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The Mineral argus. [volume] (Maiden, Mont.) 1883-1886, 1885-07-02
"'l'il,.t'at."

A very amusing game is now being
extensively played in London streets.
To play it you require heavy little
billet Of wood sharpened at both ends.
Place your billet on the ground, and
wait till stranger (if possible a re-
spOnsible and cOrpulent elderly gen.
tleman) is within twenty yards Of you.
Now strike your billet smartly on one
Of the pointed ends with stick. This
will cause it to fly up in the air, and
you then prOpel il with your stick in
the direction of the target (the stran-
gers head). II your aim has
been true the game is won. No points
are scored for a miss. but credit is al
lowed for hit anywhere on the hat,
body. or legs Of the object. Ricochct
hits may DO allowed. 1t is advisable
to select a new pitch as soon as the
game has been won. This beauti-
full sport is technically known as "tip-
cat" 1t may be played anywhere
and at any time. 1t is peculiarly suit
able to wide and freqnentei
thOroughfare at about 3 or 10 in the
morning. Owing to the vigilance Of
the police there is no danger that those
engaged in the sport will be impro-
perly interfered with by malic ious or
inquisitive spectators James
(}0-sflc
The Mineral argus. [volume] (Maiden, Mont.) 1883-1886, 1885-07-02

worth while to be lot in admiration a
the wonderful skill employed in secar-
ing geometrically perfect heNagons.
for they do not exist. Careful in.pec-
ton will show that these cells are qu ,e
irregular. and accurate measurement:
has 80 far failed To find among them
single perfectly regular he>agon.
Nothing can be more attractive for
table adornment than new snow-white
comb with every cell filled with the
clear. transparent nectar. 1t il indeed
iii food for the gods. In this condition
il j. most readily marketable. but bee.
Keepers find it more profitable to ex-
tract the honey and replace the comb
in the hive. The comb j. also very in
digest;ble and adds nothing whatever
To the flavor of the honey. One may
sometimes see in the market honey
comb Of very dark color. II does
no; usually command so good a price.
though I have heard heard some say
they rather preferred its flavor. This
is the comb which has served its pur-
pose year after year for rearing young
bees. Each generation on emerging
from their cells have left behind their
thin delicate cOcOOns firmly glued 10
,ne cen walls which nave oeen mere
Dy era i"aliy increased IN thickness
anu uarkeheu IN Color. =,
Aiter several generations the ceiis
have become too small for rearing
Young ~es' anu are accordingly hlleu
WIN money anu SOLD 10 those VINO
prefer the havor.
IL Is WONDERFUL instinct tha'
prompts the pee. TO store away large
l"ant'tics Oh Money mol ior IT'S own
use; D't simply ior the preservation
OF the species.
Inc poets besy h'tie pee that nits
rom hover 70 mower, LAYING a STORE
OF money py 10 eat IN wmtry hoor; Il
so unfortunate as nor 10 ~ mere wnen
the ieast comes ON. Inc ir"it OF ms
toii Is consumed ny otner nouns. ne
The Mineral argus. [volume] (Maiden, Mont.) 1883-1886, 1885-07-02

The death of Gen. Robert +. Lee at
Lexington, Va. on the 18th of October.
1870. removed an important actor in
the civil war. In the south. where he
was best known and most beloved; in
the north, where his military genius
and worth as private citizen found
due recognition. and in Europe, where
his skillful generalship and personal
courage had won him high renown.
the tributes to the memory of the de-
parted southern chieftain have been
genenOus, enthusiastic. and worthy Of
his fame. 1t may be truly said that
personally Gen. Lee had not an enemy.
His heart overlooked with love and
charity toward all mankind. He drew
his sword in the civil war from a sense
Of duty to his native state; but when
he sheathed it again. under the apple
tree at AppOmattOx Court house. there
was not stain upon its blade. Even
those who were opposed to Gen. Lee
upon the battlefield were as ready as
his most intimate friends and ardent
admirers to testify to his well-dcserv-
The Mineral argus. [volume] (Maiden, Mont.) 1883-1886, 1885-07-02
American Literary Activity.

