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The Monte Vista journal., 1906-09-22
ELECTRIC ELEVATORS.
Design BY Which All Driving Meehan-
ism 10 eolted 10 Under Side Of Car.

A new and extremely simple design
Of electric elevator has becen recently
called to the attention of the public.
and the new system is said to combine
absolute safety, economy of power.
and economy Of space. says the Scien.
tific American. In the latter particu-
lar at least .t represents a great ad.
vance over tie present types. All the
driving mcohanism in this case is bolt.
cd to the uulerside OF the car plat
form. and consists entirely OF hori.
zontal drum evolved by an electric
motor. On the periphery of the drum
is fitted n spIral track, which engages
and travels IN two series OF rollers set
In the guid. posts supporting the car.
The motor being started. the drum
revolves. and the car ascends or de-
scends rs desired. As to its economy.
this system has the advantage en-
joyed by al electrically-driyen machin-
cry. In that II consumes power only
when IN actual use. and another rec
ommendltion Is that all the machln.
cry being contained In the elevator
shaft, much valuable floor space is
saved. II Is claimed to be absolutely
safe. and requires no safety devices OF
any character. The electric elevator
OF this design is particularly valuable
whore there is an intermittent demand
for its rse and where grea; speed is
not required.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-09-22

thrcc-clghths of an inch in the water
pipe, with the result above noted. |
am incloslnG you section of the pipe
showing the holes of which there are
two, n large and small one. and also
piece of the wire. The torrent OF
water which Immediately followed the
discharge shows that the larger hole
was the result OF the discharge. The
smaller one may have been produced
by n ground during the removal OF
the pipe. as the water.heating en-
ginecr states tina, a fash occurred as
the pipe was unscrewcd preparatory
TO removing 1t, lie having undertaken
the work without opening the electric
switch.
The lesson which the Incident
teaches is. first. the value Of adequate
lightning aEEcsteEs. aad second. the
importance OF keeping all electric
wiring away from water and gas
pipes. The electric wires were prop
crly insulated. and carried by porcc-
lain sleeves through the wooden
loists OF the building. but the light
ulug's voltage was heavy enough and
the ground connection so good rs "
make the Jump possible. II the pipe
had been a gas instead OF water
pipe, needless TO say FIRE would have
occurred. which would have been diff
ncult to control In daytime. and dis.
astrous at night.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-09-22
Chicken Gold Mine

Mrs Spcnc r Morris, OF Atlantic
Highlands. y. j.. was dressing chick.
en- one day last week. when she dis.
covered tha; 1t had been of n miscrly
disposition and had been boarding up
gold In It's crop. There were three
small piccei OF gold there. the largest
resembling tooth. Mrs. Morris. in
buying the chicken. did not pay for II
by troy weight.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-09-22
Incentive Gone.

Mrs. Blank-So you never offer &c
mend your husbands trousers any
mor.r
Mrs. Tank-No. lie got so he Trans.
fcrred all his money to his other paa,s'
pocket before handing them to ne
Detroit Free Press.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-09-22
To Examine the Remains.

Ten dollars and costs"
An right. Judge. now may | see the
policeman who arrested me-"
You wish to apologize TO him for
your conduct"
NO, ! merely Wish TO siso him up In
order to estimate what Kind OF time
| had last night Houston Post.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-09-22
Ciee,r;esi oomessIe AppIisnees.

With the object Of popularixin. clcc.
,ricai appliances intended for domcs site
uses. an sxhibltioa IL taking place a,
Lyons undse the auspices Of the local
Agricultural and Scientific association
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-09-22

ia spes1maa . good chauffeur
Good say he caught . man yes.
,rrday that svsry notorisi In the city
has had Q try ~ and missed. Judge.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-09-22

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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-08-29
Storing Coal In the Sea.

