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Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-16

Mr.. Toole stated at the barbecue to
he withdrew from the firm OF E. W. & ]. K.
Toole e. Co. two years ago; that the TACT
was published at the time and he has not
received q cent from the firm since. Thus
another Republican roorback is sent to
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-16

The man who once tried to sneak his
way into Congress through false returns
from Old Fort Union, will bear watching
The temptation exists for him to try it
again and the opportunity may present it.
self along the line OF the Northern Pacific
through the Territory.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-16

The candidates upon the Demccractic
legislative ticket are well.known citizens OF
Silver Bow county who commend them
selves to the people for their eminent tit
ness for the Offices for which they are
named. They are honorable, capable and
industrious gentlemen who are identified
with the interests OF the county and Terri
tory, and will faithfully work for the ad-
vaucement OF those interests in the ltgisla.
tive assembly next winter. A vote given
to Messrs. Carver. Orr, Dawson and
Smiley is a vote given in the interest Of
Silver Bow County.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-16

All the traitors and hirelings and kickers
have been sent to the rear. They number
about four all told. Thc Republicans now
present a united and enthusiastic front to
the enemy.-Inter Mountain, 18th inst.
But until those Jour were 'sent to the
rear" what dissension and discord, and
fighting and pickering and want of harmony
pervaded the camp of Silver Bow County
Republicans! Now that those turbulent,
noisy, misunderstanding, t%raitorous, kicking
big four "'have been sent to the rear" the
party comes smiling to the front like a
newly married couple, all decked out in its
Sunday clothes, with peace and harmony
in great big letters pasted on it's back. Now
look out for the big four. If we mistake
not, they will, like Mark Twain in the 'In.
nocents Abroad" take the lead at the
rear end and, under whip and spur, con-
duct the party from the enemy in front to
a place of safety behind. With the big
four out of the party there is nothing left
in it to fight.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-16
He Was Used to that Sort of a Thing.

During a thunder storm recently in a
town up in New York State a man hurry
ing to shelter was knocked senseless by a
flash CT lightning. He was taken into a
hotel, and after he had been labored with
for some time he recovered. Struggling to
his feet he gszed upon the anxious faces
surrounding him, and remarked with an
air of severity:
Gentlemen, if order has been restored,
we will proceed with the game"
1t is unnecessary to mention his profess
sion.
Blaine of Name.
AUGUSTA, October 14.-Blaine left to-day
for Pennsylvania.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-16

Eugene Sullivan has made a good officer,
and when a party finds q good man it
wants to keep him. That's why Mr.. Sulli-
van will continue right along in his office
during the next two years.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-16
Explanatory.

Through the courtesy Of Mr.. Patrick
Conlon, we are enabled to publish tho fol-
lowing letter from Mr.. Biggar, which ex-
plains the reason Why the receipt Of the
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-16

The Importance Of having men who pos
sess . Thorough knowledge OF business for
County Commissioners is we'll understood.
The Democratic candidates fill the bill.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-16
Assignment.

Yesterday B. J. Schlesinger, the whole
sale West Park street liquor dealer, made
an assignment, for the benefit of his credi.
tors, to Joseph A. Hyde, of his liquor
business and also his twenty fourth interest
in the Fairview and a fourth interest in
Lena K. quartz claims. The following is a
list of the preferred creditors:
First National Bank OF Butte. $1,69S-15
Samuel 1,845.aS
Montana Lumber Il Produce Co 100 90
w. H. Dewitt......... 111.OO
D. 7. acknowledgements. 43.43
Gans& 5000
Helena Freyman, with interest
at rate of l per rent. from Oct.
1, 1884. for $500, and also
1851. 10000
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-03-04
SEED POTATOES.

