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Evening journal., 1909-03-03

To vanished joys be blind and deaf and
dumb:
My judgments seal the dead past with
It's dead.
But never bind a moment yet to come.
Though deep in mlre. wiring not your
hands and weep;
/ lend my arm TO all who say 4 cam
No shame-faced outcast ever sank so deep
But yet might rise and be again mani"
Weak men wait for opportunities.
Strong men make them.
Az we have therefore opportunities
Let us do good unto all men.
Sunshine is interested In a young man
who is blind. lie is 80 years Of age and
has been living at Farnhurst. Save of his
lgreat afniction he is physically strong
and was dissatisfied to be living on char
ity. Sunshine heard of him. visited the In
stitution and made us acquaintance.
They have brought him out and located
him here IN the city and are endeavorine
TO assist him In earning his bread and
butter by selling brooms. The school al
Overlook for the teaching OF the blind
has promised to send him his FIRST consign.
ment. giving him time TO pay for It. We
ask the housekeepers OF Wilmington tc
assist this most worthy cause by order.
ing their brooms over telephone 2i56A
BY calling this telephone and leaving youi
order the broom viii be delivered at YOU
door. Don't lay this aside without glvinl
us the cncoura cement OF your patronage
A Place for Bookkeeper-Sunshin hat
young woman a place as bookkecper
Call telephone 2156A and full information
will be given TO you concerning her. Thil
woman is in need Of the employment an'
SO we will be glad to have you help us e
locate her.
Evening journal., 1909-03-03

euchre on Friday evening, February 18th,
and in spite of the inclemency OF tho
weather the attendance was large. Many
OF the branch members were dressed in
colonial costume and presented a very
attractive appearance. The tally cards
were in a form OF small hatchets decorate
ed with the portrait OF George Washing
ton and the American flag. The ladies'
first prize was carried of by Mrs William
J. Fisher; the gentleman's first prize by
Roy Field. The ice cream was red and
white and served in cups. with a little
American flag IN the top and was inviting.
Many Of the guests upon departing ex-
pressed a wish that the Coreopsis would
make 1t a semi-annual affair in place OF
an annual one.
Evening journal., 1909-03-03
Sunshine Headquarters.

Sunshine Headquarters.
DO you know about the Sunshine rest
rooms? Ever drop I'm TO see what they
were like? DO you know lust what use IS
made OF themY Call some morning and
the attendant viii be only too glad to
show you about and explain TO you just
what we are doing and what we hope TO
do in the future. Sunshine is filling In all
the inches left by the others. We have no
red tape. so we can do anything that
comes TO US TO do quickly and cheerfully.
Perhaps you can in your own way help US
TO do what we are doing; OF better still.
you may be able TO give US some new
ideas TO work on. Remember we are I'm the
city to do all the good we can to all the
people we can. in all the ways we can.
Our work Is very diversified and we want
the sympathy and the assistance OF every
one in Wilmington who is in any way in
terested in his brothers needs. Come into
room No. 7i5 Equitable Building and find
out for yourself just what the Sunshine
Society exists for; what we are doing and
whether you approve Of the way we do
things, and then see II YOU canot help us
IL ever so little. At least you can give us
the encouragement Of your approval II
you do approve.
Evening journal., 1909-03-03

Laugh like a boy at spiendors that have
sped.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-04
UTILIZING HEAT FROM FORGE.

forge chimney. The heat from the
forge fire passes up through the fire
box of the boiler, through the flues
and around the outside of the boiler.
The heat then enters the chimney at
the top of the boiler.
The gauge cocks and the glass water
gauge are on the back side of the
boiler housing, in easy reach of the
blacksmith from a platform a little
below the bottom Of the boiler. A
swing damper, located as shown, con-
trolls the heat from the forge fire. This
damper can be dropped down when
the boiler is not in use, thus sending
the heat up the tlue Of the chimney.
The damper is made Of thick sheet
iron riveted to Il piece of half inch
round iron bent to form a lever for a
weight to slide upon so the damper
can be held in any position wanted. A
great deal of heat can be saved and
used to generate steam for heating the
shop.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-04
Aealthfulness Of Smoke.

