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The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10


4 crop OF sham snliYaIls is spril19l5tg
up, for 50 great is the public eagefoess T.
see the fistic hero that tall, athletic SWIM
dIers can tfnd popular kom4z and invita-
lions TO drink by playing Sullivan. Afe-
porter not long Since found himself pointed
out as the Boston champion; but the
most prolonged hoa1 was the one pefpe-
tlaeed the other day on the lsehigil alld
sI<qaehall11a RtIlroad, where i iuIlor
that the renowned sIugger WAS 20 pass By
d certain train brought our crowds al
along the road from Eastoll g AiaHefl
CIIulk. At AlIenEoWn.C CttasaHqaa, BETH
leheln, and W.iseport the NIL hlen.tga=Il-
.eredo do honor 70 the most famous Ct
American niIlers. At one time Inc IRON
Nolks were shut down, as the men had ali
tIoehea to tie station. Al eslef. poillf.ths
cheering thron2s felt repaid fpr their
trouble By the sight Of i lae-laasitlg nlan,
nho simply bowed his thaHks. ltWas \
passenger, =sho, hearing of tia poptliat K Z.
peefafions, rather than aisappoinE them
kindly volunteered to persoaa1e Slr Suit
van iii his absence. But, after all, Having
sullivan isa dangerous game foF an body
Nho minds being suddenly Knocked oaf.t1F
an indignant public On the discovery q his
fraud.
Nr. e G. Power aud Charley 3 PoNer over
5, - ~. ~, S.sa.ss ETee11a
The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10

Giles: When one thongIatf1liy considers
the part which love has u the destiny and
.clsarae1er of women, he issues THAT come
ONT OF It for her veal or misery, her rtlii.
or perfection. nothing il more pathetic,
and death Itself ID not more soielnlas
The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10

W. Fl. BUCK, Editor and Proprietor
The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10
S&aEfsHEa SALE,

On Monday August 14t!r, vii sell at public
sale, for cash. Is horses five buck boards, !Esg~
ons and u aet- q arnf s. at1he corral Of the Mons
tana stables, Fort Rent on. =.
JOHN i. tiEALY.
Sheriff Il Ihoteau County.
The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10
CDL.N HOADS.
own 50 >t,t

Neaping travelled thuroughfares in gHod
order and opening new routes through
outside settlements are perhaps the safest
and most profitable investments thai can
he made by amy county government, aud
If amounts to a necessity with ChoJeau
chat fair proportion OF her revenues
should be expended in this way, because
she has the richest aud most varied re-
sources, the largest tributary country, and
her commercial advantages are 20 a great
extent controlled by her facilities for trans
portation.= And yet, it is no e1aggeraEion
to say that our county is to-day one Of The
most isolated in the Territory because there
is not sufficient liberality in providing and
caring for public highways.
We have on several occasions called at
tention to the urgent necessity for inn
mediate action in regard TO the improve
ment of the Arrow creek hill, the building
Of good and permanent bridge across
Belt creek, the opening Of new road
through Highwood canyon to the head OF
Arrow creek valley, 20 shorten the dis
tance from upper Arrow creek, the Wolf
Butte mining dstricb and Yago. We have
also referred TO The Smith valley road, the
Marias road. and the Benton. Fort Mac
leol and Old Agency road. But no prac-
teal steps towards the Improvement OF any
one of these important thoroughfares nave
ever been taken either by the county an
thorities or the business people Of Benton,
although the latter are directly interested
in facilitating travel III this direction. The
county authorities oughtnot % neglect fhe
matter day longer. The interests Of tie
county are suffering by hisflllitieEeElee
or mistaken economy. The financial con-
lition Of the county IL good, and its rap
idly increasing revenues justify liberal
expenditure towards opening those new
routes and improving the present. high
ways.
The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10

Mr. Z. G. Power and Charley 3 Power
came ID en yesterday ! coach from Helena.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-06-15
I1nnrnYed Naval Armnr.

