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The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-09-03
Our Young Readers.
THE MAIDENS' REFORM

Three dolcfu little maidens
Stp~ted of for school each day;
Three weeping little maidens went
AT recess out TO play;
Three heavy-hearted maidens
Frctted sore against their lot
The road was rough, the stones were hard,
The sun was very hot
They had such dreadful headaches,
And their lessons were 50 long,
Their hands were cold, their feet were tired,
And all the world was wrong.
Three little covered bns tets
Held these little maldens lunch,
And when the noOn-tlmo recess came
They all begnn to MUNICH
Very wretched little maidens,
Tears In their little eyes,
They ate and ate their pickles, cake ana piea
Three sorry little maldens
Instituted a reform:
Their little cheeks grew round and PINK,
Their little fingers warm;
They laughed from morn till evening,
And they laughed In school and out;
At recess. gayest of the gay,
They skipped ana prancod about;
For they filled their little baskets
Now with sandwiches and frst,
And nothing else, they all declared,
Their appetites would suit.
Three smiling little maidens
Started of for school each day,
And when the noon-tlmo recess came,
Their lessons put away
Very happy little maidens,
Joy In all their beaming eyes.
They ate their little luncheons and were wise
-AdiVdret johnson, N Hdip5rs Young People
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-09-03
Suatched from the Grave.

NY wife WIS at the brink OF ilr
grave. She had been given up to Dir.
by three of Allegheny City's best ply
icians. They all pronounced her disease
Consumption. Her fnger-nails ana
lips we're blue swas pnlselesS nj he
wrist; we were all called to witness hFr
death. At this moment a nelghb :
brought in Dr.. Hartman, who pre-
scribed a teaspoonful Of Pcruna every
hour. .she improved from tre iltst dose,
and in a week she was up, and nov
(less than six montbs) she Is well, See
page 80 in the "Ills of Life" a book
you can get gratis from your. Druggist
If not, address DIR. Hartman, Osborn, o.
T. s. Emberlein, South Chicogo, iii.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-09-03

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Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis, Group and all
Throat and Lung troubles, than any other
medicine. The proprietor has authorized
II. G.. Starr & Co. TO refund your money If,
after taking three.fourths of bottle relief
is not obtained. PIice so cts. trial size
tree. 10t1 C
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-09-03

There are seventeen quinine fac
tories In the world-six in Germany,
four in America, three in France, two
in Italy and two in England. The an-
nual production amounts to about, $780,
900 ounces.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-09-03
P no 7 0 GRAPHY F..

A. s. ellison has removed to
Crosier's new block, where he has
fitted up rooms with all the
new accessories and with a No. l
light. He is now prepared to
make Photographs in all the latest
styles of the art. He works the
instantaneous Process. Special
attention given to children, old
and nervous people. Call and see
him.
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In the FIXTURE

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think Of Kemp's Balsam for the Throat
and Lungs. A guaranteed remedy for
those diseases. Price 80 cents. Trial
size free OF II. G.. Starr e Co.
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1884-10-11
AN IMPRESSION.

After crossing the line between Arkan-
sas and Missouri the train stopped to
let us see the " devils eyebrow" one of
the finest "bits of scenery my eye
ever rested upon; vast gorge of ever
varying shades Of foliage, stretching off
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1884-10-11

Along the New England coast the
Queen Anne style Of summer cottages is
beng superseded by the Dutch STYLE Of
the seventeenth century.
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1884-10-11
The Study Of the I.aneua..-
MRS. W. A. CANTREL1..

