The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-10-18
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linen peg year: England, 4J,OOO,OOO.
The nj st costly tomb in existence Il
that erected to the memory Of Moham
med.
The Irish have never taken kindly
to sea tish.nS. although it would, prove
a source of wealth close ut hand.
The sma lest coin in the world i, the
new W and a half c1nt piece Just
struck OF by the republic Of Panama.
While working in his garden one
day recently w. e. Rose Of Walling
ford, Conn.,, unearthed a Washington
cent of the date of 1887.
The largest white sapphire in the
world is supposed to be now at Berlin,
having been taken there from Brazil d
short time ago by a mine owner. II
weighs 41S carats.
1t has been found that a pale green
light used in the clock faces of the tow.
or of the English houses Of parliament
shows the figures and the hands on the
dials much more distinctly than the
whitish light hitherto used.
The city Of London recently passed
an ordinance requiring all street vend.
ers Of Ice cream to placard on their
vehicles the place where the cream
was manufactured. The number of
vendors at once fell of 40 per cent.
A woman called at the postoface At
Waterville, Me-, not long ago and
made this announcement: Il am going
away and don't know how long I shall
be gone. II anything comes for me,
you will please tear it up"
The Peary expedition was fitted out
largely in Maine. The ship was built
III Bucksport, the canoes came from
Oldtown, the sledges and s~nowshoes
were made in Norway and $50 pairs Of
moccasins required came from Mon
mouth.
A remarkable fact In the matter of
names Is recalled by a Buckfied Mc.)
man, who tells of a Fuller family in
that town which had eight sons, whose
names We're AS follows: Ezekiel, E,.-
ward, Elbridge, Essec, Elonzo, Elon,
Ellory and Emery.
The British house Of lords. as a
court of ultimate appeal, has decided
that vagueness In the expression Of IL
testator's desire that requests should
pass to unspecif1ed charities or to char.
tiles to be selected by his trustees
makes a will invalid.
e. A. Morgan Of Barnet, VT, has a
brown L.eghorn hen fourteen years old,
and a sprightly old Biddy notwith-
standing her advanced age. She has
been a good laying hen, lays a good
sized egg and has done her usual share
Of duty this summer.
1t appears that spies in the form of
nurses have been introduced in con.
siderable numbers into the families Of
French officers by some unnamed Eu-
ropean power. The French minister Of
war has called the attention Of corps
commanders to the matter.
While trout fishing at Bowdoin, Me-,
Edward B. Duran Of Portland caught
a reptile which looked like Il big liz
ard. Its size. being fourteen inches
In length. caused Mr.. Duran to turn
his find over to the curator Of the natu-
raj history rooms at Portland and he
pronounced it a true alligator.
Up to 1910 there We're no iron bridges
In this country, except suspension
bridges, in which iron links were used
IN the cables and ~suspenders, the floor
system being Of wool. The first bridge
In America consisting Of iron through
out was built In 1910 by Earl Trum-
bull over the Erie canal ut Frankfort.
N. Y.
A common null Is IN excellent illus
tration of the difference between old
and new methods. Formerly metal
was cut into strips and forged into
shape with hammers, an expert taking
n and Il half minutes for each nail.
Perfect nails are now made ut an Nv.
erage rate Of seventy per minute.
Rhode Island clambakes are famous,
but those who have partaken Of the
feast this season little realized that the
CLAIMS in most cases We're imported for
the occasion from Maine. Disease Is
playing havoc with the Rhode Island
clam to such an extent that there are
ply the demand.
The cinder rOadbed under u spur
track near the station Of Woodlawn,
r. l., has been burning for over a
year. The mass is thirty feet deep,
and the railroad people are puzzled In
finding a remedy. The heat has be-
come so great that 1t has been neces-
sary to raise the track and fill in with
soil in order to preserve the sleepers.
s. II. Powers of Houlton, Me-, has a
chair made from the bones Of a whale
captured twenty years ago off the is
land OF Mount Desert. After being har- !
pooned the whale towed the boat for
twenty miles without showing signs of
giving up the fight. The seat Of the
Is formed from a section Of the
backbone and the back is made from
ribs.
In Budapest streets not more than
hirty-three feet wide private build.