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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-11-10
Preparing Bees for Winter.

The first step is to be certain that the
colonies are all strong in numbers; if
they are not, it is better to unite the
weaker until all are strong. Next, the
amount and character of the stores for
winter should be looked after. A strong
colony of bees, wintered out-of-doors,
seldom consumes more than twenty
hve pounds of honey. but, to be on the
safe side, it is better to allow it thirty
pounds. 1t is better that the honey be
early gathered, well ripened, and nice
ly sealed over. Some apiarists think
that an excess of pollen in the combs
sometimes lea6sto dysentery or bee
cholera, hence it will be just as well,
and perhaps better, in preparing bees
for winter, to leave out those combs
that contain the most pollen. If from
any cause it is suspected that the honey
is not suitable for winter stores, then it
should be extracted and the bees fed
coffee A sugar made into a sirup by
pouring gallon of boiling water upon
twenty pounds of sugar. This amount
a colony of bees through the winter
The feeding ought to be done early
enough, for the bees to get it sealed over
before cold weather sets in. -
One or two holes should be made
through each comb, near the top, thus
affording the bees passage-way from
comb to comb in cold weather
Bees wintered out-of-doors ought to
have some protection. A very good
plan is as follows: First, make a
sort of box or small pen around the
hive by driving down stakes and nail
ing boards to them. The space be-
tween the hives and boards, which
should be about one foot, should be
filled with dry chaff or saw-dust, piling
it on top of the hive also, and then the
whole should be covered with roof of
boards. Before putting in the chaff or
saw-dust a passage-way of boards
should be made from the entrance of
the hive to the outside of the inclosure,
thus enabling the bees to fly out when
ever the weather is such that they can.
In very cold weather, this passage
might be filled with straw.
But in our Northern climate there is.
perhaps, no better place for wintering
bees than good, dry cellar. 1t would
be better if the cellar were furnished
with pure air through six-inch tube
N<N'OhNdhS WV VI IllOC IOuS lIOlu lu0
cellar, and several feet below the sur
face of the ground. By admitting the
air in this manner, it would be warmed
somewhat before entering the cellar
The impure air can be removed from
the cellar by running pipe to within
few inches of the cellar bottom, and
connecting the upper end with the
kitchen stove-pipe. A part of the Gel
lar should be partitioned off separately
for the bees, SO that they may remain
in perfect darkness, and be undis-
turbed.
During the january thaw" it will,
perhaps, be advisable to carry the bees
out of doors and allow them to fly,
when they should be returned to the
cellar and left undisturbed until the
soft naples are in blossom. Some of
our best apiarists, however, do not re-
move their bees from the cellar during
the whole winter. Cor. Rural NeW
Yorker
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-11-10
Swearing or Smoking.

MY dear" said Mr.. Spoopendyke.
rumpling his hair around over his head
and gazing at himself in the glass; "my
dear, do you know that L think smoke
too much? 1t doesn't agree with me at
ALL" -
Just what have ALWAYS thouohtr'
chimed in Mrs. Spoopendyke. and be-
sides it makes the room smell so. You
know this room"
I'm not talking about the room. "
retorted Mr.. Spoopendyke, with snort.
m not aware that it affects the
health OF the room. I'm talking about
my health this trip. and 1 think I'll
break of short You don't catch me
smoking any MORE" and Mr.. Spoopen-
dyke yawned and stretched himself and
pumped down in his easy chair and
glared out the window at the rain.
= How are you going to break off?''
inquired Mrs. Spoopendyke. DRAWING
up her sewing chair and gazing into her
husbands face admiringly. +" / sun
pose the best way is not to think of it
at allP'' -
The best way is for you to sit there
and cackle about itr' Orowled Mr..
Spoopendyke. If anything will dis
tract my attention from it that will.
Can't We think of something else to talk
aboutp Don't We know some subjects
tion?'
Certainly" cooed Mrs. Spoopen-
dyke, rather nonplussed. 1--WE might
talk about the rain. / suppose this is
really the equinoxl How long will il
last. dear?'
"DOd-gast the eeuinoxr' sputtered
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-11-10
What is Cruelty to a Cat2 /

