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The broad ax., 1897-02-13

sality was known as whisky squeeze"
The gentleman behind the bar having
poured out as much of the liquid hard
ware as he thought It prudent to hide
away, the gentleman behind that wood
en- structure would, with his dexter
hand, force few drops OF lemon Juice
In the glass and your whisky squeeze
was ready for the sacrifice.
One night Harry Butts changed the
order Of things and requested that a
few drops OF the extract Of ginger be
deposited In his glass instead Of the
customary lemon Juice. This modest
request Of Harry's tickled the lads;
and ever afterward he was known as
Ginger" Butts. No man ever drank
alone In that town. Southern hospital
ity demanded that everyone should
walt until his neighbor was accommo-
dated, and the man who treated would
shout: Show your glass;" when every
glass would be drained. ! have seen
score OF typos outside Of the old
fashioned bar OF the CASTOR house,
which, believe, was situated on Pol
lock street.. wait with true politeness
for the cry Of show your glass;" at
which command each tumbler would
be emptied with precision.
Now, Ginger Butts was a gocd-na-
tured, handsome fellow, and half the
white girls In Newborn were in love
with him, not to mention few Of the
on-colored ones. But Ginger fought
shy Of the fair sex until he met a
young lady in the name Dwell, Just
here I'll call her Kate Devere. Kate
was a typical southern beauty. She
had the dark hair, flashing eyes, rudy
cheeks, coral lips and the tall symmet-
rical form so often met with In the
daughters of Dixie. That she was
high-spirited and imperious, viii be
seen later on
Now, there wasn't lad on the Time.
but would have given his whole weeks
string for a smile or a tender word
from Kate. and for a time a certain
individual who shall be nameless felt
that he was making rapid progress In
her good graces until Ginger fastened
his blue eyes upon hs7, and then that
nameless persons stock began rapidly
to decline.
One night at little social gathering
Ginger confid .ntly informed us that a
week previously he had said to Kate
will your" and that the young lady
had blushingly replied, II will" So It
was hands down and eyes on with all
the rest Of us after that Some Of us,
the nameless person above alluded to
Included, felt rather sore upon the re:
ceipt Of this information, but It was
only momentarily. Ginger was such
an all-round favorite that 1t was almost
Impossible to bear him malice, and In
the course OF a half hour We were all |
showing our bottom" at Ginger's ex-
pense.
The broad ax., 1897-02-13
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Mohave county, Arizona, is infested
with millions Of army worms. The
Wallapai Indians make soup of them,
and find them very fattening.
A fortune of 100000 has Just
dropped to Richard Pilkey, a young
man OF rs, who for some years has
been employed as a laborer on the
Erie canal.
The Mosque Of st. Sophia, at Con-
stantinople, was built over a thousand
years ago. and the mortar used was
perfumed with musk. The musky
Odor is stiil percepuble.
1t is asserted by Lyell, the geologist
that at period comparatively recent
all that portion of the United State,
south Of the Black Hills was under
from 500 to 800 feet OF water.
A funny election bet was settled h,
a gentleman in Philadelphia. IN view
OF large number Of amused spectators
With a crowbar ne pushed a peanut
Tour times around the city hall.
Love entered the hearts of a eoupl,
OF inmates Of the poorhouse In Della
ware county, Ind, and they eloped. The
groom Is cripple, aged so. and thu
bride Is an apoplectic woman Of "a.
A nervous gentleman In Bath. Ma.
Is seeking a divorce from his wife on
unusual grounds. He declares that he
can not obtain sleep. because his wife
persists in eating dry crackers An
bed"
x. I. Brooke. wealthy rancher In
TonkaWa. Okla, Is a dead shot. Five
desperadoes attempted to enter his
home. He shot two of them dead
wounded a third, and the other couple
fed for their lives.
A board on the side OF a house At
Forbes. Me-. was removed the other dav
oy the owner. as u appeared warped
He found a hive In the van ana tx
pounds Of honey. The bees had ept.re1
Through . knot hole.
The broad ax., 1897-02-13
Necessity the Mother of Invention

