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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-14
Graphite Made From Coal.

Graphite. the commonest use of
which is seen in the lead" pencil, is
almost pure carbon. This mineral is
therefore only a step removed from
coal. and in fact some Of the natural
graphite deposits are found in coal
beds where the intrusion of masses Of
intensely heated liquefied igneous rock
has metamorphosed the coal, thus
forming graphite. An example of this
natural manufacture of graphite out of
coal is described in n Of the reports
Of the United States geological survey
on the Ration coal field of New Mexico.
On the other hand, large quantities Of
high grade graphite are artifcially
manufactured direct from ordinary
coal. In making lead pencils the
graphite is mixed with a clay of fine
grain, and the greater the proportion
of the clay constituent the harder the
pencil. Exceedingly soft pencils with
large leads contain but little clay.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-14
QUITE UNDERSTOOD.
How Two Worms Preserved Their Cell
Respect.

How Two Worms Preserved Their oelf
Respect.
Vt was early in the morning. The
park was almost deserted. Hen
peck and Meekhen met.
'Sir. you are a scoundre!" said
Meekhen.
Henpeck made no reply.
"Sir. you are an Insignificant image
of a monkey" continued Meekhen.
Then he tweaked Henpeck's nose.
Henpeck was still silent.
"You are u crawling worm. sir, and
for two pins l would tear you u
der" With these words Meekhen
took Henpeck by the right and left
whiskers and pulled in opposite direc-
tons until he grinned like a gargoyle.
Stop" cried a Mortified spectator of
the u%nprovoked assault. Il will not
stand by and see a fellow creature
used thus. Stop. sir, before l knock
you down.
Meekhen gave Henpeck q glance Of
whitening contempt and walked away
jauntily.
Henpeck turned to his preserver and
spoke. "Sir. you must not interfere"
he said meekly. ALLOW me to ex-
plain. The gentleman who has just
passed me is MIR. Meekhen. the only
friend l have in all the world. We
meet here at this time every morning
as We go to business. Mrs. Meekhen
has doubtless been particularly trying
this morning. That is why he vents
his wrath upon me. l do the same
to him when Mrs. Henpeck is out of
sorts. It's a little arrangement that
exists between us. enabling us to re
tain our self respect. Without it we
should cease to be men. But you
meant well. sir. and l thank you.
Good morning."
And Henpeck moved away slowly
Tit-BitS,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-14

cialists in Schenectady Merrill was one
Of the first to join. He is recording
and corresponding secretary of the
Schenectady local.
Mr.. Merrill is a trustee of the Sche-
nectady local of the Electrical Work
ers' union and represented it as a dele
gate to the national convention held
recently at Rochester, N. Y.
Mr.. Merrill declares that he will
make a fight Mt the next session of the
legislature for home rule in order that
cities may take up municipal owner
ship and dispose of contractors on city
work. He is a ready debater and says
that he expects to hold his own with
the leaders Of the other parties on the
floor of the legislature. During the
campaign he challenged his Republican
and Democratic opponents to public
debate Of the issues, but the challenge
was not accepted. His plurality was
1000.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-14

Omaha just in time to enlist as a VOL
unteer for the Spanish-American war
in the regiment commanded by Colonel
William Jennings Bryan. Later he en-
tered Union Theological seminary in
New York and two years later was
graduated. During his last year at the
seminary he preached at Cold Spring
on-the-Hudson and there met Miss
Mabel Healy, who is now Mrs. Lunn.
From Union Theological seminary
DR.. Lunn was called to the position of
assistant pastor of the Lafayette v
u Presbyterian church. Brooklyn,
then the third largest Presbyterian
church in the country. and he remain
ed there three years.
In the fall of 1908 DIR. Lunn was
called to the passionate of the aristo-
cratic First Reformed church. Science
tady. A year later he organized the
People 8 church.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-14

