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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-11-24
The Blondes aus Go.

Inc Ulouues must go, says an exchange,
because we were weary of them; because
they have been weighed in the balance and
found to be anything but fine, true gold be-
cause it is high time the brunettes were COM
ing TO the front, and, finally, because fashion
wills il. And SO the blonde must go. She is
no longer to gid the stage and the parlor;
and the sudden flood of brightness That used
to be so rare That when, once an age, a wo-
man was born with it, painters painted her,
troubadours celebrated her, and locks of her
hair were handed down like treasure-that
brightness is going into eclipse; and where
bleaching baths and alkaline water and an
MOTTO and orpiments and bichlorides of tin
aud gold powders have reigned, litharge and
nitrate of silver and Aleppo gals and iron
and bismuth are Selling the sceptre. No
more viii the 1.-THE ladies Of the spectacular
and the burlesque display the new golden
fleece as they dance down the boards and
shake at us the wealth Of their
Fine locks,
Stained like pale honey eozed from todmost rocks,
Sun-blanChed the liye-long summer.
No more will every damsel who patrols the
avenues out-Saxon the Saxon in her braids
and curls. No more will the little love locks
hulter gold-threaded round the temples, but
dark and heavy braids and waves must super
sede them. No more will the delicate fade
colors BE- seen among US, pale as the early
sunrise tints but deep, rich bodies of colors,
of crimson and orange, and emerald, and
lapis blue, the only wear of your brunettes,
will efface their airy softness.
And do they really suppose-the people
who utter the pronunciamento-that the
blonde is gong to cease at their dictum?
The blonde who went-a nondescript, or
with black hair, and sat patiently as the cam
els hair brush passed over ehch hair till the
black hair became brown, and the brown
red, and the red gold, and the gold haxen-
with her. But the blonde of AIT and litera-
ture. and history, the blonde of beauty
could al the Eugenies and M%etternichs that
ever ruled the court, could all the Cora Pearls
'HGt CVtI Iuiel VIC tudt
blonde when nature has once given her the
right To be? Did Titan paint his women
with that hair to have some modiste announce
the day Of bis destiny over, and the blonde a
good-tor-naught? And have all the poets
that ever handled pen launched out in praise
of the hair that Titan painted to have their
script become q dead-lCtter? Shall Maud.
and Enlde, ana Elaine, and Guinevere depart
into the world of shadows with Evelyne
Hope, with the Fair Rosamond, with Gurd-
run, with the Lorlei, with Porphyria, with
David when he went, harp in hand, before
Saul,
Gods child, with the dew
On his gracious golden hair?
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-11-24
Betrayed by the Truth.

The very amiable and worthy occupant of
the position Of British vice consul at q port
IN the far east had often expressed to his fei-
low American residents his great desire to
visit their country and make himself familiar
with some of its institutions. His ideas of
the west had been formed from a perusal of
the works Of Cooper, and it is to be feared
that his interlocutors had purposely abstained
from disturbing his somewhat highly colored
expectation. Finally a furlough came and he
made ready to carry out his cherished plan
Of a trip home by way of the Pacific Ocean
and the United States. Introductions were
given him to trusty practical jokers in San
Francisco, which he presented, on arrival,
with expressions of vehement desire to en-
counter Indians and hunt bufffaloes. This,
he was told, would be easy, as both abound
ed in the neighborhood of the Cliff house
and in the peaceful and prosaic suburb Of
Oakland. An expedition was planned and
carried out, and the English brother, armed
to the teeth, performed great deeds in the en-
counter with practicable" Indians and buff
falo-furnished, it was whispered, by a thea
tire and a circus or menagerie. Exulting in
the praise of his American friends, and COW
cred with glory, he departed for New York
and England. His fame stood him in good
stead at dinners and other social gatherings
during his entire vacation, preceded him on
his return to his post, and made him quite
a hero among his fellow exiles. No Amer
lean present could find it in his heart to dis
turb him, and all might have gone well to
this day had he only confined himself to this
amateur Misunderstanding. One day, however,
a countryman of his came to a yankee
and denounced this hero. sJust think Of
that u" said he, sstrying to sell us.
BY jove! | never heard in all my life, you
know, euch atrocious stories as he has been
telling us. What do you think he tried to
make us believe ? 1t is all very fine to have
shot Indians, etc. Of course you know where
there are so many as there are in San Fran
cisco, and New Hampshire, and Niagara,
and all those places, a pluckY fellow might
do that. But he has tried to make us believe
the most extraordinary story that you ever
heard about your country, you know. He
says that he went to a place called Chicago,
and he went to draw. some money from a
bank, and found that they had raised it up,
and were moving, you know, with all the
fellows inside going on with their work! /
say, just fancy the cheek of the fellow, sup
the only true story which the consul told had
proved his undoing.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-11-24
A Tough Yarn.
[From the Columbus Gay Enquirer.1

