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The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-03-12
A Practical Suggestion.

Soma nf the ,rhn1esonIc effects or a Jul
dicious use Of newspapers in the schoo
room were foreibly illustrated last month
in the essays and orations at several schoo
anniversaries. 1t will be sufficient to cite
but one of these instances:
For a year or more it has been the
practice in the highest grades of the West
Side school at Champaign, ILL.,, to devote
portion of time each morning to the pc
1usal and discussion Of the news of the day
"As consequence" says the County Su-
perintendent, II observed at the late High
School Commencement that the speakers
and essayists drew nearly all of their illus
tratlons from recent events, instead of re
peating the trite, hackneyed allusion tc
ancient times, which ere so monotonously
common on such occasions. They showed
good degree Of familiarity with the latest
discoveries in science and invention, and
with these important movements in socie,
ty in which they themselves must soor
take part. y
These remarks of the County Superin-
tendent were cordially indorsed by one Of
the most intelligent business men Of the
town who added: | could only contrast
this familiarity with current history with
the utmost utter ignorance which is sc
common in young men fresh from high
schools and colleges, and rejoice that al
last teachers are beginning to appreciate
the immense value of the newspaper as 8
text book in the work Of preparing young
people. for active life. Inter Ocean.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-03-12
Three Pioneer Brother Preach,
ePa,
fIlansrille IN W Advertiser

Dansville IN. } Advertiser
Rev Samuel Parker, the last survivor
Of the three famous pioneer Methodist
preachers Of the original Genesee Confer
ence, died at his home in Hopewell, Onta-
ria county, Thursday, March 9th. Mr..
Parker had made his home upon his farm
in Hopewell for the past 3S years, leaving
his family there during all his ministerial
changes during that time, and continuing
in the pulpit until his failing health conl-
PEELED him to desist. He was the sixth OF
eight children of Nathaniel Parker, who
came to this State in 1900, and settled ir
Sparta, Livingston county in 1906. Fou1
of these have died within a period Of foui
years, and MRS. Lewis Collar, of Roches.
ter, is the only survivor among those
who have died within the time mentioned
are the three pioneer preachers. Robert.
the Oldest, died Dec. 5, 1871, in his eighty
third year; John, the youngest, March IL,
1873, in his seventy ninth year, and now
Samuel, who was between the tvs, in his
eighty year. The faith, the devo,
ton. and the labor Of these brothers in
their chosen calling, and the important
part they bore in firmly establishing. the
Church whose influence is now a power
throughout the world, can hardly be est
mated by the people Of the present day
Their circuits were necessarily large, in,
cluding some 800 miles Of travel and con.
suming for a single trip six weeks Of time
Summer and winter they laboret, follow.
| ing Indian trails, climbing mountains
swimming rivers, and preaching day anc
night, in the open air Wnen the Weathel
would permit, and ii log school-house anc
hut. These brothers we're al remarkable
for their devotion, their unWavering faitl
and eonage, their stezling integrity. and
their pure personal lives.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-03-12
Flew ezsg ON GEae fable

. setdowers on the table-a whole nose
gay II you can get II, or but two 81. three,
or 4 single t1oNer-a rose, . pink, a daisy,
and you have something that reminds you
Of Gods creation, and gives you i link
with the poets that have done It most hon
Or. Flowers on the morning table are es-
pecially suited II them. They look like
the Wtkening of creation; they bring the
perfume Of the breath Of nature into your
room they seem like the very represents
tive embodiment Of the very smile Of your
home, the graeea Of good morrow /; proofs
that some intellectual beauties are ia our
selves or those about rs, some aurora iii
ne are. 50 lucky IS TO have such a compan-
ion helping ID straVf orr life with sweet
ness. or II ourselves some masculine viii
derness not unworthy % possess such a
companion oF unlikely ~ gain her
Leigh HHatasi.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-03-12
A Painful Scene.

Yesterday morning while seven or
eight old and reliable citizens were holding
down chairs and boxes in a Michigan
Avenue grocery, and unanimously agree
ing that this was the greatest country on
earth, stranger entered and said:
Gentlemen, suppose you are all famil-
iar with politics. Y
eve are, :" they replied i'll chorus.
"And you know all about the funda-
mental principles oflberty ?''
sWe do
ssWell, I'm glad on it, for Eve made a
bet with fellow back here as to how the
reading of the Constitution begins. One
of you Just write me down the first ten
Words.o
While he felt for a stub Of 8 pencil, ey
cry man began scratching his head and
Cautiously eyeing his neighbor. One be-
gan muttering Now I lay me- =
and a second said something about ere
solved, 2 and third wrote on top of q
| cracker b91: son motion, it was voted
| that-thatt There was a great deal
of coughing and sneezing and nose-bloW-
| ing, when boy came in and said the
strangers horse had run away. He crushed
out, and seven faces Frightened up and
smiled, and seven men took fresh cheWs ol
tobacco, ana tried not to look too inlpo1-
tant when the grocer said:
ssIhe Constitution? Why, every one oi
you can repeat it By heart with your eyes
shut-off course you can. Leafs.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-03-12
Painless Opera lions.

