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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-01-14
THE WRESTLING =
Carkeek Wins Three out Of the Five
Falls.

Fully l 600 people assembled at th,
Amphitheatre last Sunday night, *
witness the lona-talked of wrestling
match between Jack Carkeek, cham
pion of Michigan, and D. A. McMil
an, champion Of California. By
the terms of the agreement. the par.
ties were to wrestle in five different
styles, best three falls out Of five, for
$3.50 q aide, the winner. to take all the
gate receipts.
Carkeek was born in northern
Michigan, is "A years Of age, stands
5 feet 10, and in wrestling trim weighs
1873 pounds. Mcmillan was born in
Canada, Is % years Of age, stands 6
feet 2, and tips the beam at 1856
pounds when stripped for the arena.
Both men are giants in strength and
are as active rs strong. In Carkeek
one could fancy he saw Hercules as
he started out to perform the tw elve
labors, commencing with strangling
the Nemean lion and winding up by
descending to Hades and bringing
back with him the hated dog Ger
berus. There was not an ounce of
spare flesh upon his well-knit frame
and every muscle stood out like bands
Of steel.
.-.
Mcmillan brought to mind the
towering form of Spartacus as he ad-
dressed the Roman gladiators and
worked them up to rebel against their
tyrant masters. To a perfectly pro-
portioned physique was added the
strength of a lion and the activity of
a tiger. 1t was indeed q battle of the
giants.
The preliminaries was arranged
by selecting Evan Jones referee and
Jack Dowd timekeerer. Mcmillan
VOL the toss for choice Of styles aud
named collar and elbow. The men
then retired to their rooms and
soon returned with their harness on.
Time was called and the bout COM
menced. In seven minutes McMil-
Ian succeeded in bringing Carkeek
down face to the floor and the men
took their chairs for q five minutes
rest. In the second bout Carkeek
was thrown on his side in three min
utes hard WORK when another rest of
five minutes was taken. In the third
bout MCMILLAN threw his man fairly
at the end of a four and q half min
utes wrest)e.
1t was now Carkeek's turn to
choose the style of the next wrestle, |
and he named the Cornish style. In
this style Carkeek has no superior in
America, and In the third bout he
Threw Mcmillan fairly and squareIy
upon his back.
Mcmillan named GI@co-Roman
Tor the third wrestle. And now
came the "tug of war;" the real
of the giants. Immense
strength and wonderful activity were
displayed by both men, and not until
hey had both rolled over the thirty
padded floor full Is m,n-
ltes Id Mcmillan succeed in plant
ng his mar upon his back.
Wnen the men again appeared, it
vas to try conclusions at side-hold.
The first and only bout'in this style
asted only q few seconds, Carkeek
hrowing his man with apparent
use.
The men had now two falls each,
md the ffth-catch-ae-catcb can-.was
he deciding one. Both men we're
low thoroughly in earnest, and botU
vent in to win. It Vas the most ex-
'iting and closely conieNed wrestle
f the five sty es. Alter several
downs" without q fall, Carkeek
succeeded in landing Nj NIL
ian IN his hack, thus winning the
match, the stakes ard the gate
ecelpts.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-01-14

Fifty years ago the average weight
of beef cattle was 800 pounds, but now
it is 400 pounds. TEls increase is
due to the introduction of thorough
bred stock, breeding and better feed
ing.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-01-14
DIED.

LAvENBFRG.-In Butte, M. r, Tuesday.
January -. l>e5, Pauline Gavenberg, Of An !.
colda NJ r., daught r of MIR ami Mrs. =.
lavenDerg, ag a 6 months a,d q days.
The funeral wi | take place to-dav at 2
O'ciotk p. IN, FRI m the r s'denre of Mr.. aud
Mrs. A. Lavenbeig, lis ta,t Park street
Friends and acquaintance If the family are
invited to attend.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-01-14
Organization Of the Council.

Special to the MINIR.
HELENA, Jan. Is, 1884.
Armstrong Of Gallatln was elected
President OF the council on the eight
eentb ballot. David Marks Of Lewis
and Clarke was eli cted chief c'erk.
Both branches OF the legislative as
sembly will he ready for business t..
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-01-14
Hotel Arrivals.
ST. NICHOLAS.

