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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-12-20
Freezing and Frozen Plants.

Those who have window plants a.
not always keep the temperature Of the
room sufficiently high at night to make
sure that no harm will come to them by
frost. When it is feared that they may
freeze, it will be we'll to them at
night, either with q sheet or with news
papers. which are quite as good. 1t is
not difficult to arrange a covering by the
use Of strings and sticks to hold the pa
pers up above the plants. A canopy OF
this kind will prevent the radiation of
heat from the pots and the plants, and
be of great service. In a collection of
plants, some will be much more severely
injured by freezing than others, but
nearly all, If not too much exposed, will
soon recover, unless suddenly warned.
When the plants are found to be froz-
en-, make the change to a higher tenn
perature very gradual. Remove them
to a room where the air is but q few de-
grees above freezing, or il this cannot be
done, warm up the room where they
are, but very gradually. In moving
plants, it must be done with great care,
as in their frozen state they may be
readily injured. Sometimes the newer
shoots will fail to recover, while the
leaves of the older wood wi resume
their natural condition. When this oc-
ours all those parts that fail to recover
should be reIaoved-cutting back with
a sharp knife to a sound portion of the
stem.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-12-20
Undeyeloped Mines.

Hon. Horatio G.. Burchard, in his
mint report for 1881, names 1856 mines
in the States and Territories. Humid
reds, if not thousands, Of other locations
have been made, upon which little or
10 development WORK has been done.
Those named have given promise of
richness, but only a few of them, COM
paratively, have been sufficiently devel-
oped to prove their real value. The
great majority of those named are really
''undeveloped" in the true sense Mon
ey and management are the requisites
necessary to make bonanzas of many OF
them; and money and management will
soon insure the abandonment of many
others, because their value is on the sur
face-their beauty is only skin deep.
Then these mineral locations-what of
them? The Tilted lady consoles herself
with the truism that there are as good
fish in the sea as ever were caught from
it. The Industrial ReUieW adopts her
theory, for it is genuine gospel. But she
must array herself in beautiful and cost
" garments before she again goes fish
ing. So must money and energy be
spent t. produce another Comstock.
There is no luck about it. 1t is q ques-
ton of energy, industry, and liberality.
The riches are there, and there will re-
main until dug out. One man cannot
open a mine. There must be combina-
ton, economy, energy-management.
With these ut the fore, the long list OF
undeveloped mining properties will
gradually diminish, and the list OF di-
vidend-paying mines increase. Unde-
veloped mines are as Improbable as q
railroad without rolling stock. Neither
aver pay dividends.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-12-20
Undeserved Censure.

The late Col. George Clendenin pos
sessed more pluck and goa~healivenes-
than any man that has yet had charge
of the Barker Mining and Smelling
works. One year ago, Notwithstanding
everything az buried up in snow, the
work of saving and getting out lumber
and erecting the works went rapidly on.
This year, although there has been no
snow or cold weather to interfere, the
works are shut down to remain SO until
spring.-Husbandnann.
It is not true that the works have been
shut down. The company is roasting
ore continuously, both at the smeIter and
on log heaps, and will be ready for a big
run OF bullion in February or earlier.
They closed down ON some proposed inn
provements because it was supposed to
be too late to get needed machinery
through. The RIVER PRESS believes
there is 10 lack of enterprise in the pres
ent management, and that they will
mike Barker boom in the spring.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-12-20
Completion Of the Northern Pacific.

Contractor Dunn, when in Missoula,
was sought for railroad news, and his
opinion asked as to when he thought the
Northern Pacific would be completed.
lie said he could see no reason why the
road might not be opened by the first OF
August, reasoning in this way: This year
the company has laid nearly $50 miles of
track, leaving a gap of only 325 miles to
be closed up. Greater obstacles Were
overcome tn $ year than will be met with
next, as the building of several long
bridges over Clark's Fork, and the diff
cult work on the Yellowstone river. A
temporary track will be laid over the
Bozeman tunnel, making little or no de-
lay there, and the rest of the work will
be comparatively easy. With the c os-
ing Of the gap the forces will be concen-
trated, and the company will hurry the
work a. much as possible. Evidently
with good luck Duluth and the Pacific
will be united by August 1st.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-12-20
I'll kIV ( pRiSS.

stick, to about eighteen feet from the
bottom, and he comnelled a dog to go
down to the plain. In five seconds the
animal fell on its side nlotionless, al
though it continued to breath for fifteen
minutes. Another dog died in ten min
utes; and a fowl only resisted the deadly
air for a minute and a half. and was
dead before it reached the bottom. 1t
is believed that the human skeletons are
those of malefactors who hav sought
refuge here, ignorant of the fatal IN
fuence of the air they came to breathe.
The n%eighboring mountains are volcanic
but they neither emit sulphurous odors,
nor do they present any indications OF
recent eruption.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-12-20
A Faithful Officer.

