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Is Diphtheria Masteredg

The French are just now taking the
lead in medical discovery. The success
of NJ. Pasteur's attempts to master the
horrible malady, hydrophobia, by moe
ulation was announced a day OF twoago
in our dispatches, and now we are as
sured that reports recently made to the
French Academy of Medicine give
ground for hope that an important
specific for Group and diphtheria has
been found in the vapor of tar and tur-
pentine. Equal parts of liquid tar and
turpentine are put in an iron pan and
burned in the patients room, The dense
resinous smoke gives immediate relief.
The hbrinous membrane soon becomes
detached and the patient coughs up
microbicides which if caught in a glass
may be seen to dissolve in the smoke.
Entire recovery should follow this treat
ment in three or four days. The Phil
adelphla Times reports a case in that
city of its successful trial. The patient,
A little girl, had already become too
weak to allow of ~tracheotomy, when
DR.. Nichols, the attending physician,
received a copy of the Paris Figaro con-
tanning the account of the French
experiments with tar and turpentine.
He resorted to them at once, the child
heinr then in a distressing struggle for
braatb As the yapor filed the room
her breathing became normal, and in a
few minutes she sank into a natural
sleep. Without pretending to any scien-
ti6c knowledge of the subject we should
doubt the efficiency of this remedy in
those aggravated forms of diphtheria
which are characterized less by the
m~embraneous formation in the throat
than by blood poisoning, but if it will
relieve and cure d|iphtheritic Group alone
It's discovery is one to be profoundly
thankful for.
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Pictures as BANK Collateral.

The New York banks must be nun
ming pretty closely to shore when they
find themselves compelled to accept
pictures as collateral for loans to alarge
amount. 1t turns out that Mr.. George
l. Seney, who must be a gentleman Of
at least expensive artistic tastes, has as
signed no less than 1877 oil paintings,
valued at $3.50, 900, to the Metropolitan
National Bank Of New York, and that
they have not only been accepted by
President Jacques, his successor, but
that the last-named gentleman has pre-
vailed upon the loan committee of the
New York clearing house TO issue
$685. 600 in certificates upon them. In
other words, these pictures have been
turned into what is III point of fact
United States currency,
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Alpine Plants.

Some of the plants of the Swiss Alps
have been carried away by collectors in
such quantities that the rarer species
are in danger Of becoming extinct, and
an association for their protection has
been formed among the botanists of the
vicinity, The society has lately estab-
lished at Geneva a garden for the accli-
matization of Alpine plants, and to
encourage cultivation in all parts of
Switzerland where they will grow.
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The Oldest Paper In the World.

The oldest paper IN the world known
is certainly the .Acta POpuk Romani
DiUOnu, of which there Is still one mum.
Der extant of the year 166 B. C.. ,of which
the following is a translation ION the
goth of March, Consul Livinius has
exercised the governing power to-day.
A violent storm occurred in the
course of this day, the lightning struck
an oak soon after noon, near the Velian
Hill, and split it into several pieces
A disturbance took place at an inn with
the sign of the Bear, close to the jan
iculum. The landlord has been seriously
wounded. The Edlle Titinius has con.
demned some retail butchers for selling
meat to the people which had not been
inspected by the authorities. The fines
have been devoted to the erection of a
chapel to the goddess. The money
changer Ausidius, whose Office bears
the sign of the Cimbrian shield, alb
seconded with a considerable sum-. He
was pursued and has been arrested. He
still had on him all the stolen money.
The Praetor Fontejus sentenced him
to restore the money Immediately To
those by whom he had been entrusted
with it. The brigand chief Dennipho,
who was arrested by the Legate Nerva
was cruciGed to-day" The world was
uot so different in those days.
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THINGS

Beautiful lips arc those whose words
Leap r'om the heart like songs OF birds,
Yet whose utterauce prudence girds.
Bea ltituI hands are those that do
Work that is earnest, and brave, and true
Moment by monen the long day through
Beautiful feet are those that 90
On kindly ministries to and fro
Down lowliest way, it God wills it so.
beautiful shoulders are those that bear
Ceaseless burdens of homely care
With patient grace and daily prayer.
Beautiful lives are those that bless
Silent rivers of happiness,
Whose hidden fountains few may guess.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-06-21