Smoke is a blessing to the world and
a boon to health, according to a state
ment by w. +. Rond, coal magnate, in
reply to an address by b. r. Pritchard,
secretary Of the Chicago board of
health. declaring it a nuisance.
"This talk about smoke being a
curse is all nonsense" Mr.. Rond de-
clares. 1.-The Creator who made coal
knew that there would be smoke and
knew that smoke would be a good
thing for the world.
take the coal operator. who is at
all times breathing not only smoke,
but coal dust in addition. His lungs
r black with both, and yet he is one
Of the healthiest men in the world, In
all my experience among coal opera.
tors l know Of only one who died of
tuberculosis.
"The carbon in the smoke is a boon
to health. AS the smoke ascends the
carbon contained in it kills germs of
every kind of disease and puriles the
air."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-04
The Snobs Rebuked,

Mrs. William Ellis Corey was de-
scribing at Il luncheon in New York
the Paris school where, with the help
of 1sadore Duncan and Jean de Reszke,
she trains little children for the stage.
II think such work." said Mrs. Co
rey, "is better than a life Of mere so
cial %frivolity. American society, you
know, ever the best Of it. is so apt to
be snobbish. So often after listening
to the twaddle at a tea or a reception
l feel like getting up to go with old
Omar Fftzgerald's remark.
"Fitzgerald, the translator Of the
'Rubaiyat,' called n night at a house
where a very snobbish conversation
was going IN. He sat an hour in an
uncomfortable silence. He wanted to
talk about poetry and music, plays and
pictures, but instead he had to listen
to snobbish boasting about what the
duke had said and the baron had an.
swered and how gracious the princess
had been.
FINALLY Fitzgerald rose to go. He
shook hands with his hostess, and then
he turned to the assembled guests and
said sadly, shaking his head:
"I once knew a lord, too, but he's
dead"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-04
FROM A NEW MOSAIC.

force and for the police force. There
are 1000 men on the force. When
ever any one of them does anything in
which he thinks will interest the de-
partment. he will make his own re-
port of the same and send it to the
managing editor, who will edit it. The
date of the first issue has not been
fixed. but the new journalistic child
has been named. AS a starter it will
be the Chicago Weekly Star. When
it gets out Of its swaddling clothes it
will be the Chicago Evening Star.
Able desk talent is to be employed.
The publication Will be nonpolitical,
but it will roast" the other newspa-
pers Of the town whenever they lam
haste the police, as they have been in
the habit of doing since the organiza-
ton of the force. 1t was this indis-
criminate heckling that suggested the
venture. That "long felt want" will
sOon stalk in as the real thing. 1t has
been the policy of the dailies, say the
police. Ito wallop Casey because he is
a copper and can't boiler back" The
Star will twinkle whenever Casey Is
Hammered" Whether the Star will
undertake to score beats" on the po-
lice reporters of the morning press has
not yet been determined. Every men,
Der Of the force will be authorized to
get up "clubs" for the Star.
\ return to three RS in the gram
mar schools when they open next fall
is being urged by the Chicago board of
education. The president of the board
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-04
WHY THE OCEAN IS SALT,
Theory Advanced That SaIinity Is Due
to Volcanic Ejectments.

] neOTy advanced mat SAMMY Is Due
to Volcanic Ejectments.
Sea water contains about 80 per
cent Of sodium chloride and other salts.
The evaporation of all the oceans
would leave a mass of salt sufficient
to v the entire globe to the depth
Of 200 feet and equal to the bulk, above
sea level, Of North and South Amer
lea, or one-fourth that of the whole
earth.
The theory that this enormous quan-
tity Of salt has been dissolved from
continental rocks and carried down to
the sea by streams Is not tenable, be-
the salts found in solution in
river water contain so per cent of car
Donate of lime and only Z per cent of
chlorides. while common salt, or So
dunn chloride, constitutes 80 per cent
Of the salts of sea water. Moreover,
the evaporation of inland seas which
has taken place in central Asia has
left saline deposits very different in
composition from the salts Of the
ocean.
1t appears, therefore, that salinity
must be regarded as an original prop
erty of the ocean. Suess has advanced
the theory that the salts now found in
the sea have been elected by volcanoes
in early stages Of the earth's forma-
ton. Even now every eruption in
creases the quantity Of water vapor,
carbonic acid and compounds of chic
rine and sulphur in the atmosphere.
and these substances ultimately find
their way to the ocean After every
eruption Of Vesuvius the crater is
covered with a cleaning white layer
Of common salt, and the volcanoes Of
South America eject enormous quaint
ties of hydrochloric acid, estimated at
thirty tons daily for the volcano Of
Purace, in Colombia.
This volcanic activity, nov restricted
to a few points Of the earth's surface,
must have been general in remote ages.
before life appeared on the globe. The
gases confined within the thin solid
crust burst their bounds and found
their way to the surface, bringing with
them the millions Of tons Of chlorides
which we find today in the oceans.
Yet the transfer Of these millions of
tons is a relatively insignificant change,
for on a terrestrial globe of a diameter
equal to the average height of man
Csixty-six and one-half inches) one-six-
teenth inch would represent the great
est depth Of the ocean, and the waters
of the ocean contain only 31t per cent
Of sOlids.-COsmOs.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-04
NOW LOOK PLEASANT, PLEASE"

