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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-06-01
OLD TIME MANNERS.
Rules Of Good Behavior In the Early
Eighteenth Century.

Rules Of Good Behavior In the Early
Eighteenth Century.
In a work entitled youths Bella
vior," published in 17O6. there is this
injunction to young gentlemen, Put
off thy Cap or Hat to persons Of Desert
as are Churchmen, Justices and the
like, turning the Cap or Hat to thy
STEWARDS; making a Reverence, bow
ing myself more or less according to
the custom Of the better bred"
In the midst of remarks which indi-
cate the utmost refinement we come
suddenly upon such directions as this:
"'Tis not as soon as you
are set at Table to bawl out, 4 eat
non Of this, l eat none of that, l care
tastes of Pepper, Nutmeg, Onyons,'"
etc.
After stating that "some have been
so refined in Foreign parts that they
will neither be covered, nor sit with
their backs to the picture of an emf
nent Person." the writer goes on to
remark that "there are some who eat
with that eagerness and Impotence,
they eat themselves out Of breath and
will pant like a broken winded Horse,
but these are not to be injured"
He also warns his pupil thus:
"When you are talking to any one do
not Continually punch him in the side,
as some people do; who. after every
sentence keep asking the person they
are conversing with, Did l not tell
you SOP What say you. sir?' and in
the meantime they are every moment
jogging and thrusting him with their
! elbows, which cannot be considered as
/ a mark of respect"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-06-01
According to Formula. d..

Judge Pennypacker vas once asked
by his brother Harry during a session
of court for the loan Of IS. Harry
walked to the desk and whispered the
request in the judges ear. The latter,
looking down over the top Of his
glasses without the suggestion of a
smile. said loud enough to be heard
throughout the room:
Put your application in writing and
present it to the court in a proper man.
ner."
Mr.. ~Pennypacker, thinking the
judges insistence upon regularity to
be merely regard for the dignity Of the
court, wrote out the request and hand
ed it to- the clerk of the court, who in
turn passed it to the bench. The
judge read it quietly and seriously and
then interrupted the pending trial long
enough to say:
"Application for a loan Of IS made to
this court is received and refused"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-06-01
Tho Order Of the She'll.

Employees of the Krupp works can
easily be distinguished. even when at
tired in their Sunday best. Every
workman on his enrolment is present
ed with a %curiously fashioned scarfpin
composed Of a miniature artillery shell
made Of platinum and set in silver.
After twenty years service he re-
celves a second pin modelled on the
same lines and mounted in gold. The
higher grades of employees. including
the engineers and those employed in
the counting house, wear their shells
in the form of sleeve links. The work.
men are very proud of this distinction.
which they call the Order Of the Shell
and wear on every possible occasion.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-06-01
SPOILED ITS EFFECT.
A Speech to the Jury That Was Eff.
fectiveIy Answered.


A we'll known English barrister,
whom we will call Mr.. H.. was a most
eloquent speaker. and his voice. par
ticularly In its pathetic tones, was
melody Itself. His power over a jury
was astonishing. and 1t was very sell
dom that he failed to secure u YER
dict for his client.
On II occasion, however, he was
beaten and in such a ridiculous man
ner that u crowded court and even the
grave Judge were convulsed with
laughter ut the burlesque of the result.
The case was a charge of murder.
Mr.. X. was for the defense. His
peroration was exceedingly touching
and beautiful.
"Gentlemen Of the jury" said be.
IF you can find this unhappy prisoner
at the bar guilty Of the crime with
which he is charged after the argu-
ments to the contrary which l have
laid before you. pronounce your fatal
verdict. Send him to the dungeon,
awaiting the death which he is to re-
ceive at your hands. Then go to your
families, lay your heads on your pill
lows-and sleep, If you CAM"
The effect of the closing words was
really thrilling. But presently the
counsel for the prosecution rose and
said:
"Gentlemen of the jury, l should
despair. after the affecting speech
which has been made to you by my
learned brother, Of saying anything to
do away with his %eloquence. l never
heard Mr.. X. speak that better than
when he spoke it now. Once l heard
him speak 1t in a case Of stealing at
Leeds and again in a case at Manches-
ter, and the last time l heard it was
when two men were tried for pocket
picking. But l never knew him to
speak 1t so affectingly as Just now"
This was a poser. The jury looked
at one another, whispered together.
and the speaker saw %instinctively that
he had them. He stopped at once.
closing with a single remark:
IF you can't see, gentlemen of the
Jury, that this speech fits all cases
then there's no use my saying any
thing more"
And there wasn't. He had made his
case and got his verdict.-Exchange.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-06-01
A Strenuous Preacher.

