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The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-01-16
Victor. Hugo saasHHo1aRe.

a lady with whom l aIn acquainted
wrote, a few days back, to the Dlustrlous
poet whom have named above to give
her Ieays to introduce to him at his house
former luuniliafy OF the English bench
who is also member Of the priyy council
She was not sparing of 'soft-sawder, bu1
applied it with a delicate touch and !
truthful pen. 1t is a rule of the author
never TO answer letters.
On tits occaaion, however, he va;
moved to reply to the pretty compliments
paid hin: "OM certes, madam, je sUis to$
on51es 1t i voe pie7$! Victor Hugo. =
| CtCertainly, madam, am at yoiu orders
and at your fect'') This is an autograph
worth keeping. It is y very Characteristic
one, and as few polite notes eminate from
the same hand, ii will be a valuable rarity
some years hence. The caliigraphy. was
sorry to observe, unless III the signature
which is bold and firm, wants figor and il
scatchy and uncertain,
Victor Hugo now lives :lj rsle 'assF enc
Of the Avenue d'Aylau III t pretty de
tached villa. The garden walls are clae
with ivory and there is much greenery al
about the mansion, which is elegant anc
unpretending outside, and within is fur
nished II, the sl1uggest manner, though il
Gothic taste. The Bois de Boulogne i:
hard by, and the shady green Ranelagh
Where the nighttngale's song is heard IL
May. Victor Hugo takes advantage Of the
Bois to indulge in morning walks Under
the trees, and he drinks at the new home
farm, where cows are kept in an open pas
ture, draugllts Of milk fresh from the teat
Being much farther from the center o
| Paris titan when he was il the Rue de
Clichy, his arawing=rdoni is not over
crowded with visitors i'll the evening WheT
he is at home. Though his hand shakes II
writing, and has lost its tirmness, th'
poet's healtllis excellent and his working
1 power tnabated. Heis engaged just no"
in another work upon the foreign policy
I5ottis Napoleon, and is correcting thu
proofs of slffht Whole Lyric poeti
! work
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-01-16
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One tas recent fa1tles Ssel5, 1sssS1ss-
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willy eek Dalze i91sffie Il. ots1lsss'zs 4,
into ;sll ssszs Y -. e
se4, the toes from tlle
I'll CON HI ff,aeI W ter reason
able tine had elapsed The fsiIaasr N,eI11 q
tfla elsI to faf's 1ases'ls
Isllag oil tie sEfo'aila ..slsaa
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The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-01-16
A EDEsss ctfcaaE Econ OEgafst.

All aged man ina coarse suit, with de-
cidedly hungry look, walked into bakery
atLewiston, Me-, last Friday. The baker
smilingly stepped forward. "Can't l take
a lunch here ?" asked the man, S'1es, sir, =
said the baker, ana placing stool In front
of table told the man TO be seated, and
asked him what he would have. ''Oh,
bfoughtmy lunch with me-" iinoeelstlJ
replied the man. lie pulled two crackers
from one vest pocket, tjshed out a large
chunk OF cheese and piece 0fcake carefully
wrapped IN brown paper from another
pocket and asked if he could be accom-
modated with glass Of water. The baker
replied that they were out of water, and
tried his best to sell the man glass Of milk
which he refused. He was observed tC
wrap up half q cracker and retur} it to his
pocket, smack his lips, get into Il hay-rack
and drive OF;
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-01-16
4 HEoaEaezs ~Bpast tEReSaEaac

A Well-dressed yonng man was ar
raigned in a New York police Court the
other day fol beating his mother. Evi-
dence showed that he came home and with
out proyocation struck her in the face re-
peatcdly with his fist, backing both Of her
eyes and bruising her face badly. His
mother, an old woman, had him arrested,
but repented when the time CAME for trial ,
ana t0tterctl to The bar of The court with 4
black veil drawn closely about her face,
begged piteously that the case might be
dismissed. He didn't mean it, she plead
ed. He was q gnod; industrious boy, and
she was sure he would never do SO again.
He must have been very angry at some
thing when he struck her, and he had al
ready been punished sufficiently in losing
his Fourth Of July holiday. She wasn't
hurt much anyway. The Justice request
ed her to lift her veil She did not want to
doso Her face really looked worse than
it was, she said The skin ttirned blue
very easy and really she hadn't been much
hurt.
The Justice insisted, and with trembling
hands she raised the veil and showed 3
patient, old, wrinllled face, the tears fall
ing down its bruised and battered features,
and still She begged earnestly for her boy
He, the brute, pleaded that ht would close
his place II lie was sentenced. There was
no contrition, apparently, it was simply
business with him. stLose your place
| you brute, ;, roared the Justice, in right
locus wrath. "a boy who beats a kind
mother as you have, doesn't deserve te
live even. You ought not he allowed tc
remain III any community. You can go tc
the penitentiary for three months. AnC
tie prisoner was led away, while the poor
mother staggered weeping from the court
buried in sorrow, not for herself, but fol
| her boy.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-01-16

