The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-06-20
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BY his will a pauper who recently
died at the Westbury w%orkhouse. in
England. left his cat to the king Of
Spain.
The Angora goat furnishes most Of
the hair which adorns ordinary dolls.
This product IL valued at $4O.OOO.OOO
a year.
A physician in Spain gets 5 cents a
visit from workingmen and 20 cents a
visit from an %aristocrat and Is sup
posed to attend the poor for nothing.
Ike Chance Of Sedan, Kan, runs a
poultry house and a barber shop all in
the same room. The chickens are a side
line to the shaves, and the proprietor
claims they draw in the rural trade.
Hard times are reported from Por-
tugal. where many of the vineyard
owners have in their cellars the har-
vests Of two years which they are un-
able to sell except at a huge sacrifice.
Overproduction Is the cause
After recovering the sheet anchor Of
the British battleship Cumberland.
which had sunk in twenty-five fathoms
Of water in the Mediterranean. a diver
rose to the surface too quickly and
died after two days from the effects Of
the pressure.
1t Is told of Herbert Spencer that
when out for a drive from time to time
he would have his carriage stopped.
no matter II in a crowded London
street, till he had felt of his pulse. II
it was regular the drive continued: it
not, he went directly home.
The sultan Of Turkey has a great
collection of canaries. He chooses
them by the length Of time they sing
without stopping. Recently he paid a
very high price for an English canary
which ans without a stop for twenty
minutes by the sultan's watch.
Considerable attention has been at
tracted to Hamblen county. Tenn. be-
cause Of the wholesale charge Of the
Smith family upon the local offices. The
only officer Of the county who is not
named Smith has a Smith for a wife
and a Smith for a mother.
A drelgcr built Of oak. sixty-eight
feet long, twenty-One feet wide and
drawing seven feet six inches Of water.
is now in use in Dundee harbor. 1t
has been in use in the ann place for
over 100 years. and its engine is said
to have been built by James Watt.
The manuscript Of Or. John Browns
famous little story, "Rab and His
Friends" which was sold for 5000. was
secured for Edinburgh medical men.
who intend to present it either to the
library Of the Royal College Of Physi-
clans of Edinburgh or to that of the
university.
In Colusa county. Cal. Miss Florence
Berker ran against her father. r. F.
Berker, the incumbent, for the office of
school trustee and beat the old man
after a hot campaign. She did it be-
u she had heard her father in
tended to GUST a female teacher who
was a friend Of hers.
Mr.. Nein of ~Yeagertown, IA, con-
cealed $40 In gold between the laths
in his home a short time ago. and Il
few nights later a fire burned the
building. The gold was not lost, how
ever, for the next morning Nein sifted
the ashes and found the melted coin.
losing but little OF the value Of the
money.
An interesting wal curio recently ar
rived at Khartum in the shape of the
late Sultan Lamhio's great war drum.
1t Is cut from a solid block Of wood
and is intended to represent a buffalo.
The whole thing Is more than ten feet
long, four and a half feet high and
four feet wide and requires eight or
ten men to carry 1t.
Some Of the London newspapers are
arguing over the number of statues
with "top hats there are in existence.
One is n statue Of the late President
Kruger that never reached Pretoria
and lies in u yard at Durham. Mrs,
Kruger stipulated that the top of the
hat should be left open SC as to hold
rain water for the birds.
People of the town of Charlestown,
w. Va. recently discovered that there
Is an immense cave under the main
part of the town. 1t was found by
some men who were blasting rocks
and they Immediately explored it, find.
ing a large lake which was found to be
navigable. The crust of the earth over
the cave is SO thin that some Of the
Inhabitants have become terrified and
have left the town.
). Senator Knox Of Pennsylvania has
been besieged so much for his sigma
ture that he has adopted Il e plan
to prevent possible fraud. The sena
, tors signature Is valuable at q goot
many banks. Being good natured, thu
senator dislikes to refuse any person
: who asks for his autograph. He has
usually written it on a blank card
. Hereafter he will use a card on which
: is engraved the word Photograph"
Jack. a white brindle dog Of Norway
Me-, has the reputation of being tn,
only four footed baseball player in tn,
state. He is always on hand. acting a!
"shag." When the ball Is pitched tn,
i, dog runs forward. and If the ball is no