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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-04
Hears
Some Noises
Makes an Experiment to Determine
When to Expect Seeds
to Cerminate.
HAS A SUDDEN ENDING
Uninuted Mother-in-law Swoops Down
on the Philosopher and Tells
Him What Is What.

copyright, 1906. by Eugene Parcells.1
N N r. BOwSER had carried an
I\v important air all through din
ner-a sort Of dcmeanor as If
he had discovered the north
pole and intended to make the most of
it. Mrs. Bowser couldn't fathom it,
but she knew that If left alone long
enough he would tell her whether lie
had improved on a patent fire escape
or discovered that the butter from a
bobtailed COW vas lacking in richness.
After leaving the dinner table he took
a walk through the kitchen to the back
yard, where he had begun gardening
some days previous. When he finally
re-cntered the house he said:
Mrs. Bowser. do you know what
ais the farmer of today!"
"He is getting rich too fast, accord
ing to the papers," she replied.
ION the contrary. he is just where
he was twenty years ago financially,
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Greatest Timber Area.

One billion dollars is the price tag on
the standing timber in Washington
Idaho. Oregon. California and Mon
tana. These timber lands are said to
constitute the most important forest
area in the world. In extent they are
unapproachable, in the measure Of pro
duction they are uuequaled. and tl.ey
surpass all other forests in the univer-
sal adaptability Of their products. Cal
ifornia has the fir. the western spruce
and the red cedar. Eastern Washing
ton has the yellow pine, which also
Ia abundant in central and eastern Ore
gon and northern California. surpass-
ing in size and ~equaling in quality the
product Of the pine belt of the great
lakes. The amount Of timber standing
in the five states is placed at an aggre-
gate of 7O0.o 900. 600, 900 feet.
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court, which has just affirmed the de-
cisions Of the lower courts against the
senator. His counsel has filed Il petit
ton for Il r~ehearing of the case, and
Mr.. Burton says he will not give up
hope Of establishing his innocence until
after he has obtained that which he
now asks.
Should the attitude Of the supreme
court in his case be unchanged the eff
feet of the decision will be to enforce
the original sentence Of Imprisonment
III the Iron county (NIo.) Jail for nine
months and the payment Of a fine Of
$4,000 for violating the law which de-
clares that nc senator or member Of
the house OF representatives may act
as attorney before any executive
branch Of the government.
Senator Burton was born In Indiana
in 1851. was reared on a farm and
spent three years Mt Franklin college
and II year ut DePauw university.
In 1875 he married Mrs. Carrie Web
ster and in the same year was admit
ted to the bar. He has served in the
Kansas legislature, was elected to the
senate in 1901, and his biography &C.
cupies but three lines in the Congress.
eional Directory.
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A Wonderful Cement.

Professor Alexander Winchell is
credited with the invention of a re-
ment that will stick to anything. Take
two ounces of clear gum arabic, one
and one-half ounces of fine starch and
one-half ounce of white sugar. Pulver-
lie the gum arabic, dissolve it in as
much water as the laundress would
use for the quantity Of starch and
sugar in the gum solution. Then cook
the mixture in a vessel suspended In
boiling water until the starch becomes
clear. The cement should be as thick
as tar and kept SO. 1t can be kept
from spelling by dropping In a lump Of
gum camphor or a little oil Of cloves
or sassafras. This cement Is very
strong indeed and will stick perfectly
to glazed surfaces and is good to re-
pair broken rocks, minerals or fossils.
The addition of n small amount of sui
plate Of aluminium will increase the
effectiveness of the paste, besides help
ing to prevent decomposition.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-04
CINDER

cinders. The height of the separator
from bottom of hopper to discharge
opening is tifty-siX feet.
The smoke, entering the separator
tangentially. describes a spiral path
and loses velocity until it passes up
through the open top of the separator.
The maximum velocity Of flow Of the
gases in the fue leading from fan to
separator is about 5000 feet per min
ute. The velocity at the discharge
opening. which is twice the size of the
due, Is therefore about 1900 feet per
minute. The cinders are dropped in
the range between these two velocities.
AS the gases lose velocity, the cinders,
being heavy. drop in a spiral path to
the hopper shaped bottom. Here they
collect until removed by a steam driv-
en- conveyor, which takes them to the
boiler furnaces for burning. The Gin
ders collected vary in size from very
fine particles up to pieces about n
inch long.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-04
A New

