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The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-09-14

lawyer was just about giving up the strug
gle without an effort. Sud lenly he perceiy
ed in the far extremity Of the courtroom
his beloved and her parents, who had come
to see what kind of stuff he was made of
The presence of the one he worships
changes his train Of thought He feels
that he must make show of talent, and
commencing his argument, rises to the
highest flights of eloquence. In a word,
he succeeded in showing that the criminal
is an upright, virtuous, and much-abused
man, and obtains his acquittal. In the
evening, the lawyer, with triumphant air,
calls at the house of his future father-in-
law, expecting that his success will ensure
him warm reception. To his surprise,
he finds the young girl cold, and her par
ents much embarrassed. He asks what
this sort Of reception means.
"My friend" says he whom the young
man had already begun to call fatber-in-
law, II must tell you-my daughter loves
another"
''Another Who is the man,"
"The good and yirtuous man whom you,
to-day, by your eloquence, restored to
society" replies the father.
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Lola Monfez,a Hair.

The Virginia( New Enterprise contains
the following: John Hull Pennyille, who
passed through this city day or two since
from Plumas County, Cal, on his way to
Esmeralda County, in this State, has in his
possession curious relic of that strange
and adventurous woman, Lola Montez.
Mr. Pennville IS an accomplished yiolinist,
and at the time when Lola was residing in
Grass Valley, CAL, was in the habit of
playing for her, in order that she might
practice some new dance Of her own inyen.
ton. The yiolinist had a strong passion
for making collections of human hair par
ticularly the long tresses of women. He
had several times limited to Lola his great
desire to possess tress Of her hair, but she
refused to take these hints, however, plain
iy made. At this time Lola had in her
possession at her home III Grass Valley a
young bear that she was training for some
purpose, she being at that time but about
tnenty-niae years Of age, aud still full Of
life and ambition. One day when PennYil-
lie again limited about the treaz, Lola said,
"Nr. Pennyille, if you will go into that
back yard, throw that bear to the ground
and hold him one minute by my watch,
will give you a strand of my hair large
enough for the bow of your violin" Done!
cried PennyilIe, and he at once proceeded
to the yard for his tusslu with the bear,
Lola following to time him. The bear was
a grizz! y, not yet old enough to be very
dangerous, and Pennville, proceeding as
though at play with the animal, with very
little trouble or risk succeeded in winning
the much-coveted lock Of hair. The tregs
was promptly surrendered, and PenEyille
long kept it among the other specimens III
his collection, but when he heard of Lola S
death he remembered her words at the
time he won the memento, Il will give you
Il strand large enough for the bow of your
violin, and placed the hair in the hand
somest bow he could procure, where it
remains to this day. Pennylle is row quite
IN old man, and does not appear to be
overburdened with this worlds 5 goods, but
It would take large sum of money to
purchase that fddIe-boE.
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shade of the Central Market, when Brother
Gardner sauntered up, and said

shade of the Central Market, when Brother
Gardner sauntered up, and said
"Was you overcome wild de heat?''
Use near dead" groaned the other.
'But doan' you forget datde month OBJ
August is slidin right along like a boy
gwine past graveyard" said the old
philosopher. 1T won't be long afore de
harvest will be over an de summer end
ed"
Gan shall be de happiest pusson in
town." YEARLY replied the sufferer.
"Well, dat may be, but look dis way
while gin ye some advice. Now, ef you
is in de yeecinity Of an auction sale, an
You hear de auctioneer cryin out dat he's
got bid of ten cents on snow-shovel, do
you gallop right into de crowd, my boy,
an 60 cent better. Doan' let desc hot
days make you believe dat snow won't pile
up MORN 70 feet high around your shanty
next winter"
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Resigned To 1t,

