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OVER 133,00o,o0O POUNDS.
THE AMOUNT or FREIGHT RE-
CEIYED THIS SEASON.
Bismarck the Greatest Shipping Point
ofany City Of its Size in the Country
.--Over 100000 Pounds Gone
to tho Black Hills.
A PROFITABLE YEAR.

It is no doubt a mystery to many east
crn people how Bismarck keeps UP as she
does and eclipses in many respects any
other city in the west; they cannot sec
how city of only 1880 souls, all told.
can support a three-s,ory, eighty-wom
Sheridan House. heated by steam and lit
by gas. metropolitan in its management
and using daily printed bills Of fare. They
cannot believe that there are four or five
other hotels of nearly the same capacity,
filled to ovcrflowing every day; that with
all these hotel accommodations people
have to wait fer their turn at the table, and
often sleep in chair or on the floor at
night When they look at the Thanks
giving bills of fare published IN a recent
issue Of The TRIBUNE, they laugh and
say they are "hreezy'' and that the people
Of Bismarck are blowiards and incapacl-
tatctl for telling the truth. Some even
have doubted that there is Touring mill
here with Il capacity Of 500 barrels week,
when there is scarcely a cultivated farm
in sight, though your eye scans the coun:
try from the elevated position OF the fifth
story of the mill, and not Il bushel OF
wheat, save few samples, has yet been
raised in Burleigh county. TO still more
mys,ity this class THE rR1RuNE wishes
to present u few figures which must surely
e,artle even the citizens of Burleigll coun-
ty, who, in the rush and hurrah of their
commercial pursuits. do not realize the
extent of business and the amount of
money they "re handling every day. 1t
ls almost impossible to believe that the
RECEIPTS OF THE FREIGHT OFFICE,
of the Northern Pacific, at this city amount
to about $4,000 per month; yet this is the
case in the month of september the re-
ccip,s reaching the enormous figure OF
S1OU,O00. Fargo, with her thousands OF
bushels of wheat. does not approach this
figure. The receipts of all the stations ON
the road between Bismarck and ST. Paul
combined would scarcely aggregate this
total The following is a table showing
the amount Of treigL, brought to and un-
loaded at this city this season by the
Northern Pacific. The local tonnage in
cludcs the government freight whicn was
transported by the Coulson line OF steam
ers Grain is not government freight un-
til delivered to the quartermastcr al Bis
marcN anil therefore appears in the local
as contractors pay the freight. The gov
ernment Tonnage shows only what Came
through on government bills of ladin9.
Where is there u city in the west that can
make this showing?
Tonnage STATEMENT RY MONTHS, 1879.
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Total 5l,v47,s14i 1898 s45 7l7o,o3o l33,6s7 4s9

The Missouri Division tonnage shows
the amount of material wlfich has been
taken across the river on the extension
this season. 1t will be observed that it
+akes Il few men and teams to- handle this
vast amount of freight. There are over
$500 teams engaged in freighting alone,
not speakingof those at work on the ex-
tension.
THE n. W. g. 4 T. co.
have nearly 1:COO teams engaged in ship
ping freight to the Black Hills. During
Ahe past year, beginning Jan. Isl, this com.
pany has transported to the Hills 4.459.74l
pounds of freight. Adding to this that
xAicl, they have now on the way and a,
the: warehouses, the years traffic will
period the c0mpany's stages have carried
over I, 800 passen gers to tic Hills. Daily
oeacllss have been run and during the
two months Immediately after the fire, tri-
weekly and sometimes dailyextra coaches
were run.
THE RIVER BUSINESS.
The river transportation this season has
been immense, but not as large rs last
year. With the rapid development Of the
whole northwestern country and the ad-
vent into Montana of thousands of miners,
herders and: farmers, it would seem rs
though the river buuness should have
been increased. but such has not been the
case. Several hundred tons more
than was transported last year have gone
into that section this season hut it has
sought another route, and why: The
Question is answered by the steamboat
lines as follows: The various companies
and heavy shippers have been unable T.
Obtain rates VIA the Northern Pacific this
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Personal.

