The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-08-18
FACTS IN Few LANES

Tnere are many Italians employed In
south Germany, probably 1000 alto
gether, the German supply being In
sufficient.
1t Il asserted that there are In the
world over $50 anarchist journals,
though 1t Is calculated that there are
only 1000 anarchists.
A man In Houlton, Ne, bought a
heavy four-year-old colt In 1896 for
800. After keeping II for ten years at
hard work all the time the man sold
the horse for 500.
The Brunswick CAe) Record tells Of
an elghteen-year-old boy named Jo-
seph Lajole who cut half a cord Of
wood into three lengths In just one
hour and twenty minutes.
China's public debt has Increased
loo, 100000 taels since the war with
Japan. Part Of 1t bears Z and 8 per
cent interest 1t is proposed to borrow
abroad and refund at 4 and 8 per cent.
Thinking that she would get a holI-
day II her employers were stricken
with grief. a fourteen-year-old servant
girl at Distenhausen, Germany. con-
fessed that she threw their baby into
the river.
A stranger who wished to demon
strate that he could get a fairly re-
spectacle meal In New York restau-
rant without meat ate eighteen eggs,
two punches Of asparagus, two punches
Of radishes and a can Of shrimps.
There was considerable excitement In
West Swanzey, n. h, the other day
. when a deer with bulldog for peace
able companion was seen wandering
4 through the streets Of the town. The
two odd mates seemed the best Of
| friends.
The Euclid avenue home Of Mrs.
Cassie Chadwick In Cleveland, o.,
where the erstwhile queen of finance
resided in the days OF her prosperity,
has so badly deteriorated that Its large
and spacious front yard is now being
used as a COW pasture.
Spain during recent years has lost
only one ruler by assasslnation-Cano-
vas de Castillo. Russia has lost two
cars, Turkey two sultans, Persia q
shah, America three presidents, FIVE
other republics one president each and
Austria, Servia and Korea have also
suffered.
| A man In Hillstown, Conn, declares
kerosene to be a complete antidote for
q rattlesnake's bite. A cow, nearly
dead from a bite, was treated with the
oil, a bath Of 1t being given, and very
soon the swelling went down and In a
short while the COW was none the worse
for her experience.
o. B. Hadwen, president Of the Wor-
cester County (Mass) Horticultural So
ciety, suggests the formation Of
school where women would get accus-
toned to bugs and snakes. He claims
that the antIpathy which Is demonstrate
ed by shrieks Is entirely unnecessary
and could easily be overcome with lit
tie training.
NJ. Etienne, the French minister OF
war, pinned upon the tomb Of Lieuten-
ant Latour, who was killed at Lens, the
cross Of the Legion Of Honor. This
gives Latour's three daughters the right
Of admission to one Of the schools Of
the Legion Of Honor, and It is consid-
cred a great honor to have been educat-
ed In one Of them.
NJ. ]. Archer Of Wabash, Ind, who
Is a plano tuner, tuned piano by tele-
phone recently. BE gave his instruc-
tons to the lady who owned the plano
and had each note sounded 50 he could
hear it through the telephone. The in
structions were carried out so carefully
that the piano Is In as good condition
as II 1t were tuned by some one close
at hand.
In Holland potatoes are not received
In the parcel post, Denmark will not
receive almanacs and Egypt will not
permit sausages to be posted Ger
many refuses anything Of American or
IRin and has some clauses directed
against Japan, while air guns, maps,
wax matches, rosaries, relics and jew
elry are the miscellaneous lot barred
by Spain.
The gardens Of the palace Of La
GRANDPA, where Alfonso and Victoria
are spending their honeymoon, Is cele-
brated for its fountains. One Of them,
the Banos del Diane, spouts to the
height Of 40 feet. When this fountain
was completed Philip ", the builder Of
the palace, said, well, It has cost me
$4,000 900, but for three minutes have
been amused"
King Edwards tailors have q stand
Ting order for 100 suits q year, apart
from military uniforms and court
dresses. The king selects the patterns
and materials himself, but the suits are
all fitted to a dummy, a skillful con-
trivance that perfectly represents his
person. The royal wardrobe at Buck
ingham palace Is ninety feet long BY
tAirty-six feet wide.
One result Of Wagner's celebrity was
that It made Baireuth famous. The
great composer once said: Before the
time Of my trilogy the place was 50