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Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-19

PROGRESS in astronomy no longer
depends upon chance observation, but is
o effected by a division OF labor and a
concentration at certain points upon some
n particular object OF research. Thu
leading ob~servatories all work at special
ties. At Harvard the relative magnitude
OF the stars receives chief attention.; at
Princeton, spectroscopy; at Allegheny Oh.
servatory, the dark part OF the solar spec
trum and the effect OF the invisible heat
rays on the earth; at the National Observ-
atory, positions and orbits of satellites; at
Cincinnati, double stars; at Chicago, the
OF Jupiter; and at Albany and
Yale, the perfecting OF maps of the heavens.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-19

The stage driver who ATTEMPTED to
escape highwaymen in New Mexico, by
whipping up his horses, say the San Fran
cisco Chronicle, doubtless performed his
duty in the matter, but he wal evidently a
hand. The veteran stage driver
accepts the inevitable when he is told to
halt and throw down the box. He may
be a brave man, and it may gall him to
with the demand, but he knows
there is no use trying to
from q Winchester. Bret Harte
has brought but this point very
strongly in 'snow-bound at Eagles" in
which he makes Colonel Crouch give a les
in stage robbery to the tenderfoot who
thinks five men in a coach should not have
surrendered to two highwaymen. It is a
w~ellestab!ished principle on this coast that
The stage driver is not expected to incur
any unnecessary risks, and driving away
rom a well.armed road agent is as heavy a
risk a. one can take in this world.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-19

The new City Council has entered upon
it's work. The future is all before them.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-19

The Mugwumps are not easily satisfied.
Mr.. George William Curtis says that, look.
ing at the. matter as a civil service reformer,
he should say that 1.-The course OF the Pres.
ident, however courageous and however
sincere, must b. a compromise between his
party on the one hand, and the interest OF
reform on the other, and the inevitable re-
suit of such a course will be disaster" To
this the, New York Star rejoins by saying
that Mr.. Cleveland was chosen President by a
party, and he can only carry out any pol
icy he may conceive by means OF a party's
support. He cannot subordinate the whole
conduct Of his great ofice to the single
question OF the ann OF appointing sub
ordinate officers. That he has been cour-
ageous and sincere in maintaining his
promises in regard to civil service reform,
no fair man attempts to deny. But he cam
not force a reform more rapidly than pub
lie opinion will sanction; he cannot at
tempt to widen the scope OF this particular
reform beyond the limits already presented
by law. The only security for this reform,
as well as the many others to which Mr..
VIC . plOuSCN. III lutV WY Slo
tenn OF judicious Cancellation and compro-
mise which Mr.. Curtis bewails as leading to
disaster. Mr.. Curtis declares that he reaches
hisdreary conclusion by looking at this ques-
ton "as a civil service reformer." Suppose
he broadens his views and looks at the
question rs a practical man, in the light OF
history. What great reform has ever been
accomplished, except by gradual progress,
in which what was from time to time
gained fell far short OF anything that FL
thusiasts aimed at? Nay, what great re-
form has ever been brought about under
constitutional government but by the
agency OF a political party gradually ad-
~vancing step by step to a more complete
committal to the principle involved? Let
Mr.. Curtis consider these things, and he
will see that the President is doing well,
and that he is by no means confined to
two roads, each Of which heads to ineyita-
BILE disaster.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-19
INExCUSABLE RECKLESSNESS.

The well-known firm OF Lee w. Foster &
Company, of this city, on Friday publicly
announced that they had determined to go
into voluntary liquidation; in other words,
that they had determined to 60 out Of bus
mess. The firm owes no one q penny, is
thoroughly solvent, and its retirement
from business in Butte is entirely a volun-
tary matter. In the face of this, the Butte
correspondent OF the Helena Independent
advised that paper that the firm had gone
into liquidation, that the particulars were
not then available. that the firm chad been
generally regarded as very substantial and
thoroughly solvent" and heads the hodge
podge big Failure at Butte"
There has been no failure in any sense OF
the word. The firm has been and is now thor
oughly solvent. It chooses to retire from
business, ssit- surely has a right to do.
Mr.. Foster and Col. Estes own a half in
terest in the business OF l.. r. MaiIlet &
Company, Of Butte, which house will be
continued, and own the whole of the house
of Foster, Estes & Company, of Anaconda,
which will. also continue to do business.
The rumor published by the Independent
is untrue, calculated to do injury to the
entire mercantile community, ard the Lnde-
pendent should promptly "sit down. on
it's reckless Butte correspondent.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-19
NOTICE To rp

Inc Ohio legislature has adonted raso
lutions to adjourn to-day. "'p'eo reso'
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-19

IT WAS a quiet Sabbath.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-02-25
How to Tell a Ripe Melon.

