The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-06-21
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The celebrated John Foster thus d.
scribes a bigot: HE sees religion, NJ
A. . sphere. but a . line. and 1t liz
line in with he is moving. He i
like an African buffalo-eees staigh
forward, but nothing on the right @
left. He would not perceive = legiO
Ct angels Or devils at the distance Z
fen yards On the one side or til
ether"
1t is related sba. one day Col Mar
shall, Of Kentucky, said TO Benton
senator Benton, why do yeu talk (
yourself 80 mucb?' With great dig
nity Benton replied, Colonel Mar
shall, | can tell you very earnestl.
and very truly Why 1 talk to myself
! love to talk to q great man and
love to hear a great maD talk"
Engineers Of steamships have dis
! covered that the best lubricants ar
| xlycerine for the cylinders and casto'
| Gil for the bearings When casio
; Gil is used the bearings seldom be
| come heated. Only the best Rlycer
| inc can be employed with advantage
tut if it is of a high grade the result!
leave little to be desired.
A German inventor proposes Il
| make boots that will never wear out
He mixes with a waterproof glue .
SUITABLE quantity of clean quartz
sand, which is spread on the thin
leather sole enjoyed a a foundation.
These quartz so;es are said 10 be Hex
IDLE and almost indestructib'e, while
they enable the wearer 10 walk safely
over slippery roads.
IT is singular fact that not one OF
the Imperial NapoIeons has died in
France, or on French soil. Napoleon
l., the founder Of the family, died a
prisoner On the British island of st.
Helena, in the South Atlantic
Ocean: bis SOD, Napoleon I'LL, died
in exile in England; and now his
grand nephew, the young man
whom French im~peariaIists hoped
one day would rule France as Napo-
leon ", has net his fate at the
point of Zulu srears in South Africa.
Sleep is a most wonderful power,
often stronger than the will as in
case Of the sleeping soldier, and more
mighty than pain. as when sick per-
soDs and tortured prisoners sleep in
the midst OF their suffering. No tor
ture, it is said, has been found equal
to the prevention of sleep. The
amount Of sleep needed differs &C
cordlng to the constitutions and hab-
its. Big brains and persons who
perform much brain labor, need q
large amount Of sleep. Children
need more sleep than grown people,
because construction il more active
than decay in their brains.
THE BEST METHOD Of A%RREsTING
FIREs.-On the first discovery of a
fire, it is Of the utmost importance to
shut, and keep shut, all doors, win
dows and other openings. If the fire
appears to be serious, and there are
fire engines at a reasonable distance,
it is best to await their arrival, as
many buildings have been lost from
opening the doors, and attem pting
to extiDguish the fire with made
quate means. If no engines are with
in reach; it is well to keep a hand
pump. If that is not to be had, the
next best thing is to collect as many
buckets outside the room on
fire as can be obtained, keep
ing the doors shut, then creep
into the room on the hands and
knees (if the heat and smoke are CON-
s%iderabiey, and throw the water as
nearly in the direction Of the fire as
possible, keeping the door shut
while more water is being collected.
The police of London understand
shut ing up fires SO well, that they
have in many instances kept fires
two or three miles distant from the
engine stations shut till the firemen
arrived in time to extinguish them.
AN UNFORTUNATE ALLUsION.-
Atterbury, the celebrated Bishop of
Rochester, who f1ourished in the
time Of Queen Anne, happened to
remark in the House Of Lords,
while speaking on a certain bill then
under discussion, that he had prophe-
sled during the previous winter that
the bill would be again brought for
ward, and ne was now very sorry to
find that he had proved a true
prophet. Lord Loningsbury, who
spoke after ;he bishop. in his usual
abusive style, desired the House to
take notice that one of the right
reverend prelates had set himself
forth IS a prophet; but for bis part
he was at a loss what prophet to
liken him to, unless it was the FAM
ons prophet Balaam, who was re-
proved by his own ass. A%fterbury,
in reply, calmly exposed the rude
concluding as follows:
"Slnce the noble lord has dis
covered in our manners such u SIM
l am content to be compared
to the prophet Balaam-but, my
I am at a loss how to make out
other part of the parallel. l am
| have not been reproved by
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