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AN ISLAND IN THE AIR.
One Of the Wonders Of Prehistoric
Pueblo Architecture.

One Of the Wonders Of Prehistoric
Pueblo Architecture.
Three miles south Of the Mesa En-
cantada, in Mexico, is a splendid speci-
men of fantastic erosion-an island
in the air, a rock with overhanging
sides nearly 400 feet high, seventy
acres In area on the fairly level top,
indented with countless great bays,
notched with dizzy chasms. The great
er part Of the island o%verhangs the sea
like a huge mushroom, and on the top
stands a town which for artistic charm,
chronological interest and romantic his
tory has nc peer.
This little town of Ancoma is one of
the most perfect types of the prehis-
toric Pueblo architecture. Most Of the
houses remain of the type invented
when every house must be a fort. One
climbed a ladder to his first roof and
pulled up the ladder ut night, living
on the second and third floors and
using the ground floor as a cellar.
Against enemies armed only with bows
and arrows this was a fair defense.
Comfort had to be sacrificed to safety.
Nothing except the eagle sought such
inaccessible eyries as these victims of
their own civilization.
Because they We're farmers instead
of ~freebooters, because they had homes
instead of being Migrants, they We're
easy to find, and they We're the prey of
a hundred nomad tribes. With incon-
ceivable labor this island town in the
air was built and fortified. It was
reached only by a mere trail of toe
holes up the stem Of the mushroom"
The age Of the island is not known,
except that it was already old in 1910,
when the first explorer visited it and
wrote an account Of It's wonders.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-07-15
WHEN SHE GIVES UP.
The Frenchwoman Of Years Dozen.
crates Into q Dowdy.

The Frenchwoman Of Years pc1en,
crates Into a Dowdy.
The French have a nea phrase fol
the woman who, growing old, throws
OIL, with the follies Of middle age. al
%pretensions to toilet, charm or COCO
looks. They say. in a word. that she
has abdicated.
But when the Partisan queen uJdi
Gates she does it in no half hearted
manner. Her dowdiness Is a thing tt
make elegant elderly American women
stand aghast. The British matron OF
mature years is a dangerous siren CON.
pared with her French prototype.
From being a plump. silver voiced
enchantress she changes to an un.
wieldy mass of flesh, with a baritone
voice. a small bonnet twinkling with
jet placed far back on her parted and
scraped hair and with black clothes of
nameless fashion and depressing dinci.
ness.
This elderly Frenchwoman NAV be a
dowager duchess from the Faubourg
or the cherished spouse of your grocer.
The type Is the same.
The fact is that the French are an
eminently practical. not to say mate
rial. race. and the Frenchwoman is the
very embodiment Of these national
idiosyncrasies.
"What is the USE" they would argue,
''of running up bills for dresses and
what not when there Is no chance OF
any longer pleasing? Why not enjoy
the pleasures of the table. even II YOU
waist assumes alarming proportions,
when they are the only pleasures left?
Why try to speak in dulcet tones when,
as everybody knows. it Is the grand
mother who has always the final word
in the French family and. whatever
the ,imbre Of her voice, her family will
be sure to listen to it,"
This frank acccptation of old az,
and all that it implies is not without
Its advantages. and. ut any rate. YOU
are spared In Partisan society the spec-
tacle that Is too familiar in other lands
OF grandmothers still dancing in span
glcd tUlle.-Iondon Sketch.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-07-15
Olympic LaureIs.
The Great Games In the Sta
dunn ut London In July-Com.
memoration Medals-Ameri-
can Team and Its Prospects.

