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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-23
HON. MORRISON K. WAITE,
Chief-Justice of the United States.

Morrison r. Waite presents subject
| for more extended biography than our
space will permit. Fulsome eulogy
| would be unworthy the character and
office OF the chief justice. On the other
hand the record of such q life belongs to
the public he has served and is still
serving with SO much ability.
In the quiet old rural town of Lyme,
Connecticut, still. stands the house in
which Morrison Renwick White was
born, November %, 1915 Mr.. Waite
entered Yale college at the age of seven
teen and graduated with honor in 1887
in a class which included William M.
Evarts, Edward Pierrepont, Prof. Silli-
man, and others who have. become dis
tinguished men. He then began the
study of law in his fathers office in
Lyme, but finished his studies in the
office of Samuel NJ. Young, then a pro-
minent attorney in Maumee City, Ohio.
In 1899 his preceptor took him into
partnership, and in 1850 the firm of
Young & Waite removed to Toledo, O.,
and established a large and successful
practice. A few years after Mr. Waite's
younger brother was admitted to the
oar, and partnership was formed con-
sisting of the two brothers, which con-
tinued up to the time of the formers
appointment to his present high posi-
ton by President Grant, on January
Goth, 1874.
Politically Mr.. Waite is republican,
but he was always too deeply engaged
in his profession to become much of 8
partisan or party leader. To all the war
measures of the government he gave
earnest and effective support. In 1S49
Mr.. Waite was elected to the Ohio leg
lslature as whig. In 1852 he was re-
luctantly candidate for congress but
was defeated by Edwin M. Phelps.
Thereafter other nominations and ap-
pointments were rendered him but he
refused to accept any of them.
Mr.. Waite was conspicuous charac-
lcI III lHC great 0cHCNd tIlUuIdl dS OliC
Of the United States counsel and he per-
formed his arduous task to his great
credit and to the entire satisfaction of
his government. He thereafter returned
to Toledo and resumed his practice, and
in 1878 was chosen president of the Ohio
state constitutional convention. Upon
the death Of Chief Justice Chase there
was intense interest throughout the
United States to know who would be
his successor After the successive NOM
ination of Hon. Geo. Ell. Williams and
Hon. Caleb Cushing and the withdraw
al of their names President Grant then
selected Mr.. Waite and his appointment
was confirmed by unanimous vote of
the senate. 1t is the glory and security
of nation to have it's highest place of
justice filled by men, who, like Chief
Justice Waite, add to the loftiest official
character that purity of life, urbanity of
manners, and generous benefcence
which distinguish him.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-23
A Vig1lant Superintendent.

Mr.. j. M. Powers, superintendent of
the Helena & Fort Benton stage line, is
entitled to large sh re of the credit for
the conyiction of Cecil, the treasure box
robber. He has been persistent in his
efforts to get the necessary evidence to
convict him, to complete the chain of
circumstances that undoubtedly prove
his guilt. To do this Mr.. Powers has
gone to much trouble and expense, being
determined that the guilty one should
not escape. The expense of bringing
two witnesses from Washington is for
the most part borne by him, and this is
enly a small part of the tax. But he is
satisfied in having accomplished his
purpose.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-23
The Primary at Helena.

The republican primary election for
delegates to the Bozeman convention
was held last Saturday. By private tel
egram we learn that the Sanders ticket
was victorious, scoring majority of 134
votes. The delegates go to the conven-
ton unpledged.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-23
Governor Crosby Ahead.

Special to the River Press
HELENA, April q, 1884.
The primary elections in Gallatin, Vel
10" stone and Dawson counties, resulted
in favor of administration delegates to
the Bozeman convention.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-23

Operator Bennett and his aide-de-
camp, Charley Kelly, returned from
their visit to 28-mile springs on Sunday
afternoon, having ''hoofed" it the entire
distance back, looking for the break in
the line. After two or three days
search they at last found the difficulty
in deep coulee mile or two from
town. 1t seems that somebody who
wanted communication with the out
side world to cease, hooked a piece of
wire to the telegraph line and put the
other end of the same in the ground,
thus breaking the connection. It was
done purposely and maliciously, but
just for what reason it is hard to under
stand. The officers are on the scent,
and if the guilty one is found, it will
not go easy with him.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-08-23
Contemplating Machine.

