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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-01-19
" hiskey for Race Horses.

At the race course it is now thu
practice to give wbiskey 10 soma
horses. It seems they can win racps
with that 'stiraulus WIN n without Il
they would fail. An old horse named
Baby beat several an- fields of horses
after powerful -potations OF liquor.
Althou h still very popular, race
courses are becoming denIoraIized.
Their first supporters in this country
were peoDle who called themselves
e. ntlemen, but now the principal
owners of horses run at the race are
professional gamblers, book-mskers,
and other low fellows. Even JOCKEYS
have their entries at every meeting.
The long races in vogue in former
years, which were a real test of the
bottom and speed Of horses, have
been replaced by numerous short
dashes FIR the benefit of the p 'ol
rooms. but which seriously drterior-
ate the stamina of the horses which
engage in them. The practice of
whiskey to hOrs es, which has
been begun. will in the end DESTROY
the turn physically as well a morally
-DemOresl's Monthly.
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Judge Poland's Nose.

Here is a good story about Judge
Poland, OF Vermont, who turns up in
Congress after having been in Obscu-
rity since he was showed under in
1874. The judge wears now che same
old swall0wed-iailed coat with bras
buttons that warned him 10 years
ago. When so dressed, with his
white hair AID smoothiy-shaven face
he bears a certain resemblance to the
pictures of George Washington. The
judge is very proud Of this, and his
friends know this. Well, one day he
had a party of Vernon ers at the
White House, and happened to be in
the east room, which was completely
shaded by heavy curtains. A COM
Portable looking Quaker, with his
wife and two children, entered the
further end in their sight seeing
rounds. In corner near the Judge
stood a fuli-length picture frame lean
ing against the wall. Get behind
that Frame" said one of his party,
land we'll tell these people that it is
a picture of Washington" Thejudge
stepped briskly into place. Slowly
the Quaker and his brood came down
the great room, he pointing out the
pictures on the wall, whats that?"
ne demanded, pointing toward tue
Judge. THAT'S Washington he
was answered, lido not go near. The
painting is just finished and must
not be touched" the judge stood
impas>ive in the shadow, gazing
p%ensively out on the group halted
half a dozen feet away. At length
the honest visitor found Voice.
slowly to his wife he said; |
'Wife, We always thought well of
Washington, but that is all
W. are temperance people: J
Just look at that nose!!' and he poi. ted
the most marked feature of
Poland's face, gathered up his family
md sorrowfui'y marched away. The
res rained themselves a
moment, thea gave way and only
realized what they were doing by the
udge's gruff words: What are YOU
ools laughing a,?" The story was
Id and the next day Fernando
Wood alluded to it in Poiand's
presence, but the latter's expression
hen has deferred his friends from
mentioning it in his presence. It is
noticed, however, that since then the
Judge very seldom alludes to Lis
LIKENESS to the father of his country.
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The House Subcommittee on for.
eign lands will report a bill declaring
the Texas Pacific land grant for
feited. The history of this case has
already been given in these columns.
The bill in question will be based on
the ground that the Texas Pacific
did not comply with any of the re-
quirements of the act making the
grant. The bill will probably pass
the House, but it is doubtful whether
1t will be so favorably considered in
the Senate. 1t is said Huntington
& Co., who are vitality inter ested in
defeating the bill, will make their
great fight against it in the Senate,
where there are fewer members to
work upon.
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Late advices state that MI. Willard
Is slowly recovering from the effects
OF bis recent nervous prostration and
that he expects to 90 to Europe for a
long rest as o on az he can make a
satisfactory arrangement of mis- az
fairs. He has sunk his entire fortune
in bracing up the stock Of the North
ern Pacific, it is said, and sympathy
Is warmly expressed in his behalf.
He has offers of money and assist
ance every day hut at present he de-
clines them all. These facts indicate
that, notwithstanding adverse criti-
cism, Mr.. Willard is still surrounded
by those who have every confidence
In bis ability to manage large inter.
ests and to carry them to a successful
issue.
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Colonel Ingersoll has been heard
from on the Presidential question.
In q recent conversation on the SUBJ
ject he said; Logan may have q
chance. Lincoln and Gresham are
both spoken of. Lincoln is a tine
fellow of fair abilities, and in more
senses than M he would be a strong
candidate. For my part, 1 would
just rs leave see Justice Harlan of
the Supreme Court nominated as any
one He has shown himself to be a
fearless man of principle, and one
who recognizes the force Of great
truth. His attitude in the recent
civil rights decision ought to give
him q claim, unless the Republican
party is ready to give up all it fought
for" AS the Republican party cares
more for the spoils of office than
what it fought for, Justice Harlan
will fail to get the nomination bv a
large majority.
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A Big Strike in the Bears Paw.

