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Nevada County picayune., 1885-10-08

It was one of these good little boys from Sunday school near Boston who gave this interpreta- ton to verse taught by his teach CT: "Behold a greater than Solo mon is here!n "Hold a grater to Solomon's earw When at a loss to give the answer Cain" to qUes- ton relative to that individual, the teacher, to jog his memory, asked: w nat does a man walk with?' Quick as q flash came the reply, "a woman ."-Boston Journal.
Nevada County picayune., 1885-10-08

Writing speeches for congress- men is said to be common and lucrative business for certain talen- ted persons in Washington, Speeches are not cf,y written to order, bat are kept on hand, ready tor any customer who wants some thing on leading measures under consideration. When the same man furnishes speeches to two men on opposite sides of the same ques- ton. the debate becomes thrilling.
Nevada County picayune., 1885-10-08
aGEECThTURAL
The More Profitable Stock to Breed
 and Rear.


 and Rear.
 This is undoubtedly the large farm, the carriage, the express and dray horse. particularly the latter, as our towns and cities are in great want of them, and the supply is not near equal to the demand. nor will it be for many years to come. The average profit in rear ing this special class of horses is much greater and much more sala. ble than on any other in the pres ent time. One reason of this is, that the colts are large and strong enough to be pat 10 work on the farm at two or two and half years old, and can then earn all or, per haps more than their cost to five years old, when they become suf- fciently matured and hardy for heavy cart and truck work. They may now be qnickly sold at SOC to $j00 each, according to power, style, action, and quality.
 Next in average proGt is the ex- press horse of gcod sizo and fine action. After these we may name superio; matches carriage horses, of extra size, but as it requires more costly stallions to get suita. ble colts, and as they cannot be safely workedupon the farm till three years old or past, they are not so cheaply reared as the dray horse. Then comes the added trouble in matching them, and the extra expense of training and pre- pairing tor market. Matching may be more easily and cheaply and perfectly done if the farmers of a large district would unite in keep ing mares of the same color, size and action, and breed them to q single stallion of the same color. He of course should be large we'll bred trotter, or very stout complete thoroughbred, perfectly sound, and superior in every re- spect, except in speed and for this last quality a third, or even fourth : rate stallion would be more prop CT than faster ones; for horses got by those would most likely devel. op natural gait in harness ofsev- en to nine miles per hour over a moderately level road, and easily keep this up for hours. This Is as fast as gentlemen ever want their horses to travel double in harness, and especially when ladies and children are ill the carriage.
 The farmers throughout the country are universally complain ing that there is little or no profit in the production of grain, vegeta. bles and grass, that ordinary horses cattle, swine and sheep of the superior mutton breeds of the latter-do not pay for rearing. Now let them give proper atten- tention to breeding and rearing horse stock as recommended above, and they may then con sume much more of their grass, hay and grain at homo, and realize considerably increased profit in their business. By this course they make abundance of manure from their stock, which enables them to keep op the fertility of the soil. instead of impoverisi.ing it by selliag of their grain, grass and vegctablcs.-Cor. Wailace's Monthly.
Nevada County picayune., 1885-10-08
WE ASK CNLY \ TRiAl.

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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-10

THE american BO0kmaker recently called
attention to a book issued from the Gov
eminent printing office that has received
but little attention from the newspapers of
the day. The MINER is indebted for copy
to the Hon. J. d. Toole, Montana's dele
gate to Congress, and we find it's statistics
both curious and valuable, The reason
that the work has been neglected by the
press is, no doubt, that it was published
during the heat of the last campaign, when
all other subjects were dwarfed, though
another may be that the information is OF
a purely technical character and not of
general interest; again, many writer's, who
had not been bred to the art and who were
not in the habit of analysing statistics,
were not clear as to the results. One of
the tables which has been least noticed is
that showing the number OF pounds Of type
used upon the newspapers OF the United
States, and the quantity of type regularly
set. New York has 1,242,619 pounds of
type, or enough tt fill cases for go, 900
compositors, her proportion being one-fifth
OF the Union, which has 6,69S, S7S pounds.
Five States, New York, Pennsylvania, ILL
nois, Ohio and Iowa, have nearly one-half
OF all the type, and set one-half of the num-
Der Of ems. The largest average set on
dailies was in Louisiana, 100000 ems, and
the smallest in New Mexico, 1000 ems,
the average being 74,147. The average on
weeklies was 57,197, the largest being in
the District OF Columbia, $1,000 while in
Wyoming it was the smallest, $4,000. OF
the long-settled States. Alabama had the
smallest. $4,000. The total amount of
type set for one issue would make 2.785
duodecimo volumes, and that done on the
dailies in a year would fill 10000 volumes
to match Appleton's %Cyclopedia. Measured
up as proofs are measured, the slip con-
tanning the years work would extend from
the Atlantic to the Pacific. Eight thousand
presses did the presswork. Truly the
printing press is shedding light"
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-10
THE ~sEM1.wEEKLY niNeK BUTTE, MONTANA. OCTOBER 10 1888

