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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-03

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STATISTICS. GENERALLY SPEAKING.
SUOW RESULTS CONTRARY TO OPlN-
IONS EXISTING AT THE TINE THEY
ARE COMPILED. THERE II \ DAILY
OURS HERE. YESTERDAY, FOR IN
STANCE, WAS AN ILLUSTRATION.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-07-22

SPEAKING OF the labor troubles at Sagi-
nav the Chicago Telegram says: "The fact
that the millionaire mill-owners at East
Saginaw and Saginaw City have imported
fighting men from Chicago called detectives
to overawe the striking workingmen, does
not in any make the demand OF the
men less just. What they ask is that their
hours OF daily labor be reduced to ten, hold
ing that ten hours is a sufficient long period
for their laborious kind Of work they are
called upon to perform. In this they will
be supported by the sympathy of all except
employers. To handle heavy logs at high
pressure rate for ten hours a day is a Sc
we're strain on a mans endurance. To do
the same thing for eleven hours is to cruelty
overtax the physical powers. While it is,
of course, desirable that no violence should
be resorted to, it is to be hoped that the
men will succeed in thier very just demands"
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-07-22

The London Jewish Chronicle comments
as follows.on the creation of the first jew
ish peer: His elevation to the House OF
Lords not only confers personal honor on
the recipient of the Queens gracious favor,
but also sheds lustre upon the entire Jewish
community. The creation Of the first jew
ish peer in England is one Of the most sig
nifcant of the acts of Mr.. Gladstone to
whose advocacy in part it was due that
Baron..Rothschild, Sir NathanieFs father,
was eventually enabled to sit in the House
OF Commons. To Mr.. Gladstone, it will be
remembered, is also due the appointment
of the late Sir George Jessel, first as Sohcl-
tor General and subsequently as Master OF
the Rolls. BY the parliamentary t
amendment bill, which received the royal
assent on May LIST, 1866, Lord Rothschild
will be enabled to take his seat among the
peers of England without, any difficulty in
connection with the oath to be admins
tered to him. The proud distinction con-
ferred upon the president OF the United
Synagogue and of the Jews Free School
will give additional eclat to the proceedings
at the latter institution on Sunday next.
This annual gathering is held on a date
chosen to commemorate the first admls-
sion OF Jews to the English Parliament,
and will now be made further memorable
by the admission OF a Jew to the House OF
Lords in the person of Lord Rothschlld."
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-07-22

The Chemical News publishes a method
given by Mr.. John Horsley for detecting
butterine from genuine butter. Mr.. Hars-
ley's method may be an efficient one, and
while easy enough, it does not quite come
up to our conception OF perfect simplicity.
The ideal test must be n that every
ho~usekeeper can apply with comparatively
little or no trouble. Mr.. Ho1sley's plan is
as follows: Have ready two small but
wide-mouthed glass test-tubes, about four
inches high, with feet attached. Into one
put a piece OF butterine or oleomargarine
(about the size of a hazel-nut), and cork
this tube; next take one in each hand at
the bottom; in ten minutes the butterine
melts INTO a clear, oily fluid by the mere
heat of the blood (9s degrees F.) Pure but
ter takes twice as long to melt as butterine,
and even then is not as clear and oily as
butterine, which is a noteworthy difference
between them; this is the physical test.
For the chemical test, after the tubes have
stood to cool for a few minutes, pour on
ether to about one-third OF the tube and
cork well. Agitate the tubes-one in each
hand-clasping them we'll. The butterine
readily dissolves into a clear liquor, which
the addition thereto OF twenty or thirty
drops OF spirit OF wine does not disturb or
precipitate; but a similar experiment with
pure butter produces a voluminous white
precipitate. Hereby we can easily distin-
guish one from the other. Even butter
adulterated with a portion OF oleomarga-
rine or butterine may be detected bv a nre-
UrPrOdUr UtIIIg formed.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-07-22

