The broad ax., 1907-11-16
FACTS IN FEW LINES

Americans are the best, Russians III,
next best dancers.
The construction work last YER :,
the District Of Columbia amounted "a
$1S,OOO,O0o.
In two big trunks left unclaimed On
Q Hoboken steamship pier recently a
customs inspector has found son
pounds Of sumatra wrapper.
william Ryan, a fake cripple. ar.
rested In New York, was weighted
down with twenty pounds Of small
coin secured under his bandages.
The HImalayan peak Of Trisul, the
summit Of which Is 23,4O6 feet above
sea level, has been assembled by Dr..
Longstan. The cold on top was quite
arctic.
The Haitian government is going to
export the silver coin In the treasury
and sell It as bullion. IT'S worth much
more disposed Of that way than used
as currency.
After a double wedding In Memphis
the bridegrooms put their wives on a
steamer to take q trip to Cincinnati,
and the men went to work, they said,
to get sufficient money to furnish their
homes.
Twice as many women as men ride
In the cabs Of New York city. A lone
woman or two women are far more
frequently seen than one or two men,
and as q rule a man Is accompanied b.
q woman.
A work car Of the Western Ohio
railroad painted red maddened q bul
near Wapakoneta, and he charged at
It with such force that the car was
thrown OF the track and the road
blocked for two hours.
Fishermen along the Hudson river
from Albany to Piermont are marvel
ing at the mysterious return to those
waters In great numbers Of crabs,
which have been growing scarcer each
year for the last two decades.
The Savannah Press looks forward
to the time when express agents In
dry towns" WI be sending out no
tieeS Ike this: Dear str-Your pack
age Of books has arrived, and you
should call for them at once, a. they
are leaking"
Secretary Wilson Of the agricultural
department gave the visiting soOlogistS
from abroad an increased idea Of our
public works when be told them that
congress annually appropriates $1,000
900 for the three geological bureaus Of
bis department.
In the old days when Robson and
Crime played The HenTistta" Q check
for $4,000 that was passed On the
stRgD was marvelsd q for tn sizs. In
Q play now running Q similar check
transaction involving 100000 At
tracts less attention.
The waterworks Of Hongkong are to
b Increased by q reservoir holding
!, zoo 100000 gallons. II WIN involve
the construction Of q dam sixty feet
high aeross the shallow head Of ~
tam bar. The government has adYer-
t1ssd for tenders for the building -
thfs dam.
william G. McAdoo, who b at the
head OF the company that - digging
tunnels under the river to aid In New
York's transportation system, does not
wish to have bis name used In connec-
hon with the work. He thinks 'Hud-
son tunnels" e Sufficient and more ap-
Dropriate.
Boswell G. Pearce Of F1emming, KY,
has been the victim Of one Of the most
novel thefts ever recorded. About
800 pounds Of tobacco which he had
n barn located about a quarter OF q
nile from his house was stolen In some
mysterious manner, and the thieves
eft not a single trace.
The municipal debts Of the country
Ire approximately 81, 100000, q
Ium larger than Is owed By the fed
raj government and all the state gov
srnments. OF the total It Is worth
While to note New York contributes,
when all sinking fund deductions are
made, about one-fourth-
Vladivostok Is now said to have the
appearance OF a semI-C Chinese town.
The higher wages paid In Siberia and
a 80 0AoA RAONAaCCo dEc ALlIdCl4u8
he Chinese. As far inland as Irkutsk
hey are busy as truck and fruit farm
rs, coming to the railway stations to
dispose OF their produce to passengers.
Bolton, Conn, Is without police or
Ire protection, but there are thirty
even telephone subscribers In the
own, and they have hit upon the
cheme Of using the phone as q fire
md burglar alarm. Eight sharp rings
WI henceforth bring at least thirty
even persons to the assistance Of a
ubscriber.
Eli Taylor Of Fairfax, vt, aecosted
amos RugG who was pushing a wheel
ARROW, and asked him what he would
barge to wheel him home, three miles
lstant Mr.. Rugg thought s. would
% fair price, and the offer was TAX
n Mr.. Rugg stopped only once, then
o take on bis coat, and covered the
istance In about an hour.
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