THE Government has, it appears, deter,
mined to resort to extreme measures III
the case Of the Montana Improvement
Company. The Secretary Of the Interior
has, according to a dispatch from Wash.
ington. asked the Acknowledgement to
bring suits against the company to recover
for the timber cut on the public lands in
this Territory. A Washington special to
the New York Sun makes the following
comment upon this determination upon
the part OF Mr.. Lamar: This action
assumes a great deal OF Importance from
the fact that it is one of the first ices
where Lamar has been willing to go into
the courts to reclaim what has been stolen
from the Government. The Montana I'm.
provement company is Il part of the North
ern Pacific, the latter company holding a
majority OF the Improvement company's
stock, and Eddy. Hammond & Co., OF
Missoula, Montana, o. n a large share of
the remainder. E. l.. Bonner. a prominent
Montana business man, is general manager
OF the company. The Northern Pacific has
been allowed to cut ties, bridge timber and
lumber for depots from the public land.
where there had been no survey, all along
it's route. To do this, the Improvement
company was organized. The company has
done not only this, but has engaged in the
general business OF stealing Government
timber, manufacturing it and selling it to
The progress OF the case will be
watched with interest in Montana. 1t
promises to involve un~pleasantly some
high Government f~Cnctionaries.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-10
THURMAN'S P

On the first page OF to-day's MINER will
be found the first gun fired by the Demo-
Gratis of Ohio. The ball was started a-roll-
ing by Judge Thurman, at Toledo, and
his speech was a mastery one. 1t is just
such an effort as one would expect from so
great a man as Judge Thurman. It is high
toned and digniied, argumentative and
logical and breathes the spirit OF loyalty.
As was to be expected, it is in the main a
reply to the Mt. Gilead speech of Senator
Sherman, who there sounded the key note
OF the Republican campaign.
The doctrine OF hate, upon which the Re-
publicans chiefly based their in
Ohio, is scored numerically, as it deserves
to be, and the utter groundlessness to urge
it at this time is thoroughly exposed. By
statistics derived from Republican sources
it is proven that the prosperity Of the
South dates from the incoming OF Demo-
cratic rule, a prosperity in which the negro
shares equally with the white man. The
fact that the negro prefers to live among
and with the white people OF the South, his
former masters, Democrats though they be,
to migrating to the North to live among
Republican saints, is d strong point against
the Republican leaders campaign of hatred.
The most important portion of the
speech to the Democracy outside OF Ohio is
that iu which the "noble old Roman" the
noblest Of them all, urges his fellow citizens
to vote for the State ticket to show their
confidence in and respect for the National
Democratic Administration. 1t oxplodes
the idea that Judge Thurman is sulking in
his tent, brooding over political disappoint-
ments, simply awaiting an opportunity to
appear in the role OF a political Brutus.
Throughout, his address breathes O spirit
of loyalty to the party and confidence in
the ultimate triumph of Democratic prin-
ciples.
This speech opens the Ohio campaign
most auspiciously. 1t places the party
squarely before the people. It starts the
party under the banner of peace and good
will between the sections. It shows a
united party, enthusiastic for success. 1t
appeals to the reason OF true and intelligent
men in the Republican and Prohibition
parties. 1t augurs success. Every honest
man will he benefited by reading the synop-
sis elsewhere published,
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-10

