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The semi-weekly miner., 1884-04-23

The phases OF Gordon Pasba are so
extraordinary that the world will
not be much surprised at any an
nouncement that is made concern
ing him. He was cent to conquer
the Soudon with a blackthorn STICK
and a ca,uel load of gold. Great
stress was laid by the British gov
ernment on the blackth orn; but the
gold went the farthest with the
guileless blacks of that tropical
region. Indeed, the capacity OF the
average savage sheik to accept Brit-
ish gold appears to have been the
chief thing which was underrated IN
the curious conquest in Africa. Now
the gold is all gone, and the black
thorn when brought into play proves
of doubtful usefulness as a conquer
ing medium out there. The fact is
that that elegant twig is grown with
a view of splitting Caucasian skulls,
and is known to rebound from the
African wool as harmlessly as though
one were beating a hair mattress.
Under the circumstances the only
thing for the British government TO
do il to send Gordon another ca mel
load of gold, so that he can buy his
wav back. Advices from Central
Africa indicate that this course will
meet with entire appreciation from
the natives.
The semi-weekly miner., 1884-04-23
A Gold Day Fish Story.
detroit Free Press. !

detroit Free fIessi
$50 YOU never heard of z eplng .
aah alive for y month out OF water1
VII it,s a fact all the same, because
i've done it myself" Frank, we'll
tnown e fisherman who drags his
living Il out of the Mississippi not many
miles ADOBE st. Louis, was talking 10
. renorter about his experience on
the river. They were ootn Ia = lesoft so e. :
much frequented by men OF MS clalt
and Frank was contented!y sucR,ng
his pipe and toasting his shlns oe1ore
a red.hot stove. "When old refer
told me such a thing could be done l
laughed at him, and was just about to
cali him a liar, but he looked so dan
perous like that L did not do 1t. We
were taking lunch, and 1 offered to
bet him two cans of oysters to one
that he couldn't keep a fish alive out
of water for q day. It was very cold
and he took me up. The next morn
ing he caught q good sized buffalo.
and almost before we had him out OF
the water there was skin of ice over
him, and in q little while he was
frozen hard "a a rock. Was having
lots of fun laughing at him. but the
next morning he slapped him In the
water. It took the fish little while
to thaw, but just as soon as he began
to warm up he began to move, and In
an hour he was as lively as any of
them. I've kept a fish frozen eight
DAYS this winter and then brought
him TO life again in water. I've done
it many a time, but it has to be cold
enough to freeze him quick and you
must not let him freeze himself"
The semi-weekly miner., 1884-04-23

World: The Fairs are more sen.
sible than the Sharons. While The
Sharons are striving to separate, the
Fairs are ready to reunite, and there
are good and fair reasons for their
reunion. When Mr.. Fair was a mere
miner and Mrs. Fair a Woodworking
woman she did all she could to help
him make money, economical every
way, and when her husband was
disheartened and disposed to abandon
his enterprises she enc 'uraged him
to further efforts. Fair admits that
she always was a good wife, and his
only complaint against her was her
too great devotion to the Catholic
church. They have four children
the eldest John +. Fair, Jr., now
tweDty-one, and the youngest a
daughter of nine. Mr.. and Mrs.
Fair lived contentedly together until
a year ago last winter, when they
separated, she securing a divorce and
the Senator making no opposition.
Now they propose to come togeth er
again, and there seems no reason
why they should not remarry. The
case seems totally devoid of the
scandal that attaches to the Sharon
suit.
The semi-weekly miner., 1884-04-23
Gymnastics for Women.

The st. James Gozette says: "1'he
superiority of woman to man is be-
ginning to display itself in various
ways. In physical as well as mental
exercises women q. gradually prov~
ing themselves formidable competi-
tors to what has hitherto been con-
sidered the stronger sex. Some
curious evidence on this point is to
be found in the report of j. r. Motley
Inspector of Poor-law Schools, who
has just completed an examination
of the Moral and Industrial Training
Schools at Swinton, belonging to the
Manchester Board of Guardians.
Swimming is taught in the schools,
and about 200 children are now able
to swim. In all the contests which
have taken place, the girls have
proved better swimmers than the
boys. In the last competition the
first girl swan 800 times round the
bath, this being equal to eight miles;
the first boy SWAN only 5O4 times
round the BATH. It is by no means
improbable that, with the help OF
gymnastics, women may at some
future day attain muscular power
sufficient to enable them to hold their
own, if not to came off victorious, in
domestic affrays with their male
friends and relatives. At the Swim
ton schools the girls are taught
"wand exercise with brass band ac-
compartment, and dumb bells TO the
piano-fOrte." 1t is q question worth
consideration whether the substitu-
ton occasionally of kitchen pokers
and quart pots for wands and dumb
bells might not be of advantage to
them in after years, when they enter
upon the duties and pleasures of
married life.
The semi-weekly miner., 1884-04-23

