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The semi-weekly miner., 1884-05-03
Power of an Elephants Tail.
tPhiladelphia Call

Two young ladies were gazing at
the white elephant as it stood en-.
throned in all its sacred splendor and
surrounded by the mystic emblems
OF It's holy characte, and the adori n o
side. y" every
"How curious it is," remarked one
.tllat any race or people should he 80 90
deiqded as to worship an elephant -
1T is indeed" replied the Other
sadly: when 1 look upon this wor'
shipping throny of ignorans. suner. e
stltlous creatures and realize h",,
earnest and sincere they are 7 can~"t ~~
out feel that there should be- !. 1@uuot nn reot
nntll the missionary message Is hos. se
thens." snteu Aea-
go. "True," asserted the first sno.h
1T M Is a grand and solemn dutvp peake5;
Just at this juncture tho .n~;.,
n.cked Its tail and struck ons anfnal ~ ,s
6uddhlst priests in the mouth, e y ~ 'ne
Howly Moses!' he exclain,od J.,
he hterrupting his devotions. "~e"tea; "~a hst IN.
o. paste ss' and then the yoyna ye nathan a. a;
S'rolled on to the monkeys cx csee ladies'
The semi-weekly miner., 1884-05-03
0ultivating the Memory.
Texas SutluMJ

Ix0X80 6UUU4AJ
DR.. Boweer McCulloch Is one q
the leading physicians of New York
He recently purchased . very nne
buggy horse from Bob Ayers, who 's
something of q jockey. he purchase
being concluded, DR.. Bowser McCui-
loch inquired; .,
'.Now that 1 have bought and paio
for the horse. tell ME candldly, Is
there anything IL Q matter with him!
"He has only one serious defect" "
"What Is that?"
"Hls memory is not good"
20, that don't amount to anything
I'm not going to train him tor the
circus. I want to use him to visit
patients. He doesn't balk, does hep
'That's just what 1 was trying TO
make you understand. He balks
some, but I think he could De cured
of it if he didn't have such q poor
memory. When he refuses to 60 you
will have to take q club and maui
him for half an hour. Now, you
suppose he would remember that,
don't your"
eyes, should think he would"
"Well, he don't. After he has
had his licking and gone about 20
feet, he forgets all about it, and balks
again, and then you have to begin on
him again with the club. If he had
a good memory $1,000 wouldn't have
parted U.S."
The semi-weekly miner., 1884-05-03
TIE INDIAN QUESTION.

Captain Romeyn is an officer of the
Fifth Infantry Of the regular army.
The Captain has studied the Indian
question and predicts the Indians
will be absorbed by the white popu-
lation, and that the bleaching pro-
cess will not require many genera
tions. Among certain classes there
is not as much prejudice against the
intermarriage of whites and Indians
a. against that of whites and ne
groes. But Capt. Romeyn, who has
had extended experience with the
Indians, both Az . fighter and as an
proposes that the savages
be raised to the level of the whites in
the process Of absorption. Give them
and In sevsralty, teach them how to
The semi-weekly miner., 1884-05-03
AQU1LT1NG FROL1O.
Among the Colored Folks Down
in Alabama.