Necessity the Mother of Invention.
"f a man keeps his eyes open he
sees many funny thing while riding
on steamers" said a regular patron of
the Peters avenue line. IF you will
take q ride on this line some dark
night you will notice that on some Of
those back streets where electric lights
are a curiosity, frequently ahead Of
the car you will see a light waved
across the track, and IL you watch
closely you will see the motorman be-
gin applying the brakes and the car
viii stop, and a smiling 'colored gen.
teman' will board the car, and, laugh
ingly say that he got this car to stop
for him. / found, upon asking a con-
ductor one day, that the negroes In
this part OF the town have caugAk on
to the fact that as that part of the
city Is black at night the motOrmen Of
the swift-moving cars cannot detect
their presence on the track in suffi-
Gent time to stop their cars for them,
" hey, fguratively speaking, hang
out light for the car to stop, and It
seems to work both to the satisfaction
OF the colored population and the mo-
tormen OIL the cars" Necessity Is the
mother Of invention, and II seems our
eolored brother has hit upon a scheme
to Offset the lack of lights on those
streets back Of town traversed by cleo
tric cars.-New Orleans Picayune.
The broad ax., 1897-02-13
FUTURE POSSIBILITIES
DevslOpments That May Be Mad. =, =,
Next Century 0'

Hoks century.
Ewing Is solved. The princinl,
known A mechanical expelient h q
that Is now needed to make Il succsSs, az
Practical fight Is to-day not mors ,bul
i've or ten years or.
A glow worm makes light with .h,..
1.3O0 part Of the force used in ordinouN
artificial light When men Know ~!
to make light as cheap, streets ana
homes win be as light as day for ma -a
fraction Of what light now costs tn
d near. Vacuum illumination wi,bon,
incandescence Is already in fun ON
ton, and In 4 year or two should 90.
down the price Of light to a sixth N ~
current cost, and In five or ten 49,
pgbt may be, Ike water, turned an -
z1ery house at viii.
Compressed air has long been knov,
% b. the best way, theoretically -
store force for use In tran<pJrta,tor
There l. no waste and no d",rriprat,,'
The need Is a cheap and efficient mo-.
10 apply compressed air to city tranSTC-
tation. II this can be done. first the mi
ley poles and wires will come down. neT,
the horseless, compressed-air motor c,-,
rage win do all the work Of city delivery
When these come the only Use for o.,
VIII be for coOking-iI this is not done Nv
electricity. Factories, also. before NAM
years. viii be run by transmitted a..
tric power. This has begun TO b. know,
and In five or ten years will b. cum.
pleted and the factory fire and bill,
viii be a thing Of the past
The city Of the future and no yarv
distant future, viii have no troIeyspds,
or wires and no horses. All movement,
will be on rail by silent air motors r
by horseless carriages equally silent An
pavements will be asphalt. CnllmreI
light win be as cheap as unlimited wabr
Is to-day. No coal will be delivered Ar
private houses and no ashes taken from
them. With no horses, no coal and "a
ashes, street dust and dirt viii BE- =
duced to a minimum. With no facr
fires and no kitchen or furnace fires. u
air VIII be as pure in the city as in IL
country. Trees will have 4 chanS
Houses be warmed and lighted as easily
and cheaply as they are now supplied
with water.
A city will be q pretty nice place 70
live In when the first years o. the twsn.
tieth century are passed.
The broad ax., 1897-02-13

