The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-01-01
ROUND THE CL0Bt


The United States is a salt import
ing country.
Brazil has had an unprecedented rain
fall this year.
New York reports the s cent theate1
On the decline.
Venezuela has adopted the metri.
system of weights and measures.
In the past two years Paris has spen,
S74s.o0o to entertain visiting kings.
Australia is taking steps for preser
vation nj it's giant stringy bark trees.
In parts Of Norway the area of cul
nvated land might easily be quadru.
pied.
There are 2S7 gas lighted buoys TO-
Gated on tue waters Of the United
States.
The United States last year sold
$3S5.O00.O0O worth of foodstutfs to for.
eign nations.
Some Of poland's salt mines have
been worked uninterruptedly for ulore
than GOO years.
~ Willy ~ lCulllCS dlliOlH
a 3S.O13 persons who immigrated to
Cuba last year.
Statistics show 232 deaths Of infants
under one year old to every 1000 births
Ia European Russia.
The mortality in Italy has been re.
iuced from 3O.S per 1000 in 1872 to
about ID ut present.
Chicago's old Union club has closed
its doors. Founded thirty years ago.
Too exclusive to live.
Builders Of Il POO foot concrete chin
ney in Germany used the reinforcing
steel as "A lightning rod.
At the usual price Of electricity a
motor on a sewing machine will take
10000 stitches for a cent.
Australia's famous black opal mines
are running out. the present output be-
ing practically none ut al'.
A wet summer like this years means
a loss of 80 per cent in the profits from
tourist travel in Switzerland,
An American sewing machine com
pany has opened eight schools in China
In which the natives are taught to en-
brOider with silk by machinery.
A miniature fountain attachment for
bottled water holders has been patent
ed to enable persons to drink without
touching their lips to any receptacle.
There are no suitable pulping woods
In Australia or New Zealand. so that
these countries are wholly dependent
on outside sources for their paper sup
ply.
The banknote washing machine
which has been in operation at Wash
lngton for Il short time has a capacity
Of 10000 to 5000 pieces in an eight
hour day.
A striking decrease In infant NOR
tally has been noted in Manchester.
England, since the Introduction of strict
regulations rs to the sale Of milk from
tuberculous cows.
The supreme court of Leipzig has dc.
cided In the case Of Il waitress who
was dismissed for flirting with custom
erS that flirting was not criminal and
was necessary for a waitress.
Swansea is the chief seat of the cop
per smelling trade in Great Britain.
and within Il compass of four miles it
possesses various works. giving en-
ployment to over 10000 persons.
Oysters in Viennese restaurants cost
$1.2O a dozen and are therefore not
much In demand. Only about $4,000
worth are annually imported. mostly
from Belgium. Germany and Holland.
For photographers use in dark rooms
there has been devised a lamp carry
Ing several different colored glasses in
a wheel In front Of it's opening so any
colored light can be obtained when
desired.
In America, says the Louisville Cou-
a schoolteacher works
upon the average for about half as
much as a bricklayer and has to tell
the boys that education is a necessity
II they would get on in life.
The work of %thickening and heighten-
ing the Assuan dam. on the Nile. to its
new level will probably be completed
this year. The dam will then be able
to hold 1900. 100000 cubic meters OF
water or more than double its original
capacity.
1.-THE largest door in the world" says
La Revue Scientifique, rs now being
constructed ut Cherbourg for one of
the drydocks Of the arsenal" 1t
owe 1874 feet long BY 50
broad and has cost 100000. A num-
Der of similar doors are said to be also
under construction for other French
naval ports.
The rabbit pest in New South Wales
Is spreading Notwithstanding all that is
being done In the shape Of trapping,
fumigating and digging out.
The greed Of the rabbit is proverbial,
and the amount Of heritage devoured
BY this animal Is considerable. The
loss sustained IL conse-
quently an immense one.
On onarviuv from tho roilu,,, 80