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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-12-28

Nothing could more clearly show the COM
mercial importance Of Benton than the sub
joined statement OF freight shipped via the
Missouri river to this point. The estimates
are by Capt. Dan. Maratta, General Superin-
tendent of the Coulson Line. and can be re-
lied upon as correct. The 81, 900 900 pounds
Of freight shipped from Bismarck to Benton
is only q portion Of what was received by our
dealers, as later in the season many hundred
thousand pounds were shipped by the rail-
road via Helena. Can the annals of the en-
tire commercial world show another own Of
less than 2 900 inhabitants where the bust
ness represented by The above figures is tran
sacted? We challenge comparison The
facts given below will furnish food for the
thoughts Of railroad managers, as they show
the Importance Of Benton as s. shipping
point:
"The steamboat business this year was
simply enormous, and in excess Of last Years
business. Ihe Gamer employed on the
Missouri and Yellowstone rivers from Bis
marck, comprising the Coulson Line (old re-
liabIe), Northwestern Transportation Com
oany (Peck Line), Benton p" Line, Baker
Line, Yellowstone Line and the outside boats
Gen. Tompkins and Niobrara, together with
the government steamer Gen, Sherman, have
moved the following freights:
s'To Fort Benton and other points on the
Missouri river, ~ $50, 900 pounds Of private
freight and 1900, 900 pounds Of military
freight.
''On the Yellowstone river there has been
carried s 420,O COO pounds, making q total of
43, $50, 900 pounds of freight moved from
Bismarck this year.
1.-The number Of steamboats, employed was
t~Wenty-one, the largest boat being the Daco-
tab, Of the Coulson line, with q freight capac-
ity OF ! 400 tons, and the smallest being the
Gen. T%ompkins, with a freight capacity Of
$50 tons.
In addition there were transported 1900
passengers. These boats also carried during
the season 2,400 Indians, 1870 head of
horses and cattle and 600 head of sheep.
There were received from the above steam
boats for shipment east 100000 buffalo hides,
1870 tons Of wool and q large number of other
hides and pelts.
notwithstanding the large number or
passengers carried, not q single accident has
occurred during the season, which speaks
volumes for the various captains, pilots and
river men generally on the upper rivers"
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John Henry's Wit. picked up o good
sized pink elastic in the hall, and just be-
cause John Henry said 1t looked like the
cha1nberlnaid'a, there is trouble ii the house.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-12-28
Written for the HOLIDAY RIVER Press.
& LADY BLANCHE.
N oLD TIME BALLAD.-BY o ". HANNAT.

|-.gE ILL L6I - ~ e @
AN OLD TIME B~ALLAD.-BY JOHN ". HANNAT.s
I pledge you true, my ladyfalr,
Where'er mayhsp I be
He kissed her OH her b|ue-black hair
And brow SO tenderly.
Then, tossing back the silver cup
Unto the little page,
He graeped his steed, and mounting up,
He prayed her fort gage.
sBut this / have, my own dear lord;'
(She barred her lily HANDY.
He bound the glove to bis trusty sword,
And rode forth with his band.
The Lady Blanche, with nimble feet
Has gain, d the donjons height;
And there che stood, so young and sweet,
A truly joyous sight.
The knight rode east, but she looked west;
He turned to his lady fair,
An waved q kiss from the far hill-crest-
But she gazed otherWhere.
And. when her lord was hid from view,
She stirred not from her post;
The sun was clothed in crimson hue,
The wind blew from the coast,
Before she slowly dropped the hand
That shaded her dark eyes,
In which the tear drops glistening stand,
Responsive to her signs.
Again she casts q keen glance west,
And what is it she sees,
That fills her face with such unrest,
Beyond yon clump Of trees?
The red rays fall on spears of steel,
With blood imbuing sheen:
Oh! bode they woe, or bode they veal,
Those glints among the green?
From out the woods, in armour bright,
One rides at swiftest pace 3D.
She watts q kiss to the coming knight,
And bushes wreathe her face.
She waits below. her cheek ag1ow,
With one hard on her breast,
TO keep her heart from bounding SO,
To meet the welcome guest.
Then arm in arm they mount the stair,
= And into the chamber trip;
He also kissed her blue-black hair
And exc her pouting lip,
The prying jester muttered low; --1-.
'sWhat if the hawk should see 5"
These two sweet dovelets cooling SO
Beneath his own roof-tree?n
How swiftly, unmarked. the hours pass,
Tn lowly cot or loftly hall,
When loves are the hands which turn the glass,
And kisses, the sands which fall.
What noise is that beyond the moat?
Why goes the drawbridge down?
TITS one rides here IN mailed Coat,
And O g; in motley gown.
oh! where's the page who watched without?
Why gives the hound no bark?
The page is at O. drinkiDg-b ut;
The hound lies stiff. and stark. .=.-.
A clashing footstep shakes the floor;
They aiken not within
But tsoocame through that chamber door
Which three mad entered in.
And he has sailed across the main,
To do what knight may dare-
But she must spend her life of pain
In p~enitence and prayer.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-12-28

