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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-09-05
The Modern Temptation.

An architect and a reporter stood on
the roof of a fourteen story fiat. THAT
cluster of houses over there said the
architect, "is not Elizabeth, N. J. 1t is
the City of Mexico. That nan on a
mule is a Mexican alcalde. Dc you see
that blue line to the north? Baffin's
Bay. Those are the Bermuda Islands.
That little islet to the south is Santa
Domingo. That smoke you observe
comes from a negro insurrection.' The
two candidates for president are fighting
down there"
care those the Jersey Highlands?'
"No, they are the Sierra Nevadas.
'That village to the southwest?'
"New Orleans"
Beyond ito"
"The capitol Of Texas"
"That black thread"'
The Mississippi River"
1.-THE black speck out on the ocean
that crawls along so slowly"
"Jay Gould's yacht. The black specks
going by are sailing vessels.
: us that Hoboken over to the west"'
aThat is Chicago. You will see Ho-
boken away this side"
The reporter looked down over the
caves on the west side of the house and
saw Hoboken directly below.
The landlord had taken his man on a
high pinnacle
The devil was showing the reporter
the whole world.
can these will I give you," said he,
"If you will only put my name IN the
newspaper"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-09-05
THE RIVER R E. SIS

till | found myself on the ground crawl
ing among the ruins of my home. The
first | discovered was my wife, with a
child in each arm, lying at my side.
Men and children were scattered around
among lumber and sidings, whether
alive or dead nobody could tell.
A table and a staircase came flying
through the air; some men met them
and pushed them away, so they did not
kill my wife and children; bits of wall
and roof whirled around us; here it was
impossible to remain. We crept and
craWled and ran for our lives down to
the forest. AS we found each other there
we were only six; a friend of ours, a
farmer, had ut of the little girls in his
arms, my wife another, and one of my
sons chung to me. But where were the
rest of the children.
/ had myself seen one of the carpen-
tiers u with my third little girl-but
the eldest and youngest b~oys-killed,
perhaps, or lying mutilated among the
ruins, and it was impossible to look for
them. The hurricane would have swept
us away as o as we had moved from
the wood. The only thing to do was to
press the children to us and give them
S o much shelter as we could with our
broader backs. The rain and the hail
lashed us, the oak shrubs were blown
flat to the ground, and their limbs struck
our heads and shoulders like whips.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-09-05

ing the prairie land of Minnesota. Most
of the lakes on their southeastern shores
have clusters of forest trees. The reason
Of this is not far to reach. There are
two winds there prevalent-the north
western and southeastern. The south
west wind is the rain bringer. The
northwest is cold and dry. The prairie
fires are spread by the northwest, never
by the southeast wind. When the prai-
RE fires swept over the prairie they
burned the young trees on all sides of
the lake except the southeastern, which
was sheltered by the water. There could
be no more conclusive proof of the pow
er of the prairie fires to destroy the
growth of forests even in soil favorable
to their production. Massachusetts, may
well be proud of the wealth and leisure
thatsenables her to secure astute profess
ors to elaborate theories hat a teamster
can explode between two puffs of his
pipe.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-09-05
-~ ~ ~
Blasted Hopes.

AS the ticket agent at Mandan stood at
his post yesterday afternoon, sampling
the various styles of breath that came at
him through the small window, a most
beautiful lady came up and asked for a
ticket to Bismarck. He stamped it and
laid it down, and the lady fumbled in
her purse for the change. All at once
she exclaimed in a petulant voice:
Darling, can'tyou bepatient? What
does my pet want?
The agent turned SO red that his ears
fairly blazed, and stammered out:
"Madam, I-I-I-I-assure you that
there is no hurry at all. Take your
(ahem) take your ti-time MADAME
With a look that froze the blood in bis
veins and made him feel as if icicles
were hanging all owe his body, she re-
piled:
"Sir-r-r-r! I was speaking to my little
girl!n and peeping through the ticket
window he saw a wee bit Of a cherub
Juggling at the lady's dress.
When she had gone he sank down in a
chair pale as a corpse, and told Conduct
or Richards that if his family was better
provided for he didn't think he'd care to
live an hour longer.-Bisnaarck Tribune.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-09-05
One He Missed.

