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Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-10
SICKENING SCENES
Resulting From a Fire in sprinsheld
(Mass) Newspaper Office.

(MaSS.) Newspaper oHlCe'
EpR,yGF1ELD, Mass, March 1.-THE new
otti,:r OF the Evening Union vas burned out
1hi. afie1nonI, and the blaze was attended
with the nl,,.t sickening horror ever wit
ncAs i il this city, six OF the employees
met,lt.- II terrible DEATH most ct them
iumpi,.r rom the fifth story aud being
crrs::. q intna III l,,eless mass below. Six
others were badly injured. The tire was
first discovered i'll tn" mailing room, ana
clouds of smoke were pouring out OF the
lower story windows before the fifty Souls
on the upper floor were aware OF thelr
danger. The flames shot up an old eleva'
tor in the rear, cutting off escape by the
stairway. and most OF the employees who
escaped found their way to the ground oy
way of a roof in the rear. The unfortunate
men and women who crowded lnto 1he
editorial room met q terrible tate. Iney
were
CUT OFF FROM ESCAPE
in the rear, and had to face the horrible
alternative of burning to death or jump
| to the sidewalk below and risk frightful
| mutilation. The fire department respond
ed promptly, but it seemed an age before 1t
reached the windows OF the hith story. A
ladder was put to the fourth story ana the
sight of rescue so near seemed TO madden
the suffering group at the two WINDOWS VINO
dronned in succession to the sidewalk be-
Iowi Six fell in this way, some OF them
forced off and some madly leaping, and the
crowd eroaned and turned their heads
away as they
| wBIRLED THROUGH THE AIR.
The dead are as follows:
| Killed-Henry J. Goulding, foreman o.
the Union composing room, burned TO
death. Miss G. Thompson, proof reader;
Mrs. Frederick e. Farley, editorial depart
ment. fell from windo" and kiiieo MT Ir
IT,amseon, Quebec, jumped and killed; W
E. Hovey, OF Boston, 1ell 10 s'uo""'A' A"'
Brown, eompositor.
The injured are-Thomas Donahue' Inn
othv Dunn, Joseph Witty, G. +. Grlswortf
and Thomas Donahue, all composltors
Their injuries are very serious and they may
die Tt ia thought the fire started among
lumber in q closet on the ground hoor. in'
onIv available article for quenching tn'
flames in the Office was an
, OLD WATER CAN.
There were no force pumps or fire buckets
Of anv sort. A large canvas sheet wal
stretched over the sidewalk. Three mel
, i,n,ned on this, but broke through and Tel
tho nayement. A woman also lei
throuob the canvas and landed on the s1ue
! ralL ;nsensible. Joseph Handtord wa
standing on the sidewalk at the emo ol VI
s.a sm;iSine furthest from the corner whel
= Mrs S% Farley fell. He stood bis ground an, u,
: rohaS Mrs ont his arms to catch her. She fe
rsaf3so re, 6is neck, eek throwing him to the groun
senseIess. Mrs. Farley was killed instantly
egn1eort Wa Wandford was soon restored to conscious
noes and was not seriously hurt.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-10

standing that. cold rain is falling. The
palace is guarded by force OF cavalry.
Business in town is virtually suspended
and the theatres are closed.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-10

SAN RENO, March ST. e Crown Prince
will 60 to Berlin by the Brenner route. de
will stay in Berlin no longer than is abso'
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-08-24
IRON ORE.
There Is More Of IL In sight To-Day n
There Was In 1874.

There Is More Of IL In sight To-Day Thai
There Was In 1854.
There have been sold from IrOl
Mountain. Mo-, 5000. coo tons of ore
But there is in sight to-day more ore
than James Harrison saw when he
came here fOrty-Odd years ago and
figured Oh. fortunes for himself and
associates.
The product exceeds 3,0OO,O 900 tons.
The more exact figures are 3.OS5,OO U
tons. What does this mean in dollars:
1t is hard to say. But there has been
times when Iron Mountain ore was
worth $lO.5O IL ton loaded upon the
cars. 1t is even remembered that once
a carload made up of picked ore
brought $ij Il ton. This was an extra
lot wanted for some special work at
Peckham's kimmswick furnace. and il
brought an extra price. The bulk of
the product has gone at 50. -. and q,
with prices Row ranging still lower.
Perhaps. for a rough estimate. s. a ton
might be taken as u fair average. That
means $25.O0O.OCO for the product.
Early operations were primitive.
The ore was picked up from the crest
of the mountain IN chunks. trundled
down the mOuntain-side on tramways,
and loaded on the cars ready for ship
mcnt. Pick and shovel dislOdsed the
masses. Gravity furnished the power.
for the loaded car going down pulled
the empty one up. That was picking
up dollars. One workman was good for
six or eight tons II day. Ore was
worth 80 and $40 a ton. and 100 cars II
day left the mOun.ain for the furnaces.
There Were periods when the ship
ments went over 1000 tons a day. and
every ton meant a s. bill TO the stock
holders. A net income Of 5000 a
day. \ profit of *15. OO0, coo from $25.-
OOO. 1000 gross income.
''Un! um":' said old Tom Dwyer.
''but those were the days when the
mountain made money"
And yet here stands the mountain
to-day. reduced in size, Scared and
furrOwed and tunneled. with more ore
in sight than there was in ISi4.-St.
Louis Globe emOrr0t.
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-08-24
SHINING THE BOOTS.
An Humbl Operation Which Turns I:lAck-
Ing Into Real Diamonds.