We car heartily indorse every word of
the following from the Herald: sSher-
1T Charles L. RAIDER, of Meagher, who
is among those to relinquish the seals OF
office on Monday next, retires from pub
lie life with an excellent record. In the
capacity Of sheriff and ex-officio Asses
sor he has efficiently served the people
of his county for four years, and has
richly earned the commendation well
done, good aud faithful servant Dur
ing his term OF office he has contributed
as much as any man to advance the in
terests and elevate the credit OF Meagher
county, and its condition financially is
now scarcely second to any county in
the Territory. His first assessment in
1878 of 1854 600 has each year been ma
terially increased, his final listing OF
property in 1882, reaching $2,6Sl 900. AS
sheriff his duties have been not less cap
ably discharged, his con ii uents, with
out respect to party, ascri5i e to his adj
m%inistration a zeal and effectiveness
equal to that + any like officer else
where. There is need at all times for
men Of the caliher and kind of Capt.
RAIDER, and without doubt the future
will again find him called upon to serve
the people OF his county"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-12-20
The Valley of Death.

A valley surprising in reality Of hor-
rors the tabled region of the upas-tree
has been discovered in the Island of
Java. This island is volcanic, and in
one spot the emanations from the inter-
Tor of the earth are SO deadly that the
place is called the Valley of Death. AS
the traveller approaches it he is attacked
by ause and giddiness. He also no
tees a suffocating smell. AS he adj
vances these symptoms disappear, SO
that after passing through the belt OF
fetid air which guards he valley, the
visitor is able to examine with less risk
the spectacle before him. A recent tLav-
eler describes the valley as being an
oval, about one mile in circumference.
and rom thirty to forty feet below the
level of the surrounding land. The fioor
of the valley is flat, dry without any
vegetation; and scattered all over il ale
the skeletons of men; tigers, wild boars.
birds and stays, lying among large
blocks of stone No steam or smoke il
to be seen, no il any crevice apparent
in the earth, which appears to be rs
hard as rock. The hills which hem in
this VALLEY Of Desol ton are clothed
fir III base to summit win healthy trees
and bushes. The traveller whom we
have already quoted descended the side
of one hill, with the aid of q bamboo
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-12-20
Don't Monkey With the Editor

Since the shooting Of the mar Stay
back by the St. Louis editor, and the
famous shooting affair in Washington
last spring, it is said that a sign will be
put up to every newspaper sanctum in
the country something as follows:
Don't monkey with the Edit +: He is
loaded 1t is a very good idea, and
will lessen the mortality of the country
considerably. It is 50 long since All ed
tor hi led anyone that the people have
become reckless, and they fool around
an editor the same as they would around
the cage of an old lion in the circus.
who is old and whose teeth are all gone.
Me- have been known to s y frequently
the same as Mr.. Siayback is credited
with saying, oh, the deuce, the editor
IS not 50 dangerous; Id just 90 up and
sllash him one III the jaw, for luck,i'
and ten chances to one ii they attempt
it they get left. Editors are loaded, and
don't you forget it.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-12-20
S~trayeC-~BtO Reward

strayed or sto,en. from the Benton range. a tuo
year-old fl y. a bay, heavy name AMI tail. botb Nv NV
ct ear freq n If. no brand. Five dol ar r var u
be laid for Information AZ to her whereab, MS VII vi
ten dollars for her recovery. GEO. nj. KOBRIv""no
E49-1 mo D.,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-12-20
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New Officers.

New Officers.
At a regular meeting of Benton Lodge
No. %, A. f. and A. NJ, the following
officers were elected for the ensuing year:
w. M.-Rufus Payne.
S. W.-James Werrick.
J. VS.. L. Kelly.
Treas.-O. W. Kelly.
Sec'y.-G. w. Crane.
S. Dill. 2. Role.
J. D.-Samuel Kohlberg.
s. Sd. Hezekiah.
j. S.-N. McIntire.
Chaplain-S. G. Blackiston.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-12-20
$40 Reward

Straved from Benton last fall, a brown borso
"a h Dds high, long bodi d, no brands ons a nMnht
hind foot, some Willie in face. The ahovn "hte
will he paid tor hir return to the u dersiono1 .eWard
RIVER PaE-s office. I u FFrV a Inc
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-12-20
Taken Up.

