The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-11
FACTS IN FEW LINES

patriation OF a thousand discouraged
Australians now In South Africa.
A Baltimore scientist now claims to
have discovered that natural gas was
used on the affairs of many primitive
temples.
A Tokyo newspaper remarks that
one days pay for an American work
man in San Francisco represents fair
monthly stipend for a japanese"
OF the 100000 yards which still
remain to be excavated before the
Panama canal is finished 43,5O0,O00 are
concentrated In the famous Culebra
cutting.
Mrs. ]. B. Hines OF Washington
swept her dining room and threw the
dust into the kitchen stove. The dust
exploded with a loud report and blew
the stove to fragments.
What is regarded as the worlds
shearing record has been established
by nine men on Hawkes. bay station,
Australia. They succeeded In shearing
1884 sheep In nine hours.
The two new Cunarders are the first
vessels to exceed the Great Eastern in
beam. They are elghty-eigh feet wide
as against the eighty-three feet OF the
leviathan Of fifty years ago.
Mrs. James E. Mansfield of Newark,
n. J., while on her deathbed wrote
this, which has been admitted to pro-
bate: This is my last will. Property,
both personal and real, to my hus'
band"
In the thirty-five years that William
]. Wheeler of South Paris, Me-, has
been an insurance agent he has made
settlements for damage done by light
ming in eleven out of the twelve
months of the year.
The fact that $117 a square foot has
recently been paid for land in New
York city recalls the other alleged fact
that the entire Manhattan island was
originally bought from the Indians for
$24 worth of gewgaws.
A small table that had been many
years in an almshouse at Bristol, Eng
land, was sent recently with other dis
carded furniture to an auction room,
where it was recognized as Chippen-
dale and sold for $367.50.
4 pack of English foxhounds were
recently In full cry after fox and the
field was having a fine run when all at
once two sheep dogs jumped out, killed
reynard and ended the days sport
there and then to the general disgust
Richard ]. O'Mulrenin, n. A, OF
Dublin by his will left the violin which
was played on Vinegar hill the night
before the battle In 1913 to the mu-
scum In Kildare street Dublin. His
library was bequeathed to the Gaelic
league.
Edward B. Condor, who went to
Tanana, Alaska, without dollar three
years ago, now owns mining properties
worth q million. At a recent dinner
given In his honor he burst into tears
when presented with a gold watch, for
he declared It was the only gift he had
ever received.
Sewer system, new water system,
IRE alarm boxes, electric railways, tel
ephones, new and increased electric
light plant, bridges, most extensive
harbor improvements and no port dues
all this going on at the one time In
Manila means that the city is becom-
ing the American Hongkong, Shang-
hal or Yokohama.
Fifth avenue, New York, is some
times spoken Of In art circles as pic
ture lane" because OF the numerous
dealers galleries there or in the side
streets Just OF the avenue. Art, how
ever, is not limited to any one OF the
city's thoroughfares. Fourth avenue
has its share Of galleries, and they are
also to be found west Of Fifth avenue
and uptown.
Eben Appleton Of New York city
has in his possession the ''star span
gled banner" which few over Fort
McHenry and which inspired Francis
Scott Key to the composition Of his
national ode. 1t is his intention at his
death to leave the flag to either one Of
the national museums at Washington
or the Massachusetts Historical mu-
scum at Boston.
The men who mechanically handle
large sums Of money seem to lose the
sense Of relative value A customer
asked the paying teller Of New York
downtown branch bank, "How much
money do you usually have on dand
when the bank opensr' mot very
much" was the answer; mot over
$4,000 or $4,000. We keep the most
Of 1t in the main bank uptown"
There is now a canal connection be-
tween Milan and Pavia, about twenty
i've miles long, through an ancient
channel, which has been In use for
more than 600 years. Thousands Of
canal boats from the Pc go to Milan
every year, pass through the city's
canal system, which Is founded on the
old defensive moats Of the middle ages,
and proceed northward to the Italian
lakes, or vice versa.
Probably the oldest scrapbook In
New England Is that Of William 3.
Fernald Of Old Orchard, Ne. It IL q
big hook dNvofed exclusiyeIv IN fha