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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-07-30

If a man will only start with a fixed
and honorable purpose in life. and
strictly and persistently attempt to
carry it out to tie best of his ability.
u"dismayed by failure or delay, the
time may be long n coming, but come
it will, when that purpose will be
achieved.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-07-30
THE sEMf-WEEKL MINER, BUTTE. MoNrAN MA, JULY 30, 1884.


! Abigail Adams, tho Presidentis vita
a undoubtedly the most conspiououi
American woman of her day, whether
by position OF by character. When
writing to her husband she often signed
herself @Portia," in accordance with q
stately and perhaps rather high-dovn,
habit of the period, and she certainly
showed qualities that would have done
honor to either the Roman or Shaks-
pearean heroine of that name. In her
letters we see her thoroughly revealed.
While the battle of Bunker Hill was in
progress, she wrote that it was dread
full but glorious;" and in the depression
of the battle of Long Island she said,
If all America is to be ruined and un-
done by a pack of towards and knaves,
l wish to know it" and added, @Don't
you know me better than to think me
q coward?" When, first among Amer
lean women. she represented her ma
ton at the Court of st. James, she met
with equal pride the contemptuous
demeanor of Queen Charlotte; and
when her husband was chosen Presi-
dent, she wrote to him, MY feelings
are not those of pride or ostentation
upon the occasion; tt are so'"- nized
by a sense of the 4gations, the i'm
portant truths a . numerous duties
connected with it." When finally,
after four years, he failed of re-election,
she wrote to her son: @The conse-
quence to US is personally that We re-
tire from public life. For myself and
family I have few regrets. If I
did not rise with dignity, I can at
least fall with ease" This wa Abigail
Adams. In person she was. distin-
and noble rather than beauti-
yet it is satisfactory to know that |
when she was first presented at tho |
court she wore q white Lutte
trimmed with white Grape, fes-
with lilac ribbon and mock
point lace over q hoop Of enormous ex-
;ent, with q narrow train three yards
ong, Topped up by q ribbon. She
wore treble lace ruf1es, . dress cap
WITH long lace lappets and two white
these last doubtless soaring
traight in the air above her head in
he extraordinary style familiar to Us
q Gillray's %caricatures ..of that period.
It was, in those days. no We agree.
bic task to be the wife of the Presi-
!ent. Mrs. Adams has left on record
graphic sketch of the White House,
there she presided for three months.
he change in the seat of government
sd been decided upon for twelve years,
ct the building was still q vast unfn-
he'd barrAck, with few roe rs plas-
ered, no main stairway, q bell
ithin, not a fence without; . was dis
'essingly cold in winter, while the
hief Magistrate of the United States
,uld not obtain for love or money Q
an to cut wood for him in the forests :
hich then surrounded Washington.
rom Washington to Baltimore OK
nded an almost unbroken growth of
nber, varied only by some small and
indowless huts. There could as yet
in Washington no such varied com
'nionship as had given attraction to
e seat of government at New York
ID then at Philadelphia; yet at
georgetown there was q society which
lied itself eminently polite, and Mrs.
lams records that she returned fifteen
LIS in q single day.-E W HigQin-
n, in Harper's Magazine.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-07-30

We don't know exactly what the
moral of it is, but in the sixteenth
century there vas a quaint saying,
what pretty things men will make for
money!" quoth the old when
she first saw a monkey. How true this
always is: When I did we'll, I heard it
never; when I did i'll I heard it ever.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-07-30
Dissolution Notice.,

Notice is hereby given that the partnership
ne etoI're existing betw. en- William ,'olemall
man & Co., at beer Lodge and Butte, ha, this
uay been dissolved by mutual cons, nj. VIII
lam Coleman will cont tle the bushes
a az Deer .odge. and will ply all debts
owing to the Deer Lodge mouse. and sam
ne' Louis will continue the bu,inrsS d!
nutte Paying al debts of and collecting al
money owing to the butte house,
s MUEL LOUIS,
July q, 1884. 7.y3 div
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An Experiment. In Surgery.
from the Philadelphia Press.

