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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-09-05
Artificial Eggs and Chickens.

A correspondent writes to the New
York San as follows: "a morning jour-
nal says that eggs cannot be made arti-
ficially. [ do not blame the editor for
not believing it possible, but | can sur
prise him still more by bringing the
artificial egg to life-a veritable chicken,
feathers and all. I know that this may
seem incredible, and some persons may
think / am a l~unatic, but [ have already
letters patent for the san4e under appli-
cation, and I have sent to all the differ
ent foreign nations for. patents. [ will
oon open a place in this village, and [
will enlarge my presentfactory to enable
me to hatch out broods Of chickens. The
chickens are the common barnyard kind
and are as hardy and lively as those
Matched in a natural way. | will be
pleased to see or meet any scientific gen
tlemen who are interested in seeing life
brought out of various compounds, and
those compounds of the very simplest
kind. The only difference in the hatch
is that extreme cold is. used instead Of
extreme heat. The time is also short
ened. It only takes one week under my
process" The letter. is signed IS. Brown,
Great Neck, T.. T."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-09-05
Brunettes.

aNobody," says Nym Crynkle, zap
pears to notice one effect of the electric
iight-it is going to make brunettes fash
ionable again. The white glare is, in q
color sense, death to the blonde. The
pinkest of them take on little shadows
under the eyes, and purple tints come
into their lips, and their cheeks get ash
en-. I am speaking now of a natural
blonde. The effect upon the artificial
bleacher is simply cadaverous. But the
brunette sparkles under it like the even
ing star. What a dreadful life the dear
enameled will lead w lsn she can neith-
er go out by night nor day. [ suppose
YOU know the sun heats the face of the
enameled woman, gets the flesh 50 hot
underneath that it sometimes splits the
artificial covering. If then the cleo
trio light shuts them in at night also,
they might as well be enameled all
through in the old Egyptian style, and
and put into a sarcophagus. The brun-
cites far outnumbered the blondes at
Saratoga this season. The pink and
white complexion and blond t~resses,
whereof the bellies used to be so proud,
and which they manufactured for their
personal use in those cases where nature
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-09-05

had not been so kind, are rarely to be
seen. Lord Byron's description of deep
blue yes and snowy hands are quite for
gotten, and is not now to be found IN
the private reference book of the most
indefatigab]e lady's man at Saratoga.
Wherever one turns he is confronted by
the brilliant, Sparkling, dark-eyed, ruby
Tipped brunette. They dress in cos
TUNES Of cardinal satin; in the evening
they wear rich Oriental scarfs, in which
red is the prevailing color; as they sit ON
the piazzas and thrust forth their tiny
feet into public notice, the dainty ex-
tremities are seen to be encased in ali
gator skin stained to a reddish brown"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-09-05
Going to Sea in a Canoe.

A tall slender man of forty, with sharp
features, earnest black eyes, a closly-1
trimmed beard and fierce mustache, sat
among a litter of utensils and hampers
in the shed Of the Knickerbocker Canoe
cub house on the North river, at the
foot Of Eighteenth street. Opposite him
a pale little man sat astride of a big ca
noe. The tall man was Mr.. S. B. Stod-
dard, the canoeist of Glen's Falls, who
is going to sail his little craft up the
sound, out upon the ocean, and around
into the ST. Lawrence, and the small
man was his companion of the voyage,
Prof. Charles Oblenis of Albany.
The canoe is the Atlantis, an eighteen
foot cedar shell, about forty inches beam
and eighteen inches deep, drawing eight
inches of water, with copper rudder and
centerboard. She is covered with light
decks fore and aft. There is plenty of
room to stow away the voyagers, togeth-
stove, canned meats, mysterious bottles,
water tanks and blankets. Included in
the kit is a dry-plate Photographic ca
mera and outfit, a gun, a sun canopy,
~waterproofs, and two large, light mus
lin sails. Everything is selected with
an eye to its being slowed away; but, as
Capt. Billy the boatkeeper remarked,
'.she,s got a power of heft in her, and
took four men to lift her out of the wa
ter"
1--WE are going to sail away in the
morning, bright and early said MI.
Stoddard. Our trip from home has been
very pleasant, if not exciting We start
ed from Glen's Falls on Tuesday the 9TH.
and journeyed by easy stages through
the thirteen locks to Champlain canal.
Reaching the Hudson, we spread our
sails to the breezes, when their was any,
cut behind tows when the wind would
not help us, and padded when we had
to. We 0 tducked with spray at times,
but landed here without mishap on Fri
day.
The little vessel will be run through
Long Island sound and around Cape Cod
to Boston. At Boston the professor will
quit, and Mr.. Stoddard will continue
his trip alone along the coast and into
the ST. LaWrence.-NeW York San.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-09-05
PARIS S g. SON,
Hort papton Montana
500 r WARD!