Founders and some light guns.
While Sampson was blockading the
harbor Of Santiago Wainwright. with
the Gloucester. was assigned the haz-
ardous task of running close in to the
mouth Of the harbor every night in or
der to make sure the enemy should not
escape. When Cervera's feet finally
came out Wainwright. with the Glou-
cester. though he was not supposed
to do any fighting. closed with two tor
pedo boat destroyers. the Pluton and
Furor. He feared that these destroy
ers might get within striking distance
Of n Of the big battleships and de-
stroy it with a torpedo while atten-
ton was concentrated on the larger
Spanish vessels. The result was that
the Gloucester engaged the two de-
stroyers.
Under the personal direction of
Wainwright the gunners literally tore
the steel armored destroyers to pieces.
First the Pluton staggered and ran
ashore in a sinking condition in less
than half an hours fight. Then.
smashed by projectiles. the Furor
caught fire. One gun crew after an
other was shot down. and in a little
while the vessel ran up the white flag.
Two-thirds Of the officers and men on
the TWO destroyers had been killed or
wounded. Wainwright was promoted
and thanked for his work.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-14
Wonderful Lakes.

On the Mangishlak peninsula. in the
Caspian sea. there are five small lakes.
One Of these is covered with salt
crystals strong enough to allow a man
and horse to cross the lake on foot.
Another is as round as any circle and
of a lovely rose color. Its banks OF
salt crystals form a setting as white
as snow to the water. which not only
shows all the cOlors from violet to
rosy red, but from it also rises a per.
fume as Of violets. Both the perfume
and the color are the result Of the
presence Of sea weeds.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-14
Schenectady's Socialist
Mayor and %Assemblyman
Herbert N. Merrill Is 40 Years
Old and of Puritan
Descent.

ERBERT NJ. MERRILL. who
was elected member of assem-
bly, in Schenectady county a,
the recent election, has The
distinction Of being the first Socialist
to enter the New York state legisla
ture.
Mr.. Merrill was born at Campton
N. H.. on Sept. 10. 1871. of Puritan de
scent. His p%aternal ancestor landed al
Newbury, Mass, in 1885. and his ma
ternal ancestor reached the shores OF
New England in 1882.
When a boy he attended the public
schools Of Boston and Plymouth. N. II
He removed to Schenectady in 1906
and since that time has been employed
as an armature winder in the General
Electric works.
For twenty years Mr.. Merrill has
been a Socialist. and when Job Harri'
man Of Los Angeles organized the So.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-14
CYLINDRICAL LIFEBoAT.
N%ons;nkasIe Motor Craft That Dives
From Ships Deck.

f~lons;nkasIe Motor Craft That Dives
From Ships Deck.
An inventor after many disappoint-
melIt> believes he has perfected a non.
siiIkable. noncapsizable motor driven
l~ifei,oat whose launching from a ship
is in the nature of a dive. says Popular
Mechanics. The boat looks like an ex-
c%ei'tionally corpulent cigar and COM
rrises q cylinder within q. cylinder.
Ehe outside cylinder. which revolyes
freely with the action of the wa is
twenty-four feet long and seven feet
in diameter. The inner cylinder. or
cradle. in which the passengers and
the propelling mechanism are carried,
is six feet in diameter and eighteen
feet long. suspended at its two ends by
the bulkheads situated at the cone ends
Of the outer cylinder or shell. No mat.
ter how violent the rolling action of
the outer parts. it IS claimed that the
passengers are guarded against it by
the force Of gravity acting upon their
cradle. 1t is likewise claimed that
forty persons may be carried.
The problems Of providing fresh air.
expelling the exhausted air and driving
the strange craft by motor power are
met in the following manner: The
bearings leading into the inner cradle
have a hollow center, through which is
run an air tube with the outer end
curved upward about two feet. so that
it is we'll above the water. At the in
ner end of the tube is a small pump,
which. worked by the passengers,
draws in the fresh air. The exhausted
air is expelled by an ingenious arrange
ment of valves. which automatically
close when the cylinder to which they
are attached revolves them beneath
the water level. A number Of these
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-14
LAUNCHING THE LIFEBOAT.

