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Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-04-24
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.
WASHINGTON, ID. c. April Il, ls73

last month, 2566 were allowed, and
2l37 rejected. In addition 5000
applications were made under
the act of March 9th 1878 by sold.
iers and widows twar of 1872 in
Guiding pensioners stricken from the
rolls for participation in the REBEL
ion. AS the current work in the |
Pension Office is over twenty months
behind, unless Congress provides
additional clerical force the tardy |
Justice meted ont by this late act
to needy veterans will not reach |
them this side the grave.
The pinchcd appropriations for
the Post Office Department to fur.
nish its blanks &c, has been eX.
hausted. sl45,OOO was asked last
year-economy gave 1000. The
immense registered letter and mon
cy order business will he brought
to a stand still, and the interest of
the country embarrassed, unless
immediate relief is granted by Con
grcssional action. Over S7,000,OOO
deficiencies now exist in the various
departments on account of INSULT
cient provisions made by the last
Congress for the current expenses
Of the Government. Such sham
economy is Il disgrace to our civil
cation. From care worn and bur
dcned business men all over the
country, tue anxious inquiry comes:
"Watchman what of the nighT
".Are better times Mt hand"
Four bitter years of commercial
distress confront the present Con.
gress. Few men have had the sa.
gacity to lay aside the partisan and
assume the patriotic garb as legis-
lators in these trying times. Not
a city or town in our land that does
not show alarge portion of its popu-
lation who are suffering for the want
of bread. Thousands Of the unem
ployed have been demoralized, and
swell the great army of traInps that
infest all portions of the rural re-
gions. Muscle and labor, the ma.
tons truest wealth, has no value,
and cannot be exchanged for bread.
In such times Macauly's ringing
words have no application to our
statesmen:
Then none was1ur n party,
Then all were for the state,
Then the great men helped the poor
| And the poor men loved the great.
The remedy can be seen by any
patriot and the people will rise i'll
their might and majesty and a new
party will come to the front whose
motto will be the right of every
man to earn his bread, unless Con
grcss provides for suitable appro
, pIiations to encourage and stimu
, late business activities. Why, 10y
another turn of the screw, continue
the monthly reduction of the debt
Let postcrity bear some portion o
/ the burden. Let Congress make
ample appropriations for completion
of the public. buildings and othc
4 public improvements north, south
east and west. Let provision b
made for removing the unemploye'
8 in the great cities to homes in tn
undcvcloped west, and help then
to team, and provisions for 81
months, such advances to DO lie
upon the homestead, to he returnc
to the Government at the end G
ten years. The expenditure OF eve
4 s5O,OOO,OOO would be capital we
Is invested as q business transaction
70 to say nothing of the want an
suffering that would be relieved.
The long neglected and insight
yvo,h;notnn ,popumout ia IN he tn,
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American Printers.

The world produces no better or more
artistic class Of workinz printers 1hai
4 America. This we know is saying con
siderable but do not the results JUSTIFY
he assertion :? Look at the work turned
ont Of some of the country offices, aug
show is work produced in any other parf
Of the country that equals it. And theA
t,,rn vour attention to the productions ct
orr arpe city establishments, and tcn US
where IL the wide universe you will ind
,atter It would lie impossible. Every
we'll arranged circular or finely printed
card which our printers take So much
pains and real honest pride il producing,
i i claim to our right Of being called
first il the science Of Typography. I1c
strides the American printer has made
and tba results achieved have been I'M
4oualed in the world history. L would
Be 4 surprise to the majority Of foreign
printers 10 step inside and inspect some
Of our smaller offices Ito say nothing OF
the larger ones and watch the ingenious
manner in which the foreman removes all
obstacles, and to note the variety q trades
hc has mastered with the aim ct pertecang
bis chosen onc. You will fad him cut
ting sorts, making all kinds Of designs IN
rule and metal; you will find him al
chemistry; as machinest: as wood
worker, and half d dozen other trades or
callings to enable him to carry out what
lie has designed to produce IN hs own
art. Such men are capable OF anything,
and there is nothing which they cannot
accomplish in connection with the art
Is It any wonder that they are successful
or that to America belongs the honor OF
producing the finest printing IN the
world? America has made rapid pro
gress in printing, and when We consider
that we are yet young ia the galaxy It na-
tons, We have just reason to be proud Of
what We have achieved liner n. 10.
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1878-12-13
The Romance Of In rmatine's Mar
rage.

