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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-09

A POSTAL telegraph bill. prepared by
tho senate committee, was introduced
Saturday week. The schedule Of rates
provides for sending twenty words 1000
miles for forty cents by day, and fifteen
cents by night, is certainly cheap
enough. The bill proposes to invite
bids from existing telegraph companies
to do this service.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-09

The following from the Bozeman
Chronicle, edited by S. w. Langhorne,
a prominent democrat Of the territory,
is worthy of reproduction as showing
how senseless is the constant cry of
scarpet-bagger,n raised by a few of the
democratic journals-notably the Inde-
pendent:
While we have always been opposed
to the system Of appointments to terri
torial offices, and believe that it would
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-09

Montana will not be content with SIM
ply raising wool, but will claim of right
the greater profit Of manufacturing it.
The next five years will show greater
growth than the last twenty. The BUSH
ness is already in sight, that will insure
the success of the Helena & Fort Benton
railroad from the day Of It's completion,
10 matter how oon that day comes
Herald.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-09

THE committee of the Union and Con-
federate soldiers have decided to hold a
mass meeting at Cooper Union, New
York, April Sth, in aid of the Soldiers
Home in the south, for the soldiers in
both armies. General Grant will pre-
side. Among the speakers will be Gen
erals +. B. Gordon, J. F, Daniel, Nc
Butler and w. C. p. Breckenridge, from
the south Generals Sherman, Logan,
Hancock and Mcmahon from the north.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-09

A COLONY of twenty-five families left
Pittsburg on the 1st inst. for Seattle, w.
r., for the purpose of making it their
future home. Foreign immigration,
which is crowding them out of the
trades and giving employers an oppor-
tunity to reduce wages, is given as the
reason for seeking new homes. Several
hundred more will leave if reports are
favorable.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-09

A MEETING of the republicans of Cho-
teau county, to select delegates to the
the territorial convention, is now in
order. BY the way, Choteau county is
fully entitled to name one of the dele
gates to Chicago, and her claim ought
to be forcibly presented at Bozeman.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-09

THE Central Pacific railroad has COB
bled up the Oregon Railway and Navi-
cation company, and all Of the ex-Vil-
lard corporations except the Oregon and
California. It has come Huntington's
turn to play a lively game.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-09

The first state election for 1854 occur
red in little Rhode Island on Tuesday.
and resulted in a decided victory for the
republicans. All congressional and
nearly all municipal elections of the
year have gone the same way, which
shows how things are drifting, polite
ally, this year of our Lord, 1884.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-09

EVERY reader of the RIVER PRESS
will be glad to hear that the anticipated
smash-up of the boats at Bismarck did
not occur. The loss of the staunch and
serviceable Black Hills is enough for
one season.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-09

supplies, while any number of miners
are now at work taking out $40 to the
man. The state senator anticipates an
influx Of 0 5000 people into the mines
this season. He ought to be voted a
medal
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-09

THE biggest Occur d'Alene lie Of the
season is sent out from st. Paul, through
the medium Of the associated press. by
State Senator Gregg, whoever he may
be. He says one poor miner took out
So, 900 from a hole six feet square and
that fractions of claims change hands
daily for thousands of dollars. The
merchants Of Spokane Falls, according
to this truthful(?) state senator. have
taken in SAC, OO9 in dust in exchange for
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-09

BARNUM's sacred white elephant has
arrived at New York. The great show
man ought to be happy now.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-09

PORTLAND, Oregon, is to have a gov
eminent building. Helena ought to
come in for a like favor.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-09

PILLsBURY was elected mayor Of
Minneapolis over Ames by a majority Of
owe 5000. This is an immense repub-
lican gain as Ames went in at the last
election on a sort of a tidal ave ma
iOritY.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-09

EMORY SToRRs says the pleuro-pneu-
monia bill should not pass, because COW
doctors disagree.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-09

MINISTER SARGENT declined the St
Petersburg mission. He thinks the eli,
mate would not agree with him.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-09

