The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-19
FACTS IN FEW LINES

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The natives of Kisiba carry coffee
beans in bags Of dried banana leaves.
Germany's consular service consists
Of 1876 professional consuls and 621
merchant consuls.
The Japanese embassy in London has
made a collection Of 10000 objects Of
British and other European art. which
soon will be sent to Japan.
A battleship canal across Scotland,
twenty miles long. thirty-six feet deep
and 12O feet wide at the bottom. Is n
Of the possibilities Of the future.
American cotton seed planted in the
experimental grounds Of Korea, 176
acres being cultivated, yielded last sea-
son 500 bales, weighing $4,000 pounds.
Many bears that hibernate dig into a
hillside to find a nest, but for q mild
winter they are likely to roll up in
some shallow excavation or a hollow
tree.
In English law a will that is to be
revoked must be destroyed. It is not
enough to obliterate it with a pen.
Marriage in every case acts as a revo
cation Of a will.
The Chinese laborers In the Van Rhu
gold mines recently presented to their
white manager a handsome silver tray
to mark their feelings Of affection. "as
deep as the sea-"
New South Wales offers $50 a head
toward the passage money Of approved
agriculturists and domestic servants to
that colony and $40 Il head for other
desirable emigrants.
1talio Campanini, who a quarter Of a
century ago used to be the operate
idol Of New York. il buried in Parma,
and his grave lies between those OF
Paganini and Bothsini.
In the auction rooms Of Thomas Dor
rows at Hamilton, Ont. stands an old
clock that has not been cleaned for
1c5 years. yet keeps perfect time. 1t
has hammered brass works and face.
There are altogether. foreign and ia
tive. 25,7 100 persons that are actively
engaged in bringing the gospel to In
dia. while ten years ago there We're
only 1G,1S9, Il gain Of nearly 60 per
cent.
The British government will devote
$4,000 to start the cultivation Of hemp
IN the island Of st. Helena, the inhnb
itants Of which have been reduced to
restitution Ivy the withdrawal Of the
British garrison.
Some new trades included in the
London directory for 1907 are cast iron
repairer, inventor of safety breathing
appliances, the soluble coffee creator.
folding baby car constructor and the
atrical halter.
Frau Foros. the wife Of q Hungarian
farmer, seeing that he had fallen I'M
der the charms Of a rich young widow.
offered to sell him. The widow offered
1925, but Frau Foros wanted $500. so
they compromised for $3.50.
A man who visited Spitzbergen last
summer reports that a party Of tour
lists killed upward Of 100 reindeer.
leaving the carcasses where they fell,
only bringing away Il few of the fines
heads and antlers for mounting.
Libury Hall is the name Of a farm
near London where stranded Germans
can find Il home for Il time. Within the
last six years $50 men were cared
for, and Of these 1857 earned enough
on the farm to pay their way back t.
Germany.
1t is not generally known that the
ashes of the famous theosophist Nine.
Helena Blavatsky are in New York
city. They are inurned in a niche of
Aryan hall, IA Madison avenue. where
the .Aryan Thcosophical society holds
its meetings.
During his stay at Peshawur the
ameer of ~Afghanistan, in talking with
his English friends, invariably pref
aced his stories with the remark, Sir
am going to make n joke" This he
would say most gravely In English
and then tell his story in Pushtu OF
Persian.
The strength Of a grindstone appears
from recent tests to vary widely with
the degree Of it's wetness or dryness
stones that are dry showing tensile
strengths Of from 146 to 1856 pounds d
square inch. but after soaking owe,
night breaking under stresses Of 80 tc
1l6 pounds u square inch.
The 'auld brig" at Ayr, commem.
grated by Robert Burns, will be pre-.
served. 1t had fallen into decay and
was unsafe for use and likely to fall
The money, $4,000, needful for Its
restoration has been raised, and the
town council Of Ayr has ordered imme
diate prosecution Of the work.
Chief among gold nuggets. says thu
Strand Magazine. are the Welcome
and the welcome Stranger" The
first. weighing 2,217 ounces, was found
In Ballarat, Victoria. in 1868: the sec
ond. 2,26S ounces In weight, at Du
molly. Victoria. in 1869. In both cases
the fortunate discoverer netted ovel
$4,000 by u blow Of the pick.
A prophecies believed by the natives