The Broad Ax
Saturday, October 18, 1902
Chicago, Illinois
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‘Tt Bzeeods the Carrying Power of ax
Blectric Piant of 40,000 Volts
= ‘Gée Tinkés Over. ~
: ‘Pew people have any understanding
rot the disruptive -power of 8 severe
- bolt-of lightning. .The figures quoted
that st the present time the of
_earrying power of an electric plant is
electricity ¢t 40,000 volts, one-tenth
‘of that of s heavy lightuing bolt, says
an electrical authority. ."
' Perhaps s truer conception is to be
- gained from the story of ap old Long
Island resident, who admite being
very fond of squirrel bunting, and
says: “In s piece of clear woods near
where I lived al years ago was
“an enormous ‘oak tree several
feet through at the stump, and spread-
‘ing over half an acre of ground. Under
‘eertain- conditions I. could always
-eount on finding s fox squirrel in that
‘ tree, and I knew every limb of it.
. “One morning, after s tremendous
thunder storm, in which we all had no-
-tieed a mighty thunder bolt, I visited
‘this tree. Only a pile of broken brush-
‘wood and thousands of little splinters
‘peattered all over the ground for the
distance of several hundred feet all
- ground marked where thie-giant of the
forest had.stood. Some explosive
foree had torn the roots out until there
was & hole in the ground éight feet
deep and ten feet across.”
“That ov bolt of electricity ‘had
‘torn.that tree to pieces in a way that.
ten woodsmen: working an: entire |
week*could not have accomplished. _
_Sates Present-Day Practice of
” (: ) @werPee@ing the Aged,
~_dllit Henry. Thempqcn Spungpetes im
rene cee
, Yaneing in yesrs, and particularly o!
jects to the repeated and general use
of concentrated forms of anima! nour-
ment in old age is apt to lead to pains
and aches cue to the impairment of ex-
wetion and.a long protracted course
of overfeeding will end in an attack of
gout. Even artificial teeth are not to
be considered an unmixed blessing.
for by a provision of nature the teeth
‘Begin to decay and becomé useless
just when the system begins to thrive
‘without much animal food of céaree
‘fiber. - Indigestion, says Sir Henry
Thompson, is mostly not a disease,
but an “It is the lan-
oro iatcnonanineare
ynknown tongue to those who aread-
dreesed.” It means that the indi-
viddal has not yet found his appropri-
ate diet. “There is no food whatever
‘which is wholesome in iteeif; thet food
“only is wholesome which is so to the
4ndigiineL” - - ,
’ STORIES OF SNAKEBITES.
‘Stetistios Regarding Fatelities tn in-
- @im Ave Unceliable and the
a ae Siaaaae
from Indis seys that the stories about
the great umber of deaths from
snske-bités in Indid ‘ere tos grest
extent umrelisble, as statistics, when
carefully anslysed, show. He ac-
counts, morgover, for the extreme ex-
-aggerations in Sgures on very pleusi-
ore In India, be pn
requires that when there *
den death a detailed Seemesiaain
be made to the civic surgeons, and as
‘permede, tbe tnder diame pertore
trouble... To save the annoyance of
gene, ond. as of ak hen
‘op -étherwise—a report of death
\“qnakebite” is, made. This sort of re-
pert is very convenient and makes in-
temettion ctaticticn. .. ._
- -NKeesing a Recater @utet.
> An English artist recently was sum-
moned to appear in court for allowing
@ rooster to crow in the morning to
the annoyance of his neighbors. The
Seenet tegen Hpeiotet: oe tet
lowing: ‘“It is Quite possible to keep
tha nash peda oem: Sadi: ree
ing. AR that is needed is a alight
strisig. over the neck and fastened to
sen Deel Pe a he ek chara
‘to throw back his head when crowing.
my
REESE
RO ; bs
of the eames ee
and » hermlane jerk brings him to or-
Ousious Notes by = Swiss Scicntict |
vations Among the Alps.
| {A well-known Swiss naturalist, H. M.
writes from Arolla, Canton
: cee be fading into
: seem to
oan moraines. They:
a . Ng
. er in July, Prof. ¥.
coy bee eoote ‘St Arolle. Wé
were ‘able to walk there without dif-
‘fieulty as in anicecorridor. Now not
only has the grotto disappeared, but
it takes an hour and's quarter fo reach
‘the glacier from the hotel.”
“During the first days of ‘October 25
yeare-ago-t teavdiesa wits po guides
the glacier. of Berbo] from Zermatt to
‘Arolla; it then readied deep down into
Sota ani ctonl
ay we m up
ee conten ron ce
eae a hs bes ubibed as
lieves firmly ‘that the glacier} which
separate this territory from I! will
disappear as the years go by. and that
the cattle of the Valasian peasants
‘will be sent 4o merket to Aosta (Italy)
across the passes which are now cov-
ered with fen
“The one curious afvantage in this
diminution of the glaciers is that the
moraines of Arolla are now producing
veritable forests, the seede of which
mnst heve been blown up by the wind
from the valley.
. ARGENTINE CATTLE. .
May Be Largely Purchased by Great
Beltain to Restock the Pastures
et Sewth Africa,
Tt may be said thet Great Britain will
naturally favor her own colonies in
making such purchases of cattle to re-
@tock the South African pasture lands,
and, other things being equal, this
would be natural, says the Buenos
Ayres Herald. But Canedian aiid New
Zealand beef brings a better price in
the British market then Argentine.
and this because in those colonies more
attention has been given to the breed-
‘ing of cattle for prime beef, and in con-
Sequence both Caveda and New Zea-
Jand, and the United States as a prob-
able bidder, are not likely to offer
their stock as cheaply as will the Ar-
gentine estanciero, and this difference
in ‘price is likely to secure for this
country a generous elice, at least, of
the business. Where else: in, the
world can the requisite number of cat-
tle-be found et such prices as can be
made here? We believe it ante to staic
that A: ina stands alone and in »
cominanding penton tn thle Tepect
et least, we have good reason for the
hope that is in us that in this direction
lies a prompt, large and profitable busi-
ness for us. Great Britain will be-
come a buyer of hundreds of thousands
of cattle for the South African plains
in making purchases of such magni-
cae That Argentine cattle at Argen-
prices and proximity
semeuadentaidings aaiaetaes,
bly looked upon seems to be reason-
abie, hence our belief and thet of the
Pere en cones Coat tea easing of
peace means an especie] good of great
magnitude to this country.
JUROR HAD RED HAIR.
Ané Reosented Remark of Freeh Le w-
yer by Refusing to Come to
em Agreement.
It bebooves « lawyer to be careful
of what he says while arguing before
@ jery. John C. Kinnear, a practiticn
er in New York, realizes this faci
oughly, saya the Albany Argue. anc s//
because of @ remark he mi. « not Jon:
ago in thé Yorkville municipal coust.
He appeered on behalf of anot} er law-
yer who wes suing 2 corpors,i o {
$500 for services alleged to bave Le
performed. The .evidence adda:
made out quite a strong)cace for t°
plaintiff, whose counse! made a te!!i-
speech. He reviewed the facts in cle
@r fashion, and toward the close of hi:
Pemarkés said thet the corporaticn
‘would have paid but for the fact thata
“red-heeded Jobster of a junior partner
had objected, and thus precinitated
legal proceedings. The court rebuked
a sery reaplogioed: Bet behead
and the lawyer apologized.
=e tittered, Rees red hair.
dndge arge stro:
ye ser gt r intiff and ihe
Bict in- dow te eeemsonhi
ipa bu. ia
Ss there waeno Brogpect = sue
fan agree.
(wae agreed op.a verdict for plaintif’
2 Reet soe
. Pear: “The court
Bncle Sam's Hew Seal,
‘The state department is to indulge
iteelf with s new great seal of the
United States, as the old one iz so worn
that it. will mot make a clean-cut im-
pression om the documents ft is used
Seni ateaal ents but the old de-
sign, of course, will be followed faith-
de ; thew ition Te be ae
Sore mee deena
‘At one time in and Scotland
were to wear 5
ieee tape: a result of
“Geotland from the yegr 1606 to 1686,
‘The Edinburgh court speci-
en or
‘half yellow and the « some-
Soe Sagush prices eg te wet
worn in ws worst
class of pr who have at-
tempted to escape or been guilty of
qmurderous assaults on The en-
ectment slso provitied that the bank-
rupt should be publicly in
the market place of Bis | for a
period of two hours, und then sent
away, condemned to wear the dress
until such time ss be had paid his debts
or some one clue had ‘ft for him.
