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ST. THOMAS STATION.

New York. cath Feb.-Londou news states
that at as.msetiDg of the Conservative party a
strong protest was entered agains. the surren-
der tf Candahar.
Colonel Gordon in a letter TO the press
favors the evacuation.
Paris advices announce that Jules Simon
has be en- successful in carrying HE amendment
for the rejection of duty on whe ats
, 1881-03-02

Intelligence from the Azores states that no
less than thirty six earthquakes have taken
place there Recently.
London 24th.-The stock of Sugar at the
four home ports on the 10th inst. was 1900
tons as against l42,0 900 tons for the CORES
pouding period last year.
New York, 23rd.-Dubiin alvices announce
that Archhishop Nc Cahe severely denouptes
the alliance said to exist bel ween Parnell,
Rocheforr, and Victor Hugo.
London new states that the Borough Of
Sandwich, represented by Messrs n. A. Bras
aey, a Liberal. aud Compton Roberts, a Com
serveyiye, has been declared corrupt.
Paris Temps in sn editorial expresses its
opirin thht the late speeches Of Gambetta
indicate that DO woull be willing to accept the
Premiership.
New York, Feb. 25-Lard don news states
that NJ. Ola tsfont, il stepping from his car
ri&ge yesterday, feii and received q severe
shock, compelling him TO bc cooined TO bed.
The fhysicians' reports are favourable. nd he is
expected 10 resums lis place in sbe House in
the course of q f. " days.
Paris advioes announce that Michel Ney
due Dslchingen has been accidentally shot.
Ths Pr'uoe Of Wales proceeds to Berlin to
be present at the marriage of William, the
el less son Of the Crown Pfinoe, tothe prln,
csss of Sohltswi&- uolsttin.
Earl Darby has accepted tia Presidency of
the Association OF SoulhiLancA9hire Liberals.
The Paris Press report that a serious alter
c&tion has taken phase between The Bay of Iu-
Els aud the Preach CoHsnl there the former
complains of The terrorizing Influences at empt.
ed by theCo0sul.
The Vrioiaad Coolie Skipping contract has
heen secured by the tirm of Houldsr Brothers
& Co., OF Lsadenhall Street, Llndon, at tue
rate Of ten pounds four sbilliugs.
New York, 25th.
Flour per barrel, st. Lawr. brand, $3.50
Meal, best Brandywine, perbarrel $34
Heavy Mess Pork, per barrel, IS to1
Crystals per h., Il to SIC.
Sugar. ! Fair 10 good refining per ID. u,
cents.
English Islands MoIasses per gal. 40 cents
Exchange New York and London, A834
London, 25tl.
(Dem. Crystals per cwt. Ell. SIS. Cd
Sugar. duty free. Muse. FL. os. Sd
(Clayed Havana, No. II FL. As. Sd
ahoat.
Demerara Rum per gallon Is. 1l1d.
Trinidad Cocoa per cWt. "a. Is. Cd.
Consols 994 to 8.
Bank of England Rate Of Discount. 3 poo
LiyerpoolCot on Middling Uplands 81
Rentes 3 per cent in Paris 81.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-06-11
Brevity not Clearness.

1t commonly supposed that brevity is
the essence of a telegram, and that the
shorter a message can be, the better;
that if YOU have thing to say In ten
words. it is better to say it in seven;
if YOU have a thing to say in seven, it is
better to say it in five. This appears TO
be the creed of the general telegram
sender. No doubt, if his sole object be
to swell the revenues OF the State, his
procedure is laudable; but there are
other considerations to be taken into
account; and if he wishes his kilograms
to be rendered in such guise that they
shall be understood par qui de drOtt, he
will strive rather to make the wording
plain than laconic. Redundancy is, Of
course, to be avoided, but too great
brevity is equally to be eschewed. La
comic writing, it is to be born in mind,
tends to obscurity; obscurity makes it
impossible for the telegraph operator to
know when he is sending sense and
when nonsense; and if he has no guide
as to what he is sending, the chances are
at least equal that he will go astray.
There is no doubt another motive which
weighs with some, and that is the desire
that the message should not be intelli-
gible to the officials through whose
hands it will pass. But it is short-sight-
ed policy to make the wording obscure,
in order to Illustrate hypothetic official
curiosity. If secrecy is important, it
would be better to use cipher. In the
majority of cases, however, the true
plan is to take the officials into your
confidence, and write your message in
such guise that he who runs may read.
AS an illustration of the ingenuity with
which people will express themselves
as if for the very purpose of defeating
their own object, we may cite the fol-
lowing: A lady some short time since
telegraphed: "Send them both thanks, ~
by which she meant, "Thank you; send
them both"-the "both" referred to
two servants. The telegram reached its
destination as g Send them both back, 81
thus making sense as the official mind
would understand it, but q complete
perversion of the meaning of the writer.
Nothing was gained by putting it in this
way; the cost of the message would
have been just the same if put differently,
and as the telegraph ignores stops the
message as it stood read like nonsense.
1t happens that "th" is not unlike "b''
in the Morse alphabet, and this, coupled
with the fact that 4" back" seemed TO be
required as the last word, fully explains
the error.-BiacbaCood'S Magazine.
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Persons Who Will Not Learn.

