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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-06-28
All Unlucky Congregation.

Every Sunday a clergyman of some
denomination goes out to the State
Prison at Carson and treats the prisoners
to a Recently the reverend
gentleman, who had been taking his
tn at the theological wheel accosted an
intelligent docking convict In the yard
with. I never see you at divine SER
vice.
"No,' answered the prisoner lin for
an unsuccessful stock t~ransaction) mo,
my work out here in the yard makes it
impossible for me to attend,
.Ah, sorry to hear it. We've just had
Q very pleasant t~ime-services and Choir
singing and everything precisely the
same as ia u church. The only differ
ence this quizically) was in the congre-
CATION
Eyes" returned the convict calmly,
this congregation has been eaught.n
His reverence gazes far afield and s.
lently admires the beauties Of nature.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-06-28
Fort Macleod Items.

Fort MACLEOD, June Is, 'e2.
Editors OF the River Pre- s:
There have been several cases OF petty
morse stealing near Belly river crossing,
at the coal banks. The mounted police
are on the alert to capture them.
Old Man river continues unfordable,
which involves q great deal of extra ex-
pense in getting goods across. Passen-
gers are charged fifty cents each way by
the ferry.
The bull trains do not cross Belly river
at the coal banks. The loads are trans
ferred by the ferryboat and then sent on
to Macleod or further north by carts.
The Cochrane cattle company's herd
Of seventy-four thoroughbred bulls ar
rived here in excellent condition in
charge Of George Houk on the 18th inst.
Eight Of them We're swan across Old
Man river and left at Macleod for the
Stewart ranch company two are to be
left at Captain Windar's ranch on Will
low creek fifteen at the stimeon ranch
on High river, and the rest so north to
the Cochrane ranch, near Calgary on
Bow river. Matters generally are very
quiet here.
Mr.. Woods, of the Indian department,
IL nearly ready to issue the first number
Of the newspaper to be published al
Macleod. 3.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-06-28
TIE RIVER PRESS.
It Was the Last Pie.

There is no more pie"
"God help us then" said Daphne Me-
CURE looking up TO her mother with q
weary, wistfuI, why-donI-somebody-
Observation-Disclosures expression on
her oval face.
Mrs. Mcclure did not reply. Lean
ing her bangles head on q thin, white
hand-the hand that Vivian ORourke
had called "a dinpled treasure that one
might risk his soul to VIM that night,
SO many years ago that she had rejected
his proffered love and caused him to
wander away in wild despair and marry
Girofe Quirk-and thought Of how, had
she plighted her troth to him, life would
now have been a garden in which pretty
flowers waved their bright faces, instead
Of a wind-swept waste, barren alike Of
flowers and verdure. She remembered
how, for the first few years after their
marriage, everything went well with
Pericles Mcclure, and how, when
Daphne was a prattling infant, he had
come home full evening and told
her in proud tones that he had reached
the summit of his ambition, and was a
| policeman. All these memories of the
| past-the bitter and the sweet-came
| surging through her mind as she looked
out through her tears and saw the Blue
Island avenue cars going by like ghosts
in the twilight.
why do you weep, mamma said
Daphne, placing her soft West Side
arms about the neck of the mother she
loved SO dearly-the only mother she
/ had.
II fear me, Bridget" said Mrs. Ne
CURE, using the pet name by which
Daphne was known at home, that our
future must indeed be 8 cheerless one;
that the coming days will hold for us
only sorrow and misery"
EDO not be so dishearted, mamma
replied the girl, kicking the dog off the
front steps and kissing her mother with
a long, lingering, I-have-come-to-stay-
kiss.
Things may not be as bad as they seem.
We have still n hope, you know, one
resourse in case all else fails"
what is it, child p asked the mother,
in hoarse, anxious tones. "What is this
hope you speak off"
"Doughnuts," replied Daphne, speak
ing the word softly and with infinite
tenderness. 1--WE have a jar Of them
down stairs, you know
"Then let us tackle them at once
said the grief-stricken parent, starting
for the pantry at a 2:D clip.-Chicogo
Tribune.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-06-28
Railroad Centers.

