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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-01-05
Fl RIVER RES S.

"HoW is carbolic acid formed ?"
''It is formed by burning wood in the tube
in which the wood is burned"
do you see on the map the coal areas OF
the Arctic %regions?'
eyes, SIR"
Hardly, as they are too small in extent to
be visible at your distance
"From what does the corniferous period
receive IT'D name ?"
''From the fact that at this time all the
plants resembled cornstalks."
"Archimedes, you say, discovered specific
gravity on getting into his bath-why had the
principle never before occurred to him?'
Probably this was the first time he ever
took q bath"
''From what point do we measure latitude
and longitude in the heavens? 2"
Greenwich"
"What is the origin of the term Nebular
Hypothesis?
"Well, I suppose it was named after the
man who invented it."
INF. K, has Venus g satellite?"
Il think MOI, Professor, but Mercury is
shining up to her"
"What star is nearest the earth ~
1.-THE MOON"
"Mr. T., if Il is the angle of incidence,
what do you call r ~"
(Mr. l.. hesitates. Half dozen Senators
in various parts Of the room whisper '%'refrac-
tony
ooh! the angle of refraction."
"Mr. A.. you can easily conceive of an in
finite number of straight lines passing through
the same point now, tell me why you can
not draw them 2"
because, Doctor, the bell is about to ring,
and I won't have the time"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-01-05
MUTANTER.

:" Cool and palm-shaded from the torrid heat.
The young brown tenor puts his singing by,
And sets the twin pipe to his lips, to try
Some air Of bulrush-glooms where lovers meet;
o swart musician! time and fame are fleet,
Brief all delight, and youths feet fain to fly!
Pipe on in peace! Tomorrow must we die?
What matter, in our life to-day be sweet /?
Soon. soon, the silver paper reeds that sigh
Along the Sacred River will repeat
The echo Of the dark-soled bearers' feet!
Who carry you, with wailing, where must lie
Your sWathed and Withere body, by and BY,
In %perfumed darkness, with the grains Of wheat.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-01-05

AsSe & is no great wonder that the news.
paper should be about the most potent powe,
We know Of among visible things, or thai
fair-minded men should be glad for the power
and proud OF it wherever it is held sacred to
truth and yirture in a wise and true sense. |
would venture to say that we of all men
should be glad of this power for good, be-
cause among newspapers Of the first rank
there are very few indeed that are not con-
Quoted IL a broad and liberal spirit whenever
they touch the great questions which belong
especially to the pulpit. Indeed, / saw a
paragraph, not very long ago, which pro-
tossed to give the bias or the belonging of the
most eminent editors in this country, and it
was something Of 8 wonder to find what
numbers Of them there were what we should
call liberal, until I remembered how hard
it must be to find a man of any other mind
who can conduct q great paper, or conduct.
ing one, would not catch this spirit through
the work. 1t is true of the great papers that
when they teach religion at all it is in a wide
way; they give no quarter to religious bigotry
or bitter and narrow dogmas. For all these
reasons and others the newspaper has come
to be beyond all doubt more popular and
more widely read in this country than the
Bible, while no man has to make such q con-
fession about it as quaint Master Flller made
about the lesson for the day: Forgive me
in this, that when ! set myself this morning
to read Thy blessed Word, I first turned the
leaf to see If it was a long chapter You
never turn the page of your paper in this
spirit to see if it is q long chapter, or find
your loDg-lost glasses in the folded sheets,
while most men, | doubt not, are stirred by
the great old book. And the reason for this
is the newspaper comes right home, and
bears the thought and life Of the world about
us, caught on the wing and transferred to
the pages %throbbing with love and hate, with
terror and joy, with life and death.
s.If this were the whole SUM and substance
Of the newspaper, we could want
NO BETTER VISITOR IN OUR HOUSES.
Or Supporters of our schools and churches, no
more impregnable citadel and ally Of 9 free
9OVcIuMtut, aAu 40 AncA lACaPCA w Wuu1S
human life than the daily and weekly press.
But the truth is, as we all know, that there is
adivine, q human and an internal element in
the newspapers, as there is il all things that
have come and do come out of the heart and
life of man. The newspaper is glorious and
good at its highest and best, meaner SO You
search downward, and when you get clear
down to the lowest line, as mean IS dirt. It
Is the old dream over again in this respect
also, that these elements stand for something
outside the image itself. Powerful and won
derfal as this creation is Of our new day, It is
the. image of the people rho are looking al
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-01-05
THE NEWSPAPER,
THE Editors sanctum Fist After the
Church." Says The Rev. Robt.
Oollyer.

