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The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-05
FurS /! FUrS a!
Ideal Xmas gifts

And right now is the time to buy. as the stock
both for women, misses and children is most
complete.
Beautiful Mink Sets with large bag muffs sew
eral styles of scarfs TO match set made of choice
lustrous skins, the entire set satin lined, with
head and tail trimmings, ranging in price from
$500 up to $4,000 Popular line Of furs in the
Majestic Fox, Lynx. Brook Mink and French
Coney; large rug muffs, with shawl collars,
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$500, $3.50, $4,000 and up to $4,000
gbTdPen'S TurS for christmas
White AngDra Fur Sets especially priced at CSC
Fine White Coney Set, Rug Muff at 800. 5000
Angora and Persian lamb purse or muff at $3.50
Gray Persian lamb and Angora at ........S3.75
Siberian Squirrel sets at ................ 1910
Gray Chinehilla sets, extra size, at .... $500
Brown Coney sets at Observation-Disclosures. $500
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24
LETTERS BY WIRE,
Invention That May Take the piaee Of
the Telephone.

Invention That May Take the Plaoo Of
the Telephone.
NJ. Pascal Berjonneau Of Paris f.
bringing out a remarkable invention
which he calls the telautographone.
says the London Leader. This appa-
ratus, as Its name implies ("who him
self writes at a d%istance'), makes 1t
possible to transmit speech written
and spoken. 1t may take the place of
any telephone system.
1t is as big rs a typewriter and ops
crates by means of clockwork moved
by a very powerful spring. 1t is very
simple and can hardly get out of Or
der. A child can work it. Hence
forth, it is claimed. a dispatch can be
transmitted over 600 miles and will
retain intact the same WRITING and
signature. All that is necessary is to
write the telegram on metallic paper
with a special ink, this paper being
placed upon a cylinder upon which
as it turns a needle writes.
The correspondent. WHO may be hun
dreds Of miles away, possesses an
luentlcaI teIautOgrapnOne, the cyl1n-
der of which is covered with a chem.
ically prepared paper, provided also
with a needle. The electric current
works the two needles.
The point Of the transmitter remains
inert as long as it passes over the bare
metal. but directly it touches the
linked part it presses on it and COM
municates the pressure to the other
end Of the wire. where the reproduc-
ing needle places itself at the same
time on the white paper Of the receiv-
ing cylinder, so that the writing by a
succession of down strokes juxtaposed
n after the other ends by being
faithfully reproduced. For instance,
in the transmission of a capital V you
will see first the heads of the two
down strokes, then the latter con-
tract to meet at the tip which forms
the base. In the same way it will be
possible to transmit a music score, a
pen and ink drawing, etc. During
these transmissions it will be possible
the transmitters and receivers to
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24

In the same portions of Africa which
Mr.. Roosevelt will visit, will be a val
liable asset to the expedition. Mr.. Hell
Ter has had large experience in ami.
NAL collecting in Alaska, British Co.
lumbia, the United States, Mexico, Cen
trail America and South America. In
the year 1898 he made a collecting trip
Of eleven months to Galapagos is
lands, starting from San Francisco.
He is an enthusiastic collector as we'll
as a well equipped naturalist. He is
nlso the author Of scientific papers on
animals, birds, reptiles and fishes. At
present he is assistant curator of the
museum Of vertebrate zoology of the
University of California.
Another member Of the delegation,
]. Alden Loring, is a field naturalist
whose training comprises service in
the biological survey of the depart
ment of agriculture and in the Bronx
geological park, New York city, as we'll
as on numerous collecting trips through
British America, Mexico and the Unit
cd States. He is about thirty-eight
years old, Of ardent temperament and
intensely energetic. In August, Sep
TENDER and October, 1898, he made the
highest record for a travelling collector,
having sent to the United States Ma
tional museum 900 well prepared spec
linens of small mammals in the three
months Journey from London, through
Sweden, Germany. Switzerland and
Belgium.
The other representative Of the
Smithsonian institution who will &C.
company the president is Major Edgar
A. Mearns, medical corps, U. S. A., re-
tired. Major Mearns will be the physi-
clan Of the trip. He has had twenty
five years experience as an army doc
tor and is well known as a naturalist
and collector Of natural history speci-
mems. He is a dead shot. Major
Mcarns is about ffty-three years Of
age and IS the oldest member of tho
party. For this reason perhaps he has
tho honor Of having charge of the
Smithsonian portion Of the delegation
While each and every one of the party
including rhc presidents son Kermit.
official photographer. has special du-
ties assigned him. all will naturally
act together in many respects. and it
is anticipated that the scientific results
OF the expedition. III view Of the I'M
usual opportunities offered. will be OF
much value.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24
DISCRIMINATING LOCUSTS.
Poison Treatment In Yucatan Proved
Great Success.

