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Side Dishes.

He ttat never changed any of his
opinions, never corrected any of his
mistakes; and he who was never wi e
enough to find out any mistakes In
himself will not be charitable enough
to excuse what he reckons mistakes
in others.
Frugality is good if liberality be
joined with it. The first is leaving
off superfuous expenses; the last is
bestOwiDg them to the benefit of 9TH
ers that need. The first without the
last begets covetousness; the last
without the first begets prodigality.
I conceive the skeptical writers to
be a set of men whose business it is
to pick holes in the fabric of knows
edge wherever it is weak and faulty:
and when these places are properly
repaired, the whole building becomes
more firm and solid than it was for
merly.
In the voyage of life a man may be
wrecked as is a ship. Conscience,
however, is an anchor that will in
most circumstances insure his safety.
1t is to be remembered, nevertheless,
that, like the anchor, conscience NAV
be carried away, and so ensne ruin
aud wreck.
Whiskey is good in it's own place.
There is nothing in the world like
whiskey for preserving a man who is
dead. But it is one of the worst things
in the world for preserving a man
who is living. IT you want to keep
a uead man, put him into whiskey.
If you want to kill a living man. put
whlskey into him.
A poetess sings: "Tho' I were
dead, my heart would beat for thee"
This would certainly be a dead
beat" and it strikes us the poetess
too much poetic license.
II am afraid" said a lady to her
husband, THAT I am going to have
a stiff neck" mo at all possible,
my DEAR" replied her spouse, "Ihave
seen strong symptoms of 1t ever since
we were married"
He was inclined to be facetious.
what quantities of dry grass you
have, Miss Stebbins! Nice room for
q donkey to get into!" snake your
self at hone," she responded with
sweet gravity.
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Advice to

Are you disturbed at night and bro
ken of your rest by a sick child suf-
fering and crying with pain of CUT
ting teeth? If so, send at once and
get a bottle of Mrs. Winslow's Sooth-
ing Syrup for children teething. Its
value is incalcalable. 1t will relieve
the poor little sufferer immediately.
Depend upon it mothers, there is no
mistake about it. It dysentery and
diarrhoea, regulates the stomach and
bowels, reduces Inflammation and
system. Mrs. WinsIow's Soothing
Syrup for children teething is pleas
ant the taste, and is the prescription
of one of the oldest female physicians
in the United States, and is for sale
by all druggists throughout the
world. Price 25c per bottle.
6 Is sw1y
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Building.

Mr.. J. D. Thomas recently bought ~ feet of
ground just west of the Amphitheatre. with the
intention of enla,ging the building to that ex-
tent, making the room as broad as it is long. 100
feet square. 1t will be a splendid room thes
for skating, bicycling, etc.
The Pavilion also is to be enlarged. This
room viii. he longer than it is broad. The room
ia to be made higher and extended back to
Quartz street.
Mr. F. Beck is going to erect q two-story
brick building adjoining the city hall on the
west.
Work is progressing well on Dr. Bishops two
story brick on Granite street.
Mr.. De Wits house, on Granite near Wash
ington, will be ready for occupancy in a few
weeks.
Building Improvements are going on in every
part of the town.
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DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.