valves are always above the water line
and open to the air. In the engine in
stallatiOn the exhaust is carried
through the bearings to the open air.
The operation of the propeller through
the turning outer shell is simple. The
propeller connection with the engine.
situated within the cradle, depends en-
tirely upon gear wheels. Therefore it
%revolves entirely Independent of the
relative position of the inner and outer
cylinders.
One Of the most important features
claimed for the boat as it now stands
is the fact that, instead of having to be
lowered owe the ships side by tackle,
where it would be in danger of being
crushed by the heavy seas. it rests in
a cradle from which it slides and dives
into the sea when released. In the
tests given at Toronto the boat, carry
ing passengers, was launched into the
water, as shown in the Illustration.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-14
Usino Old Inner Tubes,

VI not throw away or sell for scrap
old inner tubes which have sound Sec
lions of impoverished rubber. BY saw
ing the old tubes and cutting out and
sending the sound sections sto a tire
company they may be Joined into a new
tube. says Cycle and Automobile Trade
Journal. While this Joined tube does
not have a good appearance. it will be
found capable of giving good service.
and when the shoe is put on only the
Owu0c will know how the tube looks.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-14

for use as an insulation in the con-
struction Of cold storage plants. brew
cries and refrigeration plants and Is
meant to take the place of cork. fax.
charcoal fiber and sawdust. all Of
which are imperfect insulating mate
sials. It has been found that the use
Of the latter has often been attended
By rot and fOuiness.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-14
Rev. Dr.. Lunn Has Filled a
Number Of Important
PaSt0rateS.

"HE Rev. DR.. George r. Lunn,
Socialist. who was recently
elected mayor Of S%chenecta-
dy, N. r., is thirty-eight
years old. He was born in Lenox. Ia.
Els parents moved to Des Moines
when he was an infant. and he at
tended the public schools there until
he vas twelve years old. At that age
he started out to seek his fortune and
decided to 60 to Omaha.
A year later he went to Grand Is
land. Neb.. where his family had
moved after he left Des Moines. and
he got employment with an insurance
company. A few months later. with
s. in in his pocket. he went to Belle
vue, Neb., to take up his studies for
the ministry at Bellevue college. Aft
er graduating there he spent n year
at Princeton and then returned to
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-14

play, LA Prin-
s Maleine."
Thereupon Figa-
70 spoke of Mae
terlinck as 1.-THE
Belgian Shakes
peare." L a t e r
when the author
had published the
first of his ia
nous essays some
one with a liking
for comparisons
named him "the
Belgian T. m e r.
SON."
In 1892 Maeter-
1s~4N 0n~-1hA ~,,k
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-14
Only Hors d'Oeuvres.
Some fiirtations are mostly like
sailed almonds-they're pushed
aside for the piece de resistance.
Florida Times Union.
Divinity and Humanity.


The first sight Of Sheba's queen
threw King Solomon into raptures.
"Divine!" he murmured.
But before he committed himself de-
initely he caused his secret service
men to do some investigating.
Look" directed his majesty. lat tn"
queens throne-not her best throne,
but the throne she Uses every day.
Especially the hooks and crannies-let
no nook or Granny escape you"
The secret service men did even as
they we're hidden and came back to
the king.
"Under the arm Of the throne this!'
they succinctly reported. holding up a
wad of gum. Solomon's face fell.
Human" he sighed.-Puck.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-14

Molly holiday making in the conn-
try)-I say, Mr.. Heats. do you mind if
I ask a question?
The Farmer-NO, my dear. What is
it?
Molly-What l want to know is
when you've finished milking that COW
how do you turn it off?-LOndon
Sketch.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-14

He was aching
for a chance to
blow up n few
Spanish ships and
their CO M p ! e.
ments in return,
and the chance
came to him. He
was given COM
mand Of the Glou-
cester, which had
been converted
from a yacht to
a dispatch boat.
1t carried fewer
than 100 G Il
Of civ
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-14
REAR ADMIRAL WAINWRIGHT,

One Of the Best Liked Officers In the
Navy Will Retire Soon.
When Rear Admiral Richard VAIN
wright retires from active service in
December the navy will lose not only
n Of its best liked officers, but one Of
its fighters.
When the Maine was blown up in
Havana harbor Wainwright was the
executive officer of the i'll fated vessel.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-14
Satisfied her.

