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The German steamship lines running
to New York have been trying n new
propeller which will make their boats
from 10 to 30 per cen faster If it's In
%ventor's expectations are fulfilled. On
the thrusting face it has concave
blades which throw the water more
outward than the ordinary propeller.
The new propeller increased the speed
Of Il boat thirty feet long from ten to
thirteen miles. A patent propeller put
on the Kaiser Wilhelm II. last June
enabled her to win the ocean record"
from the Deutschland. If the new pro-
pellcr does what its inventor, Mr.. Gra-
vert Zellein, promises. the Deutschland
can cross in about four days and Il half
and attain a speed of from twenty-six
to thirty knots an neutrality-suspicious.
MayaZinc.
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1882. He began practice ut Bucyrus
and had to borrow the money which he
spent for his law books. In time he be-
came an attorney for railway corpora
tons and their representative in legis-
lative matters.
But Mr.. Monnett soon saw that the
laws Of the state were being set at
naught by the corporations, and it be-
came his ambition to make them OBJ.
serve the statutes. In 1895 he was
elected attorney general of Ohio and at
once began the prosecution of corpora.
tons which were alleged to be violat.
Ing the laws. He secured the enact
ment of the antitrust law Of Ohio. His
conduct of his office brought him into
conflict with the Standard Oil compa-
ny, and his battle with that corporation
made him famous. 1t is said that he
rejected an offer of 100000, made on
condition that he would modify the
policy of the attorney generals Office
in respect to corporations. He was re-
elected attorney general in 1897 and
accomplished much during his two
terms, but his campaign against law
breaking corporations did not produce
the results expected on account Of the
unsympathetic attitude of the state
legislature on the subject. Mr.. Mon
nett anticipates success in the fight
upon which he has nov entered.
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hand out you stole Il trick from me,
and OH the second game you cheated
like blazes. Yes, you did, and now you
have the cheek to tell me that an ace
takes Il KING"
"Of course 1t does"
"What: You still stick to 1t? BY
the Lord Harry, woman, but III go
out and get testimony to mash you
flatter than u pancake, and when I
have mashed you l will see you on the
train for your mother'S!'
'IIow silly to run out and let folks
know that we can't agree on a game
Of cards." she replied.
SILLY or not. I'm going, and you sit
right here and I'll bring in ii whole
house full of witnesses. Where III
blazes is that old yaller eyed cat?"
I'm the back yard. maybe"
"And it's a blamed good thing for
him that he is. Don't try to sneak
out of this thing by running away"
Mr.. I;owser knew that his family
butcher was Il card player. and he
made for his shop and put the ques-
ton.
docs an ace take Il king?' repeated
the butcher. Let me ask you if a dol
lar is more han IS cents?"
but does it,"
always and forever, and il you
don't know the value of cards you
had better quit playing"
Mr.. Bowser called the butcher Il liar
and passed on to the druggist. The
man of bottles was busy, but he found
time to whisper in reply:
ASK Mrs. Bowscr. She knows more
about cards than you can cver learn
in all your born days."
The shoemaker and the plumber told
him about the same. and he gave it up
n started for home. In front of his
house he met Il pedestrian, and as Il
last hope he accosted him.
care you drunk or Il fool to ask such
q question as that?" exclaimed the
stranger.
Don't you insult me. sir"
II don't believe l could, you old rip.
What sort Of IL game is this, anyhow"
The next instant Mr.. Bowser tackled
him. and five minutes later Il snow
burdened and dilapidated figure softly
opened the front door and sneaked up
stairs.
"Have you got fifty men to say that
an ace won't take a king?" called Mrs.
BOwser.
But only echo answered.
NJ. QUAD.
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was -FOUR years or
age. was sent to congress in 1902 and
was reelected last November.
Campbell likens the operations Of the
Standard IN Kansas to his experience
when Il raw farmer youth with a coun-
try circus CRATER.
Il had gone to the circus" said he.
with a five dollar bill that had cost me
much labor to earn. l had barely ar
rived when l met n genial person, who
seemed so friendly that l warmed up
to him from the start. He bought the
red lemonade. and in our talk he asked
il l had got my circus ticket. No.
l had not. He knew where he could
get them half price. Me out with my
FIVE. with which he departs to buy re-
duced rate tickets. l am looking for
that man yet.
"Well. the Standard people came to
Kansas when oil was first discovered
there and convinced everybody that
sheer philanthropy. nothing less. was
their aim. They would develop the oil
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games out Of five, and If there il any
getting mad you will he the one"
"YOu'll hear no squealing from me.
40 you call it. I've got the book Of
Hoyle right here, and we shall be
guided by it in our play"
MIR. Bowser agreed and began to
chuckle. The cards We're cut and the
deal fell to him.
mo sQuealing now" he said as he
shufiied off the cards. II propose to
show you that
II order up your hand" interrupted
Mrs. Bowser.
What! Order up the very first
hand? l never heard of such a thing.
but | was going to take it up, anyhow.
Lead away, and If l don't make you Il
tired IN before you get through
then you may call me a goat"
Mrs. Bowser led and continued to
lead until every trick was taken, and
as she scored two Mr.. Bowser forced
q laugh ana said:
"All right for you. l am just lead
ing you on. Don't try to stack those
cards, for l have my eye on you"
"You know | can't stack cards."
"Wcll, don't try to learn. There was
something very funny about your TAX
ing all those tricks. Play to that"
Mrs. Bowser happened to have the
better hand and she covered his lead
and DOL three tricks and scored IN
other point.
"You are having bullhead luck" he
Eneer.sl, "but wait until the cards be-
gin to run and you won't know you
are in the game. It's my deal"
The luck was still with Mrs. Bowser
and she scored two points and made a
"Chicago." Womanlikc she could not
turned red clear around to the back Of
his neck and answered:
"You can blow your horn now, but
wait Il few minutes longer. Rcmem-
Der, If there is any cheating. out of the
game ! GO"
Five more hands were played and
Mrs. Bowser won by two points.
Fearing III outbreak, she said nothing.
but the cat looked out from under the
lounge n caught her eye n winked
at her to go slow and let Mr.. BOwser
win II game. She tried to do 20, but it
happened that the cards were running
her way and she couldn't help but take
the tricks. 1t was another Chicago"
for MIR. Bowser. and he showed back
from the table and queried:
"Have you had an old gambler up
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n. b CAPILLARY MOTO6s
liquid passing by capillary action
through these bodies. However, the
power of absorption is not only varia-
BILE for each body. but Is also limited, Il
piece of blotting paper, for example,
being saturated for a height of only
one inch. Mr.. Leboyer, however, has
found Il stone which absorbs water to a
vertical height of as much as three
inches. This stone Is called the domite
of .A%uvergne. and with it the inventor
scented in this drawing.
Two square sheets Of this stone are
placed vertically in Il basin filled with
water. At the upper portion of the
stones and in contact with them there
have been placed pieces of amadou, q
the more solid portion Of Il fungus
growth soaked In saltpeter, which fall.
as is indicated by the drawing, on Il
wheel. This wheel is formed Of pad
dies of superimposed blotting paper,
and on the axis is placed a strap with
two miniature pals. 1t is easy to un-
derstand what follows. The water alb
scrbed by the supports Of stone Is In
turn absorbed by the amadou and then
by the paddles In contact. The left side
Of the wheel then grows heavy and the
wheel turns, equilibrium then setting
in until the water Of the soaked por-
ton is evaporated. After this there Is
cx.,:.. ..A... --.s-. 49,. A.
wheel turns slowly or rapidly, accord
ing to the state Of the atmosphere. The
little pals mount and descend. raising
the water to about seven-tenths Of m
inch.-Literary Digest.
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copyright. 1905, by T. c. McClure.1