All, how many gifted and ambitious
persons there are whose one fatal fault
is unwillingness to take what they feel
to be the humiliating attitude of docility
before others, and learn from them what
they need! Who has not often known
such persons, vain of their powers, yet
making no use of them, chatting against
outer facts as the causes of their inner
failure, showing an obstinate addiction
to their routine, a singular combination
of profound self-complacency with a
universal righteousness, angrily resent
ing every attempt on the part of their
friends to teach them what they are
slowly sinking and dying for the want
of? A modest openness to advice, and
resolute acceptance and application OF
it, would save them, and lead to the sue
cesses they wish. But try to tell them
this, offer them practical help on the
condition that they will practice your
precepts, and they turn on you as an
enemy. At last every earnest and noble
friend is obliged, in despair of doing
them any good, to leave them to their
conceit, their caprice. and their self
created fate. There is in such a one
and it is astonishingly common too-a
most subtle and powerful propensity to
picture himself in his own imagination
as superior to others, and so he crtttctSeS
what he meets, instead of Studying 1t.
He has a large and complacent idea OF
himself, with which he is forever Sc
cretly Cutting his mind; and this pre-
occupation causes him to shed even the
most valuable suggestions, unless they
chance to fatter his bent. Quite UNI
consciously, perhaps, but none the less
really, he asserts himself and clings to
his bases, in place of trying to pass out
of his mere selfhood, in order accurately
to estimate all that is proposed to him,
and to gain from it. He looks down on
his advisers, and repels them and their
teachings. Whereas the imaginative,
practical habit of those best fitted to inn
prove, and who do really make the
greatest progress, is to picture self as in
presence of something superior, and to
take the position of adisciple who is ever
looking up, and welcoming whatever
can strengthen, instruct, or guide him.
--Alger'S "SchoOL Of life"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-06-11
Adventure in the Cave OF CacahuamiIpa.

