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An American Prima Donna'a Trick.

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Miss Van Zindt, the American prima
ldonna& who has won such enviable no Il
orsin Paris, was lately the heroine of an
exquisite little comedy at the Musee
Grevin. She went to. that famous gal
lery of wax figures with her motherand
some friends, andiseeing asvacant niche
draped with red curtains, in q room
where there We're no other visitors than
her own party, slipped Into it, gave her.
friends an admonitory glance, and sat
still. The curtains were drawn so that
only her bust and head were visible.
Pretty soon visitors thronged in.
3t'See,'' said one, ''there is new figure,
Mile. Van Zandt. What a good like
ness!o Hs
A groupe gathered round, some ex-
pr ssing admiration, others disapproval,
the fair singer meanwhile keeping per-
fectly still. At length q languid, super
%cilious, and altogether superior lady,
came along, viewed the dainty features,
fair locks and sparkling eyes, and then
said.
80 this is Mile. Van. Zandt, is ii?
Quite pretty but no lik ness. [ never
would have recognized it if I hadn't
been told.n
And then the supposed wax figure
burst into "A merry peal of laughter,
sprang from the niche and tripped
away, amid the aston ishment and cha
grin. of the critic and the applause of
the crowd.-N. Y. Times.
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not fly around and help him. She said
a. ma ought to be able to corral his W
shirt stud, and suggested that hereafter
he tie a string to the collar button, when
she pulled off one little shoe that she
had but on, because there was some.
thing in it, andsa she turned the shoe
bottom side up, the gold stud fell out,
and she helped him fix it in the shirt,
and he got into his clothes pretty quick
and very mad. He nearly tired his wife
walking to church, scolding her all the
way for not looking in her shoe at first
for the stud, aud when he arrived at the
church door h. was dripping with per-
spiration. He had forgotten his hand
kerchief, and borrowed his Wife's,
wiped the perspiration of, and walked
down the isle az meek and pious as
though he had just come from a mis-
sionary meeting, and be preached a
beautiful sermon On "Faith,' and then
resigned his ~pastorate and looked Tor a.
chance to get at, some ether business.
II is. singular that a little thing like the
less Of a collar button should change the
whole course Of mans life; but one OF
the ministers old congregation, who saw
him iii St. Louis a few, months ag at
the brewery, says he thinks the eide:
has struck his gaitat last. But we wan
der from the subject.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-12-27

GOAT, and INA was at the bottom of the
stairs listening, and when I looked over
he banisters pa and ma and the goat
were all in a heap, and pa was yelling
murder, and ma was screaming fire, and
the goat was batting, and sneeEing, and
aunting, and the hired girl came into
the hall and the goat took after her, and
she crossed herself just as the goat struck
her and said, 'Howly mother, protect
me.' and went down stairs the way we
boys slide down hill, with both hands
on herself, and the goat rared up and
blatted, and pa and ma went into their
room and shut the door and then my
chum and me opened the front door and
drove thesgoat out. The minister who
s,onaes to see ma every three times a
week, was Just ringing the ben and the
goat thought he wanted to be Insulated
and gave him one for luck, nd then
sneezing, and the minister came in the
parlor and said he was stabbed, and then
pa came cut Of his o with his Sis
penders hanging down, and as he did
not knowAtile minister was there. and
said cuss words. and ma cried and told
pa he would go to hell sure, and pa said
he didn't care, he would Fill that cussed
soat afore he went, and-I told pa the
minister was in the parlor, and he and
ma went down and said the weather
was propitious for y revival, and it
seemed as though an out-pouring ofthe
spirit was about to be ~vouchsafed to His
people, and none Of them sat down but
ma cause the goat didn't hit her, and
while they was talking religion with
their mouths, and kus-in' the goat in
wardly, my chum and | adjourned the
lodge, and [ went and stayed with him
all night, and | hain't been home since;
bat / don't believe, pa will lick me, cause
he said he would not hold us response
BILE for the consequences he ordered
the goat hisself and we filled the order,
don't you see? Well, I guess will go
and sneak inthe back way and find out
from the hired girl how the land lays.
She won't go back on me, cause the goat
was not loaded for hired girls. she just
happened to get in at the wrong time.
Goodbye, sir. Remember and give
your goat k,yan pepper in your LODGE
AS the boy went away and skipped
over the back fence, the grocery ma
said to his brother Odd Fellow. "If
that boy don't beat the devil then |
never SAW one that did. The old MAJ
ought to have him sent to a lunatic
asylum"
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Finding a Collar Button.