ST. NICHOLAS.
G. w. Jackson, Portland; Geo. A
Davis, J. B. Keesepy, Spokane Falls:
Geo. Kuleln, Gable CITY; JOS Spray,
Ennis, M. T.; Peter Lawsing, h. L.;
Howard G. Con ner, London, Eng.
Mt. VERNON.
J: c. Maslin, Chicago; R. Gray
Helena: w. P. StCIair, Eagle Rock .
l.. NJ. WnodIuf, Poney r. T. Burns,
Omaha; w. s. SulI, 1 hicago; w, d.
W,lmot, Boston ; A. r. Gates, Hell
era.
CENTENNIAL.
Mrs. Briggs, Boulder City Ben
kimball: l. Gross. Denver; Jas. Good.
win. Valley: JnO. Armstrong,
Joseph Armstrong, American Forks
Utah; E.. F. Campbell, Bozems1.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-01-14
MARRIED..

McKINNON-GOLDEN "A 1.-THE resi- 'ence ofthe
brides mother. ut Walk. r,il e. OH January
IL. 1875. BY the 'ev. :. Bennett, Mr.. T. l..
McK!uuon and Miss Ella L. Golden
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-01-14
FOR 8ALB-SALOON.

Whole or half interest in q paying
saloon In good locality. moderate
rent and long lease. Owner about to
attend Worlds Fail. -Apply at Is
East Park street. LIFT
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-01-14

Safe for Sale.
A Mosler, Bahman & Co., fire and
burglar proof safe, as good as new.
Can Re seen at this office.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-01-14
BOOK BINDING
-ANO-
:-'-JoB PRINTING!

THE MINER Office is now fitted "
turn out BLANK BOOKS of anv
size and in as good style as any
establishment west Of st. Paul
or Chicago. We are also pre-
pared to take orders tor any
kind Of blanks, such as
fav Rolls, Assay Ger
tlf1cates or anything
requiring printed
headings.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-01-14
MONTANA.

What Some Of our Exchanges Say.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-01-14

OLD BOOKS
Rebound and made as good as new.
o PRINTING
OF any description executed inthe best style of
the art promptly attended to, BRING In you
orders.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-01-03
Comfort For Bald Heads.

According to French paper there is
a German professor who maintains that
the reason why the sheep is so intel
lectually backward and stunted as we
know him to be is, that the strain which
the growth of his coat imposes on his
organism absorbs its entire stock of en-
ergy and leaves none to support the
mental functions. And so it is with the
bear. The sagacity of the animal world
is, the professor insists, the appanage
of the hairless creatures, and he in
stances the elephant and the serpent in
support of his theory. Extending his
observation to inanimate nature, he
points out that the grander and loftier
mountain SUBMITS are totally bare of
vegetation, while it is only the top of
the hills and mountains of the second
class that are covered with verdure and
are susceptible of cultivation. And ap-
plying his theory to the human race,
the professor undertakes to demonstrate
that badness it q mark of intellectual
superiority. 1t is result of the intel
lectual fermentation of the brain. which
gradually bulges out the upper surface
of the skull. Badness is not simply
loss of hair, as is vulgarly supposed. it
is caused by the excess of cerebral en-
ergy. which forces the skull through
and causes it to grow above the hair
ST. Paul Pioneer-Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-01-03
Not Remarkable.

There are two occasions when man
should not speak," said old Sam john
son, turning to Boswell.
What are those occasions, Colonel
excuse me, I mean Doctor? Thought
we lived in Arkansow. / ask what are
those occasionspn taking out his note
book.
lone is when he has nothing to say"
Yes" said Boswell, taking down the
remark.
..And the other is, when he has just
said what he has had to say"
Wisdom" muttered Boswell, reach
ing for his pencil, which had fallen on
the floor. '.May l ask, Doctor. who was
the most discreet man of speech You
ever knew?"
..Yes. His name was Anderson Hay
lev. Used to haul cross-ties out in Sa-
line County.
..In what way was he 80 discreet OF
speech, Doctora'
I'm never saying anything that should
not be said"
Ibid he never, in moment of forget
fulness, speak without mature delibera-
. tiOn?"
''Sir, he never did"
"A most remarkable man." =
''Sir. not necessarily; he was dumb." /"
-Arkansag Irareler.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-01-03
The Springfield ArmorY.