Although this was a of laws
which can only be described as fero-
cious, this lew was ah outrage on
public sentiment that ih 1685 it was so
far repealed that the Weari: ok
dress was compulsory in cases L
‘which Tried tad been rove. or
riously enough, if the bankrupt bad
been convicted of saiiggling . The
same practice was legtl, not gen-
@rally in force in England down to the
year 1636. The ides was, of course,
to warn persons who nilght have given
eredit that the bankrupt was not able
to pay, but popular sentiment soon
recognized that it was wholly unfair
So cemntes Seth ceeseup eee
& man who might have bank-
rupt through no fault of bis own, and,
as usual, when the law became con
trary to public feeling, it ceased to be
operative. _
PATRIOT WAS IW ‘A PICKLE.
‘s age ~
Eaglish Consul at Sam Diego, Cal.
Was Mistaken for § Marauder
‘Whee Raising Flag.
Maj. Allen, the British vice consul et
Sen Diego, Cal., is a patriotic man and
on the day preceding the coronation of
King Edwerd desired % see the flag
of his country floating ‘over the lega-
tion offices bright ‘early. So be
decided to hoist the on Friday
night before retiring. The consul’
office fe in one of the largest lodging
houses in the business part of thecity.
and whemhe had made his way throught
‘the dark corridors and up the ladder ta
the’ roof he accidentally knocked over
several chairs and e few boxes, slerm-
ote
rang in a burgfir slerm aj Bequados
officers responded. A erence was
held with the after
which a quick advance was made on
the fiat roof, reports a local exchenge.
on the Links of the fag.
‘hands be'refased.~ 2° Gemand
mation that challénging party
were police officers. The eoneul re-
plied thet he was the local represente-
tive of Great Britain and he dared them
to arrest him. Of course when he ex-
plained his midnight to the
departed and allowed the consul to
finieh his flag raising in peace.
4 CONDUCTOR’S PLAINT.
Be Terne@ « Woman Passenger
Around to Fees the Car When
Alightiag an€ Made Trouble.
“If the powers that be,” said « con-
@uctor on a Madison avenue car, ac-
cording to the New York Commercial
Advertiser, “would make it a misde-
meénor for 6 woman te get off a mov-
ing car backward, fewer people would
be injured, the company would seve
money and we conductors wouldn't get
gray so quickly. We alltry our best to
teach women how to get off « car, but
many of them seem to‘ be unable to
learn such 4 simple thing as that,
“When they fall and are burt they
‘blame us for it 6f course. But what
waddens me is the wey they resent your
efforts to teach them how to insure
may cvonnl cas Gap ta dh cart toget
‘way around one day in
her ‘to step off in the difection in
whieh the car was going. She slapped
my face, ‘sacsed’ me good and reported
scoundrel. who ought to be in It
I a anne I did she
would have « Encourag-
ne io it? What Gi the company
do? Ob, they understed euch things
all right.” - hota
: Ancient Skyserapers.
Numerour r have
been mace of the hi of the tower
of Nabel, but one fact Hever has been
denied, and that is thet it was a sky-
scraper. St. Jerome, ip his commen-
tary on Isaiah, says the tower
was already 4,000 paces high when God
came down to stop ‘work. A pace
is about 2% feet; 4.000 paces
must be 10,000 feet; pare Ba-
bel 20 times an is the Pyra-
suids twhieh are. only 500 feet).
tects were an
to ahead. Moreover, it i
wo eisiaaty ao alae
wa ange -
_ Si tweteas, Poetesuastia aa ~ ~~
While searching through old
isttht: the’ Gtheer. dary. thgcager: of ton:
Remo discovered some documents
which show that a system of wireléss
telegrephy was invented as far beck
OS 1860, Sears 1 c
Sub-Pest OfGces im Great Britain.
gon 0 Ge Uchel Manco ete
‘Ateten Chamberlin. ~ <<
Pp — 5 > In 7%
~Selanine, It ls Celled, and It Causes
Hees 214 Sometimes Beinge
Ca Dewth,
Potatoes contain s poisonous alke-
loid known as solanine. Little of this
ee ee ea kane
even fresh potatoes which
grown above the surface of the soil
and heve a green ukin are generally
known to be paisonous, says a scien-
tific authority. When potstoes ere
kept © long time they contain s large
emount of this poison, and many cases
of serious poisoning have occurred in
late summer from eating old potatoes.
About ten years sgo many soldiers in
the German army were ill from an un-
known cause. They suffered with head-
ache, colic, diurrhea, vomiting, weak-
ness, and slight stupor, and ‘in some
cases dilatation of the pupils. The
matter was investigated and it was dis-
eovered thet the men had been eating
potatoes which hed been kept for a
long time in s damp place until they
had begun to sprout. Chemical ex-
amination revealed the fact that these
potatoes contained 24 times as much
solanine as is found in new fu tatoes.
CMY SAFER THAN COUNTRY.
More People Killed by Lightning tn
the Open Than in the Wiee-
Bound Houses,
Tt fs in the country that most of the
fatel accidents from lightning occur,
and they are about evenly divided be-
tween pedple who are struck in houses
and those who are killed in the open
or while seseking refuge under a tree,
says an article on lightning, in Frank
Leslie's Popular Monthly. To stand
under s tree in a thunder storm is per-
haps, next to clinging to a lightning
rod, the most dangerous position that
ean be Chosen. The comparative safe-
ty of the modern city from lightning
fs due to the network of wires which
covers it, and the number of tall
buildings with iron points, tin roofs,
metallic gutters and steel frames con-
Bected with the water, sewer and gas
pipes, which form an excellent system
of conductors. Still the city is not by
any means ebsolutely protected, for
when a cloud with a tremendous store
of energy approaches quickly, all the
wires and pipes in ten cities cannot
prevent it from discharging recklessly
right and left,
‘The HNamber of Persons Whe Com-
mitted Self-Destruction in
Umited States in 1901,
The number of suicides in the United
States during the year 1901, as com-
| aay with former years, was as fol-
s- 3901, 7.245; 1900, 6,755; 1899,
5,340; 1894, 5,920; 1897, 6,600; 1896,
eas: 5,759; 1894, 4,912. A con-
increase is apperent in re-
cent years. Of'the total number in 1901,
5,850 were males and 1,395 females,
showing the same proportion as for
several years past. The causes of self-
murder were reported as follows: De-
spondency, 2,980; unknown, 1,643; in-
sanity, 674; ill-health. 618; domestic
infelicity, 541; liquor. 439; disappoint-
ment in love, 283; business losses, 67.
The agencies used in committing gui-
cide, with the number of persons em-
ploying each. were as follows: Poison,
3,106; shooting, 2,476; hanging, 614;
drowning. 613; cutting throat, 356;
jumping from roofs and windows, 58;
throwing themselves in front of lo-
eomotive engines, 27; stabbing, 23;
fire, 33; dynamite, 11: starvation, 6
PANAMA HATS.
Why This Style of Hendgear Sot)
Wiest im Front in Our Large
Cities.
“Not being in the city every day,”
suid an cecasional visitor to town,
“qmay make me more observant of emall
things than you folk who are here all
the time. I have noticed, for instance,
that most men who wear panamas
are the possessors of dirty headgear.
“This doesn't apply to the whole
hat, but only to the front. The front
may be quite dark, while the back is
nice and clean. I suppose it happens
#0, because there is. much soft-coal
smoke in the air and they are walking
or riding against it every day, Ihave
mever seen such a thing here before.
“It aaeamteet however,” con-
eluded itor, aceording to the
New. York Mail and Express, “that the
use of soft coal should so change con-
ditions pare eA you get a better
impression of a man when seeing him
from behind than when you meet him
face to face.”
