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Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-04-19
RELIGIOUS.

Those who would let anything take
the place of Christianity, must first
abolish all sorrow from the earth.
BE as u little child Children have
no cares; all is managed for them, and
they rest safe and happy in their faith
er's care.
We must choose between the ro-
nance of man and the mysteries of
God. God only reveals himself through
many veil, but those wells are not
falsehoods.
The apostle John did not believe in
divorces for religions sake. When he
baptized Chrysippa, the wife of the
governor of Patmos (says Prochorus).
she would have forsaken her unbeliev-
ing husband at once; but the aged
apostle told her it must not be. lie
had "a commission, he said, to join her
to Christ, but none to separate her
from her husband, and he commanded
her to return to her house again.
Life is of worth only as we men and
women witness for something. Proto-
plasm is high type of life compared
to the man who lives only for self.
Smaller than an atom is the man who
finds center and circumference in self
Less than cipher in value is the soul
that stands alone, and finds no great
principle or truth as unit alongside
which to place itself. The coil of wire
stretched across a state becomes the
highway of thought when it yields to
electricity; a man becomes the medium
of Gods thought when insulated from
the world, and witnessing for Christ.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-04-19
How to Pray.

Our insufficiency to pray Alright is
two-fold, embracing both what to pray
for, and how to pray. An inspired
writer says, "We know not what we
should pray for as we ought" In other
words, as the passage in its connection
teaches, we do not know how to pray
except we are assisted by the Holy
Spirit Another inspired penman
says, eye ask and receive not, because
yc ask amiss." 1t is not all manner of
prayer that is availing, and we cannot
be too deeply impressed with the con-
sideration that there is a right and a
wrong way of praying To pray eff
fectualy we must pray cas- we ought. "
To pray "as we ought" includes fixed
ness and engagedness of heart. Roy
ing thoughts and listless feelings are
among the greatest hinderances to be
overcome. There are very few who
have not attempted, seemingly in vain,
to have the thoughts confined to the
words of prayer, when in spite of all
cndeavors to the contrary they have
wandered hither and thither, as if
mocking all control. 1t is well if in
these painful experiences, the need Of
divine assistance in prayer is suitably
realized.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-04-19
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Men of mite-DWarfs.
A fast gait-One that is bolted.
Funny. isn't it that you always see
the night-fall before any stars begin to
shoot.
Musicians are in the habit of slur-
ring some notes. but they all speak
well of greenbacks.''
Man may want but little here below,
but he makes a great disturbance if he
doesn't get everything.
"What is woman's sphere" To be
mathematically correct, we suppose
woman's sphere is being always round
when you want her. and sometimes
when you don't want her.
\ New York tailor says that when
he desires to get rid of poor paying
customer he misfits him so badly that
he is laughed at. Then he gets mad
and patronizes some other tailor.
"Enfant terrible" Grandmamma
(maternal )-"What fidget you are
George! What are you looking about
for now?' Grandson =" "Gran'ma.
where's that was looking for that
miserable table pa says you keep"
We are all equal in a way that this
little story illustrates: "a day or two
since well-Rnown physician called to
see a lady patient, the mother of
bright three-years-old girl. As the
doctor entered the room the little girl,
as though somewhat frightened, ran
away upon being told that the visitor
was Dr. -. The mother explained
that the little one, through experience
with dislocated ankle and the vaccina-
ton season, was evidently afraid of
the visitor. The following day the
doctor made anotht- call "a d su 'ceeded
in winning the little gill to his KIN ,
why did you run away from me yes:
terday? he asked oh. dlunt run
away from you. I.,n aeay from the
doctor of you,' she responded Vicor-
ouslY."
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-04-19
land in viey

It was startling expression, but
quite consistent with what is becom-
ing very common sentiment of the
imagined superiority Of modern en-
lightment over what we have so long
reverenced as divine revelation, which
we noticed in the conclusion of a trib-
ute paid by a correspondent of enc of
our most influential daily papers to a
gentleman recently deceased. After
depicting character of remarkable
beauty, in certain mentioned respects,
the writer added that such a man
scarcely needed to be born again"
Whether the writer meant to imply
that this superior young person was
probably never born again, but that it
was no loss to him; or that he proba-
bly, had been, but that it was unneces-
sary to such a man,--We need not in
quire. But when we remember who
it was that said, Except a man be
born again he cannot see the kingdom
Of God," we cannot but wonder at the
moral daring which the utterance of
such thought implies. Waterman.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-04-19
A ClCse.FIsted Economist