The report.sent out from Washington,
on Tuesday. to the effect that il was felt III
official circles that General Crooks scouts
were untrustworthy and were leading him
on a wild-goose chase was certainly with
out foundation. 1t was gratuitous insult
to Il brave soldier and many equally
courageous subordinates. There is no man
in the army better calculated for this work
than General Crook. He is one of the best
of our Indian fighters. He is thoroughly
familiar with the country in which he is
operating and has made the character of
the Indians against whom he is moving a
study. His scouts are under the command
of Captain Jack Crawford, one OF the best
tried and truest Of scouts. Captain Jack
writes poetry, and whatever else may be
urged against him, there's no other man on
earth who can justly question his honesty,
his patriotism, his loyalty, his sublime
courage or his accurate knowledge of the
topography OF New Mexico, Arizona and
the northern States of Mexico. He has
spent a great part OF his life in that section,
is well fixed in this worlds goods and has
accepted the present service entirely from a
spirit Of loyalty and from tho love OF
It is not in his heart to mis- |
lead General Crook.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-10

FIELD MARSHAL HAL.srEAD, OF the Gin
cinnati Commercial Gazette, makes no
effort to deny the genuineness of his letter
to Chief Justice Waite, in which he de-
nounced Grant as "a drunkard and an
ass" Sherman and Hunter as "idiots and
incompetents," and in which he declared
that ait would be Gods service to murder
Lincoln" The letter has recently come to
light, and Mr.. Halstead coolly says that,
looking at it after a lapse OF some 20 odd
years, it was somewhat rash. The letter
will be found an effective weapon in the
hands OF the Democrats in Ohio this fall.
1t will nullify, to d large degree, the efforts
OF the leading Republican organ of the
state. Mr.. Halstead now undoubtedly
fully realizes how dangerous it is t. write
letters. even to aconfidential friend.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-10

The Helena Independent has a dispatch
from Washington confrmatory of the APP
pointment of Benjamin H. Green, of New
Orleans, as Surveyor General of Montana.
The Independent says OF the appointment:
"Mr. Green is reported to be another
special friend OF Secretary Lamar. and is
said to be an excellent man for the place.
We nave the satisfaction to know that as
long as Secretary Lamar continues to fill
u Indian Agencies and Land Offices with
his special friends we shall certainly get
gentlemen OF good standing and high repute;
for our distinguished and accomplished
Secretary of the Interior would admit no
Others to his special friendship. Wedo not
understand that Mr.. Harris has been re-
moved. He will doubtless serve his time
out. Mr.. Harris has been an excellent
officer; and no efforts have been made to
have him displaced. His term expires in
about twenty days."
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-10
Foreign Fag Ends.

The Russian Government has ordered all
Russian officers to leave Bulgaria.
In Palermo, yesterday, there were lis
new cases OF cholera and SO deaths.
The N~ationalists have decided to contest
every parliamentary seat except IL.
A prospectus has been issued at Cork nj
a Landlords Defense Union against bow
c~otting.
The boycotting OF Mrs. Morgan O'Connell
has ceased; her tenants have paid their
rents and are again on friendly terms with
their landlady.
Greaq activity prevails in military cir
cles in Smyrna. Seven battalions OF re-
serves have started for Salonica and more
are under orders to leave for the same
place.
Exhaustive reports to the New England
homestead IRON seventy CORRESPONDENTS
indicate that the potato crops of New Eng
land and New York is fully one-third below
the average and q trile smaller thar last
year.
The Government OF Greece is ANNOYED at
the decision OF the powers to recognize the
Union OF Bulgaria and Roumelia. The
government has decided to gradually mob
ilize an army of three more classes Of "a.
serve, to be called out shortly.
The Roman Catholic bishops OF Ireland
have passed a resolution condemnino VIZ
lence and Intimidation and warning their
respective focks against indulging in illegal
expressions. Such acts. they saw. are Ger.
tain to bring the anger of God upon the evil
doors and their families, besides disgracinp
the IRISH people in the eyes OF the Civilized
world.
The funeral Of the Earl of Shaftesbn-v
LOOK place to-day. Religious services over
the remains were conducted at Westminsts ~
Abbey. Hundreds of poor people stood
outside the abbey in a drenching rain durina
the eht1re services, being unable to get ;nte
the sacred edi6ce SO dense a the crowd
which a gathered to pay their last respects
TO tne phllanthropist. A large number of
with crepe bands on their arms
and many other boys who had been hana'
fitted by the charitable acts OF the denartad
earl stood in line with the elite in the abhev
The services were very impressive.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-10

