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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-09-16
II. H. HELPER, of North Ca

H. H. HELPER, of North Carolina, a
brother OF the author of 1.-THE Impending
Crisis" favors colonizing the negroes in
Africa. He says: ".Africa is the great final
field OF human redemption, and it ought to
be, and must be, in my opinion, redeemed
by the American negroes. They are now,
at least a very large percentage of them,
fitted mentally, socially-and as q matter
OF course physically-for the great work.
The American negro and the African are
one people by blood, and the ties OF blood
demand that the Christianized black man
should become the savior OF the heather
black man. The American negro is looking
forward hopefully and prayerfully to the
establishment OF a great negro nation with
laws similar to American laws, but this he
can never do outside Of Africa, Or some one
OF more OF the Great Antilles"
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-09-16
NANTES AND WRAPS.

One of the loveliest Jackets is the Eton
This is made of Jet armor cloth. bordereC
with tiny jet balls. A high, stiff, farins
collar finishes the neck.
Another pretty jacket is made of lace an6
lined with the dress silk. The back reaches
the waist line, the fronts are round and the
edges are finished with silk acorns.
There are elegant and coquettish wrans
which come with the approach of the au.
turn. Stylish little jackets made of fine
diagonal, lined with pretty colored silk or
satin, a be worn with any and every
toilet.
Some OF the new mantles have peculiarly
cut sleeves lined with colored silk and fin
lshed with a large jet epaulet. The trim
mlngs are lace pleatings, and the long SQUARE
ends IN front are galnitured with let orna-
ments.
The favorite mantle for autumn is the
cloth jacket, open with revers, fastened
with one double button or fancy clasp lust
under these, then slanted straight off on
each side to the back; it is tight-ftting at
the back, and has a rather deep basque.
Jerseys still retain their hold on popular
favor and are trimmed in many SNOWY
ways and are often very costly. Among
the elegant ones is a light cherry-colored
ASAu PluSUIou VI garnet velvet.
GUNS TO match and passementerie epan.
let's. ~
An English tailor has just brought ont g.
small mantle that is gaining favor among
the t~ashlonables. 1t has Il short waist and
small ends. A pointed rood is fat against
The back OF the garment. The new nantes
INC vlsltes are shorter than ever, the back
being very little longer than the waist.
Lovely mantles oflace and jet embroidery.
triumphs of Partisan taste and skill
worn in the carriage. The fronts and fronr
SIDE pieces are of a superb quality OF Otto
man SILK, and a handsome design OF beaded
Jet embroidery covers the back. The sleeves
are also richly embroidered in intricate
patterns with jet or velvet appliques and
FORM d . rne slde piece OF the back, leaving the
arm Tree IN front, where it falls STRAIGHT lLa
a cape. The whole is covered with fr;nnos
drops ana applique of beads adding to fhe,
rich effect OF the garment. '"e
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-09-16

THOMAS HUGHES is the last rascal turned
out. 1t is not the great philanthropist ano
anthor to whom we here nave reference
but to the late Republican postmaster at
Albuquerque, New Mexico. He was also
editor of the Daily Journal. On the LIST
instant he turned over his office to his duly
appointed successor, one Walker. It was
then discovered that there was a shortage
OF about 81, 200 in cash and Hughes &C
cused a former clerk, Henry E. Black, who
had suddenly disappeared, OF stealing that
amount. A few days ago Black returned
and voluntarily gave himself up and
through his representations Hughes was
arrested, charged with embezzlement OF the
above amount. Some rich developments
are expected. Joseph Bell, United States
attorney, refuses to prosecute the case on
the ground that he has resigned and the
Government has placed the case in the
hands OF another lawyer, Neil B. Field.
Postofice inspectors G. H. Waterbury and
j. d. King are working up the case and
have the accused in custody. No guilty
should escape.
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THE SURF thing men are nearly all back