A new growth Of literary and intel.
lectual activity seems to be springing
up among the people Of the United
States. Our people talk OF different
things now than they did decade or
SO ago. The newspapers are filled
with history. science. and literature.
in addition To their market reports and
the news, which were ten years ago
their all and in all. We are getting
out of the formative element when the
nation was going on the ''rOot -hog-or-
die" principle. and are fast advancing
into the stage Of being comfortably
well off and of having time to enjoy
and cultivate the beautiful. the pleas
ant. and the good. Art taste is spiing
ing up, a knowledge Of science and
philosophy is common. and the people
are thinking Of something else than
bread and butter and the making at
money lereland Leater.
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"What are your precautions against
fire." Admetus had asked few day :
before.
''Such as will delight your hOni1o-
pathic SOUL" answered the Enthusiast.
matches to set back fires with. though
the iire-guards Of plOughed ground
that you have seen ali round the ranch
are the ounce Of prevention, better
than any cure Then we always keep
hOgshead full Of water at the stable,
ready for carting to the spot"
"A hogshead OF water. What good
can hOgshead Of water do against Il
prairie fire."
''Oh. we don't put it ON with hose.
l assure you. My imagination gasps
at the conception Of managing II
prairie fire with hose. We dip old
blankets and old clothes in it, or
bOughs Of trees il We can get them,
and beat the fire down with them"
The illustration followed soon. All
day smoke had been drifting over Car
Metro. and at night-fall the scouts re-
ported that the whole force had bet
ter be put ON. The "whcle force" mt
the moment consisted Of about twenty
men who had just come in to supper.
and who started at once in wagons
and on horseback. Ponies were or.
.iered after dinner for the entire house,
hold, oven the ladies riding far enough
to have view of the exciting scene.
There were no tumbling walls or blaz-
ing buildings. and there was no fear Of
lives being lost in upper stories; but
there were miles upon miles. acres
upon acres, OF low grass burning like
sea Of fire, while IN the twilight
shadows could be seen men gallOping
fiercsly on swift ponies, while the slow
wagons crept painfully, lest the pre-
ciOus water should be spilled. from
every homestead, each with its one
pitiful hOgshead. II seemed incredi-
BILE that such mass Of fame could
ever be put out by such a handful Of
workers; and it was only. indeed, by
each mans labOring steadily at his
own arc Of the great circle, trusting
blindly that others were at work on
the other side, as of course they al
ways were. that the lurid scene dark
ened down at last.-Atce Wellington
Rollins. IN Harper's Magazine for Juec.
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san FRANCISCO Alta.
A Bush street barber has recently
added TO the interior decorations of his
tonsorial symposium large owl whose
SOlOmOnic visage assists in wooing
somnolent delights, while the nimbls
blade is reaping its hirsute harvest.
Yesterday a callow youth whose eye
brows are much more prolific in their
growth than the hair upon his lip. AMI
whose intellect is in an inverse ratio to
his knowledge of cheap slang. entered
the shop and spicd the aIotheosis of
wisdom upon the perch near the chief
chair IF torture. Deeming il a rare OPP
portunity to be funny" at the expense
of the proprietor, who has recently
lost his wife, and is subject to fits Of
melancholy, the ''fresh" young man
proceeded to distribute his stock of
''chatf" for the delectation of the &C.
cupants Of the neighboring chairs.
Hello, Jake. where didy' ketch the
bird?"
Silence enveloped the shop like 3
funeral pail. and the barber went on
shaving. Nothing dauntcd. Mr. Fresh
moved Il little closer to the perch. and
after careful survey thus delivered
himself:
why. the mark that stuffed that
chrome couldn't stuff \ sausage for
me. Git onto them eyes: they re a
couple of glass beads poked in there
Pipe the position Of him. Who ever
seen an owl in that posish?'
He paused for a reply, but the pain
full stiffness was only broken by the
scraping of the steel. and Jake" quiz
etly went on shaving.
The case was getting desperate. and
the youth saw the necessity Of immed-
late and decisive action: so advancing
toward the bird with outstretched hand
he said almost plaintively:
''Say. Sake, honest. now; get onto
the way they've fixed the head of his
nibs."
But the lesson in taxidermy was
never concluded. for as the aggressive
hand reached the ruiiled poll of the
big-eied bird there was blink.
sweep and snap. and .Jake's" pet
sat quietly munching a small outlet.
which had once been portion of the
Youths manual anatomy. The ''trusty
Damascus blade glinted and scntii-
lated. as the barber quietly went on
shaving. and the silence wa. Cypress
i've As the wounded youth started for a
drug store. mentally debating whether
he had made expense. on the trip.
The sugar beet j. excellent for sheep,
being paa'able and containing much
solid nutritious matter.
Never plant a young tree in thu
lace whrr,. an oli one stood. withou,
ii - reno ny seAsril cubic ward, of
oil. rrplar ing il with spmc tina. i,
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The sugar beet is excellent for sheep,
being palarable and containing much
solid nutritious matter
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1885-05-13