Eighteen months ago iron crates con
tanning coal were sunk in a big basin
in the dockyard at Portsmouth. At
the same time the same quantity of
coal was carefully stored in the open
air at a coaling point and sheltered by
tarpaulins. At intervals of six months
two ton samples of each storage have
been taken and carefully burned. The
results have shown conclusively that
by the submarine storage Of coal its
calorific value steadily increases, while
by storage in the open air a decided
decrease is shown. At naval stations
In the tropics the decrease in caloritic
value is great. the heat of the sun ex-
tracing the light volatile oils. The
admiralty is satisfied with the physical
and financial advantages Of submarine
storage and has now directed that OK
periments he made to ascertain its
practicability on Il larger scale.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-08-29

they would make Il formidable looking
army. rs al ostrich stands about eight
feet high and sometimes attains n
height Of ten or eleven feet. There
are now six ostrich farms In Arizona.
while the industry Of raising ostriches
Is becoming an important one in the
four states already mentioned. AS
ostrich feathers sell for as high as
STAG per pound. the pluckings from the
big birds form Il product Of consider
able value annually.
The ostrich Is Il very interesting crea-
ture. and its habits are often curious in
the extreme. The ostrich nest is a
round hole in the ground which the
male scoops with his feet. 1t may
happen that his mate will not take to
the nest at once, but will lay her first
eggs on the ground. In that case Mr..
Ostrich goes about collecting them and
places them in the nest. After IL few
hints of this kind Mrs. Ostrich makes
up her mind to lay in the home pre-
pared for her occupation. In Matching
the eggs the male plays an important
part. He shares with his mate the duty
or sitting on the eggs. and they work
on night and day shifts. so to speak.
MIR. Ostrich covering the eggs from
about 8 o'clock in the evening to s or
Il past 5 in the morning. The female
covers them during the day. but her
turn is not SO long as that Of the male
bird. Scientists explain this arrange
ment on the theory that the male. being
black. Is not SO easily seen ut night as
the female. which is nearly the color Of
sand and therefore better adapted to
sitting on the eggs during the daytime
III the desert. or course on 4 ranch
the same reasons for day and night
shifts do not exist. but the birds do not
a K this into consideration and follow
the instincts OF their race. On some
ranches the birds are not allowed the
privilege Of Matching the eggs, the latter
being placed in incubators and care
fully attended until the artificial hatch
Ing takes place.
The plucking season Ia an Interesting
n on an ostrich farm. An ostrich Is
plucked the first time when six months
old and every eight months thereafter.
but only wing and tail feathers are re-
moved. One row OF the largest quill
feathers in the wing is cut with
pruning shears. When he Is wanted for
plucking the ostrich is driven into Il
pen about four feet high. open ut one
end and closed with Il door at the
other. \ hood is placed over his head.
and he stands facing the closed door.
The plucker stands behind him to do
his work and is perfectly secure from
Kicks. because the big bird always
strikes In front and does not know how:
to hit any one who Is behind him.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-08-29

sable, the cutter being not over fifty
teet from shore. We were working
desperately to bring the cable to the
surface when suddenly the enemy
opened fire. Bullets splashed all
around us. The Nashville and Marble.
head saw the spray cast up by the
Spanish shot and began Smelling the
beach. We worked ON until we rot
the cable to the top. Getting a rope
under the cable, l stood up in the boat
to make a rapid survey of the situa-
tion. when l saw a marine in the Mar
blehead's launch fall. shot in the head.
las l faced the shore to look at the
trenches q sailor in the stern of my
own boat dropped, with a six inch
wound in his head, two holes In his
body and another in his shoulder.
We were within easy pistol range of
the trenches, and l began firing with
my revolver. As ! reached for a rifle
one Of the men had loaded for me Il
bullet struck me in the left hand. 60
Ing through the joint of one finger and
scoring two others. l tied Il handker-
chief around my hand and continued
firing" The cable in the meantime
was successfully cut. and the boats
drew off.
Lieutenant Winslow was commend
ed by Secretary Long for his feat Mt
~Cienfuegos, but Il greater reward was
the love Of Miss Dora Havemeyer.
daughter of Theodore Havemeyer, the
sugar king. The department Ia think
Ing of recognizing Winslow's services
by giving him the new Kearsarge,
namesake of his fathers ship.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-08-29
Ostrich arms
In arizona