An Humbl Operation Which Turns i:lAek-
Ing Into Real Diamonds.
A wise man. says Sturgeon. a
wisdom in every thing, and can find in
structiOn in the most commonplace OBJ
jects. Few persons would think Of
looking for fresh knowledge in the
simple backing of a boot; but it is
nevertheless Il most interesting SUBJ
iect.
Ibid it we occur to yOu," said a
chemist. what u remarkable and
unique process the backing of "a boot
is? You zee. we smear the boot with q
preparation Of bone black, which is en-
tirely devoid of ~luster; and then, by the
friction of u dry brush, make it shine
like the SUM- There is not another pro-
cess like this anywhere in the arts. 80
far as l know. and l never read any,
where any scientific explanation Of the
process l have u theory Of my own,
however, which l will give you for
what it is worth.
1.-The key to the mystery lies in the
fact that diamond is nothing nor than
crystallized carbon. The backing is
little more than carbon paste, and the
friction of u hairbrush. being one Of the
most efficient methods of generating
electricity, has the effect Of crystal
lizing the carbon Of the backing As
soon as this is done, the boot iscOvered
with millions of infinitely small dia-
mOnds, and. of course, begins to shine.
rs q mass of diamonds would. Of
course this is not a perfect explanation
Of the phenomenon. What part the
other ingredients of the backing play.
and especially. why it is that the black
ing must be mOistened, l can not tell;
perhaps some one else can But l feel
pretty sure that the bOOt-blacks are
engaged in turning backing into dia-
mOndS."-N. j. Voice.
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-08-24
FARM N FIRESiDE.

Some one suggests that il is better
woman milk. if he cant do i: without
swearing mt the COW.
DO not use butter in frying fish. rs
it is SUR to burn. and has u tendency
I to soften the fish. Oil is the best. next
to it Lard and clarified drippings.
banana Blanc Mango: One quart
Of boiling milk. four tablespoonfuls
each Of smooth corn-starch and sugar.
boil together until thick; when cool.
add one teaspOOnful OF vanilla. and stir
in three sliced bananas and mold
Good Housekeeping.
Old strawberry beds should be
mOwn down after the fruit is gathered.
This will give u chance for new and
vigorous growth. from which by due
cultivation a thrifty bed a be- made
for next year. The old growth is bet
tor removed than left.
The farmer who waits until hayinS-
time to get his barns and harvesting
machinery in order. will begin his hay
ing late in the season. his hay will be
allowed to get ripe and lose its most
valua6l, Qualities; he will be behind liz
harvesting and all the year.
All birds that feather out early are
hard to raise. and only e,tr,, attention
Of the right kind will save \ large per-
eentage of them. The severe drain
EpOn the system Of the little chicks in
fe;thering is the cause of thiA-Anaeri-
ca~ IgricnIturfSt.
1t IL \ hustler OF a farmer who will
hitch up his team in the mornin. and
drive ten miles in order THAI he Iuay
watch n game Of base ball. while OH
the same day = contest is gOssg DE- at
home. between weeds and corn for the
championship of his corn-iield. There
are men who call themselves farmers
who do this very thing.
A very large part OF the crops
grown upon che farm in the shape of
grain should be turned into meats and
butter and cheese before it is sold In
this way the land is kept in fertility
and the proiuc. is very much mcre
valuable and concentrated. The farmer
who raises crops through the summer
and feeds them through the winter has
prOfits--Pnir1e Farmer.
All forms of intOxicants. however
mild. should be avoided in the haytield-
A pitcher of Lemonade or roof DAT wate,~
is relished. but perhaps the best drink
to be thought Of. is the sweetened water
of the Old-time days. liveued by Il littl,.
Some prefer cool tea or coffee.
but no drink should be furnished that
is heating to the blood or very sweet
Smoked Beef and Eggs: Shave the.
beef very thin. having first trimmed it
carefully: put it in a frying-pan with ~
little cold water. and let it freshen and
for u few minutes; then drain
Off the water; wipe the pan dry: butter
it and put in the meat again. Beat the
put them in with it and add Il
little salt and pepper Stir constantly
until we'll thickened. then turn out into
. hot dish and serve Immediately.
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-08-24
BAKUNIN.