"And did you eve love any girl be-
fore you were introduced to me, Char
lie?" said the bride Of a few months.
"Oh. yes" was the mans reply.
"YOu did,"
"Sure! When l first saw you."-Yon
kers Statesman.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-14
Bricks That Float.

There is no particular demand at the
and it does not seem probable that
there ever will be. And that is the
very reason why the new floating
brick will be looked upon as a curiosity.
1t is a real brick. made for building
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-14
Paint For Ironwork.

A good paint for ironwork ia COM
posed Of best French yellow ocher,
thirty-nine pounds: l%ampblack. one
pound: raw linseed oil. ffty-four
pounds. and japan drier. six pounds.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-14
Exclaimed.

Explained.
more and nor persons walk on the
railroad tracks every year."
"Yes; the increasing mileage Of good
roads attracts the automobiles, and
these drive pedestrians to the railroad
tracks for safety."-Buffalo Express.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-14
MAURICE %MAETERLINCK.

He Has Been Awarded tho 1911 Nobel
Prize For Literature.
Maurice Maeterlinck, the Belgian au-
thor, who has been awarded the Nobel
prize of 100000 for literature, is forty
nine years old. He was twenty-seven
when, having dedicated his life to the
profession of poet, he published a vol
.ume of verse, "Serres Chaudes," and a
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-14

the most successful of his plays. "Pel-
leas ct Melisande," which was quickly
followed by "Alladine ct Palomides."
He wrote two philosophical works and
then returned to drama. His latest in
this line is "The Blue Bird"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-14

construction, and
the only queer
thing about it is
that 1t floats like
a block of wood
when t n
into the water.
The brio k has
e n designed
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-14

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 on all principal American and
European cities, and Issues its own
Letters of Credit.
Interest paid OF 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, 1912-02-14

D IVERSIDE CAMP 1888, Modern Woodmen
Thursday of each month at Odd Fellows hall at
= O'Clock. Visiting %nelghDors cordially invited.
j. c. MYERS, V. G..
j. E. EPPERsoN, Clerk.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-14
Looking Upward.

On 1999)-Marie, bring out the aero
ambulator and take baby up for an
airing.-Judge.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-05-04
Nevada State News

A man named st. Claire was killed in
q runaway accident at the Glib Douglass
ranch near Reno Tuesday. He had just
secured a Job and started to work when
the accident occurred.
The City Council of Reno is attempt
ing to purify the atmosphere OF the red
light district. A high board fence has
been ordered erected about the restrict
ed district and a policeman 10 to be sta
toned nearby to keep out minors and
keep order.
A Washington dispatch states that
Senator Sutherland, chairman of the
Committee on Public Buildings, has re-
ported favorably on the bills a%ppropria-
ting SOC, 900 for a public building at Fall
Ion, Nevada, and sos GOO for a public
building at Winnemucca, Nevada.
The Reveille says George Watt, the
we'll known stockman OF Lander County,
was taken from Austin to San Francisco
last week for surgical aid. Last fall Mr..
Watt underwent a capital operation for
an abdominal abscess and it is thought
he may now be suffering from a recur-
renee of the trouble.
In a fight at Tonopah on Monday fol-
lowing an argument over money matters
BILLY Ford" a local Chinese, shot and
killed Yee Joe, another Chinese who
came to Tonopah only a short time ago.
After killing zee Joe. Ford visited the
Office OF the constable and surrendered
himself and handed over the gun with
which he had done the killing. He
states that zee Joe owed him abont $50
and that he demanded it and that Yee
Joe then gave him s5 and told him if he
asked for any mere he would shoot him .
He needed the money for his wife and
children and told zee Joe so, and the
latter then. according to Billy Ford,
pulled a gun, but Ford shot first and
Yee Joe dropped dead.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-05-04
Primary Law AS It Now
Stands On the Statutes