the athletic world no event can
compare in interest this year with
the Olympic games which are to
be held in London in July. From
nearly all the countries Of the globe
amateurs representing the muscle and
endurance and skill of their respective
nations will gather at the British CAPT.
tai to battle for the world supremacy
In the way the Greeks did in the days
Of their pristine vigor. When the
Olympic games were established, some
hundreds of years before the Christian
era, the Greeks thought themselves the
only people worth taking into consider
alton and other nations only ''barbari-
ans" Since that time q good many
other nations have come to count for
something. but the Greeks are still in
many respects a great nation. as those
who attended the Olympic games held
at Athens in 1906 discovered.
The United States will send a splen-
did team to contest with the other
athletes in the various events Of this
years games. 1t will be made up
largely of men from the colleges, in
this respect being different from the
team sent to Greece two years ago, for
then the games were held Mt a time
which made it difficult If not impossi-
bic for college men to compete. July
Is a month when they a easily take
part, being right in the middle OF the
usual college vacation. The games
form part of the .Anglo-French eXposi-
ton which is being held in London this
summer and are to take place in a
great stadium which has been erected
for the purpose and which cost $780,
600. 1t will hold 10000 people and
will be opened by King Edward VII.
on July Is. The games begin the next
day and continue until July %. There
will he 100 events. the most popular
of which will be the twenty-five mile
Marathon race. which is to start in the
kings palace mt Windsor and end at
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the stadium. There would be o5,C4O
entries in the games If all the countries
entitled to representation III each event
sent men to fiji the allotted places. OF
course they will not. Nevertheless the
contestants will form a very large and
distinguished looking lot OF men. Great
Britain will spend a great deal Of
money in entertaining the visitors.
The medals alone will cost So, 500.
They are now on exhibition Mt the
London Royal academy and are the
work Of the noted sculptor Bertram
Mackennal. The prize medals are
struck in gold, silver and bronze for
first, second and third prizes respec-
lively and the commemoration medals
IN silver and bronze. The inscription OH
the diverse commemoration medal
gives the name Of Ellis, where the an
Client Greeks held their games and the
places at which they have been held
since their revival in 1896. The de-
sign represents a Greek runner return
Ing home from victory. The reverse Of
each medal. designed for use on the
occasion OF the London Olympiad only,
Is a beautiful figure Of Fame, t~ypifying
the modern revival of the games. On
this side are the words, "In Comment
Grafton Of the Olympic Games Held In
London, 1905"
1t Is fortunate that the American
Olympic committee has been able to
secure the cream Of the college talent
for the London meet. for it will make
It certain that America will have even
a stronger team than was sent to
Athens two years ago. 1t will be par
tcularly strong in field \~events. Star
athletes will be furnished from all
parts OF the United States. and there
Is every reason to hope that they will
bring back laurels Of which their u
trymen may we'll be proud.
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No Need Of Them Some Oav,

At a monthly examination a boy Of
fourteen failed to spell Is per cen Of
his words correctly. The tutor told
him this was surprising and must not
happen again. The boy replied that he
thought he had done pretty we'll on
the whole.
"You must study those words over
and over again." replied the tutor.
"This must not occur at any future
time. Study them so that you can re-
member them forever"
The boy stood still in silent contem-
plation for a few moments and then
remarked:
II was just thinking that l wouldn't
live that long."-Harper's Weekly.
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Saluting the Quarter Deck.

