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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-08-22
Mania for Marking Clothes.


"The most quiet, unobtrusive man
/ ever knew" said Buck Bramel to q
Boomerang man, "was a young fel-
low who went into North park in . an
early day from Salmon river. He
was always reserved and taciturn
among the miners. and never made
any suggestions if he could avoid it.
He was also the most thoughtful man
about other peoples comfort l ever
knew.
Il went into the cabin one day
where he was lying on the bed, and
told him 1 had decided to 60 into
Larimie for a couple of weeks to do
some trading. put my valise down
ON the floor and was going out, when
he asked me if my clothes were
marked. 1 told him that I never
marked my clothes If the washer
woman wanted to put my wardrobe
with that of a female seminary. l
would have b stand it, l suppose.
He thought ought to mark my
clothes before went away, and said
he would attend to it for me. So he
took down his revolver and put three
shots through the valise.
s'After that a GOODNESS sprang up
between us and the warm friendship
that had existed so long was more or
less busted. After that he marked a
mans clothes over in Leadville in the
same way, only the man had them on
at the time. He seemed to have a
mania on that subject. and as they
had no insanity experts at Leadville
in those days, they thought the most
economical way tn examine his brain
would be to hang him and then send
the brain to the Michigan university
in q baking powder can.
$50 they hung him up one night to
the bough of "a signing mountain pine.
The autopsy was. of course. crude.
but they sawed open his head, and
scOoped out the brain with a long
handled spoon and sent it on to the
university, By some mistake or
other it got mixed up with some
sample specimens of ore from the
Brindle Tom Cat discovery, and was
sent to the assayer in New York in
stead of the insanity smelter and re-
finer at Ann Arbor, as was intended.
The result was that the assaver
wrote very touching and grieved
letter to the boys. saying that he was
an old man anyway, and he wished
they would consider his gray hairs
and not try to palm off their old
groceries on him. He might have
made errors in his ASSAYS. perhaps.
all men were more or less liable TO
mistakes, but he fattered himself that
hecould still distinguish between a
piece of blossom rock and a can of de-
composed lobster salad, even If it was
in baking powder can. He hoped
they would not try to be facetious at
his expense any more, but use him
as they would like to be treated them.
selves when they get old and began
to totter down towards the silent
tomb.
THAT is why we never knew to a
dead moral certainty whether he was
@ K. in the upper story or not
By Bill Nye.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-08-22

and went With another circus, and he
tried to make up with the albino girl
and found that she was cOlored boy
whitewashed for the season, his heart
became full and he pinned away and
died. The fate of the skeleton should
be a warning to boys not u starve
themselves down to a shadow, with a
view of becoming skeletons, to travel
with q show.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-08-22

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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-08-22

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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-08-22
NATURAL
Medicinal Water /!

This valuable and wonderful water was first die.
covered to possess medicinal properties by the po
ties who used il. They made mention of their b.
lief to others, who then used the water and thor.
oughily tested il. They also found the water -
possess extraordinary and powerful healing QuaN
ties; and the spread from to another, owe.
came and used Thu water, and many of them found
ranged for publication.
For the benefit of the afflicted We would say, a
the following diseases some have been entirely
cured and others greatly relieved: Granulated
Sore Eyes Ulcers, Diabetes, ScrOfula Indigestion,
Constipation rheumatism, DrOpsy, and affections
of I e Bladder in old persons.
This startling revelation induced the owner =
have the water analy zed. The following IL th0
analysis by JUAN ii. WRIGHT, NJ. ID. Analyt-
zeal Chemist, go Washington Avenue, st. Louis,
No., also, his remarksand opinsn of the same:
CARBONIc ACID,- CHLORIDE MAGNEsIA,
SULPHATE MAGNESIA, CARBONATE LINZ,
90 Iron, MAGNESIAs
IS POTASH Z" IRON,
CHLORIDE SODIUM, SILICA.
ORGANIC MATTER.
81 find the water strongly lmpregnated with the
Magnesia, Iron and Lime Salts. believe il win
prove valuable medicinal water.
For full particulars, address any of the under
signed:
CIV. LEABO, Practicing Physciaa
JAMES s. REAM, Druggist.
&c. HAvELY, Postmaster.
JAS. VAUGHN.
JOHN IRELAND, Village Marshal.
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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-08-22
JOHN MILLER.
DRUGGISTS SELL IT.

