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The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10
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One Of 7he most hopeful signs for Mon.
tanals the rapid increase Of children in the
Territory. This il NOT 10 be attributed so
much to The natural increase Of the Terri
tory, although Montana is certainly a pro-
life country In that respect, as to the fact
tHaC men ara making permanent homes
here and sending Tor their families IN the
East, III 1879 the children of school
aye numbered only 5,885, while lit 1881
tl1c census shows the number TO have i'll
creased TO 6,47a. This WAS AL increase OF
3,U0t III two years, LII the preceding six
ge8fs~fr0n 1878 to I379-tlle total increase
WAS only 1858. MI Edward T adams.
who represents the New York houses
which arc supplying the Territory with
school books, estimates that our children
Of school age are now betweeH ten and
eleven thousand. There could be 10 ber-
Ter or surer sign than this that our popula-
1job '8 becoming permanent and that Mon
faua in destined la tile near future to be-
come a grand commonwealth filled with /
happy homes. This is more evident when |
this territory is conrr4sted with Arizona. |
The latter Territory il filled with splendid
mines, but Is III other respects an arid des-
art. Its population is Increasing, This
but its children are decreasing. This in~
d!catod 4 lack Of pormanancy. Men are
going to Arizona to mine and make fortunes
but not 70 make homes, They are leaving
their families &C their old homes Or sending
-hem abroad. When the mines are worked
2ut the Territory will again become q will
3eEHc9s, God bless the children Of Mon
ana: They are the certain pledge Of our
ofure greatness and tbe best indication
{ our present solid growth.
The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10

By IndiEna from my ranch on Tie Teton, on the
nlghb Of Mag llth, One Dapple Brown Stallion s
years Old, weight 20opounds; LETT hind foot white
khoSVA rs the dohn Hammer horse Of Bitter Root
liberal sum will be paid Tor his return 10 me. Or
70 harris = strong's stables, Eenton.
mayi2If j. GATaREAYrH
The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10
Ss5cs. 10 Sheep y ~ geEB.

want u purchase from 800 ID j 600
sheep IflAt Ais Efee tInfn seab. The ant-
Iaa1s r. t3a aaiivaI.ss. nesk September. Adj
aFess TT. H. PasK.
dhr2N Tort nagInnfs. NJ. 4.
The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10
zsesasbt1can prlnaarv E1ecfto,,s !.

The Republican primary election was
heid lnthe Court House % Saturday even
ing and considering that there was only
one ticket IN the field and consequently not
much interest IN the result. The showing
vas remarkable, and betrayed strength
II fhe party that was a surprise to some at
least. There was some scratching indulg-
ed II " parties who were not satisfied
with ne ticket but i did not effect the re-
suit n The least. There was total CT 112
votes cast, = straight aud Is scratched.
me following are the delegates and
alternates elected to the Republican, County
Convention which rneets III Fort Benton
the a Of September:
The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10

s9tI "a EEHb anM& GFEnK. En-

From the ShonkLn range, one buckskin horse
brand s, f.. left shoulder; white hind foot, white
scfp III lace, scar on left thigh. will pay $40 for
MS recovery or Information that will lead to it,
GEO. .. PATTERSON. sfnnkin
The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10

10 AgEgECES #NG GAEEgzEEs.

The undersigned is q brck-maker Of 95 wears,
experiences years IN Montana. VIII make brick
~ contract, or take charge Of yard and set and
oufn. hest o. references. Apply soon to
MAT. WORMER. belmont NJ r.
The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10

We are ia receipt Of the proceedings Of
fa meeting held i'll the Montana District FOR
the purpose Of building q road to interseet
the road to Benton. Our neighbors at
White Sulphur Springs have cot . road in
Ito the district and Benton ought to give
the citizens Of Niehart some encourage
ment ii their efforts to get i road here. IT
may not be Of such great Importance now,
bur every Indication points to the.conclu-
sion that in the course Of q few years the
Montana District will be the richest min
ing district in tile Territory and Benton
then will want their trade.
The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10

