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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-11-07
GIANT MAGNETS,
The Operation of Lifting Monster
Loads With Them.

= me IA kS11tXDx MOuHVSE
Loads With Them.
The peculiar properties of an electric
current often lead one to fancy that
it may perchance be endowed with the
spirit of intelligence, so mysterious are
its inner workings.
A most curious use of electricity is
the adoption of lifting magnets in ma
chine shop and mill practice. An cleo
tro magnet in its simplest form con-
sists of q piece of soft iron wound with
q large number Of turns of insulated
copper wire. When an electric current
passes through the windings Of wire
the electric forces are converted into
magnetic forces and the coil of wire
and core of soft iron assume all the
characteristics Of a common steel mag
net.
The operation of lifting magnets is
quite simple. The magnet is attached
to the crane hook, and the ends of the
wire forming the coil are connected
directly with the dynamo. The crane
is then swung SO that the magnet is
suspended directly over the metal to
be removed. The magnet is then low
cred until 1t ONE in contact with the
object, the current is turned on, the
hoist Is raised and the mass of metal
to be moved clings to the magnet.
When the load reaches the desired
point 1t may he dropped without first
lowering the magnet or 1t may be low
cred. the current shut off and the ma
terial deposited gently. The crane op-
orator needs no help to load or un-
load, and the work can be done in half
to four men.-New York Herald.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-11-07
Practical Man.

The country clergyman was in his
garden attending to his creepers when
he noticed that II boy standing in the
road was watching his every move
ment with great interest.
well, my boy" he said, you'd no
doubt like to learn gardening you
seem SO interested In what l am do
Ing"
"'Tain't that" replied the boy. 9"
am waiting to hear what a clergyman
says when he hits his finger with the
hammer."-Pele Mele,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-11-07
No Catastrophe
Is Inevitable
BY MAURICE M~AETERLlNCk. sociolosist.
Philosopher and Dramatist

- ERHAPS it is not surprising that INSTINCT saves us
from great dangers, habtual and immemoral; from the
water, the fire, falls, shocks, animals. It evidently has
had habitation with them-an ATAVIC EXPERIENCE
Herewith which explains its agility. But what is marvel
most complex and the most unwonted inventions of our intelligence.
1t suf6ces to show at once the mechanism, the usage and the end Of
the most unlocked for machine, however strange and useless it may
be to our real and primitive needs, and it understands. Henceforth
in time Of need it will know the last secrets and the BEST MANIPU-
LATION that intelligence can devise.
This is why, however novel, however recent or however formidable
be the instrument, it may be affirmed that IN PRINCIPLE THERE
is NO INEVITABLE CATASTROPHE. The subconscious
always, in point of fact, is at the top Of all imaginable situations
should await the decisive movement of instinct which has resources as
inexhaustible as the universe or a nature.
Inequalities of instinct, which pertain rather to the promptness of
the appeal than to the quality of the aid, manifest themselves at all
accidents. Place two automobiles in two parallel dangers exactly
identical, ONE WILL ESCAPE, THE OTHER BE BRUISED.
In a carriage accident, of six persons three will act too inteligenty,
the other three will save themselves by actions that utterly are indie.
feasible on the grounds of reason. Can the instinct be educated9
This would require special study. In the interim it may be remarked
and systematic LIST Of the material forces of nature, Of all those enor-
nous things which W term nature, WE INCREASE THE DIS
TANCE that instinct has to cover in coming to our aid. This dis
tance, inappreciable among the savages, the simple, the humble, aug
ments with every step taken by our education, our civilization.
AN PERSUADED THAT WERE WE TO SURPRISE A PEASANT,
A LAeoRER, IN THE SAME CATASTROPHE WITH HIS PROPRIETOR,
HE WOULD HAVE TWO OR THREE CHANCES MORE OF ExrRl.
eating HIMSELF TAEREFRom THAN THE MORE EDUCATED MAN.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-11-07

Mother" says the doubling wife, II
do not believe Henry IL all that he
should be-"
"What Is wrong with him now
Agnes? \ short time ago you were
complaining that he stayed out too late
Of nights. Is he staying out later than
everT"
mo. He spends every evening at
home now. and really that looks to ms
as though he had something On his con
scie~nce."-I.ife.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-11-07
Might For Medical Treatment.