The other morning, as the driver of an
ice-wagon halted his team in front of a
house on Columbia Street at halfpast four,
and was making ready to hurl twenty five
pounds of ice against the gate with the
usual crash, the owner otthe place came
around the corner Of the house, and gently
said
"Might as we'll drop thst on the grass or
fling it through window, just as suits you
best. And, after this you can shout at
your horses as you stop, or you needn't ut
ter word. You can also exercise your
own discretion about yelling to other driv-
ers mile off"
''Why, what's the matter?" asked the
driver.
My wife has left me, I've sent the child
ren away, the furniture is mortgaged, and
I've reached that point where nothing can
annoy me. used to want to kill you for
waking up the whole family at daylight,
and once did try to get your range with
my revolver, but that's all passed and
gone. You can now come up the street on
a gallon, yell like an Indian, smash the
front door in, and break window or two,
or you can creep softly up and let me sleep
on. This is a sad, cold World, and want
you to take all the comfort you cau.'
The driver has been thinking over it.
Before that morning he was figuring to !.
borrow basedrum, pair of cymbals, q
hand-organ, a dinnerhorn, and shotgun,
to help along the good cause, but he now
seems down-hearted and discouraged.
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Game in Season

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t,au..ans.oaafats Wv. ,,,s - hoh;4,l, " u IVES - ~
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- : ." = saAsi law NO. qsi'e 'hs
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H. NJ
are your plgeon.snares IN good eondi
'io' .ot game
=. ! oa oe'' vas Inc suggestive reply.
"aeh ~, money % oe maze a. your little
same
es' you can actually roil 1t up N
neaPs'
1o"ee'ee up ~ your cage you mean. "
~ An my oeaf ocy, oaf' that
eefeaihiy u IS quite proper 70 bar a
cage.
ou' 'ousae y shafP' oia para
Wv - s'afp' ''eA' as 'he tee'h OF your
'lge1,
lfae sha one soh'etlmes gets bitten
81Tn 454 hsn',ng 'he ''sef'
~, 80 eea'',1 NAen oAs goes a. u WIN .
or nT s. 80.
,...s '.l@' /" san o1" - success
= = '-t@' - : Wy = snois' = = nos easy %
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LAC0NIC'S.

The most elegant aattery is at se2ond
hand VIZ, orePeat over again the praise:
bestowed BY others.
Ignorance, simple, helpless ignorance
IS not to be imputed as fault; but very
often men are wiltullY ignorant.
A Soldiers SMILEY Yoer shy dog is
always deep one: give me q man who
looks me in the face as he would cannon.
TO assist our felloR-creatures is the
nobIest privilege ofmortalitY tits, in some
sort, forestallng the bounty ofProyiience
Party spirit is like gambling vast
number Of persons trouole themselves
about what in the end can be beneficial
only to few.
Philosophy has not SO much enabled
men to overcome ther weaknesses, as it
has taught the art Of eoncea!ing them from
the world.
They who have experienced sorrow are
the most capable Of appreeiating Joy; so,
those oaly who have been sick, feel the full
value of health.
Vanity is ourdearest weakness, in more
senses than one man will sacrifice, and
starve out all his other inclinations to keep
alive that ore.
It's IS difficult to win over an enthu.
siast BY force Of reasoning, as to persuade
lover Of his mistress faults; or to con
vince man who IS at law Of the badness
Of his cause.
A great idea may be thus defined 1T
gives us the perception Of many Others,
and it discovers to us all at once what we
could only have arrived at by course OF
reading or inquiry.
There is no absulity in approving as
well as condemning the same individual;
for as few people are always in the right,
50 on the other hand it is improbable they
should be always in the wrong.
Talents, without the eaccompaninaents of
fellglon, are Dut fatal presents they not
only add strength to the vices Of the indi-
yldual, but what j. worse, they render
them more conspicuous to the world.
The most trivial circumstances are able
to put an end to our qualifications; they
ars like beds Of roses, where it is very IN
likely all the Leaves should be smooth,
and even one that is doubled suffees to
make rs uncomfortable.
Its the temper Of blade that must be
the proof Of = good sword, and not the
gliding Of tho hilt Or the richness Of ths.
seabbard 50 i IS not bis grandeur and
possessions that make man eoasiaerable,
baf bis intrinsic merit
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She Couldn't Love Him.

