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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1886-03-10

LONDON, March 6.-Returns issued by
the Board OF Trade show that the imports
during the month of February, decreased
$4,000, 900 as compared with the cor.
spending month Of last year, and that the
exports decreased f47O, 900.
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SIM ugglinK Chlnalnen.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 6.-Capt. c. C.
Brough and c. D. Follstt Stewart, OF the
steamer Australia" have been arrested
charged with allowing Cinnamon to lille.
gally land at this port December 28 last,
when the steamer was last here. Both we're
released on $500 bail. The Captain stated
that the Cinnamon escaped from the vessel
without his knowledge. This is the 6rst
arrest on such q charge.
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The Drum Lummop.

HELENA. Mont. March 6.-The clean up
at the Drum Lummon mine for the month
OF February amounted to $lOL, 900. The
shares of the company were selling on the
London Stock Exchange yesterday ct 81
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new YoRK, March 6.-The weekly bank
statsment shows reserve decrease Of 81.
$4,000. The banks now hold go ESQ.
80 n eRoe0 q I'll loaA 1aaui,pueaa
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MORr CAR DRIVER TROUBLE.

AO6E CAR DRIVER TROUBLE.
New YoRK, March 6,-The strike OF the
Blocker Street and Twenty-third Streed
Cross Town railroad employees continued
to-day, thesituation being unchanged and
everything quiet around the depot. There
is a possibility Of car being started from
the depot before noon to-day. .
Knots OF men stood on the conner ol
Tenth avenue and in the vicinity Of the
Bteecker Street Stables and discussed th1
situation, but most of the men directly
concerned. assembled in their hall on Weet
Thirtyfourth street. They say that tie
employees Of the Bleecker street line waee
not able to present their claims at is
hearing before Commissioner O'Donnelf
yesterday. Some of the men it is said are
obliged to work fifteen and sixteen hours 8
day. and others have been discharged
without any apparent cause. II driver
wants to take lunch and he is one minute
late another man is put on the car, and
the driver or conductor who is late has to
run as tripper. 1tfrequently occurs that
in this way the man does not make more
than sc cents per day. The men
demand Of the company 1926 per
day OF twelve consecutive houre
and sufficient reason for discharge,
forty-ffve minutes for dinner and that
those who now receive $1.$7 per day be
P11u , pcI Ody. hHOtNer SeH0Fai tit-up
is threatened by the Empire Association
unless the company complies with their
request before 2 o'clock to-day The
strikers say they have given the company
the privilege OF running car over the route
in order to retain it's charter, hut this the
company denies. Ten police are stationed
at the stable. Police Superintendent Murray
this afternoon had conference with q
number Of police inspectors and captains,
and ordered detail of 500 men to be
concentrated at the Twenty-third Street
depot about o'clock. The Su- /
perintendent, with Police Inspector Steers
and President French. of the Police Board,
started for the depot in a COS ch.
$50 p. M.-The strike on the Bleecker
Street line still continues, but the general
'tie-up' has not occurred.
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The following beautiful poem wss read at tn
recent National Editorial Convention in Cinctu
natl. by W. E. Pabor, Secretary Of the colorado
| State Press Association:
write me rhyme, said voice to I0e,
Ofthe coral workers by the sea-
Where the coral workers throng. they bu ID
silently but strong.
While the seasons come and 60. under oceans
throb and flow;
Over ALL with white ssils spread and the blue .hx
overhead,
Sail the ships from many lands. sailing out to
l to far off strands.
Storm born petrels dip their wings whe-e each
ship Its shadow nings;
Golden moonlights mellow ray, meets and
mingles with the spray.
And the stars calm vigil keep, Ger these teiIsrs
in the deep.
Midday light and mid night dark, ahine upon or
shrOud some bark
Sailing over cora! island. floating over coral
highland
Hidden in the lucent wave. where these workers
find their grave.
Quaint fantastic shapes they show. chrisms OF
crimsons, star Of snow,
Grouped where storms may sweep the drift till
the waves to star-depths LIT.
Song of sailor. sigh oflover rlse and fall the deep
see over,
For cons ere th' lustrous Drift 10 the light Of day
shall lift
slopins vale and swelling highland. making up
coral island.
When birdsshall sing above It, when bees shall
come to love 1t,
When sun and soil drop on 1t. when some seed
Its bed has won 1t.
where Its rootlets running down, shall gain
strength to lift its crown
On bright blossoms to the SUM- for sweet ltps to
rest upon,
Then the coral reef shall be tair island in tho
sea,
Shaping out as seasons speed. happy homes for
human need.
The rhyme was written: yet to me
Thevofce came. sweet as voice could he:
Now write q rhyme, 1t said of men
Who toll with pencil and with pen.
One by one, within the gloom of some dimly
lighted room
Work in like mysterious way other toilers, nigh,
and day
They toll late and they toll long, building silently
bnt strong
Shrine of bliss or shrOud of woe a. the seasous
come and dgo:
Ahrouen the silence and tho night, shaping for
the morning light
falrer forms than coral show where the ocean
riples fow
These light up the weary way with the splendor
ofthe May;
Sailing over harbor bar, shining under sun a,
star.
they give comfort TO the lowiy, stresthen 1aithtn
hearts grown holy,
Giving sympath to sad ones ioIninu In tho In,
of glad ones.
Unto all. in hut and hall, ny at a moments
call.
Ever Its youth renewing, ever Its way pursuing
When the apple blossoms blow, when the leaves
fall soft and SLOW.
With the snow drop, with the SNOW, while the
rosee come and 60,
what Is this mysterious thing thai can Joy or
sorrow bring
Whose and where the Master hand, suidlns It.
throughout the lande
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BOTH SIDES RETIcENf.