Strayed or stolen from Godfrey Bros ranch near
the Judith Gap, on the night of August 5th, sixteen
head Of horses, all work animals with the exception
of two colts, description as follows:
One span of buckskin horses weighing, together,
about 2.700, branded circle I on left thigh; one span
of ~roans-horse and mare-branded NJ with bar below
on left thigh; one sorrel mare branded C2 on the left
shoulder; one sorrel mare with a yeariing colt, the
mare has a black spot on left thigh; one bay mare,
had bell on, branded VIC on right thigh, had sucking
colt; two bay horses branded G on left shoulders,
pretty well up; two brown horses, one with white
feet and a little white in face, branded G on lett
shoulder; one bay horse, brand not known: one gray
mare, branded G on left shoulder: one sorrel horse,
blaze face, branded G on left thigh. They are all
pretty large horses. One hundred dollars reward will
De paid for their recovery.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-09-05
HORSES STOLEN.

From Fish Creek, N. w. T., August 10th, 1883,
one black mare, branded with broad arrow on left
shoulder, heavy scar behind left hip, weight abont
200 pounds; one bay mare, branded with broad
arrow on left shoulder, small white mark about one
inch long) behind left ear, weight 1900 pounds; one
strawberry roam mare (%native), branded with broad
arrow on left shoulder, also an old brand shaped
something like sc joined together, on left hip and
shoulder, weight about | 200 pounds; one small In
dian bay mare. branded ars!s on left hip and shoulder
$40 Reward will be given for information
leading to the recovery of the above. Communicate
with MAJOR SHURTLIFF, NV. M. P,
R. g. MCCONNELL, Maple Greek, n. W. Z.
Geological Survey, Maple Creek.
Aupust 25. 1883.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-09-05

The undersigned desire to take from 2 GOO to $500
sheep On shares, on usual terms, for three or four
years, We have a good location. between Deep creek
and Sand coulee; Will furnish fifty tons Of hay to the
thousand head the first (this) season, and six to eight
thousand feet Of shedding. We have had four years
experience with sheep in this territory the past two
years we have been with Robert Blankenba1er, and
refer to him at Fort Benton, or to George Steel, Sun
River Crossing, M. I. Address
P. T.. 8 +. NJ. RUNYAN,
auo14 Ulidia. M. T.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-09-05
TO WOOL GROWERS.

Parties intending to buy Merino Rams this fall are
invited to examine our stock of pure bred Campbell
We claim that they are the most hardy race of pure
bred Merinos ever brought to Montana, and we are
prepared to show that as regards quality the wool of
the Campbell flock has never been surpassed in the
United States by any Spanish American sheep.
We refer to the following gentlemen or to any 9TH
es who have bought our rams: Geo. D. Patterson,
Peek g. Lacy, Hay Bros, Fort Benton; W. B. Edgar,
Utica; Dent & Tullock, Wolf Creek; Brooks q Hill
ger, Andersonville; Poole Bros, Stanford; William
Williams, Deer Lodge. Il
Correspondence solicited.
PARIS GIBSON e. SON.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-09-05
$50 Reward.

