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The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-08

News from industrial centers was mixed The announcement that the American Smelling and Refining com pany had posted notices of reduction of wages on February il in Colorado. and that one of the smelters at Pueblo would be shut down. was explained as due to the diminished production. The news induced some selling of the metal stocks. United States Steel shares held about IS well as anything in the in dustrial group.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-08

Boston, Feb. {. High.LoW Bid. Asked.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-08

The i12 per cent New York city bonds declined under 106. This is the lowest point reached since the pric. began to respond to the new issue bid for next Friday. There is probably some manipulation of the present 4 1a per cents in order to allow as low bid as possible on the forthcoming is sue Ii Is now believed that the syn dicate bid will not be better than 1041s with, however, a good many small bids from investors from 105 up to 1051o
 Washington advices were not calcu- lated to Induce buying of securities There was quite a little selling of stocks for Washington account. though the reason was not clear The repor. that sealed orders had been sent ir Rear Admiral Evans which would he delivered 10 him at the next port which he will touch on the south America r coast. interested Wall street greatly although it was i-officially denier in Washington dispa tches. Wall street has been looking for tales in regard to the future progress of the fea7 which might have a disturbing effect It is probable that most of them. if the7- occur. will have their origin in specu- lative circles perhaps in Wall street
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-08
SACRED HEART GUILD.

FEX- dividend.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-30
The Jewish New Year.

In striking opposition to the spirit of
Joy and happiness which pervades
Christendom generally is the New
Year Of the Jews. With the Jews,
who also observe the New Year for
two days, the days are not days Of
feastlng and enjoyment, but days Of
Judgment. According to the belief Of
every orthodox Jew, every member Of
the Jewish race is tried on the New
Year. The books kept In heaven are
opened on that day. The record Of each
man for the year just ending is looked
through and taken under advisement
for ten days. On the tenth day, the
day Of atonement, the fate Of each
man for the coming year is drawn up,
whether he should live or die, prosper
OF be poor. On the day Of atonement
the fate is sealed and nothing can
change it any more.-Chicago Tribune
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-30
DEFIANCE OF THE COURTS.

The sentence of Imprisonment i'm
posed upon Samuel Gompers and
other officials of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor should suggest to
them that defiance of the courts is
not good for their health. For some
time pas, Gompers aud other leaders
of union labor have been posing be
fore the public as champions of liber-
ty, and %denouncing the courts as
agencies Of injustice and oppression
bat a halt has been called in this cam
paign against the proper and effective
administr alton Of the law.
The trouble in which Gompers and
his associates are involved has been
IA subject of litig alton during the past
year, a business firm that had been
%boycot,ed by the Federation Of Labor
having appealed o the courts for
protection. The name of the firm had
been printed in a union labor maya.
zine, Of which Mr.. Gompers is editor,
as one that was unfair" to unior
labor-a method Of b~oycotting thai
had been applied to other bushes:
men who refused to surrender theil
rights as American citizens. The firm
applied to the courts for IN injunction
to restrain the publication Of its nam'
as "uafair' to union labor, or an!
other class of citizens, and its appli
cation was granted. Mr.. Gompers
however, refused to obey the order o
the court, and continued his boycott
in defiance of the injunction that ha.
beer :saued. For this contempt o
court, the sentence of Imprisonment
has been imposed.
This rebuke to defiant and insolen
disregard OF the authority of tn
courts will appeal to fair minded an
law abiding citizens as a wholesome
lesson to Mr.. Gompers and those VIII
follow his leadership. 1t would b
most uufortuu ate for American citi
zens generally if the courts were pow
erless or %disinclined to enforce an.
decision they make. Defiance Of tn
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-30
HELPED THE BOYS.
A Letter That Aroused King Christian
of Denmark.

A Letter That Aroused King Christian
of Denmark.
King Christian Of Denmark once
found in his morning mail a letter
which moved him more than did most
matters Of state. The letter was in a
boyish scrawl and read as follows:
Dear King-we are four boys at Flax
kebjerb school, and the master whips US
daily with a piece Of steel rope he found
in the harbor. If he doesn't stop there
will be a fire.
The name of the teacher being given,
the king ordered him to report at once
to the minister Of justice, while he
took the next train for Flakkebjerb
and examined the class in the teachers
absence. The children, unawed by the
presence of the cruel teacher, told their
grievance to the kindly old king, who
promised immediate relief, closed the
school for the day and ordered that the
boys be treated to chocolate and cakes
at his expense Ito remember him by"
But he did more than that. On re
turning to CRenhagen he dismissed
the cruel teacher without pension, ut
the same time giving Il general warn.
Ing to all teachers to be chary of cor
poral punishment. "If boys cannot he
trained without cruel beatings," this
wise king said, "then there must be
something the matter with those who
train them. The coming generation
must not be made ruf1ians by rufianly
teachers"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-30
Isle of Wiqht,