Sr. LOUIS, March 5.-The officers of the
Missouri Pacific Railroad are very reticent,
and positively decline to make any state.
ment further than that they do not all
ticipate any possibility of supplying the
places OF the strikers. Master Workman
McGeary. OF this district assembly, re1
fuses to state the direct cause of the difficulty
and is as reticent as the railroad officials.
It IL stated here, however that the action
OF the Texas Pacific officials in dischare-
ing tho foreman OF the shops at Marshal,
Texas for activity In engaging In orsan.
isina 4he Kniehts ol LAbos AeAnhly a
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that place, is the cause of the present
trouble. The Knights; there objected to
this action and refused to work for tie
company which positively refused to reim
state the foreman. Matters. remained in.
this state for some time each remaining
firm in their intention to defeat each othe1s
To-day general strike upon the entire ey1e
TEN, ordered by the central committee
the Knights is the latest move by the
workmen to force the company to acced9,
to their dema nds. - .5z.r -
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TIE BUTTE DAILY MINER
PrBIIeHED BY THE
Miner Publishing Co:
TER RMS-RY Al4fL.
T1ak CORAL WORKERS.

The following beautiful poem was read at the
recent National Editorial Convention in Cinciu
natl, BY W. E. Pabor, Secretary Of the Colorado
State Presa Association:
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Fort WORTH, Texas, March t. - The
Texas Pacific strike is failure. The places
OF the strikers have been filled with the eA-
ception of a few machinists, and freight is
moving as usual. 1t is believed yet that a
big strike is being planned which will include
all the roads in the Southwest, bat nothing
definite can be learned in regard to such
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-12-18
\ Dram attic Incident.

Assour readers are aware. General
Gordon was called from Atlanta on the
2fth ult. by telegram announcing the
serious Illness OF his father, the Rev.
ZlCk Gordon, at his residence in Ala
bama When he arrived ne found the
old gentleman much better-iu iuli pos
ssio1 Of his faculties conversing cheer
iully with those about him and actually
joking with his physicians about their
treatment of his case. The governor was
Obliged by the pressure of official duties
To hurry hack 10 the cap tai. In taking
leave of his father scene occurred
which as it has been reported TO US was
quite as dramatic and much more affect
ing than that between Hamilcar and
Hannibal when the father raised his boy
in his arms that he might place his
hands upon the bloody sacrifice which
lay upon the altar of his god and swore
him to eternal enmity TO Rome.
A the father and son. with hands
cia-ped and eyes fixed upon each other,
in what they felt was their last parting
surrounded by weeping friends and rela
tivss. were bidding each other farewell,
the aged minister of God said to his son:
My son. 10 YOU remember that in 1861
when you left me, | soiemnlv dedicated
you to the service of your God and of
your country"
.'It-, father" replied the General,
with eyes suiTuSed with tears and cheeks
aglow with feeling, yes, my father |
remember the incident distinctly"
.'My son." then said the father, al
ways remember 1t as long as you live. ]
hope that God has accepted the gift"
These were the last words uttered by
him to his sOn. There are many pjctur-
e-que passages and dramatic scenes IN
the life of Gen. Gordon which will live
in song and story, upon the canvas of
the painter and the page of the histo-
rian. bur we doubt if there is any event
in his eventful career which il 80 sugges
tive of noble thought. or which can 50
stir the best and deepest feeling. as this
parting with his father.-OriuHdU Rec
ord
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TRANPS MUST BE. DROWNED.
Westchestcr County Supervisors
Have Passed n Law otIat feet.