1t is certainly not the season fore
melOls, but she following from tn
American Garden journal covers the
ground so completely we give it to our
readers, and advise those who love
that delightful fruit to lay it aside, that
they may be able to buy correctly:
The rinds of melons, when left on the
vines to mature, generally become hard
and the pulp brittle, and when, under
pressure, you hear the inside crack or
give way, it may be regarded as sure
sign that the melon is ripe, aud has
matured well on the vine.
II melon remains on the vine until
properly matured, the side on the
ground will be found to have changed
from a white to pale yellow, and up
on close examin alton, numerous small
pimples will be be noticed on the sur
lace, particularly on the outer edge
These pimples never appear on those
that are not ripe, or have been prema-
turely pulled.
Sometimes the desirable pale yellow
color is produced pIematurely by turn
ing this part OF the melon to the sur
for day or two, but the yellow thus
produced is OF much deeper shade
This, in connection with the absence
of pimples, will readily tell the .expe.
rienced eye how the color was pro.
/ duced.
If the skin will readily peel, leaving
a hard, shelly appearance, it is ~ gooC
indication that melon is ripe; and alsC
If it has dull brown appearance. al
these signs are rarely seen at the sam'
time, but the presence of one is sufi
cient to indicate the ripeness of a
melon.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-02-25
Chinese Remedies.


The materia medica OF the Chinese
profession in something stppendous.
The Pan-tsO, their standard work, is in
thirty-eight volumes. 1t presents IL
s96 formulas, into the make-np Of
which over 1000 substances enter.
While there is almost no end to Chinese
drugs, there.are some substances, which
are favorites in the practice. Among
these are claws and boxes Of the tiger
and ather wild animals, the cuttle-fish,
dragons teeth, fossils, the hide, horn
and bones of the elephant and rhinoce-
rous. the scorpion, sn axe skins, SCOT
and so on.
A favorlte remedy is known as tho
tincture OF five poisons, rlade by Steep
ing scorpions, snakes and other venom
Gus creatures in samshu. This is given
for fever, rheumatism and catarrh.
In some parts OF China it is considered
the very highest degree. OF philantho-
py for the rich to place this tincture at
their doors, to be used without cost by
the poor. Gnnpowder, termed the
''fine drug" is used as a vegmifuge. A
sensible remedy which is Of compare
lively recent introduction among more
enlightenec people, is the gizzard Of the
common fowl, prescribed for dyspep-
sia. But the great cure-all with the
Chinese is ginseng root. The rese M
blance which the root often bears TO
human form, either as the rusult Of
natural growth or skillfUl trimming
is given as the reason for the chinese
faith in the universal efficacy Of this
drug. Large and choice specimens Of
the root are carefully preserved In en-
broidered coverings and inclosed in
cases OF varying sizes, the whole being
locked in brass-bound chests. An ex-
traordinary fine specimen is worth five
hundred dollars. The hunting OF these
roots Is pursued with all The ardor os
gold-seeking.
The Chinese have little use for sur
gerry. They resort to cuPping and
leeching and lancing on a small scale;
and that Is about as far as they 20.
Morbid growths are removed with what
is known as the give tiger specific, ''a
composition Of sulphate OF iron, alum,
nitrate of potash, metallic mercury aud
verditer. In only one respect is their
surgery heroic. They will shove a
4 needle into the body anywhere about as
far it will go.-Dr. G. w. Woods.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-02-25
Selling too Soon.

