The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-24
FACTS IN FEW LINES

Tasmania has two stock exchanges,
| Western Australia one and New Zea-
land one. >.
Wine is so plentiful in Spain that
after a good vintage it will often sell
at 2 cents a quart Q
The deepest section of the ocean yet
found is at the Tonga islands, where
the bottom Is $3.50 meters deep.
Australia, which is twenty-six times
larger than the whole of the British
isles, has a population smaller than
that Of London.
The Russian government has vetoed
the decision of the Moscow municipali-
ty to hang portraits Of Tolstoy in the
municipal schools.
Since the Brooklyn bridge was e
ed for traffic, May "a, 1883, it has az
forded passage to more than the en-
tire population Of the world.
Recent experiments have proved
that the sea water Of the coast Of Ire
land is exceedingly rich in radium, az
Is the water of the Arabian sea-.
The parish Of North Moulton, in
Devon, England, has recently elected a
mayor. His duties are to consist chief
~ Of presiding at the mayors annual
feast.
The Mexican foreign office has ruled
that any alien coming into the country
with the intention Of earning his bread
by manual labor is-in the eye of the
law-an immigrant. So
In 1904 the recently deceased Grand
Duke Alexis of Russia created a sensa
ton by breaking the bank at Monte
Carlo. He had an extraordinary run
Of luck, winning $4,000 in half an
hours play.
While hunting near Grand Marais
Mich, Gustav Herbert shot and killed
an albino squirrel. While albino deer
are occasionally killed in upper Mich.
igan, this is the first case on record of
a white squirrel.
American patent laws seem to be the
most satisfactory Of any country, and
it is probable that the statutes of
many countries will be changed in the
near future to conform with those of
the United States.
Southern Pacific surveyors are at
work laying out lines for a seven mile
tunnel through the crest of the Sierras
to relieve the main overland line of
the stiff grades that now require two
engines to haul ordinary trains.
A patent has been granted on a fan
the propeller-like blades Of which are
driven through gear wheels by a lever
operated by one finger of the person
holding it. The inventor claims it OBJ
viates the effort needed for using the
ordinary fan.
Sir H. H. Cozens- Hardy, master Of
the rolls In England, recently said that
In his belief classical teaching did
more to cultivate true gentlemanly
manners and to improve the whole
condition of the man than n other
branch of study.
Orderly and well behaved convicts
are now being employed as agricul.
tural laborers in Austria, owing to the
lack Of farm hands. The prisoners are
much pleased with the work, and their
employment is an incentive to others
to behave well in prison. y
Because of frequent acts Of rude
ness and discourtesy and fragrant Of
lenses against school rules by the pu-
pills Of the public schools in Bombay
the local government has ordered that
no newspapers be taken into the
schools by masters or pupils.
Heretofore Belgium has neglected to
provide anything like adequate scien-
tifc training for dental practitioners,
any n that chooses being allowed to
practice dentistry. Now, however, par
lament has under consideration a
project regarding supervision Of den
tistry.
r. A. Fogg Of Garland, Me-, possess
es some rare carrier pigeons. One pair
have the record Of a fifty hour flight
from Minneapolis to Boston, the last
thousand miles of it through a driving
storm. The birds are Of the same
breed as those that accompanied An
DIRE on his dash for the pole.
Fumes 50 strong that all metals in
a town sixty-1ve miles away are turn
ing black. while birds r dying in
great numbers and the eyesight Of
many people far away is affected, are
the remarkable results Of the great
flow of the Mexican oil we'll at Dos
ROc0S. Mexico accOrdinp m q cOnS,,.