LONDON, April 22.-At Chelms.
ford, 30 miles from London, the
shock was also severe and the people
were filled with terror and dismay,
At Southend the earth trembled TO
miles around. Windows in many
dwellings were broken. chimneW
dashed to the earth and crockery and
glassware smashed. At Maiden, Ten
miles from Chelmsford, the torn
hall was swayed several times. In
wave passed from south to north
The Globe says the shock was first
felt in the Strand, London. A busi.
ness house, it asserts, was perceptiby
rocked, so much so that the mployes
were afraid and rushed into the
streets. The duration of the shock
at Ipswich was three seconds. The
earthquake has caused a general feel.
ing OF alarm and insecurity through.
out England.
Colchester was the center of the
most serious disturbance. 1t Is i'm.
possible as yet to determine the e1.
tent of the damage. In some OF the
streets traffic has been forbidden for
the present as buildings have been 50
badly shattered that they are consid-
cred dangerous. The sidewalks Of
houses near Colchester We're shaken
out.
In London there were numerous
indications of the proximity of an
earthquake. Telegraph instruments
were shaken and the shock distinctly
felt in Cheapside and Fleet streets.
At Ipswich mansion was shattered
and the railway depot partly de-
strOyed.
The semi-weekly miner., 1884-04-23
NEEDING INVESTIGAT1

The Democratic party should be
placed in power for the next four
years, If for no other purpose than to
show the people where their money
has gone to during the past decade or
two. Among the numerous matters
toward which q Democratic admins
tration could turn its attention with
profit to the tax-paying public il al
investigation of the Public Building
Agency of the government. That
agency has q very unsavory recoru:
1t was 40 Extensively ansavory that
Secretary Folger was obliged to ap-
point committee to investigate the
office of Supervising Architect. Al
though plenty of whitewash was
used. Mr.. Hill, the Supervising
Architect, saw fit to resign. The dis
bursements of that Office average
S.. 600, GOO q year. This is q large
sum to be frittered away annually.
but that is about the way it goes.
The lax regulations under which the
agency is organized afford an ample
opportunity for colossal abuses, and
the gentlemen who have been run.
ming it for several years past have not
been slow to take advantage of the
opportunity, if the evidence of Mr..
Folger's committee may be believed.
But aside from the abuses commit
ted in that agency there is something
radically wrong in the method by
which Congress makes appropria :
tions which are VIGOROUSLY made
quate for the buildings which they
are intended to erect, and the sup
Elemental appropriations to complets
the structures suggest the tactics OF
the rogues who "ex pedited" the Star
routes of the postal service. I'm
doubtedly swindljng contractors OBJ
tain vastly more money than they
could for their material and work
were an estimate of the cost of each
public building required upon pres
entation of q request Of an appropri-
alton, and were the expenditure re-
stricted to the limits originally estab~
lished. It Is "a years since the gov
ernment began to spend money on
Federal buildings. and the amount
so expended up to the present time
exceeds $50, 900, not including
the cost of the mint and the public
buildings In the district of Columbia.
The nation can afford to erect build
ings of the first quality for public
use, but ought not to continue to pay
25 to SO per cent. more than the same
structures would cost private indl-
viduals.
The semi-weekly miner., 1884-04-23

The President has very happy
cabinet family. To a man they are
all in favor of the nomination OF
their chief as the next Republican
nominee for the Presidency. Mr..
Lincoln is so enthusiastic on the sub
ject that ne would call out the army
to. morrow for him if it were lawful
to do 80 and if it would procure him
a delegate in addition to the
large number he already pos
sesses. MIR. Chandler, the Secretary
of the Navy, would gladly man every
old hulk in the service if it would
strengthen the great Arthur boom.
And SO Oh of Mr.. Folger, of Mr..
Brewster. the accomplished Attor-
ney.General; of Mr.. Gresham, Mr..
Teller and Mr.. Frelinghuysen. Mr..
Arthur is more fortunate in this re-
spect than Mr.. Lincoln. Mr.. Chase
and Mr.. Seward were Presidential
:.aspirantsH in his cabinet. Mr.. Bris-
tow "boomed bis little boom" in the
cabinet of General Grant. The shad-
ow of Mr.. Blaine rose behind Pres1-
dent Garfield. Before him Mr.. Hayes
mad Mr.. Evarts. The country is all
the happier that there is not candi-
date in the cabinet.
The semi-weekly miner., 1884-04-23
THE NEZ PEROES.