Personal.
Col. Lounsbcrrv went east last Monday,
John Rowland will go to the Hills soon.
J.W. Raymond returned rom Fargo Saturday
night. The Grand Jury adjourned to the 18th.
Z G !. D. Baker is in San Antonia, Texas.
He will probably be static ned somewhere In that
District.
Thomas Doane, consulting, engineer: OF the
Northern Pacific has gone east to spend month
or two.
VIM. Harmon came over yesterday to take the
train east. H.concluded not to- 60 No Grain
was the reason. X
Sig lIanaucr will leave Bismarck Jan. list, for
trip to Europe. uo will "do the Continent"
before returning !.
A wealthy Wisconsin man named Conklin was
in this city last week and next spring will invest
heavily in this section.
Geo. Reed clerk of abe n. P. transfer. is put.
He is valuable man.
Capt G.. s. Heintzelman. A. G. NJ. Dept. Dak.,
hus been relieved from duty in this division snd
will 60 to ST. Augustine, Fla.
There are probably no two young men in the
city who do more work than Richardson and
Blakcly, of the stage comp'ny.
Capt. Voolfolk Of the transfer Northern Paci-
fc, left for his home at CarrOltOn, Missouri, Mon
day where he will remain about month.
Lieut.. Nicholson of the 7th Cavalry, arrived
from Fort Meade last evening, on Regimental
business. lie is the gentleman who hoored Maj.
Reno recently.
Farmer Jackman came to town Tuesday and
was unable to return that night on account OF
the storm. Jackman has seen, many billiards,
and when he refuses to face one it Gun be assured
that it il Of an unusual piercing nature.
Dr. Lamar. the Black Hills railroad protector.
went east Tuesday evening. He will be gone
about two weeks. Tic has important business
with Washburn and other prominent men who
will be in Washington this winter and may 60
there himself,
Dick uurbcrt, who it will be remembered had
his limb 80 severely crushed by couple of cars
a short time since that amputation was ncces.
sary, is now able to get down to his meals by the
use of crutchcs. Dick has many friends III this
citv : n q
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'red ribbon" One of the best things Of

''red ribbon" One of the best things of
the evening was the voluntary subscription
from E. w. Brown, Esq, of $25 toward
the establishment of q reading room. This
seemed to strlkes responsive chord in
every heart. Bismarck certainly needs q
place where men without homes may
spend an evening comfortably without
being assailed BY temptation. A com
n lttee of five ladies was appointed to So
licit subscriptions for this purpose. viz:
Mrs. Price, Mrs. Sequest, Miss Hattie
Bentley. Mrs. Emma Draper and Miss
Luella Marble There will be another
meeting at the same place when the CON-
mittee are expected TO report. Officers
will then be elected and the society regu.
larly organized. Allfrientls of morality
and progress are requested to attend.
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rho Fargo iRall.

The nc opening exercises Of the Head
quarters hotel at Fargo, Monday night
was grand affair, and is reported by the
Araus rs the finest entertainment ever
given in Fargo. The supper was 2 rare
treat and rcflectud great credit on the
management of Mr. Witt Over goa
guests were present.
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The diver who has been at work on the
steamer Macleod Ii - succeeded in closing
the hole in her side. and pronounces her
re .dy to raise as soon Is the weather lets
'up 4 little.
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whole souled, live, generous man, and
thousands of men along the Missouri re-
member his generosity, as he has given
them employment and always paid every
person in his employ one hundred cents
on the dollar for services rendered on land
or water in tie bull train or trading store
His mantle of industry and energy will
most likely fall upon his trusted lieuten-
ant H. G.. Akin, and the Peck line con-
tinue business under his administration
next season.
THE SHERMAN TO THE FRONT.
A few weeks ago THE TRIBUNE con-
tanned statement that rather questioned
the reported fastest time on record E.ade
on the Mo- river recently by the gov
ernment steamer, Gen. Sherman. Capt
j. H. Maratta says that he does not care
what Grant Marsh claims He is satisfied
that the Sherman, which on the 10th of
August, 1879. arrived ut Fort Buford. hav.
ing heen out only fifty -four hours and tif-
ty minutes from Bismarck, ls THE CHAM
PION, and has money to back it. 1fanvOne
doubts the statement, Mr.. Raymond has
been authorized to put up any amount of
mo.ey that may be covered, and the sworn
statement of the Sherman's officers will be
given. This ought to be conclusive, and
in the spring the Sherman will not only
have the champion sign butthe champion
flag. During this famous trip J. H. Mar
alta was ON the roof and John Justice at
the wheel.
NOTES. l
Capt D. W. Maratta is at Pittsburgh.
Steamer Montana is now ut Pittsburgh.
Steamer Dakota is in the charge of Capt. Jo-
seph Todd.
Capt. Frank Maratta, of the Key West, is at
his home, Rochester, Pa.
Capt. Geo Moore is at st Paul and will be
here this week. i,c will go to Pittbnrgh soon.
Col. Frank Moore. Of the Eclipse, il now post
trader at The Cantonment of the Bad Lands and
il making money.
Jim Lehmcr is still up the river at Cow island
experimenting the transportation of Coulson
line freight to Benton ana Helena.
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WE'LL KNOWN on the MISSOURI

