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The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-05-28
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G'H4OV ES.S

Gloves are an unopened flower OF Il
small evergreen tree, that resembles, in
appearance, the laurel Or the bay. 1t is Il
native OF the Molucca or Spice Islands,
bnt has been carried to all the warmer
parts of the world, and is largely cultivat-
led in the tropical regions of America.
The flowers are small in size, and grow III
large numbers in clusters At the very end
Of the branches. The cloves we use are
the flowers gathered before they are open
ed and whilst they are still green. After
being gathered, they are smoked by u
Wood-firc and then dried III the sun. Each
consists OF two parts a round head, which
lis the four petals or leaves of the flower
rolled up, inclosing number Of stocks
and tilaments. The other partof the Glove
is terminated with four points, and is, III
fact, the flower cup and unipe seed YES
sci. All these parts may be distinctly
shown if a few leaves are soaked a short
| time in hot water, when the leaves soften
and readily unroll.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-05-28
AN AWFUL TALE.
BY CHARLEY RUSSELL.
Solomon Briggs a fisherman WAS
Who called the ocean lllnc. .

solomon Briggs a fisherman was
Who sailed the ocean blue;
lie owned a schooner-riggcd mudscow.
And was captain, cook and crew..
lie secured the t'wet'' for mackercl,
Cod, scu1pin and lamper-eels-
I'orgies on toast and whisky straight
Served for his daily meals.
He had a wife and four young Briggs
Whom he left at their Cape Cod Home,
10 liveon clans and pork and beans,
While he wandered o'er the foam
A run on the banks he'd often take
In his schooner, the Sally Glue
And he'd sail away nor'cast by nor.
Till land was lost to view.
One day, when on the Blucnose coast,
Away on his starboard bow,
He spcd what seemed to be q wreck,
With the water DER the PROV:
He took his whisky glass aloft'
And viewed the vessels deck,
Then quickly changed his schooncr's course
TO overhaul the wreck.
lie answered their signal of distress,
Then went down in the hold,
And piped himself to grog, to keep ...
From catching any cold.
When he drew near and saw that they
Were struggling with the wave,
lie sworc t'By ,Jinks!' he'd do his best
The women's lives to save.
He asked them through a stoyepipeif
They ever tried TO swim:
Their answer, 'tHartliy ever" came
Rc-cchoed back to ililR; Isllore
Were Il 'Pinaforc' troupe from Ensland's
For Halifax we were bound;
Our sisters, cousins, and our aunts .M
win weep if we are drowned.
Again he changed his vessels course
An awful oath he swore-
Tnen said, ''You can go to Halifax
With your cussed 'Pinaforc. -
'Did you ever see such q hcAthcn wrctch?"
Came waited DER the wave:
'Well, hardly er-." He looked around
They had gone to watery grave.
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'gsase> 70 " sel- oil sa ssEEy clone.

Iii discussing the two cyclones which
visited tie Bay of Bengal Ill October, 1876.
Mr. Elliott, leteorIoe Reporter. to the
Governments of Bengal, incidentally gives
some idea Of the eYelopean forces which
are deY5elo oped bs such storms. Tic aver.
age daily evaporation, registered ~ &c
Bengal Instruments in October, i two IN
eiles. lle amount y. heat absorbed bg
the conversion Of this amount Of W;sfes
5laily,oFel, ~ lafgs.El t,et tie. Bay 81
BengaI, Is enormous Roughly estimated.
says EI. Elliott, it IS equal to the continue
.ous working power of SOC, 900 steam On
gines Of /, ,9eo horse power. 4 simple cal.
clllafion will show that il sllfffiees 10 raise
aloft oFe4. 45, 5,oo9 cubic feet Of water ii q
hours rom asafH SQUIRE 3lti2 of tsle bosom
81 TIE boy. and trans I5orf II 70 the elotld<
which oferEEl:s1ls ilell ive s.sSteiltI .tI.e
calculation ron tl;as.e hi Il
slre. Of this whole ian sslI [. il
mind .szlosf
force sllfels, lal;t tsi1 tii6I.s eslil
600 gG55la tolls et. S0lIld be t.as. il
show that s5lea figures tIIles
seeIn seot :ateeiltate present tist..s.z
eIoiliit forces af sill
Science
sssss.lt
HiItt4 ~ f3ks
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-05-28
'Ea1rey s.sandss Character

