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The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-03-12

A PRoTEcTToN Democrat appears to DO
the coming man IN that party.
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-03-12
SIGNIFICANT.

uP TO DATE the departure of "rascals'
has not been overwhelming.
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-03-12
In Dead Earnest,

There has been o revival offreligion, at
Moberly, Mo-, and among the conversions
was thilt of q man who had been d very
hard case. Whenhe went forward IN the
church to-make a profession Of his faith he
suiprited the parsdn and people by handing
to the former bottle half full Of whisky
ard slung shot. He said that he pro-
posed TO renounce all his evils.
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-03-12

They are talking of having omnibuses in
London, especially for those who want to
smoke when they ride Apparently there
is Yankee in the scheme, for It ia said the
vehicles will he fitted up with racks Of
newspapers, shd also VIM hdrop-a-nickle-
the-slot machines that viii deliver cigars,
cigarettes. tobacco and matches.
The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-03-12
a Mine of Shoe nlaching.

Benjamin Johnson owns o farm In Rush
Valley, Utah, upon which he has just dis
covered mine of natural shoe backing.
An analysis Of this peculiar material shows
that It contains rs per cent Of carbon, 81
per cent. aluminium, and the remainder
clay. When taken out the material is
moist aud soft, and when used as n shoe
backing produces fine polish which is not
easily destroyed.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-01

The famous Serpent Mound, in Adams
county, Ohio. where the Peabody Museum
OF American Archaeology has long had
workers unearthing the secrets OF the
strange structure, has been bought and
turned into a magnificent park for per.
petual preservation. 1t is the most nota.
BILE OF all the mounds Of this country. Pro-
lessor Putnam has recently found reasons
for reserving the opinion that had been
growing among scholars that this mound,
and all similar structures, were the work OF
or Shawnee or other historic
tribes of Indians. He concludes that at
least the Serpent Mound was the work of a
race OF men either identical with the ancient
Mexicaus, or akin to them. The preserya.
tion OF our most important and character
monuments OF antiquity shoule engage
not only our universities, but the govern.
ment. Harvard, with Professor Putnam,
has so far been left to do the work in
Ohio.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-01
He Had Seen the Queen.

Here is a verbatim report, al given in q
Scottish paper, Of the speech Of the chair.
man OF an agricultural-show dinner in Civ.
ing the toast OF 1.-THE Queen" moo, gentle
men, will We a. fill your glasses, for I'm
ABBOTT to bring forward The Queen ZAP
plause.] Dor queen, gentlemen, ia really a
wonderful woman, if I may say it; she is
ane O. the guild auld sort, nae whigmaleeries
or falderal ABBOTT her, but q douce dacent
body. She's respectable beyond q doot.
She has broch up q grand family o.
weelfaur'd lads and lasses-her auldest son
being a credit to ony mither-and they're
a. weel married. Gentlemen, yell maybe
no believe it, but I ance saw the queen.
[~Sensation.] I did. Somebody pointed
her DOT tae me at Perth station, and there
she was smart and tidylike; and says I
tae myself, God bless that queen, my
Moo, gentlemen, the whuskyis
good, the NIGHT is lang, the weather is wet,
and the roads are saft, and will harm
naebody that comes tae grief. SO, afr wi
yer drink tae the bottom! The Queen pm
fCheers,
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-01
COAST NOTES.
Smallpox Among Washington Territory


Smallpox Among Washington Territory
Indians-Crimes.
Smallpox is raging among the Okanogan
Indians in Washington territory.
Levi N. Billings is on trial in Sacra-
mento for the killing OF Francis D. Light
hall.
A cave occurred in the copper mine at
Copperopolis on the 18th, badly damag-
ing the mine and rendering the shaft
useless.
Charles Scott, who was found insensible
with q bullet-hole in his head at Los An.
geles, and his mistress by his side dead, has
been held for trial for murder.
The little 8-year.old son Of John Savage,
who resides near the Sugar Pine .sawmills
in Fresno county, was killed by the bite Of
a rattlesnake a few days since.
At Paso Robes. Tuesday, a 14-year-old
boy, named James B. Brown, attempted
to take a gun from under his head by the
muzzle. 1t exploded and the charge en-
tered his groin. BE expired within a few
minutes.
Albert Schraepfer, a st. Helena (Cal.)
architect, was jailed at Napa Saturday in
default oil 81, 500 bonds to keep the peace
towards Niels Larsen, whom he threatened
to kill for causing his arrest for lunacy not
long ago.
Detectives OF Los Angeles have made the
discovery that Springer, the notorious
wife-murderer, whose remains were
supposed to have been found in the mount
aims near San Bernardino, is alive. He is
said to be located in q mining town on
this coast, where he fed after the tragedy.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-01
LARA FINLEY THE MURDERER
The Villain Complained of Being Brutality
Treated by the Police.