Just as the 5:35 P. NJ. eastward bound fast
mail train was steaming out OF Opelika, q
hack containing three Irish gentlemen drove
up to the depot of the Western railroad only
to be told that the train they were in search
Of was that just disappearing around the
curve. Business Of the most pressing nature
demanded their presence in Columbus at s
o'clock. The hack that had brought them to
the depot had left, so nothing remained for
them to hire but q four-ox team, the animals
of which were helping their driver to finish a
handful of sugar-corn fodder and q pone Of
corn bread.
give dollars. said one, Mr. Collins, ito
carry us TO Columbus"
Five dollars MORE said another, MIR.
Cooney, ito carry us there against eight
o'clock"
Five dollars mere" said the third, Mr..
Bruton, to get in ahead Of that train"
So much money to be made, all in two
hours and twenty minuts, set the driver
crazy. He looked at bis team for a moment,
and then at the thirty miles that lay between
him and Columbus and then at the probable
and partly possible Fifteen dollars to be made
by fulfilling the gentlemen's desires.
Else yer man, boss ne said, and cracking
his raWhida whip, he mounted his cart and
started on his journey. The first mile was
made in slow time, but after that they warm
ed up, and in an hour they had caught up with
the train on the east side of the Salem. The
darkness of the evening prevented the pas
sengers on the train from. seeing the race,
but the train with its red light and fiery fur
mace was distinctly visible to the ox-cart pas
sengers as they whirled over thezWagon road
that lay alongside the railroad, and they we're
more and more delighted as they saw the dis
lance increasing between them. At Smiths
station the mail train was entireIyzlost sight
Of, and il two hours after the time the cart
had left Opelika, the rattle OF wheels might
be heard as it rolled over the upper bridge
into Columbus.
Boys, said Collins, as soon IS tney nag
domiciled alta hotel, I'VE have beaten tne
train By twenty minutes let US go up 20 tne
depot and see ii come creeping ~.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-11-24
Gods child, with the dew
On his gracious golden hair?
HOW sir William Napier Kept His
Wprd.

How sig william Napier Kept His
Word.
One bright summers day, as Sir William
Napier was taking a, quiet country walk,
he met q little girl in trouble. Poor little
thing! she was sobbing and crying bitterly
over the fragrants of q broken DOW scattered
about the road, and kindly Sir William
stopped at once to question and console her.
'sIl's the best yellow basin; I took fathers
! broth il it, and-and I--stumbled over q
stone, and it is broken al to bits. Oh! what
shall / do, what shall I do?' she moaned,
wiping q little greasy p~inafore over her tear
ful eyes, as. she shook her curly head sadly
and disconsolately at the fragments. swell,
well, don't cry little maid, mother won't say
anything when you tell her how it happened" "
s'Oh, but she will, she's always so cross if
anything is broken. You don't think you
could mend it for me somehow, sir, do your"
she added, eagerally, as he stopped to look at
the remains scattered here and there. mot
exactly that, but I think I have seen basins
like this one for sixpence, so if I give you
sixpence you can goand buy one, and then
mother will not be cross, surely"
She jumped up clapping her hands, and
thanking him delightedly as he opened
his purse; but alas It was empty! The bright
eyes filled again, until kind Sir William told
her that he would meet her at the same place
tomorrow, and bring the sixpence. Tell
your mother all about it, and ask her not to
scold you for that; she shall have the new
basin tomorrow. Don't be afraid, / promise
to be here, my little maid, at one o'clock, so
make yourself happy" So with 9 smiling
nod at the now comforted child, he went bis
way. On his arrival at home he found an
invitation to a party at Bath, to meet some
clever men he had long wished to see, and at
once sat down to write an acceptance, when
suddenly il occurred To him that # he went
to Bath be could not he ID time to meet the
poor child, who had trusted in his promise,
and would be waiting IN thelane. He had no
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-11-24
Railroad Across the Sahara.

