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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-12-24

Our evening contemporary thinks
that Gen. Grants refusal to accept q
pension from the Gov rnment " is a
dignified rebuke" to those journals
which have advocated placing jeff
Davis on the pension rolls because o
his services in the Mexican war"
In view of the fact that it is shreWdly
suspected that General Grant refuses
to be put upon the pay-rolls, on
which he would draw 5000 = year,
because he desires to be placed on
the retired army officer list where he
would draw over $4,000 q year,
Just where the "dignified rebuke"
comes in is not plain to the observant.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-12-24
WASHINGTON so1 ~

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day; ;h1 The b ard sxp re shs ,sssss'sa y,
be e stat sm" gun foundrlssss We sepis.
on" m'1,i for the navy at at a., J sn s,nysa,Sa
terial. p'n W iurni,h S
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-12-24

1t Is said President Arthur Is silent
when spoken to in reference to the
charge that he treated Mr.. Blaine
with indifference In the late canvass.
And his silence Is q suggestive one.
being of that character usually de-
as dignified.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-12-24
A Fatal spree,

WApPsToN, Oak, Dec. 2l.-Hauy
Jentger, a resident of this place. ws
found at daylight laying on TIE
ground, with both legs and arms
frozen solid, 1t is supposed ne fill
while in a drunken state, and lay on!
all night:
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-12-24
North Branch Fire.

ST. PAUL, Dec. 22.--Tralns on oh
roads are delayed 3 to s hours tu
drifts.
A fire at North Branch, MINI
this morning destroyed Swingletan
& Bonafacer's drug store with ths
entire contents, loss 1000 insuranas
$4,000. The p~ostoffice was also bursd
but the books and papers were saved
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-12-24
The Coal Miners.

PITTsBUG. Dee. 22.-The coal,mines
all along the MonongaheIa river, as
anticipated, went cut on a strike this
morning for a half a cent per Lushel
raise. Nearly 1900 miners quit
work.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-12-24
confederate, Mon.r,

WASHINGTON Der s'.
e Of the Treasury hs. rs Inc sse.
s s9s't anf from a resident 0: R b%Siss''s d
ct the Confederate Statas uoilar nots
says d. he lnheIi'ed from his u "uleh be
wan ss EXCHANGED in curreu ure's' a. 400
with the information thst .ue Sender
less. AZ Is Worth,
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-12-24
An American Coullte.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Dec. o.
Joe John, alias Guis Eppe, al Amer
lean cOunterfeiter. arrested here some
days ago, has been sentenced to two
years in the penitentiary.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-12-24
BUTTE, "a, 1854.
France has ordered her minister
home from China. This means she
has quit all foolishness, taken off her
coat, and will now fight IN earnest.

There is a speculation and more or
less j obbery, it is said, behind the
Spanish Treaty. Care should be
taken to see that there is nc Sene-
gambian secreted under this diplo-
matte wood pile.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-12-24
A New AppOintlntn mt,

WAsHINGTON, Dec. 1.-The prs~
idept has accepted the resi- gnation Of
Henry D. Lyman second assistant
postmaster general and will to-mor.
row nominate John b. Thompson.
general superintendent of tire rail.
Wav mail service to succeed him.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-12-24
The Storan at Sioux.Cttv.

SIOUX CITY. Iowa, Dec. %. -Snov
fell nearly all day, yesterdsv
This morning the mercury fell to-
below /; it sub sequently moderats
and at p. m. was lG below, withs
strong northwest wind and the snow
drifting. The trains We're somewhs
late, but Dakota trains left on tjma
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-12-24

A tssty old fellow W. went mas to 'o' s,. p;
cellar with a handsome nI End fell
o oS'ue a box box. His wife vi .t ea''f IA" ~" mr::%
s 81; ' e. ID; +; !; VI. ;:. ,. 81 +: e {: c: Vi, !: il:
mediatsly dashed it SsS'D''
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-12-24

1t Is fully three days since tn
Mazda was reported dead. Trans-
atlantic rewsgatbers must te asleep.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-12-24

Congress will adjourn Tomorrow
until the 9Th Of mex. month + the
Holiday vacation.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-12-24

A committee has been orgsnizedst
Berlin, to raise a fund for Prince
Bismark, as an EXPRESSION of the con-
f1dence of the nation In Inc great
statesman.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-09-13
Dummy Women.