Poison Treatment In Yucatan Proved
Great Success.
These seventeen year locusts are ca
pable of doing a vast amount Of dam
age to crops, and down in Yucatan
this Cicada septendecim has been max
ing such ravages as have rendered the
farmers desperate, says the Pathfinder.
The state chamber of agriculture at
length took up the matter and hit upon
a militant measure that practically an
initiated swarm after swarm Of the
pests. One pound Of ~arsenate of soda
was mixed with four pounds of brown
sugar, and the whole was dissolved in
hot water, to which cold water was i'm
mediately added, so that forty-fve
pounds of the solution were made from
the one pound of %arsenate of soda.
Bunches of green barley were soaked
a few minutes in the solution and were
laid in the path Of a swarm of the To-
Gusts. This swarm was 800 yards long
and 200 in breadth. They attacked the
green barley vo%raciously, and each
spike of the grain killed hundreds Of
them. On the day following the ex-
pertinent it was found that about one
third the swarm was dead. Nor was it
necessary to scatter any more of the
poison, for the live locusts began to
feed on the dead ones, and from that
point the destruction went on automat-
lcally. In the course of four days the
whole swarm was dead.
1t is worthy of note that the birds
which fed upon the poisoned locusts
showed no signs Of having been affect
ed. The work Of destruction was sim
pie, and the only material cost involved
the work Of four persons for two
hours. From the moment the foremost
of the swarm began to take the poison
the advance of the entire swarm was
checked, and the unaffected showed no
disposition to advance farther.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24
Increases Resistance of FiIament.

To increase the resistance of the
tungsten filament and thus permit the
use of a shorter filament In the lamp
a new process Of manufacture has been
evolved, which consists Of mixing tho
rum oxide with the tungsten. The
tungsten and thorium oxide are COM
bined in various proportions and mixed
with IS per cent Of an alloy consisting
of cadmium, bismuth and mercury.
This alloy IS %vaporized in the course
of manufacture. 1t is claimed for the
resulting filament that with the addi-
ton of 20 per cent Of thorium oxide
its resistance is increased SO per cent.
AS much as so per cent thorium oxide
may be used. but a higher percentage
renders the filament too brittle.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24

So1l
bian rocks and fauna of the United
States and presented the results of his
researches to the international geo
graphical congress in London. Since
then his services in scientific matters
have been in frequent demand, and he
is the author of numerous works in
his chosen field of research.
Some time ago an unnamed donor
made Il contribution to the Smithso-
man institution for the purpose of OBJ
tanning natural history specimens
from Africa. Last summer Professor
Walcott learned that the president
would be agreeable to having several
representatives of the institution ac.
company him on his hunt, so it was
decided to join forces. Three repre-
sentatives of the Smithsonian were
delegated to accompany the president
and his son Kermit, each having some
special qualifications for his individual,
part in the enterprise.
Although the Smithsonian institution
is to get the benefit of the additions
to scientific lore accruing from the
Roosevelt hunt, no part of the cost of
the hunting trip is to come out Of the
funds appropriated each year by the
government. The institution has u
fund of $SO0,O00 entirely separate from
the allotments by congress, and from
this source in part the money for
the hunters is to come. The president
and his son will pay their own ex-
penses, and the institution will outfit
the expedition and defray the expenses
Of the three scientists and the guide.
No estimate has been made of what
the total cost will be. 1t is stated that
while the institution frequently pays
large sums of money for specimens it
does not expect to purchase the Roose-
welt collection. It expects to get the
geological, botanical and other speci-
mems free Of charge save for the cost
Of Quitting the expedition and the
travelling expenses Of the ~naturalists
and guide. The big game which the
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24
~ 4