The sure thing men are nearly all zach in
town and are again plying their nefarious
business under the very noses OF the officers.
Their headquarters is a saloon on East
Park street, near Wyoming, where several
tricks" have lately been turned. 1t may
be that these facts are not known t. the
officers, but we can hardly credit it. II
they have eyes at all, the TACT cannot
have escaped them. We hope that
Marshal Stoner will give this subject his
prompt and serious attention. He cannot
afford to rest under the suspicion that
some one in authority shares in the profits
accruing from this business to give it i'm
munity from the law. To men who have
had any experience at all in such matters
it is clear that the business can thrive only
with the connivance of the police.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-09-16

Miss HAWTHORNE is a young star with a
bright future, She has all the elements es-
sential to the great actress. She is a close
student, a conscientious and hard worker,
She is ambitious to attain a high place in
her profession. She n~eglects nothing, over
looks nothing and not the slightest detail
escapes her. She has the spark Of genius
and there is no doubt that she will in a
very few years rank with the best of the
dramatic stars. Time, devoted to practice,
works wonders for the actress and time
alone mellows, tones down and develops the
artistic. Her acting has given us great pleas
ure and we shall anxiously look forward to
her return to Butte. All hail to the new
star and her energetic and tireless anage
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-09-16

JUDGE BELFoRD, of Colorado, who so
long represented that state in Congress, is
an erratic, but an able man. One of the
best measures he ever offered in the House
was an amendment to the River and Har-
Dor bill, appropriating $780, 600 to aid in
the construction OF reservoirs in which to
store the waters OF certain western rivers
to be used for purposes OF irrigation at the
proper season. The Judge proposed that
surveys should be made by engineers APP
pointed by the Secretary of war, and the
reservoirs by them located. The amend
ment was ruled out on the point that it
was new legislation and not germane to
the bill. The Judge does not propose to
permit his bill to die. He has just written
q letter upon the subject in which the fol-
lowing appears: "Since the foundation of
the Government ninety per cent. OF all the
appropriations made have gone to the
benefit OF the States lying east OF the Mis-
sissippi. The west is certainly entitled to
some recognition, and since it appears, as
it does in the September statement OF the
public debt, that there is available cash
llON unemployed ~ Ullc 1EcdSuTy dillOunU-
ing to $35S, 763, 295.77, l think we might
obtain at least a million of tbs vast
sum to reclaim the waste and arid
lands within our borders. | do not claim
that the bill l introduced was perfect, but.
it was in the right direction. The right to
make the appropriation cannot be ques-
toned; a landed proprietor has a right to
improve his own possessions, and especially
with his own money. I nave no doubt
hat a bill on this subject would receive the
favorable action OF the Committee on Agri-
culture or that on Public Lands. / would
prefer a reference to the former committee,
because under the rules it can recommend
appropriations" This is a subject that
should receive serious consideration,
and an effort be made to give the scheme a
trial. Millions of dollars have been wasted
in valueless experiments upon the Eastern
harbors, and the arid and waste lands of
the west are entitled to some consideration.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-09-16

The San Francisco Chronicle fears that
the Mormons have an eye on California
and looks upon the visit OF Bishop H.. B.
Clawson, OF Salt Lake, with suspicion.
The Bishop in an interview admits that he
is fond OF California and thinks that il
proper guarantees were given-by the legis.
lature or by the people in some other man
ner-that the Mormons would not be mo-
Tested and prosecuted after they came,
something would come of the scheme. He
suggests that "15O,OOO intelligent, well-be-
haved people like the Mormon" would go
far towards building up California. He
thinks the Mormons would be better off in
a state than in a Territory and that the
feeling between them and the g%entiles would
not be SO intense as it sin Utah. California
is scarcely willing to pay such a price for
increased population. 1t would be a mis-
take to receive so powerful a disturbing
element into any one state, even if it were
possible for it's people or legislature to
agree to ignore agreat crime in that element
for which others would be sent to the Peni-
Tertiary,
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THE SCHEME.