Our evening cotemporary, in TAX
ing the MINER. to task for question
ing Mrs. Garfield's knowledge of In
dams, talks by the yard and reasons
by the inch. The writer, whose 'fine
Italian hand" is easily detected in bis
discourteous reference to this paper,
seems to think the Nez Perces are a
much abused tribe of Indians and,
"that Mrs. Garfield, suffering under
the bereavement Of her husband,
should feel sympathy for those unfor-
tunate aborigines almost similarly
circumstanced." The italics are ours
but the gush and nonsense belong
exclusively to the Mtsr Mountain. II
is highly probable that ii Mrs.
Garfield had been correctly informed
concerning the acts of these Nez
Perces she would have withheld
her signature from the very foolish
petition in question.
The writer of the article in the
Inter 4, ouastain, however. cannot be
excused on the score of Ignorance.
It he knows anything at all about
the Nez Perce campaign he knows
tnat when Chief Joseph left his res
ervation at the head of his warriors
and their families he avowed his in
tent;on to leave it forever. He didn't
bring up just where he expected to
in British Columbia, but after
slaughtering innocent whites, pillag-
ing. desolating and burning homes,
and outraging mothers and daughters
in Idaho and Montana, and leaving
bloody trail from his old reserva>
ton to the Bear Paw mountains, he
was captured by General Miles and
has at last found a refuge in Indian
Territory from the avenging hands
which await him and his comrades
in his old reservation.
The blood of the farmers murdered
by his tribe in the vicinity of his old
home calls for revenge; the walls of
outraged, dishOn0red wives and
daughters call for revenge; the or.
phaned families of the Bitter Root
valley call for revenge; the blood OF
Montague and his murdered com.
rades Of Horse Prairie call for re-
venge; the murdered Deidrich, and
Kenck, tho shot and mangled Cow
an, the horrible captivity of his wife
and sister-in.law, the crippled Old
ham and other innocent victims of
the National Park massacre call
loudly for revenge.
Chief Joseph and his tribe of cut
throats are safer just where they are.
They would never be tolerated upon
their old reservation. They would
be mtroiled in difficulties before
they were there week. They have
plenty Of room in the Indian Terri
tory. If they choose to do nothing
but ''mope,' let them NOPE. They
have made their bed; let them lie on
it. If they can't raise children, they
should turn their attention to raising
wheat, vegetables and stock. Even
tender-hearted Mrs. Garfield, if she
knew all, would no more urge the
presence of the red handed savages
upon the outraged women of Idaho
than she would herself court the
presence Of the murderer of her hus-
band. We repeat it, Mrs. Garfield
knows nothing of the facts in the case
and has been made to appear in a
false position through the influence
of some over sentimental, ignorant
people. What does she know about
Indians anyway?
The semi-weekly miner., 1884-04-23
AN UNPROFITABLE DISCUS.
SION.

Our Helena contemporaries are
exhausting themselves in a discus
sion Of the silver coinage law and the
standard silver dollar. The Herald
simply reiterates the arguments of
monometalists against silver which
have been as often and successfully
refuted as they have been presented.
The Independent takes the Demo-
cratic and popular side of the ques-
ton. Both papers, in the discussion,
travel over ground thoroughly ex-
plored by a long line of political
economists, but bring nothing new
to the surface. The fact Is mono
metalists are bankrupt in argument
against the stern logic contained in
the simple fact that the silver dollar
Is received, and passed As a dollar;
that its purchasing power 10
The semi-weekly miner., 1884-04-23
Railway Affairs.

NEW YORK, April 22.-The steam .
ship Alert. OF the Gree]y relief exne-
ditlon, arrived this morning.
President Jewett denies the renor+
that the Erie railroad is nor earn;n -
Its fixed charges and cannot possihiy
pay Its June interest. The railroad
Is doing a large business and ia IN o,o az
way embarrassed. The net earnin o os
are not AZ large perhaps as theS'' 90
eoght to De from the immense traf.
f1c, but this is owing to the low rstns .,H..
on freight. The condition of tha coss o.es
pany is fully as good as it was a % vaa-
ago and If the earnings keep nm "r for
the rest Of the year in the same vo,, ,or
we shall do well. The rednct;on way
NpeIea5ing t expenses is fully eona, - -
the falling off in the earnings uai a. 70
think it will exceed the Sea. anu l
AS to the June interest I can ''ease. Ease
say, 1t will be raid when dna Umnly my
company will meet its Interest aI ane
other obligations, and t mstte and
are ar now to prevent our pavina @ dney
oe4ds on preferred stock olvl-
Jay Gould, being o,.s.:
by a reporter as to thda Questioned
that he had been a,I;e SIe r9mors
said: mo. Bears in S thaS; bears,
have had no assistance from sms,r II raids
The semi-weekly miner., 1884-04-23
thew cannot possibly enjoy in Can