The new anti-septie method Of surgefg.
which has but recently been introduced
into this country, has been twice success
fully tried IT the Alexian Brothers Hos
pital, Chicago, recently. II each ease ]
leg was alilp,Etated, and the patient rapid
recovered, xE.erieflcillss Iio pain Whit
eyer from wy, use u, the surgical instra
nlents: The method ef I,eisszstti is q
5olloNs: III slls.faee Of Tho Iisab to De
s.tlllsisst:tsti tls ::sseltitiea
tl-ijsaEit. ati# oiorf .. water.
INTO wound. Fills makes tic opera
fi3iI iis'aiesssl sifss aIi3i d'fs
using e.
ethtsi syt:slsls IL dressed With
t9flS'tf s;ttftt::ttt stsll saIEsla;ate af
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-03-12
Jefferson and B aclksous
fEOrneY'S PROGRESS. |

tEtiHSs icSASScsJ
To President Jefferson belongs the hon
or of purchasing Louisiana in 1904 from
the first Napoleon for several millions Of
dollars, thereby securing to us the unlim-
tied control of the Mississippi river, pro-
tecting all our territories on the Gulf OF
Mexico, and battling the occupation Of our
southwestern empire by a foreign power.
The fear that he might fail gave Jefferson
painful solicitude, and when it was accom-
plished filled him with unspeakable Joy.
At first he thought Of Offering the Govern
orship of the new Territory to General
Lafayette, then at his home in France; but
that idea was soon relinqlished for obvious
reasons. @
Then Andrew Jackson was urged for the
place, and here we have another evidence
of old Hickory's unselfsh character. jack
son was Judge of the Supreme Court OF
Tennessee, and very tired Of that office
and would have preferred to be Governor
Of the new Territory of Louisiana. He
was in Washington while the matter was
being deliberated in Cabinet council, and
yet as he notes, III very badly spelled let
ter, in April, 1904, if he called on the
President it would be regarded as ''the
act of courteor,' and therefore he ''tray-
elcd on enjoying his feelings" And he
confessed also that the Governor Of Lou
isiana ought to talk the French language,
which he did not. The discovery Of this
heretofore unknown fact is due to James
Parton. !
That was the spirit Of our public men al
the close of our last century To complete
the romance, eleven years after this letter
Andrew Jackson won the battle of New
Orleans, and so saved that great city from
the English, who, defeated by Jefferson in
their known desire TO secure it by treaty
in 1904, were finally thWarted by Jackson
when they attempted to take it by arms or
January s, 1915.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-03-12
sBH9E-eB a WIS.
rae Various Forms that De1iriutas
TreEnens Take

I've known men who weren't wholly
free from the .jim-jams for months. They
saw things continually. Didn't mind
them at all. Got used to them. There
was Greenwood, a lawyer at Sonora, TIT
olumne County, CAL; he.liyed on whiskey
as nearly as q man could live on it for
years. Sometimes lie had the snakes very
bad, and again they'd tone down to mod
Grafton, vet he had 'em all the same. He
would lit i'll his Office drawing up some
legal document as straight and correct as
the soberest head in the county, and all
the time curse the crows (jim-jam crows,
you know, )for getting on the paper. There
was French Louis, who kept saloon at
jamestown, in the same county, who drank
himself to death with his own liquor. He
was mass Of bloat, vet he'd serve CUSTOM
ers to the last, and all the time see d string
OF monkeys Ciim-iam monkeys) running
round the cornices of his saloon. :sThey
anuse me, lie Wonld say, 'anl besides
they arc not so mischieyous as real mon
keys
There's d man living ID that same town
to-day to whom a phase Of maria pot,l is
Of nc more Inconvenience, apparently, than
u severe cold. I'll call him Doncaste1.,
which isn't his right name, but comes
pretty near it. .E'hat man is 4 living con
tra,liction Of the theory that whiskey ii
excess will kill people. He has for twenty
Il. 7,
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-03-12

The Paris newspapers are conducted on
this personal bssis'' Mr.. Rose can have
lie Figaro translated-politics, crime,
gossip, jokes, signatures and all--and cir
culated among the members of his congre-
gation, in order that they may find ont for
themselves that Journalists who sign their
names cannot be sensational, impure or
naughty.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-03-12
,TEiuaaaapla Of Thought.