A party Of officers belonging to the French
army and navy, under the command Of Com
mander Derrien, has sailed from Bordeaux to
carry out an important Typographical econ
noissanee between Bafnulabe on the Senegal
and Dina or Bamaku On the Niger. The
special purpose Of the mission will he to de-
termine whether any obstacles exist to the
construction of 4 railway from Bafoulabe to
the Niger, information lately supplied by the
mission under Captain Galikini having led
to the conclusion that there would be no diff
Guilty in making such q line.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-11-24
b~A saaaza--
His Wife was Ahead.

Some few years since, in the county OF
Penobscot, there lived q man by the name OF
H, whose greatest pleasure was in tor.
menting others. His own family were gen
orally the butt Of his sport. One cold and
clustering night he retired to bed at an early
hour, his wife being absent at a neighbours
Some time after, she, on returning, finding
the door closed, demanded admittance.
"Who are you 2" cried Mr.. II.
"You know who I am; let me in, its very
Cold"
"Begone, you strolling vagabond! I want
nothing of you here
''But / must come in"
''What is your name?"
"You know my name; it is Mrs. -"
"Begone! Mrs. H is a very likely
woman she never keeps such late hours as
this"
Mrs. H replied:4
'If you don't let me in I will drown N.Y.
self in the we'll"
s'Do, if you please" he replied.
She then took q log and plunged it into the
well, and returned to the side of the door.
Mr. H, hearing the noise, rushed from
the house to save, as he supposed, his drown
ing wife. She at the same time slipped IN,
and closed the door after her. Mr. H,
almost naked, in turn demanded admittance.
ssWho are you 2" she demanded.
"You know who I am. Let me in, or I
shall freeze"
"Begone, you thieyish rogue. want
nothing Of you here"
but I must come in"
s.What is your Dame?"
you know my name; it is Mr.. H"
Mr.. H is a very likely man he don't
keep such late hours. :
Suffice it to say she, after keeping him in
the cold until she was satisfied, opened the
door and let him ia.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-11-24

one whom he could well send in his place,
and so his answer was that he must decline
the dinner, as he had a previous engage.
ment
Il cannot %disappoint the child; she trusted
me-" was this true gentleman's thought.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-11-24
THE RIVER PRESS.
SHIPWRECKED.

We each Of US sailed in a tiny skif,
Alone through the waves of the world:
With q merry laugh was the rudders set,
And thes noW-White sail unfurled.
o, where was the port our bark should make?
Wesmiled at the voyage before us,
When a cloudlet fitted across the sun,
And its shade fell darby Ger us.
The voice Of the sea rose stern and high,
And our lips grew pale with fear:
In terror we watched the storm birds fly,
Ant the dusky night draw near.
The lightning cleaned and the thunder pealed,
And each tiny sklff was stranded;l
But a wave had carried US heart to heart,
And it was in Eden we landed.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-11-24
FASHION, PRIPPERY AND FOLLY.

FASHION, FRIPPERY AND FOLLY.
Dark seal brown is the leading color for
wraps.
Polonaises are fashionable, but not very
popular.
Flower necklaces will be worn with even
ing toilets.
Satin de Lyons bids fair to be the popular
plain silk dress fabric.
Demi-trains are worn for ceremonious car
rage and visiting dresses.
A flower dog collar, edged with lace, is the
latest novelty in artificial flowers.
Among other gilded bonnet ornaments are
strings Of gold sequins of various sizes.
The effective colors in plush are garnet,
old gold, amethyst, bronze, myrtle green, and
purple.
The handsomest things in fine knitted I'M
derwear are chemises and drawers of wool
Grape and silk Grape.
Costumes for the coolest weather are so
vow AAa4AAoA WALL E4AoA q " hppCoA Ia
most made of that fabric.
Many of the richest velvets brocades have
the flowers edged, ribbed and veined with
gold, jet, pearl, and irridescent beads.
The Richelieu mantle with full plested
back, will complete with the dolman visite
in the favor of the most fashionable women
& Thoro p r,,v,,n IF a wowa1 c.1o~~n1 w
England. The Princess Louise has not Wis
tied the Queen since her arrival from
Canada.
Nine. Theirs is seriously i'll, and suffering
from such extreme weakness that she is al
lowed to receive no letters nor visits from
her friends.
Gloves will be worn this winter with no
more buttons than they had last year, unless
some way is discovered Of lengthening the
! women'sarms.
Derby felt hats are trimmed with soft
Surah silk or soft brocades sashes, finished at
the ends with tassels or balls, and these are
frequently heavily jetted.
A feature in the finish Of evening dresses
is to edge the bottom Of the corsage with
cords of beads corresponding with the pre-
vailing color and shade of the dress.
An eighth or q quarter of a yard Of one Of
those br%ight-hued, gold illuminated ribbons
that cost from So to SIS yard, goes q great
way in frightening up 8 rich, dark costume.
s'Mother, what is an angelo" San angel?
"Well, an angel is a being that f!es."
"But mother, why does papa always call my
governess N angelo swell, = exclaimed the
mother after a moments pause, s'she's going
to fly Immediately"
In Court circles at Madrid a union is con-
sidered probable between the son Of the
Duke de Montpensier and the Infanta E%ulilia,
the youngest sister of the King. A cornetcy
in a crack regiment of cavalry has been
given to the young Prince Antonio.
The Grand Duke Constantine is interested
in a dry goods store in the Louvre, Paris.
Just think of that-an hereditary Grand
Duke q shop keeper! He is said to take
great interest in the business. too, during his
frequent visits to the French capital.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-11-12
Radical Violence,

