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Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-23
SCHOOL IDYL.

Ram it in, cram i, in
Children's heads are hollow!
Slam it in, jam it in
Still there's more to follow:
Hygiene and history,
Astronomic mystery,
Algebra, Histology,
Latin, Etymology,
Botany, Geometry,
Greek and TrlgOnometry,
Ram it in, cram it in,-
Children's heads are hollow!
Rap it in, tap it in
What are teachers paid for?
Bang it in, slap it in
What were children made for?
Ancient Archaeology,
Organ Philology,
Prosody, Zoology,
Physics, Clinictology,
Calculus aud Mathematics,
Rhetoric and Hydrostatics,
Hoax it in, coax it in
Children's heads are hollow!
Rub it in, club it in
All there is in learning:
Punch it in, crunch it in,
Quench their childish yearnine
For the field and grassy nook,
Meadow green and rippliag brook;
Drive such wicked thoughts afar!
Teach the children that they are
But machines to cram it in-
Bang it in, slam it ill.,
That their heads are hollow!
Scold it in, mold it in,
All they can swallow;
Fold it in, hold it in,
Still there's more to follow:
Faces pinched and sad and pale,
Tell the same undying tale
Tell of moments robbed from sleep,
Meals untasted, studies deep.
Those who've passed the furnacet through
With aching brow will tell to you
How the teacher crammed it in,
Rammed it in, jammed it in,
Cruncbed it in, punched it in,
Rubbed it in, dubbed it in,
Pressed it in, caressed it in,
Raped it in and slapped it in,
When their heads were hollow!
frank Lintsber in Puck.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-23
Ia IT n Sign of Tmproyement?

Fifty years ago nc gentleman could have
smoked in the presence OF ladies, says Lon
don Queen" The unmarried girl or young
wife OF a certain social status met walking
with q young ,nan putting a cigar would
have gone home with a few 3hreds less OF
character than she had set out with. But
who has a word to say now? Now we have
the cigars and cigarettes brought in with
the coffee Immediately after dinner, and no
one is offended. Often, indeed, one of the
ladies will herself join the men; and if q
few prime old souls think the exhibition
shocking, the younger accept it as a
matter Of taste, and either decline or
to try, according to their individual
liking, with no moral afterthought whatever.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-23

RUSSELL B. HARRISON arrived In Butte,
last night, but alas for the bright hopes
If the faithful and "trooly loyal" he
continued on his course southwark, and
will be next heard of at Omaha. This
is sad. Those who were extremely
anxious to do him honor were lOunging
around the McDermott expecting that
the carriages would roll up with the son
Of his father abroad, when the good
things of Butte would be served up to
him in style. But the waiting was in vain.
The south-going train found the son a
passenger, and, when this was learned,
great was the disappointment. The
MINER sincerely sympathises with the
ardent Of the g. o. p, and trusts they
will not nurse their wrath too long.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-23
u. s. And TERRITORIAL COURrs
The Times for Holding Court in the Sen
eraI Judicial Districts of the Territo,,
of Montana.