III steam engine does no days work 50
marvellous in its whole result as that which is
lone by the steam printing press the wire
flashes no such weight of interest, the railroad
carries no such freight as the last edition,
while the artist has no such opening as this
that transfers. work at once to the block and
then sends the picture flying into the hearts
and brains Of q million men. AS the news
paper makes tributary to its purpose the finest
results of art and science and discovery, SO it
captures some of the choicest powers in our
current thought and life. DR.. Chalmers said,
many years ago., that the best writing, and a
good deal of the best thinking, of his day was
done for the newspapers. It is not too much
to say that the newspaper articles are as much
better now than they were then as the papers
are better than those on which Chalmers
based his wonder. Not content with the best
thoughts, the newspaper secures the choicest
enterprise. Do the hidden forces break out
IN an earthquake? A man springs up with
his notebook and pencil, while the land is
rocking under his feet, and begins to write
and flash his words over the first wire he can
lay his hands on. Is the fire burning up q
city There he is among the flames, scratch
ing at his paper.
THE COOLEST NAN YOU SHALL FIND.
lis the war far afeld? The newspapers
will give you news Of the battle far ahead of
anything the governments can get who are
most deeply involved, and vastly more true,
as q rule. Nothing escapes this ever-present
and all-present eye. It mirrors the great
markets ii one page and tells you of an oyster
supper in the basement of a church, and re-
ports impartially 8 murder or a sermon. Does
the old lion roar over there in Europe, or the
bear growl, or the eagle scream? You hear
them all through this wonderful telephone of
the newspaper. 1t brings to you the froth
and foam of the chalice Of our life, and re-
ports the vast and awful movements which
belong 70 all the centuries and are felt all
&A@##H#A
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-01-05
Professors Nightmare.

EROHeSs0RS, M~IkmtHnBK@.
What is water p
water is an article used by some as q
drink"
'sCan you name any OF its properties 2"
"Well, It occasionally rots boots
What is sound 2"
I'll is the noise produced by the vibration
of the particles Of the cir against each other"
''You may give some historical facts CON
corning zinc"
Zinc Was known as fur back as the time
of the ancients."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-12-22
Mining Column.
Cornwall Copper.

Work and progress at the Cornwall
Copper Mines goes quietly but favora-
bly and successfully on. While of late
there has been no strike or discovery
OF big leads, yet the old ones are open-
ing cut and Increasing In product and
In value: For instance, the Hogen-
miller drift has grown richer and rIch-
er as 1t was drifted deeper into the
hill, until ut present 1t presents face
OF hundred and forty-fivs feet, and
the ore running In thickness from
eight inches to two feet. From this
drift one piece Of copper ore was taken
out that weighed twenty-five hundred
pounds, and assayed 20 per cent. It
was about the length and width of an
ordinary house door, with thickness
OF ten or twelve. inches. The :Iaylor
lead holds Its own, and now shows q
vein of thirty feet in width and a
thickness of from two to four feet.
The Bert Vale drift is improving, and
has extended to a width of one hun
dred and fifty feet and thickness OF
from eight inches to two and half
| feet.
Forty-four men are at work In the
mines, and the average product month
ly Is sixty tons of dressed and delivered
ore.-Ste. GenevieUe Fair Play.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-12-22
Odds and Ends.


