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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-10-01

Coulee
Mr.. T.. w. Peck arrived at his ranch
on Saturday with one hundred and sixty
thoroughbred sheep from Middlebury,
Vermont. The band consists of one
hundred ewes and sixty bucks.
j. H. Hamill writes from Sun River
that he is having no trouble in disposing
of his ewes He is about to ommence
dipping the portion of the band remain
ing unsold. He will return to Fort Ben
ton in a few days.
Henry Wright sold Wright & Nc
Devitt's fine race horse, Bulger, to MI.
B.. S. Wood of Cypress yesterday. The
consideration is private but it was a
good round figure without doubt, as
Bulger is one Of the best horses in
Northern Montana. Besides being a
flyer Of acknowledged merits, he is
a fine saddle and drying animal and
will do his owner good service in n
capacity.
The Shonkin roundup left Spring
coulee corral on Monday for Dayis creek,
in the Judith Basin. They have CON
Guided the fall branding and are now
gathering the steers for sale on the range
or shipment east, as the owners may de-
eide. The fall branding on this range
was "way up" and makes the branding
of the year unusually good.
In the past week there has been about
$4,000 head Of sheep changed hands in
this vicinity. Mr.. Chas. Anceny
bought 5000 from the Veo Bros. Messrs.
| Sloan, Burns and Bishop about 1000
and Mr.. Cady has taken about 1900 on
shares. The latter were purchased Of
M. DobsOn of Umatilla county, Oregon
and of MI. Mckinley of the same place.
There still remains in this vicinity to be
disposed Of about 5000 head.-Bozeman
Chronicle.
An exchange truly says: The good
old COW has paid off more mortgages
and paid for more farms than any other
known product. She is the mother Of
all our beef. In many a household she
catches the wolf on her horns and losses
it far from the door. She has turned
the tide of cur agricultural prosperity
in many parts of the country, from a
downward curse in raising grain or
cotton, to an upward and prosperous
one in raising stock, grass and hay.
Flowers and grass spring from beneath
her feet on the most barren soil. The
old COW don't stop to enthuse over them,
but converts themin good, solid, hard
cash.
Mr.. Chas. Richter has just returned
from the northr where he had been to
Esuperintend the drive of Rice & Learn
ing's band of sheep, recently~soldwto
Alex. Beggga Esq During the entire
s7dnrfve ne only 4Ustsix head. They were
overtaken by q severe snow storm at
Rocky Springs, and travelled through
snow from there to Milk river, and de
livered the sheep to Mr.. Begg on the
18th Of the present month. Mr.. Richter
says the country is admirably adapted
for sheep raising, being well sheltered
and watered, the SHOWS not falling any
deeper than in northern Montana, and
from his observation the feed is better.
The sheep taken out for Senator Coch-
rane by Mr. Kerfoot did not fare as we'll
as $50 are reported to have died on the
trip. Mr.. Kerfoot had some difficulty
with his herders, but otherwise than the
loss mentioned they were delivered in
| good condition.
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A Great EL terprlse.

The Colorado Land and Live Stock
company, of which ex-senator Tabor,
of Denver, is the head, has taken up
$4,000 acres Of land on Crazy Woman
creek, a tributary Of Powder river,
twenty miles south Of Buffalo. Wye
ming. The land is all taken under the
desert land act, and q ditch to carry
5000 inches of water is being taken out
to irrigate it.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-10-01

Taken Up.

One bay mare with star in forehead, weight be-
tween 300 and 1000 pounds, no brands.
Ore mouse colored mare with star in forehead,
weight about 700 pounds, no brands; has young colt.
One sorrel horse, bald face, branded rs on the left
thi b, weight about 500 pounds.
One two-yesr-old roam horse, branded T on LETT
shoulder.
Owners can secure the animals by paying expenses.
ZIMMERMAN Bros, Dupuyer, NJ. r.
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JOHN l.. GREEN

Brand as shown
on left hip.
Vent - Same on
shoulder blade.
Horses branded
same on left thigh.
Range-Shonkin.
P. O. address,
Fort Benton.
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STOCK NOTES.

Robt. B~TankenbaKer yesterday pur-
chased thirty-two head of thoroughbred
bucks from Paris Gibson & Son, and
started with them for his ranch on Sand
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-18
The Dead Weeds.