A late important improvement in
armor for war-ships, and one in which
the Government of the United States is
actively interested, is the invention of p
retired invalid engineer of the Navy.
The House committee has virtually de-
cided to build four vessels under this
plan with the funds recently "a '.' ii
ated by Congress. The inventi,..l con-
sists essentially of = submerged turtle
back or rcOncavO-c0nyeXS shield or deck,
only four inches in thickness, extending
side to side and stem TO stern OF the
ship, and below the water-iine OF the
ship, the arrangement being such that
an enemy's shot from any direction can
only strise the turtle-back at a defect
ing angle. thereby protecting the vitals
of the ship. The sides of the vessel
above this invulnerablc turtle back are
filled in with cotton or cork which forms
Il self-cloSing breach upon the passage
of ball through the sides above the
turtle-back. The sides of the vessel
above the concavo-convex shield may.
moreover. be literally shot to pieces
without DESTROYING the buoyant power
of the ship. The great GUN or guns OF
the ship are mounted upon heavy, i'm
cal armGr, which extends into the bot
tom of the ship whore it is seated on 4
hydraulic cushion. The gun itself has
It's breech enclosed III an oval armor
mounted upon the cylinder, and of a
form similar to two saucers placed face
to face upon each other, and in which
single gunner manipuates and fires the
gun. One gunner is sufficient to oper-
ate the gun by reason of a hydraulic
loading apparatus, and by means of
which prepared ammunition is. forced
up through a pipe. as needed from q
point below the turtle-back of the ves-
sci. Hydraulic buffers are also provid-
ed which take up the recoil of the gun.
The upper part of the oval shield around
the breech of the gun serves to defect a
shot upwardly, and the lower part or
half of the shell serves to defect shot
should it first strike the turtle-back.
glance off therefrom and tear upwardly
| through the decks.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-06-15
Cyan'tKeep One.

When he had finished with the eli
mate, soil and productions of Idaho and
had stopped 10. blow his nose, one of
the group asked: e.. .-..is.t
How about education facilities?''
THAT'S the only thing we lack" re-
piled the old man with mournfuI sigh
''We've got. schools enough, but we
can't keep no teachers. "
''What's the trouble?" ...-
''Well, take my school, for instance :
only two miles from the nearest house,
eminently situated on topso a hill, ard
paying tue highest salary. We can't
keep Il teacher over two weeks" az, 30,
''Do thew die?" ..-.-.......
E'Some do; though it's no place for
dying. We had a youn@ fellow from
Ohio, and he met II grizzly and whistie6
for him. The grizzly cum. We.,h;.d
another, and a widder run him down
and married him inside of amonth. The
third one was lame. and the Iniuns over
toollhim. Then we tried women folks.
The first one got married the night she
lit down there. l took the second about
the middle of the third week, and the
next one was abducted by a stage rob-
ber'' -'''e 80" 3 ,i
-'Why don't you get the 'u9hest,
homeliest Woman. yoW can tind-+isome
perfect old terror, like that lantern
j;lwed, razor-faced female over by the
ticket-window?
why don't We? Stranger, you East
ern folks will never understand us pio-
neers in the world--never. That's my
wife-7the identical school teacher
married and she was the h3ndSOmeSt
one in the droyer'-Detr0I Free Press.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-06-15
A. T. Stewarts 6 Career.

Mr.. Stewart commenced his career in
this country as Il schoel-teacher, and af-
ter a brief experience in That line start
ed q small dry-goods store in Broadway,
near Chambers Street, on what would
now be considered a very small plan
His prosperous careersis known to the
world. His business qualities will be
better appreciated. however. when it is
stated that in that first enterprise on
Broadway his capital was $3.50 his
store twenty-five by thirty feet, and his
demicile a small room over the store,
which he occupied with his wife.
lWhen Mr. Stewart died on the 10th
OF April. 1876, his retail store. which
cost nearly S3,000,000, occupied an en-
tire block and covered an area of two
and a quarter acres. 1t contains eight
fioors. making II total of eighteen acres
for business purposes. The combined
sales OF. the Wholesale and retail estab-
lishment were about $50. 100000 year,
and the expenses. over 81, ,000, ,QQ0.s-. In
Mr.. Stewart time he person ally SUPER
viSed the different departments, and
maintained such direct control of his
subordinates that he could always dis
Germ the active and deserving employees
and reward them accordingly This
keen discernment will be better under
stood when it is stated that his employ
es numbered nearly three thousand at
the time of his death. His Fourth Ave-
nue. store is the largest in the world in
the dry-0oods business.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-06-15
Daniel Webster,s Descendants.