Recently young man in this city fel
desperately in love with young woman
The young woman was cold and reserved
She didn't take to him. The young man
continued his pleading to keep her com.
pany, and, as q last resort, gave her gold
ring of the value Of ten dollars, upon con-
dition that she $50 with him one week, : he
being confident that she would find that
he was a bona fde gentlemen, and learn
to love him. The woman accepted, and
kept her pledge. At the end of the week
"she did not like him" He then gave 3
silk dress of the value Of thirty. five dollars.
she to try him month. She accepted the
situation. During the month he gave her
another ring. She tried very hard to love
him, but did not succeed She told him
so, and returned to the embrace of her
former lover. The giyer was angry. He
hurried to a lawyers office, explained his
grief, and caused the young woman to be
notified to call Immediately. She called.
The lawyer explained her crime, made
some remarks about the jail, and demand
ed the gold rings and silk dress. The
youn woman was frightened She said
she would see her sister. Tho sister inquir
ed about the matter of an officer. The
statutes were searched. A laugh was en-
jo5ed, and the young woman was told to
hold On to the property. She will stick
Nashua Tel
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CIRCULAR NOTES.

Academy of Design: 4 yonng lady
boarding house.
The man who sat down on the spur 0
the moment will not do SO again.
Not for Joe /" was not written by Nose.
and dedicated to Potiphar's wife.
= # the keeper of a jail is a jailer, why
sn'tthe keeper of a prison a prisoner?
Why is sehoolmistress like the letter
c? Because she makes classes Of Iasses.
Hood called the slammlng OF a door by
a person in a passion "a wooden OATH
CLARA Morris saddle horse is dead" !"
Everybody unaccountably omits to remark,
''sad I -oss."
When do skipping lambs become ike
literary volumes? When they become
boundin' sheep.
WHAT'S it that is always kept perfectly
dry, although there is running spring il
it all the time. A watch.
Love is an internal transport + exelaim-
ed an enthusiastic poet. $50 is canal
boat" said an old forwarding merchant.
DR.. Hall says that for the period Of
month before marriage, and month after
oeath, men regard their wives as angels.
A Kansas editor heads his war news
"Gzarsaparilla." Does he do this because
ne wants the Russians to purify the Turks?
There Is man somewhere whose men.
ory is SO short that it only reaches to his
knees, therefore he never pays for bis boots.
The man who can ask fat woman to
1e0a upon his arm must have very faint
idea Of the proper use of the English Ian.
guage.
The dearest object to me on earth is mr
wife, :. said jones. "WelI, I'm pretty close
to you, : said Smith, "for the dearest to me
is my wite's wardrobe"
Hornets cannot talk the English Ian
guage; but when they tell picnic party
to leave. it is as clearly understood as III
0Ss0l9U " tAe Iaost grammatical Boston |
ian.
"Nenny man." remarks Josh Billings,
has reached the summit oy fame, and
then lookt down into the humble valley he
cum from, and longed 70 be back agln.2
Some men can never take a joke. There
vas an old doctor, who, when asked what
vas good for mosquitoes, replied: GLOW
10 you suppose | can tell, unless I know
What ails the mosquitoes r.
Charlie, my dear. = said loving moth.
: to her hopeful son, just budding into
'feeehes, Charlie, my dear, come here.
nd get some candy. 4 guess / won i
nlnd 1T now, MOTHER replied Charles
I've got in some tobacco
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A LaMEer,s Lore Story.

Here's the story ofan unfortunate Paris
young lawyer. This unlucky wight was
head-oyer-heels in love with beautiful
girl, and was about to be married to her.
On the eve Of the Wedding-day be vas call
ed to defend an awful misereant-a man
Of thirty, who had poisoned his mother and
father. The case seemed d lost one, and,
when the prosecution had closed, the youfg
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DROPPING CORN.

Pretty pocbe Lane and /
In the soft May weather,
Barefooted, down the furrows went
Dropping corn together.
Side by side across the field,
Back and forth we hurried
All the golden grains we dropped
Soon the ploughshare buried.
Bluehirds on the hedges sat
Chirping low and billing;
Why, thought I, not follow suit,
If the maid is willing?
So whispered: "Phebe, dear,
Kiss me''-"Keep on Dropping"
called her father from his plough,
There's no time for stopping!'
The cord was loosed, the moment sped,
The golden charm was broken
Never more between us two
Word Of love was spoken.
What a little slip, sometimes,
Ali eur hopes releases
How the merest breath Of chance
Breaks our joy to pieces.
Sorrows cup, though after drained,
Never lacks ror filling;
And we can't get Fortunes kiss
Though the maid is willing.
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To sit ona sofa between two pretty girls,
one with black eyes, jet ringlets and rosy
cheeks, the eothef with soft blue eyes, aunnr
ringlets and red cheeks aud lips, and both
laughing at yon at the same time We
know Ct nothing more trying
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A Trout That Carried a Ticket.

