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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-09-18
Brief and Pertinent.

The United States geological survey
announces that a large deposit of pot
ash, sufficient to supply the country's
demand for many years, has been dis
covered in California. Potash at
present is imported chiefly from Ger
many, and the discovery may have an
important effect on the price OF this
commodity, which is largely used In
manufacturing fertilizers.
Miss Mary Woods OF the Brooklyn
navy yards cuts the patterns for all the
flags made there. She has been mak-
ing flags for the United States govern
ment for more than 30 years. Besides
Miss Woods there are 20 M EN-.
ployed in the Brooklyn navy yards
making flags at the rate of $1,000 each
year. A modern ships outfit in the
American navy consists of about 43C
flags.
Do you know there is one state il
the Union that loans it's money to
farmers In sums of $3.50 and $500:
Yes, the state of Oregon, and she has
been at 1t q long time-ever since ter
ritorial DAYS back in 1856. The small
borrower Is preferred. Interest is six
per cent. In 1910 the state was loan
ing her people q total of So, 351, $40,
and though her rules are strict, not
single farm loan was in process o:
foreclosure. Interest goes to the
school fund.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-09-18
A Practical Husband.

Surely the Monmouthshire mar who
caused his wife's wedding ring to be
inscribed, IF thee doesn't work, thee
shan't eat" was determined that there
should be no mistake in what he re-
auired in a wife. The only wonder is
how any woman could be induced to
marry him with such a threat before
her eyes. The exact date Of this ring
is not known, but it is previous to the
eighteenth century.-Chambers' Jour
nal.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-09-18
THRUST OF A PROPELLER.
Simple Apparatus For Determining Its
Power Of Propulsion,

Power OF propulsion.
A convincing way of determining the
thrust Of a propeller, whether of the
type used for a%eroplanes or of the type
used on boats. is to employ a simple
rigging. such as that shown in the ac-
companying illustration. At the right
of the drawing may be een a bracket
upon which the engine that drives the
propeller is mounted. This bracket
may be taken to represent the boat if
a marine propeller is being tested. A
line runs from the bracket or the boat
over a single pulley fastened to some
fixed support, and to the line is attach
ed a weight. The latter may consist
Of a bag filed with stones or scrap
iron and weighing twenty-five pounds.
An ordinary twenty-five pound spring
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-09-18
IMPROVED FARM METHODS.

LII VuC5C uoyo % "dSo SASASS
ing two blades of grass grow where
only one grew before, q word as to
the beginning OF the new departure In
farming may be timely. The Begin
ming may be said to date from half al
century ago. 1t is just fifty years
since Lincoln signed the bill which
has established agricultural colleges
in every one of the ~forty-eight states.
It set apart ten million acres OF the
public lands, to be divided among the
states in proportion to their repre-
~sentation in congress. This was made
the basis Of many of the state uni
versities, especially ia the west, where
agriculture according to the most I'm
proved scientific methods ia one OF
the great fields of study, but where a
liberal education OF all lines is OBJ.
tanned.
At first this law was called the Nor.
rill act, because Justin S. Morrill, was
its author. las the New Hampshire
statesman was busy in many spheres,
however, and had his name promi-
neutly assOci ated with several other
laws of large consequence, 1t was nee
essary to give it q more specific term,
and it was called the land grant stat.
ute, the agricultural college act and
other names which were more or less
distinctive. 1t was one of the many
measures by which the government
has made agriculture by far the larg'
est activity in its own sphere OF any
known to the world. No other coun.
try closely approaches the United
States in the volume and the variety
of its farming, stock raising and fruit
growing interests. For several years
past the annual product of the coun
try's farms and plantations has ex
ceeded sS, 600, 600, 900.
The agricultural college act followed
q few weeks after the free homes Law
was signed. Thus June and July
1862, were landmarks In the develop
ment of American farming. The pro
gress In this vast field which had bee1
made In this half q century is stu
pendous. From the beginning tn
government has borne 9 prominer
part In this development. It create
the department of agriculture In 1885
with its head q member of the cabine
The work OF this department and
the agricultural experiment station
costs the government several million
of dollars annually, but this outls
much more than pays for itself.
In 1902 the national irrigation q
was passed 90 Q supplement to Il
free homes law of 1862, and under
millions of acres Of desert and sem
desert are being transformed into Il
most productive lands In the world.
While much Improvement In Amer
or farming Ia still to be made, som'
II q. along this line has already bee
accomplished, for the yield per acr
% compared with forty years ag'
has increased 20 per cent for cottol
% per cent for corn and so per cel
tor wheat-Globe Democrat.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-09-18
Black Metal Polish.