A serious, but fortunately not fatal,
termination came to recent excursion
from the City of Mexico to the Cave of
Cacahuamilpa, in honor of some Ameri-
can visitors. About fifty persons left
Mexico, but the party received so many
accessions by the way that when the
cave was reached there were as many as
500 persons in the company, including
the military guard.
1t appears that Senior Carlos Quaolia,
Governor of Morelos, had ordered a
banquet to be prepared in that portion
OF the grotto which bears the name of
"The Organ Salon." on account of the
stalactites which have there assumed the
form of an organ. The place was il
Illuminated by electric lights, yet there
were also many torches ofresinous wood
burning. The elite, who numbered per-
haps ninety persons (there were also a
great many servants), occupied the Or
gan Salon. In close proximity were
placed several shelter tents for the ladies
and children to sleep in. These were
filled with sleepers, and along one side
of the banqueting hall many gentlemen
were lying on mattresses, mats, or
| uldHkeJS. n lew OF Une more animated
guests fingered over the table until two
O'Clock in the morning, and were chat
ting, when Governor Quaglia tainted.
All efforts to restore him to conscious
ness seemed futile. While he remained
in this condition some ladies complained
of illness, others were asphyxiated, and
a gentleman suggested that all this might
be due to mephitic exhalations. Mothers
at once fastened to their children, and,
finding some in stupor, comprehended
the danger. A panic ensued. General
Diaz ordered an instant retreat from the
grotto General Ord and others in
structed the soldiers to carry out the
ladies and children. Ex-Governor Ro-
nero Vargas aided Senior Mariscal, Min
lister of Foreign Relations, to scramble
over the rocks. In fact, all who had
strength assisted those who were asphvx-
lated, and every person was removed to
purer atmosphere. Some persevered
until they reached the entrance of the
cave (three miles distant) and threw
themselves down on the bare ground. al
most exhaused with fatigue, but safe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-06-11
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Professor Helmholtz says that HI,
invention of the ophthalmoscope. nov,
of important and universal use in sur
gerry, was the result of an accident.
The saving in coal by recent nroo
esses in the manufacture of pig-iron and
steel rails amounts for England alone ~
about 100000 tons year, or about
one ton in twenty-five on the annnaI
production.
An apparatus for transmitting MIC.
lures by telegraph is now on exhibition
at the Royal Institution, London. Itcon'
sists of "mosaic'' of selenium cali
each cells in telegraphic communicates
with one of corresponding number oi
devices, by which a small mirror is ad'
justed to throw more or less light ON .
screen.
Prof. Tidy, in a paper read before the
London Chemical Society, restates in re-.
ply to DR.. FARMLAND, his firm convic-
ton that fairly rapid river, having re-.
ceived sewage in quantity not EXCEEDING
one-twentieth of its volume, regains lie
purity after run of few miles, and
becomes wholesome and good drinking
-Dry-plate photography has been So
much improved within the past year or
two that negatives are now taken with
an exposure" so brief that the name
painted on the paddlebox of a Steamboat
passing at the rate of ten or twelve
miles an hour comes out as sharp as q
street sign taken at absolute rest. Anna
teur photography has received a very
marked impetus by the perfection of tbs
dry-plate process ~ ~.
"A soldering iron, heated by the
electric current, and capable of melting
all kinds of soldiers, such as gold and
silver solder (Which have hitherto re-
quired blowpipe), has been patented
by Mr.. Ball, of Philadelphia. The
electrodes extend through and project
beyond the handle and embrace piece
of platinum or other material offering
sufficient resistance to the current to get
heated more or less. One of the con-
ductors is interrupted near one end of
the handle and bridged by a button
made partly of conductors and partly of
insulating material, so that by turning
the button the circuit may be completed
or broken as desired. In another ar
rangement the handle is in two halves,
pressed apart by spring, and, in that
position, short-circuiting the current.
On pressing the halves together the
current is sent through the refractory
point.
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PITH AND POINT,

Why is your wife's new bonnet like
a snipeP Because it is pretty much all
bill.-Chicago Tribune.
An enthusiast IL an individual who
believes about four times az much az he
kan prove, and he kan prove about four
times az much az anybody believes
DISK Billings.
Say, girl, do you know why the
fellow you inveigle into proposing is like
private secretary? It's because he's
man-you-win-sis. We feel awful de-
graded when we read that over.-BoStoa
Post
-Pendleton, who is something of
billiardist, calls the crying Of his
measles-afflicted baby a spot bawl.
''Oh, carom me awayl" is the proper
thing to say when Pendleton makes tLis
shot.-BoSt0n Transcript.
"A New York "dollar store" was
robbed a few nights ago of eleven gold
bracelets, six watches, three diamond
pins, fourteen gold brooches and fifty
four finger rings. The loss is estimated
at two dollars and twenty cents.-LoweI
Courier.
Two ten-cent drinks day will sup
ply family with four-that is, If the
drinks are not taken and the money is
invested in flour. We throw in this lit
tie economical hint as our Monday tenn
perance lecture. Moral: Let somebody
else pay for your drinks.-NeO Hace's
Register.
-"Mother, remarked aDuluth girl,
81 think Harry must be going to pro-
pose to me-" "Why so, my daughterP"
queried the old lady, laying down her
spectacles, while her face beamed like
the moon in its fourteenth night.
" Well, he asked me this evening if L
wasn't tired of living with such a
menagerie as you and dad. ''-Br0okly''
Chronicle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-06-11
SAVING MOTHER.

