The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-31
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SAILING vessels.
A recent authority asserts that the
generous use of apples will improve the
disposition.
The sanitary influence Of the eucalyp-
tuS tree Is said to render native born
Australians immune to cancer
In Scotch highland regiments twelve
men per thousand are over six feet III
height; In English, six, and in Irish.
! three.
Because of the dust raised by auto
mobiles 1t Is getting to be difficult IN
England to rent houses on roads used
by motor cars.
English poachers have adopted khaki
for wear during business hours. They
dnd 1t makes the evasion Of watchful
gamekeepers easier.
Many Chinese Christians have given
up their work ut home in order to 60 to
the Transvaal to labor as evangelists
among the 10000 Chinese coolies there.
Quite EdenesQue IL the business
street Of st. Heller, in the isle Of Jer-
sey, where ADAM" Eve" "Cain" and
"Abel" are prosperously established in
business.
Lord Templemore, the father Of the
house Of lords" sat in that body for
twenty-eight years before he delivered
his maiden speech, and his effort con-
sisted Of twenty-one words.
The head stage carpenter at the
Royal Opera House, Vienna, has been
discharged because during an exciting
storm scene he let a heavy thunder
cloud fall OH two actors, severely in
Turing them.
"Buttercups and daisies follow rail-
roads the world over" said an en-
gineer. In India, in central Asia, in
Brazil, tine parable; rails run continual.
~ between meadows white and yellow
with home flowers"
In the village Of verjuk, near Cha
lon-sur-Saone, France, a couple. aged
100 and 80 respectively. have just
celebrated the seventy fifth %anniversa-
~ Of their wedding, which they called
their platinum wedding.
Some very small West Indian fish. To-
N0IAy hlONA uS ALIlllOA4o, 0IV lI1llN lilE
in the geological gardens, London. Bar
bados is the home of this species, and it
Is suggested that the immunity of that
island from the malarial mosquito may
be due to its existence.
In Siam no man is ever found with
out his chew of tea. The leaves are
stuck together by means Of melted
sugar, and the little cakes are always
carried along in the pocket. Some few
people smoke the herb. Stewed tea is
a national dish in Tibet.
English inhabitants of the Transvaal
are much worried over the increase in
the Asiatic elements in the population.
Already in Natal the Asiatics outnum-
Der the Europeans. In Natal, too, the
white retail trade has been almost elm
mated as a result of Asiatic competi-
ton.
The ancient Church of st. Laurent at
Rouen has become literally commercial
lied. 1t Is some years since it was
deemed safe TO use it as u church. and
all its chapels and it's pbrches have
been rented out as little stores, while
bs exterior wall spaces have been let
to advertisers.
Charles I. Worthley. who lives all by
himself in Winchendon, Mass, is not Il
lover of companions. To serve notice
on would be callers that they are not
wanted he has nailed a big bone to the
side Of his cabin. Under the bone is
this inscription: This bone belonged to
the last man caught fooling around
here"
A gravestone in the West burying
ground in Litchfleld, Conn.,. Is erected
to Mrs. Mary Buel. wife Of Deacon
John Buel, who died Nov. 4. 17Gs, Mt
the age Of ninety, having had 13 chill
dren. 1O1 grandchildren, 247 great
grandchildren and 10 great-great-grand-
children before her departure to an
other world.
1t took fourteen months to drill a hole
$500 feet deep at Doornloof, South AZ
RIGA, and three eight hour shifts were
worked daily. At the depth Of 5000
feet, or nearly a mile. it required from
three and one-half to four hours to
raise the rods from the deep hole and
almost as long to lower them after the
diamond drill point vas put In order.
The better class of Japanese. who
have been engaged mostly In CONNER
cial pursuits In California, are Aocking
homeward. They think they see better
chances In Korea and Manchuria than
America affords. The leaders Of the
San Francisco colony say that not
again for many years will Japanese i'm
migration set toward the United States.
All the postal cards Of the country
are made at Rumford Falls, Me-, where
5O.OOO,OOO are turned out each month.
All records were broken last June,
when the figures went to GO,OOO,O 900.
The cards are shipped to four dis
tributing points, from which points the
smaller stations are supplied. These
points are Washington, Cincinnati, st.
Louis and Troy. n. Y.
g. NJ. Cunningham, a lawyer of Law