The Villain Complained of Being BrutaIIy
Treated by the Police. .
From tue Great Falls Tribune of Sat.
urday: Major Roman left for Helena and
Missoula to-day with LARA Finley, the
half-breed who is charged with murder.
When Major Roman saw him in Jail yester.
day Finley said that he killed the Indian in
self.defense.
It appears from Major Romans knewl-
edge OF Finley that he is a noted outlaw.
In 1887 he committed rape upon an In.
dian woman, and from his brutal treat
ment she died. He was arrested by the
Indian police and put in Jail at the re-
servation. From there he escaped, and
meeting Major Roman, who was on his
way to Ffathead lake, with his family, he
followed him into the station at Arlee and
demanded il he, the agent, vas looking for
him. Major Roman made him an evasive
reply until he was enabled to grab a gun.
when he leveled it upon Lara and made him
throw up his hands. Lara was tht n secure
ly tied with q rope and Major Roman got
on q freight train and delivered him up to
Colonel Horace Jewett Of the Third infantry
then in command at Fort Missouls. Major
Roman reported his action to the Indian
Office and was ordered to turn LARA over
to civil authorities for trial.
The woman died before the trial, and
Finley went scot free. He went back to
the reservation, a terror to all respectable
Indians. From the reserve he went to
.hewela, in Washington territory. stole |
two horses and eloped with the wife Of an
Indian at that place. He returned to the
reservation, when he was arrested by the
Indian police and compelled to give up
horses in place OF the ones he stole in
territory. In the meantime
he fostering body OF q murdered white
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-01
American

The india-rubber of Central America is
obtained from varieties of Castilloa, which
yield rubber very little inferior to that OBJ.
tanned from the Siphonia. To raise india
rub Der plants which are Indigenous to one
place in another where the conditions are
at all favorable is no difficult task, but to
make the same plant successfully produc.
tive is another matter altogether. Mr..
Thos. B. Warren has called attention to
the influence which handling raw rubber
with sweaty or dirty hands has in promo.
ting it's decay. The less the raw article is
fashioned by the hands in handling, the
better: Grease OF any kind, even in small
quantity, is pernicious to the durability OF
the substance. When handled too muchin
manufacturing, it is sure to show signs of
decay after a short time in the parts most
exposed to manipulation. Itmakesa great
in the quality Of the raw product
whether it has been collected by a relatively
clean Brazilian creole or by a fatty-perspir-
ing African. When rubber shows signs Of
decay from this cause, busting over with
sulphur tends to arrest it.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-01
NEVADA NEWS NOTES.

Placer miners claim to take out from
$1.25 to $3.50 per hour in gold rom the
Carson river diggings.
The Tlalfmoon nina at Phoebe has been
sold to the Yuba company for $14, 900.
There is said to be $4,000 worth OF ore
stripped in the mine.
The Carson river is SO high that Longa-
baugh has been compelled to make block
AIDES in his drives at three different places.
A thousand cords are blockaded at Empire
City.
A native OF Switzerland. named Mason,
was found daad in his cabin at Winnemuc-
ca, May %. He was 70 years OF age and a
wood chopper by occupation. Death re-
suited from natural causes.
The Chinese miners have abandoned the
in Guthrie's canyon, in Sonoma
mountains, Humboldt county. They say
there was not enough gold to pay. Several
Of them are going to Willow Creek.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-01
Sudden Force of Dynamite.

Dynamite is 80 instantaneous in it's &C.
ton that a green leaf can be compressed
into the hardest steel before it has time to
fatteu. One OF the experiments at the
United States torpedo works al to place
some leaves between two heavy fat pieces
OF iron, set them on q firm foundation
and see what gun-cotton would do in fore
ing the iron pieces together. A charge was
placed upon them by COMPRISING the gun.
cotton into o cylindrical form about one
inch thick and three or four inches in di-
ameter, through the center OF which a
hole was made for a cap of illuminate OF
mercury, by which the gun-cotton is
exploded. The reaction vas 80 great, from
merely being exploded in open air, that
one OF the iron pieces was driven down
upon the other quick enough to catch an
impression Of the leaves before they could
escape.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-01
s0xrzxz NEWS a1Ezs1sas.
Csseade County's AlfaIfA The billings
FIouring Mia Freak OF Nature.

