The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-11-06
ROUND THE GLOBE

vegetables on vacant lots in london.
England.
Electrically driven drills have been
invented for surgical operation on the
human skull.
There are Alb negroes In the Unit
ed States navy receiving a total yearly
salary Of 81, 1eS.OO0.
So many thieves infest the Delaware
river that Philadelphia has been com
PEELED to start a police boat patrol.
According to a French scientist ultra
violet rays from mercury vapor lamps
will purify the air within submarine
boats.
"Frisco" may no longer be used to
designate San Francisco, according to
an order Of United States treasury
officials.
Fancy prices have recently been paid
for prize winning ostrich plumes in
South Africa, the highest being $4S7 a
pound. far above the ordinary market
value.
The peasant girls of Russia sell their
udlI 1OE u SUN WAANu uA1OuulS " 1CSS
than a dollar a pound. and their tress-
es bring $12 or $15 in the London hair
market.
A new law in the republic of China
requires that not only the finger prints
Of the persons concerned shall appear
on divorce papers, but the footprints
as well.
Experiments are to be made in Vene-
zuela to see If the thornless cactus.
originated in California. can be sue
cessfully cultivated in the arid regions
Of that country.
A Russian railway company has fit
ted out a car with exhibits illustrating
various infectious diseases and the
means of preventing them. The car is
to be taken from place to place.
Active officers OF the Siamese army
have agreed voluntarily to forego q por.
ton Of their pay for twelve months in
favor of the establishment Of a fund
for the purchase of heavy guns.
The Hoangho bridge. which the Tien
tsin- Pukow railway Is building at q
cost Of $2.5OO. 600. is to be opened with
elaborate ceremonies next October. 1t
is the finest Of its kind in China.
A cider shop in Paris advertises a
kitchen and use of the gas stove free OF
charge to all customers who wish to
cook their dinner, as an accompani-
ment to a five cent glass of cider.
At a recent dinner of v%egetarians in
London Sir George Kekewich said that
half the world would be promptly con-
verified to their doctrine If they could
but produce a race of vegetarian cooks
The decadence of the Welsh Ian
guage is evidenced by the statement
that about So per cent of the people
of Wales know some English. while
| nearly so per cent speak no other Ian.
guage.
British sailors are agitating for al
increase of pay. They are said to
have had but one raise" in more thar
fifty years. and they think their turf
has come for better pay and larger
privileges.
The famous leaning tower of Pisa is
to be investigated again. 1t Is said
few years since a commission pro
nounced it in no immediate danger
but underground streams OF water are
causing alarm.
A French newspaper refers to the
members of the Stock Exchange sing
ing God shave the king" I'VE mus
protest against this total misrepre
s%entation of our national aspirations.
observes Punch.
The absence Of tunnels and venti
lating devices on a motor liner re
Gently built in Scotland gives 20 pc
cent more for passengers. TIN
exhaust from the engines is discharg
ed through the masts.
The governor Of Inhambane. Portu
guese East Africa, issued an order re
Gently that all the women under hi
jurisdiction should wear skirts. but s.
strongly did they revolt that he wa
O O obliged to withdraw the order.
A dining car that move regularl,
out of Boston on the New York Contra
lines, says the Boston Transcript. ha
for its number SSS. Pronunciation
serves to illustrate the unconscious hu
NOR which turks in inanimate things.
Rents in Paris have increased heavil,
within the last decade. The number o
vacant dwellings is constantly decreas
ing, and many citizens fear that with
in five or six years they will eithe
have to pay %unbearably high rents o
move outside the city.
The agricultural bureau of Alask
after a careful examination has com
to the conclusion that there is NOR
agricultural land in the Tanana vale
than there is under cultivation in MOI
way, Sweden, Finland and the thre
northern provinces of Prussia.
C%hristiania, which now has a populf
ton exceeding 244,400. is still the con
mercial center Of Norway. Its chic
items Of export are wood pulp pape'