The trial of Hugh Devlin for cruelty
to cat called forth interesting medical
testimony at Providence recently. Dew
lin had confessed that, having been an
noyed by huge tom-cat, he had
chucked it alive under the ground, not
wantonly, but because he thought il
was the surest and most merciful way
to take the animals nine lives. The
agent of the Humane Society contended
that Devlin had done cruel, wanton
deed, but physicians testified for the de-
Tense that death by suffocation under
ground was for any animal as easy and
painless as death by drowning The
popular horror of being buried alive
had its origin, not in experience, but
in the imagination, which pictured such
fate as terrible. Whatever Devlin's
intent, he had caused the cat no more
death agony than if he had followed the
orthodox method and drowned it. Pos
sibly, said one physician. the cat lived
longer by three respirations than it
would have done under water. Devlin
was found not guilty of cruelty to cat.
Springfield GLASS Republican.
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FACTS AND FIGURES.


During 1881 Europe paid s175, 600,
900 for imported meat. and 1925, OOO,-
900 for grain.
The aesthetic foolishness has died
out i'm England. and when Oscar gets
home he will have TO pull his trousers
down over his boots or be laughed at -
DetrOH Post.
Seven hundred barrels of mullets
were recently taken in one catch, near
the mouth of New River. North Caro-
lima. II is the largest single catch ever
known.
Milwaukee claims to have the larg-
est brewery on this continent and the
second largest in the world. The estab-
lishment turns out 800, 900 barrels of
beer per annum.
The honey crop of 1882 is not ex-
pected to greatly exceed that of 1881,
which was an Indifferent one. Califor-
MIA crop in 1873 was 720. 900 pounds.
This year IL is calculated ut $50, 900
pounds.
The three oldest towns in the Unit
ed States are st. Augustine, Fla, found
ed by the Spaniards in 1865; James
town, Va. founded by the English in
1907; and Plymouth Mass, founded by
the English in 1920.
The largest State in the civilized
world is Texas, which boasts an area of
274.356 square miles; the smallest is
the little State of Monaco, in Europe,
which has only an area of six square
miles.
The Western e. Atlantic Railroad
shipped from Atlanta, Ca. during the
season just past, eight hundred car
loads of watermelons, or more than
twice the shipment of any previous sea-
son. The cars averaged |, $50 melons
each, or over one million melons. They
also brought better prices and cost less
freight than ever before, netting the
grower, it is claimed, $500 n car.
&C. Z. Bailey, of San Jose, Cal,
Colonel Richard Peters, of Atlanta, Ga,
and Colonel Robert Scott, of Frankfort,
KY, are regarded as the goat kings of
America. Mr.. Bailey alone having a herd
of 5000 Angoras on his ranch in
Nevada. Last year he shipped east
ward 10000 pounds of mohair at sixty
cents per pound, and during the past
two years he has sold $4,000 worth of
goats.
-Tandems are becoming quite pop
ular in New York and elsewhere, be-
cause of the skill required to handle the
horses. A four-horse tandem, all set
up, costs about 81, 900, and a two-horse
one about $4,000. The cart costs from
$500 to $4,000; the horses about $3.50
apiece; the harness $3.50, and the foot
mans livery S175. A coach costs about
80, 900 year for running expenses, ac-
cording to Colonel Kane.-M y. San.
The 4th of March, 1921, came on
Sunday. That was the second inaugu-
ration of James Monroe. In 1849, the
year of the Inauguration of General
Taylor, the 18th of March came on Sun
day. II did not happen again until the
Inauguration of President Hayes, in
1877. 1t will not occur again during
this century. In 1885 the 4th of March
comes on Wednesday; in 1889 the 4th
comes on Monday, the next Inaugural
ton comes in 1898; the 4th comes on
Saturday. In 1897 the 4th of March
comes on Thursday. In 1900 the 4th
OF March fails on Sunday. but that is
not an Inauguration year; that will be
IN 1901, and that will bring the 4th of
March on Monday. Chicago Journal.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-11-10
Dis. Then occurred another ac-

grounds. Then occurred another ac-
cident.
When still at considerable distance
from the track the axle-tree of the wag-
on broke and the party again was left
on the road. Another team picked
them up, and, somewhat to their aston
ishment. perhaps. they all. including
Mrs. Healy, at last reached their destina-
ton in safety. = Providence Or. IL
Journal.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-11-10

