The Benton Weekly Record from Fort Benton, Montana • Page 2

tart etaut ccard W. H. BUCK, Editor and Proprietor, J. J. HEALY, Local Editor and Business Manager.

Two good nien are wantid by Uiait Sam for forein issions. Applications shou' be filb.d at the Stilnt' De-atrtmtnt. Gen. Newton estimates that the cost of contiIuliog to a successful t-rmination thl blowing up of the Hell Gate obstructions to New York Harbor, will require 078. Don't pay it; the number of Gothamites who go in at that gate is larzg enough as it is.

Contracts have been signed with representatives of tie Russian governmfen' for the construction of a number oi corvette cruisers in Amirican ship yards. This contract will bring about $17,000. 000 into this country, and stimulate tih hum ofiudustry in the ship yards on the coast, i)uring a rte 6t in County. N. N.

one of ellndilat.s fi, County plidged himitst te rtld "ei' but half the salary to wiichli the ollice wa; entitled, in vi of the ticl at the peupie were already sore! i tax ridden. hit was elected, and now his opponents' irave petitioned the Att orney General ofr hi. removal on the strength of the pledge hr had made. A young schoolmistress who peeper has lest her certificate, and the Supreum Court of Iowa will give her no redress She had applied for a certificate ani during the examination was caught giancing over the shoulder of another applicant and getting answers to questioirn in arithmetic. The superint tendent refused to issue the certificati and the young lady brought suit in thi Circuit Court to compel him to do so She carried her point in the lower court.

but the decision has been reversed by the Supreme Court. Charles Wells, the author of long and curious poem, "Joseph and his Brethren, died last month in France He was a charming man, of fascinating address, having the tastes of a scholar and of a hunter. He lived since 1840 iTi France, and wrote eight or ten volumns of poetry, but having attempted in vain to find a publisher for any of them, he burned the whole mass of manuscript at his wife's death. The drama of "Josepi and His Brethren, was the only work his life which he preserved. It was first published in 1824, but it was not unti 1876 that literary critics announced it.

value to any practical purpose. Then the world began to talk of it, and the old man, who found it impossible at first to take this revival seriously, so long and se utterly had he given up ambition, woke at last to take a great interest in the mat tor Al an ho not without honor. ter. Auu so ne SO eu r0t wItuOuC More international contests are in prospect. The lovers of chess are to hold a tournament in New York early in January, in which foreign players are to be invitedg to assist.

In the last great international match held in Europe, America did not get the highest place 'till, as the country that produced the chess prodigy of the century, end indeed of all time, Paul Morphy, she is entitled to consideration from foreign experts. It is unfortunate for chess, in this -1ur busy land and age, that it finds among its greatest admirers men whose ordinary occupations are engrossing. and sufficient callon the mind without further burden ing it in moments of leasure by a hard study. Hence many who are fascinated with chess wisely substitute some pastime that taxes the brain less. However, the )periodical chess revival in this country is now about due.

Somebody has made the astonishing discovery, and ie parading it in the news papers that there has been no short session of Congre'ss immediately preceding a Presidential election for forty years -a discovery that no one uceed take the trouble to verify dispute. The "short sessions" of Congress-that is when they regutlar annual sessions--are short I ecause they are limited by law to the 4th of March. They come to an end on that day because the Representatives themselves come to an end (officially) on the same day. This happens in March of every year that ends with an odd number as 1875, 1877, 1879; but the Presidenti.al elections come in the years that. terminate with even numbers or divisible by two, as 1373, 1876, 1880, and in such years there is no 4th of March limitation by law to bring the session to a close.

There's no phenomenon in the discovery at all. General Grant during the reception at the Academy of Design in Cincinnati amused himself and gratified two young ladies by kissing them. One of the young ladies, who. is a iniss 'in short dresses and was presented to him, received the oscula. tory salutation as a tribute to her youth and winsome manners'; thlertupon it was remarked to him that he was not distributing his Tfavors fairly, and having.

expressed his willingness to deal justly, a handsome young woman of about twintyfour years was introduced to him and was treated like the little miss and sa.lted i smack, which was appar.mlar nn bath A. fuhrther i i sugestion from the somewhat aged and 1 not prepossessing female who is I connected with the institution that he r. shouId continue in the good work aet with as he in.formed her bIi he i ould preibr ra more private pince foL1 Much merriment ensued at thi of the matron. TIHE NEW RECORD: In the early part of the present year we of promised our readers to enlarge and otherwise improve the RECOnD as soon as the necessary facilities could be obtained. but unforseen difficulties have interfered 4 to prevent us from fulfiling our promise i until this late date, when we have the pleasure of announcing that the next issue of the paper will appear with all I the promised improvements.