= - a8A
means Of promoting the iiatsIl..ts
strength and usefulness Of men a and Wa,
In the majority of schools mathan.4.
seems to be engrossing. the public favor :
that degree, that the study Of the elas,;.,'
tongues has been either ruled out epti,4h
or set as de as luxu ious mental repin.,
too rich for wholesome digestion, iHh'
absolutely hurtful or supe .fuous.
It is enormously supposed, by many, |.
bea waste of time to employ it. In Iacqu,t
ing the dead languages Il dead, then
truly they yet speak, in our own heteroD.
neous vocabulary. For, the fact hasIbeg,
established BY actual count, that hat. g the hum.
Der Of Teutonic or Saxon words III Rntlis
amounts to only 1925 against 2s,sa
words which can ether mediately or imne
diately be traced to Latin source Tn
process Of tracing one Or more Of the pu.
titude of languages, that have existedtsina
the overthrow of Babel ito their iooR-
Of seeking for the germ, from which itti's Al
allied words have sprung, must requil,
patience, continuous attention, great re.
search all Of which supplies d nsntlI
training, that cannot be equalled by any
other exercise. sAndIthen, whatfic stGs
of historic wealth, reward the 1st0lts
in their explorations, grazing them ias With
the lustre Of diadenf!' s9f$74p td'aita1
Mathematics, without doubt, supplies
mental gymnastics that cannot fail to devL
ope and strengthen the reasoning powers
1t forms the basis oftaI oundaeducationa
edifce, though with many, puremathsns.
les is regarded merely as aakeydto,the
chambers ofhfortune, instead of anyinshu
ment Of mental discipline. 13.aAa Faf
There must be method, accuracy, solid
ity and weight.in the mind and character
of the person, who has been taken aRer'
course of mathematical training; but as
much can be. q aimed for the study ottSan'
guages, and more-for languagseGis tthe,IR'
mary vehicle of thought There isIts
necessity Of words a to think in, and thss
would be little advance for thought beyond
that manifested by brutes, if there Eq'
no language. .gg5 a9s4tsaIs eatasbs15
In mathematics, the mind is exPanqFa
by the contemplation Of magnitude W.
number, but the study of the languages y
giving scope to the social par part octaR Rqoa. ~
nature, adds to this, a. vital, ~ mFPaafFAns8'p
grace, which the abstract caleeuulladtll90qpsab4
numbers cannot supply There there i al sl9g
lar illumination resulting. from the Stuayg
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1884-10-11
into hills, far reaching, drifting into the

blue profound.
We reached Eureka at five O'Clock,
and as the crowded omnibus rolled
around and up the winding way, we
puzzled our brains to find some method
or reason for this phenomenal city, with
its houses, whose chaotic relations have
no reference to points ofcompass, streets
or each other, and struggling break
neck stairs climbing their wooden way,
without purpose or apparent destination.
In child's book I used to read, "my
son Johnny Banks had white house
painted red, with the front door on the
back side up a hill )" this would be a
sample house in Eureka But you have
the loveliest scenery, the purest air and
the kindest people. To and from the
Basin " spring, up and down the mar
now wooden sidewalks is an incessant
stream of travel from the earliest dawn,
till late at night, each person carrying a
tin bucket and an "alpine stock or.
cane to assist in the ups and downs Of a.
stay here,
I fancied the word Eureka was sound.
ed forth in the rushing water as it came
from its rocky Businesses to fulfil its
wonderful mission of healing, and was
received back in echos from grateful
thousands. Many cures are effected
here SO wonderful that they must be seen
to be believed;
saw more than once eyes before
which dar kness had spread her sable
wings, sparkle with unaccustomed light,
and gaze with wonder at unknown faces
Of known friends Many come to
Eureka as last hope, when hope is a
faIlacy, perhaps not always regreting
their last effort.
An obServant eye will detect much of
suffering in many forms in this moving
throng, and will involuntarily search for
the fair ripe fruit with no worm at the
core, but turn away fearing " the trail of
the serpent is over them ALL"
Walking is indeed pleasure; one
does not feel fatigue, and at every turn
there is something of new interest, per-
haps you are lost, but by another turn
or two you find yourself near the Basin
spring As the old Italian proverb has
it, call roads lead to Rome" so here
like loadstone, go which way you will,
this spring draws you to itself. At
brief intervals in the winding streets and
trails, are sparkling, gushing, generous
Snrinps with hanohao 70 roc+ 49,,
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1884-10-11
1--WE Shall Not All sleep.''

