The broad ax., 1906-09-29
FACTS IN FEW LINES

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! plOying surnames began.
Weaving cotton in Africa is slow and
difacult work A skilled workman can
weave about three yards day.
Bokhara, the most populous part Of
Turkestan, is gradually being changed
4 into a desert by the lncursions Of the
sand dunes.
An of1cial return just issued by the
japanese government gives the wealth
Of Japan at the end Of 1904 as $6,510,-
100000, or $145 per head.
The first arctic expedition was made
by Corte Real, Portuguese, In the year
800. This was fifty-three years before
that under Sir Hugh wIlloughby.
According to Borough President Co
Ter, Brooklyn In a few months viii re-
ceIve an addition to It's water supply
Of 100000 gallons a day from arte-
sian wells.
The purest breed Of Arab horses are
the KochlanI, whose geneology has
been preserved for 1000 years. They
are said to be derived from King Sol
onions stables.
The estimated number of cantaloupes
shipped from the famous Rocky Ford
district In Colorado last season Is r.
100000. Seven hundred cars were sent
out, being an increase Of 1OS cars over
the previous season.
While looking over some old articles
a Wilton On. HI man ran across an old
map Of Massachusetts, which was print
ed In 1920 just after the census was
taken. The map gives Boston as hav-
Ing 1928 people and the whole state
523, psf.
When Richard Harding Davis met Ii
Hung Chang in St Petersburg he was
asked how old and how rich he was
and what he did. He replied, 81 write
books" "Why do you writer said
the viceroy. Are you not strong
enough to work.
Revere now In existence Is to be taken
from the belfry Of the old Baptist
church In Warren, r. l., to be recast
at Troy. A member of the church will
oversee the task and will write an &C
count Of the undertaking for historical
purposes.
Captain Cooks chest, the one which
he carried with him on his voyage Of
discovery over q hundred years ago, oc-
cupies q conspicuous place In the home
Of Rev. R. Crosby Of North Branch,
Mich. The chest has been In the pos
session Of the Crosby family for many
years, but was recently shipped to
America by the English branch Of the
family.
Motor car reliability trials were held
In Scotland recently. and the drivers
were astounded at their reception
along the route. In every town and
village the women and children lined
the roadside and shouted enthusiastic
welcomes. Sprays Of lilac and other
flowers were thrown into the cars as
they passed and invitations to stop
were given
For peach harvesting J. II. Hale Of
Glastonbury, Conn, never employs any
but Italians. When the season Is at its
height he has $50 Of them working In
the orchard. Italian walters In Del
monico's, Sherry's,, the Waldorf and
other places 90 there on their vacations
and 60 to work IN the orchards. They
love to be near the fruit.
Advertisement In Five Islands On. 81
exchange: 81. r. Fuller, dealer In soft |
and hard coal, Ice cream, wood, lime, |
cements. perfumery, nails, putty, spec
tacles and hOrseradish, chocolate cara |
mels and tar roofing gasftting and un-
dertaking In all IT'S branches hides, |
taIloW and maple strip, me gold Jew
slry, sdlverware ana salt, glue, eodnsh |
and gents neckwear, undertaken and
contectiOner. diseases Of horses and |
children Speciality"
The % called potato king" 10 q
shrewd negro Of the name Of Groves,
who lives on Q farm near Kansas City,
Kan, and raises and selIs more potat
toes thau any other man In the world.
Bessdes His own production he buys
and sells ne potatoes Of cthers. In
Kansas City he maintains a commits
sion once and employs some ten
stenographers ana ibookkeepers. - ReaIit
iGing that such q large business needs
q well trained head, he has sent his
son arst to the Kansas Agricultural
college for IN agricultural education
and then to q business college for q
business education.
Rev. Charles Wolfe. the author Of
the immortal poem entitled The
Burial Of Sir John Moore" was &C
cused not long ago by a magazine Of
literary piracy. It was said that Wolfe
had cribbed the poem bodily from the
French. me matter has been given
wide currency In the press, owing to
the great popularity the poem has en-
Jcyed for nearly q century. Now Il
has been discovered that the French
poem was literary hoax perpetrated
b. Rev. Francis Mahoney (~Father1
PrOut'1 and published in Father
Prout's RslIques" among the Songs
Il Franee.s Il II really q clever trans
lation Of Wolfe's Eno1ish yersaL