The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-11-22

ton. HAS the applicant ever suffered
from any fatal disease?"
With the cutting of the cue many Of
the young men in Annoy. China, have
adopted western ways, and they now
use shaving soap and razors.
How many people are there in the
United States over a hundred years
old? The census makes the number
4,OOO, Of whom $500 are women.
The clerical STATS of many of the big
insurance companies have Of late years
been considerably reduced by the en-
ployment of mechanical calculators.
By an order Of Secretary Nagel of
the department Of commerce and labor !
assignment of salaries Of employees to
loan companies is prohibited.
There is a movement on foot to wild
en- and keep open the channels of the
rivers in Bengal to promote the cheap
er transport and delivery Of merchan-
disc.
To save the loss of box lumber be-
cause Of knot holes a man in Caltfor-
MIA has invented a machine to saw the
holes out to 4 uniform size and cut
plugs to be fitted into the holes.
The percentage Of women breadwin-
ners in this country has increased fl,
while the percentage of men has in.
creased only 1.3. Pennsylvania leads
with a higher percentage of As Of
women.
The king of Portugal left much val
liable jewelry behind him when he left
Lisbon. The minister of public works
appraises the value Of such articles
5 7.5OO.OOO.
At a cost of $1.5 900 there has been
built at Calcutta an elevated water
tank which is the largest Of its kind
in the world. It covers an area of two
and one-third acres and holds 100000
gallons of water.
Australia has cows enough to give
each man, woman and child in the
island continent three apiece, while the
Argentine can do ven better. There
are five cattle to each inhabitant in the
big South American republic.
Like almost every other great cathe-
dral in the world, the Cathedral Of st.
John the Divine in New York is not
to be finished according to the plans
Of its original architect. The Roman
esque fashion in church building is
waning; the Gothic is reasserting it.
self.
Some months ago a school Of thirty
seven whales was stranded on the
coast of Tasmania. A company was
organized to take advantage of this &C.
cident, but in the meantime most of
the oil escaped. The promoters, how
ever, secured $4,000 worth Of amber
girls.
Nearly 100000 was accumulated
last year at the New York custom
house in fines, penalties, offers in COM
promise and forfeitures. The duties
collected on passengers baggage were
a little less than the above amount.
No previous year shows a record ap.
preaching these figures.
Englishmen are supposed to be the
most horsy people in the world. but
they are far behind many other u
tries in regard to the number of horses
per head of population. In this re.
spect Australia leads the British en-
pire, there being forty-fve horses to ev
cry hundred people.
Multitudes in Japan live upon a diet
of rice and fish. To vary this bill OF
fare a whale diet is becoming very
popular. Hundreds Of tons Of whale
meat are sold in the Japanese markets
today. The flesh is said to be very
coarse, tasting something like venison
but with a flavor all its own.
Cotton seed, once a nuisance, value
less and despised, carted away from
mills, dumped into streams or burned
to get it out of the way, is now scru
pulously cared for and sold every
where to hundreds of eager cotton OF
mills and is there turned into product
valued at 500, O00.0 900 annually.
Recently the sweet toned bell cast b!
Paul Revere, the famous old patriot
in 1916, which has long hung in tn
tower of the First Methodist church o
Lynn, Mass, was cracked while bein'
rung. It is now silent and may pei
haps be recast. For ninety-fve years
has rung for church services and cele
brations.
Trackless trains are being expert
mented with in Yorkshire, England.
is anticipated that the low capital ez
penditure. which is 20 per cent les
than that of a tramway system, Wi
enable many districts not served a
present to obtain IN efficient servs,
for passenger and freight traffic at
moderate cost.
A lively fash of lightning caused n
little excitement and trouble the othe
day to the inhabitants of the Culciui
district, Australia. 1t struck a fenc
near Walla Walla station and travele
along the wires for four miles. fusin
the wires and throwing off spark.
About fifty fires were started, but wel