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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-05-28

must she carry out the remainder of
her thought, and die! Oh, death was 80
dark-so cold; the unknown seemed so
terrible; she was so young and life was
so sweet!
She thought of Jack, her lover, and
the half-completed house. Life with
him there, that an hour before hal
seemed dreary, monotonous waste,
now shone upon her like the depart
ing shores of some lost paradise. Oh,
to see his dear eyes smiling fondly
upon her, once moro to hear his voice;
life, youth, love, how precious they
all were.
Then all grew blank. Jack, Jack,
| am so cold. o, God! save me pity
forgive" she cried, and then sank
away into unconsciousness.
Two miles below tho schOol-houst
they found her tossed on shore with a
mass of drift.wood. Quite dead they
pronounced her at first, and the old vii
lage doctor confirmed the assertion.
But Jack kellogg would not listen to
any of them. "She is not dead" he
cried. "IIow dare you tell me such a
cruel thing. She is alive, and will look
up and smile in my face before the
day passes"
They shook their heads and though
the poor boy had gone mad as he set
TO work over her. But they all lent a
helping hand, and every restorative
known to them was applied to the
pallid figure of the young girl.
1t was hours before they saw any
signs of returning life. Then she drew
a deep, Quivering sigh. opened her eyes
and smiled, even as Jack had said sht
would, into his loving face bent anX
iously above her
"Is this heaven?" she asked in
whisper. 81 thought | died."
"You went out clear to the very
threshold of DEATH" Jack answered a
he clasped her in his arms, "but love
was strong enough to bring you back
dear -Wu Wheeler.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-05-28
JENNIE'S MISSION.

ooh, this dull round of small dutie,
how tired am of them all. How wish
some grand mission in life would come
o me"
Jennie OrSon, the pretty little school
mistress, leaned her chin upon her
hand ns she mused in the above man
ner, and gazed out over the gray spring
fields, whose dreary ploushed burrows
were thrusting their ragged faces up
through the rapidly disappearing snow
drifts.
"Nhy, how the snow has gone to-
day." she added mentallyas the changed
appearance of the fields struck her eye.
1t was the last day of March, and all
winter long the snow had been heaped
in miniature mountain ranges by the
roadsides, and on the fields and
meadows. During the last week, warm
weather had set in, making rapid in
roads upon snow and ice.
The children came running under the
window where Jennie stood, playing at
Ground the House" Then they
noCked off together toward the brook
that rippled by the school-house, few
rods distant. Jennie watched them
absently. Her mind was not upon her
duties that day. Her plodding round
in country school-room seemed very
dull and mean to her. She sighed for
some great and lofty mission.
"If | could do some one great act,
heroic and noble" she said to herself,
81 would be willing to die then. What
is life worth if we must plod on forever
like this? am no more than an ant,
or a spider, or a squirrel with the life |
live! How gladly would give up the
monotony of years of this routine for
one hour of sacrifice, heroism, and then
welcome death"
How she hated her homely life as she
looked back over its nineteen unevent-
full years. She had always lived in this
dull country place, ever since she was a
wee child and her parents had emigrated
to the West. She had received her ed
ucation in this same little schoOl-house,
attended divine service there also-a+
the place boastel no church edilice-
and her only knowledge of the world
beyond was obtained by a yearly visit
to the city, fifty miles distant, where
the family supplies were purchased, and
from a few books and newspapers
Now she was very tired of it all
tired of her dull past her duller pres
ent. her doubtlessly dull future. Ever
the thought of her fond, true lover
Jack kellogg, who was building the
house where she was to reign mistress
annoye1 her to-day. How poor ant
monotonous life stretched before her
How much better to perform some ont
grand act and die, than to live on t.
old age in this dreary fashion. 1t was
a very romantic girl who stood there
in the little school-room dreaming hel
discontented dreams, you see.
Suddenly she saw by the noon mari
that it was time to call in her scholars
She had no bell--for this was in thu
early days of Wisconsin history, before
the railroads had spread their grea
iron spider webs all over the state, ant
,Iennie's school was conducted on {
very primitive plan. She took thu
great ruler, with which she inflicted
, punishment on tho palms Of unrul.
boys, and raped loudly on the window
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-05-28
IIurrall.

In an article on curious interjections
the London Standard says: "IIurrah"
is another interiection that had a pow
erful significance. 1t was an appeal
to the god Thor, and was derived from
the words "tur aie,' or "thOr aid" Ut
tering this battle cry believers of tho
god dashed upon their foes. Little
does the young lady who cries "hur-
rah!" to celebrate some such little
triumph as the return or failure to re-
turn ball at lawn tennis, know that
she is invoking the aid of mighty di-
vinity and proclaiming herself to be a
heather.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-05-28
Looking For q Lever.