Caroline lie Roy Bonaparte, eldest
child of Samuel Appleton and Julia,
daughter of Daniel Webster. married for
her first husband Newbold Edgar, of
New Jersey, nephew of the second Mrs.
Daniel Webster and had by him two
sons and daughter, all now living.
Afterward she married Jerome Bona
parte. son OF Jerome Bonaparte and
grandson of Mrs, Patterson, commonly
known as Nine. Patterson, by whom she
had a son and daughter. .,.....
Samuel Appleton, second child of
Samuel Appleton and Julia Webster, a
lawyer in Chicago, married first adaugh-
ter of Gen. Abercrombie, by whom he
had three children, and second, "a Il
daughter Of George Jones, of Boston,
by whom he has two sons and daugh-
ter. -f 'i'@.' @ t''t'@
Julia Frances, the third child, mar
ried Keith Armstcad, OF Baltimore. and
has three sons. .. .s....,...
OF the six children of Fletcher Web
ster none are now living. '5 s--' ''
Thus there are now living three grand
children and fourteen great grandchil-
dren of Daniel Webster. tr,,s .f....,.. ID,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-06-15
Stealing Children,

The recent theft of a little girl by a
gypsy reminds the Vienna -Ncue Ffeie
IaesS of numerous instances of this
hcstrtless crime which have been detect
edsin that city, Twenty years ago such
eases were not uncommon. One of the
most fiendish Of them caused great ex-
element in Vienna. An old gypsy
sWoman had been accustomed to sit and
ebeg for aims day after day at q street
corner. She held in her arms a little
child, whose piteous cries attracted the
attention of 'passers-by, and so excited
{ their sympathy that the old woman was
fast getting rich from the coins which
they dropped into her lap. At length
suspicion was excited, and the police
made an investigation. They found the
child's back covered with minute
wounds At one point half Of the shell
of nut chung to the skin, and when it
was detached out ran atspider, the man
ifest cause of the child's sufferings. Of
course the old tiend who had devised
this piece of devilish ingenuity was sent
to prison, but it is an infinite pity that
she was not cut up and fed to chickens.
Further inquiry proved that the child
had been stolen from his parents. .
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-06-15

A writer in Harper's Bazdr calls at
tentiOn to the want of good table man
ners which marks so many American
families and which foreigners notice as
one of our defects. The writer saws:
We do not as nation, comport our
selves well at the table. in the first
place we eat too fast. and are apt, t.
make Il noise over our soup. Nell-bret.
people put their soup into their mouths
without sound, lifting up their spoon
slowly. thinking about it, and managing
to swallow it noisclessly.
In the second place, We are accused
of chewing our food with the mouth
open. and OF putting too much in the
mouth ut once Again, we are accused,
particularly at railway stations and ut
hotels, of putting our heads in our plates,
and of eating with the knife instead of
with the fork.
Some people eat instinctively with
great elegance; some never achieve ele
gance in these minor matters, but all
should strive for it. There is no more
repulsive object than person who eats
noisily, grossly, inelegantly.
DR. Johnson is remembered for his
brutal way of eating almost as much rs
for his great learning and genius. With
him it was selfish preoccupation.
Fish and fruit are eaten with silver
| knives and forks; OF, if silver fsh-knives
are not provided. a piece of bread can
be held in the left hand. Fish corrodes
O steel knife.
Never tilt q soup-plate for the last
drop, or scrape your plate clean. Leave
something for manners'-a good old
rule.
A part of table manners should bethe
conversation. By mutual consent, ev-
cry one should bring only the best that
rs in him to the table. There should be
the greatest care taken in the efamily cir
Gle to talk of only agreeable topics at
meals.
/ The mutual forbearance which
prompts the neat dress, the respectful
bearing, the delicate habit of eating,
the attention to table etiquette, should
also make the mind put on its best
dress, and the effort of any one at a
meal should be to make himself or her
self as agreeable as possible.
No one should show any haste in be-
ing helped, and displeasure at being left
until the last. 1t is always proper ri
| an informal meal to ask for. q second
! cut. to say that rare or underdone beef
| is more to your taste than the more
| cooked portions.
But one never asks twice for soup OF
fish; one is rarely helped twice at des
sert These dishes, also salad, are sup
| posed to admit of but one helping.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-06-15

Scene at the photographers: Enter
homely man bearing a proof. Honaely
Nap (to artist, sorrowfully)I say, |
don't like this picture at al. -Artist
docking at it)-Splendid likeness, sir;
looks just like you. Homely Man (sadly)
-That's what all my friends say. But,
thunder. amt as. homely as that, am
say that it flatters you, bnt I'm sure you
couldn't get'a better portrait. Honsety
Man Catching at a straw)-O, come
now, couldn't l? Amt there some way
in which you could make me so that I'd
look better? artist CRITICALLY eXamin-
ING proof Well, yes; you might pos
sibly get q better-looking; picture if you
could get somebody else TO sit for you
TENit homely man in rage.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-06-15
Gen, Buffers Vow,