A deep black polish for iron or steel
can be made by mixing one part Of
sulphur in ten parts Of oil of turpen'
tine. The mixture should be applied
as lightly as possible and heated over
a spirit lamp until the required polish
develops.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-09-18
AGAIN Our Queer Language

AGAIN Our Queer Language.
"Queer language, isn't it,"
"Why soT"
"Because of sickness l had to send
my shorthand writer home yesterday"
"WellY"
"That left me OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
land Plain Dealer.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-09-18
Tho Last Word.

Bobby-Is every word in this die
tionary, pa? P~eckley-Oh, no, my
child. Every little while a new word
comes into the language. Bobby
What's the latest word. pa? Peckley
Your ma will tell you. She always
has the last word.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-09-18
Make lt Help,

Let every dissatisfaction With the
present be made not a discourage
ment, but an inspiration, by the cor.
unual consciousness Of the great law
Of eternal growth.-Phillips Brooks.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-09-18
He Qodqad.

A lady, observing that a stranger IN
her pew had no hymnbook. politely
handed him one, ''Thanks," said the
gentleman. with great suavity; II sell
dom use a libretto. -Argonaut.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-09-18
Tho Needless Eye.

Kathryn. aged five. was vainly try
ing to thread q needle. Mamma"
she asked. don't they call a hole in q
needle an eye"
"Yes, DEAR" answered her mother.
"Well," continued the little miss,
I'LL bet this old needle Is cross eyed"
Chicago News.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-09-18
Riches Versus Luck.

Wig Would you rather be horn
lucky or rich: Wag-l'd rather be
born rich. Then you don't have to be
lucky. Exchange.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-09-18
Pathetic,

Daughter / cried all through the
play. Father - Was it pathetic:
Daughter Very. The hateful usher
put Cholly on one side of the aisle and
0e on the other. Judge.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-09-18

My spark ma grow greater by kin
ding my brothers ta,er.- Jeremy Tay.
Tor.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-11-21

peats or 81. l'atrick. The Puitans Of
New England used the drum as .
church bell. and It figured frequently
and Economically all through our early
|ars-New York Press.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-11-21
PASSING or THE DRUM.
II Has Fallen Into Disfavor Abroad In
Military Circles.

II Has Fallen Into Disfavor Abroad In
Military Circles.
1t was some time ago that. acting
rpon the recommendations embodied
in a report by military commission.
the French government reached the
conclusion that the drum was no long
er Il necessary article of military equip
ment. The report set forth that the
drum was Il serious incumbranee in
marching. that rain impaired its use
fulneSS. that its calls could not be dis
unguishest in time of hattie. that il
consumed period of two years to turn
out an efficient drummer and that hy
abandoning the use of the drum many
thousands Of youths and men would be
released for active service.
Since the decision Of the French gov
eminent other European powers have
followed its example In decreeiny that
the drum must So"
The history Of the drum Is both an.
cient aud honorable. The Egyptians
employed It. and the Greeks ascribetl
tts invention to Bacchns. The Srauish
ccnQueror Pizarro Il said to have found
drums In South American temples. The
snakes Of Ireland. we are told. ded
nom the Emerald Isle before the drum
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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-11-21
Elephants and R.;,w.x..