Westchestcr County Supervisors
Have Passed a Law TO that feet.
The resolution offered bv Mr. Joseph
b. See in the Board of Supervisors of
Westchester county, which provides for
the drowning Of tramps if they fail to
bail water. Is no longer looked upon as
a joke. All the humor was taken out of
II yesterday by the adoption of the res y
luton by a vote of II to 8. Westches
ter county will very soon become one of
the most diSagreeable summer Or winter
resorts for tramps on the face of this con-
tinent, because under the terms of this
resolution the tramp must work or die
As idleness ana life are very dear to the
Westchester tramp, the resolution will
strike terror To his heart and compel him
TO shun The county as a future base of
operations.
The resolution provides for the erec-
tion of a building on the county farm so
constructed with apartments as to be
Hooded with water TO The depth of six
feet. When tramp is caught the JUS
tice or magistrate il required to senten ce
him to this tramp PIT. He Is To be
placed IN one of these compartments,
and the water is To be turned on. To
save his life he must bail the water out
as fast as it comes in, or. in the Ian
guage OF the resolution, ''be submerged
thereby.
BY { Q terms Of the resolution the
County Treasurer, at the demand of
the committee on supsrintendents of
the poor, shall borrow upon the credit of
the county the sum of 10000 The
adoption Of the resolution created a good
deal of comment yesterday in White
Plains, because what appeared to be
JOKE has been turned into "A stern reality
When Nr. Sse called his resolution from
the table and moved its adoption there
could be seen - good many broad smiles
on the faces OF the members aud the Wis
itors, but when the resolution was ad ID
ted the smiles changed To "A look of as
tnnIshmenu-
IL seems that the Legislature will have
To pass an act permitting this mode of
punishment before court can inflict i: :
hut the place OF punishment can be built
without the aid of the Legislature. An
other resolution was, therefore. adopted
requesting the Senator and Assembly
men OF the county to secure passage of
the necessary SPECIAL tramp act as pro-
Vided in the resolution. The committee
ON superintrndents Of the poor will
erect the building. .-Nctr York star.
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The most beautiful woman IN New
ork-who IL she, what is she and what
IS she like: Laying aside the often dis
puted question a. To whether her beauty
Is purely or in part subjective or obiec-
tive. this title is said to belong now TO
the beautiful widow of the late Louis c.
Hammrrsley. who has Just reappeared
In New York society after the conven-
tIonal period of mourning The records
show her to he the daughter of Com.
Pr e., Of the United States Navy. and
locate her birth in Trov, " y. a little
over twenty-siN years ago She is tall,
erect and slender. and has face of unu-
sual sweetness. Her costumes are Won
ders of artistic construction, and she
has not this season worn one of
them twice. Her jewels, to-, have been
changed every night When still quite
Young she married the eccentric Mr..
Hammersly. who was as rich as Croa-
sus. and is erratic as Edgar \. Poe. Ii
ever woman was wildly loved it is said
that Mrs. Hammersly was that woman.
Both before and after his marriage the
husband of her choice Iavished atten-
tons upon her. said aud believed her the
queenlIest OF queeniy women, and prov
Ell his sincerity by b9queathing his en-
tire fortune 10 her. The tattlers tell that
she was won by her husbands money
and not by his intrinsic worth. but her
quiet devotion 10 him during her five
years of married life is an argument
they never touch Not many women.
even IN moneyed New York. can boast
OF having =. 900. 900 in her own right.
and yet Mrs. Hammersiv has more than
that IN addition 10 her physical charms.
-Ehitddeiphid Times.
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Captain McNicken. of the steamship
mbria. has just completed his >. ven
hundred and ninety-ninth transatlantic
voyage.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-12-18

Progressive Jack-straw parties are TAX
ing the place of progressive euchre par
ties In fashionable Louisville society.
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NJ. W. king & CO.,
CrOC K . z
Wholesale and Retail,