Laboratory, n Yves, ok. St., N. Y. City.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-06-21
The Moccasin Mountain Plaeers.

Probably some of the best paying
placer mines now being worked in Mon
tana are the once owned by the Buchan-
an Bros, In the Moecasin mountains,
ten miles northwest of Maiden. The
Buchanan brothers were among the
early prospectors of Yogo gulch, and in
the ''petering out" of that camp drifted
into the Maginnis country. They have
claims in two guIches running in from
the Moccasins, namely, in Iron and
Plum gulches. They have a little over
forty inches Of water in Iron gulch,
which will run about six weeks longer,
and in one week two men took out 1857,
~shoveling in; pretty good wages. In
Plum gulea, which prospects still better
than the other, they have at least 100
inches cf water, and the season will last
at least three months. The ground var
les from three inches to a foot and u half
III depth to bedrock, and pays from the
top, the gold being mostly coarse. They
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-06-21
What Willard Says.

President Willard, of the Northern
Pacific railroad, together with q party
of we'll known capitalists, made s. trip
last week to the end of the track, and
on his return to st. Paul was interviewed
by q reporter of the Poneer-P Press. The
following Is an excerpt from his state
ment Of what was seen: "The very
substantial bridge over the Big Horn
river will be completed in ten days, and
the tunnel through Big Horn mountains
just beyond the stream will be ready for
use at the close of this WeeE. Grading
is done a distance OF III miles west of
the Big Horn, leaving onlysix miles to
finish in order to reach Berson's Land
ing, the proposed terminus of the Vel
lowstone division. The Wofk is pushed
on rapidly by Mr. Herman Clark, who
has 5000 men at work and2, 2OO mules.
Mr.. Willard expresses hinlsdf as greatly
pleased with the progress of the road
and the general development of the
country. Wheat crops alag the line
were never in q more promising condl-
ton. and there has been wonderful
growth in the towns and villages during
the last year. Immigrationto the great
Northwest was never befre SO great.
Hundreds of farms are bling opened
with the new branches ofIhe railroad,
which will contribute to is earnings.
The gentlemen We're grealy surprised
at what they learned Of he town Of
Billings which is now ,seenty miles
from the railroad track, buI which will
be reached by the cars earlyhext month.
From q careful census talRl on the Sd
inst. it was found that theewas q popu-
lation Of 400 living in tf eighty-seven
houses and tents, the geat difficulty
now being in a lack Of hiding III; ter
ial. This is a remarkable instance of
rapid growth, a place which only five
weeks ago was q primeva solitude.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-06-21
RIPPLES.


The Wyoming, mate Of the Dacotah,
passed Bismarck ON the 9th, at noon.
The Helena, Of the Benton "P' line,
arrived at Bismarck on the 18th inst. and
leaves for Benton tomorrow.
The Red Cloud made the trip TO Bis
morck in three days, and is again on her
way to the head of navigation.
The boats have made twenty-three
trips up this year, and the agents OF the
different lines estimate that there has g.
ready been more freight laid down on
our Ievees than the boats brought TO
Benton last wear. This is a good show
ing, with half the season yet to go on.
The amount Of freight brought to Ben
ton this year will greatly exceed that OF
any previous year.
The Josephine departed on her third
Benton trip Of the season last evening.
No other craft has turned the stake
three times on the upper river this year
She was freighted with 260 tons. Her
cabin passengers number fifty-fve, and
on deck she had a whole army of Rus
sian Jewish refugees, who go to the
| Painted Woods district, about twenty
| five miles above Bismarck, where they
will establish q colony and tear up the
| ground for next years crop.-Risna0rch
Tribune 9Th inst.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-06-21
The Last Day.


