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A Ripple from Africa.

Our new Supervisor has q darkey who,
the other day, vas attending to some duty
on the lawn near the road, and six or eight
friends Of his own color were leaning on
the fence, evidently to see that the thing
W'ts ItIopUTi : slt,II Itt -
Ike Delily. happened to pass at just this
time. and meeting DR.. Mapes enquired:
" Dir. Mapes, who's dead at Masser
Hustis "
S No one, think, replied the doctor.
s 4, r., yes, I persisted Ike, there must be
somebody dead there, for sartin s,ire. z u
4 Why, I am positive nots' said the
idoctor, 4 Cor should certainly have heard
Of II il there had been a death III the fam
ily.
i 6 hen, exclaimed Ire, raising lis voice,
and pointing at the long lazy row of his
sable brethren, hanging un the pickets.
what's All slis ser lnournln fer, strung
along do fence. = IS FTssh tilt STANDARD.
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The Mystery of an English Nobleman's
Life and Death.


The death Of Rear-Admiral Sir William
S. Wiseman, of the Royal Navy, at st. Jo-
seph, has unraveled a mystery worthy of
the most ingenious romance-writer. The
man registered at the Saunders House,
st. Joe, as William Chambers. He died
suddenly, and the coroner kept the papers in
his possession. A week after death the
coroner received a letter from one Downing
of Fairfax, Nebraska, stating that Cham
bers was none other than Admiral w Wiseman,
and demanding his papers. The coroner
declined to deliver them. A week orrtwo
latter, letters from the son of the deceased
were received, instructing the coroner on
no account to part with them. Then the
particulars of the story were made known.
1t seems that many years ago noted Lon
don courtesan perpetrated bold robbery
in a novel manner. Possessing the full
credit Of a London tradesman she ordered
an imnlensc assortment of rich goods, jew
ery, velvets, and satins from which to
choose. The merchants fell into the. trap
and supplied her with the richest in their
possession. Instead Of making selections
and returning the remainder.she eloped
with them and disappeared. The Admiral
accompanied her. They reached the States
without detection, and her companion pur-
chased great deal of land in Gage county,
Nebraska, They were accompanied in
their fight by Downing, the Admiral's VAL
ct. When after four orfive years, the Ad-
miral, tired Of his companion, he married
her to Downing, and returned incog to Eng
land. Mrs. Downing meanwhile died IN a
secret sort Of . way, and Downing absorbed
her property. It was while on his way
back to Nebraska that Admiral Wiseman
died. Letters were found in his possession
corroborating the, above facts. How pur-
suit was eyaded and tho secret preserved
SO long is mystery soluble only on the hy-
pothesisi Of British reserve - Chicago Tri-
bat,ae.
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Beecher's Bobtail Flush.

Not far from me lives an intelligent
negro lad, who is considered an oracle in
the society in which he moves. His en-
ployment is servant at a clubhouse, where
he has picked up quite knowledge of the
amusements of the white folks, and keeps
himself generally well posted on the events
of the day, was called upon by his colored
friends to explain the Beecher matter, he
said
"You see, it's jis like game O. draw.
Beecher it was his blind everybody took
hand. Miss Woodruff she makes the fus
play den dis man Bacon he come in; Mass
Tilton follow, 'cos he had good ham
Mass Moulton he followed in 'cos he
thought Tilton was a-gon' to be robbed
dropped in kinder quiet like. Then de
small fry, them fellers with dences an
trays, they come in COS it looked like
good pot. Mass Beecher pic up his hand
an he find fow (four) flush. Bein' his
blind, he think he play smart and raise
'em all out-so he raise 'em the limit. Dew
all pass out 'cept Tilton and Moulton.
Tilton he draw one card, two par, mines
and skies, an don't better 'em. Moulton
he draw two cards to free aces and take in
par jacks Beecher he draw one card.
Tilton he fell kinder weak on his ham, an
bet white chip. Moulton he know Beecher
on de bluff, SO he jes follows wild white
chip. Beecher he don't look at his ham
tall, but jes gor rite back to de limit. Tilton
he feel kinder weak den. He feel he can
beat Beccher, too, but he t'ink Moulton
kin beat Beecher, too, but he 'fraid MouI-
ton gett skeered an pass out. Finally
Tilton he call, kinder hesitatin' like, and
den Moulton he jes bounce Beecher. Dat
kinder startle Beecher, and he look at his
ham, He draw a club to 70, hearts an got
muffin but bob-tail flush. Mass Beecher
can't play bluff wild dem fellers. Dey eat
him up blood raw
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POETRY
IN THE CITY OF THE SEA.
BY JOAQUIN MILLER.