they cannot possibly enjoy IN Can
ada.
rwo-thirds of the emigrants from
the old world who land in Canada
come to the States at once. The STA
tistics of the Dominion prove this to
be a fact. Not more than one-th1rd
of the emmigrants recorded as land
ing at Quebec or Montreal are found
to take up their residence in Canada
When they get there they see that
their powerful and free neighbor lives
lust across narrow river, and they
make up their minds to continue
their journey. 1t is not surprising
therefore, that the residents of Can
ada, who are well posted on the so'
perior advantages of the States and
Territories and who have energy and
enterprise in their composition
should desire to become citizens OF
the Republic.
If Canada will send US all her men
of spirit and ambition we will prom
ise to take good care Of them. Ihat
ia the sort of annexation we want.
We have as much territory as we
know what to do with and do not
want any more.
The semi-weekly miner., 1884-04-23
A OALL.
TO the Democrats of Butte Oity.

Ata meeting of the Democratic
Central Committee of Butte City,
held in the rooms of the committee,
Saturday, April 5th, 1884, it was
Resolved, First: That the Demo
cratic Convention, for the purpose of
nominating candidates for the sever
al city offices, be held at Renshaw
Hall. April %, 1884, at the hour OF
IL N.
Second: That the primary meet
ings in the several wards In the city
be held April 10th inst, opening at
z o'clock p. m. and closing at =
o'clock p. m.
Third: That each ward be entitled
to five delegates. =,
Fourth: That polls shall be opened
at the following named-places:
First Ward, Kingsbury building,
next door to Newton's drug store.
Second Ward, Centennial Hotel.
Third Ward, Thomas Amphithe-
atre.
Fourth Ward, City Hall.
The five candidates in each ward
receiving the highest number of votes
cast shall be declared the delegates
from said wards.
JOHN BRANAGAN,
Chairman.
GEO. w. NEWKIRK,
Secretary.
The semi-weekly miner., 1884-04-23
Foot and Mouth Disease In En- = land.

LONDON, April 22.-Dodson, Chan.
cellor of the Duchy of Lancaster,
confirmed the report that fifteen
head of cattle, had been found at
Wimpole, Cambridgeshlre. affected
with foot and mouth disease. This
is q portion Of the herd recently sent
from Cambridgeshire to Liverpool
and the cat le importer at Liverpool
has reported that they We're from
America. DOdsOn asserted ,hOwever
that the cattle couldn't have come
from America, the inspector to the
contrary, as all American cattle are
slaughtered at ports where landed
The last American cattle, mOreOver
landed ut Liverpool April l2th, WEI
perfectly sound. Furthermore, Dod
son said he didn't believe there wa
any foot and mouth disease in the
United States or Canada. He moved
therefore to restore the cattle Dill 70
the original form in which "
was introduced to the House OF Lords
The Duke of Richmond's amend
ment, adopted by the House of Lords
went farther than necessary in de'
Tending the country against the 80.
of diseases from abroad. II
adopted as it came from the House
the measure would tend to hamper
trade and increase the price of meats.
1t Is acknowledged the government
attached great Importance to Dod'
sons motion, and in spite of this the
matter was rejected-lS to l6l. When
the result was announced Dodsoh
asked time for the govern ment 10
consider the position in which it was
placed by the vote. The measure
will be discussed again Friday, when
the government will state the course
it intends to pursue.
The semi-weekly miner., 1884-04-23
Valueb Q Receipts.
[Life.]

l. Bites Of all sorts are painful, and
if not treated with expedition and
skill they sometimes prove very dan
ger0us. The most common kinds are
those received from mosquitoes, dogs
and bears. The rarest kinds are tril.
obites and Jacobites.
2. One seldom, If ever, gets a bite
when out fishing.
3. If about to be bitten bv a dog
when out serenading or foraging in a
melon patch, Immediately take some
violent exercise in order to preserve
good circulation. For instance. run
a mile or so without stopping to rest.
4. Never stop running because
there is man with club apparently
chasing the dog-he may be encour-
aging him.
S. If this does not accelerate the
action of the heart, climb the nearest
tree.
6. Do not get down again for the
purpose of securing the sam ole of
your trousers. This is one of the
dogs perquisites, and he wants it for
his scrap book.
The semi-weekly miner., 1884-04-23
LITERATURE,