A Georgia man lost a gold collar but
ton two years go, and recently the but
ton was found in the stomach OF a
slaughtered cow. An exchange won
aers how in the world the COW got under
the bureau to get the collar button. That
i a question. There is something sing
ular about the fall of collar button, or
stud. Let a stud drop on the floor in
plain sight, and it disappears nuder a
bureau or a bed at once, as though en-
dowed with life, and it is the most sing
ularthing in the Wor d that aman, how
ever brave and noble ordinarily, will
get mad and say things that We're better
unsaid. We have heard OF a minister
who left the ministry and went to keep
ing books for a brewer, all on occount Of
a shirtstud! He was getting ready for
church n Sunday morning, and was
standing in front of a mirror, in his I'M
dershirt and pants, his ~suspenders lang
ing down OIL his hips, and his white
shirt in his hands, engaged in putting
The collar stud in its customary hole. In
such a moment as ye think not his fing-
tr5 became all thumbs, and the collar
button fell prone on the floor. Not to
prone, but just prone enough. The
pious man saw it glisten as it fell, and
he stopped to pick it up when ..it disap-
peared. He dropped the shirt and be-
gan to look for it, and as he paved over
different kiuds of everyday clothes OH
the floor, and couldn't find it, he asked
| mis- wife why in the name of the twelve
| Apostles she didn't watch it. She said
it was all she could do to watch her own
jewelry. Then he asked her to help
find it. as he had got to get to church
pretty soon or there would be a scarcity
of sermons that day. She told him to
get stair rod and poke around under
the bureau, and she wentson hooking up
her corset in the most tantalizing man.
ner. The pious NAL got down on his
stamaeh and felt under the bureau,
Knocking the skin off his arm by the
operation. He got out a lot OF marbles.
some llairpins, a hair brush, and a piece
Of hoop skirt of the vintage of 1861, but
could not find the collar button. There
was not another button of the kind III
theshouse, and not a shirt he could wear
without the lost stud. andtas the minis
ter heard the hast bell ring for church,
and thought OF the congregation waiting
or him to give out the hymn, and saw
his wife, who had got almost ready for
church, sit down on the floor to pull Oh
her stockings, while he was no nearer
dressed than when he got his ears
washed, he was pretty mad, that il, mad
for q minister. Like q man he laid it
! all to his vi e. and asked why she did
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-12-27
a ~E.enefcient Action.

The miserable looks and feelings of
those confined at desks or work tables
are caused by weak stomach, kidneys or
bowels. Parker's Ginger Tonic without
Intoxicating has such a beneticient ac-
ton on these organs and SO cleanses the
poisonous matters from the system, that
rosy cheeks and good health are soon'
brought back again.-.Erpress.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-12-27
HOUSE,
Sun Rive Leavings.

This house lis situated on the Helena and Benton
road. just 4 nise flsy'E drive from Benton, making II
the most conven INT stopping piace On the road. II
II KEPT ii & st-clsiss style, ard has the very best &C
e0nmodatiOns for travellers an tho road.
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O. Helena.

This bank succeeds the old established and well
known Banking House or H.. AL. He'sh1seta q
Bro.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-12-27

presiaent-L. n. HERSKFtELD. 5G+
Hice-President-A. j. DAVIDSON.
Cashiey-AARON HERSHFlEED.
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CarlYle's Horses.