The Armory shops will turn out more
rifles this year than ever before since
the war, the average being 140 day.
Last years product was $4,000. and the
product of the year before was $4,000.
The amount of work depends on the
amount of the appropriation, which is
about 100000 a year. The shops are
now working at the best advantage for
all concerned. There are 45S men as
against AIS year ago. Since March l
the eight-hour system has been in force,
and there has been general readjust-
ment of wages. Formerly skilled and
unskilled day laborers alike received
1915 a day. The average pay is I'LL
about the same, but the tariff has been
adjusted so as to make the wages agree
more nearly with the capabilities of the
workmen, and to make the change from
ten hours to eight hours without loss to
the Government. Itis found the men
work so much more effectively in pro-
portion under the eight-hour rule that,
with the more equitable arrangement of
wages. the cost of the rifle has not been
increased. Such increases as there might
hayebeen is more than compensated
for by the good ma9lEnery and inn
proved methods introdqmd d.-Spring-
field Republican,.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-01-03
NOT A BEGGAR.
How an Impecunions Fellow Raised the
Wind i'm Detroit.

How an Impecunious Fellow Raised the
Wind in Detroit.
Gentlemen" he began in a smooth,
molasses sort of voice, Il am dead
broke but no beggar. want to raise
about three dollars, but / shall do it in
legitimate manner. Now, then, let
me ask You to inspect this"
He took from his pocket a piecz5i
iron chain IS large as his thumbs and
containing six links and passed it
araund. After it had carefully been in
spected by each of the party he con-
tinued:
Il want to bet my overcoat. which is
certainly worth 80, against S3 in cash
that none of you can separate one link
from the others"
The piece of chain was passed around
again to be more closely scrutinized,
and finally one of the party. who was a
machinist. returned it with the remark:
'.And l want to put up that sum
against your overeoat that you can't do
it yourself.
..Doner' said the stranger as he pulled
off his coat.
Coat and cash were put up in the
hands of stakeholder. and the stranger
asked the group to follow him. He
walked across the street and into a
blacksmith shop. and picking up a
hammer and cold-chisel he deliberately
cut out a link. The crowd stood around
like SO many pumpkins at a county
fair, but when the stranger held up the
\ I ~. Al.
chinist recovered his wits sufficiently to
exclaim:
'.Soid by professional deadbeat!
The money is yours. old fellow. but in
exactly thirty seconds after YOU receive
it l shall begin to kick, and you had
better be twenty rods Off,
.sThanks-glad to have met you-
good day. replied the stranger. and he
was out of sight in seven seconds.-De-
trOt Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-01-03
ONE BY ONE.

inn,, rom pm the boughs to which they've
AJl,. nS oceh clinging,
autuinn leaves are droppinp one hx
one, oPpins ohe os
from their dust, new forms of beauty
9, sprlntsing, "s's
cnall smile again in spp,,a,. ,o,., -
uEn Il, one by one the pearly drops of morn
From dropping flowers, on viewless pInions
Wen see them yet the eorpeops c,ouas
adorning
win glowing arches OF celestial dyes.
n0asS s1owT one by one the stars are fading
Tba hna. q aA night long kept vigil in the sky,
hlahs hnI. mountain peaks, like prophets
Proclaim that ,,orn;r,.s,,..,,.
nigh. ~ "hu sung are
Ahough with slow step goes forth the sower
weeping,
I AND On earth's lap his precious treasure
iee comes the heharvest, with it's joyous reap
When shall be gathered home the ripened
hough o one by one the friends we fondly
"Ihdraw from ours the cold and trem-
bling hand
ana No leave us sorrowful they do not perish
ihey yet shall greet us i'm u fairer land
les; from all climes, where'er the faithful
slumber
Meath scorching suns, or arctic snow and
number:
All, all, shall meet-there shall not one be
-ChUn,he,-ss
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-01-03
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Scholars are frequently to be met
with who are ignorant of nothing save
their own ignorance.
The first society for the exclusive
purpose of circulating the Bible was
organized in 1906, under the name of
the British and Foreign Bible Society.
Miss Sarah F. Smiley has been
licensed by Bishop Doane, of Albany,
to read and explain the Scriptures lin
such parishes as she is invited to teach
in by the rectors. Albany Journal.
The dome of St. Peters, at Rome,
has been under repair for eleven years.
and the work is only just finished. The
whole of the vast cupola has been re-
covered with lead, chiefly given by pious
Spaniards-
Many of the London street cars.
which run on more than 400 routes and
carry $4,000, 900 people a year, have
texts of Scripture neatly posted up in
them, at an annual cost of $3.50 for
each. This is the work of q London
association formed for the purpose.
1--WE have seen it mentioned as q
wonder by old Puritan writer's" says
Spurgeon, ''that certain fish live in the
salt sea and yet their flesh is not salt.
We have met with far greater singulari-
ties in the spiritual world, namely, men
who live in sea of grace and yet are
not gracious"
All profitable, successful lines of
business are special lines, so, if we
would be earnest servants of God, we
must be specialists. Having one thing
to do, understand it thoroughly. and do
it as unto the Lord. casting off the un-
profitable works of darkness and putting
on the armor of light.-Clecetand
Leader.
MIR. Moody, speaking of his equable
temperament and steady nerves, says:
Il am never excited in my most excl
ting meetings. ] can sleep like a top
within three minutes of going into a
meeting, and / can be sound asleep
three minutes after leaving it. If I
were to get into state of nervous ex-
citement should have been dead long
ago."
-"The Ten Commandments, mostly
negative or laws of not doing, are not,
all together" said Horace Bushnell.
''as weighty and broad upon the con-
science as Christ's one positive law, DO
We unto others as We would that others
should do unto yOu.' Not even the
thunders of Sinai are any match for the
silent thunders of Calvary"
Hattie Smell, a thirteen-year-olc
girl living in st. townsville, N. Y, is
the originator of an interesting scheme
to build church. The Episcopal So
ciety were attempting to raise money to
build new church, and Hattie took q
great interest in the project. She con-
ceived the plan of obtaining aid from
the statesmen at Washington, and she
wrote letters to nearly everybody whose
name appears in the Congressional Di-
rectory asking each to contribute a few
bricks. Her plan was so novel and her :
letters were written in such childish in
genuosness that the responses were
large. Among the contributors were
President Arthur, all the members of
the Cabinet, General Sheridan, Vice
President Edmunds, Speaker Carlisle,
many of the Senators and large num-
Der of Congressman.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-01-03
PuNoENT PARAGRAPHS.