Pat says the "ile" of man is found
in Pennsylvania.
Lynch's sure cure for horse thieves
"a dose, one drop.
The chiropodist first dates from Will
liam the Corncurer.
Mr.. Borer is advertising his orchard
in an Eastern paper.
Mrs. Carlyle never could get Mr..
Carlyle to eat any oatmeal.
The esthetes and gamblers are al
ways striving for the 1 deal.
George Washington never left his
surtout suspended in the hall.
Speaker Keifer, in common with
many young ladies, says i-ther.
All Spain is wondering why Hanni-
bal Hamlin hasn't any surtout.
Philadelphia is now passed around
A California woman kept secret
twenty years, but had strong consti-
tuition.
A Massachusetts mule is go years old.
1t has kicked erything but the
bucket.
Old umbrella and buggy tops are
now being utilized by ladies for thea
tire hats.
A Michigan man has bought large
tract of marsh land from which to raise
frogs for market.
The habit girls have of sitting on on e
leg is very bad one, particularly if the
leg doesn't belong to the young lady.
The cremationists have at last dis
| covered that Washington, Pa, is that
country from whose burn no traveller
returns.
The man who says that woman has
never invented anything should listen
for few minutes at the keyhole of the
sewing society.
Persons living naxt door to piano
read with alarm that Jennie Lind ad.
vises American girls to stay at home
for training in music.
A six years old of a Juvenile geogra.
ply class. the other day, when asked
What he lived on, quickly replied
"Bread and meat"
got married, four weeks later applied
to the Legislature and had his name
changed to Re-Mnrse.
Mrs. BERTHE is prolific lady whose
name happens to be Ann. The un.
scrupuIous Mr.. B. observes that hii
family increases Annually.
"You are girl after my own heart, y
he said, earnestly, pressing her hand
fondly, and with meaning. "You are
a fellow after my hand, "she replied.
Mr.. Brown said, III the New York
Heredity Convention, that the very
barnyard fowls and pigs had more
thought given than our boys aud girls
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-12-22
Edithburgsa Gleanings.
EDITHBuRaH. Mo-, Dec. 13, lSS

Ep1THBuRaH. Mo-, Dec. 13, 1881. i.
Ed. Register
AS 1 have not seen any news in your
paper from this part of Iron county, /
propose to give youa few "Gleanings,"
which / hope will meet with your APP
proval.
Out here, in these noun tains, health
is exceedingly good; really distressing
for the M. DIS.
Crops were very short. However,
people are using economy; selling off
the overplus of stock at very good
figures. Wheat, though, is looking
exceedingly well.
Some of the farmers are now taking
advantage of the mild winter, and are
breaking Tor turning) stubble lands for
corn for the coming season.
The expected new railroad through
this part of the county is causing the
people to wake up considerably.
There is talk of a new iron furnace
being built in section l, township "a,
range / west, on the land of Mr.. A. H.
Eaton; which will be near the line of
the proposed railroad, and close up to
the Ozark noun tains.
Our school has closed for this year
Thos. A. Drake being our teacher, and
one who deserves the praise of any
community. May he live to teach
many wears yet-and ten months i'm
each year. at that. 1t is greatly hoped
(by myself, at leasD that we can have
a ten months school every year with
such men as Mr.. Drake to teach
them.
We have preaching II this vicinity
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-12-22
NUMBER %

Town lots are being laid Off about
the medical wells at Joplin. and the
east part Of that city is considering the
question Of moving In that direction
next spring.
Mr.. ]. b. Marbury has been assigned
to the new signal station at Springfield.
That city is the highest point between
Mississippi river and Rocky Mountains
and regarded as an. important post Of
observation.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-12-22
Missouri News.