Robert Fields, member Of one of the
best families of New Haven, Conn,
poisoned himself with laudanum on the
sth. Inability to get work occasioned the
deed.
The premature explosion Of blast on
the 9th in a tunnel being constructed near
Tarrytown, N. Y, resulted in the instant
death Of Michael Quinn and George Hull
burt, and the fatal injury Of Joseph Fesjua
and an Indian, name unknown. Several
others were seriously injured. Twenty men
were working In the tunnel at the time. 1t
is supposed that one of the blasts failed to
explode, and In boring the drill struck and
discharged it.
The total exports Of specie from the port
Of New York during week ended the 9th
were $97s,652. OF this amount the exports
to Europe were $48S,36O silver and $239,60O
gold, and the exports to Havana were
$500 silver and $240,0O0 gold. The imports
Of specie at the port for the week were
$S4, 4,435.
August Rose and Mrs. L. Guvenal and
child, Swedes, were drowned In the Mo-
nongahela River near Pittsburgh on the
9th by the upsetting Of a skiff ferry boat.
The stoppage Of the fan at the Stanton
air shaft at Wilkesbarre, Pa, on the 9th
caused an explosion of gas which tore the
head-house to pieces and set the fragments
on fire. No one was injured.
Two masked men entered the house Of F.
s. Thrall at oswego, N. Y, on the evening
of the 9th, while Mr.. and Mrs. Thrall were
absent. One of them seized their fourteen
year daughter, and under penalty of
death commanded silence. He then cut off
her hair and cut her clothing, saying he
wanted to be revenged on her father. The
men then took some articles Of silverware,
and left the house without offering the
child further harm.
The following changes are noted In the
statement of the New York associated
banks for the week ended May 8: Loans
increase, $2,4s4 400; specie increase, ST.
552, 800; legal tenders decrease, $500, 800; de-
posits increase, So, ,569, 300; circulation de-
crease, $1,000; reserve increase, $160,O75.
The banks held $55, 300, ,725 in excess of legal
requirements.
Charles Lehman, aged seventy-two, late
watchman for Buddensick, the builder, and
his wife, Elizabeth, aged seventy -one,
were found dead at their home in New
York City on the sth. Alongside the old
man was found a quantity of Paris green,
and IL is supposed the aged couple had
committed suicide through poverty.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1885-05-13
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Cairo advices Of the 9th state that the
sea has encroached upon the Nile as far up
as Rosetta, whose inhabitants are in great
distress. Their cattle are dying by hun
dreds from drinking the salt water, and all
fresh water has to be brought to the city
many miles by rail.
In the English House Of Lords on the 7th,
the preamble of the Manchester Ship Canal
bill was passed, subject to the proviso that
CT, ,0OO, 900 be subscribed before the work is
started, and that deposit amounting to
four per cent. Of the working capital be
held in trust until the work Of building the
canal is completed.
James Russell Lowell unveiled the bust
OF Coleridge, the poet, in Westminster
Abbey on the 7th. The bust was placed be-
tween those Of Shakespeare and Coleridge.
A large number OF distinguished persons
were present at the ceremonies.
James Robinson, for many years q
prominent shoe manufacturer in St. Johns,
N. B., and until now of high reputation, Is
wanted for the forgery Of between twenty
five and thirty notes, which amount to
$4,000.
A London dispatch Of the 9th says polit-
ical circles are again agitated over the
conduct Of Russia with regard TO the Rus
So o-Afghan frontier question. 1t is now
asserted that the st. Petersburg officials
have peremptorily refused to enter into
any agreement Of treaty with England
containing a pledge that Russia will re-
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1885-05-13
TERRIBLE BOILER EXPLOSION.

