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rev n far between. Looking after
MS extensive Irish estate and his string
OF race horses keeps him fairly busy.
The former Tammany chieftain has al.
ways been somewhat grulf of manner,
but he is not without %gallantry. A
pretty New York girl once told how
she made his acquaintance. As Mr.,
Croker got on the car which was bear
ing her downtown it gave one of those
lurches against which even the dignity
or so great a person as he is u%navail-
Ing, and the great man was uncere-
moniously precipitated into the lap of
the pretty girl. AS soon as Mr.. Croker
regained his equilibrium he tried to
square himself with the young woman
and met with such success that thew
cnatted socially all the way down
town. aud at the end of the route the
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-01-13
Of
!. The
! World

Tammany chief CALAMITY assisted the
girl to alight from the car. The DO
liceman on duty at the crossing, see
Ing Mr.. Croker lift his hat and take
leave Of the girl, Immediately FASTENED
to pilot her across the street.
"You're u friend of Mr.. Croker's?' he
asked.
"Oh, yes" replied the girl, laughing
to think she had Eve seen him until
within half an hour. After that the
policeman was always on the lookout
Tor the girl and ready to carry her
across the muddy street or perform
any deed Of valor or service that the
pretty friend Of MI. Croker might ask.
National interest is conferred on the
United States senatorial situation in
New York. President Roosevelt, Sec
rotary Of State E.lihu Root. Ambassa-
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q Real Letter to Santa.

lar Santa Claus. l thought I'd write
These few lines to you tonight
Just to tell you everything
we would ike to have you bring,
For II they don't come from you
knows What we shall do!
iofnn1y wants a coaster sled
END Il sweater (blue and red),
Football. too. and skates and some
chocolate candy and a drum.
JohAnV wants a photograph
tSinEing n that make you laugh
Choo-choo cars tha really go
And a horn that he can blow;
ihen he wants 2 hobby horse
And some candy. too, Of course
Katie wants a doll that cries
Pa and Ma" and shuts It's eyes.
With some gowns and hats to fit
And such things that go with it.
SEe would like some dishes. too.
And 4 dolls house painted blue.
Mamma wants a dinner set,
And she'd also like to set
Earrings and some bric-a-brac
And q lovely scalskin sack.
There, now; that's enough to bring
l don't want q blessed thing
For myself. for I'm so small
I don't really count at all.
On, I'm very small. Tn told.
Though I'm ~thirty-fve years old!
Just supply this list l send
And I'll be YOU grateful friend.
l must have the things. you see,
Fol my wife and children three,
Who demand them all Of me.
7: A. Daily In Catholic Standard and
Times.
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when he was no more "in the midst
of the railers modern Zion, which he
laid out and where Dowie lace was
made at such a ridiculously low fig
ure that the tariff thinkers talked about
putting the frou-frou on the free list,
was handed over to a receiver by
Judge Kenesaw Lands. Yes, the same
Lands who piled up the assessment on
Mr.. Rockefeller's lubricating and light
ing company! And people in modern
Zion, which lay over on the west side
Of the south branch of Chicago river,
went to work when the whistle blew
just everyday prices. Sic transit,
Lige!
Now Bishop Fallows of the Reform
cd Episcopal church zones out with a
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-01-13

WI AO 4 AsA-SSAAoo
royal kotows and salaams before the
great mirror in the Rameses ROOM. I
saw her later kneel before the haugh-
ty Eulalie and annoint the epidermis
Of the jeweled Spanish hand-accord-
ing to old CASTLE.
Helos for all the other girls in Chi
cago! How they longed to be "Sophy'
Harrison!
A year or a little more time doesn't
matter. "Sophy'' was a fiancee. She
became the wife Of Barrel Eastman.
He was a dramatic critic and a hand
some fellow. But, more than these,
he was the son Of his father, and his
father harked back to the old school
that swarmed about the White House
when James Buchanan was president.
And Buchanan made Eastman pere
postmaster at Chicago.
When "Sophy" Harrison walked down
the aisle of the church on the arm Of
her handsome father, who had the
air of a Charles l. cavalier, while the
"Lohengrin" march marked time to the
altar, and was given away to Barrel
Eastman, Chicago-before the fire
was there to see. AS the welded pair
came out to Mendelssohn measures old
Fernando Jones, the only living pio-
neer of Chicago, tipped his hat and
said the u was in business that day
for the Harrisons and Eastmans only.
Wen. and again helos, the winds of
summer came in over tho loEe oDd on
tumn filled with glory. and winter
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-01-13
Work Of an Expert.