THE Wood River country is very dead at
present. Indeed, it seems to be almost
hopeIessly paralyzed. The miners have
had to leave, the operators are discour-
aged and the business men disgusted. This
is all the result of the great strike. 1t will
take that entire region at least one season,
and possibly two. to recover from that un-
fortunate trouble. The condition OF
things now existent in the region
is the strongest argument in favor
OF settling labor troubles by arbitration
that could possibly be advanced. No one
has been benefited by the lockout; every
body has suffered. It would nave been in
finitely better for all concerned if the ON
panies had maintained the wages OF the
miners. They would not have missed the
fifty cents a day per man and now there
would be prosperity all over the region
where ruin stares everyone in the face. The
fate oil Wood River should be An exam
pie to other camps.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-07-22

THE San Francisco Chronicle seems to
know "Brick" Pomeroy, Judging from the
following truthful pen picture: That
champion crank, NJ. NJ. Pomeroy, better
known as Brick Pomeroy, that
he will receive subscriptionsfor the erection
OF a statue to Mrs. Suratt. We have not
a doubt of it. Brick would receive sub
scriptions for anything, He always did.
The last enterprise for which he advertised
that he was prepared to receive subscrip-
tions was the construction OF a tunnel
through the Rocky mountains, and DO "''
uuany started a paper at Denver to. boom
the scheme. Unless the Denver papers
maligned him he succeeded in getting a good
many subscriptions, and, strange to say,
the subscribers had not up to date got
their tunnel. His whole life, indeed, APP
pears to have been evenly divided between
collecting subscriptions and starting pa
pers, always called The Democrat, which
only bloomed to fade away. He is strictly
consistent in his latest enterprise
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-07-22

THE New York papers are beginning to
comment on the increase of opium dens in
that city, caused by the influx of Chinese.
It will not take long, says the San Fran
cisco Chronicle, for the coolie to spread his
vice in all the large Eastern cities, espec-
tally as there is so large an element among
the young eager to acquire n habit
around which an air OF mystery and orien-
tai ~ensuousne is thrown. Thu men who
have written of the delights of opium have
much to answer for. Upon a highly Guilt
waited man of vivid imagination like De
Quincy or C%oleridge, opium acted as a
powerful stimulus to the creative faculties,
and no doubt led to the gorgeous day
dreams which the one reproduced in his in
comparable prose inc the other in his po-
etical rhapsodies. But upon the ordinary
mind opium has small ~pleasurable effect.
What it does is u break down the will
power, destroy ambition and kill all real
manhood, bringing the victim OF the vice
below the level of the brute. What the
authorities of Eastern cities will do to
break up the practice OF opium smoking
remains to be seen. 1t can be easily kept
in check by making it a misdemeanor to
sell opium to a white person, punishable by
fine or Imprisonment or both. This would
all the attraction of the traffic for
the Chinese, who would simply confine the
to their own countrymen. This, with
a strict ordinance against the maintenance
of opium smoking establishments, ought to
put a practical end to the vice. That such
tho%rough-going laws have not been taken
in this city is a disgrace to the authorities,
and, like the federation OF the %nuisances OF
the worst commentary on the
lack of sincerity in much OF the anti-Chinese
talk OF politicians. Where the remedy for
an evil lies near at hand, but is not used,
the natural inference is that some pecuniary
consideration deters from it's employment.
This is actually the secret OF the farce
which is so often exhibited in dealing with
The offenses against law and morals in
Chinatown.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-07-22

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch makes the
following pertinent remarks upon the course
pursued by Secretary Teller: when a Re-
publican Senator goes out OF his way to
secure an appointment for a Democrat,
there is som slight ground for suspecting
that there is a job lurking somewhere be-
hind that appointment. When it is a case
OF Senator and ex-Secratary Teller presum-
ing on the course OF his successor in the In
terror Department, and a Wyoming land
office is the particular spoil in view, there
is hardly any reason to doubt that a very
bad job of land-grabbing is to be completed
or continued"
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-07-22