o high set lion of sweet SAINT Mark.
lhere are seas to the left and seas to the right,
Front and aback there is nothing but flood,
Nothing but billows and nothing but night,
And white-blown caps that are tossed and curIed.
City afioat, thou art surrey an ark.
And here about are beasts in stud
Creatures and beasts that come and 90,
Enough and wicked enough know
To populate or devour world.
Sphynx-like lon art prophet or what?
Nay, Noah or prophet art thou, Saint Mark;
But king of the desert or slave of the sea,
Whatever thou art or what shall be,
what thoa art now what art not,
In city at sea, in ark or bark,
Lead us and land us on some sweet shore.
Some new-washed summit, where olives are green
Ard never the yisage of sorrow is seen, @
For ever and ever and ever more.
Lead us and land us, oh! that were best,
10 the Isles of the Blest, by the Isles of Greece
And on and beyond where the great moons face
Bends low and large to the golden grain
The whole year through; and death nor pain
Nor any hard thought has name or place--
To the land of olives, the land of peace,
To the land of love. to the land of rest
Lead us ard land us, for that were best,
home on the seas were never home
Floating in floods of salt sea-foam
And seeking for what? For the Golden Fleece,
For the land of Giants. the sea-lost moon,
Gates of Hell or of Hercules
Or the land of eternal afternoon?
n lo5 5o1d hot Col
Lo! here are doves, this is the ark,
But where is the olive and where is the peace,
Where is the land and where is the rest?
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BISMARCK ON NAMING CHILDREN.
the recent attempt on Bismarck's life, the
Prince received numerous letters of congrat-
ulation on his escape and among them was
from Caserta, Italy, written by a boy named
Bismarck Panicali, about seven years old.
The Chancellor sent his acknowledgment
10 the boy, and also wrote the following
letter to friend in Italy:
Among the courticrisms which are not
wanting TO the powerful, did not also
expect that of seeing my name imposed
upon children III baptism. have had this
honor in one place only lin Italy. do
not enjoy and laugh a5 L: but am V5Is
sorry for ii. remember that III 1871 the.
name of Plus TX. was given to children
and amongst tho Queens Of Europe there is
one who is called l'ia (the daughter Of
Victor Emmanuel, now Queen Of portugaD.
Then came the power Of Napoleon III.
and how many little Napeleons were born
amongst the Italians. To-day-it is my
turn, and the little Bismarcks begin to
appear ;but / llol. it as 4 had angnry, and
/ tremble at it. II yon can, ccntrive that
that one of Caserta may be the only exam
pie Of 1t, and - yoa. will render signal
servic,
To yours most affoctionately,
BIsMARcK.
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Barnum Made a Benedict.

During the brief interval that followed
the close Of the morning session of the
Universalist Convention yesterday, before
the people had time to disperse, a commotion
was noticed in the Church Of the Divine
Paternity. DIR. Chaplin entered and occu-
pied chair beneath the pulpit. The Or
ganist struck up wedding quickstep, and
ruInor carried the news around that p T.
Barnum, the Snowman, had caught pretty
English Fish and was about to make her
his own according to law and custom. In
a few moments the organ pealed forth it's
grandest and Mr.. Barnum advanced to the
communion rail, leading on his arm Miss
Nancy Fish. q young lady of twenty-six
summers, 1.-the and pretty, the daughter of
Mr.. John Fish, of Southport, retired
manufacturer of Lancashire, England, who
has been put ON the rack by Mr.. Barnum in
his autobiography as An Enterprising
Englishman." The bride was dressed in a
slate-colored dress, and wore q black velvet
hat with blue feathers. From her ears
depended diamond earrings. The bride
groom was attired in an evening dress suit.
The knot was tied in short order by Dr.
Chaplin, and as the happy pair were pro
nounced husband and wife, according to
the laws of God and of the State, the groom
imprinted kiss on his brides cheek, for
which he was applauded by the assemblage
and the pious pastor present. The couple
Immediately retired to the Windsor Hotel,
where they are at present domiciled. There
was no nonsense or ostentation about the
wedding, and few persons outside the
church, not even those in the hotel, knew
that wedding had taken place between
the Snowman and an English lady. Mr..
Barnum has been widower about year.
He is sixty-four years Of age, but wears
well.
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THINGS GENERALLY.
BY MAX ADELER.

