The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-12-05
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Boards are liable to taxation in some
japanese villages. The origin of the
curious custom is unknown.
Unslaked lime is useful in preventing
rust because of it's extraordinary ca
pacity for absorbing moisture.
Beautiful bronzes and alloys can be
obtained by the electric deposition of
metals suitably combined for color eff
fects.
One of the most prolific fishes is the
turbot. The number Of eggs in five
specimens examined by a scientist re.
Gently varied from 100000 to 10000.
600.
New South Wales Is just two and a
half times the size of the British isles.
Queensland is equal to three times the
German empire and Belgium put to-
gether.
The Cathedral Of st. John the Divine.
now under construction in New York.
will, when completed, rank fourth in
size among the worlds cathedrals.
Only st. Peters in Rome and the ca
thedrals Of Seville and Milan will sur
pass 1t in m~assiveness.
The streets of Nottingham, England,
are sprinkled with water in which
chloride of calcium has been dissolved
and are therefore dustless. One dress
ing every three or four weeks is enough
to keep them SO, even in the hottest
weather. The cost is very small.
Within the narrow limits of the city
Of London, with it's mere handful Of
residents-only sufficient to people a
small provincial town-there are still
SO many churches that you might wor-
ship at a different one every Sunday Of
the year without putting foot inside
them all.
The city council of Birmingham.
England, has increased the number Of
women health inspectors from four to
twenty because of the excellent re
suits achieved In the homes of the poor
and in the factories. In the same city
the policemen have been taught the
principles of FIRST aid"
New York city consumes nearly
1000. 900, 900 units of electricity per an
mum, while London, with neatly dou-
bic the population, consumes MT O
than one-fOurth Of that amount. The
consumption per head Of population in
New York is stated to be 2S2 units
against only AZ per head in London.
BY a somewhat primitive system the
town of Thompson Fall, Mon:.. man.
ages in the hottest weather 10 keep
rooms at a temperature of So degrees.
Wells are covered at the top, and large
pipes tap the current Of cold air a few
feet below the surface Of the ground,
conveying it to different rooms n near
by buildings.
A debt collecting agency watch is
run as a part of the regular public
postal system is the newest Improve
ment" of the p~ostofices of Austria.
Despite the novelty Of the enterprise,
the plan has worked admirably. so
that many thousands are collected an
nually by the postmen throughout the
Austrian empire.
Few people probably suspect the eX-
tent to which Switzerland figures
among the silk producing countries Of
the world. which, so far as Europe is
concerned, have always been supposed
to be France and Italy. But Switzer-
land exports annually silk to the value
Of about $2O,OOO.OOO. nearly all going
to European countries.
Motor car reliability trials were held
In Scotland recently. and the drivers
were astOunded at their reception
along the route. In every town and
| village the women and children lined
| the roadside and shouted enthusiastic
welcomes. Sprays Of lilac and other
flowers were thrown into the cars as
they passed. and invitations to stop
were given.
The Vienna Abendpost claims for
Siegfried Markhus of Vienna the hon.
or of having invented the motor car
Markhus' Viertakt Benzinmotor was t.
be seen ut the great world exhibition
In 1873, as testified by the catalogues
which contain Il description of it, anG
Guldner's text book ON the motor yehi
Gle says Markhus In 1881 was one OF
tue uFSl ~ DTllE the NlcCtikl l>cuZlIl
motor into use.
Professor Goodwin Smith some time
ago formally willed his brain to Cornell
university. Some remarkable brains
have been sold, not given. An English
man has disposed OF his to m .Ameri
can university for $4,000. He Is ;
man OF little education and for man,
years worked as Il coal miner. He ha'
Il marvellous memory, especially TO
dates. and is now earning a good salar.
Oh the music hall stage.
A Worcester business man says IL
has been troubled through his bushes
career to keep the signs on the stree
level of his store looking decent be
cause of the habit OF men scratching
matches along them. He has hit upol
Il plan which Is working we'll for til
} time he has 1t In operation. \ goo
= sized spot in the center Of each sign /
we'll sanded and the words For Mattel
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