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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-01

AN 0SAaAWA
der silk, while a wall Of Troy is done
around the outer edge of the sachet
to hide all evidences Of the stitching.
To make this little gift n would
lequire a five cent package of dried
lavender, a bit Of muslin measuring
6 by 10 inches. a piece of scrim 8 by
IL inches and three shades of lavender
embroidery silk. Make a bag of the
muslin measuring 8 by 5 inches. of
course taking Off enough for one-quar-
ter inch seams; fill it with the laven-
der and sew it up. Fold the scrim so
it measures 4 by 6 inches and en-
broider the design in the middle of one
side. The basket should be done with
the middle color, the two center flow
ers and the leaves Of the darkest shade
and the rest of the flowers ir the
lightest shade. This done, sew the
scrim on three sides on the machine,
wrong side out. This will make the
bag. Now turn it right side out and
sew it like a French seam one-half
inch from the outer edge.
This will leave the third side, which
will be at either one end or the other,
still open. and through this put the
muslin bag of lavender. The sachet
then needs only to be sewed up on the
remaining side, the embroidery done
Owe the stitches, and the gift will be
complete.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-01
Artistic Shield Cover.

With lawn and remnants of valen-
ciennes lace and insertion are easily
made sets Of shield covers, one to fit
the medium sized shield and one the
next smaller, which many women pre-
fer with transparent frocks.
The owe are made in double bag
form cut the shape of the shield, but
a little larger, so that they can easily
be slipped inside. The back of the
shield is made Of plain lawn. while the
front is trimmed with rows Of inser-
ton and edged with lace. Sometimes
the insertion outlines the shape of the
shield; again it runs diagonally across
It.
The covers are placed in a dainty It's
lined box before going on their
way as Christmas presents, each one
provided with the smallest white safe.
ty pin for easy adjustment.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-01
.IThe Timely Prep
aratiOn of Useful
Christmas Pres
. ents --- BAGS Al
ways p O
I'll and Appreciated.
. Priscilla Baa---Silk
Bedroom Slippers

The girl who has time for a little
fancy work at home. either making
things for herself or preparing for
Christmas, should start work on the
butterfly handkerchiefs.
They have been sold in the shops for
some time, imported from Paris and
costing quite a bit of money.
A girl can make them at home if she
IL clever with her needle. II she has
been doing any Of the butterfly ap-
pliQue in underwear which has been
the fashion this season she will be ex.
pert enough to start on this other
work.
The foundation is a sheer fine hand.
kerchief with a tiny hemstitched edge.
Either one or several butterflies are
cut from sheer colored silk null and
applied to the linen.
They a be all of M color or in
different colors and embroidered at
the edges and up the center to give
the coloring of a real butterfly.
Some girls may prefer just one but
terf1y with widespread wings in a faint
color, such as lavender, pink, yellow
or blue.
If she makes a set for a Christmas
gift it will be pretty to put a different
colored one on each handkerchief.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-01
Daniel and the Lions.

An old negro preacher in Kentucky
was dilating upon events in the Bible
which had a geological trend. He de-
scribed the deluge and how all the ami
mails, two by two, went into the ark
and were saved. Then he discussed
the incident of Jonah and the whale,
Balaam's ass and finally the exploit Of
Daniel, who entered the den Of raven
ing lions and emerged unframed. His
auditors listened with interest, and
some Of them seemed to have their
doubts as to the authenticity of the
tales.
Finally one Of the younger negroes
rose up and inquired. Say. pahson,
wuz dem lions jest like the kind we
has now?"
"Cose not, cose not" retorted the
preacher, irritated at having his dis
course interrupted. "Dey was B. c.,
meaning befo' %circnses."
The explanation was sufficient and
satisfactory.-Buffalo Commercial.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-01
new ROOSEVELT HISTORY.
Tx president Said to Plan to Tell All
About Texas.

