The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-03-21
FACTS IN FEW LINES

"A say o. light. It is said. could move
eight times around the globe between
the ticks OF ii watch.
Every woman who leaves the Turkish
suitauS llareLA AMI gets married re-
ceives a dowry of $4,000.
Australians primary productions have
been u~re:anH!ed III yield and value
during the two years last past.
Pictorial postal cards cut a great ig.
ure In the parliamentary In
Great Britain. They were used by the
million.
1t has been discovered that the extra.
ditton treaties with France and Ger
many do not cover the offense Of grand
larceny.
The first daily paper to be printed In
Morocco recently made its initial ap-
pearance ut Tangier. It will uphold
French interests.
The Egyptian government has decid-
ed to build several new bridges over
the Nile. French engineers are already
on the spot to study the requirements.
The Philippine commission has ex-
tended for five years the period in
which the Spanish language may be
used officially in the Philippine courts.
The Sahara has over one-half the
area Of the United States. Its popula.
tion Is very small for its area. The
Libyan and Nubian deserts are only a
continuation Of it to the Red sea.
The tashi lama Of Tibet during his
recent visit to Calcutta was taken to
the races. He vas much impressed"
He said he had never thought there
were so many people in the world.
Two Chinese newspapers published in
Shanghai sent special correspondents
to witness the recent army maneuvers
In north China. 1t was the first appear
nncc OF The Chinese special correspond
ent.
There are only six head of horned cat
tie in Spain to each two and one-half
acres of cultivated land, while in
France there are thirty-four head and
In England f1fty-six. This shows the
poor condition of cattle breeding in
Spain.
A Georgia man has placed a granite
slab owe h grave of a faithful mule
that died ut an advanced age. The slab
bears this inscription: "In memory of a
mule that lived till it died a most excit-
ing life and that went through the civil
war and went in a hurry"
The Schluesselburg state prison in
the fortress Of that name in Russia, IA
o as the place of incarceration for
so many political prisoners, has closed.
The prison was practically emptied OH
the occasion Of the publication of the
amnesty decree last fall.
While feeding his ducks Fred Man
shardt of Owosso, Mich, lost a dia-
fond setting from his ring. and It was
promptly swallowed by a duck. The
owner planned to kill the duck the next
day and recover the gem, but during
the night the fowl was stolen from the
coop.
A remarkable towage feat was ac-
complished by the Australian steamer
Alrlie during her voyage from Singa-
pore. She towed n $500 ton sailing
vessel to Goode island, a distance of
1900 miles, IN the quick time of sixteen
days. The daily towing ranged from
1853 to POO miles.
After spending a great part of five
months standing up to his neck in the
water OF the lake of Lucerne, DR.. Fas-
tenrach. Il Zurich professor, has sue
ceeded In tanning about 200 fish SO that
they eat out Of his hand and let him lift
Them nl1f nf thu Vv,0kou ~ ~. al
taken some remarkable photographs of
his finny friends.
George Louis England. a messenger
boy In the United States postal service !
at Oakland. CAL, who has struggled for
three years to support himself on a !
meagcr SALARY. has been adopted by |
Mrs. A. B. Puffer, a rich widow Of that
city. Mrs. Puffer will give him a good
education and ut her death promises to
will him her entire fortune Of 100000.
The season is opened III Paris by a
curious ball called bal de Ia Couturi-
Tickets are taken by all the wo-
men who go to the Rue de Ia Paix for
their dresses in order to see what Dame
Fashion has to offer that is new. Max.
ers vie with each other in their efforts
to turn out fancy gowns, these being
worn by shapely women who alone do
the dancing.
Gyp, Il black spaniel belonging to one
the attaches Of the New York Zooloe-
lcal park. has developed a strange at
tachment for n of the drake devil
or diving ducks. in the park
pond. When Little Black Head, the
drake. takes a dive Gyp bowls in grief,
that his friend Is drowning.
he plunges into the pond to
rescue the bird.
The railroads which adopted the
steel cars for use in the coal
traffic find that the cars are a disap.
pointment. Deep holes have been eaten
into them where they stand loaded for
any length Of time. This is due to the
action Of rain water falling 4 the coal,
IN which there Is sufficient sulphur
IN 1ovo1on n 1iu,i1 Not ,,rli,o