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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-26

LNoR RENT-Two houses on Cherry street, s
II rooms each, cellars, wells and cisterns
Rent, SIS per month each Also, 1 house on
DeBow street. 0 rooms, cellar, well and cistern.
Apply at corner Seventh and Rosabel streets
Andrew Schock. 2O2*
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-11-05
4 Cat That Can Read.

''I've got cat" said q lady to mo.
"that can read. At any rate she knows
when q letter comes for her." "A let.
teri" exclaimed in astonisment. eyes,
q letter, and if you don't believe it I'll
prove it to you. Just wait minute
until I direct one" Ny friend left the
room, and in few minutes returned
with a sealed envelope, addressed,
'Miss Pussy, No. - Marlboro street.
CITY," "Now," said she, "if you will
kindly post that for me tonight and be
here when the postman comes around
on his first delivery tomorrow morn
ing you shall see that am telling you
facts" posted the letter as requested,
and was at my friends house promptly
the next morning. Soon the bell rang.
and shortly afterward the servant
entered with bundle of letters, among
which was that for Miss Pussy. Placing
them near her feline highness on the
floor my friend said, "Now, Miss Pussy,
pick out your letter." Sure enough.
Pussy at once showed an interest, and
in a moment had pushed aside with her
paws the envelope addressed to her.
was about to acknowledge my sin Of
incredulity when my friend said. @Wait
a minute. She'll open it and devour
the contents" Scarcely had she said
this when Miss Pussy had torn the
envelope open and in q moment was
literally devouring its contents-catnip.
philadelphia Call.
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The Pygmies.

DR.. Emin Bey gives in recent num-
Der of Petermann's Mittheliungen'
some later notices of the Akkas, the
pygmy race discovered in Africa, and
first described by Schweinfurth. They
are hunting people, divided up into
numerous tribes that do not mingle
with one another. They have no fixed
abodes. but wander around in the coun.
tries of the Monbutte ami the Amadi.
When small society of them soiourns
temporarily around the settlement of
some chief, they build little huts for the
married ones, while the unmarried
salts themselves with mere shelters
from the sun. Usually they live in the
groves that line the streams, which af-
ford them game and good hiding places.
The chiefs provide them with grain and
roots, and take their pay in the pro-
ceeds of the hunt. The Akkas are
vengeful and dangerous when offended,
and are skilled in the use of the bow
and arrow. Emin Bey's measurements
gave heights of between four and four
and half feet for full-grown Akkas.
The color of their skin varies from q
clear yellow to glistening red The
whole body is covered with a thick,
stiff, filthy growth Of hair. A disposi-
ton of the skin to wrinkle, peculiarly
observable in the eyelids, makes them
look much older than they are.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-11-05
Too Patient to Keen,

aDo you love me so dearly as men
have loved women?" said Mable, find
ing an easy anchorage for her cheek
about the latitude Of his upper vest
pocket and the longitude Of his left
"More," said George, with a warm
enthusiasm, for this was about the 214
encore to which he had responded
since eight o'clock. "More, far more
dearly. Oh, ever so much more"
Would you," she went on. and there
was tremulous impressiveness in her
voice that warned the young man that
the star was going to leave her lines
and spring something new on the house,
would you be willing to work and
wait for me, as Rachel waited at the
we'll, seven long years."
"Seven!" he cried in burst of gen.
uine devotion. "Seven! Aye, gladly !
Yes, and more! Even until seven times
seven! Let's make it seventy, anyhow.
and prove my devotion!"
Somehow or other he was alone when
he left the parlor, few minutes later.
and it looks now as though he would
have to wait about 700 years be.
fore he saves fuel by toasting his shins
at the low down CRATE in that parlor
again. There are men, my son, who
always overdo the thing; they want to
be meeker than Moses, stronger than
Sampson, and ten times more particu-
lar that Job, the printer; that is, he
isn't. but he used to Uz.-Burli9ag ton
Ha1Ckeve.
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tn Worlds Fair.