The day of the contamination OF the
nitptials had been named. They were
to be married In October, and Ginger
thought It would be good and friend
~ thing to give an entertainment to a
few Of his bachelor friends shortly be-
fore the wedding. AS no paper was
issued on Sunday, a Saturday evening
in the latter part Of September was
selected as the most appropriate time
for the affair.
So on that memorable Saturday even
ing a score or more of US, by special
invitation, repaired to Miss Kate's vine
clad cottage. which was situated Just
outside OF town, all prepared to have a
quiet, sociable, but jovial time.
Unfortunately for Ginger, in anticI-
patton Of the pleasure Of the evening,
he had INDUCED trifle too much in his
favorite beverage during the afternoon.
Whether II was the whisky or the gin
ger that worked the change In him, /
never could ascertain, but certain IL
was that he was q trifie weak In his
limbs. and slightly incoherent In his
speech.
Miss Revere was alone in the parlor
when we Arrived and received us with
true southern hospitality. How beau
tiful she looked What a vision of de-
light she appeared! There's nothing
half so sweet in life as a loves young
dream" said Tom Moore more than
eighty years ago. That sentiment held
good in 1856, and does yet II an old
timers opinion Il worth recording
Certainly never before or since have
seen anyone look half 20 sweet" as
Kate did on that evening. She was the
very embodiment Of loves young
dream"
Well, the young lady sat down to the
piano, and for half an hour enter
tanned us with the Star Spangled Ban
rer," the Bonnie Blue Flag" Hail
Columbia my Maryland" ana various
other patriotic airs. When she con-
eluded Ginger RISE, waltzed gracefully
TO the old-fashfoned sideboard, upon
which glasses and decanters were
placed, and requested us to imbfbe. As
one man We act spted the iaYitation.
Then the prospective bridegroom raised
The broad ax., 1897-02-13

The announcement that days Of
grace" have been abolished in one more
state, suggests that in old English law
the phrase had meaning different
from the present well understood sig
aificance Of the words as used In bust
ness. Law or custom allows three days
beyond the fixed day Of payment for
paying note or bin Of exchange. The
term, days Of grace" as used In old
English law, signifed the period Of
three days allowed by the court for the
appearance and answer Of person
summoned, beyond the day mentioned
IN the writ. This old use thus point
ed to mercy rather than to mere busi-
ness accommodation or convenience. In
these days Of trusts and shylocks there
a neither mercy nor business-just
chain sand-bagging and no more.
The broad ax., 1897-02-13
vrcn,oAN IDOLS.
Thru. s,r.as. Image. ..d . slab "A''A

Three Strange Images And SLAB ~
Were Recently Dug'Up.
A remarkable find which seems 70 IN
dictate that the neIghborhood OF the
great lakes was at one time inhaoitso
BY a race of aborigines other tnan inc
Indians, was recently made by Two
hunters near Newberry, Mich. says the
New York Journal In digging OUT
wild animal they unearthed large
stone tablet six inches thick and eight
cen by twenty-five inches In size, the
entire surface Of which was carved wltn
curious symbollcal characters. BE-
side the tablet were three stone images
The largest was that Of a man In SIT
ting posture and nearly life size. Tne
second image, presumably that Of .
woman. was three feet In height anu
the third was that of child In a SIT
ting posture and about three feet nlsn:
All three OF the images were founa
placed with their faces toward the
east. Scientists who have examined
the relics regard this as an indicatlon
that those who made them were sun
worshipers. Upon the slab were en-
graved inscriptions, each set In square
of about one and one-half inches There
we're 40 of these figures carved o.
the slab. Those who saw the statues
say they look like Egyptian idois'
though the heads were those Of human
beings and not Of the sacred animals
with which the ancient race OF the
Nile was wont to ornament carved I'M
ages. These works bear strong re-
semblance to the work Of the Azrec
and the even more ancient Toltec race,
remnants Of whose craft are scattered
so plentIfully about southern Mexico
and the Central American states Tne
trick of frightening the eyes, noticed
in the Michigan finds, was known 10
the ancient inhabitants Of Mexico as
well as to the Egyptians and is notice
able in the carvings of Uxmal and 9th
er ruins OF the Miztees, Toltecs and
Aztecs. The strange figures engraved
within the squares are also not without
parallel, being found upon the orna-
mentation Of the sacrihcial affairs OF
Central American ruins.
The broad ax., 1897-02-13
cure for weak Nerxex

