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Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1884-11-27

Muske2on. Mich.
Mr. N. q. yASDERIINDK:-We have used your
Magic Oil with great satisfaction One Of our
children was taken sick with iso-caliedl diph-
theria. OF course we employed a doctor but the
child grew worse every day. One morning the
doctor called with four more of his profession;
and consulted. IL the child would be alive in the
evening they were 20 open the chlids throat and
cut the phlegm out. This did not approve of,
but as there was no hope Of the childs recovery.
consented. Finally our neighbor Mrs. II. Wander
werp, called with bottle of your Magic Oil, and
asked if we would use it-it would cost us moth
ing We gave the child three or fve drops in
ternally every hour and pouitced the soles OF ifs
feet with onionf and batbed its throat well with
Magic Oil and when the doctor came IN the even
ing he wanted To know what we had given the
child as il breathed SO much easier. i told him
we used Vans Magic Oil. He said keep right on
using il ar that was better than he could do.
have thanked Mrs. Vanderwerp thousand times
for her kindness, and l sincerely thank you for
your valuable medicine. Yours truly,
MRS. A. ID. PAIN.
Muskegon Il would say have known the ef-
fects of Vans Magic Oil, in domestic practice,
always with good effects. never with bad effects.
Have prescribed il in my practice; tnd II very
good and safe medicine.
w. II. DELAP. NJ. ID.
VANS Magic Oil or King Of Pain is manufsc-
tured by n q. Van1erlinds Muskegon. Mich.
and is sold by all dealers.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-01-23
TEXT BOOKS.

A bill to encourage education and
to provide a National series of text
books within the Jurisdiction of Con-
gress was introduced in the House
day before yesterday. If the title of
the bill is a true index of lis pro-
visions it should receive favorable
consideration at the hands of Con-
gress. If by any means the National
Government can put a stop to the
constantly recurring text book"
wal 1t should do it. If we had q
National series of text books for u
public schools, prepared and printed
oy the Government, millions of DOL
lars could be annually saved to the
people. AS this text book question
now stands nearly every State and
Territory goes through a little school
book wal about every four years,
which generally results in some
change being effected which necessi-
tates the throwing aside of a large
number of school books and the pur-
chasing of new ones by each family,
imposing a heavy tax upon
those least able to bear it. Mr..
bill doubtless seeks to rem.
this evil, and of course will he
opposed by those interested in large
publishing firms. Nevertheless
1t deserves the support of all.
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THAT THOUSANDS OF DOL.
LARS SAVED.

Several years ago and before the
General Postoflce Department had
assumed its present large proportions
a member Of Congress introduced a
bill, which he asserted if enacted into
law, would save SIS, OOo, 900 annually
to that department. The wind was
taken out of the sails of the econon,i.
cal member when he was informed
II didn't require one third of that
sum to run the department. We are
reminded of this incident in Con-
gressional history by the assertion of
u uniformed evening cotempo-
rary that thousands of dollars are
saved to the county by the Commits
sioners accepting its proposal to do
the printing at rates 10 per cent. less
than those allowed under the law.
The absurdity of the assertion ia
shewn In the fact that the printing
FOR this county will not exceed .
thousand dollars . year. Thus II will
6e seen the saving of Thousands If
to the county exists OnIv in
tne diseased imagination Of the Iate-
FOUNTAIN scribe. Now the fact ~
the matter is the MINERS bills tor
county printing were made out at nm !
average OF 10 per cent. less than tha |
e1tes allowed ny law. The bills on
this. snow
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who's Dat KuOckin'?u

THE game was In a little old loe
cabin, and there were three negroes
playing poker. One of 'em was an
old nigger preacher and the other two
was q ku-k'uxin' him and winning
all his money as fast al they could.
watched the game awhile, and was
standing where I could se, the old
mans hand. After four or five deals
the old preacher got four aces dealt
him before the draw.
He turned his head clear around.
and says he: who's dat knockin'
on dat do'?"
There wasn't anybody knocking
at the door. but you see the O d man
wanted to give the other two a chance
to FIX up q hand. They wasn't
playin' straight Pushes, so he turns
clear around with his back to the
table, and says he: "Who's dat
knockin' at dat do! Is dat you, Ma
minit!'
"One of the other fellows had two
kings, and they gunned through the
pack and got the other two kings
before the old preacher looked around
TO the table again. One Of 'em bet q
dollar. Then the old man went do wn
In his pocket and got out all the
money he had, $47, and put it up.
You rellers;' says he, lis winnin' NV
money and youse can just a. well
have it all. Use a raisin' We forty
six dOllahs.'
"The Teller that had four kinfs
borrowed all the money his partner |
had and called the preachers raise.
The old preacher raked in the pot |
and got up. and says he, Il know dat |
was YOU kneckin' at dat do, Marian. |
Use a comin'.' Then he went out.
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Don't Lend Your Cigar.