The condition of Patrick Whalen,
who was found by the police on Tuesday
evening wandering, with his throat cut,
in the Park, near the Green.st. entrance.
and conveyed to the German Hospital,
has somewhat improved, though the
chances for his ultimate recovery are
considered, by the surgeons attending
him, to be very slim, owing to the pecu.
liar nature of his injuries, which are
said to have no parallel IL the history
of surgery. DR.. Wesd, the surgeon in
charge of the hospital. has had pho
tographs Of the cut taken. A first at
tempt was made to photograph the in
jury by means of a calcium light, but
this proved unsuccessful, and recourse
had to h ordinary method.
The throat was cut above the wind
pipe. An apparatus has been devised
by DR.. Weed, consisting of a pipe and
bell. VS.. for forcing chemical substitute
for air into the patients lungs. Yester-
day q slight case OF pneumonia was de-
veloped, due partly to exposure AID
partly to an accumulation of dust in the
windpipe. The method in which will
be attempted in the healing of the cut will
be as follows: a rubber tube will be
inserted through the nose and rztend-
&c through the windpipe into the ston.
ach, through which food will be passed.
The upper end of the windpipe will be
allowed to heal, and also the outer
throat skin, after which the tube will be
removed and food passed through the
windpipe. The only trouble will he
with the epiglottis, which is cut in two
parts. 1t is not known in what way this
membrane will heal, or whether it will
heal at ull.
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Risks In Promising to Marry.
From the Pail Mall Gazette.


1t is an interesting question Of social
ethics how far the parties TO a matrimo-
NAL engagement ought to disclose any
skeletons they may chance to have in
their respective c%upboards. AS far as
the law, however, is concerned the
question seems to be settled by the
breach of promise case which, after oc-
1upying Baron Pollock and a special jury
for several DAYS, came to an end recent
ly. There is no rule of law, the learned
judge told the jury, : to compel any abb
solute or entire disclosures before a
lady accepted as u lovers offer" and a
man who promises to marry alaav with
out expressly making his promise con-
ditional does so at his own risk. in this
case the risk has been q very serious
matter, and the jury, acting appar-
emily on Baron Foliock's suggestion,
that sto a lady in q questionable posi-
ton the chance Of a good marriage is
donbly precious," awarded the .exem-
plary' damages of G2.350. The defend
ant is a successful builder at Bourne
mouth, and, perhaps, can afford to buy
his experience dear, but he has hardly
shown much skill in erecting ''the tenn
pie of his love-" Barron Pollock vas of
the opinion that mo time had been
wasted in calculating a social matter of
nature" and the case will certainly have
been usefml If it puts elderly lovers IN
their guard by reminding them of the
sympathy which "a fne-looking won-
an" is sure Of obtaining from q British
1 Jury.
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FacetiOuS Things.

Cupid and Psyche: Why is the tear
running down the Check of this Beauti-
nlGirl2 That is the Law of Gravitation,
my son, Getting in its Work. iii were
not for the Law OF Gravitation tn tear
might up her cheek or stroll around
into. one of her ears, just as it felt like.
But what is the Cause Of the grief? The
Young Man. Who is the Young Man?
His name ;;ss Ghswles; BIZ. why aesss
she Grieve for the Young Man? Because
is wore q cafe-au lait hat and brindle
gloves, and she was dead gone on them.
But did not Chawles reciprocate her At
lection? No, Why is he so Cool to the
Beautiful Girl? Because The Spectators
are firm and the Box office man will not
wait until Next Week.-Life.
An honest mar thanked: "What do
you mean by such careless nesss9" ex-
claimed a man who entered the drug
store in a terrible excited manner,
what do you mean by your careless.
ness, 1 say? You sold my boy laudanum
for %paregoric, and it was only by
the luckiest chance that the baby isn't
now lying dead: yes, sir, dead
murdered by your crinlnal careless
ness." Whats that" said the druggist,
looking up rom his desk. 81 sold YOU
laudanum instead of %paresoric! Merry!
how could | have been so %forgetful! OF
course you'll pay the difference in cost.
Laudanum is more expensive than par
egoric, you know. You've come in TO
pay the difference no doubt. I'm
obliged to you sir, obliged to you."-
Philadelphia Transcript.
This is a baby. 1t is a girl baby. How
sloppy its chin is! Hew red its eyes.
What horrid contentious it makes with
its face. See how eagerly it kicks. How
sour it smells! How like q demon it
yells. Yet in a few short years, some
ma will be llalfcrazed with wild sus.
pense, worshiping the very air this be-
ing breatles. devou ly kneelins at her
feet, and frantlcally begging for one
word, n pressure of the hand, even a
look which will give him hope.-Phila-
delphia Gail.
Rather Monotonous: "H W glad I
nm to see you, my DEAR" exclaimed
Mrs. ID. to the bride of a year. "And
how do you like married life?" 81 am
very happy, but after all married life is
er found it So" No, perhaps not, but
then your husband is country bred; you
came from a city; he is a blonde; you a
brunette; he is a christian; you a Jew
ess." Real. my dear, l do not under
stand" "Not understand? Cannot you
see how differently I am situated1"
WE'LL, no" why my husband and l
both came from the same town. Our
parents were as much alike as two fami-
lies could be. We are both Of the same
temperament, both think the same way
both belong to the same church, and
there is absolutely nothing for us to
quarrel ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Call.
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WHAT'S IN A LEaP YEAR
How Good andsBad Times Affect The
Marriage Market.

