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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-05-31
WASP WAIST CONTESTS.
Curious Course Of Training In Old
Time Girls Schools.

Curious Course Of Training In Old
Time Girls Schools.
A letter recently unearthed from q
trunk shows that in the sixties Of the
last century principals of girls schools
thought they We're fitting the girls for
society by urging them to retain small
waists. Accordingly they offered
prizes to the girls having the smallest
waists. The girls We're put through a
course of training for reducing their
waist measure. The conditions of the
contest were that the corset should
not be removed IN retiring at night
and that each pupil must be inspected
every morning to make sure she had
not loosened her corset. One of the
persons who engaged in the contest
afterward wrote Of it:
"Some of us tried hard to be per.
mitted to retire from the contest, but
we were rebuked for stultifying our.
selves and accused of making fools of
u principals. On the following
morning the undergoverness, with her
maid, came as usual to superintend
the toilets, and after satisfying her
self that each lace was drawn in to
the utmost she fastened it in a knot
at the top and, passing the ends
through a piece Of card, placed hel
own seal on them, so that any attempt
to loosen the corset during the night
might be infallibly detected in the
morning."-Detroit Free Press.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-05-31
Fliqht of the Locust.

Locusts in South Africa are very
tiny creatures, at most two or three
inches long, yet giant jawed and she'll
ed in a grim brown mail so hard that
as they strike it causes a sharp smart.
They travel in such numbers that it
takes them four or five days to pass
over. The scouts alone, lowering in
patches like red dust clouds, are nu-
merous enough to destroy the vegeta-
ton of a district, while the main body,
high up in the air, a host of little
black specks. stretches out into an
interminable screen between heaven
and earth. The tanning of their
wings brings a fresh GOODNESS owe the
hot earth ever in the depth of sum-
mer. There seems to be a fresh
breath of ozone as of the sea.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-05-31

If anything further were needed to
demonstra ate the chimerical character
of democratic craftsmanship the
farmers free list" bill now pending
in congress would furnish a final
convincing lesson. The debate on the
bill has not only exposed its deceitful
nature, but developed the fact that Its
authors have no Intelligent idea as to
the results it would produce II it were
adopted.
The bill is so loosely drawn, so vague
and indefinite in its terms and so
contrary to the lessons of past ex-
p~erience as a tariff measure that the
good it will accomplish is purely a
matter of conjecture, beyond the ken
Of the wisest leaders OF either party
in congress-, while its harmful effects
are definite and clear. The democrats
admit that 1t will curtail the revenues
of the government at least $40, 600, 900
q year, but experienced republican
legislators have made it pretty clear
that it will 60 far beyond these figures,
effecting a reduction OF probably $50, =
600, 900 in annual revenues withou,
any certain compensa ting benefit.
That the bill, il enacted, will reduce
the cost of living IL by 40 means Ger
tain. Experts who r familiar with
such problems declare that 1t will not
that the ''trusts" will absorb the re
auctions in duties by importing partt
Of machinery made more cheaply
abroad and having them assembled
by cheap labor here, and the only con
sequence would be that American
mechanics and other skilled labor
would be thrown out of employment
Whether or not the bill reduced prices
1t would certainly reduce wages ant
the capacity to buy the products o
the farm, mill and forge.
The Wilson.G German tariff bill il
1894 was q glaring instance Of thi
sort. Prices of all kinds fell after th
passage of the bill, but wages fel
still lower and in many cases stoppe'
altogether. Hundreds of thousand
of workers were thrown out of EN-
employment, the farmers could find q,
profitable market for their products
corn was burned for fuel Throughout
the west because it did not pay to shi
it, and the industries of the countr
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-05-31
KNITTING AN ERMINE.
Cold Trick That Traps the Shy Little
Fur Prize.

