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That England's domestic affairs have
fallen into a disastrous condition, is be-
yond denial. On the authority o. their
own statements general and official, il: is
manifest that her labor systen1, her Inanu-
featuring system, and her financial sys-
tenn, have been eonVulsed, and id danger.
Of general collapse. Her laboringy peo-
pie have been thrown from employment,
and have had to meet distress and desti-
tuition to an extent never before elleoun-
tered. Her banks and pvineely merchants
have been failing for incredible amounts |
Thousands oft her people but recently III
affiaenee are to-day hankrupts and beg
gars. Tens of thonsalds ve been seen
consgregated together seeking food and
threatening violence. - fact, England
has never before had to face a domestic
crisis so fornlid BILE as the one now before
her There must he some deep seated,
underwriting cause for al this, ;ls vet
or at least snaeknoWIetd ged.
These economic disasters can not be ;at-
tributed % any waste Of war. For siIlss-5
land has 1Naged no Important war for q
fnll qlaaltaE pf oerltalry The GrImean
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HUHBUGGING THE SCIENTISTS

stHumbug' is the word for which Noah
Webster entertained such supreme con-
tempt that he took no pains to ferret out
its derivation, and contented himself by
condemning it to eternal disgrace in his
dictionery as simply "a low word:'' The
eminent photographer, however, lived in
the primitive days Of hrmbuggery, when
the chief frauds pfacticed on our unsuspic-
ious ancestors consisted of wooden nut
megs, wooden hams and wooden oats
But the ''wooden age' has departed, and
and SO tl1ickly are humbugs s1owered
upon us i'll all shapes and at ali seasons.
that a lexicon without the word ''humbug"
would be asineompIete as America with
out humbugs themselves. One happy
feature of this state Of affairs is the fact
that our people bear with an exceedingly
good grace all the frauds and hollow
shams, and it is only once in a great
while that they enter protest against
some enormous imposition of this nature.
They may rush in great crowds and pay
out their money lavishly to look litoli d
Cardiff giant OF a Colorado stoiae iflan, but
when the fraud of these exhibitions is ex-
posed, they take 1t all good naturedly and
laugh heartily with the practical joker who
has profitted ty tlieir credulity. While
the great body of our population, however,
have come to regard a certain proportion
OF humbuggeries AS inevitable, and to
swallow it without a grimace, there is one
class which is beginning to complain,
rather vehemently and with GOOD cause,
Our antiquaties, arcE,teoiogists and savans,
most lamel1table fact, are becoming the
victims of humbugs. Not only are snusty
old documents being aciffoit1Y initiated
and ancient COLTS inost successfully coun-
terfeited, but Indian relics are now so art
fully manufactured and SO skillfully con-
cealed in mounds and Notifications, that
the scientific gentlemen are generally de-
ceived most shamefully. 1t hardly seems
possible that there breatlies man with
soul so dead that he would ma1iciously sit
uo' u iat oh d e d lot VI usiedftH1y Nero
glVphics upon tablet Of stone with intent
to puzzle the brains of our solemn scien-
t5sss, but the sacreligious wretch still ex-
lists, and perhaps he sits in some secure
spot at this time and laughs at the pow-
vows which science holds over his In
scriptions. But he who laughs first may
not laugh last. Some day the learned doe
tors may come upon this tnotanta-stuffer in
his tablet factory, ahd the-fancy fairly
shudders at the horrid death he shall die at
the hands Of irate antiquaries.
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Special DzaPaeeI.es 70 the record.
" TASTHzE.7s.. .SSSTg,NI. G.
The Blaine Boom,

SS+Se
Tine Blaine Roo1sa.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.--senator Blaine
is goingto have m ovation rendered him
BY the Republicans here. the arrange
ments for which are being made on an ex-
tensiye scale. The Blaine nenhave elected
a majority of the delegates TO the Chicago
Convention. Col. 6. r. Ingersoll has con-
sented to head the delegation.
Petitions Received.
Herman presented petitions Of claimants
to the unapropriated balance Of the Gene
va Award, also Of persons not claimants.
Petitions were presented from eS-soldiers
against the passage. of the Senate bill for
examination and pension eases.
A communication was received from the
Secretary Of War, recommending, on the
suggestionsof General Newton, that $780,
900 Be appropriated in annual irstalments
for improving Harlem river, n. Y.
Commissioner EEoyt Removed.
WAsHISaToN, Jan. 29.-Gonnissionel
Hoyt was to-day removed from Office The
following is the letter of Secretary schuu.
in making the removal:
w YAsHINGToN, D. G.
Jan. 20. 18S0.{
To Hoyt, Commissioner Of Indian Affairs
SIR
IT has become my duty to inform yor
that n11hIic interests demand a chance III
the Commissionership Of Indian Affairs
and that your further seyices in that De,
partment are dispensed with.
Very Respectfully
CARL SCHURZ
Testimonial 10 Blaine.
A Washington special to an evening
paper says: A meeting Of the friends o
Senator Blaine will be held tomorrow II
get up a serenade and.reception in honor 0
his services in putting down the recent re
| bellion i'll Maine.
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Bulletin flIl Canal mi,