ex- president Said to Plan to Tell All
About Texas.
Theodore Roosevelt will write a his.
tory Of Texas while in Texas next
year, according to an announcement
made by Colonel Cecil A. Lyon Of
Sherman, Republican leader in Texas
and a personal friend Of the former
president.
Lyon declares that this information
Is authentic and that Mr.. Roosevelt
has planned to write the history Of the
Lone Star State for a long time and
has collected a trunkful Of data. Mr..
Lyon says MI. Roosevelt decided to
write this history because Of his great
admiration for famous old Texas
characters like Crockett, Houston and
Austin.
MI. Roosevelt will come to Texas
next spring. He will go to Demasite,
Lyons ranch, where he will prepare
his manuscripts for publication.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-01

This bank solicits accounts, and
offers to depositors absolute security,
prompt and careful attention, and the
most liberal treatment consistent with
safe and profitable banking. Buys
and sells foreign exchange, drawing
direct OF all principal American and
European cities, and issues It's own
Letters of Credit.
Interest paid on time deposits. The
highest cash price paid for approved
state, county, city and school bonds
and warrants.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-01
hiohest Cross In the World.

The highest cross in the world Is
said to be that which caps the loftiest
peak Of the Harz mountains. The
cross is in reality a tower, and it com
mands a magnificent view Of the coun-
try around. The height Of the tower
Is 100 feet, and it stands on a noun
tain 1871 feet above the sea level. A
stair of 200 steps leads to the top OF
the cross, but there is an elevator :
which people may avail themselves
who for any reason wish to avoid the
long climb.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-01
GLORIFIED

ordinary milliner's hatbox (be SURF to
choose n of large size) gloriied into
quite an ornamental affair.
The hatbox is first neatly lined inside
with plain sateen or washing silk and
then is covered all over the outside
with dainty patterned chintz or Gre
tonne. The sewing is all done at the
edges with good, firm stitches, and
then each edge IS neatly bound with
ribbon. galloon or braid to cover the
sewing.
This hatbox should be completed by
a large, neatly hemmed square Of the
lining to cover the hat when placed in
the box. An embroidered monogram
In the corner of this square would
form a dainty finish to the box.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-01
"~EcONoMIZE," SAYS Mr.. HILL

James j. Hill had an interview with
President Taft the other day, and, i
we have received a proper idea of it
tenor from the newspaper dispatch, i
was enough to imperil eve the presi
Dental smile.
Mr.. Hill thought the country wal
on the verge of national decline OF
account of the high cost of living
national extravaganza and divers
other painful things. He said:
1--WE must economize, economic
Economic both individually and al
q government. We are spending too
much money. We r too extrava'
giant. We are living beyond our
means The cost of living is way up
beyond all reason"
Now, if anybody of less reputation
than Mr.. Hill we're going about say.
ing such things he would be at once
generally denounced as q rank pessi-
mist who wasn't worth paying any
attention to. And q good many peo.
pie are quite likely to say just that
about Mr.. Hill himself.
But the fact is that it is really q
good thing for q country to have q
few intelligent and authoritative pes
simiste on hand; not an undue proper
ton of them. but just enough to leaven
the lump Of thoughtlessness, reckless
ness and bumptiousness which pros.
perity generates.
After all, there is always another
eide to every stu alton. The optimistic
mutations of commercial credit are
beautiful while they last. But just
below the top of the wave is often the
yawning gulf into which the crest is
sure to sink.
The pledging of government credit
to all sorts of expensive schemes, the
squandering of public funds as if they
came from some fountain that could
never be lowered or run dry, is a de-
lightful diversion in which all find ex.
element and many profit. But the
end thereof is most unpleasant, as q
cursory reading of the history of our
national and state governments sug.
gests.
We profess to be optimistic our.
selves. But we, as no doubt most of
our readers, believe that the best sort
of optimism is one that is tempered
with enough recognition of painful
possibilities to stir one to keen efforts
to avoid them. The man with the
fixed, mechanical smile from ear to
ear, the loud and ''many-sounding
voice. is not our ideal of an optimist
at all. He is simply a human fog
h%orn.-Irter Ocean.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-01
FIRST SCHOOL OF FLYING.