While Prince Metternicll was serving as
Austrian ambassador at the Court of the
I,ilcries, he was frequently brought into
contact with the famous Talleyrand, whose
portrait is sketciled in the Prince Memoirs
as follows:
Talleyrand possessed unusual intellectu-
al ability. My-long- continued relations
with him made me aware that his whole
character more adapted him to destroy thar
to create \ priest, his temperament led
him to irreligious courses. 0fnoble hirtAs
he pleaded for the uprooting of his class
under tho Republican rule, he fore-swoFe
the Republic; under the Empire, he was
constantly inclined to conspire against the
Emperor; under the Bourbons, lastly, he
labored for the overthrow of the Legitimate
dynasty.
TO hinder any definite course from being
taken-for that Yalleyrand was always
ready In the contrary direction ! could
never discover equal ability. Napoleon 60
estimated him, and with justice. In one
Of our conversations, which took place iEa
consequence of one of the many with.
tlrawals of Talleyrand from the ministry
the Emperor said to nc:
"If want anything done, do not enH~
ploy the Prince of Benevento. turn to
him when 1 want a thing not TO be done
which ] wish to appear to want
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The Gaaisel ss Witness.

| DO you know the prisoner well? ?'' ask
ed the attorney.
;sNcver knew him sick, replied the wit
ness.
"No lcviiy," said the lawyer. sternly.
"Now, sir, did you ever see the prisoner
at the barr"
.'Took many u drink with him at the
| bar.
"4Answer my question, sir." yelled the
| lawyer. ''How long have you known the
prisoner
:From two feet up to five feet ten
inches.''
/ "Will the Court make the
II have, jedge, said the witness, antici-
pating the lawyer: I have answered the
question. knowed the prisoner when he
waE boy two feet long and man five
| feet ten--''
ssYotlr Honor
"It'sa fact, icdge; I'm under my oath, ;"
persisted the witness.
The lawyer arose, placed both hands on
the table in front of him. spread his legs
apart, leaned his body over the table, and
said:
"Will you tell the Court what YOU know
about this casc?' ..-..--
s'That amt his name replied the wit
ness.
'sWhat amt his name =
Cease
'.Who said it was
'sTou did. You wanted to know what
knew about this Gase-his names Smith. !"
'sYoiii Honor" howIcd the attorney,
pluckins Ills beard out BY the roots, twill
YOU make this mar af1swer?''
witness" said tho Judge YOU must
answer the questions put to- yeu,'
Land Of Goshen, jedgc, hai1tFt ! been
doing it? Let the blamed cuss fire away,
Pm ready
.s'rhen." said the lawyer, s'don't beat
about the bush any more. You and the
prisoner have been friends. y
Never! promptly responded the wit
ness.
"What? Wasn't you summoned here AS
fliend?''
s'No, sir: was summoned here as a
Presbyterian Nary one OF tls was ever
friends-he is an old-linc Baptiat, without
drop of Quaker in him.
ststand down." yelled the lawyer, in
disgust
"Hey?''
'sStand down.'
Can't do it, I'll sit down or stand up"
Sheriff, remove that man from the box.
Witness rctires, muttering, 'sWell, if he
amt the thick-headest cuss ever laid eyes
m
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,E'Eaey aeuait ~ linking.

Among the passengers who boarded the
East-bonnd train at Holly, the other day,
were Il bride and groom Of the regular
hoIly-lloek order. Although the ear was
full of passengers, the pair began TO osqueezt
hands and hugta soon as thay We're seated
This of course attracted attention. ane
pretty soon every body was nodding ant
Wifkins. and several persons so farforgot
themselves as TO laugh outright. BY-anG
BY the broad-shoulder and red-handea
groom became aware of the fact that he
was being ritIieuled, , and he lInlinked him.
selfto the heigth ofsI0feet, looked up and
down the aisle, and said:
.s,rhere seems to considerable noddine
and wfnking around here because I'm
flllggins the girl who was married 10 me
1T seYealo'c CLOCK this morning. # the rules
Of this railroad forbid i man from h1lggine
lis wife ltteI he has paid full fare, ther
I'm going to quit; hut if,tlle rules don.t
and this Winlsing and blinking isn't bitter
short OF when We pass the next nlile-post
1. m going to besg5i on the front seats, and
create rising market for false teeth and
ertltches s
II there Were#:tlss more tyiIIlss and blink.
ii that ear, the groom tiida1 eafEae efn 4
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ssReeaa FfsEafn 80