The closing exercises of the public
schools Friday were Of a very inter-
esting character, showing decided prog
ress on the part of the pupils. All ac-
Quilted themselves creditably and elicit
ed due appreciation from the visitors.
At the close of the exercises appropriate
remarks were made by Prof. Clingan,
Prof. Howey and Mr.. L. =. Collins, the
latter W gentlemen expressing their
hearty appreciation of the good work
done during the school year just closed.
It can be justly claimed that Benton has
had d Of the best schools IN the terri
tory the past year, and we hope that ~
the future the trustees and friends OF ca
u~cation will lose none OF their zeal IN
the gcod cause. We would ike TO see
Mr.. Clinran duly nstalled next year as
principal of the Benton grated school,
with two or three assistants.
- - hirh a. II
The river is nearly twice as nlgi Do ~
was this time last year. Then lt was 8
inches above loW-water marx now u =
70 inches and still rising.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-06-21
%~ -
Barker.

4 gentlemen just in bm Barker in
forms us that everyfhings lively in the
gu,ch. Prof. Foss is bilding an inn
mense coal house, and tire is work for
all-and more men neted. The bust
ness men are charging heir establish
ments, adding new stofs, etc, IN anti
cipation Of the coming bm. Work on
the Wright & Edwardscontinues, and
the mine is showing liter than ever.
It is the general opium III the gulch
that The era OF prosperitfor Barker has
just dawned. Such arerrtainlY the in
dications.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-06-21
THE RIVER PRESS.

began opening this ground last July,
n are working steadily on them this
summer. They have over sixty acres of
this ground-enough TO last more than 9
LIFETIME. The boys will yet make a
stake, and as there are no more faithful
rustlers in the country than the Buchan-
al brothers, we think they well deserve
the success which is evidently coming.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-06-21
RIVER NEWS-
Arrival of the Benton

The steamer Benton, of the Benton
'tP' line, arrived at Benton last Nednes-
at 8 D. m, with a full cargo Of freight
and a goodly number OF passen 5ers.
She occupied thirteen days in the run
from Bismarck TO this point. Tom
Townsend is in command, with George
Kennedy in the office. Following is
the list Of passengers and manlfest:
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-02-16
Bring Your Heart into the Family
Circle.

We sometimes meet with men who
seem to-think that auy indulgence
in an atfectionate feeling is weset d
ness. They will return hon jouI :
ney and greet their families with o
distant dignity, and move among
their children with the cold aud lofty
splendor ofan iceberg, surrounded
by its broken fragments. There is
hardly a more unnatural sight on
earth than one of those families
without heart. A father had bet
ter extinguish a boys eyes than to
take away his heart. Who that has
experienced the Joys of friendship,
and values of sympathy and affec-
tion, would not rather lose all that
is beautiful in Natures scenery than
be robbed of the hidden treasure of
his heart? Cherish, then, your
hearts best affections. Indulge in
the warm and gushing emotions of
filial, parental and fraternal love.
Think it not weakness. God is
love. Love God, everybody, and
everything that is lovely. Teach
your children to love; to love the
rose-the robin; to love their pa
rents; to love their God. Let it be
the studied object of their domestic
culture to give them warm hearts
ardent affections. Bind your,whole
family together by these strong
cords. You cannot make them too
strong. Religion is love. Love to
God, love to man.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-02-16
Attention.

Sir Isaac Newton said: The only
difference between myself and other
people consists chiefly in the habit
| have acquired of more completely
concentrating my attention and
holding it longer on a subject than
most men. Because / have acquir-
ed the power of intense and prolong-
ed attention, l am able to accom-
plish what others fail to do.
Dickens said: The only serylcea-
BILE, safe, certain. remunerative, and
attainable quality of study is the
power of attention. Whatever I
have tried to do IN life, / have tried
with all my heart to do well. WHIST
ever have devoted myself to / with /
devoted myself comhletely. Thisic
now find to have been my golden
RUE.
Napoleon said: The mind is like q
chest with many drawers, when one
is open all the rest should be clos
ed. l am able to dispatch mar
velous amount ofwork, because with
all the powers of my mind / attend
TO one thing at time. When l
have finished the work in one draw
er, close it and open another.
When l have finished and closed
all, can rest, l can sleep at once,
even on the battle field.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-02-16
Declined the Relationship.

