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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-12-18
new New York, super Dread
nought of the heaviest type, is.
with the Texas. the first bat

NEW YORK ON THE WAYS
SHOWING THE sRERN.
tremendous caver which will later be
filed with all the partitions, engines,
guns and smaller equipment which 60
to make a finished ship.
The New York will mark q return to
the earlier customs in shipbuilding in
one feature, and that is with respect to
the portion of the ship allotted to off,
GERS and men. The quarterback Of bat
tleships from time immemorial has
been aft; the jackies' quarters have
always been "for'd;" hence the "fo'cas-
tle." With the Arkansas and the Wyo-
ming, however, this feature was
changed about, and the officers quar-
tiers were put forward. On the New
York the officers will be put aft again
and the sailors sent forward.
The grim looking plain ram now usu-
ally seen in a battleship is missing
from the New York, which has a bow
that looks not unlike the more graceful
lines of a merchantmen.
Naval battles with fourteen inch guns
are not likely to come to quarters close
enough to allow of any ramming, any
way, and the experts have figured out
that a swelling bow gives a ship less
resistance in the water than a ram
bow.
Apart from it's ten f~ourteen-inch, As
caliber "rifes"-as they officially desig-
nate these big guns-the New York
will be a long way from d~efenseless
even without this set Of the biggest
guns afoat.
There are in addition two twenty
one-inch submerged torpedo tubes on
each side of the hull, twenty-one FIVE
inch rapid fire guns, four three-pounder
saluting guns, two ~one-pounder semi
automatic guns for boats, two three
inch 1eldpieces and two 3O-caliber ma
chine guns.
The New York is fitted as a flagship
and will accommodate sixty-three off,
GERS and over a thousand men.
Each Of her ten fourteen-inchers cost
e62, ZOO, and the mounting platform for
each of those big fellows cost an even
$4,000. They will each send a shot
with enough velocity to knock a hole in
any ordinary armored cruiser over
Twelve miles away, and it costs 5000
for one round of ammunition for each
Of them.
The big ships beam will allow her
Just fifteen feet leeway in the Panama
canal locks, and along about the time
that engineering feat Is accomplished
the New York will 60 down there to
prove that she can ease her way
through.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-12-18
Christmas Dents

Don't leave the cost mark on pres
ents.
Don't let Christmas giving deterio
rate into a trade.
Don't let money dominate you,
Christmas giving.
Don't embarrass yourself by giving
more than you car afford.
Don't expect to receive as much a.
you give. as the odds are on the dis
appointment.
Don't acquire your Yuletide before
the fun of Christmas actually begins
No Christmas is fulfilled when the eel.
ebrant is filled full.
Don't be the first to tell a child there
Is no Santa Claus. If you have to lie
about it lie. and lie as attractively as
your education will permit.
Don't eat your Christmas dinner In a
restaurant If you can find any old home
that you may eat it in. for a Christ
mas dinner in a home is worth two in
the bush.
Don't let your Christmas go by with
out giving some sort of present to a
child. The excuse that you know no
children will not suffice. You can know
plenty of them between now and the
day of days.
Don't decide to abstain from giving
just because you cannot afford expen-
sive presents. The thoughtfulness of
your gift. the interest you take in
those to whom you give. are the prin-
cipal things. The intrinsic value Of
your gift counts very little.
Don't give things because they are
cheap and make a big show for the
money. AS a rule. it is a dangerous
thing to pick up a lot of all sorts of
things at bargain sales for Christmas
presents. If you do there is always
the temptation to make inappropriate
gifts.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-12-18
CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS.
Great Skill Shown by the Coburq
GlassbIowers.