One House and Lot aud Residence on Main
street. Fort Benton. Apply TO
Da. j. W. WHEELOcK.
The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10

we understand that there will pc . meet
ing called this week, Of the gentlemen in
terested III the new graveyard, at the office
of Judge Tsttan. This is a move III the
right direction, as the condition It IL now
ints disgrace 70 any civilized community.
There are probably fifteen bodies buried
there, and I'll some cases the loose earth
over the graves has been dug away either
bY cattle paving over It Or by wolves.
There certainly ought 10 be- some enclosure
around the graves DC the whole ground
should Be fenced. We hope our people
will talze hold OF tllis matter. j visit to
the ground will show how sadly some ac-
tioa III needed.
The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10
Butte Races.

The fall meeting Of the West Side Racing
Association will be held at Butte on Aug
ust 10th, 18th and 18th. All the flyers,
will be there, say. the posters Of the associ-
attons Of which mr.. Lee Mantle is secre-
tarv
The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10
r EssT'AGEs. .
E4sEg SALE DEE EgaeN,He

The Thomas Ranch on the Dearborn will be sold
or rented TO good tenant year with the prIvi-
lege of i've years; good security required. Thg is
Q desirable stand and parties Wishing good loca-
ton anay apply To Il, j. THOMAS Dearborn.
4uvSat6AN3fu
The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10
500. EgE xAEgD.

Lost or stolen from the Shonkin Range last
spring. one span Of iron gray mares, branded hall
circle heart on left shoulder, years Odd. The
aooTe reward Will be paid FOR tfleir return or s26
Tor the return Of either to 9'
- FRANK STRONG
| o65Ff1 Fort Benton, July, 10, 1883.
The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10

ru,. >z>u COUNTY, MoHr AN rERR,rory,4 )
@hol Office Of tha county Clerk. {
VcRT BENTON 1L, IL. July Is, 1882
rron,.at, ulda good and suNRtant ntia1 bridge
and ~ 70 o. " grading the snproaches there
TO- at n fb q ew-snill erosion Of Belt creek
viii be received att zsss e1e5z I -" y s1e ~
troposaIs S5,Is to be- aeoo ,1aie s BY nisns sgeea
cations The plans fu1n u be- ai ss5s,fss tsrs
n61s,s 6I r1aa aaT td p5 m m1eeetea the Baad ~ Goa
mseoners The right * e's any a1o 4la z@os IS
reserved
- mo: ". SAT1s1sh, CLERK
The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10
(jh0tG21 House HIcl2ngo

Laoapitane, FL Elba, and Flor de- ]. H. Mara1es,
FINEST IMPORTED CIGARS.
just received at Chotoau House Exchange.
Aao depot for the exclusive sale Of original Blue
LlcE and Carlsbadder Natural Miner al sraEers
augl1aWEf
The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10
Il Saa fSegT REnTefx

D. 3. MCINTOSH, Chairman.
- WIN. KANE. Secretary.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-01-27
CARLYLE a Mathematician.

Among Carlyle's Edinburgh connec-
tons in those Kirkcaldy days, one
comes to us In a book form. 1t was in
1917 that Professor Leslie, not vet Sir
John Leslie, brought out the third edi-
ton of his Elements of Geometry and
Plane Trigonometry, being au improve
ment and enlargement of the two pre-
vious editions of 1909 and 1911. The
geometrical portion of the volume con-
sists of six books, intended to supersede
the traditional first six books of Euclid,
and containing many propositions not to
be found there. The seventeenth prop
ositiOn of the sixth book is the problem
"To divide a straight line, whether
internally or externally, so that the
rectangie under its segments shall be
equivalent to given rectangle." The
solution, with diagrams, occupies a
page, and there Is an additional page of
" scholium, pointing out in what cir
cumstances the problem Is impossible,
and calling attention to the value of the
proposition in the construction OF
Quadratic equations. SO much for the
text of the proposition at pages 176-177,
but when we turn to the {" Notes and
Illustrations appended to the volume
we find at page $40 this note by Leslie:
L6 bO1uliOu Vi IlllS III l1tA ltui llIOD1tul
now inserted In the text was suggested
to me by Thomas Carlyle, an ingenious
young mathematician, formerly my
pupil But 1 here subjoin likewise the
original construction given of Pappus,
which, though rather more complex,
has yet some peculiar advantages. y
Leslie then proceC DIS to give the solution
of Pappus in about two pages, and to add
about three paeres of further remarks on
the application of the problem to the
construction of quadratics. The mention
of Carlyle by Leslie in this volume OF
1917 is, 1 believe. the first mention OF
Carlyle by name in print, and it was no
small compliment to prefer for text pur-
poses young Carlyle's solution of an inn
portant problem to the old one that had
come down from the famous Greek
geometrician. Evidently Carlyle smathe-
NAUTICAL reputation was still kept up
about the Edinburgh University, and
Leslie was anxious to do his favorite
pupil good turn.-MacmiLLan's.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-01-27
PeriheIion and Aphelion.