The story Of the marriage OF the greA'
French poet and statesman IS one OF ro-
mantle interest. The lady was OF al
English family named Birch, and very
wealthy. She first fell in love with the
poet from reading his calculations Poe
joues." She was slightly past the bloom
Il youth, but still young aud fair. She
rpad and re.read the calculations, and
nnrscd the tender sentiment in secret. Al
LENGTH she saw Larmatine IN Geneva
and her love became part OF her ver
life. Not long after this she was made
accumulated with the factthat the poet was
suffering, even to unhappiness, from tn'
embarrassed state Of his pecunIary affair
Miss Birch was not long in deciding upon
bar conrse. She would not allow the happl-
ness Of lifetime 10 slip from her If Sh
could nreventit. She wrote to the Poe'
. frank and womanly letter, acknoWleds
;oo her deep interest and profound respect
and Offering him the bulk Of her tortn g
if he were willing to accept it. OF coura'
Larnatine could not but suspect the
truth. Deeply impressed with her gener
ositv. he called upon her, and found hc
to lie not only fair to look upon, but Z"
woman Of brilliant literary and artistic
education. He made an offer Of his han
and heart, and was promptly and gladly
accented, and in aft. years Alphonse
De Launatinc owed not more to his wife :
wealth than to her sustaining love and
inspiring enthusiasm,
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1878-12-13
A Quarrel.

When Charles kvmble and his wife viz
ted Paris they met William Lamb AZ
Lady Caroline at dinner given by Lord
Holland. It had been settled that the
Lambs were to return to England on the
following day, but ii rumor OF Byron's
probable arrival being mentioned 'at th
table, Lady Caroline created a sensation
among the guests By emPhatioally an
uncing her intention Of renal Ing \
Paris. William Lamb took the matter
quietly, as was his wo"t, bat it may o h d
something to do with the scene which fol-
loved. Both the Lambs AMI the KEN
bles occupied rooms in the Hotel Meurice:
and as the carriages which took Them
me drew up al the same time, ,he latte
saw William Lamb Jump out: iitt IL
,ift 5 girlish figure il. his arms, aud carr
her tito the hotel, to avoid the deep gut
er dividing the road IRON the tf0ttost
!" growIel kembe. as he watched TN
liece ol gallaatry, SHOULD Of pat your
Iadyship ia the gutter On reachln-
their respective sitting rooms, which had
facing windows, uncurtalned and brilliant,
" lighted, the kembles saw curlous
ncr feelings, fur when her husband ros
she sprang to her feet, and, rushing
around the room, swept down vases, cup !,
and saucers, glosses-all its breakabi
arnaments-n wlirlwind OF passi4s
ner husband following, and vainly en-
Jeavoring to soothe her. Ii the midst
this tragic come.ly down fell the curtain
the window biiud-and the finale was
left to the spectators imagination. " II
liam Lamb knew how eYanescent were his
wite's fancies, aud that a reTulslon was
inevitable, and did not seem 8 be much
roubIed by her Byron worship. Il,
.rrd nothing for my morals, she
III. ked bitterly in one of her letters; u
al sht firt, and 60 about with whom
pleased. He was privy q ny affairs wit.
Lord Byron and laughed vt t. His Z
dolence readered him snsensible to every
thing. When ride, play, and amose
him. he loves nc. IN sickness and SUI
icriog he deserts me Which, being in
terpreted, probable means that when she
tolerable reasonable, her husband was
happy in her society; but he had not Al,
ways patience with her raphsodies.-1eo
1Ic Bar.
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A woman dreamed that her husband
would come home as drunk as billed
owl, ana woke up at two O'Clock in the
morning and found It true. To prevent
dreaming, 60 to bed without supper,
The patient boy. He went to nelgh-
boris house tie get cup of sour milk, =
haven't anything hut sweet milk" s"'d
the women, pettishly. "l'n wait till IT
sours, said the obliging youth, SINKING
into a chair.
A boy on West.Fill started to school
he opening day Of the term, and before
he was five blocks away from home ne
lamed a dog, lost his geography scared
!. horse, broke his slate and had three
fights. Times are looking up B"r1sH9
ton Hs,ckeye.
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FORT BENTON, NJ T. FRIDAY. DECIEM BER t3, 1878.

satisfied with 1t On account Of something,
.~lncn haa sapprd INTO its columns. anu
nay stop taking it; but the absence
ne familiar sheet at their homes an
o.ices, for few weeks, becomes ~
onsupportable privation, and they hasten
, take i again, aad possibly ap5lo1-
Or having it stopped. No friendship Q
earth is more constant than that contrae.
4d BY the reader of Journal which make
an earnest effort to merit its continue.
upport. Hence a conscientiously con
Quoted journal becomes a fagorite.
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The Abolition Of Lent