Buseetieoncr Bxcectest = .-
‘The official executioner of Tolls is
dead. His death was curious in iteelf,
and considering his profession, was
little short of remarkable: -He was
crossing a railway track sear Tokio
when he was run dowa by a fast ex-
press. The body was found by the
track with the head as neatly decapi-
tated as any which had been cut off
by the official executione? himself.
Otherwise there was not s mark om his
Bxpreesionless Faces.
_ ‘The Japanese physiognomy is com-
monly thought expressioniess by
ioe ‘The reason is that
a seen in repose. This iso
Ee meee education, It is,
2 mark of the underbred
the Tare to expeeee any
«Wisconsin's Lumber Preduct.
Se en Jat other states te himw
Production 1899, with 3,400,-
900,000 feet of sawed lumber, valued
at $41,800,000.
, inereséed § importation in
praeen.t Atentican earhseeh) lo-Gan
PRIMEVAL NORTH AMERI-A-
> —_—
Pegaistion Spread Norfhward as the
lee Beit Receded, an Indicaced
by Signs of Progress.
~ fhe primeval people of both North
‘snd South Americs originated from a
‘civilization of high degree which oc-
Wee cqvskn- casguens some
10,000 ago while the glacial sheet
‘was still on, says Harper's Magazine.
Population spread ‘northward as the
fee receded. Routes of exodus diverg-
tay nantes re.
are plainly marked by ruins and rec-
ords. The subsequent settlements in
Mexico, Arizona, New Mexico, Colo-
tedo, Utah and Californis indicate the
successive stages of advance, as well
as the persistent struggle to maintain
the ancient civilization against re-
version and catastrophes of nature.
The varying architecture of the valleys,
cliffs and messs is an intelligible ex-
Pression of the exigencies which stim-
ulated the builders. The gradual dis-
tribution of population over the high-
er latitudes in after years was supple-
mented by accretions from Europe and
northern Asia centuries. before the
coming of Columbus. Wars and re-
prisals were the natural and inevitable
restlts of a mixed and degenerating
population with different dialects. The
mounds which cover the mid-conti-
nental sreas, isolated and in groups,
tell the story thereof. The Coreanim-
migration of the year 544, historically
cited, which led to the founding of
the Mexican empire in 1325, waa but an
incidental contribution to the growing
population of North America. So, also,
were the very much earlier migrations
from Central America across the Gulf
of Mexico.
HER SMILE IS CRITICISED.
im Mogern Engiishwomen K Has
Come te Be Regarded as Seme-
thémg Meaningless.
Mhe smile of a modern English wom-
an, according to a leading London pe-
per, is fast becoming a meaningless
thing and the reason for this, critics
allege, is thet it is used 60 indiscrim-
imately that it lacks feeling. ‘There is
truth in the statement, the critics
maintein, for, when one comes to
think of it, almost any remark one
makes to the merest acqusintence,
even on @ first introduction, is met by
acmile. There is no mirth in it—it ix
only, @ muscular movement, made
seemingly, to show polite ingerest. It
reminds one of the Japanese woman,
who must always smile, even in deepest
sorrow or distress of mind, and who
must never on any account show a de-
pressed countenance in public, or even
in the family circle should she be ad-
dressed by # relative to whom she owes
respect
The effort to imitate the vivacity of
their American sisters is supposed to
be at the root of the continual
emile to be seem on the counte-
mances of modern Women, bil a smile
alone will never make @ countenance
pleasing, unless it expresses some
lively interest or feeling. Too many
sweets clog the appetite and smiles al-
ways in evidence become valueless and
unmeaning. Repose is needed nowe-
Gaye in nearly every direction and no-
wheres more than om the faces of
Gime:
LEAP-YEAR BIRTHDAYS. .
CVatque Society im Beri, Germany,
te Bold o Big Celebration
@ 1906,
Herr Montour, a wealthy resident of
Berlin, ie over 70 years old, but will
celebrate his eighteenth birthday on
February 29, 1904. He is president of
the Berlin society of leap year chi!
dren, the one organization of its kind
in the world. The members have had
no birthday celebration for eight
years, the extra February day baving
been omitted in 1900 according to the
rules of the reformed calendar. There-
fore the society is planning a great
celebration on February .29, 1904. A
committee of arrangements is already
st work, and eomething extraordinary
may be expected, as on account of the
society's curious ofigin many prom-
iment persons have interested them-
selves in the matter, reporte a London
paper.
sane ae gs Retanasy, fo, 2008, Se
way, wee even more interesting
than thet which will be marked by the
unique Berlin celebration. It had no
fall moon, and in thet was the most re-
sierkable in the world’s history, for
ngger before had such a thing occurred.
January of thet year had two full
5 ae pal seplmsp se but Feb-
ruary mone. How extraordinary
ee eins ter
according to compute-
tion of astronomers it will sot cecur
again for 2,500,000 years.
HANDY BOOK OF INSULTS.
Taeveas & of Fight-Onasing Eptthets
Pet Inte 6 Special Dictionazy
be a Gecmcta, ~~
Seat Ries eet
compiled a dictionary of 2,500 insulting
expressions, carefully tabulated, in-
Gexed and classified. The work, on
which Herr Schuch has spent years of
labor, is called the Schimpfworter
Lexikon and is divided into five general
hesds—insults for men, inéults for
women, insults for either sex, insults
cdbenas ga gues he re gedenee hag
ites, corporetions.
taacannotenene
ment of the searching German, has
subdivided these classes into smaller
ones, so that when one wishes to call
bie friend or enemy a name it needs
‘uta short consultation with the book
SG Sat the comet anita: oe. Spease
which will Gt the case. This work
sissippi river days,
abeev ate Ub cater nek
is 88 8 welcome addition to his library.
- & COSTLY cicaRetre,
The Cenfding Youre may
Smoked M Was Loser by « Ver
- Rewwe Amount.
Constantin Kardax, » young
| going to the Imperial dank,
Wa » Recently, with the in
‘et depositing a roll of rubies
ine soy Seldenly Le
trot an elegantly dreaseg
politely asked him if he
show him the way to the baak,
London exchange.
“I am going there,” replied
tin, “and we may os well walk
or.”
‘The stranger thanked him ang
fered him a cigarette, which he
and began to smoke. A few min
keg Aly par very sick and
companion's arms.
he recovered consciousness he 1,
himself h_ 9 drug store, and soon,
that his elegantly dressed
and his roll of rubles had disa
While he was wondering what had
come of them, the druggist toig
that he had certainly been robes
“Your companion vanished us
aa he brought you here,” he said,
of course, he took the money
bim. I suspected nothing at the
but I soon noticed a peculiar odor:
the half-burnt cigarette, which
held between your fingers. and
I examined it I saw plainly
that you hed been drugged.”
FUTURE OP THE PANAMA ti
enon ot ere em
Goament of It as 5 Summer
Headgear.
The future of the panama 4
subject for speculation. Each
bas his own method of curingy
and preserving a panama, state,
Chicago Tribune. Some declare tig
8 careful course of kerosene fo!
by the use of « quart bottle of
water is the only method worthy
being followed, while others 4)
that the true student of economy
this year wind whole yards of bath
towel fringes around the straw, an
hand over the white elephent to the
negro who attends to the furnace.
-As @ matter of fact the indica
erat non
mént of the panama by society
during the next year or two. Ttisex
pected that « return to the do
straw with the addition of bands
quiet colors will be noted during
late days at Newport and Lake Fo:
It may be that the panamas will
brought out two years hence for
first of the presidential election
rades, but one thing is almost ce
which is that the linoleum imita!
at'$2.98 has done much to di
the of the genuine artick
any pin anny Soh next season.
RAILROAD SIGN LANGUAGE
Signals Communicate What Needs
Be Said as Perfectly as It Could
Be Told tan Words.
It is not deaf mutes alone who
ploy the sign language. Rail
have a tongue of this sort that,
railroading began, hes been
until now anything that needs'td
said in it ean be'expressed as perf
as in words, says the Philadelphia
ord. “The signals of railroaders
made with the hands and arms in
daytime, and with « lantern in
dark, the lantern signals, by the
being comprehensible at a far grea
distance than the daytime ones.
latter ate made with one armor
both, at the brakeman’s option. To,
ahead, to stop and to back are
leading ones. The arms moved
zontally and vertically make the
first signals; the back turned and
arms pushed out makes the last
The main lantern signals are an
and-down, a crosswise and » ci
movement. There are, of course
hundred other minor signals,
these vary slightly in different
of the country. But the main
are as common and as intel
everywhere among American rai
ers as the English language itself.