The earth reaches her perihellon OF
nearest point to the sun the LIST OF
January She is then three million
miles nearer the sun than when IL aphe-
hon. or her most distant point from the
sun on the 1st Of July. AS the earth
moves in an elliptical orbit, and the sun
is situated IN one of the fOcl OF the
ellipse. she must some times Toe nearer
him than Mt others. Her nearest point
Is called perihehon, from two Greek
words meaning near the sun. Her most
distant point Is called aphelIon, from
two Greeks words meaning from the
sun. Though much nearer 70 the sun
than in July, the increased proximity Is
not even perceived by far the greater
portion of the myriads of human beings
on whom the sun shines. And yet the
three million miles that measures the
earth's increased nearness, IS a distance
of which we can form little conception.
BY measuring the suns diameter from
day to day throughout the year, we have
the means of determining the relative
distances Of the sun from the earth. In
this way the shape OF the earth's orblt
was found out. The earth moves fastest
at periheliou. for the suns attraction Is
then strongest, and the greater his at
traction the faster she moves. This Is
proved by measuring the sun s apparent
movement through the eciptic. Thus,
on the lst of January he moves through
sixty-one minutes Of the ecliptIc, on the
LIST of July, he moves through about
fifty-scven minutes, giving four minutes
Of a degree in increased velocity, which
means countless miles IN the earth S
actual speed.
An interesting question connected with
perihelion is the reason why we do not
have our hottest weather when we are
nearest the sun. 1t is because it occurs
in the northern winter when the suns
rays fall obliquely upon the earth and
give comparatively little heat, though 1t
is probable that the severity of mid
winter is tempered by the benignant in
fuence. The reverse takes place In the
Southern hemisphere, where doubtless,
the occurrence of periheion increases
the midsummer heat. This theory ac-
counts for the fact that in Australia and
Southern Africa the temperature in
winter is higher than in corresponding
ATTITUDES north of the equator. The
earth's perihelion is, therefore, an in
teresting topic for study to those who
would understand the play of some of the
great forces that rule the worlds IN
space. for the same laws control the
movements of the smallest planet and
the largest sun.-PrOUidence Journal
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-01-27
The Law Of Lost Pronertr.