John Henry's wifi. picked up Q good
sized pink elastic in the hall, and just be-
cause John Henry said 1t looked like the
cha1nber1naid's, there Is trouble in the house.
Some women are awful particular.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-12-28

Some girls are born fat, some achieve fat
ness, and sonse fix themselves up with old
newspapers and things.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-12-28

ulSthuCC Vi nFt uutlCS9 ObICld 1uu III pdldllGl
lines, or stand here and there in every con-
ceivable shape like the tumble down walls of
some ancient cathedral. To the westward
Of the Springs, beyond the valley, the hoary
peaks rise far above the timber line, from
which the tourist may have as fine a view as
was ever looked down upon, crystal lakes
and cascades sparkling in the sunlight at
their very feet far down beneath p%erpendicu-
lar cliffs in whose recesses Of eternal winter
are heaped thousands of feet of snow and ice,
the accumnl atoms Of centuries, and east
and west, near and far, are spread out as fine
valleys as were ever scolloped by mountain
heights or checkered with silvery streams,
while far away in all directions the scene is
the grandest Of the grand. Away against
the blue line of the southern sky, piled 40
one above another, are the Madison ranges,
nesting far beneath whose %pinnacles of snow
are the far famed wonders of Wonderland.
To the southwest are the jagged peaks of the
ranges between the Madison and Jefferson.
which glisten beautifully in the ummer'a.san
while west and north roll on in unbroken
chain the snow capped, outlines of the main
range Of the Rockies. Eastward and beyond,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-09-08
Dealing with HOuse-MOths.

A correspondent anxiously inquiries il
there is any possible means of driving
moths out of the house. She has tried
pepper, black and cayenne, taxpayer,
spirits of turpentine, insect powder, to-
bacco, Scotch snuff, alum and borax
pulverized together, and kerosene. And
although she takes up her carpets once
year, and some of them twice, ''still, -
she adds, mournfully, 'smoths are the
MASTER" 'aH' a... -t-'t' HGa
Having tried so formidable an array
of offensive and defensive prescriptions,
the failure of our correspondent to get
rid of her destructive foes is hard to ac-
coant for, especially If she has applied
their with the perseverance and vigor
her letter seems to Indicate Nor are
we able to say, in answer to her inquiry,
why it is that some houses are regularly
invaded by them, while in others they
are rarely if ever found-unless, indeed,
it be that in the latter case unusual vigi-
lance is exercised at the proper time to
prevent their multiplication in the
house. 80 Be- a-e t'
In dealing with the common house.
moth-of which there are three or four
varieties, but all with similar character
istics-the first effort should be directed
to preventing them from laying their
eggs in the house. 1t is good plan in
early spring to fill up the cracks under
the Dashboard, and in the floor for a
foot or two from the base board, if any
exist, with some kind of cement. This
closes up the favorite hiding-places of
the carpet-moth. Then if liberal
sprinkling of almost any of the prevent
ives named by our correspondent is ap-
piled all around the room, and the cor
ners and folds of the carpets are care
fully searched before relaying, it is hard
ly possible that any damage can be done
by these little pests.
For the preservation of winter cloth
ing, blankets, furs, &C., nothing is better
than wrapping them carefully in thick
brown paper, or in bags made from sew
eral thickne.sses of newspaper, printers
ink being one of the most effectual pro-
tections against moths. But in putting
these articles away, they. should be
looked all over, and brushed and shaken
with the utmost care before folding, in
order to get rid of any possible moth
eggs. As an additional precaution,
some persons put gum-camphor, tobac-
co, insect powder, or other insecticide,
in with the clothing; but if the articles
are thoroughly examined before putting
away, and the packages carefully Sc
cured by FASTING or double folding, this
is unnecessary. -... .,rf-l .1..
Where the moths have been unusually
troublesome, it may be necessary to re-
sort to the extreme measure of fumigat-
ing the room or closet, or even the whole
house, with sulphur. 1t is n disagreea-
BILE process, but thorough, and possibly
our distressed correspondent, having tried
all ordinary methods, might find this at
last ctual.-Enqstircr and Chronicle.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-09-08
value Of Railroads. p