81 say" said railroad brakeman,
running into depot restaurant, "the
forward trucks of my Car have slip
ped off the rails, Have you got apiece
of iron anywhere about that we could
use for a lever?'
II don't believe I have" answered
the proprietor.
What is this?' asked the brake.
man, trying to lift something from the
counter.
That's sponge cake"
"Wcll, guess it will do if it isn't
too brittle. will bring it back in a
minute. "-PhUadelphia call
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-05-28
Turkish Traits,

Coffee drinking is a grave matter
with a Mohammedan, and he takes his
pleasure sadly, writes correspondent
of the San Francisco chronicle from
Constantinople. He will sit for hours
without speaking word, and, in gen
eral, it is easier to get a Missourian
down off of u fence than to wake a
Turk on such occasions into animation.
A dog fight, perhaps, will fetch him
quicker than anything else. But he is
subject to such sudden and immediate
relapses that the dogs are losing inter
est, and will not fight without personal
proyocation. They are blessing to
the Turks, these dogs. They are not
only useful to them as scavengers for
their cities, but afford them their
greatest amusement, and supply by
their presence, a constant object for
religious veneration, for they do vener-
ate them. If Mohammcdan gets
very drunk and wants to run amuck,
and is afraid to go out and kill a man
for fear of the after consequence, when
he gets to feeling real nice and muir
derous he takes his knife and sticks it
recklessly into the first dog he meets;
il he is real murderous hc kills two,
and so great is the respect for the
CANNES that he gets more reputation
as "bal man" out of this proceeding
than if he had killed four or five mere
Mohammedans. A pasha ranks near
ly up to "a dog in point of secular re-
spcct, but the dog holds over him in
religious sanctity. Tho dog has the
right of way in the public streets, and
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-05-28

One is usually disappointed with
the first view of beavers house. In
stead of the symmetrical, round, plaS-
tered dome we are led to expect from
most popular accounts, there is seen in
stead all irregular pile Of sticks, mingled
with rushes, grass, and stones, broad at
the base as compared with the height
and of the same general order of ar
chitecture as the dam. Apparently de-
void of system it resembles nothing 50
much as a gigantic crows nest turned
upside down by the border of apond or
stream. And yet, though they are not
plastered smoothly, and the interior ex-
hibits bat rough walls merely evened
by cutting close the twigs that project
through the building (the whole affair
apparently conceived and put together
in helter-skelter fashion), they are
very compact, exhibiting both solidity
and Grmness, and are well adapted to
warmth and protection. Each dwell
ling consists of but one apartment, and
this opens by short incline beneath
the surface of the water into channel
dredged to sufficient depth to avoid
being blocked by ice in winter. 1t is
easy to determine whether dwelling
is in present occupation by the appear
ance of the trails over which The beaver
drags his supplies from the wood; by
the freshly-peeled sticks, the bark of
which has served for food, and
which are invariably heaped up upon
the house itself; and in winter by the
melting snow on the roof caused by the
eyhalations from the occupants
pOpular Science MonthN
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-05-28
Mothers Work.

FART l.
Baking stcwing and brewing,
Roasting, frying and boiling,
Sweeping, busting and cleaning,
Washing, starching and ir'nnG
Ripping, turning and mcndipg,
Cutting, basting and stitching,
Making the old like now;
Shoe-strngs to laco
Faces to wash.
Buttons TO sew,
And the like of such;
Stockings to darn
While tho children pla
Stories to tell,
Tears wipe away,
Making them happy
Tho lvclong day;
1t is ever thus from morn till nigh.
Who says that Il mothers work is lishs,
At evening, four
Little forms in white;
PrOycrsall said,
And the last goodnight
Tucking them safe
In each downy bed,
Silently asking,
O'cr each head,
That the dear Father
In heaven will keep
SNto all my darlngs,
Awake or asleep.
lion think tho ldadnge truo ever will prove,
'It is easy to lnburiDr those that wo love-"
PART III.
All mol dear mel often say,
AZ hang tho tunbled clothes away
And the tear drops start,
Who my burdoned bnart
Aches for the mother across the way,
Whore, oh anGrs are
Her ncstlings tlowu?
All, all are gops.
Snvc one nouej
Folded their garments
With tcndcrcst care,
Impressed tho pillow
And vacant the chair;
No ribbons to tie,
No faces 10 wash,
No hair all awlyi
No merry voices
To hush into rest,
God gave them,
lie took them,
And he knOwcth best;
| But nh, tho heart anguish, the tears the fall!
| This mothers work is the hardest OF ALI
-Ph,Mddph,a Sunday RepudHc'
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-05-28

A young man sent fifty centsto a
New York advertiser to learn show to
make money fast" and was advised in
reply to gluca five-dollar grecnback to
The bottom of his trunk.
Having neither grcenhack nor
trunk. he is still unable o make mon
ey fast, --NoWiSioWn Hsr0id
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-05-28
Leyily with Letters.
Out of print-the letter b.

