The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-06-25
ROUND THE WORLD

nois.
Ireland's population remained almost
stationary in l!l..
Cleveland Public library imtronS an
nualiy Wear out 2O.O,M volumes.
The Chinese republic is renewing eff
forts to stamp out poppy culture.
Brooklyn school children of tenement
districts are being taught sanitation.
Washington c!ergymer DECLARE Gre
nation is growing in popularity in that
city.
The most profitable use of California
grown olives is in picking the ripe
fruit.
Rome's palace of justice. planned to
cost $1.5OO.OO0, has already absorbed
$20.OO0,O00.
st. Louis street cars in 1912 killed
forty-one persons. There were fifty
six killings in 1911.
Jury in Milwaukee has decided that
4 dog is within its rights in biting any
person attacking 1t.
A new town in the state Of Washing
ton has been named Woodrow in hon.
Or Of President Wilson.
An Ohio manufacturing plant con.
verts the waste steam from its drop
FORCES into electrical power.
Surveys and Investigations were car
ried on in t~hirty-1ve states last year
by the United States geological sur.
vey.
Colorado expects 2,OOO.OOO population
within five years. and Denver is work.
ing for 100000 population within five
years.
From spruce wood pulp a French in
ventor has made Il fabric resembling
cotton and equally capable of bleach
ing and dyeing.
Washington's city directory. by a Gu
rious blunder. lists both w. Fl. Taft
and Woodrow Wilson as president Of
the United States.
A modern town is gradually growing
up at Ell Obeid. the capital and admin
illustrative center of Kcrdofan province.
in the Egyptian Sudan.
The Danish merchant marine at.
tanned a record both in number and
tonnage in 1907 and has been steadily
decreasing since that time.
An American oil company has built
a pipe line from Yafa to Jerusalem.
making the holy city the chief dis
tributing point in that region.
Modern machinery is now extracting
millions in gold from creek bottoms
long abandoned as proftless. This Is
especially the case in certain parts OF
Idaho.
Pernambuco. Brazil. with a popula-
ton of 25O.OOO. has many barber shops.
but only two are equipped with re-
volving and reclining chairs OF the
American type.
Despite the precautions which are
taken to prevent theft. it is said that
gold to the value of S. 100000 is an
nually stolen from the mines on the
Rand. South Africa.
Present day attempts of several ma
tons to perfect automobile artillery
have brought out the fact that Il self
moving gun carriage vas invented by
a Frenchman in 1860.
Lead earrings, to be worn with neg
ligee attire. have been invented by a
Philadelphia woman for dra wing the
lobes of the ears into more perfect
shape by their weight
In Boston a humane society gets rid
Of super1uous animals by inclosing
them in cages in which death dealing
electric shocks are administered auto
matically by closing the doors.
The trade figures Of the calendar
year 1912 issued by the bureau of
customs show an increase in the to-
tai trade Of the Philippines owe the
calendar year 1911 of $22,992.5O4.
The school republic" or "school
city, has been introduced into the
Alaskan native schools by order Of the
United States commissioner Of educa.
ton for the purpose Of preparing the
natives for citizenship.
Panama is more healthful than ever.
The last report by Colonel Gorgas
shows that the average death rate
among employees for 1912 was only
ia per thousand. as against 1O.42 in
1911 and 45.73 in 1908.
With 2.4OO active employees who
have been in service forty years or
longer and with 1872 men who served
forty years or more and are now re-
ceiving pensions. the Pennsylvania
railroad has a payroll which is prob
ably unique.
Chemotherapy is the name given a
new medical science which aims to
prevent recurrent diseases by using
coal tar products that combine a maxi
mum of destructive power owe inter-
nal parasites with a minimum Of poi
sonous action on the tissues.
Berrow's Worcester tEngland' Jour-
nal, which says it is the oldest news.
paper in the country. is now publish
ing extracts from its issues 200 years
ago. The Journals origin is stated to
date back to 1900. Its files, which be.