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

States can take an ounce and a quarter
Of gold and stamp upon it al 'seagle
birdn and twenty dollars" That's
The mechanic can take mate
rial worth S. and make it into a watch
worth 500. That's skill. The mer-
chant can take an article worth Is cents
and sell it for ST.. That's business. A
lady can purchase a very comfortable
bonnet for $40, but she prefers to pay
500. That's f%oolishness. The ditch
digger works ten hours a day and SHOW
els out three or four tons of earth for 81.
That's IabOr.u
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-09-05
The Destroyer.

FoRT HAMILTON, L. T., August 28.-
Ericson's torpedo boat Destroyer passed
out through the narroWs at noon, under
a full head Of steam. 1t is claimed that
the Destroyer can run at seventeen knots
an hour, but it is thought that with to-
davis wind she will not make more than
fourteen or fifteen. Her experiments
to-day consisted in shooting torpedoes
at a 900 feet range, and were made for
the purpose of ascertaining how much
the course Of the missile through the
water is varied by the tides or other in
fuenceS.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-09-05

Iris not improbable that, with the era
of manufacturing about to be opened up
in Montana, the industry of flax grow
ing will be established, and show re-
spectacle figures in the tables of our
productions. In eastern Washington
and western Idaho, where the climate
and general conditions are very similar
to those of Montana, the growth Of flax.
has already reached large proportions,
and the product is remarkable for as fine
a fiber as ever was manufactured in Bel
fast.-BiWings Herald.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-09-05

THE San Francisco Bulletin publishes
a letter, brought down on the steamer
st. Paul, from Ounalaska, announcing a
large gold discovery OF the Yukon river,
Alaska. Owing to the extreme cold
IS deg. below zero--it was impossible
to do much prospecting. The miners
who made the discovery were a party
fitted out by f. Schieffiin, who made big
discoveries in Arizona and who cleaned
up over 81, 900, 900 in that section.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-09-05
HENRY WILLARD.

At the present time there are few men
who occupy a more prominent position
before the country than Henry Willard,
the president of the Northern Pacific
railroad, to whose genius and wonder
full executive ability is due the early
completion Of that enterprise, the great
est of the transcontinental railways.
An eastern paper gives the following
short sketch of Mr.. Wizards connec-
ton with the Northern Pacific, and of
the wonderful results he has accomplish
ed, which will be read with no little in
terest at this time: Gin 1875 MI. Viii
lard began to examine into the Northern
Pacific. He already knew more about
it than any man in its directory. It had
an enormous land grant that ran through
the great wheat belt of Dakota, which
was becoming more and more valuable.
His examination made him determined
to buy the stock, franchise and all; at
that time it had very little value and
was worth from 8 to 10 cents, and at
InCoC HSuICS V1lIdIu dAu LIS doSOC1oUCS
bought not less than $4,000 shares, and
five years ago, when the annual meet
ing occurred, to the amazement Of the
old owners, Mr.. Willard reconstructed
the directory, electing himself president
of the company. Mr.. Wizards energy
since his election has been untiring.
He has sold nearly $50, 900, 900 worth of
land, and has two-thirds Of the grant
vet untouched. 1t is estimated that this
land grant alone is worth 500, 600, 900.
That which has been sold has brought
from $3.50 to S. per acre, and much of
the rest is the most valuable portion OF
the grant. The road will be opened in
a few weeks from the Pacific ocean to
the great lakes, and as thoroughly
equipped as any in the country. At
fo~rty-nine MI. Willard is among the rich
men Of the country, and he has made
all his fortune in ten years and from alb
solutely nothing. His Oregon steam
ship stock is worth $ ,000,0o0 and his in
terest in the Northern Pacific not less
than $1O,O 900, 0O0-a very fair fortune for
a newspaper reporter to make in ten
years.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-09-05