Over ordinary earth roads, wheat will
bear transportation, for q distance of
only 250 miles, when its value is. Si.50
per bushel at the market. Indian corn
win bear transportation only 9125 miles,
when its value Is as cents per bushel.
When grown at greater distances from
market, these products, without rail-
roads, have no commercial or exporta-
BILE value. The railroads, by transport
ing at otie-twentieth the cost over earth
roads, give marketable value TO wheat
grown 5000 miles inland; to- Indian
corn grown $500 miles inland, Beyond
a certain limit, consequently. these
works are the Sole inducement TO the
production D Of these staples, in an
amount greater than that necessary for
consumption by the prodncsr. Rail-
roads are a. much the condition Of their
production as the ship Is for the pro-
duction of wool in Australia. The effect
of cheap production Is we'll Illustrated
in the extraordinaryincrea in the pro-
duction of wheat and corn In the West
ern States, and the corresponding Inn
pulse given to the construction OF rail-
roads, the Increased mileage OF which
has only kept pace with that OF other
unsatisfactory Raitscay Ndnaaf Jor
1881. ft t.'f T.tf EI rlt. fl
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-09-08
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

: The screenings Of hard coal are now
mixed with d small amount of fine soft
coal and coal tar and pressed into pieces
about the size Of eggs. In this form
they kindle easier than ordinary hard
coal, and are preferred for burning in
on open CRATE. SnVyBgt
The New York Tribune reports that
the use of the electric light makes a
wonderful difference in. the temperature
of its composing-roofn on summer
nights. Formerly, when gas was used,
it was extremely hot, though very high
up, so that ii had the benefit Of an the
breezes. Now il Is cool and conforta-
III "A large soda-ash manufaetory y TO
be located in Galena, N. Y Il viii be
the only one of the. kind in the United
States, and when completed VIII con-
sumo 400 tons Of coal daily. A building
will be erected thu, fall, 800 feet in
length, whichlwin furnish employment
to about 500 nen. When all the build
ipgs proposed are erected, 1000 men
will be employed. 80 Z" ''''
An important and hitherto unknown
treaties by C6pernicus, on the move
ments of the celestial bodies, has been
discovered in the archives of, the astro-
nomical observatory at Stockholm. This
treatise is said to ill q valuable place
among the writings of the great astron-
onfer. There is no doubt as TO its gen.
uineness, and it is soon to be printed
and given to the world. fo,amor
a4-Meteorologists have discovered that
storms usually advance from the Upper
Mississippi Valley toward New York
and New England. American storm
centers most frequently pass off between
forty-five and fifty degrees north lati-
tude. The great waves of high barom-
eter with northwest winds advance
toward Virginia and North Carolina
more frequently than toward New Eng
land. % ai"i-1'sd2a h"f r"'F ~.
A road1locomotive Constructed for
war purposes was recently tried In the
presence of Count, Moltke and several
Others. The machine drew FIVE guns
with carriages and complete outfit, and
the load amounted to 500 cwt." The
journey lasted for three hours and half.
The locomotive weighs DDS cwt., and
is able to draw 100000 pounds. The
expense of running is about forty cents
an hour, and the speed attained Is equal
to that Of troop Of infantry, but can
be much Increased. ssl bg8 Irgnt
-Broom-co Is likely nc no distant
day to revolutionize the breadstuff sup
ply of the world. A process has been
discovered bywhich the finest and most
delicious flour, can be made from the
seed to the extent Of one-haf its weight,
and leave the other half valuable food
for making beef and milk. The aver
age yield per acre is three hundred
bushels, and in many instances five hun
dred bushels, orr thirty thousand
pounds, have been secured Nor does
it exhaust the soil, as Indian corn, from
the fact that it feeds from the deeper
soil and assimilatcs its food from
cruder state. 1t belongs to the same
genus rs the sweet cane, commonly
known as the sorghum, which as an
article of food is growing rapidly in
public esteem, and from the seed OF
which most nutritious flour can be
Obtained ''t ...t fHs'.ti FNfNlE %
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-09-08
Is Anything Fit to Eat!