Boston Man Starts Il With Two Ex-
perts AZ Teachers.
What is believed to be the first
school Of air flying in the United
States has been started by Frank
Palmer Spear Of the Boston Y. M
9. A.
Spear has put in charge Of the
course a.. Helm Clayton, whose worl
at the Blue Hill observatory has
stamped him as a leading authority on
air and air currents, and Albert A
Merrill Of Brookline, whose worl
along the lines laid down by the pic
neer aviator Chanute helped give i'm
petus to the work Of the Wright broth
Ars.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-01
Present.

An attractive little w~orkbasket is
made in this way: Use for the bottom
q soft, pliable woven basket on which
a design of daisies and leaves can be
worked with rafia in the shades to
suit. After this is finished the basket
should be lined with green rajah silk,
which comes about eight inches be-
yond the edge of the basket. A casing
is made at the top Of this and the bag
drawn together with green ribbon.
A basket of this sort will be found
very convenient for holding Il bal. o,
yarn. letting the end come out At tne
top
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-01
An Embroidery Apron.

A dainty little sewing apron seer re-
Gently struck the keynote of newness
and could be easily copied for a Christ
muslin in a deep cream shade, and the
lower end was turned up about four
inches. An inch wide hem at the top
Of the pocket and another at the top
Of the apron were run with leaf green
ribbons and tied at the ends in soft
rosettes. The pocket that extended
across the apron and the tiny hand"
pockets above were decorated with
brilliant cretonne roses. and a leaf or
two were applied to the material by
buttonholing in green embroidery silk.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-01
HOMEMADE GIFTS.

Something Made by the Giver 10 Al.
ways Appreciated.
Christmas is coming. and all the in.
dustrious ones are beginning to won
der what they will make for their
friends, what kinds Of offerings they
can design that will have two virtues
evidence Of loving care and real use
fulness. Under this head will come
the lavender sachet illustrated. It is
made Of e colored scrim and is
embroidered in the cross stitch with
q little flower design worked in laven-
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-01
PRISCILLA BAG.

basket, which forms the bottom. More
useful, but quite as attractive in it's
way, is the Priscilla bag seen in the
cut. 10 make it cut a IL by IA inch
circle of cretonne. fold the sides to-
gether and shape as illustrated. Line
with some harmonizing plain material,
making two little pockets on the inside
for needles. thimble and scissors. The
busy mother will be glad to receive
this gift.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-01
CLANS In Maine Waters.

An attempt is to be made to intro
duce the famous Massachusetts and
Rhode Island clans to Maine waters,
and two men from Massachusetts and
Me-, by Commissioner of Sea and Shore
Fisheries James Donohue will soon be-
gin the work. These clans are very
large and have very white shells and
command a much higher price in the
market than the Maine product. At
the last legislature people interested in
the subject succeeded in getting an ap.
preparation from the state. 1t will
probably be two seasons before the re
suits of the work can be known.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-01
Grateful.

Young Lady-Give me one yard OF
why. haven't l seer you before2
Wrappers Assistant-Oh, Maud, have
you forgotten me? l saved your life
ut the seaside last summer. Young
Lady (warmly}-Why, Of course you
did. Then you may give me two yards
Of the ribbon. please.--Illustrated Bits.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-01
PASSING Events,

! Time Is II sort Of river Of passing
events. and rrong is its current. No
sooner is a thing brought to light than
TT is swept b. and another takes its
Eplace, and this. too, will be swept
|away.-Marcus Aurelius.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-01
Lettuce Salad With Fried Cheese,

6VHe0C0 0ata0 WIN rTteU VU0e80.
Dress the lettuce in the usual WAY
with French dressing. Have a mild
cheese. rather dry. cut in strips like
French fried potatoes. dip the strips In
beaten egg, roll them in fine bread
lcrumbs and drop them into boiling fat
TO brown as quickly as possible. Serve
with the lettuce.-BostOn Post.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-01
BAGS Popular Gifts,

Bags Of all kinds are always we'll
liked presents. They may be made
fat or round and be for either useful
or ornamental purposes, but In any
guise they are most acceptable. Some
Of the bags this season are built on a
foundation Of covered cardboard, and
the most beautiful Of all are of pom
padour ribbon gathered round a fat
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-01

Poison Squad In Philadelphia Schools.
The "poison squad" idea as to chill
dren's food is to be adopted in Phila'
delphia schools. Special lunches will
be supplied to some schools, while pu'
pills in others will be allowed to eat
what they please, and mental and
physical comparisons will be made al
the end Of the term.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-01

! Vengeance should p left to women.
|~Petrarch.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-01
A Smart Hatbox.