Carlyle told me a story of these two
horses, illustrative of the sense of humor
in animals. can not date it either by
day or year, and therefore give it in a
note. They had q vicious old SOW, who
was the tyrant and the terror of the
farmyard. One day Carlyle was smok-
ing his pipe outside his front door, when
he heard shrieks of rage and agony
combined from the back of the house.
He went around to see what was the
matter. A deep drain had been opened
across the yard, the bottom of which
was stiff clay. Into this by some un-
lucky curiosity the SOW had been tempt
ed to descend, and being there found q
difficulty in getting out. The horses
were loose. The pony saw the oppor-
tunity-the SOW was struggling to ex-
tricate herself. The pony stood over
her, and at each effort cuffed her back
again with stroke of the fore hoof.
The SOW was screaming more from fury
than pain. Larry (the horse) stood by
Watching the performance and smiling
approval, nodding his head every time
that the beast was knocked back into
the clay, with Gas Carlyle declared) the
most obvious and exquisite perception
of the nature of the situation.-Frons
FTosIde's life of Carlyle.
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The Malaria Of Rome.

As long ago as 1906, Madame de
Stael writing of Rome in her "Corinne"
said of its unhealthful climate:
s'There is everything that mingle pur-
ity with pleasure, and promise perfect
happiness; but if you ask why this de-
lightful spot, the villa Borghese is not
inhabited, you will be told that the bad
air prevents its being occupied in sum-
mer. This enemy, each year, beseiges
Rome more and more closely-its most
charming abodes are deserted perforce.
Doubtless the want of trees is one cause /;
and therefore did the ancient Romans
dedicate their woods to goddesses, that
they might be respected by the people,
yet have numberless forests been felled
in our own times. What can now be so
sanct;fied that avarice will forbear its
devastation? This malaria Is the
scourge of Rome, and often threatens
its whole population; yet perhaps, it
adds to the effect produced by the love-
ly gardens to be found within the
boundaries. Its malignant power is be-
trayed by no external sign: you respire
an air that seems pure; the earth is fer
tile; delicious freshness atones in the
evening for the heat of the day (; and all
this is deathI' Every year the testi-
mony of modern travellers confirms the
fact that what was true of Italy Gen.
tury ago is no less true to-day.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-05-24

Shakespeare, Buckle, Comte were delicate
in frame. Descartes and Bacon were al
ways sickly. Heine wrote his best when
in physical agony; Newton and Spinoza
were slight in form and of medium height.
Herbert Spencer's health has always been
precarious; Mrs. Browning was lifelong
invalid: and Goethe and Carlyle confirmed
dyspeptics. Moses and Mohamed stim-
ulated their brains by long fastings."
We can give but mere outline of the
answer to Miss Hardaker, but in conclu-
sion is quoted the testimony of Pres. Ma
gill, for ten years instructor of about 800
students of both sexes: Their is abso-
lutely no difference in the average intel
lectual capacity of the sexes under the
same training and external influences.
The valedictorians of our classes have
been about equally divided between the
sexes, with slight preponderance in fav-
or of the young woman"
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-05-24

A CASE made up to test the constitution
atty of the Pond Liquor Tax Law is now
ON trial at Columbus before the Supreme
Court. Both the friends ana enemies of
this law are waiting the result with equal
solicitude, but while the motives that in
spire one are unselfish and look only TO
the moral and social improvement of the
people, the other can claim no higher pur-
pose than desire to live off the baser ap-
petites of their fellows at the expense of
good order, good morals and the happiness
and comfort of many innocent victims 1t
is every day becoming palmer that the
question of free whiskey is a contest for
supremacy between the forces of evil and
of good, and the success of the right can
only be q question of time. We have new
er been able to anticipate the dawning
of the coming day with such clearness and
certainty and hope as now.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-05-24
FOREIGN GOSSIP.