You are doubtless aware that the
ermine Of which your muff is made
has been the emblem Of royalty almost
since royalty began, in Russia, until
very recent years, it's use being for
hidden to those not of noble birth. But
l wonder if you are likewise aware
that it Is brother, or at least first
cousin, to the weasel. Ermine, as a
matter Of fact, is nothing more than
the weasel or common stoat in its
northern coat, for, like other arctic
and subarctic animals, the weasel turns
white in winter in order that it may be
as i~nconspicuous as possible in its en-
yironment Of ice and snow. Yet so
abnormally keen of sight are the ST.
berian trappers that they can distin-
| guish at almost Incredible distances
the little black tip Of the ermine's
tail as it whisks across the dazzling
plains.
It Is very shy, Is the ermine, and
special snares must be devised by the
trapper to avoid injuring the delicate
skin. Even the smallest Of the steel
traps are too heavy for such tiny AMI.
mails as these, and here 1t is that the
trapper's fertility Of esource is most
strikingly displayed. Smearing a little
grease on his hunting knife. he lays it
across the succession Of dots and
dashes which show that an ermine has
passed that way. Along comes the
tiny white form on its cratic course
again. The grease appeals to 1t, and
it begins to lick the knife blade,
which in those far northern lands,
where the mercury drops to 20, 80, 40
degrees below zero, Is inconceivably
cold. Did you never as a child on a
winters morning put your tongue to
some piece Of metal only to find that
1t did not easily come away? So it Is
then with the ermine, whose tiny red
tongue is instantly frozen to the steel
as though with glue. The knife being
too heavy for the little animal to
carry of, it can only wait until the
trapper comes upon his rounds, and
you, my lady, have a muff Of snowy
unmarried skins.-E. A. Powell. F. r.
G. s., in Everybody's.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-05-31
How Music Affected Boswell,

Boswell had a good deal more feel
ing for music than DR.. Johnson and
suffered at his masters hands. Once
in a moment of expansiveness he told
Johnson that music affected him" to
such a degree as to agitate his nerves
most painfully, producing alternative
sensations Of pathetic detection, so
that he was ready to shed tears, and
of daring resolution, so that he was
inclined to rush into the thickest of
the battle.
"Sir," replied Johnson, II should
never hear 1t at all if it made me such
q fool"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-05-31
Madrid's Fearful Climate.

Madrid Is afflicted With the most
changeable climate Of any European
capital. The temperature varies from
as much as 107 degrees in the summer
to us little as 10 degrees in the win
ter, and at all seasons of the year 1t
INDUCES in violent fluctuations. It is
by no means uncommon In December
to wake up with the thermometer reg
istering about 20 degrees and to find
1t mount to more than GO degrees by
the afternoon. Some years ago an
oscillation of 81 degrees was registered
in one day. No wonder, therefore,
that lung troubles are far more preva-
lent in Madrid than in st. Petersburg.
London Chronicle.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-05-31
EvENTFUL CAREER OF DIAZ.

Porfrio Diaz, who announces his
intention to resign from the Mexican
presidency, was born September 10,
1880, on the anniversary OF Mexican
independence. Oaxaca was his birth.
place. His father was a S~paniard and
his mother was of Indian extraction
His mother at first intended that he
should enter the church, but finally
yielded to his desires so that he pur.
sued the studies then required for q
lawyers career. While thus engaged
the invasion of Mexico by American
troops occurred, and young Diaz, with
other fellow students, offered his ser.
vices to the governor of Oaxaca. The
governor accepted their offer but did
not require the students to go into the
battlefield. Diaz served in the revolt
against General Santa Ana and sup
ported Juarez in his war of reform,
which began in 1855 and ended In
1858. At the age Of 20 he was general
OF q brigade fighting the French when
Napoleon III. tried to place Max
imilian on the Mexican throne. Maxi.
milan aud his generals were captured
by him In 1867 and soon after Mexico
City cspitul ated.
Diaz was regularly elected president
of Mexico for the fret time in 1887.
He was succeeded at the end of HE
term by General Manuel Gonzales.
His GROWING achievement in the Con.
zales administration was the abroga.
tion OF the law against the presidential al
reelection and in 1884 he was elected
president for the second time. There
has been no other president in Mexico
since then and until last summer the
opposition to him never attained
serious proportions. He was elected
president for the eighth time June 26,
1910.
Francisco I. Madero, q member OF
one of Mexico's wealthiest families,
was candidate for the presidency
against Diaz, the principal plank of
his platform being anti-reelection. In
November, 1910, Madero was convicted
OF melting the people to rebellion and
was put in Jail. He escaped into Texas
and called upon his followers to join
10 a general revolt on November 20.
Already there had been scattered
disturbances throughout the republic,
but the insurrection took its first
definite form on this date. The
Maderistas issued q manifesto in which
they said the recent election had been
enforced at the point of the bayonet;
charged Diaz with responsibility for the
uprising and declared his election null
and void. The principle of no reelec-
ton was said to be the supreme law of
the republic and Diaz declared u
usurper.
On November % Madero proclaimed
himself provisional president OF Mex.
leo and was formally i~naugurated on
his estate at Coahulla on December l,
the same day that Diaz began his
eighth term.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-05-31
Sheriff's Sale.