The farmer sat in his easy chair
Between the fire and the lamplights glarei
His face was ruddy and full and fair;
His three small boys in the chimney nook
Conned the lines of picture book;
His wife, the pride of his home and heart
Baked the biscuit and made the tart,
Laid the table and drew the tea,
Deity, swiftly, silently;
Tired and weary, weak and FAINT,
She bore her trial wi hout complaint,
Like many another household saint
Content all selfish bliss above
In the patient ministry OF love.
At last, between the clouds of smoke
That wreathed his lips, the farmer spoke:
There's taxes TO raise and int'rest to pay,
And if there shoull come q rainy day
'Twould be mighty handy, I'm bound to say,
II have something put by. For folks most die;
An there's funeral bills, and grave stones TO
buy
Enough TO swamp man, purity nigh;
Besides, there's Edward an Dick an Joe
To be provided for when we go;
So, if / were you, III tell you what I'd du;
I'd be savin of wood as ever | could
Extra fires don't do any good;
I'd be savin' Of soap and savin' of lie,
And run up some candles once in a while;
I'd be rather sparin' OF coffee and tea,
For sugar is high,
An all TO buy,
= 1, I L.
I'd be kind o. careful about my clo'es
And look out sharp how the money goes
Gewgaws is useless, mater knows;
Extra trimmin'
IS The bane of women.
I'd sell the best of my cheese and honey,
An eggs is as good, nigh bout, as money
An as TO the carpet you wanted new
guess we can make the old one du;
An as for the washer an sewin' machine,
Them smooh-tongued agents, so pesky mean,
You'd better get rid of 'em, slick and clean.
What do they know bout women's work?
Do they calklate women was made to shirk!"
Dick and Edward and little Joe
Sat in the corner in a row;
They saw their patient mother 60
On ceaseless erRnds to and fro;
They saw that her form was bent and thin,
Her TEMPLES gray, her checks sunk in;
They saw the quiver Of lip and chin
And then, with a wrath he could not smother,
Outspoke the youngest, frailest brother:
"YoE talk of savn' wood al lie
An tea an sugar all the while,
But you never talk Of sayin' molher!"
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-04-19
Sage and TapiOca.

Sage and tapioca differ in value ma
terially, as was shown recently in a
lawsuit between merchants of the Pa
cific coast The difference is explain
ed in the plants and in the cost of pro-
duction. The sagO tree is a palm,
twenty-five feet high. II grows in the
marshes Of Singapore and elsewhere in
China, where plantations Of one thous-
and acres are often seen. y 7ago palm
is not ripe for it's first and onll harvest
till fifteen years from the plantil z. Its
diameter is then some twenty inches.
The harvester works on ShifIlh :
plank in the swamp, and fells the tre>
close to the ground. The bark being
removed the body of the tree consists
of soft pith, which is broken and
ground in water while the pulp is be-
ing stirred. Transferred to a vat, the
starch is precipitated and the water
drawn off, after which the starch is
dried and ground into the sage
flour of commerce Chinese tapioca
differs essentially. The plant grows
fifteen feet high, and fruits in two
years; otherwise it is not unlike the
potato. Every motion is the same as
in the potato field. Grasping the plant
it's huge bunch of massive roots is
shaken and taken to mill, where, being
washed and stripped by machinery, the
tapioca of commerce is made as sago is
precisely.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-04-19
Good Night.
A SONG.

Good night, my love, g,od night.
The twinGling stnrs are peepmg from the
cloudless sky,
And on the dewy earth the silver moonbnms
lie;
say good-by.
Good night, my love- good night.
Good night my love, good night.
OH softly on thy pillow may thy pure cheek
rest,
And angels grant no shadows cross thy Enless
breast;
Thy sleep be sweet, thy dreams of him who
loves thee best.
Good night, my love, good night.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-04-19
NEMSpAPER IAINS

If subscribers order the discrimination of
newspapers, the publishers may continue to
send them until all arrearages are paid.
IF subscribers refuse orneglect to take their
newspapers from the Office to which they are
sent, they are held responsible until they
have settled the bills and ordered them dis
continued.
If subscribers move to other places with
out informing the publisher, and the news
papers are sent 10 the former place of resi-
dence, they are then responsible.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-04-19