T is said that more than half the
ostriches now in the United States
are the progeny of a single pair
owned in Arizona in 1891. From
this fact n may judge how young
the industry of raising these birds is
In this country. There are now over
1900 ostriches or farms in Arizona.
California. Florida and Kansas. About
three-quarters of them are in Arizona.
There is Il curious story connected with
the breeding of many of these large
feathered animals from one pair. 1t
was in the year 1888 that Arizona first
saw ostriches. A troop Of thirteen We're
brought to the territory from Califor-
MIA, and the number proved unlucky.
The flock included two old birds and
eleven young II The me who took
them from the railroad station to the
ranch which formed their destination
knew nothing about ostriches. and
their chief aim was to prevent them
from escaping. To make sure they
"oAAA ~ SCS A"hS NINy IN Ol1lN put
a canvas over the wagon, but hoods
over the heads of the birds. 1t was
a very hot day. and ten of the young
birds died of %suffocation before they
had been taken five miles on their
journey. To make the breeding prof.
ect still more difficult of execution it
happened that before the old pair could
make their nest the female bird died
from an accident. Then the lock was
reduced to the old male bird and a
young female. Ostriches are not like
smaller birds. \ single season does
not suffice for their development. 1t
takes about four years for the male
bird to come to maturity and about
three and a half years for the female.
SO 1t was not till 1891 that the first
ostrich was Matched in Arizona. In the
fifteen years intervening since that
time over 1000 birds have come from
that single pair and their descendants.
All lined up in a row or by companies
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-08-29

attempts are required before the belt
Is adjusted OH the proper part of the
pulley. TO do away with this anti
quated method an Ohio inventor has
devised the belt shifter shown in
he accompanying illustration. To
change the speed of the machine it is
only necessary to operate a lever. At
tached to the wall is a bracket, to
which is connected an upper and lower
arm. both being pivoted to the bracket.
At the top Of each arm is Il strap which
encircles the belt. Normally the belt
is adjusted to the center step of the
pulley. and by throwing the lever up
ward the belt is forced to the next
speed. At all times the belt moves
freely within the straps.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-08-29
Straw berries Cause Of Insanity.

According to DR.. T.. L. Blomer. a Buff
falo physician. the statistics regaruin.
the insane OF the country in general
show that each year there is Il marked
increase in the number of persons who
o insane by the time the straw
berry season is we'll under way. When
the fruit disappears from the daily Ia
BILE. he asserts. records OF different asy-
lumS show the number Of cases de
creaSes.
DIR. RlOmer said he was unable to
explain why insanity cases should be
more numerous during the time when
shortcake and berries and cream are
IN general use. but added that he was
firmly convinced there was some pecul-
lar influence eXerted on persons Of a
certain nervous temperament by straw.
berries.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-08-29
CAMEO CUTTING.
Process Difficult by the
Hardness Of the Stone.

Dee Rendered Difficult by the
Hardness of the stone.
Canoes are cut from the stones onyx
and sardonyx, which are said to be so
plentiful on the Uruguay river, in Bra
I'll, that ships often carry them away as
ballast. Nevertheless. perfect pieces Of
large size are costly. A piece suitable
for a large portal costs about $75. This
stone is preferred for canoes because
OF its hardness and durability and is
suitable for such work owing to the
fact that 1t ONE in layers Of contrast
Ing colors, as black and white. black
and cream or red and white.
When the cut figure is sunk into the
stone instead Of being raised, the cut
ting is called an intaglio. The cost Of
these gems is due to the time and skill
required in the work. Formerly a
small gem might occupy an artist for
a year or MORE. but with modern appli-
ances the work can be done more rap
Idly. Still the ancient work bears the
palm for artistic excellence. The cut
ting is now done by holding the stone
against a revolving drill. whose soft
steel face is covered with diamond
dust. No steel is hard enough to cut
the stone. The utmost patience and
caution and delicate handling are re-
quired, as the slightest slip may spoil
the work.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-08-29