The annual summary of British
contributions to missionary societies has
recently been completed by Canon Scott
Robertson. 1t is as follows: Church of
England Foreign Missions. &. 329, $50;
Churchmen and Nonconformist socie-
ties, $SS5.S70; English and Welsh Non
conformists, S1,521. 565; Scotch and
Irish Presbyterians. 1854, S75-total, So
S10,590.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-11-10
-"Ab. how are Won This morn;nrp

-"Ah, how are you this morningp''
said Fifth avenue man to his friend
from Jersey. Pretty well, pretty
WELL" he replied; "but my wife IS
suffering from severe cold,n he con-
tinued, as his face beamed with delight.
"Now, that too bad" exclaimed the
New Yorker; but why do you seem so
happy over it?'' Taking his friend by
the arm, the Jerseyman replied. as
tears of joy rolled down his apple-jack-
flushed face: "Happyi Don't mention
it, Why. she hasn't been able to speak
above a whisper for six days.-M x.
Commercial Advertiser.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-11-10
.YDlA e. PgNKHAM'9
Is a Positive Cure
VEGETABLE COMPOUND.

for all those Painful CompIaints md Weaknesses
socOmmon TO our best female population.
1t will cure entirely the worst form OF Female Com.
plants oil ovarian troubles Inflammation Ulcera
ton, Falling and Dlsplaccments, and the consequent
Spinal Weakness and is particularly adapted to the
Change OF Iife
1t will dissolve and expel tumors from the uterus In
an early stage OF Developments. Tho tendency to
cerous humors checked very speedily by ts
1t removes faintness atulency destroys oil craving
for stimuants and relieves weakness OF the stomach
It cures Bloating, Headaches. Nervous Prostitution
General ty. Sleeplessness Depression and Indi-
gestion.
That feeling OF bearing down, causing PAIN weighs
and backache 10 always permanently cured by Its uso
It will at all times and under ell circumstances act In
harmony with the laws thnt govern the system
For the OF Kidney Complaints OF either this
Compound Is unsurpassed.
LYDIA Z. PINKHAM's VEGETABLE CONF
POUNDS prepared at 233 and 235 Western Avenue.
Lynn Mass Price 81. Six bottlesfor c. Sent by mar
in the form OF pills, also in the form OF ozenges ON
receipt OF price, 81 per box for either. Mrs Pinkham
freely all letters Of inquiry Send for pamph.
let. Address above. Mention this Paper.
No family should be without LYDIA Z. PTNKHAMS
LIVER PILLS. They constipation, biliouxness
and torpidity Of the liver. rs centsper box.
n5- Sold by all Druggists.-Ea
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The frue nnfidnfe -

The true nntfdote @
the effects of miasrns
70 Hostetter's Stom-
ach Bitters. This
medicine is one Of the
most popular RENE
dies of an age of sue
cessful proprietary
specifics, and 10 In
immense emand
wherever on this Con-
tinent fever and ague
exists. A wineglass-
ful three times q day
10 the best possible
preparative for en-
countering q malaFf-
GUS atmosphere, reg
Mating the liver, and
fnyigorating the sfom-
ach- For sale by an
Druggists and Dealers
generally.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-15

The Northern Pacific folks are now
beginning to boom Livingstone, q paper
town situated seyenty-five miles above
Billings, and the alleged junction Of the
National Park branch. Hear what Col.
Lanlborn, land commissioner Of the
Northern Pacific, has to soy of this pro-
spective rival OF Chicago: at is the in
tention to make q big town at Living
stone, which is just at the base of the
great grade which takes the road over
the mountains. 1t is to be the junction
of the spur UP the Yellowstone to the
National Park, the route of which is sur
veyed and upon which work is to begin
at once, with the view Of completing it
into the park early enough in the spring
to accommodate the tourist travel next
season. It is the intention to build at
Livingstone the largest car shops be-
tween Portland and Brainerd, and also
to construct there rolling mills, as a vast
deposit of the very best bituminous coal
has been discovered within three miles
of the proposed new town.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-15
The IN ational Park hoteI.