A wire clothespin recently invented
10 capable Of being manufactured with
great rapidly in u wire working ma
chine and ut Il cost lower than that Of
the wooden pins. 1t consists Of a sin
gle length Of wire coiled into three
loops. Two Of the coils are employed
in holding the clothes being dried while
the third secures The pin on the line, so
that it cannot he removed either acct
dentally or intentionally. The pin can
be moved to any point along the line
where its presence may be desired.
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A HUGE CINDER TRAP.
Apparatus For Removing Flying Cin-
ders From Smoke.

Apparatus For Removing Flying Gin.
ders From Smoke.
An interesting device for removing
cinders from smoke on a large scale
Is in use in Portland. Ore, where the
operating plant of the street railways
employs sawmill refuse as fuel, says
Engineering News. It has been found
impossible to consume $50 tons Of this
stuff per day without producing an
immense mass Of flying cinders, which
have proved a nuisance to the sur
rounding region. During the past year
a cinder separating installation has
been put in by the railway company.
and in several months working it has
proved completely successful.
This installation consists of an in
duced draft plant discharging through
a large steel separator of the ID
form as shavings separators used III
sawmills. The separator is shown in
the view herewith. The induced draft
IS obtained by Il twenty foot steel
plate fan connected to the boiler up
casts. which discharges into a steel
plate t1ue leading into the separator.
The latter is simply a vertical cylin-
der of steel plate. thirty-two feet in
diameter, partly closed at the top. SO
as to leave 4 sixteen foot central open
ing, through which the smoke escapes.
Inside the cylinder is a spiral of the
same diameter as the smoke outlet.
The bottom of the separator forms Il
huge conical hopper for receiving the
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-04
NINE. CURES hONORS.
Her Appointment to Her Late Hus.
bands Chair at the SOrbOune.

Her appointment to Her Late Hus-
bands Chair at the S0rbOnne.
One of the most wonderful women Of
the time is Nine. Sklodowska Curie,
who with her husband, the late Pro-
fessor Pierre Curie, discovered radium.
When Professor Curie was killed by
an accident last April the important
question arose as to who should be ap-
pointed his successor as lecturer on
physics and chemistry at the Univer-
sity Of Paris. 1t is now announced
that the faculty Of science of the uni
versity has confirmed the initiative Of
the minister of public instruction Of
France in appointing the professors
widow to the position he recently held.
1t Is the first time Il woman has held
this high position.
Professor Curie always considered his
wife a greater scientist than himself
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feet, and the descent was made safely,
Mrs. Gould expressing her pleasure ut
the experience.
She said she would like to make al
other ascension and 60 clear out of
sight.
1t is said that thirty years ago Mrs.
Howard Gould, then little katherine
ClemmOns. was found friendless. pen
niless and homeless. crying under an
army ambulance wagon on a Dakota
plain after an Indian massacre. 1t was
Clemmons' father was a captain in the
army and was away scouting ut the
time old Sitting Bull surprised the post.
scattered the garrison and m%assacred
all who did not escape, except little
Katie Clemmons, who hid. Her life
has been a series Of tr!umphs from
then OH.
Her tactful manner secured her Il
good education and financial backing
when she aspircd to theatrical honors.
Then she married Howard Gould. The
Four Hundred tried to snub her. but
that did not count for much after she
made Il friend Of Emperor William Of
Germany.
George =. Rice is one OF the leading
civil engineers Of the United States,
and he succeeded William Barclay Par
sons last January as chief engineer Of
the New York city rapid transit COM
mission. 1t was under the direction Of
this commission that plans were drawn
for the rapid transit tunnel that is now
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-04
Wind Remittance.