4 short Sketch or the Founder Of the
Dynamite rho Of Anarchy.
The Russian revOlutiOnist, Mikhail
Balsunin. came from an old family. and
was born in the year 1914 ut TOrzhOk.
Tver. He was first in the military
service. and quilted that to take up the
study of philOsOphy Ostensibly. but soon
became noted for his relations with
revOlutiOnists of France. Germany and
Poland. His reputation before he was
thirty years old was that of a resOlute
and reckless revolutionary agitatOr. 1t
is remarkable in looking over the list
of prescribed prominent revOlutiOn;sts
to find so many to be men and women OF
ability. and family. and learning. In
1871 and thereafter he left Russia and
resided variouSly in Germany. France
and Switzerland. Upon his declining
to return to Russia his estates in his
native land were c~Ontiscated. His
course in France made him noted there.
At the request Of the Gar he was ex-
PEELED from France for having made an
infiammatOry speech in favor OF .
Polish Russian alliance for the over
throw of Russian despotism. He was
active in the Slavic congress in Prague
and in the trouble that followed. and
again he had to seek safety in flight.
Berlin furnished him refuge for a time.
but he was al. length expelled. He was
in l849 q member OF the evolutionary
government and . reckless leader in
the Dresden outbreak. He was a pris-
Oner for eight months after the uprising
was suppressed. and he was sentepced
to death in May. 1850. but this was
committed to perpetual Imprisonment.
Then he was surrendered to the Aus
trian government. by which he was
condemned to death and the sentence
committed. The Austrian in turn hand
ed him over to the Russians, and he
was kept in prison until after the
Crimean war. when they sent him to
Siberia. From there he escaped to
Japan, thence to the United States,
orrlvlng here early in 1861. He e
turned to Europe and resided chiefly in
Switzerland. His life has been one UNI
broken series of revolutionary adven-
lures. and his career reads like q
romance. His writings have been con-
siderable. all in the revolutionary line.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-08-24
PECULIAR
Persons Who Makes Living by Buying u
Selling bad Eggs.

Persons Who Make n Living by Buying md
Selling had Eggs.
There was a lively row in progress
in the cellar of one Of the large COM
mission houses ON Duane street. The
belligerents were the porter of the
establishment and a stout German
woman, who held in either arm a large
basket of apparently fresh eggs. The
row itself was over the price of the
eggs. the woman claiming that they
were not worth over fOrty-twO cents
per one hundred. while the porter
held out stOutly for fOrty-five cents.
When the woman who failed to gain
her point had exhausted her stock of
Berlin '.billingsgate" the porter ex-
planned the situation to a reporter as
follows:
''YOu see." he began, ''every barrel
Of eggs that comes in here has to be
'candled.' and when we find one not
up to the mark we throw it aside.
These are either spotted. cracked or
rotten. as the case may be, and of
these. which We call spots. cracks and
rots. we have many dozens each week
to dispose of. This woman had just
bought four hundred cracks and spots
at fOrty-five cents a hundred. What
will she do with them? Why, sell
them to the ioo-cream saloons and
bakeries. not to mention the cheap
restaurants. She will get from five to
ten cents a dozen for them. according
to quality. The bulk Of the eggs, how
ever. will be made into ice-cream.
''Some OF these big ice-cream con-
cerns," he went on, ''use these eggs
altogether. and l know Of some largo
coffee houses who use them to give
their beans q peculiar gloss. As for
rotten eggs, the tanneries buy them.
There IL something in rotten egg that
gives q certain finish to some kinds Of
leather that nothing else will give.
Some Of these women make q good liv'
ing by buying up spoiled eggs. but
their trade is being spoiled by the
bakeries and restaurants who are now
sending their own Wagons otter them."
IN. y. Herald
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-08-24
3 ETIQUETTE.