Plant Only Enough to Secure Three or
Four Strong Stems to the Hill.
The potato eye needs enough of the
potato to supply it with nourishment
until the roots can be sent off and be-
come established so as to support the
plant and supply it with nourishment.
There are about the same number OF
eyes in a. small potato as in large one;
the small will send up about as many
sprouts as the large, but feebler; the
small will not get SO firm hold of the
soil, and the stems being less with fewer
and shorter roots. will develop smaller
tubers. Also, the large potato sends
up too many stems; they crowd each
other; some of them from the part Of
the potato where there are few eyes are
much stouter and will produce some
good-sized tubers, but the struggle fol
room and food and sunshine among sc
many competitors will assuredly dimin'
ish the size of all. Potato hills eight
cen inches apart should not have more
than four strong stalks; each stalk will
then under favorable circumstances
throw off from two to four good-size0
tubers. Hills one foot apart can not
develop to perfection more than two OF
three stalks.
Large potatoes cut with one eye to a
cutting will afford plenty of nourish-
ment to the plants until they become es.
tablished, several of the numerous eyes
at the stem being destroyed. One cut
ting in hill when placed foot apart
will be sufficient, or two when eighteen
inches or two feet apart. If medium.
sized potatoes are used cut them with
two eyes to a piece, except the stem
end, which would better be rejected
Usually the medium-sized cutting with
two eyes will about equal the large-sized
with one eye, because the large potato
cutting will surely push out more and
stronger stems. Small potatoes can al
be used to good advantage for seed by
cutting out all the eyes but two or three
Yet. the small potato will not send w
so good a stem as the large cutting o!
the same size, because the branch in the
small potato begins its growth as 8
dwarf, and no amount of food or favor
able conditions will overcome this poor
beginning. The true philosophy ap
pears to be to plant only enough to Sc
cure three or four strong stems to a hill.
This can be best accomplished by cut
ting large potatoes into pieces with one
eve, or medium-sized to two eyes, or ust
single small potatoes with all eyes GU
out except two or three.-Cor. N. +
Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-03-04
AN UGLY SPIDER.

A Specimen of the MygaIe Family Which
Kills Fair-Sized Birds.
A traveller named Bates, in walk in
the neighborhood of Cameta, in Para
noted for its .'Brazil nuts''-chanced to
verify fact relating to the habits OF a
large, hairy spider, of the genus my
gale, in a manner worth recording. 1t
was the bird-killing spider, or one very
closely allied to it. The individual was
nearly two inches in length of body, but
the legs expanded seven inches, and the
entire body and legs were covered with
coarse gray and reddish hairs. Mr..
Bates tells us that he was attracted by a
movement of the monster on a
tree trunk; it was close beneath
a deep crevice in a tree, across which
was stretched a dense white web.
The lower part of the web was broken,
and two small birds, fnehes, were en-
tangled in the pieces. One of these was
quite dead; the other lay under the body
of the spider, not quite dead, and was
smeared with the filthy liquor or saliva
exuded by the monster. Mr.. Bates drove
away the spider and took the birds, but
the second soon died.
The fact of species of mygale sally
ing forth at night and sucking the eggs
and young of humming birds has been
recorded long ago by Mime. Merriam and
Palisot de Beauvois; but, in the absence
of any confirmation, it had come to be
discredited. From the way the fact has
been related it would appear that it had
been merely derived from the report Of
the natives, and had not been witnessed
by the narrators. Count Langsdorff. in
his Expedition into the Interior of Bra
izil,' states chat he totally disbelieved thu
story.-N. 7. World
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-03-04
A COLD DAY.
The Wonderful Experience of the Cham
pion Railroad Ananias.

pfOn Railroad AnaniaS.
Talking about sudden changes in tenn
perature," said st. Paul brakeman, let
me tell you of little experience I had one
day a few weeks ago. It was q nice, warm
day, and was out on my run, and was
just congratulating myself that we'd get
through on time this trip. We'd had
tough times with snow and cold, and l was
particularly pleased with the fine outlook
on this occasion cause / wanted to get
home in time to lead the prayer-meetin'
bein' as it was my turn. I'm a religious
man, you see, SO you can place the utmost
confidence in what I tell you. Well, as
was a-sayin', it was a nice, warm, thawing
day, and we were making good time. Pret-
ty soon, though, the train stopped, miles
from any station, and stepped out to see
what the matter was. l noticed that it
seemed slightly colder, and 1 shivered a bit
as / stood in the slush and water looking
ahead where the engineer was fixing some
thing about his machine. BY the time the
engineer had concluded his fixing, probably
three or four minutes, | was chilled
through, and wasn't sorry to see him jump
into his cab and hear the beh ring for start
ing. | made a move to get on the train
but it wasn't much of a move. In fact, /
was stuck. l could no more move my feet
than if the court house had been sitting on
one of them and the city hall on the other.
You see while was standing in that water
the temperature had suddenly fallen SO that
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-03-04
PiTH AND POINT.

