The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-07-18
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Eggs are sold in Denmark by the
score more commonly than by the
dozen.
There Is hardly Il king in Cllristen-
dom today whose wife does not over
top him by a head.
Speak up" said Judge Addison OF
London to q witness. Imagine that
some n has asked you to take a
drink"
The Irish linen industry Is booming
- 1t has not flourished in years. large
" on the expanding exports to the
United States.
At Wellington. a little town of 1000
Inhabitants in the west Of England.
over 5000 tramps had to be accommo-
dated last year.
A method has been discovered in
England for treating sewage by elec-
ticity which will revolutionize sewage
treatment and greatly reduce the cost.
The ancient Romans ate oysters as
the first course at banquets because of
their quality Of stimulating the appe-
lite. Pliny recommends oil and onions
- condiments.
Sarah Grand says that for the most
part American women are more intelli-
gent, more thorough, better informed.
larger minded and more agreeable to
meet then their English sisters.
4 candidate for parliament at the re-
cent election in Great Britain has filed
. petition in bankruptcy. owing $685.
40 and having assets estimated Of the
value Of $S,4O5. He was an enthusi-
astic fiscal reformer."
The we'll known German animal deal
er Jamrach has an agent in Siam hunt
ing for the big deer known as Cervus
Schomburki. No specimen of this deni-
zen Of high ranges in Siam has ever
been taken to Europe alive.
A consul in China remarks sagely
that 1.-The Chinese will buy only what
they want and not what foreign manu-
%facturers think they should buy. No
effort to force upon them goods manu-
featured for export and probably un-
salable ut home will avail"
Auburn (Me.) teamsters are going to
buy mules to take the place of their
horses. The reasons given for this
change are that mules are afraid Of
nothing, can perform more work and
the cost Of maintenance Is less than
one-half Of what it costs to keep
horses.
William Alexander of Montrose.
Colo, disappeared fifteen years ago.
He was a large landowner. and after
his death a lake was named after him.
The other day his skeleton was found
ear the lake, with the skull of his
dog lying on his breastbone. They had
died together In a blizzard.
The Victoria cross was instituted If
ty-six years ago. Since then only 500
persons have received it, SIT Of them
soldiers or sailors and three of them
civilians, who were acting In a mill
tary capacity when they did ''in the
face Of the enemy" the gallant deed
which won them the cross.
Swanton, w.t., was the first place
where tiles were made in the United
States. Up to about 1s48 the only
tiles used were from Italy. In that year
Joseph Blake of Swanton placed an
order with q New York firm for 1000
tiles, which were used on the door Of
the Freemasons' hall in New York.
In less than two years New York has
issued $132, 10000 Of bonds. offset to a
small extent, however. by the payment
Of maturing issues and by an Gun
lating sinking fund. Deducting the
sinking fund. the debt on Jan. l was
$472.575.OCO against 1876, 100000 two
years before and $279.OOO,OOO on Jan.
l. 1901.
The British government stands to lose
cent regulations which require twenty
eight consecutive days service at sea
on a battleship each year. AS most Of
the men are engaged In liners and 9th
er seagoing vessels, this gives them the
choice of leaving the reserve or losing
their ships.
Senator Pettus Of Alabama was rid
Ing through the state on a campaign
tour. He is eighty-five years old, and
his eyesight is not as good as it once
was. FLe reached q crossroad and
could not make out the signboard.
"Can you tell me what that sign says?"
he asked Of a man seated on a log by
the roadside. II cannot" the man an
swered. I'm like yourself-I had
mighty little schoolin' when / was
young"
The solicitude shown by King Victor
Emmanuel III. for his subjects during
the recent terrible eruptions of Vesu-
vius was not Of a temporary kind.
Whenever there is serious trouble In
Italy the king always betakes himself
to the scene Of the catastrophe and
does whatever he car to relieve suffer
Ing. His method Of quick response to
public sentiment nor than any other
thing has made Victor one Of the most
popular royalties in Europe.
Reports from Sweden that a league
has been formed there for the purpose
Of restraining extravaganza in wom-