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Ben. Butler as q Juror.

When Butler was younger he was
walking one forenoon in Court sd uare,
Boston, when q sherif's officer came
rushing out of the courtroom and seized
him, and compelled him to come into
the courthouse, where he was told that
he would have to serve on the jury,
the panel being incomplete. This was
the old-time way Of making up the panel.
Ben. protested loudly, and informed
the Judge that he was "Benjamin F rank
lin Butler, a member of the Middlesex
bar, and therefore exempt from forced
jury service" But the Judge, quite a
wag, although knowing Butler we IL, af-
fected to discredit the story and said:
IF you are a lawyer, show me some
proof of what you say"
Butler had only his word for it, and
was put on the jury. The case was a
harness larceny, and Butler, av ailing
himself of a jurors privilege, began to
examine witnesses at interminable
length. The Court got mad, but dared
not show it. Finally the jury re tired,
and in the jury-room Butler stood out
for acquittal, and argued his fellow-ju-
rors nearly deaf. Some of them fell
asleep. Meantime the Judge OF Inside
fairly boiled with anger at the unac-
countable delay OF the jury over so petty
a case. At last, after three or four
hours delay, the jury came in. The
Judge beckoned to the foreman and said
to him: "What kept you SO infer nally
long?"
"Why," said the foreman, "that con-
founded Butler talked us almos t to
DEATH"
After the verdict was rendered the
Judge, by that time highly divert ed at
Buffers ingenuity, excused him from
further service. Ben. ~retreating wi;tsii
the observation: II thought you ID get
enough of me."-DetroW Times.
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Dolls are now made that cry and
ray papa and mamma, and now all that
is really needed to make a childless
home supremely happy is to smear mo.
lasses candy over the carpets and |furnl.
ture:-zPhlladelphM Chromicle-H erGld.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-12-17
NasOnS in North America.

According to the published re CORDS
Of the Grand Lodges in North Ameri-
ca there are 5SO,6S4 affiliated members
connected with the craft. We give the
following table, prepared by JOSH ali b.
Drummond, P. G. M. of Name:
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-12-17

DIR. F. KILLER,
Physician and Surgeon,
Office. Hamilton l. Pf,uts building, cor. Main
and Park Streets.
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OYSTERS.

burys. kocknways Atlu Blue FONTS received
daily direct .rJm ,idewater and served in
avery style.
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ARI0N HALLE.
EREDERIC .ProDretOr
DELICIOUS

Pototo Salad Free with Hot Sausage and
Cold Meats.
Depot Of p. III.
Milwaukee Beer on Draught
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ny ALL ODDS
luz best EQUIPPED


RAILROAD IN the WORLD.
CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN r. R..
is the best and shortest route to and from Chi
cago and Council Bluffs (Omaha), and that It Is
preferred by all well posted travellers when
passing to or from California or ColoIado.
: It also operates the best route and the short
line between Chicago and st. Paul and Mime
apolis, Milwaukee, La Crosse, sparta, Madison.
Fort Howard, Green Bayl, Wis, Winona. Owa-
tonna, Mankato, Mimi: Cedar Rapids, Hes
shaItown Iowa. Freeport, Elgin, Rockf I'd, Ill,
are amongst its 800 local stations on Its lines.
Among a few Of the points Of superiority
enjoyed by the patron of this road are It's LAY
coaches, which are the finest that human art or
Ingenuity can create. Its palatial Sleeping
Cars, which are models of comfort elegance,
lis Palace Drawing Room Cars. which are IN
surpassed by any, ~ its widely celebrated
NOhTHWE, TkRN DINING CARS.
anywhere. In short it is asserted that it Is the
best equipped road in the world.
All points OF interest, North, Northwest, OF
West Of Chicago, business centes, summer re
sorts and noted hunting aud fshing grounds are
accessible by the various branches OF this road:
1t owns and controls over B 600 miles OF road
and has over four hundred passenger conduc,
tors constantly caring for lis million OF patrons.
Ask your ticket agent for tickets via this
route, and take none other. All leading ticket
agents sell them. 1t costs no more to travel on
this route, That gives first-class accommodations
than 1t does to go BY the poorly equipped roads.
For maps, descriptive circulars and summer
resort papers, or other information not obtaina'
GEN'L PAsSENGtR AGENT, c. en-. W. &. 4.
o GEos 5 " WILLIAMSON,
General Agent, Roo a 8, Windsor Block, Den
yer, Colorado.
General Western Agent, (l;lA.t
, 1884-11-29
sunday

