The broad ax., 1907-06-22
FACTS IN FEW LINES

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The smoking Of dried colts foot
leaves antedated the introduction 90
tobacco in England.
Probably the oldest dog in the state
Of Maine Is Jack, owned by G. E. Frae.
man OF Norway. Mr.. Freeman claims
that the dog Is thirty-two years Old.
There were 35.91S emigrants from
Ireland to England last year, an IN.
crease Of 4.764 over the previous wear
this being the first time in five wears
that an Increase has been recorded
Cocoa impOrtatiOns into the United
States are now averaging more than
100000 a month against $4,000 DER
month a decade ago. Meantime i'm.
portations Of both tea and coffee show
q decline.
In his Queens OF Spain" Major
Hume says that Isabella L authorized
the burning Of 700 persons In Seville
alone and condemned 5000 more to life
imprisonment and the confiscation ~
their property.
Mayor Fitzgerald observed Arbor dav
by planting an elm tree on Boston Com
mon. The tree is an offspring Of the
Washington elm at Cambridge, which
was presented to the city By Jackson
Dawson OF the Arnold arboretum.
William Blount Of BayOnne, n. J.. Is
only fourteen years old. but has run
away from home 100 times. He has
been publicly spanked In court and
threatened with hanging. but these
methods Of correction have no effect.
DR.. Paul Prayer, an army surgeon
OF Vienna, suggests that mOIds Of the
mouths OF prisoners would be much
better than finger prints for identified
ton purposes, as the palate remains
absolutely unchanged throughout life.
A complete set Of the signatures OF
the signers OF the Declaration OF indie
pendence recently sold In New York for
$3.50. A Portsmouth On. HI man has
q nearly complete set and which in
cludes that Of Button Gwinnett, which
Is very rare.
Northeast Australia develops very
slowly. FaJRners grow maize In the
old fashioned way. The maize crop in
Queensland this year Is a record one.
plneapples Is becoming an i'm
portant Industry In Queensland. Opal
mining Is growing steadily.
The lack Of railroad transportation
has been the main cause Of keeping the
state OF Slnaloa from taking her posi-
tion as one Of the leading and largest
states Of Mexico, 1t having $1,000
square miles OF splendid farming land
md thousands OF rich undeyeloped
mines
A little bit Of land, not too far from
he city, II intelligently cultivated, de-
.lareS Bolton t5all, author of Three
Acres and <rty," viii support a
'amily and e them a life far more
wholesome 4 i they could ever have
b the crowd ciC Intensive cult
'ation Is the passvVN now.
Charles Doolittle Salcott, the new
lead OF the Smithsonian institution For
scientific Research, was state geOlogist
4 New York and in 1888 attended the
geological congress in
Iondon, where he won much praise for
lis addresses. Since 1902 be had been
ecretary Of the Carnegie institute.
lie lives In Washington
The home Of the poet Keats in the
'lazza di Spagnl, Rome, which is to
q preserved as a memorial to Keats
nd Shelley, will be oyerhauled, and
be floor on which Keats lived will be
1ade into a memorial museum. A
und for the purchase Of furniture has
cen started by Nelson Gay Of Boston,
ecretary OF the local committee.
Baron d'Estournelles de Constant
ne Of the prominent figures at the
eace congress In New York, Is a men,
er OF the French senate, an officer OF
he Legion OF Honor, author, lecturer
nd champion Of international arbitra-
on. He came to this country as head
Z the French section at the congress,
I'D his motto is, MY country's good
trough the peace Of the world"
A New York woman who has en-
loyed several japanese male serv-
ats declares that she will have no
ore OF them 81 do not care" she
Iys, Ito have q butler or waiter who,
0wever humble he may appear, car
es with him the air Of knowing more
bout everything than I do. A Japa-
ese servant viii do as he is told, but
5 manner of~doIng II suggests that
knows a better way"
According to a ShelbyviIle CORE
Combs P. Parrish Of that
y claims the stump removing cham
onship OF Indiana Parrish has been
the business Of stump blowing for
Tenty-eight years. A few months
70 on the Adams farm, near Shelby
lie, he removed 1900 stumps. His
cord for fast work was In March.
hen In Eve days, with the assistance
several men, he blew 2,S75 stumps
ON the ground.
Not only does Henry vanness Of
Conn. enjoy the distinction
being the only negro railroad con.
lctor In the world, but be has also
q honor Of being ono NJ tho man who