Managing Director Hobart of the Ma
tional Park scheme is now in Mlnneap-
oils on business connected with the
building of the first hotel in the Park.
The evening Journal says: 1.-THE first
hotel to be built will be in the northwest
corner Of the park, as it is now bounded,
and in the territory of Wyoming. The
b~uildingSwill be OF the Gardner river, a
fork of the Yellowstone proper, at the
mammoth Hot Springs, and but a short
distance from Bnnsen peek,s.a mountain
famous for it's precipitous sides, and
beautiful, rugged scenery. The hotel,
plans for which have been completed by
L. S. Burlington, of this city, and which
in all probability will be adopted, will
known IS 1.-THE Yellowstone" and to
give the reader an idea of its size, it may
be stated that it will be much larger
than Hotel Lafayette, at Minnetonka
beach, and will contain four hundred
rooms The ground flour will contain
the office, museum, parlors, dining room,
Kitchens and laundries. The second
and third story will be devoted to recep-
ton --ani sleeping apartments. The
building will be situated on a level pla-
teau at the base Of q monster bluff which
stretches away skyward in the rear,
many hundreds of feet. The mammoth
hot spring...the waters of which are high
" medicinal, will be utilized for heating
the equally mammoth building, and
thus are the phenomena of nature
brought to serve the physical needs of
man. Numerous bathing houses will he
erected and supplied with this medicinal
water, which has been proven to con
tain great healing qualities. The Vel
ioWstone Is 70 De but one of twelve hotels
in different parts of the park. all to be
Duut by the same Syndicate, at an ex.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-15
----NaR+ q N]ANsb
Northern Pacific Construction WORK.

From a party Just in from the end OF
the track on the Northern Pacific, it is
learned that track laying has been de-
layed by the graders at Boulder, who
have struck a difficult piece Of work in
the boulders peculiar to that section.
Double crews are employed and the 90
stacle is being surmounted as rapidly as
possible, and every effort is being made
to lay the iron to the eastern extremity
of the Bozeman tunnel this season. 4
grade across the pass, to be used while
the tunnel is being completed, has been
made ready for the iron, and track lay
ing down the Gallatin valley will not be
retarded by tunnel work. The track
layers will certainly reach Benson's
Landing this season and make the last
crossing Of the Yellowstone into the new
town of Livingstone, At present, pas
sengers for the west take the Tongue
river stage line at Merrill, about 100
miles from Bozeman, and make the trip
in t~Wenty-four hours. Although the
track is some thirty miles in advance Of
this station, the terminus is rather re-
mote from a stage station, Merrill being
the most convenient for passengers. A
new stage from the end Of the track on
the south side Of the Yellowstone, cross
ing at Benson's Landing on a new
bridge, is said to be ready for business.
In thirty days, should the weather prove
favorable, the track-layers will doubtless
reach the eastern base Of the Rocky
mountains and begin the toilsome ascent
Of the Belt range. The road-bed through
cut is smooth and substantial, and good
time may safely be made as rapidly as
the line is turned over to the operating
| Observation-Disclosures Press.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-15

Now that the first step towards ecur-
ing direct and quicker mail service be-
tween Benton and Billing5-the increase
of the Martinsdale and Billings route to
tri-weekly-has been effected, further
efforts should be directed towards secur-
ing service on the "cut-of'n from the Jul
dith Gap to the Martinsdale and Billings
line, and then daily service on the direct
route thus established. The distance
from Benton to Billings directly is only
two hundred miles, and when coaches
ON and go daily on that route it will
be one Of the best patronized stage lines
in Montana. Even the present arrange
ment is a vast improvement over the old
outlet to the east via Helena and the
Utah & Northern, etc, shortening the
time of communication Of Benton with
the east some thirty-siy hours. The road
from Benton to Billings is an excellent
Il throughout and quicker time "a be
made over it than on any other road of
such length in the territory. By the
first Of May we fully expect to see daily
| service on this route and a first-class
stage line ii operation on the same. It
is a contamination d~evoutly to be wish
ed for by Benton.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-15