Isaac Hedges VI. r. H. Houser, defendant.
To be sold at sherid's sale on the 9th day OF
June, 1911, at 2 o'clock p. M, at front door
state of Montana, the following described prop
erty, to-wit:
All Of the right, title and interest of the de
PENDANT named, in and to the Wa NEA, SEA
NWA, NWA sen, section "a, township 81
north, range Is east, Montana meridian, in
Chouteau county, Montana, together with all the
buildings, structures and improvements situate
thereon.
Dated Fort Benton, Montana, May Is, 1911.
GEORGE BICKIE, Sheriff.
By CHAs. CRAWFORD, Under Sheriff.
r. Z. O'Keefe, attorney for plaintiff.
First publication May l6, 1911.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-05-31
generally suffered 40 almost complete

generally suffered 90 almost complete
paralysis.
1t is by no meat certain that the
bill was conceived in q sincere desire
to help anybody but the democratic
party. Colonel William J. Bryan
unwtttingly let the cat out of the bag
the other day in q speech q. Des
Moines, Ia, when he said that the bill
was 'the most strategic party move
that had been made in thirty years."
kansas City Journal.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-05-31

Lake Mcdonald, conceded to be one of
the most beautiful water spots in the
world, is located in Glacier National Park
in northwestern Montana. This district
was created into a National Playground
by the Sixty-frst U. s. Congress, and
since that time has been given much pub
licity through the columns Of the lead
ing newspapers and magazines as we'll as
the Great Northern Ry. in its "See Amer
lea First" movement.
Lake Mcdonald lies in the southwest
ern part Of the Park, is II miles long
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-05-31
"Mary Had"

Mary had a leg O lamb,
1t cost q lot of dough,
For everywhere that Mary went
The butchers soaked her go.
She took it home to roast one day,
And as I'm a living sinner,
Her kith and kin from far and near
Came tiocking in to dinner.
But Mary could not turn them out,
And SO they fingered near:
1t was q doleful sight to see
That poor lamb disappear.
Did Mary love that lamb? All no!
The guests all got their fill
But all our dear friend Mary got
Was just the butchers bill.
Springfield Uniol
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-05-31

"You approve Of economy. don't
you?"
EYES," replied Senator Sorghum;
'only too many Of us are apt to como
mize on the cigars we hand our
friends instead Of those we smoke our.
Observation-Disclosures Star.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-05-31
Tho Influence Of the Trees.

When we plant a tree we are doing
what we can to make u planet a
more wholesome and harS*:or dwelling
place for those who come after us, If
not for ourselves.-Oliver Wendell
Holmes.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-05-31

j. NJ. Howell, a popular druggis, of
Greensburg, Ky, says, eve use
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in our
OWL household and know it Is excel
lent" For sale by all dealers. n
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-05-31

and ~ miles wide and is surrounded on
all sides by high pine covered mountains.
The principal accommodations in the Park
at the present time are those located
on this lake, and arrangements can
be made at these hotels for one day, two
day or longer trips through this wonder
full region with competent guides at rea-
sonable rates.
This new Park sooner or later will
surely come into it's own as a big draw.
ing card for tourists.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-05-31

If there were no pride in u hearts
we should not complain Of the pride Of
others.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-05-31

Water right blanks-only correct
form published-for sale at the RIVER
Press Office.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-05-31

Fine Book and Job Printing q spe.
al the RIVER PRESS Office
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-05-31

Think of the inconvenience and loss If your
deeds and other valuable papers are destroyed or
stolen. We have fire and burglar proof safety
boxes for rent. Each box is absolutely private,
as you will have the only key that will open it.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1911-12-04

REi JORQBA..DQ

teunirse con la senorita Caylus. Con
zaggss y Peyrolles Sc entraron precipi-
tadamente Ell la habitaci6n del -Prln-
cipe, dejando la puerta entrabierta.
Tn instante despues, dona Marta
atravesaba el corredor con paso rapi-
do y receloso Era la hora de la sizes
ta y como Ia costumbre espanola ha-
bia franQueado los Princes, todo el
mundo dormla en- el castillo de Cay
lus. Do1a Marta esper6 esta hora
para svitar I'm NAL encuentro. Guam
do pas6 por delante de la puerta de
Gonzaga, Peyrolles lanz6se de i'm
proviso sobre ella y apretandola fuer-
tenente la boca con nn panuelo, la
impidi6 que gritara. Lu go, toman-
dola en- su brazos, la condujo desva-
necida i la estancia del Principe.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1911-12-04
Coreadasse y passepoil.