The Times for Holding Court in the sau
eral Judicial Districts of the Terrific.
of Montana.
The courts sitting to hear and determ;ro
causes arising under the Constitution and
laws of the United States will be baId
in the several districts, as follows, to.wit,
Tn the First Judicial District, at the CITY,
Of Helena, on the second Monday in Anr,
and the second Monday in October ~
each year.
In the SECOND Judicial District, at thu
CITY of Deer Lodge, on the first Monday in
April and the first Monday in October Of
each year.
In the Third Judicial District, at the Cit,
OF Bozeman, on the fourth Monday in
| Nav and the fourth Monday in Novembe,
OF each year.
| To the Fourth Judicial District, at The
| Cty of Great Falls, on the first Monday in
| June and the first Monday in December Of
The Territorial Courts are held in the
several counties as follows, tO-wlt:
In the First j judicial District:
In the County OF Lewis and Clarke on
| the second Monday in April and the second
Monday in October.
In the County OF Jefferson on the first
| Monday in March and the first Monday in
| September
In the County OF Beaverhead on the
third Monday in March and the third
| Monday ip September.
In the Second j Judicial District:
In the County OF Silver Bow on the first
| Monday in May and the first Monday in
November.
In the County OF Deer Lodge on the first
| Monday in April and the first Monday in
| October.
In the County OF Missoula On the second
| Monday in March and the second Monday
in September.
In the Third Judicial District:
In the County OF Madison on the first
Monday in March and the first Monday in
September.
In the County OF Park on the fourth
Monday in March aud the fourth Monday
in September.
In the County of Custer on the first Mon.
day in May and the first Monday in No.
vember.
In the County OF Yellowstone on the
1 second Monday in April and the second
Monday in October,
In the County OF Gallatin on the fourth
Monday in May and the fourth Monday in
November.
In the Fourth Judicial District:
In the County of Meagher on the third
Monday in March and the third Monday
in September.
In the County of Fergus on the first Mon.
day in April and the first Monday in Oc,
tober.
In the County of Dawson on the third
Monday in April and the fourth Monday
in October.
In the County OF Choteau on the first
Monday in May and the first Monday in
November.
Ia the County of Cascade on the third
Monday in May and the fourth Mondayiu
November.
The next" term OF holding court in
Beaverhead county is changed to the first
Monday in April. 1889, instead OF the third
Monday in March; and the time IF holding
court in Lewis and Clarke county for the
next term is changed from the second
Monday in April, 1889, to the fourth Mon.
day in April, 1889. This order applies
only to the holding OF the ext term in said
counties and alter said next they shall be
| held as given above.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-23
The King of Ocean Game Fish.

The tarpon is the king of game fish. His
home ia in the Gulf of Mexico and in the
Western Atlantic. He occasionally APP
pears as far north as the Jersey coast, and
is met with around the West Indies, but is
most frequently caught in the bays and
harbors OF the Florida coast. In his prime
the tarpon is a six.footer. He weighs from
100 to $50 pounds. He is remarkable for
his great beauty. When first landed his
scales shine as though plated with silver.
He has a long bony projection at the dor.
sal fin, which is often seen scooting along
the top Of the water while the fish is out OF
sight beneath. The tarpon is known in
Georgia as tie "Jew-fsh," and in Texas as
the "Savanilla.' In other places it is called
''silver-fish" and "~silver-king." The French
speaking people OF the gulf coast cali it the
grand ecaille," owing to the size of the
scales.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-23

The Cologne "Gazette" is authority for
the statement that Germany will demand
of the United States the arrest and pun
ishment of Klein, the American news
paper correspondent, on the charge of
leading the Samoans against the Ger
mans. We should not be surprised at it.
Bismarck seems desperate, and the cow
ardly Bayard backdown encourages the
Iron Chancellor to fresh indignities. In
case Uncle Sam refuses to arrest Klein,
what then ? Can it be that he, instead
of the real Samoan question, will become
a menacing and possibly narrowing in
ternational issue
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-23
AS TO STATEHOOD.

kilograms to THE MINER, Wednesday,
announced the fact that statehood was
assured, both houses of Congress having
adopted the report Of the cOnferees on
the Springer territorial omnibus bill.
The first news of this action was con-
yeyed in an enthusiastic telegram to
THE MINER from the Hon. j.. K. Toole,
to whose endeavors this desired consum-
nation is largely due. This telegram
appears on the first page of this morn
ing's MINER. and gives only a faint idea
of the enthusiasm which took control OF
this able representative on learning the
news, which he fastened to wire to the
people in the far Northwest.
Additional particulars of the action
of Congress in adopting the report OF
the conferees on the Springer omnibus
bill, are given by the regular press dis
patches this morning.
1t is shown that the two Dakotas are
also admitted, with Washington territory.
As a party measure it is a great injus-
tiee to the Democrats to allow the d.
vision of Dakota, which is no more en-
titled to be made into two states than
Texas has to ask to be separated into
four states. Though for political pur-
poses and on the ground Of population
and relative areas, Texas is just as much
entitled to be made into four states as
DakoGa has into two.
This point is not made by THE MINER
in any spirit Of envy or of ~ill-feeling to-
ward Dakota, but merely to show the
concessions the Democrats have had to
make in order to induce the Republicans
to give these great and growing North
western territories their just dues. 1t
is to the Democrats, therefore, solely
that the credit belongs for statehood.
They have sacrificed everything, making
unusual allowances to their opponents,
in order that Montana, Dakota and Wash
ington may be dealt with justly and
placed in the position which their i'm
portance entities them to.
Montana was formerly a part Of Idaho,
and became a territory in 1854. Its area
is $4,000 square miles; with 93,441.0O
acres; length from east to west 400 to
$40 miles; average width 275 miles. In
1884 its population was $4,000, and it has
more than doubled in this respect since
then. The first capital was Virginia
City, in Madison county, the capital later
being transferred 10 doIeua.
The Tertiary of Washington has an
area of SO, 1870 miles, while that of the
two Dakotas is $4,000.
The acts necessary to complete the
work done in Congress, yesterday, the
signing of the bill by the President and
the elections provided for, it may be taken
for granted will follow in due order.
The MINER congratulates the people
and the Democratic Congress on this sue
cessful ending of a just demand for
recognition of the states of Montana.
Washington, North Dakota and South
DahUtd,
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-23
DISTINGUISHED Visitors.

