The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1876-06-30
MISCELLANEOUS.

to belong to polished society,"
Gibralter is being victualled to support
garrison Of 1000 men for six weeks.
An afectionate wife in Illinois raf1ed off
her Bible to get her husband out of jail.
Store girls all over the country are TAX
ing firm stand on the sit-down question.
They have the sympathy Of the general
public.
Bismarck, Notwithstanding his long par
liamentary experience, is embarrassed,
6dgety and hesitating when delivering
speech.
"Nusic hath charms" The male grass
hoppers use their hind legs 70 fiddle on the
edge of their wings, and the best fiddler
always wins the affections Of the female
first.
Cattle.stea1ing is on the increase on the
Texan border, and bullets are flying around
in every direction. The recklessness of
Tweed in remaining in that dangerous
country is quite inexcusable.
No Chinese bank has failed for 500
years. When the last failure took place
the officers heads were cut off and flung
into corner with the other assets. A
good thing to bear in mind.
The first original poem Of the season
was received yesterday. We regret that
a great press Of matter prevented It's pub
Hcation, but it id very nicely for the Office
boy to wrap around his mince pie.
A prison reform congress is in session
in New York. The design is to make re-
formatories Of prisons and to discuss and
to receive suggestions of plans by which
SO desirable an end can be attained.
Very properly the Boston Traveller re
minds It's lady readers, while talking Of
the latest things il bonnets, and its friends
Of the other sex eonversing over the latest
failures il business, that the two topics
have closer relation to each other than IS
usually supposed.
| When baxom widow, in pursuit Of q
runaway daughter arrived at Tichland
| (Ky) hotel, the other day, boarder made
love 10 her, managed to borrow 5000 Of
her, and then, to crown all, ran away with
the daughter, too while the widow went
home alone.
During the excitement attendant On the
parade ofa circus company at Fall River,
four men entered the City Treasurer's office
and asked for a license. 1t was subsequent
II discovered that tin box containing
s4,3l7 was missing and the clue to It has
been discovered.
Mrs. Paran Stevens has recovered her
stolen diamonds. There is no Charley
Ross il this paragraph. Mrs. Stevens jew
els were not, like those Of the Roman
I mother, children, but solid chunks Of car
bon, possessing the highest known quality
Of jewelry-neg gotiable value in pawn
shop.
Lieutenant Maurin, brave young
Frsnchman, who has won promotion from
the racks by his heroism in the Franco
German war, has developed Of late per
feet mania for stealing everything he could
/ lay his hands on, and has been degraded
from the army and sentenced to ten years
penal seryitnde for bis robberies.
There il q sort Of 4 natural instinct Of
human dignity il the heart Of man which
steels his very nerves not to bend beneath
the heavy blows Of q great adreraitY. The
palm tree grows best beneath q ponderous
weight even 50 the character Of man
There il no merit il it: it is law Of
psychology. The petty pangs of small
daily cares have often bent the characters
Of men, but great misfortunes seldom.
There is less danger in this than in great
good luck.
When the dusk Of evening had come On
and not a sound disturbed the sacred still
ness Of the place when the bright moon
poured il her light on tomb and monument,
On pillar, wall and arch, and most Of al
lit seemed to them upon her quiet grave
in that calm time, when al outward
things and inward thoughts teen with as
suranee Of immortality, and worldly hopes
and fears arehumbled il the dust before
thenl-then, with tranquil and submissive
hearts, they turned away and left the child
with God.-LDiekens
On the panel OF desk il the Merchants
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