No kind of farm crop is grown
and no kind of stock is raised
which does not,in a period of years,
furnish a profit to somebody before
it is consumed or worn out with
service. The trouble is that the
profit too often is not in the right
place, and those clearly entitled to
the bulk of the consequent good,
throw it, by mismanagement, into
other hands. The producer should
have a margin when such thing
is to be had at all, and it should
not be the case that he should be
the only one to suffer when depres-
sion crowds. prices down to the low
est notch No man can insure a
profit on everything which he pro
duces, but there is class of pro-
ducts which a good many farmers
fail 10 get as much cut of as they
easily could by better management.
This remark is especially appllca-
BILE to a large proportion of stock
raisers-and the mistake limited at
is that they sell too soon. Many q
calf is sold when a few weeks old
for mere fraction Of what it would
bring at a year old, when the addl-
tional cost oiS leaning would be
much less than the additional price
received ST the greater age. Many
yearling Is turned Tito cash which
in its second year would unques-
tlonably bring much more profit to
it's first owner than to its purchas
er. Many hglf-fat animal is sent
to mai ket just when it is not good
enough to get into the top round of
prices, and yet is so close to that
magic circle that few more weeks
of careful feeding would place it
there. Many a colt is sold at fifty
dollars which ten dollars worth of
brushing and training in its pur-
chaser's hands brings it up to a
one-hundred-dollar price in market.
Yes, a great many mistakes are
made in the disposal of young
stock. The "nimble-penny" princi-
pie is good one, but can easily be
misapplfed just here. This is a
subject on which every intelligent
| farmer can afford to do some solid
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-02-25
ABOUT OATS.
The Small Boys Composition Concerning
the Feline Race.

Cats is an insect what has n
wings and has = long tail. 1t look
like fishworms, only ishworm
hasn't got no hair on it like cat
1 mas. Cats is black and sets on bacI
Ientses and buzzes its wings, which
II hasn't got any. Cats'es like 10
Gusts bout this, scept locust'es pot
wings an cats waves it's talze 'b0v,
Its head an don't set on trees. Cats
was Nameriken invention made
oy a Mr.. Pharaoh of Egypt, Illinois,
bout one hundred years ago or so
expect it has so or mabbe more
so. Anyway this man didn't get
-"t on cats, and they was
conied bv some fnlish man who
carried 'em to New Yorick where
they have ruled things at night
with a tight pair o. strings fur some
daze. Cats has a hump back with
long bristles onto it. 1t has a pair
O. lungs which extends clean back
to its tail, which is long. It uses
all o. these yere lungs in singin'
low, 3eet melodies to the pail, wa
terry mune bout l o'clock in the
morning. Cats sometimes sits on
the comb of a slippery root an sizen
sobs an squalls an strokes each
others whiskers. Cats uses two
legs to sit on, one to stand on an
tother to fan his partner with.
know two cats which did this on
our wood shed. / guess they did
it because they thought they would
shed.
When ] say this 1 don't mean
mood shed, but wood shed. / know
they got up there to shed, for Jack
and me found hatful of catfur an
a pocketful o. claws there the next
mornin'. Wonder why they don't
shed in the daytime? Must be the
mune had something to do with it.
Cats, unlike the insecks, don't
have no stingers. The bumblebee
has. l onc't caught a bumblebee
an. gave it to a cat. Cats don't
like bees, espeshly them what hez
splinters in their talez, wich this
had. The thing stung all the way
down and half way back again that
cat run about seventeen miles an
then dropped down by the shady
side of q haystack an quickly.
without warnin' he hastily died a
sudden death, all at once, for want
of breath.
Onc't when Jack an me were
playln' fishin' in our well with a
tom-cat tied to a string. Jack got
hurt. He had the cat down in the
well, waiting for a bite, and when
his back was turned it crawled up
the brick wall an clawed the sap
outen him. After that Jack didn't
fuIe with cats.
onet knew a man who was wick
ed enough to throw a stove-lid
through a big tom-cat at night, an
the very next day he heard that his
grandmother had broken her leg in
New Orleans and several other
places, which prove how wicked an
sinful it is to disturb the critters;
an that's all I know about cats.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-02-25
DOn't UnderYalua the Rou

To many men make their h.. T.,
tnat they are of little or no oc,o,'S.
wnile they are boys. Lay a resnonsj
oility on a boy, and he will meet n IN =
manful spirit. On no account iono-.
their disposition to investigate. Heir
them to understand things. Epcont-
age tnem to know what they are abopt
we are TOO apt to treat a boys seeking
afier knowledge as mere idle cprIosi
w. Don't ask questions" is Door ad-
vice to boys. II you do not exnIaT,
puzzles to them, you oblige them 20
make many experiments before tbev
ma out, and though experiments,
kno"ledge is best, in one sense. IN an
o-ner 1t is not, for that which can bo
explained clearly, does not need eT1.s.
'mentlng with. II the principle in
vowed is understood, there is no fpr-
tner trouble, and the boy can 20 ahead
tntelligenuy.
10 not wait for the boy to grow up
oelore you begin to treat him as an
equal A proper amount Of confidence.
and words of encouragement and ad-
vice and giving him TO understand
that you trust him in many wavs.
helps to make man of him long be-
lore he is a man in either stature or
years.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-02-25
A Reninisoanoe