The farmer sat in his easy chair
Between the fire and the lamplights glare;
His face was ruddy and full and fair.
His three small boys in the chimney nook
COINED the lines of a picture book;
His wife, the pride of his home and heart,
Baked the biscuit and made the tart,
Laid the table and stepped the tea,
Deity, swiftly, silently;
Tired and weary and weak and faint,
She bore her trials without complaint,
Like many another household saint
Content, all selfish bliss above,
In the patient ministry of love.
At last between the clouds of smoke
That wreathed his lips, the husband spoke:
"There's taxes to raise, an interest to pay
And eff there should come a rainy day,
'Twould be mighty handy, Pm boun' to say,
II have sumpthin' put by. For folks must
die,
An there's funeral bills, and gravestuns to
buy
Enough to swamp man. purity nigh.
Beside, there's Edward and Dick and Joe
To be provided for when we go.
So'f was you, I'll tell We what I'd du:
I'd be savin of wood as ever could
EXtry fires don't du any good
I'd be savin of sope, an savin' of lie,
And run up some candles once in while;
I'd be rather sparrn' of coffee an tea,
For sugar is high,
And all to buy,
And cider is good enough for me.
ia be kind o. careful about my clo'es
And look out sharp how the money goes
Gewgaws is useless, mater knows;
EXtEy trimmin'
IS the bane of women.
"pd sell off the best of the cheese and honey,
And eggs is as good, nigh about, 'sthe money:
And as to the carpet you wanted new
guess we can make the old one du.
And as for the washer an SEWN machine,
Them smooth tongued agents, so pesky
mean,
You'd better get rid of 'em, slick and clean.
What do they know about women's work?
Du they calBilate women was born TO shirk!"
Dick and Edward and little Joe
Sat in the corner i'll row.
They saw the patient mother go
On ceaseless errands to and fro,
They saw that her form was bent and thin,
Her temples gray, her cheeks sunk in,
They saw the CULVER of lip and chin
And then, with a warmth he could not
smother,
Outspoke the youngest, frailest brother:
"You talk of savin' wood and lie
An tea an sugar, all the while,
But you never talk of savin' motherp
Interior.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-06-11

Only few weeks ago polite gentle.
man, who appeared in the guise of
guest at fashionable entertainment,
succeeded in making off with valuable
assortment of overcoats.-Nea0 York
Sam
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-06-11

have died rather than tell her that he
had doubted her.
And she does not know it to this dav
French Paper.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-04-06

with the people The Democratic party,
with magnificent chances, has thrown them
away on a mass of side issues buried so deep
as to be imperceptible to popular apprehen-
sion. We believe that that party will be in
consistent, as it has been, for the same rea-
son that the Republican party is powerless,
through the internal factions that prevent
it from uniting on any single issne except the
issue of obstruction to the party in power.
In fact, we believe both parties are subject to
the came cause Of weakness, that will pre-
vent either of them from accomplishing any
thing decisive.
The hour is ripe for Man. A man of
power, who can fearless'y risk his fortunes,
where Men have 50 often risked and Won
on the tide Of popular necessity and popular
sympathy. Whether Garfield is the man
time will demonstrate and we think the pres
ent conflict will bring hlm out or leave him IN
the category Of second-rate characters. We
have lurking sense that he will prove equal
to the emergency.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-04-06
If THERE are any people who feel them

If THERE are any people who feel them
selves agrieved lat any utterance Of this pa
per, editorial or otherwise, they are at liberty
to avail themselves of it's columns to make
any reply, defensive or offensive, they may
see fit, provided they keep within the bounds
Of decency. We wish to see fair play, and
feel reasonable confidence in our ability to
defend ourselves; and by taking advantage
of this offer, some people, who have been
wasting their efforts on the street in making
protestations and threats against us, may save
themselves much trouble, secure larger au-
dience, and cease to bore their friends, by
taking advantage Of our offer.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-04-06
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Il EWS NOTES.

The resignation OF Andrew D. White, min
lister to Berlin, has been in the hands Of the
President some time.
Rev. Henry Varley will contest Northamp-
ton against Bradlaugh. He says in his ad-
dress to the electors that the man who denies
the existence Of the Divine Law-giver is un-
fit to legislate.
Chauncey ]. Filley, who has just returned
from Washington, where he has been for
some time past, states that the newspaper re-
ports about the difference between cabinet
officers are greatly exaggerated.
The shareholders of the Canadian Pacific
railroad held their first meeting in London,
and completed their organization. From
particulars cabled the work will be pushed
forward rapidly and $50 miles of road west
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-04-06