The Pittsbarg Dispatch says that
4 man of letter. was smoking and
chatting with = friend on . Hudson
River ferryboat, when . stranger
stepped UP aud asked. for q light.
"Let me give you q MATCH" replied
the man Of letters, adding. after his
petitioner had gone; "I- don't know
how yov feel about it, doctor, but for
my part I very mudh dislike to put
the end of my cigar back into my
mouth after it has been fingered bv
Tom, Dick aud Harry. 1 always
carry matches with me and make 1t
q point tn offer one of them instead"
"Aud quite right you are" said tie
doctor; II believe that some of the
worst diseases can he conveyed by
one man to another through the con-
tact of his fingers with n borrowed
cigar. I'er%0nally know 1T q case
where variOloid Was transmitted by
means of a 81 hili, and I firmly be-
lieve that varioloid and thing, much
worse can PASS from 4 mans fingers
into a cigar, and thence into the
smoker of it,n
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-01-23
Attempt to Break Jail.

WHEELING, W Va, Jan. o.
Shortly after six o'clock this evening.
as the jailor, w. s. C ,lby, went into
the main corridor of the Belmont
County Jail, at st. Clairsville. Ohio.
to insI 'ect the cells before locking nm
fort the night, ~ of the prisoners
locked in a cell asked for a drink of
water, and as the jsilor handed it to
him several prisoners caught his
arms and held him while one of the
prisoners took his revolvers. They
an then began beating Colhv.
knocking him down and kicxiHr
MIN brutality. A small boy confined
IN a Cell raised an alarm when Gains
threatened to shoot him. He hid in
q corner under the bed and kept up
ms yelling which finally attracted
attention of a domestic in the
)alior's family. She closed and locked
every door. The prisoners then at
tempted to climb through the skv.
light up on the roof but the girl had
given the alarm and the citizens had |
gathered promisciously. Snme firing !
vas INDUCED in ~ the prisoners but
lney retreated into the Jail and wera
In their cells. Colby was
lying IN the corridorinsensibIn
sno with serious wounds on his ner-
from the kicking be had received.
ae was revived Tut the extent of his
nJurles are not yet known.
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The world will be greatly amused
and instructed to learn that Mrs.
VIM. Astor gave q ball night before
last. This important news was not
permitted to reach the ears of the
public through the society columns of
metropolitan journals but was sent
by telegraph at the expense of news
paper publishers. Notwithstanding
the h%erculean efforts of Associated
Press news gatherers at the large
Eastern cities to keep the world in
formed as to the movements of GER
tain money bags the Western public
does not appreciate it. 1t can not for
the life of it see why Mrs. Money
bags balls should be reported while
Mrs. John Does and Mrs. Richard
Roe's should be unnoticed. There
seems to be q screw loose somewhere
and American 1unkeyism Is not kept
within decent bounds.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-01-23

An exchange remarks that Sena.
tors of the United States are specially
noted for paternal affection. Every
Senator VINO has q son is anxious to
have him near his side as much as
possible. They can't bear to have
them out of their sight-specially on
payday, SO Senator Malone makes
his son work at S. per day as clerk
of his committee. Senator Mcmillan
makes his son earn salt at $1,000 per
year as clerk to his committee; Sena-
tor Harris has two sons and places
for both where he can look after
them; Senator Lapham has q son to
interview the ladies.who present petit
lions TO the Committee on Female
Suffrage. Senator George has a good
berth for his son. Senator Conger
has q son who is Postmaster of Wash
ington, and Salisbury has a relative,
clerk of his committee. Truly this
paternal love Is touching.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-01-23

From the debate in the House day
before yesterday on the Fitz John
Porter bill it is evident that body
will not fail to do tardy justice to the
gallant soldier. AS the passions aud
prejudices of men cool or die out
their reason can be the more Success
fully appealed to. Porter's case was
passed upon when an angel in his
then position would have been CASH
tered and dismissed from service.
Happily there is a disposition now,
even among those who formerly con-
demned him, to undo that great
wrong under which he has 80 long
labOred.
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Bronco Sam.

