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70. 80.

! often 10 be seen about sunset slow
y approaching the city from al
sides, to seekshelter for their flock:
during the night, in some of the
deep valleys by which it is sur
rounded, carrying the lambs in
their bosoms.
It is almost incredible, the
influence that the shepherds Of
Palestine possess over their Rocks;
many Of them have no dogs, but a
word is often sufficient to make
them understand and obey the will
Of their shepherd. Tie sleeps
among them at night, and in the
morning leads them forth to past
ure, always walking before them,
gaiding them to those places where
they can enjoy the best food, and
resting when he thinks fhey have
obtained suficieDcy, or during
the heat Of tie day, in some cool, +
shady place, where they all i'm.
mediateIy lie down arond him. He
has generally two or three favorite
Ian7bc which n, yo+ ,,,:x ;4L al
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A shreWd Dodge.

An artist has recently published
in French journal an account Of
his Swiss sketching tour. On q
beautiful afternoon II June, Of the
present year, he left his hotel in
Interlaken, went out alone with his
camp-stooI and easel, and strayed As
far as the foot Of the Jungfrau. As
lie was about to began his sketch,
lie was startled by seeing, a few
yards il front Of him, i huge bear,
that groWled ferociously. He
seized a six-ehambered revolver,
and leyelled it 1T the beast, but
before he could fire he heard the
words, Halt! haltl' The bear sat
on his hind legs and wrung his
fore.aaWs. What2' cried the artist,
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1878-01-18
Marriage and Longevity.

4 job to coax bachelors out of
gIe-blessscdness, and toydecrease
the stock Of old maids by an in
creased demand for wives. may be
involved in sbme statements made
BY the London Review inregard to
the relations existing between
marriage and longevity. Old maids
and bachelors, it says, rarely attain
to extreme old age. and then it tells
Of people living to extraordinary
ages BY wedding dozen times or
70, wlllle Jacob jay, Of Boraeau,
years, having laid seventeen wives
in the grave and Margaret Nc
nowall, a ScotchWoman, died IN
1866, at the age Of 105, having
wept at the untimely demise OF
thirteen men whose names she had
borne in rotation. Thus tar the
Review does not put very extra
ordinary tax upon ones capacity
for boiling tough morsel, but the
strain is rather severe when it goes
on to speak of a pair named Rovin,
who died in Hungare in 1741, the
man aged 10 and the woman l64.
leaving a tender youth 116 years
old to bewail his orphanage and
reflect on the strength Of that tie
which held his parents together
for 148 years.
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1878-01-18
Selected Story.
A BIack-Hiller.

4 He stood about six feet four il
his moccasins, wore long hair. flow
ling beard, and a sort of Kit Karson
tair.
/ He waltzed in carelessly, like a
tbo1d buccanoer of the plains on the
ttrail of Choctaw, skirmished
across the room, captured broken.
Backed chair, into which he
cautiously deposited his lengthy
form, and then gIared savagely in
our direction. We were just on
the point cf eondin5 out a. ~
3or an assortment OF bowic-kniyey
and a couple Of Gatling guns, when
our Iamblike visitor quieted our
hpprehensions by inquiring:
I '6'pose you've heard of the Black
Hills p
\ Certainly most every body has
Rhat can read
+ From what you've picked up in
h general sort Of way, I reckon
you've kinder got the idea that the
Hills amt any good. That they
don't pan out 'cording to calcula-
lions, ell 2
That's it exactly. You couldn't
have guessed better
Well, stranger, you've got the
wrong idea Of the thing, then. I've
kinder taken fancy to you, and |
don't mind telling you that the men
who run down the Black Hills arr
All .liars-yes, sir, l-i-a-rsr
You speak positively, friend +;
perhaps you have beeA there?
Il Been there! I should say | had.
\ know every inch Of ground in the
Black Hills; there isn't stone
khere but what | have turned over,
and every mountain peak bears the
marks Of my camp fires
Perhaps, we smiled. At any rate
be suddenly paused, looked at Us
FuspiciousIy for a second, and then
continued
/ BY the way, stranger, if you
houbt my word at any particular
point in this narrative, you will
Pblige me by saying SO. I always
30 prepared to convince people
4 And he reached around toward
his rear pocket in suggestive
hammer.
/ We hastened to reassure him.
4 Doubt your word 2 we ezclailn-
bd @, no, not for the world! You
heedn't get out your Testament !;
I've will believe all you say without
Eour swearing to it,
We'll, as | was about to say, ]
know that region better than any
living man; I've hefted every
ounce Of dirt il the Black Hills,
Rnd know what's in it. It's chuck
full Of gold. Yes, sir, pure gold.
None ofyour snide silver OF trash
that sort. Why, in some parts Of
he Hills the gold lays around in
hhun5s ready To be picked up. A
Pugget aslargess your fist wouldn't
noticed out there. Some green.
pan who had just got there and
Y IL
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ADVERTISING RATES.
Poetry.
AN ABORIGINAL CHANT.