Women, especially those of the upper
classes, who are not obliged to keep
themselves in condition by work, lose
after middle age, sometimes earlier,
considerable amount of their height,
not by STOPPING, rs men do, but by act
uA collapse, sinking down-mainly to
be attributed to the perishing of the
muscles that support the frame, in con-
sequence of habitual and constant pres
sure of stays and dependence upon the
artificial support by them afforded.
Every girl who wears stays that press
upon these muscles and restrict the
free development of the fibres that form
them, relieving them from their natural
duties of supporting the spine, indeed
incapacitating them from so doing, may
feel sure she is preparing herself to be
a dumpy woman. A great pity! Fail
ure Of health among women when the
vigor of youth passes away is but too
patent and but too commonly caused by
this practice. Let the man who adj
mires the piece of pipe that does duty
for the human body picture to himself
the wasted form and scanned skin.
Most women, from long custom of
wearing these stays, are really unaware
how much they are hampered and re-
stricted. A girl of twenty, intended by
nature to be one of her finest specimens
gravely assures one that her stays are
not tight, being exactly the same size
as those she was first put into, not
perceiving her condemnation in the fact
that she has since grown five inches in
height and two in shoulder breadth
Her stays are not too tight, because the
constant pressure has prevented the
natural development of the heart and
Jung space. The dainty waist of the
poets is precisely that flexible slimness
that is destroyed by stays. The form
resulting from them is not slim, but a
piece Of pipe, and as inhexible. But,
while endeavoring to make clear the
outrage upon practical good sense and
sense of beauty, it is necessary to
understand and admit the whole state
of the case. The reason, If not neces
sity, for some sort of corset, may be
found when the form is very redundant
young and slight, but all that necessity
could demand and that practical good
sense and fitness would concede, could
be found in strong elastic kind oil
jersey, sufficiently strong, and even
stiff under the bust to support it, and
sufficiently elastic at the sides and bach
to injure no organs and impede u.
functions. Even in the case of tn.
young and slight an elastic band under
the false ribs would not be injurious,
but perhaps the contrary, serving as a
constant hint to keep the chest well
forward and the shoulders back; but
every stiff, unyielding machine, crush
ing the ribs and destroying the fiber OF
muscle, will be fatal to health, to free
dom of movement and to beauty; it is
scarcely too much to say that the wear
ing of such amounts to stupidity in
those who do not know the conse
quences for over and over again warn.
ing has been given), and to wickedness
in those who do.-London Lancet.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-09-13
THE NOISES OF THE NIGHT.


The watchfnl dog howls to greet the moon
whene'er he gets peep,
hear him as vainly try to snatch wink of
Some reveiler without key is hammering at
really think that slumber now will visit me
no more;
And pussies prowl upon the tiles, they cater
o, terrible, indeed, we find the Noises of the
Night.
Some mysteries are on spree, and sing a
horrid song;
Anewsboy screeches latest news that's certain
to be wrong;
iron rods,
I'm certain, by the noise it makes; but, hang
it, what's the odds?
For sleeps quite, impossible, although the
So utterly distracting are the Noises of the
They're beating carpets, declare, at night. a
And now that loose old chimney-pot, of course
begins to creak; - :.
A cab stops at my neigh boris house, and loud
-. they bang the, door.
Which wakes me when I'd just begun my most
harmonious snore;
It's hard upon nervous man to wake up in
fright,
But what can one expect with all the Noises
of the Night
And, ere the morning light has dawned, the
lively cocks and hens
Emerge "as fresh as paint" know, from out
adjacent pcns
And then the loud internal crow from that old
Chanticleer
Comes, banishing all further sleep, upon my
tortured ear;
/ could not slumber until late, I'm reused at
earliest light
o, who will rid the fevered brain of the Noises
of the Night? Punch
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-09-13
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