copyright. 1905. by T. c. McClure.l
~ X. BOWSER had been read
ing and smoking for half an
1VA hour after dinner when he
seemed to suddenly think of
something and rOse up and went down
the hall to his Overcoat. When he re-
turned he had Il fancy deck of cards
in his hand and said to Mrs. Bowser:
I'D almost forgotten these. They
were given me by an agent who hap
pened into the office today"
Mrs. Bowscr had u word of praise
for the deck. and then Mr.. Bowser
continued:
1--WE finished with the paper. and l
don't believe you care much for your
book. and suppose we have Il few
games Of cuchre to initiate this deck?"
I'll don't feel much like playing to-
hight." she replied, remembering pre-
vious experiences and wondering how
she could turn his mind into another
channel.
"Nonsense! Just put away your old
book, and We'll have Il few lively
games. think l heard you Dragging
around II few weeks ago that you could
beat me all hollow"
Cant we let it go until tomorrow
night? Mrs. Green is making n dress,
and she may send In for me at any
minute"
"When she sends you can go but
We'll probably have time to play Il
dozen games first"
Mrs. Bowser saw that there was nc
way out Of it, and she laid aside her
book and said:
"The last time we played you said !
cheated and raised Il great row about
it. IL you get mad this time
"My dear woman, l have no recol
lection Of raising Il row. and If you car
cheat me you are welcome to-"
"But l don't want to cheat. I want
to play fair. and I want you to do thu
same"
"Certain.y ! will. Only if Il maj
beats Il woman ut cards she always
squeals about it. l shall beat you foM
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N~~
place he visited salubrious and If ev-
erything was comfortable and all
right. After delivering these instruc-
tons Senator German went about his
legislative duties. He was much sur
prised a few days later to get a tele-
gram from his son which consisted of
the single word YES"
He studied over this laconic message
for some time, having forgotten his in
structions to his SOL, and then tele-
graphed, Eyes what?"
Mindful Of early parental discipline.
the son replied. "Yes, sir"
Philip Pitt Campbell is a young mar
who woke the other day to find himself
famous. At the precise psychological!
moment. just when the whole country
was ready to focus its vision OH the
subject. he introduced in the house of
representatives Il resolution for the In
vestigation Of the Standard Oil trust.
His own state Of Kansas was already
up in arms against the trust. Other
states were ready to join hands with
it. Campbell's timely resolution gave
a national scope to the whole situation.
He was ut once called to the White
House and told that his plan would
have hearty support from that quar-
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Ne SuIu. IL WIS pa
thetic. 1t made me think Of an incident
that happened the other day in an ex-
press Office. To this office a burly,
kind looking young maj came with a
package under his arm. Il want to ex-
press this" he said.
"NNhat is the nature of the con-
tents:' a@ked the clerk.
ut is said the simple minded youth
IN Il sad tone, "A bundle Of letters from
a young lady. I am returning them to
her
"Iheir value?' said the clerk.
"Thc Young man swallowed. 4 don't
know what their value is now,' he said
huskily. but a week ago l thought they
yer worth about $5OO.OOO.'"
Recently when Senator John C,
Spooner of Wisconsin was dramatical-
" declaiming against the admission of
New Mexico as a state in the exciting
debate in the senate he talked much
about the alien character Of the citi-
zens of that territory.
Here" he exclaimed. holding up a
paper, 'is the list Of their council. 1t
reads like the muster Of a Spanish MIL
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-04-12
An Ingenious Lock.