What time the glittcring rays Of morn
Ger hill and valley steal,
Chief Joseph's sqnaw, with dog and corn,
Prepares the Indian meal
And if, with wild, rebeIlious shout,
This Pappoose shall appear,
The chieftain leads the bad child out,
Clutched by the Injine ear.
The breakfast Ger, the daughter strolls
Down glen aud shady dell;
While gay young braves from wooded knobs,
Look out for the Ingin belief"
Each smitten brave she turns and leaves
Her coyness to bewail;
Her dragging blanket stirs the leaves
The well-known Indian trail.
a Black Hills miner, scalped and dead,
Upon the ground is fouud
Grim speaks the chief: There's been, I'm afraic
Au Indian summers around.
What time he rideth forth to shoot,
His ftvorite horse the dapple is;
And when lie wants little fruit,
Goes where the Indianapolis.
When finished are his warlike tasks,
With brazen incongruity
For overcoats and f1od he asks.
With charming Indianuity.
AT night, before his bed he'll seek,
With countenance foliorn
He takes his scalping knife and eke
He trims the Indian corn
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\ DULL TlnE.-A gentleman
from Connecticut who went down
to Texas just before the war TO
edit a paper, has recently come
North to visit his frinds. He car.
ries tWenty-three bullets in his
body, has had the end Of his nose
and one ear bitten off, is minus four
fingers and all his front teeth, and
yet says he's had a mighty dull
time of.it down there.
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1878-01-18

EAsY-He made his first ap-
pearanee at our new office last
evening" and inquired why a hand
organ was like Thanksgiving. The
answer he gave was 50 easy that we
repented having given up the
connndrum. It was simply Because
one is enough for the year ); and he
walked down stairs with the
leisurely tread Of q man who is
permitted to go on bail.
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S0The Man from Boston. 7,

A few weeks ago, says the Vir-
ginia (Nev Chronicle. man from
Boston arrived on the Comstoclz tc
inspect its novelties. Whateyer
he saw, however, did not astonish
him in the least. Nothing could be
shown him that he would not
gravely remark upon, saying,
Boston has one just like 1t, only
bigger Last evening he was
passing the International Hotel on
B Street, just at dusk, when cap
Of the chimney was blown down by
the wind. The cap was a circular
piece Of shectiron, painted black
and slightly convex. The four sup
ports which connected it with the
chimney were like legs, which held
it a few inches from the ground.
As it fell it struck Just in front of
him, rebounded a few times in the
air, and then, blown BY the wind,
went skimming along the walk like
q living thing
What's that?' the Boston man
asked, somewhat astonished.
a bedbug from the hotel, repli-
ID a wag, Just coming down for
title exercise.
By George !" exclaimed the
tfanger, 1 never saw any thing
Ike it in my life'-and then, recol.
eeting his home in Boston, added
ofBostonn
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QUICK GoLD.-Nrs. shoddy tic
shopkeeper)-. Show me a jher.
mometer-one Of your very best.
shoplzeeper-'Ihis, ma am, is one
Of the fnest-Venetian glass and
the best quicksilver Mrs. S.
Silver That would be very nice
for the kitehing, but waat one for
my boodoor. Haven't you one with
quick gold 2
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Late And you must go so

LATE. And you must so SO
soon !? she murnured, as he gather
ed up his hat and came and turned
his sleepy eyes toward the door.
1t is late he said. Late?' she
eooed, softly may, love, nights
candles are not burned cut and
you nger but a moment longer
But he said he couldn't possibly !;
he had to get down to tie store at
seven o'clock, or the boss would
dock his wages. and he couldn't
stand that no how and besides he
had good deal Of dusting to do.
And he busted.
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VOL. III.