How Good and.Bad III ines Affect The
Marriage Market.
From the Boston Globe.
"This leap-year business ia all hum
bug" broke in tue statistical editor, "and
ought to be buried with thirteen at ia.
bic, William Tell and George Washing
toms Ratchet. I tell you, my boy, State
street has moro to do with the marriage
crop than any year thai you can divide
with four, and these little stockholders
knock your Cupid's bow and arrows in.
to the middle of the next centennial.
All this tl%ipmagrildsr (the statistical edi-
tor has traveled} about love making the
world go round looks very pretty on TIE
stage and reads very we'll in the week
lies, but when times are dull and money
tight l take notice that he dosen't do
much to male anything go round except
duns for flowers and carriages. You'll
find the marriage record is g Pretty good
index OF the times, 20 as far back as you
like. Well begin with 1868. That year
there were 300 marriages in Boston.
The number was annually larger, and
the next leap year shows 4,4i9. In 1873
you know we reached the height of flush
times and 1850 atrocities we're com-
mitted in the name of Hymen tthe
ststistician is also a bachelor). Thatyear.
you know brought Black Friday and the
panic and that Fall and Winter things
began to tumble. In 1885 there were
3,a00 a drop of 1000 in two-years. In
D-only $500, and the city growing all
this while, and the women getting
thicker every day. Your leap-year the
DRY didn't seem to work in these times.
Then the election and the eight to sew
en- business upset things again. and in
1877 there were but 2.SCO marriages.
Since then we've been picking up, av-
eraging a gain of about 200 a year.
Eighty-two saw 4,631 weddings, and l
reckon this last year will beat that, but
just as sure as these croakers' predic-
tons of hard times come true, you'll sec
the marriage business take q drop this
year, that no leaping a overcome.
There's nothing like good sharp figures
to burst the sentimental bubbles every
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Emerson and the Boston Re.
porter.
From the Boston Trayele r

From the Boston Travel. er.
Mr. Emerson was once upon a time to
read q paper before a select company
ofthe cultured. 1t was assumed in adj
vance that it would be q mastery effort,
and of course, the newspapers were
after it. When the philosopher mount
ed the platform the reporters were all
ready at the tables below, to catch every.
word. Mr.. Emerson espied them, and
prefaced his paper with q request that
no report should be made of his essay,
as he intended to reserve it for later
publication. Every reporter present
save one put away his paperand pencils.
The one exception fell to work with
apparently more energy than If the sage
had not asked him to desist. Mr.. Emer.
SON glanced inquiringly at him several
times, and at length paused in his dis
course and, eaid: In spite of my request
not to be reported, I observe one oithe
gentlemen at the press table is making
copious notes Of my paper" Instantly
every " was turned upon tho offend
ing scribe. But he was not dissonceIte.i
Rising from his seat and looking at MIR
Emerson with an air OF injured honesty
he replied: mo Nj. Emerson, wal
not doing ANYTHING of the kipd, ] Wal
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"A Duke and Duchess in a Leyan;
sr-sEE5 faR 4NH-. -t-H