CON ENYION.
EVENING SESSION.
CHICAGO July II 1880 p. m.-Cen-
vention assembling. Gen Blair of
Illinois, is being talked of for Vice
President. 1t is said neither Hen
bricks nor Mcdonald will accept.
| Villas and Rosecrans e to have a
good many supporters. 1t is said a
strong effort is being made to induce
Hendricks to accep5 the nomination
for vice. President in which case he
will be nominated by reclamation.
California presents ROsecrans. Col
RADIO presents Mcdonald. Georgia
presents Gen. Black, of Illinois. Gen.
| Black arose and declined in favor of
Mcdonald. Illinois presented Gen.
Black. Indiana states she has
no candidate for Vlce-President.
Kansas presents Click, of Kansas;
| Missouri seconds Mcdonald; Missis-
| sippi seconds Rosecrans; Oregon Sec
| onds Rosecrans; Wallace, of Penn
| sylvania, pre- ents Hendricks amid
| great applause; Connecticut seconds
Hendricks.
Senator Minnie, of Indiana, is try
ing 10 be heard, but cannot be heard
I for cheers. He said Hendricks is not
and will not be a candidate for Vice
President.
Walsh, of Georgia, asked If Menzie
was authorized to say Hendricks
would not accept the unanimous
nomination, Menzie said he was not,
but Hendricks would not be q candi-
date.
Wallace, of Georgia, is making an
eloquent appeal t. Hendricks to
accept.
Wallace said the Democracy again
called for Hendricks and asked for a
suspension of the rules and the nomi-
nation be made by a~cclamation,
Alabama demands the regular
order OF business.
California wlthdraws Rosecrans
and Kansas withdrawS Click
aud seconds Hendricks.
Georgia withdraws Black and
seconds Hendricks.
New York asked for a call of the
roll, a. he believed that every dele>
gate favored the nomination of
Hendricks
Call of states begin at 6:46 p. m.
States are voting solidly for Hen
dlicks.
Indiana asked to be passed, as un-
der present. circumstances it was not
authorized to vote.
The cali of states resulted in a
unanimous vote for Hendricks, with
the exception of one from Missouri
for Mcdonald, Indiana not voting.
After the roll call was completed
Indiana was again called and asked
TO be excused from. voting.
Delegates have seized the State
banners waving them and marching
up and down the aisles, the audience
cheering loudly. The audience is
singing Aud Lang Syne.
1903 p. u.-AC the close of the sing
ing three cheers were given for the
Candidates with q will, The doxOl-
ogy Was sung, after which there
was renewed cheering. All the ban
ners of the various States we're
br.. ught to the chairman's desk and
waved while the band played and the
entire audience rose to its seat to
give cheer after cheer to the nomi.
nees, the band playing Aud Lang
Syne and the audience joining In the
singing.
1t was half past five tefore the
evening session was called to order
and the first business Was the adOp-
ton of y resolution elec'ing Villas as
cnai.man of the committee to mott
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Sam Francisco Jubilates.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 1.-THE
first feeling of disappointment that
the favorite candidate of California
was not nominated has disappeared.
Duty to the party prevails. Pro-
cessions headed by bands are parad-
ing the streets; fireworks r going
oil; cannon are booming. Cheers
for Cleveland and Hendricks are
heard in all quarters OF the city. The
opinion is that Hendricks has
materially strengthened the ticket
on this coast.
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Local News.

The track layers are within a mile of n
conda.
The railroad excursion tomorrow promises to
be a great success.
Thursday night there was a forest fire on a
mountain about seven miles southwest of Butte
There is to be a cricket match at the grounds
of the club near the Colorado smelter next Sun
day afternoon.
Bngh Kirkendall has now $4,000 insurance
on his life. He ought to be prepared for the
next world.
Those who enjoy looking at horses can be
gratifed to-day, as a band Of seventy-five are
to be driven in to-day.
The fastest trotting time yet made in Montana
was made in Helena on the Fourth Black
Diamond making a mile in 2.2S1ha.
Sealed proposals for building the new Opera
House on West Broadway are in order now.
Plans, etc., can be seen at J. H. Curtis. Con-
tractors and builders see advertisement for par
iculars
Conversation on street corner last nighttime. I.
Have ye heard of the nomination. No 2.-
slis: Cleveland, by $685." No 1.-'That bates
Kelly and Grady thin" No. 2-"Yis; but it bates
Cleveland 100"
The city authorities haye been having some
grading don at the upper end of Main street.
There will be enough stone taken out Ct this
quarry to supply the foundation of the new city
hall to be erected.
Rev. L. B. Stateler, presiding elder Of the NJ.
E Church South, after spending a couple of
days in Butte. left on yesterdays coach for
Boulder, where he holds quarterly meeting ser
vices to-day and tomorrow.
Rev. E. J.. Stanley, of the N. E. Church South,
came up from Anaconda this week and will
hold religious services at Good Templars' Hall,
on Broadway, (up-stairs,) tomorrow Sunday at
II o'clock a. m. and at s o'clock p. m. ALI are
invited.
We understand that the grading OF Granite
street, in front of the Court house block, is to be
begun soon-the work to be done by the guests
of the county hotel. We understand that there
were six new arrivals at this hotel yesterday.
Yesterday morning a vagrant was up before
Judge Knox charged with drunkenness and
yagrancy. He pleaded that he ought not to he
imprisoned because he had a wife and smily
depending upon i'm for support. The Judge
decid, d that the Sheriff should keep him for
ten days and 9. e if he manifested any ability in
the inc of snppnrsing them. and If he proved
{ ,at he could Jake care Of . family to let him
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they have encountered a personal de.
feat. MI. Manning and q majority
of the New York delegation are exu-
berant, but moderate in their speech.
Mr.. Manning Gays Cleveland will
surely carry New York. BY what
majority l will not predict, but we
shall carry New York beyond a
doubt. If the other democratic states
do their duty, MIR. Cleveland will
occupy the white house after March
1885. The party at large in the sta e
will give him as earnest support as
it did Mr.. Tl!den. l am safe in
promising q victory in New York
state. There were great crowds out
side the convention hall to hear the
result of the oalloting and heavy
cheering followed the final result.
The canOns on the lake shore took
up the refrain aud one hundred
rounds Were fired in rapid succession.
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Montana Cattle.