To ere who has anything TO do with
weeds-aS who has not who tills rod
of ground?-comes feeling of great IT.
lief when the frost lays low their black
ened remains. And we think now Wa
may safely hang hoe and rake in the
woodShed. But the dead are in this
case not 50 dead As could be desired. /
take up an apparently dead purslan,,
plant C'pusly') and find that instead of
having been killed by the frosts. its
leaves only were killed. The tleshv
stems contain enough food to ripen Up
an abundant crop of seeds in the unin-
jured seed-vessels. So, too, find the
purse still ripening its seeds
Even after the frosts blacken the weeds
many of them ripen up most of their
seeds sufficiently. Let it be remembered
that a great many seeds terminate jus.
as well when only partially ripened as
when fully matured. 1t should be the
practice of every farmer and gardener to
rake up the dead and dying weeds into
piles for burning. That would be fin
shing stroke, indeed, but without it, the |
roSts help Us little in our struggle |
against weedS.-Dr. c. Z. BeSsey, ia 3.
I. Tribune.
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MOON BLINDNESS.
Frequent the China Sea and Indian
Ocean-Cured by Darkness.

Frequent on the China Sea and Indian
Ocean-Cured by Darkness.
Moon blindness" said an old sailor,
gazing at the upper rigging Of a Cali
forEia clipper near Wall Street Ferry
yesterday, why, Of course there's such
4 thing. I've seen it often. had a
touch of it myself once. l don't see,
though, how the English Rear Admiral
makes out that the loss of the gunboat
Wasp was due 10 moon blindness. 1t
gets its name, not because a man who
has it can't see distinctly under the
moonlight, but because it is caused by
sleeping with the moon shining on the
face. You know at once when YOU have
it. In fact, you often get stone blind.
and remain so for month or more. /
can't imagine how it could occur near
England, for people are not likely to
sleep in the moonshine there.
in the China Sea and the Indian
Ocean il is well known. The Lascars
frequently have it, and when 4 paSsen-
ger steamer remains for Il night at Il
port the Captain generally warns every
body who wants to sleep on deck-and
most of them do in those hot ATTITUDES
to be careful to keep well under the
awning. L remember once landing a
passenger at Singapore quite blind.
He persisted in sleeping on the forecas-
tie head, as we lay for 4 night in Pc
nang. and the moon shone on his face
for 1--WE or six hours. When he awokc
his sight was gone, and he thought it
was still night, though the sun had
aroused him. We went back to Cal
cutta, and when we reached Singapore
on our next trip he had recovered, but
he hated the sight of the moon ever
Il never knew case of moon blind
ness that was not cured. You have |
only to keep in the dark until the sigh:
comes back. Nine was only partial |
blindness, though the sight OF one eye
was nearly gone. Twas we'll in a week.
The attack is generally accompanied by |
by a bad sick headache, but most pe0-
pie are too much frightened TO think
about that. | never heard of Il woman
being afflicted with moon blindness. -
NoiC lork. SH5s
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FARM AND FiRESiDE.

With the seeds out pumpkins are
excellent for mich cows, and when
cooked are equally good feed for the
early fattening of hogs.-N. T. Herald.
For neuralgia, wet a cloth with al
cohol ard apply to the parts and cover
at once with hot, dry flannel. Relief
will be sure to follow, no matter what
part of the body is affected.-TOI edo
BLADE.
"A new remedy for the worms which
destroy house plants is number of sui
phur matches placed in the flower-pots
with their heads down. The experiment
has been tried with succeSs.-N Y
Times.
Tree planters should learn to know
that well grown yearling is usually
the best tree to plant. Such trees have
not been trained into any form, and they
are more susceptible to the operations
Of the planter.-EJchange.
To iron velvet that has become
wrinkled, instead Of dampening the
wrong side of the velvet, as many do,
place wet cloth over hot iron, then
lay the wrong side of the velvet on the
cloth and brush the face lightly the
way the nap runs.-AIJanY Journal.
The wire-fence question has been
solved in a new way by the owner of
thirty-two acre farm in Delaware. He
has surrounded his farm with it, and
Rises it as a support for Concord grape
vines, keeping the space on either side
titled and clean. No danger of cattle
mistaking that wire fence for an open
ing between the posts.-M. I. Tribune.
Some Western farmers have got to
the bottom Of the difficulty in making
good roads when they propose to tile I'M
derdrain them. Too much water is all
the trouble with their roads. Unless
this is remedied the tramping of teams
and cutting of wagon tires will work the
soil into a miry condition to at least the
depth that the Frost extends. CHICAGO
JOurn0i
1t viii not pay to collect forest
leaves TO be used as manure alone, says
the Tribune and Farmer, but there is a
profit in gathering them for other pur-
poses. They are particularly adapted
TO the wants Of many kinds of fruit
trees and vines as mulch, and of an
enlivener of the soil. When composted
with earth they are excellent for young
plants, and also make excellent bedding
for stock.
Oatmeal cruel: Take two ounces of
oatmeal and one and one-haif pints OF
water. Rub the meal in basin with
the back of spoon, in a small quantity
of water, pouring off the fluid after the
cOarser particles are settled; but while
the milkiness continues, repeat the OPP
Grafton until the milkinesS disappears.
Next put the washings into pan, stir
until they boil, and soft, thick muci-
lage is formed. Sweeten to taste.-TAe
Household.
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USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