When Dean Swift said chat it was
bloody" hot he only meant that it was
rather hot. 1t is possible that this au-
thentic explanation of the real harmless
ness and propriesy of the word-lf II
ever reach the mind or is taken to the
heart of the multitude-may be Instru-
mental in leading the millions who now
indulge in tin the erroneous idea that
it is very wicked and wrong-to avoid
the use of it. "What a pity it is, said
a young lady, ''that 1t is not a sin to
drink champagne; it would be so much
nicer if it were!n
Damn has a meaning precise and well
defined; but the unmeaning oaths i'll
common use almost defy calculation by
their number and comment by their
Stiffness. The Italians often swear by
Bacchus-"Per Bacco." The English
people of our day are still found to
imprecate by 'Jove," or by "Juplter, .
OF by lingo" Few know what the
last word really signifies, and what is
its derivation. They also swear by the
Holy Poker, by My LoGd Harry, by
Gosh, by Jabers, by Blazes, and speak
of the deuce" as If the word were
synonymous with the Devil. "Jingo"
is an old British or Keltlc oath, Of
great force of meaning originally, and
is derived from ''Dian" pronounced
jan, vengeance, and gaoth-pronounced
go" or gu blast or breath, and
really means the blast of vengeance, an
oath that survives in another and less
emphatic form, ''Blast you'll" which
seems to be a particular favorite by the
constant use that is made of it.
The exclamation of "Oh dear!" and
"Oh dear mel! are the AngIlcised
renderings of the Kettle Dia mi, dee
a mee), my Godl and oh Dia ma, oh my
Godl-expressions that might not per-
haps be employed so often if their orr
gin and true meaning were generally
known to the fair ladies, to whom they
are so familiar, Many attempts are
made by swearers to avoid taking Gods
name IN vain-by using ''od" as an
abbreviatlon of God, as in the still
current ''zounds!"-"od's life," and
tE.s n c popular "od's dodikins" and
"od's pitikins," found in Shakespeare
ard his contemporaries. The two last
forms of swearing are more than pro-
fame. Inasmuch as they are obscene
and disgusting, as all who know the
meaning of the old Kettle monosylla-
bles "bod" and spit" Will admit
meanings with which no writer of the
present day would dare to sully has
page.
The French initiate the English in
their desire not to desecrate Gods name
by their ~imprecations, and resort to
grotesque evasions and clumsy subter.
fuges to get round the dificulty-which
they scarcely admit to be insurmount-
able, substituting for the very profane
oath, 'Sacre nom de Dieu," the words
first introduced and made popular by
military men, 'Sacre nom dune pipel''
'sSacre nom dun chienl'' and still
more common "Sacre bleul" The Ger
mans have Sdperlotte, as a form of the
same senseless imprecation. Dash is
often used by the mealy mouthed as a
synonym for the more emphatic damn
as in the silly EXPLANATIONS "Dast
my wign and "Dash my buttons"
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Food of the Ancients.

