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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1888-06-27

about twelve months ago The large,
commodious hotel, which represents in
appearance the picture of an ancient pa
CODA, has been lately orerhauled and fit
ted up to the queens taste and is first
class in every respect.
Great preparations are being made for
the races and grand ball to take place
here on the 4th of July. Several entries
of fast horses have already been made,
and the nations natal day will be cele-
brated in grand style. Everybody is in
vited, and all admirers OF racing and
dancing are expected to be in attendance.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1888-06-27
There. Now.

We thank our cotemporaries for having
mentioned our name in connection with
the delegateship. We desire to say that
We are not, and will not be, candidate
for delegate This is our Florence letter,
we will not write second nor third let
ter from Paris, or any other place. This
is explicit and final. We call the atten-
tion of Mills, Mantle and billiard to this
unequivocal declaration You shall not
charge us OF "Indirection. W. ]. McCor-
mick, in Missoula Gazette.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1888-06-27
The Warm Springs Shooting Affair.

DEER LODGE, June 20.-Under Sheriff
Hatton returned last night with Wheeler,
Inc man who, it is claimed, shot Station
agent Carson at Warn Springs Station.
The officer apprehended him during the
night at Stuart. A strange thing is con
nected with the shooting melee. Carson
claims that the section men were all
drunk, and attempted to run the station
when he elected them. They insulted
him, and he went outside to resent it, but
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1888-06-27
William III to President Carnot.

BERLIN, June 20.-Emperor William
telegraphed President Carnot, Of France,
thanking him for the message Of condo
lince on the death of Frederick, and ex-
pressing the hope that the good relation
now existing between France and Ger
many may continue.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1888-06-27
Montana Weather.

There is talk that the climate is chang
ing because there happens to be some wet
weather this year. Has the rainfall been
any greater than in 1868? Was our $50
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1888-06-27
LEVI p. MORTON
Nominated for Vice President on the First
Ballot.
band playing

CHICAGO, July 25.-After the speeches
Of congratulation over the nomination Of
Harrison had subsided, balloting for vice
president began with the following result:
Levi P. Morton, of New York. SOL; VIM.
Walter Phelps, of New York, 119; VIM. o.
Bradley, Of Kentucky, 1o3; Bruce 2,
Thomas
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1888-06-27
TO CANADA.
With Half a Million in Bonds and All the
Cash---The Bank Building and
Vault Saved.

PROVIDENCE, r. T., June 25.-C. A. Pitch
er, teller Of the Union bank, has abscond-
ed. He took half million in bonds and
all the cash in the vaults
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1888-06-27

We would respectfully call the atten-
ton of our Canadian contemporary to the
fact that this was the first and only train
robbery that ever occurred in Montana,
and it is likely to be the last. The Mon
tana officers were close on the heels of the
robbers very soon after the affair ended,
and we feel sure they will run the crimi-
mails to cover and capture them. Large
rewards have been offered both by the
governor of Montana and the Northern
Pacific road, the latter offering $4,000,
and will pay for the robbers dead or
alive. Montana is not healthy country
for robbers of any class, and has during
her existence been celebrated as one of
the most law-abiding of the territories in
this respect, and entirely free of that
class Of criminals Years ago the vigi.
lantes cleared the country of them, and
gave such wholesome lessons that thieves
ever since have gwen the territory wide
berth. The men who committed this
robbery were evidently bungling strang-
ers, who are supposed to have come into
the country with Texas cattle outfit,
The last heard Of them they we're making
for Wyoming with the Montana officers
hot on.their trail.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1888-06-27
The Train Robbery.

The news by telegraph day or two ago
of the attack on a railroad train IN Mon
tana by highWaymen who robbed the ex-
press car and went through the passen-
gers for all the valuables that could be
found, leads to the reflection that Mon
tana cannot be the most desirable place
in the world in which to travel 1t does
not add to the enjoyment of railroad
journey to have fusilade of bullets com
ing through the car or to have ones per-
son and baggage searched by robbers and
everything in the shape of money or jew
elry appropriated. All who find it neces-
sary to journey across the continent may
learn valuable lesson from this incident
and make their trip througi4 the Cana
dian territory where law and order pre-
vail and highwaymen are unknown
Winnipeg Call.
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-28
The Acadian's Movable House.

