The broad ax., 1906-06-23
FACTS IN FEW Lanes

y the pygmy mouse Of Siberia.
1t Ii now proposed to make suits Of
clothes OF paper, which can be thrown
away when soIled.
II q thought that the eame Of whist
was hrst played In the time Of King
Henry VIII Of England
Edinburgh has adopted q scheme for
collecting for charity Though O central
once on Inns Of the Liverpool system.
BraziPs chamber Of commerce has Of
fered q prize Of 100000 to the ply
sician who shall discover q permanent
cure for cancer.
From Paris comes the news that the
best people are taking snun again and
giving II. A medical paper holsters up
me fad by saying that q few plnches
day will guard against influenza.
1t Is the custom in Brittany to dig up
the bones OF the dead after a certain
time and preserve the skull only In q
small box with heart shaped opening
In It's front. Each box is marked with
The name and date Of the dead.
The will Of q Natick (Mass) man
who died recently provides a large sum
Of money, the interest Of which Ii to
Be expended every year In buying cleo
tic car rides for school children be
tween the ages Of six and ten years.
Ladies' seldom rise In Spain to re-
celve a male visitor. and they rarely
accompany him to the door. For a
epaniard to give lady, even his wife,
his arm when out walking Is looked
upon as q decided violation OF pro-
priety.
One Of the results Of the last German
census was the discovery that the VII
lage Of Boerbusch, In the district of
Burgdorf, In Hanover, has only four
Inhabitants, two males and two fe-
males, and Is therefore the smallest
municipality In the world.
A good many men Judge the quality
Of cigars by the little yellow specks
on the wrappers. A dealer declared
that these spots are due to drops Of
dew acting as burning glasses and
making small spots on the tobacco
leaves. 1t is not a test Of quality at
all
There are no white soldiers or police
In British New Guinea, where the ma
ttves number 100000. The government
consists OF a British administrator, an
executive council and the magistrates
stationed at centers near the coast.
There are 500 nonoff1cial white resi-
dents.
Some OF the large paper machines Of
the country supply a stream OF paper
ut the rate of q mile in ten minutes.
Great difficulty Is experienced when
this sheet Of paper breaks, for the bro
ken shreds come 80 fast that the room
10 filed before the machine can be
stopped
At the Austrian court perishable arti-
cles never appear twice on the imperial
table. Thus there are large perquis.tes
for the various attendants. To one
man fall all the uncorked bottles, to
another the wine left In the glasses. to
another joints and to another the game
or the sweets.
In an endeavor to foster home In
dustry the Canadian government has
established q number OF bounties to
be paid to manufacturers and miners
who last year aggregated $1,9O0,000
On iron and steel products, 1884. 900 on
lead, $333,0O0 on crude petroleum and
$4,000 on manila fiber.
Among the most precious books In
the library Of congress II q copy Of "a
Revised System Of Cavalry Tactics
For the Use Of the Cavalry and Mount
Cd Infantry, c. 8. A." by Major Gen
eral Joseph Wheeler, c. 8. A The book
was published In Mobile, Ala, in 1858.
The book -as picked up at an auction
sale for 66 cents.
Sir Robert Ball, who has been max
ing careful study Of the glacial pc
Rod, announces that the next great
frigid epoch In the northern hemisphere
win come about 10000 years from
now and cover all northern Europe
and the northern part Of North Ameri-
q with Ice thick enough to overtop the
hIehest mountains and all the deepest
Valleys.
Dr.. Daniel Bella, q New York min
lister, has compromised his claim
AGAINST the New York Central railroad
for the fracture Of twenty bones In .
yiaduet collision last faH. Figuring
On the basis Of $1,000 q bone. the COM
pany has agreed to pay him $4,000
for his injuries. This In considered TO
b quite q step In advance In regard to
ths basis for personal injury ciaims-
Locked up In q bank vault at Red
ding, Cal, n the Gag which Fremont
unfurled on the summit Of the Rockies
In 1871. he banner was made with
Nm. PREVENTS own hands previous 30
her husbands start on his exploring
tour IN the far west The Gag differs
from TIE standard United States nag
In Geld only, where q large American
eagie, surrounded by twenty-six starr
d akiIifuIiy wrought in hand embroid-
ey.
Judge J. T. Fleming Of 0klahoma Il
Ons Of the unique characters Of that
territo1. He served for several years
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