DISTINCTIONS closely drawn are more
clearly perceived when aptly illustrated.
An exchange has excelled in accom-
plishing this, as will be seen in the fol
INTERPRETATIONS: "Tennyson en- take
a worthless sheet of paper and by writ
ing a poem on it make it worth $1,000.
That's genius. Vanderbilt can write a
few words on a sheet and make it worth
S., 600, 900. That's capital. The United
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-09-05

J. III. SAUNDERS, of the special United
States Treasury Commission, has just
returned from Europe. He expresses be-
lief in a published interview that Eng
land will remove it's restrictions on the
importation of American cattle, but that
Germany will notremove it's restrictions
on the Importation of American pork
until this governmentinaugurates a sys-
tenn of thorough inspection.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-09-05

OLD Sol is doing his best to dry up
the country and the rains have been
partial to spots. In the south and SOUTH
west it is as dry as a chip and in the
west the cattle are close to the streams.
Not last year, but the summer before,
we had just such another dry spell, but
the general rains came and stock never
wintered better. May it be SO again.
Texas Lire Stock Journal.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-09-05
$50 Horses for Sale.

The undersigned have 1856 horses and
70 colts, all American stock, and most
Of the grown animals broke, that they
will sell at reasonable prices in numbers
to suit purchasers. Of the number are
three fine stations, well bred. One, a
four year old, is Norman and Clyde
stock; a two year old Mambrino, and a
two year old Morgan. Horses cal be
seen at the Park stables.
CHRISTIAN & PORTER.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-09-05

BEFORE O'Donnell, who killed James
Carey, the informer, was committed for
trial, he said to the magistrate " I am
not guilty Of wilful murder. The,kill-
ing was done in self-defense. Carey
drew a revolver from his right-hand
pocket, and I snatched it away and
chot him ~
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-09-05

The California cotton mills company,
with a capital Of $500, 600, has been or
ganized. The mills will be located at
Oakland, and soon the Golden State will
furnish superior cotton as we'll as wool
on fabrics
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-09-05

The San Francisco Examiner says !:
1t is believed that within the next five
years the copper product Of Montana
and Arizona alone will be equal in value
to the present output of the entire
country.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-09-05

THERE are now 4S,O49 postoffices in
the United States, of which number
1,17s are presidential offices and 6,273
money order offices. Since the year 1876
the number of postoffices has been in
creased 40 per cent.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-09-05
ROBT. ~PFAENDTNER.


Hostetter's Stom-
ach Bltters, by In
creaslng vital power,
and rendering the
physlcaI functions
regular and active,
Keeps The system III
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-09-05
Closing Out at Cost.

Commencing to-day I will close out
my entire stock of saddles, harness, etc.
at net cost to close out. This is an OPP
~portnnity for all to purchase cheap goods
in my line. A. J.. DAVIDSON.
August 18th, 1883.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-09-05

THE Pioneer Press of recent date pub
fishes the full list of Wizards invited
guests to the golden spike celebration.
1t takes over a column Of solid nonpa-
rel to do it.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-09-05

The opening of the Blackfeet reser-
walton to settlement will insure Fort
Benton direct railroad communication
east within two years.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-09-05

THE President caught t%hirty-five fish
es, weighing forty-fve pounds, in the
the Yellowstone, ''at one sitting"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-09-05

FORT BENTON is now pretty well
hemmed in with railroad magnates and
that they are all looking this way for
tributary country there can be no doubt.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-09-05

THE Northwest council is in session
at Regina.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-09-05

HELENA is in the midst Of her boom
Benton's is coming, speedily and surely.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-09-05

THIS is an important week for Fort
Benton.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-09-05

T. G.. Power & Bro. are Just in receipt
Of a large invoice of the celebrated Paul
Morphy cigars.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-09-05

HEE WING, a Celestial of New York
city, has become a naturaIized citizen.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-09-05