Out of print-the letter b.
Greatly in demand-thc letter ID.
Always in debt and dissrace-the
letter Z.
Never out of Office the letter |.
Always first and last in the river
the letter II,
Frequently late-U, for it frequent
ly comes after 7.
Good for naught-the letter o.
Always in use-the letter U.
The most welcome letter of all-thn
one with an y in it,
Always away from home-u and !.
Forever in bed
Always cross--N.
Always in drink, but never intoXi-
catcd-K. --Chjc0go san.
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Moose are said to be increasing in
Maine under the new game law, and it
is not unusual to see them in droves
about the large lakes,
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Don't try to take the right of way
from an express train at u railroa''
crossing,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-05-28

CroQuct is a for lawn game
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Nalr Of the very hest material, by the most skillfu
wOrSmcn eAEJ EJssy for road Use.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-02-06

WASHINGTON, January b. Senator
Sewell reported favorably to-day from
the committee on military affairs the
bill which provides that no regimental
or company officers shall hereafter be
detailed from duty with his regiment or
company for more than three years CON
secutively, and any officer heretofore or.
hereafter detailed shall be returned to
duty with the company OF regiment,
and shall not be again detailed except
temporarily, and not then fosa period
Of more than sixty days, until after the
expiration of three years from his return
TO the company or regiment.
The secretary of war and Gen. Sheri-
dan opposed the provisions Of the bill
on the ground that they could not be
carried out without great detriment to
the service, and TO cause this enact
ment to become a law would SO abridge
the powers of the president of the United
States and those under him, as to seri-
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-02-06
FORT BENTON AND THE BLACK
FOOT RESERVATION.

We will not stop to point ont why
every business nan in Fort Benton,
from the smallest retailer to the most
extensive wholesaler, will be benefited
many dollars worth by the opening up
Of the northern Indian country this
winter by the present congress. An
argument on this point would be stale
reading for our merchants, as the ne
cessity for such action in order to have
a genuine Benton boom is conceded by
Ill, without a single exception.
The question "Do you think the re-
servation will be opened up?' is becom-
ing as old to the newspaper man as
"Who struck Billy Patterson % is in
some parts of the east, showing conclu-
sively that an expectant public is patti
emily waiting for a favorable answer to
their oft repeated inquiry. But while
this is a contamination devoutly to be
wished'' by our business men, We do
not see that any active steps have been
taken to crowd our wishes before the
notice of the congressman at Washing
ton. 1t would surely count a good deal
with them if some of our prominent
business men would give Washington a
personal visit, and see to it that the adj
vantages to be derived are shown up
in as strong a light as possible.
Such action would do much to strength
en- the friendliness of Major Maginnis
and Senator Vest towards the project.
Maginnis is interested in keeping the
goodwill of Fort Benton, and if he saw
that we were really in earnest, and de-
termined to have the reservation thrown
open, he would be apt to re-double his
eXertions in our behalf. Our merchants
will 0 o be going east to make their
annual purchases, and it would then
take but a few days for a delegation to
visit the capital and make our wants
and wishes known to the proper con
gressional authorities. Fort Benton
could well afford to pay the extra ex-
pense which the delegation would incur
by visiting Washington.
If any action of this kind is taken it
must be done at once, and we hope some
of our citizens will be public-spirited
enough to take the initiative by calling
a public meeting with this particular
object in view. The business men and
property holders of Fort Benton are
sadly lacking in enterprise if they do
not take hold of this matter at once.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-02-06
Extensive Improvements Go
ing on in the New Town OF
Belknap, on the N. T. r.
Suit Against Land Grabbers---The
Kentucky Senatorial Contest
Death Of Wendell Phillips
The Numbering Apaches.
The Boom IN Stocks.