WV VI oil E<ESFt.
Stealing a kiss is an art in itself.
ana a very fine art indeed
NO Job for a bungler, for one Of that sort
Need foster no hope to succeed.
The man with designs on the girl he
adores.
selecting the place and the time.
May pull off the stunt without fear of ar
rest
Or being hauled up for the crime.
The maid must be willing before he be-
gins,
But never by word or by sign .
Does she put him next to the state of her
nind
Or drop him SO much as a line.
And that's where it taxes acumen and
skill
10 know JUS the state of her mind.
so that he may guess if he's favored and
Be one who is going it blind.
If rightly performed there is nothing SO
fine
AS stealing a kiss on the sly
And hearing her protests, but reading
consent
In wrinkles that CLEAN in her eve,
And IT In his shoulder she buries her face
He knows he is on the right track,
And. craving her pardon. he has as re.
ward
The pleasure Of putting it back.
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BERRY. comes effective Dec.
l.. Mr.. Metcalf's resignation is due to
Ill health. Mr.. Newberry has cen
much service as acting secretary of the
navy and so will not be unfamiliar
with his new duties. He was born at
Detroit in 1864. His father, John S.
Newberry, helped to develop Michigan
In the early days and was associated
In business with the McMillans. Later
the elder Newberry went to congress,
and his son got his first taste of Wash
ington official life.
-Four years ago Truman H. Newberry
vas a candidate for nomination as
representative in congress, but Rep
resentative Edwin DENLY made a per-
sonal canvass and defeated him. Then
MI. Newberry turned in and helped to
elect Mr.. DENLY, and President Roose-
welt invited him to become assistant
secretary OF the navy.
Mrs. Newberry was Miss Harriet
Barnes, daughter Of General Barnes Of
Brooklyn. Miss Carol Newberry was
presented to society last winter, and
twin boys, Barnes and Phelps, are pre-
pairing for Yale at Lakeville, Conn.
There is great joy in an ancient
French house because a little, kicking
baby exists who car be called the new
Duo de Chaulnes ct Picquigny. When
Theodore Perry Shonts, former presi-
dent of the Panama canal commission.
gave his daughter ThpOdora in mar
rage to the young scion Of French
aristocracy who had so assiduously
sought her hand the nuDtials formed
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advise as to a practical method for dis
solving the revolutionary army.
In May, 1905, the general was NOM
mated for the presidency by the ma
tional Liberal convention, but resigned
his candidacy four months later, giving
as the reason for this action that it
was impossible to continue the CAM
paign within the bounds Of the law.
An uprising in Cuba followed, which
ended with the deposition Of President
Palma and the Intervention Of the
United States.
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thesis that many
bodily Affections
can be eliminat-
ed by reading
passages of holy
writ which seem
to bear on their
Affections. At the
same time the
afflicted IN u 8 t
breathe deeply.
Expect soon to
see the huStl1ng
population here
such as may think
they have an in
trinity reading
snatches fro m
the good book
and raising wind
at the same time
o their lum-
bar regions.
Mayhap-this is
Il good place to
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-01-13

under Roadway
in this city. When
Lige was here in
the real adipose
he called to the
lame and the halt
and to the sick in
heart to come un-
to him and be
healed by simple
although
Lige u s u ally
managed to get
his quid pro quo.
Chicagop pursued
the m t
prophet to his
mortal end, and
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-01-13
Another Advertisina Scheme.