1--WE Shall Not AL Sleep"
Outlines, when gazing round my lonely
home,
On shady lawn, or graceful trailing
vine;
RECALLED with iodors from dank rose-bed
come;
Where chatter Of bird and hum of bee
combine,
I've felt such thrills of JOY through my
being steal,
I'd ask the skies above, if they could
more reveal.
I've watched at morn, to see a loved
one 60
Out on daily rounds, where duty
Tuned the way,
Leaving some fresh kindness on my
heart to glow,
And glad my song throughout the
sunny day;
Making household cares but tr1t1lng-
playthings seem;
I'd ask the universe, where harbored
brighter dreams.
Quick from Swallowed nook in my brain,
would stare
This dim suggestion, day hurries into
night, and soon
The eyanescent spark, that lights thy
home and heart,
Will vanish in the mist of deaths
long swoon.'
I'd cry unto the silence, must this fate
be mine ,"
And writhe with anguish, when fond
reason answered chine"
I've seen friends grow old, sicken, pass
away, asa Js sG5. .4l...t .a.s...
AS steady flow of water comes and
lasn passes by aa r.s. l.
Seen times ruthless hand blaze our locks
", with grey, s. LEILA s,a.. ..#..
And wrap his seal of dimuess close
about our eyes;
The tabernacle totters, l know it soon
must fall
plead in solitude, ooh God, can this
be all?"
adv MH TatJ. ns. t,a .su.
When the strangers tramp sounds where
we have dwelt;
When "earth to earth s been said,
will have ceased to be;
When other hearts shall bask in beauty
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-01-02

form solne estimate of the number Of
animals in the vast herd which once
roamed over its vast solitudes. 1t would
be safe to estimate that an equal num-
Der Of cattle could be fed from the same
range, besides an equal number of sheep
and horses, as domestic animals, do not
roam so much and will eat a range closer
than buffalo would. Governor Crosby,
in his annual report to the secretary of
the interior. estimates that on October
1st, 1883, there was the following num-
Der of head of live stock and their value
in Montana: Cattle, 475, 900, at $50 a
head, SD, $50, 900; sheep, 700, 900, at So a
head, 50, 100, 600; horses, 90,400, at $75 a
head, $6, 7so, 900. ~
A prominent stock man has estimated
that the Blackfeet reservation is capable
Of supporting as much live stock as
there is in Montana, SO we can judge
what an enormous gain would be made
in the Montana assessment rolls as soon
as this wonderful stock country comes to
be filled by droves of cattle and herds of
sheep. sThelive stock now in Montana,
according to Coy. Crosby's report, foots
up the snug little sum of $23, $50, 900. IF
a like estimate be put upon the future
stock valuation of the Indian country
here we have an increase of over 1923. 000,-
900 of capital in the territory. It
must be remembered, too, that the most
of this increased wealth would be in
Choteau county and its trade would be
tributary to Fort Benton. Judging from
the last assessment, which represents
probably about two-thirds of the actual
wealth of the county, Choteau could foot
up now about SIS, 600, 900. We could take
only half of the estimated increase and
still have over $11, 900 900 added to the
county's assessment. The northern
country will not have to wait long, after
the act of congress throwing it open to
the whites is signed by the president,
before there is a regular stampede by
stockmen from all owe the west for the
new pastures. Stockmen know too
we'll the value of a new range to let the
chance go by without securing their
share of the prize.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-01-02
FUTURE STOCK INTERESTS OF THE
Y BLACKFEET RESERVATION.

2s4M&Z#M @M&&8
While summing up the possibilities Of
the Indian country as a mining and ag-
r%icultural region we can not very well
overlook the business that will be para
mount to all-the stock interests. Every
one of the old-timers that give you an
estimate of the probable worth of that
northern country puts it's capabilities for
stock raising first, before either mining
or ranching. It it well known among
buffalo hunters that the Milk river coun-
try has always been a favorite pasture
ground for those huge bands, which used
to blacken the Montana prairies. Stock
men have found out by long experience
that any range frequented by the buffa-
10 at an early day are now first class
ranges for herds and droves of domestic
animals. Cattle, sheep and horses thrive
on the same range and are able to face
the same wintry blasts al the aborigine
the Bos Americans. Think of the
thousands of robes that have been ship
ped from Fort Benton and the trading
posts further down the river in the last
twenty-five years-ag great many of them
from north of the Missouri. Each robe
represented a buffalo. By this we can
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-01-02
RAND MENTALLY 400