ALTHOUGH the Roosevelt hunt in
Africa is entirely Il private af-
~ fair. it takes on somewhat of
an official character now that
It is known that the Smithsonian insti-
tuition is to benefit from the enterprise.
The Smithsonian institution is under
the direction of the United States gov
eminent. 1t was founded under a be-
quest Of an Englishman. James Smith
son, who died in Italy in 1929. 1t Is
administered by Il board ut the head
Of which is the president Of the Unit
ed States, although the practical head
of the institution Is the secretary, who
has always been a man distinguished
for scientific requirements. The first
secretary was Joseph Henry, noted for
his epoch making discoveries. The
present secretary Is Charles d. Wal
colt, former head Of the geological sur
vey. To most visitors to Washington
that part Of the Smithsonian institu-
ton known as the National museum
proves Of great interest, and it's mil
lions Of specimens are viewed by thou
sands Of persons every year. One of
the important departments Of the in
~stitution is a bureau Of %ethnology, and
another is the library. The work of
the institution as a whole embraces a
broad field of scientific and historical
effort.
Professor Walcott, who is a native
Of New York state, fifty-eight years Of
age and a graduate Of Hamilton COL
lege, has made. nm international repu-
tation by his achievements in geology
and paleontology. Twenty years ago
he made a special study Of the Cam
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24
The Life,


Something doing, I should say,
Every minute Of the day.
If you want to come in strong
Like the hero Of the song
And to loudly ring the gong,
That's the way.
Up and at 'em like a shot
And be Johnny on the spot.
Like a hero push your game
On to victory and fame,
And thereby you'll win the same
Like AS not.
Every moment you must tax
With some hard and telling whacks
AS a drummer in the band.
Pound away. your work expand
With a hammer in your hand
Or an AK.
Sitting round will never bring
To you any blessed thing.
In an easy rocking chair
Splendid castles in the air
You may build with maidens fair
On q string.
Action, action, that's the trick,
Something doing that will stick.
It's the way to win success,
Fame and fortune, nothing less,
BY the lightning through express,
Double quick.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24

president will kill will be given with
out charge.
The youngest member Of the Smith
sonian representation on the trip is
Edmund Heller. a graduate of Stan
ford university, class of 1901. a thor
oughly trained naturalist, whose spe-
cial work will be the preparation and
preservation of specimens Of large ami
mails. Mr.. Heller is about thirty years
OF age. His former experience, when
associated with D. G.. Eliot and Mr..
Ackley Of the Field Columbian mu-
scum in collecting big game animals
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24

A man cam find a thing where he
thinks he left it last summer or some
other time, definiteness Of date not be-
Ing material, but the pertinent point
being why it isn't where he thinks he
put it.
When a woman is a good cook she
soon makes herself necessary to her
husband-but. then, so does his grocer.
The man who gives good advice
doesn't really know it is good or he
would be following it himself and so
have no time to be in the advising
business.
Trying to cheer up a man naturally
given to worry is about as gratifying
an operation as trying to sweep back
the sac sea waves.
When a man would rather work than
marry a rich girl she certainly must
be a hard proposition.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24

in, southern Italy KING VICTOR EN-
and with Sicily MANUEI
forms the center of the earthquake
district. Between the earthquake of
1905 In this district. which DESTROYED
thirty towns and cost about 5000 lives,
and the eruption Of Vesuvius in the
spring Of 1906, the southern portion Of
King Victor Emmanuel's realm has in
recent years been very much i'll treated
by the forces Of nature.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24
Just Like His Better Half.