worked in a photograph gallery. An
aged millionaire patron of my cousins,
a chap, in fact, from whom he had ex.
pectations, came one day by appoint
ment to have a half dozen stumps ex-
tracted. He was going to order a
full double set of teeth.
when the old man, pale and scared,
arrived my cousin, for the sake of
show, whispered to the young assistant
to go and arrange him in the chair.
"The lad was absentminded or some
thing. He. got the frightened old man
in the big plush chair, placed a bright,
large pair Of forceps handy to him on
a tray and then backed off and said:
"'Now, look pleasant, please
"My cousin tried to explain that the
boy was an old photograph hand. but
it was no use. The millionaire grabbed
his hat and rushed out, and my cousin
has never laid eyes on him from that
day to this"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-04

Merrill Il. Gates, secretary Of the
board of Indian commissioners. was
describing in Washington the splendid
work that his board is doing to wipe
out the tuberculosis scourge which at
one time threatened to make the Amer.
lean Indian extinct.
"But the Indian" said Mr.. Gates
needs to be educated In sanitation
He is s%hockingly ignorant there. In
fact, he is as ignorant as an old farmer
I used to know in Warsaw.
"A friend dropped in on this old
farmer as he was frying a bit Of ba'
con.
"'Grand bacon. that said the friend
shifting affably.
"'Grand bacon! Well, l guess it is
grand Bacon said the old man, turn
ing the slices in the pan. And its
none O. yer murdered stuff neither
That pig died a natural death.'"-
Washington Star.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-04
MOVING tho Lawn.

Moving the Lawn.
Now for a real good pushing time!
I wonder II the thing needs oling?
OF course! It beats the deuce how In
Ny hands continually soiling!
All, well, here's fun enough to pay
For all the CRIME and grease and worry!
I'd like to NOV the lawn all day.
It's Saturday-I needn't hurry.
Say, how l used to long for his
Last winter! Hold on! What's the
matter?
I used to think it would be bliss
To hear this old lawn mower chatter.
Wow! What a poke I got Just now
Square in the ribs! Confound that han
die!
Who threw that stone here anyhow?
I'd dearly love to catch the vandAl!
Well. let me see, that's twice around.
It seems to me this lawn IL growing
In size I mean haven't found
My arms so sti0 since I learned rowing.
Whew. but I'm warm! It's sport. all
right,
This cutting grass. Hello. there, a.
You get this grass all cut by night
And dad Will let you have some
Chicago
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-04
Stubborn.

A little girl was heard talking to her
rabbit.
give times five,'' she said, "six
times six, seven times seven" Be-
tween times she shook the rabbit vio-
lently.
Dorothy" said her mother, what
are you doing to your rabbit"
. "Well, papa says" replied the child,
"that rabbits multiply rapidly. and
Bunny won't do it."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-04
HuInOr and
Philosophy
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
By DUNCAN n. Smith

PERT PARAGRAPHS.
The girl who doesn't know she is
pretty isn't, and the man who doesn't
know he is a fool Is.
There are persons so thick skinned
that no arrow aimed at their self con
ceit ever pierces their armor.
The individual who poses as the
head of the family isn't always the
one who keeps the works from going
to smash.
The burden bearer Of the family isn't
always the profit sharer either.
There are people who would be more
useful to the world If they were not in
It.
Why is it that an ordinary level
beaded nan can't resist making silly
speeches when a girl in the legitimate
discharge Of her duties comes in his
way?
The things that we are not doing are
sometimes the things that give us the
most annoyance.
Sometimes we realize that we are
great, but what's the use when nobody
else ever finds it out?
Two women can't be happy If neither
Is a good listener.
There is always the wise man about
who improves the opportunity to ex-
plain the inexplicable.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-04
NEW SHORT STORIES
No Place For levity.