Medical treatment Is much more ef
fective by night than in the daytime
according to a French physician. DR.,
Laufer. In an address recently deliv,
cred before the Societe Therapeutique
Of Paris he called attention to the fact
that disease is most active Mt night and
that. Notwithstanding this. we giva
most Of our treatment, whether by
drugs or otherwise. by day. This hi
REGARDED a. a mistake
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-11-07
what He Needed to Know.

As the ocean liner was entering the
narrow channel the president Of the
steamship company, nervous, fussy
individual, came up to the pilot, a whisk-
cred old salt who had spent most Of
his many years on the sea.
Il suppose you know all the danger
Gus places in this channel" suggested
the resident.
The pilot, looking straight out into
the night. gruffly replied. "Nore"
"You DON'T" said the magnate. "Then
why on earth are you in charge of that
wheel? What do you known"
Il know where the bad places ain't,'
replied the old pilot.-Woman's Home
Companion.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-11-07
THE BLOUSE,
Its Name Came Originally From Pc
| lusiuM, In Egypt.

Its Name Came Originally From Pc.
lusiuns, In Egypt.
The envi!ons of Potassium, in lower
Egypt. in ages past stood foremost
among sunny lands where the culture
Of indigo and the manufacture of fab
RIGS died with it were the principal in
dustries. In the middle ages. when the
Crusaders landed on the coast of
Egypt and entered Pelsium. where
Port Said is now situated, they pur-
chased quantities of the blue material,
which they cast over their panoply Of
war. Afterward the same material
was made in France and became the
fabric of which the working garment
Of the male peasant was made and is
to this day.
The III of the locality was given
the French production, but contracted
to Telouse, which later on was changed
to blouse pronounced bluze). The
smock ORR by English male peasants
is a similar garment and, though It Is
not written In history that the blouse
crossed the channel soon after its
entry into France, it would seem
probable from the fact that In other
times the smock was now and then
called Il "blowse."
This, fair ladies', ia the origin of the
garment of our warmest affection, to
which we have Loyalty chung for years
In spite Of many ruthless detractors
aud will rovHnvN0 - IA ~o co+-,{<1n
standing the fact that, whether called
''bluze" or "blowse," it Is not of aristo.
cratic lineage.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-11-07
Those College Boys.

4AVSS SOuSSS 0OySs
There's nothing SO happy, so gay and so
AS boys who are trying to make a degree.
They shout till their Threats are as rough
as a file
And ogle and stare at the ladies mean
while.
On work they are short as a mother made
pie:
For football and gym work they Nn-
stantly sigh;
They don't give a rap for the way the
world goes;
They think that 1t lies at the tips of their
toes.
A chemical test of our varsity boys
Most likely would show big percentage Of
noise,
Together with nerve to put up a good
front.
And come out all right when they're do
ing their stunt.
They swagger and boast with an infinite
gall
And think hat the world will respond to
their call;
They spend all the dollars their daddies
can send
And learn how It Is for themselves at the
end.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-11-07
Chance Of a Lifetime.

"Her daughter is going to marry the
landlord"
Il suppose she is greatly pleased"
"Oh. tickled to DEATH"
"IIe must be Il great catch?"
"Oh, it isn't that. She has rented
from him for eight years and she Is
just dying to serve n term as his moth
er-in-law."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-11-07

Father Cat head of stairs)-Ethel.
what time is it? Ethel Tin drawing
room)-lt's Il quarter past 10. father.
Father-All right. Don't forget to start
the clock again after the young mar
goes out to get his breakfast Stray
Stories.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-11-07
True Education of Children