miner picking up chunk Of gol,
that size unless it was to fire at
dog. Whom tell you that gold /
50 plenty there that the men pounc
it up into slugs and use it in the
place Of bullets, you will begin t
get an idea Of it. Why, it has act
ually got so now in tie Hills that
if You shoot at a man with an or
dinary lead bullet, he gels mac
right away. A Black Hitler con
siders it a deadly insult to have g
man plug hole through his
internal machinery with an old
ewter bullet, and no one but a
mean, Iow-lived cuss will do it
when gold is 50 plenty. Don't you
think SO, stranger?'
Decidedly; l should object to
such proceeding, myself, some
what. How about the Indians +?
Don't they trouble the miners :?
Bless you, moi They're as tame
as kittens. Never heard of their
harming any bodyo When i first
went there I had a notion i'll ny
head that they were rather savage,
and I determined to keep shy OF
'em. The fist time I went ont
prospecting, ! had got off out Of
sight OF the camp, when I notiaed a
big Indian sauntering toward me
at the rate Of about mile a min
ute. I started to run, aud he chased
me three miles down a gulch, and
then | keeIed over, tired out, and
gave myself up for lost. The
savage rushed up, painting. for
breath, grabbed me by the should
cr, and
'Scalped you p
'No-said he only wanted to bor-
row . chew Of tobacco! I gave him
j Daper. If f1le.gllt, and he put II
yum yum couple times, and left
me, highly pleased. Thestof about
the ndians killing people is only
newspaper yarn. They don't do
it. Now and then a body is found I
stuck full Of arrows and staked to
the ground, but it is clear case Of
suicide every time! You couldn't I
reasonably blame the Indians for
that, could you?'
1t doesn't look as if you could:
No / knew you'd say so. Now
I'm personally acquainted with all
the redskins in the Black Hills
from 'Lipger.]ay by the way to
'Swift-foot-the hurricane-rider, and I
[ never heard Of their doing any
thing out Of the way. They have
most all the accomplishments aud
virtues Of civilization, too !; drink,
swear, lie, chew tobacco, and talk
slang equal to native Yankee.
They are real Christians, those
Indians are, and no mistake'
Then you consider that there i
no danger to be encountered IN
visiting the Black Hills 2
Not bit Every thing is as
quiet and peaceable as Sunday
school picnic! I've got thousan
acre claim staked out right in the
centre Of the gold region, and after
| visit few Of my old friends, I'm
going back there to settle down.
If you ever come out that way in
quire for Long Pete that's me-
and I'll put you through in reg lar
Black Hills style so-long, strang-
er L
And the lengthy pioneer slowly
assumed the perpendicular and
glided forth.
a shreWd Dodge.
An artist has recently published
in a French journal an account Of I
his Swiss sketchipg tour. On Q
beautiful afternoon il June, Of the
present year, he left his hotel in
Interlaken, went out alone with his
camp-stool and easel, and strayed as
far as the foot Of the Jungfrau. As
=
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FORT BENTON NJ. T, FRIDAY, JANUARY 18 1878.

that name afore. How long has he
been dead 2 o, not more'n a
couple O years or so ! and they ad.
journed to drown their tears in a
conyiyial glass.
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The CHRISTMAS TREE. The
superintendent Of one Of the Mas
sachusetts SundayschooIs was ad-
dressing the children on a recent
occasion concerning the coming
Christmas festival, and asked all
the children who desired a Christ
mas tree to hold up their hands.
The display Of hands seemed to be
general, but a little four.year older
did not raise his. On being asked
Why he did not, he replied, in a
melancholy tone, ] don't want any
more mugs | got two last year.
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Don't want en-, said he.
Why not = said !.
Wal YOU see, be said, I'm run
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-03-07