EW SPORT WITH A BULL
Am Innovation of the Areas
Sa Net Welt Received by the
Peegie of Spain
Weary. of ordinary bull-fights. som
young men in Madrid recent!s inven'e
& novel sport, reports a London pst |
Procuring a wild bull, they mane
to saddle and bridle it in the sare ™*"
ner a¢° a horse and then drove ito
into a:large arena, where » popelt!
jockey. was waiting with the intentiet
‘of trying to. mount the infuriated «#
The seats around the arena wet
Gilled with spectators, and great ™
the excitement as the jockey _
——_ the bull and dexterously
to vault on its pack. For
few minutes the animal foiled
aucetsatully, but finally the jockey
nt the saddle as ate there was |
-_Datortu ly, ome of the
ie fost as the boll was
to gros tired and the jockey
Sesowate the grow
“he the 5 who have charge
e ball 7 have expressed
poroval of this novel sport #
eearcely Wey that 1s will become
% A Versatile Gentes.
ee
e nt
Fees wi pe your Domes
Mee. Aine, wi soa
yen Sorc aree
e to B.C. Dore
tthe oldest of a
i 5 saced 1
TEEN
wads THE FIRST Ri rere
jeors Shick en
Sees
‘The rity of people ca:
ly remember See:
no revolver, Jee Wie Seek te'thay it is
s modern pon dnd tte fore of
real coe ae eh
tary old, Saye ae ea ,
It was the tion of Jos ‘
a citizen of ster county, P.
veniay ® unty Which <iso- pasts of
Robert f Te se “the ins
ventor of the: mboet, v 1
the man who the art of
steeen, peasfully and is
largely to be eh fh ‘AS
ful results which have followed and
‘its revolutionary effects on commerce
sod civilisatioOm es
Before the eivil ‘were the
oid-feshioned whieh
were to user; then
dame the ‘tobe load-
ed like o mush€t, esch barrel requir-
ing separate attention, and usually be-
ing ineffective except at pdint-blank
range. Them followed the present
weapon of destruction, witch ts much
more ee ee oe
fathers. Out ‘the revolver was
evolved oan today,
which has so far = the whole
tactics and strategy of war that Jean
De Bloch felé that a gredt-war could
never oe ee ne
to see the end Of the late-war in Sowh
Africa be would have been confirmed
in bis views.
>)" Paes
Cec Brood te Vieginta That Knew
Very Well When the Roost Was
‘t= Danger,
“People generally ‘think turkeys
heve the least sense of all the de-
mestic fowls,” said Frank Wilkinson,
« Virginia farmer, the other day, re-
lates the’ Wasiington Star, “but I've
got some that seem to have more gray
matter than & gtest many human be-
ings I know,
“One night s short time ago my wife
and I and somé visitors were out driv-
ing in the evening. As I was putting
up the horses after returning home I
noticed my turkeys were not roosting
ss usual in the big Buttonwood tree
by the berm. Imstead’ they were
perehed on the fence posts and in the
limbs of other trees.
“It struck me ae mighty funny, as
turkeys on ‘@he-place had roosted in
that tree ever sinee I could remember.
I mentioned it to my-~wife when went
in the housa, and she said sbe had no-
ticed it when we drove in and thought
it peculiar. s
“Thet night ebout midnight « hard
wind and rainstorm came up and the
old buttonwood blew down. Now, how
@id those turkeys know that tree
was doomed? At sundown there was
le es rman atone a |
was * O- years old
great respect | jedgment >
turkeys since then.”
SOCIAL ‘WASP AND D HER PREY.
Bow the Wary Insect Cntehes Un-
euspestiag Chjcct and ieoree
tt Away.
Ber “habit fe to éé¢ize the squirming
csterpilisr in her fore legs, pass it
back several times between her man
dibles until it is quite limp and dead,
and then to roll it déftly into « ball
and hold it between the fore legs while
ake flies to the nest. There the opera-
tien ie continued three or four min-
utes longer until the malaxation is
complete, says Popular Science Month-
ly. In distributing the food the mass
is held Srmly against the ventral side
° s
eas ee ae
PL Sa
tareal jemnte cf, he forelegs, With
‘the remainder the wasp now pasecs
to another cell, and the protess ia te-
posted until the ball of food is used up.
| <"g Sagalar Iron Meteorite,
ee ee hes
come possession of a unique piece
ousted nen, Therdatsier ip al
is not known, but it was plowed upneer
Algona, Wis. in 1887, and witil last
Mareh remained in the bands of the
farmer who discovered it. It is Shaped
broad, and am Inch thick im the cen-
ter. The comvex surface is xmooth,
comermes ney es eligi!
es they approach the periphery. |
Peitteas Superiore of Women.
during the past year, of the edalte
ot toe etineest ae etas ees:
inne, il Fer somt, of fae Poles, and tf
per cent. of the Greeks could neither
Ida Husted Harper, for American wom-
en to contemplate that in Sve years, or
3 Somes,
for every oficial and ever; lie
qRestion that a
- 5 Re er a
bors ‘or vote. But, thén, of course,
oi Meany anak ae teeese,
2 = rt. Tre ee 2
SPRL IES DORE
——— = ky = ord
. ERE Oy ee > Gee eget 7
‘ORIGHY OF ICB CREAN.
St ee
foe pauiedinns Gren
Seetttenth Gontéer. ©
‘Jeo erecm has been brought to ite
Present state of perfection by a grad-
to from the
idea dates back to the
Seeger st tacorentesndh contary,
ways to Bat At that time iced
frulte and cups made of ice first ap-
pon yesh ager Beg een
as Rater eccaeneee etee
it was nots Frenchman but an Ital-
ian named Preeope Couteaux who first
[ee feing lem-
otedesand liquors. From this was
gradually evolved over 100 years later
ane
article of food. . 'aA 85
‘While all civilized nations eerve ices
im great variety, we are apt to thibk
Of ite creani as an essentially Ameri-
can dish, probably because frozen 4:
sorte of ail hinds ase more gencrahy
weed in this country than in any other.
America in Philadelphia et pt
the eighteenth century, It wes then
considered a greet loxury, and, conte-
quently, was rarely seen except on
state oocasions. It was not within the
reach of ordinary mortals until 18to,
when an Italian eonfectioner estab-
lished an ice cream house,,es it was
then called, at Germantowa, s suburb
of Philedelekic
4 NORTH CREEK TALE.
Betag the Truthful Rarvettve ef a
Woenéerfal Hunting Experience
by a Trethfal Man,
‘The following narrative was written
by the veracious North Creek corre-
spondent of the Troy Press:
George Little has lived all his life in
the Adirondacks and the fish and game
stories he tells are worth traveling
many miles to hear. rperacken top 23
when he bed charge of a esmp for
late Speaker Husted and Dr: Hazes he
‘was out hunting and fishing on Ra-
quette lake. He discovered a flock of
wild geese fiying inthe shape of a
V. He was in the set of loading his
gun which was of the muzszie-loading
pattern, and not having time to with-
éraw the ramrod, fired, and then wad-
ed across Alder brook to Seg them.
Qn ‘going through the water a brass
button on bis pantaloons few off and
as he reached shore he found 70 pounds
of trout in his pants, which was the
cause of the button disappearing, and
about four rods away lay a fine deer
dead. He then went to secure his
geese, and on his ramrod sticking in
mane eee Itt eee piereed
through the neck. apogee
his game safely to camp, end
he dressed the deer be found the brass
thin story he tie he bresa
one story rae
cag Socs Shia story be "Ee Se teem
HE TURNED ON THE POWER.
The Timely Suggestion That Was
Offeved an Abvewt-Minéed
Awstemobilst.
A prominent Washington physician,
furnished considerable amusement to
pedestrians on Penngylvania evenue
one afternoon recently. The eminent,
but upon this cecasion absent-minded,
physician endeavored to leave the Ra-
leigh hotei in his automobile. He had
ridden from some distance with a par-
ty of friends whom he entertained at
luncheon at the botel. When the par-
ty was ready to resume the trip the
machine refused to go, and the physi-
cian iabored for « long time in the
fruitless effort to induce it to move,
telates the Washington Post.