A letter received last evening by
one of our citizens from Jim Moran,
of Fort Assinaboine, master Of trans
D%Ortationfor Broadwater, McCuIloch
& Co., brings the important news
that a big gold find-supposed to be
gold q~uartz-has been made IN the
Bears Paw, at the head of Eagle
creek, by Ben Yost, Familiarity known
as "Tangle-fOot Ben." Just what he
has got is not known, or at least, not
stated in the letter. but Moran ex-
presses the belief that Ben has, With
out a doubt, "struck something
rich" A discharged soldier W 10 ar
rived from the post yesterday con-
firms the foregoing and says there is
a good deal OF talk at the post ABOUT
Ben's big strike. The latter is x
in Benton in = few days, when
something more definite on the sub
iect can be given.-Rive,- Press, Jan.
18th,
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W ashington News.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1S.-The Com
mit,ee on Commerce are by no mean'
unanimous concerning immediate re
taliatOry measures against Francs
and Ger n Town>end's bill wa.
defeated in the committee to-day anC
the whole matter was postponed un-
til Tuesday. Several gentlemen rep
re. enting The cattle interests of the
country, including Hon. D. w.
Smith. of Illinois; ex-Congress nan
t%4rinnell. of Ia. and Judge Cary, Of
WyO.. called at the White House
| The President assured them of his
hearty cooperation in their endeavors
to stamp out pteuro-pneumonia
and other diseases of cattle. He said
he had personally inquired into the
matter, and the prevailing sentiment
of members of Congress as favora-
bic to the desired appropriation,
without which nothing can be done.
Mr.. Smith of Illinois said it was q
matter which the States could not
regulate, and this was the reason
why the power of the Federal Gov
eminent was invoked. He further
stated that one infected beef in the
stock yards of Chicago would do
more damage and entail greater loss
upon stock raisers of this country
than did the great fire upon the citi-
Gems Of Chicago. Judge Cary said if
ever the disease obtained Judgment
among the vast herds that Craze upon
the Western prairies nothing could
extinguish it short Of total extermin-
alton.
In the Senate to-day, Miller, of
California, from the Committee on
Foreign Relations, reported favorably
the bill relating to the extinction of
the supplemental commercial treaty
between the United States and
China.
The Senate, in executive session,
rejected the Mexican treaty. A mo-
tion was made to reconsider, pending
which, the Senate adj ourned until
Monday. Beyond these facts reports
regarding the matter are c0ntradicto.
ry. Some confusion seems to
exist in the minds of the Senators
themselves in respect to certain fea-
lures of the proceedings. Several
amendments were proposed to the trea
ty the most important one being to
add cotton fabrics tn the list of ex-
portable articles, and another extend
Ing the time for the ratification of the
treaty tn four months. All were de-
feated except the last mentioned,
which was adopted. At four O'clock
the debate ended and a vote was
taken. It is understood 80 Senators
voted for the ratification and 20
against, the affirmation vote being
one less than two-thirds.
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World: The Washington Post,
which has made the discovery that
nearly all the Republican organs in
the country are indignant over the
alleged singular methods by which
the Democrats propose to substitute
Mr.. Payne for Mr.. Pendleton IN the
Senate. is clamoring for MI. Payne
to decline the nomination. If the
Post is suffering from an excess of
virtue why doesn't it call for the
resignation of Senators ingalls,, Van
Wyck, Sabin, Bowen, Hill and Saw
yer on high moral grounds.
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'sPrince" Magruder's Big Dinner.

We were talking about good din.
ners, writes d Washington correspon-
dent, and an army officer said: ''The
finest dinner ever given in vi army
was that IF Gen. Prince Magruder,
who commanded Fort Warren. Bos.
ton harbor, before the war, in honor
of some English officers who had
come Gown from Canada. You know
what splendid services some of those
English regiments have. Complete
IN every particular-linen, 81 yer,
glass that equaled the food, and food
sue as kings eat. Gen Magruder
was up in Canada, and one of the
reglmental messe~ entertained him in
fine style. The Englishmen rather,
expected to aotOni,h the 'p,ince' with
their magniticence, but he said Moth
ing, whatever he may have thought,
OF the gorgeous feast set before him.
When he came to leave, however, he
invited all his hosts to dine with him
in Boston. They said they would.
A few months afterward Mag uder
got a no e tell g him that these tel-
lows would stop Oft a day at Boston
on their way to New York. When
he saw be was in for it he hustled
around in a very lively manner. He
had a big room at the fort decorated
Handsomely with flags and flowers.
and he hired the c.ntel,ts of a silver
smiths shop and a set of the fine t
china in Boston. Then he gave a
famous carterer carte blanche. The
meal was a superb affair. 1t tar out.
shone the dinner the English off ers
had given Masrudar. The latter was
prince like in his manner. Bul the
English offive $ could not couceai
their I'll prise. Finally one ct them,
who sat next to Magruder, turned to
him and said: Beg laldon, YOU
Know; but I've always heard that
American officers always get very
large salaries. but may [ ask what
your salary is?' Certainly, my dear
fellow said the prince in d ~IrinceIy
way; but really | don't know. John,
he continued, turning 10 the servant
who stood behind his chair, what is
my salary? You $685. to the English-
man. L always give my salary to my
g. RYAN s. The Enylishman was so
hclmed that he did not hear
the servants somewhat unsatisfae.
tory reply. "-Boston Herald.
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1t is said Sunset Cox will write q
book, covering the period from Bu-
chanan's administration to the date
of its publication. Anything from
MI. Cox's pen will be read with live.
ly interest. Some one will squirm
when MI. Cox's book makes its ap-
pearance.
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DR.. Spinney,
NO. III ST.