The man who travels on the rail
r, al and sits down by the side Of
lone females while laboring under
the impression that he recog.
nizes likeness in their faces to his
wife's aunt's cousin, met his match
on one Of the roads in this vicinity
lately. He sat down in the half oil
a seat the other half of which was
occupied by pleasant-faeed young
lady. His first question was:
Pardon me, Miss, but is you1
name James? ! have a cousin O
that name, whom you greatly resem
ble.'
No. SIR was the reply, my nam,
is not james. But, pardon me, i,
your name Zinc or Copper
Zinc or Copper? No, ma'am,
said the astonished man. .Wha
lead you to suppose / had sucl
lnamesY
Excuse me, was the quiet reply
but / thought certain you must b,
first cousin to a brass foundry.
The man fell over two seats anl
kicked q hird-cage half way dowI
1.-The car in his haste to get int
the smoker, while the young lad,
tsmiled q gentle smile behind he
handkerchief. It was proof o
the old adage that 4 witty answe
Iturneth away bores.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-02-16
Facts About Suicide.

Professor Morselli has written o
work published by the Appletons,
treating of suicide analytically and
'synthetically. He has endeavored
to discover. the cause of suicide,
and has collected statistics showing
the correlation between the increase
of suicide and various natural phe-
nomena.
Suicide has been more frequent
in Saxony than in any other part of
Europe, amounting to nearly three
per cent, or exactly .029S in the
hundred, while in Italy and the
Southern provinces the percentage
did not amount to one-tenth of that.
Italy, Spain and Portugal give the
minimum proportions, while the
maximum of suicides is reached in
the North. AS Professor Morselli
puts it. "from the north east of
France to the eastern borders of
Germany a sucidgenous area exists
where suicide reaches its maximum
of intensity" June is the favorite
month for suicides. and December
is the most unfavorable. Monday
is the most favorable day-for the
reason it is supposed, that there are
many workmen who get drunk on
their Saturday wages, and feel a
loathing to begin work after their
Sunday debauch.
Women commit suicide more fire.
quently after marriage than before,
while 1t is the reverse with men.
Among the sects the average is
1927 per million among the Protes
|tants, 63.3 among the Catholics,
1854 among the Jews.
City life favors suicide, while
country like has a contrary effect.
The conclusions to be drawn from
these facts uniformly show that a
life of excitement and expenditure
of nervous force tends so diminish
individual. happiness, and conse-
Iquently increase the suicidal mania
The married woman. for instance
having new conditions imposed up
on her, by virtue of marriage with
a man, as is generally the case (who
has sought matrimony as rest
from life of licen,iousncss?) is far
more apt to commit suicide than
her husband. One lecturer went as
far as to even assert in ali probable
lity that each of his hearers had sc
riously, at ole time or another, med.
itated suicide.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-02-16
Forgive us Our Tresspasses.

A story is told of a certain noble
man of Alexandria, who complain
ed bitterly to the bishop ofthat city
of his enemies. While in the midst
OF Lii tale tie ball sounded for pray
ers, and the bishop and nobleman
dropped on their knees-the former
leading in the Lords prayer, and
the latter leaving for the time his
story untold. When the bishop
came to the petition, "Forgive us
our tresspasses." he stopped sud-
denly, leaving the other to go alone.
The nobleman attempted to contin-
ue, but, startled by the sound of his
own unaccomplished voice, and re-
called by his companions silence to
the significance Of the petition,
ceased praying, and rose from his
knees a hopeless man until he after.
wards found hope in better dispo.
sition toward mis- neighbor. 1t is an
easy thing to say; it is diff ealt te
say it sometimes understandingk,
II We stop at this petition whep W.
are repeating the Lords prayer un.
| til we have taken In the idea of it
how maly of us will 90 on?
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-02-16

A pleasantly attributed to M
Theirs: .When was very young
II was so little--so littletliat /
needed q pole to knock down thu
strawberries.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-02-16
slisreAanv.
How Garfield Studied.