0VVSIeISIU9 0E1eTn0s
The moon shone brightly on the old
mill.
"Ah," breathed the brave hero as
he crossed the canvas bridge, "the
lovely maiden sees me not! Her eyes
are glued in another direction"
"Yes," spoke the dark villain as he
arose from behind the imitation rock
her eyes are glued with Stickem's
celebrated horse glue. Free samples
may be had in the lobby. Don't fail
to ask for them when you pass out"
And, lighting a fresh cigarette, the
dark villain strobe off to draw his
commission from the glue company,
MS white teeth shining like piano keys
as he strode.-Chicago News.
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years ago his
n a IN e was on
most of the va
cant houses to let
and for sale signs
on the
pied lands and
frog ponds ad-
jacent to the city.
Peter was in
the first boat on
the high tide.
HoI no cOuce1V-
able reason other
than that he was
q natural born
rascal he worked
out a scheme of
systematic a n d
cunning forgery
OF notes and real
estate trust deeds
a d mortgages.
covering a period
OF many years.
He sold the spuri-
Gus paper far and
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-01-13

dor WhltelaW Reid, Ex-Governor Frank
s. Black and Republican State Chair
man Timothy l.. Woodruff have been
prominently mentioned in discussions
as to who would succeed Senator
Thomas G. Plat.
The senatorial contest marks the re-
turn OF Ex-Governor Black to political
activity, from which field he had re-
tired owing to the demands Of his ex-
tensive law practice.
Afectionately termed the young
Abraham Lincoln" by his fellow
townsmen in Troy when nominated
for governor in 1896, Mr.. Black in
personality and career has been fire.
quently described as bearing an in
teresting resemblance to the martyred
wartime president. He worked his
way from dire poverty to national
prominence as n lawyer by logged
perseverance and self denial. Asked
where he was born, MI. Black once re-
plled, Il was born on sixty acres of
stones" referring to a worked out
farm IN Maine where dwelt his father,
Jacob Black, in the early fifties. By
working as q farm hand and as school
teacher he saved enough money to
put himself through Dartmouth col
lege, where he graduated with high
honors in 1876.
Removing to New York state, Mr..
HACK contributed to the columns Of
the jamestown Journal and the Troy
Wing, studying law the while and
being admitted to the bar in 1870.
AS chairman Of the Troy committee
OF one hundred, organized to purifv
the city government, Mr.. Black won
particular prominence. He SUCCESS
rA!y fought a corrupt political ring
n secured the conviction of "Bat"
Shea, who murdered Robert Ross. Il
popular young Citizen Of Troy. during
a municipal election.
MI. Black was sent to CONGRESS- in
1881 from the Rensselaer, Columbia
district largely as a result Of his
striking legal victory in the Ross case
for it had been a %foregone concl,sion
that Shea would be acquitted owing
TO the powerful politicians Interested
in him.
over SIX feet tall. angular, sympa-
thetc and forcible, Mr.. Black has
Deen ~variously described as an orator
OF the Lincoln type. He is a master
OF ep1gram and sticks tenaciously TO
a subject he happens to be considering
1he victory of the Liberal party that
swept into Office General Jose Miruel
Gomez n Alfred Zayas, chosen presi,
uent and vice president respectively of
the new Cuban republic, is generally
interpreted as a verdict Of the popular
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Doesn' 1t beat the Dutch how some
folks who reach the crest Of the adj
va1cing wave are never content unit,
they take a header and get stuck fast
IN the mire and the clay?
Peter Van Elissengen is the latest to
make the descent. Not very many
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-01-13

Mother" he said, putting his arms
around her and kissing her on the
brow, II am going to marry the sweet.
est. the loveliest. the noblest girl in the
world"
Looking up into his eyes. the good
lady by a great effort managed to keep
back her tears as she answered in bro.
ken tones:
"My-poor-boy!"- Chicago Record.
Herald.
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approval Of the par.
ty Of the revolution
Of 1906.
General G z
participated In two
great revolutions, in
the first of which
he c h G the
rank Of major and
in the second that
Of major general.
He was n Of the
commissioners sent
to Washington to
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-01-13
A Contrary Man.

Mrs. Naggs-Did you see anything OF
my husband this morning?
Mrs. Homer-Yes.
Mrs. NagGs-Which way was he 20
ing?
Mrs. Homer-The other way.
Mrs. Naggs-l might have known i,
hes he contrariest man that ever
lived.-Houston Post.
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No Competit;on.

fond Mamma-So you were head Of
the class today. That's my bright little
ooy! Did you study extra hard to ce,
there?
Candid Little Boy-No'm; the other
boy stayed home.-Baltimore Ameri
can
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On the Quiet.