lNeW hofh bfupnic-l
The Sunday dinner question struggles 10
the surface again, this time In the form Of n
letter to a morning contemporary relating
the satisfactory results Of a cold dinner every
other Sunday at the usual weekly dining
o II is an accepted fact in household
ethics that a good part OF Monday must DO
sacrificed to recovering from Indigestion en-
gendered by Sundays irregularity. In most
households breakfast on tho first day of the
week Is an hour later than on other days,
and generally a more elaborate meal; dinner,
on the other hand, with apparent inconsist-
oncy, Is several hours earlier, with the third
eating, tea or supper, Il most movable feast.
And this arrangement of the weekly routine
any chatlaine will tell you Is solely to secure
tho SUNDAY OUT TO Sarah, Jane or Bridget.
Yet II would seem possible to provide this
most suitable and proper recreation without
sacrificing the physical good form Of the en-
tire family for two days. In households
where more han one servant is employed
an alienation Of duties Is easily arranged,
but In families where a "mnid-of-all-wo work.
constitutes the assistance corps n little man
agement may be needed.
Said a vivacious hostess at a table where
the question was recently discussed-ths
meal being dinner at 0 o'clock Sunday even
ing-"Oh, from my earliest recolletion Mon
day headache was a weekly ailment at home;
when married and found myself the dicta-
tor OF a world Of my own my first care was
to reform Sunday eating so far az my family
was concerned. We breakfast at 8 US usual,
and lunch at l; at o we dine. The joint or
fowl Is cold, prepared on Saturday. A salad
accompanies IL and n made dish-in winter
often escolloped oysters, In summer various
dishes Of a similar nature that Sarah can
prepare before she leaves. She lays the
table and leaves everything in readiness, and
then gets out long before her companions,
who are clearing way the heavy 2 o'clock
dinner. l arrange the dinner upon the table
myself; our desert is fruit in It's season or a
cold pudding Of some sort, and our little
French cofee-pot gives US our cafe noir on
the table. Being a one-servnnt establish
ment," she added lnughingly, ut is not at all
difficult TO preserve suitable ceremony, and
on Sundays and Mondays we enjoy the same
degree of health vouchsafed the rest Of the
week"
, 1884-11-29
We everybody reasonnbIy lhankfalY

some strangely humorous things occa-
sionally happen about newspaper Offices
As an illustration, there was published in
last Sundays LEADER an interview with
Territorial Geologist Aughey, who gave
rome highly interesting information re-
gArding the Wyoming oil fields. On
Monday evening the Laramie Boomerang
appeared with what purported to be an
interview with Professor Aughey, but be-
yond six lines ofintroduction the so-called
interview was literally, word for word,
what had two days previously appeared
in TIE LEADER and was of course stolen
from these columns without credit. Onlast
Thursday morning the same article that
appeared originally in THE LEADER the
previous Sunday was reprinted in the
Sin with these acknowledgements: I'm
an interview with Professor Samuel
Aughey, Territorial Geologist, the Lara
mic Boomerang was given the following
interesting information about the oil de-
posts in the Powder River region -
This sort Of thing while getting to be a
trining monotonous from its frequent oc-
currence is still quite amusing. Ifthc
Sun continues such brisk effort to secure
the nsws it may reasonably be hoped that
by the time Washington's Birthday ar
rives they viii have caught up with the
local events which t~ranspired previous to
Christmas.
, 1884-11-29
WOMAN AND HOME.
A Host of =ints for Household and
Kitchen.
sunday Dinuerz Red the Rage =
Family Favoritism-PrineesH Vic
toria-rhe Farmer Parlor-
Woman's Dependence.

Helen NJ Starrett in Weekly Magazine.l
A man has no more business 10 say no
supports his wife than he has 30 say he sup
ports his partner or his clerks. An good
wives render n full quid pro quo In the part
nefship OF the home, even though they do
nothing but make II pleasant and meet their
husbands ON their return from business with
n smile. A young woman, by virtue Of n
fins education and natural abilities, is able as
a teacher to earn, say $1,000 a year. A young
fellow asks her TO relinquish this and join him
in founding a home, her part in it
being, perhaps, mainly to stay In the house
and overlook the housekeeping. She may
consent to do so with most happy results
both to herself and him; but one essential
element in her happiness mt DO thnt by so
doing she does not place herself in a position
that shall create n painful sense of depend
ence. There isno h~igh-spirited woman who can
endure without pain such an attitude, yet
there Is no rightly constituted woman who
does not under the right conditions, enjoy
having all her temporal wants supplied and
of being cared for and protected.
An earnest and thoughtful writer upon
social questions Of the deepest importance
says that this country most needs Is a
leisurely, happy and care-free motherhood
The period when a mother has her little ones
around her knees ought to be the happiost OF
her life. But when maternal cares press, n
stronger hand than hers should ward Off all
other cares and trials that would Cypress her
or Interfere with her care for her children.
This is the period when woman's most sacred
right Is that Of being cared for and pro-
tected. Alasi that 10 so many mothers tho
period OF maternity Is one Of being over
burdened physically and mentally. and OF
unrest and sorrow OF spirit.
, 1884-11-29