Montana has on her ranges 100000 bead OF
cattle, and will ship eastward 125. 0Oo to 10000
steers for beef during the present year. On the
other hand; some of the cattlemen OF the Terri
tory are large buyers of cows and calves In
lowe and other Western States. shipping them
to their ran"hes for the purpose OF obtaining
breeding animals more rapidly than by depend
ing upon the natural in 'rease of their herd.
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Fine Horses Sold.

New North West: Mr.. S. E. Larabie this weel
sold a fine 16I-hand gclding, sired by Nam
brine Diamond, record 2:3O, to DR.. Mus>igbrod
Warm Springs. Also to Thomas Lynch. one
bay geldipg, sired by son of Thorndale, record
2::22; also one thoroughbred mare, Zephyr, with
colt at side by Headlight, and stinted to Regent
also one thoroug bred mare, Lottie Cole, with
colt at side by smuggler, and one filly, sired by
Tam OShanter.
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CHICAGO, July 11.-At the Chi
cago driving park to-day there was
a special trial for WestmOnt, the
PAGER, with Firebrand as running
mate, to wagon. As Campbell drove
his remarkable PAGER out on the
track it looked as though they meant
to show speed, and as they came
down the stretch for the word every
one watched the flying horses. After
they passed the turn by the club
house where the crowd was they be.
came aware that remarkable time
was being made. The quarter pole
was passed in 30I seconds. The PAGER
kept his gait steadily and left the half
in one minute. The three-quarter pole
was passed faster than ever before at
1:3O and still the gait seemed to in.
crease in swiftness. The crowd be-
gan to cheer, aud just as the team
came to the distance stand Westmont
broke, coming in under the wire in
2::O1aa. the fastest recorded time. Had
the crowd repressed its exultation
for a second the time no doubt would
have been less than two minutes.
The attendance was 10000. West
mont was purchased tonight by J.
M. Hill, theatrical manager, for
SO. COO.
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The Feeling Over the Nominations.

CHICAGO, July ia number of
opinions are printed as coming from
John Kelly, but he declares posi-
lively that he has not conversed with
any newspaper men and that he has
not expressed any opinion upon the
situation and is not responsible for
any statement coming from Tam-
many members who may feel that
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Vice President of the United States.

Resolutions of thanks were passed
to the temporary chairman, the per-
manent chairman and the clerks and
officers Of the convention, also to
the reportOrial clerksl and
press of the country for their
accurate and impartial reports of the
proceedings. The chairman, on his
own behalf, moved a vote of thanks
to the sergeant>at-arms, MI. Knight,
Ut Indiana. Adopted. A vote of
thanks was also passed to the mayor
Of the city, Carter Harrison, and to
the chief of police. and to the citizens
of Chicago for their hospitality.
The convention then at 7:25 p. m.
adjourned s ne die.
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DIED.

HANCOCK.-At Meaderville, Thursday, July 10,
1884. Richard, son of Samuel and Mary Ann
Hancock, aged 4 years, l month and II DAYS.
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A political speaker mentioned
somebody as . political Shylock. and
an auditor asked who Shylock was.
IF you don't know" the orator
scornfully remarked, "vou'd better
go home and read your Bible"
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Another Word from Word.
CHICAGO, July 10, 1884.
To Butte MINER:
The Commi tee on Platform has given us a
plank strongly recommending the appointment
of all territorial officers from citizens thereof.
SAM WORD.
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.NNOuNCEMEN rs.