IAll books and periodicals sent to Mrs. +. A
Reynolds, of Glendale, NJ. r., will recsiy:
Column.l
Among all the fiction we have read
in the past two years, we have CO.
joyed, best of all, perhaps, IA Rev.
erend Idol published by James
OsgOod & Co., of Boston.
Kenyon Leigh, the hero, Is one OF
those unfortunate clergymen. who Is
the object of the affections of al the
women of his acquaintance.
He is doubly unfortunate, for it is
disagreeable to him, while to many
it causes complacency. During va
cation he seeks a lonely seaside re-
treat, quite sure of being free from
the obnoxious attentions of far lad
dies, but to his horror.a a young lady is
before him. She, however, being es-
tablished, and, learning his aversion
to ladies, treats him in such an indif-
ferent manner-indeed, showing such
dislike, that he becomes inter sted,
and ends, as might be expected, by
falling in love with her.
It is not the story, however, that is
so interesting, but the conversations,
and the ideas presented. It is a
thoughtful book. 1t is amusing too,
everybody will admire Nanny's inde>
pendence, and every body will enjoy
Rev. Kenyon Leigh's shopping ex-
pedition. OF course the lovers have
their trials, but it all comes out right
and the reader closes the book with
satisfaction, having gained mnch to
think of in its interesting pages.
AS a source of profitable entertain
ment no pc per exceeds in interest the
Youths Companion.
Its list of writer's embraces the best
names in periodical literature, and
it is evidently the aim of its editors
to secure not only the best writers,
but the best productions from their
pens.
1t is a remarkable thing for a single
paper to obtain such q succession of
lively and brilliant stories and illus
trated articles. While the Companion
is in the main story paper, the men
tai, moral and religious training of
young people is an end kept steadily
in view. Its articles on current topics
are written by the most qualified
pens, and present in q clear, vivid,
direct way the fundamental facts of
home and foreign politics, and all
public questions.
Its original anecdotes of public men
are invaluable in their influence in
stimulating right ambition, and a
high purpose in life. Every house
hold needs the healthy amusement
and high moral training of such a
journal. 1t is published by Perry
Mason & Co., of Boston. Specimen
copies sent. F. A, r.
The semi-weekly miner., 1884-04-23

as great as that of the gold
dollar. snd thereare
fewer standard silver dollars
laying idle in the United States
treasury than there are gold dollars.
There is another fact connected with
this subject which is quite as reas-
suring and that il. that notwith-
standing the efforts Of mOnometallists
the integrity OF silver will not be Inn
paired nor its coinage cnrtailed so
long as the Democratic party retain
control of the H. use. Hence the
MINER feels constrained to pass over
to its Helena contemporaries the ad-
vice they gave it year ago when it
was engaged in u like discussion.
Cease the war Of words, the discus
sion of the subject is stale, flat and
unprofitable
The semi-weekly miner., 1884-04-23

When q mosquito begins to o. p,ss ss
do not slap him. some h;m f;nish
,nsist uv that you should let nl,a ;oh h and
and then offer him a tootnp''A "
81 The The above rule applies strictly acged 10
o.ou;toes o. and must not be extenoeo
I" 0en,s on suddenly entering a palior u, y
80 o. w tho mistietoe hangs you may
sv1erise where ,ae a Young man apparently I'm In
the act q T6s S,.,nS sySinpsoms q y which follow
chsene enc Generally include violent blush, .s =
ing and a tendency I" eonnlar .S,n rI remedy
weather. The most popu.ai. .,.e 4hi ri
ia a solitaire ring applied 70 'lo '"'1N -
anoer OF the lady's left hand.
The semi-weekly miner., 1884-04-23
NOT ALARMING

Quebec and Montreal journals rep
resent that the emigration of Cana
dians to the United States is :"becom>
ing alarming" They say nearly one
hundred leave daily and the majori>
ty are men with families. Ameri-
cans can see nothing alarming in
this, We have plenty Of land and a
hearty welcome for all honest, indus
trious people. Montana has room for
a hundred thousand or more. Wash
ington Territory can find homes for
quite as many. This Territory wants
all she can get. The chances are
that the Canadians who leave from
across the border are men of spirit.
These are the kind of men wanted
here. There are advantages in these
Western Territories for them which