It Is calculated that a twelve horse
power touring car. built for moderate
speed. requires ore than five horse
power to overcome the resistance of
the atmosphere-the wind Of Its own
m~aking-at thirty-two miles an hour.
whereas the same automobile, II It
could be driven at the speed Of III
miles an hour. would require "a horse
power merely to Offset the air resist
Once
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Admiral NebOgatOH
started for the Ash
attic waters shortly
after R~ojestvensky
and was in com.
manu of what was
called the Third Bal
tic fleet. This con-
sisted mostly Of old
war vessels. and aft
er passing through
the SueZ canal and
the Indian ocean 1t
formed a junction
with R~ojestvensky's
Nopf anil cnu,nnSn1
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nus NuNtclIeO, luuS
decreasing the clearance space be
tween the tops Of cars and the tunnel
roof above. Mr.. Rice has admitted
this, but says it was discovered in time
and that work has been in progress to
correct these defects in construction.
He says they will not seriously delay
the opening of the tunnel.
Mr.. Rice was deputy engineer Of the
rapid transit commission under Mr..
Parsons. He is ffty-dve years Of age.
n q graduate Of Harvard and began
his engineering career in the Boston
water department. afterward serving
In the mines Of the west. He was for
. time chief engineer Of the Boston
transit commission and took a leading
part in the creation of Bosten's sub
way system. .
Among the sufferers by the San
Francisco disaster was Gertrude Ath.
aefton. who lost in the IRE oil Of the
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-04

and gave her the major share Of the
credit for the discovery Of radium. lie
would not accept the high honor OF the
Q OF the Legion Of Honor because
It was not also conferred upon her.
She did receive, however. In conjunc-
ton with her husband. the Nobel prize
for chemistry, and she also was award
ed $4,000 from the Osiris prize Of
France. She is about forty years Of
age, Is a native of Poland, married
Professor Curie in 1895 and has Il
little daughter about years old.
She was ono a student under her hus.
band and afterward his assistant. Pro.
lessor and Mrs. Curie underwent the
utmost pr1vation In order to carry on
the experiments which led to their
great discoveries.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-04
SENATOR BUR7ON'S CAGE
Hopes to Av0td Prison. Thourb ra-
featcd In SEp:r.nc Court.

82VWCB ~ bnUUEh tt.N.
feated In SEp:r.nc Court.
For some time the state Of Kansas
has practically ha1 ut ~ represeata-
tive in the United : ;.tes senate. II.
senior senator FROM Kansas, .Io.e,l!
Ralph Burton, has been under inject
ment and in accordance with prcce-
dent in these circU-natInces has II.
Trained from occupying lis seat ans
voting for measures under consilcra-
ton. Mr.. Burton was charged, Will!
using his influence as Il senator in b.-
half Of the Rialto Grain and Securities
company of st. Louis and with inter
vening in an improper manner to rrc.
vent proceedings being brought ag:lins:
the company by the postofiice depart
ment. He was tried and convicted. but
secured Il new trial, the outcome Of
which was a second conviction. I!c
then took his case to the supreme
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-04