Mr.. VIM. Jack, now in this city
understood to predict that within :, -
next ten years Helena will numbe n5
'ess than $1,000 people, md VIII .neluo
in that time a railroad system ID pa
comprising the Northern Pacific. G.
Utah & Northern the Chicago &Nor1 9
western. the Chicago, Milwaukee q
paul. The Helena & Fort Benton. q
Manitoba & Western, the Helena J.e
ferson and the Helena & Red Mountal'
William takes an intelligen at End cor
~prehensive view OF the situation as
onen3 upon his breadth OF vision fro
the standpoint OF destiny.1Herold.
At the same time Benton will ha
about all the roads mentioned above q
ut least o half dozen others, coInprisl
the grand system Of roads to be huili
the incompatible country north
east Of the river metropolis. Bento
the coming railroad city Of the
Northwest, and don't you forget it.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-06-28
Give Them Work.

We are informed that there are quite q
large number of the emigrants who came
I'D on the Red Cloud still in Benton, and
who have not been able as yet to obtain
any permanent work. 1t IS true that q
good many of the men have succeeded
in earning some money by doing odd
Jobs about town-enough to keep want
from their doors-but they all express
themselves as anxious to obtain steady
employment for themselves and 8 home
for their wives and little ones. While
circumstances have thrown these people
In our midst 80 objects Of charity, they
posses the instincts of q true manhoDd,
and II il neither their intention to r9-
main as such @ day longer tina lnty c<s1a
possibly help, and they n and all e
press their wish for something Whlch
will enable them to provide Tor tneln-
selves. The men, as 8 rule, are sopeA
and industrious, just the class OF people
which Montana needs and when u y
m our interest to retain amcng us. Iney
have come from a section OF country
where hard work was required q them
for low 9 and the prices paid here
in Montana have been to many OF them
an agreeable surprise, and they are de-
s;,o1s of remaining here. While much
more might be said in favor Of the men,
the women seem to belong to Q better
class. They are interesting looking,
cheerful, intelligent M neat. 10 L
their opinicn that it was Q mlstake :
come to Montana under their pfeseh
financial circumstances, but now ina
they are here they are deternalnea Y
make the best of it.
Both men and women realize lla
it will be very difficult TO make lVln'
in Benton during the coming Wln'el
Work, after the busy season Is over VII
he scarca. wages tor what work tne'
NAV succeed in getting will be low, lne
and house rent high, and for this reaso
those Of them, who have families gu
anxious to c places where the VINO
family may live and all make then
selves use I'LL. We ask any Of Jul reat
ers who may have need :
helm to give these people
chanaa 10 provide or themselves, or,
MT in q position to give them work,
mention this matter to those whom tne
NAV know are. 1t will be 2 work
E~ir7ness. and may be bread cast upt
The waters which will return some us
with "a blessing to the giyer.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-06-28
A Foolish Mistake.

Don't make the mistake Of confound-
ing 9 remedy Of merit with quack medi-
cines. W. speak from experience when
We say that Parker's Ginger Tonic IS a
sterling health restorative which will do
all that is claimed for it. We have used
it ourselves with the happiest results for
rheumatism and when worn out by over
work.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-06-28