The labor and expense of producing the largest newspaper ever published in will not perhaps be fully realized by our patrons, but the extent of the enterprise may hbe imagined when we state that the expense alone amounts to more than ten times the original cost ot the RECORD office when first established at Benton, not including our new pubDishing house, which is probably more valuable than any other building owned a newspaper firm in the Territory. We have also greatly increased out facil tiess for producing, the finest quality of job printing, and now claim to have the argest and most complete outfit in this ine to be found in the Territory. It consists, principally, of three steam job presses, one of which is a chromatic hylinder, capable of multiplying any numi at one impression about bur hundred fonts of wood and metal iob type, all of the latest and most popu-lar designs a complete variety of book type a full assortment of job and poster cuts, and a full line of card and paper stock. In fact we have every article necessary to complete a first-class print ing office. Our intention was to issue the first of the New RECORD without advertisements, but unless all contrimuitions promised are received by Monday evening next, our mechanical force will not be equal to the task of completing thl.

paper on time. We trust, however, that all who agreed to contribute articles will their manuscript ready by Mond. a. Mr. Healy's Frontier Sketches will be resumed in the new paper, and thereafter will appear every week, or as as the author has leisure to write.

As the in are narr'ltions of actual facts, ph without exaggeration or embellishment, the their value can hardly be over-estimated, dr and we regard theta as one of the most Pr important features of own new enterprise. to The size of the enlarged RECORD will be thi nearly double that of the present issue. gri It will contain thirty-six columns, each irq column twenty-seven inches in length uw ind of standard width. It will bh het in and and Nonpareil type, and all the po: naterial used in its make up will be en lie cirely new. pr It makes pleasant reading for a person cor ot ordinary sensibility, the recital oif treatment to which American sailors are subject to occasionally on an American vessel by an American Captain.

A case is now before United States Commissisner a Osborn, in New York, which develops features of torture inflicted upon seamen a would do credit to the real and mythical histories of the Spanish Inquisi tion. It is in evidence in this case that Captain Merriman, of the bark John Zittleson, left Birmingham for New York, April 28th, with a crew of eight men and a boy, that for the first twenty four hours a out of port the men were allowed no rest, a that they asked the Captain for watch and watch, that is four hours on and four off duty, and that in reply to this request the Captain informed them that they most either work or be put in irons. A man oy the name of Malloy replied that it was impossible for them to work longer 4 without rest. He was immediately a clapped in irons. Four others were also ironed and placed below the half deck a space three and a half' feet h.gh, and the hold closed.

The place was dark and the air suffocating. The men were a kept in irons respectively three days, four lays, five days, ten days and Malloy I welve days. For forty hours they had nothing, and for over fifty hours not a rop of water to drink. At the end of he forty fast they were given Three and a half crackers to be divided the five. The next day hey received four crackers, and on he third day each person received one.

As a diversion for Malloy and one of the )ther men by the name of Johnson they -ere taken on deck the second day and Strapped up by the wrists for an hour. A lope was made fast the irons on their bt rms and run over a pulley, so that their in could just touch the deck. Each urch of the ship sent them staggering scross the deck, causing the irons to sink at nto the flesh. When Malloy was finally "eieascd he could not stand. On the as welfth day he was brought on deck and re old by the Captain to get down on his cc czaes and ask his pardon.

This Malloy tb mad the nerve to refuse, irothwithstandiug ek he state of weakness he was in, and he pI as finally permitted to return to his vork. On the arrival of 'this, vessel in Tew York the seaman appealed to U. $. as Commi sioner Duncan for sh edress. He awarded 'them damages in angiug in amount from $125 to $30 th ach.

