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The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-03-04

enthusiasm than he had shown yet,
They're as small and even and white
as If somebody had gone to work and
carved them all around half new
billiard ball, not separate, you under
stand. but all in one piece. very pref
ty mouth they make, with those rather
broiled- salmon-colored lips she has,
and a little chin that points up, as If
she could hold her own. She can, TOO.
Her hair? Well, you see, she's cut 1t
short, to be a boy, but It's as thlcN
ms a beavers fur, | should say, ana
pretty black. It's a silky KIND oil
hair. that looks alive, You kno"
what | mean, l daresay. Some oru-
nettes hair looks coarse and duskN.
like horsehair, but hers isn't that kind
and II makes a sort of reflection in the
sun, the way a young raven wing
feathers do, If you understand
You're describing @ raying beauty
II seems to me-"
"Oh no." said the American limo
Gently. Now if our friend Grlgss,
the novelist were here, he'd find all
the right words and things, but can
only tell you just what ! saw
You tell it uncommonly Wen
Margaret's face expressed anything
hut pleasure. rs she tall?'
IT'S hard to tell, in mems clothes
Three inches shorter than am. may
he. I'm a middle-slzeG man, ! sup
pose. used to be FIVE feet ten IN my
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-03-04

marry Mons. Logotheti. l am bound
N confess. as her dear mothers old
est friend, that | am very apprehen.
sive of the consequences. l have the
gravest apprehensions, Mr.. Van Torp."
Have you, really?" asked the mil
lionaire, with caution, but sympa-
thetically Il wonder why!"
"A Creek" said Mrs. Rushmore,
sadly. Think of Creek"
Mr.. Van Torp, who was not without
a sense OF humor, was inclined to an.
swer that, in fact. he was thinking of
a Greek at that very moment. But
he abstained.
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CHAPTER v.-Contlnued.

II never heard such an amusing set
Of stories as you are telling me to.
day" she said.
THAT particular one is Logotheti's,"
he answered, land he can probably
tell you much more about the girl"
rs she really very pretty?" Marga.
ret asked.
Well" said Van Torp, quoting a
saying of his favorite great man, for
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Ten.

she could only answer by an energeuc
nod and look which meant that she
wished Mr. Van Torp success with all
her excellent heart.
IT'S quite settled" Margaret cried
as she entered. i've brought the g.
rector to his senses. and you are to
have the rooms they were keeping for
Russian prince who has not turned
upl"
Cro BE CoNTINuED.)
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Small Fortune for Trapper.
The skin of black fox is worth
$1,000.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-09
WISH to see the captain" said
the visitor to the big army
transport.

officers to learn the nature of the visit
ors business. 1t was all done in a
few minutes, quickly, easily and with
machinelike precision. The arm wav-
Ing was adopted by the jackies them
selves from the system Of flag signals
In use IN all navies, and so important
mas 1t been deemed as a means of
carrying on a long distance CONVERSE.
ton where the usual facilities are lack
ing that all the marines who recently
sailed for Panama, with Nicaragua as
their probable objective, were thor
oughly drilled in the method.
The key to the signaling is a simple
one. Where flags are used, as in the
regular signaling by wigwaggery from
% the bridge. the words are spelled out
Dy movements of the flags, each
movement signifying a letter. The
9ack1es have improved on this method
In their private communications by
dropping the flags and using their arms
alone. The movements are identical.
The flags serve nc purpose except to
make the wigwagging palmer to one
reading the signals from a ship some
distance away, The use Of a code
makes this method of signaling under
standable only to those for whom the
message is intended. The jackies have
q code Of their own. When CARRYING
on private conversations not intended
to be interpreted by their superiors
the sailors use this code, and for all
the quarterback knows the wildly wav-
Ing arms may be c%onsigning all naval
officers to perdition.
Just as t~elegraphers can converse,
unknown to any n not acquainted
with the Morse code, by tapping with a
lead pencil on the table and as the
wireless operators in harbor can re-
Ieve the idle hours by chatting each
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-09