MAX WATERMAN made gallant race
and the prospects Of his election are by
no means discouraging. Yesterday af-
ternoon he was in the lead as far as had
been heard from IN Helena, and his ma
jority of 20 in Barker and Is at Baptiste
will prove O genuine surprise to Mr..
Johnson. Max is running ahead Of his
ticket in all the counties Of the district,
and particularly in those places where
be visited and mado speeches. Whether
he is elected or not, the vote he has car
ried rebounds greatly to his credit, and
he can well feel proud Of it, as do all his
friends.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-15
THE RIVER PRESS

A TELEGRAM received from Helena
last evening stated that the greatest in
dlgnation prevails in that city, Butte,
and Bozeman, on account of the great
frauds perpetrated by the democrats in
Custer county, and that a movement is
already on foot to contest the election on
behalf of Botkin. The majority for Ma
ginnis and the conspiracy unearthed be-
fore the election to control the railroad
vote for that candidate, plainly indi-
Gates that there is something rotten in
Custer.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-15

THE Northern Pacific proposes to ex-
tend its line from Bismarck along the
north bank of the Missouri to Buford
and on to Benton, and it will probably
be a race between that road and the st.
Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba as to
which first occupies this inviting field.
The latter, it seems to us, will be the
winner.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-15

VICE PRESIDENT CAKES, Of the Nor
thern Pacific says the connection be-
tween the two esads of the road will be
made by the first of September next at
the furthest, and probably by July LIST.
He expects the Mnllan tunnel to be COM
pleted before the first ofAfay, in advance
OF the completion ofthe Bozeman tunnel
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-15

THE worst thing Of all is the defeat of
AL. Hamilton for the council by the
Dawson county candidate. We wanted
Churchill elected, but as between Ham
ilton and Back, or Choteau and Daw-
son, we are for Hamilton and Choteau
county every time. The result is that
we will have nc representative in the
council.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-15

BEN BUTLER has been trying so long
to get into the gubernatorial chair Of
Massachusetts, that his election this time
doesn't seem to be much regretted in
any quarter. The rest of the republican
ticket in Massachusetts was elected by
5000 majority.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-15

THE next house Of representatives
will oe largely democratic, and as they
will have full scope it is pretty safe to
say they will get the public mind in a fit
state to bring about the usual republican
triumph two years hence.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-15

HENRY S. BACH, the Dawson county
candidate for councilman for the district
Of Choteau and Dawson county, received
a majority of $40, in fact about all the
votes rolled lis that county. It is a good
deal more than enough to defeat Al.
Hamilton, we are sorry to say.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-15

IT now turns out that the democratic
leaders knew what they were doing
when they maintained Maginnis was
the only nam in the party who could be
elected, and ON that plea forced his NOM
nation. They understood which way
the railroad cat would Jump.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-15

WE have no doubt the reelection Of
Maginnis as delegate from Montana was
duly celebrated at his home in Red
Wing, Minnesota.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-15

penditure of two millions of money, the
first of which, the one already men
toned, will be rushed along thisfa and
the main building completed during the
winter
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-15

The RIVER PRESS dominates Alex.
G. Botkin as the republican candidate
for Delegate to Congress in 1884.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-15

THE question OF fuel supply should be
met by our citizens and some immediate
action taken.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-15

IF there had not been so much licensed
democratic "bull-dozingo in this pre-
cinct, Botkin would have received even
a larger vote in Benton.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-15

DAN HOLLAND, the republican candi-
date for constable, received a fiattering
vote ia this precinct.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-15

SENATOR MALONE, OF Virginia, came
out victorious in his fight with the bour-
bon democrats.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-15

CLAGETT comes up smiling with 8
majority for Botkin.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-15

WATERMAN is likely to be the next
district attorney.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-15

TIE speaker of the house, in referring
to Major Maginnis after this, should ad-
dress him as the member representing
the Northern Pacific in Montana.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-15

Now that Maginnis has another lease
of power we hope to see him accomplish
all the great results for Montana he has
promised.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-15

J. PROCTOR KNOTT, Of Kentucky, has
been defeated for Congress, a rather I'M
expected result. But the returns are
full of surprises.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-15

THE rebuke Maginnis received Tues
day settles the matter. He will never,
never, never be a candidate for delegate
again.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-15

robson is beaten for Congress in
New Jersey, and about as many republi-
cans will rejoice e. the fact As demo
Gratis.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-15

WILDER's LANDING was not solid for
Maginnis.