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

when he. completed Faust"
The Norwegians have whaling estab-
hshments in Iceland, Scotland, South
America, Japan and elsewhere.
While Australia has the reputation
Of q great sheep growing country.
there are more Of these animals in In
dia.
The number Of different species Of
animals known to naturalists Is rough
" $4,000, OF which 1890 are verte-
brates or backboned
In Greece the usual price of olive oil
Is only about 20 cents a quart at
wholesale. When the yield is excep-
tionally large pure Of Is still cheaper.
The thin paper on which the Oxford
Bible is printed Is made after a secret
process by the Oxford University
Press. The secret Is valued at $1.250,-
900.
Professor Burt G. Wilder Of Cornell
Is out with a declaration that cats
ought TO be licensed and that cats thai
are not worth licensing ought not to be
permitted to live.
The late Sir Walter Besant ten years
=, ago estimated that there were fifty
novelists In England who earned up
ward Of 5000 a year. There are now
| probably nearer 80.
Mrs. Harding. testifying IN a London
court against her son, said he had been
q brute TO her since his boyhood- "In
fact" she said, "a husband could not
/ have treated me worse"
A college Of foreign languages has
been opened In Canton, China, the part
| Of the Chinese empire from which the
! greatest number Of emlgrants sail 10
distant parts Of the globe.
A record IN saving laths has been
/ made by a crew at Smiths mills, at
! Machias, Me-, when In one day Of a
little over nine hours 61.0OO good laths
and over 5000 poor ones were sawed.
At the Norwich England rural coun.
ell Councillor Watts reported case OF
q bOatman who willed and bequeathed
his son Fred to another boatman. who
paid half crown to make the transac
ton, as he imagined, legal.
After handling 100000 In currency
Cashier John F. O'Brien OF the city
collectors office In Chicago fell from
bis seat In a dead faint. He got thu
money in all shapes, and the strain OF
counting and sorting proved too great
The japanese premier, Prince Kung
tried to compliment General Grant II
English when he was in japan by as
surfing him that he was born to com
mand His words were. however
''Sire, brave general, you were mace Il
orierr'
The adage which advises people WHIT
live In glass houses not to throw stone.
will have to be revised. The glass tina
Is now used In making houses is no
breakable. 1t looks like white marble
and Is used In the same way as tina
material.
The Grosecloses brothers Of Sull!
county, s. D., have a large tract o
J land which they are cultivating entire
" without the aid Of horses or othe
animals. Flowing. narrowing. seeding
harvesting and marketing are all don
with motor machinery.
} A box containing a thousand cigar
arrived at Buckingham palace recent
". II was a present from Barol
Rothschild to King Edward For owe
thirty years his majesty has received
similar present from ROthschild- Tn
cigars are worth about $2.65 each.
The Merchants bank In Salem, Mass
Is a young mems bank Henry N
Batchelder, its president, Is the younl
: est bank president In the city. J. E
, Clifford, the cashier, only recent
passed his thirtieth year, while F. A
Brooks, assistant cashier. and A E
| Barnet, teller, are both under thirty.
The steel bridge the Portland an
Seattle railroad is building across th
Columbia at Vancouver will be q mil
and a half long. the longest ste'
/ bridge in the world. 1t Will be dnishe
; next January. Twenty thousand tor
Of steel will be used in II, not tncluC
; ing the weight Of the double tract
) The drawbridge Is AGA feet long.
, All mechanics In France are oblige
to serve an apprenticeship Of from tW
to three years, during half OF whic
period at least they receive no wage
\ and must board themselves In add
4 ton to this each one must give up tW
: years Of his life for military servic
D for which he receives a cent day an
: board and clothes. 1t will be seen thu
a every mechanic In France must expen
! four or i've years Of his life witho'
p wages.
: One of the growing methods
? cheating In New York Is by "sho
/ change" The system has taken fin
e root In many ticket Offices and shoI
: and has notably increased when sma
payments are being made throug
dumb walters, In which latter instan'
the person delivering goods says q
little was sent down or that he
turned more than the receiver can m
! and that there must have been lo'
: In transit
. Just outside the city limits Of Mas