The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-03-23
FACTS IN FEW LINES

The life Of the baby rhfnoceros in the
New York zoo has been insured for
5000.
Canada's trade with the United
States Is now nearly three times great
er than her trade with the mother
country.
In Turin paper used to appear eight
years ago which was printed in lumi-
nous ink, so that it could be read in
the dark.
The Chinese claim to be the Origina-
tors of the newspaper. The Imperial
Gazette Of Peking is said to have been
published over 1900 years.
italian widows are compelled by an
old law to remarry on Saturday. Sun
day Is the usual day selected in Italy
by those who have never been married
before.
There are nearly twice as many dogs
In France as in the United Kingdom,
France having seventy-five dogs to
every 1000 people and Great Britain
thirty eight.
A private japanese company is ar
ranging for the establishment Of n Jap
anese colony in Alberta, northwest
Canada. 1t will be the first Asiatic
colony in western Canada.
The Koh-i-pOOr is not nearly so valua-
BILE diamond as several others in ex-
istence. 1t is valued at 100000, but
the Pitt Is valued at 100000 and the
Russian OrlOf at 100000.
Lake MOrat. in Switzerland. has the
property every tenth year OF turning
red, owing to the presence Of certain
water plants. which are not found in
any other lake in the world.
The first trial for breach Of promise
OF marriage in England was in the
reign Of Queen Elizabeth. France and
Belgium had no legislation on the sub
ject until about fifteen years ago.
II the northern valleys Of the Pyre-
nees were damned and the water used
electrical power 10 the extent of TO-
oOOyOOO horsepower could he obtained
that is, twice as much as Is used I'm all
the factories OF Europe
An oak spinning wheel that has been
In the Sibley family. West Sutton.
Mass. for 10 years is still In perfect
condition. All the yarn for the wool
en- garments worn in the family IN
three generations was spun on the
wheel.
To have all his hair turn gray ut the
early age of six years with no appar-
ent cause has been the lot of the son OF
John Ertwine of Bloomsbury. Pa. The
boys parents first noticed that his hair
was turning about a year ago.
Leweliyn Wilkinson Of Groveport,
o., has a cat that is a perfect pointer
and retriever" When he discovers a
quail he stands up on his hind legs and
remains there until his master comes
up. The cat has retrieved 15i birds
this season.
The sacred fires OF India have not
all been extinguished. The most an
Client which still exists was consecrat-
ed twelve centuries ago, in commem-
grafton Of the journey made by the
Parsees when they immlgrated from
Persia to India.
One of the most interesting little
charities is that OF Yorkshire eng
landD station master, who every week
Of his life makes a toy railway engine.
At the end OF the year he sends the
lot to hospital for the use Of the boys
in the institution.
The original charter Of the town Of
Dunstable. y. H., granted by Benning
Wentworth, royal governor of New
Hampshire province under King George
Ill. July /, 1T46, has been placed in
the Nashua library. The charter was
bought at auction for about 500 In
Boston last year.
After reading Indian tales James
Woods of Shelton, Conn, decided to do
some shooting on his own account. so
he armed himself with bow and arrow
and went out in the woods. Not long
afterward the boy returned with
good sized fox. A well directed arrow
had pierced the animals eye.
Director Sir Caspar Purdon Clarke
Of New York's Museum OF Art thinks
that Pierpont Morgan's great collec-
ton. now at South KensingtOn, may be
brought over here eventually. He
speaks Of a celebrated Eros, a bronze
Cupid OF large size and one Of the most
beautiful examples Of antique bronze
known, said to have cost $4,000.
A telegraph clerk at Turin has in
vented a new system OF telegraphing
on trains In motion whereby messages
are exchangeable not only with other
trains, but also with all the stations
along the line and the central telegraph
offices. Experiments carried out at
Domodossola surpassed expectations,
and greetings from a fast express were
wired to King Victor Emmanuel.
Like the old Ferris wheel Of the Co
lumbar exposition days, the great
wheel OF Earl's Court, London, viii
never revolve again 1t Is being taken
down and the steel In II sent to Wales,
where, mixed with pig iron and iron
ore, 1t will be converted into steel bars
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