One OF the oldest customs in the
navy and n that is often puzzling to
the landsman Is that of 'saluting the
quarter deck" Many have the hazy
idea that the national colors are its
object and that it is merely a naval
fad. While to a certain extent it is a
fad, it is n Of hoary antiquity, be.
Ing a survival Of the days when a cru.
cifiX was placed OF the stern of a ship
and was always saluted as a matter
OF course. When the crucifix was taken
away the old feeling still remained.
and men continued to salute the place
where 1t had been. The younger gen.
Grafton initiated their elders, and the
salute became a habit and continues
until this day.-Los Angeles Times.
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$48 and that the same must be paid
before he took his accustomed place
at the breakfast table and made his
accustomed kicks about the coffee and
the steak. She vas a large woman
with an iron jaw. and Major Crofoot
saw trouble ahead.
Excuse me, madam" he said as he
let the rest of the spots go and put on
his coat. Did you wish to see Major
C~rofoot?"
I'm seeing him right now," she re-
piled as she passed him and took a
! seat.
1.-The name? l don't think we have
met BEFORE"
THE name is Jones, and l don't
want any Of your soft soap. Major
Crofoot, you are a deadbeat and a
scoundrel!!"
Jones, Jones?" he unused. Il knew
q lady named Jones a long time ago
yes, a perfect lady; noble looking
and of commanding presence, the same
ed that lady, and even though she
married a millionaire and went to
Denver to live l could not help taking
her going as a personal loss.
Owes $4s.
"Tommyrot! Major, you owe me $4s,
and l want it. l have been on your
trail for almost two years."
what: Do l behold Jones before
me-Mme. Jones-the Jones-the noble
lady Of the past? 1t cannot be. and
yet-and yet l do see a faint resem-
blance now that you have mentioned
the name."
"You will see a stronger one before l
leave this Office. A man that will hog
down provisions and muss up beds
the way you did and then beat his
landlady out Of $4s ought to be sent
to prison for five years. Major, talk
business. I want the dough-"
II beat you out Of $4S?" he cried as
both hands went up in horror.
"Forty-eight, and here's the bill. l
ought to have enough interest to make
it an even fifty"
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS is this? One
night while l was a boarder in your
house-and, ah, what a table you did
set.-I was summoned to London by
a cablegram. Millions were at stake.
couldn't wait to bid you goodby. |
gave the money to a fellow boarder to
hand to you and explain, and when l
returned to America it was to hear
that you had become the wife Of a
millionaire and left the landlady bust
ness forever. And did the man prove
recreant to his trust?'
"Not at all. He helped you get your
old duds out Of a back window at mid
night. You had found another land.
lady to bamboozle. Just fifty with
the added interest, major"
"And he proved recreant, and all
this time you have thought l was a
deadbeat. The scoundrel. The assas-
Sin! Excuse my language, Mrs. Jones.
but you can see the excitement l am
laboring under"
YES, you turned as white as a ghost
when YOU saw me come in. and you
haven't got your natural color back
yet The long green. major. the long
green!"
with the greatest Of pleasure,
Madam Jones. l must and do hold my
self responsible for the debt. You
shall have a check in a moment. First.
however. I wish to bark back a lit
tle."
ITO the night you went out Of the
back window. l suppose:"
"Nadam. when had the honor RI no
a boarder in your house-and was ever
a boarding house run like yours?-l
was in financial straits. l was laying
the foundation for a fortune. but the
world was cold and distrustful. You
were one Of the very few that had con-
fidence in me. You trusted me. You
said to yourself that Major Crofoot
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-07-15
Private Theatrjcals.

In some private theatricals a fugitive
from justice was supposed to escape
from his pursuers by %concealing him.
self under a table. The table was
small, and the terrified fugitive was
somewhat lengthy.
The commander of the pursuing par
ty rushed or the stage and fell over
the legs of the man he was searching
for. Picking himself up and ludicrous-
ly rubbing his shins. he convulsed the
audience by exclaiming in true dra-
matte style:
"Ha. ha! The dastardly villain has
eluded US again. Philadelphia In
quirer.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-07-15
A knotty Point.

Mister" said Broncho Bob as the
travelling mar got of the railway train,
ARE you a lawyer?'
mo"
do vou think there's a lawyer on
board?"
II don't think 50. What is the
troubles"
"Well, Crimson Gulch has been put
tin on some style lately, and it's get
tin us plumb confused. What We want
to find out is whether it's legal to
lynch a man for stealin' an automobile
the same as for stealin' a hoss."-
Washington Star.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-07-15
A Cold Night In China.

One of the facts that ineffaceahlv
cut into my memory during my first
winter in N%ewchwang was the finding
on II morning about New Years time
t~hirty-tive masses of ice. each mass
having been a living man at 10 O'Clock
the preceding night. The thermometer
was a good bit below zero. The men
Dad just left the opium dens. whore
they had been enjoying themselves.
The keen air sent them to sleep, and
they never wakened. - North China
Herald.
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Bobby's Reason,

Little Bobby was saying his prayers
Mt his mothers knee, but so rapidly
that she asked him why he did not
speak more slowly.
because, you know he replied. ut
would keep all the other children wait
ing.'-Lippincott's.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-07-15
MRS. MAE WOOD.
Woman Who Claims That Senator
Thomas c. Plat Made Her His Wife.

Mrs. Mae Wood. who brought a suit
for divorce against Senator Thomas G.
Platt of New York. found herself
quickly transferred from the position
Of plaintiff to that Of a defendant by
the action of the court. The judge dis
missed her suit. and because Of the
sworn statements she had made in it
she was charged with perjury, remand
ed for the consideration of the grand
jury and in default Of bail was COM
mitted to Jail. being released later.
Mrs. Wood said that Senator Plat
married ner at his apartments in the
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-07-15
Pointed,

Lady (at railway station. to porter
Now, porter. are you sur I have all my
luggage in the train? Porter-Yes.
ma'am. Lady-Nothing left behind?
Porter-Nothin' ma'am-not even q
copper. ma'am!-London Scraps.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-07-15
Why He Mourned.