Great Skill Shown by the Coburq
GlassbIowers.
From Coburg. Germany. a little rail-
way only twenty-five miles long leads
into the heart of the Thuringian forest
ranges. terminating ut Lauscha. where
Christmas ornaments are made. Near
~ every house and hut Is the home Of
a glassblower. and the smallest child
that can use it's hands understandingly
has some part in the work.
The blowers make all their work
from glass tubes Of varied diameter
and thickness. which are cut to con-
venient lengths by scratching them
with a file and breaking them ut the
cleavage. A burner consisting of two.
four or more flames issuing from tiny
gas jets converges it's fires mon a
metal plate, which usually supports a
piece of dry wood or charcoal whose
slow but fierce combustion under the
blue fame of the blowpipes rapidly
melts the hardest glass. Driving the
bellows which supplies air to his blow
pipes with his feet. the operator turns
out with deft swiftness balls. stars.
pendants and larger ornaments of al
most every conceivable shape and size.
His good wife is perhaps injecting a
spray of gliding or silvering solution
into a great basketful of the tiny balls.
used to festoon windows and Christ
mas trees, or, perhaps, with greater
skill is coloring with deft fingers the
Interior of a larger ornament.
The eldest boy may himself be a
skilled operator and perhaps excels his
father in creating miniature reindeer,
with great spreading a%ntlers, spirited
horses, coursing hounds. fragile air
ships and balloons and, most wonder
full of all. roses. carnations, tulips and
other flowers, each Of whose parts is
made of colored glass of the proper
color and fused in place with a deli
cacy Of touch that far excels ordinary
painting.
So light and fragile are these goods
that they are packed in cotton and
cartons divided into compartments and
to a very great extent are shipped
away from Lauscha by parcels ex-
press. So generally is this done be-
tween the middle of November and
Christmas week that the postofice
force and a number of mail cars are
furnished to meet the demand for par
cells transportation.-National Maya
zine.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-12-18
New York the
Biggest
BattleShip

"HE new New York, super-Dread-
nought of the heaviest type, is.
with the Texas. the first bat
tleship to carry guns of four
teen inch. As caliber. She will have ten
of these fourteen inch guns mounted
along her center line and able to de-
liver a broadside on either side of the
ship. To carry the weight of such big
guns. together with their protective tur-
rets and heavy mounting platforms and
swivels. she was built ~fifty-seven feet
longer than the Florida and with 1900
tons displacement, which is 1000 tons
more than the Arkansas or the Wyo-
ming.
The New York and her sister ship,
the Texas. will be the biggest battle
ships af1oat in the world when they 20
into commission.
Here are a few Of the figures about
the biggest battleship: Length on de-
signer's water line, 565 feet; breadth,
extreme, at designers water line, 95
feet 2b inches; mean trial displace-
ment. 27.OOO tons; mean draft, %
feet 6 inches; coal bunker capacity.
2,S60 tons; fuel oil storage capacity,
400 tons. and speed on trial. not less
than twenty-one knots an hour.
The New York will cost about $G.OOO,-
600. Her keel was laid in September,
1911. She is not due to be finished until
May, 1914.
As the ship stands now she is simply
a big shell. steel incrusted on the two
bottom sides and covered over with a
false wooden deck, beneath which is a
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-12-18
THE BARGAIN COUNTER GAME
A Charming Way to Spend tho Christ
mas Evening.

- Charming way to Spend tho Christ
mas Evening.
The Christmas bargain counter is a
charming fireside game for Christmas
night that will amuse and at the same
time instruct the nursery children.
The bargain counter may be the nurs-
cry table set in front of the fireplace
OF hearth. On the counter are laid as
many as II likes Of the toys which
the children received from tree and
Christmas stockings. One child is
chosen to take charge Of this play toy
shop, and a second child leaves the
room after looking carefully first at all
the toys on the counter to determine
their names. While this child is alb
sent from the oom a third child Sc
lects and hides one of the toys. When
the second child returns he must try
1t one guess to say which of the toys
was sold during his absence. If he
guesses successfully he may be the
next toyman. To make the game more
difficult two or more toys may be hid
den. Another and slightly more diff
cult way of playing the bargain
ter game is to have the toyman change
the positions of the toys while the child
IL out Of the room. The child on re-
turning must rearrange them, If he can,
in exactly the same positions that they
had when he left the room. The arti.
cles on the bargain counter may be
scraps Of color instead Of toys. Red,
orange, yellow, green, blue and violet
ribbons, balls or Christmas tree can
dies may be laid out in the order Of
the rainbow colors. While one child Is
either blindfolded or outside the room
the child in charge Of the colors re-
moves n from sight or alters the COL
or order, and the other child must guess
the hidden color or restore the rainbow
order on his return.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-12-18