Lost-from the Lakes, near Benton, one dark grey
mare, about 1000 lbs. one dark grey eaynse mare,
with hobbies on one bay yearling, with four white
I also lost from Arrow creek, last October. Aone roam
cayuse mare, three years old, branded w on left
shoulder. A reward will be given for information
THOS. r.
Little Rock Creek, BrasseY. Meagher Co.. MT.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-09-05
TEAMS WANTED

To haul Lumber fem the Judith riuer,
Wolf creek, Otter creek and Belt creek to
Fort Benton. address
Z. a. WALL, Otter creek Mills,
o.. H. y. RTRlHAR Cendenin.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-09-05
Estray Taken Up.

Came to my ranch on the south side of the river.
below the mouth of the Marias, three horses. two
sorrel and one chestnut sorrel, branded circle K on
left shoulder, and one branded with anchor on left
shoulder GRAND partly ehacedl and circle cross on
left hip. The chestnut is branded 2 on left shout
der. The owners can have the horses on paying
charges and the cost of this advertisement.
N.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-09-05
THE RIVER RE SIS
Notice.

All persons knowing Themselves indebted to Harris
& Rowe, late of the Park stables, are requested to
come forward at once and settle, as We desire to close
up the business of the late firm.
= HAR RTS q ROWE IL
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-09-05
Strayed.

A brown horse, six years old, branded on the lef
hip with a brand resembling an 4 or two 0C's com
bined; was shod all around. Ten dollars will be
paid for his delivery at the Benton Stables.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-09-05

Sheep for Sale.

About 1000 Stock Sheep, known as the Vivian q
Woods band, kept on Willow creek, near South Fork
OF Sun River. For particulars inquire of
r. REACH Helena.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-09-05
Dissolution Notice.

The copartnership heretofore existing between the
undersigned under the name and style of Bullet d
Martin, doing a saloon and restaurant business in the
city of Fort Benton, is this day dissolved by mutual
consent, Alex, A. Martin retiring. g. W. Bullet as
sumes all liabilities and collects all outstanding &C
counts. E w.
ALEX. A. MARTIN.
Fort Benton, August Is, 1888.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-14
Railroad Stories.

The deep snow and hard ice are
making trouble on the Vermont
railroads. There is an occasional
amusing incident connected with
the blockade. The other night q
fright train broke apart on a curve.
The first section had run quite a dis
lance before the accident was dis
covered. Then it backed up, coupled.
on the missing section, and went on
TO its destination. But on looking
over his way bills the conductor
found that one car was missing from
the centre of the train, and its dis
appearance was a mystery. Going
back, he found it down a bank.
A. still more singular accident &C
Cured to a passenger train. 1t had
halted as usual at a little station
during the night, but no engine was
to be found in the morning. The
was there ali right. and rs it
proved had pileted the train for a
long distance on a down grade, the
engine having jumped the track
without detailing the rest of the
train or checking its speed. Neither
the engineer nor fireman was injured.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-14
An Excellent Plan.

M"
When a girl is ten years old, she
should be given certain household
duties to perform according to her
size and strength, for which a sum
of money should be paid her weekly.
She needs a little pocket money, and
the knowledge how to spent it judi
ciously, which can so we'll be given
by a mother to her little girl. She
should be required to furnish a part
of her wardrobe with this money.
For instance, if she gets ten cents a
week, she should purchase all her
stockings, or all her gloves, as the
mother may decide; and doing this
under the mothers supervision she
will soop learn to trade with judy
ment and economy. OF course, the
mother will see to it that the sum is
sufficient 10 do this, and yet leave a
little for the child to spend Just as
she pleases. This will supply a
healthy stimulus; it will give her a
proper ambition and pride in her
labor. and the ability to use money
properly. As she grows older. these
household duties should be ipcreas-
ed, with o proportionate increase of
money paid for the performance Of
them. We know of Q lady who d.
vides the wages of servants among
her three daughters. This is a sys-
tematic arrangement of their labor,
which is done with a thoroughness
and a~lacrity rarely found, either with
a hired girl, or a daughter who feels
that she has to do it with nothing to
encourage and stimulate her in the
work.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-14