One of Sir Joshua Reynolds finest
works, simplicity" was sold last
month in London for S18, 900. Simplici-
ty always pays.-LOueH Courier.
The town of Derby, Conn.,, has
thirteen drum corps. When they ara
all out on parade there is but one man
and goat left in the whole town to
stand on the street corner and puncture
the atmosphere with cheers.-PAilddcl'
phia Press.
-Guest-"Who owns this hotel?r
Waiter-'.Mr. Blank am de proprietor.
sah." Guest-'Glad to hear it. I
thought from your actions that the
waters owned the hotel" Waiter
20, no, sab. We don't own muffin but
de guests. ."-Philadelphia Call.
AT Buffalo, N. Y, recently, several
men. whose pastime was quail-shooting.
or "birding," as they say in the South.
were chatting and chatting together.
That's an A l dog of yours, said
bystander to one Of the sportsmen. In
deedr' was the reply. II thought it
was q K 9 (canine).S
HAS he gone, deare'' "Yes, granQ-
ma" "And what was that sound in
the hall, Jessie?" .'Why, it must have
been the door shutting, grandma
.'Your grandma may be old and deaf.
Jessie, but doors did not shut with a
sound like that when she was girl"
'.Did the men wear mustaches then.
grandma"' mo, my dear" s.Well.
that makes the difference probably
Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.
"A New York lady who was very
much afraid Of the sea was induced to
take trip on the steamboat to Coney
Island. She did not show much alarm
until the boat was fairly out at sea,
when she suddenly turned pale and
shuddered. what is the matter?'
asked her husband. "Just look at all OF
those lfe-preservers." Don't get
scared" replied her husband, sooth-
ingly. II dare say there is not one Of
them that is in order. ."-Texos Siflinqs.
What . boy win mot do: A boy will
not smoke his fathers cigars when the
box is kept in burglar-proof safe. He
will not pour nest Of red ants down
his little sisters back II the latter wears
q high-necked dress, SD there is no
snow on the ground. r. win NOT eat
pie if the pantry-door is looked Ha
will not tie tin can to = cats4 it
there Is . dog handy. He viii q
in swimming when his mother
1t II the skating is good. So. afte4
boys are not soyeFy bad Golden ~
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-01-03
SCIENTIFIC EDUCATION.
Those Faculties Which Develop First Must
be Educated First.