The following letter received by Mr..
VIM. A. CLARK from Capt. Sam De
Bow explains itself. It will be seen
that Mr.. De Bow guarantees the free
transportation of twenty five tons of
Montana specimens, thus saving the
Commissioners neat sum:
BUTTE CITY, Oct. 20, 1884.
Hon. W. 4. Clark. Commits saoner for
Montana.
DEAR SIR:-In reply to your in
qui,y for rates from Council Bluffs to
New Orleans on about twenty-five
tons of mineral specimens, the same
being part of Montana's contribu-
ton to the Worlds Cotton and In
dustrial Exposition, I hereby say
that this company will It sceive the
property from the Union Pacific rail-
road at Council Bluffs billed free as
per your telegram from Mr.. r P.
Shelby, general freight agent. and
deliver same free at the port of New
Orleans. The goods will be sent by
the Chicago. Milwaukee & st. Paul
from G, uncil Bluffs and the Illinois
Central railroad system to New Or
leans. Please mark and consign
care of Atlantic Fast Freight Line,
Council Bluffs.
Yours truly,
SAM De Bow,
Manager.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-11-05
GRAND OPENING
Of Winter and Holiday Goods at
Ell. Bonner & Co.'s

In accordance with their usual GUS
tom the immense dry goods en-
porium of E. l.. Bonner Il 60, have:
during the past few days, distributed
to their patrons in Butte, and citizens
of the surrounding country, about
5000 elegantly designed advertising
cards, setting forth the opening OF
their new stock of winter and holi-
dav goods. A walk through their
establishment yesterday, which, by
the way, is one of the largest and
best equipped of any in the Western
country. revealed the fact that every
thing announced as per card was up
to the usual standard of excellence
maintained by it. Here, there and
everywhere was to be seen the
latest styles, gotten up IN answer to
the DEGREES of fashions votaries. In
the department devoted to imported
goods was noticed all the latest Par
isian novelties in laces, silks. wraps,
suits, and fancy goods, Venetian
glassware, laces and sets. Some mas
ter pieces in the way of Dresden
hand painted, carved and enameled
goods suitable for holiday presents
Stared one in the face on all sides.
All these goods were selected by Mr..
Connell on his recent trip East, and
the collection embraces works of art
and rich novelties, many of which
only q few are brought to the United
States. 1t will repay person for the
time expended In taking \ walk
through this display of rich and ele-
CANT goods.
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The Plenary Council.

BALTIMOaE, Nov. Next Sunday
week will be a great day in the his
tory Of the Catholic cnurch in the
United States. Although the meet
ing proper of the plenary council
dots s not begin until the following
day, grand religious ceremonies are
to take place Sunday in which all
pr.lates and hundreds of clergymen
will take part. 1t will really mark
the opening Of the council. Bishop
Gibbons. of Baltimore. apostolic del.
egate, will preside. The only Ameri-
CA cardinsl-McCloskey, of New
YCrk-wlll not be present owing to ill
health: In the council will be eighty
arch bishops and bbots, 10 prt lates,
about twenty-five heads of religious
orders, which with the theologians
allowed each of the foregoing, will
make up IN all about 25O active par
ticipants in the labors of the council.
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Bog Oak.

Bog oak, which the chemical action
of the peat-water renders perfectly
black, is very rarely obtained in sound
state, and in most cases the outer por-
tions of the tree or log are rotten, and
useless even for fuel purposes. When
laid up for use, care must be taken that
it is not placed in the open air, but it
may, from the suns rays, become open
and shattered into chips from end to
end. To preserve it, it must be put into
some cool place and left to dry gradu-
ally, and when properly seasoned it
must be cut into lengths of from two to
four feet, and these lengths be split
again and the sound parts removed from
the unsound. It takes from four to six
years to season some specimens, as in
many instances the wood is found at
depth of eight feet and sometimes ten
feet under the surface. The finish II
not quite perfect until the srticle has
been for same time in use; and the long
or the time the finer the article seems
10 ba. no matter whether used as per-
sonsl or parlor ornament.
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Local News.
Dundee, Dawson county, is the
atest post Office in Montana.

Dundee, Dawson county, is the
latest post Office in Montana.
The expenses Of the Milton No.
bles company amount to $500 a day.
Yesterday morning one of the in~
mates of q maison de joie on East
Park street became so hilarious that
she was taken in charge by an officer
and carried off to Jail. She will preb-
ably pungle a fine for the benefit of
the city's exchequer.
Last Tuesday George Crockwell,
who has figured more or less in the
Police Court during the past year, ap-
propriated to himself a pair of slip
pers valued at 20O from Caplice &
Co.'s store and flew away. Friday
afternoon q warrant was issued for
his arrest and George was put in du-
rance. Yesterday before Judge Will
cox be plead guilty to petty larceny
and was sentenced to thirty days and
ctS.s.
Friday afternoon Mr.. Charles Huss
while transacting some business in
Walkerville had occasion 10 stop in
the Lexington mill for few mo-
rnents, and tied his horse to a hitch
ing post. When he returned the
horse had disappeared, having broken
the l,itching strap and left for town:
Mr.. Tuss followed the trail and
found TIE horse at the stable minus
the saddle The horse was seen in
Dublin Gulch, where some boys were
riding him. A tour of the city yes
terday failed to discover the SADDLE.
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"lhe Son Of a Lawd You Know" +"