The following prominent officials of the
Manitoba road, with q party Of friends
from st. Paul, arrived on the Montana
Central last evening and registered at the
McDermott: A. E. Mohler, assistant gen.
eral manager, and W. s. Alexander, traffic
manager Of the Manitoba, St.
Paul; e. W. johnson of
the Merchant's Despatch, st. Paul;
0. NJ. Amsden, Minneapolis; Col. II. p.
Rugs. w. B. Dean, st. Paul; George Tiles.
ton, representing the -four mills of st.
Cloud; A. g. Palmer. Minneapolis. They
are accompanied by General Manager P. p.
Shelby, OF the Montana Central. The gen.
tlemen are makirg a tour OF the Northwest,
and will spend ZONE time here to-day visit
ing places of interest.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-23
rhe wonder. Of the sensitive Plant.

1929 -=..-ss
Great possibilities lie in the well-known
se~nsitiveness to slight influences possessed
by many plants, and it was but natural to
suspect such vegetation OF some weather
indicating capabilities. Astonishing, how
ever, are the results lately recorded by ].
F. Nowack, an Austrian chemist. after
three years of stndy of q sensitive plant
from the tropics. The leaves Of this plant
are in pairs on opposite sides OF the stem.
and with varying atmospheric conditions
they describe many different angles and
curves, from which rain, fair or clearing
weather, increasing or decreasing cloudi.
ness. coming thunderstorms, earthquakes,
winds and even their force and direction,
as well as rising and falling temperature,
have been predicted with surprising accu-
racy for at least two days in advance.
Professor Weiss, OF Prague, has traced this
sensitiveness to a hitherto unknown sub
stance in the cells on the upper side of the
leaves.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-23
THE BOYS.

What would We do without the boys,
without the WOODS and their Whistles shrin ?
I tell you the place would be too still!
It wouldn't be home if We coaldn't hear
drummings and trimmings that split the
ear.
Tho they tie tin cans 10 the poor cats tail,
And beat a tattoo on every old pail,
Tho they're never two seconds at a time at
rest.
Tho we vote them a bore, a nuisance, a pest,
Yet We know in our souls life would lose its
joys
If anything happened the noisy boys.
-TSusie M, Best.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-23
She Travelled Alone from Sweden.

The other evening an Omaha train
brought to Superior. Wis, a little girl,
about eight years old, who had Travelled all
the way from Sweden alone and unpro-
tected except by the crews of the ships
and trains on which she had to travel.
When the train arrived at the depot the
conductor put her off on the platform, and
after a little trouble she found her father,
Otto Nelson, who had come to meet her.
He did not at first recognize her. it being
six years since he had seen her, then a child
OF 2 years. Her mother came away about
two years ago., but left the girl, Emma by
name, behind with relatives.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-23
As A matter of fact, there is nothin

AS A matter of fact, there is nothing
slow about electricity. 1t is showing it.
self ahead with the celebrity Of a Repub-
lican Ofice-seeker at the Indianapolis
mecca. At the annual convention of
the National Electric Light Association,
which began in Chicago. Tuesday, the
president stated, among other things,
that during the past year there had been
an increase of 10000 in the number of
incandescent lights in use in this coun-
try, and that they now number over two
and a half millions. He also stated that
nearly three hundred miles of track for
electric railroads have been laid.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-23

AN extension to the water works and
the addition of new hydrants would have
the tendency to lessen the fire insurance
rates. There is a plentiful supply Of
water ready to be furnished to the city.
If the Council will only make a contract
for that purpose. the mains could be en-
larged and extended. and latterals laid
where needed. Why not give the people
the benefit of the opportunities at hand?
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-23
The clipper Denver News" looks
handsomer than ever in its new dress.