A teacher defined conscience "as
something within you that tells you
when you have done wrong" II had
it once spoke up a young tow-head OF
six summers; but they had to send
for the Doctor"
.Bridget-"W the most gcnteel
thing for a lady as is lady to carry in
the street, Norap" Cook-"Sure. thin,
some prefers three volume book; but
/ prefers roll of music, mesilf, quite
careless and aisy like
1t is true, generally speaking, that
nothing is impossible with God; but it
is very nearly If not quite impossible
for God TO make man SO perfect as
manv fellow thinks he is--or rather
tries to make others believe him to be.
Boston transcript.
There comes a time in every little
girls life when she is seized with long,
ing to cook. And there comes time
in every big girls life when she is
seized with longing to hire somebody
else to cook. 1t comes after she gets
married. Detroit Post.
Some strolling thespians were once
PLAYING Macbeth" in country town.
Their properties were not kept in very
systematic order, for when the hero
OF Shakespeare drama exclaimed. rs
that a dagger that | see before meP" .
shrill voice responded from the .'hies."
mo, sir; its the putty knife. The
dagger's lost. Exchange.
in the midst of loud hum and
buzz of a social gathering one day this
week an impudent fellow suddenly
called OUT '.Now, let's all stop, catch
our breaths and go on ahead for the
rest of the evening telling nothing but
truthful stories and things" The COM
pany grew dumb and soon dispersed.
Too much was required of them. The
Revieso.
my son." asked proud father,
after the usual greetings upon the
young mans return home from college,
'have you microscope among your
traps?" "a microscope dad, replied
the astonished youth. Eyes, my son;
you have been in college, you know
four years, and thought if you had I
microscope handy should like to see
how much you had learned"
-Dumley had accompanied friend
home to dinner and, as they seated
themselves at the table, the hostess re-
marked: II trust that you will make
allowances, Mr.. Dumley. Ny girl left
me this morning very unexpectedly.
and was compelled to cook the dinner
myself 20, certainly, my dear
madam, certainly" responded Dumley,
with much manner; II can put up With
anything. IN. Y. Graphic.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-09-13
Making Bessemer Steel.

But the furnace is Unsuitable, and
swallows its food without momentarily
showing a streak of black in it's white
mass. The crucibles are made of China
clay, common clay and Derby clay.
They are about eighteen inches high
and seven inches in diameter. When
the iron in them is melted, the work
men swathe themselves in old sacks, and
lift them out with tongs that have con-
cave clasps at the fire ends which exact
ly correspond to their curvature; the
lids are then removed, crust of refuse
is taken away from the upper surface
and the liquid metal is poured into oct
agonal and rectangular molds. The
crucibles, as well as their contents, are
at white heat when they emerge, and
the scintillations are lovlier than the
lovliest an American boy ever dreamed
of on the eve of Fourth. The steel is
next rolled into flat and curved strips,
which are ''nicked' into desired lengths
and broken off, those that we have seen
being intended for files. The sections
are forged, annealed and ground, after
which we again see an exhibition
of precision in the cutting process,
which is the same on a large scale
that the cutters reveal to us. This is the
most injurious part of the trade. The
shaft of steel which, when it is cut, be-
comes the file, is placed upon bed of
lead, a material preferred for its firm
ness combined with elasticity and in
chiseling the ridges or threads upon it
the workmen inhale particles of the
poisonous metal that are inevitably de-
tached by the conclusion of his hammer.
Occasionally man may be encountered
whose limbs are contracted or wholly
parylized by the disease; but while file
cutting is the most serious in its effects
upon the mortality of the operatives,
all the other branches of the trade deal
out more or less illness and death in
their sitting atmosphere. The rapid
conversion of crude iron into steel is
the invention which will most distin-
guish the name of Bessemer, and, by it,
the price of that metal has been reduced
to less than iron formerly COST
CHICAGO Current.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-09-13
Facts About Flies.