Some facts have just come to oul
knowledge about Mr.. Garfield whicl
are of historical interest. In 1861
he was chosen to the Ohio Senate
but not to take his seat until Janu
ary /, 1861. The secession o.
South Carolina in December, 1860
convinced him that there would bt
a civil war of unusual duration and
vigor. He resolved to enter the
army when the time came. At CO.
iumbus there was Federal arsenal
nomina!ly garrisoned by two oil
three officers, a sergeant and a file
of foot. He procured from one oi
the officers 4 complete list of the
West Point text books, bought
them, and mastered them between
January l, 1861, and July l, 1861,
when he entered the army, and hir-
ed the sergeant to drill him two
nights each week in the saber, mus
ket, bayonet, and drill exercises.
He was made a West Pointer and q
soldier in all requirements by this
method in seven months, besides
attending to all his Senatorial du-
ties at the same time. Both Buell.
and Rosencrans, On these accounts,
put him ahead at once, and he JUS
titled their confidence by his efficien-
ey. In 1868, when he entered Con-
gress. he was put on the Banking
and Currency Committee, and found
he knew nothing Of finance. SO,
having acquired German at Will
liams, he set to work and mastered
q reading knowledge of French,
with which he learned from original
sources the details of the John Law
experiments in fiatism and imitation.
This grounded him in his hard
money views forever. He rose al
wayssss..sst seven, and occupied the
haF'hour which he gave to bathing
and dressing with translating daily
ten lines of some classic in dead,
and ten lines of some classic in
modern language. He alternated
French and Latin with German and
Greek in this way, and got up over
5000 lines of. them each year. Be
tween halfpast seven and eight he
always read some English book of
which he wanted the information.
At eight he breakfasted, and punct-
dated his meal with the newspapers
and the mail. His aim was, after
he retired from the Presidency, to
found a Western College equal to
Yale rsHarvard at Cleveland, and
die a universal President, going
out at the same hole at which he
went in. These facts, OF which the
correctness can be trusted, throw a
light on the manaas a scholar, with
which no divided opinion of him as
a politician will interfere"
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-02-16

The average life Of circus actor
is forty years. The average life Of a
circus joke is $50 years. The latter
is worked almost to death" every
year, too.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-02-16

Life is not so. short but there is
always time enough for courtesy.
Selfcommandi is the main elegance.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-02-16

Circumstances are beyond the
control Of man, but his conduct i
lin his own power,
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-02-16

When cheeks are faded, and eyes
are dim, is it sad OF pleasant, won.
der, for the woman who is a beauty
no more, to recall the period of her
.bloom2 When the heart is wither-
ed, do the old love to remember how
it once was fresh and beat with
warm emotions? When the spirits
are languid and weary, do we like
to think how bright they were in
other days, the hope how buoyant,
the sympathies how ready, the en-
joyment of life how keen and eager
So they fall-the buds Of prime, the
roses Of beauty, the forid harvests
of summer--fall and wither, and the
naked branches shiver in the win
ter?
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-02-16

Ambitious man: is there any
flxed rule for writing poetryr There
lis! Don't!
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-02-16

An election, Like ! circus, Is gen
orally carried on under . canvass.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-02-16
BRoOKHAvEN. MISS. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 16, 1882.
1iferazu.
Rowing Against tine Tide.


Rowing Against the Tide.
1t is easy to glide with the ripples
Adown the stream of time,
TO flow with the course Of the river,
Like music to some old rhyme;
But ah ! it takes courage and patience
Against the current to ride:
And we must have strength from heaven
When rowing against the tide.
We may float on the rivers surface
While our oars scarce touch the stream
And visisns Of early glory
On our dazzling sight may CLEAN,
We forget that on before us
The dashing torrents roar,
And, while we are idly dreaming,
Its waters will carry her DER.
But few-ah, would there were many!
Row ny the stream of life;
They struggle against its sutges,
And mind neither toll nor strife,
Though weary and faint with labor,
Singing, triumphant, they ride;
For Christ Is the hero's Captain
When r;1sag aee;ast the tide.
1 Far j. .i,.Jl!l &. e :sace.
Like mist on 3 disi s.lst shore,
They zee the wallis Of . city;
With its banner floating DER,
Sehn through glass 50 darkiy
They almost mistake their way;
But faith throws light on their harbor,
When darkness shuts out their day.
And shall we be one of that number
Who mind no toll nor pain?
Shall We mourn the loss of earthly joys
When we have crown to gasn?
Or shnll we glide on with the river,
With death at the end of our ride,
While our brother, with heaven before hin
Is rowing against the tide?