The young were admitted along with
the old to the public tables, and al
though it was understood that the con
versation should be of a kind to elevate
the youthful mind, it was not meant
that the talk to which they might listen
should be. made common gossip.
"Nothing spoken here must ever go
out there the old men would say to
their juniors, pointing to the door. by
all accounts the early Greeks were
v~egetarians and were strictly temper
ate. They we're satisfied with the
simplest fruits, and their drink was
water. Even when agriculture had
made some progress among them, and
barley bread could be had, the richer
people preferred the old condition of
living. The barley bread must have
been a great boom to the poor among
the primitive Greeks, seeing that they
were driven at times to dine on grass
hoppers and leaves. Much the same
conditions prevailed among the Roman
who only on festive occasions partook
Of animal food, their ordinary repast
consisting wholly of milk, herbs and
roots. There came a time, however,
when the Romans went to the opposite
extreme and when the whole Empire
used to be searched, as it were. to
furnish delicacies or novelties for the
table. The Yorkshire pie of the past
was notable for the variety of its on
tents, but it was simplicity itself COM
| pared with the "Trojan horse" of a
fashionable Roman banquet. This
| s'dish" was a whole boar, disembowell-
ed and filled with small animals and
birds. Occasionally the removes
were brought in like a pyramid, the
dishes beng built up from a Dashboard
as a table. There was not only ex-
travagance but great waste at
| these banquets. Some of the accounts
that have come down to us read as
though the object of the host was to
prepare not for epicures, but for
gluttons. In Il instance twelve
guests met to feast on eight boars. and
| boars at the time were costly. The
name of Lucullus has becomeaproyerL
in connection with feasting; but, in
Justice TO him, it must be said that he
was not without method in the feasts
he gave He spent money freely fol
good living, but he was sensible enough
to have a scale Of probable costs to &C
by, and eventually, tc save himself and
his servants trouble, he gave a distinct
name to each room in his house, and
| the p~urveyOrs could always tell by the
room selected for 4 feast to what OK.
pense they were to go. Some extra
| ordinary mixtures were prepared for
epicures. Thus, Vitellus, IN a silver
| salyer, used to blend the liyers of gilt
heads, the brains Of pheasants and pea
| cocks, the tongues of phenicopters anc
the milts of lampreys. The prepare
ton would at least be edible, which i
more than can be said for the dissolved
pearls Caligula and Clodius gave L
their guests. 1t is related of Apicius
that in addition to "A considerable
income he laid aside ninety millions o
sesterces in hard cash for no otheI
purpose but to be devoted to Luxurious
living, and he succeeded so well tha
he was afraid, when he found he ha'
only ten millions left, that he would b.
starved to death and so he poisoned
himself.
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Covered street.

The covered street at Milan, now
well known as the Victor Emmanuel
Gallery, is rooted with glass and com
pleted by a large dome, round the
interior of which runs a cham of gas
lamps. The lighting Of these lamps at
a considerable elevation used TO present
some difficulties, and was always a
source of risk, until an arrangement
was made for doing the work by cleo
tricity. A miniature railway has been
constructed close to the ~gas-burners,
on which runs a little electric locomo-
tive carrying a wick stepped in spirits
of wine. When it is desired to light
the burners this wick is set IN fire, and
the locomotive started on its career.
1t flies round, rapidly klndling The cir
Gle, and exciting great interest amongst
the crowds that assemble nightly TO
witness the performance.
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Frederick the Great, whose brilliant
victories elevated Prussia froU an iu'
fer3or to a superior position among Eu'
ropean nations, was noted for the
strictness of his military discipline. BE
trained his army to move like = ma
chine. His soldiers were disciplined 50
to obey orders that they had no will OF
their own.
The discipline which the great Fred
erick stamped upon the Prussiar. army
remains to-day in all the clearncss OF
the original impression. Not long aga
a little event took place at Powdow5k,
a military station neal Berlin, which
shows what is the German soldiers idea
of obeying orders.
The officer in command II morning
posted a veteran IN front of his W
residence, with orders to pace up and
down a certain distance, and on no ac-
count to lower his gun from the Garry"
The officer, a pompous self-important
man, was expecting visitors that day
and he wished to impress them with his
military style. Calling the soldier be.
fore him, he gave his orders.
"You are to pass the distance as
signed, with your gun at the carry
Do yoa understand ?"
Eyes, commander"
son no account are you to deviate
from your walk, orremove your weapon
from its position. You understand ?"
eyes, commander"
"You viii observe strict silence. On
no account are you to speak with any
one on your beat. You understand ?"
Eyes, commander"
Every well go and obey !"
An hour after, the officers guests
were ushered into his presence. They
entered, each with a broad grin on his
countenance.
my friend, F." asked one of them of
the host, "what is this procession in
front of your house ?"
Procession ! Procession I! There Is
no procession p blurted out the host,
growing red in the face.
"But look for yourself"
The commander rushed to the win
dow. There was the soldier, as stiff
and erect as his own weapon, with eyes
stolidly staring right ahead, marching
solemnly up and down his beat. while
following him was a mob OF young
| street loafers, armed with old brooms,
| sticks, pitchforks and other improvised
weapons. Seeing that the soldier was,
| apparently oblivlous to all around him,
| one bold scamp had affixed to the senti-
| nel's coat-tail a string, at whose end
| dangled a rusty tin can. And this
| unique procession had been going on
for half an hour, to the intense delight
of the populace in the street and the
~edifcation of the guests when they ar.
| rived. Out rushed the irate officer.
| The mob, seeing him, dispersed, and he
| began to vent his anger on the senti.
mel.
''Idiot {! Blockhead Senseless ? Why
did o not strike them down, dispense
them ?"
1.-THE commander forgets. ] had
orders not to remove my gun from posi-
ton"
'T1ue. l am a fool But you might
have ordered them off,
"The commander, pardon me, forgets
again. had orders not to speak
SIT is true. But"
"There is no but, You ordered. l
obeyed. What more cau he said ?"
Indeed, nothing could be said. The
officer swallowed his wrath as best he
could. 1t would be altogether unmill.
tary to punish a soldier for obeying or.
ders.
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Nothing is 50 reasonable and cheap
as good manners.
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Brutal Outrage.