BY the Lord Bishop Of Ripon
~ HE social tendencies of the time are developing more and
more the social conscience.
1t is felt that a wise and understanding people should
make the best possible provision for the upbringing of the
next generation.
The children Of today will be the strength and in a great degree the
directing force of the nation tomorrow.
Let us see to it that they arc fitted for the high duties which will
fall in their hands. The education problem needs intelligence and care
in every direction.
We NEED TO CONSIDER THE RELATIONS OF BODILY HEALTH
AND CONDITION TO STUDY AND WHOLESOME DEVELOPMENT.
We need to consider how far general rules and regulations intended
to foster effective education may in the end CRIPPLE AND HAM.
PER 1T. ~~
We recognize that some code is probably necessary. Teachers are
human and are not all equally gifted, and for the least capable, inteli-
gent and original teachers the existence of certain regulations may be
desirable and even needful.
But there r other teachers, and they arr more numerous than
the brains tight bound with red tape would suppose, whose real chec-
tive force is weakened and crippled by the tyrannous monotony Of the
time table.
When a general is in the field you will, if you are wise, give him
as free a hand as possible e, if "you' arc possessed of average COM
mon sense.
A teacher is in a sense a general in the field. lie has to deal with
conditions which can hardly be anticipated by those who draw up
CODES AND REGULATIONS. We know only too painfully how
often the well meant rules by which he is bound are inAictng definite
and lifelong injury o the children, yet he has II option. lie must
fulfill the prescribed routine, WHETHER APPROPRIATE OR
NOT. Any attempt at originality or at a wise variation in methods is
looked upon with suspicion. The theory in vogue is sometimes hostile
to healthy freedom of method.
Is THE BEST TEACHER THE MAN WHO MOST sEpuLousLv
AND MOST PuNcrUALLv FuLFlLLs THE TIME TABLE OR THE
MAN WHO TURNS OUT CHILDREN ABLE TO EXERCISE THEIR
WILLS UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF SWEET REAsoNAeLENEss AND
POSSESSED OF SOME WORTHY IDEALS OF LIFE AND ouTv'
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-11-07
Her Desire.

"John, is it true that money talks?"
"That's what they say, dear"
"Well, l wish you'd leave a little
here to talk to me during the day. I'm
getting mighty lonesome for some Of
that conversatiOn.'-HOustOn Post.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-11-07
Words Versus Actions.

DeFOrem time, II p. NIL believe
In the chap who has plenty of push and
go in his makeup.
Miss Cuttings Nawning)-So do l.
But I'm afraid I'll have to get papa
to give you a push in order to start you
going.--Town Topics.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-11-07
Re Work

mays husband is quite a bright fel-
low. isn't he:"
Hes nothing less than a genius.
Why, he made her people like him
from the very start."-Punch.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-11-07
A Feminine Discrepancy

"How time flies! Who would think
my little Emily was almost ten years
old!'
Yes, l car remember when She was
born. just fourteen years ago. New
Orleans Times Democrat.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-11-07
Found Ont.

"Young man, what's this sediment ut
the bottom Of the milk iar?'
THAT'S the cream, ma'am. Our
cream is so rich and heavy that it
won't float. 1t sinks. How many
quarts this morning, ma'am? "-Chicago
Tribune.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-11-07
Couldn't Do Il.

"Now," said young Sapeid grandly,
II never talk scandal"
NO." murmured Miss ID. Mure soft
~. ut would be so unbecoming. you
know, as YOU always talk about your
SELF"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-11-07
His ThOughts Were Of Her.

She-Father consents to our mar
rage, but lie wishes us to wait four
years. Oh. Carlo, don't look like that.
You will be still young at that time.
He-My treasure. l was not thinking
Of myself.-n Motto per Ridere.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-11-07
A Handy Metallic Ladder.

Only those who have had the expe-
Renee Of going up Dr. down a rope lad
der know how trying 1t Is. 1t would
be almost impossible for any v
person to attempt 1t without falling.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-11-07

Wagner's opera. die Meistersinger,"
was sung for the first time in America
at the Metropolitan Opera House Jan.
4, 1896.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-11-07
The March Of Proxre...

Il datter myself that my latest
story does something toward bringing
the art Of fiction up to date"
SLOW sO:"
1T begins with the divorce Of the
hero and heroine Judge.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-11-07
"f10nesty Is the Best Politics.

BY Governor JOSEPH W. FOLK O Mhsourt
- HE man who violates the law is neither a Democrat nor a Re-
publican. HE IS A RASCAL. And as such he ought to
be prosecuted. Politicians today are beginning to realize
that honesty is the best POLITICS, as we'll as the best
POLICY. 1t is now generally conceded that a rascal is a rascal still,
whether he calls himself a Republican o r a Democrat.
PARTIsANsHIP IS A GOOD THING SOMETIMES, BUT PATRIOT.
Ism Is A GOOD THING ALL THE TIME.
There was once a man who said to his friends, II wish I could die
for my country" That man subsequently, brought to his knees
and confessed to his part II a plan which showed he bnbed an entire
municipal assembly to pass a franchise bill which he was back of.
PATRIOTISM was on his lips. TREASON WAS IN HIS HEART.
The greatest impeachment to good government is the INDIFFER-
ENCE of citizens with regard to their duty as such. l refer
SPECIALLY to politics.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-11-07
The Afterelap.