Veteran Canvasssr in N. Y. World-l
You would DO surprised at the success Of
women as canvasserH. They far outshine the
men; Of course, the bare fact OF being one OF
the gentle sex Is very largely In their favor.
The sight Of a neatly-dressed and perhaps
good1ooking woman tramping around in
search of "A livelihood touches the tender
impulse Of the heart. The janitor, the ele-
vator boy, the clerk or domestic servant
cannot tell her errand and she Is probably
ushered into the presence OF the party she
seeks without any difficulty, while the ma
niously denied admittance across the very
outer threshold. Once In the presence of the
boss the lady canvasser dilates upon the
merits Of the book with little fear OF any re-
buff Most men have a spirit OF gallantry in
them, 20 they listen NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
they may think-and possibly order the
book.
Feminine canvassers are n pretty well edu-
Gated class. They've generally been scholars.
music teachers, ~governesses, OF they are re-
duced gentlemen's daughters. In dress they
are neat, not gaudy, and nave a reserved,
modest style of manner which at
tention. If she is middle-aged she is perhaps
n widow lady, who was at one time living in
affiuence-a forsaken, wife or an ex-opera
singer-nnd II she finds her listener in the
melting mood she'll drop a few remarks
about financial ordomestic troubles a large
and young family, and 50 ON. A few earn
good wages, both male and female, in the
book line. but the majority are very lucky II
they can average 81 day throughout the
wear.
, 1884-11-29

WITHOUT RAILROAD CoMMUNI-
CATION.

Since the withdrawal of the Colorado
Central trains the people of Fort Collins
and those living between that city and
this have been put to an immense deal of
inconvenience. A special dispatch from
Fort Collins printed in yesterdays issue
Of the Denver Tribune Republican pre-
sents the case clearly and forcibly. 1t is
as follows: Great complaint is made by
the citizens, and especially by the business
men Of this city, against the Union Pa
cifc Railroad for the manner in which
that company has and is still treating this
city. When the Greeley, Salt Lake *
Pacific Railroad was constructed, about
two years ago, the Union Pacific aban-
doned the main line Of the Colorado
Central from this city to Cheyenne, and
sent all freight and travel to Cheyenne
and points East and West around to
Greeley and over the Denver Pacific. By
this move communications have been and
are still closed between Cheyenne and this
city, and the great country lying north of
this city, which is in this county. The
trade which once came from that section
TO Fort Collins now goes to other points,
and the city is the loser by many thous-
snds of dollars each year. Where it used
to take but two hours to go to Cheyenne
it now takes a day, and Fort Collins
parties desiring to visit that city cannot
make the trip and do any business in
less than three days. Fort Collins has
become nothing but n side station OF the
Union Pacific lines, and the trade of the
city has been greatly damaged. The
citizens have time and time again petit
toned the Union Pacific officials to re-
open the Colorado Central branch from
this city to Cheyenne, and have been
assured that the road would be reopened.
That is all the management has done
promise to open it, though they fail to
do it. The citizens are becoming indig-
nant at the course pursued, and think
their rights should be somewhat respected
by the company. This is one Of the most
profitable points for the Union Pacific on
its lines, and it is the wonder Of all why
the company is SO DESTROYS of injuring the
northern metropolis of Colorado. The
road should be opened at nee to Chey-
enne."
Cheyenne too is Interested in this
matter for reasons that are quite obvious
and no effort should be spared by the
citizens here to aid the Fort Collins pco-
pie in their efforts to secure at least
reasonably good facilities to communicate
by rail with the outside world.
, 1884-11-29