More than one railway train in Sian
has Of late had encounters with ele-
plants. In two cases the animals were
killed. but IN one the train was deraii-
ed and several cars were telescoped.
Oriental cars have no "cowcatchers."
for old world engineers generally smile
ut cowcatclers as devices suitable only
for what they deem to be American
conditions of traffic. 1t is pow OBJ
served. however. that the American
device might be very Serviceahie in the
case of stray elephants Cowcatchers
have already been introduced on the
large locomotives of the lire between
damascus and Mecca I'm anticipation
OF possible collisions with canels.-
Harper'A
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-11-21

Mrs. Wilks Is a suffragette and has
therefore adopted the noble principle
of no vote. no pay, and when Mrs.
Wilks. being a suffragette. says that
she won't do thing she won't, and
that's all there Ia to 1t.
So the tax collector. foiled for the
moment, retires in disorder and then
decides to renew the attack along the
lines Of least resistance-that Is to say.
by way of the relatively innocuous and
defenseless Wilks. wilks. on his part.
replies that the property is not his,
that he has neither part nor lot in it
and that he cannot reconcile it with
his conscience to pay taxes on the
property Of another Who could =?
Most people find it strain on their
consciences to pay taxes at all.
But now note the results. Wilks is
hailed off to prison since the law makes
him responsible for his wite's debts
while daring him to touch his wife's
property. So man once more comes off
second best. and the luckless Wilks
may reflect upon what women really
mean when they talk about the equal
ity Of the sexes.-Argonaut.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-11-21
BIG FAMILIES IN CHINA.
Five Generations In Ono Home 10 ths
Height Of Domestic Fame.

Height Of Domestic Fame.
The Chinese are proud Of large fami-
lies. and large family living together
proof of the good temper and correct
course Of life Of its members and as a
sure path to prosperity. A large fam.
lily which is able to live together with
out dividing up the property always re-
ceives much credit and Is highly re-
spected. 1t is one of the highest dis
tinctions In China to have WI Flu
Tnng Tang. or five generations. under
one roof, although such distinction is
attained by very few.
According to a recent census, the
family Of Meng Yu Shin, widow, Of
the village of Mangtao. in the territory
Of Weihaiwei. has the distinction Of
being the largest in the land Her fam
lily consists of sixty-six members, and
with one servant there are sixty-seven
mouths to be fed daily. Meng Yu Shih
Is sixty-six years old and has nine
sons and numerous grandchildren and
great-grandchildren all living under
her roof. She has not yet attained the
ambition of being the head Of WI Flu
Tung Tang. but the size of her family
has already given hers the honor and
pleasure Of being the largest in China.
even if she has not five generations I'M
der one roof.
There are many households of more
than forty members. aud almost all old
and distinguished families Of China
have at least twenty members. Fami-
lies of small size three or four. are con-
sidered rather bad form. even if they
are rich and occupying high positions.
as size of strong box. = Pearson's
VVooElx-
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-11-21
Ducks For Dollars.

A duck farm is far more profitable
proportionately than cattle ranch,
and it can be started on small
amount Of money. Once begun its in
evitable expansion has to be taken
care of up to the point where it may
seem desirable to set limit to it.
There is always ready market for
ducks in every large city. and the
prices do not fluctuate to any extent
There is about 100 per cent gross prof
it in the business. The amount of net
profit depends largely upon the duck
raiser himself and how we'll he sys-
tematizes his work. There are some
men who could not make success Of
any business. but the percentage of
those who have failed in raising ducks
is small indeed.-l.eslie's Weekly.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-11-21
ANOTHER ICE AGE coMINc7
Possibly, but There's No Necessity For
Any immediate Worry.