Sydney Smith once described man,
as so dry that If you were to bore holes
in him with q gimlet sawdust would
come out.
The young man on the lookout for
.esoft place." through dislike for hon-
est hard work, can fine one-under his
hat-Bost0n Herald
Black birch is now the fashionable
wood for furniture. Ordinary white
birch used to be the fashionable wood to
furnish an incentive to the young idea.
Chicago Mail.
land so you have resolved never to
marry?" said the sixteen-year-old girl to
a companion of her own age. Eyes, !
have. I know it would break my heart
if any one talked to me like pa does to
ma. ''-Philadelphta Herald.
When a fish's eyes are prominent,
the fish is known to be fresh. Think OF
this, young man, when you 60 about
staring every one out of countenance.
Surely you would not like to be placed
on level with dead mackereL-Buf.
Tato Express.
II would like to call your attention.
madam said peddler at the door. ito
| the justly celebrated Balloon baking
| powder. 1t is absolutely pure, and-'f
| 1--WE tried it, said the woman. "Oh,
you have. Well, then-er-good day.,
Chicago Ne,1s.
A medical authority says: persons
have been bitten by mad-dogs and have
| not gone mad" And then, again,
some persons get mad by being bitten
| by a dog that is not mad. They get
mad enough to kick the animal in two.
-Norriao.cn Herald.
Office boy Ito country editor)-"A
man was in while you were out who
said he was a genuine John Wilkes
Booth Editor (hastily)-"He's q
fraud. You didn't give him anything.
| did youp'' Office boy-"No. He left q
dollar for six months subscription. u
Editor-s'Well, well. And so John
Wilkes Booth is still alive 1t beats
all. "--Chicago Rambler.
|. "A city toiler and his little son met a
sturdy farmer in the country. where
| upon the toiler remarked: That's a
| fine field of oats you have there!'
Don't you know the difference between
oats and wheata" asked the sturdy
farmer, CONTEMPORARY. mo. ]
| DON'T II thought every donkey
| knew that" exclaimed the rustic. ''You
see, father" said the toiler's little boy,
who had not taken any part in the de-
bate, eff every donkey knows the differs
ence, it's lucky you said you didn't?'-
| N. =. Ledger.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-03-04
A NEW OASIS.
Converting the Oxus Desert Into q Fertile
Province.

Province.
The Russians, who are singularly sus.
ceptible to new ideas, and display an
audacity in engineering which has re-
peatedly led them to act as pioneers in
reducing theory to practice. have fixed
their minds on new enterprise, well
calculated to set on edge the teeth of
the English and Indian statesmen. This
is no other than the formation of
new oasis, as large as that of Merv,
along the new frontier to the Oxus,
which the Afghan Delimitation Com
mission will delineate as soon as the
weather enables it to quit its uarters at
Tchanshambe. Briefly, the scheme,
which, by the way, is not mere news
paper project, but a sober engineering
design, complete in all details, and
drawn up on the spot by the sur
yeys of General Annenkoff, the con-
structor of the Transcaspian rail-
way, provides for cutting the bank Of
the Oxus near Tchardzhni, and allow
ing the water to run afresh through
some ancient channels running in the
direction of Merv. There is no par
ticular novelty in the idea, the oasis
of Khiva being formed entirely of coun-
try irrigated by an elaborate system
of canals running out from the
Oxus near its entrance into
the Aral Sea, while the
Merv oasis is of similar character, and
uses up all the water of the Murghab.
The channels, we have said, already
run into the desert near Tchardzhni,
and a careful series of levels taken dur
ing the autumn show that if the bank OF
the river be cut, and the channels cleared
of drift in one or two places, the water
will run freely for sixty or seventy miles.
The nomads can then be left to manage
the rest of the business themselves, for
the natives of Merv and Khiva are ex-
tremely clever in making irrigation
| canals, and they would speedily estab-
lish a network, and convert the clayey
expanse-now devoid of vegitation-
| into green oasis, as fertile as any in
central Asia. All that is really needed
is to withdraw from the Oxus sufficient
quantity of water (and Annenkoff's cal
culations show that abundance can be
spared), and year would be sufficient to
| create an oasis capable of supporting a
quarter of million people. In that
| case Russia could march troops from
Askabad and Merv to the furthest parts
| of Turkestan. and despatch the fash
| kent and Samarcard forces through
| Bokhara to Merry and Sarakhs in return,
| without having any desert to traverse,
| and the communications along the new
frontier would be perfect. No doubt
| whatever is entertained in Russia that
| Annenkoff's proposal will be accepted.
London Efaqt1eerinQ.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-03-04
CONUNDRUMS.