New York, January Good invest
ments in demand for leading issues and
disposition to buy on the increase.
Stocks active and buoyant during the
greater part of the day, and further
general advance established. Operators
on call side manifested increased conf
dence, buying freely. The dealings
were unusually we'll distributed, the en-
tire list participating in the improve
ment. The rise in prices caused some
smaller shorts to cover, but it is be
lieyed leading bears have not yet
taken in. Change in the temper of
speculation is steadily bringing in out
side orders to-day. The removal of all
endorsements from the Northern Pa
cific has relieved the market of an in
cubus which has been hanging over it
for some time, and to this is due in no
small measure the improving tendency
Of its affairs.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-02-06

THE chances are now that congress
will declare part Of the Northern Pacific
lands forfeited. This will be in Wash
ington territory, where the road is to
run down the Columbia river, which
part has not been constructed as yet.
President Harris and Col. Gray, attor-
ney for the road, are making a gallant
fight before the committee ON lands to
save all the land grant, but will probably
succeed only where the road is now ac-
tually constructed. Gray claims that
they never entered into any agreement
with the Central Pacific to pool rates,
and never would as long as he was at
tOrney for the Northern Pacific. That
is all very we'll to make fine promises.
now that they are on their knees beg
ging for favors from congress, but we all
know their words will be as worthless
as "straw bondsn after they get what
they want out of the government. Cor
porations have no souls and are conse-
quently not bound by verbal promises
they may make.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-02-06
Northern Pacific Changes.

ST. PAUL, February 1.-The following
circular was issued at the Northern
Pacific offices to-day John Muir having
resigned the position of superintendent
of traffic and accepted that Of general
manager of the Oregon Improvement
company, the following appointments
are hereby announced: j. M. Hannaford,
general freight agent, charge OF the
main line and branches, office at St.
Paul Chas. S. Fee, general passenger
agentin charge ofboth the passengerand
ticket department of the main line and
branches, office at st. Paul; III. G..
Davis, assistant general passenger agent
in St. Paul A. ID. Charlton, general
western passenger agent, office at Port
land. The official designation of A. l..
Stokes will be in the future assistant
general freight agent, with his office at
Portland. The appointments take effect
March 1st.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-02-06

OPINIONS differ as to the final out
come Of the raid on the land laws,
though the latest rumors point to the
modification Of the pre-emption act,
making the law more stringent and not
SO easy to evade as at present. The time
Of securing title to a homestead some
want to extend to eve years, and also
insert some timber culture provisions Ire
the act, especially for t~reeless parts of
the country. There is great opposition
to the present timber culture act as it
now stands, it being claimed that land
is mostly taken up under this law by
non-residents, who only hold the land
for speculation, to the great detriment
of actual settlers-retarding by many
years the growth Of any agricultural
section. The western states and terri
tories are watching the land law legisla-
ton with anxious eyes, as it will affect
their prosperity in a great degree. The
most interest is taken in the safety Of
the pre-emption act, and many well
signed petitions have been sent to con
gressmen by their constituents asking
that it may not be repealed.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-02-06
Secretary Chandler Criticised.

WASHINGTON, January 31.-During
the discussion in the Senate on the
Greedy bill Secretary Chandler was
quite severely criticized by Salisbury
and Mcpherson, charging that as soon
as the senate had adopted a provision to
which the secretary was opposed he set
to work to counterfeit the senate's ac-
ton. Salisbury trusted that the senate
would not abdicate in favor of the Sec
rotary of the navy or anybody else.
Mcpherson thought the amount to be
expended should be limited. AS it
stood it would give the secretary a power
which congress ought never to give any
officer of the government. He wished
it understood without any reservation
whatever that the secretary of the navy
did not seem to comprehend that the
people of this country had not implicit
confidence in him. Allison said that
the bill did not emanate from the secre-
tary of the navy, but came from the
house Of representatives. Hall and
Sherman defended Chandler.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-02-06

THE civil service commission is likely
to go by the board, as the present demo-
cratic majority in the house lose no OPP
portunity to sheer at this reformed
method of public appointments. No
active means will be taken to suppress
the commission, but a simple failure to
make the necessary yearly a%ppropria-
ton will shut off its wind too quick.
It is to be regretted that we are to
drift back to the old doctrine that a
mans fitness for an office is to be gagged
by his politics, but such seems to be the
fact. It was expected by the country
at large that this commission would do
much towards %renovating the civil SER
vice, and that the standard Of honesty
and efficiency among office holders
would be raised by its action. This con-
tinual blocking Of it's action by failure
to furnish the necessary funds to carry
it on has not given the commission a.
fair show to demonstrate that it is of
any value to the government.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-02-06

A N ew Town.

BELKNAP, M. T., February 2.-The
new town Of Belknap has started in
good shape, and $4,000 worth of lots
have been sold. Horses and sleds are
out twelve miles on the road
to the Occur d'Alene mines and
fifty men are at work on the road and
twenty-five men clearing the timber and
getting lots ready for building at the
townsite. People are pouring in from
the west. The graveyard was started
to-day by the suicide of one of the demi-
monde. Twenty additional men will
be put ahead on the wagon road gang to
open a trail for horses to the mines,
which will be open in ten days. The
Northern Pacific is interested in the
town and road, and this will be the OBJ
j%ective and distributing point for the
mines