Captain Merriinen, efusing to pay th his award, his case will now go before a gr Court, at whose h-ands, it is to Ioe s.neetrc'"i hoped the cause of civilization, he will get his deserts. England honors valor with a lavish generosity. N) nation in in mo.dern times edt ever voluntarily granted sutei gifts as were bestowed upon Maribrtou h. tot Wellington. Ntison other great cam- ec mailers iwho i.ad ledi the lthrolo ereat perils.

Towards suach iherte hIa always been ostentati(n i a her nut tho faminilies to inherit and ever sh0w forth to I pt1 the world a living prof of what England has done, and an assurance of what will do in the future for those whi) pi 1 her through nationai dan.gers suc.cessf'illv Sb But most of these recipients of her bount were of the blue blood of aristocracy or of the blood royal. Tuwar.is her minaor heroes rhe shows anythirng but a substai tial gratitnlie. A metal, or clasp, or cross Ii is the highest reward ever granted to thei private soldier for deeds of the most sublime heroism. In no other coiuntry exists such gifts as Blenheim or Walmer Castle aed their princely wljuncts. Of no other country than England couhll such a tale as this which follows be told One of the heroes of Balaklava is now, ir was quite recently, an i.

nate of the Dover Work house. The "immortal as the London Times calls it, of that reckless charge, is nevertheless one of tlht proudest incidents inl Eiglish army history. This hero, who had ridden into the red jaws of death with the immortal six hundred, returned from the charge with his windpipe shot away. An appreciative nation decorated him with the Victoria Cross, but he had to depend upon charity for an artificial silver gullet, and still has to depend upon private charity fobr all occasional renewel of it. The guardians of the poor at Dover sometimes let the old veteran go up to London to solicit aid which an ungrateful country refuses to render, for the simple reason that he was a private ii tle ranks and has no or influential friients to present his claims.

inltl Well the Times says, "Here is glory with a vengeance. Can it be wondered that ttt the British army is the mere fraudulent ilue undermanned skeleton spoken of in the -aril, Times a day or two since, when th" bravest of the brave, unhonored and uneared for, are permitted to end their days in the work house Sucn neglect anid the free use of the cat o' nine tails are enough to account for the waning strength of the British or any other army. It seems that there is more uuhappiness in store for majikind, and this latest I phrase of human woe all grows out olf the problem as to what we should eat and rink-particularly what we shoud drink. Professor, or rather Dr. Bock (no relative to Buck Bier) of beliexes that pai1.

the morality of a nation depends in a to treat measure upon its eating and drink. The doctor has classified the ditfferent 25, umoral effects of certall articles of food nd drink and has arrived at several ima- each. conelusions. He thinks that the i(-t ervousness and suarlishness of the resent age is chiefly owing to the exces- ive use of tea and cotree. Coffee acts the digestive organs of confirmed onsumers, and produces a kind of hronic derangement which reacts upon le braim' producing fretful and maudlin roods.

Coffee drinking ladies are aptL to ecome inJused with the mania that thley Tit re persecuted sainLts, and their doubly fr' istilled and higuly refined organizations Evre not appreciated at par. The inordl- i ate use of tea developes a snappishnet temperame; a indl of toucs and go isposition: an over sensativeuess to sic! influences; a nervous veness into the affaiirs of others, and a The egree of petulence that is said by ancient Nunlt uthors and modern satirists to charatler, i' old maids and tie inhabitants of thle a elestial Kindgom. The Doctor, although G(erman of the purest teutonic character aversed to lager beer. He pronlounehs i. rutalhzing in its effcqts, and sa1 that I ine "impassions" and that whiskey i'uriates but eventually Uln.tas.

The lcohohlcdrinks comnbined with a flesh ud fat diet subjugate the moral man Ati unless their influence is counter- Iit ted by violent exercise. He thinks the i', ie of a man tattened by the fiee use ofl rmented or distiled fluids and juicy eats is only functional to the body as nit is to pork-in preventting putretaction. it, tx. place of these tabooed beve ages the 'c. )etor only leaves mankiud chocolate.

hat, he allows, is neutral in its psychic fects, and the most harmless of all our shiontble drinks. But chocolate, un- eii. rtunataieiy, does not quench thirst ore than a plate of hot soup, so that M'It. ally only water and milk are left to ankind as thirst quenchers, arndthese in I rge citiet are almost unattainable in a are state. Other eminent writrs have id a good word for tea and coffee, and HA me favorable mention has now and then een made of wine and beer, when used moderation.

