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Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-31

THE BALLOT THE TRUE WEAPON.
President Corbin's announcement that
hereafter no union men of any kind will
be employed on the Reading road, is a
stab at organized labor which Mr.. Pow
defly resents. In a scathing letter on
the subject he tells the wolkingmen
some wholesome truths. Here is an ex-
tract which every workingman ought to
read and ponder well: -
shout for eight hours il you will, men,
but what are your short hours il, during
the time you are not at work, Austin Cor
bin shall dictate what you shall not doP
Don't blame Austin Corbin for what he is
doing. Be men, and take the responsibility
on your own shoulders. It is coSardly to
whine about the expressions 81 capital
when'w 70 have a remedy in our own hands.
1t is worse than cowardly to knowshow to
do q thing and not to do it. There is no
remedy while the state of Pennsylvania is
cured with the presence OF millions OF
.Democratic and Republican w~orkingmen
ho'do not realise that they should be
citizens, ireemen, patriots before being par.
tasans. What will you do, I ask? How
will you remedy the evil short OF ANARCHY
revolution? I answer, through a wise,
1udicious use of ballots. Right here let me
say to you that the man who now hints at
deeds oil violence as a remedy is a traitor
to the state. II, after all that has been
told you, you do not know how to apply |
the proper remedy, then your case is hope.
$500 a.' |
1t is a fact, as Mr.. Powderly states,
that the laboring people have only them
selves to blame for any grievance they
may have. United, they could sweep the
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-31
LANDS IN

What shall be done with the Indians I
This is a question of growing import
ance, Notwithstanding the constantly de-
~creasing numbers of the nations wards.
Under the present system, the land which
supports one Indian would support many
white men. Hence the present system is
not an economical one.
The Indians should be made self-sus-
tanning. This will never be done by
teaching them to depend upon the gov
eminent for subsistence and then
being placed on land not sus-
ceptible of cultivation. They would,
in the end, doubtless do better
by being given, each family, a certain
number Of acres, and made to understand
that they must be peaceable and must de-
pend upon their own exertions for SUBJ
sistence. The money nov expended for
them could be used advantageously, for
a few years, in providing systems of irri-
cation, in buildings and in farming and
household utensils.
This would pave the way to self-sup-
port and useful citizenship.
AT the same time it would throw open
to white settlement millions of acres of
lands that are at present merely the
stalking grounds of more or less savage
hordes.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-31
Butte is the place for the capital.

As an argument in favor of irrigation
wherever such thing is possible, and as
showing the great waste of water now
going onthrough natures prodigality, it
is interesting to note statement now
going the newspaper rounds, to the effect
that an average of five feet of water is
estimated to fall annually over the whole
earth. Assuming that condensation takes
place at an average hight of 1900 feet,
scientists conclude that the force of
evaporation to supply such rainfall must
equal the lifting of $4,000 pounds of
water 5000 feet in every minute, or
about three hundred billion horse power
constantly exerted. Of this prodigious
amount of energy thus created a very
small proportion is transferred to the
waters that run back through rivers to
the sea, and a still smaller fraction is
utilized by man; the remainder is dissi-
pated by space.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-31
Lost i'm a Nevada Desert,

From the Virginia City "Chronicle:" The
writer OF a private letter from Sands
Springs, Churchill county, relates that a
man who had been lost on the desert for
several days recently reached there crawl.
ing on his hands and knees. He had been
q long tine without food or water and was
delirious. 1t required "a hours for the nm
fortunate man to crawl the last four miles
OF his journey to the Springs. The flesh
was worn of his knees from crawling over
rocky ground. He was nearly Invested Of
clothing having torn it from his person to
bandage his feet. The man was taken to
Saltwater. the county seat, and from there
9 to San Francisco for medical treat
ment by the Churchill Commissioners. The
name OF tie unfortunate man was not
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-31

into effect to-day on the Fort Worth road
via Galveston and the Gull OF Mexico, will
Be met tomorrow BY a similar rate on all
other trunk lines centering in Denver.
This latter rate is authorized by the
Transcontinental Association, and will ap-
ply to all roads affected by the Fort
Worth's action.
Shipments may be made by either land
anil canal route, by gulf from Savannah,
or by Galveston and the gull, as deemed
expedient. The reduction, however, does
not apply to all-rail routes.
So far no tariff has been issued affecting
the grain shipments which, SO far as the
AGRICULTURAL states of the West are con-
eerned, are by far the most important, and
whether there will be as yet ia purely q
matter OF conjecture.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-31

