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lieu of leaden bullets.


There ca9ss- E question that
the safety ofos.r own train was Who'll.
II due to the fact that the Indians
had their minds on capturing the
largest and most valuable train of
the three, and did not wish to
waste either time or ammunition
upon US. It was necessary, how
ever, that they should watch US
closely in order to prevent us from
communicating with the doomed
party, and it is also probable that
If they had been able to take us
unaWares, without too much risk
or loss to themselves, they would
not have hesitated to serve US as
they had done the other unfortu-
mates.
The day after arriving at the
Dalles [ was sent for by the com
manding officer Of the military
post, that official having been in
formed by comrade Of mine re
siding IN town that I was in charge
Of the train. he questioned me
closely regarding the military
scouting parties, as to their where
abouts and whether they had gone
as far as Salmon Falls. [ learned
afterwards that one party had been
detailed to scout from the Dalles to
Salmon Falls, and another from the
Falls to Portneuf bridge, the latter
party had undoubtedly patroled the
whole of the route assigned to
them, but the former had not gone
farther than Powder river, the
least dangerous part Of sthe entire
road. The officer commanding
this detachment was afterwards
court,martial and punished for
neglect Of duty. He should have
been cashiered, at least, for had be
carried out his orders in full, it is
probable the captured train would
have escaped the awful fate that
befel
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1878-04-05
FORT BENTON NJ. T, FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1873

trying to crawl head and ears into
the blouse peculiar to gentlemen
ef his nationality, met an acquaint-
ance;
'Muchee cold, dam-no washee
this weather-everybod go dirtee
dam.
what is that 2 inquired the
friend. cold 2
Yes belly cold,' replied the
shivering celestial.
Then (hie) why in (h!c) hell don't
you tuck in your shirt tail? asked
an inebriated HoodIum who had
been listening to the dialogue. The
disguised son of the Flowery King
dom walked off with an air Of in
iured dignity that would have
brought tears into the eyes Of one
of his stone gods, had he been by.
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Though liberty has been extolled

Though liberty has been extolled
by the writer's Of all ages as the
greatest OF earthly blessings, the
recipients Of that boon do not al
ways see it in that light. When
the news Of Senator Johnson 5 cleo
ton reached Knoxville, an old
gentleman of color, according to
the Chronicle, Of that city, met on
the street a sister Of the same per
suasion, and accosted her with,
Lordey Massey Johnson dun gon',
an got 'lected, an we'll all be put
back in de bondage but was
somewhat taken aback when she
replied, Bless de Load, I'm glad
tho it,
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NEWSPAPER EETERPRIsE.-The
passionate blood Of the first Cain
still dances hotly in the veins ofhis
descendant, Kaine, of the Mil
waukee Sentinel, as witness the fol-
lowing; Striped hose is again be-
coming popular. This reliable
statement-a mud-puddie has been
formed on the crossing opposite
the Office
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turned stream of semi boiling
water on him, and before the know
ledge-seeker could yell more than
once, changed the stream to one
direct from Greenland's icy mount
aims, thereby freezing the oaths ~as
they fell from our mans lips. After
being rubbed down with a gunny
sack and a horse brush for q few
minutes, he was permitted to don
his habliments and depart, a wiser
and a cleaner man, cleaner, in fact
than he ever was before.
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A CLASSIC MoKE.-.A couple Of
members of the darkey conference
were passing down the Avenue
when one trod on the indigestible
portion of a pear, and as bis num-
Der elevens went up the rest Of his
being was seorrespondingly lowered.
-'Kiah, Brudder Jones, is you fall
ing from grace chuckled his com
panion.-'Not prezaely, Deacon +;
Use settin' on de ragged edge Oh
pear.
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ADVERTISING RATES.
Poetry.
LINES TOA DREssHIAEnR.