The man is to be pitied who has no intel
lectual insight into the truth Of nature;
but it is a sadder thing to see man on
whom all bloom is wasted, who carries an
eye that shaVes the twinkle from every
star, who disenchants the light, and when
ever he moves, brushes the halo from ma
tlre, II was 4 typical Yankee who once
said 1T Niagara: Well, I swan, I don't
understand how wallops oFerin tisat
way. I'D like to see tile HTilala eoasara I'M
screwed for about i've minutes and put to-
gether again. Thus with some oue uni
verse il one of earpentrE Iatllafl and nl=s-
tered together, with consteIlafions clap
boarded on the sky--and not 4 swimming
poem and mystery
We hear lamentations OF the decay d
poetic fascination from IA tl1re, f,g the ban
ISishment Of lnyths from classic theology,
But wa are richer ii material to-day "
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-03-12
A ~ esv Feature,

The telephone is likely to be- valuable
hid III reforming society. Rev. David
Swing. of Chicago, has set an example
which should be initiated by the preachers
III the country. He has 4 telephone Lead
ing from his study, with ya1ions branches
to the honses of his intimate. friends and
parishioners, and does much of, his pasfoTal
visiting through its ne{linns'liR ifflaat
form sf pastoral esilI becomes isiatseas;tE
newspaper sensations ef q clerical saaoi
will diminish, alitl ministers VII aelttisi
fini themselves the heroes " sn*1a5lsfls
which silalle tile very foundations at their
temples. Ry MI Inears eaassssasgs gag tlae tsls-
phone in the houses oil pastors twill
prove one of file aids ie Hill ightepns
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-03-12
The loss of a Wife.

In comparison with the losg Of wife, ali
other bereavements are trifing. The wife
she who fills SO large a space in the do
nestle heaven; she who busted herself sc
unweariedly for the precious ones around
her; bitter is the tear which falls on her
cold clay. You may stand beside her
coffin, and think of the past. 1t seems an
amber-colo1ed pathway, where the sun
shown upon beautiful flowers, or the stars
hung glitterlngly overhead. Fain would
the soldier linger there. No thorns are re-
membered save those your hands have TN
willingly planted. Her noble, tender
heart lies open to your inmost sight. You
think of her now as all gentleness, all
purity, all beauty. But she is dead. The
head is laid upon Il pillow Of clay. The
hands that have ministered so untiringly
are folded beneath the gloomy portal. The
heart whose every beat measured an eter-
nifty Of love lies under your feet. The
flowers she bent over with smiles, bend
now over her with tears, shaking the dew
from the petals, that the verdure around
her may be kept green and beautiful.
There is no white arm over your shoulder,
and no speaking face to look UP into the
eye oflove, no trembling lips to murmur,
cob, tits too sad ~ There is so strange a
hush in every room; no smile to meet you
at nightfal1. And the old clock ticks and
stri1es-it was such music when she could
hear it. Now it seems to knell on the
hours through which you watched the
shadow of death gathering on her sweet
face. And every day the clock repeats
that old story. Many other tales it telleth,
too, of beautiful words and deeds that are
registered above. You feel-oh, how
often THAT the grave cannot keep her; !;
that she will live again.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-03-12

A minister lever appears to as little adj
vantage Is he does. when he is explaining
to his flock how be would edit q daily
newspaper. Here is. the Rev. Mr. Rose,
Of Milwaukee, who aims to raise the tone
Of the public press and do away with its
ssensationaIisn, impslrifT and general
Wiekedness By milking journalism abso-
lutely personal. Il would dismiss, he
says, the affee5ation Of the editorial we
under which the newspaper men with theff.
habitual n1odesty we're wont 70 conceal
their personality would break ap This
ambuseade IN print. would give Al
these voices, Ali Ike those thatc cry truth and
those that cry falsehood and SANDER, i body
and 1 sesponsible person aIity would
have printed At the head Of exsrsr news
paper TIE name of every saaaEl ,onsshle
for Is rtfesat tlees. The political, ious,
society EDITOR, the critic Of and
the eorl.e potldeats, the report should
uffortll their work eyer
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-03-12
lead, which indicates the presence Of sui

phate Of hydrogen BY turning black, and
shows whether the wound is suppurating.
Six layers OF medicated gauze are then
placed over the wound, and the whole is
covered with Aackintosh cloth.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-03-12
'E'he Great Peanut Match.