In the spring the
y o man 3
fancy
Lightly turns to
thoughts of love,
And he marrieS
merry Mary.
While the organ
plays above.
In the fall he sits
and wonders
AS the leaves be-
gin to turn
Where he's going to
For the coal they'll
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-11-07
Scenery Didn't Count.

Were the places you visited ut.
t%ractive?"
Eyes, indeed. They have the love-
Hest lot of souvenir postals that you
ever saw"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-11-07
Hu1mor ana Philosophy
BY DUNCAN N. SMITH
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

A barefaced lie isn't nearly SO dan
gerous as a two faced lie.
The man who wins is his own excus
for occupying the earth.
II always looks so foolish to see an
other fellow suffering with the tooth
ache.
We don't notice other peoples faults
80 much when they are paying close
attention to our virtues.
The world is growing better, but not
at such a rapid rate that 1t Is likely to
yearn to support you and your family
Just out of the goodness of its heart.
A new hair ribbon is as dear to a lit
tie girls heart as his big automobile is
to her dad.
If the man in the moon isn't a high
liver, he looks it.
Learning to smoke seems to make a
small boy able to yea harder.
Most women insist on having their
own way and then get mad at some
man because he did not restrain them.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-11-07

Chappeigh-I have just bought a spir-
tied horse and I'm going for a long
ride tomorrow.
Miss Guyer-How nice. l shall come
and see you Off.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-11-07

If the man in the moon isn't a high
liver, he looks it.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-11-07

A new hair ribbon is as dear to a lit
tie girls heart as his big automobile is
to her dad.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-11-07

Most women insist on having theil
own way and then get mad at some
man because he did not restrain them.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-11-07
Queer.

Queer.
"How odd 1t Is"
"Wyhatf"
"Billy Is beginning to play even"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-11-07

Learning to smoke seems to make 9
small boy able to swear harder.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-11-07

II always looks so foolish to see an
other fellow suffering with the tooth
ache.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-11-07

We don't notice other peoples faults
so much when they are paying close
attention to our virtues.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-11-07

The man who wins is his own excuse
for occupying the earth.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-11-07

A barefaced lie isn't nearly SO dan
gerOus as q two faced lie.
The daily Alaskan., 1906-02-08
Nor1 E OF MA sHAL's SALE

| PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that by virtue Of q writ Of execution, dated December l 2ISt 1905 Issued out Of the District Court, for the District of Alaska, Division No. l, thereon, on a Judgement, deCreelO lOf foreclosure, an order l of sale Of real and personal property. rendered ! and entered In said court on the 18th day Of | December 1905, In favor of the Washington | National Bank, of Seattle, Washington, 8 cor | poration, the Scandinavian American Bank, Of l Seattle, Washington. corporation, and Le- | Roy NJ BaCkus against the Alaska tlshiries l Union, corporation, I have on this 5th day l of January, ieO6, levied upon the following de- | scribed real and personal property, situated at or near Chilkat Inlet about four miles below the old town of Chilkat in the District of Alaska, to-wit:
 That certain cannery building S0x22o feet, with an "L 6OXliO feet 2H stories night Shlnge roof. Mess House 24x2s feet. stories, Shtngle roof.
 one Chinese house SE7O feet, two stories,
 -T one suDsrintendent's dwelling 22x29 feet, ? stories with kitchen l4xls feet, story, shingle one barn I2x2O feet, story.
 One hsherman's house IlS6O feet. One story (0 log buildings One sawmill 3OxSO feet, story
 0neE & T. sawmiil complet except s. iron
 On; log haul complete except cable. Three saws.
 one Carriage complete.
 70 10" rubber belting, 6.ply Two 12" Snatch blocks.
 Also the following being situated on Hudson bay. directly across from HOonah, in the Dis trict of Alaska, to wit: One web house.
 OEe mess house and store.
 One Blacksmith shop.
 Also the following fish traps, situated in the District Of Alaska, as follows, tO-wit:
 One fish trap located on Chicoot Inlet, be- tween Haiues Mission and the cannery Of the Columbia Canning Co
 one fish trap located at Seduction Point, about three mics below the Alaska Fisheries cannery.
 one fish trap located on the east side of Lynn canal almost opposite the south end Of Sulu'
 Two fish traps located on the the east side ot Lynn canal near Seward City.
 Two fish traps located on Icy straitsr nearly opposite HOonah.
 And that will on the 18th day of February 1906, at the hour of 10 o'clock, A, NJ, on said day, at the c3nnery building, on Chilkat and known as the A. Y. U., sell all the above de scribed property. or so much thereof as may be necessary, 10 satisfy plaintin Judgment, with interest thereon and costs and attorney lees to the highest and best bidder for cash, law ful money of the United States
 Dated at skagway, Alaska, this o'h day or January 1906 -r
 United states Marshal for the District Of Alaska, DiVison, No. 1, at Juneau.
 By H. L, JOHNSON Deputy
The daily Alaskan., 1906-02-08
WAY ROOSEVELT IS POPULAR

