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The broad ax., 1897-01-16
Fishing Under pImcuItle..

Desolation lake, in the Greenhorn
range, according to the Puyallup
CWash.) Commerce, is a wild and TO
mantle region in the heart Of the Blue
mountains OF eastern Oregon. John
Roberts went in there this season with
a hunting and fishing party. He went
out Cd log early one morning to fish,
while his comrades went up the noun
tain on a hunt On their return, when
they arrived at the snaE where they
left Roberts they were astonished to
find him in the water, up to his chin,
holding on to a root, while thousands
of big black hornets were circling
about his head. The party rowed to
the shore and, securing long pole, on
the butt end of which a hook was
made, a lot Of dry moss was gathered
and fastened to the end OF another pole,
and the rescuers then returned to the
snag, taking the precaution to button
up their coats, tie handkerchiefs over
their faces and pull their hats down
over their ears. When they neared the
snag the moss was set on fire and
pushed ahead on the drift This drew
the attack of the hornets, which rushed
into the smoke One man fastened the
hook into the clothing of Roberts, and
the men at the oars soon pulled them
away to a safe distance, when Roberts
was dragged on board more dead than
alive
Roberts explained that he began fish
ing and caught a number Of trout, but
when the sun was up an hour and it
began to get warm, hornets by the
thousands began to issue from a cavity
in the roots of the snag, and at once
attacked him. He slid into the water
but. Of course. could not keep his head
under, and his head and face had been
stung till he was nearly dead, his head
swelling TO twice its natural size. The
stings on the back Of the neck, at the
base Of the skull, seemed to have al
fected his spinal cord and to have COM
pletely paralyzed him. 1t took five
days to pack him on a litter to Hepp-
ner, where the physician was inclined
to think he would remain a paralytic
during the remainder Of his life. which
will probably be Of short duration.
The broad ax., 1897-01-16
He Ran Up Against q Dude.

Jest stow them traps fur me, Jake,
requested One-Eyed Hank as he passed
his personal arsenal over the bar, till
] caIl fur EN-"
"Whater yer strippin' yersef fur,
Hank? Sick?"
Nav, tough as a mustang, but I ran
up ag'in a new kind er game. Thar's
q tenderfoot dude down ter tn hotel
spoutin' fur gold. Free silver's my
SOS ter git inter tn play. puts in my
blum, but tn dude kin chin bout six
teen ter my one, an l hain't 8 good
e 4 two spot on the showdown i
Knows I'm trimmed, so l comes tn ole
dodge, an when he says I'm mistaken
claims he calls me a liar. Jest as
I'm goin' ter open tn ball he yanks on
his goggles, ketches me slider tn head
an knocks me tn whole length of tn
joint Afore / kin pull Red Mike gifts
tn drop on me an says i can't shoot
no man what hain't armed, but ef /
war lookin' fur a rough-an'-tumble
he'd referee tn derbate. Gimme bout
four inches O. sarpint juice an I'm
goin' back to contin'e tn argument,
fur they hain't no man kin best me in
q free-fur-all."
Halt an hour later Hank returned,
looking as though he had been tat
tooed with an ice-pick and so limp that
g man at each arm was necessary.
Did you do him, HANK" asked
Jake, with a look of wonder at the
toughest man in the diggings.
Never touched him. Couldn't git
anigh him. Thought he war a mark,
but he knocked me down Eastern /
could count. Every time n dude hit
me wished it war a mule kickin' me,
or jest a ordinary man thumpin' me
with club. I'm suthin' of a all-'roun'
scrapper, but that thar cuss kin whip
all the fellers like me you can load on
q frieght-train goin' down grade. He
licked me squar', Jake, an / want yer
ter give II out straight ter tn boys that
I'm goidbug."
The broad ax., 1897-01-16
DRAMATIC DRIFT.