the voter designates one political party
in the manner above provided and votes
for candidates for nomination OF any
other political party, such votes for such
candidates of any other party than the
one designated, shall be disregarded IN
the count.
"The voter shall designate his choice
on the ballot by stamping a cross (A) In
the small square opposite the names OF
each candidate for whom he desires TO
vote. If he shall stamp more names
than there are candidates to be nomi-
mated for any Office. or If for any reason
il is impossible to determine his choice
for any office, his ballot shall not be
counted for such Office, but the rest of
his ballot, il properly stamped. shall be
counted except as above provided in
subdivision "A" Of this section.
"No ballot shall be rejected for any
technical error which does not render IL
impossible to determine the voters
choice for candidates Of his party, not
even though such ballot be somewhat
soiled and defaced."
A candidate for any Office defeated at
the primary election is not permitted to
have his name placed on the election
ballot for the same office by petition.
However, such a defeated candidate can
seek a different Office by having his
name placed on the election ballot by
such means.-SearchliRht Bulletin.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-05-04
The Communication From
Nevada's Railroad Commission

Last Saturdays mail brought a
statement to the SENTINEL from
the Railroad Commission of Ne
vada relative to the action taken
by the Commission in having
supplies forwarded from Palisade,
Nevada, to the relief of tho people
of Eureka, and asking that the
matter be made clear to the pub
lie through the columns of the
SENTINEL.
The communication gives all
the correspondence and kilograms
that passed between the officials
of the Eureka & Palisade Rail-
way and the Commission, and
very plainly shows that the Com
mission acted with all prompt
ness and took immediate action
looking toward the relief of the
people of Eureka.
The communication was not re-
ceived in the SENTINEL Office last
Saturday until some time after
the publication of the paper, and
as Agent s. G.. Dye of the E. q
P. fully set forth the prompt &C
ton taken by the Railroad Com
mission in his statement pub
lished last week in reply to the
article published in the San
Francisco Examiner. the SENTINEL
believes that the people of this
section fully understand and ap-
preciate the action of Nevada's
Railroad Commission in this mat
ter, and that the publication OF
the communication, which is o.
considerable length, is not neces'
sary at this time.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-05-04
FRUITS THAT DEFY
COOLEST WEATHER
Experiment With Some of the
Harder Trees Should Be
Tried in Eastern Nevada

As conditions in Eastern Nevada are
practically the same as those in Hum
boldt County. we call the following
article from the Humboldt Star to the
attention of our ranchers and fruit
growers:
If fruit trees could Withstand the Kill
ling frosts which come every Spring in
northern Nevada fruit raising would be-
come a great industry in this section
AS 1t is now, there are only a few locali'
ties. usually in canyons or at the mouth
of canyons, where the draught Of ali
prevents the formation of frost. where q
fruit crop is a certainty every year.
Paradise valley and Unionville are ex'
amples of this kind.
Now word from Washington
that Frank N. Meyer, IN explorer for
the Department. of Agriculture, after
spending two years and a half abroad.
has discovered fruits. plants and grass
es which will stand cold equal to that
of the Northwest of the United States.
Most Of Mr.. Meyers time was spent in
Russia, Siberia and Genital Asia. He
found . Siberian cherry bush which will
live in a temperature nearly 40 degrees
below zero. and among other fruits he
anne across an apricot, which a temp
erature of 80 below will not kill. Both
of these fruits, seeds and cuttings of
which were sen to this country. will
prove of value. experts believe. to farm
ers in Minnesota. the Dakotas. Montana
and other cold northwest States. AL
falfa that will endure much cold and
various kinds Of grain also were found
BY the explorer.
Perhaps il may be found that some Of
this fruit will do well in the hills and
high attitudes of Nevada. In such
event. the pines and cedars in places
favorable for moisture could i've replaced
with orchards, which ia addition to pro-
ducing fruit would serve as conservers
Of snow during the Winter and Spring.
1t is worth Nevada's while to make
experiments in this line, and especially
IL the matter worth investigating by
Humboldt County, q soon as some of
the fruit trees can be secured.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-05-04

DIR. Carl Francke, an eminen. O.,
man physician, writes to Q medic,
weekly an attack on the sheath ski,,
which he says is running female fieur..
stunting development and PRODUCING :,
race Of knock-kneed women. The do.
tor says the limbs cannot be straight m.
less the muscles are allowed the reVul.,
unrestricted exercise, which is only M.
sible with wide skirts. The time mp.,
come, he says, when it will be q Grim.
10 wear tight skirts.