Never before have we bca1d Of so
much ,iotous conduct ,nl lowlcssncss
ut an election as ON the 2J Nuycm,cr
instant. Irom.cycrv nrcrinc, in In,
county we hear ci armed m,h. c;tho,
coun1rnonrcI hv ITni,ol S,,,n N,r-
sbals or ,rd NV them. ,r,c,,nrir,
voters and driving them from The
polls. Cclorcd Democrat, were bca
ten, and, in some localities. the man.
ayers Of the election were hpsciucd
in,crfc,cI with and prcvcutcd hv c,L
orcd nobs from disci,,r,inu th.;r d.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-11-12
Farmers Aid Association.

The directors OF this Society met
in town on Saturday last and among
the matters, that wcro considered by
The Association, was Tie dcath claim.
Of Mrs. Lou Fielder OF Lower 81. Mat.
Tic US. After full discussion The
Treasurer was ordered TO pay over The
whole amount to the heirs as soon as
the necessary legal preparation could
he made 1t was reported that every
member had paid up his :6sessncnt
promplY, and, as Il proof of this, the
Associate ION has one member in Eu-
ronc who had been nul,iir,i and Sc;.l
10 hrr assessment within The time re
Qnirc,.
This Association is compose in u
great part 0l on" own ci izruS and lis
Officers arc pcnlirmcn Of known cnnr.
a3irr aEd qualification OH, s.t,,uii. i.>
hHu Tor ihiI reason as well AS Others
!cS":!" IL" patronage Of our citizens.
e hope soon 10 l. ar Of Il !artc IN
crease Of It's member hip and that j,
occupies n position 10 be Of pcrna.
nen! hrnrli! 10 OWr people.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-11-12
Social lntimniidation.

R4t was well known previous to the
late election that hundrcds of our col.
ored citizens intended to cut loose
from their old party ties, and to cast
their votes for tho party Of honesty
ana good government. This purpose
was not peculiar to the colored pco-
pic Of Orangehury Caunty, but gene
raj throughout the State, and was
both q source OF qualification to their
white ncighbors and of chagrin to
to their old party leaders. To pre-
vent IL, therefore, became necessity,
and every means was employed, even
the most cruel and barbarous, to
keep the colorcd voter within the
Radical party. 10 appoase the bold
er, false promises were held out, and,
to intimmidate the more t,nid, the
party lash was unspuringly used.
Colorcd Democrats were turned on,
OF The church, denied the privilege Of
commuaing At the Lords table, and
their services refused rs Sunday
School teachers. Wives were insti.
gated l,y party leaders, and in some
cases by Church officials, to separate
from their husbands. Fcmalc friends
Indignantly rejected the society Of
every one against whom there was
the slightest suspicion Of aGilintion
with the Democrats. Complete cstra-
cism from both church and social cir.
| cles was The certain fate of colorcd
Democrats up 10 the day OF election,
and from morning TO night Of that
day they were watched, followed up
and threatened until the Radical tick
ct was Cast. This state orlhings calls
for remedy, and, before another
election, it must be provided, or the
same troubles will confront us then
as now. Those who advise such pro-
ccedings and. inslieatcd 10y the devil,
urge our ignorant colored people to-
such q disreputable and barbarous
course Of conduct, must be made to
desist or quit the county. There can
be no peace for our people as long as
such breeders of strife and confusion
are in our midst.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-11-12
.-Ao7'lThe Cry Of Fraud.