The tendency to judge conscientious
efforts by results is common among par
cnts. johnny, who had run away from
school to go fishing, was greeted at the
gate by his father, who briskly induiredF
swell, sonny, where we you been S''" BesfI
fishing . s'Did you catch any thing H.
fsCaught them" and Johnny held upSa
beautifully assorted string of fish OF all
/ sizes, except large once. All! that's
right, sonny. Take 7em ous In the back
yard and dress 'eln. Wen have a good
breakfast. = Encouraged by kind words,
as all boys are, Johnny again slid away
from school, spite Of nil that the teacher
would say and tto on account Of his aa,~
sencc the day before, and tried angling
again. Meeting his father on his retrrR
he was greeted with. t'Hello, sonny, where
we YOU been?" stBeen fishing" "Wltas
did you catch ?'' s'Na-a-a-thing.n March
yourself, march yourself into the house.
will teach you to run away from Gchool
and go fishing, when you know you cant
catch anything. There was howl saslce
but no fish for breakfast next morning.
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4 Yoaang Womsan's Strong yF1al.
lPhiladelpllia Time.I

lfHiiauelphfR ilAeS.!
1t seems to be pretty difficult to scare of
Connecticut girl when she has once made
arrangements TO have a wedding come off
| The local papers in rather GneYenttn
/ portion Of that State tell the story of 4
young woman Of twcilty-one who had en-
gagged to marry an old man Of sixtv-three.
After making a memorandum of the great
difference in the ages, it is probably UNI
necessary to say that the old fellow is rich
that was part of the fascination with which
he captured the young woman.
Matters went off very smoothly for a time,
until the old man began to suspect that he
had rather not marry, or at least that he
might not want to marry the particular
young lady who was SO dearly i'll love with
him to all appearances. This hideous man
began i'll most cruel fashion to take the
conceit out of his young love. Calling as
usual upon her this malicious and patched
up wretch made comic show of himself
by removing his wig, his teeth and some
other things made to order. This, greatly
to the disgraceflll mans delight, astound-
ed the young woman, and for Ii time it
looked as if she might regard it as desira-
bic TO seek little further for husband.
1t was only for a brief time, however, for
her love soon rose superior to wigs and
false teeth; it was anchored on solid rocks, |
such rocks as rich old men some times en-
oloy in tempting love. She declined to |
consider the engagement off merely be-
cause he was bald and toothless; his purse
vas robust and al that young woman
.ould desire. In vain he further sought to
righten her by setting his age up some
wenty years more than she had suspected
t could be; this she rather liked under
he circumstances. His patience finally
wore out, and he broke off the engagement
Without permission from the other party.
breach of promise case is now occupy
ng the attention of Connecticut court.
which will be likely to furnish the con-
ludino chapter to this story.
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'rhe H.l,ne H1iln Clssn, In suausapuaer,
detroit Free Press.

Il tbetfOlt rec fFesS 81
The Committee on Judiciary, to ahon
was referred the query: tW here shall w.
60 this summer" reported:
'Dis committee didn't hesitate 10 tackle
de subject face to f;tee. We didn't sol
aroun' de co'ntr groceries nor hold our
/! mcetin's in free lunch saloons, but ne got
togcder at our own houses an roasted an
baked de query down fine. Dc conclu-
shun arroFed at am dat some of lls will go
| to Jail, some TO Mackinaw, some to de
grave, some to tie sea-sl1or', some to Cana
dy, some TO Toledo, and some to do kentrT
| to gel our liver regulated. We shan't all
so to no one place, kasc dc kivered kyass
an de hotels couldn't hold u.s.
The report was no sooner finished than
Froubadour Smith, chairman Of the Com
mittec on Banks and Banking, arose and
said:
Mister President, what means dat ref
crence to de co'ncr groceries an free lunch
saloons? RI anybody means to hit anybody
why doan't d,y speak right out"
Burciock Jones, through whom the re-
port had been made, drew himself up.
stretched out his arm, and slowly replied; y
LET de jaded gall wince!" /
'Ordcr order" called several voices.
mister Jones, my second will wsstoH
yout" shouted Smith.
Let him come, sah-de sooner de bcta
teri"
Half the members were on their feet
when the gavel camc down hard, and the
President said: . (
'Brudders Smith and Jones am fined
ten dollars each, an de mex man dat takes
lie flo widout bel1' recognized by dc Char
will feel somethin2 tlrap on his head! sict
S as We hab had heah war s1eh&
Der seen hefo' outside OBJ Congress!"
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THERE'S i Chinese outrage is oortetl from
New However. il WAS The heather
gGs'hinee who did the otltiagiinsa, which Is
soneWha6 Of a change from the way things
are done other lille of tile continent.
When 1fenibaId Joseplls called oll iii
hsse linen, III sillfotttliiE isElsfe
tibatff lsaio land
q orel The nate f3ah Aee thf
sud Josaphs and deposited him I1:s ttll,4sol
starch. his caused Il sort ii fol'nlaIitE
and stiffness to come between then. lii
the known lei III velsiisa
made 4 nan feel sflleEEss
E5s--4- s 8S5#8
hen I itlall ,olises u
sees d hand and sYiitli ii
face sill IatIier him, 5tol
shaving e q blslelSfIslg. b s.
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a NRzasicaR4ovizag z ssd.