How to Ac: While Enjoying the Luxury
Of Good Dinner.
Don't eat with your knife. for. as
some writer has said. that is u relic
of barbarism."
Don't feel that you must swallow the
seeds of raisins and small fruit. That
is dangerous.
Don't hang your napkin to your col
lar-buttOn or stuff it inside your collar.
1t was made to protect your lap, not
your necktie.
When you raise your spoon to your
lips raise it laterally to the mouth.
Don't bring yOurelbOw around at right
angles with your face.
Don't be in a hurry. for hurry i'm
plies confusion and disorder. II you
are confused you will surely upset a
dish either upon yourself or your neigh
Dor.
Don't ''saw" your mouth with your
napkin. and don't reach in front of
another guest to get any thing he might
pass you if you had asked for it. as
summing. Of course, that h waiter was
not standing by.
Don't forget that there are other
people at the table a well as yourself.
and that you are in duty bound to be As
solicitiOus for their comfort as you
would be for your OWL. Therefore.
don't spread yourself all over the table.
Don't be afraid to be cheerful and
happy at meals. 'Cheerfulness is full
of Significance; it suggests good health,
a clear conscience, and q soul at peace
with all human nature" Cheerfulness
is the mother OF good digestion.
Don't be afraid to eat hard cheese
with the thumb and fOrefinger. Of
course the soft cheese will have to be
eaten otherwise. Putting = small piece
Of soft cheese upon your bread with the
edged your knife, rs you would butter,
is the proper way.-B0ston Globe.
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-08-24
r 1 OF LONG AGO.

Though Aged. Thsy Arc Still Young In che
Faithful Lovers Memory.
The toast you have assigned me is
one that touches u very tender chord
in my heart. have always felt sorry
for the girls We left behind us. II
seemed cruel at the time. but how
could we help it? Circumstances were
such that we couldn't possibly take
them alOng-we had to leave them be-
hind lis. l think l promised three or
four 20 come back for them in the spring
or early autumn. but l was tho busy
for several years to attend to it. and
after that-well, l was afraid my wife
would not like it. l met one of the
girls we left behind us in the street to-
day. That is, l thought I did. The
same soft. brown eyes; the same sweet.
sunny smile.
as it possible" I said. ''that I be-
hold Miss Sally JOnes?"
THAT was my mothers name" she
smiled, ''befOre she was married. l
am married now. and l have named
my baby after ma"
Great heavens! The girl I left be-
hind me was a grandmother!
l told the young lady who I was. and
she said she had often heard her
mother speak of me. one she used to
know a great many years ago. Then
Iasked about the girls | used to know.
ord vrb.% had bo.D~n of thom fo,,ud
that some. alas, were dead. Others,
who were married. wished they were
dead. Some. who were widows. had
lovers seeking for their hands. Others
not yet widows. Gro seeking for di-
vOrceS.
q. those seminary girls of long ago
how we did regret leaving them behind
us-cxcept one poor fellow who clOped
with one of them. He has regretted all
his life that he didn't leave her behind
with the rest of them.
But we had to 60 and leave them.
Fate beckOaed us on. And. in some
eases the faculty urged us to go. Were
we to blame. then. for temporarily
AOrgcttin. the debts-I mean the girls
we left behind us? Why. some of us
had to leave our trunks!
Arare collection of girls they were.
gentlemen. as l recall them now. Tall.
willowy girls: short. plump girls; black
eyed girls that made us blue. and blue
eyed girls that we were ready to take a
BLACK eye for any time; fair-cOmplex-
sOned girls. brown girls. Smith girls.
girls with auburn hair. and girls who.
not being able 10 match their own hair
in Auburn. were compelled to buy it in
Utica or Syracuse. In fact. there was
about every kind of girl then that there
Is now. except the tailOr-made girl.
who seems to he altogether a modern
creation. Still. tho latter has points in
her favor. While the girl l 30 tenderly
recall possessed virtue. beauty. intel
ligence and many engaging ways. l
must admit that she somehow lacked
the getup-in fact. she hadn't the
hustle of the girl Of to-day.
No. brothers of the olden times. We
must confess that in comparison with
the tailor-made girl of to-day. the girl
we left behind Us had very little left
behind her.
Still, We remember her with tender
ness and respect, and lot us all join in
a bumper to the girls of long agO.-D.
Il. E. Speech by Minor 4. Gris,0Old.
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-08-24
BISHOP
Some Readable Anecdotes Of the Cell
bra.ed English Churchman.