A barbed-wire mandatory is being
esta blished at CarrolltOn.
A hotel and bath house will soon i'm
prove the medical springs property at
Joplin.
The class of engineering from Colum-
bia College was inspecting works at
Glasgow last week.
Rev. Mr.. Savage, of Rochester, N. Y,
has accepted call for the Fifth Street
Baptist Church of Hannibal.
Agencies of the "National Matrimo-
niaI Mutual Benefit Society" will be
esta blished in Moberly and Sedalia.
A young scientistof Clinton has con-
structed q chemical barometer which
puts patent affairs to the blush for ac-
curacy.
An abandoned oil well at Richmond
is being experimental with by capital
lists, who expect to find petroleum
plentiful.
Jim Johnson the Snowman, has erect
ed house near Kingston, where he Is
training actors and animals for next
seasons duties.
A walking match between Emery,
the Moberly walker, and Dan O'Leary,
the champion of Hannibal, is proposed
for Christmas week.
R. B. Hayes, of Ohio, is said to be
the owner oc a quarter-section of land
in Barry county, which he thinks
ought to be worth $40 per acre.
Police Officer Schrumpf, Of Kansas
City, challenges any man in the State
to walk continuously from 46 to 96
hours for from 500 to $500 side.
Col. NJ. V. McClelland, of Lafayette
county, has been elected alumni orator
for next June commencement of Frank
lin and Marshal College, Lancaster,
Pa.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-12-22

once-and sometimes twice-a month,
by Rev. NJ. Bell, of Ironton, and 9TH
erS.
We have no saloons in this part of
the county; hence the peace is not dis
turbed much. Everyone seems to be
striving for Improvement, and there
fore each one of us is busy and have no
time nor desire to disturb our neigh
Dor.
Wishing you great success, am,
Very respectfully, yours,
EDITHBURGHER.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-12-22

The Fable Of the Lien, the Ass, and
the Fox has moral quite applicable st thu
present day. 1t is this: Better be wise by
How few heed the lesson here taught. Each
one seems to demand misfortune before
learning wisdom. The young are too self
reliant-the old are stubborn. You have \
friend who lately buried his wife, another
They both had been suffering from 3 chronic
female complains, which hnally resulted IN
death. They refused r, secure remedies n st
would effect cure. Your wife o. daughter
and YOU know II. You do not secure the
medicine and they are gradually declining.
Does not the fate Of others stare you in the
facef without delay place them upon the
use OF ENoLIsH FEMALE BITTEks. II does
not fail. Il strengthens, regulates and cures
with promptness.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-12-22
MINING NOTES.
MISSOURI.

MISSOURI.
Rich coal beds have been discov-
cred about Memphis, this State.
The Haywood mine is turning out
some excellent hard manganese ore.
The Pilot Knob Iron Company has
commenced taking out ore from tunnel num-
Der three.
"A Pennington Times correspon-
dent says the Vale Mining Co. talk of sinking
q new shaft at the Vale mines.
The Russell mines are worked by
the Ozark Land Company. As to its develop
ments we can say nothing at present.
MIR. Henry 3. Stevenson Is mining
for copper, tin, silver aud gold. VIII be sat-
isfed IL he should strike either of the above
minerals.
MIR. Doc. Long has resigned the
superntendency OF the Palmer Lead Com
pany's works. Washington county, and will
remove to Potosi.
Missouri Is the largest iron ore pro-
ducing State in the south--3S6, 1917 tons; Ala
bama is next-191, ,676 tons; Tennessee third,
with 0i,6I5 tons; and Georgia, 91.4l8.
The Potosi Kndependeat's Hope
well correspondent says: Mr.. Edwood Flood
left one day last week on . business trip TO
New York, where he expects To be gone about
two weeks. 1t is reported that he will have
his furnace started up I'm q few weeks at New
Diggines, about two miles west of here Hope
we'll. In that event business win revive at
this place. Mr.. F. is having 500 cords of
wood cut, which he proposes TO coal this win
ter.
OTHER POINTS.
"A nickel mine has been discovered
In Williamson county, Tex.
The Lake Superior mine Mich, 10
putting In the electric lisht.
-Leadville has six furnaces In blast
at present, with daily capacity Of one thous-
and tons. and uinety-fvs stamps Of two hun
dred tons daily capacity.
Silver mines I'm Texas are showing
up as far south as williamson county. Those
near Georgetown, the county seat, are much
richer than at first sup 9osed.
-Pennsylvania capitalist have COM
menced the estabiishmenrof alblast furnace 1t
south Pueblo, Colorado, for the reduction OF
native iron ore by native coal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-12-22
A Lady's Wish.