In endeavoring to monopolize the
brewing interests Of this country, the
English are but repeating history in
their own land. A new work on beer
shows that there were twenty-sixa brew.
cries in the city Of London and suburbs
in 1856, one-half of which was owned by
foreigners. The total quantity brewed
then raj $4,000 barrels. In 1887, 49,
100000 barrels Of ale alone were brewed.
Bass & Co. began in 1717; but the oldest
important brewery was that Of Truman,
Hamburg & Buxton, which began In 1858.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-31
A Big Bullion Bar.

Professor J. N. Flint, a former Comstock
journalist and principle and superintendent
OF schools in Storey county, has a two
column letter in Sundays San Francisco
''Call' relating "reminiscences of the Com
stock in early days. The Professor is a
profound mathematician and has figured
out that the total bullion yield OF the
Comstock lode il run into a single bar
would form a solid mass &c feet in length,
26 in width and 26 in height.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-31

From the San Francisco "Chronicle":
Ten-year-old Arthur Higgins, the son of a
rich New Yorker, was shipped by express
from New York city to San Francisco last
week, arriving here on Tuesday The lad
was consigned to Charles Williams the
clerk of an uptown hotel. Mrs. Higgins,
the mother OF the boy, is sojourning for the
season at San Jose, and the boy was sent
her yesterday. Arthur enjoyed his trip
hugely, and in an hour after his arrival
here was in attendance at a baseball game
at the Haight-street grounds.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-31
~rELE6RAPHIC BREYITIEs.

The csar,s uncle, the Grand Duke Con
stantine, 10 dying.
The strawboard makers OF the country
have united in one ompan -
trust.
The Monmouth races, Saturday. were
poetponed on account OF RAIN.
Jake Kilrain and Johnny Murphy were
ataken i'm while on q spree in Baltimore,
| Thursday.
Charlemange Tower, q prominent lawyer
~ PhIiadeluhio, died at Waterville. N. +,
Thursday.
/ Mayor Mosely OF Cincinnati says the po-
I;ce force will be increased, il necessary, TO
enforce the Sunday closing aw.
.Iames Kelly, colored, made q criminal
assanIt on Mrs. Peter Grow, and was taken
from Jail at Paris, KY. Friday morning
by 3 mob and hanged.
Application is being made to the OTTAWA
government to guarantee the bonds OF tne
Canadian cable company to the exten1 OF
hall O million dollars.
Entries for the t~rotting races at Roches-
ter, N. Y, from August t to l6tn are
closed. Eighteen owners made entries ior
the $4,000 stake, among them w. ID. NC
Carly OF Los Angeles. California.
A cablepram from London was received
nv the .sPolice Gazette Friday, saying:
Sullivan has refused Smiths challenge.
Smith claims the championship belt.
Smith is ready to fight anybody for the
belt and E 1000 q side.
Advices from the front state that three
columns of deryishes are marching TO rem
force the rebels. It is believed when these
effect q junction with the main body q
grand attack will be made on the Egyp'
tian forces.
James Mccall OF West Troy surrendered
to the police in New York, Friday after
saying, 81 have kicked my wife to
death" at Providence, r.. ]. Investigation
proved the truth OF the statement. McCali
says his head had been hurting him.
The British steamship Floridan has ar
rived at New Orleans, having left Port-au'
Prince, Hayti, July 20. At that time the
forces of Hyppolite completely invested the
city, and were firing necessarily. The be-
sieged, however, were confident the city
could not be captured. The army OF the
north gained no advantage since July IL.
The Richmond Papercompany suspended
Monday morning. The company sus-
pended sometime ago and have been work
ing under AN extension, $500, 600 new
capital being paid in secured by a mort
gage subject to the first mortgage held by
the hnOQ0 lSl6nu nObpiUdi 1Tue" w.
$4,000.
Mary Ayers, a demented woman 70 years
of age. who engaged passage by the Ham
burg steamer, Augusta Victoria, which
sailed from Hoboken, N. j., Thursday,
was taken in charge by. the police. She is
q woman of culture and says her husband
is proprietor and editor OF theLos Angeles,
California, Herald" She will be held
until friends can be heard from. She
claims to own considerable property in
California,
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-31
The Counts Close Call.