NORTHERN PACIFIC stock advanced
slightly in the past few days, and is re-
ported firm.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-09

THE affair at Cincinnati shows th
mischief that a mob can do. It was on
of the most extraordinary exhibitions 4
mob rule on the impulse of the momenl
on record in this country.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-09

THE democratic leaders at Washing
ton are more at sea on the tariff ques
ton than ever. The caucus failed Il
bring about harmony.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-09

THE mob has subsidized at Cincinnati
and everything is again quiet in tina
city. Berner is safe within the prison
walls at Columbus.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-09
The RIVER Press.
RATES OF A%DTERTISlgG

"PENT-UP Utica is solid for Roscoe,
and he's the modest Roman Of them all.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-10-30
Falling a Mile.
Paris News


Monday a startling experience Of
Messrs. Castor Tissandier and Fred
rick Cover, husband of Nordica, the
American prima donna, showed that
the practical dangers of ballooning
are still far from being surmouuted,
however well actual disasters may be
avoided by GOODNESS and skill. These
two gentlemen assembled from the
Tissandier establishment at Autuil
about ] o'clock, to continue a series of
scientific experiments upon certain
theories advanced by M. Cover. They
sailed slowly across Paris to the south
east at q height of about / 800 feet,
and disappeared in the direction oil
VIncennes. In answer to the inquiry
Of Morning news representative M.
Cover relates what befell the voy-
ayers afterward.
We were at a height OF 5000 feet
above the village of Fontenay. A fetc
was going on there, and the faint echo
of drums, mingled with the cries OF
children and the barking of dogs, just
reached our ears amid the awful
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-10-30
The British Free Trade Party.
From the Hyattsyille OIdl Advertiser

From the Hyattsyile NIdl Advertiser u
Thisis Just what the Anti-Blaine party
is; this is Just what it should be called;
and it sums up in spirit and in fact the
real central question of this campaign,
The opposition to Mr.. Blaine is essen
TALLY British in its inspiration and Brit
ish in its objects The British papers
have condemned him and his candidacy.
British influences are hostile to. him on
two grounds: first, because they fear
that he would check their commercial
advancement in this hemisphere, and
greatly strengthen the commercial rela-
lions between the United States and
other nations of this continent; and
second, he would uphold protection,
which they want to break down in
order to break down American indus
tries and that he would resist free trade
which they want to establish, in order to
extend British industries. They object
to Mr.. Blaine because he is so intense
~ American"
This British interest in American con-
tests is no new thing. As far back as
1874 the London Times said; "A sub
scription was recently opened to raise
funds to circulate free trade tracts in
foreign countries. About e440,000
(S2200, 000) were subscribed, Some Of
these tracts are to be printed az Nelc
York for circulation ~ the United
States. And Mes Registered that date
pointed out why they could afford to
subscribe so literally to propagate their
cause in this country. 1t said. If
they can effect the repeal Of the Ameri-
can tariff, one years profits would pay
them ten times over the outlay they con-
slider it worth while to adventure to eff
feet it. In 1880 a committee Of the Cob
den club Of London reported that they
were circulating free trade tracts in the
United States, and they proceeded: " In
the meanwhile your committee cannot
but sympathize with the feeling in this
country which naturally grows stronger
in times like these, that oar commerce
suffers materially from the system Of
other countries, and their attention con-
tinues to be given to the task Of promot-
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-10-30
No Dodging this Time.