the millions Of dollars Of capital in
volved, the thousands Of cars made
and sold and the thousands Of employ
ees of automobile and automobile parts
factories. Figures that are ~conserva
tive in every way make it appear GER
tain that, as stated, 100000 motorcars
are scheduled for 1910. They will be
made in twenty-one different states by
26S makers.
The poster adopted by the tenth na-
donal automobile show and shown
here Is provoking considerable COM
ment. Instead of the usual winged
Mercury. mighty Samson or some 9TH
or symbolical figure, the poster for this
show reveals a typical American girl,
att1red In complete motoring costume,
with skirts ALLOW as she stands with
one dainty foot advanced and arm out.
stretched. 1t was made by an artist
from a life study. The original is not
a professional model. but is said to be
a woman well known In motoring cir
cles, whose picture has appeared in the
automobile news columns more than
once during the past two years.
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AMERICAN AUTOS.
Many Exhibits Of Motorcars ARRANGED.
Growth Of the Industry.

Many Exhibits Of Motorears ARRANGED,
Growth Of the Industry.
That automobile shows are rowin
greatly in popularity in this country is
shown by the large number scheduled
to be held within the next few months.
Beginning with the decennial inter.
national In New York on the first of
the year, nineteen other exhibitions
Of the kind follow in various cities.
the last being the Boston show March
6-12. 1t has been estimated that Amer.
ica's automobile output for 1910 will
be close to, If not fully, 100000 cars.
Automobile making is now a nation.
al industry and on a par with any 9th.
er line Of manufacturing in America.
This Is best evidenced by the tenth
international automobile show held in
New York. when 1926 exhibitors show
ed products from every nook and cor
ner of the United States.
That the industry Is national is
proved, too. by the statistics showing
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-09
HUMOR OF THE HOUR
The Mystery Solved.

In Iowa a husband whose married
life was not one continuous round of
bliss suddenly disappeared from home.
Several weeks later a floating body
was discovered in the river. The fea-
lures were indistinguisha5le, but Mrs.
Pringley identified the body as that of
her husband, and it was buried with
appropriate ceremonies.
A week after the funeral Mr., Pring-
ley suddenly came home. He had been
to Canada to escape conjugal trials for
awhile.
"Mr. Pringley's home now, isn't he ~.
said a neighbor to the wife.
EYES,"
weren't you surprised when he
anne back alive?" the neighbor asked.
Eyes, l was," returned Mrs. Pringley
without much interest. but il I'd
stopped and thought a moment I'd "a
knew he'd been back. He's jes' that
contrary"-Lippincott's Magazine.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-09
Wigwagging
In Uncle
Sans Navy

~ WISH to see the captain" said
the visitor to the big army
transport.
"You must send up your mes
sage" replied the trim marine on guard
duty. "How? Why, just tell the sailor
at the gangway what you want. He'll
send the word along"
The visitor did as instructed and
looked to see the sailor climb to the
sacred reservation where gold laced
authority held sway. But to his sur.
prise the message vas not delivered
to the presence in person. The jackie
merely turned on his heel. faced an.
other jackie who appeared to be par
dcularly inquisitive concerning the do
ings at the gangway and began what
looked like an exhibition Of Swedish
calisthenics. Up and down and round
about went the sailor boys arms, now
flying f1ail-like, now resting at right
angles to the body and again raised
aloft as though calling down the light
ming on the head Of the importunate
person who insisted on seeing the
skipper.
The c~alisthenics were answered by q
short whirl Of arms from the second
jackie, and the guardian Of the gang.
way turned to the visitor and politely
Informed him that the captain was
very busy, but would send one Of the
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-09

or Justice at Washington, the past four
years serving as assistant attorney
general. Mr.. Russell has been much
abroad for the government. He was
sent to Paris in 1902 to investigate the
Panama canal title; again, in 1904, to
erect the transfer of title and prop
erty of the canal to the United States
and In the same year was this gov
ernment's legal adviser in Panama. In
19O6 he investigated peonage slavery
IN the southern states, has frequently
been sent to Cuba and in all his work
has won the good will and unstinted
praise OF his superiors.
Some time ago there was consider
able talk Of appointing Mr.. Russell
chief justice of the supreme court of
q philippines. He was not a can-
didate for the Office and did not seek
1t, but his brilliant legal attachments
caused consideration Of his name, He
rose BY sheer merit from a clerkship
In the department Of justice to assist
ant attorney general and has now be-
come Uncle Sans ambassador to Per.
sia.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-09
DARIUS o. MILLS.