From the objections that are made to
one after another of the commOnest ar
ticles of diet, it would appear that there
is among US number of base persons
who are conspiring to make trade for
grave-diggers. There is not a single
dish in common use, but is soundly
abused by some one; bread is said to be
worthless because it LACKS the gluten of
the wheat, butter is said to be the cause
of biliousness, salt thickens the blood
and makes the user cross, milk softens
the muscles and bones, beafsteak con-
tains prusSic acid, mutton is unfit to eat
| unless it has been kept so long that it is
unfit to smell, pork means trichinn, fish
thins the blood, tomatoes produce can
Ger, berries sour on the stomach, the
coats Of which are ruined by rhubarb
stalks in pie or sauce; green peas pro-
duce boils, and the, dreary list might be
extended indefinitely. Between all these
calamities and death by starvation there
is not much choice, unless one prefers
to prolong a miserable existence by
using some of the alleged foods that are
put up in bottles with attractive labels.
Yet somehow people go on eating all
these dreadful things and living, and
when any particular food product fails
and another is substituted the health of
the public does not seem to suffer by
the change. If the people who buy fam
lily stores will pay less attention to talk
about the healthfulness of various arti-
cles of food and more attention to such
methods of cooking as will make food
most palatable and easy of digestion,
there need be very little fear of the nat
ural quality of the rough materials
brought to the cook. 1t is the dry,
tough steak, the leathery slices of fried
ham, the underdone vegetables and
overdone meats, the greasy pies and
heavy cake that play the mischief with
the American digestion, health and tenn.
per.--N. Y. Herald. .h'
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-09-08

ssWho ever told you that she possessed
that appendage called q husband"
He looked into my eyes, and his own
began to dilate. i'oe.sii ?" ''. f9ni
''They said" irig Bala-- 51 % 81.
"Who said?" The idea had never
entered his monks cowl to question the
truth of I" They said" 90
had the pleasure of telling him then
her history, from beginning to end, and
of watching the changes of his express
sive face, and when ended my story
by the words:
&c And, Julius, it is my opinion, from
various observations, that you are the
one man of all the world whom she re-
CARDS with esteem and-and perhaps
| lOce." &c.. a,.., ..,.... r........, 49,. "A
What did the dear boy do but fail on
his knees then and there, dragging me
along with him, and "thank the Lord. -
never felt quite so near Heaven in all
of my life before. -..., ~
Now, see here. old fellow" I said,
with the tears in my eyes, sas we arose,
for you know | always liked to tease
him, ssyou are all wronga You have
thanked the wrong party, You ought
! to thauk ne =, -, ..... .,.,,
sour lives are in Ills hands" he
said, with solemn gladnessI; but, never
theless, he threw an arm about my neck
and gave me q brothers. Embrace
There was wedding in Liverpool, a
delightful summer of travel, winter OF
pleasant Interchange of visits, and now,
Dick, / invite you, on my good wife, $
motion, to dine with us tomorrow and
meet one old friend of college days
transtomcd man.-Utica (N. y Her
ain
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-09-08
PITH AND POINT. .

7p4-Can n mosquito be called full
blooded animal p-PUct. %. Co.,
"A man is never so selfish that he
will not stand by his friend-at the bar.
N. o. R'coyuRe. I.... ..t..,
-Thare is less humility in the world,
and more need ov It, than emmy other ov
the virtews.-y. Bi2iin5s. .i'.' ~
+ Man IL the picture, his clothes the
frame. The frame is often worth more
than, the DECENTRALIZATION Transcript.
1t ia safe for women, 1t In said, TO
use toy pistols, for they are never
known to have observation-disclosures Idrcr-
hscr.
When n person makes IL hot for
you, there Is consolation In the fact that
n GOODNESS is apt to ADMINISTRATORS
Statesman. rR H as1r "pUiH
.G "A very small boy can get outside of
q very large watermelon IN q very small
space of time. but il takes a very largo
ter Dem0crdf.. a"'
-" The country churches, nowaday,
Arc thrown In mich disorder,
:. o by the country folks au -taringat
The hat Of the summer boarder"
.14'' ~ soy Shl y --OHCffu Derrick.
when the railroad fare from Chica-
90 to New Yorlcis reduced to o., and
they throw in sleeping-ears, meals, good
reading matter. and a fair supply Of
California fruits, some OF US poor chaps
can manage to squeeze IN a week ut
Coney Island.-Defrot Free Press.
-"Billy Googanheimer, you are too
stupid to sit With the rest of the boys.
Come up here and sit alongside of me-"
was the remark of an Austin teacher.
One of the boys in, q, distant corner
whispered to another boy, and they
laughed, wherenpon the teacher called.
.sDon't you imagincI can't hear what
you say? My essrs arc long enough to
reach clear across this room. T. Then
the boys did ghn-zeras Sitiings
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-09-08
BRATE KATE SHELLEY