6he succeeded to the control Of her
fathers publishing interests and. he
sides her inherited work, has been ad.
mitted to the bar. written Il play and
financed Il theater. Miss Munro is M
accomplished musician. and amateur
actress and an expert horsewoman.
Taught by Maurice Hewlett. the IA
nous whip. she tools our-in-h hands
about New York city and has been
Tor some years Il notable figure ut
various horse shows. When but TWEEN
ty Miss Munro wanted to start Il mag
azlne. Not being Of age and IN control
OF her fortune. her lawyer asked her
where the funds were coming from,
"Out Of my income, Of course" an
swered the girl. Fewer gowns and a
little economy. I think. will supply the
FUNDS" The result Of this
was the lmpressionist. which lived a
year and made much talk.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-08-29

thus got witnesses to the phenomenon.
The sea vas calm and the moonlight
bright, but the animal SD obscured it.
self by the foam it thrashed ny that
its character could not he accurately
determined. In its movements it re-
semhled Il submarine travelling lust le-
low the surface.
If the word OF two such reputable
men as Mr.. Meade and Mr.. Nicoll is
not sufficient to convince the skaptics
that the sea serpent Is not Il myth.
confederation of their story may be
found III the naval records Of Great
Britain. In 1878 Captain McQuhae of
IL. NJ. s. naeualus saw Off the African
coast Il marine ophidian which, from
his recorded description, must have
looked enough like the Meade icoll
serpent to he its father. Sixty feet
long, Captain McQullac said it was.
with head and neck four feet out of the
water. 1t had no fins. but something
like seaweed washed about its back.
1t passed under the stern Of the Dae-
dalus, so close that Il mans features
rs boNS bSNh UiStlltSu lSlIVu Ill Tie
same distance. Captain McQuhae's
report created Il great sensation in
England and was derisively discredit,
ed by the late Professor Sir Richard
Owen. But professors are not infalli-
bic, and avenging time seems to have
established the t%ruthfulness Of the
doughty captain Of the Daedalus.
McQuhae had a drawing made Of his
serpent Immediately after it was seen.
The diameter OF the snake was about
fifteen inches ut the head. Its color
was dark brown. yellowish white ut
the throat.
Other fortunate m0rtals to whom the
shy sea serpent has shown himself are
the officers and crew Of the British
ship lmogene and the complement Of
H.. NJ. s. Flumper. The Imogene sight
ed It between Algoa bay and London
In 1856. Dec. 81, 1S4S, n naval officer
on the Plumper saw 1t neal Oporto and
drew iS picture. 1t Is also said to
have been zen on many occasions be-
tween Cape Cod and Penobscot bay.
as well as on the New Jersey coast.
Recently 1t was reported from Co.
chin China that a Frenchman had seer
q sea serpent with a curled mustache
and imperial. but this report has not
been well authenticated.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-08-29
Der German CObbler
And Cock Eued Sam
He Is Only a Tramp. but He Puts
Hans Wise as to How 10 In
crease His Business.

copyright, 1906. by Homer sprague.l
~ NE day l don't have one single
job of work in my shop, und l
~ vhas smoking my pipe und
wondering how long before I
go by dot poorhouse When a tramp
comes in. He vhas a man NIT a cock
eye. und he have a hole in one shoe. l
look AWAY from him und don't say
nottings. He looks AWAY from me und
don't say nottings. 1t vhas two min
utes before lie chuckles und says: s
"Everybody works but fadder, und
he looks lonesome. How about dat hole
In my shOe:"
ut vhas more like a shoe in il hole"
I says.
dot vhas 50. When 1t vhas small l
don't are how much water it let's in.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-08-29
Paper Making Material Plentiful

New materials from which paper can
be made are continually being discov-
cred. Recently pine waste has been
successfully manufactured into that
universal substance. without which so
many features Of modern civilization
could hardly survive. Fine paper can
be made from cornstalks and from rice
straw. In addition to spruce. pine. tir.
aspen. birch. sweet gum. cottonwood.
maple. cypress and willow trees all con-
lain fiber suitable for the manufacture
OF paper. Hemp. cotton. jute. Indian
millet and other fibrous plants can also
be nsed for this purpose. so that there
seems to be no danger Of a dearth Of
paper.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-08-29
CAPTAIN CAMERON WlNSIOW
COmman ller of the CharlestOn and
Son Of the arear Hero.

