The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-07-31
FACTS IN FEW LINES

The Norwegians have whaling estab-
lishments in Iceland, Scotland, South
America. Japan and elsewhere.
While Australia has the reputation
Of a great sheep growing country.
there are more Of these animals in In
dia.
The numbe. Of different species of
animals known to naturalists is rough
" $4,000. Of which 1890 are verte-
brates or back boned.
In Greece the usual price Of olive oil
is only about 20 cents a quart at
wholesale. When the yield is excep-
tionally large pure oil is still cheaper.
The thin paper on which the oxford
Bible is printed is made after a secret
process by the Oxford University
Press. The secret IL valued at 81 1885,
600.
Professor Burt G. Wilder Of Cornell
10 out with a declaration that cats
ought to be licensed and that cats that
are not worth licensing ought not to be
permitted to live.
The late Sir Walter Besant ten years
ago estimated that there were fifty
novelists in England who earned up
ward Of $1,000 a year. There are now
probably nearer $50.
Mrs. Harding, testifying in a London
court against her son, said he had been
a brute to her since his boyhood. "1n
fact" she said, "a husband could not
have treated mi worse"
A college of foreign languages has
been opened in Canton, China, the part
Of the Chinese empire from which the
greatest number Of emigrants sail to
distant parts of the globe.
A record in saving laths has been
Machias, Me-. when In one day of a
little over nine hours $1,000 good laths
and owe G,OO0 poor mes were sawed.
At the Norwich England rural coun-
ell Councillor Watts reported a case OF
a boatman who willed and beQueathed
his son Fred to another boatman, who
paid a half crown to make the transac-
ton, as he imagined, legal.
After handling $2,OOO,OO0 in currency
Cashier John +. O'Brien Of the city
collectors Office in Chicago fell from
his eeat in a dead faint. He got the
money in all shapes, and the strain OF
counting and sorting proved too great.
The Japanese premier, Prince Kung,
tried to compliment General Grant in
English when be was In Japan by as
surfing him that he was born to CON-
J mand. His words were, however,
"Sire, brave general, you were made to
order!"
: The adage which advises people who
, live in glass houses not to throw stones
: will have to be revised. The glass that
!, IL now Used in making houses is not
!, breakable. 1t looks like white marble
= and Is used in the same way as that
material.
The G~rosecloses brothers Of Sully
county, s. H., have a large tract OF
land which they are c%ultivat1ng entire
" without the aid of horses or Other
animals. Flowing, narrowing. seeding
harvesting and marketing are all done
with motor machinery.
9 A box containing a thousand cigar:
- arrived at Buckingham palace recent
~. 1t was a present from Barol
Rothschild to King Edward. For owe
thirty years his majesty has received
similar present from Rothschild. Thu
lie cigars are worth about $2.85 each.
|e The Merchants bank in Salem. Mass
Is a young mems bank. Henry NJ
10 Batchelder, Its president. is the youne
~ est bank president In the city. ]. H
Clifford, the cashier. only recent,
passed his thirtieth year, while f. A
&c Brooks, assistant cashier, and A. H
Barnet, teller, are both under thirty.
b. The steel bridge the Portland an
Seattle railroad Is building across tn
Columbia at Vancouver will he a mil
and a half long, the longest stee
bridge in the world. 1t will be lnishe
next January. Twenty thousand ton
C. of steel will he used in It. not inclut
ht ing the weight Of the double tract
The drawbridge is 4e4 feet long.
~ All mechanics In France are oblige
- to serve an apprenticeship Of from tw
to three years, during half Of whic
H. and must board themselves. In add
'el ton to this each one must give up tw
nd years of his life for military service
hit for which he receives a rent a day an
no board and clothes. 1t will he seer ths
every mechanic In France must expen
n four OF Ave years of his life witho,
!" wages.
One Of the growing methods {
%, cheating In New York is by ''sho'
change" The system has taken hrl
root In many ticket Offices and shoI
and has notably increased when sma
payments are being made throue
dumb waters. in which latter instant
the person delivering goods says t
little was sent down or that he r
Ter turned more than the receiver can fr
and that there must have been a 10
ho in transit.
Just outside the city limits Of Mas
VA. N. H.. there have been all sor
Is Of dog fights and SO called sport
that kind for years. but 1t is now at {
81. end. Mrs. Jennie Kimball. a little "