An effort is being made III the Reformed
Episcopal Church to do ;.way with the
observance Of Lent as church fast. At
II recent conference Of eler5ymen Of that
denomination in Philadelphia il was de-
cided To recommend the policy Of abandon
ing the service 70 the General Staining
Committee, % tie groanl that the lndul-
zence in worldly pleasures before and after
Lent ii increased y way Of compensation
FIR enforced abstention during the season
of fasting, and upon the further ground
hat uniform moderation Of life Is the
church s great need, and that his may o.
better secured without Lenten obser-
vanees than with them. The change, i
it shall be made, will be a radical one, and
will work a wider breadth than ever be-
tween the two Episcopalian churches u
this eountry.-T l. Eoeaiag Psi.
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1878-12-13
POETRY.
THE CHILDREN {!

Trg children all, tho children
Your innocent. joyous ones;
Your daughters, with souls Of sunshine;
Your buoyant and laughing sons, .
look long in their happy faces,
Drink love from their sparkling eyes,
Far the wonderful cnarln of chihhooi,
How soon It wlthers and dies
4 few fast-vauisbng summers,
4 season OF twain Of fr9st,
And YOU suddenly ask bewildered,
What is it my heart hath lost "
Perchauco you see by the hea rth'stQone
Some Jano stately and proud, =
Ora Hsbe whose soft ambushod eyes
Flash out from the golden cloud
0fla7ish and beautiful tresse8
That, wantonly floating, stray
Der the white of q throat and bosom
Nore fair than blossoms in May.
And perchauce you mark their brothers
younh heroes who spurn thesod
With the foryor Of antique knishthoo3,
And the air Of q Grecian god.
But where, ah, where are the children,
Your household fairies fyore
Alaca they are dead, and their grace has fled
For ever and eyermore
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1878-12-13

Many persons suppose this list to be
composed ofeheap, ow-priced newspapers.
The fact is quite otherwise. The Catalogue
states exactly what the papers are. When
the name Of a papeT is printed il full face
type it is in every instance the best paper
III the place. When printed in capitals it
IS the only paper in the place When
printed in roman letters it is neither The
best nor the only paper, but is usually a
very good one, notwithstanding. The list
gives the population Of every town and
the circulation Of every paper. It is not a
cooperative list. It is not q cheap list.
At the foot Of the Catalogue for each State
the important towns which are not covered
by the list are enumerated. 1t is an hon
est.list. The rates charged for advertis-
ing are barely one-ffth the publishers
schedule. The price for one inch four
weeks in the entire list is S635. Tho
regular rates of the papers f,r the same
space and time are s3,l36.s5. Tho list
includes 97o newspapers, Of which l63 arc
issued daily and 8o7 weekly. They aFe
located il 825 different cities and towns,
Of which p are State Capitals, 328. places
of over 5, 600 population, and 448 County
Seats. Lists sent on application. Ad-
dress Geo. 2. Rowell & Cos Newspaper
Advertising Bureau. 70 Spruce $. Print
ing House Sd, 8. T.
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Attachment to Newspapers.

Tie strong attachment Of subscribers to
we'll conducted newspapers is fully con.
drmed b publishers. Stop my paper,
words of dread to n,sw beginners n bnsi.
ness. lose their terror after . paper has
been established for 4 term Of years. So
long as a paper pursues a just, honorable
and judieious course, meeting the wants
Of It's customers in all respects, the ties
Of friendship between the subscribers and
the paper are Az hard to break by an oat
side third party as the links which bind
old friendsin business or social life. Oe-
caslonal, defects aud errors u news.
paper are overlooked by those who have
become attached to It through its perasaI
for years. They sometimes become di..
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1878-12-13
She Had Seen Him Before.

