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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08
Women Naturally as Handy as Men.

Dio Lewis in N A. Review.
Among the animals about us the female is
as hardy as the male. Among our immigrants
of the rougher sort the women are quite as
tough as the men, and work hard more days
in the month. For thirty years, in meeting
missionaries and travellers who have visited
the peoples of Asia and Africa, the American
Indians and other nations and tribes not well
known to us, the writer has persistently asked
about the health of women. In no case has
he been told that women are in worse health
than men, while in more than one instance it
has been stated that the health of women is
better, because of various evil habits among
men,
That man of truth and fine manners, William
Crafts, the fugitive slave, babe farewell to the
land of the free forty years ago, and, settling
in England, won the confidence of many Eng
lish merchants, in whose interest he resided
twelve years in Dahomey, Africa, in the man
agement of the palm-oil trade On returning
to America he gave us some interesting facts
about the women of Dahomey. They are quite
as large and strong as the men, and manag-
the business affairs Of the country. Before
leaving Dahomey the last time in q CONVERSE
ton with one of the kings body guard, a stall
wart Amazon, he asked what she thought of
men as soldiers.
@Men can't fght,s she cried. aWe three
thousand women Of the kings body guard
would like to meet six thousand men; we'd
show them how to fight"
"But" expostulated Mr.. Crafts, @you
should not speak Of men in such hateful
spirit"
@How can a decent woman speak of the
contemplate wretches in any other way?"
was her spirited reply.
About the size of the Dehomey women Mr..
Crafts was asked again and again. He as
sured US that he had carefully observed, and
was confident that they were quite as large as
the men.
In a long foot-journey through Ireland the
writer saw thousands of barefooted young
women, nearly as large and strong as the
young men; and in different parts of Europe,
In the rnral districts, was struck with the vital
proportions of the women. Those who have
seen Indians on their marches through our
western wilds, declare that the women are
second only to the ponies in the size of their
loads and the distance they carry them
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08
Extreme .eraI soIicitnde

Youths Companion
noted black-lettered lawyer of the reign
of William Ill, SERGEANT Maynard, left will
purposely worded in obscure terms. His OBJ
ject was to cause litigation, so that the courts
might settle certain points which had often
vexed him in his practice The learned law
yer evidently felt that he owed something to
his profession, and was willing that mis- estate
should pay the debt
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08
CorneI's Land Scrip Bonanza.

N6W lUTh ITIUUH6.
Some time ago the library of Cornell Uni
versity became possessed by will of some Wis
consin pine-lands, which were supposed at
the time to be only moderately valuable. 1t is
said, however, that owing to the recent great
appreciation Of such property, these pine
lands are now worth something over $2,O0O,-
600. This will be in addition to the s., 0G0, 600
that Cornell expects to realize from the sale
of her scrip pinelands in the same state.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08
The Struggles of Ambitious Women.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton in N. A Review

EIZaDetn Cady stanton Ill N. A. >ReVleW.
So far have spoken of the life of ordinary
women-of the majority: The struggle
others have made to secure education and
position, and the humiliations they have en-
dured, have been sufficiently trying to under
mine the health of the strongest. No one is
wholly insensble however regardless of the
customs of the world about them, however
self-centered, however exalted by enthusiasm.
To endure ridicule stings the spirit and reacts
upon the body; to meet opposition
wounds the pride and impairs the
health; to suffer abuse and scan
dial wearies the heart and bows
the head; to surmount obstacles eyhausts the
reserve energies Of mind and body A woman
of ambition feels herself alone and by sheer
pride is pricked to endeavors beyond her
strength. IT, in her struggles her health
breaks, she is called, by those who forget the
hindrances they placed in her way, "a victim
of higher education" Not woman who has
found an occupation outside of domestic life
has escaped injustice, however small, done
-ner simply because of her sex. The ind1gnlty
may be a social slight, or it may be the clos
ing of some medical society against Mary
Putnam-J acobi
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08
Novel Fire Ladders.

