The broad ax., 1907-10-05
FACTS IN FEW LINES


different plants.
IudIa's demand for beer exceeds H.
100000 gallons year.
New York has $1,000. 100000 gallons
of water stored away in its mountain
reservoir.
China and Japan produce 12,500 tons
of silk annually, but about 60 per cent
of this Is retained for home use.
It is reported that an extensive de-
posit of manganese has been dlscOv-
cred in the Caucaso (ChileJ region
A lot Of turtles In fine condition ar
rived at New York from Jamaica re-
Gently in galvanized tubs provided with
water.
"a fly walking across a can Of milk
can do more harm thai a buZZard
tramplIng over food on a dinner tn
BILE" says DIR. Irion, state health officer
Of louisiana.
II all the force Of the Victoria falls
and Niagara could be used, the result
ing power would be half as great again
as that now produced by all the coal
that Is burned.
OF all the slang expressions with
which we are afflicted today. observes
the Railroad Mans Magazine. the two
that mean the most are, "lts up TO
you and ION the job"
The throne Of Persia. known as the
wonderful peacock throne. Is probably
the most costly in the world. 1t is lit
orally covered with jewels and is val
ued at between $1O,OOOOO0 and $15,-
, 100000
Measuring ten feet six inches, an &C
, topus. while being killed at TOOradin.
| Victoria, intwined a t""tacle so firmly
around the foot OF OF its captors
that the membrane had to be cut 10
free the man.
According to the Army and Navy
Gazette, the harbOr Of Valparaiso is
now ten feet less deep than 1t was be-
fore the earthquake Of Aug. 16. 1906.
The movement seems TO have been
mainly vertical.
It Is estimated that 100000 acres
are available for rice growing in Lou
isiana and Texas, and the value Of
such a crop would be $4OO,OOO,OOO.
This would make the rice crop fifth
! in point Of value among the cereals Of
| this country.
A staircase has been invented which
plays tunes as It is walked up and
| down upon. A series OF pins is pressed
by the feet and plays songs and drums,
| while others are connected with col
] lapsible chambers. which blow various
! instruments.
Some idea Of the increase OF the
size Of ocean going ships may be OBJ
! tanned from the following: In 1910
the length Of the longest ship in ex-
istence was 200 feet; in 1856. 375 feet:
In 1881, SIS feet; in 1905, 675 feet; in
1907, 7s6 feet.
The International College Of Herald
y, through Consul General Mason,
has presented to the United States
government a series OF documents re-
lating to the -genealogy of the Mar
quis de Lafayette and the alliances OF
the noble houses Of France.
The rare phenomenon OF snow gar
lands" was first described by He'll
mann In March, 1880 As seen last
January by DIR. Kassner Of Berlin, the
garland Is a ropelike roll Of melting
snow hanging pendent from the edge
J OF the roof In the shape OF a very
dat U.
After collecting stamps for seven
years Mrs. Sam Long Of Monessen,
Pa, succeeded In getting 100000 to
gether. These she sold recently to ].
B. Williams Of Worcester. They were
sent In sugar barrels, and It took five
and a half barrels to get them to Wor-
cester.
A fine painting by Salvador Rosa
long lost to the knowledge OF the art
world has been brought to light In the
house Of q workman at Lubbock, who
attached no value to his possession IN
til he had the luck to fall i'll, when his
doctor saw the picture and suggested
means for determining its value.
In China wages OF women operatives
are nearly at the vanishing point. 1t
Is said that in the silk mills at Shang-
bal there are 10000 workers, among
} whom are children that work at 3
cents a day and women at 8 cents.
The highest paid get &c cents for a
thirteen hour day. In the Shanghai
cotton mills the best women workers
get IA cents a day, the poorest
cents. the hours being from 8 to 9,
with thirty minutes at noon for dinner.
HOrbling. near BillingsborOugh, in
England, has a cat Of wonderful VI
tally. A fne crossbred Persian mys-
teriously disappeared from its home
and sixteen days later was found in
; an open field firmly secured In a rab-
BIT trap. Notwithstanding the ami
mails long and painful confinement
and exposure to the heavy rains II
was still alive. II was, however, re-
duced to q mere skeleton and was un-
able to walk, but under proper treat.
ment II recovered.
The cars one and only great-aunt