Whitefield. one Of the founders Of
Methodism, who died in ITO, was q
strenuous preacher. His usual pro-
gram was forty hours solid speaking
each week and this to congregations
measured in thousands. but he often
spoke for sixty hours. This was not
all, for latter his labors. instead of
taking rest. he was engaged in offer.
ing up prayers and intercessions or in
singing hymns. as his manner was. In
every house to which he was invited
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-06-01
"YOU LOSE" HAM SAID.

them at the dock at Quebec. One was
a particularly digniied representative
Of the London Times, much impressed
with his Importance.
George" said a friend who was
with him. you'll never be able to
make a dent on that man."
Ham looked him over. "I'll bet you
a dinner" he said, that he'll be call
ing me George before midnight"
Done"
At $50 that night Ham called up
his friend. "You lose," Ham said.
HE has not only called me George
but he now has his arm around my
neck and is calling me Georgia.
Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-06-01
Heroic Courtesy.


A French writer on 1.-THE Revolution.
the Empire and the Restoration" cites
an, amusing instance Of what he calls
g. heroic courtesy. Percy. Lord Beverly.
invited to dine with him a marquis
who was n of the most valiant sol.
diers Of the army Of Condo. Wishing
to honor his guest and the cause which
he served. that Of the French king.
the English peer ordered his butler to
bring him a bottle Of fine wine 100
years of age. "a ray Of sun shut in
crystal"
He opened It carefully and offered
a glass to the marquis, saying. III you
deem 1t worthy the honor. will you
drink in this wine the health Of the
king""
The marquis tasted the wine. "How
do YOU like it," asked the host. "Ex-
quisite," replied the marquis. Then
said Lord Beverly. finish the glass.
Only in a full glass ear one drink the
health Of SO great and so unfortunate
a king" without hesitation the mar.
quis did as he was hidden. Only when
the Englishman tasted the wine him
self did he learn that what he had
forced on his guest was castor oil
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-06-01
DAzED THE ARTIST.
Tho Story Of an Early Portrait o!
Firth by Himself.

Firth by Himself.
Here is the amusing history Of ono
Of Frith's own portraits painted by
himself. The celebrated artist had
entirely forgotten its existence until q
friend entered his studio in London
one morning and asserted that a CAPT.
tai picture of himself was on view In
q small shop in Great Portland street.
Its not a bit like what you are now"
observed the friend, ''but it may have
resembled you some years ago. Go
and look at it."
Mr.. Firth went and found his own
image after an estrangement Of forty
five years. He determined to buy 1t,
though he had not the faintest recol-
lection Of having painted it. "Ah, a
portrait!" said Firth to the woman in
charge of the shop after he had pre-.
tended to examine several other works
"Whose likeness Is that?"
"That," said the lady, 'is a portrait
Of the celebrated artist, Firth. painted
by himself"
"Why, he must be ar elderly man,
put IN the artist.
The woman remarked that he was
young once.
"Humph!" quoth the genial Firth.
"Not much of a picture"
To this the woman demurred and
asked EGO for the canvas. It was
Frith's turn to appear surprised.
"Well," replied the shopkeeper with.
out moving a muscle, 1T cost us near:
~ as much. We shall make a very
small profit. You see. it is very val
liable because the artist is deceased"
"Deceased" exclaimed the astonish-
ed painter. Dead. do you mean"
Eyes. sir; died of drink. My hus'
band attended the funeral"
Firth bought the picture, but did not
revive for some time.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-06-01
49, The -
Scrap Book
Appearances. DeeeitfuI.