/
The remark OF Prof Agassiz that no
man knew whether the huge trout caught
in the lakes "were ten years or taco hundred
years DID, prompted some enterprising
men several years ago to try and find out
how fast trout grows.
To get some light upon this question,
Mr.. Page conceived an ingenious device
which he at once proceeded to put into
execution. Platinum wire was obtained
cut into one and halfinch lengths, fat
tened at Que end, and various numbers
were stampedon the surface from Il to 4,
also the numbers 70, II, z, to denote the
year. As trout were captured they were
weighed, oae Of these tags was passed
through the skin, just under the adipose fin,
and securely twisted, and then the fish was
liberated. In the course of the two or
three years named, a large number Of trout
were thus labelled. Qfcourse the chances
that any Of them would be caught seemed
infnitesinally small, yet in 1873 one Of
them reported. In June Of that year, Mr.
Thomas Moran, the artist, captured fine,
vigorous trout, weighing 2 II pounds.
Upon taking him from the laading-net the
platinum tag flashed in the sunlight. Upon
examination, the mark, Z 2-7la was dis
covered, thus establishing the curious fact
that this particular fish had gained | Sd
pounds in two years.-Seri5aser.
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Good AdYina.

4 misunderstanding colored man was
Wiping his dusky brow as he halted in the
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-08-24
A Cure for Trouble.

No man has so very much trouble
after all. Certainly not so much
that he couldn't find some one that
could discount him twenty times
and then beat him out. Job is gen
orally considered the boss man for
trouble, and yet we don't. suppose
Job bewailing the fate Of his child
ren and servants and bowling over
more boils than he could count in a
day, felt as utterly, hopelessly,
wretchedly miserable as one of his
servants did, humping himself along
+, the dirt road a thousand miles min
ute, with a fierce Chaldean right
behind him, gaining on him every
jump and coolly picking out the
very spot where he would poke a
spear l6 feet long clear through him.
If you want to dwarf your own
troubles look at some ones else.
But that is never any consolation to
man who is trying to scratch
hive between his shoulders.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-08-24
Whom 10 Ask % Dinner.

There are many misfOrtunes in
store for diBner-givers. They must
know whom not to invite together.
Politics or other causes may have
temporarily separated old acqnaint-
ances. The dinner will not he made
a greater success by the juxtapOsi-
tion of two members of Parliament
who no longer speak to one another
or boy and girl who have, after
an engagement of six months, found
that in no respect were they suited
to one another. Some of the party
have, perhaps, at the very last mo-
ment, sent an excuse, and the result
is four men all sitting next to one
another. OF these, two are certain
to be in bad humor. No man dimes
out to sit between two men; and he
would much prefer to dine at his
club, in which case he can order
his own dinner, read his book, and
get free play for his legs The ord
mary attitude of man towards man
is suspicion. They meet hike dogs
in the street; an encounter may not
take place, but they are ready for
one. If possible the arrangement
of the ark should be initiated, and
each male take in a female to din
ner. The pairing must be made
with a proper regard to age, and the
lamb must not be given up 10 the
were wolf. The werewolf may like
it. but the lambs mother will be dis
consulate. If she isf to enjoy her
self, let her be under the delusion
that her daughter will be led TO the
altar the moment dinner is over, by
he-young man who has. sat next to
her. The next best thing to being
unmarried is to be a widOwer. a
good widower is as useful as a
good bachelor; indeed, better, in so
far as he has lite interest IN the
fortune of his first wife. Let Lord
Methuselah, therefore, take in the
youngest girl in the room. Age has
its excuses, and if he puts his arms
around her neck once or twice in the
evening the world will only say,
chow very much like Lord Methuse-
lah!" His income is large, and if
the disparity in years is so as well, it
is better that it should be on has
side than on hers.
London Saturday Reoie'o.
An Irish friend, who never reads
the papers, says he hears that the
Turks are bombarding kalafat from
Widin and he can't understand 1t,
or he thought they always bom-
arled city from swidout."
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-08-24