Caseade County's Alfalfa The Billings
FIGURING Mia Freak Of Nature.
Great Falls Leader: The alfalfa in
Cascade county is now ready for the first
cutting. Id ID very probable that three
crops win be cut from most Of the fields
this season.
Billings "Gaxetten: e. G. Bailey has re
turned to Billings from New York, bring.
ing with him the welcome news to the citi.
sens Of the community that the land and
Improvement company with which he il
connected, has subscribed $1,000 to the
capital stock OF the Billings FIGURING Mil
company. The amount now subscribed
toward the erection Of the mill foots up
close to $16,0 00. The sum Is sufficient to
70 ahead with the enterprise at once.
Yellowstone "J~ournal:n Col. Worden, Of
Eden. Dakote, who has been in the city for
. lew days past in the interest Of the order
OF the Sons Of Veterans, organized q camp
at Fort Keog last night. and had q meeting
called pointing to such an organization in
Miles, but as only q few were present it was
decided not to organize until the fall. The
Colonel goes from Miles to Billings and
thence to Livingston, where he will seek
W o9t6OilDu 0LutEc VI bu6b CudLhCt6Es 10
will visit Helena later on.
Livingston post: A curious freak Of
nature Is on exhibition at w. F. Sheard's.
It Is q perfectly formed lamb. with twofully
developed heads. The separate heads join
at the neck, both seeming to be q natural
ss no difference between them is
distinguishable. The lamb was brought to
town by John Work, IN whose ranch it was
born. In trying to save the life Of the ewe
it was found necessary to kill the lamb.
Mr.. 6heard has it preserved in alcohol, and
prizes it highly as q curiosity.
On Monday last, May Goth, the contract
Of the Park Coal and Coke company with
the Northern Pacific expired. 1t is 10Y
their intention to cease the production OF
GOAL and push their coke ovens to compile
lion. Owing to the fact that no more coal,
other than for coking purposes, will be pro-
iuced, it Becessitates the discharge OF about
sixty miners, as in the operation OF the
ovens as many men will not be required as
ormerly.-lPost.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-01
Breadth of Thought and Discussion.

M. G. Merwin, in the Atlantic" care.
fully answers the charge of De I~ocqueville
that he knows no country on the globe
where there was so little independence of
mind and real freedom OF discussion as in
America. He allows that fifty years ago
the reproach may have been deserved, but
that he lays open the nature of the change
that has gone on is doubtful. It a
essential that the intensity of party
conviction, and the impassability of party
limits which existed during the DAYS
OF Federalism and Democracy OF the Jeffer.
sonian days, should be outgrown. 1t was
believed at that time by each party that
it's antagonist actually represented the de-
struction OF our new liberty and lust
formed institutions. This dread OF oppos-
theories w have outlived. In religious
matters also we have slowly and surely
lost the conviction that certain current
beliefs are essential to honesty and good.
ness and salvation. The "turncoat" in
politics and the "free-thinker" in faith are
40 longer abhorred and stigmatize6,-TSt.
Louis Globe-Dsmocrat.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-01
SAINTS and SINNERS.

B. Dawson OF Dillon is at the Windsor
ia. Brown, Glendale, is a st. Nicholas
guest.
Chris. Ziegler Of Chicago, is at the
Windsor.
r. Morgan, st. Louis, is registered at the
Windsor.
Fl. Taylor and wife. Boulder, are Wind.
sor guests.
e. P. Mills of Deer Lodge is registered at
the st. Nicholas.
C. F. Meade, Silver Star. is registered at
the st. Nicholas.
W. A. Pennycook, Helena, is at the st.
Nicholas.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. B. Calderhead departed
for Salt Lake, yesterday.
j. w. Leidigh, Sidney, Ohio, is a McDer-
mott guest.
T. Burgan, Anaconda, is at the McDer-
mott.
P. Duryea, Of Helena, is registered at the
McDermott.
D.. MeNeill and wife of Boulder, are
guests at the McDermott.
John Clinton and Edward Richardson,
Ceur d. Alenes City, are at the St. Nicholas.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-01
Thomas Clocks are Cheap in China