1t was Lycurgus, believe, who remarked
that ga cat has nine lives" Mr.. Partridge,
ON Thursday night last, thought he had dis
covered a couple of cats which had fifteen
apiece. It was his first night at home, af-
ter spending the summer in the country;
and about one o'clock he was awakened by
some unusually loud caterwauling appar-
emily in Bowman's yard next door. He
rose, went to the window and calculated
"Scatn' several times but without effect.
The noise continued. Then he fumbled
around in the closet for an old boot and
projected that at the spot where he thought
the cats were. There was momentary
lull, but in minute or two the screeching
become more vociferous than ever. Par
fridge went for another boot and hurled it
with terrific force into Bowman's yard and
then he followed it with another, and then
the noise became n positive shrek. Par
fridge was gradually getting excited, and
dashing into the closet he scooped up all
the boots on the floor and the bootjack and
after finging them over Bowman's fence in
quick succession, but without stopping the
serenade, he danced around in a frenzy and
fired everything he could lay his hands on.
Mrs Partridge's CATERS, the soap cup, the
towel rack, the pomatum jug, the cologne
bottle, he footstool, Mrs. Partridge's
hoops, the hair brushes, the wax fruit, the
hymn book, and the plaster image of little
Samuel saying his prayers in night shirt,
with a stubby- -nosed angel in a bolster-case
watching him-all of these things were
hurled furiously at the unseen cats; and
still the duett proceeded. At last when all
the available material in the room except
the bedstead and Mrs. Partridge had been
flung away, Partridge rushed down stairs
for his gun and then emptied both barrels
into Bowman S dining-room shutters. Then.
Bowman appeared at the back window and
exclaimed:
"What In the thunder is the matter9''
"Matter?" shouted Partridge, "why
I'm trying to stop those diabolical cats in
your yard w
What cats9" inquired Bowman, "I
don't see any cats
"But you can hear 'em, can't you? They
have been yowlln' around down there for
the last two hours like fury. There they
go. Don't You hear that? Just listen to
that, will you 90
Partridge, You certainly must be drunk.
Cats! Why good gracious man, those are
Mrs. Bowman's twins over here in our
room. They were born last Friday.
Didn't you hear about it ?"
Then Partridge suddenly shut the win
dow down and went to bed. He is going
out into the country again, to stay until it
is cold enough to sleep with the windows
shut.
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The Morning 4rgus down at our place is
scrupulously careful of the honor of jour-
nalism. When it makes an assertion it
never takes it back under any eircumstan-
ees. The other day it announced that u
certain Mr.. Stebbins had been eaten over
in the woods by Squire Hoover's pigs. The
next day Stebbins called at the Office to say
that the whole story was false; such thing
had never occurred and he wanted contra
diction published. The reporter assumed
a solemn look, and assured Stebbins that
when the argus said u thing, that thing was
so; and besides that, he had been over to
see the pigs, and they looked as if they had
eaten a man named Stebbins, and there was
nobody named Stebbins around there, so
he must have been eaten, and all the cir
cumstantial evidence was so strong that
until the pigs side Of the story was heard,
not another line upon the subject would be
published. Then Stebbins threatened vio-
lence, and subsequently the reporter agreed
to put in a paragraph to the effect that per-
sons who had any objections to eating any
member of the stebbins family need not OH
that account decline to buy sausages of
Hoover, and that was as far as he could
conscientiously go. It is perfectly clear
that if men are to be permitted to stultify
a free press with their foolery, our liberties
are in danger. If Stebbins had been a
conscientious man he would have given
himself over to Hoover's live stock as soon
as lie saw that Item in the ArgUs.
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IIOTElS.
NIcBURNEY HOUS E.