Count speghatti dainty touching Miss
Rursestrings's hair)-'Ah, it il like re finish
on re rose. It reminds me of re hair of ze
man I used to shave long ago."
Miss Pursestring-"shave, Count! Whv.
what al you mean?"
The Count collecting himselD-"Yes.
mamseile. In country it IL ze custom
tor ne noblemen's IONS to shave each other
for pleasure" (Aside.) II will kick nv.
self for a month for zat."
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-31

Residents In the vicinity of the late
IRE, are complaining at the stencil aris-
ing from the remains OF the burned
horses, which. it Is said, are still lying
In the debris. What is the board of
health at that 1t does not attend to this
matter? This efiuyia may do much to-
ward breeding q pestilence. There should
not be another hours delay in remedying
this matter.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-31

Mans devastation Of the forests with
the Ak ia fearful, and gives rise to grave
apprehensions Tor the future. But when
the work Of the ~, is supplemented by
that Of the flames, the situation is but
little short Of oappalling. Behind both
Of these agencies of destruction is man.
People who are without offspring, may
care naught for the future; but those
who have children owe them q duty OF
trying to make life as bearable as posi-
BILE for them and their descendants.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-31

The first number Of the Glasgow "Her-
aid" was issued last Saturday, at Glas-
gov, Dawson county. 1t is a neatly
printed eight-column folio, with Morse &
Geer publishers, and Independent in
politics. The publishers state that having
been in nearly every part of the United
States, they have settled down in Mon
tana from choice, which is certainly a
compliment to Glasgow, as well as the
whole of Montana. The MINER wishes
the Herald" success.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-31

GREENWOOD, Bohm & Co., of Helena,
have issued q map OF Montana which is
said to be 'the only correct map of Mon
tana ever issued" Whether this state
ment be true or not, it is a fact that the
map h a good one. The firm offers to
send any number Of these maps to all
who will enclose stamps for mailing the
same.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-31
PENSION BUREAU RATINGS.
The following is from the New York


The following is from the New Yorl
WORLD:
The whole pension system should be re
iormed. Every disabled and really needJ
veteran should have a sufficient pension tc
keep him decently, and to that end every
mere beggar, every man who has money OF
She capacity to earn it in sufficient amount
for his support, should be stricken from
the rolls. When suci men accept Den.
Hions they not only sponge" upon the
substance OF poorer people, but they rob
the actually needy and disabled veterans
OF what 10 justly their due.
To this the Tacoma Ledger" thus
responded:
The Hon. Joseph Pulitzer should be pro.
vided with q seat in Congress at once. When
he WI there he lounged about the corridors
and picked up news, but he didn't legisIate
for he did not know how. Congress passed
certain laws for ~pensioning the soldiers of
the war and she is going to take care OF
them in spite Of the 'variocinations" of the
Hungarian adventurer who runs the New
AUTH WOEiu.
Subsequent events prove that the
Worlds" demand was timely. The COM
ment OF the Ledger" is entirely irrele-
vent. What Pulitzer did in Congress
has nothing to do with the case. How
ever, it might be added that his record
there was entirely creditable, and the
vilipendency Of the retort will not hurt
World" nor its proprietor.
The investigation that has lately been
proves that che Republican off
,ials themselves think there is something
wrong in the department, and tends to
the press demands for an
'verhauling. /
BY the way, what's a "variocination ?"
f." ~.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-31
WASHINGTON NE IFS BRIEFS.
Good News for Ten Thousand Letter Car
riers-A Contract Signed,

Good News for Ten Thousand Letter Car
riers-A Contract Signed.
WASHINGTON, July 26.-The flee de
partment has just allowed a claim for com.
p~ensation for extra work that will affect
10000 letter carriers now in the employ Of
the government. The law making eiobt
a days work for letter carriers went
into effect May "a, 1888. 1t, however. nro.
vided no means of being put into effect, and
the matter went by default till a DISCHARGED
letter carrier had filed a claim. This claim
mas Deen established and he has just been
paid SAC.
The contract with the Union Iron works
OF San Francisco for the constrnc+;,, =.
c~oast.delensev vessel, was signed TO-DAY b1
1ne secretary OF the treasury. The contra ~
price is 500, 900. 'on'race
Inc secretary OF war has authorized tho
expenditure OF $4,000 to comnlate the e
water supply of Fort D. A. Russell. 'ne
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-31