III u, u j. Ny are young WE waste ggfeat
|Ssn 'ilne II imagining what We vii do
Ii Sa ss''W olaef. and when like grow
i,s Z, waste 4til eaiiai amount ots time Ill
!5uhg a'H aiiat We dif when sye were.
N, ts, Z telling ab9nt tfe eola winters
h ons ! 5'ss leist Ne ex expeFieneed In gain
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-01-16
a Sensible Way of Raising
Children.

4 venerable lady now living in New
York, who has hRd ten children, all born
and reared in cities and raised nine of them,
all living at the present moment, having
reached The adult age, never allowed any of
them as children to eat anything between
meals except dry bread, though she was
wealthy and could just as easily have
pampercd every whim. Her constant reply
was, when any Of them da,ntla4Gd, t:4[y
dear, you ire not hungry if you cannot eat
bread. Now, it is very certain that her
children did not inherit remarkably robust
constitutions; and under the ordinary
pampcring Of mothers, il is fir to suppose
that many Of them wotsld have died or be-
come ptiny men and women. When child
knows by experience that he can have
nothing but bread between meals. he will
notask for itunless he really needs it, and
then he will not take enough to destroy his
keenerappetite for the good things 1t the
table, while If he is allowed fruits and
pastry, as so many children are, lie will
seldom come to his meals with q fine relish
for food, and taking it without that relish,
itfails to be rapidly assimilated, if findeedii il
does not enfeeble or derange the digestive
function.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-01-16
. Poetry.
LOVE,


4I--f.,,g ~ "-
Ds1lcasant word for word,
"F F,Erso,ite. and nothing lHorel
,o,l what look ortnue
I ,.,s,i ride 6f feeling stirrcdt ~
4 ,ranrr trcmuf broke the calm
t,;cyilb- greeting gave
{. &C. 5:;:.:o III. Il s'ss:".s..' :s:"s.:s
lT5of s'''i 9. 49,. "a. ,,,,,sfd
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-01-16

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The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-01-16
Ezazssa shaking with the Eoresi-
DENT

There is something peculiar, says the
Washington Star, about shaking hands
with the President Of the United States,
and there are p5euiiuF ways Of going
through that greeting. Some folks seize
the Presidents hand in both of theirs;
Others merely touch the tips ofhis fingers ;
some grab him above the wrists, and
others think that the harder they press the
hand the more honor they enjoy. The old
Ladies, always stop to ask how Airs. Hayes
Iis, and when aIrs. Hayes. assists the Presi-
dent ia the reception, al the ladies, both
young and old, invariably lock back after
passing to see what She has OH. The Old
men want to add word or two of advice
on political management as they pass, and
/ the young men, when FROM rural parts,
tries. TO appear as if he made 4 practice oi
being introduced to Presidents erFday.
About half past two ths PRESIDENT takes
lunch. EEc t}ltn returns ID Ills room and
lool1s over the mail that concerns his Of
fetal business. Tie maH is always hriefed
aud laitl=oil his table ready for inspection
and lie directs what answers, if any. shall
be sent.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-01-16

Temperance puts wood On the fire, meal
in the barrel, ilower ia the tub, money il
The purse credit u the country, vigor q
the body, contel elsttaent in the house intel
ligenee Ill tle brain, clothes oil the 5airns,
and spirit iutiie ceHsti tuition.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-01-16