lob, wherefore, bid me leave thy side,
Dear Polly a? l would ask;
low can all my feelings cloak,
When in thy smiles I basque2
Nay, Polly, nay, l cannot goI
Oh, do not stand aloof,
When of my warm affection
You possess, oh, waterproof.
Why will you thus my feelings gore
By sending me away2
You know it's wrong, of course it is,
Thus to forbid me stay.
lit seems as though some fell disease
Was knawing at my heart,
And hemorrhage would soon ensue,
If we, perchance, should part
Then waist the precious time no more,
But let the parson tie US
Sew firmly that the marriage knot
Shall never be cut bias.
In peaceful quietude we'il float
On ife'g unrufied tide,
Nor let the hustle of the world
"Pull back as we glide.
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UNHEALTHY ATTITUDEs.-Sec~
retary Bristow has had occasion to
rebuke several female clerks in bis
department for sitting with their
feet up against the window siIls
during lunch time. lie says it in
terferes with the freedom Of diges-
ton. But is a good advertisement
for a hosiery mandatory.
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1878-04-05
A Story eff Indian Life.

We learn from reliable gentle
man of this city, who is just back
from a trip up the river, the partic.
ulars of rather extraordinary case
of experience in the last awful
blizzard. An Indian and his squaw
were caught out in the storm while
journeying from Fort Randall to
the Fort Thompson Agency, and
becoming bewidered took refuge in
small rayine. They wrapped
their blankets about them and sat
down under the bank The snow
soon covered them, but the Indian
kept hole through the rapidly
forming drift with his gun, which
he void poke up occasionally.
They remained there all night, and
the drift became SO high in the
meantime that he was Obliged to
splice the ram rod to the end Of his
rifle in order to reach the top Of it
and keep up the ventilation. Dur
ing their cherries Imprisonment
the squaw was delivered Of a child,
and it was ehristened Snow Drift
This paragraph will no doubt seem
a little fshy to persons unacquaint-
ed with the wild Indian life, but no
persons who have been among the
reds it will not by any means ap-
pear improbable.
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They came near having a domes-
tic tragedy in Council Bluffs few
nights ago. A citizen OF that place,
being called out of town by urgent
business, bid a fearful and tender
farewell to his wife and babes and
started ont. His mission was ac-
complished sooner than he had
anticipated, and taking the even
ing train he arrived home at about
midnight. Going to his house he
quietly let himself in with latch
key and silently went up stairs
The gas was burning low, but there
was light enough for bin to dis
cover two forms in bed, where, &c.
cording to his logic, but one should
be. Though half crazed by the
sight, some remnants q coolness
remained, and he withdrew to Sc
cure a witness to substantiate the
statement he would be compelled
to make. After a weary search he
found a policeman; and returning
to the house, stationed him ut the
foot of the bed. A motion Of his
finger and the gas blazed at full
head; and there, IN the place where
he only Of all men had q right to
be the agonized husband cav bis
mother.in-law.
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A Turkish Bath.

G. l.4 ~ .
.rao,,l, ,o,,o. a1IbIi.baa !, oaa u
the remote cornersof tbe Territory
hannenino 70 he IN Denver was
nromnted bv . curiositv similar f.
that ofour common ancestrcss. Mrs.
7va r. indnlge IN real Turkish
bath.
With . sanor froid ca1culated IN
make > STRANGER think h had nass.
al the croafor mart of his life il
ConstantinonEe. he stroIIed in Dr.
! establishment and made known
bis desire, He was requested to
disrobe after which he was usher
"a into ! room abonr 1Ox12 feet Il
dimensions. the floor Of which was
oe voodan o,r.t;nos 4 thara,on-
efar a. The yal, parl.ad tba tamn-
orat,,ra at TO Fabr After drint-
ino ) nint of water ia was left
a1ono - oosn ,,a .. bo foo,ed -
suffocata He saw ) mattress ~
tbn Aoor and laid down thereon
For the frat fine Ia tbongbtof the
a;obtv cants and tho orioda watch
le4t n his vest nocket II the dress
mo room and remembered that The
man who showed him IN had tba
annaarance of ! murderer. He
thought Of his e;rl, his unnaid
board bill, and his mother. who.
with her diving breath. warned him
against the evil and dangerous
devices Of modern times. Then
he cot up ana looked at the ther.
lnometer, and after taking another
drink Of water, compared hi con
dition with that Of Dives, who once
found himself in Just such a place,
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Original Story.
FRONTIER sketches
NUTBER SIX.
BY JOHN J. HEALY.