By this time « large crowd had col-
leeted, and the perty seemed to.won-
der how it was possible for such «
mob to form in such a little while.
‘Then some rode man in that collec-
tion called out at the top of his voice:
“Why don't you turn on the gasoline?”
‘The doctor's facial expression might
have meant anything, although he said
sot a word. But he quietly laid down
end, in « manner that was Chesterfelt-
ian te the/timit, he eaids “T theak
you.
‘Then he turned on the power, and
the machine went sailing off as
smoothly as 8 cup defender.
RUSSIA'S FOREIGN TRADE.
American Importations Shew That
= Smeets
Rook re
ae
Phe official report ef the Russian
foreign trade for the first four moaths
of 1908 shows the American importa-
‘tions to be virtually the same as iz
1900, apperently indicating that ~~
ing duty against it. ‘The comparative
wae Sg pan eke “ea
Britigh imports heve fallen, their fig-
eontinued falling, so thet the share
of Americs is relatively larger than in
1900. The exportations continue to in-
Beciery in the Air.
One morzing not long ego there was
an odd sight im the eastern eeetion of
the city of Reading, Pa. The lid of «
large ‘kettle, containing several thon
sand stockings. at a local Gye works.
was lifted off under a too heavy press-
“ere of -steam, end the hosiery sca!
Seed Be anes Spates See
and neighboring roots were litters
from upper. windows éu . =
eitement. y © 8 Gee *
10 AS A HOUSE SERVANT.
Tadien Boys and Girls Have of Late
‘Been Taking to Housewook
t= the West,
\ Fadien schools all over the sovt
summer, and the are being
employed very rapidly by those who
excellent cooks, while an gir,
‘once trained, is a fine maid of all work,
‘@ modish. hairdresser apd endowed
with an inborn taste which becomes
| magpie = Apeneethg a -caplree| .
‘training now bestowed upon tl
children at school teaches them to be-
come seryile to their superior—the
Se Sanh corn
tenining bave become so accuse
tomed to serving their paleface teach-
‘ers that they are more than willing
to, enter, the household as servants.
Herein. may lie the solution of the
‘servant-girl guestion—for 9 time, at
lgast. anys a western cadhage
Indien youths are strong, agile, and
if brought up by the right kind of
wmetheds. are perfectly willing to work.
ee ee nS ae
‘makes an exce!lent combination
for-a servant. Statistics of the Indien
taken recently show that of the 45,000
workers among the various tribes,
3,000 of them are employed as helpers
in the houses of palefaces. You never
see the Indien servant et bis or her
best until you visit the bome of an old
Indian agent om ome of the reserva-
Hams
QUESTION OF CONSCIENCE.
‘The View Takes of tt by « Clest te
‘Whem an Honest Customer Re
turneé Twe Conte.
“Bome folks,” said = store clerk,
according to the New York Sun, “are
too honest. Now I've hed somebody
come in to me when the boss was
standing by, somebody that had
bought omething of me the day be-
fore, and band over two cents afd
say:
“You gave me two eents too much
change yesterday, and I've brought
it beck.’ ‘
“He couldn't rest, you ses, that
man, until he'd got that twe cents
Off his con-cienee and returned it.
But im getting rid of that load him-
self he simply-shifted tt onto. me
Here's the’ hess Standing by when
that two cents fs returned; and the
boss says to himself, with his eye on
me:
“Him! If you make a mistake of
two centa, you'd make one of two
dollars,’ and so, you see, that super-
honest man's return of that two
centa may do me @ lot of harm.
“The mesning of which is, if I can
make myself clear, that we don't
Want to be ton blamed honest. A
man can be too honest and worry
himedlf over tries hat he ought
» “IT should say that if the honest
man must bring two cents back tet
him turn it in some time when ‘the
boss wasn't ‘round.”
BETRAYED SY GOLDEN LOCKs.
‘The Sad Bxperience of a Publte O@-
etal Whe Sought the até
ot Bate Dro.
A prominent public official began
te show signs of baldness, and then
rather qurprised his friends by sp
pearing with sleek, well-groomed
erop .f dark hair, relates the Phile-
Gelphia Record. For some time no
one suspected a wig. But a few days
ago he appeared with the top ef his
head covered with the usyal dark
brown hair. but a sharp line from
the tips of the ears mprked a strange
contrast, for the heir below the line
was of the bright golden hue whieh
is the pride of the “chemical
blondes.”
it was found out that the man
found bis natural hair was turning
gray and desired tc make it match
“the wig. so be invested in s
Shes werianted te Aavksén the habe,
eek mae tog ee hee
‘applied But, to some
‘strange chemical combination, in-
‘stend of making the silvered hair
@ark it made the dark hair golden,
and so far-the unfortunate man has
found nothing thst will counteract
the striking contrast, 0 tie is com-
pelled to eadure no small amount of
ebaffing from his friends. ‘
THE EAISBR KEPT BIS WORD.
5 5 Cpe
Sends Treepe te Crofelé Se That the
Beldicrs,
Durtag bis rece: tour tp the Rhen-
ish imdustris) district the kaiser was
ae nam ey ee
-signs of progress. wes good
_humor.when at the close of the Creféld
visit he thanked the maids of honor for
their attendance. says a Boston report.
\ He complimented them on their
graceful figures, spoke of the charm-
ing Crefeld taces, and asked tf the lieu-
tenants often danced with them. When
the ledies replied that Crefeid pos
seseed mo lieutensets the kaiser
laughed beartily.end sai@: “Then 1
” dig be was leering be pdéed: “T wit
jecep mj word.” Next day the chief
Durgomaster of ‘Crefeld received the
following telegram from Lieut. Gen.
the bainer and Crefeld to te
soni or foe ctaker:
sar regiment in thetown.” «4
ns lahechaneean enidee. naanie fia
Guasch rhe
- ‘BUNDLES IN WasHINGTON.
~“—s~ ee
x ,. “@aken Ont: ~
jon ee ene ae is in Wash-
Wk Trcceary balling, bet
the treasury but
when enenans so rey Ore
buiky opt of the building he is apt to
get teoehte 1f be Goes not explain
rf aays the New York
= ta large SS and
t eds ihc wend to ie
about Jt when he was going in, but
when he started out with the package
he held up, made to open it, and
te agi a stows et aod
The sense of the rule is appar-
ent. At the capitol it is against the
rules any sort of a bundle into
the . The fear is that somebody
will carry in a bomb. The rule was
aever rigorously until the sen-
‘ate took up the Sherman repeal bill. At
that the public mind became so
inf against the delay in the sen-
ate that violence was feared, and the
rule put into active operation and
continued for some years.
‘Thenlt dropped out of sight until the
Spanish war excitement came on, when
t was again enforced, and it is still
enforeed rather strongly, although
during the last session of congress a
few cameras were allowed in the build-
QUEER CUSTOMS OF CHINESE.
tm Thete Country Liquids Ave Seid
the Feet,
In Ghies liquids are sold by weight
and grain by measure. John buys soup
by the pound and cloth by the foot.
wage pomp sigh a pia hagrearbipd
side of his shop, but paints inside a
motto, or a list of his goods on his
vertical signboard. Some reassuring
remark is frequently_added, such as
“One word hall,” “A child two feet
ee cheated,” says
Modes Fabrie.
ealen tine tieapaiaces
fe. ee Peon
tomer take his own measure and
scales with him. A strong man has
difficulty in carrying on bis back two
pounds* worth of the coppered cash
which is the common currency, so it
is neeeseary to take a servant to car-
ry one’s purse. The sycee of silver is
the only other form of money besides
the copper tael. As it weighs about
#7 ounces, a hammer and cold chisel
are indispensable for making change.
‘When you engage « servant or make
s bargain it is not considered bind-
ing ‘until “the fastening penny” bes
peee Bt Although his bad faith is
im some matters, yet, to do
irctren om qeeczally stich bis
or gene to
bargain, even if the result to him be
KING A TYPICAL BRITOR.