(Anna P. saowe in Kansas City Journal
You have never attended a negro
quilting. Then do not refuse an in
vltation, for with the negroes it is the
| crOwning frOlic of ali Others-if VIZ
| except cOlOreG funeral, which CONS
bines the tragic aud comic until it
becomes q farce. The Invitations to
| q quitting are given out several days
hood is aroused by accounts of the
supper, the band, etc. o. course, the
time is at night after all work il
done and the place of meeting one of
the negro cabins.
The quilt, consisting of q multi
fOrmity of pieces of worsted, calico,
h0mespun, and bed ticking, and
which would rival in variety The col
ors of Joseph's coat, IS put in large
frame. Around this the girls are
seated, each having provided herself
with u thimbie, aud the strife begins
as to who shall d the most quilting.
Two men stand, one at each end OF
the frame. holding candles. and at
the back of each chair stands q chosen
beau to thread the needles. 1t does
not take long to finish the work, for,
of course, time is economical in the
length of the stitches. When done,
the girl who triumphantly takes the
last stitch is the belle OF the evening.
and the quilt is triumphantly thrown
over her mead while she claims kiss
from a favored ''gemman" of the
party, with whom she leads the
dance, and the frolic begins. The
band comprises banjo and a fiddle,
and last, though not least, 4 patter.
They Always have a "patter," one
who beats time by striking his knees
regularly with his hands. The re
freshments consist of candy. whisky
and occasionally cake made of meal
and molasses, served at indefinite in
tervals. This ''quilting" continues
uBtil 2 or O'CLOCK in the morning.
Sometimes instead of dancing they
form parties and go about the country
serenading each other. These are
the country negroes, or field hands.
for the town negroes or house serv-
ants are more pretentiOus in their
entertainments and strive in every
way to initiate the dress, manners,
and pastinle of fashionable society.
An instance of the kind came to my
knowledge on New Years day in one
of the capital cities. The colored
beaux drov- about the city In great
style, calling upon their friends who
were to receive. At one of these re>
ceptions a young colored girl, who
wished to outdo her friends in point
of finery, paid $40 to another serv-
ant to "borrow" from her mistress's
wardrobe very elegant pink silk
dress for the occasion. The loan was
accomplished. and Sally arrayed her
self with gratitied vanity for the re-
ception, but among her callers came
two policemen-exit Sally.
The semi-weekly miner., 1884-05-03
WHAT FOUR CITIES DRINK,
The Water in Cincinnati, New
York, Boston and Chicago.
Cincinnati Times Star. |

II have been nearly all over the
country" remarked a gentleman this
week, land I must say I think. as a
rule, Cincinnati has the best water
of any city on the continent. OF
course, when the Ohio is high and
the water muddy I make an excep-
tion, but that is something extraor-
dinary. The water has a tone, and q
sweetness although there Is not what
might be called distinctive flavor.
Then Its color! Why it is like cham>
pagne. l find after having been in
Cincinnati for two or three weeks /
grow attached to the water and it is
verv hard to change"
what kind of water has New
"They may talk about the Croton
water all they plt ase but it is insipiG
and unsatisfying. There is q lack of
body about it, and it tastes to me like
water that has been allowed to stand
long time in the SUM-"
"And Boston?'
The worst water in America. It
looks like very, very weak cider vim.
egar, and l understand that its pale
yellow color is impaired by decayinq
vegetable matter. Why, 1t was so
bad several years ago that big casks
OF fresh spring water were hauled
about the streets, and this was sold
at two cents . glass. I have under
stood that people never pretend to
drink water in Boston,"
How is Chicago?'
swell, they have lake water, az do
most OF the other cities on the lakes.
and while it is good, pure water. vel
there Is a q certain hardness about it.
In that respect Montreal water is the
worst. 1t is strongly impregnated !
with sulphur, and very often makes
those unaccustomed to it ill. Ire
member tnat when I first went to |!
Montreal I was quite sick and NV
physician informed me that was the |
usual experience of visitors. st. Louie
has very bad water, as it comes from
the Missouri river, which is chocolate
colored.and the water mas a percepti-
bic taste. Out West on the Pacific
slope there are many places that have
water that is filed with lime, which
is not only unhealthy. but harsh and
Cincinnati, think,
and 1 speak from experience, has the
most satisfactory and sweetest water
n America"
The semi-weekly miner., 1884-05-03
sTANLEY'S NEW PROJECT.

Evidently MIR. Stanley will sigh
for more worlds to conquer if he lives
to complete the exploration Of the in
terror of Africa. He has now deter
mined, it is reported, to march from
his station in the heart of the Congo
country toward the equatorial lakes
and proceed thence to an Egyptian
station, and if the condition of the
Soudan is sufficiently tranquil, he
may be expected to descend the Nile
to its mouth before visiting England
and returning to his work on the
Congo. How fortunate it would be
If Gen. Gordon could be extricated
from his perilous position in time to
join him on his expedition. With
Stanley as the explorer and Gordon
as the organizer of the blacks for
self-defense, the expedition might
give the Infamous slave trade q fatal
blow at its very source. It is Cor
don's belief that 1t can never be des-
troyed until the natives are armed
against slave-hunters, and it Is his
ambition to teach them how to resist
their enemy. The faith of many de-
vout people is strong that Gordon
will yet be permitted to aid Stanley
in the great work of carrying the
light of Christian civilization over
the equatorial region of the Ozark
The semi-weekly miner., 1884-05-03