The advantage Of Protection and the
fallacy of the arguments of Free
Traders is very aptly and practically
presented 10y the Philadelphia Pgess in
the following actual manufacturing
citations:
When England held possession of the
German market under her favorite
policy of Free Trade she annually inn
ported into the empire about half a
million felt hats. With the aid of the
protective tariff of 1875 the manufac-
ture of hats in Berlin has developed to
an enormously important interest. The
German manufacturers have not only
driven the English goods almost entirely
out of the country, the number of hats
imported in 1884 being only $4,000, but
they have also managed to obtain for
themselves a position of repute in for
eign countries.
Still more remarkable is the fact that
they have been able to do this and yet
increase the pay of the men and women
employed in hat factories to rates equiv
alent to those paid in England. United
States Consul Lincoln, of AiX-la-Chap-
pelle, says the workmen earn in Ger
many from 20 to % mark, (S5 to So a
week; women half this amount. The rate
of wages paid for Matchmaking in Man
chester according to the Board of Trade
report of the Kingdom for 1888 (psge
Al, is for men, So a week. and SO a week
for women.
Here is an instance in which wages in
a certain industry are the same in En-
gland as on the Continent; in which
Protection has reversed the condition OF
things by taking an industry from a
Free-trade country and giving it to a
Protection country: in which Protection
far from increasing the cost of the arti-
Giles to the consumer, has reduced it. and
in which Protection has increased alsc
the export trade viii Free-traders
please explain this? No lodging. A full
explanation wanted.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-10-30
The American Flag in Canada.
ottawa Canada Free Press.

The influence of the United States
over Canada extends even TO educa-
tional matters. A public school g.
year.old scholar returned home the
other evening, writes a correspondent,
and proudly said Papa, seoswhat
teacher taught me to draw to-day.
The present looked at the slate held ia
the tiny hands and saw q fair repres
entati0n of the stars and stripes.
Thinking the child was mistaken q
copy Of the Royal Canadians first
reader was obtained, and the specimen
Of blackboard dra wings which are on
the inside Of the cover shown TO the
child. with the remark, pointing to
the British ensign which is there
''You must be mistaken; that was the
flag teacher gave you TO draw" "Oh.
no, papa that hasn't the stripes on,
came the persistent answer No OBJ
lection can be taken TO teaching the
children to draw the stars and stripes,
but surely your own ensign should be
the first to be made familiar 10 the
expanding mind.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-10-30
.Iannnese Progress.

New York Commercial Advertiser
The Japanese are trying to make
themselves Independent of foreign
countries, and for that purpose are en-
ceuragiug by subventions certain in
dustriss. Among these is the produc-
ton of pharmaceutical chemicals, in
which the japanese government adj
vances one-half of capital of $780,
600, and grants the company tract
of land on which to build its shops.
Another company has taken up the
manufacture Of alcoholfrom the waste
Of breweries. In apparent connection
with these encouragements comes
news also Of the imposition OF tax
upon chemicals.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-10-30
Campaign Rirples at the south.

The ordinary account of southern out
RACES is either secondhand or aecompa-
MED by the request to suppress the
name. but the Inter Ocean of yesterday
presented a report in the shape of a spec
ial telegram from Jackson, Miss, which
bore the name Of the sender, J. J. Will
liams. of the republican committee. Mr..
Williams must have the courage Of Print
Matthews or he would not run such
great risk of sharing the same fate. 1t
takes pluck to be an active republican in
Mississippi, and absolute heroism to
state the situation without wincing, and
SIGN ones name to the statement.
Ex-Congressman Lynch, who, it will
be remembered, was temporary Chair
man of the National Republican Con-
vention, said early in the campaign that
the Republicans would carry the State
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-10-30

"Who invents the false charges against
Mr.. Blaine There is to all appearances
Bureau of Defamation. with head
quarters either in this town on in Bos-
ton, which furnishes the Independent
Republican press and its Democratic
allies with all the campaign matter they
want, presented in shape az plausible as
the Bureaus intellectual capacity can
achieve. With a vast field for inyesti-
CATION and inquiry at hand in Mr..
Blaine's variegated career, these stupid
and malicious jacksnipes whoever they
may be-prefer to depend on their own
Imagination or ingenuity FOR campaign
material. Thus it happens that they
are involving themselves and the whole
anti-Blaine cause deeper and deeper in
fatuous, hopeless mendacity, while ev-
cry exploded charge of theirs counts for
Mr.. Blaine by the reaction created in his
favor in the minds Of all citizens who
like to see fair play. The fabricators
are doing their best 10 encourage the
growing belief that there is nothing al
all in any Of the charges affecting Mr.
Blaines personal character.
"No candid man would believe a
SANDER against a neighbours dog resting
on no better evidence than that offered
in support Of some of the stories put in
circulation by this mysterious Bur AZ,
and eagerly caught up by the Cleveland
organs. both Of the Democratic and of
the Independent Republican sort. With
one or two honorable exceptions not
able exception being the square and
honest retraction Of the Chicago Daily
Ne,rs. which was misled by She New
York Times in regard to the sup
pressed Mulligan letters-we have
failed to discover, either in any Demo
cratic sheet, or in the columns Of any
one of the Independent Republican
journals which regard morality as the
issue of the present campaign, any dis
position 10 correct injustice done to Mr..
Blaine. That is NOT the sort of indie
pendence The Sun neutrality-suspicious.,
In the first place, Of the truth, and, in
the second place, Of the right principles
of treating fellow men, ~ j. Sun.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-10-30
1T Raised Him.
Puck