LII the cotton picking season
Of the South there is a dearth Of
labor. Much of the cotton is
lost because of the inability to
get hands to gather it at the
proper time. But now a machine
has been invented which, it is
said, will effect a revolution. A
man named Mason has perfected
an invention which is TO be de-
cisively tested in the next crop.
If successful, one hand and a
pair of horses will be able to
pick IN a day as much cotton
as fifty hands pick now or in
other words, tie picking that
now cost $50 will then cost $3.50.
The cost Of producing a bale Of
cotton will be reduced by about
So, or a cent and a halfa pound.
The first result to be anticipated
from the success Of the cotton
harvester will be the cheapening
of cotton and cotton goods by
the reduction of cost Of produc-
ing it. But the results will go
farther. The use of machinery
will leave a vast amount of
time and labor now consumed
by the old processes at the dis
posal OF the farmers ofthe South,
and use will have TO be found
for them. Demand will be in
creased by cneapening, but it
cannot keep abreast of the new
possibilities of production and
competition, and limited ability
to consume, opposed to an un-
limited ability to produce will
keep the profit ofcotton-making
down to a rate which will forbid
the mass of farmers wasting
time or allowing any Of the la
Dor they pay for to remain idle.
-Demerest's Monthly fol. Sep
TENDER.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-08-23
The Lesson.

To ward off the cholera and to
Danish it from the earth, it will
be necessary to have a perfect
system of sewerage. The enere-
ia of human beings must be mix
ed with dry earth, and tAat iSr
~mediately, before there is a
chance for the microbes to repro
duce themselves. When this is
done universally one-half of the
active disease will disappear
fronrthe world. 1t is now set
tied beyond all peradventure
that the complaints from which
mankind suffer, such as fevers.
diphtheria, and the like are due
to animaleul0 or infusorio which
are propagated in the refuse of
the human system. This is a
matter too little understood by
heads of families, and especially
by persons that nurse the sick
and have care of children.
There should be no delicacy
about this subject, because it
involves life and death. 1t
should be part of the education
of every woman to know how
to render contagion of this kind
innocuons. Then every munich
pality should inaugurate a per-
feet system of sewerage, so that
the fertile materials taken from
the soil in the form of food
should be returned back to it
in the form of sewerage. To
conquernature we must obey her,
says the sage. The refuse of
our bodies, which engenders all
manner of foul diseases. is the
nutriment, the very life of the
plants we live upon. The river
bottom, the black soil of the
swamp, engenders fepers destruc-
tive to human life, but drained
and properly manipulated these
same rank soils produce abund-
antIy of the grains upon which
we Ii ve-Demorest's Monthly
for September.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-08-23
His Version Of the Law.

Philadelphia Call.
II say, boss remarked an
old darkey, "eould yer loan an
old man a quarter OBJ a dollar"
why, uncle, you owe me fif-
ty cents now
mo / don't, boss"
Have you forgotten that you
borrowed fifty cents of me sew
eral years ago, and have never
returned it,
ssI hadn't forgot it, boss, but
I don't owe yer nothing. Dat
debt hab transpired by de sta
tur Of limitations
The Opelousas courier., 1884-08-23

A most remarkable show was
recently held in Austria. 1t
was an exhibition of noses.
Eighty persons competed for
the prize offered for the most
extraordinary nasal . protuber-
ance in form, size and color.
The jury decided that only three
out of the whole could be adj
mitted as competitors for the
prize. 1t was finally adjudged
to a competitor from Vienna,
who is the proud and happy
possessor of what is said to be a
gigantic nose of deep violet
blue.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-08-23