A Boiler on the Dock at Dunklrk, n. Y.
the LalSe-sevcral Others Injured.
DUNKIRK, May 1.-THE firm Of Foot &
Walker had contracted to repair Wright &
Company's lumber dock at this place and
had bought secondhand boiler to run a
small pile-driver. They were just getting
up steam in II for the first time late Satur-
day when the explosion occurred. About
thirty men and boys were standing near
when the escaping steam made loud noise,
and some said: "She's going TO blow up"
The crowd ran for the shore end OF the
dock. Mr., F0ote was In the act Of throwing
water into the fire.box and was blown sixty
feet out into the lake. He came 10 the sur
face twice, but the people were so panlc-
stricken they could render him no assistance.
His dead body was recovered. The fireman
and man named Riley are missing and II Is
supposed they were either killed or drowned.
The lake Is being dragged for their bodies,
but as yet without success. Mr.. Walker,
Foote'S partner, was blown forty feet into
the lake, but not injured. Several Others
were forced TO take cold bath, but all were
rescued. An employe named George
Cruiser swan b, shore with Harrison Tut
hill, manager OF Wrghts planning mill and
afterwards rescu, q lad named Frey, whose
right arm was broken In two places by Q
piece Of the boiler, The coroners lnques,
will be held to-day. l..
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1885-05-13
MORBID CURIOSITY.

What Was Intended to be Private Exc
cution Was Forced by Mob to be Mado
Public.
MoRGANFIELD, KY, May 9.-At an early
hour Thursday evening crowds began to
gather from Webster, Union and Henderson
counties 10 witness the hanging Of Moses
Cation, the wife murderer, and those who
could find no lodgings camped out on vacant
lots OIL wherever resting place could be
found.
Yesterday morning crowds Of people were
coming from every direction by boats, In
Guiding a large number of excursiOnists
from down the river Others came In by
railroad and every conceivable conveyance,
and fully 5000 people were blocking the
streets. 1t had been intended TO have the
execution private, but the people from this
and adjoining counties declared that II
should be public, and that II wall was
built around the scaffold II would be torn
down.
In view Of the strong public feeling upon
the subject the original plan was abandoned
and the scaifold was erected on the lot back
Of and in sight OF the jail. Up to dark the
WHuelcI HHu bnOWH Ho Icpcnlhhcc' puS
about nine o'clock he asked for a clergyman.
Rev. Mr.. Petrle responded and had an inter-
view with him. Cation declared himself in
nocent and said he wouldn't lie about IL
now" He said he felt no malice toward
any one, was perfectly willing TO die and
that he was sure Of going to heaven. He
also expressed wish that he might be
buried In his clothes, so that Satan might
know him when he came across him.
At 12:45 religious services were held In
the Jail, but Cation took no part. He walked
To the gallows firmly. The trap was sprung
at 1:05 p. IN. and Cation shot downward
eight feet, the fall breaking his neck.
| Twenty minutes later he was cut down and
| given 10 his brother. The farewell scene
between Cation and his sons was very Affect
| tn0 % -
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1885-05-13
LATER NEWS.

A DISPATCH from Terre Haute, Ind. says
that the United Order Of Foresters has
been declared insolvent. In pursuance Of
the order Of the Grand Lodge, Charles
Bliss, of New York, applied to the
court in Vigo County for n receiver, and
Judge Davis has appointed j. +. Somes, of
Terre Haute. The liabilities are $4,000,
including about $4,000 In unpaid death
losses. There has been no defalcation to
cause this step, but merely loss Of mem
bership.
Ex-MAYoR NATHAN P. PAYNE, Of Close-
land, o., eldest son ex-senator II. B. Payne,
died suddenly OF heart disease at his home
on the morning Of the llth.
A HOUSE occupied by Minnie Bell and
Lizzie Blount, two women OF doubtful
character at Charlotte, N. c., was blown
up on the 10th by m eight-inch dynamite
cartridge which was thrown on the front
porch. The house was badly wrecked, but
the occupants were not injured. Several
young men have been arrested on suspi,
cion and held for trial.
AT meeting few days ago OF old
soldiers Of Allegheny County, Pa, repre-
senting both political parties, the
following resolution was unanimous.
ly adopted: "That Senators and
Representatives from Allegheny County
are hereby respectfully requested TO vote
for the passage Of House bill No. II, not
withstnnding the objections Of the Gov
ernor thereto" The bill provides for the
proper burial Of INDECENT Union soldiers.
HENRY X. JAMES, who has for many
years been chief Of the division OF Gus
toms OF the Treasury Department, on the
llth rendered his resignation at the request
Of Secretary Manning.
THE exports Of breadstuffs during April
aggregated Sl4,07s,25i, against Sl2,25l,1 ,17S
in April. 1894. For ten months ended April
90, the value Of breadstuffs exported was
S135, ,106,33S. against Sl33,0I3,3iS for the
corresponding period OF 1881.
In the English House Of Commons on the
1lth Lord Harrington, Minister Of War,
stated that the Government had definitely
decided 10 abandon the plan Of advance
upon Khartoum. The British troops
would be concentrated at Wady Hal
In and Assouan. Suakim would not
be evacuated until arrangements could
be made TO garrison the place by the troops
OF some civilizedpower. These changes in
the original plan OF operations In the Sou
dan would make II unnecessary TO push
forward the railroad from Suakim toward
Berber.
Ex-GovERNoR GILBERT G. WALKER, OF
| Virginia, died at his residence in New
York City on the 18th, aged ffty-two.
DWIGHT g. COMPANY, paper dealers,
OF Chicago, assigned on the 18th. Liabili-
ties SS5 600; assets $4,000.
MART and John Buzzard, Mattias Houck,
Jacob Marshal, Isaac Winnie, Levi and
David Peters, Henderson Marshal and
Jacob Armstrong, the last four colored, all
residents OF the Welsh Mountain, Pa, were
arrested on the 1ith charged with harbor-
Ing Abe Buzzard.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1885-05-13
Suicide of Mrs. Libby.