all Montana to themselves are both con
scious of the splendid possibilities of
this country as a feeder for their lines
the Utah & Northern having a line sur
veyed from Helena and the Northern
Pacific from Billings, via the Judith Ba-
sin. It is only o question of time that
both of these roads will be constructed,
as we'll as a through eastern line.
Fort Benton's great natural advan-
tage as a possible railroad center is that
here lies the head of navigation on the
mighty Missouri. This fact alone will
compel railroads to come to us. AS Min
neapolis and st. Paul, situated at the
head of navigation, are destined in a
short time to be the metropolis and rail-
road center Of the upper Mississippi val
ley, SO Fort Benton similarly situated on
the Missouri will some day be the lead
ing business center of the vast region
drained by the upper Missouri and its
numerous tributaries.
Railroads are built to make money,
and to do this they strike for the point
where there is freight to handle and
passengers to carry. Would the Utah
& Northern ever have built a track to
the bald hills upon which Butte now
stands if it had not been for the vast
mineraldeposits contained in them, and
which furnish copper matte and rich
ore by the train load every day? Let
us take a look at the freight which a
railroad here would have a chance to
compete for. In 1883 there was received at
Fort Beaton by the Missouri river about
20,50O, 900 pounds of freight. The ship
ments destined for this point show an
increase of 1000, 900 pounds over the sea-
son Of 1882. The down stream shipments
from Fort Benton show over 4,O0O,O 600
pounds. We have no means of finding
out how many pounds of freight are
shipped by the Northern Pacific and
then brought by bull and mule trains
from Billings and Helena during the
winter months when navigation is
closed. The quantity Of goods that
comes into this country that way is inn
mense, and, Of course, this freighting
would be all absorbed by a home rail-
road.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-01-02
Maiden's Mines.

A paper devoted to the resources of
anorthern Montana would be incomplete
without some notice of the rich mining
Ilocations of this camp. Attention was
d rshoAlled to this district by the discov-
arsSaQf rlacer ground in the gulch in the
sn1lltef of 1880. Good pay was struck
~iheseR11alI places and some large nuggets
~panneR1snlf Int owing to the scarcity Of
water - Ae3faluahle quartz that was
soon stTufsk hysthe omnipresent pros
pector, attefdtfon wa1udiverted from the
placer resoufees0lY1 E.1den .gu.ch.
An enumeratiomd rich mines Of
space for a short this, as It
would take the who'll Edition to
do justice to all the SqEs autnspects
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-01-02
SPRING ~STAMPEDES.

H& ##@@#H GE& ENs#AH## #@f&#F# &&#&@ #
AS things now stands, the Helena
Independent, it looks as if there will be
a strong stampede to the Occur d'Alene
mines, with the prospect that about one
n a hundred will make a good uccess.
There will also be a stampede to the
Bears Paw mountain, another to the
Little Rockies, and still another to the
Sweet Grass hills. These three localities
are in the Blackfeet reservation and all
Ire as yet forbidden ground and conse-
luently calculated to create agreater de-
sire to explore them. This region may;
possibly be opened to settlement before
the May suns shine upon these beautiful
promised lands.
Be this as it may, many will go to
these localities regardless of tomahawks.
scalping knives and blue coats. Mar
velous stories have been told of nuggets
and golden sands, and quartz rich in
precious metals, found in these regions.
Such attractions will overcome all reserv-
ed rights and powers of all the Blackfeet
in the country. Even Uncle Sam will
have a difficult job to stop a stampedein
search of such FL Dorados as these noun
tains and hills are generally supposed
to contain.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-01-02
MONTANA CATTLE RAISING.
What an Investment of $4,000 Will
Bring About in Ten Years.
Interesting Facts and Figures Applying
to One of Our Profitable Industries.

Geo. r. Tingle, one of the many sue
cessful stock growers of eastern Montana,
and an accepted authority on all matters
pertaining to the industry in which he
has been successfully engaged for years,
has prepared an exhaustive table OF
increase, ETC., a herd of 800 COWS and 80
bulls will show in this Territory, sup
posing the herd to be now on the range
and the inventories to be taken ten years
hence, or in 1893. The figures OF Mr.
Tingle, submitted to Addison Myers,
G.. J. Neal, well known cattle men OF
eastern Montana, and to numbers OF the
prominent stock owners of Montana, are
unhesitatingly endorsed by them all.
The following is an intelligent presen-
tation of the exhibit made, the stears not
being divided as to age, as are the cows:
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-01-02