The death of Col. G.. K. breaks the last
link Of the once great firm of Durfce s.
Peck, cont, actels and owners of the new
transportation steamers ON the Missouri
river, now called the Peck line. Col. Peck
was beloved by all who knew HIM as q
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AT RRA1NREn

.ll BRA1xERn. MINI, dec. 12.-The storn,
seems to have been general thr0ughou,
the state. Trains .into St. Paul from tbs
east are late. The wires are down be-
tween here and St. Paul. The thermome-
ter this mnrnins Indicated tbirty-two dc:
grecs below 1ero. Train from the east is
seven hours behind time.
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Local. i Govt. Mo. Div. ia
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Ready to Raise.

BlsxARck, d. T., Dec. 2. 1872.
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Total.
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A vILLA1NOus PLOT.
Especial Dispatche. to The Tribune J
he WOULDN'T OBEY.

BosToS, MASS. Dec. 12-The Maine
Standard, Democratic organ at August.
declares that the Governor will reject thu.
returns from Portland, lewiston, Waco,
Augusta. Hallowell, Bath and Rockland.
FOR defects in the returns. This will
throw out fifteen Republican Represents
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-04-05

There is a sharp discussion going on as to
whether the coming man is to be general, a
statesman or a clergyman. All these predictions
are far from the truth. The coming man will
be waiter, for the poet distinctly says
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-04-05
Bayard Taylor.

l.
For uz be wandered through strange lands sui old.
We saw the world through him. The Arabs tent
To him its story telling secret lent.
And pleased. we listened % the tales he told
HIS task, beguiled with fonFs that shall endure
In manly. honest thoroughness he wrought;
Prom humble home-lays % the nights Of thought
slowly he climbed. but every step was sure
How. with the generous pride that friendship hath.
We who loved him. At last the
OF civic honor on his brows pressed down,
Rejoiced, AMI knew not that the gift death
And for him, whose praise in deafencd ears
Two Nations speak. we answer but with tears
D Vale Of Chester Trod by him oft.
Green a thy June turf keep his memory Let
Nor wood. nor dell. nor storied stream forget.
Nor winds that blow round lonely Cedarcroft.
Let the home voices greet him in the far,
Strange land that holds him. let the message
Of love pursue him DER the chartless seas
Sefnl unmapped vastness Of his unknown star
Loves language, heard beyond the loud discourse
OF perishable fame, an every sphere
Itself interpre;z. and it, utterauce here
somewhere in Gods unfolding universe
shall reach our traveller. sOfteuing the surprise
OF his rapt gaze unfamiliar skies,
-Jslsa CrssHi,Lf HZiifi-T.
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Sydney Smith was never at loss for an an
swer. His physician, while prescribing for him
one day, remarked that ne ought g '"ke y.aii--
every day an empty stomach. " Whose p
was the quick reply.
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These beautiful wOr,Is are SHELLEY 60
Life. like a dome 0f many colured glass,
Stains the Whit radiance Of eternity.
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teacher once endeayored to illustrate faith
thus - Children, if l should tell you that oae
day I saw a monkey climbing a liberty pole,
would you believe me?'' YES, SIR" unani-
mously 4" Well. that Is faith; you believe me
because 1 say it, and you feel that L would not
tell m untruth" The next day the question
was asked Of the same children, - What is
faith?' "a monkey climbing liberty pole,
answered n quick little boy.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-04-05