Butler will draw votes from
both sides. He always looks
two ways at once. lie his rum
ming should throw the election
into the House, Cleveland will
be elected. The Democrats
have a majority of congressman
from twenty-five out OF thirty
three States. There is little
danger in Buffers candidacy
He represents neither principle
nor party.-N. @. States.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-08-23

Five out Of the twenty-one
Presidents were of Scotch-Irish
lineage-Jackson, Polk, Buch-
anan, Johnson and Arthur ;
twos;of Scotch-Grant and Hay
es ; one of Welsh-Jefferson !;
and one of Dutch-Van Buren, /;
the remaining twelve being of
English descent.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-08-23
,ely's North Pole Expe-
dition.

A44AG4Be
xAVenteen more human lives
..Wlaced, aud the North Pole
s.olIena is still unsolYed.
nhsn the news was first flash
Il aver the wires that only
.syen Of Lieutenant Greely's
sTaIoring expedition had been
lad. there was a general
sssling that no more of these
sIekiIliog enterprises should be
ssaeFtaken ; but further. details
msaifed this impression, as the
Masdition proved to be more
@scessfal than any that had
scsaed it. The twenty-five
sDlorers enjoyed excellent
aealth during the long Arctic
sIntgrs, and every one would
sage returned alive had Lieu
iWaant Greely's wisely laid plans
seb followed by Congress and
If Navy Department; but
souss official blundered. Hence
sbs needless suffering and loss
f Iife. a few days more and
t6s whole party would have
alsd of starvation. 1t is .exas-
mratiDg to think that the death
Ed suffering were at a point
onIF thirty miles distant from
] DEPOT Of provisions and a
ssose where there was an album
aaaee of game as we'll as a tribe
Il friendly Esquimaux. But
As geographical results of the
abolition are exceedingly val
"A Il. Lockwood, one Of the
urty, dragged his sledge 200
allies northeast of Discovery
HaFbOr, four miles north of the
kIehest latitude previously at
sInea, and eighty miles farther
han the point reached by Beau
nont Oh the same route. He
arhted land that he hamed
spe Robert Lincoln, about 385
niles from the North Pole. 1t
n the credit of the United
that the two most north
arlS bodies of land yet discover
81 / named after Grant and
09ln. One important point
ettled. Kane claimed to
discovered an open Polar
Mares, the British COM
nander who followed him, in
ted that the Polar basin was
sea of ancient, immovable.
HrIasting ice. They christen-
sdi II the PalRocrystie Sea. But
lhe Greedy explorers found it
mE of broken ice for two sue
sive seasons. There may be
Ioints toward both the North
ibid South poles where the ice
never nlelts, where it is main
tined in its crystallized form
DE millions Of ages ; but clearly
Kafes was much more mistaken
E6an Kane as to where this
lHocrystic ice could be found,
there Is no hope that man viii
iTe mp his search for the pole,
i new expedition is organizing
siberia. It will 60 by land
It'll dogs and sledges. The
aFstery of the pole will some
Eiae or other be solved, that is.
there is any mystery about it
6ut We may have to wait until
rial navigation is accomplish
before every spot on this
saEth is thoroughly known tc
race that inhabits it.-Dem,
1Fests Monthly for September
The Opelousas courier., 1884-08-23

a farmer on King River, in
California, cut down an oak
tree the other day, from which
he got thirty-one and q half
cords Of wood, eighty-four fence
poles and q swarm Of bees.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-08-23
/. Pasteurs Experiments.