There is o. COED reason to believe,
says a Western Massachusetts paper,
that the original tramp came from
the town of New Marlboro. His
name was Jake Clark. He was q
young man at the time of his ex.
PLOTS. and began to distinguish him
self about the year 1880. He was a
bachelor, and lived part of the time
with his widowed mother. With
mapy things wanting that go to make
up . we'll constituted man, Jake
nevertheless, had elements ofshrewd-
ness that might have made him a
great man if lie had possessed indus
try, dignity and selfrespect, and had
not been a slave. to the habit OF
drinking New England rum, apple
jack and old cider. He planted him.
self squarely on this ethical plat
form: .ar
IT is Just as well to tell u lie as to
tell the truth, if the lie has the SEM
blance of truth. And he was fire.
quently heard TO say that a man was
a "blank fool for telling a lie unless
it had about it a great degree of APP
parent truth"
Jake wouldn't work. He was con.
etitutipnally disposed to be a man Of
leisure-not elegant. bgthappy, and
his great scheme was 70 strdyelfrom
town TO town and get his living BY
bis wits. s-laEaa ~ 1890
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-14

r. HA NH ~ \"
All oser The countEy y0ung GEN
tlemen seem to b Funnihgs AMY
from their~sdding nights Dad their
prospective brides. ISis aVeAkne1s
10 Be noufned and one that demands
the most serious investigation. Al
first sight is looks Is If the young
men of this generation were moon
struck instead Of love srkitten and
as If it were mere merely their heads
instead of their hearts that we're a.
|fected. Certainly the practice has
not the slightest tinge of old fash
Toned chivalry or gallantry about it,
but why don't young men feel ~
they-that is as other young men
used to feefon the nuptial eve I? IL
il that the male portion Of the rising
generation are all sordid and selfish,
thinking only Of mainly Of their own
Ease and comforts and freedom, and
not to any extent considering how
they a make their "better angels"
happy and ~contented in. this low
world, or is there another side to The
question?
It is sometimes suggested that the
extravagant notions young ladies of
these days have of the domestic COM
forts and luxuries necessary to their
happiness are so appalling that, un-
less a young fellow is a 4bossp poll
tician, or q free and easy bank CASH
Ter, or a treasury Office ~sinecure, the
thought of marrying is enough to
drive him crazy, and no wonder the
poor fellow is forever running away.
But it would seem that in this age
of universal industry the young
chaps would not be SO cowardly as
to run away go often unless there
was a general fear of something even
more perilous than a possible scare
iity of funds.
Perhaps deeper trouble is that
young ladies in these times have be-
come SO much a matter of skirts and
corsets and bangs that they don't
find or lose their hearts quite so abb
solutely as our grandmothers did
when they were girls. Perhaps the
young lady of the period is as mer-
cenary as the young fellow. And
while a man of any soul may be-
usually is-glad to labor and worry
for the comfort and pleasure Of a
girl that loves him that sort of devo-
ton soon flies into dust and vanish
es the moment be feels that the girl
is considering not how she can
please him and make him happy,
but how much pin money and. priv
ilege of Irritation he will be pleased
to throw into her married arms. At
all events the boys are skipping al
together too often, and if the girls
want to stop that sort of thing-as
it would seem for their own reputa-
tons they ought to want topper.
haps they had better hunt up their
hearts again and remember that the
true love of a woman is not only one
OF the divinest but one of the most
successful things in all this wide
world.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-14

An exchange relates an interest
ing instance Of a toad's cunning. A
brood of chickens were fed with
moistened meal in saucers, and when
the dough soured a little it attract
ed large number of flies. I'm OBJ.
servant toad had evidently noticed
this, and every day, along toward
evening, he would make his appear
ance in the yard, hop 10 . saucer,
in and roll over and over un-
I'll be wxs covered With meal, hav-
ing done which be awaited develop
pspte. The die, enticed by the
soon sysrmed around the
sehesnine batsachiap. and whenever
one passed within fro inches pr 30
Of his nose his tongue dayted oct
and the Hy disappeared; This plan
worked 50 well that the tad mad
p regular business Of it.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-14