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tor every case Of seminal weakness or private
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Call on or address.
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LET POLITICS. ALONE.

Is the political millennium ap
preaching? Governor Robinson o.
Massachusetts,, 1t Is said, refuses tc
appoint his son 10 .. political Office
Governor Robinson is wiser than his
age. He is right. Politics Is not the
field for a bright, intelligent, active
youth. A few succeed. but the ma
jority drag out a pittful existence,
living only upon the crumbs which
fall from the table of the more fertu-
nate, aud always subject to humilia-
ton. None but those of ample
means and leisure should seek the
arena of politics. There are excep-
tons to all general rules, and occa-
sionally an exception may be made
in this. But tho rule is q good one.
Many a young man has been ruined
| for life by holding one term Of office,
while even among those who achieve
distinction the apple of ambition
| often turns to ashes as they reach old
age.
The few who have been successful
and whose names live after them la
bored for their country rather than
for themselves, but how many thous-
ands have thrown away valuable
lives and gone to their graves "un-
wept, unhonored and unsung." Poll
tics is a dirty business at best. To
succeed nowadays in that direction
the better nature of the man must
give place to his selishness, his n
science to his ambition. A few hon
est men reach prominent positions,
but they can't keep them. Two of
the most notable living instances of
this fact are ex-Senators Thurman
and Conkling. Each have passed
through the fiery furnace for a score
OF years and there is not so much as
the smell of smoke upon their gar
ments. Where are they now? In re-
tirement living examples of the in"
gratitude of man. Each has devoted
the best years of his life to the SER
vice Of his country, and each is now
earning a living by the practice of his
profession. They have been flung
aside by a faithless constituency as q
is discarded when squeezed
dry. They are honest men and were
honest politicians. But it seems this
country has no use for such.
But who are the successful men as
the world measures success. Are they
the John Shermans who be-
come millionaires on salaries of
five thousand dollars a year?
Are they the lucky Windows who
grow richer and richer while the
world wonders where all the money
comes from? Are they the James Il.
Blaines who amass wealth, although
engaged in no business? Are they
he Pages, the Dorseys, the Bradys,
who have made politics the stepping
stones of riches? Yes. Those are
he successful politicians, but not the
men whose memory the people will
lonor when the grave shall hid e
hem from the public gaze. Their
James will not appear upon the roll
# fame. Young man, let politics
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EXPLOSIONS

SCRANTON, Pa, Jan. 81. w.
Emory was tue only person killed 10y
the tx olo~ion of the powder mill last
night. He was struck by q piece of
flying ma ,hinery half q mile from
the; mill. Tue first explosion was
caused by an incendiary and the
others were caused by sparks from
the building fired
ALLENTOWN, Pa, Jan. 18.-An
explosion occurred this morning in
the mixing house of the Vulcan
Dynamite Company. instantly kill
ing John M. Backenbone. Isaac
Kramer and jacob Heffoer. The
bodies were shockingly mutilated.
Three men were slightIy injured and
three small buildings destroyed.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-01-19

Speaking of Western journalism
the Denver Tribune says: The truth
Is that there is more enterprise and
as much ability in Western journal
ism as there is in that of the East.
Western journalists do five times as
much work, overcome obstacles in
getting news that wonld appall an
Eastern newspaper man, and al
together have better ideas of what
news ia than the journalists of the
Atlantic seaboard have. The West
leads in everything, and its newspa-
pers are n Of its strongest forces.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-01-19

If late dispatches may be credited
MI. John Sherman is engaged in the
modest work of booming his brother,
General Sherman. for the Presidency.
His ally in the undertaking is ex-
Speaker Keifer. The aromatic Keifer
alone will drive all support from the
General.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-01-19

Our Helena letter mentions the fact
that Colonel Sanders was one or the
lookers-on at the Constitutional
Convention the other day. Instead
Of a looker-on Colonel Sanders
should be one of the participants in
its proceedings. Lewis and Clarke
county did the Territory an injustice
In not sending Colonel Sanders "a A
Delegate to the Convention.
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THE CAPITOL d~ROdGERIEn