lNeW YORK Evening fostl
Red, prominent In costumes and trimmings
early last season In Paris, has burst out this
side the water, and the CLEAN OF this brilliant
hue is seen in every shop-window, brighten
Ing every combination In dress fabrics, and
shining out upon the costumes from the up
turned sides Of the hat-brims to the tips Of
the dainty Turkey-red kid horseshoe. Red
triumphant, red absolute, red a Ia Pharaoh,
in tones and semi-tones, help largely this
season TO enliven the dull, dead appearance
Of the melancholy days just upon us.
The new shades Of this color are rich and
various, and burst forth gloriously In velvet
and brocade, or glimmer charmingly through
bronze, mahogany, bismuth-brown and tan
until the color, dying out again in cordings,
facings, ribbon ~garnitures, panels, and jacket
and waistcoat adornings ad inhnitum.
Pomme drmour, love-apple, or tomato,
Aurore-a clear, vivid sunset red, shading
to deep wine-Rougo gorge, robin red-breast
color, and red y~ulcain. Sultane infernaie and
Coquelicot are some Of the leading Partisan
shades Of this color, with endless cross .ints,
which appear in all the seasons high dyed
productions
, 1884-11-29

presses an opinion, and never rescinds IL She
visits every studio, assists at all lectures and
Conferences, models and paints herself and
by a singular contradiction IS as competent a
housewife as IL she was not a clever woman.
She secs to every detail OF her palace-I
was nearly saying her house-engnges her
servants and goyernesses, routs them GU at
Q o'clock in the morning, has the lights put
out at 10 throughout the establishment, and
sends her youngest daughter, now IL years
old, to bed ats Through her agency in all
the public squares and open places OF Berlin
large heaps of fine white sand are raised, 80
that children kept in the city may indulge in
healthy play with pals and shovels, like their
more fortunate brethren at the seashore. She
fancies that the air OF her future capital
gives her headaches, and she loathes the
warmth Of the stove-heated rooms. Before
accepting an invitation from n foreign en-.
bsssador or Prussian noble, she sonds a com
mand that all the windows shall be thrown
man
, 1884-11-29

tEben L. Rexford in Western Plowman.
In order to have a p%arlor, kitchens and sit
ting rooms arc made small and uncomfort-
able In many instances, II all the rooms can
not be Of good size, let the parlor go andput
the space 1t would have allotted it into the
sitting and dining room II you think this
would make too large a room, have an arch
in the center, with curtains, or folding doors,
II preferred. This win give one-half for the
d~ining-room and the other half for tho sit
tng-room, and as occasion requires 1t can be
made into one room. This plan will be found
much more satisfactory than TINT OF sacri-
ficing space needed daily to the traditional
parlor, which, in most houses, Is n practically
useless room
L class the parlor as being the least import
ant room In the house, and 1t ought to be so
considered by the owners OF it. But IT is not
in the majority OF cases, and a good deal OF
money goes into 1t to pay for carpets, cur
tains and furniture, which Is shut up as too
sacred for the ever day use of the family,
and the sitting room suffers in consequence
Furnish all the other rooms, and furnish
them well, before you fit out your parlor, Is
nv advice.
, 1884-11-29
Family FavorItism.

Huntington Hawkeyel
Family favorltism Is a besetting sin thai Is
often aggravated by peculiarites of DISPOSE
ton, which very peculiarities are frequently
DEVELOPED by circumstances. Two children
Of the same parents are born with very SINH.
lar dispositions, perhaps, but one is plain and
the other pretty; tho one possessed OF aver
ago childish manners, while the other
Is especially graceful Now in many
families these qualities would serve
to create q different feeling for
the children, and while the plain, or
binary child would be well treated and cared
for, the pretty, graceful creature would be
the ~favorite from very early life. And IL the
other one has average sense he will notice
the difference very soon. This in turn will
tell on his disposition by rendering him still
less lovely, from the very consciousness he
has that he is unfairly dealt with In being
hlighted for that for which he il in novise 10
blame.
, 1884-11-29
Boston Transcript

T77-T7T IT TEFUT
The educated girl who wants TO go into
domestic service Is again brought to the
front by a letter in The New York Sun, n
every man who reads it says, "What a
treasure she would boin but women, always
excepting H. women who write Utopian
stories, know better. A boarder in a family
is a nuisance; a spy In camp Is an unmiti-
gated evil; but 70 pay wages to one who
combines the objectionable qualities OF the
boarder and the spy is a thing which no SEN
sible woman consents to do. II human be-
ings were angels, and II the Intellectual serv-
ant neither spied, tattled nor gave unasked
advice, she might be endured; but she al
ways does all three, and always considers
herself superior to her employer.
, 1884-11-29