Arthur Q. Lobinger of Indian Mills,
N. j., is noted in Burlington county
for his interesting collection of dental
curios.
AS Mr.. Lobinger was showing a re-
cent visitor his case of medieval dental
instruments, the subject of pain in the
Ndental chair naturally came up.
ats a place Of pain, that chair"
said Mr.. Lobinger; 'hence a successful
dentist must have a soothing, rather
mOurnful n In fact, a good
dentist has very much the same man.
ner as a good undertaken.
"Any levity"- He frowned and
shook his head.
"My cousin, a famous dentist, once
hired to assist him a youth who had
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-04
The Helping Hand.

Scatter seeds Of kindness.
You can eve say
Where the man will be next weeh
Who is down today.
Though his coat is ragged
And his hair awry,
He may have a wealthy aunt
Just about to die.
Cannot judge a fellow
By his style of dress
Or on his appearance
Base a certain guess.
If when he is pleasant
You are rude and cross
Maybe he can later
Queer you with the boss.
Doesn't cost you money,
Effort isn't great,
And a little kindness
Scattered while you wait
May affect your prospects
And your fortunes boost
When the little chickens
Hurry home to roost.
And suppose it didn't
Pay in cents and dimes
And your fortunes double
Many, many times,
For the small investment
OF a pleasant smile
1t will bring your friendships
Clearly worth the while.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-04
HUMOR OF THE HOUR
Testing the Wire.

The phone bell raly. Marie listless-
~ took the receiver from the hook.
Hello" she murmured.
us this 5000 Columbus?"
"Yes," replied Marie.
I'VE are testing the wire"
ed the voice. will you please draw
a long breath and say very distinctly,
4 will be goody"
"I-will-be-good," mechanically re-
peated Marie.
"A little slower. please, and a little
more distinctly-now!'
"I-willNbe-good," answered.
the girl in her best manner.
"No; that's not right at ALL criti-
cised the voice. "Try a%gain-talk still
more distinctly"
II can't" said Marie.
"You must. We cannot fix the wire
unless you aid us in the test. Now
make another effort and say It again."
1-wfll-be-good."
"Now again, please"
II WILL BE GOOD" shouted Ma
RE, nov angry.
"Oh, you will" came In irritating
tones through the phone. This is
Tom, and l want to say that you
weren't last night. I'm glad to hear
you've Observation-Disclosures Maya
zine.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-04
Could Do Better,

Harold had received his first five
dollar bill. He was told that it was to
be deposited in the bank, and the de-
tails were explained to him. Harold
accompanied his mother to the bank,
and, when ready, the book was hand
ed to him. He looked at it a moment
and then, throwing the book across the
room, eXclaimed:
"Such a small book for So! Why, I
a get a bigger one than that for 5
cents!!'
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-04

OF e
"What ought to
be the minimum
income of the
husband at the
t. m e Of a
rfage" The con-
tiOn got
busy on this one
and sent replies
to the pulpit.
Then came an
oth e e r,
fought goods to
be bought on a
credit W b G II
this was worked
out the good man
a 8 k ed another,
sought a child to
be whipped to en-
force obedience? ?"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-04
The Best Subject.

1.-The late Marion Crawford" said a
New York editor. was a good If not a
brilliant speaker. He imputed his sue
cess to a little Sorrento girl.
I'm Sorrento once he rose to address
q children's school.
"'Children,' he began. what shall I
talk abOut?'
And this little girl piped from a rear
bench very wisely:
"'What do you known"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-04
ChiCago's Stork
Is Taking a Rest
)aoder Of Baby Statistics Fails to Find
Satisfactory Results -Festkal to tx.
hjbjt Homemade Pr0duCtS-Po.
ice Plan to Print
Newspaper.
from Our Chicago Correspondent

the chicago StOrk
on its job? is the
query Of the mo-
ment in s O m e
quarters of the
city. Some busy
body statistician
has been peeping.
The statement
given out by this
figure juggler is
to the effect that
the West End
w O m q ms club,
which has q mem.
bership Of 360, re-
ported but n
visit m the
baby bird during
the last twelve
months. A SINH
lar report is made
from the men,
bership Of the
Chicago Culture
club, that has $50
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-04