Yonmay bind d bird with 4 soft silkea
eorel, and while he remains still he will
not tbe sensible VI bis confinement; but as
soon as 5ile attempts to fiy he will feel the
cord that holds him; and the greater Ills
desire aud his effort 70 escape the more
sensible he VIII be of llis bondage. ~ the
sinner, may long be a slave to his sins and
neFer he aware Of il till he rises to 20 to
| Christ.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-01-16

|Recovering my feet, / found the horse
~ W badly Iatae,l fretn t!,ses :t!!,sesT effects ,ai
lla0g stepped into badger hole, which
\ orcasloned my fill. Leading him along
'oe bride ! soon came up with some q
sA'npanions. busiIy engaged ii- cutting
Soagues from curcasses. Thus ended
4.s' eiisSe, ana although htEe sl!ia
nerd siper9I hapesznevef felt tke
II. Pisaslrable exoitement which / eX-
fased on this occasion.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-01-08
WORD FOR THE ROUTE AGENTS.

The route agents employed in the postal
service of the United States, have formed an
association for the purpose OF compelling the
Government to give them some thing like a
fair salary for their services upon the postal
routes. They now get about $500 per annum,
and considering the labor performed, and the
hardships and dangers to which they are e1
posed night and day. this sum is ridiculously
small. The Postal Department is one of the
most important branches of the government
service, and the mail facilities now enjoyed by
the people of this country, are second to none
ON earth. The agents are the hard workers
TO whom belong the credit of swift transmis-
sion and distribution of mail matter, and
good men cannot be secured without some
thing like decent pay. 1t is the purpose of
the association to induce Congress to make
provision whereby the route agents can be
paid salary of 81 200 a year. During the
present session Of Congress they will employ
representatives to pash their claims in Wash
ington The Press, which receives a consid-
cradle share of benefit from these officials,
should aid them in their undertaking.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-01-08
THE SIERRA NEVADA ASSESSMENT

In another column appears a comnuniss-
ton from L. p. Drexler to the Trustees of
the Sierra Nevada Mining Company. He
shows conclasively that they have over $500,
600 on hand and they have just levied an
assessment of $500, 900 more. He then asks
the pertinent question asked by the AfpiAL
some days ago, what do you propose to do
with the money! There should b. some law
30 prevent the managers of mining property
from levying an assessment when they have
enough money in the treasury to run the
mine year. The last assessment of $780,
GOO is cold piece of robbery and steps should
enjein the collection Of it and protect the
stock holders In their rights.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-01-08
AN OPEN LITTER.

The ChrOy.,ele Of last evening contained the
| following
| To the Tr,ss,ee. and Manager, Of the Sserra
Neoatla Sslper Mining Com,pa@y-DEAR sIRs !:
Being large owner Of Sierra Nevada stock,
and having right to know. please inform mo
for what purpose you have expended the large
sum of enc million two hundred thousand
dollars 81 200, OO0) which you have collected
| in assessments since the Ist day Of December,
| 1878; and what was done with the proceeds
of about 5000 tons of ore crushed as she
Maripsss mill during the year 1879, which
believe yielded about 2l90, O0OY
| Giving you credit for the money paid for
the Eureka mill (S125, 0OO). for ona-third Of
the onion Con. shaft 1886 5000 for one air
compressor $50 600, for one-third Of the
cost Of the new machinery now being erected
on the Union shaft {$l66 666I), would leave
| balance for working expenses OF 500 ,0OO
or $J4 800 per month for thirteen months,
| which appears to me- Il very large sum to pay
| for wood, miners, and ali other incidental
exp enses.
| The greater part of the past thirteen months
has been spent in sinking an incline from the
| 220O level to the 240O level and making cen
| nectien on the 2200 level between the incline
and the north shaft, . distance Of 600 feet,
| which ought not to require u large number OF
miners. But ASSUMING that you employed ar
average of 100 men per month. at "a per day.
that item would amount to 81, 600 per month ;
and assuming that yon have burned 40 cords
of wood per day, at I'll per cord, that would
amount to Sl3, 200 and allowing Is 900 per
month for all other expsnses. the total amount
usuld be $50. 200 per month, or 3e2 600 for
expenses for the last thirteen months. This
sum deducted from the sos 900 which ought
to be on hand latter paying for the Union
shaft, machinery and mild, would leave 3
balanee on hand Of 1913, 400
To-day yon have levied an assessment
agpreqatipg $500, 900 more Please inform
me for what purpose yea propose to spend the
money L. =. DRKxLRR.
Virginia, Jsnuary 6, 1880.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-01-08

