The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-17

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ordered from a French maker 10 cars
Of a racing type OF ~45.horsepower for
which he paid $4,000 apiece.
John Merrill Goodwin, 81 years old,
Of Newbury is the only surviving sold
Ter in Vermont OF the Mexican War.
He is in vigorous health.
When a Bank Of England note re-
turns to the bank the cashiers sigma
ture is taken OF. The detachment OF
signatures for q day often weighs 20
pounds. The notes are Kept for i've
years, after which they are burned in
a furnace. Every morning at seven
this fire is lighted. Each week 42O, 600
notes are consumed.
The administration Of the Alsace-
Lorraine railways has decided to build
at Saarburg q great strategic railway
station, 40 kilometers from the French
boundary. It will cost over "a, 200, 900.
Immense platforms will be connected
with the barracks. The French are
building q strategic railway from Nal
medy to Stavelot.
Pulque, the Mexican drink, is the
fermented juice Of the agave plant or
American aloe. A liant will yield
from two quarts to a gallon a day Of
juice, and the gross receipts Of each
plant are from Sc to 81. Many hacien-
das have from 10000 to 10000 plants.
The Wholesale price is 1 cent a liter,
l.0567 quarts, and it retails for 4 CEN
tavos a liter.
vagrancy has become 30 prevalent
in Norway that the government has
begun a systematic war against
tramps, idlers and drunkards. An able
bodied man who won't work is warned
against his manner Of life and directed
where he a get employment. It is
easier for the government to get work
for the a than to support him in
idleness:
In the French senate they have been
discussing the recent explosion or
board the lena. II was declared that
the so-called B powders caused II,
and the necessity Of stricter surveil-
lance over the manufacture Of powder
in France, as well as the use Of freez.
ing apparatus to keep the temperature
OF powder In magazines under n de.
grees Fahrenheit.
The Berlin branch Of the Imperial
Insurance company has set aside the
yearly sum Of $4,000 for the purpose
of providing q dental institute In the
city for workingmen holding its poll.
cies. The institute will provide arti.
fetal teeth for all workingmen need.
ing them. It has been found by the
|! company that men provided with good
dental apparatus make a better risk
than others. and the new institute lie
expected to save much money to, the
company in a few years.
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Though very few people are aware
OF the fact" said IN army nicer the
other day, "the omitted States govern
ment owns and maintains a national
cemetery in Mexico. It is located al
San Cosme, near the City Of Mexico
and was purchased md established in
the year 1850 for the purpose Of in.
terring the remains Of soldiers Of the
United States who died or were killed
in that vicinity during the war with
Mexico. and also for the purpose OF
interring the bodies Of citizens Of the
United States who have died In that
vicinity since that period"
A most interesting presentation has
been made to the town Of Paris by q
certain Nine. Blavet. Il consists Of
the furniture which was used by the
royal family during It's imprisonment
In the Temple. Among the items are
included the bed Of the Princess
Elizabeth, the quilt which was used
by Marie Antoinette, and q box OF toys
OF the little danphin. Chairs, tables
and books are also included, and
finally. the locksmith's instruments
with which the unhappy king passed
his time while awaiting execution. The
entire collection win DO lodged N the
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