Of the former it has i ways been claimed that they moderately ale the activity of the brain and nerves ad that tea increased the pwer of di- PEO'L -which the impressions we have received fIeatiurl well as the food we eat, and that it tiat vives the faculty of judgment, while readler acts on the reasoning faculties, and The at they both seem to cheer without in irsts. riating the overworked mental and thatth. ysical orians. oNumbe Kentucky never made great pretensions HARP a sea serpeut or big snake State, but lHARP LtA, nr nhn 7rlnp to ien. Clark County reports the last cf is is said to be so desperate I iat he would devour a fat little boy with rest relish.

1880. HARPER'S ILL TED. "Studying the subject o.bjictively anl from the educational point of viev--seeking to provide that which, taken altogetier, will be of the most service to the iarIgest nunber-I long ago concluded that, I ould hav'e but one work for a public library, I would select a compllete set of Ir r's Mlonth, IAt i.ES A CIA ADAI Jr. Its contents are otributed by he most eminent aulthors atd artis of Eurol' anld Amerie.a while Sthe long 0expericince of its publishers has nmadeo theml thor oughly conveorsant with the desires of the public, which they will spare no effort to gratify. The volumlesof the begin with the Numlers fort'June and of each year.

When no oin is pecified, it will be understood that the wi-he. to be in with the current NumH PElRiO. DICALS. i 1T 1 I tPE1 Ii'S 3 1. AZ E.

One 00 II EEKLY, 4 00 'S 4 00 T'h I IE: 1E; One Sc! r. 10 00 TI unmed. One' 7 00 I iP.lti YOUN(. Oure 1 50 to tlt in the StS tes OtOl 'e etof irE 'sM tAriAZINE Vlunt-. in at clth bini diing, will be sent i 1e-- htate oflp relu(t er, on 2- 11i)r i')lt ttiiif by alil, Cloth eases.

for binding, iS shoul( lie made by Post-Office it(" OnI-o', Drafi)t. t) avol (chance of loss. Ou i'nt Iio'ItH ERE I- 1 A PER IROTli York. 1880. HARPER'S WEEKLY.

II, -ITED). 'h 1th- hal0 ways. yllits able andl schol'I (i. tfil" i' (e-t i ltns 1 lay5, as well iti. tI- 1 ni -ls-0 hi ire lirepareld by the Stl benelicial lp 1h(' 11 Ihil ini ie i ii 1, i tilltien'e tvill always hie found mi Iho rcI 'nut( a ltefineTh Voluimes oif ili.

with the firlt i((1 "11)r Ia'Vr of eac) 01. 'le no time linenI it nevi lit 1 Will re liuto orn1 that the sut'Ii t' "ii'- lit itOm enic withi ithei ahber next ftit' tilt'e re ilt rler. PER'B PERTODT( ALS. IAltlPi AZINE, 00 IAHIPEIt'S WEI'EKILY, 4 00 IARtPEit'S BAZAR. 4 00 TI EE above-tnaed publincations, One ........................10 00 nya TWO 1(iove named.

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'iti he -clnt 1y mail, postpaid, on receipt of $1 00) shniuld made h)y Post-Office v) r'lder l'r raft. to avoi(l chance of losS. r' S1 n11(1 eOt cop i adrtiRtsement .1 odelrt' AiiRPER BROTflERiS. Adihre. ILARI'PER New York.

1880, HARPER'S BAZAR. ILLI STAlT'I'EI). lhis 1eritldic.al is ire-eminently a journal the it -t-chtht. Every the latest information irg'ittltl ol-i t-hion- iii dri-s and ornament, the ta e-t iiliti illo-1t a piroved ciC iviC' fit)ili atilthentic and original t(-es whie. it is lies, Poems, and Essays on c00! and Dm)etic Topics, give variety to its 'he Volamesof the Biztar begin with the first itiltier 'tt' i 'ealch year.

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to avoid chance of loss. I- il.l iqoorti citoHAt PER BROTH ERS. tl ARPER BROTIERIS, New York. 1880, WHRP" 99 7 '9" I 9 i ILLUSTRATED. Che evils of sensational literature for the young and the want of an antidote has ig been felt.