Five children lately died from a mys-
FERROUS malady at the Wards island hos
pital, New York. They all died within
twenty-four hours after the malady
manifested itself, and all exhibited the
same symptoms. DR.. Marpel, who had
charge of the cases, declared the deaths
were unquestionably due to milk pois-
Oning.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-31
Plead Not GUILTY..

Rose Jenkins, the woman who suddenly
gained so much notoriety by marrying !,
u. jenkins, Sunday night, while the latter
was drunk, was arraigned before Judge New.
kirk yesterday charged with grand larceny.
Before her marriage the m was known
among the residents of East Galena street
as "Dntch Rose" and was considered as
tough as any OF habitues of that portion
CT the city. The complaining witness is
her husband and he charges his wife with
having robbed him OF $500 the first night
OF their marriage. To this charge She
plead not guilty and was released on $500
to appear for examination Monday at 10
a. m
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-31
NORTH VEST NE WS NOTES.
Walla Walla's Peaches Seattle's Saw
Mills-She May Recover.

Walla Walla's Peaches - Seattle's Saw
Mills-She May Recover.
The Idaho "Republican" is an eight-page
Republican newspaper recently started at
Pocatello.
Walla Walla will ship peaches soon at
the rate OF fifty tons per day, SO says the
''Union."
The Illinois Investment company, of Ia
coma, has increased it's capital stock to
100000.
A bear wal killed within the limits OF
Port Townsend last week. 1t was driven
in by forest fires.
The sum OF SIS, 600 has been subscribed
in Seattle toward the new hotel to be erect
ed. $4,000 is needed.
An aggregate of about 5000 cases OF
Columbia river salmon will be shipped di-
rect to England this season.
Three peaches to the pound is the way
they grow them over at Walla Walla. They
were raised by EN-. Aeils.
Six sawmills are now running at Seattle,
and cutting about $50, 600 feet daily, in re-
Spouse to the active demand for lumber.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-31
~IrrigatiOD in Montana.

Washington special: Major Powell, in
his report to the secretary on the matter
OF irrigation, says that one oil the prob
lens to be solved in Montana is the general
character OF the work which will be required
to bring the water upon the higher lands,
which latter are vast in extent and gener.
ally deficient in water supply.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-31

A "JACK THE RIPPER IN MORALS
Those who have read Tennyson's mos
beautiful song, "Locksley Hail." will
readily recall the lines: a... va
Through the shadow OF the globe we sweer
into the endless day, - i ,
Better fifty years OF Europe than a cycle
OF Cathay.
These lines are recalled on reading an
expression said to have been made BY the
Shah Of Persia, now in London. The
Shah's ideas OF life. be it remembered.
do not harmonize with those of English
speaking people. Many people of social
standing are 10th to receive him, as it is
stated that he has three OF four members
Of his harem with him, all dressed in
male attire, to avoid comment. But the
remark in question credited to the Shah
has not helped to appease matters.
Speaking one day Of Gladstoneis golden
wedding, celebrated Thursday, the Shah
is reported to have said that Gladstone
probably enjoyed his fifty years Of mar
ried life with one woman, but as for him
he did not know but what he had rather
have one year of life with fifty women.
He has just had a serious nerve strain,
and some of his attendants have had al
much worse one. -Four dark Persians4
ire intrusted with the care of a black
Gather bag, which contains about S.
worth Of the Shah's best jewels.
he fact has come to light that when the
'hah arrived al Hatfield, Lord Sails
ury's place, the bag of jewels was miss
ng, and not one of the four unlucky at
eudants could find it. A special train
Vas sent back to London, and after a
ing hunt the bag Of diamonds, rubies
'Nst " 81 t Z" '-~ - ,.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-31

In his racy resume of Montana Jour-
nalistic matters, the other day, editor
Reed omitted to note the fact that Deer
Lodgelis to have q daily newspaper. The
'Times" announces that it will begin,
the morning Of August 9Th proximo, the
publication of the DAILY Times" With
daily at Anaconda, Deer Lodge county
Is likely to soon be supplied, better than
over, with news.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-31
The Old Charm was No Good.