"Boys,n said an excursionist to a boot
black at the post-office yesterday, care
there any sights worth seeing here?'
mot this afternoon, as | kin think
ON was the reply, ''but you missed an
awful big thing this forenoon
"What was it?'
"Woman passed a bogus quarter on a
man up here. Man passed a green wat
ermelon on the omar Both found It
out about the same time, and was huff
to make your blood run cold. She called
him a gentleman, and he called her a
lady, and she busted the green melon on
the floor, and he flung the bogus quarter
at a dog, and a horse run away, and two
boys had a fight, and the woman cried,
and it was the aWfullest time we ever
saw. Next time you are coming up on
a 'scursion you'd better telegraph me
and see if there's anything big going
on. u-DetrOi Free Press.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-09-05
Why the Prairies are Treeless.

The salvation of the great new prairie
empire depends in great measure on the
feasibility of cu~ltivating forests to serve
its farmers as windbreaks. The potency
of a grove of l~eafiess trees in shielding
one from the winter wind is almost IN
credible. Its influence on the open
prairie reaches houses a mile dlstanJ.
The laws of all the Northwestern states
favor the planting of forest trees, ana
the subject employs not a little OF the
rafting rhetoric of their numerous ora
tors. The expediency of these laws was
never questioned until recently. A few
months since a professor OF Harvard
University, after ten years OF study,
pronounced these laws useless and UNI
scientific. The learned professor an
nounced that trees will grow where they
ought to grow, and will not grow where
they ought not to grow; but the great
inland prairie lacks trees because 1t has
not large enough rainfall to support
them, and that the laws encouraging
arboriculture will be futile. In travel
ing through western Minnesota we ex-
planned this theory with no little pride
to our fellow traveller, a teamster. Inc
teamster made no reply, except TO quick
en- the pulse Of his pipe. At length,
having made sure that he had smoked
it to the bottom of its socket, he drew
the pipe from his mouth and pointed
its handle toward a clump of native trees
that skirted one side of a large mud
lake. "Do YOU notice." he asked, ION
which side of the lake those trees
stand?'' 1.-THE southeast" well that
settles it, There are, as he afterWard
explained, hundreds of these lakes dott-
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-09-05
SOME FACTS ABOUT LEMONS.
Sicily Still the Great Source of Supply
Increase in Consumption.

NEARLY all the lemons handled in
this Market said the largest dealer in
the United States, are imported. Sici-
Nv contributes more than all other coun-
tries put together. Calabria, Messina
and Talermo send out large consign-
ments. There are four crops each year.
The lemons are cut from the trees when
green and placed in magazines, where
they are subjected to a sweating or purg-
ing process. At the end of four or five
days the fruit is either stored away in
shallow trays or packed for shipment.
Lemons gathered in November and De-
cember have the best keeping qualities.
J have kept Lemons of this cut from
November until June without Destroy
ing their market value. When the fruit
arrives here it is sold at auction, this be-
ing the only way in which lemons and
range are sold to the trade. One year
ago a steamer arrived with a cargo of
SO, 1000 boxes and the entire lot was dis
posed of the same day. Unless the bro
ker or dealer wishes to sell his purchase
at once the fruit is laid away and ripen-
ed by steam heat.
"Our business has entirely changed
since the introduction of steamers. The
voyages by the old sailing fruiters We're
OIlS LIN alISSlI ~ q w Su
lemons was the frequent result Of a voy-
age of several months. Now, with rapid
transportation, the shipper can allow his
lemons to remain on the trees many
weeks longer than he could then, and is
quite certain that on arriving at this
market the fruit will be in q good con-
dition.N
"The best, and consequently the high
est case lemons come from Sorrento.
Great care is bestowed upon their cult
walton. The fruit is long and smooth
and has a beautiful golden color. These
lemons are considered a luxury in Paris,
where they are used not only by confec-
TONERS and bakers, but also by decor
ators. Generally speaking a medium
sized, thin-skinned lemon is the best.
The large, coarse grained variety are the
poorest and cheapest.
''The United States consumes more
lemons in ayear than all other countries
combined. Russia ome next. The
custom the Russians have of drinking
their tea with q slice OF lemon in it ac-
counts for the large consumption there.
The growth Of the lemon trade in this
country during the last thirty years has
been enormous. In 1850 $4,000 boxes
were imported. Last year this number
had increased to 1851 600 boxes. The
summer is our best season. There is ole
more fact about the lemon and general
fruit trade that is worthy of notice. The
people in the far west will not buy any
bat the choicest fruit. 1t makes no diff
ference what the prices are; they will
buy lt."-NeW York Tribune.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-09-05
The Post Office Savings Bank in England