"Oh, how I wish my skin was as
clear and soft as yours.' said . lady tn her
Iriend. 'You can easily make It 90, )" said the
friend. "How," inquired the first lady. '.By
using Hop Bisters. that makes pure, rich blood
and blooming health. 1t did It for me, ss you
observe" Read OF it.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-12-22

we call the attention OF our readers to the
advertisement of. Monroe Taylor ITh,s house
has been established nearly 20 years, and their
goods are celebrated for purity and strength.
We would recommend q trial OF their Gold
cookery. r5am
Daily Republican., 1881-09-17
AsEnC.tuE scene.

On TUeSuly last the mem berS Of 'ht
Ep,cOpnl, Presbyterian and Methodist
rAurcheH united in prayer tnr the re-.
cuyrrv OF President Garfield, d Il during
Jhe service Major b. 7. Biggs remarked
thai in his four years Of puhlir life, NJ
WIShington,t toe new President Garfield
Intimately. Re hld seen him daring
that time under many trying Crcum-
stances, but never knew him to devlate
jrOm lis Christian integrity, At din
nprS j" h IdSp"u tuH glasses about hi1
plate njled with chui"c liquors, bUt Mr.
Garfield always l"tJ them full, for he
did not dr!nk. He i, good Christian
gentleman, Then the Major requested
itev. Mr.. AicXanur, 10 read the lhiIfT y
ri&l,th chapter & i~aiah'9 rropAccy,
which nr,.i; " tar all might see tn 1t
lirH tK!ah vas sick l'1O death, but he
prayr., and & M ;n!irI !i'e"n years 10
h!., illr.' Now, srid 1hp speaker. W"
nave il Nil';tu VA, Cod ara"ert Il
pray"r foy lirHI!Iah md restored hun
t. i"di't. believe ii prayer, All I /
wGuld n,t give mach tor III" man who
does rot. The congregation were IL
tears a'IH many prayers wrl" hr"ath"u
10 \ lnl -tiE Gpu tu n are alt NleSN the
afflicted L.mlly. The occasion WAS Oue
of great interest Tho wnr7'ippe!S
were OF one utgrt Aud many WiIU
lived IN Middl"toHu all tleir ives Sal,
we have not seen ii on this wise.
Daily Republican., 1881-09-17
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1.unsrn hj.ckqEona Discovered.

tuuSiuurdblt Excitement has been
created IN NWhas.ett, l.. l., over The
li.coycrj Of several human StrI ctuur
on he premises OF William Matthew's,
farmer Mat atthcw>, II appears, Nb,ic
engaged in lAis M an OLD barn which
bau stood IUr upwards Of one hundred
years on lis property, di,co' erred, lNin.
Ou he surface Of the lruul,u under the
bns,a'lI, The skeleton OF II man, WHOM
il wuAli appcar bad, at some time,
either crawiei under the building anG
prri>heE, or h,.u been put there by some
person for The purpose OF conceaI alehl
Mr. Mat hrw has Sruce found The rt
mains Of three OF er human beings I
various points on his premises. In re-
movnga rack oI rails hat had lain tor
q number of years, and had been coy
cred with straw, hr found the skeleton
of a man who had appLeutiN teen siA
feet tall On "Wednesday, Whl,e dig
giug cellar near the spot where the
other skeletons had been discove ed, he
found the bones OF two lltile children
not over two feet from the surface of
the ground. The Coroner will inyes,'-
gate the matter.
Daily Republican., 1881-09-17
Nr Car.Gred Him.
Media Amerjc,n.