Speaking about cowboys: Sam
Stewart, known from Montana to Oh
Mexico as Bronco Sam, was the chief
His special delight was to break tho
war-like heart Of the vicious wild
pony of the plains, and make him
the servant Of man.
mere may be Joy in a wild gallon
across the boundless plains, in the
crisp morning. on the back of a feet
bronco: but when you return with
your ribs sticking through yeur vest.
ana md that your ninble steed has
returned to town two hours ahead If
you; there Is q tinge of sad cess about
Rronco Sam, however. made a sne-
c1alty of doing all the riding himself.
ne wouldn't enter into any compro-
mise and allow the horse to ride him.
In a reckless moment he offered to
bet that he could mount and ride a
wild Texan steer. The money was
put up. That settled it. Sam never
took water. This was true in q don.
Die ense. Well, he climbed Iha
cross-bar Of the corrall gate. and
asked the other boys to turn ont
tnelr best steer, Marquis of Queens
bury rules.
AS the steer passed out, Sam slid
u0~n and wrapped those parentheti-
cal legs OF his around that hirh-nead
ca, oroad-horned brute, and he rode
nlm Till che feet-footed animal fsIi
oown on the buffalo grass. ran his
req tongue acr0ss the horizon. SHOOT
nls tall convulsively, swelled up sad.
lyl and died.
IT took Sam four days to walk
A ten.dollar bill looks as large to
as the Star Spangled Banner
'omettmes, but that is an avenne ~
ia ~ 1nat never occurred to me
lay, and found.-BM Ma IN ~
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FACTS IN A

Upon another page will be found
an article from the Helena Independ
ent which very clearly sets forth the
action of the Commissioners of this
county in the matter of letting the
county printing. This action is
properly characterized as arbitrary,
unauthorized and highhanded. AS we
have before stated the public can have
little interest as to what paper does
she printing, but it has a great deal
of interest in the manner in which
it ia let. A word states the case. The
facts are these. Upon an agreed case
In which the MINER was neither
plaintiff nor defendent Judge Wade
rendered a decision in which he de-
clared the printing law had expired
by Limitation. Thereupon the County
Commissioners Of this county.refused
to recognize the validity of the
MINERS printing contract. Instead
OF advertising for proposals as they
should have done and let the print
ing to the lowest bidder they appoint
one of their number to see to the
matter. This member, after making
certain promises to the business
of the MINER, which PROM
ises he violated, obtains rates from
the Inter Mountain Publishing Com.
pany, of which one or two of their
number are stockholders, and pre-
sents them to the Board ut its meet |
Ing on the 7th instant 70: its consid-
Grafton. The MINERS proposal to do
the printing at rates averaging IS per
cent. lower than the Inter Mountains !
was before the Board at the same |
time. The MINERS proposal was
rejected and the Inter Mountains A..
Right here is where taxpayers be-
come interested in these proceedings.
They have a right to know why the
proposal of the highest bidder should
accepted and the lowest bid re-
ected. No reason for such an arbi-
'rary and unjust proceeding has been
As the matter now stands il
mould become, a. the Independeuk
'uggests, q subject of Investigation
~ the grand jury.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-01-23
A Woman's Way.

"l.et nae have five two cent stamps
please" said a lazy to the retail
stamp clerk in the post Office yester-
day.
Eye sum-" he said, handing them
out.
"Can't you let. me have them in
one niecess" she asked.
"Certainlv, ma'am." said the
clerk. "Can I send them home lor
your
"Oh, no; 1 don't live far-only on
tne North Side-and I am going
light home 1 wouldn't want to put
y. to the trouble
NO trouble at ALL" said the clerk.
II haven't much to do to-day, and
could very easily spare an hour"
every much Obliged" said the
lady, smiling sweetly. "Dear me-"
she said, putting on stamp. "What
q bother it IL to stamp letteis!" Why
can't we send our letters and let the
post office send in their bill once a
month";"
"They might Just as we'll" said the
clerk, sympathizingly. ''I'll mention
the fact III my next message to Con-
gress
"Will you? How nice! But you
mustn't m ntion my name. Say the
idea vas suggested by a North Side
eociety lady, won't yOu?"
"Certainly, ma'am," said the clerk.
"That's the second letter this week
I have sent to Gerty," said the las'y.
b%uttoning her gos>amer. "Ge,ty is |
the sweetest g%irl-going to Vassar
"How does Gerty like Vassar?"
asked the clerk.
"Ol,, Gerty likes Vassar first rate;
she says she don't see much
company"
-"Paper! All about the election!"
screamed a newsboy.
::Oear mel" exclaimed the lady.
did they have an election yester-
day? Who Is President n0w?"
"Arthur, l believe" said the clerk.
"Why, I thought Arthur was
last y. ar."
eyes, but he Is still President"
"What was the election for them"
"FOr guagers of marmalade and
inspectors of hot biscuit said the
;lerk.
"Oh, we'll. l hope they'll get good,
!ood men. 1 attended the Woman's
congress awhile ago. and you know
t Was decided that the ladies ought
Q take more interest in public affairs.
Veil, goodbye" and she sailed
way.
"WhO Is that woman?n asked the
ext man in line, who was shivering
nd shaking with rage.
Dust me If I know" said the
Jerk. And the outflow Of stamps
roceeded. Chicago Inter- Ocean.
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THE TRUE RING.