What ought the finder of lost article
to do? Most people will give ready
anSwer. He should do his best 10 dis
cover the owner and restore the lost
property to him. But this standard of
moral duty being imperfectly recognized
by the law, is will be interesting to
review the decisions on this subject.
1. The finder need not take charge of
the lost property. There is no legal
duty on him to do il but If he does
take it into his possession, he then be-
comes depository, and is bound to keep
1t for the owner and restore it to him
when known. How long he must keep
it, or what efforts he should make to find
the owner, have not been laid down.
2. If the finder does not restore the
property upon discovering the owner,
does he commit theft ? This depends on
whether he knew, or had reasonable
means of knowing, who the owner was
at the time of finding. 1t has been held
that the finder of pocketbook, having
the owners name legibly written on 1t,
Is thief if he conceals and Gpproprlates
the money; but if there is nothing to
indicate the owner, he does not become
thief in law by so doing.
B. The owner may ut any time reclaim
his property, and if the finder refuses to
give it up, can recover it or the value of
1t from him. But as against any one but
the owner the finders title is good.
4. When is thing to be considered
as lost? 1t has been said IN several cases
that money or other property laid down
and forgotten is not lost in the legal sense
of the word. The proprietor of the shop
or bank, or place where it is left is the
proper person to take charge OF 1t, and
those who pick up the property have no
right to keep it. On the other hand, 1t
has been held that where a conductor
found money in railway car, whose
owner could not be ascertained, he had
q good title to the money.
3. Is the finder entitled to be paid for
his trouble and expense? He need not
take charge of it, and 1t seems that If he
does so he must look only to the graf
itude and good feeling of the owner fol
reward.
q. What if reward be offered? There
is no doubt that any one who, seeing the
offer, sets to work to find the property
Will, if he succeed, be entitled to the
reward, and may even retain the prop
erty till it be paid. But if he already
has the missing article III his possession
when the reward is offered, or has with
held the property in the expectation
that reward would be offered, the rule
is the opposite.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-01-27
Too Much COmuetitIou.

A delegation of Israelitish merchants
called ON Nose Schaumburg, who keeps
q store on Austin avenue, and requested
him as an Israelite and a friend of hu-
mainly, to contribute something hand
some to a fund they were raising to help
to bring over to Texas some of the perse-
cuted Jews in Russia. Nose listened at
tentively, and then said, that nothing
pleased him so much as to relieve a dis
tressed Israelite, but that charity began
at home, and he was IN favor OF the com
mittee helping out An Austin Israelite
who was a very worthy man, but in
Strengthened circumstances, before doing
ANYTHING for the relief of Jews in Russia.
"Who is that Austin Jew who is suffer-
ing so muchl" asked the chairman of
the delegation.
Nose patted himself on the breast, and
said he was the suffering Israelite.
"Why, Nose, what are you suffering
from ?'
"Too many jews" replied Nose,
"Dere wash too much competition in
pishness. Schentlemens, IL you get up
some scheme to remove apout half OF
| the jews to Russia. so dere wash not SC
much competitions in drade, Will come
down handsome NIT five dollars, so helI
me schimminy gracious"
The COMMITTEES filed solelmnly out into
the street, and Nose will not be AGAR
requested to help bring over any more
lsraelites from Russia.-IeraS Stttn9s
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-01-27
PetticOat Lane.

A Londoner bought in PetticOat Lane,
which is famous for it's tags, rags, and
bob-tails on sale, coat in exchange for
his own, paying in addition several shil-
hngs for the bargain. 5She coat not suit
ing him, he carried it back and ex-
changed it on payment of additional
sh1lhngs for an apparently smoother and
nicer one which fitted him exactly. On
getting home and putting his hand in
the pocket, he drew out pawnbroker' S
ticket. 1t was his own, held against his
watch. The nice new coat was the old
one which he wore there the first time,
and which had been cleaned, pressed,
and sold to him again for about twice
what it was worth.
Another of these tricks-which every
one except those on whom they are
played enjoys so much-was recently
played on a German inn-keeper by a
peddler who sold him an almanac, and
then, on his wife's coming in and her
husbands going out, sold her another
copy. When the husband discovered it
he sent the porter to the railroad station
to tell the peddler he wanted to see him
on business.
ooh, yes, said the peddler. al know,
he wants one of my almanacs, but |
can't miss my train for that You can
give me O quarter and take the almanac
to him." The porter paid the money
and carried third almanac to the inn
keeper.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-01-27