She had all the earmarks Of d green
stenographer. and it therefore occurred
to the fresh young clerk that here
was one whom he could guy to his
hearts content. After luncheon hour,
when all the men were in the Office,
seemed the best time to show what a
wag he was.
Tipping them that he was going to
have some fun. he went up to her and
said, "Oh, Miss T., l heard the funni.
est story today" and he proceeded to
get of a time honored patriarch Of a
joke.
When he had finished she looked at
him guilelessly and said, "Oh, Mr.. X,
II you ever hear the mate to that will
you tell me?"
1.-THE mater" said he, rather bewil-
dered.
"Well, you know" said she, "Noah
took a pair of all things into the ark
with him, and now that l know one of
the jokes really I would love to know
the other."-Lippincott's.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-06-01
Didn't StartIe Her,

A certain prominent New York bust
ness man is known as a "high roller"
"a chandelier fell in the night at his
house," explained one of his friends,
land in the morning at breakfast he
said t. his wife. with a laugh:
"'What did you think, my love, when
you heard the chandelier fall in the
dead silence of the night?'
~ thought, darling his wife an
swered, that you had been detained
on business again and was getting up
stairs as quietly as you could"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-06-01
Il Never Comes AGAIN..

There are gains for all our losses.
There are balms for all u pains,
But when youth, the dream. departs
1t takes something from vi hearts:
And 1t never again.
We are stronger and r better
Under manhood'sN sterner reign.
Still we feel that something sweet
Followed youth with flying feet
And will come again.
Something beautiful is vanished.
And we sigh for 1t In vain.
We behold it everywhere,
On the earth and in the air.
But 1t Eve comes again.
Richard H. Stoddard.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-06-01
Ae Would Mead II.

A professor Of chemistry in a med
lea college was examining his class
and asked the question. Suppose you
were called to attend IL patient who
had swallowed a heavy dose Of oxalic
acid. what would you administers"
There was silence in the room fol
some seconds. for non Of the pupils
knew the answer.
Finally the youngest Of the students
murmured as Il sort Of suggestion rath.
er than a solution. spiritual conso.a-
ton"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-06-01

every good r~epartee-very good-but
perhaps a little strong"
The speaker was a prominent actor.
He resumed:
1T reminds me of a dialogue at the
Lambs club between a New England
poet and a Scot.
bah! said the Scot, hearing that
the poet had a press agent. Bah, you
Americans are possessed with an itch
for nOtoriety!
1.-The poet tossed back his long locks
f1ercely.
"'Well.' he cried. an itch for no.
toriety is better than a notoriety for
But with a Tut, tut. gentlemen"
said the actor, II ended this unseemly
wrangle ere 1t went too far"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-06-01
The Tattered FIau.

A general on his return from the
wars showed his family a regimental
flag tattered, torn and riddled with
bullets which he had personally cap
tured from the enemy. On the follow.
ing morning tho trophy was to be
presented to the commander in chief.
When he called for the flag his indus.
trious wife brought it to him smiling
ly and, presenting it to him with a
look Of proud satisfaction. said:
James, I sat up all night mend
ed the dag. and now-see, It looks al
most as good as newt!
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-06-01
An Easy Winner.

George Ham Of the Canadian Pacific
railroad is the greatest Canadian mix
er. He usually e%ntertains all the visit
ing English journalists and statesmen
who come to look over Canada.
Once a party Of dignifed English
journalists came over, and Ham met
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-06-01
Ilnsinuatlna.

Eyes," boosted Slowpay. X have
bought an automobile now. but l will
pay you that IS I borrowed six years
ago."
Better be careful" responded Binks.
with fine sarcasm. You might be up
pretended for speeding" Chicago
News.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-06-01
Chesrfulness,

To be bright and cheerful often re-
quires an effort. There Is a certain art
In keeping ourselves happy. and in this
respect. as in others, we require to
watch over and manage ourselves al
most as If we were somebody else.-
Sir John Lubbock.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-06-01
Same Way,

"How did you find dear old Broad
way?"
THAT way yet"
"What way"
"Old and dear."-Cleveland Leader.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-05-19
TO BUILD HIGH
POWER STATION
Richmond Is Made Headquarters for
Continental Wireless Telegraph
\ Company.