SAVING MAcKAr's LIrR-An item is trav-
cling the rounds of the press showing how
John Naekay's life was once saved by Tom
Hebron, a restaurant keeper Of Virginia City.
1t appears that Mackay had wandered into the
mine and came upon blast which was about
to 60 of. The narrator tells exactly how the
thing was done. "Mackay had evidently
heard the fuse and felt that he could not get
out of harms way. Realizing the situation.
called out, This way, john He sprang
toward me, and cleared tw elve feet at bound
Just as he reached me the blast went off and
he escaped" 1t strikes one that the fact of
Msckays jumping twelve feet was what saved
his life. Hebron only yelled "This way.
john" which in itself was nothing remarks-
BILE. Had he grabbed Maekay by the heels
and pitched him sp into the hosting works,
rushed onto the fuse and swallowed it, or
jumped in front of Mackay and caught six
hundred pounds of rock on the fly, the action
wonld have been worth Dragging of.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-01-08

SAID DR.. Chaplin in a recent sermon : %
love to hear the rumble of the steam power
press better than the rattle and roar Of artil-
lery. 1t is silently attacking AalakeFs of
vice and Scdsns Of evil and the parallels and
approaches cannot be resisted. | like the
click of the type in the composing stick bet
ter than the click of the muskot in the hands
of the soldier. 1t bears ssblimsr force, and
surer aim, which hits its mark, though it
is distant . thousand years"
Probably Chaplin is anxious to have his
sermons extensively reported and keeps on
the right side Of the press.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-01-08
THEATRICAL. The Stock Exchange '

THEArRIcAL.-Ths Stock Erchan9e very
pertinently remarks:
The managers OF theaters, endcavoring to
explain their non success in San Francisco
during 1879, adducs all kinds of reasons, OK.
oept the careless stage management, mutil
stsd plays, rapacious and dishonest policy
lack of enterprise and business sense, poor
judgement and favoritisn, which caused most
OF them to lose monsy--other peoples money
pretty steadily from January 1st to Deem
Der 31st
The above explains the whole matter. In
Nevada there has been scarcely any money
made in theatriesls during the past year.
People have fallen cut of the habit of attend
ings theatsrs simply because they have lost
confidence in big posters, flaming press
notices and lying lithographs A troupe ad-
vertised as consisting of twenty performers
appears on the stage with ten. A perform
ancs billed as grand opera" turns out to be a
poor concert "full orchestra" means con-
sunptive piano backed by . bad fiddler and =
horn blower "nsw scenic effects" means four
bits worth of paint daabed ever some riskety
fats mixed up with some borrowed furniture
Men Who eater to the public taste can not
keep up = constant deception and expect to
make money by it. la Csrsoa the thsatsr
goers have been swindlsd so oftea that they
are tired Of it and refuse longer to take
chances
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-01-08

Major W. L. Ustick, well known On the
coast, died in Eureka on Wednesday from a
disease contracted while On prospecting sx-
psdition last May. At the breaking out Of
the war in 1861 he entered the army as Sec
Dad Lieutenant in the Third Infantry ,Califor-
mia Volunteers, of which General Conner was
Colonial He participated in the Bear River
fight under that officer. Subsequently he
served on the staff of r. r. Robinson, Adiu
tapt General of California, and in the saue
capacity under General George S. Evaas Still
later he was Chief of Staff nnder Col Edward
McGeary, commanding the Second Cavalry
and the District of California. He was pro-
NOTED to the rank of Major before the close
of the var. He was a member of the Califol-
mia Veteran Guard and Of the Grand Army of
the Republic. Daring ten years past Mr..
Ustiek followed the mining business and his
dapper little figure was quite familiar on Cali
fornia street a. we'll a. in the leading mining
districts of California aud Nevada.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-01-08
MISCELLANEOUS.