A teacher in GreenOck during the Bible lesson,
when speaking about Cain and Abel, asked one
OF his scholars, Z" Where did Cain 60 alter he
killed Abel?' - lie went to bed, sir was the
reply - Went to bed Where do you get that
information p said the teacher. 50 It's in the
chapter, sir, that Cain, after he had killed Abel,
went 10 the land Of Nod"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-04-05

If We would always follow the advice Of
Shakespeare it would be the better for Us -
What thou wilt.
q-bou .haI- rather enforce IN ,5-ftb a mile
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~ Advertisers residing in the United states
for their cards by enclosing Greenhack CLed States
Postage Stamps for such they wh aud their
cards win be inserted per above table for the time paid for
u Business Cards, when A TRlk,
allowed discount from these which trausent
advertisements when paid or charged quarterly.
copies Of the ApTEkTs Ten Cents when charged
Fifteen Cents by the dozen, one Dollar
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lated by a French paper so as to read, 80 In
America you can get boat full Of beer for five
-
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A lecturer wishing to explain to a little girl
the manner in which a lobster casts his shell
when he has OutgrOwn it, said 4" What do
you do when you have outgrown your clothes
You throw them aside, don't you ?'' " Oh, no 80
replied the little one, 4" we let out the tucks.'
The lecturer confessed she had the advantage Of
him there.
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mortgage, was erected at cost Of ST.
5OOOOO. II contains $40 rooms, the prin-
cipal Of which are elaborately orna-
mented with rich woods, frescoes and
costly haugings. IL has been very
fashionable resort for visitors, the hotel
having given entertainment so far in
the course of its brief career, 10 any
number Of wealthy Americans aud peo-
pie from abroad, and to hordes Of Brit
ish and French lords, aud also to Don
Pedro, Don Carlos, Of spain, President
Lerdo, Of Mexico, Lord DufIerin and the
King Of the Sandwich Islands The
property was erected in the flush
times, aud has been badly embarrassed
since the return Of an era Of economical
living. Too far up town for convenient
access 10y business men and visiting poll
tlciaus, il has uotcaughta very large part
Of the enormous tide Of merchants and
public men of other places constantly
flowing into aud out Of the city, aud the
property has not paid. Last winter the
hotel got into such straits that it led 10
the melancholy event Of the suicide Of
Mr.. John f. DAILY, who kept it.
AUGUST.
New York, February 3, 1879.
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Making HappY Homes

