The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-08-28
G IN FEW LINES
The Saturday half holiday originated

Id EUSiiuu III TIE clcNeutQ century.
1t is said that out of Brazil's navy of
forty-fve vessels only five are seawor-
thy.
The world has about p 600, 600 acres
Of vineyards. Of which fully 100000
acres are in Europe.
Chemists say that all records written
with the ordinary ink in use will be
completely faded out in seventy years.
The German institute Of Athens has
| discovered a gold decorated edifice in
excavating near Pilos which is believ-
ed to be the palace Of the Homeric
King Nestor.
John Fair, a highly respected citizen
Of Montgomery, Fa., has at. his home a
small keg containing several quarts of
cider which he made fifty-one years
ago. The cider is now black in color
and is very strong.
Garrett J. Hopper of Williamstown,
Mass, while cleaning out a spring on
his estate unearthed two perfect speci-
mems Of arrow heads, a spear head and
a tomahawk. The tomahawk had a re.
markably keen edge.
On "San Juan HILL" bounded by West
Sixty-frst and ~Sixty-second streets,
Amsterdam and West End avenues. in
New York city, is a block that has
GLIB inhabitants. 1t is the most popu-
lous block In the world.
One of the free rural delivery car
riers of Ellsworth, Me-, covers his
route by automobile. He covers twen-
ty-five miles in 2 hours and 20 minutes,
delivering an average of 800 pieces of
mail and collecting 1877 pieces.
The old brick factory at North Mon
mouth. Me-, has had quite a history. 1t
was built in 1915 for a starch factory
and since then has been used as a boot
webbing factory, a storehouse and now
is to be turned into a blanket mill.
A resolution in favor of restoring the
name of Kruger venue to one of the
chief streets in the city-the original
name was changed to Alexandra ave-
~ after the late war-has been reject
ed by the Bloemfontein corporation.
An error has been detected in the in
scription on the pedestal for the statue
Of the late Duke Of Cambridge. in
Whitehall, England. The inscription
includes the words, Born 1919, died
1903" The duke died in March, 1904.
The total bonded debt Of the United
States is only 1926, 100000, and that of
New York city Is already more than
half that Of the national government.
At the present rate Of increase the me-
tropolis will have the largest Indebted.
ness in five years.
The government of Brazil is author
lied to organize a regular service for
propaganda Of the mineral wealth OF
the country. especially MS regards pros.
recting, and can II 1t deems expedient
substitute companies capable Of under
taking this service.
A bride was sued In London the Other
day for refreshments supplied for hel
wedding feast. The list was as fol
lows: -Four and Il half gallons of beer
one quart Scotch, n pint Irish, on,
bottle Of gin, n quart of port, ont
pint Of sherry, n bottle of claret, so
das, lemons"
Trees are nOw being used for snow
breaks and to take the place of snov
sheds and fences which border all tn,
railroad lines crossing the Rocky noun
tains In the north. More than a hun
dred miles Of these trees have alread,
been planted in a section Of one of tn,
transconttnental lines.
. At the farewell banquet given il
Lopdon by Beerbohm Tree to Sotherl
and Marlowe. Chancellor Asquith wa
J a prominent figure. Tree had ordered
that n speech should exceed five Sen
fences. but his brother, Max Reerbohm
was able to construct a witty and com
plimentary sentence Of 800 words.
: A Paris jeweler has bought a larg
number Of stones which have beel
!. found In mines on the cars privat
property. Every year stones from thes
mines are offered for sale by tender. ii
the same way as the forest lands an,
. mines belonging to the czar are occa
e sionally sold by the imperial cabinet.
The German kaiser Is sending to til
r Harvard and Columbia %universitie
4 presents of three valuable works. On
is a copy Of the works Of Frederick tn
Great in thirty-four volumes, another
: copy Of the works of Adolf Mcneil. tn
painter. and the third a copy Of tn
volume on the uniforms OF Frederic
the Greats army.
Red Cloud. the famous Sioux CHIEF
10 very old, and. realizing that h
must soon depart for the happy hunt
e ing grounds. he has issued a patheti
appeal to the white people to be goo
to the poor Indian. Once a fierce wal
rior and a foe to the whites, Re
Cloud long ago became peaceable. II
still retains the old style garb Of hi
race. but he appreciates the value G
civilization.
g The Earl of Durham has given t
Sunderland museum an entomologic:
collection Of American specimens whic
were secured by the first Earl Of Dul
u ham when he was governor general {
q Canada. They include 3,OOO exam
s. pies. mostly butterflies. moths and he,