A Revival of Venerable Samples of Strict
ly Antiquated Humor.
When is troublesome corn like Henry
VIII? When it is aching IA king).
Why is a doctor never seasick? He is
used to see sickness.
Why is Westminster Abbey like a fender?
Because it contains the ashes OF the great
(grate.)
What relation to the door is the door
mat? Step farther.
Why is door like colored woman? Be
cause it is an egress.
Why is a dogs tail a novelty? Because
no one ever saw it before.
What is the difference between an astron.
omer and the planet Mars? One is a star
gazer, and the other is a gay star, sir.
How did Adam and Eve get out OF the
Garden of Eden? They were snaked out.
Why do white sheep eat more than black
sheep. Because there are more OF them.
Why was Cowper the poet in debt? Be
cause he Oh'd for lodge in some vast
wilderness.
What is the difference between the North
and South pole? All the difference in the
world.
Why is the conscience like a strap of an
omnibus? Because it is an inward check on
the outward man.
Why is lady at ball like an arrows
Because she can not go off without beau
and is in a culver until she gets one
Farm, Field and Stockman.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-03-04
A SINGULAR CASE.
Family Peculiarities Which Reappeared II
the Fifth Generation.

Family Peculiarities Which Reappeared In
the Fifth Generation.
A singular and actual case of mis-
taken identity was related recently to
the historian. A gentleman living in
one of our suburban towns had an init
mate friend whom he was in the habit
of meeting at the depot in Boston every
evening, and they generally occupied
seats together on the ride home. One
evening he entered the train as usual,
and saw, as he supposed, his friend seat
ed there. He took the vacant place be-
side him, and greeted his friend with:
"Good evening, Walker" !
His salutation was returned, it was
his friends voice, but the speaker looked
little puzzled. While engaged in con,
versation upon general subjects, in
which the gentleman noticed a rather
constrained manner in his friend, he
CHANGED to glance behind him. To his
astonishment there was another walk
er" sitting few seats back. He looked
In face and form they were identical.
The voice was that of his friend, also.
Only by slight popularity in dress did
ne realize ti1aG UHc person III Inc rear
seat was the friend he was looking for:
A more perfect double, was never
seen. He rose and seated himself by the
other.
"Walker, is this really your"
"Of course it is. Jones. What is the
matter with youp'
Good gracious! If this is you, who
is that over thereP" and he pointed to
the seat he had just quilted.
Walker looked moment. 1t seemed
as if he were before mirror, so exact
was the resemblance. Then he rose
and seated himself by the stranger.
II beg your pardon, sir, but may ask
your nameP" he said.
The gentleman looked at his double,
sta1sed in surprise, and then said:
Certainly, sir. My name is-Walk-
err'
This capped the climax.
81 knew it, 1 knew itr' broke in
Jones, excitedly. How could it be
| anybody elsep"
Explanations followed. 1t appears
that the doubles, although now meeting
for the first time, were natives of the
same place, and, though not Immediate
| ly related, they finally succeeded in
tracing their origin to a common an
cestor some four or five genations back.
1t is thus that family peculiarities Of
feature and voice will sometimes reap
| pear in successive generations in totally
| distinct branches of the same parent
| stock-BOstO7S Record.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-03-04
John G. Saxe's Full Hand.