One reason why a tame alligator at
Savannah Is let alone is because Of g sign
reading: 1diota will please stir him up.
The trouble is not with the colleges,
but with the fathers who unthinkingly
spoil a good ruffian in trying to educate
him for a gentleman.
A poet aaks: "Why is the nightin-
gales song SO sac? ?" Perhaps it is be-
canse the nightingale has to get up 50
early in the morning.
Mary Clemnler says that only n CIR
in 500 can be happy as = clergyman's
wife. She tried it, and she didn't get to
see a circus for eleven wears.
The fact that people are going around
buying up old rubber shoes, leads US
to suspect that there must be a new kind
of bologna sausage in the market.
Spring pants are so attenuated IN
| style that when a young man Of the
| period sits down in them he will wish
he had stood up and saved rent.
Two OF the four horses which the EN-
peror Of Russia has just given to the Ger
man Emperor are the identical ones that
| drew the late Cars carriage when he
was a~ssassinated.
Of Walt Whitnan's prescribed
Hr-@atena Of Grass" somebody has cley-
| erly SAID that It contains All 1css,v5 vn
cept fig leaves. The Boston Transcript
hopes that the sun of adversely will
wither them.
A wife at Boone, Iowa, got s. divorce
from her husband solely on testimony
volunteered by her sister, who then pro-
fessm to detest him; but within a month
the sister married the man, and confessed
thatshe had schemed to part the couple
forihat purpose.
When o lady called upon Mrs. Secre-
tar Kirkwood the other day she found
tbs lady ironing. Hence, whole
columns Of praise and iattery. Had it
, ben some woman whose husband had a
> 6 Try Of $25 per week, she would have
!, revived the cold cut forever after.
I maiden lady said to her little
0 nehew: mo, Johnny; you go to bed
edy, and always do SO, and you'll be
rN checked and handsome when you
Q CIV up" Johnny thought over this a
fl minutes and then observed: stWell,
|, alty, you must have sat up q great deal
ven you We're young"
Ell The Rev. s. G. Dillon, colored, of Gin
n anati, made a pastoral call on Mrs.
re tins, and accepted an invitation to re-
lie pin to supper. He went up stairs to
n ush his hair, and Mrs. Gains, remem-
ring that the sum Of $50 was ia that
ON, thought 1t discreet to go up and
o hk the trunk which held the coin. But
u e did not act quickly enough. After
te minister's departure she missed the
ofloney. This time she moved with cell
hity, and he was arrested with the plum
~ er in his pocket.
DR.. A. s. May of Independence, Kan,
Kinks that Miss Atwater ought to marry
;sim. They Were sWeethearts as boy and
heirl, and his love has survived fifteen
Of separation, while she has ceased
O o care for him at all. He sought her
but in st. Louis. and when she declined
this proposal shot at his own head, bit
SHE spoiled his aim by pushing his hand
aside, and he was not hurt. He found
;her again in Adrian, Mich, and this
.1time tried to destroy her beauty with
Hitriol. His passion has become 50 satu-
Grated with whisky that he has been sent
TO all inebriate asylum.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-06-28
RIPPLEs.

RIPpLES.
The Helena. Of the Power line, passed
Buford up at 5:45 on the 21st.
The Red Cloud passed Galpin, the new
telegraph station on the river, at noon
en- the Goth.
The Josephine will start tor bismarck
to-day for her fourth cargo. She is LA
bic 10 make seven or eight trips before
going into winter quarters.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-06-28
The Highest Rank.

Made from harmless materials, and
adapted to the needs of fading and tall
ing hair, Parker's Hair Balsam has ta-
ken the highest rank as an! elegant and
reliable hair restorative.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-06-28
RIVER NEWS.
Arrival OF the Josephine.

rhe Josephine, Of the Cou'son line,
40 6rst boat in Benton this season, ar
siuas If our 'evee for the third time
thursday morning at s o'clock with 24o
TONS of freight and a cabin full of pas
soooers. w. Fl. Gould is master and j.
8 Coulson, clerk, both thorough sea-
men, Following is the manifest and.
lit Of
The Osceola times., 1882-05-20
Jeweled Carriers.
New York sun.