The little SON of the King of Greece
has been Christened s'Andrew." He is
the only Prince In Europe who besrs
that name. s !
1t Is said Queen Victoria Is rapidly
health Is more infirm than the royal
press of England cares to make known
to the world
Queen Sophie, of Naples, Is as ac-
complished horsewoman as her sister,
the Empress of Austria. She has spent
the winter at Paris in the eccentric pur-
suit of breaking horses and ponies at
the Hippodrome.
The golden rose, which the Pope
blesses on the fourth Sunday of Lent,
and sends IS o mark of especial favor to
some Catholic Princess, was this year
sent to Stephanie of Belgium, bride OF
Rudolf, Prince Imperial of Austria.
The new Lord Wilton promises TO
become the first man in the English
sporting world, Egerton Lodge with its
fine stud of hunters having been left to
him by the late lord, while he has been
left an income of 100000 TO support it
with.
Many of the cedars OF Lebanon have
come to an end through the utter care
lessness which has allowed the destruc-
ton of many historic trees, but they are
in future to have the protection which
has heretofore been wanting. Rustem
Pasha, the Governor of the mountain,i
has inclosed the cedsrs with wall, for
hidden the erection of any huts within
its bounds, and also the kindhng of fires
by tourists, who have made . pionio
ground of the spot.
The ground in the Jura Mountains
Is in state Of movement, as Is shown
by some curious observations pointed
out by NJ. Girardot. Villages that were
invisible to each other at the beginning
of the present century, or even thirty or
forty years ago, are now visible First
the roofs appeared, and then the upper
part of the walls. Such Is the case with
the villages of Doucier and Marigny,
near Laka Chalain. Important changes
have been noted even within ten years.
The result of the great national
steeple-chase at Liverpool, which was
won by Lord Manners, riding himself
his own horse, has created . stir in aris-
tocratic London. The steeple-ohase was
over q course of 1-2 miles, and Lord
Manners, after q severe competition,
brought his horse-Seaman-in first by
short head, winning an amount equal
TO whole years income of the Arch
bishop of Canterbury. Tho enormous
odds of $4,000 to $500 had been
taken.
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Editorial Notes and Clippings.

In the recent matriculaion examina-
ton of the Calcutta University, India
six Bengali ladies were among the sue
cessful candidates.
The Gazette des Femmes says that In
the Art Salon at Nice there is not a
single mediocre picture or statue by
women artists.
NJ. Nimmo Moran with ten other
Americans, was elected member of
the English Society of Psinter-Etchers,
Had they known that she was Mrs. in
stead Of Mr.. Moran she would have
been with characteristic predjudiee re-
jected, but being in by her merits they
had grace enough to let her stay by suf-
ferauce.
Jas. Wick, the Florist and scotsman
at Rochester, N, Y, has died of pnue-
monia. He was playmate of Chas.
Dickens, and learned to set type with
Horace Greeley.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-05-24

The said Charles E. Perkins and Frank Per-
kins, heirs OF Orion Perkins, who was son
of Darius Perkins, and Truman Mead and
Annie Mead and her heirs, If any she have,
will take notice that petition was this day
jled in the Office of the Clerk of the said
Court against them to clear from the title of
certain premises in Huntington Township, in
said county, q cloud thereon.
The said defendants claim to have some
right or title in said premises by virtue of a
conveyance from Allen Taylor prior to 1S40
Said premises are described as follows: Be-
ginning at the center of said Huntington,
thence running easterly along the center of
the East and West center roads to land form
erly owned by Crosby Ryder; thence souther-
ly along the line of said lots to land owned
formerly by Lawton Wadsworth; thence west
erly, psrellel with north line to the center of
the North and South center road; thence
along the center of said road to place of be-
ginning; being part of Tract No. IL.
The said petition will be for hearing at the
present Term of said Court. The defendants
are required to show what title or right to said
premises, If any they have, or be forever bar
red thereto.
May "a, 1882.
METCALF Sc WEBER,
800 Attys for Pitt.
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Garfield Monument.