How the Late Financier Rose From q
Poor Clerk.
The death recently of Darius o
Mills recalls the remarkable rise OF
the famous %tinancier and philanthro.
pist, who began life a poor boy with.
out a dollar. After working several
years as a clerk he went to Sacra-
mento, CAL. in 1S4S, and opened a gen.
eral store for the patronage of miners
and the adventurous element that was
rushing to the Eldorado during those
days. In one year he cleared
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-09
Happy Days For the Farmer.

These are the farmers blissful days. The
corn must yet be husked, tits true;
The hogs he's had the luck to raise still
need food and attention, too;
A hundred duties claim his care: the
chores must still be done at night;
The sheds need patching here and there;
he still gets up about daylight;
IT'S time for him to store the fruit away
on cellar shelves once more.
But they have started up the stove down
at the corner grocery store.
He has not thrashed his buckwheat yet:
The cows must still be MIXED and fed:
His rheumatism when it's wet oft makes
him long to lie in bed:
He has to pillow the ground for wheat and
fill the kitchen shed with wood;
His pants need patching on the seat, but
still he deems the season good.
darkness that once cam so late be-
gins at six o'clock once more,
And they have started up the stove dow
at the corner grocery store.
-ChicaRo Record Herald.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-09
Dance Forbidden by Uncle Sam.

Dance Forbidden by Uncle Sam.
Fiercest of all the wild orgies Of the
aborigines of North America is the
fiesta which eliminates in the fire
dance of the SabOba Indians, a small!
tribe living close to the Sierra Madre
range Of mountains. which walls Off
the seacoast of California from the
desert. Up to 1908. when the Indian
bureau Of the United States govern
ment finally forbade the holding of
these festas, the Sabobas had gath.
cred every year at the base of old
Mount San Jacinto to sing. dance and
gamble and finally to throw them
selves into a pit of fiery Goals. roll
over and over on the burning bed aud
then dance with bare feet on the red.
hot floor Of the pit.-Wide World Mag
azine.
Tho Worlds Population.
It is probable that the population Of
the earth has doubled since 1900. says
the st. Louis Post-D Dispatch. No one
knows within 100000 of what it ia
today, but no doubt the figures just
published by B. L. Putnam Weale are
as good as any others. He gives n
grand total Of 1855. 600. 900. OF these
only about Il third. or 546. OOO.UOO. are
white. with S5.OOO.OOO in North Amer
ia and 453.O0O.O OO IN Europe.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-09
CHARLES w. RUSSELL.

New Minister to Persia a Man Of Bril-.
liant Legal Attachments.
One of the recent diplomatic appoint.
ments that gave Uncle Sam a most
able representative abroad was that
OF Charles W. Russell for the post
OF ambassador to Persia, he having
worked for the government many
years and become exceptionally well
posted on International law and diplo.
matte procedure.
The new ambassador is a native of
virginia. where he was born in Wheel
Ing ffty-three years ago. and since
1856 he has been with the department
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-09

100000, and after a time everything
he touched literally turned to gold. He
finally became a banker, and it was
he who furnished money to develop
the great Comstock lode, which was
found at Virginia City, New. in 1872
This was the mine of which John W
Mackay, n day pointing to a shaft
opening out Of it, said:
II have taken $%15O,OOO,OOO in silver
bullion out Of that hole"
When Mr.. Mills came to New York
to reside in 1876 he was called the
Pacific slope Monte Cristo," and
som fabulous accounts were printed
OF his wealth. 1t was said that he
positively refused to eat from IN dish
or plate that was not Of solid gold
and that even his furniture was made
OF the same precious metal. Many
people thought that he would prove an
"easy mark" but he quickly surprised
them.
Probably his name is best known in
connection with the Mills hotels. which
are noted the world over as the model
hotels for poor men. There the men
OF slender means can find comfortable
and pleasant homes without loss of
self respect and without their being
encouraged to live upon the bounty of
others. The three Mills hotels in New
York city accommodate several thou
men, hundreds of them perma-
nent guests paying for their rooms 100
sometimes 2OO-nights in advance
n getting as much for their money
as it is possible to give.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-09
HumOr and
Philosophy
D. DUNCAN n. SMITH
IN PROSPECT.

