The broad ax., 1906-12-15
FACTS M FEW LINES


Not child II working In any cigar
factory In New England
Rome has a water supply Of 10000
900 gallons q day, London only 160,-
100000 and Paris 100000.
The Ceylon pearl fishing season lasts
only three or four weeks, but during
that time 10000 900 oysters are brought
to the surface.
The state Of Mississippi has effected
an increase Of about 100000 In the
amount Of taxable property in the
state by a recent readjustment In the
assessment Of railroads.
The first issue Of q new paper under
the name of the Indian Christian
Newspaper has appeared In Calcutta.
It Is to be published monthly, but will
not be the organ Of any particular
body Of Christians.
Paul d. Cravath, chairman Of the
tenement house committee Of the Char
ity Organization society, declares that
q close canvass shows that there are
In New York tenements 357, 900 rooms
that have no windows.
The famous sycamore tree at He'll
epolIS In the suburbs Of Cairo, be-
meath whose shades the holy family II
said to have found shelter after the
flight into EGYPT, has fallen, but trees
descended from It remain.
shares In q japanese fishing eompa-
NJ have all been sold. and two fishing
boats, each Of 40 tons, are being built
at Tokyo. Upon their completion cod
fishing after the American methOd win
Be started In the OkhOtsk sea
The strong feature Of the New South
wales liquor law 10 that when q per
son y found on licensed premises dur
Ing prohibited hours be must 80 before
the court and prove himself to be Q
traveller OF regular boarder OF submit
20 q nns.
A Portland Qks) company has con-
tracted to build q Standplpe In Btdde-
ford, Ne. This stAndpIpe win be the
largest and strongest one ever built In
New England. II IL to be made Of
steel and will be sixty feet In diane
ter and nfty feet In height
Married men are the most reliable
In the opinion Of q Chicago packer, and
to back up his opinion he II now tuck
ing q present into the pay envelope Of
every employee that gets married. He
10 giving the married men the prefer
ence when new and better positions
ne open
Mime. MeIba said recently. -Ameri-
cans enjoy and appreciate grand
opera quite as much as do the people
Of Europe, and It Is my firm belief that
within q decade this country will have
developed singers and teachers quite
as great as those who claim Europe as
their birthplace"
In 1906 there were 1915 power
looms working on silk goods In Swift
Eerland- Swiss silk manufacturers
had In the same year 1928 power
looms employed in foreign countries In
this Industrial line. The exports Of
Swiss silk goods In 1905 aggregated
SO, 100000 In value.
The postal service Of Great Britain
serves 10000 square miles, while the
mail routes Of the United States serve
an area OF more than 100000 square
miles In addition to 21S,0O0 Of star
route service and $4,000 miles Of other
service. The mileage Of the United
States mail cars is thirty-three times
that of Great Britain
The recent wedding Of Miss Helen
Hathaway Gardner Of West Bridge
water. Mass, and Mr.. Erwin yelling
ton Lothrop Of Easton, which was held
at the Unitarian church at West
Bridgewater, was notable in the fact
that II was the first wedding held In
the church since May, 1862.
One Of the most noted makers Of hall
clocks was Samuel Mulliken Of New
buryport, Mass, who died in 1756. The
best sample Of his work has been
found recently In the home OF Mrs. S.
Herbert wilkins Of Salem. The clock
has a solid mahogany case, brass
works and face that included a calen-
dar.
There are some terrible figures In a
recent English blue book In relation to
sanitary measures In India. Under
the heading "a Plague" 1t is recorded
that the number OF deaths due to this
disease from the autumn Of 1896 to
the end Of 1904 reached the enormous
total Of 3,269,S1O, Of which 2,60o,551
occurred In the British provinces.
The Bar Association Of Virginia and
the American Bar association have
started a movement for the purchase
Of the old home Of John Marshall Of
Virginia, the great jurist and former
chief justice Of the supreme court OF
the United States, In Richmond, Va 1t
win be converted Into a library, In
which Will be placed many valuable
old books, paintings and engravings.
A. 7. Quiller-C Couch, the novelist, was
born In Cornwall, where his family
has lived for generations. bis career
In various educational institutions was
marked by numerous successes. He