Charles Hoyt is to write an Irish
play.
Nellete Reed will be in E. ]. Henley's
supporting company this season
MY Friend from India" is one ef the
successes in New York city this sea-
SON.
Adirondack Folks" is the title which
has been given a play lately complete
ed by H. P. Bigelow.
The Power Of the Car" is the title
Of a new play by Lorimer tombstone
and B. L O'Connor.
Mrs Langtry is going on q tour Of
England and will give Rotations and
dialogues In concert halls.
Minnie Madden Fishes tour began
Nov. %. She win spend the first weeks
Of her season in the South
odd Mrs. Pond" is the tile OF q new
play which Neil Burgess viii appear In
this season. Alice E Ives In the au-
thor.
Bernard Shaw, the English critic
and play-writer. has lately completed
a play that bears the title, You Never
Can Tell"
Fanny Davenport is to appear this
season in ia Tosca," Cleopatra,
-GiEmonda," and, In Boston oni1. IL
Fedora"
Nathaniel Hartwig. who for the past
two seasons has been with Marie VAIN
wright, is to be Olga Nethersoleis lead
ing man this season.
1t is reported that Modieska con-
templates organizing an '-all-star"
company for the purpose Of producing
q Shakespeare comedy.
The Wishing Cup" is the title Of a
play lately finished by Elvyn Barron
and Wilson Barrett. Charles Hawtry Is
to produce II In London
Augustus Thomas Is At work rear
ranging Boueicault's The Long
Strike" Charles Frohman viii bring il
out seme time this winter.
Fanny Davenport expressed the
opinion recently that Sarah Bernhardt
Is too good an actress TO write q play !"
Tie latter has recently completed a
play.
The broad ax., 1897-01-16
Steel Diamonds.

Within a year or two the French
chemist, Monsieur Moissan. has sue
ceeded in making minute diamonds by
saturating melted iron with carbon and
then cooling the iron under strong
pressure. The carbon crystallizes into
the form Of diamonds as the metal
cools. This experiment has bean re-
peated many times. Recently It oc-
CURED to Monsieur Rossel that there
must be diamonds in very hard steel,
which is produced in a manner similar
to the process Of Monsieur Moissan.
Accordingly he examined many speci-
mems OF such steel and discovered that
in fact II does contain microscopic dia-
monds. mere specks In size, but pre-
senting the characteristic forms and
properties Of natural diamonds. At a
recent meeting of the Academy Of Sci
ences in Paris oMnsieur Rossel exhib-
tied magniied photographs Of several
Of these minute gems taken from bits
Of steel.
The broad ax., 1897-01-16
n. Didn't Yearn for wealth.

But a man kin make money very
fast in this town II he likes" remarked
the Oklahoma man, in a casual sort
OF manner.
81 suppose So" put in the stranger
at once, with an earnestness that
showed he was eager to be let into the
secret Of it.
YES" rejoined the other; II saw q
man here the other day make q thou
sand dollars almost at once, ye might
say"
Indeed
Fac, sir; he was a stranger, just
like you'll don't know whar he comes
from or anythin' about him morn /
know about you; but anyhow he comes
here, sir, an he gifts in with some O.
them thar insurance agents over TO the
station yonder, an gifts his life insured
20 onc't, dye see?"
81 see"
Eyes, gifts his life insured an then,
sir, out he comes and begins shoutin'
his politics around right straight. Oh,
he was business, he was, / tell We!
Well, sir, 'twarent morn half an hour
from the time that fellow landed at
The station a poor man till the insur-
ance company was writin' out check
fer a thousand dollars fer his wilder.
1t was the sharpest thing l ever see.
Deng if l ever see such a plant did
your"
The stranger agreed most cordially
that 1t was a sharp trick, indeed, but
added as he rose to see when the next
train would leave there that, untortu-
nately for him, he didn't have any
politics at all, and, what was more, he
had no wife. Besides" said he
anxiously, THIN tell you straight.
don't crave wealth at all just now"
The broad ax., 1897-01-16