Caaainaba el uno en- un viejo caba-
1lo de labor, de enredadas crimes V
zambas patas; el otro, como los anti
guos castellanos, iba sentado sobre las
ancas del asno que le servia de pala-
fren.
Ell primero, 4 pesar de su modesto
lnontura, que caminaba con ~la cabe-
"a colgando entire las dos patas delan-
teras, tenfa un gallardo continente.
Vestla un jub6n de piel de buffalo
con cordones y pechera, calz6n de La
ma que la polilla habfa hecho una cri-
ba y fuertes jbotas de campafia & la
moda de Luis XIII.
Llevaba un enorme fieltro cham
bergo y colgaba de su costado IL
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1911-12-04

qulerdo nn en0rme espadon. Era
este Ell maestro de Cocardasse, liza
tural de Tolosa y antique maestro
de armas de la ciudad de Paris, que
a la saxon estaba establecido en- Tar
bes, donde no era muy estimado.
FL segundo ten1a apariencia t.
mida y modesto. Su traje hubiera
convenido 4 un clerigo Un largo
jubon, de la hechura de una sotana,
le cubrla los calzones, en- otro item.
po negros, pero que el uso habia
puesto relucientes y pardos. I'm GO
rro de lana, embellishments encas-
quetado hasta las oreias unos bro,
dequines forrados, "a despecho del
calor asfixiante, completahan su cx-
trailo atav1o
Dlferenciandose de su companero,
Cocardasse, que lucia una espesa
cabellera negra, larga rizada, Pas
sepoil ostentaba sobre las sienes al
gunos mechoncillos de cabellos de
IN rubio descolorido. Igual con-
traste Sc advert1a entire ell poblado
mostacho del gasc6n y los tres pelos
blanquecinos Y erizados que adorna-
ban ell labio superior de su preboste.
Porque era un preboste de armas,
nada menos, Ell pacifco viajero que
tan secamente iba sentado, y certi-
ficamos que, a pesar de su aspecto
extravaganza, cuando llegaba la
ocasi6n, manejaba diestra y vigoro-
samente la espada, que azotaba el
fanco izquierdo de. su asno. Lila
mabase Passepoil, ,ay era natural de
Villedieu, en- la Baja Normandia.
Sus amigos le llamaban el hermano
Passepoil, va debido 4 su aspecto
clerical, bien porque antes de cenir
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1911-12-04

Monte Alegre' es. no solamente Ia
Ids glanue Gle las :haclenaas Qe cafe oel
4,rasll, SlnO tamDlen del mundo euteru.
-4sta sltuada al sur, y a media nora dc
4a bonita cludad ue hlDelrao Prete ell
Ad zOna caIetaIera mas 1mportante dei
A4stado de San Pablo. unas zUU Ie-
.uas mas Q menos al Oeste ae hlo de
Janelro, a donde Sc llega en- dos dlas
.amlnando en- terrocarrll.
Esta grande hacienda esta comparti-
ia Ell Is secciones de 400 mil a $4,000
PIES de cafe cada una. teniendo un total
de $500 900 Rbustos, todos de cafe co.
sechero, sembradO clnco varaS de dis
tancia, puro sol; en- decir, sin sombra
en- TERRA colorado y entire los 6UU Y 7Ou
4netros de altura sobre ell nivel del mar,
lie los cuales dos terceras parties son de
cafe naclonal Y el resto de cate Uorn-
oon, con buena "carga" y de arbustos
oien desarrollados, bien ramiados y yes
idos de follaje verde oscuro nuy dense
y que Sc extiende desde el nivel del sue
10 y con promedio de uno dos y medic
kil6gramos de cafe en- orc por cada pie.
Cada una de las Is secciones en- que
esta diyidida la gran hacienda tieae SUI
oenefcio a vapor para 200 sacos de cafe
ORC al dla, con doble juego de descasca-
radoras, dobles ayentadoras y pianos pa
ra siete tipos de cafe que son los que
cotiza el comercio del Brasil.
Los ocho millones y trescientos mil ar
bustos estan sembrados en- "veinte mil
seteeientos cincuenta'' manzanas de to-
.renos sean trescientas veintitres y me-
dia caballer1as espaholas. habiendo otro
tanto de terreno ocupado en- eultivo de
cana de aztlcar, grandes potreros smpas-
tados, arroz y 1naiz, que, en- eonjunto,
con las parties ineultas dan q Ia hacien.
da una extension de nueve leguas por
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PAUL iFEVAU
:. 40