clark announces himself . candidate
H-snat,ou on the Democratic ticket for
tf "ua # Clerk aud Recorder Of Silver Bow
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OAV AOx AAA W.
that Mr.. Hendricks had been Once
chosen Vice-Presldent and been de-
frauded Of the office. The Demo-
cracy of the republic demanded of him
again his name as a candidate and
they would not take no for an ans
wer. He moved to suspend the
rules and nominate Thos. A.
Hendricks as a candidate for Vice
President by reclamation.
Davis, of Virginia, united the
voice of Virginia with that of the
Keystone State. (Cheers.)
Searles, of California, withdrew
the nomination of ROsecrans.
The other nominees were all
Withdrawn one by one, so that
MI. Hendricks alone remained be-
tore the convention.
Hubbard, of Texas, made a spirited
speech in favor OF giving Hendricks
the office out of which he had been
cheated
Weed, New YORK, suggested that
the roll OF states be called, so as to
put on record the unanimous vote
for Hendricks.
Wallace accepted the suggestion
and withrew his motion to NOM
mate by reclamation and moved that
that the nominations now close.
The motion was agreed to and the
clerk proceeded to call the roll of
states. The result was the unani-
nous nomination of Thomas A. Hen
bricks as the candidate for Vice
PRESIDENT.
Menzies, of Indiana, asked that his
state be excused from voting. Loud
shouts of No, no." He then asked
whether there was any name but
Mr.. Hendricks before the convention
and on receiving an answer in the
neg alive from the chairman, said :
Then, sir, the state of Indiana casts
thirty votes for Thos. A. Hendricks.
This was the close of the call, making
the result 4 unanimous vote.
The demonstration that succeeded
exceeded in vehemence and enLhusi-
asm any similar scene that has taken
place during this eventful day. ALI
the flags ana banners were gathered
around the section occupied by the
Indiana delegation and there waved
amid the shouts of the large audience
and the strains of patriotic music
from the band ending with "Auld
Lang Syne," the words of which
were sung with much feeling,
the chorus being joined in by sew
eral thousand voices Tnen the
band struck up Old Hundred and all
Joined in the solemn hymn OF praise.
This was followed by the music and
the song of America and that again !!
by Home, Sweet Home. The scene
was equally grand and touching.
Finally the chairman got q chance
to make the formal announcement of
the vote. He said there had been 8l6
votes cast, all of them for Thomas A.
and that Mr.. Hendricks
was therefore the candidate of the
National DemOcrhtic Convention for !
The Princeton union., 1884-03-20

An English Veterinary Surgeon and Chemist.
now travelling In this country. says that most
o. the Horse and Cattle Powders sold here
Condition Powders are absolutely p,lre and
ely valuable. Nothing orr cart, win m
nj 70 pint food. Sold every or sent IS,
The Princeton union., 1884-03-20
A Colorado Snow Storm.

As a matter of fact, snow does not
fall here as it does in we'll l-ordered COM
munities, writes correspondent from
Silverton, Col, to the New Haven Pal
ladiun, I have been in the midst Of a
vigorous Rocky Mountain snow storm
from early morning till late at night
with not single cloud in the sky, and
with nothing but the myriad flashes of
snow In the atmosphere to cast haze
over the face of the sun. a mild snow
storm that may seem to one who reads
of it, butnot to one who has it to face.
There are days here. of continuous
storm when the snow does not seem to
faH at all; when it seems as frequently
to be going up as coming down; but
when for the most part it goes plung-
ing horizontally through the air, seem
lngly with no purpose of stopping any
where. IN fact, such a thing as de-
corons, well -ordered New England
snow storm IN which the snow comes
legitimately from cloud and falls of its
own gravity to the earth is here an irn-
possibility We have no clouds worth.
mentioning We are at the very apex
OF nature $ storm making paraphernalia6
and the cloEds are ali below,
The Princeton union., 1884-03-20
Getting Ahead OF Rats.
From Chambers Journal.