From the London World.
The experience Of the Duke andDsucl.
ess of Connaught. so far at least as the
trip of the steamship Cathay from
Brindsi to Port Said is concerned, shows
that a Royal Prince and his consort may
travel with perfect comfort both to
themselves and their neighbors as ordi-
nary passengers in acrowded Peninsular
and Oriental steamer. It is quite posi-
bic that u similar experiment made on
board an Atlantic passenger ship miqks
not have been altogether unattended bv
the "mobbing" which is the chief terror,
in q modern Royal progress. The ordi-
nary social life of the Cathay has in no
way been interfered with by the presclics.
of the Royal party.
A nasty e~-Aevanter," with high wind
and tropical rain, into which the ship
passed a few hours after leaving Br;n-
dist, brought out the ~seagoing qualities
OF the Duchess, whose Mediterranean
yachting experiences in a forty-ton
schooner are now stan ling her in good
stead. She was among the most en- ev-
idence of the small band Of ladies' Of he
roine mould who scorned to succumb to
the rough weather. Vigorously prom
enading on q quaking quarter deck;
checknnating Colonel Keith Frazer with
the chessboard placed on q gypsy table
borrowed from the genial Captain Rob-
bie's deek-honse: joining with the Duke
and Lord and Lady Downe in the even
ing whist party in the saloon, at the
hour when the long table la decorated
at frequent intervals with the modest
grogs which betoken the speedy turn
mo Inv. nv tnnr1NfipO fha IL ffr hr;Auo a ,, I
scanning the entrance to the canal by
the aid Ola chart-her Royal Highness,
has amply viadieated her claim us the
adopted daughter of a maratime En-.
pira.
As for the Prince,the borscomaraderis,
which he has shown on board the Cath
ny is happy omen of the popularity
which is sure to attend his. conmandin
India. There is not one Of his fellow
passengers who would nos be delighted.
10 have him as y shipmate on the most
prolonged of voyages. The man whoi is
disliked on shipboard Is he who insists
deck-awnings without consulting. tina
wishes of his neighbors, and who
strays in the bathroom for twenty MIN
utes, while he knows that ten pyjama-
/ he'd and be-toweled ~unfortunstes are
standing, in more or less blaspheMons
frame of mind, outside. 1t is because in
such small mattels, the Duke, has been
scrupulously defierental III the comfort
Of those about linn, that he and the
Duchess are the most popaiar pasaen-
gers on board the CAthay. And it vas
thus that while her Roval Aivhness, on
Thursday evening, the 8ta inst. Won the
sweepstakes on the xact moment at
which the pilot would come On board u;
I PnRf M "a IA kx,E 1Ocs,,. 80, -,t> 4 - 40 f~r rnRt,
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Vigorous Exercise.

A stroll for mental relaxation, or for
pure air, or for pleasant companionship,
valuable as this is, is far from accom-.
plisl,ing the full object of physical exer-
else is meant mainly for brain workers.
for the s%edentary, for those who do not
find it in their employment.
Now vigorous exercise-and exercise
ouly when it is sufficiently vigorous
equalizes the circulation. 1t relieves
undue pressure on the brain, and
checks the tendency to congest in the
vital organs. 1t enables the blood TO
pass freely through the almost invisible
network (tie capillaries, which it must
all traverse i'll its passage from the arr
tteries to the veins. and thence to the
heart and lungs, with its load of ccumu-
vigorous action those millions Of tiny
workers (the cells) by which all the It's
sues of muscle; nerve, membrane, bone,
etc, are p%erpetually renewed.
Such exercise also q~uickens the elm
mating organs-those by which the body
gets rid of its waste matter. One need
not take poison to die of poison. Once
at least every year the entire body pass.
es of as dead matter, aud each particle
is as much poison as if drank from an
infected well.
Now the lungs, with their fuller and
deeper inspiration induced by vigorous
exercise, throT off more effectively the
deadly carbon, and take in larger
draughts OF lifa.giving oxygen; and the
heart sends a purer blood WITH q fuller
flow through the system. The huge liv-
er. through which must pass for stilifur-
Their publication all the. blood Of the
body, is especially liable to congestion.
1t cannot hasten the blood, rs does the
heart by It's own contraction, nor as do
the lungs by the aid of the muscles OF
the chest and diaphragm.
It IS now known that the successive
collapse and imitation Of the lungs
greatly aid the circulation of the blood
through the liver, and that this circula-
tionis especially helped by the deep
breathing caused NY vigorous exercise.
Hence we say to all who walk for exer.
else, let your walk be brisk, with Q full
swing OF the arms, and if possible LEI
it include more or less OF sup bill
Youths Companion.
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busy writing on . private work OF my
own" And such was indeed, the fact.
he was . writer of serial stories AZ well
a. a news. gatherer for the daily press
but what an estimate Of Emereonian
Thought he must have had TO calmy
take up the thread of his own little tale,
without being in the least distracted by
the unsearchable utterances of our great
There was q sublime depreciation of
Emerson inthat reporters performance
which Arnold cannot hope to approach.
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lla1dy and soda. (A1ser sw.nburne