Those who would let anything take
the place of Christianity, must first
abolish all sorrow from the earth.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-04-04
.,ok Stephens Struggle for Life.

tho late Alexander HI. Stephens
Nnend to Georgia from Washington
reIIuo5tte where he had opposed the adj
in lo10 pro- Of California ana New Mexico,
nlS soa I'd that Judge Cone of Georgia
ne LIED him a traitor to the south,
na9 hn told the latter if it were true,
anu ioh the Judge had denied, he would
Wiz bio face.n Afterward, d mlsun-
SUP ndinp rose between them on the
deI oIbiect, through the miscarriage
san ottpr and also a feeling on the part
o. iudoe and his friends that he had
o. Ihy1lIied: and the gentlemen met at
2geo DC A tlanta MOTEL and fought. Cone de-
Ineaded a retraction of his threat, which
"n Not made. Then" said Cone, who
wax wax q powerfully built man, Il de-
"" Won as a miserable little traitor"
m W. last words had hardly left bis lips
..hon Stephens hit him with his cane.
Wild with pain and passion, without
,ttnriny a word, Cone drew q Keen
uueintod dirk knife and made one furious
lHGUIaIct at his weak little adversary. In
'tnntlv AS he did 50, hewever, Stephens,
ooi1in% a stout umbrella which he held
y, his left hand, interposed it as q de
f'ncn and was able for a moment to
baId him at arms length. Once more
+ was thrust at Stephens, cutting q deep
cash in his arm; eighteen times IL u
5enn into his breast, arms and body, but
StiIi he did not fall. Then he could hold
ont no longer. No courage, no spirit,
however firm and u~nyielding, could
long withstand such an attack. Cone
waS determined to finish his work. He
threw all his great weight against the
UMBRELLA. which broke. Stephens, half
Sinting. fell upon his back. The giant
Cone was at his throat in a moment; his
head, by a grip OF iron, was held against
the cruel floor. "Retract, OF I'll cut
your cursed throat.n Kissed Cone. Cut!
IN never retract..' gasped the almost
Hfeless Stephens. The knife came down.
With an almost superhuman effort the
prostrate man caught it IN his rlghC
hand. Clean through the muscles, ten
dops and bones of the hand it cut, then
stuck fast and reached no vital part.
With desperate strength Cone tried to
wrench it free. In the struggle Steph-
ems was once more dragged to his feet.
The blood was rushing in streams from
his many wounds. At this moment
others came to his relief and saved his
life. The wounds which Nh. Stephens
had received were Examined. LII was
found that one of them had penetrated
TO within a sixteenth of an inch OF his
heart. An intercostal artery had been
cut. When he recovered he refused &c
prosecute Cone, and that person, instead
Of getting his deserts in state prison, was
fined 81, 600, and with his 'honor vlndl
cated,n was allowed to go free. 10 the
dav of his death Mr.. Stephens spoke O
him in tones of consideration and for
givenness. Not long ago showing the
great hole in his mangled hand, he said
"Poor Cone! Pm sure he'd be sorry !
he knew what trouble [ have to write
with these stiff fingers of mine"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-04-04
Making Bangs a Legal Tender.

on the new nickel the goddess OF lib
erty has her hair arranged in bangs.
This effort on the lsrt of the govern
ment to make bangs a legal tender fer
all debts. public and private, will never
ha countenancedby the people, n those
who have sprung the bang upon us una
wares. know perfectly well that bangs
would be adopted as a national
trade mark if left to The vote Of the PEG
ME Citizens, as a general thing, do not
Object to an occasional bang, but to have
bangs thrown upon them by legislative
enactment, to have bangs for dinner tea
and beer, to have bangs advertised as
being endorsed by the highest power on
earth. is too much. The men IN power
NAV suggest bangs, but they must not
crowd them down our throats, as tney
will not be swallowed, however much
thew may be fabricated with ponaade
and the coin of the realm. The idea q
4 goddess Of liberty with bangs IS . stop
| at u patriotism. We have 100 long
worshiped the goddess of liberty Wild
her hair brushed back, and her starry
nirhtcap on a pole, to swallow bangs
Chicago Tribune.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-04-04
Revivalist Harrison's Charges.