The greatest peanttt eating match be-
tween A. Sniff and j. Sunks for 5000 !
side, came off at SWooney Hall yesterday.
The conditions were: Each contestant
eat a quart of baked peanuts each quarter
hour for forty-eight consecutive hours.
Before each contestant was a table laden
with quart measures full Of the ludiciouS
fruit Of the peanut tree. Sniff weighed
ninety pounds at the start and Junhs
eighty-si1. Neither had eaten anything
for twenty-four hours, and both had
voracious appetites. The first few
quarts Of peanuts Went like snow before I
July sun. The floor was soon strewr
with. shells. After eating four quarts
Sniff took short rest, but Janks kept or
n1anfully. At theflolr of going to press
Sniff was visably swelling, while Junks
was eating away with apparently as goof
relish as when he began. At 2:30 p. m.
the score stood Sniff 2 quarts, Junks 2.
quarts. The hall vas ttfironged, and the
excitement was intense. Bets were freely
offered $1,000 to $50 that Sniff will win
Junk i friends are contt5en B9stoa SA,s
dan Times.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1880-07-22

A CosTLY DRINK OF WATER.-In
one Of The holly contested fights in Vir-
ginia during the war, 3 Federal officer
fell in front oi the Confederate breast
works. while lying there wounded,
and crying for water. a Confederate
soldier James Moore. Of Burke county,
To..h Csrolina) declared his intention
Of Supplying him with a drink. The
bullets were flying thick from both
sides and Moore's friends tried 70 dis
suade him from such hazardous en-
vsrprIse. Despite FemonstTanee and
danger, however, Moore lsspt the
breastworks, canteen N hand, reached
his wounded enemy. and gave him
drink. The Federal, under a sense OF
gratitude for timely service. took out
his gold watch and offered it 10 bis
beneiactor, but IL was refused. The
officer then asked the name Of the man
who had bravej such danger TO succor
him. The name was given and Moore
returned to his position behind the en-
bsnkment. They saw nothing more OF
each other. Moore was subsequently,
wounded, and lost limb m one Of the
engagements in Virginia, aud returned
10 his home in Burke county. A few
DAYS ago be received communication
from the Federal soldier TO whom be
had given the cup Of cold water on
the occasion alluded TO. announcing that
ne had settled On him The sum Oslo. 600
10 be paid 10 four annual insiaIIments Of
81. 500 each. investigation has estab-
lishrd the fact that there Is no mistake
OF deception IN The matter HO'ze Jour
nal
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1880-07-22

AZ
A "Farr's PRrss.--The bsaulifnl
idoa .of getting sosasthine Cor aoshius IS
nowhere more Fpaaily traeeable than in
Z aewspaper ollics. IS
50 much D. been spoaen. wzaisn
and sung about : Stree press. lhatpeo-
pie have cume 20 accept the term in a
sense altogether. Too literal.
II a man hes n scheme Of any kind
terminating he just steps into the edi-
torial room and details Il with the re-
mark: II am mol quite ready to ndver-
Use yet. but few words viii help me
along.'' He gets The few words and
never gets ready TO advertise.
Two tickets admitting lady and gent
10 sthc &c. r. X. NJ. T.'s grand bali. 7
are expected 10 produce a six-line lo-
cal and quarter Of q column deserIP-
ton Of the ladies' toilets afier The ball is
over. 9al 8tt sd ~ atra
Church fairs and the like are worse
than balls. They never leave tickels.
but demand more space, because '.it'S
a matter Of news and a help to the
eause.9' bgG de333t n
Should boy saw of bis finger, sDr.
co. Plaster dressed the wound with
great skill" would be graceful way Of
stating il, and besides il Is ''unproles-
sional'' 10 advertise.
The pateht rat-traP man brings in one
Of his combinations of wire and moldy
cheese bait. sticks IL under the edstOr's
nose, aud explains bow they catch 'en
every time the spring works. "Irs
something Of interest to the community,
and il you put in a piece save me a
dozen papers," which he quietly walks
of with as though he had bestowed >
fayor-in allowing editorial eyes to gaze
on such a marvel al intricacy.
An invitation "tO come down and
write up our establishment" is a great
deal more common that two-square
''ad'' from the same firm. Newspapers
must be filed up with something OF 9th
er. you know.
The lawyer. with strong Prejudices
against advertising, Is fond OF seeing
his cases reported in full in the news
papers, with an occasional reference 10
his exceedingly able manner Of con-
ductIng the same. Il j. cheaper than
advertising. #tsler
In fact, everybody, from To izzard.
who has an exc 10 grind, asks the news
papers to turn the crank, and GOrgeis TO
even say thank you. but wIIl kindly
take a free copy Of the paper as part
pay for furnishing news.
The press being free" all hands seem
bound 10 get aboard and ride il 10 death
That is why newspapers are SO rich that
they can afford to pay double price for
white paper, and never ask Congress to
aid them by removing the duty on wood
pulp.-.keU HIVen Register.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1880-07-22