The Bulletin du Canal Inlsr-Oceaniaue
has just been started in Paris 70 foster the
inter-ocea11ie project of III. DeLesseps
across the Isthmus Of Panama, and to york
up what IL the phraseolog of the day We
are forced tocharaeterize2a as i boom among g
the lively Frenehmen. This organ takes
the bull by the horns lit once, and consid-
ers the relative advantages fine Datien or
Panama and the Nicaragua routes. The
latter NJ. DeLesseps sits dovn.on promptly
since the country thereabotsy is liable to
earthquakes, and might, We suppose, in
case of ashoTt stoekof quinine, shake the
bottom ont Of the canal alnosts any dry fall
towards the close Of the wa te1iHelon season.
Tho force Of this argument sill be felt
doubtless aIong some parts of Few Jersey. ].
IL ought5to make an nIressfofa at Panama n
the terminus proposed BY DeI1esseps,
quite as profound, since attractive
village was eflce totally dessye by al
earthq quake, and shaken III, Say and
festive manner Oh several CT occasions
since.
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JOB PRINTING.

We have every facility for executing the finest
classes OF Book and Job printing, and our prices
are as low a. those Of any o'er printing establish
meht IN Montana. Ali Book Or Job work must be
paid fer on delivery
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he g. 5dea y frequently advanced, with d
talf snow ofssleason, that there viii be hon
esty dlsplayed by public officials and
oeflefs sponsltsle positions, IN proportion
ID men. sss1ai iles ms of sieetable dinen-
sioiis, Fay them literally and they will
seiss& Sf9il ai9tieSi4 seems ft first glance a
fair principle il ID really founded iii
Adislioiest55S MI tlle facts Hi Id many cases
30 show lf tie |: ,,lllee IL suggests
I = premium w of floifest5, hen in fact the
RELATIONS it:iai and tile 1,,l,-
tiessilotl lla 81 tyass imply honesty and fair
aeaiiIag ssiisssssont 10 reeonpense. #.
e MT ven Just Should be paid
III r0portiso.l tp rtssp p1iasibfIitV of fis
position, xcei5t III HAT petition demands
ability, ski a peGienee ii be dis
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If the men Of science do not take an
Other tack there is likely to soon be such
a demand for cork as will make the cul-
tivators Of the cork tree in Sunny Spain
throw uphtheir sombreros and shout aloud
for joy. The sage scientists declare that
the petroleum of Pennsylvania flows
directly from tie earth's center. where
in the great economy Of nature it is util-
lied for lubricatihg the axis upon which
this sphere revolves. Since the morning
stars sang together and this great ball
was first set spinning the supply of oil
for gfeasing its machinery has been fully
equal to the demand, but it is not likely
there is such surplus as will justify the
lavish use which mankind is making of
this terrestrial lubricant. Indeed, it is
limited by the wise men that in the com
paratiyely short period of thousand
years the stock on hand will be pereepti-
bly, diminished, the earth's interior ma
ehinsty will grow rusty and her revol,1-
tions gradually become less frequent. 1t
requires no scientific mind to picture tho
a---fs,f o,tsseqteiIces Wnen the whole ap-
pasatl1s comes to a step for the want of
oilmg and our unhappy descendants dis
cover themselves the possessors Of world
which has lost its powers of loco1notion.
This great disaster of the future will not
move the minds of the sordid men now
specializing in oil. What do they care
for the people of the twenety-ninth cen
tury SO long as they can grow rich on
petroleum. But to us, who look forward
to the happiness of our posterity, it pre-
sents different phase, and it becomes
us, as the guardians of our children's
children, to the last generation, to pro-
vide against an exhaustion Of the earth's
lubricator. Let lis join with the men of
science in petitioning the Governor of
Pennsylvania to cork up every blessed
oil well at once, if it takes every cork that
CAN be scraped up on the Spanish penin-
sula.
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IsheV do some ressflas things ii

heT DO some -.s' q
France, besides sappressins Imperialism
and aiseotln lntsnaneiI TltrsA. ntaflisIil
The folI law the tf
intemp allee is now III ol3efss on p mat
eoIintl-g to-ssiit:: Every one conc ltlelnHsd
twice by tie poliee aI1ezl ln5efiessas 81
held to Be incapable &c of election
e1egibi lity ana being PANIED Is9r the 5s1i'aF
and ailY public etli ees. Ifo1es;aIe aasg
may Work u too, many
of tIe worst cases of DeI'aslee Ia h1ssll
life never 1all within the preV Illce Elle
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1he Herald Is authority for the state
aren't tl,at Doctor MARY Walker would
a'ave lnade good missionary. But Doc
tor Mary says %Inart' . mission fer her.
She pants for higher fame.
The Benton weekly record., 1880-01-30