4 renlarkable,instance Of a toad's enjoy
ment of music came under the notice Of u
lady. which she relates in Chambers Ioar-
nal, as follows: | was on Il visit with my
husband and of my daughters to my father,
who lived i'll the south Of England. He
had a very pretty garden and lawn; and il
was his delight in the evening to sit ut his
drawing-room window while played on
the piano and sang to him.
One evening he said to me, My dear,
here is toad under the window. 1t has
been here long time without moving.
believe it is listening 10 your singing
When ceased playing, the toad crept
slowly away; but every evening when
sang, the creature came. took its place un-
der the window, and there remained. One
evening at my fathers request, suddenly
stopped the music, and in Il few minutes il
went away. We watched it until it reach
ed the path; when commencing another
song, it stopped, listened, and then slowly
returned to its place under the window
When left and went home there was no
more music The toad was never seen
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-05-28
"A Pow erfgal NtsaERsams

An Italian In Reno, New, boasts thssshe
is the strongest man in America. Ills
spinal column seems to be double, and lIis
bones and joints are all very large. He
has repeatedly lifted with the third finger
Of his right hand men weighing frome qns
hundred and fifty to two hundred pounds,
by placing his finger under the hollow Of
one Of their feet, and thus carrying them
around room. He can strike with his
fist blow with u power of five hundred
pounds, as measured on register: and
when q couple Of big Irishmen attacked
him the other day, he seized one in each
hand and knocked them together until they
were insensble and half dead.
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'H'Hae NaarR and asse Picnic.

Under the shell-bark hickory tree, th
| picnic man he stands; a WOef1l lOolliIls
man is he, with bruised and grimy hands
and the soil that sticks to his trousers knee
is the soil of several lands His hair i
tumblcd, his hat is torn, his clothes ar,
like the ground; lie wishes he had nee.
been born, or born, had ne'er been found
He glares and scowls in wrathful scorn, III
oft he looks around. At early morn Ill
dressed III white, he sought the picnic park
| his face was clean, his heart was light, hi
loud song Knocked the lark. But now, al
though the day is bright, his world, alas
is dark. In joyous mood, at early morn
he sat upon the stump, butsoon, as though
upon Il thorn he sat, with mighty jump HI
le;spcd aloft, and I'LL forlorn in haste he die
kcrump. For 10, in lloGdes the big tjlacE
ants, with nippcrs long and slim, wen
swiftly crawling up lis pants, and made. i
warm for him; and through the woods
they make him dance, with gasp, and groan
and vim. And when the rustic feast /;
spread, and she is setting by, his wildwood
garland on her head, the love light in hel
eye, he--woe, oh, woe. would he were
dead sits in the custard pie. And now
they send hinup the tree TO fix the picnic
swing, andup the slcll-bark' S scraggy side
they laugh to see him cling: they cannon
hear the words he cried, "Dad fetch. dog
gone. dat bing!' And now he wishcth he
were down, aud yet he cannot see; just
how the giggle, stare, and frown cseare6
| by him may be; he knows that he cannot
scramble down with his back against the
tree. Sobbing, and sideling, and wailing
homeward alone he goes; clay, pie, an6
grass stain on his clothes, mere and more
plainly shows: and he vows that to any
more pienics he never will SO, he knows
But themorloW comes, and its rising sun
brings balm to his tattered breeks; he
thinks, after all, he had lots of fan, and
hopefully, gayly he speaks; and he goes tc
picnics, one by one nine times in the next
five weeks.--Hamkeye.
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A.FHEYKpEgaE AGvH'.
A 7asaa Lets a locomotive nooss
on the Central.
-IRoehester Democrat and cl,roniele.l