10 M RrADSrHx nay AFTER NxwY YEARS.
..s
41n0 y 20 mine eyeltds cling thtckly;1
A1y tonSne teels = and more;
~ I'VE ~ g bfsaths y Z boEe.
~ nsa1 g ma 4Qna1tef,
~ gAtns and by ps41sgs eyef spill,
5 y men nan iold Wagntnks With water
AeAleNe n0S a30as.
- 4 0tt1Aiss -
s.sn 0oa.Os5 - S01tsol.
kerqtayos ct The roll.
tAka my matusinAl Journal, :
Aana STRIVE my y Wits TO- 4ngA9A
1e Mot endure The internal
AeeNGk ct III page
WHAT bad luck my sOul had hodeyiled
Whist demon Of spleen and Of spite,
rotous living last night?
HID d. fuunen ar the goblet mn odor
That veil Miaht rennlse or reatrainf
Oinsldions brandv-snd.sodss
Our Lady al Pain.
Thsu "a. golden Of CLEAN as the summer
Thatsmiledo 'er atropical sod.
o dauEhter Of Bacchus, the hummer,
"A foamer, 3 volatile tool
Aud thy eoid Is q bslefire doth shire.
And the oyara WHO rise from tby kisses
CAN'T van I straieht line.
r.,.u w,.h . arsh .na . artto,
ssrSss crs VII hnss $40 q ,,nEnnvn
RIA shs,, .sser nv III hsd an : shnstar
X. .d;3 + 20, A 4 iii Anne,
wsa + = .nnsn. IN screamsnr in acreeches9
nid 1 sasSr WITH = forced affrirhl?
Did \ na snshs ann nnme eglSs saseohesa
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On December l. the total number oil
distilleries in the country was Ga. against
$50 at the same time last year, with a
total daily proincing capacity Of 2SS,>
GU gallons against 263,lM the year ha,
fore.
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Warren Leland, ST., is said to have
been offered the management OF the
new hotel At Portland. Oregon. built by
Henry Willard.
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Stable Ventilation.

1850
There is no greater mistake made
than not to allow fresh. eir to stock shut
up in a stable. When. cold weather
comes on it is customary with some
farmers to barricade their stables as
closely as possible against the outer air
in order to secure warmth, and having
done 80 they think they have made their
stock safe and comfortable. This is q
serious errcr. Cattle and hoyses require
fresh air as much as human beings do,
and il depSived oft the same evil re-.
suits are as likely to happen as in the
case OF ser and women shnt up in q
confined atmosphere which has been
! breathea v and over again until ii
becomes changed intoa fetid poison
Under q long confinement to such ain
tho constitution of the animals becomes
debiiisated and tendencies to disease
engendered which might have renamed
latent, or, under circumstances, have
been outiived by the animals. Even
strong, healthy cattle lose vi.
tality in close, unventilated stables.
1t iaihe part of economy, Therefore,
10 provide suitable ventilation for all
stables; and in doing so It should be- re-
Elembered that, without it, il 10 not only
the confined air that the animaA are