The river press., 1904-10-26
FACTS IN FEW LINES

number of persons to family in the
United States is Al.
The Turkish minister Of the navy is
said to be worth Sl2,O0O.O0O His sal
ary is $4,000 year
One Of a number of homing pigeons
sent up from Nantes, France, boarded
q ship 1000 miles at sea-
AS to crime by aliens reports show
that the Americans in England are five
| times as criminal as the Russians and
Poles.
| "Camogaidheact" is the name of the
game, somewhat like hockey, invented
for the women of the Gaelic league in
Ireland.
Bayonet fighting is now regular ex-
ercise in the army, :1ld it is quite as
good. if not better physical exercise
than the old bayonet exercise.
The bishop of London has received a
subscription Of S25 from an undertake
er, who described the gift as thank
Offering because trade has been SO
brisk of late"
At the sale of the estate OF the late
Whitaker Wright at Tokcnhouse yard
the other day some one offered 800, 900.
''The wall around the estate cost t37,-
0O0," said the auctioneer
A barrel with a capacity of 43,SOO
gallons has just been completed for a
great wine firm at Schiltenheim, on the
Rhine. \ banquet was given in it's in
terror to twentyfour people.
The most freQuented lake in Europe
Is the lake of Lucerne. Last year tWen-
ty steamboats, piled Oil it and carried
| 1,529,CC0 passengers and over 1000
tons of baggage and freight.
The Australian detectives find foot
ball useful. Criminals will hide six
days in the week. but they have to
come out on Saturday to see the foot
ball game and the police are on hand
One discovery made by an exploring
party in Abyssinia recently is that the
river Cello skirts the southermost OK
tremity Of Lake Tata instead Of flow
ing into the lake. as was hitherto be-
lievetl
The Australian government has Or
ganiZed an expedition to explore the
region between Lake Eyre and the
boundary of Queensland. This land is
said to be one of tie worst deserts in
the world.
An engine driver was attending to
the machinery at Hays wharf, Tooley
street, London, when the ends Of his
neck scarf were caught by the s,1afting,
and he was drawn up thirteen feet
from the floor and strung!el
The insurance companies have quot
ed 80 per cent additional for insuring
the life of Prince Obolenski, who has
succeeded to the post of governor gen
eral of Finland in the room Of the late
General Bobrikoif, killed by an assas-
sin.
An English thief was arrested the
other day whose method was to induce
little boys to take off their shoes in Or
der to run race and leave him in
charge of the shoes. When they re-
turned, breathless, he and the shoes
were gone.
What is described as the biggest sale
yet completed under the new Irish
land act is reported from MitchelstoWn
The Kingston estate, which was. the
theater of the land agitation in the
days Of Mr.. Gladstone's Remember
Mitchelstown," has been acquired by
the tenants.
A halibut estimated to be fifteen feet
in length was seen in the Piscataqua
river near Dover point recently by a
number of Dover people. The fish was
seen to jump out Of the water several
times and Oh every occasion made a
roaring noise which could be heard a
considerable distance.
The National Association of Car
riage Dealers, which recently con-
vened in Boston, had on exhibition at
that place an ancient vehicle that was
built in 171G and which is still as good
as new. 1t was built for Governor
Jonathan TrUmbull of Connecticut
the original Brother Jonathan.'
The cuckoo plays an important part
in German superstition. If an old
woman wants to know how many
years she has to live or a young girl
when she is to be married all they
have to do is to go into the woods on
May day and listen for the cuckoo. The
number Of times it yaps is the answer
Judge John Brindley of Lacrosse
Wis, recently established a new prec
edent for jurists by hearing case in
the evening and appearing upon the
bench in evening clothes. The case was
an emergency, and the judge left a re-
ception to convene court, going direct
" to the courtroom from a friends
house.
An insurance doctor at Leipsic has
collected facts which show that the
changes in the human blood vessels
(arteriosElerose) brought about by the
use of alcohol, tobacco and other ex-
cesses, including overwork, cause %
per cent Of all deaths, whereas the
much dreaded tuberculosis is RESPONSE
BILE for only per cent in that city.
In 1900 the smacxsmen who collect
| Holsters along the cO1St of Maine nai1