The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-08-09
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dThe fan of q fair woman is the scepter
Of the world, f" is the epigraph Of Mon
sier Octave Uzanne's dainty book,
"L'Eventail."
The Mohanmedans believe that a new
Messiah who is to restore to Islam al it's
pristine glory, viii appear on the shores
of the Mediterranean on the 18th Of No
vember next.
OF Lambs report the Tnter- Ocean
sayg: Reed and Scoyille made a great
mistake that they did not get the New
York Herald to print that picture Of
Guiteau's brains while the trial was il
progress. It was q horrible conglomera-
ton. A man with brains like that
would be likely to kill q man every
morning before breakfast.
An old tobacco dealer says that Ha-
vana tobacco has been robbed OF its char
acter through the use Of fertilizers,
which has been applied to the soil, and
the leaf in the greed to make more tobac-
co, and, therefore, make more money.
The peculiar character of the Cuban to-
bacco, he said, was derived from the
natural, ~unambitious cultivation it re-
ceived; but to make more weight Of leaf
they have stimulated the soil so that the
tobacco smells Of everything but its own
favors.
The M~illersburg, KY, female college
would seem by its prospectus to be in
4o.olol coTcT~v g., oo-+Zo-. I'LL. tLYYIo
president is southern by birth, by rear
ing, by education, and by sentiment
says the advertisement; ''the teachers
are all southern in sentiment, and with
the exception Of those born in Europe,
were born and raised in the south. Be
lieving the southern TO be the highest
type OF civilization this continent has
seen, the young ladies are trained ac-
cording TO the southern ideas Of delicacy,
refinement, ~womanhood, religion, and
propriety; hence we offer a first-class
female college for the south, and solicit
southern patronage"
Forty years ago in q village near Phil
adelphia, arrangements were made for a
wedding. The guests were invited and
the bride awaited the groom, who eve
came. The girl; crazed by grief, became
a harmless ~lunatic, and Wanders through
the rooms Of her home arrayed in her
bridal tinery, buoyed up with the hope
that her lover will yet return. Burglars
entered her house lately, and her quick
ear detecting their steps, shestept out on
the staircase and greeted the thieves
with the words: II have been waiting
all these years; [ am ready, come on.o
The men looked at the ghostly figure in
it's faded robes, standing with arms out
stretched, and fed from the house.
Sir Herbert Macpherson, who has
been assigned to command the Indian
contingent ordered for service in Egypt,
is q dashing Scotch officer who entered
the service young, joining the Indian
staff corps. He was made Colonel in
1872. In 1880, after the first Afghan
campaign, Col. Macpherson was made
Major-General, and was the principal
subordinate officer in the second cam
paign, sharing the honors won by Sir
Frederick Roquerts, the hero of the
march from Cabul to Candahar. Gen.
Macpherson has seen a quarter Of q cen
fury Of service in the east, and in addi-
ton TO the thorough knowledge of all
the characteristics Of the Oriental troops,
both Sepoy and Mussulman, he possesses
the confidence of the officersin 8 marked
degree, and is in all respects q popular
commander.
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