i good story is told Of former judge
of certain court in the Bay State, whose
hair was whitened BY the lrosts ofnearls
70 winters before he tef the bench. En-.
tering Boston and Maine Railway car
one day. h. saw but half vacant seat,
and that by the side Of q very pretty
young lady. gorseously arrayed. The
Judge was great sdmirer Of ladies, and
be Immediately started for the seat. sAh'
beg pardon, madam, sad his Honor,
but is this seat engaged? = mo, sir,
replied the fair occupant Of the other
halt. The Judge took the seat, and
glancing again at the dazzling beauty at
his side, he thought he recognized in her
4 lady he had met somewhere. FINALLY
he yentured to ask, Madam. said hls
Honor, Madam, your face looks very
familiar. ! must have met you before.
but really ! cannot recollect-' ''Yes,
answered the bunch Of roses BY his side,
yes, old buster, likely 'nough you have;
it was only in June you sent me up for
thirty days, and it's only eleven times
you've sent me up for simple dran6s =
Boston Post.
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During the early part cf the rebellion
the majority of the Committee on Army
Supplies of the House Of Representatives
reported ii favor of granting supplies,
while strong minority report opposing
the grant was represented by Mr. YaLlan-
digharl. After the reading Oft the minority
report, Mr.. Thaddeus Stevens inquired OF
Mr. V. whether his report was signed by
all the opposing members Of the commit
tee. Mr.. V. replied, testify, . Yes, Sir,
and not one of them has made bis mark
"And never will, retorted Stevens.
When Kentucky had among its Con
gressional delegation a Marshall, some
what distinguished .or his pomposity i
not for his ability Mr. Thaddeus Stevens,
III the course of debate, referred to the
distinguished gentleman from Ken
tncky !" whereupon Marshall rising in his
place, interrupted Mr. Stevens with the
question, Does the gentleman refer to
me p
"No, Sir, replied Stevens whenever
| speak Of the distinguished gentleman
from Kentucky always mean Nr. Crit.
.tenden.
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SLFTINGS.


womsn's writes-Postscript.
A matter of cUres-Appie seeds.
A. g,Ilevsisfge2A -sh p,s c,ox.
Evervb5JE,s Observation-Disclosures
Another new (klnIxht-ro-morrow
ovsn;nr
Farmers C)ubs-Broken pitehfork han,
5Ies,
p,r.,o and fine linop-aranss snd
.l},;a, s,.>;;1v~sas'a .'.,
To.a o,v.r von,oD and vbat wooId fol-
,ow2 Tba man
.non,' ~;ra i O ,vbav - 10 nors1le, oy.
,,ros.;on % "cboaso i
!, ,,l as ,-a; ,-i.t {. so, ot;mas the baayi.
,t,1c. r~r ,no,,t n;I. Nm, ,,,y,rint
r~of l,st ,.or'I, an yaav;on Paradise
wara - don,t care Adam Chicaqy
A-...a. -. ...- .......
AS, 1ou;s cIork !, named GasbiII
1rnhannv mani Probably everybody dis.
nntns hin,
P Ifa Iodr.roos AGAINST von IN the street,
onoIon;ve r ! ~ cnstom Sc the conn
.I
Tnara oro n,oro moor boneos constructed
cr, .ha ..tr;ol,, j. mans hats ;, than
fron .nv o,bar material
Mr. 0n,cb Of New York mentioned
b;s name +, tbe hvstanders as tpe car-door
ia,nued Ills fnkers last week.
4 Miss Steers. Of Virginia, elopeG the
other day. She exhibited great anxiety
to be voked to a mate-Ncc OrlcOus
Piea4uae. ~;
"a don't like that cat, its got spIinters
in its feet was the excuse of a four-year-
old for throwing the kitten away
A CoFifnbtis ni56: says lie started thirty
wears ago to make $l,4OO,OUO. He has
oot the tourteep but the cinbers bother
bim
TaiJors set CROSS logged lust to be obstiz
nate, Any Of them could do twice as
much work with his feet hanging OF
bis,-DstroR .EEe5 Pres.
According ssto the Buffalo Ecpress lag,
er beer dosen't intoxicate. 1t is the
quantity THAI some men CARR that weighs
them down
Bleeding at the nose can be stopped by
telling q man that his parents we're born
in the 6otr.house. His nose will stop
and yours will begin.
Love NAV be blind, as thew saw, but we
notice that in ali tie records Of The ayes
Il has neSeFsskis:ea tbs girIs mother by
mistake when it reached after the girl.
First lady-"Whx do they call those
balls foulY', Second '1adi2y11-,sDon't know.
unless because the pesky things are con
tinually flying oyer the fence"
The scientific journals arc greatly exer-
cised over cotor blindness. but we'd like b
see Just one man in the country whe'd
mistake five dollar gold piece for
nickel.
An bouest,hiBernian, IN. company, who
blamelsthe elelgy: :tQr tajsin.. tenth part
of the peoples property, exclaimed, '.Ah.
they would take 4 twentieth part if they
could !
do 5y28aRf know a1 i GOOD way Of curing
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1878-12-13

domestic tab;eau. Mr. Lamb was seated
in an arm chair; Lady Caroline had
placed herself % bis knee; that position
not expressing sufficient tenderness anu
humility, she slid to his feet. But some
chance words perhaps TUNED the tide Of
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1878-12-13
WOLF CREEK HOUSE,
PriekIy Pear Canyon, Bentoa Road.