Revivalists, it seems, do not save souls
for nothing. The Inter-Ocedn thus
speaks of one of them: eff all the stories
that are told about him are true, the re-
yiyalist Harrison, who has recently
been ministering to the people OF Deca-
tur, should pray earnestly to be delivered
from the sin of covetousness. Almost
everywhere he goes he gets into q row
about the y He charges 500 a week
for leading lost sheep into the fold, and
insists upon paymentin advance. WINE
in Decatur he made short trips into
neighboring towns to hold single meet,
ings, for which his terms are 30, n
when the committee on finance attempt
ed to deduct the amount he had received
for outside meetings while he was IN
their employment, to use an ungodly
expression, he kicked, and demanded
his full price per week, whether he gave
full service or not. The disposition to
mingle cupidity with q desire to rescue
wayward souls has made Mr.. Harrison
considerable trouble heretofore. Last
summer the good people OF an ONO
town erected and furnished a house Tor
him, wherein he might rest from MS
labors when his flesh grew weak, ano
were very much astonished to discover
that he sold it and pocketed the money
as soon as the property was conveyed &c
him y
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-04-04

excused from describing. The rear fall
is the favorite. 1t is more frequently
utilized than any other. There are two
positions in skating, the perpendicular
and the horizontal. Advanced skaters
prefer the perpendicular, while others
effect the horizontal.
Skates are no respectors of persons.
They will lay out a minister, of the Cos
pei or the mayor Of the city as readily
as they will a short-coated, n suspen-
der boy, or a giddy girl.
When one of the mems feet starts fer
Nevada and the other for Colorado that
does not separate him from the floor or
break up his fun. Other portions of his
body will take the place his feet have
Just vacated, with a promptness that is
surprising. And he will find that the
fun has just begun-for the people look
ing on. The equipments for the rink
are a pair of skates, acushion, and a bot
tie OF liniment. boomerang.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-04-04
Joe Jeferson's Identity.

Not long ago a friend of mine was
making a deposit in a bank when Joe
Jefferson entered to get a check cashed.
There was no one to identify him, and
the cautious clerk said that be had seen
Rip Van Wrinkle several times, and
could hardly deem it possible that his
im~personator was so young a man. Joe
leaned back against a post with that pc
culiar, forsaken air OF the returned
sleeper, and said sadly in the words OF
Rip: "Ifmy tog Schneider vas here,
he would know me-" PAY the check.
shouted the clerk, Il one but Joe JET
ferson has that heart-breaking voice, or
can say the words III that way"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-04-04
An Essay on Roller Skates.

The roller skate is q hayward Httle
uuadruDed. 1t is as frolicsome ana more
innocent looking than a lamb, but Ior
interfering with ones upright attltuoe
in the community it is perhaps the pest
machine that has appeared in Salt Lake
City.
Ones first feeling on standing up on a
pair of roller skates is an uncontrollaDle
tendency to come from together. one
foot may start out toward Idaho Whale
the other as promptly strikes out 1or
Arizona. The legs do not stand by eacn
other as legs related by blood should 40,
but each shows a disposition to set up III
business alone, and leave you TO take
care of yourself as you may. Inc aWk-
wardness of this arrangement ~ appar-
ent. While they are setting UP lhde-
pendently. there is nothing for you 70
do but to sit down and await future de-
velopments. And you have to SIT Gown
too, without having made any previous
preparation for it, and without having
devoted as much thought to IL as you
might have done had you been consul1eo
III the matter. a
One of the most noticeable things az .
skating rink is the strong attractlon pe.
tween the human body n the 100 y
the rink. If the human body had peel
coming through space for days at tn
rate Of a million miles a second, wlthou
stopping at eating stations, and not e e,
cepting Sundays, when it strikes
floor, we coEid understand whylt strucl
the floor with SO much violence. as !
is, however, the thing is inezsplicaole.
There are different kinds Of falls i
vogue at the rink. There are the Iea
falls, and front falls, the Gardlha
Wolsey fall, the fall one across ne otile
three in a pile, and so on. Fnere AZ
some of the falls that / should like 20 Y
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-04-04
Feminine Mustaches.