A Smart Hatbox.
This is a gift easy to make and one
that will be appreciated by the woman
who is short Of drawer or cupboard
room. This hatbox is a good, strong.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-01

W. G. CONRAD, Pres.
JAMES T. STANFORD.
Vice-Pres. and Manager.
A. E. SCHWINGEL,
Cashier.
OMAR J. MALCOLM,
Asst. Cashier.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-01
SILK BEDROOM SLIPPERS.

lucky recipient of Dresden ribbon. OF
this ribbon you will require one yard.
a half yard for each slipper. The pic
ture gives an excellent idea Of how
the slipper Is put together. The pin
tucSs are n inch apart. and the rib.
Don IS made into a box plat at the
toe for f%ullness.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-01
Conrad Banking
COMPANY,
GREAT FALLS MONT
Unincorporated.)

PAID UP CAPITAL,...,,.......,,S 100000
INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY 900. 900
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-01
Servants on Equal Plane.


There are still two tables, the white
and black being served separately, but
the quality of the food is the same for
both. Mrs. Taft is following the same
rule that has marked her housekeeping
for the last twenty-five years, from it's
beginning in the eight room cottage in
Cincinnati, in the governors palace in
Manila and in her several Washington
homes. Always a model housekeeper
as we'll rs homemaker, she is an exact.
Ing mistress. demanding good service.
but showing appreciation Of the labor
Of the least Of her servants by fair
wages and fair treatment.
When Mrs. Taft arrived she also
found the White House more than ever
deserved its name, for the most thor
Ough painting Of the building since
Its general remodeling six years ago
had been completed. Every inch of the
interior woodwork and the entire ex-
terror has been painted. presenting a
glistening. marble-like appearance.
CARL SCHOFIELD.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-01
A Comfortable Present,

0o'"'o'sao'o VTese"e'
Every year the bedroom slipper ap-
pears In a new form. This Christmas
you will probably make a pair of these
comfortable foot coverings for some
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-12-01

Local Securities 4 Speciality.
Isterest Allowed on Time DEPOSITS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-09
NEW RECORDS MADE.
Young Mems Gymnastic Club Takes
 First Honors.

New Orleans, May 8-The annual track and field championships of the southern association. Amateur Athletic union, held today at City Park race track resulted in the breaking of four records. The Young Mems Gymnastio club athletes, outnum- bering those of any other club or asso- citation. carried off the all-round cham pionship, scoring 49 points The South ern Athletic club track team was second with 40 points and Tulane University Athletic associations representative and the Phoenix Athletic club track team were tied for third place. The Young Mems Christian association was fourth with IS points Unattached athletes scored a total of F points. Dr. S. Reynolds of Liberty. Miss, scored total of 9 points, taking second in the standing broad jump. the discuss and 56-pound weight throw.
 The records broken were: Putting 16- pound shot, R. A Ludlam, Phoenix Attn letic club, 8 65 feet; pole vault for height, K. H. Sehroth, Young Mems Gymnastic club. 10 feet 10 inches; throwing discus, R. A. Ludlam, Phoenix Athletic club, 107 feet 440-yard run. E. N. Cobb, Southern Athletic club, 51 seconds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-09
SOME HUMORS OF THE
 POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS

her husband, who had been out of work for several months "If we could get some caretaker's place." she concludes, i've would thank you as we are nearly starvin'. l can do anything myself-nee- dle, hitting or cooking. 1 have a cosen in your Post Office"
 There Is a charming frankness in the entries sometimes made under the head of occupation" Thus, one man describes himself as 'married-worse luck" An other as 'still reveling In single blessed- ness" while third sums herself up as waiting for woman's suffrage" "A widow-have buried three of them," con- fesses a lady who clearly enjoys her emancipation; while another widow eu- phemisticaly puts herself down as living privately"
 When a mother, who recently claimed the money deposited by her dead son, was asked if the boys father was still alive, she responded briefly but to the point. "Father living, but insignificant" An other lady, in a similar position, when told that the money could only be paid to the depositor's father who was miss ing, relieved her mind thus: 'I am sorry for giving you so much vain trouble re- garding this. Your decision is law, pre- sume, and l can only say in the words of Rumble, If that's wot the law says the laws a hass an hidiotn
 The claims made by creditors of de- ceased depositors are often very ingeni- ousy framed. Thus, Loss of time and money in consulting solicitor, e1 10s," appeared as one of the items of a recent claim. which was actually allowed by the solicitor to the postoffce. More original still was a claim made by the son of a dead depositor, who, as investigation proved, came into the world before his fathers marriage When he was informed
 f ox.rlrx f.... ha lal a demand for 92 5s for shock to system on learning of my ilegitimacy" This was moral and intellectual damage" with a vengeance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-09
POOLING VOTERS.
Plain Republican Talk About the Ald-
 rich Bill.

From the Hartford Courant.
 We don't know how many citizens of the United States were entitled to vote at the general election last November. The World Almanac tables make the total number of those who actually voted on that occasion 1s,sS1, ,0S5. It is speaking within bounds to say that of the more than 100000 of citizens who voted six months ago for the Taft and Sherman electors, not two in hundred-if so many had a doubt that the Dingley schedules were to be reduced this spring in the in- terest of American trade and the Ameri- can purchasers pocket. The practically universal understanding was that the re- publican party stood committed to that kind of tariff revision. William II. Taft understood it that way; he said again and again. distinctly, explicitly; was there audible word of dissent last fal-be- fore election day-from MT. Aldrich and his senatorial disciples? The voters had sized up MT. Taft as truthful. depend- able man. They believed In him in No vember; they believe in him in April. We think-the occasion arising-he'll justify this confidence promptly and quite con- vincingly. The reactionaries had better take their vizaments of the fact that Will liam H. Taft knows his own mind, values his self-respect, holds his word sacred, mas courage lO Dufll, hlu lS Ho Sdie hidli to trihe with. They will reckon i'll if they leave him out
 But here. six months after election. is Mir Aldrich proclainling that the republi- can party did not promise last year to revise the tariff downward and proposing to revise part of 1t upward, while keeping the rest substantially where the Dingley revisers left 1t dozen years ago.
 It won't be healthy for the republican party at the congressional elections of 19t0-to look no farther ahead-if the plain voters get 1t into their heads that they were deliberately deceived and triied with by its authorized spokesmen in 1908. It will not be healthy for 1t if the new tariff does not lower prices and tighten burdens for the common people. And this Is very good time for republican news papers to be saying so.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-09
The Rlllposters Joke.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger. : In a certain borough of New York city is a picturesque spot. It is a scene of natural rock, with the beauty that na- ture can heap upon it's treasures. Jagged sides are prominent, and the appearance would make the poet or naturalist term the hummocks a small Alps. On the top- most particle of stone Is painted a sign; Paint or post no bills under penalty of the law"
 In view of this notice it is rather queer that the rocks should be almost complete ly covered with advertisements of the oorsets that makes the pills that = takes, the bread and cakes that - bakes, the remedies that cure shakes, put up by fakes, the cheap board at the lakes, the merits of the - ralSes, of --'s pork chops and beefsteaks, the children 8 game called Fox and Drakes," the lamp chimney that never breaks, the greatest oatmeal "Sawdust Flakes" and good ness sakes whole lot more
 But there Is one spot free and clear of advertising matter. and that Is under penalty of the law" Here the billposter has refrained from pasting his papers and has allowed the space to become pret- ty with natural virginity.
 Who says the billposter is not a humor- ist? tfs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-09
Announcement To Voters In The
 Tenth Judicial Circuit of Alabama

I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of solicitor for the Tenth Judicial circuit. If elected I purpose to make this a working position and not content myself with doing nothing but drawing my salary. What time I am not engaged in my duties in the circuit court I will assist the county solicitor in the suppression of crime and by so doing will not only earn the $500 which the county pays the circuit solicitor, but will save the county large per cent of the Ss000 which the Board of Revenue is annually required to appropriate to pay salaries