties and entering into unfortunate
speculatioqs with the money thus
raised. The inevitable result fol-
lowed. The house came down with
a crash that shook every banking In
stltution In New York. With the
exception of one OF two firms.
suspensions are temporary. The
Government with its idle mil
lions in the Treasury rescued the
~tottering firms and placed them on
their feet again. The lesson, how
ever, will be a salutary one. For a
time at least wild speculatious will
cease and business in the great
money centres of the country be legit-
imately conducted.
Turning from the survey Of the
financial status of New York banks
to q close look at those in Montana
we find cause for congratulation.
Our banks here confine their operas
tions within safe channels. There
is no speculation in rail-
road shares, no dealings In
futures in cotton, or grain or
petroleum; no hazardous ventures in>
volving the entire bank capital. On
the contrary their means are kept
reach, their management pru-
dent, and though their profits may be
small compared with larger institu-
lions in New York, they are safe and
sure. Governed by q sound business
they have justly earned the
confidence of the people, and while
banking houses in the East are
5ottering upon the verge of ruin our
institutions are as solid and
.mmovable as the eternal hills which
surround them.
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Prayer Unanswered.
fSt, Louis Republican,

A c0lored man entered the African
Bethel church, and. kneeling down
with the converts, INDUCED in an
outburst OF profanity. He said he
was anxious to e what effect the
prayers of the revivalists would have
upon him. Thereupon every mem~
Der of the church began to pray at
the top of his lungs. The place was
q pandemonium of entreaties and
exhortions, but above everything
else arose the stentor1an blasphemy
of the sinner: After two hours the
revivalists gave it up, and the sinner
walked away.
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Oh Cruel Mrs. MacKey!
London Truth.

Mrs. Mackey has given pain to all
right thinking persons in Paris by
appearing in a dress of white velvet
trimmed all over with the wings of
robin red breasts; and, to complete
this barbaric toilet, her shoes of red
velvet were entirely covered with the
toes of little robins. The dress is
made in the princesse shape with a
vatican back and a comet train of
portentous length. and the corsage is
t1agrantly decollete, and is bordered
with red feathers, with which all the
train is edged.
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NEW YORK A


Condition oHthe Monetary situation,
NEW YORK, May I6.-The Tribune
says: President Seney, Of the Metro
polltan bank, has resigned, it is under.
stood, upon the advice of the inyestl-
eating committee of the clearing
house, upon the ground that his name
was connected in public with specu-
latlve railroad enterprises. The new
president was formerly vice-president
OF the bank, but has not been engap-
ed IN active business for several
years. He IS wealthy and has a high
reputation.
The assignee of N. w. D1mick &
20. says the liabilities are large. hut
ne expected the firm would resume
soon.
After o'clock the feeling became
general that the day would BASS With.
out further disaster, and when at
2:4Olt was announced that the w,de.
y. known and honorable house of
Fish y Hatch was unable to moot
It's obligations, there was great snr0
prise n much sorrow. In less thor
hVe minutes after the failure was
d known from the rOstrum of tho
stock exchange, Nassau street frnne
Fine to Wall street, was filed w;th
excited crowds. The space onts;Sa
q rallied enclosure in the laroe go
OF the firm, was filled with hro Tlaco
brokers' clerks and messenper hHns
many with checks on the firm ~ ~,
explanation of the cause of Tho ~ ~
ure was given. THE firm has i .Ha
pended payments" was tho an "s sus-
SWor given to the avalor -oAy dn"
Ions: will it resume? )" was s dIes,
~ q z voices, but no one :" o4 :
outer once was found wiiI,nn '4e
answer q question. Inon;r,as 70
members OF the firm failed - Tor
any result. 1oo 70 produce !
In y short time several, da+o.
cleared OF the throng, tho he ha. slowly
u wss were closed and a nn,iyl iron
was placed on duty at thpe oiN,eeman
Only those having uroo,+
with the firm were 1aEent business
@,t5ed; more than an %aa ad-
So.s street, in front Of tha aq h Mas
ase. was almost ue banking
general feeling in the s1ress The
R[oIou9d sympathy WITH ~ Is one of
L. !. acted with marker 'ia the firm.
wards its creditors IN ,!loerality to.
s:eeeedding its failure ~ me Years sue
:, go = and paid its obiiasnt;e panic Of
- <~''e ~ 1au when it mias+ nearly /
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The Whlrljglg Of Time.

The man who tends counter in
DelmOnico's down town restaurant
knows that money is not plenty in
Wall street. There was a time
when no broker would think of
drinking beer. Beer, bah! It was
yellow label and soft shell craft, or
green seal and pate de fois gras. But
now, bless your soul. it's beer aud
cheese, cheese and beer. And say,
young man." said the white aproned
cocktail dispenser, leaning over the
bar confdentially, "the brokers are
all mighty glad to be able to buy
beer, and don't you forget i'll"
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and distinctions both In tins country
and abroad. He accumulated q
large fortune, was prominent in
politics and numbered among his
friends many Of the first men Of the
n alton.
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Wrecked.