05- The first day after LeadvilIe
man who had always been too poor TO
afford anything but whiskey straight.
struck it rich. be went in for mixed
driaks and called for lemonade with a
stick 10 il. And when he had his glass
refilled. he said !: .sMr. Bartender. put
ia a whole woodpiIe this time..'
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1880-07-22

Co. II was a colored preacher who
said to his flock: 1--WE have a collec-
ton to make this morning, and for de
glory of heaven whichever Of you stole
Mr.. Jones's turkeys don't put anything
on the pIate.' One who was there
says: EVERY blessed niggah in de
church came down with de rocks"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1880-07-22

o. a man who was kept awake hopr
afser hour BY the barking OF a dog. said
he never wanted to use shotgun so
bad ia his life. 0What for-to shoot
the dogl" asked a friend. ''No, /" he
replied, bus 10 shoot the fool who wrote:
t.Tis sweet to hear the watch dogs
honest bark
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1880-07-22

e-A man was asked the other day
how many children he had. and he re-
Piled: "Fise boys. and each boy has
two sisters" This may be called The
new puzzle Of fifteen for those who
tbink he has an unusually large fsmi-
II.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1880-07-22

~~-s@Ss ~AA~ fNA@~&A1s @s@~H@A&4sAA@ = - ssAAA-
dently believed that these diplomatic
negoliaiions win be successful without
DE lpss of commercial intercourse be-
tween awo powers. which promises !
great increase Of FecipFoeal trade and
the enlargement Of our markets Should
these eaoFts fail il win be The duty Of
Congress to mitigate The evils already
felt. and prevent their incfease BY such
restrictlons IS, without violence or in-
justice, viii place npon a sure iounda-
ton The peaee Of our eommnnltles and
the freedom aud dignity o. labor. fEe
'spPoiutment OF citizens to the various
executive and judicial ofiices OF the gov
eminent is, perhaps, the most diticuls
Of AL duties which the constitution has
imposed upon the executive. The con-
vent'on wisely demands that Congress
shall cooperate with the executive de-
par.ments IN placing the civil service on
a better basis. Experience has proved
That with our frequent changes OF ad-
ministration no system OF reform can De
made effective and permanent without
the and OF legislation.
appointments to the military and
naval service are 30 regulated by the
law or custom as to leave but little
ground for complaint. II may not be
wise 10 make similar regulations by law
for the civil service, but without invad-
ing the authority or necessary discre-
ton OF the executive, Congress should
devise method that viii determine the
tenure OF Office and greatly reduce the
uncertainty which makes that service
so uncertain and unsatisfactory. With
out dePriving any officer of his rights as
a citizen The government should re-
quire him to discharge all his official
duties with intelligence efhclency and
'a''n'u'neSS' 10 Seiee. "ise'y rom our
vast PoPuia'iOh '''OSe WHO arc Oes' h''eo
Tor the many oinces 10 De nlied requires
an acquaintance Iar Oeyond tne range
OF any one man ne executive shouiu
therefore seek ana receive the lnior'na-
iion ana assistance O' tnOse whose
know4eoge . tue communities 20 "mea
.ne "u'ieS are 70 " Pei'O'"eu DsS' qUai.
.ned .nem . alu - maA."s 'ns ".ses'
oao.rs .'T,
' ~ ~
N"''asO 0Ou'."''O" are 10. 'ne N",PO-
rory ue''e' u . pa.ty " aa''O' 'Os'a
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1880-07-22

e%The Boston Post suggests that i
5 nov safe to treat girls witL eoOlness
.--favosed with vanilla.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1880-07-22

A fearful sacrifice IN Spring and Sum-
mer clothing for Men and Boys; 25 to so
per cent. deduction to close out our entire
stock and not carry it over to next season
$50 w. Pratt St, extending through to SO
Hanover Street.