-Sorghum-seed, as a fat-producing
food for hogs, Is pronounced to be ex.
cellent
Dried bark of sassafras root put up
around dried fruit will protect it from
worms Toledo Blade.
Don't work By fits and starts. The
even-going individual is always the
most comfortable.
Leaks in roofs, about chimneys and
elsewhere may be stopped by thickening
whitehead paint with fine clean sand
albany Journal.
1t is a good plan to keep merino
sheep in small fiocks. They do much
better than when large number are
together. Cincinnati Times.
The average cost to the farmer in
the Northwest to raise wheat is esti-
mated at forty-eight cents per bushel,
for which at present prices he realizes
from thirty-five to fifty-five at the home
market.-Denrer Journal of Commerce.
The State of New York has 241, $50
farms of over twenty acres each, while
all New England has but 207, 232 farms
of twenty acres and over. Only two
other States have a larger number
Ohio has pa, 1S9 and Illinois has 255,-
al.
Fried ham for breakfast is particu-
larry nice when the slices are cut the
night before and are allowed to soak all
night in a cup of water to which a ia
blespoonful of sugar has been added.
This SOftenS the meat and takes ont the
oppressively salt taste.-Bost0n Budget
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THESE ARE YOUR BROTHERS"
a Plea for Tender Treatment of the
Beautiful Feathered SOngsters.
Wpll-knOwn Frnnchmap Of 1a+tor,

Plea for Tender Treatment of the
Beautiful Feathered Songsters.
A well-known Frenchman of letters
wrote book, nearly thirty years ago,
with the express object to reveal the
bird soul, to show that it is person."
in the hope of diminishing the enormous
slaughter for purposes of personal
adornment, of miniStering to our appe-
tites. adding to our collections. or worst
of all, gratifying our love of murder,
pure and simple, by whatever name we
choose to dignity the taking of life for
our own amusement. To this noble
mans effort every lover of birds, for
higher uses than to put in the stomach
or on the shelf, should add his chroni-
Gle. however unpretending.
1t IS 4 mystery how men of hearts
tender to suffering can be so carried
away by the excitement of the hunt as
to lose sight of the terror and pain of
the victim. Many hunters have con-
feSsed to a return to their better selves
the moment the chase was won. In
W nat OOSS Ills SHUT ultltE from
the sudden rage which imDels one to
lift his hand against the life of man.
merely a Should be) nobler game? 1t
seems even more strange that gentle
woman can endure the beautiful plum
age of delicate winged creature. whose
sweet life of song and JOY was rudely
cut short by brutal men that the poor
dead body might shine among her laces.
For those who are willing to CRAFTY
their palate at the cost of so much
beauty and music there is nothing to be
said-they can not be reached. Not
until man has outgrown the baI1arism
of nourishing his body at the expense of
his soul can we hope to touch those who |
cat birds. 1t is sad enough to turn our
weapons against the gentle |
OK that trusts us, the innocent-faced |
sheep and the honest-eyed calf, but to
rob the world of inspiring robin or a
bobolink, for the small bits
Of flesh under their feathers, is too pitt
full.
''Open your eyes to the evidence"
says Michelet.) Throw aside your
Your traditional and derived
opinions. Dismiss your pride and &C
kindred in which there l.
lothing to make one ashamed. VIA
lrc thesef They are your brothers.
itlasstic Monthly.
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FOLLY AND FLOWERS,
The Foolish Extravaganza INDUCED in by
Many Persons at Funerals.