The advocates of wider choice of
studies. in American education are of
two classes: One class, admitting the
claims of linguistic training to superb
ority, asks only the option of employing
either ancient or modern languages,
saving little space, perhaps. for nat
ural science. The other class holds,
first of all, that the art of education
must be based upon the science of
psychology, and that the symmetrical
development and highest efficiency of
the mind can be secured only through a
training which gives the due amount of
exercise to each faculty. 1t has long
been recognized as an absurdity to
suppose that the muscular part of
the human organism gets its best
development from any one kind
of hard work. The stone-cutter
or machinist may have strong
arms, with very defective legs. The
coal-heaver will be strong in the back,
but will have STOPPING posture and a
cramped chest; much rowing produces
about the same development. Similarly
with the brain. The most prolonged
and severe exercise of the memory will
not perceptibly improve the observing
powers, and no amount of drill in obser-
vation will secure a full development of
the powers of abstract thought. This
matter is very fully and clearly set forth
in Mr.. James Sully's new work, '.Out-
lines of Psychology" I'm the second
place." continues Mr.. Sully, ..the whole
scheme of training should conform to
the natural order of development of the
faculties. Those faculties which de-
velop first must be exercised first. 1t is
vain. for example. to try to cultivate the
power of abstraction before the powers
of observation Cperception) and imagi-
nation have reached a certain degree of
strength. This self-evident proposition
is one of the best accepted principles 1a
the modern theory of education, though
there is reason to apprehend that it is
still frequently violated in practice. y
+. 4. Fernald, in Ropuiar Science
Monthly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-01-03

Eggs lose their nourishment by
cooking. The yelk. raw, or very slightly
boiled. is exceedingly nutritious; one
slightly boiled, however. is more easy OF
digestion than raw CAicago
90ssraai
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-01-03

-Leadville has no cats 1t is said
that tabby can not live in the thin
mountain air of the heights of Colora.
do.-Chic0g0 Times,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-10-21

THE total amount of public land re-
ported sold during the last fiscal year
by the Land Office is 2O,113, 1858
acres. Homestead entries took about
one-third of the whole, timber culture
entries nearly one-fourth, and railway
selections and purchases of Indian
lands account for theremainder of the
slice taken from the public domain.
The drift of immigration can be traced
by the amount of land taken in differ
ent parts of the country, and the six
states and territories in which the sale
exceeded l, 100000 acres each are the
following: California, 1926, 1869; Mon
tana, 1,112,14O; Dakota, 4,547,-
749; Nebraska, 3,698,3S1; Kan
sas, 3,O3O,846; Washington Ter
ritory, 1,O16,117. In Dakota only
did the value exceed $1,OOO,OOO, and
the receipts of the land office in that
territory were 2,563,769. Accord
ing to the census of 1880 the public
domain then comprised 973, 946, 438
acres, besides 3OO,OOO,OOO acres of
worthless land, and subsequent sales
have reduced the amount to about
9OO,OO0,OOO acres. 1t is true that
the amount remaining is about thirty
times the land surface of the state of
New York, and that more than half a
century would be required to dispose
of the whole at the rate Of last year,
but the demand has increased very
rapidly since the war, and there is
need of great care in the disposal of
what remains. Frequent declarations
have been made that the homestead
act and the timber culture act should
be repealed, and it is commonly known
that they have been greatly abused
The conviction is growing that the
Indian reservation system will soon
be abandoned, and after the distribu
ton of land to be held in severalty by
the Indians q surplus of more than
1OO,OOO,OOO acres of reservation land
will remain to be sold for the benefit
of the tribes. Unless proper laws are
passed to prevent abuses, the sale
reservation lands will result in much
fraud. The whole subject Of public
land should have the careful atten
ton of Congress.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-10-21
FIGHTING FOE TERRITORY.
The Manitoba and Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul Road in COmpetition.

The Manitoba and Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul Road in Competition.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Oct. 4.-The Man
itoba Railway Company is now work
ing vigorously building a line from ST.
Cloud, Mimi, in a southwesterly di-
rection. This line will be extended
about twenty-five miles this season.
The object of this line is not generally
known. The Milwaukee & st. Paul
Road has signifed it's intention of ex-
tending it's Fargo and Southern branch
from Fargo to Crookston next season,
and should it do this the Manitoba
company will come back at it by ex-
tending this line from St. Cloud to
Milwaukee territory in Southern Da-
kota, touching Watertown, and will
perhaps be extended in this direction
to the Missouri River. Such a line
would make the distance from Mis-
souri, River points which are tributary
to the Milwaukee & st. Paul Road a
third less to Duluth than by the lat
ter line to Chicago. Asst is only grain
that is grown in that section of coun-
try the Milwaukee & ST. Paul's bust
ness out there would be greatly i'm
Deriled