The natural antidote for weak nerves
IL the healthy development Of the mus
cles-that is. Of the general muscular
system instead Of special muscles only.
This can only be done by active exer
else In the open air, which thoroughly
oxygenates the blood and wastes tho
muscular tissues, thus preparing them
to be replenished from the food ele-
meDts In the blood This constant
waste and rebuilding are vital pro
cesses that measure vitality and Ell
cheney. When these 90 on BEAUTIFULLY
nervousness Is never present except by
some aagrant abuse Of the digestive
functions, some unwise drain Of a
vital fluid or some exhansting tension
of the mind. Therefore steer clear Of
these and give proper attention TO TIE
muscles and nervousness win be ayoid
ed.-Troy Time1.
The broad ax., 1897-02-13
Strange Burial Custnm..

The Greenlanders know a thing or
two. In the belief that "a dog can find
Its way anywhere" they bury living
dog In the same grave with a dead
child. The canine is supposed to be
used by the child as a guide in the
other world. The Australians pull out
the corpse's finger nails. and then tie
the hands to prevent its digging its
way out Of the grave to engage in the
vampire business. The primitive Rus
sians put a certificate of character In
the dead persons hand. so that no
questions might be raised at the gate
Of heaven.
The broad ax., 1897-02-13
The vord trocha is Of such frequent

The word trocha is of such frequent
occurrence in dispatches and news from
Havana that It seems likely In time to
become incorporated into the English
speech. An explanation having been
asked Of the term, which is pronounced
trotsha, with the accent on the first
syllable, 1t may be stated that original
IL it denotes footpath, pathway, or
sometimes a short cut. During the
present Cuban unpleasantness its sig
nihcance has been applied to fortified
high road.
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DR.. Charles Sweet, the bOne-setter,

Dr.. Charles Sweet, the bone-setter,
died at his home in Lebanon, Conn,
last week. He is said to have oper-
ated in more than 100000 cases Of
bone-setting. His family for three gen.
erations have been renowned for bone
setting abilities, although no member
has had more than a common school
edu.ation, and none Of them ever
studied anatomy. DR.. Sweet was In
Wisconsin about twenty years ago and
many people viii remember his mar
Yelous success in fixing dislocated
Joints.
The broad ax., 1897-02-13

Once ana not very long ago, the pub
he ietterwriters Of Paris made COM
Portable liEtngs by inditing episties.
sentimental or businesslike. as the case
ufkht require, for people to whom the
mysteries Of the spellingbook had never
been explained. Compulsory education
has ruined the craft, and the few repre-
ssntatives Of Il that survive only avoid
starvation By getting occasionally the
tax Of correcting the grammar and
helehtening the eloQuence Of some
socialists Deputy whose ability to
write Is not backed up By the posses-
Iion e very much o write sbeut
The broad ax., 1897-02-13

Strict attention to the small courte-
sies Of life viii advance a man faster
than waiting to ride into popularity
On some tidal wave that may never
coma.
The broad ax., 1897-02-13

II II we're not for the unhealthy con-
ditions Of the Slums in large cities, the
vicious portion Of the population would
Increase fast enough to drive away all
9theP elements.
The broad ax., 1897-02-13

In Lexington, KY, there is a club the
youngest member Of which Is SO years
old. All the others are over 80. The
club meets regularly for purposes OF
mutual Improvement and social pleas
ure.
The broad ax., 1897-02-13

A New York dentist has invented Q
new thing in teeth which, he says, viii
place them within reach Of the masses.
The teeth are made of rubber, the base
or plate and the teeth being formed in
tegrally. These new artificial masti-
Gators will be sCld for $50 and " a
aet
The broad ax., 1897-02-13
smallpox oldest pi.....