"Old Josh Weatherby thinks a lot of
his gun, don't he?" drawled one of the
loungers in the back of the crossroads
store. "Pats it as affectionate-like as
it it were his old woman"
YES laughed the storekeeper as
he brushed up the prunes, land Josh
says 1t reminds him Of the old wo-
man"
"In what way?"
always kicking and hard to han
dle."-Chicago News.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24
Humor ona Philosophy
BY DUNCAN N. SMITH
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

Probably men are so tactless where
women are concerned because they
feel that they don't have to be tactful.
People who are really fond Of music
are certainly paying for their sins in
this photographic. ragtime age
Being sorry for yourself doesn't en-
list any II else's sympathy nor help
to pay the debts.
After a man has been married six
months he doesn't know but he has
been married all his life.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24
Often lectured,

During the reunion Of students the
party began to recall the absent men,
bers.
And whatever became of Bilkins?"
asked one. do you remember big
and lazy Bilkins, who would never
listen to a lecturer"
YES" replied another. with a smile,
but Bilkins listens to a great many
lectures now"
Indeed! Reformed, eh?"
mo: he is marricd.'-Detroit Trib
une.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24
Door Lock lubrication.

A door lock may be fabricated by
using some lead scraped from the lead
in a pencil and put in the lock. This
may be done by putting the scrapings
on a piece Of paper and blowing them
into the lock through the keyhole.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24
THE KING OF ITALY.

He Knows How to Act In Face Of
Earthquakes and Eruptions.
King Victor Emmanuel Of Italy Is
very popular with his subjects, and his
popularity is in part due to the way
In which he exerts himself whenever
there is any great calamity like that of
the recent earthquake in Sicily and
Calabrfa. During the last eruption of
Vesuvius, when 500 people were sup
posed to have lost their lives. he was
very energetic in devising means for
the public safety or for s%uccoring the
victims of the disaster. The king even
went into places Of danger himself in
his eagerness to see that everything
possible was being done in behalf Of
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24

his afflicted sub
jccts. At the time
of the recent earth
quake shocks the
Italian monarch was
hunting in Il district
near Naples. He ut
once issued orders
that preparations be
made for q trip to
Calabria, which is
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24
An Adventurous EXPLORER.

Some strange adventures have been
experienced by Erwin Clarkson Gar
rett, University Of Pennsylvania man,
who with two native servants recently
penetrated the jungles Of Borneo. He
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24
THE DEADLY PARALLEL.

THIS is the story T'HIS is the story
Grandpa sent. L Grandpa told
1t had the proper His little grandson.
sentiment. Six years old.
1t told of noble He took that grand
wired Booth, son
VINO clung intently On his knee
10 the truth. And said: "a pirate
Roamed the sea-
All nicely printed "A fierce old pirate
In a book Ten feet high,
You guessed it's With dark blue
structure whiskers-
AT a look. My, oh, my!
Poor Wilfred. tempt HE had a cutlass
ed, Six feet long
Would not lie. And fought while
He said that he singing
would A wild song.
Rather die!
Though many HE captured vcs-
chances sells
Came to him Right and left
To slip and thus get And slew the crews
In the swim, with
Slashes def
Poor Wilfred "IIe hid his treas,
stanchly ure
Stood his ground In the sand
And in a lie was And ruled like slaves
Never found. his
Pirate band.
His face was pallid Men tried to catch
AS his hair. him
He never would be Long thew sought
p Heard to swear. But each time was
the
Catcher caught.
One day some wick lied stand his VIC
ed Tins
Boys came by On their decks
And lured him with And blow their VS.
an sells
Awful lie! Into wrecks!
they tempted Will "And then he'd voy.
fred age
Dont you see?- On and on
10 take some apples Till no one knew
from a tree. where
He had gone.
farmer Sims or 81.
oaiu they might How much he plum
Thus satiate their dered
Appetite. don't know.
The farmer, anger lone day his pi-
Got his gum; Ceased to a
The bad companions And, dressed up
Ran. each one. splendid,
Came back home.
the farmers mus "He. only. came
ket back.
Banged away All the rest
And killed poor Will He killed and got
fred! his
Fatal day! Treasure chest."
A helpful moral Twas this that
Tagged the tale grandpa
make it proper Told, and then
Without fail. Grandson sighed.
Tell It
All again"
Chicago Post.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24

troops went through the dense forests
armed to the teeth" but never be.
Tore, he added, had a white man made
the TRIP alone. During the Filipino in
~Snrrection Garrett served in the repu-
lar army in the Philippines and mo1o
Il careful study of the habits and char
ncter Of the natives.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24
No Rest For Him,

Cassidy-Hello. Casey. How's things
wild ye these days?
Casey-Oh. busy. very busy. indade
Cassidy-Ye don't tell me?
Casey-Aye. Sure. iv'ry time I'm at
laysure ! how somethin' to do.-Catho-
lie Standard and Times.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24
II understand they don't get along
Solved.