An Exchange says: 1t is about fifty
years since "the winter Of the deep
snow" In the winter of 1885, Novom-
ber 20, snow storm set in covering
the ground to a considerable depth
The weather became very cold and
continued so until the following spring
G treat quantities Of snow iell during
winter, until it was four or five feet
deep. It was even with the tops OF the
fences, and February a crust formed so
it was for time possible to drive
across the country in almost any di-
rection. The ground remained covered
until the next April. The fall was a
mider one, If any, than that OF 1885.
The heaviest fall of snow occurred In
December, the night Of the great fire in
New York City.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-02-25
Physical Development.

There is almost no limit to the
physical development and health
that may be gained and maintained
by walking, which Is done for the
purpose of exercise. Any one can
find time and space in which to
walk, and one can find genial com
pany for such trips. A prospective
husband Is not the best company al
such times, for with him the walk
will almost inevitably degenerate
into a saunter; further, no woman
can walk freely when custom or af-
fection compels her to lean upon a
masculine arm. To be beneficial,
walking must be done in shoes
broad enough to let the feet be
placed firmly upon the ground at
every step, and in clothing which
will allow free play to lungs and
arms. The step should be as quick
as can be maintained without caus-
ing uncomfortable increase in the
action Of the heart. The pedes-
trian should breathe through the
nose, carry the head erect, and not
be afraid of becoming high-shoul-
dered.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-02-25
To Get a Good Pasture,

To secure good pasture, the farmer
must not rely on one species of grass
Look over the best pasture, and there
will be found numerous barren spots.
Take these in aggregate, and the iarm-
or Will be astOnished to find he has in
his favori-e pasture at least one twelfth
OF an acre on each bare OF grass, or in
twenty four acre lot, that looks per-
feet in stand, there will be two acres
barren as a rock. He does not no.
tice the number of bare spots, but put
them all together, and he would quick
ly enjeaVor to fill it with a stand OF
grass. The cause OF these spots is tho
presence of some constituent which Is
incompatible with the life OF that grass,
yet the same place might grow anolh-
er kind luxuriantly. Hence the great
Importance of mixing grass seeds in
starting a pasture, or indeed meadow.
The best mixture for purpose is as fol-
lows: Bluegrass, two pounds; sweet
scented vernal, one pound; red-tOp or
herds grass, two pounds; orchard
grass. two pounds; sheep fescue, one
pound Italian rye-grass, two pounds;
red clover, two pounds; alfalfa, two
pounds, and hard fescue, two ponnda
making in all eighteen pounds. Sow
every year until the stand is perfect.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-02-25
EVE THE SECOND.

1t was new years night again.
The old farmer and his wife sat,by
their freside, very much as they
did when we saw them, just two
years ago. But the old man looked
older and more Worn-he had
changed much in these two years.
The last season had been rainy and
crops very poor. He could not af-
ford to hire hand to help him, mol
do the needed work himself, with
his rheumatism growing worse al
the time, The mortgage, instead o.
being paid, vas having this years
interest added to it, and the mar
who held it was determined to fore
close without waiting longer foI
what seemed so unlikely to come
They had not heard from Tom fol
nearly two months, and to add t.
the old mans grief, feeling came
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-02-25
Crumbs Picked Up.