Accommodations for traxsient guests. Good stabling
and feed animals. Hunting and excursion parties
will find this Of the most desirable stepping places
the Benton Road. Tie House is beautifully sitn.
ated in The most attractive part of the canyon. within
easy distance Of the best points r hunting and fishing
The Bsntoa and Helena coaches change 1T tlis station
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1878-12-13

From the recently published biography
IF Alexander +. Stephens we cuIl the
tiolIowing anccdote;
While on the subject Of old Georgia
schoolmaSters, our readers will perhaps
tor sixe Us We n l.tion another, though
ne has ifo immediate connection with our
arrative. His name was Duff !, ana be
swayed the rod in the adjoining county.
He was preacher as well as q teacher,
and in the latter character he welded the
hickory and took his dram III all respects
like the rest of his brethren. He was 4
great politician, and took a lively interest
in all the local aff~irs of the county,
One Friday afternoon, when there was to
b. next day horse-race at the county
town, one Of the competitors il which was
one u his political leaders, he admonished
his boys in the following fashion:
= Boys, suppose you know that there 5
going to be q horse-race In town to morrow.
Now, boys, don't yon 20 10 it. But, boys.
i You do 60, don't you bet; whatever you
do, don't you bet But, boys, # you 10
bet-miad what tell you: if YOU do bet,
be sure to bet on Abercrombie 5 mare ]! :.
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An TED !!

To trade desirable business property in.
Benton for young cattle. Address :, I
REcoRp Office, Fort Denton, u. T.
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Russian Cheese.

An article Of diet Of almost universal
consumption among the poorer classes i
Russia, is the variety OF home made
cheese known as "Tworog,o Of which
more than 100000 pounds are sold an
nually in St. Petersburg alone. It's mode
preparation is very simple. Sour skim
milk is placed over night in a warm oven,
And poured the next day upon u sieve.
whore it is allowed to remain till all the
whey is ruu of. The curd IS then packed
tightly in q wooden vessel, aud covered
with lid made to fit exactly within It.
On this heavy weights are placed, SO as to
keep up a constant pressure on the mass
IF curd aud the space between the lid
and top Of the vessels filled with cold wat
er, which is frequently re aewed. Tworog
cheese is, III fact, nothing more than hard
pressed cheese. In the northwestern and
southern governments Of the empire it is
often m&de from shee., 5 milk, and il Bes-
sarabia, q superior quality made from the
whole milk is prepared, which possesses
tar better keeping properties than the
,rdiuary sort, and which is exported IN
considerable quantities TO Wallachnt,
aoIdavia, and even to Austria.-4meri,
can Duj1yman
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Unqnestioaably the best sustained worA of the XII
in !, zY1rll
EHARPER,s MAGAZINE.
illustrated.
Notices of the Press,

The veteran Magazine, which long ago outgrew its
title of the New Monthly Magazine, his mi in the
least abated the popularity it At the outset but
has added to it in mny ways and has kept fairly
abreast Of tae TINES thanks the enterprise Of the
publishers ana the tact and wsdorn Of It's editors For
whatever is best and reliable i'll tho literature
Of travel discovery and ctio2 the average reader of
to-day looks to Harpers Magazine, just expeotantly
as did the reader Of quarter ofa century ago. there
is the same admirable variety Of contents and the
a4le fresh4e3s aad estYenass in its editorial de
partment now as thqn.--Boston Journal.
Whenever AMI ~ aereyer
Diseases of cholec type prevail there is cause to
a},prchend visit from them, the system should be
toned regulated and rein forced by course of Hos
letters Stomach Btters. Perfect digestion and reg-
lar habit Of body the best safeguards against such
.laces and both are secured y this inestmable ton
ic and Alternative. The Bitters are also extr mely
scryiceable in remelyias such disorders. Ifprompt
~ taken in cases bilious collie diarrhoea and cholera
morbus the disease is usually frustrated In darIhoe
it il only necessary restore the of ts
laxed bowels, and this one of the specific eacts Of
this medicine. Wind on the stomach heartburn bill
iousaess, nausea headache. and other SYM toms OF
disturbance i'll the gastric and hepac regions are also
speedily relieved h5 this excellent remedy As fam
lily medicine it is invauabIs, since it promptly and
completely remedies those ainents which are Of most
frequent Occurrences.