WHY It wJI pay ycu 10 r.uy from VI. W.
King y 90.
BECAUSE they keep the largest stock to
select from.
BEG + they Tav less rent. and can sf-|
ford Up sell ylta E-t-T.
REC Al ~. y he'c auN other house buys II
juI an worth IN, buy n hundred thaV-
iu- a .iaCkSUHN lie house. and hIS ing
thus Din Ian ger Vsal Rli icS. Cet better
pTI,-t-~, ami gstU afford Ia sell cheaper
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hart ucu~aTv,
WoOdenwsre.
stone anu Tluwars,
Chandeliers.
La mps ami Brackets.
Monitor % J stoves.
Fruit Jars and Water Coolers.
FFcvECrS and Rvfri. orators,
show Cases, Cutlery.
Silver Plate. Hotel Goods, anl
Gas Fixtures.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-06-06

Ihe bills came must stand the los The
girls seldom mako Il mistake, and II
they do So or pass counterfeit without
noting it, thev mus; make the mistake good,
and the amount j.. taken out of their salary
They can tell. however. bat hill simply
hv feeling it. and bank cashier will max" a
hundred mistakes where they make one
Not long ago one Of these young lady
counters was engaged upon lot Of -"
notes She hat been dropping the scraps "n
the floor Inside her in pile, after verifying
the count " bile shr was counting pack
age she " ,uld lay thus scrap. marked with
the name Of the bank which sent II, on the
table beside her At last she came To a
pa,.ka-r that contained only ninety min"
notes, and on locking for the scrap was ter
rified 10 fin that it had fallen among the
others She was sure she knew III nam" Of
the bank. tut he crud not p,ove IL In"
hank was notified and refused 10 acknow
edge the mistake and the poor girl was
forced to pay the SloH
Both sexes of clerks at Washington work
in the same department. and II Is often the
case that Young men and Young women
have 4 .sks sld, by side There is no
restriction as to their social intercoursc,
and it Is IA matter of surprise 10 outsiders
that 50 few marriages occur among the
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-06-06

clerks. 1t is not thai the girls are not good
looking, nor that they are not good neat and
Intelligent And it is not that the men arr
not noble and attractive. Washington liv
ing, however. is expensive, and it is contrary
to the rules Of the department that
two members Of the same family should
hold positions under the government
The ladies in the departments earn
enough to keep them respectfully. and
tn do not care 10 marry a II an who has no
arger incoma than themselves and have in
the end not as much pocket money as before.
Many of the marriages which do take placc
are with men outside of the departments.
and it is not an uncommon thing here for
good looking clerk to marry congressman.
a senator, or newspaper correspondent
Mrs Theaker who is to he Stanley
Matthew wife, was a government clerh
when she met ami marie Judge Theaker.
a former commissioner of patents STEPHEN
A. Douglas married a department clerk. AMI
Attorney General Brewsters' wife, although
she was Robert J. Walkers daughter, Wa
working in the departments when be fell III
owe with her.
don't think wom N are justly treated IN
he departments Men who do The same
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-06-06

There are 400 women in the goycrumen;
departments at Washington, and among the
est looking and most intelligent la les OF
the capital are 50 employed They come, As
rule, from good am f. Many Of them ar"
the widows of noted gen ra's, the dauE Ehters
of ex- governors ami nlrx-congrc-smen, AMI now
and then YOU will find the relative of presI
dent or a cabinet mini ter Many Of them have
travc ed widely, and the great ma Jority are
educated and refined iGdIe- They do al
kinds Of work and reCrive salaries ranging
.r,ru s.-U 10 SI.NyU a year AS money
counters they are much more expert than
the men, and the rapi ltv with which they
can count thousands up IhouSantn Of dol
lars without making mistake makes
your brain whirl Il, You watch them
These mon Y counters get about 80
n month. and they count millions
Of dollars every month At ne side OF Zach
on" on the Table lie great plies of -reenhackS,
done into packages a they come from the
press am speaking now of the redcmptlon
bureau Of the treasury Th'se bill, are old
and dirty. Tn strip of paper around each
package OF lnn hIl, states where they came
fr m and who Gu lte IN IN in the . untry.
The Young lady takes this OF. and moist
ing her fingers with wet spon- r" m Ire nj
of her. she counts the bills like lightning,
and if the rnc>age is not right, sh- i'p"rts
80 TO the chiet. an the banks from which
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-06-06
beginning ofM. ZoIa's Career.