The Foolish Extravaganza INDUCED in by
Many Persons at Funerals.
The tribute of flowers on mortuarv or
nuptial occasions is so common and
profuse that they smother sentiment
often out of sight and are actually Of
fensive to good taste. A sentiment is
touched by either event, and flowers
are the embodiment of grief or Joy.
The modest and beautiful bouquet that
was deemed sufficient in former times
is superseded by floral displays rivaling
Horticultural exhibition, and incon-
gruous piles of devices, hardly regard
ed and perhaps not known save in the
reports of the gentlemen of the press,
crowd the mOurners or the mated
with such profusion that it becomes 4
puzzle what to do with them. 1t is the
fashion to do it, and florists are taxed
to produce original pieces, not so much
to express respectful or more tender
grief, but for the sake of getting I'D
something new. AT funerals is this
excess most manifest, and whole car
riages are at times devoted to bearing
to the grave the various Tyres, baskets,
pillows, broken shafts, gates ajar and
what not, that are but half seen
through the mourner's tears, and sub
ject to the curious, who speculate on
their cost and criticise their construc-
ton or appropriateness. The latter
criticism often obtains where designs
are sent that have little or no relevancy
in their meaning, as was the case some
time since, wh.re a spectator said, re-
garding the floral tributes for one who
had led life that would not have met
the approval of the angels: why,
the designs were elegant. and among
the rest was beautiful gate aiar that
as very graceful" A modest old |
lady, who had heard the eClogium OF
-52e flowers. and knew the party |
lon"r'". replied: (Which gate?"--
-.'
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-18

President Arthur is the same age
that President Tyler was when he mar
ried Miss Julia Gardner during the last
year of his presidential term. He was
fifty-four years of age and she less
than twenty. He is also the exact age
Mark Antony was when he became en-
amored of Cleopatra, and strange as
it may be, the dusky queen was the
same age as Miss Frelinghuysen. the
Presidents fiancee, when she killed
herself. President Arthur's first wife
will have been buried five years next
January. She was married to him in
st. Johns Church, Washington, which
he now attends, and where he has
placed window to her memory
Boston Budget.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-18

FEELING IMPORTANT.

| How the Senate Pages Make People Say
"PIease" Before They Grant Favors.
While we were employed to wait up
on the Senators, outsiders" would
often encroach upon our good nature
and ask us to do things. We always
refused to attend to these matters, if
they were put in the shape of demand
instead of request. There were
several newspaper reporters in the gal
lery over the Vice-President's chair,
who frequently ignored our rights. A
reporter would wish to ask question
of Senator and, not caring particu-
larly to come down the stairs and send
IN his card, would drop note from the
gallery, expecting one of us TO pick it
up and hand it to the Senator to whom
It was addressed. This was a rather
officiOus request sometimes, as we
were tired and worn out from excess
sive running, and would hardly feel
like going up to where the reporter
was, in the roundabout way in which
we should have had to 90. to deliver
him the information called for, and
then come all the way back. But,
whether we were tired or full of ac-
tlvity, we did not like the matter-Of-
course manner in which some of the
reporters had demanded our services;
and we would often let the note re-
main where it had fallen on the carpet.
Sometimes, out of pugnacity, we
would surround the paper and walk
around it, gazing at it apparently with
great curiosity, but evincing no incli-
nation to touch it. Finally, when the
reporter would lean over the edge of
he gallery, and, in very obsequious
manner, would bow his head and
smile and 60 through a lot of gym
nastics to indicate to everybody else in
The galleries that the ''squib'' would
not '.go off,, and that he would be ex-
eeedingly obliged if one of our excel
encies would graciously convey the
paper to its desired destination, one of
rs would pick it up; but not until then.
-Ednuad Alton in ST. Nicholas
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+" Maryland, My Maryland !"