C1nclnnau commercial
In recent drill the celebrated Pompier fire
corps showed the advantages of their novel
twelve-foot ladders, skinning up and down
the face of a sx-story building like so many
cats The ladders, in construction, are sim
plicity itself. A single pole of hickory, with
rungs projecting from either side, is sur
mounted by a hook of Norway iron, bent at a
long right angle, and supplied on the under
side with serrated teeth The ladder can thus
be readily hooked through windows of great
depth In the drill yesterday one of the corps,
with his ladder, got a grip on the second story
window, and, running rapidly up, seated him.
self in the opening, pulled the ladder up after
him, reached up to the next window, where he
got another grip, and in jiffy was one story
higher, and so on up to the very roof The
descent was still more rapid The drill was
then made By four men directed by the voice
of the captain, who on occasion of fires uses
shrill whistle to convey his signals. 1t should
be stated that each fireman wore broad belt
of canvas and leather, depending from the
front of which by strong strap was a large
wrought-irOn snap hook, 80 that on mounting
to the top of the ladder the fireman could snap
his hook around one of the standards, and be
thus secure from all possibility of falling, and
at the same time have his hands free for hold
ing hose or assisting people from the window.
The hook serves another purpose. Making
a rope fast on the inside Of the window, he
can, after taking two or three turns with the
rope around the upper rim of the snap hook,
obtain sufficient friction to enable him not
only to let himself down, but to take one or
two men with him if they are strong enough
to hang on. Chris. Hoell, captain of the corps,
lowered himself in this way yesterday from
the fifth story, and as he came past the third
floor window another man caught on and
came down with him.
The Climax of Impudent Advertising
New York Tribune
The impudence of advertising has perhaps
reached its climax in the first number of
Longman's Magazine. 1t is now clear how
this periodical is to be made pay at sixpence.
Literature and commerce have formed an
alliance of an odious kind; not absolutely
novel, for the thing has been done before,
but never in quite SO unpleasant way.
The "interleaf" system has been adopted-the
same which the Macmillans applied to their
magazine, with distressing results which have
been pointed out before now. Macmillan is a
curate knowledge of the price of cheese knives
and dessert spoons. Longman's offers the in
genuous reader wide choice. You are en-
gagged with Mr.. Anstey, and you suddenly
come upon puff of steel pens for the million.
You are enjoying Mr.. Stevensons Gossip on
Romance and elaborate encomiums on GER
tain encyclopaedia are forced on your atten-
ton You are enthralled by Mr.. James Payn's
story, when all at once you are blinded by
flaming red placard, and four pages of puffs
of a particular soap.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08
Modern Editorial Writing.

OOu OuGl6I
Men, much more than formerly, now look
to you not for long editorials, but for sharp,
keen, incisive paragraphs, which cover the
whole situation with word or phrase. In
view of that great power 1 need not say, be
cautious use it teDderlY
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08

Madame Necker: A certain amount of dis
trust is wholesome, but not SO much of others
as ourselves; neither vanity nor conceit can
exist in the same atmosphere with it.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08
British View Of the American Press
Cornhill Magazine.

OUILlIH IudB BAILIo.
Belief in the veracity of the newspaper is as
little known as respect for the patriotism and
wisdom of the public man. The American is
much less of a reader of books than is gener-
ally supposed. He wants his newspaper to
bring him the intelligence of the day, the state
of the markets, and so forth. The political
article helps him to judge how certain political
combinations are working. If the paper adds
social essay or a scandalous family history,
or d column Of verse, these contributions sup
ply him some mental entertainment He may
note the scandal, but he never thinks of be-
lieving it because he has seen it in print
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08

Longfellow: dislike an eye that wrinkles
like a star. Those only are beautiful which,
ike the planets, have a steady, lambent light;
are luminous, but not sparkling.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08
The Mischief OF Even Loose Corset.
Dio Lewis, in N. A. Review


But may not corset be worn so loose as TO
do no harm? If by corset machine with
steel, whalebones, or other stiffenings be
meant, the answer is "No!" The corset is hard
and stiff, while that portion of the body which
1t surrounds is particularly soft and flexible.
If the wearer could always stand erect with
the corset so loose as not to touch her, no harm
would be done But she must sometimes sit,
when the parts under the corset are greatly
enlarged. Bending forward, as in sewing or
reading, she leans against the upper ends of
the whalebones, and the pressure against the
upper ends is returned against the abdomen at
the lower end. If the wearer will put her hand
under the lower end of her corset while she
leans forward against the upper end, she will
be surprised at the pressure This pressure
upon the abdomen, during all the long hours
of sitting, does serious mischief. In one word,
it may be added that with every bending of
the body, even the very loose corset is brought
into contact with yielding parts. The floating
ribs, that masterpiece of the human mechan-
ism, and those soft parts of the person
covered by the corset cannot per-
form the undulating and vital movements
incident to respiration and digestion, even
under a loose corset Then what must we say
OF q corset which is not loose
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08