Naturalists tell us that the dy is not
an insect. A true insect has six legs,
four wings, an external skeleton and
undergoes metamorphoses, but flies
have only two wings; so the naturalists
make classification for them and call
them Diptera. They seem to have
nothing else to do but to multiply their
species, and no fly trap has yet ever
successfully applied Malthusian princi-
pies to them. 1t is estimated that from
spring to autumn as many as two
million descendants will spring from a
single pair. The green bottle fly thrives
best on carbon. The horse fly is bred
in filth and dirt. One species of fly.
instead of laying eggs, lays living mag
gots, and another kind is said to DO
able to shoot out his eggs like pellets
out of a pop-gun. At Pisa, Italy, there
are flies that give out an agreeable
odor. They feed on orange and lemon
flowers, and, as they have four wings,
some naturalists claim they are more
like bees than flies. Flies take their
food by suction, reducing it to a
fluid state by secreting' and throw
ing out fluid for this purpose. The
mouth, or, as it should more
properly be called, the trunk, consists
of sheath, a sucker and one to four
bristle-formed lancets, which at the
same time they pierce the food apply to
each other so accurately as to form an
alright tube; the last two named parts
are retractile, and when withdrawn and
hidden in the sheath may be forced out
by pressing between the thumb and
forefinger the two sides or the upper
and under part of the thorax, when the
fly is forced to show his trunk to its
fullest extent. In its flying about nat
uralists, with mathematical turn Of
mind, have estimated that the common
housefly makes with its wings six
hundred strokes a second, which carry
it five feet, but if the fly be alarmed it
can increase its velocity seven fold, SO
as to make thirty or thirty five feet. the
same length of time it would take a
race horse to clear ninety feet. Com
pare now the size of the two animals,
and some idea can be obtained of the
incredible swiftness with which they
move Cincinnati Enquirer.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-09-13
Stings And Bites.

An old woodsman Of Australia. Who
used to catch snakes for pastime, saws
that raw onion bruised and applied IS
soon as possible to the wound Is cor.
tain cure for the bite of all the venom
Gus serpents Of that country except tho
death adder, which be admits IL 10
poisonous, and its poison is so quick in
acting, that there is no known remedy
for it. That the onion is specific Tor
the sting Of poisonous insects OF al
kinds has long been known to the,
writer Of this paragraph, who. whom
boy, invariably carried one On expedi-
lions with companions against hornet1'
nests, etc. Il was found that The appli-
cation Of onion Juice wou>d inso1611y
allay the pain caused by tho stin0lne r
hornets, yellow-jackets, wasp4 keoGS
ate.- Woshington Stors
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-09-13
He Came to il.

The railroad passenger who leaves
from any depot in Detroit must show
his ticket at the gate. The idea is to
keep dead-heads off the trains and pre-
vent people from making mistakes, but
it's poor day when dozen k:ckers
don't show up.
Yesterday morning a man with a
very, very iron-jaw and lots of width
between the eyes reached one of the
gates with parcel under either arm.
"Ticket, sir
"In my pocket"
"Show your ticket!'
Cant you take my word that I've
got 6 ticket?"
please show your ticket"
''Am l liar?" demanded the pas
senger.
Ticket, sir; show your ticket"
'I'll be hanged if do"
"All right; please stand back"
"Look a-here," said the man with
the metal in his jaw, 'I'll stay here a
thousand years before I'll show my
ticket at that gate"
A dozen people laughed at him, but
he let the train go out and walked
around with his parcels under hiss arm.
He got no consolation for long two
hours. Then chap with battered
white plug hat, rundown boots and
last years clothes, slouchcd up to him,
held out a greasy paw and said:
''Pardner, put it thar! Both of us
dead broke. Both of us want to get
out O. here. Both of us got left at the
gate Pardner. I'll toss up to see
whether you pawn your red whiskers or
l spout my old hat for two schooners
of beer!'
The wide-eyed man laid down his
bu e.es and kicked the other with such
force that he fell fiat. When he had
picked himself up he walked straight
to the gate. exhibited his ticket and
passed through with the remark:
s'There it is-there it is! but I'll beat
the conductor or die with my boots onn'
ADetr0H Free Press.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-09-13