THE MINERS inquiry Of what is a
carpet Dagger ~ was very definitely ans
wered by the Inter Mountain" last
evening, thus "A carpetbagger is a
man who comes into the territory to
accept office with nothing but a carpet
bag in his possession, and who, when he
returns to the effete East, generally
leaves it as security for his board" This
definition may be accepted as authorita-
tive, coming as it does from one of the
organs of the original carpetbag party.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-23
Result of q Cleanup in Idaho's Elkhor

Result of q Cleanup in Idaho's Elkhorn.
Idaho City World 18th: Another clean
up was brought down from the Elkhorn
mine last Friday, running over $4,000.
This amount was cleaned up after a run OF
eleven days. A cleanup was made about
January 10th, after a run OF nineteen days;
result, $4,000. The next clean up was
two weeks after this, the mill only running
day time, making seven days of twenty
four hours; result over $4,000. This
makes over $21, 900 for les than a month,
with a 5-stsmp mill. This mill is run by
water power, and u portion of the time,
during the coolest weather, could not run
nights.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-23

THE son of his father ought not to
have treated the Silver Bow Republicans
as he did. To 60 right through and not
stop, was rank ingratitude, and the un-
kindest cut of all. There was no oppor-
tunity left for dissipating the gall and
wormwood poured out by the Helena
feast, and it is pitilessness personiied.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-23
Remarkable Experience in a Storm at Sea.

RemarkabIe Experience IN a StOrm at sea.
A remarkable experience is reported by
Captain Sullivan Smith, of the Gloucester
schooner H. M. Rogers, which arrived at
Boston Friday. On Wednesday night the
schooner encountered a heavy gale, which
came up so suddenly that the main boom
and the mainsail were carried away. The
cold was intense and the huge seas slapped
were frozen to the decks and rigging. All
hands began to ''cut ice" so as to save the
struggling schooner from sinking. Had the
schooner gone down not a man could have
been saved, for the boats were but masses
of ice, and in that sea and that driving
storm Of ice NO boat could have lived ten
minutes,
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-23

MELINE has given up the task of Or
ganizing a cabinet on the basis OF the
concentration of several Republican
groups. Carnot will probably appeal to
Rouvier to form a ministry. Evidently
France is on the tortuous road to that
peaceful anarchy Of which Jefferson
seemed to have dreamed when he declared
that chat government is best which
governs least"
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-23

RUSSELL B. is sailing away on the
wings of steam to Omaha and his pa in
"Injiauy," while a gorgeous Layout"
such as Butte chefs and plenty Of Silver
Bow wealth only could devise, Is waiting
in vain for an honored guest to sample.
How he could thus have ignored the Re-
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-23
The rumors Of Indian troubles on the

THE rumOrs Of Indian troubles on the
Flathead reservationiin Missoula county,
are not unlikely exaggerated by the
fears of the people in that country. The
Flatheads are more p~eaceably disposed
than other tribes, and, while individual
grievances may at times find vent in
violent outbursts, it is not likely that
any general rising will occur. A special
dispatch in The MINER, this morning,
gives the latest particulars obtainable.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-23

STATEHOOD is really in sight. The
congressional conferees, at a late hour
last night, agreed on the provisions Of
the Springer omnibus bill, and will re,
port the same to their respective houses,
to-day, with the prospect of the immsdi-
ate adoption of the same.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-23
BUTTE needs more fire plugs and fewer
death-traps. What does the fire commit
tee think about it ?

The agitation ove the Hungarian
army bill continues in Pesth, and the
opposition is powerful. Premier Tisza
had an audience with Francis Joseph,
Monday, and frankly declared that he
believed his retirement would end the
agitation, but the Emperor declined to
hear a word on the subject. One Of these
days the Kings and Emperors will be
forced to hear what the people have to
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-23
CALIFORNIA; Biggest Peach Orchard.