| EDWARD W. Cook, artist ROYAL Acadenl-
clan and Fellow of the Royal Society, ia dead
| Seventy five miles of the Northern Pacific
railroad, from the Columbus river east, il
graded.
| The mining mills Of Tuscarora have all shut
down, as the Belle Isle mine has made Gusl
| cleanup.
The celebrated trotting horse Champion
Knox died at Baker City, Idaho, on the 18th
of December.
John F. Swift, of San Francisco, is being
urged as candidate for Stewards place az
Minister to China.
man named Spencer Hill cut his throat
on the Oath in New Albany, Oregon. Cause,
whisky and losses in gambling.
The latest official bulletin snnounees that
all the symptoms in the Of the Empress
of Russia are increasing unfavor.bly.
DIR. j. c. Herman Freund, Deputy Inspsc-
tor General of Hospitals to the British and
German Legion during the Crimsan war, is
dead.
The funeral of Count Joannes took place on
Monday from the Little Church Around the
Corner" the expenses being borne by Lester
Wallack and Theodore Moss.
Thirty-one Spanish, Peruvian and Mexican
dollars dating from 1916 to 1s47, have Just
been unearthed on the Rancho Sespe, Ven
tura county, Cal. in blowing.
The liauor bsll punch b-oaght $50, 735 into
the Treasury of Texas in October. Complaint
is made that the bell is not rnng in Calves
ton, Houston and other cities, once for every
100 drinks sold.
The editor of the Post says that he hopes
to see the time when Chinatown will be pop
ulated by whites There is no objection to
the Posts man moving up into the Globe Ho-
tel On Washington street, Immediately, if he
likes the neighborhood.
Charles Stewart Parnell is almost as much
American as Irish or English. His mother is
a daughter of Commodore Charles Stewart, of
the American navy, VINO died a short time
ago, having won enduring fame for his gal
liant work in the war of 1872.
During the cold of last week, ice formed in
the Ophir shaft at depth of 700 feet below
the surface. 1t was SO cold in the shaft that
the pipe frsm the air compressor running down
through it was pulled apart by the shrinkags,
which amounted to over three inches
The Rabbit Hole sulphur mines, located in
Humboldt county, have been consolidated and
are now owned by one company. The com
Dany has let contract to haul l 500 tons of
birthstone frem the mines to the railroad, at
he Humboldt House, and are now making |
shipments regularly.
The scene of the recent terrible railroad |
disaster in Scotland is the widest tidal river !
'vsr spanaed by bridge. 1t is IL, 500 feet, |
nearly two miles, IN length, and cost s. 17O, 600
The work as whole Is immense and costly, |
,ut many prediction, of disaster were made be- |
lore and during its construction.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-01-08

Thurlow Weed, in an interview with cor
respondent of the Frank Leslie's illustrated
Ners sets Washburn down as the dark horse
in the Presidential race. Tilden he thinks
has no possible show, and a. for Grant, the
country has paid its debt to him long ago.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-01-08

T. B. Brown has been removed from ofscs
by the Virginia Pirs Com nissioasrs and John
Rush elected as his successor. Brown was an
excellent Chief, but was anxious to be sor,
of Ere Distator, hence his removal
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-01-08

USES oFPAPRR.-A complete list of articles
made of paper would be a very curious one
and every day it would become more so. At
the Berlin Exhibition last year, there were
paper buckets, bronEss, urns, asphalt roofing,
water cans, carpets, shirt whole suits of cloth
ing, jewelry material for garden walks, win
dow curtains, lanterns and pocket hsndker-
chiefs. The most striking obejct exhibited in
this material, was perhaps stove with cheer
full fire burning in 1t. We have often noted
the announcements of newly invented railway
carriages and carriage wheels, chimney pots,
-four barrels, cottage walls, roofing tiles, and
bricks and dies for stamping, all made of pa
per. A material capable of so many uses, is
obviously destined to play a very important
part in our manufacturing future. Among the
most interesting novelties in this line, are pa
per blankets. Attention has often been
called to the value of ordinary sheets of paper
clothes. The idea seems to have suggested
the fabrication of blankets from this cheap
material, and if all that is SAID of them is true,
they ought to be extensively used. For the
extreme poor they should be great boon, and
it is in their favor, perhaps, that they cannot
be as durable as ordinary wooden or cotton
goods. The bedding of many of the poor san-
not but be productive of much sickness and
disease, and cheap material that will only last
short time must be batter than durable xr-
ticles that are rarely or never washed. Lon
don Globe
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-01-08

NOBODY appears to want either the English
or Russian mission. Half dozen men have
refused the compliment.
This way Mr.. Hayes.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-01-08

DAN De Quille has inaugnrated warfare
against women's clothing. He thinks that
they wear too much Dan doubtless wants
the ladies to run around in their night dresses.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-01-08

The recent cold wave which has swept over
the whole United States is doubtless due to
the report that John Quincy Adams has an
nounced his intention of coming West.