upon authorized that it was not to be antici-
pated that any further legislation of Congress,
or any action of any department OF the gov
ernment, would sanction or tolerate the re-
demption of the principal of these bonds or
the payment of interest thereon in other coin
than that exacted by the government in ex-
change for the same. In view of that fact,
it will be justly regarded as grave breach of
public faith to undertake to pay these bonds,
principal or interest, in silver coin worth in
the market less than the coin received for
them. 1t is said that the silver dollar made
legal teEder by this bill will, under its oper.
alton, be equivalent in full to the gold dollar.
Many of the sup p5orters of the bill believe
this. Is it just to attempt to pay debts, eth
er public or private, in coin of inferior value
to the money of the world? The capital de-
feet Of the measure is that it contains no pro-
vision protecting from its operation pre-exist-
ing debts in case the coinage which it creates
shall continue to be of less value than that
which was the sole legal tender when they
were contracted. If it is now proposed, for
the purpose of taking advantage of the depre-
citation of silver in payment of debts, to coin
and make legal tender q silver dollar of less
gold or paper, which is now lawful money of
this country, such a measure, it will be hard
ly questioned, will in the judgment Of the
mankind be an act of bad faith. As to all debts
har tod oil dnll
be made legal tender only at its market val
ue. The standard of value should not be
changed without the consent of both parties
to the contract. The National promises
should be kept with unfiinching fidelity.
There is no power to compel nation to pay
its just debts. Its credit depends on its hon
or The nation knows what It has led its
creditors to expect. can not approve bill
which in my judgment authorizes the viola
tion Of sacred obligations. The obligation of
public faith transcends all questions of profit
or public advantage. Its unquestionable
maintenance is the dictate as well of the high
est experience as of the most necessary duty,
and should ever be carefully guarded by the
Executive. by Congress and by the people.
1t is my firm conviction that if the country is
to be benefited by silver coinage it can be
done only by the issue of silver dollars of full
value, which will defraud no man; and cur
rency worth less than it purports to be will in
the end defraud, not only the creditors, but
all who are engaged in legitimate business,
and none more assuredly than those who are
dependent on their daily labor for their daily
bread.
[Signedt RUTHERFORD B. HAYES,
President Of the United States.
Eaecutiue Mansion, Feb. %, 1878.
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CHRONICLE.
. ST. OLAIRsyILLE. OHIO.
THURSDAY. MARCH7. 1873.
. ElnpIeYmenf Cor Women,


The subject of the employment Of women
is as vital 70 the rich IS to the poor. Mr.
Emefson's remark with regard to the regsls-
ton Of the body holds equally for the soul
he who is rich, and would be well, let him
live as if be were poor. We talk Of the lazy
poor because they are burden to the COM
muniiy; are not the lazy rich, after all, the
rottenness ai The corsi every woman, from
the Queen on the throne to the little Pipps
who passes every day to the iisture, has her
wozk % do, and is responsible for the per-
formance Of it. All service ranks the same
with God. All are servants equally in His
sight" OLaS4 H.
What 8 picture would the life of the aver
age vonanof Fifth Avenue or Beacon Street
present to rs If we should lay Il down with
out e1sggesation on paper! Her school days
over, it IS her habit to- walk into the break
fast-room at nine o'clock, just from her bed,
her front hair twisted over pins or bits of silk.
She lounges. reading the newspaper, chatting
with others As purposeless as herself, warm
ing her feet or gazing out Of window, until
eleven; then she retires to arrange her toilet
for the evening, perhaps to examine clean
clothes from the wash, or perform some other
household duty-duties not to be omitted,
but which the economical woman Zone who
has learned the value Of time) would have
completed before the day began; then she
dresses for afternoon calls, and, list in hand,
descends to the lunch table. Here nearly an
other hour fades sway before she begins her
afternoon round, fitting from house to house,
cheerfully chatting of the SAGug6raun, Nils
son, Kellogg of everything, in short, which
concerns the shows of life, but careful as one
walking over pitfalls to avoid every subject
Of vital interest either to herself or others.
Then, the visits or drive ended, she hurries
home In season TO dress for dinner, and go
somewhere sfterward. as il to exhaust to the
last drop her own vital strength and the hours
of the day. This little record is not over
drawn. With certain notifications, this is
the substance of the life of wives and daugh-
ters Of well-to-do merchants in our cities.
These days are varied by certain mornings
given to music and others to painting But
how shall the average of those who achieve
any thing worth doing! A man to be paint
er must not paint with half his mind. The
same law holds good of the woman.
Let every woman apply to her own life the
doctrine of selection. The man is bred to
this. What Is your son going to be +? parents
are asked, and boys in the public school con-
hde to each other the profession of their
cboi:e. No one asks the girl what is to be
her employment, what she is preparing for.
The days Of her pleasant school life glide by
one after another; frequently no accurate
scholarship has been required of her; and
when the routine stops, she Is without rudder
and without aim.-[Harper's Magazine for
March.
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Irish Beggars.