Views of Béward VIL Aro Those of
Majertty of the People of
Bagtasé.
‘The late queen wee on many aides
typically British, and when she
thought and acted most individually
and gneonsciously she was often most
inasympathy with her people. So with
the King, cays the Saturday Review.
Given some great and sudden event, we
believe that the king’s first thought
and impulse im regerd to it would be
almost certainly that of the majority
of his people. In the king, that is, his
ministers, we find a very typical Eng-
Mshmaa, and in many cases we do not
doubt. that they can judge of what
public opinion is likely to be in regard
to @ proposed course of action by not-
ing the first impact on the mind of the
king. More knowledge, more expiana-
tion, further consideration of the dif-
ficulties attending other courses of
ection, may alter and change his mind,
but-the king’s first view is more than
likely to be the first view of the nation
also. Ip will always be a straightfor-
Scoatoencbbes aaey est te oa
and finesse.
Seine eaten etnies
whet prince of Wales thought
during the crisis of the late war, but
we should be indeed surprised if bis
eke teak Saaty
British people, io, onect
ge@bontinien. - or
WARES ONAMERICAN FINANCE
:. _, ef Dango.
_ In ap editorial article discussing the
present economic situation in the Unit-
e@ States the London Times says it
considers that, although the cpmmer-
dit of the United States is per-
haps net quite so good as it was «
Fiat pn laggyealareor oe
tirely free from disquieting fea-
tures, yet, being favored with good
SME mente nanos je
' Prospects appear jo be
"Gad tas seas toe es
2 ‘Bext few months, at beast,
rete ene
Setil Minako een of ore
. in
Kew York, but,” the paper continues,
“ankess we are to accept the new fan-
gled Goctrine that in some mysterious
way economic laws need not be taken
Seen emenes of things and
state
wie
“Me how-
5 Z oe ,
a darsling to the ns will
ons a Gorm ri
anor oe sane Be
f LaSt KENTUCKY DUEL.
Boealied by the Recent Death of Ome
et the Participants tn the
tie *4@air of Boner.”
‘The death of Capt. Jo. Desha at Cyn-
thians 8 few days ago recalls s duel
which was fought in Scott county soon
ca teen, tae an sane Oe
Mareh, 1866—in which Capt
omapengrednom er eh ate
‘thiana, were participants, reports
the Leadville Hertid-Democrat. Capt.
Desha had served in the confederate
army and Lieut. Kimbrough was in the
federal service. The duel was foughi
on the line dividing Fayette and Scott
counties, on the James EK. Duke farm
Lieut. Kimbrough was the challenging
party. Two shots were exchanged
At the second shot Kimbrough was
shot through the upper part of the
thigh, the bell passing through the
body. He recovered from the wound,
but elweya limped afterward. He
@ied a few years ago in Texas. At the
time of the dvel Capt. Desha's left
erm was yseless in consequence of a
serious received thewar.
Desh Sed Kimbrough, were naigh:
bor boys and schoolmates, and the
f$rouble began between them when at
It was renewed after the war,
@uel resulting. Maj. Harvey Mc
mM, of Cynthians, was Desha's
second, and Maj. Long acted for Kim-
brough. Dr. Benedict Keene, then «
priminent physicidn of Georgetown,
was surgeon to the latter. The due)
was witnessed by Warren Smith and
George W. Downing. of Georgetown.
This was probably the last duel ever
fought in Kentucky.
LIGHTING FOR PICTURES.
& Leadon Scientist Premewmecs the
Tmeandeecent Mantel the Best
fer the Purpose,
What mode of lighting is least in-
jarious to pictures? This question,
which concerns not merely public art
galleries, but also private collections,
has been experimentally examined by
Prof. Percy Frankland, F. R. &., of
Mason college, Birmingham. His tests
were applied to electric arc lamps and
incandescent gas lights, and his deci-
sion, to the surprise of the electricians,
is in favor of the incandescent man-
tle, says a London paper.
It is charged against the are lamp
that it generates « small quantity of
ozone and nitrogen oxide; but the gas-
burning mantle gives off carbon diox-
ide, and to some extent sulphur com-
pounds, however perfect the combus-
tion. The very best mantle light will
biacken « ceiling. No combustion of
gas, where the products of combus-
tion mix with the air, can be otherwise
than deleterious either to man or pic-
ture. If the burning is within s chim-
mey and the fumes are led out into
the open, the gas mantle is perfect;
otherwise its products are and must
‘be potsonous, only diminished in mis-
ehief by the amount of ventilation.
DEATH-ROLL OF THE ALPS.
Gver Three Menéreé Lives Have
Been Lest tm Lact Tem Years
t= Pertlees Ascent.
Recent fatal accidents to Alpine
climbers recall the gloomy fact that in
the last ten years 275 accidents, involv-
ing 301 deaths, have occurred to people
climbing the Alps. Yet for every death
recorded between 3,000 and 4,000 per-
sons make the journey in safety.
The eastern Alps account for fully
half the accidents; the central Alps,
imeluding Switzerland, claiming 37 per
cent, and the western Alps the remain-
Ger. Germany and Austria have paid
the heaviest toll im lives, 190 deaths
having cecurred as the result of the ex-
peditions; the Swiss come next with 48;
Italians follow im order, with 23, and
England with 18. Seven women are
mumbered smong the victims, not «
surprisingly large number, considering
how many women risk the climbs now-
adsys, Over 70 guides and close upon
20 porters have sacrificed their lives in
ministering to the pleasures of those
who braved the perils of the moun
EMANCIPATION OF THE HORSE.
Iatve@uction ef iectrieity Has
Lightened the Animal's Burden
Bet Ret Evadiceate4d Him
Although the prediction freely made
8 few years ago that the development
of electric traction would quickly drive
Sorses from the field of labor have not
been fulfilled, yet the Electrical Re
view cites statistics to prove that the
disappearance of the horse is actually
taking plece, although so slowly as
not to attract much attention. ‘In
Paria the number of horses fell off
about six per cent. between 1901 and
1908. Im London the decrease in the
same tine was ten per Gent. In Berlin,
‘Vienna and St. Petersburg « similar
falling off is shown by the census of
horses. -In ‘New York it is estimated
that the number of horses has de-
creased 83 per cent. in the last 20 years.
Bet althcagh horses be relieved
Of the burden of bard labor, i fe not
ee Geen tk cen ae
friend and servant wholly
trom the cirele of his pleasures.
Bemeed Still Coatinuec
In spite of the fact that the type-
writer hes displaced the pen in mary
business offices, the demand for pens
and peneils still continues. During
past er gad pon tom etnih pone ont
one
SS taal pan mere’ mee im the
United States cor each family of five
persoms. :
ang oe Say me
‘by s German physician who has
PUZZLE THE WOMES. —
‘The Ways of Geverament and Legt>
lettve Affairs Aro Bewittéevtng
te Wemen Viedtern, - -
‘Two ledies from Massechusetts
were in the senate gallery ons day re
vently when thelt escort, who wes
showing them various objects of in
verest, pointed out the desks of Seno
tors Hoar aad Lodge, says the Wash-
"ua * said the to
“The desks, you ses,
prompte guide, “ave next to cash
” “Ob,” exeleimd one of the ladies, “7
know now what it means when & is
said that senators are paired.”
Stories of the mistakes which wom-
1m make concerning publie matters are
slways current at the capitol. The
other day an eastern Lin
delved e letter from e Indy to his éle-
wiet who asked him to look after her
sephew. “He is a secretary in the cab-
met or something of the sort,” wrote
the lady, and the congressman finally
found bim acting as clerk to a very
subordinate official in the treasury de-
partment. The capitol guides tell the
story of the woman who, when told the
rice president presided over the senate,
ee ee
“But Bryan is not vise presifent,”
explained the guide
“T thought he was,” replied the ledy,
“because he got almost es many votes
ts MeKinley.’
| And there is still ancther story of
the woman visitor to the capitel whe
oe the mame of the seeretery of
state.
“Mr. Hay,” was the reply.
| “Mr. Hay?” queried the womea, is
surprise. “That can't be, because Me.
Gay te « member of the cabinet!”