JOLLY game for the Yuletide
evening is called 1T" In
~ playing this game some peo-
pie are exceedingly clever,
while others are very unsuccessful.
The players sit in a circle, and a
Questioner is chosen and sent from the
room. The circle selects an object, or
I'm "it," for her to guess from answers
to questions she will ask. These ques-
tons must refer always to the object
to be guessed as ''it' and be answered
only by ''yes" or mo-" The questioner
does not know that each answer will
really refer to the left hand neighbor
Of the player Intercepted, but that Is
the secret of the game and the thing
that confuses and worries a question
er almost to lunacy. She may ask the
same question-always to the left
several times in succession or all
around the circle If she thinks she a
guess ut" in that way.
The questions are limited in number,
the latter being fixed by common on
sent. The number Of questions, how.
ever, must not exceed in number the
players, but the number Of players
may be less than the allotted number
Of questions.
As an example Of how questioners
may be confused the following is
given:
Mrs. So-and-so may be selected to be
IT." The questioner is called in. She
asks Of a man. lis it a manY His
left hand neighbor Is a woman, SO he
replies, "No." OF the next or the
neighbor just mentioned is asked, lis
It a woman?" Her next neighbor be-
ing a man, again comes the answer
mo" els it alive?" Of the next.
EYES," Now, as there are no living
things but men and women in the
room the questioner begins to see light
and suspects the intention to confuse
her.
OF course she knows there Is some
rule by which the questions are an
swered, and so she may go all over
them again in reverse or some order
until two answers agree. This may
be difficult, because the object and ar
rangement of the circle are to make the
answers disagree. 1t may be that she
learns that cit" Is a woman after all,
and then she must find out, again by
questions as to type, age, proximity.
color of gown, etc., which one of the
circle is cit"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-12-18
Not the Medicine.

Not the Medlclnes
A very lean man once called on G
doctor.
Doctor" he said, II want to get fat.
I look like a living skeleton"
The doctor filed a bottle from a
demijohn, handed it to the lean nan
and said:
"This will fix you up. Take a tea
spoonful after every meal. At the
same time eat lots Of soup, red meat,
starchy vegetables, cereals and sweets
and take no violent exercise. Five dol
lars"
An hour later a very fat man entered
the Doctors office.
Doctor" he said, II want to be re-
duced."
'This will fix you up" said the doc
tor, filling another bottle from the same
demijohn. Take a t~easpoonful after
every meal. At the same time eat no
soup, red meat. starchy vegetables, ce.
reals or sweets and take lots Of violent
exercise. Five dollars. w
Star.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-12-18
A "Whalina" Expedition.

In No Hurry.
"1'm next" said the lanky nan in
the barber shop, "but you can have
my turn"
"That's good Of you," gratefully re.
sponded the last conner, "but you will
have to wait an hour or more before
you get in the chair"
II wish it was six hours. There's a
chap on the other side of the street
with a bill waiting for me to come
out"-NeW York Tribune.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-12-18
. TRAGEDY IN A SMOKER.

Showing the Folly Of Betting With
Casual Acquaintance.
THE smoking car vas so dull that
when the stout man produced
q bottle his seat mates-three Of
them-smiled in joyous relief.
"Who's gotta corkscrewT he de-
manded.
Nobody responded. The stout man
looked around. Across the aisle was a
thin person in a shabby black suit
and a white tie. He was reading, in a
shortsighted way. a gilt top volume
with a limp cover.
The stout man leaned forward.
"Betcha a tenner tn parson has a
corkscrew." he hoarsely whispered.
"Done." said the man with the gray
side whiskers.
The stout man leaned across the
aisle.
BEG pardon" he said. but have you
such a thing as a corkscrew about
you?"
The man with the white tie hest
tated. For a moment he seemed
panied. Then he flushed a little and
reaching down into his pocket drew
out the article they wanted.
Ten minutes later the stout mar said
he was going back to look for a friend.
At the next station the white tie man
gathered up his goods and chattelo
and left the car. Then came the con-
ductor.
ibid Fatty Frost and the parson'
show you any Of their team work"
he laughingly asked,
"Team work." echoed the side whisk-
cred man.
They're the cleverest swindlirg
pair in the country" said the con
ductor and passed o~n.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-12-18
To the Cynics.


