The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-03

Greeks; the first wind.nills by the Sar-
acens.
The growth OF girls is greatest in
their tifteeuth year; Of boys in their
seventeenth.
Ale was known as early as jO4 &. c.
Heroiotus describes the method of
brewing barley wine.
and costly newspaper building in the
world, costing $3.O0O.OOO.
Mexican style Of architecture is such
that when an earthquake tumbles n
mans house down he doesn't lose
much.
The Denver Shoe company Of Ian.
caster, Pa, opened its new factory
with a prayer service. Rev. u. l.. Fo-
gelman invoked the divine blessing be-
fore the steam was turned on for the
first time.
o. c. Hager of Atchison, Kan, cult
Yates the sunflower and uses the stalks
as kindling. The M%ennonites in south
ern Kansas cultivate sunflowers for
fuel. In addition. they find the seeds
excellent chicken feed.
A t~hreepence scrip, dated 1877, issued
under the Pennsylvania laws. is owned
by ]. Frank Kleppinger of Bossards
Corners, near Easton, Ia. The bill is
we'll preserved and bears the warning
legend, ITO counterfeit is DEATH"
The worlds oldest railway carriage
in use may be seen at st. Rollox, near
Glasgow, Scotland. Built for the Aber-
deem railway in 1S4S and still having
the guards outside roof seat intact, it
serves as a railway mems cooking car.
In Pennington, Miss. owing to the
bad state of the roads the minister
was unable to get to Il house where u
wedding was to occur. After much
discussion over the telephone, the par
son consented to perform the cere-
m0ny over the telephone.
Vienna is to have the largest and
finest Illuminated fountain in existence.
The illuminating power will equal 9OO.-
100000 candles. 1t includes twenty
seven immense retectors capable of
giving seventy variations in light ef-
fects every seventeen seconds.
DR.. Emile Fischer. who four years
ago won the Nobel prize for chemistry.
has discovered. he declares, that coal
Is edible. He has been making an ex-
tract has the same nutritivc qualities
rs are possessed by beefsteak and eggs.
There are thousands of pupils at
tending free night schools maintained
by the authorities in Antwerp for teach
ing the English language. So much
shipping from English speaking coun-
tries uses the great Belgian port that
It is becoming almost an English speak
ing city.
Owing to the fact that the trustees
Of the library at ~Skowhegan, Me-, re-
fused to give the Grand Army the free
use of the library parlors in which to
hold their meetings, the town refused
to make the annual appropriation OF
$500 for the use of the library, and the
finances OF the institution are in a bad
way.
Within the town of Brooks, Me-,
there now reside forty-two widows and
twenty-five widowers. In other words.
about onc-tenth of the population are
widows and widowc-S. Nine of the
widows draw a pension and of course
are not open Cor matrimony again.
while only one wiuOwer dra VS. a zen.
sion.
Among European states Russia has
the longest telegraph lines, a total OF
1O9.3'2 miles. Next is France. Wit,
$3.50 miles; Germany. with $3.50
miles: Great Britain, with 1870 miles
More tina twice as many kilograms
are sent in Great Britain as in Ger.
many and nearly double the number
10 France.
IN lS36 tin was quoted in the Eng
lish market at $27O per ton. 1t is now
quoted in the same market at about
1910 per ton, Sudden fluctuations have
carried it as high as $1,O42. Market
~manipulations cause part of this rise,
but the increased demand for the metal
has caused ut least one-half of the gen.
eral Increase.
A"lScsl olOLlc ever uuuTCleu III
Vermont has recently been taken out
whole from a quarry In South Ryegate.
1t Is a piece Of granite measuring GO
by 30 by ii feet. The stone is so
heavy that it will be necessary to
break it into several pieces before it
an be transported to the stone sheds,
but it was raised from the quarry In
a single piece.
Owing to the difference in gauge be-
tween the Prussian and Russian rail
ways much delay has hitherto been In
volved in the unloading and reloading
OF goods for transshipment across the
frontier. According to announcements
IN the German press, an attempt is be-
Ing made to meet this difficulty by the
employment Of adjustable wagon
Two thousand are being installed by
way of experiment, and If they prove
successful similar rnl1inV cfoc. will