On the Quiet.
"Blinks is so reserved since he came
back from Europe"
"Yes. You see, he had to do it under
his breath all of the time there"
"Do what?"
o course it wasn't compulsory, but
he felt it incumbent on him as a loyal
citizen of the republic"
Put me on"
committing leze majesty"
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Better Odds.

Think your side will VIM"
Bet You a dollar to Il douchnut they
will"
Generous with your odds. aren't
you:"
wen, l will make it Il lump of coal
to a doughnut if that will suit n
better
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one of the leading matrimonial events
OF the season. That was last winter,
and the honeymoon was scarcely over
before the hand of death was laid upon
n groom, and he expired suddenly
IN his apartments in Paris. The young
duchess, SO oon a widow, is now a
mother. She is but nineteen years of
age and Is considered a very brilliant
as we'll as a beautiful girl. The new
heir to the glory of the family heritage
VIII bear the name Of his dead father,
Emmanuel Theodore Bernard Marie
d'Albert de Luynes Sally, and the
Theodore in his name is considered TO
be In remembrance also Of his grand
father. who is very proud of the little
duke.
Richard Croker, who is on a visit to
the United States, divides his affections
between Ireland and America, although
his sojourns in this country are now
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-01-13

the spirit Of her father, the elder Car
ter Harrison, four times mayor Of the
city, a Kentucky blue blood. Her lat
est husband is Baker Edwards Of Nor
folk, Va.
Chicago had followed it's famous
daughter in her journey to the south.
where she had interests in some sort
Of corporation that had its stocks and
bonds. The town was not so much in
terested in this as it was in the news
that drifted back, which limited that
"Sophy"-everybody in Chicago knows
her as "Sophy," and she has never
taken umbrage at the familiarity-was
engaged. One Of her brothers, Pres
ton, was with her, and Chicago knows
him as the handsome boy Of the fam
ily-he has the shade of Hindustan in
his face-and then It was known that
Mrs. Eastman's sister, Mrs. Heaton
Ousley, was also there to see "Sophy'
married. Mrs. Ousley is one of the
women in Chicago who know the So
cial cult to its uttermost.
The marriage of "Sophy'' startled
slumbering recollections from their
hammock. She 1t was who, as the
mayors home representative, received
Princess Eulalie, SPANS Offering to
the opening Of the Columbian exposi-
ton.
I was in the Egyptian parlor of the
Palmer House the day that "Sophy,"
coached by her splendidly equipped
sister, Mrs. Heaton Ousley, was, "un-
to the peppers, rehearsing
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-01-13
THE NORTH CAROLINA MARRIAGE

moved in with its snow traps-the
seasons have a way of coming In with
regularity-and then Chicago put on
a sorrowful garb, for it came about
that the dashing favorite of the city
had not been happily wed. The town
actually became a Niobe. But now
the bells are ringing, and the city is
waiting at the gate to welcome home
the cfty's favcrite daughter.
II the spirit Of the late Elijah II.
Dowie Is unfettered so that It can get
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-01-13
Humcr and Philosophy
By DUNCAN NJ. SMITH
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

Never encourage scandal. 1t has a
way OF getting on without encourage.
ment, and SO you will win a reputa-
ton for reticence that will naturally
cause you to be intrusted with the
choicest bits.
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is not strange
that the we'd
ding of NJ r s .
Sophia Eastman
Harrison, quiet
affair though it
was, for 1t &C.
CURED in the IN
p%retent1ous office
Of a justice ofthe
peace in North
Carolina quite
recently, created
a futter in Chi
cago.
There Is not a
section of the
city, from the
s~tOckyards to ex-
clu s Lake
View, where So
phia Harrison is
not known by
reason of her
family connec-
ton.
She inherited
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-01-13

WORK IN that word-the bishop sees in
MS faith healing propaganda an on
portunlty to encourage Chicago to
search the Scriptures.
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Looked Like a HeadIioht.