Christmas comes but once q year.
Do not make q Jest Of 1t.
IT'S a season Of good cheer.
Cynics spoil the zest Of It.
Now a respite. brief repose,
Let US make the best Of 1t,
Drown u many weary woes.
Christmas, we are blest Of It.
Christmas comes but once a year.
Children love the zest Of it.
Now a message glad we hear.
Hearken to behest Of 1t.
Just good will and wishes kind
And your love. the best Of 1t.
Il we're poor-well. never mind.
Laugh we will and Jest of it.
Christmas comes but once a year.
Moneys not the test of 1t.
Hearts alone can help and cheer.
Christ has made the best Of 1t.
Whatsoever may befall.
Sorrows or the rest Of It,
Merry Christmas comes to all,
Even those who Jest of 1t.
New York Times
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-12-18
Christmas Flowers.

Flowers always make a lovely gift
and will keep fresh several days if the
following precautions are taken:
Dip the ends of the stems in melted
parafin wax and carefully wrap the
flowers with sheets of cotton. Line
the box with waxed paper, being care
ful to leave plenty to fold over the Aow-
ers.
Place them in the box, cover over
with the paper, wrap with several
thicknesses of brown paper and they
are ready to express.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-12-18
SH0EING THE WILD MARE.

"Shoeing the wild mare" was a run
ming game generally played outdoors.
The wild mare was a boy or girl, who
was given a good start, then all the
others chased after him. If caught, his
foot was held aloft and ne players
pretended to shoe it with resounding
thumps.
The poet Herrick speaks of this game
IN a verse on Christmas sports:
christmas sports. the wassail bowl,
" lin mans buzz IND Of the care
a young men have to shoe the mars.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-12-18
The Christmas Present.

A plague on him who sourly dubs
The custom overdone,
For every Christmas gift contains
All presents rolled In one.
It takes the faith in things unseen
Most wonderful to think,
In reindeer journeys over roofs
While stars look down to wink.
Il takes the hope which ever springs
In high and lowly found.
The optimism and the trust
That make the world go round.
And, last, it calls for charity
The present to enhance,
But If from giver or givee
Depends on circumstance.
-6cLandburgh Wilson in New York Sun.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-12-18
Baskets Of Dainties.

Save the grape baskets to fill with
dainties and see what charming Christ
mas gifts can be made. Line the bas-
kets with dark green tissue paper and
Ill them with oranges, red apples,
nuts, clusters Of r~aisins, figs, dates,
grapes and candy. Small glasses Of
Jelly, homemade cookies, individual
mince pies or plum puddings add to
the value.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-12-18
CHRISTMAS POSTALS BURNED,
Dead Letter Office Destroyed $4,000
Last Year.

The dead letter Office in Washington
last year destroyed $4,000 picture
postcards. The majority Of them ear
ried Christmas greetings and were held
as unavailable because either the post
age was not prepaid or the cards bore
mica or tinsel ornaments and were
mailed in unsealed envelopes.
The transmission Of cards with mica
or tinsel decoration is forbidden by the
postal regulations because in the past
the eyes Of employees were injured by
handling them.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-12-18
Thought In GIVING.

Do not spend more than you can at
ford on Christmas tokens. Nothing
justfes It. Friends who know your
circumstances will worry II they do
not criticise you for false pride or
love of display. If you put thought
into your giving it will save you pen
niles.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-12-18
Stuck.

Stuck,
Uncle Ezra-What's the matter with
Eph Hoskins?
Uncle Eben-Tee hee! He's up
against it with three presidential can-
didates this year. He can remember
how he went to school with one and
licked another, but to saw his neck he
can't figure out how to immortalize
himself with the third.-Judge.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-12-18
A CHRISTMAS HYMN.
No tramp of marching armies,
No banners flaming far;
A lamp within a stable,
And in the sky a star.

SSN~
And in the sky a star.
Their hymns of peace and gladness
To earth the angels brought;
Their 'Gloria In Excelsis''
To earth the angels taught
When in the lowly manager
The holy mother maid
In tender alteration
Her Babe Of Heaven laid.
Born lowly in the darkness,
And none so oor as he,
The little children of the poor
His very " shall be.
Nc rush of hostile armies,
But just the budding sheep,
The angels singing Of the Christ
And all the world asleep.
No flame Of conquering banners,
No legions sent affair;
A lamp within a stable,
And in the sky a star.
Margaret z. Sangster in Golfers
Weekly.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-12-18
CHRISTMAS
Here's prettiness.
The holly wreath leads.