VUI cVUVC Vt1C IuVTU-
Ing after Cummins beat him In the
Cedar Rapids convention.
Hubbard came down early and
sought a place of refreshment. The
barkeeper alphabetically asked him
what he would have. thinking to cheer
him up a little.
"'All l want this morning. said the
Judge gratefully. ls a glass OF ice
water and q few kind words.'"
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years leuce unless some u q drive
more Intelligence into his head"
But l have read that the science of
agriculture had improved 20 per cent
In the last ten years even."
Says Farmers Don't Know.
Eyes, and you have read about fifty
cent stockings for % cents a pair. I'll
bet that there isn't a farmer in this
state who can tell how long it takes a
cucumber seed to generate"
You mean germinate," she correct
ed.
He meant terminate, Of course; but,
having made the mistake, he was
bound to stick to it. He therefore drew
himself up to his full height and said:
Mrs. Bowser, l said generate, and
I think l know what l am talking
about"
II thought seeds gerMinated."
"XNhat a woman thinks amounts to
mighty little. Do you wish this matter
to close right here"
mo. I'd like to hear what yon have
to say"
'"Ihen listen and don't try to give me
any more pointers on agriculture. The
average farmer goes at it and dumps
seed In the ground. He doesn't know
whether 1t will generate In five days or
five weeks. He has no assurance that
the seed will ever grow at ALL"
ION the 2Gtl Of April l planted some
cucumber seeds out there. didn't I!
Here is the record Of it in my book. 1t
Is now almost the middle of May.
How long a time should it take these
seeds to generator
1.-TWO or three weeks. 1t depends up.
on the warmth and richness Of the
soil"
THAT would be the answer Of the
average farmer, and that Is what !
complain of. He ought to know within
q day. an hour. 1t should make a diff.
| ference to him whether it takes five OF
twenty days. AS he hasn't vet figured
| the question out for himself. I'm going
to do 1t. Do yol know what quarter
the moon Is in %tonight:"
IL don't keep any track Of the
NOON"
"Of course not. There isn't one wo
man in ten thousand who knows there
Is such a thing In the heavens. Some
day when l get time l will tell YOU
what the moon is. Sufficient for the
present to say that ut 8 O'Clock this
evening the moon will he in the right
quarter for my experiment."
'Mrs. Phillips wanted us to come
over to her house tonight" sighed
Mrs. BOwser.
"Then she'll have to take it out In
wanting. wouldn't put off this ex'
pertinent for n thousand dollars. Be
fore midnight tonight the world will
know to an hour how long it takes Gu
cumber seeds to generate. have fig
ured on exactly eighteen days and five
hours. may be an hour or two out
In my calculations. but I shall cut II
very close"
Mrs. Bowser had nothing further tc
say on the subject to him, but went
down to the kitchen and informed the
cook that Mr.. Bowser would make m
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part OF the Russian force which was
almost completely annihilated by .Ad-
miral Togo and the Japanese sailors
under him. 1t Is charged that Admiral
Nebogatof surrendered when no neces-
sity existed for his doing so. On the
other hand. it Is claimed that the all
miral was rendered powerless by the
mutiry OF his crew. He is In his fifty
sixth year. In the summer Of 1908 he
was in command Of the squadron of
school ships of the Russian Black sen
feet.
Senator Nelson w. Aldrich of Rhode
Island has been the head and front Of
the senatorial opposition to the SO
called radical plans for railway rate
legislation offered in the senate. When
It was reported that he at last agreed to
support the Allison amendment to the
rate bill because he thought the jig was
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II = CONSTRUCTED
under the East riv-
er ut the Battery.
This will afford ac-
~colnmolation for
the subway electric
trains which are to
be run between
NJ Il II h and
Brooklyn boroughs.
Statements have re-
Gently been made to
the effect that the
roof Of the tunnel
H. 49,
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up for the conserva.
tiveS some one ask
ed Senator DOLL
yer:
How do Aldrich
and his friends feel
over this
II really don't
know" replied the
Junior senator from
Iowa. II suppose
they feel about like
Judge Hubbard Of
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Pointing Out a National Defect.

Pointing Out a National Defect.
Literary Englishman-One p%eculiari-
u of your American humor is that it
loses much Of its point in translation
into foreign languages.
Literary American-That is true.
have observed that popularity about 1t
when it is translated into cockney.-
Chicago Tribune.
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object ~furtherance
Of patriotic senti-
ment and preserva-
ton Of ancient
landmarks. She has
been especially ac-
tive in the Daugh-
tc.s of the .Anleri-
can Revolution and
has served for sew
eral years as re-
gent of the Buffalo
chapter. She was
chairman Of the
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of the "muck rake" in telling the story
Of the interview in McClure's Maya
zine wrote:
1.-THE etiquette of my work seems to
me to require that l shall call first ev-
e%rywhere on the ruler of the people.
II he Is the mayor, l call first on him:
If the mayor is Il figurellead. l call first
on the boss. Sometimes one is in
doubt. In Cincinnati Immediately aft
er breakfast l sought out the sign Of
the Mecca saloon, went up one flight
to a mean little front hall room. 4
great hulk of Il man sat there alone
porting over a newspaper, with his back
to the door. He did not look up.
"'Nfr. Cox?' l said.
"There was a grunt; that was all.
"'Mr. Cox l said, 4 understand that
you are the boss of CINCINNATI
Ills feet slowly moved his chair
about, and Il stolid face turned to mine.
Two dark, sharp eyes studied me, and
while they measured l explained that
l was a student Of politics. corrupt
politics. and bosses.' repeated that I
had heard he was the boss of Cincin-
natl. Are you" l concluded.
"T am he grumbled in his hOarse,
throaty voice.
"'Of coursa you have a mayor and
q council and judges!
"'Yes,' he admitted. 'but'-he point
ed with his thumb back over his Shout
der to his desk-'I have a telephone
too"
Mrs. Howard Gould, whose name
was in print Il good deal not long ago
in connection with 4 suit e the plans
for C~astlegould. has now taken up
the balloon fad. She made an ascent in
England recently in company with
Lord Royston. Professor Huntington
and others. Her husband followed the
course taken 10y the balloon in an auto
mobile. taking with him his sister. the
Countess Boni de Castellane. Before
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Pan American eX-
position and as such presided as host
ess ut the Womcn's building. She was
OH the board Of women who represent
ell the fair sex in connection with the
Charleston exposition, and she render
ed excellent service as one of the rep
resentatives Of New York state in the
board Of lady managers of the worlds
fair Mt st. Louis. Mrs. Horton Is a
widow. is the daughter Of the late =.
p. Pratt. once a leading Buffalo bank
Ell, and Is a oma Of stately appear.
ance. She was invited to attend King
Alfonso's wedding as a guest Of United
States Consul Ridgely and Mrs. Ridge
" Of Barcelona.
II demand immediate action" Sena.
tor Tillman shouted the other day In
the senate, ''even IL it takes u month";"
Rear Admiral Nicolai IvanOvitch Ne
bogatOfI. who, with General Stoessel,
the Russian c~ommandant at Port Ar
thur. has been condemned to death by
q court martial, Is considered a victim
Of the chagrin felt by his countrymen
over their defeat in the sea of Japan.
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starting Mrs. Gould
jokingly said to her
husband and sister
in-law: "Well, good
by. In case l don't
see you again see
that l am picked
up and sent back
to New York"
The balloon went
In n height Of 7~
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-04
The Little schemer.