HAVING LEASED AND RE F N S D
III throughout the above
New and Elegant Brick Hotel
Building have Reope.ed the same and shall endeav
or to make it ~
The best Public House on the West Side
Every effort will be made for the Comfort
and Satisfaction of Guests.
The Tables will be supplied with the best the market
affords, and the Rooms new, clean, well
ventilated and furnished.
ALL STAGES Srop AT THIS HOTEL FOR or WITH
PASSENGERS
MEALS, so CTS. LODGING 90 CTS
DAY BOARD. per week. 500
BOARD AND ROOM, $1,000
A share of patronage is respectfully solicited.
Mrs. LAURA J. SCOTT.
DEER LODGE, Montana. 226-
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One meets with an inexhaustible variety
of characters among the 10000 people now
congregated here. One is the young lady
of forty who has gone back to short clothes
and pantalettes, and who lisps to gentle
man: "Mamma says am so giddy, such a
giddy young thing" A snag on either
side represents her departed teeth.-3Sara-
toga Letter. M
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The statement floating about in the pa
pers to the effect that "a jealous Indianap-
oils woman has just made her thirteenth
Intellectual attempt to commit suicide," re-
minds me of the case of Mrs. Barker of
Harrisburg. She attempted to poison her.
self tWenty-three times, but WAS always
saved by the judicious use of q stomach
pump, by her friends She was life and
hope and comfort and bread and butter to
the newspaper reporters, and thought SO
much of her thateat last they got her up
little testimonial in the shape Of silver
plated stomach pump with a gutta percha
piston and bell-metal valves, inscribed with
the sentiment. MAY she never succeed.'
Some of her friends gave little collation.
at the time, and after it was eaten, some-
body proposed to test the apparatus on one
of the reporters. They say that the meet
ing then adjourned suddenly.
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Scarcely week passes without the re-
cord of some wonderful surgical operation
Sallie Brown was lately taken in hand, and
had broken knee and dislocated rib taken
out and new ones put in, and she is now as
good as ever. 1t may not injure the story
much to add that Sallie was canal boat
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" IN the notrh of England and in Scot
land they have made the discovery that our
great national game is modification of
the old game of FOUNDERS which was q
favorite in that region forty years ago" If
an American should invent method for
propelling ships by the captain standing
overheard and kicking against the stern,
some Englishman would certainly turn up
ready to prove that British inventor sold
the patent right Of that motive power to
Noah just before he finished the Ark.
These Englishmen are somewl at like the
Chinese, who, as soon as they heard there
was a game called billiards, produced doeu-
mentary evidence that a Chinalnan named
Fung Sang played the pocket game in d
match on the planet Saturn four thousand
years before The creation of the earth.
5sss --<a b47es 8H
SIxLARGEsT STEAMERS IN THE yYoRI.r. -
The six largest steamers in the. world are
tie Great Eastern, owned by the Interna-
tional Construction and Maintenance Conn
pany, CTS feet long, n feet broad tho
City Of Peking pacific Mail Steamship
Company, 6,o00 tons, 4a3 feet long, 4S feet
broad the Ligluia Pacific Steam Naviga-
tion Company !. $50 tons, 46o feet long, As
feet broad; the Britannia White Star),
4, 100 tons, 455 feet long, AS feet broad, tho
City Of Richmand (Inmann), 4, 500 tons,
45sa feet long. AZ broad, and the Rothnia
lCunaFd), a,50o tons, 425 feet long 42a
broad.
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A Saratoga lady, aged sixty, is about to
married to her widowed son-in-law, aged
thirty. Evidently the poor man will never
be permitted to go out of the family. y.-Roch
Dar,
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LAND ENTRIES.

LA N D E N t r / E 5.
O,BANNO * WOODY
0. 3. OBANN0N, +. ii WOODY,
Deer Lodge. Missoula
Will attend to all matters relating to entry OF public
lands in Deer Lodge and Missoula counties. Wehave
Township Plats and Abstracts of all filings and entries
AM PREPARED TO MAKE ENTRIES AT
HELENA RATES
No one Is now Connected with me in the
Land Business in this Comfy.
Can always be found at the District Clerks Office
Deer o. OBANNON
lodge. June 90 1872 155tf
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The Milwaukee Sentinel says: What is
wanted in Kansas is more telegraph poles
OF stronger ones. The average pole holds
only about four horse-thieyes comforta-
bly
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Regular advertising payable quarterly as due
Transient advertising payable In advance.
specal Notices are so per cent. more than regular
advertisements.
Local advertising IS cents for the first insertion 10
cents per line for each succeeding insertion; lines
connted in Nonpariel measure
lob Work payable on delivery.
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WHAT THE WITS SAY.
he st. Louis Globe calls its reporters