An ingenious lock which has just
been patented has the keyhole in the
knob - handle OF the door. The mech
anism Of the lock is 50 constructed that
a person On the inside Of the door can
by turning the knob in one direction
lock the door SO that it cannot be
opened even by a key OH the outside.
BY turning the knob in the other direc-
tion the door is locked, but ran be
opened on the outside by the use of a
key designed to At the lock.
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what, my paper
will say"
well, my boy"
said the senator,
with a smile, II
think l will wait
too"
The senator's son,
Arthur p. German,
Jr., was going OH
a trip some time
ago. The father
told the n &
man to telegraph
him If he found
the climate Of the
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-04-12
Mr.. MOMENTS FIGHT.

Former Attorney General of 0h1O
Ready For HE Old Enemy.
Frank s. Monnett of Ohio has been
putting on his armor and furnishing
his weapons preparatory to another
contest with his old opponent. the
Standard Oil company. When the bat
tie against the big oil trust vas started
In Kansas and taken up by opponents
OF the institution in other states those
who were active in the conflict recalled
the anticorporation record made by
Mr.. Monnett when he was attorney
general Of the state of Ohio. On &C.
count of this record he was engaged
by the Kansas Oil Producers assOcia-
ton as counsel in the campaign against
the Standard. He is In the full vigor Of
manhood, though it is about eight years
since he reached the period Of ''com-
parative usebessness.' according to the
Osler theory of the three ages Of man.
He was born in Kenton, O.. in 1857 and
was ar ambitious boy. Though he did
not have a rich father to provide him
with plenty of money, he determined to
obtain a liberal education. He entered
the Bucyrus High school, from which
he graduated in 1879. and after an in
terval. during which he taught school,
he was admitted to the Ohio Wesleyan
university at Delaware. During az
tons he worked on farms and in other
ways earned the money to enable him
to prosecute his studies. After gradua-
ton from the Wesleyan university he
went to Washington and studied ut the
National Law school, graduating III
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-04-12
4 Nut That Won't Slip,