While New Jersey ferry boat was
crossing the river the either morning
there ives booming of cannon, which
caused many of the people to rush to
the windows.
II shouldn't think people would
jump up for such aGttle thing as that. "
said an old lady to some one who was
with her.
81 shouldn't think so, either" was
the response.
Then her little boy spoke:
eve seen a smaller thing than that
make man jump up.
"What was itl" asked the old lady.
"a carpet tack, " replied the boy, as
he moved off TO a respectable distance
to get out of reach.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-10-30
Wiped Out the InsuIt.

Whats the matter with your eye,
old man somebody hit your
eyes. / told Smith last Aight that
he was no gentleman and he passed
me one"
did you wipe out the INSULT
81 didn't, but ] went right home
and my wife wiped 1t out as we'll as
she could. may have 10 ulgro~
some Of it. GoOd day, there comes
Smith now"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-10-30


Thy Sun has political leader on the
lack of leadership of the Democratic
army, as follows:
with what feelings can those distin-
guished veterans of the democra + who
have long fought its battles ana worn
its honors regard their extraordinary
candidate of the present canvass; Al
though ostensibly the leader to whom all
subordinate chiefs must lookAfor guild
ance, who should inspire their efforts
and reap for them all the points of vic
tory, in Grover Cleveland they can see
nothing but the merest tigurehead. He
is confessedly incapable of leadership.
His mind does not grasp that part of the
responsibilities of his position. His
idea is that the President shoald do as
he may be told to do, and not attempt to
perform those functions prescribed by
the Constitution through which if he
would be faithful to the principles he IS
supposed to represent, he must neces-
sarily be the leader of the party.
In fact in this canvass the Democratic
candidate is not presented as skIllful
politician or a wise statesman. His cham
pions would have him considered as a
man of extraordinary moral purity, of
bfaQSceuuent elevation or character, out
not of uncommon intellect. He stands
as the representative and embodiment of
that personal morality and purity which
the unhappy Republican boilers besought
the Democrats to cherish before all prin-
ciples of politics and all dictates of COM
mon sense. 1t is not pretended that Mr..
Cleveland possesses the faculty or the
training that is necessary to political
chief. He can neither direct his party
in its present contest nor inspire its pol
icy for the future. He has been set up
as a sort of political sign-post. He may
point out the way to those who are adj
vancing, but as soon as the desired road
is gained they will turn their backs on
him, and he will cease TO be of further
consequence. The only question which
Mr.. Clevelands candidacy has yet eX-
cited is in which direction does this sign
post point? Is it toward free trade or
protection? Is it toward the side of Will
liam r. Morrison and Frank Hurd, or in
the direction of Samuel j. Randall and
Benjamin F. Butler.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-10-30

ing among foreign nations the develop
ment of such economic views as they
hope shall sooner or later result in(the
general adoption Of free trade"
This shows why the British party Is
opposed to Mr.. Blaine The republican
leader is too much of an American to
snit them. He would build mp Ameri-
can interests and American commerce.
He would protect American rights and
elevate the American name. This Is
why the British party and its sympo-
thizers object TO him; why intelligent
Irishmen have learned that it is sense
less on their part TO go on carrying out
the British policy, and that the best way
to fight England is to strengthen the
system that protects American indus
tries; and why true Americans of all
classes stand by Mr., Blaine.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-10-30

The average size Of families in the
United States in 1850 was 5. SO. In 1860
it had decreased to 5.04.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-10-18
Sunken Treasures.