Like almost all feminine hearts
that of Queen Victoria Is set on
match making. She will have the
qualification this week to see her
grand daughter, Prince Victoria,
married to a brother of the king of
Bulgaria. A few weeks later her
sister, the Princess Ella, will wed
the brother of the Gear of Russia.
The Queens family is large enough
to supply all the royal households of
Europe, as indeed there is scarcely .
crown head now, not Catholic, that
ID not related in some way to the
Guelph family.
The semi-weekly miner., 1884-05-03

Ever since John Sherman began to
hold public 0ff1ce-that is, since he
first left school-he never has been
positively poor, and now he is
one of the largest property holders in
Washington: Gems. Grant and Butler
also own several houses there, and
James G. Blaine proposes to devote
some of the profits from his book to
building and buying in the District.
The semi-weekly miner., 1884-05-03
TIE SCHOOL TAX.

To-day the voters Of this school
district will vote upon the PROPOSE
tion to raise S, 500 by . special tex
for the purpose Of building two new
school houses in the district. That
the buildings are badly needed can
not be denied. The school district 1s
q very large one including Butte, the
residents south and east Of Butte.
Centerville and Walkerville. Last
season, 5000 were raised by special
tax and two school houses were
erected, one south and the other east
of the city. Two more buildings are
wanted to meet the needs of the dis
trict-one at Centerville and another
at Walkerville. At present the dis
trict rents buildings tor school pur-
poses at those places. But both build
ings are poorly adapted for the pur-
poses. They are not school houses
but make-shifts. The one at Walk
erville is used in common with ten
ants; that at Centerville is utilized as
a church, lodge for secret societies
and q school. This is an injustice to
the people in that portion Of the dis
trict, that should be corrected at once.
The Taxpayers of Centervllle and
Walkerville have helped build the
large school building in this city.
They aided in the erection Of the
new school house in Travona and the
one east of the city. They now ask
for buildings suitable for schools at
their own Places. They should have
them. At present the district is
renting buildings in those places.
This is money thrown away when
the district is fully able to build
school houses. The taxable property |
in the district is about s., ,5O0, 900. A
special tax of about one mill on the
dollar will raise the money. The
sum Is insignificant compared with
the resources of the district. Tax
payers will hardly feel 1t. In this
it Is not necessary to re-
mind our people of the necessity of
children. They are fully
aware of it. The only questions that
present themselves to the voters3of
the district to-day are first: Are the
buildings needed, and second, are
hey able to pay for them. That the
buildings are needed all must admit,
md that the district Is fully able to
ouild them cannot be denied. The
AK commends itself to the intelligent,
he enterprising and the liberal of
,ur community and that they will
willingly vote AYE" upon the prop
'siti0n there can exist no reasonable
loubt.
The semi-weekly miner., 1884-05-03

Ex-senator Kellogg is acquitted of
Star route frauds under the statute
Of limitations. A year ago the evi-
dence against him would have con-
signed him to the penitsntiary. To.
day it cannot be admitted. Beauti
full law! Happy Kellogg!
The semi-weekly miner., 1884-05-03

The announcement that the Ger
man iron works, including the ia
NOUS Krupp establishment near Es-
sen are suffering from over-produc-
ton; that labor is to be thrown out of
employment, and strikes in other in
dustries are either in progress or i'm
minent, is a beautiful commentary
on the protective policy of the great
empire.
The semi-weekly miner., 1884-05-03
NINE. PATTI ON KISSING.
She Denies the Crittenden Kiss
and Speaks Somewhat Of
Sherman.
Denver Republican,