Zola is the son of a Lombardian en-
gineer, but born in Paris He is claimed
by the Italians and adored by the Rus
slams, especially the nihiliSts. At the aye
of Is he began his struggle for life, and for
two years he lived in abjeCt misery. One
winter his parents sent him some olive OH,
and that, with bread soaked in il, was his
diet for months. Zola keeps some of that
oil as a curiosity. When he succeeded in
entrapping Il sparrow, he roasted the bird
with curtain rod for u spit When he
pawned his coat. he had To stay indoors
for days, wrapped in a blanket. He called
this doing the Arab He never lost
courage, and when very hungry he wrote
poetry, but, knowing that was not his
fnrte he returned to prose. 4 situation
in publishing house WAS the beginning
of a new career for him. Then he became
journalist and critic ia Confession de
Claude" is his autobiography. There he
describes " nat he has experienced. Those
who rage against society are usually the
ones who understand the bitterness of life,
and Zola paints wicked and brutal people
wcll-too well Now that he is rich, that
his books reach their hundredth edition,
and that he may be called the foremost
author in France, he turns his back upon
the society which neglected him IN his un-
happy DAYS Paris Letter
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-06-06

IN CHARGE OF THr REGISTERED LETTERS
1t is a fairly we'll paid set of troops
Fifty eight hundred of It's number receive
salaries which range from SAH TO Sl,NVS a
year, and all from chiefs to prIvates are al
lotted vacation of one whole month, at
almost anv time of the year they choose To
take it. Many OF these clerks receive higher
Ii an 81 so wear. and some range as high
rs SsOO0 The cabinet minister gets this
ard he is nothing but a clerk of the highest
grade Many Of his assistants or heuten-
ants receive from E. 90 10 SG."0 and there
are a great many clerks who arr paid by the
dav, and whose fees are a, much as a con
greSsman's salary.
This army Of clerks never strike. 1t Is
content with its wages ami has no reason
10 complain of its hours Of work. Ihrse
hours are practically only SIX daily. The
dcuartmen open at o'clock, and the
clerks are expected 10 be at their desks at
that hour. They work steadily until noon,
and then take usually am hour for luncheon
At o'c.ock they are hack at their desks
and at their days work Is done.
The treasury contains between 3, 500 and
4 .GUO clerks Ii is the largest department OF
the gov nrnment, and the scene at its doors at
4 p. m. Is one Of the sights Of Washington
At this moment four human streams pour
forth from its various exits and The streets
become crowded in a moment
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-06-06

class Of work often receive higher salaries
than the women, and sl,4o1 clerk and
81 900 clerk are employed On the same work
at times and the 5000 woman perhaps
does the most 1t va ii leG2 that women
entered tn service As copy lists and counters
at a salary Of S13J per year. They were not
G lgibIe to cerkships- At this sam time the
men appointed 10 clerkshi received Sl,3O
"a year, and later, when the salary of sucu
women was raised 10 $3.50, men doing the
,ame work ", re paid As hi b as 81 2oO and
81 coo per anuum In 1870 women were
made eligible to cerkshipS, and since then
they have been promoted until now two re
ceive 81, SOU a Year. But the b gh priced
women rrks are vey few, and men who
do as good work receive a a rule better pay
and are more certain of holding their pos
tiO4s-
The young men, in the departments, as
a rule, have no one but themselves to care
for. and if you ask them why they are not
married. they will TIL you that their salary
i not large enough lor them TO support
wives Nearly all Of the single women in
the departments have others depending
uron them MIny of them send their
sisters or brothers 10 school, and many of
them are widows, VINO in this way supp TT
and educate their families
Some OF the Old lady clerks are very fine
lookiny, and some of them had noted careers
in society before going into the depar meItts
One | know who had jefferson for an ances-
tor. and another perhaps the most beautiful
of the white hairei ladies' of the treasury,
was the wife of al Ohio governor who was IL
great friend OF President Lincoln. Another
o Io governor hrs dAu ;hter IN the depart
mrntS ani one of the fine old ladies of the
pension utli'o, now gr,at grandmother. Is
Kansas woman. who was the first woman
clerk ever elected by legislative body in
this country TI..sc old lady clerks dress well,
and among then are some of the most agree
able Ia kerS in Wa ,hington- Their hearts
are young though their hair is white, ani
they are almost as fascinating now as when
the bloom was on their Che-ks and they We're
the Nelles Of their native states