This is by IIARPER'S YorUG OPLE. beautifully iluni-rated weekly journal, tich is ecqualiy devoid of the objectionable tures of sensational juvenile litterature and of it moralizing tone which repels the youthful Lder. he Volumes of the Pople begin with the Nnumber, published in November of each year. ten no ntme is mentioned, it will be understood the subscriber wishes to commence with the amber next after the receipt of order. HARPER'S PERIODICALS.

LRPER'S )I AGAZINE, One 00 LRPER'S WEEKLY, 400 LRPER'S BAZAR, 4 00 THREE above-named publications, One ...............10 00 TWO above named. Ohe Year 7 00 LRPER'S YOLG 1 50 ostage Fee to all stbscribrae in- tha Ckited Stater i We beg lWave to inform the people of Benton and the Pubiie generally that we have just r', iv, 1 I1ro a1 (1 York, via Cow Island, va FULL LINH OPF 1M4 S' BOY'S AND UlllbIFN'g WINMR 1bDThi0 Consistino of "Iie I W1nter )vercoats, Ulsters, and Winter Su.9i Sfilr.e SIERY, ARCTIC OVERSHOES, RUBBER AND LEATHER BO())TS AND Clothing is made hyinform the est oftailrs and cut in the latest les, ad our plrieesl are Ilwer than ever, 'e tl respectfully invited to call and eoarm I comIare our low p'ics. Fort Benton, or. EXCELS IOR WINE AND BILLIARD ROOM. OF MAIN 3CI) BOND STI SMI.

SOIVERS, Proprielor. SCOTT HOUSE. I'MAIN STREET, )eer Lodge, Montana. r. ay 2.00 cla ille Meals, 50c Mfe SAM SCOTT, Proprietor.

fat LILLY CO, -First-ClassHE FINEST OF WINES, LIOUORS AND SEGARS. I. J. WACKERLIN PRACTICAL TINMSITHT3 and Dealer in toves, Tinware and Copperware, A Full Assortment of oves, Cooking Utensils and Copper Goods Constantly on Hand. promptly attended to ROOFS AND GUTTERS A SPECIALTY Joking Utensils of all kinds Repaired GI and made to order.

We Store, New Stock, New Styles, Low Prices Miss ARY O'CONNELL, MILLINEIR. One Door Below Boyce's New Store. pure LOADWAY, HELENA, M. An Elegant Assortment of Ladies' EATS, SONNETS, SISSONS, LACES, FATBEBS AN Cot lANOT ATZCOSS. 1 PiONEER HARNESS ESTABLISHED 1877, Tho FORT BENTON, Corner of Bond and Front Streets.

b'. IManufiacturer and Bugg- TI, I Hltr, IDealer in (' istoinnaEs. DIhe. a.nj d1 all ot1her alil- Sadil. neatfl i i class esta i sh pa ir nt shenCp'' 3' ment.

An examnination of stock and lotice 1ni 1edr prices is respectfill- prices. Give i A 1 invited. call. L. O.

ROSE NCANS, PROPRIETOR. ihr ari 'S Fs TOBACCO SEGARS AND NEWS DEPOT ki I shall endeavor to keep in stock choice Elie tin Domestic and Imported Segars, art, ek Best of Fine Cut Plug Tobacco rm eir CANDIE NUTSY, NTION, STATIONRY, FANCI ODS I ClUEIRE it All the Leading Papers will be found on the Counter. FRONT Street. G. f'PAYXa 1eri (ESTABLTSHED J.

C.BOURASSA iAM1LTON HAZLETT EX Ld Agency, M1. DEALERS IN JNERAL MERCHANDISE. WII keep constantly on hand a complete assortment of goods suitable for Ranchmen, Freighters and Travelers. MI -The Highest Market Price Paid for Robes and Peltries. 11 and examine our prices before h.aiin ePlspwhere.

BO! TERNATIO A ROOTEL, IDA SKLOWER, Pro Atte nor of Main Bridge Sts. CHANGE SALOON, Ei; FORT BENTON, M. T. a' IES. LIQUORS, AND SEGARS OF THE BEST BRANDS INTANA HOUSE.

(DEUTSCHIE HALLE.) 1 the Da Week a or Month. fro. MRS. LQUISA BECKMAN es nds and does all the rc.