It is not an unusual sight to the inhab-
liant of the Attakapas prairie to see a
house moving along upon wheels. He
may look out from his doorway in the
evening before retiring and have an unob-
structed view before him, but on arising
next morning find house only a few
yards distant. One unaccustOmed to the
sight would probably think that the
nights of the Arabians had returned, and
Aladdin, by rubbing his wonderful lamp,
had conveyed the building there? Others
would knew that some Acadian, tired of
his homestead, perhaps, because the neigh
borhood had become too populous, or one
who had squatted upon land that had sud-
denly found an owner, was seeking new
quarters.
When the Acadian wishes to move his
dwelling he goes TO his kindred and
friends, and gets each to bring over his
''work beeves" and a pair of wheels. Two
long sills are then placed under the house.
The ends of each sill are chained TO a pair
Of wheels. The beeves are hitched in
front, and amid great gesticulations, chat
tering and popping of whips the house
moves along TO its destination. While
the men are driving the teams along, the
good women folk inside are preparing the
fatted hog and Attakapas corn bread; for
il will be a merry time when the house
reaches its stopping place and is placed
upon its resting blocks, where it is to re-
main until next moving time. b.
Garrison in New Orleans TiInes-Democrat.
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-28
The UmbreIIas of Itaiy.

They make no umbrellas in Italy ac-
cording to the English idea. The trim,
tightly rolled umbrella of England and
the United States is unknown. except in
the hands of tourist. Even the most ac-
complished Italian gentleman thinks
nothing of carrying coarse, clumsy UNI
breIla, which, when furled and tied up, is
nearly foot in diameter and has handle
nearly equal in size to the center pole Of a
Sibley tent. The Italians have huge
umbrella which is always carried by the
common people and sometimes by the
higher classes. This umbrella, when IN
furled, is full five feet across. 1t is made
of some strong, coarse material. and Is al
ways in some flaming color. You will see
these umbrellas in pea green, bright,
cold blue, purple and flame red. They
are also carried by the black frocked
priests They resemble very much in shape
and size an artists sketch umbrella.
They are a protection against the cold
rains of the winter and the blazing suns
of the summer. Every Italian farmer and
laborer carries one. You will see farmer
and his laborer going out under these
umbrellas to their daily work, and in
nearly every hedgerow You will see, in
passing through the country, these UNI
brellas furled and thrown down tenn
porarily by the laborers while they are at
work.-T. c. Crawford in New York
World
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-28
A Car Load of Entrants.

Happened to be In one of the railroad
depots the other day just as a big car load
of emigrants arrived. What an mex
haustible field for study lay there, and
how many life stories that a novelist
would weave into a thrilling story lay in
the congregation. Every age was repre-
scented. There were grizzled old stagers
whom the women were using for pack
mules, and infants too young to do any
thing but lie in their mothers shawls and
sleep. There were stalwart young fell
lows in knee breeches and military look
ing caps, and sturdy maidens, who looked
capable of building picket fence or floor
ing an Apache Ia Sullivan. There were
cute little boys and girls just old enough
to toddle by their parents sides
and stare, stare, stare at everything they
saw. This same staring seemed to be
pretty general with the entire party
They were all too much occupied with
staring to talk. never saw such large
gathering so silent. Scarcely one of them
spoke as they trudged away to the wait
ing room, and when they reached it they
still said nothing, but found seats on
benches, on packs and on the floor and
gazed about them, literally stricken dumb
by fatigue or astonishment. How long
can we go on caring for them, wondera
Chicago Journal.
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-28
Advice From q Kindly Expert.

When a young lady asked Miss Louisa
Alcott for advice as to earning living by
literary work, she replied: II can only
reply to yours as to the other innumerable
letters Of the same sort which l receive.
One must wait and work long and
patiently before success Of any sort comes,
and talent must be in the tales or they
won't sell. If people won't take the
stories try something else. For young
woman with good health and brave
heart many ways Of earning q living are
open if she can put her pride in her pocket
and take whatever comes, no matter how
humble the task may be. Nurse, teacher,
companion, housekeeper, seamstress or
servant are all honest trades and worth
trying while waiting for the more agree
able work.
81 tried them, and after grubbing for
twenty years made hit, seemingly by
accident, but could see how every hard
experience had helped, every sacrifice en-
riched, and SO believe heartily in that sort
of training for us all. do not know any
one in Washington, and l think anything
better than the places women hold in
public Offices there. If your stories are
good they will find market; if they are
not, stop writing and try something else.
The gift is born with us and cannot be
learned, as some think. New York Com
mercial Advertiser.
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-28
ozer pres. In San FRANCISCO.