"NVhy is Il hen" asked the amateur
comedian who sat at one end of tho
table and felt that it was up to him tc
start something.
IF you mean the one we had for
dinner" replied the chronic dyspeptic
at the other end, Il should say so til"
dentist could have work"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24
IsEFLECTING sPECTACLEs.

going on behind his back. The small
concave mirrors fixed on the glasses
are movable and can be so adjusted
that the wearer of the spectacles has
but to glance in them to be appraised
Of all that is Transporting to the rear.
1t is claimed that they are invaluable
for police purposes.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24
The Limit.

"Carson's the most absentminded
chap l ever saw"
whats he been doing now"
"This morning he thought he'd left
his watch at home and then proceeded
to take 1t out Of his pocket to see if
he had time to go home and get it,
Lippincott's Magazine.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24

Mr.. Garrett was
heavily armed, but
had no occasion to
use his guns, al
though there @
times, he declared,
when he had to sit
up nights and be on
the lookout for the
~treacherous Dyaks.
who infest the for
csts Of o.
There We're times,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24
HENRY [. STlNio-,l,
Federal Prosecutor Talked Of as Next
Attorney General.

Henry L. Stimson. who has been
much talked Ct in connection with the
post Of attorney general in the CABINET
II President Elect Taft, is United
States district attorney for the south
.rn district of New York and has been
prominent recently in connection with
The court proceedings in his district
directed against the Standard Oil trust.
Mr.. Stimson was born in New York
:hirty-nine years ago and was grad
aated from Phillips academy, at An
lover, in 1883 and from Yale university
n 1888. He studied for the bar at the
Harvard Law school and under Sher-
nan Evarts in New York. Being ad-
nitted to the bar in 1891, he became
:wo years later a member Of the firm
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24

why 90 you hate Mr.. Wendell so3,
the sweet young mother was asked
The horrid thing refused to kiss
my baby because he was afraid ~
catching neutrality-suspicious. Post.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24
Seeing Behind SpectacIes.

The curious spectacles herewith
shown are the invention of Comman-
dant Souie of the Paris police. They
are so constructed that a person wear
ing them is enabled to see what is
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24

People who are
bound to talk all
the time ought to
fend for them
selves by hitch
ing their jaws to
the motor end of
somebody's pay
roll.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24
COMMUNICATIONS,

You arc engaged TO Charley, !
hear
Yes" replied the blushing damscl.
He proposed to me Just last uight.'
~ suppose you felt that you must
accept him. The bright men are not
proposing, ! hear. during the hard
times"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24

NJ. S~TEINItE1L AND Gus HE LIVED IN.
has retained to an unusual degree in
a person OF her age her remarkable
beauty. and her daughter is also a
handsome woman, This fact is not
lost upon the French public, s~uscepti-
bile as it Is to the romantic features
OF a case. The house in which NJ
Steinhei! lived and In which he was
murdered has naturally figured a good
deal In the proceedings. The Pa.
risians have studied carefully the de
scriptions in the newspapers Of the
location Of his apartments, Of those
OF his wife and her mother, Nine.
Japys, numbered in the Gu /. 2 and
3 respectively.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24
THE STElNHEIL CASE.
M. Steinaei' and the House In Paris
In Which He Lived.

The strange cas- of Nine. Steinheil
continues to excite the interest Of
Paris. The woman who had so many
intrigues with famous men of France
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24
He Knew.

II wish l could understand women"
What for?"
what for: rhe satisfaction of it,
of course
But they would deny it and make
you think it wasn't SO anyway"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24

bod gast!' cried this tar. BLOW me
tight!
These flames are unbearably bright!
Though ~swimming's unpleasant
At times like the present,
A barque is far worse thar a blight"
-Harper's Weekly.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24
No Flatterer.

II understand You sing"
"Oh. very i~ndifferently."
$50 lucky for you you know It.
Many who can't sing are afflicted with
the idea that they can"