The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-11-08
FACTS In FEW LINES

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tention is to convert England to Is!ai.:.
Mauna Loa, in the Sandwich Islands.
1850 feet high. is the highest nlouil-
tain which rises directly from the sea-.
E. S. Rand \ Son. farmers. Of Stct-
son. Me-. claim to own the largest pair
of oxen in the world. They weigh
$500 pounds and girt nine and a half
feet.
The question Of utilizing trolley poles
as sewer ventilators is under the con-
sideration of the Wakefield (England)
town council, and the city surveyor
mas been Instructed to submit Il plan.
India rubber trees, which are tapped
every other day. continue to yield sap
Tor more than twenty years, and it is a
curious fact that the Oldest and most
frequently tapped trees produce the
richest sap.
A young Maine couple went for a
ride in the country on a recent Sunday.
They saw a woman gathering apples
In an orchard lear the road and asked
II they might have some. "Guess So"
was the startling reply. "1'm stealing
them.'
There are only three national holt
days in Japan. Jan. / Is one of them,
II the birthday Of the reigning EN-.
peror. Nov. 3, Is another. But Feb. II
Is the greatest Of the three dates, for 1t
Is the anniversary of the coronation of
the first emperor, Jimmu.
Punctuation counts for a lot. as ia
Shown BY this sign, which used to
adorn a Manchester IN. H.) blacksmith
shop: j. Welcome horse. Shooting ami
all kinds of j oning in. Wool and iron.
1t was doubtless meant to read: J..
Welcome. Horse shoeing and all kinds
of jobbing in wood and iron.
Queen Alexandra's laces, linens ana
silks are perfumed in a simple and de-
lightful manner. The drawers In which
they are kept are lined with white pa-
pers, strewn with rose leaves. A layer
Of the fabrics to be scented is place,
over this, with more rose petals spriN.
killed. upon it, and so on until the draw
er Is filled.
Russell Stiles Of Springfield, VT, has
established rural dog route No. /
between his fathers house i'll the couu.
try and the office of the Springfield
Reporter. His big yellow dog, Pete, is
carrier md when given a letter makes
straight for the Reporter office. Pete's
record among the other dogs makes
MIN secure against hOldups.
A Swedish inventor has patented !.
process for improving the flavor of
raw coffee. Coffee is usually stored
for several years before roasting, the
standing causing slight chemical
changes which improve the flavor. This
maturing process may he shortened To
a few hours by exposing the new coffee
to the action of a powerful magnetic
field.
Edgar Haga-, u twelve-year-oll New
Hampshire boy, was pulled into the
Arukee river, in that state, aud nearly
drowned by a big rainbow trout which
he had hooked. BY clinging to a tree
which had fallen into the river and nj
the same time fighting gamely for his
prize the boy finally tired the fish out.
1t weighed ten pounds. Hagar weighs
sixty pounds.
The royal ministry of Bavaria pub
fishes a warning against the use Of
colors containing lead in the manufac-
ture of transferable pictures. Chill
dren attach these transferable pictures
in sc%rapbooks, and girls and women
use them for o%rnamenting glass Jars.
bottles, cigar boxes. fans. picture
frames, paper cases. boxes and many
other small receptacles.
Good authority states that yellow te-
yer prevailed in Newburyport and Bos-
ton in 1906. In 1907 forty-five persons
diel with it in Providence alone. There
We're several cases In Norwich, Conn.,.
and New Bedford In 1901, and the fol
lowing year ten cases We're reported in
Portsmouth. N. II. Providence had ten
deaths in 1905, and in 1920 Middle
town, Conn, was afflicted.
One of the most wonderful discover
les In science is the fact that a beam
Of light produces sound. According to
Milling, a beam Of sunlight is thrown
through a lens on a glass vessel that
contains lampblack, colored silk or
wOrsted or other substances. A disk,
having Sits or openings cut in it, is
made to reyolve swiftly in this beam
Of light 30 as to cut it up, thus making
alternate flashes of light and shadow.
On putting the ear to the glass vessel
strange sounds are heard so long as
the flashing beam is falling on the YES
sci.
This is the address on a letter re-
ceived at the p%ostofice at Calcutta, In
dia: IF the Almighty pleases let this
envelope, having arrived ut the city of
Calcutta, in the neighborhood Of Ca.
lootolah, ut the counting house Of
E%irajoodeen l. 1lahdad. merchants, be
offered to and read by the happy light
Of my eyes, of virtuous manners and
beloved Of the heart-Meean Shaikh
Inayut Ally, may his life be long. Writ
ten on the 10th Of the blessed Rum.