BY JOHN y. IL 4 LIZ.
\ When the horse threw him, Sny-
.lder turned a complete somersault
Ibver the animals head, and his hat
bnd pistol few in opposite direc-
hons.
III Under ordinary circumstances
Ithis unfortunate Dutchman was no
coward, but this last mishap com
PIetely demoralized him. Without
waiting to pick up either hat or
pistol, he ran as fast as His legs
could carry him for the willows,
the whole pack of redskins yelling
lat his heels.
He made his way to the river
and waded in up to his neck. Here
Ebo drew his knife, with the de-
Termination Of cutting his own
throat if the Indians discovered
him, rather than have them take
him alive.
The Indians, however, seem to
have lost track Of him after be
entered the brush, for after yelling
Rnd shooting around tor awhile,
they gave up the chase and drew
Iof.
Snyder remained in the water
until night, and then took to the
lroad again, but his sufferings soon
affected his mind, and when found
about two weeks later by military
seouting party, he was quite
insape. A day or two after his
rescue, he ran away from this
party and wandered about in the
mountains for several weeks, living
upon wild berries, but was found
hgain and taken to Walla Walla,
Where in the course Of time he
IFecoved hisreason, and | believe is
lPtill livingin Oregon.
The same scouting party also
Hound the other two survivors, who
we're made sick from eating horse
meat. They were in an almost
Vanished condition, but had not
been molested by the Indians.
I To return to our own party.
After the Indians left Us, it was
agreed that we should travel all
night or as long as the animals
could hold out. We passed out Of
the badlands in safety, but some
time after dark we struck wrong
shortcut of diverging from
the main road-and was not aware
of our mistake until several hours
lator.
i The night was SO extremely dark,
.that | found it quite impossible to
recognize familiar land marks, and
n accordingly considered it unsafe
Eo look for the right road unit
IPnorning. We therefore camped
erd passed the remainder Of the
Plight without hearing Or seeing
anything more dangerous than q
Iback rabbit, but as soon as the
Fsawn once more appeared, our eyes
EFested upon a frightful scene.
H We were just within narrow
4pass, overgrown with grass and
thick underbrush, and having pre-
sides Of slate and sandstone
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The earliest importations of
spring goods have been received,
and the rough-threaded effects
popularity known during the winter
are repeated in materials for spring
and summer dresses.
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The paternal autIler ! Of an heir
ess was approached BY . youth
who requested a few moments con
yersation in private, and began.
I was requested to see you, sir. By
your lovely daughter. Our At.
taehment Young man. IN
terrupted the parent, briskly, ]
don't know what that girl Of nine
IS about. You are the fourth gen
glenan rho has approached ne
this morning On the subject.
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7 understand you make very
good cider?' 'Yaw,' said the
Dutchman: Hans, my boy, go
pring a mugtul.' Hans soon re-
turned with mug brimming full
and handed it to the Dutchman,
who drained it to the bottom At
one draught; then turning to the
astonished visitor, said: Dere,
now, if you dosh not tink dat is goot
cider, yoost sehmeLl Of te mug
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Death. Bed Remorse.

A rich wine,dealer residing in
London, recently on his dcath-bed
being in great distress Of mind, a
knowledged to his friends that his
agony was oceasloned by the
nature of business he had followed
for years. Hestated that it had
been his habit to purchase all the
sour wines he could, and by max
ing use Of lead and other delete,
rious substances, to restore the
wine to palatable taste. He said
he had no doubt that he had been
the means of destroy ing hundreds
Of lives, as he had for some time
noticed the luxurious effects of his
mixtures on those who used them.
He had seen instances Of this kind
where the unconcious victims of
his cupidity, after wasting ard de-
clining for years, despite the best
of medical advice, went to their
graves poisoned by the adulterated
wines he had sold them. The man
died rich. Bat alas /! what legacy
did he leave his children.
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A little girl, showing her cousin,
about four years old, a star, said,
That star you see up there is big
ger than this world No, it isn't,
said he. YES it is Then why
dosen't it keep the rain Off
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The GossipDing IEale Hen.

