The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-04-05
FACTS IN FEW LINES
Married lie on an average lasts
tvelty-eiwht Years

AIe ground value OF the city or Der
lin Is said to be worth twice what it
was IN i>-%..
~ woman in Arkansas who wears a
stuiieu bird on her hat is now liable to
a fine Of from SO to $50.
Last year the production of cotton
piece goods III Japan exceeded in value
the amount of $So.oOO.OOO.
Birmingham manufacturers of coffin
furnishings complain that American
competition is injuring them.
When al unmarried woman dies in
Brazil the coffin, hearse and livery Of
the coachman are all scarlet.
The box or cabinet In which a tele-
phone is placed Is called in England Il
'telephonium" or "phonium."
Strangely enough. the Home For
Agea Atheists. just opened in New
York. is endowed by Christian believ.
ers only.
The Italian government has decided
to open in all parts Of Italy 3,45O even
ing schools exclusively for adults who
cannot read or write.
A report from German East Africa Is
to the effect that there are over 100000
zebras in the colony. They appear
sometimes in herds Of from 200 to 400
animals.
The Ofoten railway, the most north.
ern railroad in the world, is now car.
rying immense quantities Of iron ore
from the great Norwegian mining dis
tricts to the coast.
Infant mortality is reported to be
greater in Prussia than in any country
except Russia. The deaths the first
year are 6 to : per cent in Sweden. Is
IN France ana 23.G IN Prussia.
London is steadi!y growing worse, it
the police records may be used rs Il
criterion. rs during the past year the
number Of drunk and d~isordcrly cases
amounted to SGT per 1000 population
"tEc largest percentage since 1858"
A complete set Of the PENNSYLVANIA
Magazine for the years 1915 and 1916,
edited by Thomas Paine and contain
ing n of the earliest prints cver pub
liShrd Of the battle OF Bunker Hill, has
been sold at auction at New York for
$500.
In 1900 rraatcr Berlin had 2.57o.OO1
inhabitants, or as malay rs Hamburg.
Munich. l.c!psic. HrnSlcn. Frankfort
and M~aglehurg had together. The De-
cember figures for 1904 indicate that
the population Of greater Berlin now
Is owe 2.SS3,OO0.
1t may re noticed as somethin:
UNIQUE in the history of periodical pub
lications that during the eighty-sevcn
years Of the Black woods existence the
magazine has been edited and owned
by the Elnrtwood family. father and
son. through four generations.
A London tal!o-. suing for wages,
testified that he worked from Thurs.
day morning to late az Saturday night
without Il break, and when hc collan,cd
OH his bench and was ta,;'N home his
em,'ioyer dismissed hirn ]>umHnnrily DO
ca"Sc he cOnld not work on the Sunday
rs we'll. He won his case.
Working girls in Berlin average nine
hours and Il half each day. for Which
they get about $3.50 IL week. Only one
In five IS able to have her W bod
room: the others share their rooms with
from IL to six other girls. Some of
them hardly know what Il warm meal
means, rye bread being their principal
food.
Before the Academy Of Sciences,
Paris, Nj. Boudouin gave clear evidence
Of differences in physical and chemical
composition between grated and non.
grated grapes which he had obtained
and the facts observed explain the
more rapid aging Of wines from graft.
ed vines and also their greater sensi.
tivcncss to pathogenic ferments.
Most Japanese officers and many OF
the men can speak Russian. There
has been a professorship of the Rus
sian language mt the School of War in
Tokyo ever since 1882. There is an
other ut the University of Tokyo
where the professor of late years has
been Il Muscovite by birth, named Ker
der, who is now Il naturalized Japa
nesc.
The oldest fortress in the United
States is Fort Marion, on the Matan
Zas, in Florida. 1t has seen many
bloody trays in the opening Up of what
is now the paradise of the south. The
land around this ancient place has beer
watered by the blood of men who have
fallen in conflict, but today it is ;
peaceful. picturesque spot, full OF
charm and serenity.
l.. 3. Harris of ~Lyndonville, Vt, say.
that he has noted an interesting fac
in regard to sheep. He has just i'm
ported some sheep from England, ant
the steamer had Il rough passage. AL
though passengers, horses and cattle
alike We're terribly frightened by thu
heavy rolling and pitching Of the biz
ship, the sheep paid no attention what
ever and ~contentedly chewed their Gu,
through all the tossing.
The execution of two of their leader
has put 4 temporary check to the mach
nations Of Il new Chinese sect named
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