Sure cure for blind, bleeding and itch
ing piles. One box has cured the worst
cases of twenty years standing. No one
need suffer Eve minutes after using Will
Jams Indian Pile Ointment 1t absorbs
tumors, allays itching, acts rs poultice,
gives instant relief Prepared only for
piles, itching of the private parts, nothing
else. Hon. j. NJ. Cofenbury, Of Cleve-
land, says: Il have used scores Of pile
cures. and it affords me pleasure to say
that / have never found anything which
siyes such immediate and permanent re-
lief as DR.. Williams Indian Pile Oint-
rnent- Sold by druggists and mailed on
receipt Of price, 81.
Gray & Pearse. Sole Agents.
, 1884-11-29
NOTICE Cor Publication.


UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE, GHEY-
ENNE, WYo., October 81, 1884.
Notice is hereby given that the follow
ing named settler has fled notice Of his in
t%ention to make final proofin support of
his claim, and that said proof will be made
before the Register and Receiver at Chey-
enne, on December 6, 1884, viz: Frank
A. Culver. for the south half Of the north
half of section 1, township IS, north,
range So, west.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon, and
cultivation of, said land, viz: Hans A
Calland, Cheyenne, Wyo. John II. Ger
don, A. NJ. Kimmell and o. Templeton,
of South Bend, Wyo.
Henry w. RoTHERT, Register.
, 1884-11-29

The shipwrecked crew of the British
bark Benefhctress were adrift in an open
boat, supporting life on some bits of dry
bread and a few apples. This was slim
fare and reduced them to a state Of great
.ieebleness. But Browns Iron Bitters
brings cnfeebled folks up rapidly, even
from such depths as this. 1t enriches the
blood, tones the system and gives healthful
strength. Mr.. William Hardee Of Ennis,
Texas, writes that he had dyspepsia in its
worst form, but was restored by Browns
Iron Bitten-
, 1884-11-29

TIE Denver Tribune Republican, was
kind enough to observe editorially yester-
day that THE LEADER is one of the best
newspapers in the West, and that, under
its present management. 1T has become
by long odds the foremost paper Of Wyo-
ming" MI. G. +. r. Hayward, the YER
satile young editor Of che T.-R., knows a
good thing when he sees it, and a compli-
ment of this kind, coming from a news
paper man of his experience, cannot help
being keenly appreciated.
, 1884-11-29
I'M Trees.

TS0utHUTH IUp1Is
The 1udicious and tasteful planting Of fruit
and ornamental trees enhances tho value Of
real estate more than an equal amount Of
money invested in any othor way. 1t Is not
necessary to AVE a large extent Of idle land
in lawn or ~dooryard, or expensive drives and
fancy walks, in order to give a country place
an attractive appearance. A plain, neat
yard, with a fow trees and shrubs we'll
selected and judiciously planted about the
grounds, and properly kept, would often
change the appearance Of many a place from
a neglected wilderness to that of n thrifty,
comfortable home. 1t is not desirable to
have an elAScrate design to produce the best
effects In small places.
, 1884-11-29
New Designs In House Decoration.
Country Side Art Notes

lCOunLfy bluo Aft NOte8.l
Some Of the old mansions about Wash
ington square, New York city, AVE been re-
fitted with fine modern work. One Of the
best examples Of good taste in carrying out
a simple scheme of color has walls of dull
green gold, painted with old arrangements OF
the apple and almond-whole trees with
their twisted trunks and masses OF blossoms.
The furniture IL tawny plush like ions skin,
a few kakemonos hang on the wall, as there
can be no pictures, and some fine rugs cover
the floor. 1t Is n study in green gold.
Near Boston, m old dining-room, with
wainscoted sides and high mantel, has been
painted Pompeiian rod; the walls a delicate
greenish blue; a freize Of apple-blossoms
around the room, from which a large branch
breaks down over the mantel with a flight Of
swallows- Another, whore a harmony of
hght-blue, olive and orange, concentrates in
a blaze Of scarlet trumpet-creepers painted
over the old-fashioned black ire-place-the
furniture old mahogany and polished brass.
In n design for a library, the shelves are
Georgia pine-a friezs of ~pine-boughs and
swallows, the large windows of stained glass,
heavily curtained with peacock plush, em-
broiderod with masses Of lockwood blossoms
tho floor Of polished wood and dark Box
hQrn rttoa