THr New York Sun also sees the possible
ity Of q great political move behind the ex-
posures made by the Pail Mall Gazette.
Commenting upon the London sensation II
"Unless the omens of history are
worthless, we are possibly witnessing the
dawn of an English analogue to the French
Revolution. The privileges vested in the
House of Peers will be endured no longer,
if such be the shameful ends to which they
are perverted. Certainly, should it De
proved to be the founder or chief patron !
the foul organization for the subsection OF
innocent children to the passions OF the
rich, the Prince Of Wales will never be per-
mitted to reign over the hearts and homes
of England"
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-07-22

THAT so sweeping an ordinance as that
under which the authorities are Kidding
the city OF buns, vags, pimps and sure
thing men might bring hardship upon
some unfortunate men out OF means and
employment, as set forth in a commune
cation by "a. H. w." elsewhere, is I'M
doubtedly true. Still, THE MINER is firmly
OF mind that if "a. H. w." or any others
in like condition, should be brought before
Judge French, make a clear statement of
their circumstances and lave it corrobor-
ated by "a couple of the best citizens" he
or they would be promptly discharged.
The police are not hunting for men OF that
stamp. They are looking for thieves,
pimps and notorious Migrants. Let the
good work go on.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-07-22

"WHAr is love?" is a question that is as
old as mankind. Luther held, in his cat
echism, that we should love God because
he first loved u.s. But this could scarcely
be applied to ordinary love affairs. Love
seems to grow and ripen under the most
discouraging circumstances. Louisville, in
Kentucky, furnishes a case in point. A
young married man in that city fell in love
with a young lady. The love was not re-
ciprocated. The young man shot himself,
to escape the torments of an %unrequited
passion. What is love?
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-07-22

Nor content with shaping the politics of
the Territory, the Inter Mountain is now
telling our mining companies how to con-
duct their business and the size of the div
idends they are to declare. The Alice man.
agement is, 10 doubt, under many obliga-
lions for the advice.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-07-22

The Republicans have not yet found a
suitable man for candidate for Governor
OF New York. In this case "suitable"
means "bar1."
THE President is a very excellent black
bass fisher and he goes so far into the
woods of New York that the reporters can
not follow him.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-07-22

A PROMINENT and bare-faced prostitute
is breathing threatenings against the Off
GERS of the law for arresting, under the re-
cent ordinance, her clover" She is es
pecially violent in her threats against tn
newspapers, which dared to publish the
facts of his arrest. The creature should
be taken in hand and given a taste of the
law herself. The issue seems to have been
made-shall the prostitutes and pimps run
the city, or shall the law be enforced with
out reference to them? Judge French will
pass on this case on Monday, and his
action will be closely watched.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-07-22

The tenets of The Mahdi's religion are
very strict. If a married man is guilty of
immortality he is put up to his waist in the
Sane and stoned to death. If he steals his
hands are cut off. Singing and lascivious
dancing, such as used to be in Khartoum,
are put a stop to. Every man must pray
five times a day. The Mahdi was a fanatic
OF the worst type. but there is much that
is good and practical in his religion.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-07-22

MIGRANTS, pimps and all that ilk are OF
no earthly use to any community. They
do not produce. They simply consume.
They do not add n penny to the wealth
OF the town, nor do they add one iota to
it's prosperity. Some of them may be
good fellows'' and all that, but they are
OF no consequence to the city. The town
will do better without them. Drive them
out.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-07-22