(DEA OF THE CASH REGISTER.
i¢ Game te an Chie Man White Be
Wase Watehing the Machinesy
ot am Cccan Steames, /
“A hotel keeper watching the mo
thinery of a big ocean steamer work-
ing in midoeean received a mental sug-
gestion that resulted in the modern
sash register,” said C.G. Eakin, of Day-
ton, 0. “The inventor of the firsteash
cogister was ‘Jake’ Rittie, a hotel keep
er, of Dayton, 0., according to the Kan-
sas City Times. He was on the way to
Europe several years ago, when he wae
lmvited to look at the machinery that
propelled the steamer that was eon-
veying him across the ses. The chief
engineer showed the hotel man the ap-
paratus that registered the number of
revolutions of the propeller.
“Why wouldn't the same ides bes
good thing to keep track of « cash ae-
count?’ the hotel man asked. ‘Iam on
my way to Europe, and some of my
employes might be re-bbing me back in
Dayton. If I could invent « machine
to keep a cash account I would makes
fortune.’ The hotel man hurried home
to begin work on a cash register. He
did not take his trip through Europe,
but took an early steamer homeward
bound.
“The modern cash register te the re-
sult of the idea the Dayton hotel
man caught while watching the me-
chinery of an ocean steamer. Of
course. improvements in cagh registers
sre made every month, but the prince
pie of all of them is the same.”
PAYS THE FARMERS WELL.
‘Pho Importance of Frait and Yego
tabse Raising is tmereseieg
‘Bveey Yous.
Gardeners and fruit growers, sepe-
elally those residing near the larger
cities of the country, have been enjoy-
ing a profitable business of late years
ee
still om the increase, says the Chicage
Caronicle. The handling of these ar
ticles, too, has developed and is a great
business enterprise, commanding mil
Hons of dollars of capital. Already
ert setees. 5 Se recess aoe
growing country world, pree-
tieing the most scientific and progres-
sive methods. The flower-growing in-
terest is itself an important source of
national weslth. Where once wegrew
tomstoes in an amateurish way ss 0
garden product, we now grow them in
blocks of hundreds of acres. —
have become the horticultural
este in this country that departments
of horticulture have been established
even in many small ae well as the
large schools. The generation tocome
will see the different branches of hor-
ticulture, each in iteelf s department
of the fmstitution. The extent to
out measures
creasing tmportenes of agrraiare
asé
Seo, Bagiist and tpert.
Popes few weeks
through » eke ago,”
says the London Chronicle, “the im
pression gives by his good spirits wae
that he was pleased with the ‘terms.’
The English commanding officer went
out to exchange courtesies with Botha,
he aes greed
of honor until joined . his own
pty pate: peg abs ge
an as but
lish officer in charge of the escort was
pees ee ene careers,
Re Ba Pan Neh neen inee
years at and to his aid-de-
Tar oy bee Gln
were
speech with our lievtenant, and their
first words were: “Who won the boot
rece?” x
i ocael diet PanSeeee on
signboard sear Port Clintoa,
Seiden te tes Foore ant.abe'&
featsewp. Suprowiser.” nS Bi
STORY OF A MODERN RUTH.
esha ee
Remerkabls Feats Perfermeé by &
Pemnsyivania Gist Working as
e@ Farm Bané
ees ap. er + >
oS homes ee odin and com ‘coun
eae sp rg YI > ae
ae ee i elie 7
rm dai ; Mary
all the eee
‘gm aneonquerpbile delight in working
fegm.handa, reports an eastern x
aerate,
the proprietor of ¢
ee ie tae a I
Rages steht Oe as aains
dng in ‘the harvest field end: doing
‘other manual labor about the place
‘Miss Swanger declares that she doe
‘the work, not from necessity, but fron
ehoice. She believes that eli womer
should do outdoor work of this charac
te for their own physical develop
meat, and that if they did, the Amer
jean women would be stronger end hap
Suiting her belief to ection, Mis
Swanger has performed two feat
whith the neighbors consider marvel
ous. One of these was to shovel 150%
Jushels of corn-into s sheller with o:
interval. of but 15 minutes for rest
The other was to unload 15 wagor
Joads of grain in the sheaf and pitct
it into the loft of Mr. Phillips’ barn
Miss Swanger is highly educatec
young woman, and her fests are"th
talk of the neighborhood.
BEFLECTION OR THE JUDGE
Rew as Ulta Piens Lawyer Drew
< ‘Upen Bimsel! the Wrath of
a Jastice Gray.
* Justice Gray, of the United States
supreme court, who bas just retired
jad s long experjence on the bench
before going to Washington. Many
years ago, when he was s member o/
the supreme court of Massachusetts
relates a Washington exchange, he had
an amusing experience with a certain
Boston lawyer, an exceedingly pious
man with a taste for evangelization
who had hic letterheads printed with
@ verse from Scripture in large type
following the name and address. On
“one occasion, having to make an ex:
parte preliminary argument> before
Justice Gray in chambers, in which i
would be necessary to discuss certain
parts’ of his client's case which he
desired not to make generally public
matil-the trial vhe wrote the judge s
note asking that he be allowed an op
portunity to speak to him in private.
He’ was somewhat chagrined when hi>
note came back to him with s.scraw)
scross the bottom: “Request denied
with « suggestion from the court that
eden re &
more citation.”
- For e moment he could not make out
the_mesning of this, as he was not
g@ware that be had quoted any law, but
glancing up the page he discovered that
Ane had written his pege on « letter.
head bearing this text:
- “Ye are bought with e price.” -
ESVER TRUST A HORSE.
Oenehasion of o Man Who Has Trained
@@@ Studied the Anumals for
. VYeass, .
ee ne a ot eee ae
the observation of horses. have
veered them, broker them, treined
them, ridden them, and ériyen them
4 every Worm from the plow to the
fourta-bend. The result of these
yeare of study is summed up in one
wentence, says 3 writer in Harper's
Weekly. >T believe the horse to be part
manise a Bvrery horse at
some time in his life develops info a
homicade!l manise. I believe any man
who trusts himself or his family tc
the bower of 2 horss, stronger than
‘himself, to be laclting in common sense
and wholly devoid of ordinary prv-
@ence. Ihave driven one commonplace
‘horse every other day for six years
go erazy and try to Eilf himself end
caw 8 leaf fluttered down in
‘Stra appar creatures of tou-
ware generations of children
ievcgeat ona he tie que ond
Stiveh ssincterorebebebuaguibecss
men me of one goodres-
“g6u why man should trust's borse I
‘boul be gied to knows =
AGENTS. FOR THE BROAD. AX.
“Prom on’ and ‘after. tile "ante: Ths
‘Breed Ax can de found op sale at the
“RH Bavikner, dealer in eigars anu
_) AB. Weewslon’s Cigar Etore anc
“Bech street, ater fee
Swe
zee egy et abe ho
Bian DHS Armonr Ave
erie Meo 9 Heme Doge ‘290
Pe ee iit ae - sae eas wis 38
i Tiered 2 pemigtiny ar te
ier te tees «tie Reet bs
CHARLESL.WEBE
S11 Ogden Bidg- S4 Clar . “t.
‘Prom on and after this date gf} Afro
Americans, who are confined im the
institutions, of this county, who have
veen tricked or defrauded out of their
money by scheming and unscrupulous
white and black lawyers or. alleged
lawyers under the pretense of sign
ing thetr bonds or éécufing thetr’ re-
lease or freedom are. requested [0
communicate with Jullas F. Taylor,
éditor of The Broad Ax, 5040 Armour
av, City. pe. aie
“getting éri ep
The Tuseareras Are Giving Up Their
Customs and Leokiag Forward
te Citisoushiz.
‘¢ is many years since the Tuscarora
Indians have heid « “condolence,” a
esremony which to the red men is
similar to the insuguration of @ presi-
dent by the whites, says s Niagers
Ealle correspondent of the Chicago
Inter Ocean. In explanation of this
an old chéef says that the Indians no
longer look upon the ceremony of «
“condolence” with the reverence of
old. ‘The Tuscaroras are the adopted
‘children of the Six Nations, and they
way that the Onondagas, the frekeép-
ers of the nation, practically heve dis-
qualified themselves for this honor-
able position, and thet the Tuscsroras
no longer look up to them as children
sre wont to do to & parent for advice
and help.