Nine. Patti was visited by re-
porter last evening. "The papers in
st. Louis" she said with merry
laugh and q blush which gave the
lies to the stories of rouge and pearl
powder connected with her name.
printed q story that Gov. Critten.
den of Missouri called upon me BE-
hlnd the scenes and that I let him
kiss me. What abominable non.
sense! The governor visited me at
the Southern hotel and we had a
pleasant talk about opera and other
things. He paid me some pretty
compliments and I thought him 3
very pleasant gentleman, but "a for
kissing him-bah!' and the maid
laughed: Il do all my kissing on
on the stage, and sometimes 1 kiss
my parrot. 1 kiss no gentlemen"
How about Nicolini?" the repor-
ter was audacious enough to inonire.
"Oh, Nicolini Is not troublesome
In that way" with an utterly con.
tented laugh, and then continued
t ought fully, II dc not like kissing.
even on the stage. The men rumble
my dresses, and if I have flowers in
my hair or in my bosom thev fall ont
Aud they embrace you, and YOU have
to look pleasant, while you feel "a if
you wanted to discharge him from,
the company for his clumsiness.
never met but one man who conld
kiss properly on the stage.r
WHO was he?"
Oh, that Was long ago." lipbtlv
General Sherman tried to kiss me-
once in Washington, when T had
lust been singing in 'Travatore hnt
drew back and ran awav into ~ ~
wings: He had just been ki.sin~ . |
ot OF pallet creatures, the inpudsnt
IF your stage kissing on the stage
9 SO unpleasant, Nine. Patti. WV
1on't GU teach some of the SINGERS
Nno are with you how to do it?''
Il can teach them nothing. mos+
'peratic male singers are sticks anS
'annot learn to act. To kiss nronar1
y on the stage while WATCHING tha
conductors baton is difficult. The
over should naturally draw near to
ne, and ct the proper time he sh.,n'%
AXE my hand, place his other srm
round my waist, and draw me- -
llm gently, and then he should k,so
ae softly, making no noise and not
The semi-weekly miner., 1884-05-03
..,.o,,-oecu-what do you

,ett,nv the oscu-oscu-what do you
reporters call i,?"
ejaculation, yes-last too long
Then he should release me with ten>
dernees. dnT g. and I should deaw back
iitile timidly. When that is through
it is generally time to sing again. .;ua
"But do you want the % ac'1r hor,;fad 10 H.s1
HCertainly. why not? You Amer
leans pIsce 100 mnch importance or
that. With me it is an art, ana a. !
would sacrifice anything for my ART.
Patti rose to her feet as she said tbs,
and certainly looked as if she meant
what she had spoken.
"Ilive for my divine art" sne con
tinued. II have had cruel Things
said about me oy the people and the
papers, but I care not. l am Pattl,
and I am the first prima donna IN
the world. With that I am satisfied.
The semi-weekly miner., 1884-05-03
A deficit of sl2, 600 has been dis

A deficit of $4,000 has been dis
covered in the accounts Of the Massa-
chusetts State Prison, but It il
claimed to be only q result of bad
book keeping. II figures play such
pranks as that they ought to be se-
cured With q ball and chain. Old
Ben Butler will be wanted again as
Governor of that State at the next
gubefnatOrial election.
Latest telegraphic advi:es report
that Meesrs. Randall and Morrison
will effect q com promise on the tariff
bill, and that the measure will be
put into such shane as will insure its
passage in the House. No measure.
however, locking to a reduction of
the present high tariff will pass the
Republican Senate.
The fight OF Mr.. Mantle against
Judge Knox for permanent chair
man of the City Republican Conven-
tiOn was as senselese as 1t was un.
called for. What has Judge Knox
done that he should have been ousted
from the position to which he was
named by the committee on perma-
nent organization
Alaska has q civil government of
its own. The Senate has passed q
bill for its formal organization. Sitka
Is to be the temporary seat of govern
ment. where the Uuited States Court
will convene and the Governor have
his residence.
The semi-weekly miner., 1884-05-03
He Wasn't Permitted.
(Wall Street NeWs.1

(Wall Street News.1
A German tailor in q village in
Canada failed few days ago and
called q meeting of his creditors. An
Investigation seemed to show that
his liabilities were 81, 900 and his as
sets 81 900.
at thus appears" said one of the
creditors, that you can pay 25 cents
on the dollar"
''Vhell. I doan figure like dot" he
replied.
"How do you 6gure?"
Why. I pays feefty cents on der
dollar"
"How can you do that, when your
assets only allow for one fourth?''
''Vhell, I prings der odder money
down from der h0use!'
He was not permitted to fall.
The semi-weekly miner., 1884-05-03
Her Identity Revealed.