MAJ" Talk about your Boston Syn
phony orchestras and Boston being the
musical center OF the country; rs~
poppycocki There's as much mu
taste to the square inch here in Bd%
town as in any town in America, an
Wen engage to lick the man who say
II amt 50. And when 1t comes 70,
vocal singing, Miss Sadie May Yawp.'
who sang The Gypsy's Warning" last
night, knocked the socks clean on a
woman named Nordiea We heard sing
back east last winter. II amt often
bang-up concert company strikes
Boomtown, but It gets appreciated
when IL does come.
The broad ax., 1897-01-16

Il wish u wouldn't be 50 aggravaten"
ser he. Jest then we met the first load
where Tirzah and Thomas Jefferson
vuZ and We told EN- to turn round
and 60 back. for they had other COM
pany and couldn't have US. We went
back most to JonesviIte when we met
the other load who had topped over in
the snow-as we drove out most to the
fence to go by EN-, Josiah told EN- the
same as he had toe other load.
II don't care for company" ser Betsy
Bobbet risin up out Of the snow with a
buffalo skin on her back which made
her look wild, Il don't care for COM
pany. Did they say we mustn't conner
NO." ser Josiah, they didn't say
So"
We'll then girls and boys" sea she
clamberin into the sleigh. lets &C on"
They went and how they got along
haint never enquired and they don't
seem free to talk about It. But they
kept on hayin en- Betsy Bobbit as |
hay sed vuz the leader and she led
EN- once into q house where they wuz
maxim preparations for q funeral and
once into q house where they had the
small pox. They had all been vaxey-
mated 80 they got on better than they
ort to. Some how Tirza and Thomas
jefferson got sick Of EN-, and left on
goin. and az for Josiah. though he
didn't say much knew his mind.
One mite about weeks after this.
one Monday mite. had had an awful
days-work washin and We had been M
an the mite before with Josiah. who
had the nevralegay in his back. We
hadn't one ov Us slept wink the mite
b.fore. and firzah and Thomas J had
The broad ax., 1897-01-16
Music I'm Boomtown.

From the Boomtown Boomerang:
The musical and literary evening given
by the Sageyille orchestra, with lady
soloists, in the hall over Bud Hiekey's
saloon last eve, may well be called a
bowling success, each number being
greeted with loud bowls for more from
the audience II Is many a day since
we have heard so much music ripped
out Of q fiddle as Prof. Orlando p. C.
Pugsley ripped out Of his fiddle last
night, and his accomplished and good
looking lady wife pounded some Of the
sweetest melody out Of the piano that
We ever heard pounded out Of any
piano. She just made 1t get up and
hump, and In the duet for two persons
that they played together It was nip
and tuek when II came TO jerking the
sweetest music out o. the two instru-
merts. Such dash, smash, crash, bang
music amt heard every day in these
parts. Then there wasn't anything slow
about the accordion and flute duet by
the professors two daughters. Every
foot In the house was keeping time be-
fore the young ladies had played three
minutes and some Of the iimber-legged
young folks even got mp and waltzed
up and down the sisles. But when the
whole orchestra Of nine pieces got In
its work the audience went Wild, and
II anyone thinks Boomtown amt eul-
tivated up 70 approaching gooa music
they'd just ought to have been in Kick
sy's hail last night when that orchestra
tgked out sally and the Ham-Fat
The broad ax., 1897-01-16