The Post Office Savings Bank contin-
ues to be in every respect one Of the most
satisfactory branches of the Department.
A quarter of a million additional depos-
itors opened accounts in the bank during
the wear 1882. The total number OF de-
p~ositors at the end of the year was thus
nearly 5000, 0O0, the amount of their de-
POSTS being over $780, 600 ,OOO-an in
crease of nearly three millions during the
year, the largest annual increase yet re-
corded. 1t brings the matter nearer
home to be told that Of every ten persons
in England and Wales one is a depositor
in the post office savings bank, the aver
age amount Of deposit being ELS AS. lOd.
In Scotland and Ireland the numbers
are in 35 and | in 4S; but it has often
been remarked that the figures for Scot
land must not be taken as indicating a
less saving disposition on the part of the
inhabitants, but only a superior develop
ment of private banking facilities.
When the number of trustee savings
banks and of friendly and benefit socle-
ties also existing is taken into account,
there seems to be some solid indication
that at last the earnings of the people
are being saved, instead of flowing into
the pockets of brewers and publlcans.-
London Times.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-09-05
A Good

Bureaux of information are of great as
sistance in a railroad depot. They re-
lieve the ticket-sellers from answering
such questions as, as that clock right?"
"Do you get many trade dollars 2" "Do
the trains always start on timer "How
long do you think it will be before it
will rain?' ETC., while n hundred peo-
pie are in line behind waiting for a
chance to buy a ticket for a train which
starts in one minute and three-quarters.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-09-05
A Minnesota Tornado.

A cloud. black as the ravens wing,
anpeared in the west. Suddenly it split,
and between the two black trains eX-
handed the most fearful, dismal sky L
ever saw. The color was green-gray-
yellow. and it darkened the sun SO it be-
came as twilight. The carpenters had
ali gathered together with US on the
porch. &c
them said: .Now we will pretty soon
hear of disasters" Suddenly the cleft
widened between the two black CLIQUE
wings, and the upper one came with a
terrible speed, furrying back toward us.
.tLet us walk in" | said. 1T seems
as if we, too, shall get a taste OF It,"
We went in, and our parlor looked quite
dark. We had scarcely locked the door
before we heard the roaring OF the storm
coming.
Tn moment we were surrounded by
a white cloud, and the wind and rain
dashed the house, which shlvered and
groaned. Tt was not rain, It was
furious torrents Of water mixed with
heavy hail, which poured down from
heaven. The storm tried to burst open
the door. but five men pressed against
# with all their might. The wallseemed
to give way, and stood in a bow; the
building shook as in commissions. felt
a tightening of my heart every time the
house seemed to be lifted from the ground
and dropped down again.
Twice we had these terrible shocks;
then j, 3. moment house, men and fur
niture were hurled through the air 100
feet away. I do not rememberanything
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-09-05
TO BOSTON'S IDOL.

l want to be a slugger
And in the prize ring stand.
And keep in culchawed Boston
A gilded barroom grand.
Two brawny arms and mawleys, too,
Shall be my crest. and then
This motto they shall bear: THE fist
Is mightier than the pen"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-06-29
Lawrence.