MI. Holman, of Indiana, intro
. duced q series of resolutions In the
House day before yesterday which
have the true ring In them, and
which will receive the hearty. en-
/ dorsement OF the great mass of the
people of The country. The second
resolution is the one which p~articu-
larly commends itself to the favora.
| BILE consideration of all. It reads a.
follows:
Resolved, That it Is to the highest
public interest that all laws touching
the public lands be 50 framed and ad-
ministered as to ultimately secure
the freeh0lders trerein. To this end
all laws facilitating speculation In
public lands or authorizing or per.
uniting the entry or purchase there
of in large bodies ought to be re-
pealed, and all agricultural lands
ought to be reserved for the benefit of
actual b0ndf da settlers, and disposed
Of under the provisions of the home
stead law only.
In the discussion which followed
it's Introduction Kasson (Rep.) ex-
pressed fear that 1t might work
injury to the cattle Interests, and
hesitated to support 1t. Reed. another
Republican, thought it was danger
Gus. Hoar (Rep.) also oppos ed it. But
Bedford, the Colorado Representa-
tive, did not propose that flour or
five cattle kings should own the
West as four or five railroad mon
archs owned the East" The resolu-
tons passed by Isl yeas to Is nays.
This is a move on the part Of Con-
gress in the right direction. The
public lands, especially those sus-
ceptible of cultivation, must be re-
for actual settlers If the
great West would escape the blight
effects of land monopolies. The
rue policy for the Government to
pursue in the disposition of the pub
ic domain is outlined in the resolu-
ion, that is to give each bona fde
ettler 100 acres of land, his title to it
o be acqui ed by a continued resi-
lence of five years upon it. Those
would he gladly accent
d by the home seeker, and at the
anne time they would effectually b II
ut land grabbers from obtaining
arge and choice bodies Of the public
The almost unanimous
cite by which the resolution passed
indicates the character of the legisla-
which will follow it. It prom>
les good to the country and homes :
,r the thousands of unemployed in
lrge Eastern cities. &
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Pure Cod-Liver Oil made from
selected !ivers, on the sea-shore. nv
Gaswell. Hazard & Co., New York,
~ Is absolutely pure aud sweet. Pa.
s.ents wno have once taken it prefer
Il 70 al! Others. Physicians have
aeciaea 1t superior to any of the 9TH
er oils In the market. =
chopped hands, face, pimpIes> and
rough skin cured by using Tn In
!ar soap, made by Caswei1' HT s.sr d
q Co., New York. 0@>*1o
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DUBLIN. Jan. 22-Parnell invites
MS followers to meet him in this c;tv
noxt week to consider the Irish
amendment which he offered to al.
at at1 the IN on reply to the Queens speech
DuBL1x, Jan. 22.-The police ram.
.Ltta ave armed men at Tullaeere
wnlle they were attacking the ssa;0
u0nce OF zen. Leman for the express
purpose Of obtaining arms. ~pAe's
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Aon0rs to Patrick O'Doun, all

DUBLIN. Jan. 22.-An immensa
c0ncOur@e Of %peasantry assembled to.
day at Derry Bog. county d ,negal
the birthplace Of Patrick CD ,nneII'
the slayer of Carey, and assisted in
the celebration Of mas, for the repose
of the soul If O'DonnelI. Aft r mass
a mock funeral Was held and a coffin
was pl'ced in O'Donnell's family
burial plot, the people kneeliny
In prayer around the grave. Wreath5
OF im'n"rteIles We're placed upon the
coffin which bore the following in
scription:
Sacred to the Memory of
Patrick O'Donneli,
Executed in LOnd n IN the
18th of December, 1888.
Twenty five pounds were sub.
scribed for a fund to erect a monu-
ment to O'DODnell.
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To Whom It Nav Oonc4rr