From these feelings between the
adopted children and the leading tribe
of the Six Nations, it is evident tet
the Indians ere clinging closer to eiv-
‘Hization and the white man's customs,
and that ea chasm fe opening between
the Indian tribes ofthe state. Asare-
sult of this severazice of tribs! rela-
tions the Indians of western New York
ere looking forward to citizenship.
TRICKS OF PHYSICIANS.
Practice of Completing Thotr Eés-
ection Abroad Proves Aimesi
Abways Preaitabia
ghar ay ay a eae or eur-
geon can to go off abopt six
‘months every two or three yegre and
give patients @ chance to miss him.
They will flock back to him in swarms
—providing, of course, he has estab-
‘Behed a reputation and gained their
complete.confidence.” So ssyas lead-
ing and eminently successful surgeon.
_ Here is o physisian living in « city
of 56,000 inhabitants, with a practice
of $20,000 a year, of which he.collects
$12,000. “The most successful practi-
tioners in my town,” be mys, “are
two young men who spenta year each
in Vienna and Paris, apperently stady-
ing the latest methods and cures... Ali
‘that they knew they lesrned right in
New York, but the mere fact of their
beving taken & course or two in
‘Europe, or having pretended to, has
given them s vogue which no one who
has never been abroad can appreciate.
A foreign reputation is worth 10000
® year to a $5,000 doctor.”
USES OF A BANARA.
Many Seurees of Revenues ta Which
Thies Pepular Pratt is
_-_
Immense fortunes have been made
out of the banana business. Revenues
do not accrue alone from the sale of
meow agi alge Eoagy wkend
packing; $uice, being strong in
shoe blacking; the wax found om the
under side of the leaves is a valuable
article of commetee; ‘manila hemip is
meade from the stems, end of thishemp
pak are 5
moreover, p into
satses © teeter eaves oegren
i th
dens be yee mange
Places in which it ie kept, and care
has to be taken to prevent softesing
or tea ‘The island of Je-
maica great crops of this use
ful and money-making fruit.
.. Seeeetewetiem thccdentess
_ Immigretion statistics fer the lest
feeal year are of interest, because
of the great increase in the number
ofnew arrivals. Of the-totsl of 494,-
saya
most, $2,054; and in the pest four
mosths the srrivals numbered 265,-
6M, or considerably ever one-half.
Italy, Germany and
Bussis sent the most immigrants. It
is of interest to note that only one
newer
of the country, bat Bow York. Fea
ayivenis and ‘New Jersey were the
Seonean igs patie tae oe
imcomers. Many went far west, even
to California,
eta 2
ssieal ch r the destrnetion of
Jesia, Ree ate fe ge 8 = i
ees, >
Se ene ae
cage 2ribune. is 4 boiled down
NR ———
- A, D. GASH.
sciée' icouk otek Chicage.
Butte $35 20 659,
Telephone wie
(JOR E. OWERS
Attorney at Law, |
Soree te: AsmLane Broce, |
=e 6 Curt Bret. - © GhICAGo
FREDERICK W. JOB
artonmey Tis
PE
<r c Gacago
LAWRENCE A. NEWBY
_ _KTTORNEY-AT-LAW
Room 6, '28 LaSalle St.,
CHICAGO 4
RESIDENCE 2623 WABASH AVE
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LAWYER °
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LAWYER
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Beauregard F. Moseley,
| LAWYER.’
Main Otice 6256 Halsted st St,
Down Town Ofice 200 S. Clark $0. Reem es:
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ATTORNEY, pee sine
618 TACON v
"Phone Mam 717. 3
| WILLIAM RITCHIE
| ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR.
‘Suit $19-699 Oxtord Building
84 LASALLE ST., CHICAGO
Yotephens Main 1046.
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JOHN FITZGERALD
WSTiCE OF THE PEACE
6787 & RALOTED STREET,
ONI0RGO
Sh
J. GRAY LUCAS
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
sul.. 412 He 1 Bstate Board Bidg
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«a. AWYERi.. |
36. S..Clark St., CHICAGO.
i Saen see Hates eens 4
Robert M. Mitchell
Attorney at Law
" Satta. 9, Mo, 77 South Caett se,
Peiephons voter re | enabled
alte JUNNE
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Ui = and - Wood,
+ 5 Sie Strest and
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amatns lp. tainty Imarennes.
Geraghty [fg. Co.
Maeavtacturers of
CAMPAION BUTTONS
AND BADGES...
63 La Salle St., CHICAGO
Telephon: Men 6008
RG BELL
Sone & 3
Coal, Wood, Feed 8 Ice
“Terms Strictty Cash on Delivery
137 W. 47th St.. “+ CHICAGO
Tetephone Sine 184
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‘> ¢ BERNARD J. MAGUIRE,
BUFFET.
430 STATE ST., Cor Poik,
‘PORTED WINE". LIQUORS
M0 ARS 5.ES Ty,
PRES re eee, 2h ado
» «) FOR BARGAINS IN
Bry Goods, Gents’ Furnishings
~ and Shoes
THOMAS & HARRIS
« Two mG >Te &
8201-3 “Yentvorth Ave.
5050-4 ~. Mal.ted Str et
DISCOVERY |
art “nha roma
eam ae ammo
ae,
See ae
ees fas
a
ESoie eee ey
We renee, Chicas, nts §
(qum'l imagine that al) bair prepara-
tions are alike. Quite the contrary.
Some never do what is claimed for
them. The Origins) Osonized Ox Mar-
row bas been on the market for so
tong that there is no doubt it will do
everything we claini‘for tt It is the
ost gentee! preparation that any one
cua nse of thelr hair, Tt ts tdst Gell-
cately perfumed and when thoroughly
rubbed tuto the scalp and well brushed
Unrongh the bair it eannot fail to cure
dandruff and make the hair straight
eoft and beautiful [t invigorates the
sealp producing new growth and stop:
the hair from falling out ‘Try @ bottle
and you will be sure to be plesesi.
pandind, aphmeywwompgrended
@rens te the United Staten Druggizts
ateo sell t «Adéreas: Osoniseg Ox
Marrow On. 76 Wabagh Ave. Chitago,
POR GALE.
‘Three story brick bullding, tot 952
1298, vacant lot adjoiring same length,
brisk cottage rear of corner lot. Rent
$80 per month. This property & lo
ented on Halsted sreet near Sith and
2 & © great tergain at $13,000. For
farther perticulars call on or ad¢rese
ee a sarge
r - Poor Mapes
ILLINOIS BRICK CO,
ate a | WILLIAM C. KVESTER,
1994 N. Western Ave., Chicago,
; : Télephone Lake View 270.
HOHENADEL BROS.
21-313. Madicon Street
ton UNIFORM CAPS
no a
és GEO. C. CALLAHAN & co.
PRODUCE CO«. SS'ON
? sours as aie ; i C:11CAG0
JACOB FEINBERG
Market and Grocery
| ; f Telephone 565 South
81st and State Sts. * CHICAGO
8 8 Mason and
JM. Higginbothan ==
Tn Contractor
MEER
226 East'25th Steet’ - - - CHICAGO
F. W. BOYD DEALER IN
- - COAL, WOOD AND ICE
MOVING AND.EXPRESSING :
All Orders Promptly Attended to | cash on Delivery
- Bete 4656 Armour Aventie, CHICAGO:
| Jas. J. McCormick, .
SAMPLE ROOM
wenn oC
SALE AND EXCHANGE STABLE.
BARNEY BENSON,
mene: ee, Fie, Mrackes
HEAVY Sen
Smoke Stacks, Cupolas and Monumend
omen. 31 South Canal St. ‘Chicago
pa ¥ er E TELEPHONE MAIR 4°79. t
AGENTS AND CORRESPONDENTS
WANTED. ;
‘The Broad Ax desires to sdgage
agents and regular correspondents in
all the leading cities and towns in 1-
tinols and throughout the other sec-
SiS mee
peee eee See ee,
HOUSE AND LOT WANTED.
Aspens. having.» gost howe 504
Jot for sale 0% cay payments locsiet
Between Sth And 69 Halsted snd Ash
teed arene, Will nd: tt to their
So ,