ksa News.
u. Pasteur's experiments with
virus Of hydrophobia are
eng Oh with unhroken sue
He has thus far expert
nented only 81 dogs, 10 o fthem
bid and 80 bitten by them under
inform conditions. Ont of
Shese So half had been previous
lnocuIated, the other half not.
he latter, without d single ex-
ssption, died with unmistakable
ns of hydrophobia, whereas
4e I9 others are about and as
RaIi asever. They will be watched
il year BY veterinary doctors
see whether the incubation
holds good permanently or only
mnorarily. ne. Pasteur's theory
Ehat hydropIobia IL produced
solely By the bite, and if this
correct a law compelling oil
ags Cd be inocuIated would In
snd extirpate hydrophobia
sntinsly, whereas if the disease
s spontaneously such an en-
etmen5 would be less e~ffectual.
Pasteur's theory, however,
na 70 be- gaining acceptance,
la bis experiments, whether
lead to The diminution OF
form of suffering, must be
sellsd with interest.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-08-23

An exchange says: "a popu-
lar actress creates a sensation
by lighting matches on the
sole of her slipper" We can
not understand why that should
create a sensation. Now if she
should light a match the way a
man does-but, of course, she
couldn't.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-08-23

a Paris lady recently gave a
ball To her female friends, and
asked each to bring a living an
imal. All except three brought
their husbands.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-08-23
FOR SALE.

.nNE of the most desirable residences in
orchard, garden and small ieid-comprising,
together, about IA acres of land, all under
fence. Improvements consist of two.Story
dwelling, brick basement, containing nine
rooms; outbuildings, kitchen, servants' rooms
ETC., in good order. This property will be sold
very low for cash, or on favorable terms. Foe
further particulars apply at this Office.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-08-23
The Georgia Wonder.

hoAo AOdliy uldu6 a
metropolitan sensation. Thisis
the young Georgia girl who has
developed such extraordinarJ
poWer-whether of muscle d
magnetism, is not yet deter
mined. She is only seventee19
years OF age, is of medium size.
and the muscles Of her arm and
body are as faccid as those of
girls OF her age. She has been
put to tests, but it seems to be-
settled that the mysterious
power she possesses gives her a
physical advantage over all,
even the strongest men. It is
true, however, that she does fail
sometimes. The mystery is
supposed to consist in some
form of magnetic force she ex-
erclses, but there is no shock in
the case nor any Of the ordinary
electrical phenomena. Nor is
there any pretense to spiritual
ism. The girl and her fnmily
are Baptists, and all they say is:
"Here is some exceptional pow
er that is as mysterious to us as
to YOU" There really does not
seem to be any fraud in what is
done, or the manner OF doing.
Scientists and physicians have
been unable to explain the phe-
nomena, but what is known as
the correlation of forces may
throw some light upon this
matter. An English lawyer
named Corr was the first to for
|mulate the theory known as the
correlation offorees." He held
that light, heat, electricity, mag
netism, grayitation, muscular
and nervous energy, as well as
all forces, were simply variations
of one primal force. Heat, he
said, could be transmitted into
electricity, without any loss
|quantitatively or qualitatively.
A familiar instance is when you
slap your hands violently to-
gether. The suddenly arrested
motion is transmitted into heat.
Lulu Hurst gives no signs of eff
fort when she overcomes strong
men in feats of strength, but,
nevertheless, a prolonged s6ance
exhausts her. 1t is simply rea-
sonable to suppose that this
girls muscular and nervous force
becomes peculiarly intense
under certain physical con-
ditions, and she has thus a
power that mere understanding
will not give. In her case it is
probably abnormal, and these
exhibitions will prove to be
destructive to her vital powers.
The time is coming when scien-
.,s's muss pas ne 80 ao
himself. The best scientific
thought Of the age is now enga-
ged in Investigating matters III
the outside world, in mans en-
yironment. but the future scien-
~ WI uea, Hie,1 l'1' / aandi,
nls siea, Do - horn nd
1l ea. unuel W a' sha,,ld liyo This
u mu h,sn y nohie a,sn and
wiz glse 10 no taa iha hai,
WolI,an - sne Nam.
anu .no MosthIr 60 Santamhar
oIeses
The Ghilian Government has
daalarad ] war # determination
against fhe condor. It offers !
reward Of So for every condor
Eillad The hnnfinoof this bird
81 nrev has. under the circum.
stances become 8 lucrative
BUSINESS thongh il seems
dashffnl If one considers the
asfnundino uowers of the bird
aid if wonderful habits. thai
fhe Government can or vii
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The Opelousas courier., 1884-08-23
FOR SALE OR RENT.