some Ne80aDte A0eCOOtG4 OH tmC Cello.
bra:ed English Churchman.
He rather plumed himself on re-
Numbering faces, and justly 50. One
day, however, he received a somewhat
rude shock. A Hampshire lOut Il do
not know a better word) appeared in a
country church among the candidates.
The Bishop felt sure he had confirmed
him before" The lad opened his great,
wide eyes and replied: ''YOu be a liar"
Wiiberf0rce knew that this was only
the ordinary way = clown knew
how to deny what was not true. So he
was told to kneel down. and he was
confirmed. He was engaged in giving
away prizes a: a middle school, where
there were master and mistress of IN
usually high qualifications. A speech
was made in which the e~xcellencies OF
the master were duly mentioned. but
nothing said of the mistress. Some
reminded the speaker of the
omission. SO with ready tact he
said: Every One here knows that
homo includes woman. So what I said
of the head master is equally apple
able to the head MISTRESS" In a vii
iage school he was giving a lesson on
Jacobs ladder and the angels. and
then invited any child present to ask a
question. %whereupOn an ingenious lad
asked how it was the angels wanted a
ladder when they had wings. The
4uestiOner was a little nOn-plusscd.
but wanting to know what was floating
in the children's brains he called up q
little chap and said: ''Tommy. can you
explain that?" 81 suppose" said. the
urchin, ''cOs they was a-moultin'." A
little girl was found after church with
her pet dog and cat perched up on a
chair while she was solemnly reading
her New Testament aloud. Don't you
know" said she. by way of explanation,
1.-THE bishop told us to preach the gospel
to every creature? Isn't q dog or
. cat a creature?" Some village
children were observed by him making
mud pies. ''Well. my little men,"
said he. land what are you doing
there?" ''We're making a church,
SIR" 20, a church. are you - but
where's the parson:" "Thcre amt
mud enough to make him. SIR" said
an irchin.
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-08-24
FATTENuNG SHEEP.


~ h"sS -
Pays t. N lt.
/ will give you my experience in fat
tening sheep. Ihave for some twelve
years fed either sheep Or cattle. and I
find the most profit in feeding sheep.
Last winter 1 thought ! would try both
cattle and sheep. So November % We
bought II head Of cattle for Sic. per
pound. weighing LOO pounds. and on
December s | bought 10 sheep for the
same money that i paid for the cattle.
and fed them about the same amount
Of feed till March l. / shipped the
sheep to Buffalo and sold them and
had 1922 profit for their feed. We fed
the cattle until the middle of April.
when they went of and we had $27l
for our feed on cattle. SO you see We
had 81 more profit On the sheep than
we had on the cattle, and saved the
feed for six weeks. which was 125
| pounds of eOrn and three tons of hay.
worth 800 more. which We can add to.
the profit on sheep.
W. had = very good gain on our
cattle. They gained 80 pounds u
month per head all winter. The gain
was not so much on the sheep. More
laid on fat, and the fat got out of them
and they brought a better price in thu,
market 1t is not the number ef
pounds that you put On that makes the
profit. 1t is the flesh that they are in
that makes them sell we'll in the mar
ket. l think hat a poor sheep sells
meaner than any other kind of live
stock that is shipped to market. You
may ship an old. poor COW. and some
butcher is ready to buy her. But il
is not that way with an old sheep. He
will have to be sold to the pelter only
for his pelt- But if he were kept at
home for six Or eight weeks and fed
well he would bring a good price.
1 have never tried feeding sheep on
pasture, blu / think if one could fatten
a sheep in winter he would surely do
better in summer o n good pasture and
feed than he would on dry feed. Now.
my ann Of feeding: As y general
thing. / u up corn in the fall, then
when it is dry and the ground i, frozen.
haul out the shock corn and feed it on
q sod where we want TO farm next
season. and give our sheep all they
can eat Of corn and fodder. When It.
Is bad weather we stable our sheep,
and give plenty of good hay to eat.
and plenty OF water. and they will do
very we'll This is the way We feed ou-
cattle the fore part Of winter. and tho
last part OF feeding we grind theircorn.
and stable. and feed all they can eat.
l had some experience in feeding hogs.
and found it very uncertain business.
or account Of cholera. II takes moro
hard labor to feed hogs than it does to
tend to sheep. am looking for some
way Of living without so much hard
labor and wearing Out our land, and 1
think found it when I took up sheep.
Howl Journal
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-08-24

Did you ever notice how incon.
aistent women are: Nothing touches
them in such a tender spot Is the sug-
:gestion of antiquity. and yet what do
nine out of ten. of the dear creatures
when they meet each other on the
street? They say: "Why it's been IN
age since ] saw you'll"