The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1907-06-12
FACTS IN FEW LINES

yards, containing 6O,0OO,OOO vines
Spain is going in for a small coinage
of nickel. German firm is said to
have the contract for the coming.
The first man dressmaker was Rhom-
berg, a Bavarian, who lived In Paris in
1870 He adopted for his crest an
open pair Of scissors.
A chased silver gilt tankard Of 1899
hns been sold in London at auction for
the remarkable price of $11,5OO. 1t is
seven and a half inches high and
weighs twenty-five ounces.
Walking a mile uses up seventeen
and a half foot tons of energy and If
you carry sixty pounds that distance
you use up twenty-five tons. days
work for man is about 300 foot tons.
1t is said that during the twenty
three years the Ell Cobre mines, in Gu
ba, were operated more than $5O,OO0,-
600 worth of copper was produced. The
works were entirely destroyed during
the war Of 1898
judge in Lancaster, Pa, rules that
when a newspaper is stolen from the
doorstep the subscriber is the aggriev-
ed person. The court says that from
the moment of delivery by the carrier
the paper is the subscribers property.
Vice Consul II. NJ. Wolcott deems it
strange that the city of Santiago. Cuba,
with an estimated population Of over
10000 and ships of the American navy
making frequent calls at the port, is
without an up to date American steam
laundry.
In England most of the work of re-
setting jewels is put into the hands of
English jewelers., because the English
jewel settlers method of having all the
metal work at the back Of the stones
instead of around the sides, as In
France, is most popular.
Mining is one of the principal sources
of wealth of the province of Santiago,
Cuba. owing to the abundance and ac-
most abundant, but copper and manga
nese are found in sufficient quantities
for profitable exploitation.
All express companies operating in
Canada are now subject to the jurls-
diction of the board of railway COM
missoners for Canada. Under the rail-
way act no company shall carry any
goods by express until their rates have
been submitted to and approved Of by
the board
From a Descriptive Catalogue of
London Tokens" published in 1855, one
learns that one time smoking was prac-
ticed in the house Of commons, for the
author mentions a seventeen century
order that mo member do presume to
smoke tobacco in the gallery or at the
table Of the house sitting as commit
tees"
Paul Boyer a waiter at the Waldorf
Astoria hotel, New York, fell In love
with the handsome Indian maiden out
side Of a cigar store and, tucking her
affectionately under his arm, started
down the street Unfortunately he let
her fall across the car track, and she
was picked up minus her left arm and
I box Of Perfecto de Wood cigars.
1t Is understood that 1t is the lnten-
ton Of the Hungarian government to
invite a species of worlds parliament
of journalists from England, America
and all continental countries to take
part in the festivities at Budapest In
September In celebration of the for
tieth anniversary of the coronation OF
Emperor Francis Joseph as king OF
Hungary.
A S25,O00,O00 cooperative restaurant
and hotel supply company is being or
ganized at Montreal. 1t is proposed to
operate branches in the large cities OF
the United States and Canada. A mon
ster cold storage warehouse is to DO
built in New York If the scheme works
successfully in Montreal 1t is claimed
the company will begin operation with
business amounting to several million
dollars.
Bert Trim, a blind resident of WoOD
socket, r. l.. is an expert whist player.
being a valued member of local club
He uses a special pack of cards, on
which there are faint imprints sufIl-
cient to tel! him what they are, but
which are far too fine for the ordinary
touch. Trim, who has been blind since
childhood is now thirty years old. He
plays the piano and cornet in excellent
style and is often heard In local enter
tainments.
Miss Ellen f. Palmer of Somerville,
Mass. who during thirty-three years
faithful service as ticket and register
clerk at the Bunker Hill monument,
Boston, has rehearsed the story of the
famous battle, pointed out the tablet
that marks the spot where General
Warren fell and explained the history
and dimensions of the historic shaft to
half a million people, representing ev-
cry nation of the world, recently re-
signed the position on account of de-
clining health.
Major William w. Gibson, the Amer
lean military attache at St. Petersburg,
has gone to Sweden, where he will
meet Captain Herman j. Koehler, in
structor in military gymnastics and
physical culture at West Point, who