The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-09-12
FACTS III FEW LINES

A British, press club is to be founded
In Paris.
The women G: Bosnia have their
arms and nccks tGttocet.
There are many Italians employed in
south Germany. probably 5000 alto
getller. the German supply being in
sufficient.
1t Is asserted that there are il the
world over GO anarchist journals.
though it is calculated that there are
only 10000 anarchists.
A nan in Houlton, Me-. bought Il
heavy four-year-old colt In 1896 for
300. After keeping it for ten years Mt
hard work all the time the nan sold
the horse for 5000.
The Brunswick (Me.) Record tells Of
an eighteen-year-old boy named Jo-
seph Lajoie who cut half a cord Of
wood into three lengths In Just
hour and twenty minutes.
China's public debt has increased
1.O00. 5000 taels since the war with
Japan. Part Of 1t bears 7 and 8 per
cent interest. 1t Is proposed to borrow
abroad and refund at 1 and 5 per cent.
Thinking that she would get Il holt
day II her employers were stricken
with grief. a fourteen-year-old servant
girl at Distenhausen. Germany. con-
fessed that she threw their baby into
the river.
A stranger who wished to demon
strate that he could get u fairly re-
spectacle meal in a New York restau-
rant without meat ate eighteen eggs.
two lunches of asparagus. two lunches
Of radishes and a can Of shrimps.
There was considerable excitement In
West Swanzey. N. H.. the other day
when a deer with a bulldog for a peace
able companion was seen wandering
through the streets Of the town. The
two odd mates seemed the best OF
friends.
The Euclid venue home Of Mrs.
Cassie Chadwick in Cleveland. O..
where the erstwhile queen Of finance
resided In the days of her prosperity.
has 50 badly deteriorated that its large
and spacious front yard Is now being
used as a GOV pasture.
Spain during recent years has lost
only II ruler by assassination-Cano-
va de Castillo. Russia has lost two
cars. Turkey two sultans. Persia Il
shah, America three presidents. five
other republics II president cac!, and
| Austria. Servia and Korea have also
suffered.
a man in HillstOwn. Conn.,, declares
kerosene to be a complete antidote for
a ra%ttlesnake's bite. A COW, nearly
dead from a bite, was treated with the
oil, a bath Of it being given. and very
soon the swelling went down and in a
short while the COW was none the worse
for her experience.
o. B. Hadwen. president of the Wor.
cester County (Mass.) Horticultural 50
ciety. suggests the formation Of Il
school where women would get accus-
toned to bugs and snakes. He claims
that the antipathy which is demonstrate
ed by shrieks is entirely unnecessary
and could easily be overcome with a lit
tie training.
NJ. Etiennc. the French minister OF
war. pinned upon the tomb Of Lieuten-
ant LatOur. who was killed ut Lens, the
cross Of he Legion Of Honor. This
gives Latour's three daughters the right
Of admission to one of the schools OF
the Legion of Honor. and it is consid-
cred a great honor to have been educat-
ed In one of them.
NJ. J. Archer OF Wabash. Ind. who
Is a piano tuner. tuned a piano by tcle-
phone recently. He gave his instruc-
tons to the lady who owned the piano
and had each note sounded so he could
hear It through tie telephone. The in
str,ctiOns We're carried out so carefully
that the piano is in as good condition
as If 1t wer. tuned by some one close
at hand.
In Holland potatoes are not received
In the parcel post. Denmark will not
receive almanacs and Egypt will not
permit sausages to be posted. Ger
many refuses anything Of American Or
igin and has some clauses directed
against Japan. while air guns, maps.
wax matches, %rOsaries. relics and jew
elry are the miscellaneous lot barred
by Spain.
The gardens of the palace OF La
GRANDPA. where Alfonso and Victoria
are spending their honeymoon, Is cele-
brated for its fountains. One OF them.
the Banos del Diane, spouts to the
height of 100 feet. When this fountain
was completed Philip ". the builder Of
the palace. said, well. 1t has cost me
$3,0OO.OO but for three minutes I have
been amused"
King Edwards tailors have a stand
Ing order for 100 suits a year. apart
from military uniforms and court
dresses. The king selects the patterns
and materials himself. but the suits are
all fitted to a dummy. a sklllful con-
trivance that perfectly represents his
person. The royal wardrobe at Buck.
tngham palace is ninety feet long by