In Japan, where earthquakes are
very common, a house has been in
vented which shall not be affected by
the movement of the EARTH The build
ing is of wood, with plaster walls and
ceiling, supported upon iron bales rest
ing in hollow saucer-like plates, which
method of support, it is claimed, pre-
vents momentum in horizontal posi-
ton when being communicated FROM
the ground to the house, and there is
just sufficient friction at the points Of
support to destroy the slight motion
that might otherwise take place. 1t
might naturally be supposed that peo-
pie who are always being shaken would
get used to earthquakes, but Prof.
Morse, who has lived so long in Japan,
says that far from this being the case,
upon first going there one thinks light
" of such a visitation, but that terror
grows with every recurrence, until life
becomes miserable from being in con-
slant state of dread. Philadelphia
Led0er.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-09-13
Queen victoria's Fortune.

Her Majesty possesses an immense
fortune. The estate of Osborne is at
least five times as valuable as it was
when it was purchased by the Queen
and Prince Albert about forty years
ago. The Balmoral property Of her
Majesty now extends over $4,000 acres.
Claremont was granted to the Queen
for life in 1866, with reversion to the
country; and her Majesty purchased the
property outright three years ago for
E7S,00O. Probably its market value is
not much under f150,0OO. The Queen
also possesses some property at Coburg,
and the Princess Hohenlohe left her the
Villa Hohenlohe, at Baden, one of the
best residences in the place. With re-
gard to personal property, Mr.. Nield
left the Queen over f500,0 900, and the
property left by the Prince Consort is
believed to have amounted to nearly
f600, 900; but the provisions of his will
have been kept strict secret, and the
document has never been proved.
The Queen must also have saved vast
sum out of her income, which has al.
ways been very well managed. Since
the death of the Prince Consort the gen.
eral administration of the Queens pri-
vate affairs has been confided to Lord
Sydney, who is consummate man OF
business. London Truth
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-09-13
The Saguenay River.

The round trip from Quebec up the
Saguenay River is about four hundred
and seventy miles, and occupies forty
eight hours. Leaving Quebec in the
morning one is down the st. Lawrence
about one hundred miles to Tadousac,
the mouth of the Saguenay, at night,
and is up that river to Chicoutimi. one
hundred and thirty-five miles further,
in the morning, while the next day is
given to viewing the grand scenery as
the steamer returns. The great features
of the river are its mountain banks,
rising from one to two thousand feet,
and this for seventy-five miles. The
depth of the water in many places is
something like thousand feet. The
steamer runs in close to Cape Trinity
to allow the passengers a vertical look
up the cliff, and you think the steam
boat almost upon the bank of solid
rock. A pail of pebble stones stands on
deck, however, for experimenting, and
not passenger can hurl one with suffi-
Gent force to strike the rock, SO decep-
tive is the distance.
There are no lights on the shore for
signals, and in a-fog or thick darkness
at night the steamers are run by. the
whistle, the echo of which, between the
two abrupt banks marks the distance
from the shore. The population of the
Saguenay region is very largely French,
and the ladies of our party found good
opportunity to use all they could COM
mand of the language, both here aud at
Quebec, especially with table walters,
some of whom had but a mere smatter-
ing of English. In one instance one OF
the party put back, the joke upon a
French gentleman, who politely cor
rected mistake, by citing the labori.
GUS efforts of certain Frenchman with
English, who remarked: my wife he
be sick; the doctor she come" But the
last clause might be all right in these
modern days. Congregasionolist.