Boston Transcript: When Fogg heard that
cigars were largely made by machinery, he
said he had noticed stationary Indian in front
of nearly all the cigar shops
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08

Josh Billings advice: Mi dear boy, selekt
your buzzem friend with CRATE caushun. Once
selekted, indorse him with yure bottom dollar
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08

Menander: Whosoever lends greedy ear
to a slanderous report is either himself of a
radically bad disposition, or mere child in
Ransa.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08

Boston Post: At least three men on the
average jury feel bound to disagree with the
rest to show that they've got minds Of their
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-12-08

Froude: Everyone Of US whatever our
speculative opinions, knows better than he
practices, and recognizes better law than he
Obeys
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-15

SO we presumed that the articles were
penned for the consideration of gentle
men. But as the Record has chosen to
parade our action as the course of cow
ards, whipped ours, ETC., and as we I'M
derstand some Of the very parties for
whom we spoke a. good words as we
could are holding us up to ridicule and
are still engaged in vilifying Us, we beg
leave to state that, since finding out how
such manly action is received by these
parties, we are prompted to take it all
beck. We do not propose to say any
thing more OH this subject. We leave
the better class OF the citizens of Benton
to judge between us.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-15

Chicken thieves are numerous in Vir-
ginia City.
D. w. Tilton, of Virginia City, has is
, sued a second edition of the "Vigilantes
Of Montana"
Seven double-deck car loads of sheep
on the Northern Pacific left Miles city
recently for the st. Paul market.
MI. III. F. Douglass has received the
contract for building the Yellowstone
Park road from Benson's Landing.
A Cariboo sucking colt was recently
sold in Missoula for $500. Jocko has ey-
identity given the old horse a boom.
Lieuts. Cook and Fremont, who re-
Gently anne over the Lo Lo trail, report
it as 172 miles long, instead of IS as has
been generally supposed.
A bold attempt was made to burglarize
a Butte meat market money drawer, but
the robber awoke the proprietor and had
to "git" before he made the rifle.
The winter schedule on the Helena
and Bozeman stage line will probably go
into effect about the 18th, and two days
will he consumed in travel between the
two points, the coaches lying over at
Radersburg.
The vote Of Beaverhead county is re-
ported at 1,161. At the election in 1880
the vote was / ,429.. Comparing the vote
for delegate to congress of 1880 with that
of 1882 there has been a republican gain
Of about $50 votes.
A man named John Bowers met with
a serious and perhaps fatal accident, last
Saturday, while digging a well in Dry
Gulch, neal Helena. The mud bucket
became detached from the rope and fell
a distance of forty feet upon him, result
ing in sever conclusion of the spine,
besides internal injuries.
A dispatch received lately from the
military telegraph station east Of Boze-
man, states that at that point in the
Yellowstone valley there is twenty inch
es of snow. The storm was probably
confined to the Yellowstone and Gala
tin valleys, as at other points in the ter
ritory bright, clear skies are reported.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-15

ONE great wrong done the citizens of
Custer and Dawson counties by the pur-
chased and delivered railroad vote is
that it deprives them Of any voice in the
selection OF their county officers for the
next two years. Life was too short, and
that band Of slaves had not time or
chance to scratch Or express any indi-
vidual preference. They were voted like
sheep and had to vote straight demo
cratic tickets. According to Col. Wool
folk, this fact alone ought to make every
citizen Of Montana a republican, or mo
man can be a democrat and ask the aid
OF a great cooperation to stifie the free
dom of the ballot"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-15

THE Husb0ndmGn claims TO be indie
pendent in politics. So does the Record,
but it came out iat-tooted the day before
the democratic county convention and
that convention nominated it would
support them. And we are inclined to
think thatn 0 matter who the democratic
standard-bearer may be two years hence,
the Husbandman will be found speak
ing up for him.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-15

IF Waterman is not the next district
attorney he will have been beaten by the
railroad graders who were herded to the
polls in western Meagher county to vote
the straight democratic ticket. These
men, many Of them not citizens of the
territory, not only defeated the will of
the people in the selection of a delegate,
but also reversed their (the people's)
verdict in the matter OF local Offices.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-15

IT is said that the republican legisla-
tive ticket in Custer county is elected.
In Jefferson, Van Fisk is leading his
democratic opponent40 votes, with three
or four small precincts to hear from, and
the chances are decidedly favorable for
a republican council.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-15


If the administration fin 1891 is
democratic, Montana will he admitted
II h is democratic, but she cannot he
admitted under republican rule, or under
democratic rule ii there is no assurance
that she Is thoroughly democratic
Record.
Which is a virtual admission of the
Charge made that Major Maginnis would
not try, in the next two years, to have
her admitted. In other words, that this
is not one of the cases in which ..Dorcas
is wiliin, "--Dorcas'' being representt d
by the N. P. railroad. Will the down.
town sheet please inform Mr.. Maginnis'
constituents of some reason why sh.
cannot be admitted under republican
rule other than because it saws SO?
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-15
Diptheria Cure.