idea until the result is saan N +bo;.
double war canOes-vesseIs that 81
though wonderfully swift and safe
are virtually nothing more than
two parallel logs joined together by
a platform, on which mast is plant
ed. The Feejee double canoe is not
however, the consumate flower of
barbarian bodybuilding genius. 1t
has been surpassed by the Flying
Proa of the Ladroue Islands, craft
that combines to. some extent both
the hollow and the solid log ideas,
here. - ' '-O
The hull of the Flying Proa ex-
hlbits on one side the graceful lines
of well proportioned fat. Were
an ordinary sail boat to be eut in
two along the keel, and boarded up
Perpendicularly, either side would
present rude idea of the model
Proa. Each end of the Proa is ex-
actly alike, and as the mast is placed
exactly in the middle, the craft will
sail equally well with either end hrst.
Across the deck run stout bamboo
poles, which project beyond the
rounded side of the Proa, and are
fastened at their extremities to a
iog OF wood placed parallel to the
boat, and fashioned so as to offer the
slightest practicable resistance to
the water. The weight of the loo
or outrigger acts as a counterpoise
to the force of the wind, since bv
the peculiar manner in which the
Proa is sailed, the log is always on
the windward side. Thus, although
the Prea, is excessively long and
narrow, it can never eapsize, the
out rigger answering the same pur-
pose in this respect which the Fee
jeean aecomplishes by using a
double canoe.
The mast, although placed half
way between the ends of the boat
stands in the bilge, close to the gun,
vale, where it is fastened to the mid
die beam of the outrigger. The sail
lateen, triangular in shape, but
much wider at the foot and less lofty
In proportion than are most lateen
sails 1t does not seem large in
comparison with the length Of the
Proa, but In view of the extreeme
narrowness of the hull and its want
of stability apart from the outrig-
ger, 1t is an enormous sail. The
fore end of the yard fits into a sock
ct at the end of the boat ana the foot
of the sail is laced to boom. It is
thus capable of being trimmed as
fiat as board, and as it is reefed by
rolling the boom until the desired
amount of sail is wrapped around it,
the shape of the sail always remains
the same.
As has been said, the Proa is sail
ed with eitheren first, but the out
rigger is always kept on the wind
ward side. The fiat side being thus
always the lee side, acts as a keel or
centre board, but with more effect
than either In fact the Proa is said
to make scarcely any pereeptible
leeway. When beating against
head wind the Proa never tacks, she
is merely kept away until her stern
approaches the wind, when what
was the stern suddenly becomes the
bow. 1t is credIbly asserted that
this product of barbarian genius Oft
en- attains speed of twenty miles,
and it is certain that not only is the
Proa, the fastest sailing boat in ex-
istence, but it will sail nearer the
wind than any vessel known to Eu-
ropean or American sailors.
Haper's Magazine.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-08-24
THE FLYING PROA.
The Fastest sailing Boat In existence
-HoV tt Can AnnIhIlnte Time
and space.

1fo boat-builder is asked to con-
strnct a boat which shall not only
be fast, but absolutely safe in all
contingencies, which can neither
oapsize, swamp or sink, no matter if
she strikes on the sharpest rocks in
He'll Gate, he viii frankly confess
that he can't do it. Nevertheless,
such a boat can be built, and with
it two cool headed girls can outsail
the Sappho or Columbia without
risking any danger more serious than
an occasional spIinkling of spray.
The hollow log and the solid log
are the germs from which two wide
ly distinct types of vessels have
been developed-those in which,
and those in which the crew is car
ried. We have developed the hOl-
low log through all the various stag
es that seperate the canoe and the
Cunarder, but have abandoned the
solid log after having converted in
to the cumbrous lumber raft. The
South Sea Islanders, on the other
hand, have developed the solid log