CHICAGO, May o.--Mrs. Ella Libby, wife
Of the wealthy shirt manufacturer, who
mysterlously disappeared week ago, COM
mltted suicide Thursday evening. II was
the seventh anniversary Of her marriage,
and she had been despondent, having be.
come fully convinced that her husband had
been murdered. The family retired at ten
o'clock Soon afterward James l.. Libby
brother Of the missing man, heard q
scream from his slster-ln-law's bedroom.
Hunying 10 the room, he found Mrs.
Libby wrlthing In agony upons
q sofa. She had swallowed carbolic acid, as
shown by an empty phial on the floor. A
messenger was sent for physician. Mrs.
Libby died Just after midnight. She was
thirty years old, and leaves several children.
No trace has been found Of Mr.. Libby II,
as some surmlse, he Is upon an extended
spree, II will be a sorry day for him when
he RECEIVERS his senses. II Is due to him 70
staye. however, that those who know him
best do not beliye IN this theory. l..a y.
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the EAST.

A new indictment was found on the 7th
against Adam Brobender, President Of the
Erie County (Pa.) Savings Bank-that of
conspiracy with r. Petit, the cashier, TO
wreck the bank. Brobender is now in jail
at Erie.
A fire at Hampton Beach, N. H., on the
eth destroyed the Sea View House, the
Atlantic House and the Ocean House, and
many cottages. Loss, 100000; partly
insured.
At the annual meeting of the New York
Civil Service Reform Association on the
7th, George William Curtis was reelected
President.
A committee Of physicians has dis
covered a satisfactory explanation Of the
cause Of the epidemic raging at Plymouth,
Pa. At the head waters Of the mountain
stream supplying Plymouth with water is
a house in which typhoid fever has pre-
vailed for the last three months. The ex-
cretions OF the sick were thrown into a
privy forty feet from the stream, and were
washed into the stream by the March
rains. By this pollution Of the water sup
ply 1000 persons were poisoned, and about
eighty-hve have died. Other deaths are
expected. .a.
Augustine Girado' one OF the men impl-
Gated In the Pittsburgh trunk mystery was
arrested at New York on the Sth' lie was
sent to Chicago with a detective from that
city. He was identified as the man who
expressed the trunk by Chicago baggage
master.
ok nunuleu anu my NorwesianS' Dane'
anu oweueS, "rv are lnuuisins ~ an "a
curs,on W Sne oiu counVly' aiIlVee ~ '.r :
sey 1,'y, N' o., oy sPoeiai uain iiVnn ae .ue
Nor1nwes' On ,ne oen ,naa anu eiiioarAeu u" 'ne
s'ssnSn,p I necia, iVr oopennasen.
:, Mrs' sizApe'a oranser, VI ,'sheu'
MasS', eeieDrs'eu ner one nunureu'% . plr.n-
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Wasted Explosions.

"It's queer doln's they're havin' over on
the old sod, now, Casey" said Mr.. Maloney
yesterday talking to his neighbor over the
fence. "The Prince av Wales has gone
over to pacify the Irish with koind luks
and swate spaches. Tins av thousands ay
people are crowding each other to get o
shake av his hand, an crying themselves
hoarse with God save the Queen The
Irish are too soft hearted, that's what they
arc" "Roight ye are, Maloney; what .
pity, too, tits thrue. The splindid results av
the lasht explosion are all busted now."@
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