The spirit Of independence hreathed by
American newspapers is not aelished III the
oid World. Three journals published in
this country haXessheen forbidden circula-
ton i'll Germany,
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4 a IA 4 n
There appears to be no limit TO scientific
absnrdities. tits now said that kissing can
be done BY the telephon the husband
be he separated by ever 50 many miles
from his beloved wife, can greet her with
as cordial d kiss as he would merit had he
just brought her home . sealskin cloak.
Don't believe i word Of II. The delicate
aroma of a loving kiss nay be transferred
over the front gate without irapairing its
aeiieioasness. Kisses have been sent by
mail and after being slobbered over by the
lnaalalin recipient, throw into the fire; but
this kissing &C long II 'etllis OSCILLATION
by means of battery and wire, with sln5
irnrertinent boy to collect fare and see to
the safe delivery Of the messag ageWhy the
whole thing sfTik kes tls as ridiculous.
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police. while their moral Influence and
harmful esarnI1ll esare infinitelF han I
those who fall under the ban efEhe law.

j .i.
those who fall under tIae ban ofgIhe law
- -
Another Dill 70 lthorIze and equip an
Arctic expedition hasse ereceiEes the ap-
proF.H ola Congressional Committee, and
Will, n all probability, be passed ey Con
gress. proposes to establisl q station
on or near Lady Franklin Ba.,5.a as high
North as the efghty-first deggrte OF longgi-
tude, from which obseryafals may be-
made for q series Of years. Germany, Hol-
land, Norway, Sweden, Ausria, Denmark
ard Russia are about to esdblish similar.
stations. Such a ystematidand continu-
Gus study Of the magnetic errents OF the
earth. the influence of ID flows upon
winds and the ocean, shouli be Of great
assistance in solving many problems that
are now a matter of speculation.
In no State IN the Union are railroads
more carefully and intelligtltly operated
or rsuliected to a closer and fore effieaeious
public surveillance than in lassachnssetts.
Yet the Massachusetts RAILROADS killed 45
men, women and cl1il6irenin the twelve
months ending September %, and more or
less seriously mangled 4e5.E As their gross
receipts in the same time vere thirty mil
lions Of dollars, they were }ble to pay the
sum assessed upon them Fithout passing
dividends.
The Benton weekly record., 1880-01-30

The Key West (FIa.) Vidette thus in
forms its readers that it has rained:
Heaven squeezed the celestial sponge
over this island yesterday afternoon for
the first time in Two months.
The Benton weekly record., 1880-01-30

a cavalry Lieutenant i'll New Mexico
has aeeo'nplissed very remarkable vic
tory oyeft!ie. Apache Indiana. He reports
thaf the saTaSes are III full retreat after
lavim& stolen all his llnrsps.
The Benton weekly record., 1880-01-30

India is said to be England's elephant,
She is not Che only nation, however, bur-
dened win an Indian elephant.
The Benton weekly record., 1880-01-30

"A Portland, (0re8on), dispatch says that
the Local BOARD Of Inspectors, have sus-
pended Captain James Carroll and pilot
Daig, h'tt sl@giects 10 specify whether they
were suspended on d tree ora lamp-post.
The Benton weekly record., 1880-01-30

A Postmaster at Cambridge, Me-, who
died recently, has served in his office for
fifty years. lie had licked stamps until
his tongue ~as as thin as a knife-blade.
The Benton weekly record., 1880-01-30

General Sherman thinks the only way to
Ute-ljze the Indian is 10 make fertilizers of
them, As u military man, Gen. Sherman
is noted for being fertile in cxpedients.
The Benton weekly record., 1880-01-30