st. Louis Republic: Seth e. Thomas,
the clockmaker, seems to be a candid man.
In an interview in a st. Louis paper which
advocates high tariff taxes, the question
was asked him: lis the same article dearer
in a foreign market?" Andhe replied: "No.
sir, cheaper. They (his cloeks] sell on a
very close margin. Aclock that costs 81 or
$S here at retail we wholesale at about 81.
You can buy our clocks cheaper in China,
than in New York or Waterbury, where thew
are made" 49," writes an antonished
reader, who buys his clock for the latitude
and longitude OF Benton Station: $50 If
appears that the Chinese and Mr.. Thomas
are mutually benefited by the tariff on
clocks, but where does my protection come
INF" It comes in in the fact that M
cannot sell his clocks more than
25 cents on the dollar in Benton above his
price in China. II he were:protected to the
extent OF $50 per cent. as some other man.
are, he could give his custom
srs in Pekin a much heavier discount from
MS Benton Station prices than he can at
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-01
MORE Q WHITE.
Account of the Capture Of the vel
Smooth Forser-An Old Onsndsr.

Account of the Capture of the very
smooth Forser-An old Onsndsr-
The Tacoma Globe contains thsiolIowine
special from Seattle concerning the capture
of White, who raised . couple Of drafts
issued by Butte banks on Portland eorre.
spondents, and had them cashed ut Seat.
tie. From this dispatch 1t win be observed
that White is no 'raw hand" at his pc
culiar business. and the probabilities are
that he win do q long term behind the
bars.
The dispatch says:
"White, the forger, was captured Sunday
night at Snohomish, in Q manner that
brings out q series Of remarkable coinci-
dences. White. it appears, Was the man
who some msnths ago raised q check from
$23 to $1,000 at Aberdeen, Gray's Har-
Dor. and succeeded in getting it
at the bank there. White
had given his valise to-a porter at the PEI
nobscot hotel, as it contained yaluables.
Then he started to walk, but was stopped
by the sheriff on q charge OF issuing forged
paper at Aberdeen. Thompson placed him
III jail duu btdtCku Will uim ~ 0ootttey lu-
to take him to Aberdeen and claim
the 5 1000 reward. In Seattle he placed
his man in q lodging house, under guard,
but upon the assurance OF Cashier Furth
Of the Puget Sound National bank. that
ne would not lose his reward, he consented
10 deliver him up to the King county au-
5horities. White was turned over to Sheriff
McGraw, who searched him and found ST..
700 in g~reenbacks in his pocket.
"About this time the officers learned that
mother was on the train that ara
from Snohomish, and they began to
Iearch for her. Finding her, they caused
Ter to be searched, but no money could be
ound on her. White having told q story
.bout losing the valise containing
he money, a special engine was chartered
ind the run made to Snohomish. The
andlady OF the Penobscot house thought
drs. White had money, so the party re-
,urned, and Mrs. White was again ap.
,roached. After a long argument she was
Induced to confess, and producing q reti-
ule, she turned over $S,620 In money. |
This, with the money already found,
made $1O,637, or $137 more than be &C.
ured from the bank. White and Mrs. /
White are in custody
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-01
Whisky no Antidote for Ra~ttIe-Snake
Poison.

The popular opinion that whisky is an
antidote to rattle.snake bite is contro.
verted by DR.. A. T. Hudson OF Stockton,
California, on the authority OF experiments
by DR.. y. Weir Mitchell. DR.. Mitchell
mixed the virus Of the rsttle.snake with
alcohol and with other reputed antidotes,
and found, on injecting the solution into
animals, that it's power was not altered.
He found also that the effect OF the virus
was subject to very well defined limits,
and that a quantity which would
kill an animal of q certain size was much
less powerful, or inert, upon larger animals.
II a large snake should bite agoat OF about
pounds weight. and afterward two
children OF corresponding weight, he might
kill the goat, while the children would sur.
vive. because not enough virus was left al
ter the goat was bitten seriously to harm
the children; then, il whisky were given to
the children, their recovery would be at
tributed to it, while it really had nothing
TO do with the matter. Il is rare that an
adult person dies from the bite OF q rattle
snake.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-01
NEW LlaHr ON PHREsoLoGY.