A fashion for wearing jeweled carriers
has spread 50 rapidly that jewellers all
keep the article In stock. They ave very
expensive. A member of conspicuous
firm explains The rage is recent, but
none the less strong, and it promises to
spread indefinitely, as the range is as un-
limited as the purse. Allthe prominent
society women, and manv who are not
in society wear them. You see, women
coustitutionally delight in pretty things,
and their adornment is of more interest
and enjoyment to them than anything
else If you will come down stairs I'll
show You the stock.
There was a show case full of them,
each pair mounted in velvet box. The
pattern pair was the same in all as fer as
The band was concerned. The band was
a full inch wide, made of fine elastic and
covered with beautifully woven silk OF
every shade, pale blues and warm red
predominating. They are designed to
match the tint of the dress worn with
them. In one case two heart shaped
clasps of colored gold. inlaid with cross
bars of turquoises and pearls, joined the
ends of scarlet band with little frills Of
silk along the edges. The price was 500.
\ pair with two oval clasps of hammer.
I'd gold perhaps an inch in length, could
be bought for $4S, while the cheapest
pair, with plain gold clasps was SAC.
ats a curious fact" said the jeweler,
"the cheap ones won't sell. When a GUS
toner wants in elegant garter, he-l
mean, she-is willing to pay for it."
A pair that cost SOS had two shields
with three big pearls in each and little
diamonds at the edges Another pair
was expens We through its delicite lace,
which was arranged in fluffy bow knot,
with two little gold disks clasping in the
center,
At another establishment the jeweler
said;
"The majority of them are made to Or
der. lour visit is opportune, as have
Just finished the most expensive pair
that ever left my factory. The price is
81 200" In this the lace and pearl col
ored silk band was joined by an elaborate
clasp. On one side was the lady's mon
ogram in pearls on the other the coat
of arms. with frosted s.orks' heads, a
Greet OF dclcately carved gold, and a
motto set in chip diamonds. 1t was a
present from a mother to her daughter,
who is to be married soon.
elias the demand for such garters in.
creased?"
ut is 100 per cent greater than last
year, and grows continually"
The Osceola times., 1882-05-20
A Wonan's Ideas ON Stockings.

Next time Won visit bathing resort"
says lady contributor OF the San Fran
cisco Chronicle, ''look at the dozens of
different limbs splashing around ami yor
will realize that to properly study the
stocking question you should begih at
watering place" =,
"When Miss Slimshanks goes in bath
ting she wears ringed stockings. This is
not because she is bell, but because
those kind make her legs look larger.
"Iongitudinal stripes, on the contr airy
are the especial property of women OF 10,
who are fair and fat and streaked and
speekled hose are generally worn only
by those who do not understand the real
power of pretty leg.
"The girl with a real pretty limb incas-
es it in plain tint-ilesh, rose or light
blue That shows the full contour and
outlines against the water background.
"The same rule that applies to bathing
custom and costumes applies to every
day life. For this reason: A girl, when
she bathes, dresses her leg for show. SO
she does in ordinary every day life. The
only difference is that in one she shows
it, and in the other she doesn't But ac'
cidents will happen, and most women
like being prepared for them.
"a girl who wears black stockings is
either decidedly wicked or so old that
she knows her legs are not of interest to
an observing public.
"Plain white are the most seductive.
A glimpse of dainty black boot capped
by a few inches ofsnowy stocking vanish
ing amid mysterious rustling masses oil
whitest skirting more enthralls men than
the glance of a flirting eye or the tremor
of ruby lip.
Neglected wives, let me give you a
point: Encase yourselves in a dainty
wrapper, and leave it open six inches at
the bottom, so you can show your feet:
Put ON pretty, low-cut slipper, and
spend more taste upon the stockings you
wear than you do upon the ribands in
your hair.
"Show these same feet unosteutatious-
lv, in fact, bashiully, TO the lord OF the
house keep them before his eyes dress
yourself SO on every opportunity, and
keep it up, and mark my words, no other
woman can ever touch his tickle heart.
"When poets like Swinburne, Tenny-
son and Oscar Wilde sing about 'kissl ng
the dainty, soft white feet of the woman
they love- they betray their sex. Men
do like pretty ieet and legs, and will to
the end of the world"
The Osceola times., 1882-05-20
Constipation.

Persons suffering for any great length OF
time from constipation must not be surpris.
ed to find themselves afflicted. sooner or la.
ter, by such annoying symptoms as sores
blotches, pimples, impure blood, headache,
loss of memory, universal lassitudc, kidney
affections, bad dreams, etc. Eyacuatios OF
the bowels should become daily habit, in
fact. this is one of the first laws of nature,
and its obedience is essential TO good health
and longevity. When this function, through
neglect, intemperance, gluttony, or vicious
indulgences, becomes derangcd, DR.. Guy.
sott's Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla should
be used to strengthen these parts. This eX-
cellent medicine quickly assists nature in re.
storing her lost equilibrium, and its Use will
permanently cure the severest case of con-
stipation of the bowels and all liver and kid
ney complaints. 1t puIifes the blood and
strengthens every part Of the body. IL is as
pleasant as wine to the taste.
The Osceola times., 1882-05-20
A Hungarian Colony.
New York Times.

