The broad ax., 1909-01-02

rne olcuonary Is never .r.
long rest. The new WORT l. 81
yloscopy" and means the motbos uac-
ployed at police headquarters - - ZEN en-
flying criminals by their fn. r- .Isn'
Near the st. Lawrence riy.- ~
ada, there Is q water slide r. Ian
long for conveying pulp w - .t
railway. It Is capable 80 ~ Tue
nearly 5000 cubic feet OF rooT ing
hour. ah
Nearly all Of the Greeks Nov. .o-.,
to this country are settlir. -, ~
York city, and not more H., 70 NeW
cent are going to other plac. Tb per
are now in the city about COZ re
them. wv OF
A telephone system will p, %
pleted in the near future in H., F,roOu.
African colonies which VI ror-O,.
Of communication with the -..r Az I-'
tant posts in the interior Of rio lis
continent. 'A
Many excellent famine plants b,u.
been recommended for Indis 'rrt 80
OF the most important Is the t4-.,.. y
cassava plant, to the planting Will
the government Of Bombay h.> ag,iD
turned its attention.
After other photographers lgj fail
ed for twenty years an easter. man
I. o. Boisen, has perfected au anna.
ratus which has taken some r.rsgrto
BILE submarine photographs o.. SAINT,
Catalina island, California.
A California jeweler has made. a nat,
Of scales so delicate that he sa,s tbsr
weigh the soul Of a fly. As Il fact
they do register the differcnre Il,
weight between a living fly and the
same after 1t has been killed.
Through the agency Of the ASsocia-
ton For International Cancellation
Secretary Roots address on 1.-THE Sane.
ton Of International Law" has been
translated into English, German. Span
ish, French, Italian and Portuguese.
Results obtained in tests Of the Max
i'm silent drearm before the United
States army board are reported tot
have been encouraging, the explosion
being only family audible. The muf.
ding is obtained at some expense OF
velocity.
Liverpool has a library Of 2SOOOOl
volumes. The number Of books taken
home during the last year was 1852,
900, while 1,410,444 were used for ref
erence in the library. In other words
each book was on the average used
ten times.
An artillery lieutenant in Kraguye-
watts, Servia, has been sentenced to
twenty-One days Imprisonment for
compelling a recruit to undergo the
most cruel indignity in Servian eyes.
This consisted In making him shave
his mustache.
Women Of China are said to be keen
ly anxious to have a voice in public
affairs, and a movement is afOOt among
the daughters Of the orient to establish
themselves on a level with their men
folk as far as social and political af
fairs are concerned.
There are at present on duty In the
main thoroughfares Of Paris twenty
one policemen who speak English, nine
who speak German and six who speak
Spanish, and their usefulness has been
so clearly demonstrated that the pre-
feet Of police has decided to add to
their number as opportunity may
arise
The distance around the world via
the Transsiberian and our own trans
railway lines is shown to
be 1897 miles. The sailing distance
around the world from New York via
Suez, Singapore, Manila, Guam, the
Hawaiian Islands and Panama canal
to New York again would be 2S,OS2
miles.
The first tunnel under a river ever
constructed In France has Just been
completed in Paris. 1t runs under the
Seine from the Place de la COncOrde'tO
the chamber OF deputies, and it is part
Of the new Metropolitan subway line
which win be opened probably oy
spring. This line win run from Mont
aarte to the Porte de VersaInez