Says the Helena Herald, in response to a
query by The MINER: "THE MINER asks
for the figures upon which we made the as
sertion that $50 per day could be saved to
the Territory by transferring fifty long
term prisoners to Bismarck on the terms
offered to Governor Carpenter about the
time he was suspended from office. It is
the simplest thing in the world, for the offer
from Bismarck is to keep these prisoners
for so cents a day. Now the Territory is
paying $3.50 for Territorial prisoners kept
in the county jails. There would thus be a
dollar a day saved on each prisoner. As to
our being a friend and ally to Dakota, let
the readers Of The MINER judge for them
selves. The keeping OF fifty of our prisoners
at so cents per day would save the people
OF Montana $50 per day, and the Warden
of the Bismarck penitentiary would only
get $25 per day for keeping them. Itisnot
likely this would be all profit. So it is a
very simple matter for any reader of THE
MINER to solve the conundrum in whose
interest we are urging the measure" No
business man would figure like that nor
would one else really honest and in earn
est about a proposition. What would it
cost to take the prisoners to Bismarck and
what to return them to the Territory upon
the expiration OF their terms of imprison-
ment? How much would it cost to carry
sheriffs to and fro and how much for
guards? The Territory would be compelled
to maintain at least one agent, possibly
two, at Bismarck, whose duty it would be
to see that the contract was carried out in
all it's details and that the %convicts were
not m%altreated. Then each house Of the
legislature would feel called upon to ap-
point a committee to visit Bismarck to
verify the reports OF the inspectors. Other
officials would find it incumbent upon
themselves to visit Bismarck occasionally
and the scheme would be found d very
costly one in the end. The penitentiary at
Deer Lodge will soon be enlarged and then
all Territorial prisoners can be kept there
and for less money than $3.50 a day. In
the long run, however, it will be found
cheaper and more acceptable to the people
to pay $1.5O per day for convicts within
the Territory than to transport them to
Bismarck even if kept there without cost.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-09-16

JOHN SHERMAN and all that class of
s%anguinary warriors in times Of peace draw
too largely upon their im~aginations. They
do not hesitate to distort facts, and es.
pecially while engaged in the inglorious act
OF feeding sectional hatred and sectional
strife. The Knoxville. (Tennessee), Trib.
une thus destroys n Of windy Johns
strong arguments in his recent Mt. Gilead
speech: "When Mr.. John Sherman said in
his ed-Republican speech in Ohio the other
day that n man known to have been a
Union man had been appointed to office in
the SOUTH he uttered the greatest untruth
OF the age. The pension agent at Knox
vile and the United States District
Attorney are both OF that stock, and the
Senator can find hundreds of such cases if
he is interested enough in the truth to
INQUIRE"
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LIBRARY AND READING ROOM.

In our advertising columns appears an
advertisement, signed by a few of our in.
fuential citizens, calling upon all who have
the moral and intellectual improvement o.
the people at heart to meet this evening at
8 O'Clock at the Office of Judge Lippincott,
!. on Main street, near broadway, for the
purpose of considering the a~dvisability OF
establishing a public institute for the pur-
pose, more especially, of maintaining a free
library and reading room
This movement not only commends itself
to the sympathy and encouragement Of our
citizens, but it is entitled to and should re-
ceive their hearty cooperation. Such in
situations find a liberal support in all the
large cities in the States, and the fact that
there are none in Montana detracts ma
terially from the boosted enterprise of the
people. There are, doubtless, a number OF
literary institutes or debating societies,
but these hold periodical meetings only for
what we know as literary exercises, consist
of readings, Rotations and discussions. A
public institute should be open during the
day and evening rs a place Tor residents
and sojourners to resort to, where they
could profitably employ their leisure hours
by reading and conversation.
Strangers visiting our city for business or
pleasure frequently complain because there
is no public place where they can hold inter-
course with our citizens Or crafty their
literary tastes. There are several club
rooms in this city, but they are private
and their doors are only opened to the
members and their intimate friends or to
public men. What is desired
is Il public place where all can go, whether
rich or poor, and freely enjoy it's adj
vantages. Ours is the most prosperous
and in fact the metropolis Of the Terri
tory, and will, in time, not only become the
most populous, but by reason OF it's vast
tie great center OF refinement and
5hese reasons, if for none other, ought to,
must be in the lead in i%naugurating
very movement chat will conduce to pro-
note the welfare OF her own citizens, and
obtain for her Il reputation for public
Enterprise at home and abroad, such as a
ity aspiring to be metropolitan should
axe pride in securing. A free institute,
library and reading room will contribute
more largely to secure these much desired
esults than any other public enterprise,
o-night, will turn out in large numbers and
assist in laying the foundations
nd building up such an institution.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-09-16