A few days ago a lady OF Kingston,
Lucerne county, Pennsylvania, killed two
snakes which she found in her front yard,
and carrying out an old idea, burnt the
remains $50 that no more could come"
Friday her laundress having hung out a
wash, thrust her hand into a bag ofclOthes.
pins that lay upon the ground and cIutched
q clumsy object that squirmed. Her yell
brought help, and the snake was killed with
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-31

This is a specimen of the logic used by
the average newspaper against every ad-
vance movement made in the world
which the said a. n. does not happen to
sympathise with. This heightened para
graph is from the Tacoma GLOBE:
Woman suffrage should take it's parasol
and 60, after its ~long-haired and stork-
nscked companion has managed to get his
goloshes on.
Among sensible people no cause is
likely to be damaged by such a fling.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-31
The Blythe Will Found.

The original will OF Thomas n. Rlvtba 10
said to have been discovered in Los Angeles
and was to have been produced in the San
Francisco probate Court Monday. The en-.
tire estate, with the exception of 500. OOo.
is said to have been b~equeathed to little
Florence Blythe, residing at Berkeley. Cal,
The army OF claimants for a share Of The
estate represents nineteen families.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-31

From the "Yellowstone Journal" County
Assessor Thomson, who recently paid an
official visit to the cattle men of the Crow
reservation, says that the people there re-
fuse to yield any information as to the
number OF cattle they possess. They are
silent on the subject and when asked the
number of cattle they own, say '6nd out
what you can" The assessor has been
"fnding out what he can" with pretty good
success. and he expects that when he comes
TO q in his lists he will have nearly the
number OF cattle on it that are sustained
on the Grow reserve. He says the cattle
men propose to 60 to law on the question
OF their liability to pay taxes as soon as
an attempt is made to collect the n
and it is expected that a lively fight will
ensue.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-31
The Kind of a Wife He Wants.

From the Miles City journal: Ii there
is a light haired and bright eyed young
lady not given to trifipg with the adult
male gizzard, within reach OF this item,
she may correspond with "a good looking
young rancher OF temperate habits" who
has $4,000 in bank and whose object is
matrimony. His address is Box S67,
Helena,
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-31
New Way to CAPTURE Bees.

A Mount Holly. N. j., Irishman ia lust
now nursing a nose that is four times it's
natural size, and a closed eye, the results
of"ia peculiar accident. The N. Y. Sun"
says he saw q swarm of bees settle on the
caves Of a house and asked the privilege of
swarming them. Having secured a forty.
foot ladder he took a large dish nan
covered it nicely inside with molasses. and
then went for the busy workers. he held
the pan over his head with his left hand
n with his right caught the bees as a how
would flies. The bees soon covered his
lace completely. with the above mentioned
tragic results.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-31
From the Townsend "Tranchant":

. From the Townsend "Tranchant":
A daily review of the proceedings and de.
bates OF the several constitutional conven-
tions now in session on the work of formu-
lating statehood, enables us to discern the
proud fact that M~ontana's assembled dele
gates, as q body, EXCEL all others in q pro.
nounced degree in intellectual calibre. ripe.
ness OF experience, patriotic zeal and prac-i
tical working qualities under the great re-
sponsibilities which the occasion imposes,
and we have no misgivings as to the most
satisfactory results for home use. a.-.
This compliment is brief, but to the
point, and truthful. a.3,.. .- .
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-31

and 80 on was found IN the royal stables
IN the toot Of the drag which had car
risd tn Shah's luggage to the railroad
steti0l.
When the Persians intrusted with the
jowels recovered the bag they actually
kissed II. and, embracing it, carried it
OF to the Shah, all holding on to it to-
gether. Their fate on returning to
Persia If they had lost these jewels is
not pleasant to contemplate.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-31

The rulings Of a Republican Secretary
of the Treasury in regard to handling
Mexican ore, the 'Inter Mountain" de-
clares fraudulent. It now wants this
ruling overturned. So far Secretary Win
dom seems inclined to take his own time
to do it in.