One Of the Oldest Of actual specified
diseases would probably be smallpox
which. on the authority Of Masudi. at
tackled the African tribes who made ex-
cursions into Arabia and laid siege 10
Mecca in the latter half OF the sixth
century A. d.
The broad ax., 1897-02-13

To character and success, two things
contradictory as they may seem must
go-humble dependence and manly In
dependence.
The broad ax., 1897-02-13

II is q good idea to swear on some
thing at the beginning Of the new year,
s7en II the monotony Of habit is only
broken for q few days.
The broad ax., 1897-02-13

The Most Unique Calendar Of the Season
Has Just been issued by the Lake Shur
& Michigan Southern Ry. Copy can b
secured by sending six cents in stamps
to cover postage, to A. ]. Smith, G. P.
A., Cleveland.
The broad ax., 1897-02-13

The only thing that can be compared
to . good ad. In working ability is
mortgage. They both work day and
night, rain or shine.
The broad ax., 1897-02-13

II IL easy enough to borrow trouble
By imagining what people ought to do
and then fretting because they do 9TH
eTwise.
The broad ax., 1897-02-13

Unfortunately for the human race,
few Of Us feel that our particular
sphere Is worthy of our best energies
The broad ax., 1897-02-13

A coquette Is like rose. Each lover
plucks leaf; the stem and thorns are
left for the future husband.
The broad ax., 1897-02-13
BerEar. VINO Are Rieh.

Several beggars in Pera own a large
amount OF property. One well-known
man has house worth 10000 IIras, and
Jet Is to be seen begging In filthy rags.
The broad ax., 1897-02-13
4 GINGER BUTTS.

he LDoref. " 4
In Newborn, N j
that / FIRST locked
hands and swore
eternal friendship
to Harry Butts.
Thirty years ago
he and / worked
on the Times OF
that city. The fav-
orite drink with
the lads in that 10
The broad ax., 1897-02-13

The most popular form OF self-denial
n 60 Inconvenience yourself In ordeI
70 spite somebody else.
The broad ax., 1897-02-13

She tried to kill him with a look
That WIS the plan
But she was crOSS-eyed, and Il took
Another man
The broad ax., 1897-02-13

"what Is an old-fashIOned patriotT' "a,
n q man that can cast a vote without 70
membering that the country needs pOstmaE
terN"
The broad ax., 1897-02-13

'weren't you frightened when your ~
Voi YER missed hre?' "NO; my wife held he
burglar on with a hat pin while reloaded"
The broad ax., 1897-02-13

Just try q Zoe box Of Cascarets candy q
thartic, the finest liver and bowel regulator
made.
The broad ax., 1897-02-13

They must have quarreled-" "Why
thought they were excessively polite to each
otherT' That's Just itg''
The broad ax., 1897-02-13

In the United States there are over
three million unmarried men.
The broad ax., 1897-02-13

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAT.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets Al
Druggists refund the money II il fails 10 cure -
The broad ax., 1897-02-13

Entered at POstOnce as secOnd-elass matte
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JULIUS F. TAYLOR. Publisher and Editor.
The record-union., 1897-11-09
THE IcE-D0UHD WHALERS.
RELIEF TO BE SENT THE YES
Sells IN THE ARCTIC.
Orders Issued for the Revenue Cut
ter Bear to Prepare to Sail
for the North.

WASHINGTON, Nov. S.-There was
a conference at the White House to-
day attended by Secretaries Gage, Long
and Alger Commodore Melville and
Commander Dickins of the navy and
Captain Showalter, commander of the
revenue service, to consider means for
the relief of the American whaling fleet
said TO be icebound in the Behring Sea.
1t was decided to send the revenue
cutter Bear to the relief of the whalers
She is now at Seattle, Wash, having
just arrived from Alaska. Orders have
been issued to put her in commission
for the voyage. and Captain Showalter
says she viii be ready to sail as soon
as she can be provisioned, which will
take but a. short time.
Secretary Alger asked if reindeer We're
availatle to be taken on the trip, but
the lack of information as to whether
reindeer We're located in Alaska made
it impossible to decide definitely on this
point.
Commodore Melville. who has had a
great deal of experience III the Arctic
and especially in Behring Sea, gave the
conference the benefit of his experience
and knowledge, but it appears there is
yet great lack of information as to
the location of the whalers, also as to
whether they are in a destitute condi-
ton. Secretary Long has given orders
TO ascertain more definitely. if possible
the existing conditions, also whether or
not it was not the intention of the fleet
TO winter in the north. This informa-
tiOn ii is expected to obtain from the
owners Of the vessels.
President Mckinley is much interest
ed in the matter, and asked many uues-
The record-union., 1897-11-09
A WHOLE FAMILY SUICIDES
Husband, Wife and Three Daugh-
ters End Their Lives.

