The broad ax., 1907-08-24
FACTS IN FEW LINES

Touion, ana she was ruined
II q estimated that the total nrs,
cost OF England's present navy, was
$670, 200. 900, and about $3.50 100000 has
been spent IN the last ten years.
In 1852 there. was q ten hour move
ment amon9ths ahipwrights and caIk-
en- of New England, and several
strikes resulted, which proved success
full ssis tVs -" ''- iit
Having started fts american series
with the Amerilca, the Hamburg-Amer-
lean steamship line continues with the
President Lincoln and next fall win
add the General Grant
Theodore h. Davis, the archaeolo-
g.st, has. Just brought to this country
from Egypt an alabaSter statue Of
Queen Tel which dates back to 1900
3. G. Il Is to Represented b the New
York Museum OF Artasa
Work upon the tunnel which n %
couple Turin with the Riviera has not
ySt begun. The railway lfne between
Ounce ana VeRtimeglIa, BY which II b
sppfuaehSd on the Italian side. 4. how
ever. practically COMPLETED
.work has been begun by German
Rhilol0gists on material collected dur
ing the last nine years for q dictionary
Of the Egyptian language. The Ian
Ruage goes back more than 5000 years.
ana there are more than 100000 signs
IN every nom IN certain Mairse
hotel Il pinned on the wall q large
alSed piece OF aandpaper Over II d
tAis request: please cont scratch
your matches here" Needless to say.
that Il where all the matches are
Dentehed f....t
Two nIne-pound shot were dug up
BY Workmen In WatervEle, Ne, ~
Gently II Is thought that they were
fred from BFltish Warships or from
the American batteries across the har-
Dor during the occupancy Of the town
By the English forces.
Out Of a 5000. 900 appropriation BY
he Cuban congress for the relief Of
suffering occasioned BY the last win
.ers foods In the different provinces
II the island q Havana paper states
hat 5000 has been allotted to road
,uildtng In Pinar del BIO province.
In the new disease known as tennis
'lb0w" there d usually local tender
les on pressure. with acute pain On
Intending the arm. Thors d seldom
ny swelling. The trouble Is thought
. Be due to tearing Of the muscular |
her. and It b very persistent. often
even after long rest.
II II q woman, Miss n. e. Sullivan,
mo supplies the United States navy
nth its stationery, note paper. menu ,
ards and invitations. She 70 a Con- |
'octieut girl, but she got the training |
hat makes It possible for her to do
bis lind Of work at Pratt institute. |
(akilg card plates In the beginning,
be has worked up her splendid bust
-.
Excavations in Rome being conduct
q On the Palatine hill have shown q
uricus and interesting Circumstance.
he Metropolis has been found to con-
ain remains Of the ninth, eighth, sixth |
nd fourth centuries before Christ. All
fragments Of the seventh and ffth CEN
zries are lacking, and archaeologists
- engaged In q close study Of the
I'D IN order TO ind the reason.
In Arbury Park, warwickshIre, Eng
md. the ancestral seat Of the Newde-
Ates, q tapered pillar In gray granite
4 q three stepped pedestal has been
rected 10 perpetuate the memory Of
Ieorge Eliot Her birthplace II near
y, and her father, brother and neph-
" served the Newdegate family In
b once Of land agent. The monu-
sent ID the gift Of r. A. N. Newde-
ate.
In the city Of Springfield. Mass, Is q
rivate art collection which IL the lar
ut and most varied owned by any one
srson In the country. II IL the proper
: Of G. W. V. Smith, who has spent
Fer hfty years getting Il together, and
b ranked with the New York Metro
,litAn museum and the Wallace mu-
,um Of London. Mr.. Smith has loaned
b collection to the city Of Springfield
} make the pictures eventually the
soDerty Of the citizens.
Senator Palmer p. Woods Of the T.
Nd Of Hawaii n going to make an
tort for the preserving Of the Ha-
allan languags. There have been
Eor1 In tie past 10 preserve the Ian
lags On tn purity, but the encroach-
mt o. oommercialism, the introdue-
On % the Engtish language a. the
Rcial tongue and the exclusive use Of .
agiish In the public schools have ,
undermined an efforts 10
'sssrVS some semblanee Of the beau
Id language q tie native Hawaii
Probably not one person out Of 300
Iter1ng ne south ear In tie elevator
m e he Fifth Avenue hotel ever
1ps % read ne littIe framed notice
hicA hangs fn, enc corner, says the 4
~ York Sun. But 70 the observing 4
~ tbs little notice tells Q story: In I
b very space fOgty-eight years ago Z
= n10ced the nrHt DaRseneer eieyatorr a