One brown horse. branded with g heart. half c;.,,.
shove n d q he ov, on lefs should r nd q hn ~ o n
kalf ciiclet n left high. The owner can ! err. WIN W.
by pro.ing pr p TT, aud pay NC TO- this n tice. '""i0
JAo. j. CAMPBELL.
Nov. 1a, 1882. ora 1ro,.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-12-20
Heavy Tax Payers.

The following is a list Of the citizens
of Lewis and Clarke county who pay
upwards of $500 taxi
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-12-20

Married but six weeks and in tears!''
exclaimed q friend OF 4 weeping bride.
Yes, the first cruel shadow has fallen
athwart our pathway. It IS settled at
last; either | must give up eating taffy
or George must cut off his mustache.u
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-12-20
Taken Up.

tol, Oh The irI Isl q eta az. one ylay hs rrr. ahont
nj e year, Id, 4lss> ey' o, right r de. about IA h "V da
hith, lla', Re OF ] # t'te. Y 81. lctt lin Az IT,
leit hip. ho1 al round. 1ht owner can e cpra ,hn
eame b, pr vng p opesty and pay ing cha gee 0
JOHN n. s. IFEYF
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-12-20
Taken Up.

The undersigned has TAXI u up at his farm on Sun
River II Z following tpscrib' d animal TO viii A ilsek
horse. bo'h bind feet , hitr. st r i the forehead.
bra, dec A on he left shoulder. The owner al ma curp
same by proving property and paying charges.
II i tHpN
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-12-20
Strayed.

T ON Pei Butte rarge Belt creek. In N ovember q
light cream co or d ma e, b anGed TIT Il. ~ On
left shoulder. liberal rev ard will he given for In.
70! matloA leadii 2 TO the Whereabouts of eaid mare
Address, "a o ALLEN
Cora creek, IN Barker ad. NJ "
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-12-20
Strayed.

From nv place on Box FL err Creek, q hncksEi,
korse, ba X name nd { il 10 brands. me hind tontt
whit son Z sad lie marks. A literal ewar win be
a~iventor information ltaoing to the Whereabouts ~
saiu hose. Address
ROBERT BLANkENBAKER, BENTON
, 1882-12-15

hhhSr HACKlNG COUGH can be quickly cured
i.,,jnD,nn,!.O jnn,.Ow W. Cure. We guarantee It. Sold by
, 1882-12-15

SULTANA SeedleSs Puisins-Real i'm
ported. MuscdteL Layer Raisins Il, Is,
and full boxes.-New crop Persian
Dates, Fresh Figs and Dried Fruits OF
all kinds. Also Nelr cider manufacture
ed by ourselves from selected apples at
PLUMMER & TERRY,s.
, 1882-12-15
American Shin SlTIlatr1,

From san francisco, bound to sydney, N.s.w.
Neither the Captain nor the undersigned
agents OF the above named vessel will be re-
sponSible for any debts contracted by officers
or crew. NJ. OLSEN, Master.
RUTHsCH1LD & Co., Agents.
Port Townsend, Oct. lS'2.
, 1882-12-15

MUs1c.-Latest pieces of popular
music, just received at Waterman II Katz.'
Any one desiring to order through us
can be supplied at San Francisco prices.
, 1882-12-15

AN exchange learns that the immedi-
cause Of the death of the late s. L. Mas
tick was typhoid fever, and that
he was born in Cleveland Ohio,
IN 1926, crossed the plains in 1852, en-
gagged in mining q short time and en-
tered the numbering business soon after.
MIR. Mastick, lived to see the saw mill
business which he started Mt Port Dis
eoyery grow to enormous proportions.
, 1882-12-15
Vessels Consigned to
ROTHSCHILD u co.
British Rk. Star of Peace.

FROM MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIt.
NEITHER the CAPTAIN nor the undersigned
Agents, will be responsible for debts contrac-
ted by the officers or crew or the above named
vessel; ii B FRANCIS, Master.
ROTIISCHILD & CO., agents.
Port Townsend, Dec. 4, 1857.
, 1882-12-15

WILL YOU SUFFER with Dyspepsia and Liver
Compalntt ShilohS Nitalizer is guaranteed to
| you. Sold by Latimer ,S Co.
, 1882-12-15
Honduras bark ChiCalaVO.