A DISGUSTING prize fight occurred near
this city and within the lines of Silver Bow
county yesterday afternoon. It is repre-
sented to have been a savage and a brutal
affair. There was nothing about it to tone
down the brutality. Even the Montana
gloves, plain kids, were cast aside and the
bare knuckles were used. The man Bates
won the fight and severely punished his
opponent, Matt Rooney. No fault can
justly be found with the officers OF the law
for not interfering with the fight, as the
preparations were all made in secret and
quietly carried out, but the participants
are well known and the officers now have a
duty to perform which they cannot we'll
eyade,
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-10
The Wood River Times pretends to be a

The Wood River Times pretends to be a
Republican paper. 1t is a Republican pa
per. 1t is blind to everything else, includ
ing fairness honesty, truthfulness and de.
cency. It has steadily been placing the De-
mocracy OF the country in the position OF
opposing silver c~oinage. If it knows any.
thing, it must know that it was the Demo-
cratic votes of the South that saved Silver
coinage in the last Congress. But this bare.
faced ~falsifier offacts now has the following:
In New York the Republicans have adopt
ed platform which favors honest money!
that is, bi-metalism; while their Democrat
ic opponents have framed a platform which
must have been dictated by Wall street. so
hostile is it to silver. The people will vote
in November, and it will be interesting to
watch the conflict and the outcome, and see
who shall win; whether it shall be the capt.
talists and anti-silverites, OF whether it
shall be the people and silyerites.
This is ridiculous and we reproduce it
simply to illustrate what a real, genuine,
dyed-in-the-wool partisan is capable of-in
the way of perverting facts. If the Times
carries the same facility for lying into it's
description Of the Wood River mines We
pity the region and the people who are
brought there through it's misrepresenta-
tons.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-10

THE higher officials Of the army, Sheri-
dan, Schotield, Pope, Howard and others.
do not take kindly to Secretary Endicott's
order sending to their regiments all officers
who have been on detached service for four
years OF more. They would fain keep the
pets Of their personal household. Their re-
quest upon the Secretary to except the
members of their personal staffs should
not have been made. 1t is their duty to
obey orders, not to haggle over them or TO
ind fault with them or to seek means to
have them set aside. and Mr.. Endicott did
well not to comply. The order is just and
timely and it should be general in its char
acter, without a single exception. 1t will
do 1.-THE aristocracy OF the army" good
to do service upon the frontiers for four
or five years. Now let the navy have a
shaking NJ.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-10
AMONG THE HORSES
Big Races at Latonia ana Bzigh.on-Ths
Great Stallion Race.

CINCINNATI, October 9.-The weather Al
Latonia, to-day, could not have beer
fairer, while the track was good and the at
enhance very large.
Fifteen-sixteenths OF a mile-Spauldins
won, Elsie B. second, Rosie K. third. Time
1888.
T~hree-quarters of a mile-Porter Ash
won, Uncle Dan second Sir Joseph thir,i.
Time. 1:17H.
Mile and Observation-Disclosures won,
Fink Cottage second, Grey Cloud third
Time, 1:56A.
Mile and Observation-Disclosures Douglas
2:O4h. ~
Mile-Nodaway won, Cuban Queen sec.
ond. Little Fellow third. Time, 1:45A.
FUN AT BRIGHTON BEACH.
BRIGHTON BEACH, October 9.-Attendance
large, weather fine.
Three. fourths OF a mile-Harry Rose won,
Fellow Play second, Hickory Jim third.
Time, 1:2O.
Seven-eighths OF a mile-Diamond won.
jim Nave second, Hot Box third. Time,
Mutuals paid, $11s.5O.
Mile, three-yeaE. odds and u~pwards-Gar-
mum won, Treasur er second, Leman third
Time, Lacy.
Mile and One-eighth-Weasel won. HIGH
Flight second, Olivette third. Time, 1:59.
Mile and one-half, over six hurdles-Ecua-
dor won, Bonairetia second, Harry Mann
third. Time, 2:57.
THE GREA STALLION RACE.
E YORK, October 9~.-Isadore Cohenfeld
q accepted the challenge of John Mnrnbv
to trot the Stallion King Wilkes against any
trottlng stallion in the world for ST. 900 .
side and names his stallion, Maxey Cobb To-
cake part in the race. Cohentield has de.
posted with the Spirit of the Times $500 az
a forfeit. The event is to take place before
november Sd on a good day and good
receipts. '"oife sate
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-10

The Republican journals of France seem
to he alarmed with some show OF reason
for the future OF the Republic. 1t is diff
cult to believe that the French people are
ready to pull down the Republic. A more
careful analysis OF the vote will probably
develop facts showing that issues otbel
than hatred of the Republic ~actuate. the
French masses in casting their h.allots as
they did on Sunday last. 1he French
people wills not 500 again return to
Monarchy, limitSd or otherwise. Local
causes, such Is dissatisfaction with recent
oppresc.,e acts, hard times and other
wrongs and evils which the masses attri-
butte to the men in power, moved the peo-
pie to vote as they did. The Republic will
1.-Two
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-10
Entertaining the Conductors.