In all cases when used DR.. E. B. Hal
liday's Blood Purifier has proved a GER
tain specific for that dread disease diph-
liberia. It must be taken at once and in
double doses, gargling the throat when
swallowing it. 1t is not only a cure but
preventative as well. So get a bottle Of
it at once, use it and it will do you good
as it is the most wonderful blood medi-
cine now in existence.
w. ]. Minar, wholesale and retail agent,
Fort Benton, Montana. S. Blachford.
proprietor, 274 East Seventh street, st.
Paul, MINI.
Try the Fitzpatrick walking, ranch
and hunting shoes at I. G.. Baker & Cos.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-15

MAGINNIs' majority in this county
is about 235, as nearly as can be estimat-
ed without the official returns. 1t is a
reduction on his majority Of two years
ago, which was 266.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-15

THE bitterly conducted election in the
Fifth Minnesota Congressional district
between Kindred and Nelson, which
has filled the columns of the Pioneer
the election of Nelson.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-15

In cur Thursday mornings issue we
gracefully and in a g~enilemanly way
acknowledged the political defeat which
the republicans of Choteau county bad
received at the recent election. In doing
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-15

A GOOD many of the would-be repub-
lican bossess were effectually killed off
Tuesday, and the party will be SO much
the better off.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-15

A DEMOCRATIC house will result in
rallying and uniting the republicans and
demoralizing the democrats for 1884.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-15

THE republicans will have O short
session of Congress in which to accom-
plish some good results for the country.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-15

against the power of the few, and though
they were not successful, they have the
proud satisfaction of knowing that the
best elements Of both parties-the men
who could rise above party allegiance
when the good of their country was at
stake-were with them in the struggle.
1t was an honorable fight, and while it
Is humlliating-or ought to be-to every
Montanian to know that the will of the
people was defeated by the votes of a
horde Of white slaves, driven to the poles
like cattle to a pen, it is a consolation, at
the. same time, to feel that the battle has
moi been made in vain, and that the
warning given these men is not likely to
go unheeded. If, in their blindness,
they see not the handwriting on the
wall, nothing but defeat at the hands of
an outraged people can await them two
years hence.
There is a lesson to be read in the cleo
tons Of 1882. It is that the people, those
who are to be affected by. the way in
which the administration of the country
is to be directed, have made up their
minds to take the reins of government
into their WI hands, and they demand
that the men who have abused the pow
err which had been placed in their hands
by the citizens, step down and out and
hand owe the control of the nation af-
fairs to others in whom we can place
more confidence. It is not a victory for
democracy ; it would not have been a
a victory for republicanism had Alex. G..
Botkin been elected to represent Mon
tana in the next congress. It is and
would have been a victory for the people
over bossism, corruption and abuse Of
power. It is a lesson to the republican
party in the states which, if we'll read,
cannot fail to bring forth good fruit, and
insure their triumph two years hence;
and we have suffice Mt faith in the good
sense Of the party whose past is so glori-
Gus to believe that it will be so read.
And we believe as firmly that the next
election in Montana will see the power |
OF the monopolists and contractors bro |
ken forever; that even in defeat the
cause Of the people has been victorious,
and only good will result. The nation
will elect a republican president in 1884,
and Montana, when she goes into the.|
union, will go in as a republican state.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-15

THE congressional delegation of Vir
ginia stands six coalitionists to five dem
0crats.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-15

THE Madisonian says the COW counties
redeemed the country. Redeemed, in
this sense, must be looked upon as an
attempt at sarcasm.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-15

IT is still anybody's race between Wa
terman and Johnston, and it will take
the full returns to decide who is the next
attorney general of Montana.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-15

THE telegraph reports that Gen. Green
B.. Raum, q. S. internal revenue COM
missioner, is dying of collie at GAINESVILLE,
Dhio
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-15

COLORADO will send a republican to
the senate, probably Gov. Pitkin.