The commissioner general Of immi-
Eration In his annual report shows that
during the last fiscal year the arrivals
Of immigrants in tbs country aggre-
zated s4s ,267, Of whom SAC, 46s were
landed and 2,799 were debarred and de-
ported at the expense Of the various
steamship lines by which they came.
OF those deported 776 were found to be
under. contract to perform lab0- in
the United States made prior to their
arrival. and 2,033 were returned as be-
longing to other prohibited classes. In
addition to the number debarred there
we're 2ss who became public charges
within n year after their arrival, and
hence were returned to the countries
wbsnce they came The commissioner
general states that he knows Of no i'm
MIGRANT landed In this country during
the last year who Is now q burden upon
any public or private institution. With
some exceptions, the report says, the
physical characteristics Of the years
immigration were those Of q hardy,
sound, laboring class. accustomed AID
apparently well able to earn q iiyet-
hood wherever capable and industrious
iabor can secure employment A %
occupations. It was composed largely
Of the classes designated Is skilled and
unskilled laborers. with some profess
SIGNALS. The amount Of money brought
into the country BY immigrants was at
least 81, 81. as. and probably was large
~ An excess Of these figures.
The broad ax., 1897-01-16

A Norwegian boy was toe poor TO get
q university education, but this fact did
not discourage him. He was deter
mined to learn and to make good use
Of what he learned. When eighteen
years of age he became an itinerant
teacher. He had taste and talent for
pathological work In time he had made
a name by what he published What
he did for the Norwegian language re-
ceived tie praise Of scholars and the
gratitude of his countrymen- This son
of poor peasants died recently at the
age Of eighty-three, and his fame as a
photographer and poet is secured This
example Of an intelligent determine
tion to triumph over hindrances and to
make the most Of ones self Is worth
much to the world. There is such a
thing as making opportunity. as the
life Of Ivar Aasen finely shows.
The broad ax., 1897-01-16
! WESTERN SKETCHES.
Jaekson.s First wheel.

The Jackson Ky) Hustler. says:
The first bicycle ever in Jackson ar
rived by express last week. II Is the
property Of one of the professors at the
college. A big, strapping mountaineer
from Leslie saw the wheel In the ex-
press ONCE and said What's that ARR
"A bicycle answered q bystander, who
went on to explain its uses I ioW'd
mebbe 1t was a newfangled contraption
to measure saw logs with replied the
citizen Of Leslie. And Just then Ben
Wells tainted and fell over pile OF ex-
press matter"
The broad ax., 1897-01-16
A campaign WORD that has dome dut

A campaign word that has done duty
in this country for more than half a
century is ''roorback." 1t means ac-
ton concocted in one political party
in the hope Of injuring another party
and designed to be put forth so late
that there will not be sufficient time
before election day for counteracting
any injurious effect that it may have.
The origin Of the word was in the
name of a fictitious Baron Roorbach,
the story Of whose supposed travels
was part Of the campaign literature Of
the year 1874. The roorback is not a
potent weapon. nowadays. Indeed, it
is pleasant to know that the roorback
IL sometimes q comeback boone
rang.
The broad ax., 1897-01-16

A Boston paper suggests that the ne
groes are entitled to representation in
the cabinet. There can be no doubt
that many cabinet rumors nowadays
are altogether too highly colored, any
way.
The broad ax., 1897-01-16

One always likes to read Of a real
hustler. On Monday w. l. Daleman, q
Pittsburg drummer, visited Rome City,
Ind. and firted with Miss Alice z.
Wehmef, who CHANGED to be At the
seDoe. Tuesday he autographed q pro-
oosal of marriage to Miss W. Alice
wired hack Yes" and on Wednesday
they were married. Next
The broad ax., 1897-01-16

King HumDert has signed a treaty
giving to King Menelik Abyssinian
territory which Menelik always owned
and Italy couldn't steal. Such mag
nanimity is surprising.
The broad ax., 1897-01-16

In Switzerland, where women do all
of the work in the hay-flelds, there are
probably few grass widows. But there
may be nothing but grass widows there
for all we know.
The broad ax., 1897-01-16

Anarchist Mowbray says that "mu'
nc propagates anarchy" Mr.. Now
bray evidently has heard q Mttle Ger
man band melting to riot in front Of Q
saloon.
The broad ax., 1897-01-16

Men do not have half the ailments
that aflict women, but visitor from
q strange world would not suspect the
fact by merely coming here to listen
The broad ax., 1897-01-16