T IUTH sNFWVN0IIV va TIUIIWTUTWs
Neither the Captain nor the undersigned agents
Of the above named vessel will be responsible fol
debts contracted by the OH GERS or crew.
GIULlo BOLLO. Master.
RoTuscuuD & Co., Agents.
Port Townsend, Dec. q, loSs.
Capt. Thos. Orlano has been superseded by
Capt. Giulio BOllo in command OF the above
named vessel.
, 1882-12-15
1lOISN.

~ Irond1le Dec. llth, to the wife Of II. L.
! blan hard, q son.
, 1882-12-15
British Bark LOYOla,

From Liverpool via Wilmington.
Neither the Captain nor the undersig 1ed
agents or HE above named vessel will be re-
spOnsible for debts contracted Ivy the officers
or crew. a. Il. CARRUTHERS Master
ROrHSCHILD 4 co. Agents,
Port Townsend, Oct. 30, lss2.
Nebraska advertiser., 1882-05-18
FACTS AND FIGURES.

We remind the mqn who complains
OF lack of interesting reading that
there are published m this country, apart
from books, 1851 periodicals. Chris
tan Union.
The only railroad in Yucatan, Mex
leo, charges ten cents per ton per milo
for carrying freight and is said TO be
earning about fifty per cent. per annum
on its entire cost.
American shoe manufacturers can
thank their lucky sta IS that they are not
doing business in Span Within the
past year the tax on the shoe trade OF
that country has been increased 800 per
cent.
Los Angeles County. California,
produced last year 2,1lS,500 gallons OF
wine, and 2S2, 800 of brandy. AS it
takes five gallons of wine to make gal
Ion OF brandy, the total wine production
would be 1929, $50. - Chicago Times.
Pure alcohol is now prescribed by
many physicians in pro erence To whis-
ky, wine, beer, etc. To use standard
alcohol is believed to insure IN accuracy
of treatment which cannot be had with
articles which contain the spirit in UNI
CcTluln tlubnlllltS' ~ ~ NhpuNhV IN
portant not to disguise tho taste of the
alcohol in any way, in order that the
patient may feel that he is taking 1t as
medicine and not as a beverage. N Y.
San
The spring clip of California wool
is now coming forward quito freely, and
large business is anticipated. Tho
! product for the last twelve years is Civ
/ en- at 466, 906, zoo pounds, showing o
value of $50, S61, 700. The largest prod
uct was in 1876, aggregating 90, 55O,O 900
pounds. Two years later it was only
! Al, 4O2,000 1t was then 46,O0O 600
pounds for two years, and last year it
was 43, 900, 900 pounds.
The recent census of Canada shows
the nativity of its population rs follows:
Born in Ontario, 1,467, 98S; in Quebec,
1927, S09; in Nova Scotia, 42O,OS8 in
New Brunswick, 2SS, 265; in Prince Ed
ward Island, 10l ,0i7; in the territories,
SO, 430; in British Columbia, 32,276; in
: Manitoba, 500. The total Canadian
born is thus shown to be 3, 7l5, 1872. The
foreign born number 609,3lS, including
1876, $40 from ireland, 169,504 from
England and Wales, and l45, 162 from
Scotland. The United States is cred
tied with 1888, and Germany with
20, 1913. ....
Nebraska advertiser., 1882-05-18
MUSING.

] think some time grown old, shall retrace,
In my sad thought these days that are 80
feet,
As an 81 man will stay his lettering feet,
And, wtstful, gaze upon glad young face
That passes him upon the crowded street
j shall review the record of these years
As one VIII hni5 "a vO ume long unread,
Ger VIII oh he used N bend his boyish head,
And turns it, well-worn pages DER with tears,
Finding shadow of his youth long dead.
o happy Youth we fain would keep thy
prime
OF light and Joy and careless laughter free,
Yet all too soon we lose our grasp of thee:
We speed wing-footed through our summer
time
Like Hermes through the folds Of Already.
This bodng thought comes on us unaware,
Through all the mirth with which our days
are + te; -
Thy soft-curlcd leaves shall surely fall, o fair
red rose of hfel
-TrdpeleT's Record.
Nebraska advertiser., 1882-05-18
WIT AND WISDOM.

