The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-01
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USE.
The average valuation of the paper
money printed daily by Uncle Sam to
tails over S3.uuU.HU.
There were 6 STOCK and "a nu-
tuaI fire insurance companies in the
Cuited States Jan. l.. 1907.
Oil painting was All art thoroughly
understood by the ancients. but was
lost sight of and only revived about
the end of the thirteenth century A. y.
A boy ten years old has been com
mitted for trial at Kimberley. South
Africa. on the charge Of abducting a
girl Of fifteen. The pair We're stopped
as they We're boarding the mai train
for johannesburg.
BY whom the game of chess was in
vented or when it was first played is
not known. Its earliest history can be
traced as far as the beginning Of the
history of India. n of the Oldest
countries in the world.
Copra Oil used to go into the soap
industry exclusively, whereas today
several Of the most important mills in
Marsellles are converting this Oil into
high priced domestic grease. sold com
monty as Il substitute for butter.
A Spanish laundry has a stationary
tub in it. but this increases labor in
stead Of tightening it. for unless rain
has filed the tub, which is out of
doors in the courtyard. water has to
be drawn from the we'll to fill it.
A German biological periodical pub
fishes the result Of Investigations which
indicate that among the bacteria founl
In bottled beer there is one which
seems to occur nowhere else. 1t has
been named PseudomonaS cereviSiae.
An international motor boat exhibit
ton will he held from June IL to 80
next in Kiel. under the patronage of
Prince Henry Of Prussia. and support
ed by the imperial navy. the German
Sea Fisheries union and other bodies.
The British South Africa company is
my 100000 acres Of land in Rhodesia
free of charge for colonization pur-
poses, all the land to revert to the COM
pany in case the colony should not sue
coed.
Though the name of Siberia Is still
popularity accepted az a synonym for
all that is arctic and sterile, it Is be-
coming clearer every year that few
regions of the earth are more capable
Of producing immense stores of human
food.
Probably the Oldest carriage in eX-
istence today in this country is that
which belonged to General Henry Knox
Of ~Thomaston, Me. The vehicle is about
125 years old. but is still used occasion
ally by its present owner, Frank Il.
Hills.
A London medical journal inveighS
against the curse of presents in hospi-
tails. There are cases where a young
nurse IN training must spend about
two months salary in giving holiday
gifts to matrons. mattresses, porters
and postnen.
The dreaded nut butterfly is appear
ing every where in Bohemia. threaten
ing the devastation of the forests. The
neighhoring woods of Saxony and Sile-
sia are also threatened. The ministry
OF agriculture has named n commission
to investigate.
A man who was summoned to a Lon
don court by his wife for alleged per
sistcnt cruelty said the woman had
painted on her body facsimilies of
pictures from Il medical book and had
represented that they We're bruises
The summons was dismissed.
A firm in Saxony has established q
process by which they combine paper
and cotton and make 1t into a servicea.
BILE cloth. Paper and cotton and paper
and wool are SO combined that suits
Jackets, shirts and many other articles
Of dress wear are now being produced
Some teeth are valuable. ever when
no longer useful. One Of Sir Isaac
Newton's teeth sold for $3,4OO. and
$4,000 was offered for one Of the teeth
Of Heloise at the time her body was
exhumed. A tooth said to have been
drawn from Napoleon's mouth was
sold for $3.50
Four hypothesis for telepathy have
been suggested: That telepathic com
municationS may lie due-tirst. tC
some kind OF vibration. etheric or 9th
erwise. emitted by one brain and i'm
pinging on the other: second. by direct
action of the mind on another's hrail
In such way as to evoke the desired
thought; third. by insight of the re
ceiving mind into the brain when the
thought arrives (clairvoyance). or
fourth. by some direct and incompre
hensible communion of mind witt
mind.
Lions Of east Africa are becoming
greatly interested in railway opera
lions. The Uganda railroad has thir
ty-nine small stations in the 5S4 miles
between the Indian ocean and Victori;
Nyanza. and in the last year the ami
mails have frequently visited thes,
lonely places. especially Simba. which
has only 4 station building. with a wa
ter tank and a side track. One liol
passed several successive nights at tn,
Simba station. walking about. scratch
ing at the Office door and sleeping OF