MINNEAPoLIs, March 3.-On Satur-
day afternoon Oliver Lane and his wife
and child arrived at Perkins, OAK, from
Iowa, and drove out a few miles into
the country. When passing a shanty a
man sprang out Of the door and struck
Lane and his wife with an AXE, and
then brutality kicked the child. This
done, he ran off, and has not Deer seen
since. Lane, though badly wounded,
crawled on his hands and knees to the
house of a friend a mile distant, and
told of the occurrence. 1t is believed all
three will die.
AT Minneapolis the hardest snow and
wind storm of the winter is now raging
Almost all the roads are blockaded again,
and the mercury below zero.
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Down Co the Prices I!

Beginning Monday, December 18th, I
will reducethe price of board as follows:
Board per week, $500.
Board and good room, $500
Three meal tickets for 81. 70
Boarders having their own bedding
will be furnished room for same free Of
all charge.
Ny rooms and beds are first class in
every particular, and the table will al
ways be supplied with the best the
markets afford. The best liquors and
cigars in the city always on hand at the
Overland bar. BILLY YARD, Prop'r.
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Nomlnatlons.

WASHINGTON, March 3.-The presi-
dent SEN in the following nominations:
Governor of Idaho, John G. Perry, of
New York; chief justice of the supreme
court of Wyoming, Norman Buck, of
Idaho; associate justice of the supreme
court of Idaho, VIM. F. Fitzgerald, of
Mississippi; associate justice of the SUI
preme court Of Arizona, p. H. Call;
register of the land office at Susanville,
California, Harvey Carpenter, of Ne
yada.
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Funeral of Minister Hunt.

ST. PETERSBURG, March 4. - All
the preliminary arrangements for the
burial Of Minister Hunt are completed.
Religious services will be held in the
American chapel and will be conducted
by the American chaplain and two as
sistants. The Russian ministry, diplo-
matte corps, court officials and resident
Americans will be present at the funer-
al, which takes place to-day.
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Nearly Completed.

GALVESTON, March 4.-The Mexican
Central railroad, 1,124 miles in length,
will be completed this week. The gap
last evening was only nine miles. Chas.
A. Dana, and a party OF New York cap
i~talists, are soon to start for q tour of
Mexico, and will be joined by Simon
Cameron.
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Libeling Sargent.

BERLIN, March 4.-The newspapers
continue their shameful attacks upon
Minister Sargent. Never has the hos
pitality which civilized nations recog-
nize as an undoubted right to foreign
representatives been more iagrantly
outraged than by these suborned Bis
marck organs. ProtestatiOns have been
made to the Washington government
on the subject.
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An Important Notice.

Those who are indebted to the under
signed will please take notice that I have
placed my books and accounts in the
hands of Settle & Settle for collection.
These accounts MUST be settled at once,
and all interested will save trouble and
expense by needing this notice.
w. H. WRIGHT.
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Mrs. langtry.

CHICAGO, March 6.-Mrs. Langtry has
finally decided to not go to Australia
this year, as she feels she is not in strong
enough health to stand such a journey.
After her San Francisco engagement,
which begins at Baldwin's theatre June
18th and closes on June 28th, she will
return to New York and sail for En-
gland.
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b

Dies MONIES, March Am the senate
the Kennedy strict prohibition bill pass
ed by a vote of "a to Ii, the same as
that by which the Donnan bill was
passed. The Kennedy bill vas passed
by the house a few days since. After its
passage in the senate to-day, the bill
vas enrolled and signed by the gov
arn0r
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-03-12
Reduction of Rates.

