The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-08-11
FACTS IN FEW LINES

1here are many Italians employed In
south Germany, probably G,OOO alto
gether, the German supply being in
/ sufficient.
1t is asserted that there are in the
world over go anarchist journals,
though it is calculated that there are
only 10000 anarchists.
y man in HoultOn, Me-, bought n
heavy fOur-year-old colt in 1896 for
/ 500. After keeping 1t for ten years at
hard work all the time the man sold
the horse for 5000.
The Brunswick CIel Record tells OF
an eighteen-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
1000, 100000 taels since the war with
Japan. Part Of 1t bears I and per
cent interest. 1t is proposed to borrow
/ abroad and refund at 4 and . per cent.
Thinking that she would get holI-
| day II her employers were stricken
with grief, n fOurteen-year-OId servant
fessed that she threw their baby into
the river.
A stranger who wished to demon
strate that he could get fairly re-
! spectacle meal In n New York restau-
/ rant without meat ate eighteen eggs,
two punches of asparagus, two punches
Of radishes and can Of shrimps.
There was considerable excitement In
West Swanzey. y. H., the other day
4 when deer with bulldog for q peace
able companion was seen wandering
: 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 assassination-Cano-
vas de Castillo. Russia has lost two
cars, Turkey two sultans, Persia a
shah, America three presidents, five
other republics one presidoAt each and
Austria, Servia and Korea have also
suffered.
A man in Hillstown, Conn, declares
kerosene TO be a complete antidote for
a rattlesnake's bite. A COW, nearly
dead from a bite, was treated with the
oil, bath Of ii 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 CMass) Horticultural so
ciety, suggests the formation Of a
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 1t is consid
cred a great honor to have been educat-
ed In one Of them.
NJ. ]. Archer Of Wabash, Ind, who
is a piano tuner, tuned piano by tele-
phone recently. He gave his instruc-
/ lions to the lady who owned the piano
and had each note sounded so he could
boor ~ 4b%ou0b tho foIaphona Tho 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
igin 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, 1t has cost me
$780, 900, but for three minutes have
been amused"
King Edwards tailors have a stand
ing order for 100 suits a 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
thirty-six feet wide.
One result Of Wagner's celebrity was
that II made Baireuth famous. The
great composer once said: Before the
time Of my trilogy the place was so
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