DO nunca NADIA que decir s0bre la
condncta de las seIoraS de Caylus.
" ESQ que haciais entonces ell
calidad de marido-pregunto negli-
fentemente Gonzaga,-i serials capaz
de hacerlo como padre?
-~Lo mismo, exactamente 10 mis-
mo: no conozco otro medic de guar
dar las hijas de Eva "Schah moto,"
Principe, como dicen los persas, Es
tais derrotado--Y Sc arrelleno en- su
butaca.
DE estas dos palabras, "Schah
motto '~~a1adi6 mientras Sc acomoda
ha para dor1nir la iesta,-que signl~
tican ''el Rey ha muerto," nosotros
hemos hecho "iaque" y mate, Sc
gun Manage Y Frere. En- cuanto a
las muieres. creedme: buenas reJas
v altos muros, son la mejor garantla
de su virtnd
Y cerrando los ojos Sc quedo a po-
co dormido. Gonzaga salio del come
dor para reunirse con Peyrolles, que
lie aguardaba paseando por las gale
rias
-iY nuestros bribones 2--le pre-
gunt6 Gonzaga al verle.
va han llegado seis-respondlo
Peyrones.
d D6nde estan?
En- la hosteria de "La Manzana
de Adam" al otro lado de los fosos.
II Quienes faltane
FL maestro Cocardasse, de Tar
bess Y passepoil, su preboste.
-.-tDos buenas espadas! " el
otro negocio9
--Dofia Maria esta en- este instan-
te en- las habitaciones de la senorita
do Caylus. 80
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e. REY DEL CAFE
sists de ancho y todo 81 ter1eno plano =
sin nada de piedra

sists de ancho y toao 81 terrano plano =
sin nadia de piedra
En- | servicio de la hacienda Sc en-
plean trescientas carretas tlradas POI
cuatro mulas cada una, y alojadas en- las
Is secciones de La misma hacienda, hay
5nce mil doscientos colonos que viven Ell
busnas casas de teja> Y pared doble, los
cnales tienen buena comida, medico, me
dicinas Y el sufciente nnmero de escue-
las donde ade1nas de aprender todas las
materias que correspondent a la ensenan-
"a primaria reciben classes de ingles. ale
man italiano con sus gimnasios Y cam.
pos para juegos de bolas. football :,
otros.
La cosecha que do ell ailo pasado es
ia enorme fnca, fue de doce mil pict
toneladas de cafe en- orc; pero la que
actualmente Sc esta leyantando asegur.
ell seilor administrator de la finca, que
excedera de 10000 toneladas 8 sea dos
cientos setenta y seis mil ochocientos
quintales doscientos veinticinco mil
cuatroclentOs cuarenta sacOs de sesent,
kil6gramos cada uno que es como lo
usan en- el Brasil.
Para levantar esa fabulosa cosecha
Juntamente con la de azucar Y grano,
nay actualmente trabaJando, ademas d.
los colonos, 1900 y pico de nombres, l.
mayor parte de euos portugueses e it,,
uanos q. ganan l,UUU reIs por cada sac~
de cafe maduro sean medic realeA
de moneda salvadorena; pero por eso>
mil rels estan obhgadOs no solamente a
cortarle todo el cafe al arbusto. sino que
lamblen a recoger toda Ell que este caldo
Por los desyerbos que aqul dan 4 los
cafetales, que son sels, slete y ocho, pues
llueve todo el ano y unas veces mas CO.
plosamente que otras, el propletarlo pa
ga 100000 rels por cada 1000 pies de
cafe que caben en- dos manzanas y me-
dla (aproximadamente treinta pesos
de nuestra moneda por la impia de ca
da manzana); pero entendido que de
ssas hmpias hay dos que Sc haaen con
arado cultivador y la Ultima arreglan
do toda la basura del centric del surco
delando los contornos del arhusto de ca
&c completamente hmpio, para procedel
al oorte del fruto,
El corte SO hace tendiendo lienzos dc
a1anta drill del tamailo de una sabana al