The Isle Of Wight Inhabitants are
not alone in speaking Of ''going to
England when they leave their own
fragment of the kingdom. A patriotic
Cornishman also "goes to England"
when he crosses the lamar. Similar
~ Inhabitants OF the Balkan peninsula
talk Of "going to Europe when they
leave their w corner of the CONT
nent-in curious contrast with the PEG.
pie of II W island. We regard our
selves as both of and In Europe" and
accordingly it is only 1.-The continent
that we visit. The record in the
splendid isolation line is probably held
by that minister Of the Cumbraes, in
the Clyde, who prayed for a blessing
upon "the inhabitants Of Great and
Little Cumbrac and the adjacent is
lands of Great Britain and Ireland."-
London Graphic.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-30
THE WHEATFIELD.
Where tho eiIIowing Golden Waves
Stretch From Sky to Sky.

Where tho BilIoWing Golden Waves
Stretch From Sky to Sky.
Take a look at the wheatleld that
has been brought up to perfection as
It stands, yellow as gold, with the
sheen of the sea, billowing from sky
line to sky line like an ocean Of gold,
where the wind touches the ripping
wave crests with the tread of invisi-
BILE feet. In California, in Oregon, in
Washington, in Dakota, in the Cana
dian northwest, you may ride all day
on horseback through the wheatfelds
without a break in the flow Of yellow
heavy headed grain-no fence lines,
no meadow lands, no shade trees,
no knobs and knobs and hills and hol-
lows Of grass or black earth through.
From dawn till dark, from sunrise, in
a burst Of fiery splendor over the
prairie horizon. to shutdown, when the
of blood in the haze Of n heat twi-
light, you may ride with naught to
break the view between you and the
horizon but wheat-wheat. 1t is like
the gold fields. It goes to your head.
You grow dizzy looking ut 1t. You rub
your eyes. Is 1t a mirage? The bill.
lowing yellow waves seem to be
breasting the very sky. You look up.
The sky Is there all right with the
black mote Of a meadow lark sailing
the azure ser He drops liquid notes
Of sheer mellow music down on your
head, does that meadow lark, and that
gives you back your perspective, your
sense Of amazing reality. You are
literally, absolutely, really, In the
midst Of q sea Of living gold. 1t is you
and not the lark that is the mote.
You begin to feel rs if your special
mote might be a beam that would get
lost in infinity If you stayed there long,
and so you ride on and on, and some
more on, and by and by come out of
the league long, fcnceless fields with
an odor in your n~ostrils that isn't eX-
actly like i~ncense-it's too fugitive, too
fine, too subllmal of earth. 1t is arc
matte, n sort of altar Of roses, the i'm
prisoned fragrance of the billions upon
billions of wheat flowers shut up in
the glumcs Of the heavy headed grain
there. And that's the Odor of the
wheat.-Agncs G. Laut In Outing Mag
azine.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-30

court is q step that would lead to
an archy.
The people of Montana are not
strangers to the boycotting methods
employed by MI. Gompers and his
labor union organization. In some
of the Montana towns where union
labor forms an important element Of
the popul alton, business firms that
had incurred the displeasure of labor
union officials have been placed
on the ''unfair list" their names
published in the newspapers, and
other methods used to intimidate them
and coerce them into complying with
the demands of these agitators. In
many cases these bulldozing tactics
were successful, but in a few instances
they eventually injured those who re-
sorted to them.
The courts are to be commended
for fearless action in enforcing the law,
and protecting every American citizen
in the rights guaranteed by the con-
stituttOn.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-30
A CHINESE STORY.
The Way a Mandarin's Wise Wife De-
cided a Baby Case.

Two women came before Il mandarin
in China, each Of them protesting that
she was the mother of Il little child
they had brought with them. They
were so eager and so positive that the
mandarin was sorcly puzzled. He re-
tired to consult with his wife, who
was Il wise and clever woman, whose
opinion was held in great rcpute in
the neighborhood. She requested five
minutes in which to deliberate. At the
end of that time she spoke, "Lct the
servants catch me Il large fish in the
river, and let it be brought here alive"
This was done. Bring me now the
infant" she said, "but leave the two
women In the outer chamber" This
was done too. Then the manuarin's
wife caused the baby to be undrcssed
and It's clothes to be put on the fish.
Garry the creature outside nov and
the two Womcn.' The servant ohcycu
her orders. finging the fish into the
water. where ii rolled about and strug-
Gled, ~Gisgus:cd no doubt by the wrap
pings in which it was swaudlcd.
Without Il moments pause onc of the
omc throw herself into the river
with Il shrek. She must save her
drowning child. without doubt she
Is the true mother" she declared, and
the mandarin's wife commanded that
she should be rescued and the child
given to her. And the mandarin nod
deu his head and thought his wife tn,
wisest woma In the Flowery King
dom. Meanwhile the false woman
crept away. She was found out in hel
imposturc, and the m~andarian's wifi,
forgot all about her in the occupation
Of donning the little baby In the bes
silk she could find In her wardrobe
} Rystander.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-30
The lower of Famine.