LONDON, May. 16.-The steamship
Illyrian, Liverpool for Boston. was
wrecked last night near Cape Clear
light, Ireland. All the people were
saved.
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THE sEMI-wEEK1Y MINER, BUTTE, MONTANA, MAY ~, 60.

what firm made the slipper, 80 Gaze.
full are the artists. But we nsxe
great artists here. Look az fucs,
The Judge, The Graphic, ah1 o'n0l
qualifications If you want pr0ol.'
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Hcla1. AR mas made most wonderful
progress during the past ten years,
however, and l am sure We shall see
America among the first in matters
of this kind"
lis there the chance for fame as a
caricaturist to-day there formerly
Was?"
20 b, dear. no. Had l to commence
now, the name OF Tom Mast would
not be heard outside his own family,
The war made me. Fortunately, 1
was living on the right side-the
North. My pictures appealed to the
sentl ment Of the people, and / became
famo US so to speak. My wit and
satire, which to-day would hardly
rise above mediocrity, were then
considered wonderful. Enterprisinp
manufacturers copied my style Of
dress The Mast collar, tho Mast cuff,
the Mast hat, appeared in rapid sue.
cesslon. Pay? Well, my art has
paid me, but l think the labor of
nowadays is undervalued.
Some of the best work, to my mind,
Is zone by unknown men III these
little advertising placques and pic
lules that are given away"
lis there rOum for women IN the
ranks OF the caricaturiSl2n
"Why hol?" Women are as quick
to see rs men, and ~ capable Of doing
good work. Look at Kate Grenaway.
What better evidences of it do YOU
want than her pictures? Artists, you
are born, not manufactured.
and tney Cali as well be born of one
az another. Eugllsh carlcaturlsts?
they are great. Their forte
is in attention to detail. There are
aud Keene, who do work
for Punch. II they draw q slipper, I
believe there are shoe nc who can
le'l you by looking It the drawing
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01aias Tor t.areyperI


nig.awsste Of manure to spread IL too thin.
". Better manure Ave acres we'll and get l5i
bushs ea OF wheat than spread the same manure
early 20 g to start the scattered grain on TIL
oat stubble into growth, and then Kill it By
thorough narrowing. A weed is . plant oGj
Of place Oats arc out Of place In wheat
field. Narrowing Is Of equal importance u
Rsa tor IN the wheat crop Poor plough
easily bemade useless for wheat by insufficient
60 often abused Is tho roller, and NO other
moro useful In its plaza. "A harrow should.
always follow . roller when the crop is wheat
said Virgil, ''unless the best ars selected with
much care and called out with labor y.
Smut and rust are avoided by stepping the
seed in solution Of four ounces Of suiphste Of
copper N gallon Of water, which is enough fol-
aye bushels ski!lfuliy applied, and will be
effective agent for the destruction Of spores Of
AL the minute fungi such % rust and smut
500. Early sowing, and the Hessisn fly; late
sowing and rust These are the Scylla and
Charybdis ct the wheat-grower. Avoid both
by sowing Z; too i.ts for ths AZ but BY speoia!
recover the lost time 30 . to avoid the other
danger. Drilling wheat saves its cost in
seed, and more. And drilling the seed IL equal
70 gain Of Ave bushels per scre in the yield
beside II farmer has no drill let him hire
one for 90 cents per AGRA II will pay him
...... Never mind rough surface 90 that the
seed has soft nne bed to lie in. The rough
surface 10 good blanket to keep tie young
wheat warm, and Is it crumbles down with the
frosts and thaws will cover the roots and If.
ford them great protection. ~. The last work
OF the wheat-grower ts % provide burrows "a
carry OF al surface water that might drown
his crop.-N. Y. Tribune
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ynsasity Of tie Acter 1eeoolIovsh.

Insssity of. the Aster XeoollougA.
Chicago Special: The actor was not informed
that all his engagements had bean cancelled;
He was simply told that he would not play In
Chicago any more Under the impression that
he would play in Detroit Is understood, he
took . carriage and drove to the depot M.
Brooks followed him and induced him 10 ret
into carriage, and he was driven back to The
hotel TWAS necessary TO use force to prevent
his going out again, and struggling desperately,
Mccullough was taken to his room. In the
struggle Manager Brooks received GO
we're blow on tho head from the actors cane
He il In fact practically prisoner in his room
under the surveillance Of Pinkert0n detectives
who use every available ruse to amuse him
and distract him from his determination to 60
to Detroit which would have been the next
point in his tour, and physical forcs il only
employed when absolutely necessary. Opiates
have been administered from time to time, and
he 10 now quiet and his friends hope for good
results from his rest After he had been forci-
bly, taken to his room, he took part in game
Of cards, and soon wanted to leave the room.
Persuasion failing, detective barred his way,
when he new into rage, seized cane and
felled the officer to the foor senseless; with .
cash several inches long in his scalp Others
then rushed in and over-powered him.