C~alifOrnia's Biggest Peach Orchard.
The largest peach orchard in California,
says the Marysville Democrat" is the
Abbott orchard" located nine miles from
Marysville, in Suffer county, and contains
424 acres. The first fifty acres were
planted in February, 1858. In 1885 the
sales Of fruit from a forty-acre lot amount
ed in round numbers to $1,000,
and the next season to $12, 1000. Since
that date the production has largely in
creased, but has not been kept separate
from the balance of the orchard.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-23

ADDITIONAL police are certainly needed.
Monday night two men were hailed by
foOtpads Oh Arizona street, toward South
Butte. There should be One OF two
policemen in that neighborhOod. The
people pay taxes enough for police scr
vice to have it more extensive than it
now is. The force is entirely too small.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-23

IT Is suspected that the East-side Re-
publicans whispered a word in Russell
BIS ear, and that this explains the "cut"
he gave to the Butte Republicans in re-
fusing to stop here and feast and fratern-
ize, as had been arranged. 1t was a
naughty trick.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-23

THE Panama canal project is still in
the throes of uncertainty as to its future,
or even present, being. But whatever
may be the outcome of the present strug-
giles of the French company, the canal
itself will in ti..e, DO built, and will bo
a great success. It can hardly be other
wise in the natural course Of the conn
mercial growth of the world.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-23

Cecilia Miller, daughter Of s. C. Miller, a
wealthy ranchman of Prescott. Arisona,
who has been visiting her aunt, Mrs. S. W.
Riley OF Chicago, has disappeared. 1t is
suspected, however, that she has returned
to her Arizona home, as she was very home
sick.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-23
An Opinion on the Panama Resolution.

An Opinion on the Panama Resolution.
WASHINGTON, February 19.-The mi
nority report of Representative Norwood,
of Georgia, in opposition to the passage OF
the South Panama resolution by the
House. objects to the resolution because it
ybuld be q false declaration and q wrong
application of the Monroe doctrine, and
because it ia aime.i at a sister republic, and
because it would commit the United States
to a position impelitic and wholly unten-
able. The report closes with a suggestion
that possibly there is more thrift than pa
triotism in the resolution.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-23

PARIs's great Eiffell tower is now 2S5
meters high, and will be completed in
two weeks. Its total hight is over 800
feet, making it by far the highest struct-
ure In the world. 1t is built of iron.
The next highest is the monument at
WASHINGTON, d, G.,
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-23
Black Diamond Discovery in Dakota.

Black Diamond Discovery in Dakota.
Yankton. Dakota, special: Coal has
been discovered neal Violins station, and
to-day several sections OF school land were
filed as coal lands. The actual finding OF
coal at that place and at Centerville, has
caused great excitement here, and land in
all parts OF the country is rapidly enhanc.
inc in valna.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-23

THE gay Bavarian, King Otto, is re-
ported to DO hopelessly insane. And the
King Of Holland, has had another re-
lapse. King Wilhelm's LIE is short, and
the Austrian is wondering about an
heir. Uneasy lies the head that wears o
crow
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-23

The Cologne Gazette" thinks the Ger
man white book" issued on Samoan
affairs, "bears striking testimony to the
wisdom and moderation Of Prince Bis
marck." That paper also contends that
the reports of the German consul at Apia
"prove that the action of the Americans
was illegal and overbearing, and that the
policy of Germany was that of bringing
peace to Samoa p Great guns Well,
what does the testimony Of the American
consul prove, in the eyes of Bismarck
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-23
Rich and Poor,

Prince and Peasant, the Millionaire'an
Day Laborer, by their common use Of
this remedy, attest the worldwide rep.
utation of Ayers Pills. Leading ply.
sicians recommend these pills for
Stomach and Liver Troubles, Costive.
ness, B%iliousness, and Sick Headache;
also, for Rheumatism, Jaundice, and
Neuralgia. They are s~ugar-coated con.
tain no calomel are prompt, but mild,
in operation and, therefore, the very
best medicine for Family Use, as well as
Tor Travellers and Tourists.
Il have derived great relief from
Ayers Pills. Five years ago | was
taken so ill with