CHICAGO, March 3.-The Burlington,
Chicago & Topeka and Chicago & Alton
railroads to-day give notice of a reduc-
ton on lumber rates from Chicago and
st. Louis to Colorado points of from 60
to 81 cents a hundred. The western
trunk line associatian will meet the cut
tomorrow.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-03-12
Horses for Sale.

Having purchased the Green band Of
horses, Is head, and removed them to
my ranch a mile and a half below Fort
Benton, parties desiring saddle or work
animals will find that I can readily sup
ply their wants. Call and see me.
w. S. EVANS.
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h. Suicide.

CHEYENNE, March 3.-This morning
about s O'Clock Eugene G. Gunnison,
alias E. B. Clifford, for some time past
the business manager of the Northwest
ern Live Stock Journal, committed sui
eide by shooting himself in the right
temple. Gunnison was originally from
Massachusetts, where his parents at
present reside.
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Extension of the Park.

WASHINGTON, March 5.-The chair
laid before the senate a bill extending
the limits of the Yellowstone Park, and
after a debate which was participated IN
by Vest, ingalls,, Mcmillan and Har-
rison, the bill passed.
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N eWs Copyright.

WASHINGTON, March 4. - Senator
Sherman has introduced a bill granting
copyrights to newspapers, by which
publishers of newspapers can secure the
exclusive right to sell, for eight hours
following the issue of the papers, the
news and other original matter con
tanned therein.
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A FIRST GLASS BAR
BEST LIQUORS AND CIGARS
RLaIN.E,S

Those living in the country who wish to secure
"BLAINE's TWENTY YEARS OF CONGRESS, FROM LIN
COLIN TO GARFIELD with $50 portraits Of Congress-
secession and civil war, public lands granted to rail-
road corporations, ETC., etc, should send their orders
to Butler & Blake or their agents, as this work cannot
be purchased elsewhere in the Territory.
Address BUTLER a. BLAKE.
Helena, III
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CaliforLla Politics.

San FRANCISCO, March 1.-The re-
publican state central committee con-
venes at Oakland on April 80. An in
formal vote of the members, taken to-
day, gave Blaine 81; Washburne, 3;
Conkling, 2; Arthur, 4.
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Family Quarrel.

MINNEAPOLIS, March "a Tribune
special from Huron, OAK, says that on
Saturday a man neal that place, named
McCrosky, shot and killed his brother
in-law, named Meyers. Family trou-
bles are said to have been the cause of
the crime. The murderer is now in
Jail.
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Ranch for Sale.

Any one desiring to purchase a good
ranch in a desirable location, with splen-
did improvements, consisting Of a good
house, two ~corrals, milk house, fencing,
and an irrigating ditch, can secure a
bargain by calling on G. w. Settle AT
ONCE.
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Robert Miller, of Fort Assina-
boine, Commits Suicide
at Buffalo, N. Y.
Meeting of the Manitoba Farmers
Convention---An Oil Strike at
Vinton, Iowa--The Yellow
stone Park Extension Bill
Passes the Senate.
Suicide.

BUFFALO, March A. Robert Miller
committed suicide in the sanitarium to-
day. From papers found on his person
he is supposed to have come from Fort
A~ssinaboine, Mont, and to have been
quarter-master's clerk. His home is
supposed to be at Bellevue, n. Y.
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Increased Expenditures.

New YORK, March 4.-The annual
report of the Texas & Pacific railway
shows a increase of S2O4. 600 in expen-
ditures; including interest, 1921, 400.
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Struck Oil.

CHICAGO, March ga special to the
Daily News from Vinton, Ia, states
that the workmen who have been ber-
ing for oil near that city for the past
month struck oil to-day in paying guam
titles. Their success has caused great
excitement.
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A State Dinner.

WASHINGTON, March president
Arthur this evening gave a state dinner
to thirty-seven senators and representa-
tives who are unaccompanied at the
capital by their wives. The marine
band was in attendance, and seven wine
glasses stood at each plate.
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No Glue.

ST. LOUIS, March 4.-Up to noon the
police had discovered no clue to the
whereabouts Of Teller, the Pacific ex-
press robber, but detectives are prosecut-
ing the search vigorously.
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State Convention.

New YORK, March 1.-The republi-
can state committee has decided to hold
the state convention at Utica on the Sd
Of April.