The broad ax., 1907-05-18
FACTS IN FEW LINES

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/ patriation of a thousand discouraged
Australians now in South Africa.
A Baltimore scientist now claims to
have discovered that natural gas was
used on the affairs of many primitive
! temples.
A Tokyo newspaper remarks THAT
one days pay for an American work
man IN San Francisco represents fair
monthly stipend for a japanese"
OF the 95.OOO.OOO yards which still
remain 10 be eXcavated before the
Panama canal is finished 43.5O0.OO0 are
concentrated in the famous Culebra
cutting.
Mrs. ]. B. Hines of Washington
swept her dining room and threw the
dust into the kitchen stove The dust
exploded with a loud report and blew
the stove TO fragments.
What is regarded as the worlds
by nine men on Hawkes. bay station,
Australia. They succeeded in shearing
1884 sheep in nine hours.
The two new Cunarders are the first
vessels to exceed the Great Eastern in
beam. They are lightweight feet wide
as against the eighty-three feet OF the
leviathan of fifty years ago.
Mrs. James E. Mansfield of Newark.
n. j., while on her deathbed wrote
this, which has been admitted TO pro-
bate: This is my last will. Property.
both personal and real, to my hus.
band"
In the thirty-five years that William
]. Wheeler of South Paris, Me-, has
been an insurance agent he has made
settlements for damage done by light.
ming in eleven out of the twelve
months of the year.
The fact that S117 a square foot has
recently been paid for land in New
York city recalls the other alleged fact
that the entire Manhattan island was
originally bought from the Indians for
$24 worth of gewgaws
A small table that had been many
years in an almshouse at Bristol. Eng
land, was sent recently with other dis
carded furniture TO an auction room,
where it was recognized as a Chippen-
dale and sold for $367.5O.
4 pack Of English foxhounds were
recently in full cry after fox and the
field was having a fine run when all at
once two sheep dogs jumped out, killed
reynard and ended the days sport
there and then to the general disgust.
Richard J. O'Mulrenin. NJ. A, Of
Dublin by his will left the violin which
was played on Vinegar hill the night |
before the battle in 1898 to the mu-
scum in Kildare street, Dublin. His !
library was beQueathed to the Gaelic |
league.
Edward B. Condor, who went 10 |
ranana, Alaska, without a dollar three |
Tears ago, now owns mining properties |
worth a million. At a recent dinner
yiven in his honor he burst into tears
when presented with gold watch, for
lie declared it was the only gift be had
,ver received.
Sewer system, new water system,
Ire alarm boxes, electric railways, tel
phones, new and increased electric
light plant, bridges, most extensive
larbor Improvements and no port dues
all this going on at the one time in
Ianila means that the city is becom-
ng the American Hongkong, Shang-
al or Yokohama.
Fifth avenue. New York, is some
ines spoken of in art circles as "Pic-
ure lane" because of the numerous
lealers' galleries there or in the side
treets just off the avenue. Art. how
yer, is not LIMITED to any one of the
ity's thorOughfares. Fourth avenue
as its share Of galleries. and they are
lsO to be found west of Fifth avenue
nd uptown.
Eben Appleton of New York city
as in his possession the 'star span
led banner" which flew over Fort
IcHenry and which inspired Francis
colt Key to the composition of his
ationai ode. 1t is his intention at his
cath TO leave the flag to either one OF
Re national museums at Washington
the Massachusetts Historical mu-
.um at Boston.
The men who mechanically handle
rye sums Of money seem to lose the
'nse of relative value. A customer
'ked the paying teller Of a New York
'wntown branch bank, "How much
oney do you usually have on Sand 6
hen the bank opens?" Not very
uch," was the answer; mot over {
10000 or 100000. We keep the most
it in the main bank uptown" q
There is now a canal connection be-
Teen Milan and Pavia, about twenty
re miles long, through an ancient
annel. which has been in use for
ore than COO years. Thousands OF c
nal boats from the Pc go to Milan
cry year, pass through the city's \
nal system, which is founded on the
defensive moats Of the middle ages, s.
d proceed northward to the Italian
res, or vice versa. =,
Probably the oldest scrapbook In
w England is that Of William F.
'rnald Of Old Orchard, Me. It Is q a
3 book, devoted exclusively to the