The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-08-22
FACTS IN FEW LINES

Malaga exports 4.OOO.OOO palm Leaf
hats to New York annually.
About 10000 tons Of Holsters are
q ught and marketed every :car in
Canada.
T he Central labor union Of Rutland.
w., plans to build Il labor temple by
assessing the members Of the Unions |
cent a day.
IT ia stated Ivy the Irish independent
mat collins for children are being sup
plied by a contractor to south Of Ire
land almshOuses at 4 cents each.
A homing pigeon which was sent to
ne Isle Of Man two years and four
months ago returned to its home cot
u Blackburn. England, recently.
It has been suggested that African
and Asiatic elephants be imported into
South and Central America, in the
vast forests Of which they would null
dply and provide a future source of
ivory y.
In the last twenty-five years the
number Of life insurance policy holders
In Japan has increased from 1889 to
1891 at the date of the latest official
statistics. 1t Is probably at least $780,
900 now.
Dainty little India rubber boots are
now offered for sale In London for the
"teet t" Of toy terriers or other dogs
that may be the pets Of wealthy mis-
tresses. These are tied round the legs
With silk cord.
In the mythology Of Europe horses
have always been considered bearers
OF luck, and there was q superstition
which once was current that the pres
ence Of a horses hoof under the bed
would cure certain complaints.
A committee headed by Joseph II.
ChOate has been formed In New York
10 erect bronze tablets ON the buildings
IN that city In which William Lloyd
Garrison and Henry George died. The
com mittee has limited the maximum
amount Of a single subscription to $40.
A present Of a very unique kind was
made to Princess Ena. This was a COL
lection Of postcards from the whole Of
spain, with ''piropos" dedicated to her
royal highness. A "piropo'' Is a short
phrase eul0gizing the beauty Of won.
On. The cards were arranged in spe-
cial albums. with artistic bindings, one
tor every province In Spain.
Peoria. I'LL. claims the most remark
able bicyclist in the world. considering
hio advanced age. This man. Thomas
W. Davis, Is now in his seventy sew
onth year and has ridden over 0 10000
miles. He received from the Century
Club Of America the tirst prize for the
1902 mileage record. He led all COM
pstitors by riding 5000 miles.
The astonishing fact has come to
ught that Professor Richard Garnett,
librarian Of the British museum, who
died recently, for years had devoted
much time to the 'black art Of astroi-
ogy. Even more extraordinary Is the
ctfcumstance that business men OF
New York and other cities regularly
consulted him regarding contemplated
ventures.
Richard Franklin Pettigrew wants to
b the first Socialist to sit In the Unit
ed States senate as such. He is going
10 invite his state Of South Dakota to
elect him senator three years hence.
He has served two terms already. Be-
ing an eclectic in politics, Mr.. Petit
grew was first elected as a Republican,
reelected in six years to become a
Demo Populist, and now be liz going to
make a try as a Socialist.
TNp vApQrioS ~ or<icto oun ,.n
the artistic temperament has much to
answer for-but 1t Is not usual, to say
the least Of It. for a painter to have a
Studio In a victoria. Therefore an
elderly German lady may be said to
nave set up Il new record. She has
been one of the sights Of Berlin lately.
driving up and down Inter den Linden
and busily painting a panorama of the
famous street. So much attention did
abe attract that the police had some
didaculty In dispensing the crowd
d wn" by the unusual spectacle.
Mrs. Anna L. George Of Haverhill
has very many old books which have
. handed down to her by members
OF her family. One Of them Is a day
~~ON VI tAC NACAItuudCA U0uk, WHICH
was the first bank In H%averhill. 1t Is
IN the handwriting Of her grandfather,
who was the 1rst cashier. In an &C.
count dated Sept. ID, 1904. with iris
tram Dalton, Mrs. Georges great
grandfather, appears this odd entry,
which illustrates the bartering Of that
day: ITO n candle box, with differ
snce in flatir0ns. 4 shillings ninepence."
The Eastern railway Of Mexico will
be ballasted with gold ore between
TexicO and Rio Puerto. a distance Of
80 miles. This ballast rock Is obtained
from the gravel bed adjacent to the
new line Of the road. Repeated assays
have shown that the ballast runs up
ward Of So In gold to the ton. About
1900 tons Of rock are used to the mile.