Speak no slander, nor listen to it.
-Tennyson.
How poor they are who have not
patience.
Ollcloth can be washed in butter
milk or kerosene.
Money amassed either serves or
rules us.-Horace
Do not put lemon peel into lem
onade. 1t makes it bitter.
|. TurpeDtine applied to a cut pre-
vents lockjaw.
To cure and heal running sore
apply alum water twice day.
For ventilation, open your win
dows both at top and bottom.
A bit of soap rubbed on the
hinges of doors will prevent them
rom creaking.
"Women would command higher
wages were they as thorough in
their work as men,
In making paste for wall paper,
have it quite thin and we'll boiled.
Use it cold.
When horse refuses to eat allow
him to rest. 1t will injure him to
make him do any laborious task.
While listening to parlor, church,
or concert music, do not torture
others by beating time with hand OF
foot.
A shovelful of:hot Goals held over
vanished furniture will take out
spot STAINS. Rub the place while
warm with flannel.
To PRESERVE SCARLET DYEs.-A
little borax put in the water II
-T----- - - LIZ ND rad .h0r.
which scarlet napAIMS s.4.>.
dered towels are to be washed viii
| prevent them fading.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-02-25

The National Review of Nashville
furnishes the following information
and advice:
Letters come to this Office every
week from young men ia the coun-
try towns inquiring about the pros
pect for employment in Nashville.
We can give them no better answer
than to state that in answer to an
advertisement by the Tennessee
Creamery Company for two men to
drive milk wagons, there were two
hundred able bodied applicants, all
out of a job. Many of these were
young men OF standing and intelli-
gence, capable of creditably filling
much more responsible positions.
Go to the farms, young men, and be
healthy, independent and happy.
The cities are all crowded now and
thousands are homeless and hun
cry with nothing to do.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-02-25
Food for nonsoienon

Never go to bed in any danger of be-
lug hungry. People are kept awake
by hunger quite as much as by bad
conscience Remembering that sleep
Is the essential force which the whole
scheme starts, decline ten or coffee
within the last six hours before going
70 bed. If the woman-kind insist, you
may have your milk and water at
the tea-table covered with tea; but the
less the better. Avoid all mathematics
or intricate study of any sort ia the last
tx hours. This is the stuff dreams are
made OF, and hot heads, and the nuis-
ances of waking hours. Keep your
conscience clear. Remember that be-
cause the work OF life is infinite, you
can not do the whole OF it in any linn
tied period of time, and that, therefore,
you may just as we'll leave off in one
place as another, Hale.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-02-25

Icreep;ng over him that his boy wa
setting s'too fine haired" as he ez
pressed it, to remember his poor oil
parents.
A heavy sigh broke from the far
mer's bosom as he sat t0.>stlng III
feet before the hearth, arr
which, next new years evening, an
other circle might gather. 1t wa
echoed by the mother, for well sh
knew of what he was thinking.
Suddenly there was a sound o
feet and the next moment Ton
himself, strong and hearty, burs
into the room.
"Happy new year, father and
motherr' he cried, fiinging his va
iise in a corner and giving them
both warm greeting. Il thought
I'd bring you myself as new
years giftr'
swell, we're mighty glad to see
you boy, anyhowr' said the farmer.
81 was beginning to think you had
forgotten the old folks entirely"
mo danger OF thatr' cried Tom,
as he took off his overcoat and
helped himself to seat beside his
mother. 'Well, how are times with
you now, father?'
mot so good as might be-" an
swered the old man.
Got your interest paid?"
''Not this year. l couldn't do so
much work as / used to do, his
plaguey rheumatism worries me SO"
Then l guess I'd better stay
here and help you, said Tom, So
berly.
The old man looked at him a
moment and then said; "Do you
mean that, Tom?'
Yes, sir. Didn't l say | had
brought myself for a new years
giftY'
ooh, Tom, Pm mighty gIadr'
said the mother, laying her trem-
bling hand on her boys.
"Then the city didn't pay?" ask
ed the father.
ut did-and it didn't" answered
Tom, slowly. Il have saved mon
ey enough TO pay your interest for
you, father-but / was the only fell
low in our store who did save a
dollar. There are so many ways on
every corner to lose a mans money.
But it was the selfshness, the
struggle to get the most for each
ones self, that disguised me, And
I've come to the conclusion, father
that man on a farm has the best
chance of any body. to be free, hap
ply and honest-if he'll only take it.
I've seen both sides, now, and l can
Judge. And I've come home to
stay, father-here in the fields,
where you can see something be-
sides sin and suffering wherever
yoI look around-Pm willing to be
= farmer the rest of my days!'
THANK the Lord!p exclaimed
the old faimer. And that was a
happy new years night on the old
farm, when the lost son returned,
with bis added experience, TO be
the stay and comfort of their de-
clining years, and add his strength
to lift the load of toll. Not spoiled,
but experienced, and thereafter
satisfied to be farmer"