ANA'1
Rats are wonderfully clean animals
and they dislike tar, perhaps more than
anything else, for if it once gets on their
jackets they find it difficult to remove.
Now, [ had heard it mentioned that
pouring tar down at the entrance Of
their holes was a good remedy, also
placing broken pieces of glass by their
holes was another remedy. But these
remedies are not effective. The rats
may leave their old holes and make fresh
ones in another part of the house; they
don't. however, leave the premises for
good. l thought / would try another
experlment-on / had not heard of be-
fore. One evening I set large wire
cage rattrap, attaching inside a most
seductive piece of strongly smelling
cheese, and the next morning found to
my satisfaction that I had succeeded in
trapping a very large rat, one of the
largest that had ever seen, which, after
l had besmeared, [ let loose into his
favorite run. The next night I tried
again, and succeeded in catching another
equally as big fellow, and served him in
the same manner. I could not follow
those two tar besmeared rats into their
numerous runs to see what would hap
pen; but it is reasonable to assume
that they either summoned to-
gether all the members of their COM
munlty, and by their crest-fallen ap-
pearence gave their comrades silent indi-
cations of the misfortunes which bad CO
suddenly befallen them, or that they
frightened their brethren away, for they
one and all forsook the place and fled.
Ihe experiment was eminently success
ful. From that day in 1875, until now
1883 my house, ancient though it is. has
been entirely free from rats; and I be-
heye that. there is no remedy equal to
tins one. IT you can catch your rat alive.
They never come back to the house
again.
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caused her to leave him. She came to
Chicago. Dan came to Chicago also,
but without knowing that she had pre-
ceded him here. Sheriff Walker
picked up all these facts as he followed
the trail of the desperado, but on his
arrival in Chicago he and the detective
tried in vain for several days to find
either sTexas Dan" or Nell Raymond.
A man was sent to ST. Louis to find
Spectacle Nike" who is r-keeper
by profession, and to get from him, if
possible, the address of the Raymond
woman in Chicago. This was success
fully accomplished without arousing
any suspicion in the mind of Spectacle
Mike" and the address was telegraphed
to the detectives here. Nell Raymond
was living at a house on Halsted street,
near Fortieth. It was believed that
she knew Dan Wallace was in Chicago,
and could tell precisely where he was.
Accordingly note was addressed to
her yesterday, purporting to be from
Dan himself. and worded as follows:
NELL: Come to me at once. That
is, come to within a block of where I
am, and then send a boy to tell me, and
l will meet you.
The house was shadowed, and shortly
after the receipt Of the note the woman
was seen to emerge from the house.
She was followed. Arriving within a
block of Peter Caldwell's saloon, in the
town of Lake, she looked around for a
boy. She had no difficulty in finding
him, for he was furnished by the detec-
tives, and she sent him with a message
to the saloon He soon came out fol-
lowed by "Texas Dan," and before the
latter had begun to suspect anything
wrong he found himself staring into the
muzzles of two revolvers, and knew
that it was all up with him. He was
clad in the rough garments of "a Western
stockman, with belt encircling his
body beneath his coat, in which were
two revolvers. He wore the broad
brimmed sombrero peculiar to the
Southwest, and looked like the desper-
ate character he is said to be. When
seen by a reporter for the Times, short
ly after his arrest, he seemed cool ane
unconcerned.
Glow long have you been in Chica
go?" he was asked.
! s'About twelve days. he replied.
i "What have you to say to the charge
on which you were arrested?"
"Well, I shot Doc. Bowen, but
didn't rob him. Doe. and l had som,
trouble once about horse trade, il
which he said I got the best of him, ant
he made his threats that he'd get even
/ When / met him that day I rather ex
pected that he'd pull on me and I wa
ready for him. The first word he sai'
was Look out, ''Texas," I've got th
drop on YOU He was mistaken, though
/ Ind the drop on him ali the time.
gave him a couple of pills, and h
keeled over. / didn't get off my horse
and some of the other boys must hay
got his money. I didn't lose any tim
{ in making myself scarce in them parts.
Sheriff Walker left for Texas las
night with his prisoner, and Hartman |
, happy in the possession of the reward
The Princeton union., 1884-03-20
A Pretty Girl's Grim Hu1nor.
rom the Detroit Free Press.

From the Detroit Free Press
Talk about pretty girls-but she was
a wild flower and no mistakel She GOT
on the train to go over to Meridian from
Vicksburg and she was all alone. There
was sort of a sidelong movement
among five or six men, but drummer
for Philadelphia saddlery house got
there first. He grabbed up his grip
and walked square up to her seat and
took possession of half Of it without ask
ing question and in ten minutes he
seemed to be perfectly at home. She
answered his questions briefly and he
had the hardest kind of work to keep up
conversation, and as the train ap-
preached Jackson she suddenly said:
Il want to telegraph papa from here.
Will you help me?.
Oh, certainly. I have a blank in
my pocket. Write your telegram and /
will run into the Office with ii"
We missed him when the train started.
but by by he was found in the smoking
car, his hat crushed down and his
nerves all on edge. When asked what
had happened he drew forth the tel
egram which the girl had requested him
to hand In. It read:
Bring your shotgun with you to pop
over drummer who has fearfully an
noyed me. Shoot to kill"
ITO think !" he gasped, that one so
tar could be SO murderous!