While San Francisco pays close atten-
ton to European fashions in dress, it fur
nishes more examples of originality in
styles than most large cities. This is
particularly true of the wearing of wraps
and overcoats. For this the glorious CHI
mate is largely responsible. In New York
on fine summer day the lady who would
parade Broadway in heavy sealskin
ulster would certainly be regarded with
more than interest. Equally astonishing
in the metropolis would be the sight OF a
lady in midwinter strolling through the
streets in thin, close fitting dress with
out muff, wrap or tippet. Such anachron-
isms pass unnoticed in San Francisco,
however.
There is no climatic or fashionable de-
cree that forbids the appearance OF the
sealskin ulster anywhere, and it does
active service throughout the year. Oc-
casionally it does duty under trying cir
cumstances, for the fog or wind of sum-
mer day is likely to give place at any mo-
ment to undimmed sunshine that makes
the thermometer 80 degs in the shade.
Strangers from older communities where
the sealskin ulster comes into fashion only
for a brief space in the twelvemonth, are
amazed at its perennial reign in San
Francisco. The fair sex are not the only
ones who present sharp and strange con-
trasts in the matter Of overdress. The
overcoat is not often a necessity in San
Francisco, and is worn more for style
than comfort as q rule.-San Francisco
Chronicle
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-28
--zszeSssNNilSs
Daily eagle
A Good Face FERMENTATION.

The fashion of braiding the hair is not
very beneficial for the hair nor the health
of the child. Many little girls have had
rhronic headaches which were relieved as
soon as the hair was left TO flow loose,
which is the natural manner.
Those mothers who wish their little
girls to have thick, healthy growth of
hair, which will not fall when they be-
come women, should follow these few
hints, and they will find their fondest
wishes gratified. First, each child should
wet its hair thoroughly with cold water at
the roots every morning, and then comb
it out smoothly, after which it should be
brushed until dry or until the scalp is
warm.
Every child should have its own brush
and comb and never under any circum-
stances use those of another. More cases
of scalp disease and dandruff have been
developed by the habit of all using the
same comb and brush than can be count
ed If the hair is wet, ccmbed and
brushed regularly, it will remain soft and
glossy. II needs no washing all over, ex-
cept perhaps once a month in summer.
No soap or alcohol or alkali of any kind
should ever be used, as they ali destroy the
OILY S6CIcllOlS NIliAh IOUii5Li CbO null
Brushing and the use of a good fine comb
will keep the scalp clean and free from
dandruff,
Some authorities claim that a little
girls hair should be kept short until the
age Of ID, but / have seen more girls with
fine heads of hair who have never had it
cut, than girls who have worn theirs shin
gled all their lives, with thick, handsome
hair.
In many countries the ends of the hair
are singed with a candle, and there it is
claimed that cutting the hair allows the
pigment and other moisture to escape
through the hollow hairs, and that SINCE
ing only shrivels the hair and keeps the
pigment in. l can only say that those
people who use that plan are not so bald
as nations as we are. 1 think cleanliness,
good brushing and no alkalis are the best
means of keeping the hair perfect, and, if
it is desirable, the ends could be kept even
by scorchinC and the hair should not be
tightly braided at any time.
Children's eyebrows should always be
brushed backward and their eyelashes let
strictly alone, only keeping the eyes free
from impurities and Inflammation. They
will develop better SO, and there is 10
danger of putting out their eyes with
sharp scissors, as [ have seen done.-Olive
Harper.
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-28
A Natural Lamp.

