The broad ax., 1907-09-21
FAcTs IN FEW LINES

- baC INV u y III o01.
Cape Colony has now 10000 acres Of
vineyard, with 00,000O 900 vines. -.
Prince Bismarck Of Germany would
never sit down to a dinner with thlr-
teen at the table. '.E..f'S
In Australia engagement rings are
lent out by certain jewellers as part of
their ordinary trade. h
No one In Saxony Is allowed to shoe
! horses unless he has passed a public
4 examination and b duly qualIfed
In Holland It Is illegal for a cyclist
to use a horn, as this instrument is
reserved for the exclusive use Of mo-
florists. Ha.
Mol, Japan, an obscure place q gen.
GRAFTON ago, is now a large city, with
q foreign commerce worth $45, 000, 900
q year. II exports sugar, coal, timber,
cotton yarn and cement and imports
nee, 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-
tion closes.
Mrs. Katharine s. Hueppe complain
ed to Magistrate Corrigan In New York
that her husband was making a 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. Eroeber of the Uni
versity 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 ffty-nine years ago. Two houses
In that English city claim to be her
birthplace. One house has the sign,
'SThis 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 2,600 pounds and was manu-
featured 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
Aae ko.ll
that each shot costs $500.
Professor Francis Brown Of Union
Theological seminary has become q
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 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-
tion Of cement and Its use In consruc-
tion. It has been estimated that. the
quantity Of portland cement used In
this county In 1905 would be sufh-
Gent TO lay a sidewalk sixteen feet
broad all around the earth at the equa-
TOR.
An ingenious device has been IN
vented by street railway employee
and Is being tested. Whenever a pas
senger stands on the lower step a buzz
Ser 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.
c. Parker Woodbury., q New York |
banker, win build for himself glass
house. He has engaged an architect
to draw plans for the novel dwelling,
which n TO he erected at. Beechhurst,t
N. 7. BEicks OF. compressed opalescentl
glass will form the walls. =. The interior
eAAA. HeIdGoeAo aAC ~ Nc OAe Auc boAuGl
material worked into thin slabs, and
the roof h 10 be Of glass. In fact, |
wherever It IL possible glass b to be
employed, as Mr.. Woodbury. II . great
believer In sunlight. - -
King Edward carries q gold key that
has no duplicate II opens his private
writing desk. Every time the king
quits his personal apartment an as
sistant secretary destroys the contents
OF the wastebasket, the plotting pads
and even the wrappers Of the newspa-
pers that come from every capital Of
Europe. HIS majesty takes no risks OF
spying eyes, and II Il an unwritten law
that private secretaries shall not In
dulge In gossipy diaries, altar the man.
ner Of Samuel Pe2ys. ,...
The historic house Of Benjamin
Franklin In Paris Is for sale. This
house which Benjamin Franklin built
for himself Is situated at g Rue
de Penthievre, in the Faubourg St