This is good time for politicians to fill
their boilers with rain water.
What has become of the two brick stores
that Lawrence was to have this summer!
Our good looking post-mistres5 has been
off on a visit and has come back better look
ing than ever.
The Methodists had a pound social at
their parsonage on Wednesday evening of
last week, which was well attended.
Quite number of our people went to see
Jumbo, some to Kalamazoo and some to
Grand Rapids. They all pronounce il a big
thing.
We saw a number of screen doors at the
depot last Friday, billed to A. w. Rogers, of
kalamazoo. They were made at the plan
ing mill in this place, and Joe Flagler has a
summers job. He has gone to Kalamazoo
to hang them for Mr.. Rogers.
The l. o. G. T. gave an ice cream social at
MarshalGs hall last Tuesday evening. The
cream was excellent, but the ice was a little
too conspicuous by its absence. The Con-
gregational society gave one at the same
place last Wednesday evening.
The appearance of our public square has
been much improved by the removal of the
fence and cutting the grass. Now if the
powers that be, would have the Congrega-
tional society take away their unsightly hitch.
ing posts, it would be i'll pretty good shape
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-06-29
LawtOn .

Miss Jennie Johnson is clerking at l..
Stern q Co.'S.
j. II. Hitchcock, the timer, is back again
for short time.
George Robinson and M. II. Smith took
IN Chicago last week.
Nj. H. Smith shipped another carload of
tanning mills this week.
Large quantities of strawberries are being
shipped from this station.
Miss Rose Mckinney left last Tuesday FOR
Vulcan, this state, TO visit friends.
Mrs. Smith, the milliner. is having con-
siderable repairing done about her house.
Il. S. Jones has the foundation laid for
barn. Mike Smith does the carpenter work
1t was tired and sleepy lot that returned
from Kalamazoo Saturday night after taking
a look at Jumbo.
c. S. Adams, our enterprising business
man, shipped carload of old iron TO Do
wagiac this week.
c. G. Ray has painted the front of his
blacksmith shop, thereby greatly improving
the looks of the same.
Quite number of the boys are going TO
Chicago the Atm. to see the Clevelands pound
the Chicago White Stockings.
The Lawton base ballists went to Decatur
last Friday and defeated the home club by
score of 20 10 IA. The Decaturs had out
their best and strongest nine and were as
sisted by Parks and Lyons of the Dowagiac
club. The ground was miserable owing to
the height of the grass making the playing
poor on both sides. The features of the
game were the heavy batting of Rowlee, of
the Lawtons, and Parks of the Decatur's.
The catching of Powell, "the Little Lawton
Catcher was highly spoken of. George
Showers was the umpire, and no one that
saw the game will envy his position. A return
game will probably be played here soon, be-
tween the same clubs. The boys are also
talking of playing the Dowagiacs.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-06-29

Miss Cora Jacobs is visiting friends in
Paw Paw and Waverly.
Mrs. Frank Chase is home again from her
visit in Calhoun county.
This is Charlie Hills second year on the
Jim Christie place, and the tenant house is
tenantless yet.
A. Bryant's house is all ready for the brick
walls, but must now wait for the masons
until after harvest.
"Subdued bat not conquered, those
| Canada thistles on the Baker place. But
Mr.. HUFF is not in the fray now; il is George
and the Canadas this year.
Let us have fair play and no privileged
parties. If one person is ordered TO confine
his stock, put the same restriction upon all
who have stock running IN the highway,
say we.
One man plants trees, and another lays
the axe to their roots. We remember when
those trees were planted on the Williams
place. The hands that planted them have
returned 10 dust, the little cottage home.
nestled amid their recesses has been removed
md now that beautiful grove must be laid
low by the ruthless hand of improvement.
Fred Jacobs with his family, started last
week Thursday to visit his fathers folks, and
as they began TO ascend the sand hill just
east of Porter Deans, the dry weather short
tened the spokes in one of the fore wheels of
the carriage, so that they all left the hub.
The Professor etepped quickly and grace
fully to the ground, the horse stood still and
no bones were broken. Through the kind
ness of Mr.. Dean in loaning them a convey
ance, they were enabled to continue their
journey without any further happenings.
The MeCook Tribune. Neb. is authority
for very singular order from the Post
Master General Under date of June 9Th, il
says: 1.-THE Post Master General has issued
the following general order: 'Post-masters
at first and second class offices will hereafter
gice personal attention. 10 tie business Of
0ther offices, and not absent themselves with
ont authority granted upon written applica-
ton from the department. violation of
the order will be deemed sufficient cause for
removal What a middle there will be
whenfth ey all get down to business
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-06-29
Gliddenburg.