Comma ndler of the CharleAtOn and
Son of the Eearsarxe's Hero.
Captain Cameron McIsae Winslow.
commander of the cruiser Charleston.
on which Secretary of State Root sail
ed on July 1 to attend the pan-AMeri-
can congress in Rio de Janeiro. is a
son Of that Captain Ninslcw who com
manded the corvet Kearsarge, which
sank the Confederate cruiser Alabama
off Cherbourg In 1864. 1t was Cameron
Winslow. then a lieutenant in CON-
mand of the gunboat Nashville. who
went into Cienfuegos harbor in 1895
.knd cut the Spanish cable. Winslow
was in the Nashville's steam cutter,
accompanied by launches from the
Nashville and Marbleilead.
AFTER many attempts" he said in
telling of the fight. I'VE grappled the
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-08-29

! knew a gtrl-great glory. what q peach.
crime was she!
! couldn't figure how she saw her future
lord in me.
Fact is. she couldn't either, though in
cold or sunny weather
we gadded round to picnics. balls and
:heaters together.
she kH@" me so completely thai she
couIdn't fall in love
That -. at least. she didn't. though I
wooed her like a dove,
! brief. We never married; in its stead
we're bully friends.
- happy ever after" IL the way the
story ends.
q. W. Gillian in judge.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-08-29
MISS r N

Playwright. Musician. HOrne~voman.
Lawyer. Actress and Publisher.
Miss Norma Munro. to whom David
Leslie Carter. Sol of Mrs. Leslie Car
ter, the actress. recently announced his
engagement and who promptly denied
the soft Impeachment. is Il daughter Of
the ate Norman l.. Munro. the pub
llSncr. She was named after her
rather. as nearly rs possible. and in
herited the bulk of his great wealth.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-08-29
Amateur Photographer,

Lady (who is posing and rather tiredD
-Oh. my dear Mr.. Doolan, haven't you
yet got 1t all right for taking me?
Mr.. DOolan (amateur Photographer,
My dear lady, it'll be fine! You're
Just in the very attitude! Come round
now and see for yourself!-Chicago
Tribune.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-08-29

MES2 Ax1H3 LA0 kACIl Olu
- friend the sea SER
pent, whom they
SEA SERPENT. mourned as dead
and gone, Is dis
porting himself in southern waters
with all his old time playfulness. At
the last meeting of the Royal British
geological society two eminent natu-
ralists, E. B. Meade and NJ. ]. NicoL,
told how. when and where they saw
MIN. Twas off the blue Brazilian
coast that the good steam yacht Val
naila spoke his serene snakeship. The
Valhalla belongs to the Earl of Craw-
ford, who sails the seven seas in search
OF strange and startling sights, and he
sook the W scientists along to make
observations and atidayits for him.
At four bells of the morning watch
on the 9TH of December last Mr.. Meade
and Mr.. NicOll were on the Valhalla's
deck, scanning the horizon, when they
spled in the Offing a sail-like object
some o II feet long by two feet wide,
waving from side to side. No sooner
had they trained their glasses on this
queer object than a huge eel-like neck
appeared, as thick as a mans thigh
and six feet long. and ut the upper end
of this neck was a turtle-like head.
with large eyes, "rubbering'' high
above the level of the ocean, which
was now quite calm. The apparition
was dark colored above and silvery
beneath. After a few minutes neck
and head We're slowly lowered and
when level with the water were dashed
violently from side to side, churning
the sea into suds. Then the serpent
vanished into the Vastly deep.
Adverse winds kept the valhalla
within the area of the %serpent's appear
ance through the day. That night one
Of the officers saw Il strange cOmmO-
ton in the water. At first he thought
II was a big rock. With waves breaking
over it, but on careful examination he
found that it IA n beast of some
kind, travelling faster than the ship.
which was then making only about
eight and a half knots. He ''hailed
the deck" and the lookout man. and
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-08-29
BELT Sl1!FTER.
Speed of Machine Easily Changed By
Simple Operation.

S1mI1V VNcFSt1On.
Every mechanic is acquainted with
the difficulty of shifting an overhead
belt from n part of the pulley to the
other to change the speed Of the ma
chine. Generally the only means af-
forded is a long pole. and even if the
mechanic Is deXterOus a half dozen
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-08-29

T is said that more than half the
ostriches now in the United States
are the progeny of q single pair
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-08-29
The Valhalla's
Sea Serpent


ITO summer So
%jOurnerS on
the sad seas
shore come the
grateful tidings
that their old
friend the sea SER
pent, whom they
mourned as dead
- $500
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-08-29

Now dot it vhas SO big dot it takes in
paving stones | like to have 1t fixed"
ut vhas cash ON der nail if l fix it."