The following exquisite story is
attributed to La MARITIME; but if We
remember rightly, it was told many
years ago by an English traveller in
Turkey, who translated il from the
language OF that country:
In the tribeof Negedeh there was
a horse whose fame was spread far
and near, and a Bedouin of another
tribe whose name was Daber, desir-
ed extremely to possess II. Having
in vain offered for it his camels and
his whole wealth, he at length hit
upon the following device, by which
he hoped to gain the object of his
desire. He resolved to stain his
face with the juice of an herb, to
clothe himself in rags, to tie his legs
and neck together, so as to appear
like a lame beggar.
Thus equipped, he went to wait
for Naber, the owner of the horse,
who he knew was to pass that way
When he saw him approaching on
his beautiful steed, he cried out in a
weak voice:
'"I am a poor beggar; for three
DAYS l have been unable to move
from this spot to look for food. I
am dying. Help me, and Heaven
will reward you"
The Bedouin kindly offered to
take him upon his horse and carry
him home; but Daber replied:
"Alasl / cannot rise; | have no
strength left"
Naber, touched with pity, dis
mounted, led his horse to the spot
and with great difficulty set the
seeming beggar on his back. But
no sooner did Daber feel himself in
the saddle than he set spurs to the
steed and galloped off, calling out as
he rode:
at lit is /, Daber :"
Naber called after him to stop and
listen. Certain of not being pursu-
ed, he turned and halted at a short
distance from Naber, who was arm
ed with a spear.
"You have taken my horse" said
Naber, 'and since Heaven has will
ed it / give you joy of it; but | con-
lure you never to tell any one how
YOU obtained it."
And why not" asked Daber.
Because" said the noble Arab,
another man might be really i'll,
and men would fear TO help him.
You would be the cause of many re-
fusing to perform an act of charity
for fear Of being duped as | have
been"
Struck with shame a. these words
Daber was silent for a moment; then
springing from the horse returned it
to its owner, and embraced him.
Naber made him accompany him to
his tent, where they passed a few
days together and became friends
for life.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-14

Hear the experience of an Ohio
gardner. He saws:
Three years experience with mus.
lin ssshes where the thermometer
ranges from twenty degrees below
zero to seventy degrees above, salts
'fies me of their superiority. Imake
a square frame of one and one-fourtll
inch stuff with a single bar of the
size down the middle; cover it with
common, heavy, unbleached mus
lin, paint it over with two coats
boiled linseed oil, and find it far
better than glass. Have had no
freezing or scalding, but better col
ored plants, more stocky, and better
able TO Withstand early transplant-
ing. After the hot bed is filled with
manure lay in the soil 20 as to come
within three inches of the muslin,
sloping exactly as it does. As the
season advances the bed will settle
about as fast 90 the growth of the
plants require it. This plan pre-.
vents the plants from becoming
long legged, which is the main cause
of the slow a~ftergrowth, and in the
cabbage family of'so many plants
failing to make solid head
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-14

WASHINGTON, March 5.-In reply
TO inquiries made to-day the Com
missioner of Internal Revenue said
that the effect of the law reducing
acknowledgements taxation would be
as follows:
The tax upon the capital and de-
posts of banks and bankers and
national baking associations is re-
pealed from this date, except such
taxes as are now due and payable.
That the reduction of. the tax upon
checks. drafts. ETC., and upon match
es, perfumery, medicinal prepare
tons and other articles imposed by
schedule A, following section 3,437
of the Revised Statutes, takes effect
July l, 1883. That after May 1,
1888, the tax on manufactured to-
bacco and snuff viii be eight cents
per pound, on cigars three dollars
per thousand and on cigarettes fifty
cents per thousand. That there will
be a rebate on tobacco, snuff, cigars
and cigarettes of the difference in
the taxes recently imposed and the
taxes now provided where claims
amount to $40. These claims must
be presented within sixty DAYS from
May l. Regulations upon this mat
ter will be Immediately issued and
blanks will be furnished upon which
claims can be made. That the Law
provides for a large reduction in
special taxes upon dealers, com
mencing May 1, 1859. The COM
missioner also stated that immedi-
ate arrangements would be made in
changing the form of special tax
stamps and stamps for the payment
of taxes upon tobacco. snuff, cigars,
etc, so as to supply collectors with
these stamps in time 20 meet the re-
quirements of trade prior 10 May 1,
1883.