A sur thing safety nut for railroads
ia said to have been found ut last. The
inventor, II. \. Hutson of Geneva, o.,
who has been ut work to solve the nut
problem for nor than twenty years,
has recently made application for a
patent or his invention and is confident
of securing it. He is naturally unwill-
ing to have Il description of the new
nut published until his patent is OBJ
tanned. The device is so simple that its
principle could easily be adopted by
any manufacturer.
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learned men VINO
lead the world of scholarship. Such
ties. it is argued. should aid in the de-
velopment of international friendship.
An advantage to the professors of the
universities concerned will accrue, it is
thought, from associating with repre-
sentatives of institutions in other lands.
DR.. Peabody is Plummer professor Of
Christian morals at Harvard and dean
of the faculty Of divinity. The courses
of his department cover such subjects
as labor organization, charity, intern
perance. etc. from the economic and
ethical standpoints. He has lectured
upon such topics for twenty years and
was the first to present a course of the
kind at an American college.
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ulu.t uecllle.
Senator Foraker. an advocate of the
admission Of New Mexico. picked up
the paper. II ran read them" he said
"even if the senator from Wisconsin
cannot" Then he read, Thomas
Smith, William Johnson. James G.
Robinson. Charles X. Clark and VIII
liam NcGinnis."
1t is an old custom for ministers to
exchange pulpits. but it is something
quite out Of the ordinary for college
professors to exchange chairs. Yet it
is in pursuance of such an idea that
Professor Francis Greenwood Peabody
Of Harvard university is to go to Ger
many neNt autumn. For six months
he will be Il member of the faculty Of
the University of Berlin, and Il German
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-04-12
MARCONpS CHOICE.
Young Irish Girl Who Won the In.
yentOr'A Affections.

Ruinor has Signor Guglielmo Mar
con atfianced to at least half Il dozen
different young ont since his dis
covcries in wireless telegraphy first
made him famous. But it remained
for Chevalier Marconi to choose for
his bride an Irish beauty. the Hon.
Beatrice O'Brien, nor did he take the
public into his confidence long in adj
II of his wedding.
Signor Marconi's father was born in
tionality. so his choice of Il bride from
the land Of Erin is appropriate. She is
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-04-12
Nance Seen
In the
Days News

LIEUTENANT GENERAL ADNA
r. CHAFFEE Of the United
States army had as aids when
acting as grand marshal Of the
inauguration day parade four cadets
from the United States Military acad-
envy at West Point and four midship-
men from the Naval academy ut An
napolis. Among the cadets was his own
son, Adna II. Chaffee, Jr. The three
others We're Calvin Z. Titus, the SOL
der \ho was first over the wall at
Picking in the Boxer instruction and
was e IL to West Point as a reward
for his bravery; Sherman Miles, son of
Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles,
and Charles d. Gatewood, son of the
late Captain Gatewood of the Sixth
cavalry, who played a prominent part
in the capture Of Geronimo. The mid
shipmen were Stephen Decatur, a de-
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OF CON-
mOdOre Decatur; A.
T. Beauregard,
grandson of the
Confederate Gener-
al Beauregard;
Charles H. Davis,
Jr., son of Rear Ad-
miral Charles H.
Davis of the North
sea commission and
grandson of the late
roar admiral Of tho
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e' wv Nv" eo
boyish looking, good
hulnored and easy
going young con
gresham finds him.
sell a leading fig
ure In Il contest
with the most in
huential corpora
ton in the United
States. He was
born in Nova SEQ
tia. has lived in
Kansas since he
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~AN
"Read some of
the names." said
Senator CullOln.
Senator SpOoner
tossed the paper
aside with a fine
gesture Of disdain.
"The senator from
Illinois asks me to
read some Of the
names" he said. Il
do not speak Span
ish. and therefore I
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-04-12