1887. a total of SO four-year-olds, which
the computer marks to sell at 5 cents per
pound gress, on an average weight OF
$50 pounds. In 1887, then, the ranch
man would have SO to sell, amounting to
$685..
In 1888, 1856, amounting to $12,555.
In 1889, 191, fer $12,892,5O.
In 1890, 282, for $19,035.
In 1891, 324, for SCI $40.
In 1892, 400, for $28, 7O7. so.
In 1893, 5o6, for $34, ss55.
Or a total in the last seven years ofthe
decade of 1876 four-year-old steers,
bringing at 5 cents per pound, $136, $50.
| Taking an inventory of stock or hand
in 1893, the ranehman would have of
| cows, three years old and past, $500,
worth $40 each; total, $11hoOoiNI ooJ
Two year old and past, 858, at $50,
worth $50, 74o.
| One year old and past, 1920, at $50,
worth 500, 400.
Of steers, one year old and past, 1,150,
at 500, worth S22,4 400.
Two years and past, S58, at$3O, worth
$25, $40.
Three years and past, 655, at $50, worth
ss2,75o.
Bulls, one year old and past, 200, at
$75, worth $4,000.
Total value of cows, steers and bulls,
$256, O3O.
Add sales during seven years of 1885,
$50, and the total money realized and
value on hand foots up 1892, 100.
From this is to be subtracted the cost
of the plant ($19,615) and the expenses
for the ten years ($39,010), given at $751;
625, leaving a total net gain OF 1888 ,5335.
To this may be added the horses and
other personal property accumulated in
ten years.
From the table and figures given above
the following deductions are made:
Amount of stock to start, $50, including
80 bulls. Total at end Of ten years, TO-
789, less ] 1896 beeves sold and the 5 per
cent. loss, amounting to 1851, q total of
3,647, leaving on hand 1902 head of
stock, the increase of bulls making their
total 100. The average income for the
ten years would be $13,613, and the aver
age yearly expenses So, 800, leaving a net
yearly income of about $4,000. and
showing a net per centage. of gain on the
original investment of $40, 900 of so per
cent. per year. OF course all the above
deductions are predicted upon the sup
| position that the ranchman is unvisited
during the decade by any general calam-
ity, such as disease OF loss by flood or
storm. 1t is fair to call attention to the
fact that Montana has enjoyed since it
first became noted as a cattle raising
country, an immunity from wholesale
or even serious loss in herds, which
neighboring states and territories to the
| south cannot boast.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-01-02
Utah & Northern Extension.

BozEN%N, December 24.-The engi-
neers Of the Utah & Northern (the mar
row gauge branch of the Union Pacific
road are here surveying the Gallatin
extension of the National park branch
of that road through Bohemian, where
the company has recently acquired large
coal Interests at Gallatin City, neal the
headWaters of the Missouri. Tt is under
stood that the Park branch will be built
early in the spring and that it may
possibly be extended to Fort Benton, at
the head of navigation on the Missouri,
and to a connection with the Canadian
Pacific. In the meantime the Northern
Pacific company is making inquiries as
to the feasibility of a line from Helena
to Benton with the view of heading off
the northern connection of the Utah &
Northern with the Canadian Pacific.
This would give the Union Pacific an
other outlet east in anticipation of an
alliance between the Northern Pacific
and the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
road.
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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-01-02

The bestand most complete assortment
Of fall and winter clothing can be found
at Hirshberg Sc Nathan's.
, 1884-08-02


Northern Wisconsin Is the place where
they yank u big wet 10 into a mill and turn
t. into cash as quick Hs n railroad man car
draw his salary out of the pay car.
At one Of tn Sc mil,s, not 10 & ago, a man
hac ell up to get away from the carriage,
AID III ughtlessly backed again t a large
saw TINT was revolving at the rate o abou,
two hu dred times a mi iute. TIE saw took
n lar Q c lew OF tobacco from the pug he
a n his pistol pocket. and then began on
HIM,
But TIERS no use going into de'nils. Such
things are rot cheerful. They gathered him
up out Of tbs sawdu 81 ard put him in a nail
Reg n d c FRIED him away. but he id not
$ cRk ugai (, Life was quits exit Ct
VIII ter IL was the nervous shock that
ii ied him, o. the conclusion OF the cold saw
against bis liver -hat killel hin, no one ever
knew.
The mill hut down a couple OF hours, so
La the head sawyer cou d file his saw, aud
h II W * was resumed once more.
We si uld learn from It's never TO lean
OF be Luzz-saw when il moveth itself
ar 1t