The Tore della Fame, or Tower Of
Famine. was noted for it's grewsome
history. It once stood in Pisa, Italy.
but there are now no traces Of 1t.
Count Usolino della Ghcrardscha.
whom Dante immortalized, was the
head Of the Guelphs, and because of
his tyranny and accredited attempts
to place his country IN bondage he
was a~ntagonized and finally conquered
by the chief OF the Ghibellines. who
imprisoned him. with his two sons and
two grandsonS. in this tower. the slow
method Of starvation being employed
as the name Of their death. The
door OF the tower was locked and til,
keys thrown into the Arno.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-30
QUEER DEFINITIONS.
An Early Eighteenth Century Inter.
prefer Of Hard Words.

An Early Eighteenth Century Int
prefer Of Hard Words.
Bailey's Universal! chronological Die
tionary. with the subtitle, An Inter-
prefer of Hard Words" was first pub
lished in London ~ 1921. Most Of its
definitions are Eccentric, and some OF
them incredibly SO. Here are speci-
mems plucked at random:
Mana creature endowed with rea-
SOL
Thunder-A noise known by persons
not deaf.
Lightning-A meteor.
A Rainbow-A meteor of divers col
OrS.
Weapon Salve-A sort of ointment
which is said to cure a wound by be
ing applied to the sword or other weap.
on that made the wound.
Balloon-A football; also a great bal
with which noblemen and princes use
to play.
Cow-A beast we'll known.
Milk-A food we'll known.
Peacock-A fine bird.
11icpIIdAC- LIZ B blIOuSeSl uuu
most intelligent Of all four footed
beasts.
Medlar.-A fruit which is grateful tt
the stomach, but is not ripe till it be
rotten.
Snow-A meteor we'll known in north
erly and southerly climates, especially
beyond the tropics.
Mouth-Part Of the body of a Twin,
creature.
Eye-An instrument of death.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-30
AzTECs' HORRIBLE HOLIDAY,
They Celebrated the New Year With
Human Sacrifices,

They Celebrated the New Year With
Human Sacrifices.
The bloody and complicated ritual of
the AZtecs commemOratcd the return Of
.neir masterful war god, the sun from
on in his honor occupied a period Of
several days. The initiatory rites be-
gan before daylight of the first norm
ing, when the chief priest and his sub
dignitaries wendell their way in SOL
emn procession to the top of their
greatest pyramidal sanctuary. Here
the high priest retired alone to a small
the east, and as the rising Il crimson
ed and purpled the serrated mountains
he knelt and sprinkled thickly upon
the marble floor the sacred meal.
AS the first rays of the newborn sui
strike slantingly across the floor of the
tiny temple the Bonded priest beholds
a miracle. Family at first, then strong
err and stronger, grows an imprint in
the meal of the naked foot of their war
god. Upon this miraculous manifesto
ton the high priest to the
| assembled couriers that their god has
returned to them and that the grand
festal occasion is inaugurated.
Unhappily the first, feast rites were
of a grewsome and horrible nature,
consisting mainly in sacrificing youths
to the gods. 1t is said that they We're
Toasted for days previous to the cere-
mony that they might be In a whole
some and pleasing condition upon their
last and the war gods first great day.
In other ceremonies human beings
We're killed and 1layed, and the partici-
pants in the sacrifice enveloped them.
selves in the bloody skins of the vic
Tins, while they took part in a wild
and uncanny dance.
While the observance of the new
year among the Aztecs seemingly pre-
dominated in bloody rites, they were
most likely confined to the religious or
der of the priests. and the great mass
of the people, with no faint of blood or
their hands, might be happy and reve
in the feast of the new year.-New
York Herald.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-30
The Holy City.

Medina, the holy city. triumphed long
ago over all the rivals in various parts
Of the world which bore the same
name, which NEAR simply Getty"
Notable among them were the old cap
ital Of Malta and Medina Sidonia in
Spain. The Arabian city was original
ly known as Yathrib, but owes its later
name, ElMedina (the city, or Medlnat
Rasul Allah (the city of the apostle Of
God, to the Koran. To a BOD Moham-
medan there is only one city with a
big c."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-30
The River Press.
Published every Wednesday, Morning
by the River Press Publish
ing Company.
r LAND FARMING.