A NEW town residence, neat and convent
"A emit, suitable for q small family, wisn I'VE
acres of land, enclosed: VIII pc sot0 OnesP'
or rented low to a good tenant.
Apply at this office.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-08-23

Printing Office For Sale.

A COMPLETE outfit for printing o seEen
n column newspaper. Press, Type, Cases,
Stands, Etc, all in good order, being the ma.
terial used for the publication of the Wash
ington Enterprise and Ne,cs. VII be sold
cheap. Apply at this office. kA
The Opelousas courier., 1884-08-23

When you see a galvanic bat
terry run for your life. There's
something very shocking about
II .
The Opelousas courier., 1884-08-23
$l.O25 CASH

NNTILL buy a small plantation in Bellevue
w containing forty-nine arpents Of best
quality of cotton and corn land, situated on
high ridge, all under fence, together With
improvements consisting of a building I6x2s
feet and cabin l0x30 feet, all in tip top order.
For further particulars, apply at this office.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-08-23

. - AS our prices are 10 low % TO
leave no margin for credit GALES, we
must positively decline delivering any
goods on any other terms than cash on
The SPOT. If we did not adhere to this
rule, we could not afford TO sell our
goods at the very low prices We are
Offering them at
The Opelousas courier., 1884-08-23
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EditoriaI Comments upon the leading Topics
Of the times, and Original and Selected Lite
rary matter.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-08-23
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Senator Mahone's body ser
want found that the hotel bell
bows were stealing the fine old
sour mash from the sideboard,
10 he dosed d bottle with jalap
and ipecac and placed it within
temptingly easy reach. me
Senator, not informed OF TINS
bait for offenders, invited q par
t. Of distinguished visitors to
take 4 nip Of choice brandy,
and nothing 10th they drank
most heartily-Mahone abstain
lining, as is his custom. Within
ten minutes the parlor bore q
close resemblance to a Toulon
cholera hospital, and only alter
the oyer-zealous darkey had been
found and made his explanation
were the victims convinced that
they had not been meanly and
maliciously tricked.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-07-09
t was Grandma Melville.

1t was Grandma Melville.
When she was a little girl she
washed her mothers dishes and put
them away in a closet. The closet
was deep, and at the back of the wide
shelves the plastering had come off and
left the laths bare. e.
Almost every time Grandma Mel,
yille-thOugh, of course, she wasn't
Grandma Melville then-opened the
closet door, she would hear quick
scamporing Of very small feet, as two
or three little mice ran home through
the laths.
But the queereSt thing of all was
they thought if they got their heads
hidden away they were safe, and very
often grandma saw a lonS tail hang
ing out between the lathS.
She didn't tell anybody of this, be,
cause she knew the next thing would
be real mouse trap set in the closet
and she didn't want the mice caught.
it was such fun to hear them scamper
and to see the slim little gray tail
hanging out. Besides, she thoughts
she would tame them, and so she used
to leave little pieces of cake on the
closet shelves to make friends.
But one day she did funny thing
She caught hold of one of the long tails
with her thumb and finger and pullel
the little mouse back, and the little
mouse bit her thumb as hard as he
could bite,
"O-o-oh" screamed Grandma Mel.
VILE 80 mother, mother" and shl
ran to the door of the sitting-room and
flung the mouse right into the sewing
circle!
Such a screaming and jumping up
on chairs as there was. But tho
mouse got away.
"Why Marcella" said her mother
solemnly, "what did you do that for?'
"IIe bit NINE" said grandma, almost
crying. There's a-a lot in the closet
And next day there was a mouse
trap in the closet too Youths COM
DaniOn.