Gen. Benjamin +. Butler has declined
to act for Guiteau, Notwithstanding the
urgent appeal of his relatives. 1t is not
generally known that Gen. Butler some
years ago made VOW never to enter q
criminal court again as counsel for
prisoner under criminal Indictment
The reason he assigns for such action
carries with it quite a history.
1t appears that during his second term
in congress one. OF his henchmen-and
q faithful friend-who was sheriff of one
Of the counties in his congressional dis
trict, received telegraphic dispatch
from the sheriff of an adjoining county,
asking him to arrest a prisoner who had
escaped from his custody and was on
board an incoming train. On the arri-
val of the train in question the culprit
was arrested. and the sheriff locked him
UP pro TEN. in the railroad depot, from
which he subsequently escaped. Pur-
sued by the sheriff, the prisoner halted
at the bank of a creek, produced pis-
tol, and threatened his purSuer with
death should he advance one step fur
ther. The courageous sheriff, though
unarmed, did not hesitate in the dis
charge of his duty, and met his death
down, and in n short time safely lodged
in jail. Then came the funeral of his
victim. at which Gen. Butler, next to
the widow and fatherless, acted as chief
mourner. Some six months after
this" says Gen. Butler, II was in the
criminal court, when the prisoner be-
fore mentioned was arraigned for trial.
In answer to the presiding judge, he
represented himself as being without
counsel, and requested that L should be
assigned to defend him, which request
was granted. l pleaded all sorts of ex-
cuses, but in the State of Massachusetts
q similar request from a prisoner on trial
for his life never passes unheeded, aud
was compelled to act as defender of the
very man who had so cruelty deprived
one of my best friends of his life. Once
assigned" said he, II forgot everything
but my official oath as an attorney, and
succeeded so well for my client that in
the end he was convicted of minor de-
gree of manslaughter, entailing only
few years Incarceration in jail. Then
came the hue and cry of my political
enemies. This is the man, they said,
who escorts the widow to the grave, at.
the funeral of his faithful henchman,
,weeps crocodile tears, and then defends
the assassin and assists him in defeating
the ends of Justice
AT the next eleetion,'' tsaid Gen.
Butler,s i did not even get one vote in
that district, though heretofore they had
been unanimously cast in my Interest
Can you then wonder at my registering
a vow never to enter q criminal court
again?''a.s. -z@ss, s..-yv2 zss ssgs .x-.zs ~
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-06-15

Attho Ct Hilda Cnllin1,- {

Atthe St. Hilda Colliery, South Shields,
England, the largest ventilating fan in
the world is Employed: 1t is driven by
a pair o., high-pressure engines, each
haying cylinder three feet six inches
m4diameter" and a three foot six inch
stroke Iheawheelof this fan is fifty
feet in'diameter, and it can be driven
satthe rate of fifty revolutions minute,
causing the outer eXtremities of the
BLADES to travel i'll sixty seconds at the
speed of a mile and a half. Every min
ute this enormous machine moves 200,-
600 cubic feet of air through more than
fourteen, miles of passages .,s~rg. g..
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-06-15
Fools Still Live,

Strange, isn't it, how much people-ex--
pect for a few dollars? Not long since a
gentleman living but short distance
from saw in New York paper an
advertisement of p wonderful musical
instrument. The advertisement stated
that the Instrument could play any
number of tunes, and that any one could
use it. Its price being so low, and, as
the paper said, lit was just as good as
piano. he inclosed the money Give
dollars) in a letter, and sent it us direct
ed. In Il few weeks his coveted prize
came to hand through the mail. II was
fair sized package, and cost twelve
cents postage from New York. He op-
ened the wrapper and found a box. The
box was the Overcoat of another box and
inside of the second box was another of
smaller dimensions, and there, neatly
placed on red cotton mat, was a jews
harp and the following printed .direc-
tions: place the harpbetween the teeth
and draw the first finger of the right
hand across the vibrating standard,
breathingthe melody You wish to pro-
duce gently on or against the bar. Any
person with average intellect can in u
few hours master the most difficult piece
OF music" This, only this, and moth
ing more, did he receive for his So.
Tho locS Of N bopd uac ono ~ khn
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-06-15