Professor Nathaniel Schmidt Of Cor
nell or some one in his name is try
ing to get up scare over another gla
cial epoch. I'VE are now in an inter
glacial period" be is quoted as saying
| and in the future the human race will
have to use all it's knowledge In another
fight for its life against the encroach
ing ice" Perhaps. But it is worth
noting that biologists tMr. Schmidt
processes in Semitic languages ami
literatures) are very much at odds
| over this very question. Some nf them
believe the glacial period is over and
that we are now entering Iuiescent
time so far as great temperature
changes are concerned.
On the other hand. the possibility
that the present is merely an inter
within couple of thousand years 10y
another course of general refriyera,
ton Is admitted. However. 1t Is like
ly to be our children's children's
children, raised to the nth power. who
will have to face the problem of keep
ing warm when the next ice cap ar
rives. Any immediate worry is. there
fore. uncalled for. Besides. as there
Is at present no unanimity Of opinion
regarding the cause Of the ice age.
speculation regarding future probabill-
ties is the merest guesswork
1t may have been due to the nu-
even contraction of the earth. which
resulted in great raised areas-pateaus
so high that all precipitation came in
the form OF snow. which. not melting
because of the altitude. was gradually
compacted into a great hlanketing gla.
cier. 1t may have resulted from as
trnnomical causeS-the varying eccen-
tricity Of the earth's orbit ana the eff
feet of this upon ocean currents. It
may have been due to atmospheric
ccni,itions-a reduction of the moisture
and carlson dioxide In the mir II max
have been due in part or wholly 10
other causes or perhaps tn thu whole
lot combined In short. we dn not
know IN what il was due ami melt her
do the leadin,: biologists Of the world
New York Post.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-11-21
MONTE TO HOST
LEGISLATORS
Invitation to Lawmakers Is
Extended at Quarterly
Convention

MONTESANO, Nov 20.-That Mon
ering of lawmakers ever assembled
of the state capital city, is evidenced
by the many letters and kilograms re-
ceived during the past two days by
President j. E. Calder of the Montesa-
no Chamber of Commerce in response
to invitations asking that the newly
elected legislators attend the 10th
quarterly convention or the Southwest
Washington Development association
which will convene in this city Nov.
% and %.
The chef topic of the convention
will be permanent highway legislation
This topic is to be discussed frUnl
every angle from the building of good
roads in Southwestern Washington.
President N. B. Coffman, of the as
sociation was the first to propose the
meeting of the legislators here, and
his ideas it believed will be generally
followed out. 1t is his belief that more
good can be accomplished at this
meeting than in congress.
Every commercial organization in
the county as we'll as every Grange,
was represented at meeting held
here Monday. The banquet Friday
night will consist of Chehalis county
products.
The session will be held in one of
the court rooms of the new Chehalis
county 100000 court house. permits
sion having been obtained from the
judges and county commissioners.
The slogan for the meeting follows:
"A liberal state highway levy to aid
in the construction of highways
throuhg agricultural districts between
trade centers and the building of roads
into undeveloped agricultural sections
the national government to assume
the responsibility of construction of
needed highways in the national re-
serves. Road legislation as a merit
measure--no pork barrel-no tiups
over unrelated bills"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-11-21
NAVAL ORNAMENTS.

II is the dictate Of the simplest
common sense that in the practi-
cal conduit of life we must ac-
rept facts SIS we find them.
rot rs we wish they were. and
must meet them with appropri-
ATE measures To meet the in
creasius armament OF others by
decreasing our own is unpracti-
cat Though thus devoi, Of Vi =
sion. Il is none the less visionary.
for IL fails 70 realize that the
ornaments OF other states have
n definite object. which object Is
not war. hut the enforcement Of
natioual purpose in moments of
International crisis by being
ready for war IL the worst come.
Statesmen are arniing not be
eaase they want lighting. but be-
cause they consider that condi-
tinns OF which they have famil-
lar knowledge render armament
necessary unless their nation is
willing that national policies.
such as the Monroe doctrine or
the safe tenure Of the Panama
canal. he violated by superior
power II the power be sufii-
ciently superior there will be no
lighting, Careful observers Of in.
teruational events know how cor
rect this estimate Is. The last
decade has seen a half dozen
bloodlees wars and decisive vic
tories s6ected By adequate ar
manent-Rear Admiral Mahan.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-11-21
Constipation and Catarrh