&RICHMOND, VA Special
That Richmond is to have a high
power radiating station is the an
nouncement made this morning by
Word h Mills. State manager for Vir-
ginta OF the Continental Wireless Tel
ephone and Telegraph Company.
other stations will be erected at Nor
FOLK and other points in Virginia as
rapidly as is found practicable.
Richmond has been made State
headquarters of he company. and Of
ncers have been opened in the Ameri-
can National Bank Building.
On exhibition in the Offices are sew
eral wireless telephones of the demon
stration type. With them converse
ton may be carried on from room to
room or with different floors of the
building. These instruments" Mr..
Mills explained to a Journal reporter
Tor whom he gave a demonstration,
are mere toys in comparison to the
commercial wireless telephone, which
Will operate for a distance of one hum
dred miles or more. When the fun
measure OF development has been
reached the human voice sound can
be carried much farther than this"
The instrument may have been a
mere toy, but il produces almost un-
canny results. Even in this age of
scientific progress. when the most
marvellous inventions are received
without provoking establishment, the
wireless telephone is calculated to
arouse the astonished interest of even
those most familiar with scientific de-
Velopmerts. The Journal reporter in
enc room and the demonstration in an
ether talked to each other through a
foot OF masonry as II they were face
TO face with each other. The words
were heard by those conversing as
distinctly as over the wire telephone.
To operate this local system one has
emily to turn a small disc TO the num-
DeC of the station to which ii is wish
ed to talk and ring the bell. This
being rung. Communication is thus
obtained without the services of a CEN
trai office. which is not needed to
operate wireless system.
connection is had by means OF the
Continental's system with all parts OF
the United States and with many
parts Of the world. At present the
company has communication with the
Phlippine Islands. At points all over
the country there are high power
radiating stations. Within a radius
OF a hundred miles or a little more
are To be placed numerous telephone
stations A person in Petersburg
wishing to convey a message to Wash
lnSton has only to call up the Rich
mond station. speak his message
which is then transmitted by wireless
telegraphy to Washington. The reply
is received in Richmond from Wash
lngton and the person in Petersburg
IS called up over the wireless tele-
phone and the message is repeated to
him.
The Continental Wireless Telephone
and Telegraph Company is the result
OF the merger OF leading wireless SIS
TENS which for several years have
been building stations and operating
commercially in different parts of the
United States.
Mr.. Hills stated this morning that
II is not the purpose Of the Cont
mental Company to establish a local
system just at present, but that that
would come in the course of time.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-05-19
ROOSEVELT HAS
A BAD THROAT
Former President Reviews Ger
man Troops in Secret With the
Kaiser, Despite Illness.

BERLIN.-Special. Theodore Roose-
welt Wednesday, in secret, reviewed
the crack regiments Of Europe'S war
lloyd. Kaiser Wilhelm. and Judged a
sham battle between 1900 troops.
which eclipsed any pageant or en-
tertainment previously arranged for
him on his tour OF Europe. At the di-
rect command of the Emperor every
enort was made to prevent any but
himself. his guest and the participants
being present
The maneuvers which gave Mr..
Roosevelt opportunity to compare
Germany'S finest fighters with those
OF France, who reviewed for him at
PARIS. was held at the Doeberitz field.
II was only after Mr.. Roosevelt $
throat had been examined by Profess
sor Frankel. the specialist under
whose care the ex-President has been
placed while in Berlin, that the trip
to the military field was undertaken.
Mr. Roosevelt's securing a good
nights rest. il was announced, had
done much TO improve his condition
and the visit TO Doeberitz was de-
clared safe. though the patient was
advised by DR.. Frankel to take the ut
most care of himself.
Alarming reports concerning Mr..
Roosevelt's health spread through
Berlin after he had gone to the mill
tary field. DR. Frankel refused to
discuss the reports. merely stain
that he told Colonel Roosevelt there
was no reason why he should not at
tend the maneuvers.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-05-19
TWELVE STUDENTS
DIE BY DROWNING
Meet Death While Boating on
Pond at Huntington
Mills, Pa.

WITNESBARRE, pa Special
Eight high school studeuts-siN girls
and two boys-lost their lives Thurs
day while boating on old Paper Mill
Pond at Huntington Mills, about twenty
miles below this city, in the lower end
Of LuZcrne county. The dead are:
Maud Sutline, aged seventeen years,
OF Town Line.
Carolyn Rooms. aged sixteen years,
OF HaVcyville.
Ruth Bonham, aged eighteen years.
OF Town Line.
Iris Davenport, aged sixteen years,
OF Watertown.
Rachel Thompson, aged sixteen years,
OF Town Hill.
Madeline Good, aged seventeen years,
OF Watertown.
Robert Minnich, aged eighteen years,
Of Koonsvine.
Ray Dodson, aged seventeen years,
OF Paramount.
Three OF those drowned-young Min
mich and the Misses Bonham and Good
would have been graduated this sum
mer.
At the noon hour, after eating their
luncheon, a party of twelve students
six girls and six boyS-decided to go for
row on the pond. They embarked in
two boats. Fifteen minutes later eight
OF them were dead.
No one on shore saw the students en-
barking or witnessed the accident. The
millpond is some distance from the
school. The old paper mill there is
abandoned. and a fringe of trees shuts
on the view Of the water from the road.
The pond, though deep. is narrow.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-05-19
WOMANS CLUBS
NOW IN SESSION
Organizations From All Over the
World Represented at the
Chicago Meeting.