II has been said that great men speak
Of things, little men of persons Ger
tainly gossiping slander and scandal are
more likely to occur where persons are
under discussion than on the other plan.
There Is q process Of education con
stautly going on i'm every dwelling,
which care and thought can make an
unsneakable advantage, and, at the
same time, contribute TO make a happy
home. To keep objects Of pure aud high
interest before the children's minds, in
natural and suitable way-tO tave them
supplied with such books as will occupy
and iuterest-to talk not so much to
them as with them about Objects-to
take note Of and encourage any advance
they make, and 20 direct the flOw-nOt
Of part of-but Of the whole Of their
life, physical, mental, and moral, with
out apparent Interference or violence;
this happy act, 90 be sought for, labOred
for, goes Tar 90 make a happy home.
Neither wealth nor high education is
needed TO DO this. The tastes of chill
I treu are naturally simple. Your child's
wooden gun, cut with your own hand,
perhaps, and made a link Of connection
/ between your little boy and you, may
be more 10 him, more influential over
his character, more potent in binding
/ his heart 10 you while living, his mem
+ ory TO you when you are dead than
costly gift, that bad nothing 10 say of
Z you, but that you ordered il at the store.
And when you, livinga loving, natural
/ life before your children, and with them,
bend the knee in their midst and speak
Of God 10 them, and of yourself and the
friends they know To be in joy or sorrow,
there Is a most blessed education going
Ou-there Is a powerful restraint being
put on natural evil, there is a pleasant
type of Heaven where the whole family
that is named after Jesus shall be gath
cred together.
We would not willingly convey the
impression that all the good feeling is to
be on the side of the father, for much
might be said to wives and others on the
influence of temper and tone in making
home happy. Meantime, my fancy
roams through dwellings into which [
have peepedi into quiet "parlOrsn where
the carpetis clean and not old and the fur
niture polished aud bright; into "rOoms"
where the chairs are deal, and the floor
carpetless; into "kitchens" where the
family live, and the meals are cooked
and eaten, and the boys aud girls are as
blithe as the sparrows 10 the thatch
overhead, and I see that it is not so
much wealth, nor learning, nor clothing,
+ nor servants, nor tulI, NOT fufruvs-i -tls,-
town. nor country nor rank, nor station
as tone and temper that make life joy
Gus or miserable, that render homes
happy or wretched. And | see, too, that
I in town 0rc0uutry, i'm Ulster or Leiuster,
i'm Europe or America, Gods grace aud
good sense make life what no teachers,
or accomplishments, or means, OF sOci-
ETY., can make 20, the opening stave Of an
everlasting psalm, the fair beginning Of
endless existence, the goOdly, modest,
well-proportioued vestibu'e TO a temple of
I Gods building, that shall never decay,
wax old, or vanish away.
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Home Work

The following sketch is by Rev. T. K.
Beecher:
81 declare that the woman who is able
10 systematic aud carry on smoothly
the work Of AN ordinary family illus
trates higher sagacity than is called
for by seven-eiguts Of the tasks done by
man. Men take one trade, and work at
it; mothers and hOuse-keepers' work
requires a touch from all trades. A
man has his work hours, aud his def
uite tasks; a woman has work at all
hours, and iucessaut confusion of tasks.
Let any man do a womau's work for
single day-wa-h and dress the children
having provided their clothes the
night before; see that breakfast is under
way, To- suit fault-iuding husband;
the wash-Ooiier put on with water for
the washing; the dish water heating,
aud the luncheon brought out for the
school-goerS; "a nice dinner in the good
mans dinner paIii the beds made, after
proper airing; the fathers convenience
exactly hit for family prayers; the sys-
tematic sweeping OF the house once a
week, and Of living rooms once TO three
times a day-according to the number
of meu 20 bring in the mud-the actual
washing aud out-washing Of clothes; the
drying, spriukling and folding, and to-
morrow the ironing of the samei the
sorting and mendiug of them, and pro-
vidiug for the new ere the old gives out;
the making of bread three times a week,
with cakes and pies intercalated judi
cioU>iy; pickles, preserves, and cellar
stores To- be laid i'm, and not forgotten in
their season; chiIdren's manners to be
attended 10; company to be entertained;
her own person 10 be tidied up, to please
hjs eye; the tired him to be welcomed
.ud waited on by the no less tired her,
and the home made cheerful; his truus-
ors Co be- patched after he goes to bed, so
he eau put them on in the mOruing;i the
children q he helped about their lessons.
aud reminded not 70 forget their Sunday
school lesson; the shopping and market
ing TO be done for the household; house
repairs 70 he attended to, and matters in
general TO be kept straightarou home
MeanW bile, Papa must not be hindered
about his work. because his work brings
M the money. Yes, mans work brings
iu the money. But mans work does not
so tax the bead, and heart, and hand, as
womau's work dOesn
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dispensed with hereafter. There never
was any constitutional warrant for these
things. The Western Union Telegraph
company is making desperate efforts TO
defeat the measure 70 enable railroad
companies TO have telegraph lines and
transmit messages Tor the public If the
measure passes, it viii take a large
amount of business from this monopoly,
which has bought up every competing
line heretofore established. FELIX.
Washington, ID. c., February Is. 1879.
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Queen Victoria likes Dickens novels
aud some little Of George Eliot, but her
chief iavorites are Wilkie Collins aud
william Black. Scott she reads and re-
reads. She does not particularly like
the novels Of Beaconsfield, Thackeray
and Lord Lytton.