The list of treasure lost in tho see
would indeed be long and melancholy
one; instancing, for example, the Mad
agascar, from Australia, which, in the
early days of the gold fever there
having on board the precious yellow
dust in enormous quantity, was never
heard of and left not even the faintesf
clue to speculation as to her fate. Ana
in later years the Thunder steamer,
from Calcutta to China, with somt
f300, 900 worth of silver, destined never
to reach the expectant consignees. was
supposed to be lying abandoned among
the awful sand-banks at the mouth OF
the Hooghly, but. in spite of many
rumors, never to be seen there. These
are instances, out of many, of treasures
never heard of. The wreck of the
Royal Charter steamer from Australia,
lost in frightful gale on the Anglesea
coast in October, 1859, with some
ES00.00 of gold on board, will doubt.
less occur to the readers mind, coupled
as it was with such lamentable loss
of life. In this case, happily, great
part of the treasure was recovered sub
sequently. but there is still fortune
left at Moelfra for the fortunate being
who can find it. In old days Vigo Bay
had always an attractive sound to
treasure seekers, from the reported
wealth on board the Spanish feet de-
stroyed there by Sir 6. Rookie in 1909;
but tho infinite pains, money and pa.
thence expended over its recovery have
been thrown away, the silver (even Il
it is there, which is somewhat dcubtful)
obstinately refusing to make reap
pearance IL the world. ~ el0rGvi0.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-10-18
Nancy that Nobody Owns:

There are, it seems, $50, 000,0 in
securities and money in the treasury of
the United States that no one claims.
In times gone by sundry persons have
bought government securities which
they have lost or which have been de-
stroyed; hence the twenty millions OF
unclaimed bonds in the treasury. There
are savings banks in New York which
have in their vaults large sums that will
never be claimed. They belong topoor
people who died, or that have moved
away. or have forgotten they had ever
any money in the bank. There is sup
posed to be some SS0,000.000 of I'M
claimed money in banks and trust COM
panies throughout the country which Is
lost to the heirs forever.-Dcmoresf'
Monthly.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-10-18
"sKiss Me GOOd.By."

That is phrase heard at the hall
way of many home as the man of the
house is hurrying away to exchange
of commerce. Sometimes it is the wife
who says it, sometimes infant lips pratt
tie the caressing words, holding up a
sweet flower face for kiss that is its
warm sunshine of life, and the strong
man waits a moment to clasp his treas
ure and is gone; and all day he wonders
at the peace in his heart, at the nerve
with which he meets business losses.
The wife's kiss, the baby's kiss did it.,
and he realizes that it is not wealth OF
position or luck that makes our happi-
ness, but the influence we bear with us
from the presence of those we love.
Kiss me good-by! 0, lips that have
said it for the last time, would you ever
ask again in those pleading tones fol-
the kisses tardily given? Would we
not remember that the relation the
flower bears to the universe is as care
fully provided for as that of the bright.
est star; that the little action of low.
ing heart goes side by side with the
deed of heroic worth; that love is the
dew of life, that parting for a day
may be the parting for lifetime.
"How many go forth in the morning
That never come home at night,
And hearts have been broken
For kind words unspoken
That sorrow can ne'er set right"
Kiss your children, man of business
before you leave home; kiss the mothe
of your children, and that dear OLE
mother who sits. in the chair by tn,
window-no matter if her cheek i
wrinkled, her heart is young-and thei
go about your days work with 'thanl
Cod in your soul that you have SOM
one at home to kiss.
"For though in the quiet evening,
You give us the kiss of peace,
Yet it might be
That never for thee
The pain of the heart should cease"
TEXAS Sittings.