Locomotive No. l86, which is used as /
pusher in and about the Central Depot
was standing on the branch near the JON
er street crossing, while the engineer, Ben
jamin Brown, and fireman, Joseph Hold,
We're procuring a lunch in an adjacent
store. A young man named James Nc
Inernay, during their absence, was seen by
two on three men to mount the engine,
and i'll about moment after the locono-
tive started up the track. The engineer
and firemen were Informed that their en-
gine had been started by some one. and
fastened out Of the store Just in time to see
McInernay fall from the iron horse, which
dashed up the track al y ;+stpiItY increasing
speed. 1t passed through the depot at the
rate of forty miles an hour and by a SIM
gular good fortune the tracks and switches
were all clear, Of !; frighFul accident
would have been inevitable. The engine,
which was headed westward. ran until it
reached ColdWatel, a distance OF six miles,
where it came to Il standstill, as it had cS-
hausted its steam. so soon as the railroad
authorities became acquainted with the
f;tets in the case, dispatches were sent
ahead warning all to look out for the run
away, and to keep allswitches properly adj
justed, and locomotive No. 243, William |
Porter, engineer, was sent i'll pursuit, and
found the fugitive as above stated.
Michael Murphy, q brakeman, and Lewis |
Fritchie, Il produce buyer, were of those
who saw McInernay jump from the en-
gine, and they followed him until they
reached North avenue. Here they met
Train Dispatcher Alfred Smith, and Me-
1nernay was seized and placed in the engine
office at the rotlnd-house. Smith remained
on guard until an officer could be SUM
moned. While here McInernay drew a
knife and endeayored to stab the dispatch
er, who withdrew and locked the door.
The prisoner then broke through a window
and endeayored to escape, but jumped
right into the arms Of H. d. Croflt, fire.
man, who took the knife from him. He
was then held until Detective Burchell AZ
rived, who took him to the police station
lie was arraigned il the police court, but
asked for more time, when the examine
ion was postponed. 1t is said that Me-
Incrnay is Il discharged employc Of the
Central road
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and I had never seen him. No, it is better
as it's. I am readyto die. My secret, TO
all save you, shall die with me. That you
believe in my innocence is the only com
fort | have left.
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Several days ago an unsteady man was
noticed walking along the street in Tex
arkana. A man simply unsteady would
not have been noticed particularly, fol
Texarkana, like Little Rock, is the scene
of a great many unsteady men. But the
man looked sick, and when he reached {
street corner he lay motionless. a Grove
of people gathered around, when q physi-
clan arrived, examined the man, and re.
marked. "Gentlenlen, the poor fellow ii
dcad.''
The man was placed upon q bench, ane
the coroner, who had been notified, sum.
moned a jury and held an inquest.
s.IFelI, gentlemen said the coroner
after the consultation, what is your opin
ion as to the cause of death?
. Just then the corpse arose, thrust hil
hands III his pockets, and exclaimed:
g don't know what yonf. opinion is, bu
I'd like all-fired Well ID know who i 90
my pocket-book.
The man started off, but was stopped by
the coroner, who informed him TINT hi
would have to pay The expenses.
.etTIle deuce yoa say. on talk like. Al
undertaken that has conducted = funeral.
ssI have held an inquest over your body
sir, and, as you have behaved ridiealously
the county will not allow me any thing
ana # course you will have 70 pay me
= slitn t send for von, ] slidn I tel
you 10 foldan inquest. was getting aloni
| Ifirst-aate.
either does my dead man send e
me.
BIT wasn't dead.
III sasll' my fatlit.
or mine eithef- y
on arc 4 h.ypoerite, sis- Yoaa are IS
Hceitful. Oh should not Be recognized !
this community And want you fa .il -
elerstand this when yota % die, don s;sl y
] for ME, for woulsIG't hold m Inquest ss.t
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The latest Yankee idea is described by the.
dignified English papers as a game ssplsy~
ed with fifteen little discs of wood marked
consecutively from one to fifteen, which are
placed indiscriminately in shallow box.
constructed to hold sixteen, and thus al
lowing room for one to be moved at a
time. The game, which is ia principle
something like that called solitaire, conHists
in bringing all the discs into numerical
order, the first row counting one, two,
three, four. and 90 on, until the fifteenth
is attained y The puzzle isnot apprsciat-
ed in England. It is condemned as ti1a
most senselessly Improbable method os
wasting time which has ever been devised.
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EMEARi,A ssEn.---.Sll embarrassed actor
fastened upon the stage of a San Francisco
theatre, recently, III a scene depicting d
robbery in hotel office. and shouted,
Gag the safe, while blow open the mig h
clerk =
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a reward having been offered iora rhyme
to .Arkansaw, the Arkansas Traveller set
its machine to work, and ground out the
foii1u-inr-
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The movement to do away with the sys-
TEN of treating" is making progress.
The Brooklyn Club follows the example
Of the "Nodcrate Drinkers Association"
and the members are signing a pledge not
to drink at any one eEse's expense and
not to ask any one to drink at tkcii. ex-