The co-partnership heretof "a sx,s.
s~eei -; Tottner aud ". Mlther AZ So
d1ow "a -llver Row Comfy, ,uIana. ~ M.
o"y dissolved by Mutual C 'nse 1t " "''
4 pc sons knowing hem selves 70 ha i,3o,+.,
to the firm are gusts to ,sttIe q. h IL. 10 'n,eotet
v W'ut Fe9ruary 1T either t, F ro.dn.r ~ ~
west ARK street or to ". M,tier ut thu 90 y
f snna IN silver 30 v. they b 9TH being altao
Al u - It settled by Fsbru Try LIT will h,
ton. "''o'Aey !1r c1!i,s-
Butte, City, Jan. Is, 1884. 1.1s1,st
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WASHINGTON Notes.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-Reagan's
inter state Commerce bill was dis
cussed 10y the House Committee on
Commerce this morning. The
amendment making the bill applica-
BILE to I'LL common carriers engaged
III the transportation of property
from one State to another, whether
by land or water, was. DISAGREED tn.
The measures for retaliation on
france and Germany were postpo ned
TO the next regular meeting.
The Committee on Post Offices and
Post Roads report favorably on the
bill t1xiLg,the rate of postage at n
cent Tor three ounces on newspapers
and er'odicals seEt by others Than
publishers or news agents.
Representative H .rdwan reported
favor bly, from the subcommittee of
the House Committee GU Territories
the bill providing that no Territory
be admitted into the Union a. a State
unless 1t has q permanent population
equal IT, that required by Congress
siunal districts.
Commissioner Dudley, of the Pen.
sion Bureau, was before the House
Committee On Invalid Pensions to-
day, and expressed his views rela
tive to Representative Watson's bill
providing Tor the revision of the
pension laws.
The proposition of Representative
Potter, ofNew York, to substitute q
year bonds for the bonds now in ex-
lstence, was discussed by the House
onmitte on Banking and Currency !
To-Day, but no vote was taken. !
IL Is awaiting the action of the Sen.
ale committee before deciding to re-
pyrt upon the bill.
Re, resentative Hunt offered a reso-
luton declaring the public welfare
b benefits OF the national
banking system he substantially pre-
served q continued for the time
being. The resolution was informalIv
discussed, but NJ action Was taken
Considerable opposition has been
manifested to the bill recently
introduced by Buckner. providiny
for the issue Of Treasury notes withe
out a legal tender gu ,lit1y to take the
p.ace OF osnK NOES going out Of ex-
sldered In committee. A member
~~"y LILO luC expressions ut
opinion regarding it by part of the
meInse1s OF the committee had been
sufficiently general to warrant the
sertion the bill would not receive
ne approval of a majority of the
Inc Emperor of japan has con. I
erred upon General Horace Canron
u washington the Second Order If
ne Rising Sun as a mark of annre. 8
nation for the valuable services IN. :
lered by the latter to japan. es- :
'eclatly 10 the development of the I
esources OF the Island of Yesso. the s
nost northerIy of the .Jansnase +
roup. This is the first time the Or. a
was ever conferred upon a for q
igner. :
e Slocum will endeavor to have IL
Friday and Saturday in the
use given up to debate on the
ltz John Porter bill and hOnes tn G
et a vote by four o'rlock on the iat| Il
r dsy. He expresses himself as P
'nhdent the bill will pass.
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THE wICKEs BRANCH.

The enterprising citizens of Butte
will be pleased to learn that there is a
fstr prospect the Northern Pacific
will be extended to this place. Butte
Is ready to welcome a half dozen
roads, come from whatever direction
they will. 1t is not particular where
they come from, >" that in
creased transportation facilities be af.
forded its citizens. If the Wiokes
branch can Re run to Butte we saw
let 1t come by all means. A road
built from Helena to Butte will make
this city quite as great a railroad GEN.
ire as 1t will Helena. It will open
one of the most magnificent mining
districts In Montana. The great sill
yer mines of the Boulder district; the
immense leads of low grade ores from
the Cataract district and the rich sill.
yer bearing lodes contiguous to them
will be thrown open to the prospector
and miner. Towns will be built up,
prosperous communities will be
found upon every hand and the clane
OF stamps, the scream of whistles and
the busy hum of industry will take
the place Of the present solitude when
the road shall be completed.
In the general distribution of the
great trade which will spring up on
the line of the road, Butte will get
her share. Helena nor any other
city can shut out Butte in that trade.
The whole Cataract district would
become tributary to Butte, and its
buried r q part of its moving
wealth. In view of these facts we
can heartily wish the Wickes branch
God-speed and an entrance into Butte
at an early day.