WHEN science gets through monkeyir
" With man / rather guess
That he will know the answer
To questions. more or less,
Just how he Is constructed,
The manner and the plan
OF building from the elements
The things that make a man.
The surgeons saw him open
And look into his heart,
Trim here and there q member
And take him quite apart.
They fool around his liver
And peep into his brain
And cast reproachful glances
At him should he complain.
They're bound to get acquainted
With man and know the worst.
The reason of his hunger
And exc the cause Of thirst.
And how he does his thinking,
And why he goes to sleep,
And what may be the causes
That make him laugh or weep,
Some day. as now is mended
The auto or the bike,
He may to the repair shop
With all his troubles hike.
A monkey wrench attendant
The joints will tighten hard,
Put oil upon the bearings
And set him in the yard.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-09
His WIFE,.

The junior clerk had put in an appli-
cation for two weeks leave to attend
the wedding Of a very dear friend. The
office manager sent for him.
1T must be a very dear friend"
shifted the indignant manager. Ito
make you want two weeks of. Who Is
it?"
"After the ceremony" stammered
the blushing clerk. shell be my wife,"
New York World.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-09
JOHN BULLS CAMPAIGN.

To Win Votes Whole Empire Is Plas.
tered With Posters.
Whatever the result of Great Brit
aims hard fought political campaign
now drawing to a close. the poster
artists have no complaints to make.
they having reaped a gold mine in the
AFFAIR. Tons Of poster cartoons have
been plastered over the billboards
throughout the empire by workers en-
ployed by either the Unionists or the
Liberal party. Unlike the similar dis
plays that besiege the optics of the
American citizen when political war.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-09
Banknotes In a Book.

Every buyer Of secondhand books
dreams one day of finding between
the leaves of one of his acquisitions a
banknote.
According to the Gaulois, a celebrat-
ed London novelist has just had a
stroke of luck of this kind. He was
porting over the boxes arranged along
the walls by the side of the Seine
and decided to buy for a couple Of
francs a "Henriade' in quaint type pub
lished last century, in which were a
number of ~engravings. He went off
with his prize and in the evening be-
gan reading it. He found two Of the
pages Of scene 3 well stuck together
and on opening them with a knife
found three banknotes of 1000 francs
each and the following message:
Friend, whoever thou art. thou who
hast read this book to the end, be legatee
without remorse of this little fortune. It
II all my pen has brought me in fifty
years. May the muses. be more favorable
to thee. for thou art surely a man Of
letters.
H. z. 10 JAM, 1913. Paris, 3 Rue Maza-
rim.
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Need HOOKING Up.

Old Bachelor-When a young man
thinks about getting married these
days it is time to get the hook.
Benedict should say so. especial-
~ If he marries one Of these girls
with fifty buttons on the backs of their
gowns.-Pittsburg Post.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-09
In the Excitement.

80 you confess that the rate at
which you Travelled was the means of
placing several persons in serious dan.
ger?"
YES" answered Mr.. Chuggins. "The
policeman who was chasing us very
nearly a into three baby carriages"
Washington Star.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-09
A Lincoln Tablet.

A bronze tablet containing a bas-
relief head Of Abraham Lincoln is
being completed by John Pauling. a
Chicago sculptor, to mark the site of
the ~"wigwam" in which Lincoln was
nominated for president in 1860. The
site is at Lake and Market streets.
Chicago. The tablet will measure
about two feet and a half by four. The
medallion at the top shows Lincoln's
head a little less than life size. The
tablet bears the inscription:
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-09
No Relief to Him.

when you are angry" said the man
OF gentle instincts. 'stop and count a
hundred"
"A hundred!" echoed Mr.. Sirius Bar
ker. IF l could stop at a hundred in
counting up my wife's milliners' bills
l wouldn't be angry" - Washington
Star.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-09

other from their aerial stations, with
no one the wiser but themselves. so
the Jackies Of the feet can carry on
q conversation with the wigwagging
method Of communication. A sailor
will stop while passing a warship.
glance up at the deck and begin a wig
wag talk with a chum. He is proba-
bly, asking IL he can get shore leave
and come along.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-09
Where He Faded.