OFlannagan came home one night
with a deep band Of black Grape around
his hat.
"Why. Mike" exclaimed his wife.
what are ye wearin' thot mournful
thing for?"
I'm wearfn' it for yer first hus.
band" replied Mike firmly. I'm sorry
he's neutrality-suspicious. Magazine.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-07-15
What Pietv Ia.

In the course Of a discussion on hy-
giene in one Of the medical societies a
speaker in illustrating his remarks
said. MANY a man thinks he is pious
when he is only bilious."-New York
Press,
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Particular,

She-l suppose you are busy down
Mt the restaurant these days:
He-I should say so. Why. I'm KEEP.
20 busy that l hardly have time to 60
out to get a bite to eat!-Yonkers
Statesman.
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PROGRESS Reported,

did you have any luck fishing?"
YES"
"How many did you catch""
Il didn't catch any. but I thought NJ
some mighty good stories to tell the
folks at home."-Bohemian Magazine.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-07-15

1t is the mind that maketh good or
Ill. that maketh wretchedness OF hap
piness. rich or poor.
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MRS. RUTH BRYAN LEAWTT
The Talented Daughter Of the Noted
Democratic Statesman.

The newspapers keep William ]. Bry-
an busy denying something or other
about his daughter. Mrs. Ruth Bryan
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-07-15

Wife-My dear, you have nothing to
complain OF. You have everything that
l want. What mor could you wish
for?
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The CRANOPR0MOTER
Sees Trouble Ahead When Mad.
am Jones Calls For Back Board.
WORKS HIS GAME OF BLUFF.
After Being Called All Kinds Of Harsh
Names by Ex.landlady the Major
Succeeds In Getting Out Of a Rather
TIGHT Hole.

Copyright, 1908. by T. c. McClure.1
The grand promoter had a basin Of
soapsuds and a sponge and was work.
Ing away at the grease spots on his
coat when the Office door opened and
In walked his landlady. BY some over
sight he had forgotten to lock the
door. 1t was not his present landlady.
not the n before the present one,
not the one he had had in a year or
two. 1t was the landlady whose
boarding palace he left one night be-
cause she insisted that he owed her
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-02-22
IN LEATHER
NOVELTIES OF THAT MATERIAL
NOW FAVORED.
Most Attractive Are the LittIe Access
series SO Popular with the Well
Dressed Woman-Oauntiet
Gloves Are Smart

Leather plays a more important part
each succeeding season In the fur
nishinEs and fittings OF those smart
accessories that are an indispensable
part OF every well-dressed woman 8
OUTFIT The display OF imported leath-
ers is unusually varied and IN the
array are many articles both novel
and useful and very smart ia line and
finish.
One Of the pretuest and most at
tractive of the just unpacked novelties
is a small balloon-shaped bag that viii
hold change. paper money. a handker-
chief perhaps and stin leave "A corner
for one OF those tiny leather opera
glasses that fold into Q small oblong
case and that every woman either
owns or wants 20 own. The Ritz" is
the name OF this particular bag and It
is made of new black patent leather.
warranted not 20 crack or split or do
any OF the mean tricks that patent
leather has been capable Of doing. The
lining is white MORE silk. the frame
gold plated and a little change purse
Is attached inside, with slender gilt
chains that insure IFS safety and make
most attractive appearance.
The Ritz is almost the only bag
whose proportions suggest rotundity.
The prevailing fad is for very fat
shapes, even in bags designed for
travelling while all The various car
rage and shopping bags are notably
nat and very large. so that their ca
pacity is not impaired by their fat
ness. In the best leather goods the
idea Of fitness is pre-cminent. and
however much attention is giycn to
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-02-22