The light of the fref1ies of tropical
America seems to be dependent upon the
Will, as when feeding or asleep it is not
seen, attaining its greatest brilliancy dur
ing activity and flight. Tho color Of the
light is rich green, but the eggs omit a
light of blush tint, according to Dubois.
This naturalist has made extremely inter
esting experiments with the pyrophorus.
The eggs which he dried retained their
luminosity for week, the light reappear-
ing when they were placed in water. He
ground the luminosity organs in a mortar,
after having dried them in q vacuum,
and then mixed them in boiled water, the
latter Immediately becoming luminous.
DR.. Dubois concluded that the light of
the pyrophorus is intended as illumina-
ton for itself alone. To prove this he
covered one Of the upper lights with wax
and the animal moved in a curve; when
both spots were covered the beetle soon
stopped and then moved in an uncertain
manner, carefully feeling the ground with
his antenn@. The spectrum of the light
was extremely beautiful, being contipu-
Gus, without dark or brilliant rays
Christian at Work.
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-28
Care OF the Hair.

But when ladies are past the age when
the wrinkles are only suspected the fol-
lowing is good TO use:
Turpentine, SO drops; rain water,
drachms.
Mix and apply at night, letting it dry
upon the surface.
But when the wrinkle is an obstinate
fact. deep and determined, the only thing
to be done is to fill them up with some
thing, and for that purpose the best thing
known is a paste, composed thus:
Essence of turpentine, IL drachms;
gum mastic, ? ounces; fresh butter, Q
ounces.
Mix and apply at night regularly for a
month, bathing the face in tepid water
only, in the mornings, which will aid the
case. In another month repeat the same
treatment. There is nothing better, no
matter what those W.lo sell cosmetics may
say. If l were TO give the names of these
four articles under which they are sold il
dainty little pots at from 81 TO So each,
you would at once know Of them through
ford advertisements, but they would be
10 better than each can make herself az
the cost OF 4 few cents.-Oive Harper.
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-28
Tories of Conversation.

More than six months ago an English
magazine offered prize of three guineas
for the most original and suitable topics
Of conversation on the four occasions of a
morning call, before dinner, in the draw
ing room, during dinner Gn the dining
room and in the train. Either this three
guinea prize was no temptation to in
ventive conversationalists, or else the task
proves to be impossible, for l believe the
project has fallen through, and we must
go on without the discovery of royal
road to brilliant talk. What blessing a
few sparkling suggestions would be to
those of US who only can berate the
weather when the supply of gossip falls
short. In these days when money buys
everything, the demand for appropriate
topics of conversation really ought to be
furnished regardless of expense. The
trouble with the editor Of this magazine
in question was, not that he didn't mean
well, but that he didn't make bis prize
worth the trying for. Three guineas!
Why, bless the man, he should offer a
undred times three, and become bene-
factor to mankind in the noble results he
would attain.-Boston Herald.
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-28
italians as Counterfeiters.

''Why do Italians almost hold a monop-
oily in counterfeit coinsfn was asked of a
treasury detective.
There is not money enough in il for
natives. These latter want big money.
Besides, many Italians are expert at max
ing plaster of paris models, and they came
over to avoid detection in their own coun-
try, where, l believe, counterfeiting is
punished with death. Over here it is just
a matter of year or two, and then when
they are in prison they are better fed than
when they are free, SO that detection has
little terror for them. They are satisfied
with light profits, and seldom try TO dis
pose of more than couple of dollars
worth at a time among the small stand
and storekeepers. New York Telegram.
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-28