"Brown was pretty mad when the
months bills came in"
swell, what did he do about it,"
"Went home for the purpose of start.
ing a South American revolution"
"And did he do it?"
"No."
"Why not?''
His wife met him at the door,"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-09
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

Some men are single because they
have a lamentable habit of seeing dou.
BILE.
We may despise riches. but not hard
enough to give them away to our great
est enemy.
The most necessary thing next to
knowing how to talk is knowing how
to shut up.
A college education is a good thing
to have around the house If it doesn't
interfere with wood splitting and the
carrying out Of cinders.
Eggs are eggs these days, though
they might be mistaken for gold mug
gets.
When in doubt seek out a cheap
hand and have him pull You out.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-09
Such an Odd Idea.

Such an Odd Idea.
"Do you know the nature of an
oath?"
81 do"
swell what is it,"
ut is something you take before
swearing to a lot Of facts made to
order to ft your side Of the case"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-09
The Touch That Hurts.

"The multimillionaire gets angry cv-
cry time anybody applies to him for
a little money"
"Yes. 1t often happens that swollen
fortunes are very sensitive to the
touch."-Washington Star.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-09
How He Went.

And IT you really ascended that aw-
full mountain why did you leave no WIS.,
ible tracer"
The footprint left by the astral
body is not a tangible thing" respond
ed M explorer. with a dignity almost
frigid.-Philadelphia Ledger.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-09
A Noxica.

A Novice.
"That theatrical manager must be
new to the business"
"What makes you think so?"
II didn't have to wait in his ante
room for more than five minutes when
l went the other day to see him.
Houston Post.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-09
In the Sanctum.

tu A"0 00UCtO"s
Editor-What. Another manuscript?
Assistant-Yes; "Overheard at the
Sewing Circle"-475 words.
acknowledgements! Return it at once.
There must have been many more
words than thar.-Lippincott's Maya
zine.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-09
Poor Memory,

Poor Memory. .
"Jenks must be a very absentmind.
ed man."
II never noticed it,"
SWELL, l saw him the other night
with some girls in a restaurant, and I
think he had forgotten that he was
married"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-09
Not Because of That.

q" believe" she complained. "that
your love is growing cold"
SWELL" he bitterly replied, 'if it is
you needn't feel that it is doing so be-
cause you haven't made it hot enough
for me."-Chicago Record Herald.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-09

Site of the wigwam in which
Abraham Lincoln was nominated
for president, 1850. Erected BY the
Chicago chapter of the Daughters
of the American Revolution. Feb.
II, 1909.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-09
Two Points of View.

"Oh, John! Don't you think my
new gown is a perfect dream?"
1--WE had several nightmares Won
dering how Pm going to pay for it,
Boston Post.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-09
What's the Answer?

'"rime is money!
"Is that so? Then why is it that the
fellows who have the most time on
their hands have the least money!
Cleveland Leader.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-09
1nartistic,

"How are you feeling?"
"All to the bad"
"But you look the very picture of
health"
"Then the picture was drawn by a
bum artist"
First Aid.
His country is suffering from a ter
rble drought"
"Don't the express companies run in
there?"
Didn't Match.
The sailorman was gay enough
AS any one could see.
They wondered that an ancient salt
So very fresh could be.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-03-09
Mutual,

Mutual.
yes, 1 shook hands with the presi-
dent"
weren't you abashed at greatness?"
"Not a bit"
Il presume the president wasn't
ether
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Explained,

Explained.
II often wonder why men marry"
"Do you?"
Eyes"
II a enlighten you"
"Proceed."
ITO have somebody to put the blame
on"