Southern laurel is beautiful.
California pepper berries serve
to adorn.
Scotch heather is one of the
pretty wreath materials.
Red immortelles will at least
never blush unseen.
Lycopodium is often used with
very good effect for wreaths.
But, after all. holly is first ia
vorite, with it's lovely bright red
berries.
The gay bow of holly red satin
ribbon is the usual finish, though
it should not be used with ber-
ries of the California pepper
tree.-Philadelphia Record.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-12-18
A Meat Baby.

Small Bessie had been taken in to
see her new baby brother for the first
time.
"How do you like him" asked papa.
"Fine!" replied Bessie. Il was get
ting awfully tired of sawdust dolls.
and I'm glad we've got a real meat
one at last"-St. Louis Post Dispatch.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-12-18
Packing the Present.

Tissue paper, excelsior or finely cut
paper will prove the best material to
All in all space, making it impossible
for the Christmas gift to be broken.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-11-29
ITALY AND TURKEY
SIGN PEACE TREATY
OTTOMAN EMPIRE RELIEVED OF
HANDICAP IN COMING WAR
TERMS ARE NOT KNOWN
War Lasted a Year, and Negotiations
Were Brought About With Diff
culty-Christians Will Be
Protected.

Ouchy, Switzerland.-After months Of
diplomatic strife for better terms, Tur
key surrendered and the Ottoman and
Italian plenipotentiaries signed the pro
tocol OF a peace treaty, which ends The
war between Italy and Turkey, and,
incidentally, relieves the Ottoman en-
plre of a crushing handicap in The forth
coming struggle in the Balkans.
The precise terms will not be available
until a definite treaty is signed at the
end OF the week, probably at Lausanne.
Their tenor, however, is well known. The
treetv.f will provide for Absolute sover-
eighty of Italians in Lydia, without for
NAL recognition there of Italy by Tur-
key, free exercise of religious authority
by the khalif; Turkey to withdraw her
regular troops from Lydia; Italy to pay
an indemnity equivalent to Lydia con-
tributions to the Ottoman treasury; res
titution of the captured islands to Tur-
key, with guarantees for the Christian
peoples; no indemnity payable by either
side toward the cost of war;, and re-
establishment of former diplomatic and
commercial relations.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-11-29
Rebels ReA and Ridn.~

- Paso, Tex.--Rebsls late today held
up a passenger train $50 miles south At
this point, on the border, rifled the mail
Cameron, a wealthy stock broker OF Fl
Paso. The train was allowed to proceed
south. Cameron was on his way to pur.
chase cattle to be imported. into the Unit.
ed States. 1t is believed he is held eth.
er for ransom or to prevent further stock
shipments from the districts held BY
rebels. A Mexican passenger also wa,
held by the rebels. who molested no oh.
srs. according to the report,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-11-29
WoFnen's Aeroea.

There Is no man In Shakespeare es.
hecially ideal to the minds of women
e-none, certainly, eve Romeo. who be.
gins to arouse as much enthusiasm as
come In other literature. Shake
speare. himself q man. drew women
With a touch that makes them loved
By men; II he had been a woman
probably the process would have been
reversed. In fact, even although such
comparatively small part OF the
great novels have been written BY
women, a number of the heroes who
Are most popular with them are to be
found IL the writings of women, such
- Rochester in Jane Eyre" Darcy
N Pride and Prejudice" and Lydgate
Middlemarch," When women pro
q Shakespeare she will fill her
with men who would make Idea
anda.-Collier's Weekly.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-11-29
Receipts Of the Series.

The total paid attendance for the 8.
ries of eight games was 252,037. II
The total receipts were $500, $50.
Each clubs share was $14(,02s.s5.
The national commissions share was
S49,0s3,3 80.
The total players share, derived from
tho first four games only, was $147,-
All go.
OF this amount the Boston players, as
winners, shared sixty per cent, or $685..
543.01.
The New York players, as losers,
shared ~$59,o2s.6o.
Zach Red Sox player, of whom TWEEN
ssy-two were eligible, received $4,o24.6s.
Each Giant player, of whom twenty
three We're eligible, received $2,566.46.
The figures in every case are greater
than those for any previous worlds
series.