Mrs. Amanda Moses received telegram
from California last Saturday evening, an
nouncing the serious illness of her daughter
Mrs. Clara McDougal.
Albert Gooding, mentioned last week as
very sick at Milton Pugsley's, was removed
on Thursday to his home near Eagle lake.
where he died Sunday night.
The continued rains make much extra
labor in keeping down grass and weeds in
the growing crops, and the demand for farm
labor greatly exceeds the supply.
J., i. Sheldon, accompanied by his grand
daughter, Kittie Filley and his niece, Miss
Kittie Sheldon, went TO st. Joseph last week,
where they are at present the guests of w.
III. Filley.
Much of the wool crop in this section has
been sold from the barn, TO T.. Smith, of
Lawrence. Price for best, 30 cents. Same
quality last year, sold for 3G cts, although
we were assured by free traders that old
prices would be paid if reduction was made
in the tariff. How is it, Schuyler, that you
will make up that $12 you lose on your wool
in that S11 suit of clothes you will pur.
chase next year? "A bird in hand is worth
20 in the BUSH
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-06-29
HOW WATCHES ARE MADE.

In a SOLID GOLD WATCH, aside from
the necessary thickness for engraving and
polishing, large proportion of metal is
needed only to stiffen and hold the engav-
ed portions in place, and supply strength.
The surplus gold is actually needless. In
james Boss Patent Gold Watch Gases this
WASTE is saved, and soLIDITY and
STRENGTH increased by simple process,
at one-half the cost. A plate of SOLID
GOLD is soldered on each side Of plate
Of hard nickel composition metal, and the
three are then passed between polished
steel rollers. From this the cases, backs,
centers, bezels, etc, are cut and shaped by
dies and formers. The gold is thick
enough to admit of all kinds of chasing,
engraving and engine turning. These
cases have been worn perfectly smooth by
use without removing the gold. This is
The only case made under this process. Each
case as accompanied nth q raid guarantees
signed by tie manufacturers Wdrranting ii TO
uear 20 gears. 10000 of these Cases
now carried in the United States and
Canada. Largest and Oldest Factory.
Established 1854. Ask your Jeweler.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-06-29
Legal Notices.
DROBATE ORDER.

II
Il County of Van Bureu,-ss. At "a session OF the
Probate Court for the county OF Van Buren,, holden
al the Probate office In the village of Paw Paw, on
Saturday, the 2jd day Of June, ina the year hous-
aud eight hundred aud eighty Present, Hon.
OrTin ". Hilton, Judge OF Probate.
In the matter of the estate Of VIM. " Shepard,
deceased.
On reading and filing the petition duly verified, Of
Andrew q. Shepard and heir OF said deceased,
praying for reasons therein stated that admnistra-
ton of said estate, be granted to George T.. Prater,
or some other suitable person.
Thereupon IL Is ordered, that Monday. the I'D day
of July, 1888 at ten O'Clock i'm the forenoon, he s.
signed for the hearing of said petition, and all per-
interested i'm said estate required 10 appear
at session OF said court, then to be holden at the
probate office, in the village OF Paw Paw, and show
IL any there be- why the prayer of the petition
er should not he granted.
And il Is further ordered that said petitioner give
notice to the persons interested In said estate Of the
pendency of said petition, and the hearing thereof
10y causing copy Of this order to be published in
the TRUE NoRTHERNER, a newspaper printed and
circulating i'm said county of Van Buren,. Tor three
successive weeks at least previors 20 said day OF
hearing.
75tIo7s uHRIN y. HILTON. Judge of Probate