Twelve gossipping men will sit
down together about store stove,
and, like lot Of dissecting physi-
clans, lay ont and literally pick
some absent one to pieces. One
Of them will go out, when just as he
closes the store door, the eleven
will proceed to dissect his private
character IN about the same con
dition as was the chap ulzo Was
shot through brush fence. An
other one, perhaps, thinking it time
to go home, when he, too, will soon
be perforated and traduced by the
remaining nine. Number eight
soon drops off.
"When alas for the rarity
Of fhuman charity"
if stranger should drop in as he
left, and take the vacated seat he
would soon get up and leave it,
feeling that he was polluting his
form by occupying the seat lately
used by 50 great villain.
Number seven and six possibly
may go out together If perchance
- I 4
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Much las Ieen written agains
the accordion /; but the first even
ing after a young man who praetie-
ed on one moved into the second
aoor Of a house on Ninth Street, a
smile lit up tie face Of the aged
citizen who lav iii sickness OH the
fleor above. lie said he was noW
reeonailed to death.
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You have pleasant home and
a bright freside, with happy child
ren sitting around it, haven't you 2
said the Judge. Yes, sir said Mr.
Thompson, who thought he saw a
way out of the difficulty. Well
said the Judge, if the happy child
ren sit around the cheerful dileside
until you return, they will stay
there just forty-three days, as !
shall have to send you up for that
time.
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have given consent to the others
and give it to you; God bless
you
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At a recent examination in one
Of tie schools IN Washington, the
question was put to a class Of small
boys; Why is the Connecticut
river 50 called?' A bright little
fellow put up his hand. Do you
know, James?' Yes. ma'am! Be.
cause it connects Vermont and
New Hampshire, and cuts through
Massachusetts,! was the triumphant
reply.
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rock. A few wagon-tracks were
visible, but on following these a
few hundred yards I found that the
vehicles had turned off to the left
into a still narrower def1e. Not
considering it safe to investigate
further, | was about to retrace my
steps, when my eyes lighted upon
a human skeleton a short distance
ahead, and on nearer approach, |
found further unmistakabIe ev-
licences of a captured train and
murdered travellers. Several bones
of animals were stuck in the ground
in conspicuous places, and on these
were written the following words Of
warning: Turn back The Road
to Ruin Sure DEATH AN In
dian trap
returned to the train as quickly
as possible, and as soon as it was
possible to get under way, we were
retracing our steps towards the
main road, which we reached in the
course Of two or three hours.
From this time to the end of our
Journey we met with no further
mishap, except a slight accident
that occurred to one Of the girls,
who was thrown from a horse and
dragged along the ground for some
distance. Before reaching civil
ization, however, we ran short Of
provisions and for nearly a week
lived upon maggoty salmon.
Sometime after we arrived at the
Dalles, met Mr.. Meyers, an
other survivor Of the large train
party, and from him obtained the
following particulars ofwhat occur
red after Murdock and party left
them.
When the Indians got within the
corral, they began plundering the
train and fighting over the spoils.
They butchered all of the party ex-
cept eight, Two of these, a boy
and girl, they took prisoners, but
the other six, consisting Of Meyers
and his whole family, and one
woman, they left unmolested. Why
they allowed these people to live,
after slaughtering the remainder,
it is difficult to say, but Meyers
thought that the Indians believed
they were beyond rescue and would
eventually starve to death. Such in
deed would have been their fate,
had not the soldiers picked up
Snyder and the other two survivors.
From whom the capture Of the train
was learned, and the party pro
ceeded to the scene Of blood, but
did not arrive at the spot until
II
two weeks after the capture. The
condition of the surviving victims
then truly horrible. They had
been fourteen days without food or
shelter, hoping against hope that
Murdock's party would return with
help. Tits impossible to realize
their situation in all its horror, but
some idea may be obtained from
tie fact that one Of the women had
eaten portion Of the flesh Of her
dead husband.
The party however survived
their troubles, and the woman just
mentioned was afterwards married
to q soldier at Walla WalIa. The
capture and destruction Of this
train was the most serious atrocity
ever perpetrated on Lander's Cut
off, or by the Snake Indians in any
other part Of the country. They
had captured other trains, and
committed the most hellIsh acts Of
inhumanity, but they had never be-
fore fought with 50 much despera-
tion Or attacked, hand to hand, 50
largea party of whites.
ILL., The Snake Indians, though pow
erful in numbers, were at that time
poor in everything that constitutes
Indian wealth. They had few horses
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JEW Esg Y
Ladies Sets IN Solid Roman Gold, Caases
Angthyst, Coral, Garnet end Psarz,
Solid, Il Karat Gold.
GUARD, OPERA, aud VEsT CHAINS,
ROMAN and PLAIN GOLD NEczrAaB,
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FINGER ana EAR R1ses,
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FIELD s. SPY GLASS Is.
of the best French nunufaeturs.
Special pains taken in fitting speetaclss and Ego
Glasses, to secure glass suited the aye Orders
fromthe country filed with care Watches and other
goods sent for selection receiving satisfactory rsSsr.
ence. w. G. BAILEY
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$, 4,6, and os cases All watches tally ,earsunses