Senator Lodge, in defending Presi- dent Roosevelt from the atta"ks of sen- ato-s, democrats and republicans, for his alleged practice in taking the law in h,s own hands as in the case of Pan ana, San Domingo, the Algeciras con- ference, etc and for his So.called pre- diliction to the strong arm and big s,ic5, said that all these things had been settled in the last election. He said they were the issues of the cam paien a-d the people had voted their approval Of them all.
 It is not likely that historians will agree with the Massachusetts states man. President Roosevelt is the most popular man that has come to the front in American politics for many years, TO, because of his defects, but because of his virtues. His great majority in the .ast presidential election was due to the fact that the people believe he stands for a square deal. He believes the common people have rights that should be respected. He refuses to put the dollar above the man. Because of these things and in spite of the things for which Senator Lodge defended him is President Roosevelt enthroned in the hearts of the American people. The democrats tried to make the last campaign UT on the uniortune features in the presidents makeup, but the people would not have it that way. They preferred to consider his honesty and courage, a: d the lack of demo cratic stability.
The daily Alaskan., 1906-02-08

An the dencacies of the season at the
The daily Alaskan., 1906-02-08
ACT FOOLS PARTS

Of course. this constant reference to the real newspapers of Alaska, those which publish the news, fight for advancement and are not quitters, as Seattle boosters" by the few sycophautic tory papers which remain in the district, is only an. attempt to distract the attention of the peoDle from the real issues that con front Alaska. That is thoroughly un- ders,ood. Their parts resemble in many respects those of the kings fools, who were paid price to amuse those whom schemers would have to forget serious ust5ers. It is only necessary, once iu a great while, to call attention to the ridiculous antics of these fools that one might know that they are not real, but only seem,
 These kings fools lhow naturally one turns to mouarchical institutions for Urecedents with which to compare Alaskan tories) pretend to base their accusations on the fact that the real newspapers of Alaska, after failing to -,.,bs >C,r,s cbauber of commerce to change the place of.convening the con ven,ion it had called from Seattle to some place in Alaska, urged that the convention be made representative ol the district and not misrepreSentative, as i, would be were only few com' mpoities represented there, and because they are now assisting the delegates oI tba, convention, which acted in ac' cordance with the prevailing senti' ment of Alaska, to secure those things for which they were sent to Washing ton.
 The fact is that the Daily Alaskan and nearly every other hOme-rule pa per were very emphatic in their de ma1ds that the proposed convention be held iu Alaska, and they made their fgh, when it was yet time. They did nc, wait until after the convention was over and then attempt to destroy the good work done. So strenuously did the Daily Alaskan oppose the idea ofu Seattle convention that the Post InteIligencer gave it a column editorial, deuouuciug it as a hster Of Seattle.
 The trouble with the kings fools is that their masters wanted DO cOnven- tiOu; they wanted no convention be- cause they oppose progress and desire a continuation of our monarchical form of government. Hence, all their bray iDu
The daily Alaskan., 1906-02-08

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