The St. Louis Globe calls its reporters
Information exhausters."
Freedom didn' shrek much when Poland
fell.-Patterson Guardian. @
The leaves are beginning to blush before
exposing the bare limbs of tho trees
Berkshire Courier.
DR.. Mary Walker is. making a pair of
spectaeles of herself on the Partisan bule-
vards.- Worcester Press.
Mrs. Southworth is believed to be dead.
She has not written novel for a week.
Neg Orleans Picayune.
Que thing is certain. AS collector of
autograph letters Moulton is a great sue
cess.-Ind5dRopolis Journal.
The Brooklyn Argus has adyices to show
that there is not as much trimmings on
night-gowns as there used to be.
A western exchange speaks of Spotted
Tail ''haying gone off on his ear" On
the frontier, we suppose it meant.-Com.
Adc.
The Bangor Commercial friyolousIy al
ludes to Col. Susan B. as a 'sfrisky wren."
Rather lap-wing, we should say.-Com.
Adot.
There is some difference in opinion as
to which of 'em is Ananias, but the identi-
ty of Saphlra is unquestionable.-- .--Minaa.
Mail.
Joshua made the sun stand still for
"about whole day." but President Mac
Mahon suspended e Uniperse for two
months-B0stoa1 Globe. III
DR.. Mary Walker has only filled the po-
sition of private physician in the Sultans
harem for month, and he already wishes
he was dead Wash. Star.
A St. Louis paper apologies for clerical
error which occurred in an editorial. These
mistakes happened by allowing clerks to
write leaders.-N. 0, Republican.
The Milwaukee Sentinel says: What is
wanted in Kansas is more telegraph poles
OF stronger ones. The average pole holds
only about four horse-thieyes comforta-
bly,.
A Saratoga lady, aged sixty, is about to
married to her widowed son-in-law, aged
thirty EyideptIv the moor man will r,avar
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-08-22
4 CASE IN POINT

II is the custom Of tine opposition press in
their speculations and calculations upon a
third term to say, count the Federal Office
holders as unanimously in favor of it. The
Harrisburg Republican convention shows
how unfounded the charge is. That con
ventiOn, it will be remembered, declared
emphatically against a third term; in fact,
put Gen. Hartranft in nomination for 1879.
We do not know how many Federal Office
holders were there, but that there were
several we have no doubt. Certainly there
was one, General Bingham, lately post
master and now a quarter sessions clerk.
Unless we are very much mistaken he also
holds the position of commissioner for
the erection of the new post Office building,
which brings him several thousand dollars
a year and affords him the opportunity to
employ large number of carts and horses
ofhis own upon the structure, which we may
be certain are well paid for by the Govern.
ment. Bingham was one Of the active
managers of the convention and had hand
in fixing up its platform. When the Hart
rant resolution was read, he did not make
the slightest objection; we have no doubt
that he cheered as loudly as the rest. Now,
if Bingham, who is making as much as
score Of small postmasters and officials, will
net support the third-term idea, how is 1t
expected that they will do SO who have not
one-fftieth part his interest in the natter
The whole charge is a SANDER. Bingham
is q shining illustration of the manliness
and independence of that class of our
people.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-08-22

WE SURRENDER large portion Of oul
space this morning tc the long-expected
statement Of the mutual friend" and
peace maker, Frank D. Moulton.- By II
Mr.. Beecher stands convicted as an adul.
terer, liar, hypocrito and coward. Is it q
veracious statement Can this witness be
impsached2 Is this heather, as he calls
himself, q man who stands outside the door
of Plymouth church, the only truthful wit
ness in this whole case thus far, except Mr.,
BeecherR And if Moulton's statement be
true, Mr.. Beecher must not be excepted.
As the case NOW stands, it is Moulton' s
word against Beecher's, Mr.. and Mrs. Til
ton having both testified and asseverated
both ways upon the subject ct different
dates The reader must choose for himself
which he will believe. It isa sad, unsavory
business, in whatever aspect It Is viewed.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

- SOCIAL, TODGE, No. I, r.. A..
~ A., NJ. will meet In Special Communiea-
ton SUNDAY, August q a. O'Clock IN M I I96
brother, Robert Fleet All d.: NJ. in gooi
standing are frateTnauy invited to attsnd BY
order Of the W.. M. JOHN bSIILE,