The broad ax., 1907-09-28
FACTS IN FEW LINES

4 CAPE Colony mas uON GOsOOO oSNc8 Va
vineyard, with 6o.00ol0o0 vines.
Prince Bismarck Of Germany would
never sit down to a dinner with thir-
teen at the table.
In Australia engagement rings are
lent out by certain jewelers. as part OF
their ordinary trade.
No one In Saxony Is allowed TO shoe
horses unless he has passed a public
! examination and Is duly qualified
In Holland 1t Is Illegal for cyclist
to use a horn. as this instrument is
reserved for the exclusive use OF mo-
torists-
Mol, Japan. an obscure place gen
Grafton ago, is now q large city, with
a foreign commerce worth $4,000. 600
a year. It exports sugar, coal. timber,
cotton yarn and cement and imports
rice, wheat, sugar, raw cotton, oil cake,
machinery and kerosene.
The AIaska-Yukon exposition, to be
held In Seattle in 1909, Is to be located
on University heights. The buildings
and their collections Of Alaskan prod
ucts are to become the permanent prop
erty Of the university after the exposi-
ton closes.
Mrs. Katharine S. Hueppe complain
ed to Magistrate Corrigan in New York
that her husband was making fool OF
himself by his odd way Of doing busl-
ness. Don't interfere" said the mag
istrate. ''If he wants to make a fool
Of himself let him do So"
Professor A. L. Kroeber OF the UNI
verslty Of California is an expert on
Indian languages, and he says that In
stead of being mere jargon, as is popu-
larry supposed, they are well defined
languages. He declares that California
has more distinct Indian languages to
the square mile than any other state.
Miss Ellen Terry was born in Coven-
Try fifty-nine years ago. Two houses
In that English city claim to be her
birthplace. One house has the sign,
This Is the birthplace Of Miss Ellen
Terry" the other, just opposite, bears
the legend, This Is the original birth
place Of Miss Ellen Terry"
The biggest cannon ball ever made
weighed 1900 pounds and was manu-
featured at the Krupp works, Essen,
for the government Of the car. The
gun from which this projectile was
fired is also the largest in the world
and is placed In the Notifications Of
Cronstadt. This gun has a range OF
twelve miles, and It has been estimated
that each shot costs $500.
Professor Francis Brown Of Union
Theological seminary has become
member Of the general committee Of
the Palestine Exploration fund, which
now has ten American members. DR..
Brown VIII be In charge the coming
year Of the American school at Jeru-
salem, and this. 1t is thought, will pro-
mote the cooperation OF England and
America In the work OF verifying and
illustrating the Bible.
Only a few years ago America i'm
ported more portland cement than II
manufactured. Now the tables have
been turned, and this country has TAX |
en- the front rank both In the produc-
tion Of cement and fits use in construc-
tion. It has been estimated that the |
quantity Of portland cement used in
this country In 1905 would be sufn-
cient to lay a sidewalk sixteen feet
broad all around the earth at the eQua-
tor.
An ingenious device has been In
vented by a street railway employee
and Is being tested. Whenever a pas
senger stands on the lower step a buzz
zer sounds In the motorman's COM
partment and warns him not to start
the car until the signal ceases, which
It does the instant the passenger
reaches the platform or the ground.
Contact points are placed In the step
which are brought together by the
weight Of the passenger.
@. Parker Woodbury., a New York
banker, viii build for himself a glass
house. He has engaged an architect
to draw plans for the novel dwelling,
which Is to be erected at Beechhurst,
n. 7. Bricks Of compressed opalescent
glass win form the walls. The interior
and partitions are TO be Of the same
material worked into thin slabs, and
the roof II to be Of glass. In fact,
wherever Il IL possible glass d to be
employed, a. Mr.. Woodbury. - q great
believer In sunlight
King Edward carries gold key thar
has no duplicate. II opens bis private
writing desk. Every time the king
quits his personal apartment an as
sistant secretary destroys the contents
n the wastebasket. the plotting pads
md even the wrappers Of the newspa-
pers that come from every capital Of
Europe. His majesty takes no risks Of
spring eyes, and 1t q an unwritten law
hat private secretaries shall not m
inlee In gosslpy diaries. after the man
asr Of Samuel PepyA
The historic house Of BENJAMIN
Franklin IN Paris Is for sale This
house which BENJAMIN franklin built
Dor himself Il situated at 9 Rue
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