The next was. "Is lying to children
justifiable?" The answer to this was
almost unanimous, Eyes. under some
circumstances" Just how long the
entertainment would have lasted is a
guess, but when a "heathen" in a rear
pew sent up a question on his own
hook the %benediction followed in short
order. The "~heathen's" conundrum
was. fought a minister to always
preach the gospel"
No more worlds fairs for Chicago.
The exhibits of the future will be
homemade. An industrial festival is
now being worked out, and by the
middle Of the dog days, when the
country merchant invades the city, the
festival will be in full blast. Every
manufacturer and merchant of the
city will be asked to make a showing.
Not only this, but branch exhibits will
be seen all over the city. The mer-
chant OF Milwaukee avenue. for in.
stance, will be invited to give show
window space to such articles as are
Of interest to the people Of that Sec
ton of the city. And the same idea
win be carried out in all parts of the
town. The fruits and industries Of
the whole state will I've placed where
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-04
Softeninq Of the Feet,

00IeeuJu0 OF Tno feot.
Dinah, crying bitterly, was coming
down the street with her feet band
aged.
"Why, what on earth's the matter?''
she was asked. "How did you hurt
your feet, Dinah?"
dat good TO- nothin' niger (snifle)
done hit me on de haid wifi a club
while I was standing on de hard stone
pavement."-Everybody's Magazine.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-04
The Autocrat Of the Auto.

The Autocrat Of the Auto.
"Bliggins worries me by his imper-
turbable assumption Of superior wis
DOM"
WELL" answered MI. Chuggins,
hell get over that. He's bought a
new motorcar, and a few naughty
glances from the chauffeur will con-
vince him that 1t is not his place to-
offer any Observation-Disclosures
Star.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-04

recently came in
possession of let
ters written by
some Of the gram
mar school pu-
pills which sug-
gested to him that
the class in writ
ing and spelling
was heading to-
ward simplifed
work in the for
nation Of words,
which does not
accord with the
presidents ideas.
The board con-
emplates the
elimination of
Latin from the
grammar schools
until pupils learn
such rudiments
rs will enable
them to write an
nRNfn0- hrC{~Occ
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-04

The Verdict.
The Judge-Gentlemen Of the jury,
have you reached an agreement?
The Foreman-We have, your honor.
The Judge-What is your verdict?
The FOreman-We find the accused
not guilty-provided he will leave the
town.-HOuston Post.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-04
WASTE HEAT UTILIZED.
Simple Method Of Generating Steam by
Means Of Forge Fire.

Means Of Forge Fire.
In large forge works boilers are To-
Gated over the furnaces, and the
waste heat passing through the fiues
generates steam to drive the steam
hammers. A correspondent of the
American Blacksmith has made use of
his forge. An IS by 3G inch tubular
boiler was hung in the brickwork so
that there could not be much loss of
heat and located just back of the
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-04
Didn't Trouble Her,

0IOU TTOVOT6 TUT
Don't you suffer with ennui out
here on the farm asked the fair sum-
mer boarder.
"No, indeed replied the farmers
wife. "This is the healthiest place in
the state."-Chicago News.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-04
The Reason.

The Reason.
Hostess with asperityeAnd pray
what makes you think this Is catfish,
Mr.. Jones?
Boarder@Well, we've eaten the con-
founded thing eight times already and
we don't seem to have finished with
It yet.-Sketch.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-04
None Hiqher.

"What do you suppose is the highest
ambition a man can have?"
THAT of the college professor who is
going up ten miles in a balloon to sig
hal to MarS."-BaltimOre American.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-04

OrUIuary BUSINESS O0"' 1AN1RhO"'
letter. II this rule shall be adopted
for the fall sessions 'all Gaul" will be
divided according to English. Illinois
style. This 'divisa est tres partes''
idea interests Chicago. for the city is
split into three divisions. Fernando
Jones, the pioneer Of the city, says
that Caesar was a dub. anyhow, and
II Latin is s~idetracked in the grammar
schools the town won't lose much.
BEVERLY BRCX.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-08-04
Had a Lapse.

Something is wrong with jerks"
what does it appear to be-"
Temporary insanity. I am afraid"
Are you sure that he didn't have
temporary sanity before?"