DENVER, Colorado, Oct. S-The railroad
conductors Life Insurance Association to-
day elected the following officers and adj
!ourned, sine die: President, Frank Chap
lin, Boone, Iowa: First Vice President,
John H. Clark, Denver, Colo; Second Vice
President. Charles Mitchell: Toronto, Can
ada; Secretary and Treasurer. H. P. Eel.
trow. (re-elected), Columbus. Ohio; Member
OF the Executive Committee, three wears.
Edwin Merrill, Columbus, Ohio; Orator, A..
c. Sinclair, Chicago; Alternate Orator, E..
w. Burns, Hagcrstown, Md. The delegates
leave in the morning on a three or four
days excursion through the mountains.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-10
PIrTsBuRG yesterday appropriately o

PlTTsBuRG yesterday appropriately oh.
served the completion OF that great ~nationa!
work, the dam at Davis Island. This
work was begun nearly ten years ago. when
the preliminary surveys were inaugurated
and seven years were consumed in actual
work. The improvements were made at a
cost OF So, 600, 900 and it was proper that
their completion should receive due OBJ.
servance upon the part OF the people OF the
CITY.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-10
THE GREAT sTAI.J.JoN p.c,
THE HELL GATE EXPLOSION
Inc Great Mine to be Exploded THIS
Morning.

NEW YORK, October 9.-The great exnlo.
SION OF nearly 800, 900 pounds ofdvnamite
whlch Is expected to SILVER Flood rock anJ
clear Hell Gate channel, is set for toamnr'
row morning ar IL o'clock. The worL -,
otha : away the machinery buildings and
o!ner valuable property was comnleted Nv
nisht' and all that remains are the elevato.
Jumpers over the main shaft and a It'll
100 shanty which. having been cleo rod o"e
tho atted with shelves. holds the cells ~
1he great battery which will cause tho ~. -
99 oes sio Inlrty six wires running to 80
Ee'ohators in the mine are bana;ne
~ a punch awaiting the time mff,ng
lie Lieutenant Derby will connect then " u;th
S = oattery' which will be the last wn i.h
e aoht on the rock: Since early morn;n, trn
t tg;.ten l~nch-s.yphons have been runn;pa u IVY
10. i mo Gne mine and it is expected thu w.
;na VIII be Hooded by 6 to-rnorr,w u"o .ne
Lug agGa - u mas been decided to locs 10 ao I'm
" 1ana battery and Instruments ou 49,. tha ene
frnm 1 ~ stea mel dock. about / soo ,oo1
rom inc rock. and the wires tn 1870 'eet
une circuit will run across the cba vomplet
c croyrI" Cordons OF police will keen 10 10.
and " Us al a respectful and sale d. tne
msd;nt owners OF the buildings in tha I've; ;'ee'
t.eulate ~neighborhood have 6ssn me I'M.
10 stand from under. Stesm n notified
t rom the Government vesssls sn u, iaunches
anu prevent vessels from nap"sr'
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f,f the



!oI sIe!Qo 9V4 q4!A G9esl4 AZ toi the
reflcy a1o 'toau,H gs' IA.an population
and prosperity, Diversified farming is a
blessing to a region; large holdings OF realty
by a class who feel that they are somewhat
privileged are a curse to any country. The
great valleys OF Montana are more pro-
ductive than the rich plains OF Minnesota
and Dakota, and even the rich and power
full cattle men will find itimpossible to keep
out that most desirable of all people, the
small farmer. The cattle kings ha re for
years lorded it over our plains, but their
day has nearly passed. The strong arm OF
the Government is pulling down their I'M
lawful fences and opening the way to the
people. "Westward the Star of Empire
takes it's way" and even the cattle men can
not stem the tide.