Did you ever on a railway ear observe
the many bits OF pasteboard that are
thrust out at the conductors who hesitate
before they punch them and hand them
back with an air that seems to say: "Well
It's none OF my business" and move on to
another? That's the pass" and mighty
useful thing it ia where the shekels are not
redundant and the ways are long. Lectur-
ers find it especially, and Saxe-now
old-once told me one of his experiences
that was very amusing. He had passes on
all the railroads and steamboats, in the
West, he thought, but at one time he
found himselfon short road not down on
his chart upon which he had no ticket. As
the conductor came along he took all his
passes from his hand like deck of playing
cards: Mr.. Conductor" said he, do you
play euchre?" Yes, sometimes" swell
what should you say to hand like that"
II should say pass" and SAKE put up his
cards as the conductor passed laughingly
along.-Boston Cor. Hartford Post.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-03-04

One of the Finest Repartees Ever Pub
lished in This Country.
The following story told of DR.. William
S. White, formerly chaplain of the Uni
versity OF Virginia. 1t is one OF the best
illustrations of quick and apt retort:
When j. L. Orr was Speaker of the
House, he spent a short time at Warm
Springs, in North Carolina, where DR..
White was also. The two had been sitting
for time apart, each engaged with his
own knot of immediate friends, and by
and by the doctor arose and walked across
the room. with the old-time limp in his
gait.
Mr.. Orr Immediately recognized him, and
asked him if ne were not the chaplain at
the University of Virginia at such time,
naming the year. The doctor replied that
he was.
81 was there" said Mr.. Orr, "a student
at the time, and I knew you by the pc
culiar limp OF your step"
well, F" said the doctor. a little severely,
though with twinkle which told that he
spoke iokingly, sit seems that my imping
made deeper impression on you than my
preaching"
"Ah, DOCTOR" quickly replied Mr.. Orr, II
deem it the highest compliment we can pay
a clergyman to say he is known by his
walk rather than by his conversation
Charlottesville Va.) Chronicle.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-03-04

Newspaper.
Proof-reader (readingl-Hon. William
Smith arose
Copy-holder-Witha "y".
Proof-reader-Smithy arose
Copy-holder-Witha ''y' and s'e".
Proof-reader-Then why didn't you say
SO? Smythe arose and saw
Copy-holder-Ran.
Proof-reader-Ran his fingers through
his hair
Police reporter-Smythe hasn't any hair;
he's as bald as a watermelon.
City editor-to reporter who wrote the
article-What do you want to work in
Smythe's hair for if he hasn't any? Don't
you know any better than that?
Reporter tchop fallen)I didn't notice
that he didn't have any hair. I couldn't
notice that and take notes at the same
time.
c. E.-Then how could you tell what he
was doing with his fingers? You had bet
ter try our want column and see If you
can get a situation in a livery stable.
Proof-reader - Well, what shall I do
with it?
c. Cut it all out. 1t is ridiculous to
give half-column report of a speech by a
man who hasn't any hair. Kill the whole
article.-Rochester Herald.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-03-04
WANTED HIM.

A Superintendent Rewards an Honest App
plicant for Employment.
The general superintendent of grea,
railroad was sitting in his Office when a
well-dressed man entered.
.'This the superintendent"
yes
"Glad to see you, sir. My name is
Bakers and want job"
..In what Department.
want position as conductor of q
passenger train"
"Do you understand your businessp"
'Try me once"
81 suppose you would turn in every
cent that belonged to the company"
"No, sir, I'd whack up"
"About how much would you take per
day?"
lowing to business
you'd always make it point to
bring in some little money, wouldn't
your
''Well, I'd help myself first and
then
'.My friend" said the superintendent,
81 want you. You have told me the first
truth that have heard for years. AR
kdnsdD Traveller.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-03-04
lor, take off the odd and I'll pay you

sailor, take of the odd and I'll pay you
the even.'
well, ]" returned the doctor, 1--WE won't
quarrel about trifies.''
The sailor laid down sixpenee, and was
walking off when the doctor reminded him
of his mistake.
seven is odd all the world over. So WISH
you a very good day."
sGet you gone" said the doctor. 81
have made fourpenee out of you, any
how!''-English Exchange.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-03-04
Crude, But Appreciative.

A countryman who had been to see
Hamlet" went into bookstore the fol-
lowing day and bought copy of the play.
"By the way" he said, "who writ Ham
let?"
THAT is a disputed question" replied
the bookseller. Some people think
Shakespeare wrote il, while others believe
that Bacon was the responsible one. You
pay your money and you take your
choice
"Well," said the countryman, as he
turned to go, whoever he was, he was a
burned smart Teller IN T. Sun.