To call man charming in face, OK
lovely, or beautiful, or pretty, is to mini
mize-aimost to insult him. A man can
only be called handsome, and very, very
few men can be called that.
A handsome man must be manly in
figure, conveying the idea OF strength and
energy under the most reposeful exterior.
He must have the shapely hands, feet and
ears that tell of good blood and cultivated
progenitors: he must have his head well
shaped, well set and well carried; he
must have q deep, broad chest and q
straight back, and long shapely limbs;
his features must be regularly formed,
and vet full of expression, and the Engly
power that great sculptors try to give to
Jupiter.
Coloring does not much matter, so that
there be no red upon the cheeks, and not
too much in the lips, and, perhaps, the
mezzo tints lend themselves most salts
factorily to manly beauty, but, above all
the handsome man must never be stout.
The heavy throat which overhows the
shirt collar never carries with it an air OF
refinement, whatever it may do Of
strength. A blonde man runs the risk Of
weakness and insipidity, and a black
beard man is handsome, even though he
be tribe melodramatic, but still golden
haired and black haired men have been
very attractive the world over.
Of course below this grand climacteric
in the thoroughly handsome man there
are ranks after ranks of good looking,
attractive, pleasant faced men-some
upon whom one loves to look and find
sweet content in contemplating faces and
forms far from faultless, and yet quite
satisfactory. And here we come upon
one of the most strange and almost cruel
conditions of our being. A man may or
may not be handsome, he may or may
not have any physical attractiveness what
ever, but nobody likes him the less for the
deficiency, he never finds it barrier in
his career, a source Of failure in his life;
women love him and men approve of him
just as readily as if he is handsome; in
fact, the woman or women who love him
set him down as handsome in serene de-
fiance of the rules Of beauty or the opin-
ion of the world.-Mrs. Frank Leslie.
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-28
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81 HIS Post .. nsr ana NIGH.

| The vigilant imp. indigestion, goads Us
with his nany-lashed scourge. Each lash
is diabolic symptom. No comfort IN
eating, misery afterwards, little or broken
rest at night, visirations of the nightmare
during fitful intervals of sleep, an upris-
ing unrefreshed and without appetite,
sleepiness and yawning during the day,
nervousness and irritability of temper,
even monomania in extreme cases. Hard
to bear, all this. Necessary? No thous-
and times no, so long as Hostetter'
Stomach Bitters. the nations specific Tor
indigestion, acute or Shronic, is procura-
bic. The commencement of a course OF
this medicine is the commencement OF a
cure. Prompt relief first, absolute eradica-
ton subsequently, The truth of this
statement, backed up by Irrefragable
testimony, is well known TO the American
people. So are others, viz: that the
Bitters ayerts and cures fever and ague
and bilious remittent, ana removes nerv-
business, biliousness. constipation, and
kidney and bladder troubles.
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-28
A Curious Negro superstitiop.

There is an old "darky" superstition
which still holds place in the minds of a
great many of our colored population.
When the first thunder storm of the year
comes the superstitious negro makes q
Decline for the nearest river or creek. He
may be seen watching the rolling waters
for some time, till at last he spies dark
object on its surface. He grabs it az it
floats near the bank. With one exulting
exclamation he binds the object around
his wrist and goes his way in peace, Sc
cure, as he thinks, from the rheumatism
and kindred ailments. What was the
object The skin Of water snake Snakes
are said to shed their skins when lightning
first appears, and the negro believes that
winding snake skin around his wrist at
this time exerts counteracting influence
On nearly all diseases. On. c.
ChroOicla
Wichita eagle., 1888-06-28

81 can do better with bad bills than
anybody else" says the manager, ''be-
cause l employ professional collectors.
Collecting is profession just as much as
soliciting is, or the practice Of medicine or
law The collector must be diplomat,
a courtier, judge and an eXecutioner. |
have men in my employ who command
big salaries because they have developed
wonderful tact in this direction. To show
you the difference in men, last week I
gave lot of down town bills to a new
collector. After two days work he came
back without a dollar. This week my
regular collector returned to work. The
debtors were strangers to him, as they
had been to the other man, but this col
lector knew his business and t'other
one didn't. This man came back with
about so cent. of the money. / have the
city divided into districts, and each col
lector attends strictly to his own terri
tory. That Saves unnecessary travelling
It also enables him to make frequent calls
where he can get his money only on the
installment plan, which is a method often
pursued with poor people.
81 can tell you one thing. II is not the
poor people to whom money comes slowly
and by hard knocks that refuse to pay
their bills. They will pay when they can.
II is the well to do dead beats that give
US most trouble-men who could pay, but
won't just as long as they can get out Of
it. You would be surprised to hear the
names of some of the dead beats I could
mention to you-prominent business men
and men high in official station. Lawyers
are the worst. do not mean the poor,
struggling lawyers, for they cannot get
extensive credit; but successful, prOmi-
nent lawyers, who could pay if they would.
The city is full of respectable dead beats2
Well, just you go into the collection bust
ness and you'll find out how many there
are. Chicago Herald.