The Yonkcrs IN. ~ Statesman
discusses "Women as Wives" The
idea seems very feasible. -NorrtSto'Cn
Herdld.
The song, Bring Mo the Pare
poric, Babv's Cross" is having great
run in the royal family of England
~ Y. Commercial
--Vassar girls eat milk with potatoes.
If this valuable information doesn't in
terest you, nothing but an attack OF
delirium tremens would. Boston Post.
Chicago girls have discovered, it is
said. that by Keeping five or six beans
in the mouth the voice is given an
aristocratic family accent. "--BoSton
advertiser.
49," And now,n shouts an excited eX-
change, "where shall we look for in-
dependenceP' There's your mother
in-law and the palace-car porter sir
Boston Post
To poetess the Chicago Tribune
writes: at will be impossible TO print
your poem about the roses true and the
violets blue that bloom in the grassy
dell and the little birds that sweetest
words of love in their chirpings tell.
we nave large Hilc vi ucll anu DluO-
bird poetry on hand this spring that was
carried over from last year"
"A Western editor offered prize of
$50 and a years subscription for the
best written proposal of marriage from
lady. He picked out nice proposal
from beautiful and wealthy widow,
answered it accepting the proposal. and,
with the threat of breach of promise
suit, actually captured her Editors
may not acquire wealth by writing
twenty-threc hours day, but when
their genius takes the right shoot they
procure the persimmons. = boomerang.
Henry Watterson of the Louisville
Courier-JourRaL understands that this
isn't the age Of either Washington, JEFF
ferson or jackson, 1t is the age of the
present. We are glad that Hen has en-
iightened us upon this subject. We got
the idea in our head somehow that this
was an age of &" cheek," whore merit
must take back seat and lunch on the
cold leavings of the brass-plated frauds.
If this is an age Of the present, we are
thankful TO know it, and as much more
as Mr. Watterson can spare without dis
commoding mSelf.-BLoomington Eye
Nebraska advertiser., 1882-05-18
So Did lie.

In the office of a Boston hotel two
men, living 1000 miles apart, met the
other day by accident, and one OF them
obscrvcd
Weren't you in the oil regions in
1862"
- was"
$50 was ]. Did you speculote"
81 did"
$50 did,. Did you strike anything
big?n '..
$50 did |. Did you get out before
the crashP" ...
yes"
$50 did l."
Then came long pause, in which they
carefully surveyed each other. The
first finally braced himself and con-
tinued:
You don't want to borrow $40 to
pay your fare home, do your"
al do"
$50 do II III be hanged if I amt
fat broke for a dollarr'-WaH Street
Daily News
Nebraska advertiser., 1882-05-18

since January. II you doubt, go and
ask his people,"
This was an unexpected one. Captain
Borlinder reeled.
Then Lal rose in her wrath.
"Gol" she cried. you are not fit
10 he under the same roof with honest
people. Go, impudent liarl Oh, that
men can be- so wicked. He has kept my
Rex for six long months more in his
captivity. Go! let us never see your face
again"
She clinched her hands and pointed to
the door with as threatening a gesture
as Medea might have employed. ....
Captain Borlinder fastened to obey.
He crammed the narrative in his pocket,
and his fur cap upon his head, and
walked forth, saying never a word.
And although he has never since set
foot upon the southern shores of the
port OF London, think he still some.
times feels over again the humiliation OF
that moment
And now," said Captain Wattles,
sit is my turn. We have lost more than
six months, it is true. have settled al
my business, and have got command
of ship which trades among the isl
ands, Sydney schooner. meant u
tell you this to-day, not expecting t
find this-this lying lubber here Why
there amt lad of ten in the States tina
wouldn't put together better story
than that. Coarse and clumsy work."
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-10-18

No man knew how TO take things,
as they came, with a more equable
frame of mind than the great and
good Abraham Lincoln. His hui
NOR was of the boundles5 sort which
seemed never to fail him. But
what would he have said, if some
reporter had brought to him a copy
of his immortal Gettysburgh
speech, done into the new orthog-
raphy seriously advocated in one
of the late Saratoga addresses, and
published entire in the National
Baptist? The whole speech is there
given according to the new method
of spelling, and the last lines of it
are put together in this fashion:
"Dhat we herbi rezolv dhat dhez
ded shall not hav did in van; dhat
this nashon, under God, shall hav q
nyu birth Of freedom, & dhat govern
ment ov dhe pepl, bi dhe pepl &
for dhe pepl, shall not perish from
the erth." Nothing short of the
faith that removes mountains
could lead a man to believe that
our noble English language is to
speak through such looking words
as these.