We spoke two weeks ago of the filth lay.
ing around which should be carted off where
It would do no harm to the health Of the peo.
pie, and it is being removed, some of it tc
grade the street that runs into the Benton and
Helena road. There is no doubt but that
much of this refuse matter is excellent road
material, but much of 1t is Of such foul ma
ture that it should not be left within or even
near the town, and the road commissioners
should exercise sufficient oversight in the
matter to prevent such MATTER being LETT
where it will give direct offence to property
owners and others living in the vicinity. Be-
low town, on the military reservation are a
dozen dead horses, cows and dogs, laying
out in the sun and polluting the atmosphere
Of that section. These should be removed
and buried and not be allowed to lay there
and corrupt the entire town.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-04-06

Tue petty justice court at Fort Benton,
has seen fit, in its majestic and sublime puis-
sance, to set aside the constitution Of the
United States and the decisions Of sever
al Supreme Courts, with an attempt to throt-
tie the liberty of the press Of Fort Benton,
threatening the newspapers with anathemas
dire and vengeance sure, il they should
again see fit to call attention TO the actions OF
that court And may it please the court to
remember that it is the servant of the public
not Its master; as the newspapers are It's
mouthpiece and safeguard; and may # please
the court TO know that the RIVER Press will
not hesitate to tell the public Of its actions,
regardless of whatever of petty mouthlngs
the court may see fit to indulge in. Its threat
to fine them for contempt is the most child
ish thing that court has yet Illuminated. We
wish not to do the court injustice; neither
will we the public. Let the court keep its
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-04-06

The Beers have about secured peace. The
British government found that it was stirring
up the whole Of South Africa to arms
against her, and this, with her trou-
bles in India in Ireland, and her declining
prestige on the continent Of Europe, was
more than she cared to undertake. She is
wise in thus ending contest that should new
er have been begun. She has far more than
she can govern without undertaking new res
possibilities. The Tories are making capt.
tai out of the war feeling Of the English peo-
pie to incite them against the Gladstone gov
ernment; but if the Liberals are given time
they will demonstrate the wisdom Of their
course. Events are thickening on the Conti-
nent in way that must certainly affect her,
and require all her strength to meet. The
belIigerent tone Of the Turks evidences re-
opening Of the Eastern question, and this,
unless both Gladstone and Derby have radi-
cally changed their views, will tend to make
England an ally of Russia. But the change
would be almost too startling for the English
mind to contemplate, unless she was actually
involved ii war, when Of course the popular
feeling would be wholly with the war party
The tendency Of Russia towards the South,
and the feeling in France toward Germany,
are 50 manifestly working against the inter-
ests of Germany and Austria that they both
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the intent and meaning Of our criticism OF
the trial in the Probate court, made in oul
last ISSUE And those who misunderstood us
see in it an impeachment of the honor Of the
Court Nothing of this sort was thought
of or intended. We considered there
had been made an error OF judgment, and
that the party had been fined too heavily fol-
trivial offence in the preliminary examina.
ton, and that is all there was of it. On this
point we are yet of the same opinion. If there
are other points involved in the article, we
did not notice them nor intend to reflect from
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ernnent.

THE act to prevent the incorporation Of
towns, which was passed by our brilliant
Legislature, is as effectual a bar to cor
porate government, as existed before the law
was passed. If it was the intention Of our
able representatives to prevent incorporation
they have proven wiser than they knew; but
if they really intended to give us an incor-
poration law they have mistaken their voca-
tinnS
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-04-06
Helena City Elections.

Special dispatch to the River Press.
The following is the result of the elections
for city officials at Helena
For Mayor-Knight 4443 Kinna 485. Kin
mas majority ~.
Assessor and Observation-Disclosures, 382
Wallace, 544. Wallace's majority, 1862.
Police Magistrate-Lockey, 191 Il; Davis,
412; Wheeler, 321 Davis plurality, 81.
Aldermen-First ward-Horskey, 1877; Sec
ond ward-Vawter, 201; Klein, Republican,
110; Third ward--Kenck, III; Gebauer,
Republican, 80; Fourth ward-W Weisenhorn,
49, Hotter, SO; Fifth ward-sanford, 102 !;
Ming. 73.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-04-06

THE mails have been delayed several days
on account Of the great washout on the I'm
ion Pacific, and many passengers who were
not in good circumstances have been depen-
dent Oh the railroad company for food and
shelter, which has been freely rendered by
the company. The Platte river has caused
the trouble by an unprecedented overflow
which carried out sections Of the road along
a line of nearly 800 miles.