The Little ScheneH.
/.
What are you making, my pretty maid?'
"rm making a bathing suit. SIR" she
said.
II.
"And what when it's finished, my pretty
maid!'
I'm going to the seashore, SIR" she said.
III.
"And then what will happen. my pretty
maid7'
tn capture . husband. str" she said.
-Somerville Journal.
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second part G. a new novel she was
completing for the Harpers. But with
, the characteristic spirit which the trag-
eGy has Gale! into being. she wrote to
! her publishers, Il have all MY work on
the second part to DO again. but l am
confident that l can do even better
with it later"
The author of ''Tile Californians."
''The .AristocratS." The Conuueror'
and several other very popular works of
fiction is Il grand ~
s !: =: y !: !: : :: :: !: !: !: !: !: ): a.
grandniece of Ben ~
jamin Franklin. She HA\
told recently OK the I IS1aAEy
tribulations Of a 4axIkx
friend who is the
mother OF Il partic-
ulArly miSchievoTs
boy Of some seven
years.
Zone evening"
says Mrs. .Atlerton, 0thl",l'h Af"ER'
"when the mother ioN'
was getting the boy ready 70: bed aft
er what she termed II day of unmiti-
gated oUtrageOusnesS' on the part Of
her hopeful. she said to him:
"'NOw. when you say your prayers
tonight. Richard, remember to ask God
to make YOU a better boy. You have
certainly been bad today
Accordingly. the youngstcr began his
petition to the Almighty in the usual
form. Before closing with the Gus
tomary Amen he added:
"'And please, God. make me a better
boy
'Tlien he paused a moment. and, to
the utter CONSERVATION Of the long suf-
fering mother. he concluded his prayer
with undated gravity:
Nevertheless, not my will, oh, lord,
but thine he done.'"
Mrs. John Miller Horton. the Mrs.
Astor of Buffalo, is Of the few
American women who went abroad to
attend the marriage Of King Alfonso
and Princess Ena. She is prominent in
several societies that have for their
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OF Course.

Teacher-And now, Sammy, where
was the Declaration Of Independence
signed?
Sammy At de bottom. - Leslie's
Weekly.
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.-> lsasaa-s1
Men and Women
Of Prominence
~-~1 W~~

COA, TIE IOi-
mer Republic
an leader of Gin
%cinnati, whose al
legged connection
with the Standard
Oil trust has been
a subject Of inves-
tigation by The In
tcrstate
com mission. was
interviewed bv
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and he will be no better of twenty
years hence unless some one can drive
more intelligence into his head"
But l have read that the science of
agriculture had improved 20 per cent
in the last ten years even"