Heavy lace is used almost exclusive
ly for the most expensive blouses. but
though it IS extremely elegant the de-
signers DO not hesitate 10 burden 10
with embroideries of an kinds. IL Is
fortunate for the woman who must
ever consider the bauetul subject-in
dress-of economy. however. chat so
much can be done with the various
nets Of which hlet IS easily the most
fashionable
Net. however, is not used only for
shirtwaists and fancy blouses. but is
coming more and more in vogue as a
dress trimming. IL is da.ned boldly
with silk floss in handsome designs.
principally floral. although there is a
leaning to other patterns which give
play for greater originality of outline
and cOlOring
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-02-22

smortness Of line and appearance. the
idea 90 usefulness is never overlooked
Marvellous are some OF the newest
models for 1905 in their compactness
and capacity. as wen as in the beauty
OF their fittings aud that perfection OF
detail and finish which appeals ire
sisubly 90 people OF refinement
For carriage and auto uso there are
some especially attractive things. Very
Eat bags OF an the fashionable leatl-
ers, 90 be carried in the present
fashion-under a woman's arm: utuc
leather klts-like a dolls suitcase Ga
size and form-httod With every reoui-
site for hasty toilet, from manicure
implements 90 salve and jewelry box
es. The fittings are OF sterling silver.
sold plated and monogrammcd. while
a small cloth slip comes with each
kit slipped over it when travelling to
save the leather from being scratched
or married. The whole case with It's
contents measures only seven by eight
Inches when closed and IS only 80
inches thick.
a pocketbook OF fine lizard. snake.
or velvet pissMn that measures eight
inches Ia length by about three in
width is desicned for use With the
modish mua that win soon be an indis-
pensable accessory OF milady's toilet
Here again the design is as practical
as the appearance is elegant. Nothing
mars the smooth dciicacy Of finish
In this purse. and there is no metal
TO wear out dainty mun Innings. Ex-
cept for the tiny skeleton clasp this
pocketbook depends for its smartness
solely on the hneness Of its leather.
it's perfect finish and it's novel shane.
The gauntlet gloves in the sketch
are the very latest smart wrinkle for
wear with tailored attire. The naring
cuff is both practical and distinctive.
with the long coatsleeve. while the
tiny monogram on one glove only is
a matter 10 be decided solely by indi-
vidual taste.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-02-22
How 10 CO 81 - 80

It is a more difficult feat To cut a
skirt from plaid or striped material
than one would imagine. for Il is hard
70 match the plaid or stripe without
wasting a great deal OF goods. Place
the center Of the front gore exactly
over the middle of the plaid or stripe.
This same thing should be done when
cutting q circular skirt Now place the
edge OF the cut gore, on the width
for a circular skirt. 10 the uncut ma
terial and match the crosswise stripes,
moving the gore up or down a block
or stripe until it matches exactly.
Then lay the cut edge Of the second
gore to the uncut material and match
as before. continuing this until the
skirt is ell cut out
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-02-22

No application is better for luster-
less hair than elt Rub wen into the
roots of the ha.- at night. then Tie I'D
in a large handkerchief OF wear
nightcap- Brush cui the salt in the
morning Several applications viii
stow marked Improvement iu the ap-
pearanco Of tle hair
II you are going 90 a dance OF re-
caption and DO aot wish your face 10
have a shiny look. then use this
preparation. which is perfectly harm
less and gives Cd beautiful white color
% the skin: Take "a ha,f cup OF hot
water and place in is one teaspoonful
~ lemon Juice a little cologne and
two tahlesuoCnfH's o. Epson salts.
After washing ana drying the face.
peur a little OF this mixture in the
bands and rub over the face and neck
until IL dries. You wiz be surprised
how white and smooth il makes the
sSin II YOU desire you can use a
Bfnkish-white powder over this. and
your face VIII be clear and white all
evening tEain. this preparation cures
Pfmples and also smooths tho skin. A
bottle OF this can bee made at home
for FIVE cents.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-02-22

per one plain at the edge. the under
one cut in turrets; loops OF cord and
Veivctcovercd buttons connect the
edges or the two. and buttons are
sewn on the turrets OF the under one.
The same style OF trimming IS car
ried out on the bodice 10 form bre-
tellos; lace is laid under the turrets.
and stands out over the lace vest
Lnder-sleoves Of soft white silk. with
lace cuffs.
Materials required: Eight yards 46
inches wide, about seven dozen butt
tons. seven yards satccn. ouelalf
yard piece lace. one and one half yard
silk, one and one-han yard lace four
inches wide.