fife unexpected result of the recent
eiectfon throughout the NORTH has
aroused lthe leaders ofihe Democratic
patty Of! that section to something
more. than ,their, usual campaign ac.
tivity. Tie Republican vote Of New
York, particularly that Of the city,
was unlocked for and fell like a thun-
defbolt from cleur'sky on the De-
mocracy Of the country. Illegal vot-
ing is charged in very nearly every
district Of the State to IN extent suf
fciept TO invalidate the claim Of Geu-
eral Garfield and to give the electoral
vote TO General Hancock. TO make
thia apparent to the whole country,
tie Slate Executive Committee arc
bsstirring themselves to inauguratc
ouch. an Investigation as shall not fail
Of the end. II seems that the vote is
largely in excess of the actual popula-
zion, especially in the cities Of New
York and Brooklyn, and that other
frauds common in the practice Of The
Republican party have been pcrpc-
trated in the rural districts which can
sie made TO account for the unexpccl-
ed rcsult in the State on the 81 in
Btant. These irregularities arc not
positively asserted, hut merely hin,ed
as, and leave the Soulh in doubt us 10
whether che should become rcconril-
ed to tile inevitable, or hope for Il
---an This is indeed poor sa,i fac
tloh, and we are uInIuoeo ~ i...L .r..
the whole matter as on y par with
nlher shams Of the Northern Drmnc-
yacy--a mere suh,erfuge for their
Sreachery to the South. Our great
snteIest lies in our State ard county
governments. These are secure, and
il matters but little To rs what may
ne line outcome of this imyrsii i.atioir.
2s the new administration will let MS
alone, we can work out Il future for
South Carolina and Orangchurg Coun
ey as brigh. and Us glorious as ever
che past has been,
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-11-12
fiarooCk's Votc,

Tie New Iolk UcrGM estimates
l'anc"ck's popular vote rs 10000
greater ,han Gaiiicl,ps. With the
million c"inrcd votes, 100000 to 500,
600 oi which 60 Tor GarEeih, lhis
woul;! S; cI,s L. indicate y urcll,
smart sprinI,llng Of white Democrats
in ihe country, being jusl ~ army
of 100000, to 100000 white people
in lavor OF Hancock over Garfield.
How is il hen that Garfield is rlrc
ted over Hancock! Why jasi by the
very > ale lilcs and State individual
lLr aud State rights which divide The
vote ul UEc Slate from another, or
thus chop up the majority by States
50 as . make tie. Vote ui each State
an lnlcGrr in il.e general results.
,lhr SLaiwaris, WHO are writing ua-
'i"n so fast wish II bu ~" would do
well rcmemlwr tbs iuct.-Coium
J" il gestcr.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-11-12
Branch.

l,N Avg.
1t >isb6tlt, amusing and interesting
TO SEQ "riio%- earnest the Republican,
. journals. are imdlhoir efforts to holt
out the olive i,brauch.t TO- The l>cmocrats
: Of the Sonth,. They affirm. that this
is a nation and The Republicans con
troll It's adesttaics that tic North is
; not dactsunaa snd never intended to
be ; that Geqactal Garfield is liberal,
'.broad,nfudcd, , patriotic statesman
THAT the Spnta will find him q Chief
AMagisESte free from all sectional
l,pfSiWSices that the reforms pronis-
~'ea and failed TO bc executed by Mr..
Hayes will be carried out honestly by
the new administration; and that
millions Of Northern capital and the
bone and sinew Of Northern industry
are readylto flow into the Southern
States so Boon Us their citizens &c
'cept tue situation. With consldera-
bie emphasis they asll why not take
the proffered hand, let by.goncs be
'by-gones and enter upon a new era
lin Southern progress? Why not?
'This.does not seem TO be a sprcious
,argument, but fuir reasoning, and, in
view, Of the regent. election, calls for
sober Thought and a Just reckoning
What answer has the South to make
in the face Of the amendments which
were decided by the Supreme Court to
be unconstitutional; of the recon
strnction acts which placed the intel
ligence and civilization OF the South
under the control Of Ignorance and
ba:barism; Of the Louisiana frauds
aud rthe South Carolina dual govern
lnent; Of the election laws which we're
intended 70 wipe out cur control OF
local affairs and Of the curse innict-
ed upon her through the civil service
by fpisting upon our citizens dshon-
Get Eeafpet.baggers. Let the South
n,aiisain her5solidity, accept the stu
alton as she now finds 1t and owe al
legianee, TO no. party, and one hun
dred and thirty y-eight. electoral votes
will always secure the power TO take
care OF herself, ut least, until the sim
certify Of Republican friendship be
tested or the .durlicity Of Northern
Democracy be proven. The South is
in no,slrait, aud need not be hasty.