1t takes quite little army to perform the
police duty of the City of London. With
q population Of 4, 4,534, ,O4O a force of 1O,477
men is employed. 1t is now about fifty
years since the present police system was
adopted, and from the beginning about the
same ratio Of officers to population has
been preserved. The present force is
about equal in numbers to the United
States army employed during the Florida
war, and over one-third of the American
forces required for the conquest OF Mexico
in lS47-48. The cost of maintaining the
London police per head is far less than il
the cities Of this country. For the men
VINO, in New York, receive 800 per
month, in London receive less than $40,
and from the most reliable information
the latter appear to be as efficient as the
former. The New York policeman, how
ever, volunteers great deal of active labor
IN the use Of his club, while the Londoner
keeps the said weapon out of sight, and
finds other means Of keeping the peace.
AIondon 'scop'' is very seldom allowed to
carry firearms. He must rely upon his
muscle in casual contests with the rougf1s.
y, @-=.sss=@ssaes=@s=s=nasa
The american Manu- faetnfti and Exporter,
available trade journal witha handsomely
vanished cover, has been laid upon our
table. 1t contains q vast amount of i'm
portant information pertaining to the man
ufacturing and exporting interests Of the
Union, and it's articles ON various subjects
are Interesting to read and valuable for
reference. The labor question il discussed
at length in most intelligent and interest
ing manner, by d contributor whose ele-
CANT expressions and original ideas bear the
stampof superior literary ability and exten-
sive sources sofinformatioll. An equally well
written piece entitled the 4 Tent Cent Store, Z
and seasonable article Oh the Chilled
PloW,n by the same author, would grace
the pages OF q popular magazine, but the
subjects are perhaps more appropriate for
the periodical III which they appear. We
congratulate the 1Naasfaeturer and En-
portsfupon its handsome mechanical ap-
pearance and the enterprise of its editors
in procuring the best literary talent of the
xA,,T
The Benton weekly record., 1880-01-30

Tie Cotarier-Joulfal again calls upon
the Kentucky authorities to ''muzzle the
revolver" The ..sons Of tbe old Common
wealth shoot too frequently and too wildly.
The Benton weekly record., 1880-01-30

i is formerly announced that the Queen
otZanzibar,whose full costume consists Of
apair each Of sandals and EARRINGS, will not
visit Saratoga or any Of she fashionable
watering places il tilis country during the
coming simmer. ift the above is full in
ventory OF her costume, she probably has
not got any Eog:l to go anyway.
The Benton weekly record., 1880-01-30

The New York newspapers have from
time to time chronicled of late the improve
mentin the demand for real estate in their
city. This tendency in the direction of a
healthy revival is perhaps more fully seen
in the increase in the dema:1d for tene-
ments shown by the number Of. new build
ings going up. Previous to The panic that
began in 1873 the number Of buildings
erected in New York reached an annual
average Of 3,000. Immediately following
the panic it fell to !, 800, an,i subsequently
to 700, and once to 500. Dusing the past
twelve months ithas risen to 1920, while
the value Of building lots ii the upper
part Of the city has advanced fully one
third from the lowest point touched during
the depression. Tits claimed that within
the next quarter Of ceiittii.. the whole Of
Mahattan Island, Oh which New York is
situated, will be solidly bulls with houses,
and that we are now entering upon an u1-
precedented boom in real estate in New
York and every other business center.
The Benton weekly record., 1880-01-30

The present session q Congress. it is
said, has already cost tic .people over
$3OO,ooo. But, hmg it, who cares for ex-
pense? Let the windy war of words
,y0 IN
The Benton weekly record., 1880-01-30

Mr. Paris Green was married in In
diana last wee!S to a Miss Rose. Indiana
may reasonably. be expected to be the
banner State for early Rose potatoes next
seasOll
The Benton weekly record., 1880-01-30

Everybody ought to have all India
shawl, = very pretty. India shawl can be
purchased for a thousand dollars.
The Benton weekly record., 1880-01-30

This seems to be a season of severe
storms the world over. Just now Eng
land il the sufferer.
The Benton weekly record., 1880-01-30

Acct 5Iefe Satof IIARPER's MAGAZINE, eonlpEIs
ing 80 Yo1unes. iii neat cloth binding, viii be sent
by express, iglt ataxpense Of fpt5rchaser, on re
ceipt . per toIurne. Single oza,nes, by mail
go8tpaia, 81 90. Cloth cases, for bnding 8s cents
by mail, postpaid.
Re1nitzances should be made BY Post-oflice
Money orderor Draft TO avoid chance of loss.
Eeae&papess arg mai dsertssae0ta asitA
otts t1e empress order 1t H ARPER & BROTHERS.
address HARPER 8 BROTHERS, New T York
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ri is statt4l.6n stsf5lt mi nIIo5i.iTT tb.t Kina
Utera, Of Central Africa, has bean con-
Verted TO Christianity. and nbw we 1ool,
every day for news tlpat King Irtera has
compromised with ltis creditors If ID cents
Oh the dollar. avs
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/, She Gar no iongal' rides abroad without
1hiilfaiy attendance, an1 many Of the
lower digniaries whose lives have bean
threatened have also employed body
guards. Anmcontortable feature of tha
escort system il that VII assassin may 1ur,.
~ a soldier y garb as well Es anY other,
The Benton weekly record., 1880-01-30