CINCINNATI, O.-Special- More
than 5000 club women. representing
organizations in all parts OF the world,
are modified i'm Cincinnati i'm
readiness for the opening of
the tenth biennial convention OF the
General Federation of Women's Clubs.
The assemblage is declared to be more
thoroughly representative Of intellec-
tual WOmanhOod than ever before has
been seen in an American city. All
OF the learned professions are repre-
scented in the gathering.
The club women got together for
the first time and became acquainted
last night at complimentary concert
by the Cincinnati Symphony Orches-
ira in Music Hall. given by the Ohio
Federation OF Women's Clubs.
From to this afternoon the Ohio
federatiOn members will be hostesses
at reception to the visiting delegates
In the Hotel Sinton. The formal open
ing of the convention will take place
this evening in Music Hall. There will
he special music by the Orpheus Club
or this city, and addresses by Mrs Law
renee Maxwell. chairman of the local
Dlennial board, who will welcome the
ernor OF Ohio; Mayor Schwab of Gin
c1nnati; William b. Meliss. chairman of
the citizens committee, and Mrs Add
son +. Bromhall, president OF the Ohio
state Federation. The response to the
welcoming address VIII be by Mrs
Philip a.. Moore. president OF the gen
erai federation, after which the Hon
James r. Garfield, of Cleveland, for
mer Secretary Of the Interior, will ad-
dress the convention.
adjoining Music Hall. will wind up the
convention
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-05-19
"'I'N So "rai daVs before the crime
may have figured IN the murder. and

80. ~ot'',a Se.-erai DAVIS before the crir,a
may have figured In the murder, and
a, ...stS nave Oeen placed there in or
der TO throw suspicion on Hardy.
The gun has never been found since
the crime.
Governor Mann has gone over the
case with great care, and In doing so
he has pondered over the testimony
or sam Pete Holland, the man whose
dead BODY was found on the railroad
tracks about a month ago. Holland
was to have been tried for perjury
in connection with the case, and be-
fore the trial of Hardy a warrant was
sworn out Tor his arrest. He was one
Hardy, and the defense believes he
knew a good deal more about the
murder than he told. 1t is a fact
that after he had testified for the
prosecution and Hardy had been sent
to the electric chair, the warrant for
perjury was withdrawn.
The record shows that the crime
was committed between 10 and II
O'Clock at night, and 1t is in evil
dence-in the form of affidavits-
that Hardy was in his bed an hour
before that time, one of the atlantis
being young lady who did not testi-
fy in the case. There is another wit
ness who went on the stand in the
preliminary investigation. who made
statement and who later went 10
counsel for the prosecution and said
that he had made mistake in giving
the time OF Hardy's return 20 the
home in which he was living and he
expressed a desire to correct that He
also told the counsel for the defense
that he had made a mistake, and vet
when he took the stand at the trial
and made the corrected statement
counsel for the prosecution appeared
surprised and produced his original
statement.
Another fact is that the prosecution
has stenographic report of the evil
dence at the preliminary trial, and a
copy OF this did not get into the pos
session OF the defense for some time
after the trial, notwithS landing that
the defense made repeated efforts to
get n copy.
The death of Holland and the cir
cumstances surrounding IL, the affidavit
OF the young lady in question, letters
from many Of the best -known and most
prominent people in the country
among them several who have served
in the General Assembly of Virginia
physicians. newspaper men and many
others who have no interest in the af-
fairs save to see that justice is done
have been received by the Governor
and are a part Of the record in the
case.
Just what will be Hardy's fate is not
exactly clear-whether he will be given
penalty for his crime. so far n 5 punish
ment is concerned, eighteen years-but
the Governor will pass on this point in
2 few davs. The impression is that
Hardy will be given the eighteen year
sentence.