The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-01-22
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49," e"cS iirisN sl't.'4t ! ti.s.
"a wife has no right to throw shes
at her husband"
a floating paragraph is to tht. feet
that there are men residing ii .<cw
York city who have never seer u log.
On a single day, Aug. 80 last. the bay
and harbor of Manila contained deep
scaSoing vessels whose aggregate car.
go capacity was IA. Coz tons.
Social settlement workers have open
ed a school in Cleveland. O., in which
they will teach girls how to be happy
though obliged to live in a fat.
Thomas G. Rand of Keene. y. H..
has presented General Griffin camp.
Sons of Veterans, with a tent which
was captured from the British in the
war of 1912.
The late DR.. James Gale, the famous
blind medical electrician, is said once
to have taken a fee of $3.50, 600, the
largest ever paid for medical electrical
attendance.
The japanese make a enen of
which the principal ingredient is vol
canic ashes. 4. special railway is being
built at Yokibo, and when this Is com
pleted the annual output may reach
7OO,O 900 bales.
A beautiful Celtic cross twenty feet
high has been erected at Rangihousa.
Bay Of Islands, where ninety-three
years ago Samuel Marsden, the "Apos.
tie of New Zealand" landed to hold
the first Christian service in that sec
ton.
Picture post cards are being sent to
pet dogs on the continent. A young
woman residing at one Of the leading
hotels in Ostend introduced the fash
ion. The post cards are inscribed with
the dogs name and addressed care of
the owner.
The town of Warren, Me-, was not
SO many years ago one of the leading
shipbuilding towns in New England.
Vessel building began in this town
along the banks Of the upper Georges
as early as 1910 and extended over Il
period up to 1867. In all 27O craft
were built there.
According to the confession Of a New
York chauffeur, he has lied every time
he has been arrested for exceeding the
speed limit, and he further deposes
that every one of the half a hundred
Of his professional acquaintance is an
unmitigated liar and brags about 1t.
A monument is to be erected at
HOldens Creek, Va, to the memory Of
Francis Mackenzie, who founded Pres
byterianism in the United States in
17O6 and was first moderator of the
general pr~esbytery. The Presbyterian
Historical society Of Philadelphia will
raise the memorial.
The Lubec (Me.) Herald suggests that
Summer street, one of the shortest
streets In that village, should be called
Longevity street. Several persons have
recently died whose ages ranged from
sixty-cight to ninety-five. At present
living on that street are nine persons
who have passed the threescore and
ten limit.
The Carnegie Foundation For the
Advancement of Teaching has voted
Professor Frank III. Loud of Colorado
college an annual retiring allowance.
Professor Loud has been connected
with Colorado college for thirty years.
He is a graduate of Amherst college
and has received degrees from Har-
ward and Haverford. He is well known
as an astronomer.
In searching for invisible property
for tax purposes success depends on
the determination Of the taxing body
For instance. the British chancellor Of
the %excheQuer. convinced that vast
sums escaped the income tax, last
spring announced that the government
would require from all employers full
statements OF salaries paid by them.
The threat has added $50. 600. 600 to the
national revenue.
For the study Of animal psychology
a new chair has been founded in con-
nection with the Natural History mu-
ut the Jardin des Plantes, Paris.
1t will be under the direction Of NJ.
Pierre Hachet-Souplet. who will seek
to establish an intellectual graduation
Of the animals that are domesticated
as we'll rs those that are wild. Their
passions. their hatreds, their Joys,
AN al pC Stulletl lINll-
oughly.
The oldest Congregational pastor in
England is the Rev. Thomas Lord Of
Horncastle. Lincolnshire. Although he
completed his ninety-ninth year on
April 90 last. Mr.. Lord still takes an
active part in religious work. Recently
he preached his five thousandth SER
mon on the sev~enty-third anniversary
OF his ordination. Owing to failing eye
sight the veteran pastor has to trust
entirely to his memory, which is so
clear that he can recite whole chapters
of Scripture.
DR.. Vernon Paul. a young English
medical man. was the victim of an ex-
~traordinary accident. He had been
rabbit shooting with some friends. The
sport over, the guns We're placed in a
motor a in readiness for the return
Journey. BY some m~ischance n of
them was left loaded. and Just rs Or.