We are in receipt of a large stock Of Goods bought for cash and
which we offer at Bottom Prices. Our stock consists in part of STAPLE
SHOES, CLOTHING, HARDWARE, STOVES AND GUNS,
AMMUNITION, WOODEN WARE, CROOKERY, GLASS, LAMPS,
HARNESS AND sADDLERY, WOOL SACKS And TWINE, TENTS
AND WAGON SHEETS. We carry a full line of AGRICULTURAL
IMPLEMENTS, consisting in part Of the Celebrated Woods self-binders
and Mowers, Tiger Rakea, sulky, Gang and Walking Flows, Harrows,
WheelbarroWs and Pumps. We are agents for the celebrated COOPER
WAGONS, which are conceded to be the best wagons made for the west
en country. We respectfully invite our old friends and patrons to give
Us a call and examine goods and prices before buying elsewhere.
June 10th, 1888. ] H, MCKNIGHT & GO,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-09-05

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1888.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-09-05

Paul Morphys.'
Huntsville gazette., 1883-12-15
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

A hens nest was patented at Wash
ington recently. Washington Star.
1t is claimed for an Elmira On. w
mechanic that he has invented sue
cessful iron railroad tie.
An automatic dust and cinder de-
fector,' to be adjusted to the windows
Of railway cars, has been patented.
A foundry, machine and plow
works which were burned in Jackson,
Miss, were rebuilt refitted with new
machinery with greater capacity than
before, and began turning out work
within fifteen days after the fre.-N. X.
Sun.
A New York cigar dealer has in
vented tobacco refrigerator for
keeping the weed fresh and moist while
exposed for sale. 1t is a cigar-stand
and tobacco-box combined, made Of
polished white metal, and divided in the
center by two perforated partitions. be-
tween which is placed wet sponge
~ " Herald.
DR. LadeH has discovered that
prussic acid is an antidote to poisoning
with strychnine Medical men will be
prussic acid, to be of any use, must be
given in doses which would be fatal
under any other circumstances. ChicG-
go Journal.
A company of Southern capitalists
are preparing to build new manufac-
turing city on the south side Of the Ten
nessee River, in Alabama, near Mussel
Shoals. The site is 100 feet above high
water mark, and it will be named Iron
City" 1t is at the head of navigation
on the Tennessee, and will be the ter
minus of at least three railroads, which
run through the coal and iron fields OF
the South. Chicago Herald.
-Jewelry- making is the big business
Of Providence, r. ]. There are 164
manufacturing establishments, employ
ing about $500 hands, and turning out
S5,775,975 worth Of goods annually.
The manufacture began soon alter the
Revolution, and in 1905 there were four
establishments. The city also makes
eighty-seven per cent. of the screws
used in the country, and 2,340,000
pieces of prints during the year.-Prov-
idl nee Journal.
1T takes fully eighteen months to
convert tobacco into snuff, and it goes
through most elaborate preparations be-
fRre it is presented - the public. Few
people are probably aware that, after
the same fashion as beer, tobacco is al
lowed to ferment so as to be thoroughly
picked, and is kept in this condition for
at least six months, after which it is
subjected to steam temperature Of 240
degrees. When thoroughly dry it has
to be ground, which is done by means
of cast-iron mills. Over 400 women and
boys are engaged in one snuff factory
in Jersey City. N. Y. Times.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-12-15
NEWS AND NOTES.
, Summary of Important Events.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