. Pretty Wives, .,s!I
Lovely daughters and noble men," 80.
my farm lies in a rather low and miss
matte situation, and
my wifer'
"Whog'
"was very pretty blonder', -,
Twenty years ago, became -,
"Sallowr' II
Hollox-eyedF'
"Withered and agedr' .
: Before her tim from
"Malarial vapors, though she made no
particular complaint not being Of the
grumpy kind yet causing me great uneasz-
ness.
"A short time ago 1 purchased your
remedy for one Of the children, who had q
very severe attack of biliousness, and it oc-
CURED to me that the remedy might help my
wife, as found that our little girl, upon re-
eovery had
"LoStr'
"Her sallowness, and Looked as fresh nS
a new blown daisy. Well the story is soon
told. My wife, to-day, has gained her old
timed beauty with compound interest," and
is now as handsome matron (if l do say il
myself) as can be found in this county,
which is noted for pretty women. And L
have only Hop Bitters to thank for it
1.-THE dear creature just looked over my
shoulder, and says Il can flatter equal TO
the days of our courtship,' and that reminds
me there might be more pretty t0tues if my
brother farmers would do as l have done"
Hoping you may long be spared to do
good, thankfully remain.
c. L. JAMES
BELTsvILLE, Prince George Co, Md,
May 26th, 1885.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-18

IT gives us great pleasure to state that
the merchant who was reported being at
the point OF death from an attack OF Pneu-
monia has entirely recovered by the use
of DR.. WIN. Halls BALSAM FOR THE
LUNGS. And in giving publicity to this
statement we are actuated by motives OF
public benefaction, trusting that others
may be benefited.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-18

q The plays the thing,
Wherein III reach the conscience of the king"
And equally true is it that DR.. Pierce's
u" Pleasant Purgative Pellets" (the original
Little Liver Pills) are the most effectual
means that can be used to reach the seat of
disease, cleansing the bowels and system,
and assisting nature in her recuperative
work. By druggists.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-18
Anv Small Row. with q Stick.

can kill tiger-if the tiger happens to be
found when only a little cub. So consump-
ton, that deadliest and most feared of dis
eases, in this country, can assuredly be con-
Quered and destroyed if DR.. Pierce's " Gold
en- Medical Discovery" be employed early.
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LIKE good, solid, substantial food,D
remarked Mrs. Jarphly at the breakfast
table. - Is that why you bake such solid
bread, MAJ" inquired Johnnie, and he
held n close communion with his mothers
slipper.-PutSbITgh Chronicle.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-18

81 HAVE BEEN AFFLICTED with an Affec-
ton of the Throat caused by diphtheria,
and have used various remedies, but have
never found anything equal to Browns
BRONCHIAL TRoCHES.-ReU. CINE. HdDlp-
ton, PiketOn, ky. Sold only in boxes.
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JOHN, I arr very respondent. 1 don't
seem to get on in the world. believe III
blow out my brains" Good scheme,
my boy. l believe if Won do you Will
strike blow at the real cause OF your
trouble. Chicago Ne,cS
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-18

DYSPEPSIA. liver complaint, and kindred
affections. For treatise giving successful
self-treatment address WoRLD's DIsPES
sARY MEDICAL Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
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"RosE of the roses" gushes Alfred.
" What buttonhole bouquet we'd make. ~
she answered. What do you mean"
- A rose with sprig of evergreen San
Francisco Chronicle.
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PIXIES TooTHACHE DROPS cure in I minute, 25c.
Glenn's Sulphur SOCD heals and beauties BIC.
GERMAN CORN REMOVER kills Corns Buttons.
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INDIANAPOLIS has an Indian lawyer.
One of the Sioux tribe, ahly.-I0Rkers
Statesman.
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Two MoTHERS-IN-LAw in Austin a day
Or two since had a hair-pulling match.
The son-in-law took refuge behi I'd lum-
Der pile till the ''clouds rolled by."-TeTTi-
tOrid{ Enterprise.
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FOUNDER says his wife is The light witt
champion. She always stays up till he
comes hoIne.-OM City Ierrick.
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STATIsUCIANs say that black eyes are
increasing IN Europe. This seems strange
In view of the fact that reports OF sparring
matches over there have failed to reach rs.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-18

THE eternal fitness of things-Cravats are
not popular in stock-yard.
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THE richest man in the world lives in
China A sort OF China Aston, as it were.
Boston Star.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-18

MoTro for crazy quilt manufacturers:
"Blessed are the peace makers. * Chicago
Sun.
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LAYING aside for a rainy day-putting
the umbrella on the top shelf OF the closet
Boston Times.
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One swallow does not made a summer
but one swallow does make some-err.-BOs
ton Star.
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WE suppose the gaze of a cross-eyed cir
might be technically spoken of as " ind
ing s5are.-ROckidad Courier.
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A POOL man always looks ont for numbel
woa.-L0gisrtHe Journal.