The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-03-25
FACTS IN FEW N

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The family wealth in Dutch Guiana
is put into jewelry, which the wife
wears.
The Bar association, the most intil-
entail organization Of it's kind in the
United States, has a membership Of
1914.
Great Britain has invested in for
eign bonds over Sic, 600, 100000, Of
which s. S339. 600, 900 is in America, not
including Canada.
The largest department store in the
far east was recently opened in ShaEg-
bal. 1t is five stories high and is Own
ed by an English company.
Waiting to be operated on in a Brus-
sells hospital, a young man became so
nervous that he went into an empty
room and hanged himself with his
handkerchief.
Morris Lippman, aged twenty-three
years, Of New York laughed so much
that an attack Of heart disease follow
| ed, and be died before a physician
could reach him.
On Eagle island, Maine, OF the South
| Harpswell shore, Commander Peary's
Eskimo dogs are enjoying life this
winter. There are twelve of the old
mes and eight puppies.
More than ten years ago Mrs. Sophia
Wilson Of Clayton, N. j., lost a silver
thimble. While in the woods the 9th
er day her daughter found the thimbie.
nou, - rpo< IN Tho xr,onIo Au n ~ovctorv
CAPTAIN George H. Pettis, state seal
er of weights, in his annual report
states that there are more than 1000
coal baskets in use in Rhode Island
that are not of the size required by the
statutes.
The fire commissioners Of Findlay,
O., have declared that small men make
the best iremen. They have changed
the rules Of qualification for the de
partment SO that a man five feet six
inches can become a member.
Lions are plentiful in Portuguese
East Africa. and that region is a para.
disc for hunters Of big game. In some
sections the authorities offer a reward
for each lions head brought in, and
they permit the hunter to keep thu
skin.
Missionary Sarah ]. Bird says tina
learning inhabits the lowly New Yorl
Bowery as we'll as Morningsid'
heights. Il saw three men bendin:
over a table in a lodging house on
night aud found they were translatin;
the Had" she adds.
Nearly fifty men were arraigned il
4 New York police court recently TO
peddling without a license. Most o.
them were mechanics or tailors VIII,
were forced to peddle on the street he
cause Of hard times. One cen fin'
each was inflicted on Ave of them.
The new Swiss stamp shows Henri'
holding his fathers crossbow in on
hand and the arrow pierced apple il
the other. The other stamp OF the sc
RES depicts Helvetia, the allegorica
impersonation of Switzerland, with tn
Alps mountains in the background.
The Cheshire National bank o
Keene. n. H.. recently received from
a gentleman living in Massachusetts
a four dollar bill issued by the hanl
when it was a state institution in 1896
This bill completes the file of all tn
issues Of bills since the bank was char
tered in 1909.
The Greek naval authorities have dc
cided upon a complete reorganization
of their feet and have requested Al
miral Fournier Of the French feet t
undertake the supervision of 1t. 1t
very possible that a foreign loan wi.
he tioated for the purpose Of providin
funds for the coming reorganization.
In the will of the late banker poe
Edmund Clarence Stedman. he b.
. queathed his chief literary treasure
! to the library Of Yale universit,
> Among the requests are the testator
! editions and texts of the Greek idea
lists, his edition of Theocritus (possibl
:: the only n in this country and othe
+! rare books.
: Herr Bebel, the Socialist leader {
: the German reichstag, has inforlne
. the American Socialist party that h
visit to the United States must be i,
!, definitely postponed. because the sta
- Of his health will not permit him
, take on any additional work. He Ia
II planned to deliver a series OF address,
: in the principal cities.
1t Is reported. with entire plausibil
= ty, that practically every one Of IL
5000 twenty dollar gold pieces tn;
formed what may be called the fir
edition Of the st. Gaudens eagles h:
already been withdrawn from cirrul
\ ton and, having been carefully Ia
4 away by the coin collectors. will new,
again serve as currency.
The Pacific Scientific institution h:
been Incorporated at Honolulu for IL
purpose OF making n full e%thnograp
4 ical and biological survey Of the II
n,erous little known islands Of the Il
cifc ocean. 1t is said that the ente
n prise is to be amply financed and tn
4 It has the approval of the leading S,
I entists Of America and Great Britain
81 II ia only n fnxy wars Stnce h,,tt