The lalse,I bass thus far captured in
the BramUyAlue is claimed to Have
been caught by Jon Harlan, o; s,as. .er.
vile, Chester county, which eXce' ded
five pound, in weight. Mr.. Hac!an
for some time was auXiousiy awaiting
4 "h.te,' aud when his tioa5 suh,."niy
disappeared and the most eAciti Z
moment i'll hi, life approached. Hv
fcntnrod too near the edge of the
) reAm, when the terrific puiiIng of
tho hsn conmonced, and he fell in
with a splash, but held on to the rod,
the fish some twenty yards away MAX
ing tremendous etierts to escape, but
it was tinallyhauled ashore and cap
tured. As soon as MIR. Harlan s rtspira
tion had reached IT'S normal CONDITION
he discovered that he had losJ his hat
tore his trousers and spraiued his ankle.
A rough experience truly. But he got
the fish.
Daily Republican., 1881-09-17
SDInethlssx New.

1t is proposed by Sev' raj enterrrising "
young ladies aud g"u'lemrn, Of thi'
city TO organize bra matic Club, ana
will meet on Tuesday evening lexi for
hat purpose, in room No. 3 saNiile
Building, at $50 o'clock. Their object
is to form club composed OF Respect
able people, aud to conduct it Oh the
same principle as the Wheatley and
Mirror dramatic clubs are conducted in
Philadelphia. All persons, Whoare in
terested in the movement, and ueSire
Information on the suhjec are invited
to meet at the above named place ON
Tuesday evening.
Daily Republican., 1881-09-17
Rom IL for lseHufOrd.

The steam yacht Darling, Captain
Tyler ylnmanding, stopping ~ Fourth
street wharf Short time yesterday at
ternOon. She IS very little craft, her
whole crew consisting OF thee persons.
the captain, engineer and fireman.
She came from Buffalo and i, bound for
Beaufori, South Carolina. Her journey
here was made by canal to the hudson,
aud down that river to New York
thence through the Raritan caua) to the
delaware. The Daring lett ner ye,ler
day afternoon for De aware City where
she Will enter the canal, aud pass
through to the Chesapeake bay.
Daily Republican., 1881-09-17

Elox a,~d Ka1lrvaI Profits.

According to the Receivers report of
the business Of the alev;tred railroads in
New YORK, prior to their assumption Of
the management, the gross earnings OF
the New York Company have been at The
rate Of ahout S220 900 mouth, and the
operating expenses have beon S!!9,000;
the average monthly earnings of tine
Metropolitan have been $lS7, 900, and
the operating expenses SILT 900. Tha
average net income is S9l 900 a month
in the one case and $4,000 in the
other, t.
Daily Republican., 1881-09-17

- .,r,E -TaE HOU 5 + II o J. u
4 ''h roo5s Ola boarding house doing tAit
y ~ vii be sold at priya G 'alo Tor c.'h
FINtv',,,v ,erms. Also house for rcrt. Ap-
y Oh e"'! NJ MEihRI,
|bm,, :, 5l8 Tatnal! street.
aaa glN
Daily Republican., 1881-09-17

w hNlEl,-a Coon GIRL FOR GEN.
|must yir" lr"' ho'Se ork, IN a family Of three
|MCnross snr ,,n good reference. Apply at 7O7
''c' septlt-,f
Daily Republican., 1881-09-17

NV ANiED- A REsPECThBLE W niTE
Getpre,eean enl or oman for general mouse work
f,r stte st,,H required at Bakery, southeast cor
.']l 'lA'n and Ma4lsun street. septl. stt
Daily Republican., 1881-09-17

w Mi al Ella BOY l6 or II YEARS
erence Wv, pnu 70 learn tte drug business ref.
LOAN onSSQn nESQufed. Address Office" kEp,rB'
= SEP. l0St
Daily Republican., 1881-09-17

ivy AnNrhD-A EEIIABI.t. COZ RED
|gene,o,I"! about ID, t. wait on table and be
|ply al n! ,nGl ,nseiGl Refer, nee required Ap-
- 4''' lVoV French street. septie.?tt