The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-05-30
FACTS IN FEW LINES

10y so AAS NSN1s
The population of Egypt on July l
13Ot. was 1917 foreigners and 10,
Ss6.42S natives. besides about Co., Cs
nomadic Bedouins.
The quality Of the tobacco raised II
Greece varies greatly. Some of it sell.
as low as = cents and some as high a,
"A cents per pound.
The best customer of the United
States in the purchase Of clover seed /.
the United Kingdom, which takes
about one-third Of the total exports.
The japanese Imperial library at To
kyo has on its shelves something lik,
1000 written and printed mathematical
works, extending as far back as 1895.
Water from NJ ~artesian we'll at o.
tend which has been wasted for fifty
years has now been discovered to DOS
sess medicinal qualities similar to the
waters of vichy.
One of the fashionable restaurants
OF London has introduced French serio.
comic singing for the entertainment OF
Its patrons during the supper hour
after the theater.
In the navigation season of 1906 the
three locks at the Sault Ste. Marie
passed an average of eighty-seven YES.
sells a day. This record has never been
approached by any other ship canal In
the world.
Deputy Marshal Frank H. Chapman
Of Rutland, VT, is the owner of the
speech which was prepared by Samuel
Godfrey to be delivered by him from
the scafold at the time Of his execu-
ton in 1918.
The first lattice bridge ever erected
In England is at London and is likely
to be taken down soon. 1t was taken
to England from America for exhibit
ton at h international exhibition in
London in 1851.
In the Friends burial ground in Sa-
lem, n. j.. there stands the largest oak
Tree In the state and possibly the lar
gest in the United States. 1t is now
used as the trademark Of the New
Jersey Forestry association.
The worlds yearly use of postcards
Is enormous. Germany uses 1,16l,OOO,-
coo, the United States 77O,5OO, GOO.
Great Britain G13,O 900. AS to let.
tiers. however, the United States Is far
ahead OF all other countries.
1t is said that the father of NJ. Fal-
Heres, the new president OF France,
was a nan of such immense strength
that he used to pick up a cask of wine,
drink heartily from the bunghole and
then ask. ITO whom shall I pass the
cup?"
Northern California has lost its prin-
cipal antique. The oldest house in
that part Of the state, built by Mayor
I. B. Reading in the remote period Of
1914 and known therefore as a "histor-
tcal structure" has been DESTROYED by
wind and food.
Near the town of africa, on the coast
of northern Chile, there are still to be
seen the huge boilers of an American
man-of-war. the Wateree. This vessel
was swept two miles inland on the
crest of the tidal wave accompanying
the great earthquake of 1868 and
stranded there.
Matrimonial tickets are supplied by
the Canadian Pacific railway to those
settlers in the Northwest Territories
who wish 10 make a journey in order
to get married, and on presenting the
return coupon and Il marriage certif-
cate q man Is entitled to free Transport
tation for his bride.
Just 142 captains of full rugged ships
h0 70 hnon l>or, In Soc~. A.
have lived in that town while In CON-
mand Of their vessels. The largest ship
In the list was the May Flint, which
had a gross tonnage of 3.2SS tons. The
smallest was the Vistula, OF 400 tons.
S~earsport's banner year in shipping
was 1885.
A deed executed Nov. Is, 1901, has
just been recorded at the registry ut
Fail River. The instrument starts off,
'1n the commonwealth Of Massachu-
sets Bay" Charles Mason, the grant
or, makes w seventeen and n half
acres of land in Swansea for I'VE love
anu good will for ye son. Charles Ma.
son, Jr., yeoman."
at one time the London zoo had a
standing offer of $1,000 for a good
adult male giraffe. Not only are the
animals scarce In Africa, but the work
If transporting them over sea Is the
despair of every wild beast importer. |
And ven when after infinite solicitude |
care they are safely landed in New
York, Hamburg or London they are
.pt to die like flowers.
There is now underground telegraph.
c communication between London and
Scotland. Germany's underground sys-
dates from 1870. France followed
suit in 1870 as the result of q great
storm that isolated Paris In 1873. Up
o date her system has cost $%3G,OOO,OOO,
'ut is believed to have more than paid
or itself. Lines constructed in 1880
re still in excellent condition.
The bishop Of London, generally re-
as one of the wisest prclates Of
he Church Of England, has proclaimed
himself IN ardent friend and patron Of