,uo Senate on the 4th several bills
IL ..troduced. The committee appoint
W, ~ wait upon the President in con-
tu ~ '.,or with the House committee reported
luhctIlooHd performed that duty, and stated that
tneI pnnaasi5ent na1 had requested them to convey
inc ~ .t +,r., houses his compliments and con-
Wt.n,I,Isrions " ana say he would communicate
graluai4aot"lv in writing. The Presidents mes
llV a1ras then received, and after its reading
sage enaota W. adjourned -. The House com
'e' s-canizatiou after referring the Mis-
"a Kansas election eases. The case
= III First Virginia District was laid over.
.. y s65 the Presidents secretary appeared and
A A'o.nrtad INT the President message, at the close
PIN reading OF which the House adjourned.
1x tbe Senate on the 9TH bills were intro
,...os To abolish the internal revenue; to
-,nrsgize the legislative power Of Utah; to
i.s l.sp,t special commissioner to look after
jeinterests in Central and South America.
H. BIair offered q resolution for submission
If constitutional amendment to prohibit
msnnfacture. sale or importation of liquors
for drink. Mr. Morrill, addressed the Senate
IN silver coinage. The committee on Indian
Affairs were instructed to consider the expe-
dpDcy of establishing military academy to
rain indian youth for the regular army. Mr..
Hoar introduced a bill for the use of patent
hgllOt-boxes in federal elections. ..... In the
House the Virginia contest was referred to
the Committee on Elections.
In the Senate on the 9Th bill was intro
duced to repeal the pre-emption and timber
culture acts. Resolutions were offered for
submission of constitutional amendments
modifying the Fifteenth Amendment, provid-
ing for woman suffrage, and giving the Presi-
dent power to veto separate items in appro-
priaton bills; calling for information regard
ng the backbone" land grant transfer.
Bills we're introduced: To restore tC market
the reservoir lands in Wisconsin and Mime
sota to provide for ship canal between
Delaware and Chesapeake BAYS. In the
House Mr. McCoid took the oath of office.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-12-15
PITH AND POINT.

Mrs. Shoddy says she has just
bought new African for her baby.
1t IS very amusing to gaze at Ian
gushing dude, and hear him talk OF
Z the softer sex. "-TeraS Sifjngs.
The most absent-minded man is the
professor who, wher be hears himself
knoc king the ashes out Of his pipe, will
call out, "come in. - GdlueSt0n NeaCs.
-She-'I am fond Of poetry" He
..Are you, indeed? Doyou like Burns?"
She-.No, indeed; they are 50 extress-
with them, as Ma does all the cooking.
-Butalo Erpress.
s'To err is human, to forgive divine"
good old adage, but we notice that it
is never quoted to US when we make a
mistake. We have to do the quoting for
ourselves. s.-Detrot Post.
The minister who ties the connu-
bal knot gets fee varying from $2 to
$50, the lawyer who unties it charges
from 500 to S500.-Iister ocean. Which
only means that everybody has to pay
more money to get out Of trouble than
to get into it. Don't be finding fault
with matters Of course Courier-Jour-
nal.
-ssBears squeezed on Northern Pa
cific,n read Fifth-Avenue lady recent
". " Were they caught between the
cars, wonder? What wild country
that must be, way out there. | suppose
the locomotives must have bear-catchers
instead of cow-catchers. T"
Ancient History: A certain Humor-
ist, having applied for Situation. told
the Managing editor that he was the
author of the Joke about the Banana
peel Whereupon the Managing editor
Hired him to Write personal Reminis-
cences Of the Antediluvian Period. CHI
cago News.
A graceful writer one day wrote q
beautiful and sublime article showing
how easy twas to die. But when the chol-
era moIbus struck him that night he
had four doctors called in, and the drug
gist at the corner took his family on an
excursion with the money paid for the
beautiful article. The Judge.
-Sniffen lin his own estimation the
rising poet of America: "Ah, do you
know, Miss Bracing, that my fancies
always come TO me IN my uTeainSf
Miss Bracing: Eyes? that is perhaps
why they make other people 50 sleepy" /"
Sniffen, after a moments hesitation,
concludes that it would be well to retire
for -PhialdetphiG Chaf.
An illustration Of the ridiculous and
annoying way in which church choir
will sometimes run together the words
If a hymn is afforded by the remark Of
small boy in one Of the front pews Of
church in Boston. The hymn begin
ming, 1.-The consecrated cross I'd bear, "
had just been sung, and in the momen-
tary quiet which followed the perplexed
youth turned to his father and asked in
an earnest whisper: "Say, pa, where 40
they keep the consecrated cross-eyed
bear?"- Chicago Inter Ocean
Huntsville gazette., 1883-12-15
Italian Cookery.