way rs TAR rs my
place. said the man
with the check.
II don't know"
said Mr.. Clcws. 1--WE
been up Broadway
rs far as Albany"
Mr.. Clews was
once talking about
a stock which had
dropped in value.
Great was its fall"
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Twain was living
In Hartford, where
DR.. DOane was then
rector of an Episco-
pal church. Twain
had listened to one
of the good doctors
best sermons one
Sunday morning,
when lie approach
ed him and said po-
litely: Il have en-
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-04-12

joyed your sermon this morning. l
welcomed it as l would welcome an
old friend. have a book in my library
that contains every word Of It,"
"lmpossible. sir" replied the rector
Indignantly.
"Not at all. l assure you it is true"
said Twain.
THEN l shall trouble you to send me
that book" rejoined the rector, with
dignity.
The mex morning Or. Doane received,
with Mark Twain's compliments, a die
uOnaly.
The ingenuity Of the man with a
check to cash is, of course, proverbial.
4 man drifted into the New York bank
lag house Of Henry Clews with a du-
bious lo,k.ng check recently. The cash
Ter regretted he did not know him. The
Il became indignant and finally
reached Mr.. Clews' private office. He
represented himself as the proprietor
Of Il cafe on upper Broadway. Mr..
Clews was sorry. but he knew nc such
cafe.
II suppose you have been up Broad
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professor will be
sent to this country
to take his place at
Harvard. The plan
was suggested by
Emperor William to
thu American am
bassador at Berlin.
~Charlemagne Tow
err. The underlying
to strength
en- the ties of frater-
nifty between the
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for nothing. The farmer did not know
anything about the oil business. but
they did and would show him. BY and
by thoir agents controlled every coun-
ty. They had the whole five dollar
bill"
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same name, n Ju-
bal \. Early, son of the Confederate
General Jubal \. Early.
All these young men are following in
the footsteps Of fathers or forefathers
who helped to make American history.
Cadet Chaffee was born in 1884, and,
as he was DESTROYS of becoming a sol
der, his distinguished father secured
him a cadetship ut West Point. He is
a young man Of handsome and manly
appearance.
Senator Arthur pue German of Mary
land is reputed a hard man for a news
paper writer to interview. A new re-
porter went to him one time when the
Maryland Legislature was about to
choose Il new senator. He said:
Senator, we want to get an express
sion of opinion from you on the
torship question. You know my paper
yields a great influence and mods pub
lie opinion"
"You say your paper molds opinion"
said the Senator.
Yes. sir" replied the brash young
man; nearly everybody waits to see
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%vivacious and witty, is the daughter Of
the fifteenth Baron 1nchiquin and is
n Of eight sisters. She can trace her
descent from the famous Irish mon
arch, Brian Boru, who was king Of
the Emerald Isle from 1909 to 1O14 and
was slain at the head of his army at
the battle Of Clontarf. His grandson,
Turlogh, king Of Munster. had four
sons, the third of whom was the pro-
Senitor Of the Barons lnchiQuin.
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Mark Twain as a humorist is no re-
specter Of persons. and a story is told
of him and Bishop Doane which bears
on the point. 1t occurred when Mark
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-26
CARP AND THE FISH POW.

A friend of ours finds that with q
little trouble he can make first class
fish pond upon his farm, one fed from,
the water OF an artesian we'll. He
writes us that he is thinking Of putting
carp, black bass and croppies in The
pond and wants to know IL this is tho
right thing to do. 1t is not. A few
years ago the carp was introduced into
many Of the streams and lakes of the
country under the supposition that 1t
would prove valuable food fish. 1t
turns out that 1T is a regular fish hog, q
water scavenger, gross feeder upon
the spawn Of all other fish and 40
rolls the water 1t lives in that other
fish will not stay with 1t. The value
OF this fish as food is very low indeed,
being the next thing to worthless. lii
many places every effort is made to
get rid of this fish, and no greater mis-.
take could well be made than to intro
duce 1t into fish pond. Our friend
VIII find that the black bass, wall eyed
pike, perch, sunfish and croppies will
live together all right in his pond, and
he cannot do better than to use them.