The broad ax., 1907-09-14
FACTS IN FEW LINES

Cane Colony has now 2O,OOO acres OF
vineyard, with 60.0oo.Ooo vines.
Prince Bismarck Of Germany would
never sit down to dinner with thir-
teen at the table.
In Australia engagement rings are
lent out by certain jewellers as part OF
their ordinary trade.
No one In Saxony Is allowed to shoe
horses unless he has passed a pubic
examination and Is duly qualified
In Holland 1t Is Illegal for a cyelist
10 use a horn, as this instrument Is
reserved for the exclusive use OF mo-
florists.
Mol. japan, an obscure place q gen
Grafton ago, is now a large city, win
a foreign commerce worth $45,OO0,OOO
n year. II exports sugar, coal, timber
cotton yarn and cement and imports
rice. wheat, sugar, raw cotton, oil cake,
machinery and kerosene.
The Alaska-Yukon exposition, to be
held In Seattle In 1909. Is to be located
ON University heights. The buildings
and their collections Of Alaskan prod
nets 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 or
himself by his odd way OF doing ousi-
ness. Don't interfere" said the mag
istrate. "If he wants to make FOOL
Of himself let him do so"
Professor A. L Kroeber OF the UNI
yersity 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 fitty-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-
factured at the Krupp works, Essen,
for the government OF the car. The
gun from which this projectile was
fred Is also the largest in the world
and Is placed In the Notifications OF
Cronstadt. This gun has a range Of
twelve miles, and 1t 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, II Is thought, VIII pro
mote the cooperation Of England and
America In the work Of verifying and
illustrating the Bible.
Only a few years ago America Inn
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.
ton Of cement and its use In construc-
lion. II has been estimated that the
quantity Of portland cement used In
this country In 1905 would be sum
cient to lay q sidewalk sixteen feet
broad all around the earth at the equa'
Tor.
An ingenious device has been IN
vented By q street railway employees
and IL being tested. Whenever a pas
senger stands on the lower step bur.
zer sounds in the motorman's com
partment and warns him not to start
the car until the signal ceases, which
II does the instant the passenger
reaches the platform or the ground
Contact points are placed in the steI
which are brought together by the
weight Of the passenger.
@. Parker Woodbury., a New Yort
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 opalesceni
glass will form the walls. The interior
and partitions are to be Of the same
material worked Into thin slabs, and
the roof IL to be Of glass. In fact
wherever It IL possible glass Il to b
employed, as Mr.. Woodbury. IL q greai
believer In sunlight.
King Edward carries gold key tina
has no duplicate. Il opens his private
writing desk. Every time the KIM
quits his personal apartment an as
sistant secretary destroys the content
Of the wastebasket. the blotting pad
and even the wrappers Of the newspa
pers that come from every capital q
Europe. His majesty takes no risks o
spying eyes, and II Is an unwritten Law
that private secretaries shall not In
dulge In gosslpy diaries, after the man
ner Of Samuel PepyS.
The historic house Of BENJAMIN
Franklin IN Paris Is for sale. hi
house which Benjamin Franklin bun
for, himself g situated at 9 Ru
de Penthievre, In the Faubourg 81
Honore. not Ear from the round poin