A RATHER important decision, which viii
undoubtedly be confirmed by the courts
generally, has just been rendered by the
Court Of Appeals Of the State Of New York.
1t relates to that important subject of com
fdential or privileged communications.
The New York Code OF Civil procedure for
bids clergymen on the witness stand to
divulge confessions made to them by their
parishioners and likewise prohibits doctors
and lawyers from disclosing professional
communications made to them by patients
and clients. The prohibition does not APP
ply when expressly waived by the person,
confessing, the patient or client" An inter
esting question under this provision OF the
code is decided in a lately published opinion
of the Court of Appeals. A man who had
been insured hanged himself. The insurance
company refused to pay the policy on the
ground that he had committed suicide.
The executor sued the company and alleged
that the insured was insane when he killed
himself. He sought to prove this by the
testimony of the deceased's physician. The
insurance company objected that this evil
dence could not be admitted. The lower
courts overruled the objection and held
that 1.-THE plaintiff, as the personal repre-
sentative of the deceased, could waive the
seal which the statute puts upon such evil
dence." The Court of Appeals reverses this
ruling. It says: 1.-THE purpose Of the law
would be thwarted if death removed the
seal of secrecy from the communications
and disclosures which a patient should
make to his physician, or a client to his
attorney, or a penitent to his priest. After
one has gone to his grave the living are not
permitted to impair his fame and disgrace
his memory by dragging to the light com
munications and disclosures made under
the seal of the statutes. An executor or
administrator does not represent the
deceased for the purpose OF making such a
waiver"
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-07-22

The Great Falls Tribune says that the
test made of the iron ore found in such
abundance in the Sand Coulee near that
place has proved highly satisfactory, and
those who are in position to know, say
that taken in connection with the vast
body of coal, it's worth can hardly be es-
timated. It is quite probable that the
parties interested will make a move looking
towards it's development this season.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-07-22

The great discussion on the subject OF
baptism, which has been in progress at
Bozeman, has ended. It may have been
productive of good, but the fact is not ap-
parent. The newspaper men OF Bozeman
are just as wicked as of yore, and the peo-
pie thereabout cling to 9he old opinions on
the subject OF baptism. 1t was a great
waste OF time and learning, apparently.
Religious polemics do the church infinitely
more harm than good.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-07-22

WASHINGTON Cry, whose fire department
is one of the finest in the United States,
was yesterday treated to a $15O,OOO fire,
in which the two morning newspapers were
the heavy losers. Sympathy is of no avail,
but to the owners of the papers in ques-
ton we extend the assurance OF our regard
and the hope that the loss may not be as
large as is supposed and that there will be
no interruption in the issue of their lively
dailies.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-07-22

ANOTHER brave locomotive engineer has
gone to his final rest. He stood by his
post until his engine stopped. He averted
a more disastrous result and then died.
The West Jersey road should revere his
memory and care Tor his dependents. No
class OF men bear so great responsible
tiles as the locomotive engineers and fire
men and few discharge them so faithfully.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-07-22

THERE il not much pomp about tnesrave
~ Reddy. the Robber, down at Anaconua.
unnn a plain board at the head OF One
ora We ON the hill appears the following:
Red Riley, June 20, 1885," Inele .
nothing about dying with his boots on VI
,nv other eulogium Of his many peculiar
qualities. This is calculated to d'scourase
the increase Of "bad men"
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-07-22

n the rail. on q steamboat, aboard q ash,..
macR, OF yachting on the coast, Hostetiers
sto, svsl9,s Bitts sna win 1a1 be found = reii bic iie'i means
IT. e ms a9% renewing anS ailments to which
~ subject: Sea captains. ship do ton. yeEu !
OF sG3o1r mes IL the tt pics. and ali abou nIy % ens
sefous climate anaSe,' shos1d al. an q nass tome or dan
selves Of this safeguard Of well sscertsinadn men, n
iong,tr1ed merit constipation. bilionsnaesoo and
t ts5isl o asS t6s b bniSd'sss'i s1a, 1th ,snas and sa Zee:
ailments which it eradlcates. and ire T. esmong the
sorted To- not only with CONFIDENCE In i n1 tyeu pc re;
e e13e sS|sc put also . in its Pertsc freedom fe%ed asl
f rom ss sSs pO9sss : and 'sfr So .sn: ..; l5ncs i is derived ed
coanteracts the effects Of unwholesomsUsu zee, II
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-07-22

