The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-02-19
FACTS IN FEW LINES

Ihe klmDerley diamond 0elGS were
discovered in 1871.
In all of Greece there are less than
a hundred typewriters.
Prisoners in Belgian jails are ALLOW
ed to smoke as a reward for good be-
havior.
Germany's importations of American
watches are growing. Few high grade
watches are made in that country.
The frock coat has ceased to be worn
by me, of fashion in London and is
| relegated to bank clerks and dry goods
foorwalkers.
The longest balloon journey on rec
ord is that of Comte de la vaulx in
1900, when he travelled from Paris to
Russia, a distance of more than 1900
miles.
Mrs. Rachel Schwartz of Pittsburg.
while reading the obituary notice Of a
friend. was accidentally killed by her
son, a policeman. who was cleaning
his revolver.
For over three years litigation has
been going on in the Irish high court
over a sum Of only $50. The litigation
has resulted in the expenditure Of
over $4,000.
The most conservative official esti-
mate Of the opium smoking population
in China is 1OO.OOO,OOO, only 10000, 900
more than the entire population of the
United States.
The population Of Cuba numbers ap-
proximately 100000 and is about
>-.,oIsA, x1;rS1oI h1<r,on, kho >o+;,,oI
whites of Spanish origin and negroes
and mixed races.
Charles Fulton bet w. H. Manning,
both brokers Of New York. IS that he
could not eat four large crackers in
less han two minutes without taking
a drink Of water and lost.
The authorities of Brussels have
the King. 1t has been found that the
building encroached about twenty feet
on public property, and 1t has got to
be changed.
The highways Of France are good
not because Of any superiority Of raw
materials. not because Of any special
talent for ~roadbuilding, but because of
the constant, intelligent supervision of
the department having charge Of them.
A new line Of steamers which has
been made possible by the increased
demand for steel work in Manchuria
from the United States is to make bi- !
monthly sailings from New York to
Dalny via the Philippines, China and
Japan.
With an officially stated population
of $4,000. Milan contains thirty-one
cooperative associations, with a mem
bership of 5,523 and a combined CAPT
tai Of $4,000. They can be divided
into building. industrial and workmen's
associations.
An old cello, which the owner at
Mount NoOrah. Victoria, sent to be re-
paired, was found to bear the label of
Nicolo Amati and the date 1924. There
was also found a record Of the instru-
ment having been repaired by Louis
Dandeh of Versailles in 1871 for Louis
XVI.
The lack Of railroad transportation
has been the main cause of keeping the
state Of Sinaloa from taking her posi-
ton as one of the leading and largest
states of Mexico, it having $4,000
square miles of splendid farming lane
and thousands Of rich undeveloped
mines.
John Billiard Of Swanton Junction,
VT. has an old flag of Revolutionary
or earlier times, possibly dating back
to the period when Vermont proclaim
ed herself an Independent colony. The
banner is made of the finest of home
; spun linen. fifteen feet long and three
( feet wide.
The amount Of money which the
government Is called upon to redeem
In the course Of the year reaches an
almost fabulous amount. In 1904, for
instance. it totaled $912,OOO.OOO. This
redemption is either for the purpose Of
securing clean. fresh notes or to get
change Of some other denomination.
A Mansfield (Mass.) real estate agent
sold a farm recently to a man and
wife for $4,000, and when the deeds
had been signed the farm was paid for
q In ten cent pieces. 1t took the agent
a seven hours to count the money. there
: being $4,000 pieces Of money in the
box. 1t represented the savings OF
years.
As to cryolite, when the only known
" deposits in Greenland We're m%onopoliz.
u ed by Americans, Europeans had tc
e pay dearly for it, but nowadays this
e mineral IS economically MANUFACTURER
from spattotluor. This mineral is te
$ be found in lrun (Guipuzcoa). Spain
y and quite abundantly among lead and