William E. Curtis, correspondent of
the Chicago.Record Herald, who has
written some interesting and at times
instructive articles on many subjects,
has sent his paper from Washington
something on dry land farming which
is Interesting, even If not strictly con
fined to facts.
In his story Mr.. Curtis seeks to give
the impression that his effort is in-
tended solely as a warning for those
home seekers who are inclined to settle
on lands 10 the semi. arid west and
follow dry land farming. His arr
ing may be timely, but he is altogether
too sweeping in his conclusions and
in his statements, says the Helena
Record. To an unbiased reader, and
one who has kept in touch with the
various projects to amend the land
laws, it would seem that Mr.. Curtis
has been induced to champion thai
interest which seeks to give to every
settler on q quarter section the right
to take up an additional 32O acres,
either a adjoining his original claim Or
elsewhere.
What Mr.. Curtis says about land
companies booming dry lands which
are not adapted to dry land farming
is true. All over the United States
there are companies engaged in pro-
noting settlements on lands which are
only fit for grazing, and they are in
ducing thousands of people to take up
these lands under the impression that
under the dry land system they can
make a success of crop raising. AS
an added inducement these boomers
want to be able to assure the home
seeker of the additional 320s acres.
There has never been a time in the
past quarter of a century in the coun-
try when the INSCRIPTIONS land pro-
moter has not taken advantage of
any opportunity to swindle the public.
He has sold sand heaps in Florida
with the promise the purchaser could
grow fruit on them. He has disposed
Of worthless lands in Mexico as rubber
plantations. Today he is trying to
sell lands that will never support a
Jack rabbit as desirable agricultural!
holdings.
But the sweeping statement Of MIR.
Curtis that the past three years have
witnessed fifty per cent greater rain
fall than the normal is absolutely
untrue. While Montana is not spe-
officially named by MIR. Curtis, it is
nevertheless included. Every resident
of the state knows that the past year
has been one OF the dryest In the
growing season this state has ever
experienced. notwithstanding that,
in Fergus county. along the line of
the St. Paul in eastern Montana, on
the Great Northern and on the Nor
thern Pacific, the dry land farmers
have had a success, not on a small
scale, but on a large one.
II Mr.. Curtis would confine his
statements to specific localities and
tell of actual conditions, what he says
might be of value. But because OF
his generalization what he says is
without point or value, save as i,
may help the land boomers who evi.
IDENTIFY have his a in behalf of the
32O.acre scheme.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-30
His Thirst.

Husband-May, Just send up some
filtered water. Wifc-Which was 1t
last night, detained at the office" or
"a friend at the cluh?" Husband
Whyf Wife-Because ! didn't know
whether you wanted a tumhlcr or a
pailful.-London Opinion.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-30
Their New Years Wishes.

Weary Wraggles-If wuz only back
at me old home, what q spread I'd
have dis New Years day! Oh, fur de
wings NV a dove.
Hungry Hank-Oh, fur dc wings Nv
II turkey. wild some plum puddin' to
come afterward.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-30
Not Like His Parent.

"Do you think Mr.. Skinnum's baby
will take after its father?"
"Not at all. The other day they per-
suadcd it to cough up a nickel 1t had
MISUNDERSTANDING.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-30

The sorrow Of yesterday is as moth
ing, that Of today is hearablc. but that
Of tomorrow is gigantic because in
Observation-Disclosures.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-30
OF His Mind.

"Have you forgotten that Y that you
borrowed Of me ONT time ago."
"Oh. no. | still have ii in my mind"
well, don't YOU think this would be
Il good time to relieve your mind Of
it,"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-30
Dcinu Good Service.

Bills that watch your father gave
you ten years ago still doing good serv.
ice? Jill-Yes. l pawned 1t again today
for the twentieth timc.-London Opin,
ion.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-30

Jinss-l notice that Soakly vets his
finger In the glass every time he takes
n fresh drink.
Bings-Yes: he wants to keep 1t
moistened SO he can turn over that
new leaf on the LIST.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-30

1t never occurs to fools that merit
and good fortune are closely united
Goethe.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-12-30

Fine Book and Job Printing a sp,.
cialtv al the RIVER PRESS office
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-03
Explo.iea By Music.

One Of the most dangerous OF all ex-
plosives Is a black powder called
iodide Of nitrogen. When it is dry the
slightest touch will often cause 1t to
explode with great violence. There
appears to be a certain rate OF vibra-
ton which this compound cannot re-
sist. In experiments to determine the
cause Of its extreme explosiyeness
some damp iodide Of nitrogen was
rubbed on the strings of a bass yiol.
1t is known that the strings Of such
an instrument will vibrate when those
Of a similar instrument having an
equal tension are played upon In
this case, after the explosive had be-
come thoroughly dry upon the strings,
another BASS viol was brought hear
and the strings sounded. At q GER
tain note the iodide of nitrogen on the
prepared instrument exploded. 1t was
found that the explosion occurred only
when q rate of vibration Of sixty a
second was communicated to the pre-
pared strings. Vibration OF the G
string caused an explosion, while that
OF the E string had no effect-Chi-
cago Record-Herald.