The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-03-16
FACTS IN Fa.I LINES

OS ehSdSSu IN tue kuSSlan secret SeIN-
fee.
The life Of the baby rhinoceros in the
New York zoo has been insured for
5000.
Canada's trade with the United
States is now nearly three times great
er than her trade with the mother
country.
In Turin paper used 10 appear eight
years ago which was printed in lumi-
nous ink. so that il could I've read in
the dark.
The Chinese claim e. l,c the origina-
tors of the newspaper. The Imperial
Gazette Of Picking Is said To have been
published over 1900 years.
Italian widows are compelled 10y an
old law To remarry on Saturday. sun
day is the usual day selected in Italy
by those who have never been married
before
There are nearly twice as many dogs
I'm France as in the United Kingdom.
France having scvcmty-iivr dogs 10
every l.wm people AMI Great Britain
th!rty-cight.
y private Japanese company il ar
ran-in. for the establishment of a lap
ancSc colony in Alberta. nurih.,rt
Canada. II viii L. the first Asialir
colony ia W. ;crn Canada.
The Enh-i-ulnr is not nearly - valUa-
bic Il diamond as several others in OK
istencc. II l. valued ut f1In.09n, hut
the Fit is valued ut f4O0CyH and the
Russian OrlOr ut f2OO.0Gn.
Lake MOrat. in Switzerland has the
property every tenth year Of turning
red. owing to the presence of certain
water plants. which are not found in
any other lake in the world.
The first trial for breach of promise
of marriage in England WAS in the
reign of Queen Elizabeth. France and
Belgium had no legislation on the sub
ject until about fifteen years ago.
If the northern valleys of the Pyre-
nees were damned ana the water used
electrical power 10 the extent of TO-
0OO.Ou0 horsepower could he obtained
mat II. Nv lNt lliuNll slN - hNttA AAA tAAA
the factories Of Europe.
An oak spinning wheel that has been
In the Siblry family. West Sutton.
Mass. for 100 years is still in perfect
condition. All the yarn for the wool
en- garments worn in the family In
three generations was spun ON the
wheel.
To have all his hair turn gray ut the
early age of six years with no appar-
ent cause has been the lot of the son OF
John Ertwine OF Bloomsbury. Pa. The
boys parents first noticed that his hair
was turning about Il year a-O.
Leweliyn Wilkinson Of GrovepOrt.
O.. has Il cat :iIat is Il perfect pointer
and retriever" When he discovers n
quail he stands up OR his hind legs and
remains there until his master comes
up The ca: has retrieved 15I birds
/ this season.
The sacred fires of India have not
all been eXtinguiShed. The most an
cient which still exists WAS conSecrat-
ed twelve centuries ago. i'm comment
Grafton Of the journey made 10y the
/ ParSecS when they immigrated from
/ Persia TO India.
One Of the most interesting little
charities is that Of n Yorkshire eng
| land station master. who every week
of his life makes n toy railway engine.
At the end of the year he sends the
lot TO a hospital for the use Of the boys
in the institution.
The original charter of the town Of
Dunstablc. y. IT., granted by BenninS
Wentworth. royal governor of New
/ Hampshire province under King George
I'LL. July /, 1T4G, has been placed in
the Nashua library. The charter was
bought ut auction for about 500 in
Boston last year.
After reading Indian tales James
| Woods of SHELTON. Conn. decided to do
some shooting on his own account. so
, he armed himself with bow and arrow
/ and went out in the woods. Not long
afterward the boy returned with a
/ good sized fox. 4 well directed arrow
/ had pierced the animals eye.
| DlTeClOT SlT OdSlBdE uEuOu Nlllhe
| OF New YOrk's Museum of Art thinks
that Pierpont MorGan's great cOllec'
ton. now at South KensingtOn. may be
| brought over here eventually. He
speaks of u celebrated Eros, bronze
| Cupid of large size and one of the most
beautiful examples Of antique bronze
known, said to have cost $4,000.
A telegraph clerk at Turin has in
vented a new system Of telegraphing
on trains in motion whereby messages
are exchangeable not only With Other
trains, but also with all the stations
along the line and the central telegraph
Offices. Experiments carried out al
Domodossola surpassed expectations
and greetings from fast express were
wired to King Victor Emmanuel.
Like the old Ferris wheel Of the Co
lumbar exposition days, the great
wheel of Earrs Court, London, VII
never revolve again. II is being taken
down and the steel in It sent to Wales
where, mixed with pig iron and iron
ore, 1t will be converted into steel bars