The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-05-06
ROUND THE WORLD

Courtship in Bohemia often lasts Of.
teen years.
There are floating movies" in the
Netherlands.
New York is giving street Washers
workhouse terms.
There are only twenty women among
the 800 advertising canvassers in Lon
don.
Professor r. W. Wood Of Johns Hop.
kins university says the craters of the
moon are full Of sulphur.
An experiment station for the study
Of fax cultivation and manufacture has
been established at Moscow.
There are 1897, 533.O 1000 tons Of
coal in the world, according to an esti-
mate made by the Coal Age.
Philadelphia will rigidly enforce the
weights and measures regulations in
efforts to reduce cost of living.
The total amount Of money reposing
on the oceans bottoms in the shape Of
submarine cables is $250,OO0.O00
Retail dealers in Hongkong are dis
covering the advantages Of window
dressing after the American plan.
A mine, now exceedingly rich, was
sold by its native African owner for
q pair Of trousers and a cricket cap.
In buying soaps the natives Of India
are guided by strong scents and pretty
colors than by the lathering qualities.
The Germans will mount 10000 can
die power searchlights on some Of their
alrships to illuminate the enemy's
camp.
The largest electrical egg Matching
plant in the world Is in England. hav-
ing an average output Of 5000 chick
ems a week.
Cleveland women are planning a
chamber of commerce which will be
the first women's chamber of COM
merce in the world.
Experiments on the Philippine island
Of Mindanao seem to indicate that the
finest qualities of rubber can be pro-
duced there probably.
The first apartment house in Amer
lea was built about 1860 in East Eight
eenth street, in New York city, and Is
still standing in good condition.
The worlds largest stone statue. a
figure Of a patron saint 240 feet long.
10 being carved from a rock overlook
ing the sea on an island in Japan.
A church organ has recently been
made in Belgium which is composed
entirely Of paper. the pipes being rolls
Of cardboard. The sound is sweet and
powerful.
In Afghanistan barbed wire is used
very extensively for defensive pur-
poses, especially where there is danger
from attacks by barbarous %neighboring
tIfbesmen.
In 1900 there were sixty-two beef
cattle in the United States for each
100 persons of population. Now there
are thirty-seven cattle to each 100 OF
population.
As q universal danger signal a Den
yer firm has designed and copyrighted
signs bearing a human hand Gro
the palm of which appear the words
Safety First"
An iron monument in the form of a
stepped pyramid surmounted by Il
globe ninety feet high has been erect
ed at Leipzig to symbolic the German
iron and steel industry.
Under the conditions of the will of
Mrs. Thomas Barclay Of Glasgow.
Scotland. all widows in Perth who
have attained the age of fifty years
will be entitled to a pension.
Feed makes a great difference not
only in the taste of cheese, but in its
keeping quality. 1t has been found
that imported cheese from cows fed on
grass will keep in India. while fodder
fed cheese will not.
During the fiscal year 1913 services
in saving Of life and property were
rendered and acts Of heroism perform
I'd by employees Of the United States
lighthouse service on vessels or at sta
lions on n~inety-two occasions.
A London medical journal recently
published some interesting facts n
;.erning walnuts as foods. According
to this authority. thirty large walnut
kernels contain as much food value as
two and three-quarters pounds Of lean
beef."
What is claimed to be the most COM
llete card index system in the world
is that owned by Mrs. Elmer Black of
New York. There is not an item Of
interest in any department Of her
home that she cannot refer to in a
minute.
The tuberculosis statistics of Ger
many show a great reduction in the
mortality which has been particularly
marked in hospitals and homes for
conservatives. having drOnDpd within