All kinds of Watch Repairing done IL sgsrknnaalias
manner aud warranted for one year.
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Feed and Sale Stable,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-07-18
A LAKE OF FIRE.

Mrs. Brassy, an English woman who
accompanied her husband in a recent
yacht voyage round the world, thus
describes the crater of the great Sand
wich Island volcano Kilauea: We
were standing on the extreme edge of
a precipice,overhanginga lake of mol
ten fire, one hundred feet below us,
and nearly q mile across. Dashing
against the cliffs on the opposite side,
with a noise like the roar of stormy
ocean, waves of blood red, fiery, liqu-
i'd lava hurled their pillows upon an
iron headland, and then rushed up the
face of the cliffs to toss their CORY
spray high in the air. The restless
heaving lake boiled and bubbled, new
er remaining the same for two min
utes together. There was an island
on one side of the lake, which the
fiery waves seemed to attack unceas-
ingly with relentless fury as if bent on
it from its base. On the 9TH
er side was large cavern, into which
the burning mass rushed with q loud
roar, breaking down in its impetuous
career the gigantic stalactites that
the mouth of the cave, and
filming up the liquid material for the
of new ones. 1t was all
grand, magnifcently sublime
but no words could adequately de-
scribe such scene.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-07-18
A MEAN TRICK.

Low, skeptical fellows are always
exposing spirits. The mediums
scarcely get hold of a good thing when
somebody comes a grab game of some
sort and breaks up the seance. 1t is
not very long since even Daniel Web.
ster was treated with signal discourte-
sy. A base-minded, scheming man
obtained entrance to a seance where
Daniel Webster habitually material
lied. walking from the cabinet across
the room, looking as he had looked in
life, but not making the slightest
sound of footstep. This base mind.
ed man tossed a number of large trunk
tacks, which have very large heads and
always fall point upward, upon the
floor where Daniel Webster always
walked. The consequence was that
when the expounder of the Constitu-
tion came out of the cabinet and began
to walk across the room he suddenly
paused, aud lifting one foot applied
his hand to the sole thereof. Upon
taking another step he again paused
and in a low voice remarked Ouch =
Shortly after this he lost his balance
and sat down on the floor, and imme-
diately became very profane, and re-
treated into the cabinet greatly dis
gusted.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-07-18
FALSE ALARM.

A large congregation had assembled
to hear stranger of some notoriety.
Soon after he had intro duced his sub.
ject, the cry of Fire! fire! fire ~ in
the street very much disturbed the
congregation, and many were about
to retire, when { u elderly lay brother
rose and said:
"If the congregation will be com.
posed, will step ont and see if there
is any fire near end report"
The congregation became composed,
and the minister proceeded. Taking
advantage of the occurrence, he called
attention to a f-e hat would consume
the world!- la fire that would burn
forever n he Ike that is bottomless
ind had just concluded q sentence
of terrible impOl I, I'd not without
manifest Impression on IS audience,
when a voice rom he other end of
the church, as if iu flat denial of ell he
had Sc ID, bawlcd out:
"Ifs q false alarm"
The effect was lud;crOus in the ex.
treme. The old mal retulnc but
the inopportune response spelled the
eloquent appeal from the pulpit, and
even the preacher could scarce refrain
rom joining in the universal smile
that passed over Tie cong
Hamilton Times.