hate Shelley, a Young girl of fifteen wears.
rs on that terrible night OF July 6, 1881,
an asasea I'VE miles, crossing in the darkness
xe .ight express on the Chicago & North
|" estefn Halfway of a wrecked train"
BOW far that little candle throws its beams,
,'stS Shines good deed in IA na,aghty world.''
sAIro;sgh the whirl of wind and water. partet,
II, t2y the fushins steel
fiasned the white glare OF the head light fl W
1ne swift.revolving wheel fE.
As the lnidaiglt train swept onward bearing
~, on Its iron WINGS
ihftongh the gloom of night and tempest,
IeiSht age OF most precious things.
Little children by their mothers nestle in I'M
Sf;lwart men are dreaming softly Of their
tourney = finished quest
4iie ne men who watch and guard them
cg;piess.s stand at post and brake,
, Stose me throttle! draw the lever, safe for
Wiie ana sweethcart's sake.
slefS, and dream, unheedinc danger. in the
Valley %onder lies
e sacri de6rs in weird confusion altar fit for
Dark and grim the shadows settle where the
hidden pcIiis wait
0"'tt Inc ~, train, with dear lives laden, rushes
seih they sleep and dream unheeding, Oh,
tnpu watchful One above,
save my people in this houri save the ran
s2med of Thy love!
calm the troubled air =
-Ah reveal the powers OF evil hidden in the
1arknesS there.
s'sVea ere yet they know their peril comes q
warming to alarm;
raH,i! the precious train is resting on the
brink of deadly harm
Sou has sent his angel to them, brave Kate
= Shelley, hero childi
struggling on, alone, unaided through that
night OF tempest Wild ...'0
Brave Kate Shelley. tender maiden, baby
tfhands with spiiiters torn,
oasFfei tine lives of sleeping travellers swiftly to
IL. deaths journey borne.
Mothers wept and clasped their darlings,
b!ea thing words of grateful prayer;
Men With faces bianclled and fearful thanked
=. F.. tIod for Kate shelley there
Greater love than this hath no man; when the
Heavens shall unfold t.'
q Antf the Judgment books are opened there
IL N characters of gold,
-prsNe ittte Shel!ey's name shall center, mid
the pure, the brave and good
IE:t OF one who crowned with glory her he
go roic womanhOod!
---iys. ~ L. R1yne, in Detroit Post and Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-09-08

UlSdppeareu. L IOuuu Hlul lew
moments afterward below, whittier I
had followed him. 10
"How could you do this, Johnp''
"Do what?'' 10y 7-a .ff,sasl .,l
''Bring us together again after had
almost fought it out of my heart! The
battle all has to be begun again. have.
found that my first thought was positive
delight for two weeks of unavoidable
companionship, but how is life to be
made endurable after that9'' ,-,
1 told him then how it had all hap
pened; how she had turned out to be an
old friend, and had been invited to join
our company. ..,- .--r- ..s
"Then that accounts for her speaking
to me at all, he groaned. 81 had
observed before left home, of late, that
she had tried to avoid me, and here /
am forced upon her against my will, and
against hers certainly" This he said
bitterly, turning little away from me.
ssSee here, Judas said, taking him
by the shoulders and turning him fair
about, "begging your ministerial par
don, you are not fit to live. Why can
you not be like other people"
Horror struck, he turned upon me.
He would not have been so scandalized
had he waited to hear the end of my
sentence.
s.Do you forget my duty and her own
to her husband?" he asked, angrily.
ssDid you ever see her husbandP" /
asked, rneekly.
"No; but what difference does that
makeP Should be less true to my
brother whom have seen than to him
whom I have not seen?''
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1881-10-22
A WISE DEACON.

deacon Wilder, | want you to
tell me how you kept yourself and
family we'll the past season, when
all the rest of us have been sick so
much, and have had the doctors
visiting US 80 often"
"BrO, Taylor, the answer is very
easy. used Hop BitterS in time;
kept my family we'll and saved the
doctor bills. Three dollars worth
of it kept US we'll and able to work
|all the time. I'll warrant it has
cost you and the neighbors one to
two hundred dollars apiece to keep
sick the same time"
deacon, Ill use your medicine
hereafter"