THE Republicans OF Pennsylvania know
how hard a fight they have on their hands
and how impossible it is to hold their
party together without paying the price.
For this reason Chairman Cooper, in viola.
ton OF both the spirit and letter of the
Civil Service law, and in an effort to extort
money, has issued a frantic appeal to the
clerks i'll the Federal Offices for money. The
battle cry OF the Republican party in Penn
sylvania is "Now is the time to subscribe"
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-09-16

TIE cold weather is bringing the great
scourge that has devastated Spain to an
end. In many VI the provinces it has
entirely disappeared. The record it has
left is something frightful. Since September
LIST, 1854 cases were reported in Spain.
OF these, 10000 cases occurred in Madrid,
and 6,379 proved fatal. These figures
show how little progress medical science
a made in reference to this disease and
how utterly unable the physician is to cope
with it.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-09-16

The returns OF the County Assessor, a
brief notice OF which is published in the
local columns should be gratifying to every
resident OF Butte. They speak volumes for
the material prosperity OF the camp and
show that there must be Il solid confidence
OF investors n'its future. 1t did not need
the report to prove that there had been a
large increase, but no n was prepared to
think that it footed up nearly two millions
OF dollars. These are figures that do not
lie for people will not pay taxes on what
they do not possess.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-09-16

The San Francisco Chronicle in q recent
issue says: Assistant Secretary jerks OF
the Interior Department declares himself
much dissatisfied with the reports OF the
Central and Union Pacific railroads, and
expresses the belief that the subsidized
roads are being stripped OF everything val
liable. Mr. jerks has every reason to be
dissatisfied. He has struck a lead of
scoundrelism which will astonish the nation
if he will follow it up keenly. Let us trust
he will do so and not emulate the example
OF some of his predecessors, who also dis
covered rascality and %trumpeted the fact to
the world, but somehow or other always
ceased making a noise shortly after giving
the first sign. We hope to hear more from
Mr., jerks,
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-09-16

CONCERNING the actors art, as concern
ing all Others, says Tourgee, there are very
diverse theories. In a general way the
theater-going public may be divided into
two classes: those who see a given play but
once, and those-including the actors
themselves-who see it many times. The
first-named class is undoubtedly vastly
more numerous thar the other. To it the
whole setting OF the play is unfamiliar.
The sequences of the plot unfold themselves
as the pages of a new book. The bits of by
play, the spirited rendering of telling passa-
ges all lave a freshness and reality, which
constitute an essential charm. When,
through some chance, al individual Of this
class attends several successive perform
ances of the same play, he is disenchanted.
He sees, perhaps, the leading lady drop her
glove at precisely the same moment every
evening. He sees her train fall into posi-
ton in the same folds as she seats herself.
He catches the same accent or %intonation
exactly repeated which had thrilled him
when he first heard it. What wonder if the
charm is broken, and he wearies of the art
when he fnds that it is mechanical.
Through all this he is-so "~habituals" and
professionals say-getting his education.
Some actors, it is said, reckon it
but u poor compliment if told that
the audience think them inspired by the
situation or the action OF the play. They
the public to look upon their most
acts as purely artificial, MS the re-
suit OF study and experience. In a sense
are right, but in a broader sense they
are at fault. cart initiates Nature" says |
Richard Frank in his memoirs, and some |
one else says in effect that the highest art
9 to conceal art. We imagine chat the
actors be well content if the ma
GRITTY OF their auditors forget, while the
'laX is in PROCESS, that it is a play-forget
hat it was performed in precisely the same I
way the previous evening and will be re-
'eated tomorrow evening. 1t may argue
amiliarity with the stage to be able to see
My the artist, but most people derive
much OF their delight in play-going from the
Let that for them the players lose their
wn individuality and become simply the
'ramatis person@. 1t is not gratifying to
NTH, who has just played Otheuo, to hear
utgoing auditors remark, 1.-THE OtheHo
as superbly DONE" He would far rather
ave them say, 'Smith plays magnif-
He may well take heart Of grace,
owever, for if the public habitually forgets
at first in whatever part he may play,
will be pretty sure TO begin to remember
i'm before his powers reach their fullest
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-09-16