There is wild delusion in the world
that the Italians are natural cooks, and
that an Italian meal leaves nothing to
be desired in the way to gustatory
pleasure. 1t is delusion of the widest
nature. italian cookery, at least such
as we have found in hotels and private
families, is anything but good. as com
pared with American or even English.
Like the French, they have an intuitive
knowledge Of soups, which is natural,
as soup is the foundation, the basis as it
were, Of Italian living. They take
very little bad meat, and proper pro-
portion of vegetables, and with the aid
Of salt and pepper and other condi-
ments, make soups that are appetizing,
if not especially nourishing. They are
pleasant and piquant. But when they
come to meats they somehow manage
to make them insipid and tasteless, and
their preparations, whether animal or
vegetable, have flavor of oil about
them that is disagreeable. Oil is excel
lent IN its way. but the flavor needs to
be somewhat disguised to make it pleas
ant, especially as they use it in every
thing. They manage tolerable pastry
and confectionery, but their efforts.
even in this line, are not to be COM
pared with those Of the skilled Ameri-
can pastry cook Their beans are a
mockery, their roast beef a delusion,
and there is in their cooking q lack Of
substantiability of flavor that is distress
'ng.
There is more of the SAVIOR of life in
an American buckwheat cake. a sirloin
steak fresh from the gridiron, or proper
ham and eggs, than can be found in the
com bined efforts of brigade of Italian
cooks.
Whose goes away from America to
get good things to eat wanders far from
home. There is no country in Europe
50 well fed, either with respect to raw
material or the methods of dressing it.
1t is touching sight to see party Of
Americans sitting in hotel drawing
room after dinner, discussing what they
will have to eat the first night they
touch the happy shores where nature
has given man the proper material to
eat, and the intelligence to properly use
It'd. r. Locke, IN Toledo Btade!
Huntsville gazette., 1883-12-15
Marine Pearls.

Probably the best marine pearls come
from the Persian Gulf and Ceylon; in
the latter place the fisheries are under
government inspection and are let to
parties at various prices, the greatest,
perhaps, being in 1894, when the State
received over S500,000. The profits
made by the capitalists and spectators
are, however, immense, as in 1897 they
realized over 800, 600 and in 1898 over
S1,000,O00. But in the present century
the "farms" have decreased in value,
as in 1902 the yield was only 100000,
and in latter years hardly amounting to
100000. On the Indian Archipelago
the fisheries monopolized nearly all the
male inhabitants and realize them q
handsome profit, amounting, together
with those of the Bay of Bengal, to over
$5,000,000. The banks of the Isle of
Bohrein and the smaller fields of the
coast yield annually over 81, 800, 900.
Individual pearls of immense value
are by no means rare and many really
exist and others are vouched for by the
legacy of history. The beautiful Ser
villa, mother of M. Brutus, received
from Julius Caesar a pearl valued at
S25O,O00, for which he begged accept
ance Of so poor a gift; and the one
drunk by Cleopatra to show her devo-
ton to Antony was worth nearly $780,
900. A pearl was found in Arabia in
modern times and sold by the noted
traveller, Tavernier, to the Shah of Per-
sia, that measured one and half inches
long and was valued at $3.50, 900. An
American pearl was presented to Philip
Second in 1879, which cost over S20,-
00C. Leo x. had an extremely rare col
lection, one of which he valued at &c.,
coo, and one which the Venetian Re
public presented to the Sultan, Suliman
the Great, was purchased by them for
SS0,000. The present Queen Of Eng
land owns a fine collection of pearls and
the royal pearls of all the Eastern coun-
tries are Of inestimable value
"Are pearls successfully initiated"
"They have been," was the reply.
"a number of years ago regular man
ufactory was carried on in Italy. The
pearly matter was taken from fishes
scales and applied very successfully to
glass ball; but an expert could not be
deceived. Sometimes it is necessary to
get up a pearl to match rare one.
Cheap limitations are made of glass,
quicksilver, paste, etc. They are, how
ever, sold in cheap jewelrNand no pre-
tences made that they are zeal pearls.
Pink pearls come from mussels and
also from a large shell found in salt
water; but they are quite rare and so
range high in price. Philadelphia
Times.