And now the Southern turkey, like the.
Southern colorssd man, thinks to become
nomaaic iIits habits. The Vicksburg.
llef2KlI man says he had been shown i tllr
key fth four legs nature doesn't Of
ten do amy sslp lperfluolis work unless ia the
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- IUUI -T------.=I :
EHARPER,s MAGAZINE.

Studying the hesubiect objeedyely and from the
educational polntof yiew-seeking to provide that
which, taken altogether, will be Of the most service
tothe largest tnumber-Ilong agoconcludel that, if
1could have butone work for public library, l
would select complete set Of Hufper's Moat1ly.'-
CHARLES FRANCIS ADAsis, Jf.
Its contents are contributed b. the most eminent
authors and artists OF Europe and America, while
the long experience ofits publishers has made them
thoroughly conversant with the desires of the
public, which they will spare no effort to crafty.
The Benton weekly record., 1880-01-30

Lord Derby, IL 9 feceHt speech, says
that tie only remedy for hard times in
England consisted u economy and emil
grafton. rhe English orators like Lord
Derby alld.othenss vito propose emigra-
tioil as H medicine to cure hard times, are
IKE tle 5AaW Workers WEo. proposed To re-
neye Broadway Of It's overgaoWded eondi-
ton bF liyeftiDg travel from there to other
streets. Exerybotly Wantea5to 90 up and
down Broadway, battEssTailted everybody
else to go and conRe through other streets,
which inganius plan relieved TINT
oyefcrowded thoronghfare immensely
Theoretically. -
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Walt Whitman highly eulogiEes the i'm
posing approaches to NrN- York. Yes.
that city offers more diversified impositions
60 the stranger approaching Her for the
hrst time than any other town on the con-
tinent.
The Benton weekly record., 1880-01-30

A Legislative Commission Of New York
appointed to revise the sta9#tes, have re-
ported an act codifying and simplifying the
criminal laws of the State, They regard
the distinction between larceny and en-
bezzlement, &C., as purely Ill artificial one
(which has grown up through the necessi-
ty of providing for the punishment of
crimes which are of the salna nature Of lar
ceny, but not Included -Intle: its original
definition at the common law" It was
formerly held that there mtls5 be trespass
or forcible interference with an
actual possession of the true s;wner to CON
stitute the crime of larceny. The crimes
AZ f11czzlement and Qlhtaip:3g mnneg nm
der false oretcIises9uO not iistolye tres
pass or forciblet taking 1,o+.l the posses
sion of the owner, but are Gaore ireuaent
and more dangerous than staple stealing.
There is no substantial feasa3 for preserv-
ing the distinction between t.4ese offenses.
It's abolition viii tend to simplify pleadings
and practice, and otherwise promote the
due administrations Of he laws. There
will be no splitting of he hs eyer technical
questions. All misappgopriutions of props
erty, no matter how the possession thereof
may have been obtained, sill be made
equally odious aud punishable.
The Benton weekly record., 1880-01-30

he engaging Wiitersscs Of the Centen-
nlal have become great attraction to that
house; and now the regular boarders feel
slightly rnlflea'if.flse soup is served to a
transient With the ''sWeetest of smiles. 4
The Benton weekly record., 1880-01-30

Professional cards occupying the space Of six
aines (his typel ag under, sixteen dollars per
annum Est'ay, C9-partncrship, Collection or
other transient notices. NOT icxceeding ten lines
nonpariel, five dollars for four insertions. Tran
sient advertising must be paid in advance.
We allow commissions to, and prefer
not to deal witll advertising agents. Agents or
ders for advertising, unless accompanied by ihe
cash, will receIge no attention.
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HARPER, S PERIODICALS.

HAKPER,s sAGAznE, One Y ear r.............ss 81 90
.HARPER's WEEKLY, g g .............. 4 90
HARPER's BAzAR, : ............ 4 90
The THREE boTe-nanel publications, One
Year. 10 90
Any Two above named. one 90
HARPER's FoUNgPEoPLEsone Year.. | so
Postaas Etssto az TIE United statss
oa. Gttnada.
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volumes Of the If1Gas me begin with the Num-
bers for June and December Of each year. When
time is specified, it will be understood that the
subscriber wishes to begin with the current Num-