Philadelphia CALL
Little Nell-We've got new schO.
lar in our school.
Papa-What Is her name?
Little Nell-Her names Minnie.
Papa But her other name?
Little Nell-I don't know; I forgot
to ask her.
Papa-Is she a good scholar?
Little Nell-N0, she missed the
first question. The teacher asked
her how many pounds make ton and
she said 1900.
Papa---Ah, 1 see. She is a dau9h-
ter of Mr.. Blank, the coal dealer.
The semi-weekly miner., 1884-05-03

The Philadelphia Record has q
good word for juries. 1t thinks that
bad as these may occasionally be,
none of them made more outrage
GUS decision than the eight Judges"
of the electoral commission, selected
from the supreme court and Congress.
There Is considerable food for refec-
ton IN that.
The semi-weekly miner., 1884-05-03
waistcoats fall low over these
three are of the same color. snd ali

wa1stcoals fall low over thesa
three are of the same color. snda all
The stylish young ladies Of d..
delphia wear little gold ralls
on their watch chains to rpm;ssfoa
gentlemen that it is leap year lAs
The favorite flowers for h..
trimmings are red and white Ia0et
cowslips, white and purple Ih,oVet 1--we,
mustard and cress and hanpihc eath
Odlls and tulips. 'sk
Handkerchief are small and sA.,
with edges cut in irregular scs,ls ee'
and colored most daintily. Mos M"ls
exquisite embroidery is executed ea 70
haDdkerchiefs. oa
Beads and embroidery in met.,n
hues are used for alm' st everv t;s t;n {
of ornam .ntation, on bonnets, tahlaNa hIlaa
and panels, and are especially es s.'
viceable in The blending and toni. i,'
down of snowy cOlOrs.
The semi-weekly miner., 1884-05-03

1t turns out now that the Alert,
which cost the Government $4,000,
1s entirely unseaworthy. She will
not be able to search for Greely un-
til after she has been overhauled at
tho Brooklyn Navy yard. And it
was only q few days ago that some
newspapers were lauding Secretary
Chandler for the great zeal and talent
displayed by him in fitting out the
Greely Relief Expedition.
The semi-weekly miner., 1884-05-03

The Bozeman Terrltorisl Republi-
can convention will meet tomorrow.
From present appearances the dele
gates will not be instructed to vote
for any particular Presidential candi-
date. The East Side candidates for
tho Chicago Convention are Col. Ea-
ton of Miles City, and NJ. A. Meyan-
dorf, of Helena. Hon. Lee Mantle
will probably be selected from the
West Side.
The semi-weekly miner., 1884-05-03
ARTHUR'S PROSPECTS.

The Boston Traveller potes the
fact that while some of the conven-
tons warmly endorse Arthur and
praise his administration, they elect
Edmunds, or Hawley. or Blaine dele
gates, and comes to the conclusion that
"when the delegates get out to Chi
cago, it may strike them all as a wiser
thing to nominate the man whom
they have all warmly endorsed. than
to insist on either of the favorites, who
has only the endorsement Of two or
three States, or than to nominate q
Great Unknown whom nobody has
endorsed"
There are grounds for believing the
convention will adopt the course in
timated above. The Edmunds dele
gates from New York are q transfer
able quantity, and will 60 for Arthur
when 1t shall be seen that Ed
munds stands no show. The
convention will consist Of $40
delegates. A majority Of Ill will
nominate under the rules of the Re-
publican party. With the South
solid for him and the Territories, Mr..
Arthur can count on over 800 votes
from those sections alone. He may
get enough in the Northern States tn
make up what are lacking without
the Edmunds vote, but with the lat.
ter his nomination Ii assured, Since
the Blaine fiasco in New York Mr..
Arthur's prospects have materially
The semi-weekly miner., 1884-05-03

Rev. Henry Ward Beecher says he
will not support Mr.. Blaine though
he be anointed by the Republican
National Convention. But the Rev.
erend Beecher would probably
change his mind in case the Maine
statesman heads the Presidential
ticket, and would support him IN the
Plymouth church pulpit as he has
supported other Republican nom>
ineee.
The semi-weekly miner., 1884-05-03

Matt and Express: Few are aware
of the extent OF the work that is be-
ing done by the "Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union," In this city
and elsewhere. A large number of
ladies who are prominent in various
Protestant churches are enrolled in
this organization and are doing q
great deal to enlighten and direct the
temperance sentiment of the churches
to which they belong.