Fame is something Of slow ano
steady growth, while notoriety comes
and goes with the rapidity OF fiashlignt
advertisements of patent medicines.
The broad ax., 1897-01-16

Uranus is gigantic world. more
than sixty times as large as ours. It
Is about l.7oo.ooo. 900 miles from the
earth
The broad ax., 1897-01-16

TIE woman who visited the Chicago
,onrthouse in search Of q place where
he could get divorced In twenty min
.tss vas not rich enough Otherwise
shs would not have searched in vain
The broad ax., 1897-01-16
Denver Directory.

hngie buggy harness Tor $50. Do not Do
deceived by worthless limitations but order
prices. Catalogues free. All goods stamped
FRED MUELLER. 1913 Larimer Stree,
Denver. Colorado.
Goods sent for examination
The broad ax., 1897-01-16
no CURE A COLD IN ONE DAv q.
Take Laxative Bro moe 0u I, Tablets. An

The granddaughter OF the late R,,,.
Hirsch Is heir TO $1O0.OOO.OOO. whi.b rt l5yn
about $4,000 a day Of income. ''e'ds
The broad ax., 1897-01-16
POBLISHED WEEKLY.

Ertered at POstOnnce as secOnd-class matte
Washington telegraph., 1897-10-01
PERSONAL JOURNALISM.

A newspaper that is made the
vehicle of personal spite, whether
of the ed itor or his readers, ought
to besostraelsod by the public. A
newspaper with no higher ain than
abuse or laudatlon of persons and
individuals has no place in this
worlds forces. The newspaper IS
not a police force for the punish
ment Of crime; it is not the promo
ter of personal ambitions; it is not
the inqulsitor to find out the hidden
evils of community. Ii it Is these
things it is not serving the tegiti-
mate ends for which it ought to be
, established, and it GU sht to pass
out of existence.
The new paper of today is a
m oral fore In educating publ capia-
ion, not in punishing CRIME 1t is
ar educational f3rte in dis seminat
ing intelligence, not III rldicnling
ignorance. Il is promo er OF
material prosperity by stimulating
the indnstr Gus. not by abusing the
indoent. 1t is st1mulant to good
will in the community BY seeking
the good name of the people, not
by exposing their shortcomings
No journalis. has the right to use
his paper to vent personal spite or
confer personal favors. It is told
oil the late Jones Gordon Bennett
that men who eowhl led him re,
3eived as fair treatment and We're
accorded as much credit for their
meritofious acts as were his per.
sonal fr1en Is. This may have been
carrying journalism to an unusual
d sgree., but Mr. Bennett was a very
great journalist and honored his
profession. The pubic are not in,
terested In our private feads or
Interests, and the newspaper loses
its influence the moment it becomes
vehicle for them.
Washington telegraph., 1897-10-01

are built it will be the greatest
achievement to the credit of any
governor in the last twenty years,
and Governor Jones will live to be
rewarded for his tireless efforts to
bring about a consummation of his
desires, If either or both of the
pt oieets should fail it would not be
his fault and he will be held blame
less. We arc not inclined to be.
ieve, however, that there is any
danger from this contingency. Ali
indications at this time point to the
fulfil nent OF the hopes of those
who are anxious to See the iso-
lated sections of the state pene.
trated by new railroads. The
'roakers have hal n few month
in which to show tbier tempers.
Tney may now nave few weeks
n which to face about and fall IN
With the procession.-Arkans
Democrat.
Washington telegraph., 1897-10-01
COMMISSIONER1S SALE.

Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a de-
cree Of the Hampstead Circuit Court in Chan
1ery, rendered at the April term thereof 1897
n the Case of Cheshire Provident Institution
Is Assignee Of Arkansas Loan and Trust Co.
Plaintiffs VS.. j. M. Hanegan, Admit. Jesse
3owden dece'd. etal Defendants, the under
signed Commissioner, who was appointed to
EXECUTE sald decree, will offer for sale, to the
ighest bidder, at public auction, at the court
louse door, In the town of Washington
ounty of Hampstead, STATE OF Arkansas, on
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9TH, 1897.
,etween the hours for judicial sales, the follow
ug described lands towit: The north east
luarter of the north east quarter, and the
south west quarter OF the north east quarter OF
ection twenty-five (25) in township twelve
i2) South in Range twenty-five (25) west
obtaining 50 acres.
Said land will be sold on credit of three
months, and the purchaser will be required tt
execute note bearing interest at the rate O.
.en per cent per annum from date till paid
With approved personal security, and lier
will be retained on the land sold to secure thu
1aymet onf the purchase money.
]. s Monroe,
Special Commissioner.
Washington, Ark, Sept. II, 1897.
Washington telegraph., 1897-10-01

Col. CoNGER. a good Republican
IN the staff of the good Republican
Governor of Ohio, threatens to be
, mighty interesting man He has
proken up the Ohio Republican
east Of love and harmony. He IS
calling Hauna the "great boodler'
md says ne is going to tell the
inside facts about the making of
he Dingley scientific SCHEDULES and
show that every laboring man IN
his country is now q silent and
unwilling contributor to ianDa's
ruption fund" As long as Col,
3onger keeps to this frank and
rathful strain be cannot possibly
ak too much.
Washington telegraph., 1897-10-01

THE TammAny Democrats OF
New York. Greater N W York
seem to have that great b,g city b
tae 'ail, and tuey ar SWIM gin, it
il large circle. There may be
men who would "rather be right
ihan be president, but there ar,
more who would rather be Mayor
o New York and handle il,
patronage than he anybody
pi esldent,
Washington telegraph., 1897-10-01
RATHER QUICK GROWTH.

Opie Il led was always fond of
his Joke, as well as OF some other
thugs which are no Joke II a man
gets to BE- too fond OF them. We de-
not know much about peach
culture in Chicago, but we are O,
ppinion that the most of those
sr3wn in tn, city are matured by
the same means employed by Opt
as stated in the following, which Is
taken from the Chicago Times
Herald:
In the back yard at Opie Read ;
home Is a peach tree that shodlG
be cut down and cast into the fir,
i scrlptural injunction were follow
ed. 1t has never borne frum.
good or bad.
Read's family have been out II
the cou Try several weeks, bu
retur ed fe ' Jays ago. They
git homo at night, aud early next
morning Opie, who IS a very "soon'
riser, got ont to ne ghboring fruit
stand aud bought a big basket
some very fine peaches, These hi
industriou,ly stuck all over tn,
branches of that tree, and ther
went In and called the folks t,
show them that the Tree had final ,
decided to do the proper thing
Thcn he went oat and picked the
peach g himself.
The family think better of thai
old tree now, and will expec,
great things from 1t next season i
this piece of information can b
suppressed IN that household
Meantime, Opie is having lots o
fun to himself. But his people
got the peaches, and they all sal
theo were nicer picked from lh'
tree than old secondhand truit
store stock.
Washington telegraph., 1897-10-01

THE politicians IN Tennessee will
have lots of fun next year. 1t Is
Sal that the sound money Demo.
erais, the silver Democrats, the
Popnlisls and the Republicans will
all nomfnrte candidates for govern
Or Why not let IN the Prohibl
tioniss and the Women's rights
parties md have free for all, g,
as you please walk aronnd?
Washington telegraph., 1897-10-01

There is some compensation in a
drouth after all. While 1t falls with
crushing weight on the agricu tural
classes it makes them fertile ia
expedlents in reducing the cost OF
living. 1t helps TO break down the
credit system, and this is an ad van
age. Whatever helps the farmer to
i've withlp himself, to live at home,
is a g eat gain. 1t is the lesson that
southern farmers have been forced
to learn of late years.-Ark. Dem.