The broad ax., 1907-07-27
FACTS IN FEW LINES

ing the sluices too soon sunk the
French submarine boat Gymnote al
Toulon, and she was ruined
It is estimated that the total first
cost Of England's present navy was
$670.00oO0o, and about $S90.O00,Oo0 has
been spent In the last ten years.
In 1882 there was a ten hour move
ment among the shipwrights and caIk.
es Of New England, and several
strikes resulted. which proved success
full
Having started it's American series
with the America, the Hamburg Amer
lean steamship line continues with the
add the General Grant
Theodore 81. Davis, the archaeolo-
gist has just brought to this country
from Egypt an alabaster statue Of
Queen Tel which dates back to 1900
B. c. 1t Is to be presented to the New
York Museum Of Art
Work upon the tunnel which Is 20
couple Turin with the Riviera has not
yet begun. The railway line between
Cuneo and Ventimeglia, by which 1t h
approached on the Italian side, Is, how
ever, practically completed.
Work has been begun by German
philologists on material collected dur
ing the last nine years for a dictionary
Of the Egyptian language. The Ian
guage goes back more than 1900 years,
and there are more than 100000 signs
: used In it.
In every room In a certain Maine
hotel Is pinned on the wall a large
sized piece Of sandpaper. Over 1t Il
this request: please don't scratch
your matches here" Needless to say.
that Is where all the matches are
scratched.
Two nine-pound shot were dug up
by workmen in Waterville, Me-, re-
fred from British warships or from
p the American batteries across the har-
Dor during the occupancy Of the town
by the English forces.
Out Of a 100000 appropriation by
the Cuban congress for the relief Of
suffering occasioned by the last win
teFs floods in the different provinces
Of the island a Havana paper states
that sos, 900 has been allotted to road
building in Pinar del Rio province.
In the new disease known as tennis
elbow" there Is usually local tender
ness on pressure, with acute pain on
extending the arm. There is seldom
any swelling. The trouble is thought
to be due to tearing Of the muscular
fiber, and 1t is very persistent, often
recurring even after long rest.
It IL a woman, Miss n. E. Sullivan,
who supplies the United States navy
with its stationery, note paper, menu
cards and invitations. She Is a Con-
necticut girl, but she got the training
that makes 1t possible for her to do
this kind Of work at Pratt institute.
Making card plates In the beginning,
abe has worked up her splendid bust
ness.
Excavations in Rome being conduct
ed On the Palatine hill have shown a
curious and interesting circumstance.
The Metropolis has been found to con-
tain remains Of the ninth, eighth, sixth
and fourth centuries before Christ. All
fragments Of the seventh and fifth CEN
turtles are lacking, and archaeologists
are engaged in a close study OF the
field In order to find the reason.
In Arbury Park, Warwiekshire, Eng
land, the ancestral seat Of the Newde-
gates, tapered pillar In gray granite
on q three stepped pedestal has been
erected to perpetuate the memory Of
George Eliot Her birthplace Is near
by, and her father, brother and neph- |
ew served the Newdegate family In
the once Of land agent. The monu-
ment is the gift Of r. A. n. Newde-
gate.
In the city Of Springfield, Mass, il q
private art collection which is the lar
Rest and most varied owned by any one |
person In the country. 1t is the proper
" Of G. W. v. Smith, who has spent |
over fifty years getting II together, and |
Il Is ranked with the New York Metro
poIitan museum and the Wallace mu- |
scum OF London. Mr.. Smith has loaned |
his collection to the city Of Springfield |
TO make the pictures eventually the
property Of the citizens.
Senator Palmer P. Woods Of the Is
land Of Hawaii is going to make an
effort for the preserving Of the Ha-
waiian language. There have been |
efforts In the past to preserve the lam
guage In it's purity, but the encroach-
ment Of commercialism, the lntroduc-
tion Of the English language as the
omeial tongue and the exclusive use Of I
English In the public schools have
gradually undermined all efforts to
preserve some semblance Of the beau
ttful language Of the native Hawaii
ans.
Probably not one person oct Of 500
entering the south car In the elevator
shaft Of the Fifth Avenue hotel ever /
stops to read the little framed notice
which hangs In one corner, says the
New York Sun. But to the observing /
few this little notice tells a story: I'm
Ehfa very Rnace forty-eiRht years ago i