The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-03-08
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a north or England paper speaks Of a
Young farmer who ran rapidly through his
property" HIS properly was All open ii Id
He wore a red SHIRT, anu a bull was in The
wake of The young farmer.
A banquet in a steam boiler was recently
given by a German manufacturer In the
duchy OF Baden to celebrate the completion
of one of Vie largest steam boilers in ,h+
world. Inside the boiler a table was arrang-
ed for thirty guests, while racks for the cook.
cry and wines were placed along the sides.
A price is set upon the heads of the wild
horses in three Of the Australian colonies.
They hang upon the outskirts of civilization,
and are n ceaseless cause Of annoyance and
loss to outlying sqnatteIs. They are vicinu-,
physically weak, and worthless rs working
horses. Stalking them with a rife, or run
ming them down, is a ~fayorite sport.
The recent loss of life by fire has induced
the people of Hamilton, Ont. to try drop
ping from upper windows into sheets bed
below by way of practice. A policemen was
badly hut by a trial leap from The roof of \
tnree-story house, but Il girl performed the
feat several times successfully, and offers. on
wager, to double the height.
Experiments show that the new chrome
leather--the result of the new tanning pro
cess by bi-chromate of potash-excetds in
tensile strength the bark-tanned article also
that after ii has set under the necessary stress
il still retains An extraordinary amount OF
elasticity, which is available for tightening
machinery betting on pulleys. As ~illustra,-
ing this statement. The fact is shown that n
piece of chrome leather bore an ultimate
stress OF 3 297 pounds per sqnare inch. while
O piece of bark leather only bore an ultimate
stress Of 2 672 pounds per square inch-this
example proving the samples Of chrome
tanned leather I" be stronger than the bark
tanned by some fifteen per cent.
Considerable sensation has been produced
in Austrian medical circles by The recent ap.
pearance in the Drug market Of q new mar
c0iic, halling from Queensland, and at pres
ent only known to the trade by its quaint
native name of ''pitchery, bidgery." Ii is in
d~igenous to northern Australia sort OF
stunt+d shrlb, from three to four inches high
when full grown, and bearing blossoms Of n
waxy leXlure, white III color and fl cked with
pink spots. The flowers are picked iu the
month Of August, dried, packed tightly in
canvas bags, and then subjected to u high
degree OF pressure, which ,mparls to them
the consistency of cake tobacco. By chew
ing a small plug of this substance relief is
speedily obtained from bodily fatigue, hun
ger and thirst. A larger dose produces abso-
lutte insenslbility to pain. Pi'chery -hidgery,
administered 10 minute doses, acts rs a slim
ulant in larger quantities, IS a powerful se.
dative. But it has the peculiar property Of
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stand fatigue and undergo physical exertion
upon a low diet.
A curious story is told at some length by
Figaro concerning the negotiations which it
asserts have recently taken place in regard
to the expected departure of the Pope from
Rome. This flight from the Vatican has long
been the fixed purpose of Leo XIII, but it is
only recently that he has decided where to
go. Prince Bismarck offered to repeal the
May laws and to authorize the expelled
priests to return to their parishes it the Pope
would consent to tx his future residence al
Frankfort. He promised that the city should
he neufializ=,i. rs in the tune Of The Germ n
Confederation, and offered the Pope its lem
poral sovereignty, With u sub lily of many
millions per annum. Leo declined Slra>-
burg was then offered him on the same terms
rs Frankfort. This offer WAS ais , refused
A refuge ID France Was out OF the question:.
80 AT last the Pope closed with the offer OF
S4'zburg, which has been made him by the
Hap-burgs. The city is to be neu,raliz-d.
AMI the Pope subvention4d from the Austrian
exchtquer. Everything is said to be 10 read
mess Tor the transfer OF the Holy See from
Il mel 10 Salzburg, and before long the hour
of departure will be fixed.