The colonization project recently set
on foot by Hungarian company is a
broad one, and the plan and its details
are commendable. The design, as an
nounced in the prospectus, is to colonizs
certain available lands in Virginia.
Southern Pennsylvania, and New Jersey,
apportion them off into villages Of from
so to 100 farms, the cultivation OF which
is TO be intrusted TO the immigrants.
The land thus parceled out is sold at cost
price, upon installment payments, the
projectors of the joint stock company
undertaking the enterprise relying for
their profits upon the increase in value
of certain lands they reserve in these
villages which will follow the growth
and prosperity of these little village col
onies. The directors say that they have
now on foot negotiations to bring over
500 families to settle as colonists on the
land selected, these families being repre-
sentatives of theyeomany farmer class in
Hungary. They differ materially from
the ordinary peasantry immigrants in
that. it is claimed, there can be ne possi-
bility of their becoming burdens upon
the community for support, such as the
ordinary type of ignorant immigrant is
too often apt to do. AS class the Hun
garian immigrants are represented to be
honorable and honest, of resolute will
and liberal instincts, and as unimpeach-
in domestic habits as they are sincere
and devout in religious matters. Several
Hungarian societies in this city and vi
cinity have already indorstd the project
and have promised to give the incorpor-
ators their aid in carrying out the enter
prise. Under such circumstances the
undertaking will be watched with solici.
tous interest by the public, and its sue
cess hoped for.
The Osceola times., 1882-05-20

the appointment of commission of lu-
macy, which had been resisted by Huber.
A commission was appointed, and af-
ter being opposed by the family remain
ing anAgonistic TO the executors of Will
liam Gaul, the petition was granted and
Benjamin Harris Brewster appointed
committee. While this commission was
sitting, evidence was produced before
them that testamcntary paper had
been obtained from her by Huber. The
examination of living witnesses and put
ting in of evidence already obtained be-
fore the Auditor has been going on ever
since. and large amount of money is
locked up in the vaults of the Fidelity
Trust Company. Some of the papers are
alleged to be forgeries, and at least one
Of the heirs OF this great estate is said to
be an inmate of the aims house.
The Osceola times., 1882-05-20
How to Make q Novel.

To make a novel-that is, TO construct
out of the ever.changing Kaleidoscope OF
human fate q picture of life which shall
impress people as being life-like, and
stand out to its own and possibly an af-
ter generation as such-this is a ask
which cannot be accomplished without
genius, but which genius, unaided by
mechanical skill, will surely fail to &C.
complish thoroughly. Much of what is
required comes not by intuition, but ex-
perience. How do you write a novel ~
has been asked nc hundreds of times ;
and as half the world now writes novels
expecting the other half TO read them,
my answer given in plain print, may not
be useless.
What other novclists do know not,
but this has been my own way-ab oro
For | contend, all stories that are meant
to live must contain the germ of life, the
egg, the vital principle. A novel with a
purpose" may be intolerable, but novel
without a purpose is more intolerable
still-as feeble and flaccid as a man with
out a backbone. Therefore, the first
thing is to fx on central idea, like the
spine of the human being or the trunk
OF tree. Yet, as nature never leaves
either bare, but clothes them with the
muscle and flesh, branches and foliage,
so this leading idea of his book will be,
by the true author so successfully
disguised as not to intrude itself
objectionably; indeed, the ordinary
reader ought not even to suspect its ex.
istence. Yet from it, this one principal
idea, proceed all altergrowths-the kind
of plots which shall best develope it, the
characters which must act it out, the IN
cidents which will express these char
ac.ers. even to the conversations when
evolve and describe these incidents.
This, if ! put my meaning. clearly
shows that conscientiously written no
vel is by no means piece Of impulsive,
accidental scribbling, but a deliberate
work of art that though, in one sense