The Oxford q. T) Enterprise Ia
ments the scarcity of marriageable wo.
men in Idaho Territory, and has decid-
ed to devote a column to aid the bache-
lors in getting wives. 1t solicits adver-
tise,nents from women everywhere who
wish to marry, and promises to use its
efforts to find them suitable husbands.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-06-15

Two St. Louis negroes cut each other
to pieces because they couldn't agree as
to how much 4 man got q yearif he was
paid S12 Il month. One said S120, the
OthGE thought it was but 800, and the
1920 fellow is likely to die. Now look
out for similar trouble between the
editors of that townt
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-06-15
House and Lot for Sale.

"a | offer for sale my House and Lot, situate
EnG on Elm ST. eet. Ravcnna Ohio. The house
e4S=2A"is is nearly new two stories high. contains
nine rooms, convenient pantry. bedrooms and
closets, and l. finished in a workmaniike mau-
ner throughout. There is IL small barn on The
premises. !. good supply of well and cstern
water and Il number ol fruit trees of the. best
varieties just beginning 20 bear. Any one de-
string to purchase IA first rate home in the viii
lage, is requested TO call aud examine this
property. Ii Z. MORGAN.
H.l \ 50 Ta-.n,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-06-15
PORTAGE COUNTY HEDGE CO.
C. w. BOYDSTON, MANAGER
MANAGER .
Properly Constructed Hedges are the Best Cheapest and Most Enduring Enclosures


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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-06-15
MAIN LINE-GOING EAST.

Accommodation train leaves Cleveland Union
Depot at $50 p- m arrives hudson 4S D. m
Ravenna 7,l5 p m.
" All trains connect at Fellow Creek for heel
ing and Bellare.
SesF3 Express runs Parlor Car Cleveland to
Pittsburgh. Fast Line runs through Sleeper 10
New York. Day Express runs through Sleep
er to Pittsburgh
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-06-15
Macomb. Illinois

GENTLEMEN: With over fifteen ears expert
ence in building Duggies, wagons, Nc L do not
hesitate i'll saying Your buggies and carriages
are strictly first class in workmanship, materi-
al ana proportions, filling lOngfelt want ior
reliable buggy that can be sold lor u price lower
than any ordinary manufacturer can produce
anu sell the same quality of work at.
Yours, eIe, L. 5. KIRK.
Conneautville, Pa.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-06-15

There are no less than nineteen BALD
Mountains in the United States. When
a mountain begins to shed its hair,
there's no cure for it.
Mr.. Emerson has not written any
thing for publication for four years.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-06-15

DEAR SIR: For the past two years we have
used YOUR buggies side by side with other
makes in both our stables, and are perfectly
satisfied with the strength, durability and
workmanship, compared with otners. AS last
as our stock in livery is used up we shaii re-
nIace them with your manufacture, knowing
from experience that it is the best we can do
Respectfu fully.
SWEET 4 FOLLANSBEE.
Quincy, Illinois.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-06-15
Farm of SO Acres
FOR SALEy

A NY person desiring to purchase a good
"A Farm Of So acres. conta aiming convenient
bdIidin @s well watered an abundance of choice
fruit and situated about eight miles from Ra-
VIENNA Village. can learn OF an opportunity by
calling at this office within the next 80 days.
The pI operty will be sold cheap
RaVenna, Feb. 1S, 1SSa. 704-1m
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-06-15

GENTLEMEN: have used your Brewster side
bar bugs les for four years, together with bug
gies that cost me $500 ami 1850, and your bug
gies were the first that went out Oh account OF
being side-bar. They have not cost me S. for
Repairs and those have sold OF your make have
given good satisfaction L think that you make
the cheapest and best road wagons that are
made in the nited States tor the money.
Respectfully,
M HAMLIN.
Lawrence, Kansas. s..
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-06-15
Good Farm! for Sale

TTHE FARM OF THE LATE HARVEY
Il BALDWIN, containing seventy -eigh acres
of excellent land situated two miles north east
of Stree:sboro' Center, is offered for sale at a
bargain. The farm is pleasantly located. con
venient to churches and schools; is under good
state of cultivation; has good, comfortable
buildings; plenty of good fruit. with good
wood lot on the place. Any one wishing to
purchase d good farm, should call and examine
this one.
For further particulars, call at this office
Streetsboro', May 26. 1854. 71S,1