~He Is one Of the lesser lights of the
party"
II thought he was one Of their great.
er lights"
What gave you that notion?"
Just judging from the way his nose
b lit up"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-01-13
In
The 4
Eye

POPULARITY In
Washington and
the naval serv-
ice augurs well for
the new secretary
of the a Y The
elevation of Truman
Fl. Newberry, now
assistant secretary,
to the post at pres
ent occupied by Vic
tor H. Metcalf be-
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-01-13
Practical Suggestion.

did you know the mouse and the
elephant belonged to the same fam.
ily?"
'IS that cop
THAT is what the scientists say"
Say. what kind Of n scheme would
1t be to take a cat along if a fellow
were to so elephant huutin-?"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-01-13

a look in, 1t must have put on an earth.
~ grin a few days since when the
League of Religious Fellowship got
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-01-13
Served the Purpose.

SerVea the Purpose.
He wasn't in a battle,
He never shot a gun,
But still he drew a pension
AS strong as any one.
In war he found a place to hide.
So he was wounded in the pride.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-01-13

We all know
that we show u
good taste when
we prefer our
selves, but it is
hOrrid taste to
show it.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-01-13

The man who makes mistakes and
manages so that the other fellow pays
for them does not need any prayine
for.
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Some people are so mean that they
won't even let you borrow trouble
without good security.
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Voice Cfrom the upper Derth)-I lust
knew there was a man under my bed
Bohemian Magazine
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Ing the old world. The fraudulent pa
per began maturing. He didn't or
couldn't meet it, and that sure footed
exposure which bides it's time with the
erring came down upon him and got
him. In twenty years his frauds piled
up to $750,OO0. His arrest, Indictment,
trial and sentence occupied less than a
half day. Part of this speed was due
to Van Vlissingen. He threw up his
hands and, as Il English cousins say,
laid over. Indeterminate sentence, from
one to fourteen years. for Van Vlissin.
gen. Another striped suit for a mil
lionaire.
Who's next?
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-01-13

One way to
m a k e yourself
unpopular a n d
offensive is to
know o stO-
res about your
self than you
can get people to
listen to.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-01-13

Sometimes peo-
pie talk but little
because they use
the time think
Ing. inc some
times it is be-
cause they don't
think.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-01-13

When the Chicago Times was the
incarnation Of Wilbur F. Storey it kept
a hot griddle on hand upon which Mr..
Storey placed anybody or anything he
didn't like and prepared n roast with
all the glee of a detectives ghoul.
Lydia and her blends came to town.
Although the Times critic, who, by
the way. was an Engllshman, wrote
pieces about the show. they did not
poster Lydia. 1t was not until Mr..
Storey himself wrote one of his white
heat editorial paragraphs in which
Miss Thompson was metaphorically
bruised that the latter became excited.
Mr.. Storey then lived in that very OK
elusive thoroughfare. Prairie avenue
morning Miss Thompson and sew
eral OF her company. who We're better
known for their muscular proficiency
for their musical attachments.
wandered TO the editorial mansion as
Mr.. Storey was coming through the
gate. Making certain Of his identity.
she struck him once or the arm, and
the Incident closed. Mr.. Storey came
Swore out a warrant. and
was hailed to a police court.
She was fined IS. That's all there Is
the yarn about Lydia Thompson's
cowhide attack upon the white bearded
Of "Old Storey" It's different
from the obits Of Lydia Thompson
printed the other day in New York
newspapers. BEVERLY BRUX.
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The trouble about being good friends
with a doctor is you never can tell
when he is looking you over with a
professional eye and appraising your
pocketbook.
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In Actual Practice,

It's love that makes the world go round
That's something Of a joke.
experimenting ones have found
It makes the world 60 broke.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-01-13
Chicago Society
In a F|utter.
Old Carter iiarrison's Daughter Sonia,
Wed In North CaroIina-Dowte Faith
Cure Rediyius-Another Mn.
lionaIre In STRIPES.

tFrom Our Chicago Correspondent
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-01-13

There is no use in %regretting the
past. At the same time it may be
IL n a sometimes it shows desira-
III qualities of mind and heart to do
so.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-01-13

Q e ' ap-
preciate your luck
until you haven't
1t. In that way
1t doesn't differ
from lots of 9th
er things.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-01-13

Every friend a man has represents
some side of his composite nature. so
II you want to size him up have a
roundup.