Some of Its Teachings Found to Have .
Firm Scientific Basis.
From the New York "Sun": Il is .
curious fact that modern research appears
about to establish q firm scientific basis
for some OF the teachings OF phrenology
just at q time when that doctrine has
almost passed out OF vogue. At the An
thropological Institute in London some
time since MI. Bernard Hollander read o
paper on centers of ideation, bringing to-
gether the results Of many experiments in
applying galvanic currents to different
parts Of the brain.
1t has been pointed out, for instance, by
various trained observers that the emotion
OF joy throws into action the great zygom-
attic muscles which draw the mouth upward
and backward, while at the same time the
obicular muscles are more or less con.
tracted. Now it is has been found that
there is a definite portion OF the brain.
where a galvanic current produces exactly
this effect upon the same muscles, although
q current applied elsewhere does not move
them.
It is thus apparent that the effect OF a
~galvanic current upon this portion OF the
brain is to produce the physical expression
of JOY, and it is exactly in this place that
Combe located his organ OF c~heerfulness,
which he afterwards called hope. Another
learned professor has stated THAT the brain
centers for the facial movements are found
to correspond with Calls center for MIN
icry OF imitation. In still a different spot
the galvanic current will cause movements
of the lips, tongue and cheeks, indicating
that here must be the seat OF g~ustatory
sensation. In the year 1894, when phre-
nology wa attracting great attention,
many men claimed to have discovered the
organ OF gustativeness or alimentiveness,
which they located over this same spot.
There is also another center where the
current causes contraction OF a certain
muscle which retracts the angle Of the
mouth, and is strongly contracted under
the influence of fear, and for this reason
has received the name of the muscle OF
fright. 1t is in this region that Gall and
Spurzheim located their organ or cautious.
ness, which they found largely developed in
timid people. There is still another center
which, when excited by the current, is said
to aus ~"raising OF the shoulders with ex.
OF the arms" and both Darwin and
Mantega zza have long since referred this
to 1.-THE expression Of patience, SUBJ
aud the absence OF any intention
to resist" Just here was placed Calls Or |
gan OF v~eneration, and when this ia defect.
in children, Combe says, that they are
regardless Of authority. prone to rebellion
and little attentive to command.
It would seem, from the facts gathered /
and compared by Mr.. Hollander, that the
OF what we are accustomed to |
consider as the antiquated system Of
though unable in what wal the |
state OF knowledge at that time to demon
strate their conclusions, must have been, |
extremely shrewd and careful observers of
all the facts which lay within their reach,
aud that the theories which they based |
upon those observations are well worth q |
careful determination in the light OF mod |
srn science. 1
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-01
Maguire's Opera House.

stuttz's New York Theatre company of
twenty members. the largest theatrical or.
ganization on the Pacific coast, will make
its first appearance in Butte, Monday,
June 8, on which occasion will be produced
the beautiful comedy-drama 1.-The New
Fanchon" with Miss Elodie Alma in her
great character of the Little Cricket sun.
ported by the full strength OF the company.
Admission $1.00. Tickets now on sale a.
Calkins q Co.'s, where seats may be re-
without extra charge.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-01
WALDRUP,S ALLEGED ASSASSIN.
The st. Louis Authorities Capture the
Writer of the Mysterious Letter.

The st. Louis Authorities Capture the
Writer of the Mysterious Letter.
st. Louis special OF May II: The letter
written from this city Monday by the assas-
sin ofSamuel Waldrup, Litchfeld ILL.,, result
ed to-day in the arrest OF the writer. His
name is Thomas R. Knaggs, and he is a rel
alive by marriage OF the Waldrup family.
On April l, 1888, Waldrup, who was a
prominent citizen Of Litchfeld, was culled
to his door and shot. Every effort was
made by the authorities to discover the
indeneity Of the murderer, but they were
disappointed. A reward OF $500 was of.
fered but no one ever put in q claim for it.
On Tuesday morning Taylor Waldrup
received a letter from Knaggs, posted in
this city, in which the writer acknowledged
killing Samuel Waldrup and iusinuating
that he would in time remove the rest OF
the family. Detectives arrested him to-day
at the City Hotel. He admitted the
murder, and said that he killed Waldrup
because he was an immoral man. He will
go to Litchield tomorrow without a
requisition.