signorina Heelen Georglides, a female
barber who shaves without a razor, Lives
on Hester street, New York. The sig
nora is a buxom-looking brunette, with
pleasant features, and apparently forty
wears of age. She has TWO handsome
looking boys, one Of whom acted as IN
terpreter.
INV mother is a native of Smyrna,
Asia Minor,n one OF these said, IN very
good English to a reporter.
'Can 0 describe the process
Certainly; but my mother does not
use any %razors, and she confines her at
tentions exclusively to ladies. She uses
a thread instead Of a razor, and the pro-
cess is not only more speedy, but more
"Does the lady object to giving me an
illustration of ler skill?"
After some coaXing the III pro-
lessor consented. Taking the reporter
into another room, he was requested 70
hare his arm. Taking a strong linen
thread she placed one end between her
teeth. and with a peculiar sea-saW mo-
ton with both hands, she applied the
thread quickly up and down the arm;
| the hair being caught up by what ap-
reared to be a small slip-knot IN the
| center Of the thread. This motion was
continued for several seconds with re-
markable results, the hairs being quick
Nv removed by the process.
'ssOf course, YOU will understand" con
tinued her Interpreter, "thatmy mother
does not pretend to shave gentlemen;
their boards would be too hard and
rough; but she has been very successful
with ladies, and has quite a large mum
her of customers who visit her regular
ly."
remove a Iady's mustache?"
"Well a brunette will get shaved by
her process once q month, blonds once
in three weeks. Very much depends
upon the nature and growth OF the bearc
or mustache, as the case may be. Inc
first stage is to anoint the skin well WIFI
an ointment, the preparation OF WhlcI
is a secret. The idea is to soften the
skin thoroughly, so that the hairs VII
be removed without causing dlscoinloi
to the patient"
q After the skin has been well saturat
al with the ointmentthe hairs come gu
very easily, and the preparation checks
their growth for several weeks"
"Do YOU find many ladies who arr
q fHicted with beard and m~ustaches!"
ooh. YES. There are dozens OF then
in this big city. Brunetts are mor'
troubled in this way than blends. an.
the older the patient is the more time |
takes to remove it. My mother ha
many customers, real fashionable ladies
who are fifty years of age, who visit ne
regularly. But the majority Of her Gus
toners are professional people, such a
actresses, singers, and such like. Inc:
are very particular, too, but money !
no object with them, and on special %
, casions they do not hesitate 70 pay d
mnch as SIS a visit. Her regular fee j
t 1.-THE week previous to the Arion bal
we had as many as twenty person
cali here to get shaved. Indeed, ther
We're more came than my mother coul
possibly attend to-"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-04-04
Kicked Him but Could Not Insult Him.

THAT man to whom you sent me, in
suited me- said a young drummer, who
had only been a few months in the bus
mess, to his trainer in a large house in
the city.
"Insulted you,n reiterated the trainer,
with an expression Of contempt almost
sufficient to make the novice sink into
the floor.
Were you never insulted?" timidly
responded the young man.
Never, sir; not even during ne
period of my novitiate, which | passed
through very rapidly, and have been
twenty years in the business"
'That is very strange said the nov
ice, skeptically. !,
Very strange if you don't understand
it, ferociously observed the old drum
mer. II have been often badly abused.
I have been ordered peremptorily to
leave the premises. | have been fire.
quently knocked down for standing on
the order of my going, and several times
I have been unceremoniously kicked
down stairs; butt he continued gazing
fiercely and triumphantly at the young
man, II have never been insulted. The
| moment a drummer feels himself In
| suited he is no longer fit for the bust
ness.'-NeW York St0a..
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-04-04


Harry took his girl to the theater the
other might and when the curtain rang
up she innocently inquired:
Harry, did you bring your glass with
your"
mo, dear" he answered, absent
mindedly, II never carry it; find it
Just as convenient to go out between acts
and take one Them
"What?" she replied in startled way.
"Oh-ah-I mean-yes-no-l mean
[ left it at home"
Harry can eat a sack of roasted coffee
now, but the girl knows better every
time.
A scissors-grinder was ringing his
bell Ito grind on Brush street, when a
Young man called to him and asked:
Say, can you sharpen everything"
Eyes, eaferytings."
"Can you sharpen my wits?'
"Your Wits? Well, [ guess you hat to
go und get a new handle und back
spring put in first! | must hat some
tings to hang on py!"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-04-04
Hotel Properly for Sale.

Having other business requiring my undivided
attention, l am DESTROYS Of disposing of my hotel
HOTEL JUDITH-one of the largest and best houses
freight road and stage route between Benton and
White Sulphur Springs, and is very pleasantly located
at the Judith bridge, in the town of Philbrook.
House is a two-story frame, 20x32, with story ana u
half ell, 20x26. Address
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-04-04

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