lieve me? Well. whether you would be-
lieve me or not II Is the truth.
For many years I have been wrest-
ling with the problem OF furnishing
the public an internal catarrh remedy.
Peruna has been the remedy that l
have devised and 1t has certainly re-
lieved many thousand people, yes hun
dreds OF thousands OF people, Of chronic
catarrh.
Constipation was my chief difficulty
in treating these cases. l often felt
that IT would be better IL laxative
element were added 10 Peruna- l feared
to do SO. however, nrst because or
the number of catarrhal patients who
needed no laxative. and second l was
afraid of making such q radical change
in remedy that was already doing
so WELL Thus 1t was that l continued
to prescribe with the Peruna bottle
of Maualin to those who needed lax
alive. At last. under circumstances
explained in my booklet, / was con-
strained to add the laxative element to
Peruna. This constitutes what is now
known as the revised Peruna.
Now those who take Peruna viii,
first. fnd themselves promptly relieved
of their constipation. Second. the
catarrh viii gradually disappear. And
once the catarrh is cured the consti-
patton leaves permanently. Then II
you follow the advice given In my
book. YOU will never have to take pills
any more. Cathartics and hxatives
you can ignore. You will be perma-
nently relieved Of both your catarrh
and the constipation. PERUNA Is
FOR SALE AT ALL DRUG STORES
4 ~
are eaEins inacisses DC tSs ead.
time Peruna. 10 such yo1l4 ~.
name q XA-TAR-lSO nanufnctursd
~ XA.XAR-NQ ComDanA Coln1h4A
Ohio Write the0 80 hey o. ~
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-11-21
Turkeys Apricot Paste.

Apricot paste IS made in u primitive
way by Turkish farmers and growers
"f apricots by MASKING the fruit to Il
pulp. spreading it thinly ON boards and
drying it thoroughly in the sun. the
finished product locking like a side of
thin sole leather. These thin sheets Of
dried apricot paste are not only con-
sumed largely in this country. but are
exported to Egypt. Turkey. Roumania
and Germany. In the last named roun-
try il is said that the paste is convert
Ell into apricot Jam,
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-11-21
A VERY PRETTY TANGLE.
Curious Mixup Of English Law With
Mrs, Wilks' Husband.

The sad case of Mr. and Mrs. WilkS
that is now engaging the prayerful at
tentiou of English justice is worthy OF
attention wherever the voice of a mill
tant womanhood is borne to us upon
the wandering winds.
EnGliShwomen. he il remembered.
have already won the rich, to own
their own property free from all inter-
ference by tyranniral husbands. Now
Mrs. Wilks OWNS certain property upon
which the tax collector has east his
ubiquitous and cove:ous eyes. But
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-11-21
Shoots a Knife into Them.

In English slaughter hauSes animals
are killed by new and humane meth
od. The instrument employed Is Il
spring operated pistol that projects Il
sharp blade into the animars head
No bullet enters the anima!s. and as
no powder is used the pistol may he
placed directly upon the vital point of
the skull So that the aim will be un-
erring. death will he absolutely instan-
taneous and the animal will feel no
main
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-11-21
Most Costly Porcelain Service.

At an exhibition Of works of art at
present being held IN ST Petersburg
there may be seen set Of porcelain
dishes which is considered the most
costly in the world. II consists Of
thirty-six hand colored plates This
ser has an estimated value of 3,i.NN
Ylbles tSlS.5i0,. single plate there.
fore being worth loo ruhles (Sal5
It Is the property of Count Oriotf
Davidoff.- Scientific American.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-11-21

- rsfs5a police. being of the opinion
tf4zE Fsshestrians sire chiefly to blame
FIR tsyszSt accidents have issued Il mo-
tsss-ssss - a. effect that a pedestrian. II
he assi>cs Ia cross the road must do SD
frg.Nxss!1~sct Ene. taking the shortest
p@ssr- Ss'erSoes found walking along
tSegs- sgweet iengthwise and thus en-.
c. ssFsFrOs,g their own safety and that
cS1 xssses,s viii he reprimanded by the
IeTs,
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-11-21
The Medical Students.

Peud!eton- What are the two great
est wishes Of medical student?
Eerfer-Give IL up. What are they:
Pendleton--To put DIR" before his
own name and DR." after the names
of other people.