SAYS the Inter Mountain: "There is a
joint a few doors east of the old Theater
Comique building which should be raided.
Several ''tricks' have been turned there
lately. Some one should show officer Nc
Donald where it is located and the marshal
should instruct him to pull the gang OF rob-
bers who roost therein" The MINER on
Sunday referred to a similar matter. We
are pleased to see that our neighbor has
the courage to insist that these places be
closed up. We hope it will now insist that
Marshal Stoner redeem his ante-election
promises, for which it became sponsor.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-09-16

The last thing written by Hugh Con-
way wal a letter from Monte Carlo to
AgLaia, a correspondent OF the Boston
Traveller, dated April goth, 1885. In it he
says: "In spite Of the ocean between US, in
spite OF competition, in spite of the way we
treated you in your civil war, the English
speaking race is mi OF vast brotherhood,
stern, fierce and u~nconquerable. and fated
to rule the world" Upon which the Phila-
delphia News says: "This is striking lam
guage and comes home to writer's OF Eng
lish, both British and American, more
forcibly than any other class of the public
and with a more truthful ring than seemed
possible ten years ago."
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-09-16

IT may be that the executive order to
stop the cutting of timber on Government
lands may in a few instances check expected
profits, but no one will argue that the order
is unjust. No one has q legal or moral
right to take for commercial purposes the
timber growing upon the public domain.
The question is a very simple one-shall the
Government derive a revenue from the tim
Der. OF shall it be donated to the Golfers of
private parties? The present Admins
tration believes that the public lands and
them shall be held for the benefit OF the peo-
MIA
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-09-16

THE successor of Miss Sweet, in the
Chicago Pension office, is Mrs. Marion A.
Mulligan, widow Of General Mulligan, and a
lady who was largely recommended for the
position by the people OF Chicago for 1873.
Soldiers widows-Democratic soldiers
w~idows-were not in favor with the
Administration then. Miss Sweet has
accepted the general Eastern agency of
some new electrical invention, a position
more lucrative as well as pleasanter than
the Pension Agency. Miss Sweet threat
ened to become a national issue and the
Electrical company has rendered the
country a real service in bringing about
the removal in this amicable way.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-09-16

EMORY A. SroRRs died at Ottawa, ILL
nois. Thursday night, Of paralysis OF the
heart. Mr.. Storrs has been a prominent
figure in our politics in consequence OF his
.eloquence and effectiveness upon the stump.
He was not a great lawyer, but an eloquent
and successful pleader, and this gave him
greater prominence in tho profession than
fell to the lot Of many ADLER and more
learned men. He was a genial and social
gentleman, strong in his likes and dislikes,
and firm and steadfast in his principles.
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RESCUE
ATTFMP ED
An Effort to Take a Brother From the
Officers Results Disastrouslv

sLorisvlLLE, September 15.-A desperate
smoothing took place at Owingville' XIV.
winch resulted in the death Of Nose and
James Ballard, brothers of Jack Ballard
VINO had just been sentenced to twenty
years Imprisonment for the killing
OF william Spencer last spring. The
Jury had brought in a verdict and the pris-
on was being returned to Jail, when Nose
r .au lanes opened fire upon the guard, who
Ieourned the fire, killing both men Instantly,
Jack Ballard escaped during the dght hnt
was recaptured. Much excitement prevails
escaped unhurt. -"s""'u
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-09-16

In is to be hoped that the Butte pool
may be induced to give us q better rate or
salt. The rapid decline in the price Of silver
makes the demand for a reduction very
imperative, a fact which Doth the Northern
Pacific and the Union Pacific arrangements
will promptly recognize. The present rate
is too high, and a reduction to 2or2hcents
per ton per mile would certainly be high
enough. Such a rate would be satisfactory
t, the mill owners.