To the People through the Press.
At the last meeting Of the Society OF the
Army of the Cumberland, 1t was proposed
that under its auspices there should be erect
ed in the city of Washington a statue or mon
ument in memory OF our former comrade,
the late President James Abram Garfield.
With that end in view, committee was ap-
pointed by Lieutenant General P. H. Sheri-
dan, president OF the society, which organized
and proceeded to work, and Il is with much
pleasure that the committee announce that
its efforts have met with such liberal re-
Spouse from all parts OF the country as to
warrant the assurance that the work viii be
consumated.
The question now Is, and to you we sub
NIT 1t, shall the statue be such a one as we
can build with the funds on hand, or viii you
come to our aid in such q manner as to en-
able US to erect a work of art in size, design,
and workmanship in keeping with the glori-
Gus name with which 1t viii forever be assoc
lated, as well as an ornament to our already
magnificent capital city. 1t is proposed that
the work when completed shall be no longer
the property Of the society, but be formally
transferred through their Chief Magistrate
monument of their affection for all time.
We therefore present to you the opportun-
ity to unite with us in the work, and thereby
enable us to make structure in everv re-
spect worthy the name of Americas foremost
people. To that end, we request that on
the 30th instant, a day when all hearts turn
in love and grateful remembrance to the sol
diers of the Republic, and we strew their
graves with flowers, that q feature of that
day shall be the offering and soliciting OF
contributions to the end set forth. But few
can enjoy the privilege of placing flower on
his grave on Decoration Day, put all can contri.
butte the cost of one, and thereby enable us
to stimulate genius and exhaust art in the
endeaYor to plant there q statue that viii
testify to men Of all time the great love the
people bore him.
It Is the desire Of the committee that this
work be general; one in which all the people
can take part without feeling 1t to be a tax;
and it is therefore suggested that no contri
button from any one person on that day shSll
exceed one dollar.
The press and postmasters through out the
country will receive and forward subscrip-
tions; or, If preferable, q committee of citi
zens may take charge of the work under
such plans as they may deem most efiicacious
In either case 1t il desired that q complets
list Of subscribers be kept, as all subscription
lists, as weIl as copies Of papers publishing
the same, are desired for deposit in the cor
ner stone Of the statue, and will be carefully
retained for that purpose.
JAMES BARNETT, Cleveland, o.
J.C. SMITH, Chicago, Ill.
| ANsoN G. McCooK, New york.
| WIN. A. ROBINSON, Pittsburg, Pa.
A. B. UNDERWOOD, Boston, Mas.
JOHN RUHM, Nashville, Tenn.
HENRY NJ. CIsF, Cincinnati, o.
J. G. PARKHURsT, Coldwater, Mich.
II. c. CoRBIs, Asst. Adjt Gen. U. 8. A
Washington, d. c.,
Corresponding Secretary and Treasurer
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CARPETS Rl|lR 3

We invite the attention of
close buyers to our immense
stock of
CARPETINGS-RoyaI Will
tons, Administers, Brussels Tap
estry, 3-plys, Kidderminsters,
1ngrains, etc., etc.
MATTINGS-Au grades of
heavy Office goods, also China
Mattfngs for cottages, etc., in
plain. checked and fancy pat
terms.
RUGS-Smyrna, Berlin, Turk
ish, Persian and India Carpets
and Rugs; also Domestic Rugs
and Mats.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Cluny,
Nottingham, etc.. etc., many
novelties, our own importa-
tiOn, which we can retail at
wholesale prices.
DRAPERIES A complete
stock In all materials of An.
cient and Modern Tapestry
Goods, beautiful Cross-st ripes,
with COrnices, Poles and Trim
mings for same.
We guarantee as close prices
as any house in America, and
solicit a careful examination of
our stock.
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THE decision of the Supreme Court re-
fnsing to grant Guiteau new trial makes
it tolerably certain that he will soon pay
the penalty Of his crime though his law
yer darkly hints that he has other legal re-
sources to which he will resort and that
viii very likely yet save his client. His
talents ought to be given to some more
worthy object The American People are
satisfied that Guiteau is not to much of a
lunatic to hang and will be content only
when his miserable life is ended.
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STERLING & GO,
Carpet and Curtain warerooms,
800 Euclid ave., Cleveland, o.
Dr.. Frazier's Root Bitters.

Frazier's Root Bitters are not q dram-shop
whisky beverage, but are strictly medicinal
in every sense. They act strongly upon the
liver and kidneys, keep the bowels open and
regular, make the weak strong, heal the lungs,
build up the nerves and cleanse the blood
and system OF every impurity.
For Dizziness, Rush of Blood to the Head
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consider your medicine one of the greatest
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We have been requested by the COM
mittee whose call for contributions to the
Garfield monument fund, which it is de-
sired shall be collected on Decoration Day,
to state that we will receive and forward
donations to that fund and publish list
of the names and amounts Anything
handed in at this Office will be properly
accounted for, and we expect Wellington
win, as usual do herself honor