The President has again shown his excel
lent judgment in appointing Daniel j.
Welsh, of Butte, Collector of Internal Rev
enue for Montana. Mr.. Welsh is a life
long Democrat and n of the most popu-
men in Silver Bow county. He Is now
county treasurer by the votes OF the peo-
pie. He will make IL faithful, efficient and
popular Collector.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-07-22

THE meeting of the Montana Press Asso-
citation has been postponed from August
18th to August goth, on which date the
members will convene in Butte. The post
ponement has been made SO that the men,
bers might be able to take in the State
Fair on the same trim,
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-07-22

ONE OF the chief leaders OF the printers
against The MINER formerly herded China
men on a contract that he had on the
Canadian Pacific railway. He is a glorious
labor reformer. Out on the blatherskite.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-07-22

WHEN the Butte Grand Army boys march
unon the Mormons The MINER will send a
special correspondent and special artlst
with them, The dead and wound may
rest assured that their valor will be prop
erly set before the people.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-07-22

IT now turns out that the Mexican Gov
eminent has no desire to sell any part of
it's territory to the United States. It wants
to hold the tier OF northern states and ex-
presses a feeling OF amity toward the
United States.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-07-22

THE Pail Mall Gazette's publications.
have produced good results already. The
legislation that has been begun will tend to
protect the v~irtuous young women OF Eng
land, and will raise the moral tone OF SO
ciety generally.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-07-22

The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union OF Cleveland, Ohio, does not believe
in dragging the temperance issue into pol
itics. 1t believes in moral %suasion and has
severed all connection with the other tenn
perance associations of the State.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-07-22

ANACONDA is complaining that Butte Is
unloading it's thieves, pimps and naro-
cases generally upon that quiet ana Or
derly town.. Compel them to move On.
They are of ne earthly use to any COM
no,n;tv and should not be tolerated.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-07-22

The Inter Mountain asks, Historically,
"Whither are we drifting?" We hate to say
it, but the editorial page would Indicate
that you are drifting sheolward.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-07-22

CALIFORNIA exchange says that OF the
SIT students of the University of that
State 319 intend to practice law. This
means that 80 of them intend to really
practice politics and incidentally law.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-07-22

THE Billings Gazette, quoting an editor
ial on "The Coward's Gun, which appeared
in The MINER a few days ago, and
which it calls "a stirring phillippic," says:
1.-THE Montana press has frequently on
demned the pernicious practice Of carrying
deadly weapons. The practice is one for
hidden by our laws within any town, city
or village, and is probably as strictly en-
forced here as in any portion OF the United
States, but nevertheless it is violated by
many, who consider it the proper caper to
pose in the bad man role. The only
method by which this dangerous practice
can be effectually stamped out is by force
of public sentiment. I'D IN view of the &C
cidents and homicides that occur from the
convenience with which the weapon is OBJ
tanned render it the duty of every journal
to ventilate the subject. The pocket pistol
is, in nine cases out of ten, the refuge of the
coward. On the range or travelling over
the ~unfrequented portions of the country,
it may be necessary, but no one can assert
that it is so, unless on extra ordinary occa-
sions, within the precincts of our orderly
towns" The hip pocket should go.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-07-22

BURR's Jefferson county Enterprise has
suspended, until a complete newspaper out
fit ban be secured. THE MINER trusts that
it will soon reappear from a plant OF it's
own
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-07-22

The most sensational and interesting
matter in yesterdays Inter Mountain was
the letter list. Our contemporary should
confine itself to that class OF news. It is
becoming to q graveyard.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-07-22

LEAD is making a squirt ahead. 1t has
advanced from $3.50 to $4.O7 within a
few days and knowing ones assert that IL
may not stop short Of IS. This Will De
good news for the Wood River, Colorado
and other galena districts.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-07-22

The Deer Lodge New Northwest calls at
the anniversary OF the discovery Of gold in
Last Chance gulch, and pertinently asks,
lis Helena going to celebrate it?"