The Irish beggars, especially the
women, are celebrated for their ready
wit and sharp sarcasm. A late well.
known Fellow Of Trinity College,
Dublin, remarkable for q peculiarly
shape aud very ugly nose. resisting the
limpOrtunitles OF ~ woman for "a ha'-
peny for the honor Of the blessed
Virgin" she turne.l upon him with:
"Tne Lord forgive yOul And that he
may presarye yer eySsight, i pray; for
iaix its yerself has the bad nose for
Ispectacles" Another spitelaI old
beldam of the same stamp attacked Sir
A. B. for aims, following him down
the whole length of Saekville street.
The Baronet had tender feet, which,
with other uncomrly infirmities, eaus-
Ell his gait to be none Of the most
graceful. "Ye won't give it-wons
ye?"broke out the woman In an angry
whine. 80 thin, God help the poor!
And look now; u yer heart was as soft
as yer feet, it wouldn't be In vain we'd
be axing yer charity this day. ssPhas
the grace OF Gop may never enter
into your house but on parchment !"
was the terse and bitter anathema In
which mother gave vent TO her
wrsthful disappointment. She knew
that all writs are 0a parchment, and
had probably learned from cruel ex-
perience the formula with which they
commence: Victoria, BY the grace Of
God, Queen" etc.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-03-07

Of all prisoners Of wsr-these might naturally
be thought sufficient to satisfy the most in
satiate eonqreror; but to them is added the
occupation by Russia of Batoum, Kars,
Bayazid, Ardahan and the adjacent territory
until all demands are complied with From
what source can Turkey obtain any funds to
pay these claims, when Bulgaria is elevated
to the dignity Of e principality, when her
boundaries are extended, and when the fleet
has been ceded to Russia? The result will be
destroyed, and that there will be no hope of
her ever again raising her head in Europe.
There is no wonder England protests against
such demands, and that she seems inclined to
oppose the paying of the interest upon Turk
ish bonds held in Russia out of the Egyptian
tribute. Anything that affects her pocket is
sure to rouse her to action, and there seems
no probability that the condition will be al
lowed to be enforced without vigorous oppo-
sition on her part. Ne may, of course, be
thankful that the rule of the Turk in Europe
has come to so decisive an end, but if such
revolutionary demands are to precipitate even
q more terrible war than that which has now
ended, we may hesitate before endorsing Rus
sia fully in her designs. Besides this, it must
be remembered that, although she is entitled
to due credit for the stand that she has taken
in behalf of the oppressed provinces, she has
scarcely been consistent with the character
which she would like to establish for herself
as champion of right and equity. Her per-
sistent demand for the retrocession of Bessar-
abba Ia not in accordance with the convention
she concluded with Rornania when her army
passed through it. 1t was then agreed that
in retnrn for the favor extended to her Russia
should lay herself ''under obligations 10 main
tain and uphold the political rights of Roman
ia as defined by her internal laws and existing
treaties, and also to maintain and defend the
present integrity of Romania." On being in
formed that Russia would insist on the retro
session of Bessarabia, the Romanian Chambers
sent manly note to the Powers who signed
the treaty of Paris, asserting that they had
fought for their integrity: that European in
terests demanded that it should be maintained
and defended; that they would maintain it,
and would under no consideration agree to an
alienation of their territory. Now, it may be
all well to argue that Russia by persisting in
this demand is simply attempting to wipe
out some of the shame and humiliation which
were heaped upon her by the treaty of Paris,
and that she is ready to sacrifice everything
to gain this end. But if a solemn promise is
thus disregarded the world will be apt to look
doubtfully on her other professions as to
single -mindedness and consistency. And ia
all our satisfaction at the destruction of the
Ottoman Power we should remember that the
Sclavonic race, which will undoubtedly soon
rule the East, may be as cruel and tyrannous
as its predecessor, and be as much menace
10 the peace of Western Europe, from which
we look for increasing light and civilization.
Baltimore American, Feb. 9th.
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Road Notice.

NOTICE u hereby given that pstitisa
In Will be presented 70 tbs Commiszi cnsrs ei
Halmont county at their March meeting, ssk'
Ing for q review and alteration OF part Of the
Wheeling Creek Road, In wheeling tovnshIp
- follows: Beginning for tbs same et gtsks
In the road. near the boundary hAe 81 the
lAudl Of John Patton and Eliza A Moore
north border ef the G., T.v. 4 w. Raiiresd "a
q stake near 8 barn on ths last named prem.
ises where ths road ~ Interested; and for ths
vacation Of that part OF the road that is super
seded By saad ehange aL PErITIoNEEA