Immediately after the compile
ton of the Northern Pacific, says the
Ogden Pilot, an excursion party in
vited by Willard was on its way over
the newly constructed road, the train
was divided into three sections; when
the train arrived at Glendive, fop
of an English dude alighted and en-
tered the dispatcher's office where
that individual was immersed to the
ears in his endeavors to take care of
the remaining two sections contain
ing the balance of the excursionists,
and addressing, the dispatcher in q
patronizing. and to an American,
insulting manner he exclaimed law
II want my glawsees, ye nav,
they're in me luggage" But
the dispatcher then had no
ears for anything but his
"ticker" which he was lDtently
watching. Again did the representa-
tive of the crown reiterate his de-
mand for his "glawses," but still ne
(apparenD heed was paid to his re-
quest. He waited a few moments
longer and finally summoning all bis
reserve dignity. he saids ~ say,
young man at the telephone, [ Want
m+ giawses; they're in me luggage.
Pm the son of lawd ye naw.'
Then the dispatcher left his instlu>
ment, ana turning full upon the as
touished fop, be replied: 9! don't
give q d-n if you're son OF ~ j,
you can't get your glasses"
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Newspapers.

According to Fosbroke, Plutsrch
notes country people were very busy in
inquiring into their neighbors' affairs.
I he inhabitants of cities thronged the
court and other public places, as the
Exchange and Quays, to hear the news.
The old Gauls were very great news
mongers; SO much so, says Caesar, that
they even stopped travellers on this ac-
count, who deceived them, and thus
brought error into their counsels. Ro-
man women for deluges, earthquakes,
etc., as now. for wonders and private
matters. Merchants and purveyors OF
corn, as now stock jobbers, used to in
vent false news for interested purposes.
It was not uncommon to put the bearers
of bad news to death. In the middle
ages pilgrims and persons attending
fairs were grand sources of conveying
intelligence. Blacksmiths shops her.
mitages, ETC., were other resorts for this
purpose, in common with the mill and
market. Great families used to pay
persons in large cities for letters of
news. In London, IS st. Paurs Church
was the great place of advertising, SO it
was also for news. In Nichols Pro-
gress, gentleman says "that his lackey
had not walked twenty PAGES in
Pawles, before he heard that sundry
friends of his master had taken leave at
court and were all shipped away" Ser
wants were sent there on purpose to
fetch news. OF the introduction of
newspapers by the Gazetta of Venice
everybody has read. Herbert calls the
Siege of Rhodes by Caxton. "the an
tientest Gazette in our language" but
to prevent the mischief Of false alarms
through the Spanish Armanda. the
first newspaper, styled The English
Mercura, then, as afterwards, in the
shape of pamphlet. appeared in the
reign Of Queen Elizabeth.
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FOREIGN.

BERLIN, Nov. 1.-Messrs. Levet-
zow, ,Deydewitz, ,Gneist and Hofrecht.
all well-known statesmen, failed for
re-election to the Reischstag on the
first ballot.
LONDON, Nov. IA violent gale
Is raging to-day on the east coast of
Scotland.
PARIS, Nov. 1.-ColOnel Wilson
telegraphed from Ambuko' that three
men who arrived from Khar.oum
report they saw Colonels Stewart.
Power and Herbin on board the
steamer wrecked some days ago at
Wady Ganar. The same men report
Gordon's steamer had brought 40O,-
0oO bushels of grain from Senaar.
LONDON, Nov. 1.-The English
ministry have abandoned the AUS
tralis n federation bill in consequence
of the opposition displayed by the
assembly of New South Wales.
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Business Mems Procession.

NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-At 3:l5 this
afternoon two divisions of the Busl-
ness Mems Cleveland and Hendricks
parade started from their respective
rendezvous up Broadway to he re-
viewed bv Governor Cleveland. The
f,rst division started from Worth
street and Broadway in this order:
Mounted police, Grand Marshal John
B. Woodward; the president ana
nresidents of various associations {;
honorary staff of the grand marshal;
Drv goods mems association; hard,
ware men: metal association ana
Wet Side merchants Cleveland ana
Hendricks club.
The second division started from
Church street and Broad way leo oy
the stock exchange Cleveland ana
Hendricks club; stock exchange
clerks. produce and maritime ex-
change: New York mining exchange;
cotton exchange; insurance men ~ a.
sociation: lawyers Clevela anu
Hendricks club; New forK Pes,o,
Ieum and stock exchange; cigar Hnu
leaf tobacco club; hide and lestner
associatlon- di, tillers' wine and spirits
exchange; jewelers.; coffee excnangbb: b
vo,1n0 mems independent ciuD;
CoInmbia college students; medica,
sssoc,atiop: The Sullivan Cleyeiano
and Hendricks Club; coal and iron
trade: railway employees; prin ters'
nnhlishers and paper dealers; hatieIs'
pottery and glassware; oesnsnse bank s,efTo' bro.
IaS IaTs: hardware men; steamboat ana q
trasp,ortation nsuS, companies; carmen ,.,on ana
drivers and West Washington
D' Rroadway was crowded, the slGe- noh-
vsiks being impossible. The mafEn1 ond
ias Rssp sep al: The ss's crowds On tie :sdd ;sf
wslks have caught it up and aaaeJ =
theirs theirs to the voices of forty tnoqsspd tn %asrd
men in line. Nothing 4xsr can and mo down
% f9T tha %t.es side Streets, save the deafen.
haa ine 'ys yell 1' Of "Burn, burn' burn '0's
letteF,V
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Den,s SurlAco Indication.

Whoever undertakes to Judge men
conclusively by appearances makes .
mistake at the outset; and he will keep
right on mistakenly just as long a. he
continues in practice. I do not mean
to say that there is no correct surface
indications" of what is inside of hu-
man being. But how are you going to
know, absolutely, whether the rose in
nose is alcohol or erysipelas? Can you
more than guess as to whether two or
three days growth of beard is due to q
. lack of time for shaving, or to q lack
Of money, or is the start Of full beard ?
Impecuniosity sometimes contrives to
dress fashionably, while shabbiness
covers careless wealth. When Jay
Gould hastily snatched several news
papers from the armful of q vender on his
way into the railroad station, felt in
his coin pocket, found it empty, didn't
wish to lose time in getting . big bill
changed, and said, Remember me to-
morrow afternoon and I'll pay YOU
when this happened, the fellow blund-
cred in grabbing back the papers and
exclaiming ''No, mister, don't trust"
He held to the natural but unsound
idea that very little man not only
couldn't be very big millionaire, but
wasn't to be trusted to the extent of
few cents. You see that I reject the
explanation that the newsman really
knew Gould, and based his refusal of
credit on plain business principles.
Most of the financial experts in banks
and other money places are accustomed
to hastily and firmly rating strangers
On sight. "A check is or isn't cashed,
according to whether the presenter
strikes the teller as honest or probably
dishonest Some of the rules on which
judgments are basel are more curious
than infallible. I was in bank, the
othe day, when portly. middle-aged
and rather handsome man handed in to
the teller . check for 800. It was
drawn by q customer. and was payable
the bearer; and yet the teller refused to
pay it without an indentification. The
man departed irate and grumbling:
why didn't you give him the money!"
I asked.
Because I didn't know him. and I
didn't like his looks"
@Why, my dear boy. that was Al
phonzo Worth, building contractor.
worth hundred thousand dollars. at
least. He is putting up an immense
apartment house around in Third Av-
enue"
"Why didn't you say so while he
was here? But I don't care, any
how. He didn't deserve anything bet
ter. Did you notice his whiskers7"
"Not particularly"
"He had on two sets. There was
mustache and goatee, like a military
mans; and also pair of side whiskers,
after the style of solid merchant. You
can't convince me that q man with q
double face, in that way, ought to be
credited in a strange bank. ":-Neao
YOgE Letter.
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Not In the Play.

Friday evening during the per.
formance of "Still Waters Run
Deep" laughai.le incident occurred
which was not exactly down In the
bills, and which wss oni appreciated
by few, including Rose Eytlnge.
IN that part where the heavy man us Is
made to say: "Ihere ne s,anus ,5 .nv
villain, the wolf in sleeps cloth hlne;'
the h. M. said, 'There she stanus'
the villain, the sheep in VOLTS cloth
ipp!n Miss EytiDge was 80 over
come with laughter at the ludicrous-
ness of the remark that it became
necessary to pat her on the back to
prevent her from going into mysteries.
if ia needless to say that the whole
company enjoyed a hearty laugh over
II after the play was over.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-11-05
Blains's Connections Trip.

NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, Nov. lin
pursuance of q promise made before
he started on his Western tour Blame
left New York this morning in u
special car attached to the regular
train to visit the principal places in
Connecticut. General Fremont ac-
c0mpanied him. Miss Margaret
Blaine and James G. Blaine Jr., were
also Of the party At several points
along the route where the train made
its regular stops groups gathered
around and cheered. When looking
through window some one discov-
cred Blaine, but he did not appear in
public until the train had reached
Hartford. On the way number of
Hartford gentlemen who had come
TO meet him we're presented. Cen
eral Hawl-y boarded the train at
Bridgeport.
MERIDIAN, Conn.,, Nov. 1.-At
New Haven, the usual stop was
made. A considerable crowd awaited
the arrival of the train and greeted
Blaine who appeared for q moment
on the rear platform and YVES
cheered.
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p.p,s. Nov. 1.-Prime Ministes Minister
~, fAh;s' ;s treating with the British
EE.'y M;n ;ster Of State for foreign analrs ',n
a1 %Ges'at oint action towards Gh GhsncS in s%p saS
RRrit,sh R"it o. Subjects su gr wing out OF 'ne
recent war. ,,;star to Morocco
threatens rsprisals unless lies .ns 1pe French Frenen
Be t. topped and d Ps';sPs e sspor'ss 'e
tsst :! on e ss ss 's?s%S t@ss
Other q %s!A French Jews have 0es' '"
ished. sor,es he is intriguing
- obtain possession OF 'a'
p.nama to France.
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The Territories.

Warrants are out for fourteen
Miles City horse thieves.
Townsend will issue SIC, so worth OF
bonds to build school house.
Reports show that Montana stock
men are receiving the highest price
for their beef cattle.
There was shipped from Livingston
this year 4OO, 900 pounds of wool, an
increase of 50 per cent. over last year
The amount to be received by the
Flathead reservation Indians on &C.
count of the Northern Pacific right
Of way is about $4,000.
The assessment of Yellowstone
county last year was 81, 900, 900; this
wear it will amount to 81, 100, 600, an
increase Of 3la per cent.
David Ross, q Helena and Heron
baggage agent. was held in $500
bonds last week fJr robpiDg baggage
on the Northern Iaclfi, Railroad.
The Yellowstone Journal has q
headline artist who Is away up In
the business.
Tue past two or three weeks bas
been prolific for mishaps on the
Northern Pacific road. Fortunately,
however, no lives have been sacri-
feed.
Seven hundred and twenty-one v0-
ters have.registered in HALEY.
The new fall wheat, Just sown on
Camas Prarie, Wood River, itsalready =
beginning to grow.
The business of the firm of I. Morris
q Company has been sold and trans
ferred to the Idaho Forwarding Com
pany.
There are now twelve patients in
the Miners hospital, at HALEY, five
of whom are in . critical condition.
Andy Mcclure miner, was
stabbed and killed by J. p. Plowman,
the owner of a large gravel mine at
Idaho City, last Friday.
Lew. w. Walker, of HALEY, is in
producing new faucet t, with patent
attachmants. for cOal-Oil cans or bar
rels. he owns the sole right for
Idaho, Utah and Nevada.
A mau supposed to have taken pa1t
In the robbery of the special train
some day S ago at Shoshone was ar
rested the ~ her day At Bellevue. but
lodged the officer At the door of the
Jail and made good his escape.
Professor Dellus of HALEY, recently
completed the invention of q steam
engine with which he claims he can
supply maximum of power at mini
mun cost. The small engine which
Professor Delius has made for a
model is fine piece of workmanship
The train roober who escaped from
custody at HALEY has been recaptured
and is now in Jail on the double
charge of train robbing aud horse
stealing. having stolen the animal
after his escape. He refuses to give
his name or any other information
regarding himself.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-11-05
The GlOster Mine.

The CLOSER mine, owned by the
Boston and Montana Gold Mining
Company, is making a splendid re-
cord tor itself. The mine is devel-
oped by levels to the depth of 4oO
feet, showing a solid body OF rich ore
ranging from ten to fourteen feet
thick. The present oro OUTPUT Is
about $50 tons per day, and this
could be readily doubled if the com
panv's facilities (sixty stamps at
presently were sufficient to make 1t
nece ssary. The bullion shipments
aggregate al out $4,000 per month,
the savings averaging about 30 per
cent. of the assay value OF the ore.