Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-11
THOUGHT HE TASTED.
The Famous Pies That His
Mother Made in Far-OffM
ArkansaW.
Last Weeks Social Happenings
That Amused Devotees of
Pleasure and Fashion.
From Sundays Daily.

From sundays Daily.
He leaned upon his desk, his chin was
imbedded in the palms OF his open hands
he was oblivious to the noise and tumult
incident to traffic on the street outside, as
well as to the hurry and hustle OF the
'~'maddeDing crowd" hat thronged the
premises in the pursuit. OF business, he
gazed over the lofty house tops, turrets
and steeples Of the. smoke-begrimmed city
into the distant horizon with q longing.
dreamy, far-away gaze, and needed not the
meek little woman who waited patiently
before him, nor the eager, restless multi
tude behind her, who looked sayagely at
him and muttered imprecations until his
fit OF abstraction should have passed
away,
Suddenly a small boy burst through the
crowd, broke in upon his r~everie, and
thrust into his hand a note which he re.
ceived with a weary, gasping sigh that was
almost a sob, ana he followed, mechan.
ically, the pursuit OF his business.
Who was he; and what great burden
weighed upon his mind and harrassed his
very soul2 Was he, like Won Moltke, some
great general carrying on the siege and
planning the destruction of q mighty city
more b 500 miles away2 Or, was his
mind like that Of the Egyptian sorcerer,
engaged in weaving q net Of destruction in
the meshes OF which he hoped to ~entangle
those who stood between him and his
souls desire? Or, was he a great physi.
clan OF whose skill and judgment depended
the life OF one whose existence was Of ,ital
Importance to an empire, or q lawyer into
whose hands was entrusted a Ease that
was a matter OF life or death TO those con-
cerned, or-visionary thought-could he
ave been a youth whose bsst girl had
gone back OF him--a helpless victim OF un.
requited love? |
He was not. N- |
He was a young man from Arkansaw. |
He had been twelve months in Montana,
and he was dreaming OF pie. |
A decidedly romantic and extremely fas. |
~cinating history and description of q re.
Gently discovered flower appears in a late
French paper. The posey is called the
"suow flower" and ia said to have been
discovered by Count Anthroskoff in the
northern portion of Siberia, where the
ground lie continually covered with frost.
1t imnergss from the frozen sol only on
the first day of each year. This wonderful
speciman him but q single day, and then
resolves to its original elements. Theleaves
are three in number, and each about three
inches in diameter. They are developed
only on that side OF the stem toward the
and each seems covered with micro
scopic crystals OF snow. The flower,
when it opens, is s~tar-shaped, it's petals Of
the same length as the leaves, and about
half an inch in width. On the third day
the extremities of the anthers, which are
in number, show minute glistening
specks like diamonds, about the size of a
pine head, which are the seeds of this won
derfal flower. Anthroskoff collected some
OF these seeds and carried them with him
to ST.. Petersburg. They we're placed in a
pot Of snow, where they remained for
some time. On the frat of the following
January the miracul, Us snow flower burst
through it's icy covering, and displayed
it's beauties to the wondering Russian roy
atty.
Like so many choice flowers will tine
young ladies appear at the one dance to
be given this coming Friday night to the
visitors OF Butte by the gentlemen OF
tha citv-