Senator Frye Is shocked. Indignant
and full of wrath because q man will
his pantaloon leg. showed inside bis
boots, and with q coarse blouse on,
drank miserable whiskey out OF q
CUP" at the bar of q restaurant at
tached to one of the houses of Con-
gress. The 90 .thetic Senator is there
fore in favor of prohibiting the sale
of all spirituous liquors in the CAPT
tol building. We always thought II
was wrong to sell whiskey in the
nations Capitol building, for we be-
l,eve Congressman generally get all
they a carry at the bars attached
to their hotels, or at their boarding
houses, or at the everyday cham
payne parties most of them attend.
without resorting to bars planted un-
der their noses at the Capitol. It
would seem, however, the Senator's
hostility to the bars arises more from
the fact that the whiskey Is "miser-
able" and dealt out in a cup, and that
men coarsely dressed are permitted
to drink it in the presence of august
Senators who frequent the places for
their hourly "nips," than because it
is openly sold in the nations build.
ing.
Right here the captious will ask:
How does the Senator know the
whisky is "miserable?" How does
he know that it is not thu very best
OF old bourbon, mellow with age and
smooth as oil? How Dies he know
that it is whisky He says he has
seer it dealt out in a cup and sau-
Ger and called tea. Maybe it was tea
tea. How does he know to
the contrary? Men in "coarse
blouses" drink tea out of a cup. But
isn't the Senator straining at
a gnat? Ever since he has been in
Congress he has seen whisky sold in
those very places. 1t is nothing new
to him. He has seen Congressman
get as drunk as lords there and while
they we're drunk make maudlin
speeches about the high aims and
purposes ofthe REPUBLICAN party and
then vote away millions of the pub
lie treasure. Did he ever raise
his voice against the groggeries
then? Not a whisper. He swal-
the camel at a gulp. But
lines have changed. No useless
appropriations of publ, moneys will
be made this winter. Democratic
Congressman don't drink "misera-
able whisky out of a cup" If they
AXE it at all-which they seldom do
imbibe from cut glass, for
Malaria. The cup drinkers were de-
'eated at the last Congressional
election. And now these ''open and
lotoriousIy low, miserable grog-
as the Senator terms them,
must go. 1t is we'll. They should
%, and 60 with the party that has
Imported and kept them alive.
And then, again, this is Presi-
election year. There is q
arge temperance vote for some party
o gain. A little fuss and buster on
he part of some Republican Con-
'ressman about whiskey being sold
n the Capitol building, may enlist
hat vote for his party. Frye sees
he point, aud hence this spasm f
irtuous indignation. Bah! Frye
. q nnlitical mnnntehank
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Nj. Abram s. He witt emphatically

Mr.. Abram s. He witt emphatically
denies the story that after he intro
duced the resolution in the House
calling upon the President to request
the British government to delay the
execution of O'Donnell he told MI.
West, the English minister at Wash.
ington, the resolution was only bun
combe. Mr.. Hewitt's word is quite
as good as the Oaths of his traducers,
even if they would dare make oath
to their assertion.
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Administered ,r'a Sale.

On Monday. the 2lst lay of January, 1884
will sell at public auction, at the residence of
the late Martha Ros"nstehl, deceased, at fish
creek, all the personal 70, erty Of the deceased
IN Jefferson county, Montana, consisting of forty
horses, two set of harness two wagons, set OF
blacksmith tools and other articles too lumer.
70 mention. All sales under fifty dollar. arc to
be G sh IN hand, otherwis. on nine mont
credit with approved security.
HARRISON JORDAN.
JACOB kOSEESTrHL,
1G29 s-W-4W Admiuistrar Ors.
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Sugar is a necessity in every house
hold in the land. We cannot pro-
duce 1t in any great quantities. Flor
ida has the necessary climate but not
the soil. Louisiana has the necessary
soil but not the climate. And yet
Louisiana, in favor of free trade in
all things else, is opposed to free SUI
gar. Singular! Isn't it?
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The American hog is finding
spirited defenders in both France
and Germany, who urge upon their
respective governments to repeal all
laws against its importation in those
countries. It is stated no cases of
trichina have been found in Ameri-
can hog products in Germany for ten
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NIGH DISPATCHES.
Debate on the FitZ John
Porter Bill.
Prosecution Close Testimony
In Nuts Trial.
The Senate Rejects the Mexi-
can Treaty.
Shipwreck and Loss Of Life
at Sea.

Ooplng Home With the Bodies
ORENBURa, Russia. January H.
Li~eutenants Harbier and Schulz ,,
with the bodies Of Lieutenant Com
mander De Long, DR.. Amber,
Jerome Collins aud others of the
Jeanette expedition, passed through
here yesterday en- route for tae
United States.