The proverbial william, whether intro
duced to the public in the pages of the
society novel, or, with hating and uncer-
tam strides, challenging attention before
the foOthghts of the stage, only attalns
the zenith of infamy when the brutal
betrayal of trusting heart Is fastened
upon him. In the catalogue of his
crimes there may have been written
arson, burglary and murder, but these
offenses are dwarfed in the more absorb
ing infamy involved III the betrayal of
the trusting heart that was lured by the
subtle influences of fair speech or the
attractive exterior of rich and costly
habit. The female counterpart of the
william is pronounced whimsical, tickle
and understanding, but the poor man
whose heart palpitates IN unison with
her queer humors is regarded as a dolt
for his devotion.
4 story comes from Altoona which
viii serve a good purpose if it directs
attention to the palpable Partially Of
this public sentiment. A young man
resident of that mountain city has been
in the habit Of testifying his devotion to
the idol Of his heart by conducting her
regularly to the door Of the church she
patronized and then waiting the con
clusion of the exercises to escort her
back to her home. These attentions
seemed satisfactory to the lady. But IN
the spirit of reform the City Council
enacted an ordinance making standing
at the church door a misdemeanor char
acterized as " loafing and instructed
the officers of the law TO arrest and com
NIT any offender against the statute. On
the succeeding Sunday night the young
man IN question took his accustomed
station. The minion of municipal
authority warned him away, but, with
an earnestness worthy a better girl he
refused to desert his post. For this he
was arrested, committed and compelled
to spend the night in the calaboose.
Upon his release he hastened to the
side of the charmer for whose sake he
suffered the indignity, but she vowed
the disgrace of his incarceration had
wiped out the love his constancy ought
to have magnifed. Then his aunt, from
whom he expected n rich inheritance,
took a similar view of the affair, and an
nounced her determination to cut him
out of her affections and her will. Thus
| the young man has been completely
crushed by the whimsical maiden upon
whom his affections conferred, unless the
suit against the city-whjch he threatens
to institute-sbould reach a favorable
issue. philadelphia Times.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-01-27
Lively Time on the Railroad.


Some people seem born with a faculty
of raising the ancient masculine Juvenile.
They get folks who are mindlng their
own business and merely want peace and
quiet, into all sorts of scrapes. The fac
ulty Is peculiarly developed IN the COM
mercial tourist usually referred to as a
drummer. He's the man who makes
love to all the pretty servant girls IN the
hotels and gets their notions so high that
they wont notice the porters, and 1t
makes the latter want to "slug" the drum
mers. One of this class of gentlemen
was at an up-country railway station and
discovered, while waiting for train,
wasp's nest. An idea at once struck
him. How he achieved the feat without
getting hurt we don't know. Probably
the wasps were dormant with cold. But
at any rate, he got that nest down and
tied it to the tail of a large yellow dog
that was fooling round the depot The
dog started to run and that so stirred up
the wasps that they sent courier out to
investigate, and as he did so IN manner
so disagreeable TO the dog that he only
ran the harder and made three Wild cir
cults of the depot. The train mean
while came in, and as trains don't stop at
country stations, it was just starting as
the dog came round the third time.
Wild with pain, the dog leaped aboard
the train and plunged into n crowded
car, Just as the brakeman shut the door.
The poor brute got beneath q seat and
tried to curl up. The car was hot and
it wound up the wasps and they came
out and in about half a minute the men
III that seat jumped up so hard they
nearly stove holes in the roof, and the
way they clawed at their legs was call-
ton. Everybody looked. Then others
became interested And the dog started
ON the run through the car. The wasps
went for him and everybody in the car.
A wild scene took place. Men cursed
and clawed wildly. Women got up on
| the seats and danced-and the dog,
which everybody thought to be mad,
/ tore up and down the aisle, bowling.
| The conductor came in, thinking the
| people insane. He promptly joined the
| show. AS the train was flying, folks
| couldn't iumb off No mad-house ever
saw such q scene. There was profanity
CROUCH to sink a ship, and the brakeman
| gazing In at the door said 1t beat any
| thing he ever saw IN a variety show. Fin
! ally the conductor stopped the tram,
| folks got out, aud the car was cleared OF
wasps and dog. But the passengers
! didn't get over it. They were an awful
mad set, and occasionally after they got
started again n man would find stray
wasp in his trousers and rise and yell.
| They talked of suing the railroad, and
if they could have got that drummer his
death would have been frightful. But
he had gone on train the other way
Boston Post.