PARIS, Nov. S.-A man named Drey-
fuS, a son of the Countess D'Henrietti.
and cousin of the deported artillery
officer, imprisoned on an island off the
coast of French Guiana; his wife. form
erly Miss Rebeeca FORBADE Abraham,
an American, and their three daughters,
respectively 13, II and Z years Of age.
committed suicide this morning or last
night at their residence at Mareceu. The
porter of the house found their bodies
in their apartments early to-day. They
were lying on the floor in the bedroom
of the youngest child.
Dreyfus left a letter for the Commits
sioner of Police of that district, inclos-
ing 400 francs to defray the expenses
of the funeral. The deceased husband
was so upset by the sentence imposed
on Captain Dreyfus that he changed his
name to that of his wife.
1t is believed that the suicides were
committed because of the recent losses
by Dreyfus on the Bourse. Madame
DreyfuS last week made several pur-
chaseS of furs and clothing for the chill
dren, and was getting ready TO visit her
sister in London. This seems to show
that she had had no inkling Of the
husbands intentions at that time, and
leads friends Of the family to believe
that it was only under his overmaster-
ing influence that she agreed to share
his fate. 1t is not believed the Captain
Dreyfus affair was an important factor
in the suicide.
The record-union., 1897-11-09
California Fruit Sales.

Porter Brothers Company sold at open
auction November Sth California fruit at
the following prices:
At Chicago-Grapes-A 60cQ$1 p
single crate; Cornichons, 65G,$l 05; Yer
dels, 55cGi$1: Muscats, 60G90c; Black Fer
raras. 60G65c; Tokays, 5o065c.
At New k-Grapes-Cornichons, 81 %
single crate.
At apolis-Grapes-C
81 so double crates and 90cQ$1 single crate;
Tokays, 81 5591 IS double crate and 70c@
81 single crate
The Earl Fruit Company sold California
fruit at auction November Sth, realizing
the following prices:
At Boston-Grape apes-Tokays. single
crates, 81 05d2 %, averaged 81 Al; double
crates, 81 10Gt4 Is. averaged 81 56; Corni-
chon, single crates, 81 05G1 50, averaged
81 Al; doubles, $2 20d2 80, averaged 81 26;
Malagas, single crates. S00S5c, averaged
sc Three cars sold to-day.
At Chicago-Grapes-S crate To-
kay, 50075c, averaged Csc; Malagas, G5Q0
Soc averaged soc; Emperor, 95c; Verdells,
50c0$1, averaged 75c. -Four ears sold to-
day.
1t Philadelphia-Gra Grapes-Tokays, single
crates 70cM$l 80. averaged 81 2l: doubles.
81 S5G2 so, averaged 81 so; Cornichon, sin
gle crates, 81 25Gt1 90 averaged 81 81;
doubles 50 IS: Emperor 81 80. Pears
Nelis, 81 So. Two cars sold to-day.
At New rk-Grapes-Tokays single
crates, 95cGl$1 SO, averaged 81 "a; double
crates, 81 95a4. averaged 81 A; Cornichon, 81
single crates, Il S0dl 40, averaged 81 81;
doubles 81 70a2 90, averaged 81 81: Ma
lagas single crates, 81 154l p, averaged
81 Il. White Tokay, 81 40m1 so, averaged
81 40; Red Emperor, 81 30M1 30, averaged
81 81 Five cars sold to-day.