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The broad ax., 1897-03-13

The special agent recently dispatched
to Japan by the San Francisco Bureau
of Foreign Or nmerce for the purpose
Of collecting data with reference TO
matters affecting the interests of Amer
lean manufacturers has submitted re-
port, in which he states that during the
mast two months there has been almost
a panic in Japanese financial circles,
but the worst is now considered over.
After the war with China speculation
was rampant. thousands of stock COM
panies were foated. and their shares
doomed. Everybody invested, but col
lapse soon came. The native banks
have shut down Unfortunately OF
late and merchants allowed no accom-
modations. Heavy stocks Of merchan-
disc we're thus thrown back upon the
market, and warehouses are crowded.
The broad ax., 1897-03-13

At a recent rifle meeting in Switzer-
land it was discovered. according to a
Geneva Journals report. that the steel
jacketed bullets Of the marksmen
we're swerved from their course by the
influence of telegraph and telephone
wires running alongside the range.
Experiments were then made at Thun
by placing four steel cables parallel
with the range, and about 40 yards
distant from it. and sending a cur
rent OF 5000 volts through them. The
effect, it is said. was to turn the bull
lets so far from their course that the
deviation amounted to "a yards on a
range Of 26O yards. The bullets On
being taken from the targets were
found to be magnetized. Next, on an
artillery range of 5000 yards. the
electromagnetic influence was gen.
Grated 200 yards in front OF the targets
and 40 yards to one side. The pro-
jectiles were swerved IA degrees from
a straight line.
The broad ax., 1897-03-13
Ra-tlatt,a Pnntaloons.

In the latter part OF the last century
the story Of Bartlett's ghost and the
mysterious disappearance OF his neither
garments was often recounted by the
citizens Of woburn, Mass. Joseph Bart
lett was an eccentric and talented law
yer, given to saying and doing uneom-
mon things, says the Youths Compah-
ion. He lived in the "Black House, SO
called because Of its color. 1t seems
that q thief once entered this house In
the night, but was frightened away ny
the appearance of a dreadful ghost
The ghost was of gigantic size, WIN
immense black wings. by the aid OF
which 1t rapidly few toward the bur-
glar. Some time before this a party OF
merry-makers had seen the same ghosI
All sorts of stories were current Hor-
rible noises had been heard, 1t was said'
and fire had been issuing from the gar
ret windows of the Black House.
The frightened burglar left his XII OF
tools behind him. Strange to say notn-
ing was found to have been taken from
the house save the lawyers pantaloons'
which were removed from a chair IN
his own room. The next night second
pair Of pantaloons disappeared, ana
what was odd, the door OF the room
was still bolted on the inside and there
were no visible signs that the house
had been entered.
Bartlett now doubly locked the doors
and put bells on all the windows SO
arranged that the slightest movement
would set them ringing. Notwithstand-
ing these precautions, that night pair
Of pantaloons was carried on.
Bartlett was astonished at the au-
dacity and adroitness Of the thief and
determined at any cost to ferret out
the mystery. He hired man to sit up
| in the closet of his sleeping room ana
keep watch. A little past midnight
when the Waterman had been doing,
he woke suddenly and saw the dreaded
ghost. He fed. In the morning an
other pair Of trousers was gone
Bartlett was disguised, but, like
sensible man, he employed second
Waterman, a cool, clear-headed fellow.
For three nights this man occupied the
closet in vain. No ghost appeared and
no pantaloons were carried on.
On the fourth night the watchman
saw Bartlett himself get out Of bed, 60
in his nightshirt to the chair on which
his clothing lay, take his pantaloons
thsrefrom and place them about his
neck with the legs dangling from either
side. Thus arrayed he proceeded to the
door. uabolted 1t, and wat downstairs
and out to the haysUack at the rear Of
the house. He dug a hole, deposited
the pantaloons therein, replaced the
hay and returned to the house and wen
to bed.
The mystery was solved. The mex
morning the haystaek was searched
and all five pairs Of pantaloons wer'
found snugly slowed therein.
The broad ax., 1897-03-13

a minister in the far west duIIng
the past few years has made a col
lection of curious and worthless money
given at the services Of his church.
His exhibit includes Peruvian, Hawai-
ian and Swedish coin, also quarters
and dimes. punched, battered, defaced,
which he would not attempt to pass
for their face value, and could not pass
them IL he made the attempt He has
given notice that the defaced coin will
be sent to the mint and sold as bullion.
or melted and made into some article
of church ware. Such a matter-of-fact
statement is worth more than a
hundred jests 10 show that the collec-
template indicates the possible char
acter of contributor. II consciously
used in this way the debased coin
represents a deception. The giver
knows that his tradesman would hest
tate to accept the coin in trade. To
drop 1t into the contribution-box ID
an easy disposition Of the obnoxious
piece of metal. and apparently shows
generous obedience to a religious duty
II is a small, misleading act. Its pitt
full meanness could not be tolerated By
q thoroughly honest mind.
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rennrson and Hi. Wife.

Tennyson was devoted to his wife,
but, like a man of true taste, he wrote
very little about his feeling for her.
That beautiful dedication beginning,
Dear, near and true" is that bit Of
his writing which will be most often
associated with her name. She was
shrewd critic Of her husbands work.
Tennyson has been accused Of inability
to fuse the different portions Of long
poem, and the difference in style be-
tween THE Coming Of Arthur" and
"The Passing of Arthur" and the other
"Idylls Of the King" has been cited in
illustration. Concerning this difference
Lady Tennyson said to her son only
two days before her death, He said
The Coming Of Arthur and The Pass
ing Of Arthur are purposely simpler in
style than the other idylls as dealing
with the awfulness Of birth and death, -
and she wished this statement OF the
poet to be put on record in her sons
biography Of his father.-New York
Tribune.
The broad ax., 1897-03-13
USE OF SLANG.
Delicate Application of 1t Made -
skIIIfuI Adopts

skIIIfuI Adopts
The really amusing feature OF slang
saws a writer in the Illustrated Amer
can Is not the expression itself so
much as the delicate and fanciful ap-
plication of IL made by skillful hands.
"Dontcher know" has been establish
ed so extensively and generally that
the listeners ear takes no more notes
of 1t than Of a punctuation mark.
Nevertheless, 1t is an irritation to hear
1t constantly repeated. You under
stand me, you see what / mean
thrown in at the end Of every SEN
tence, even though the conversation
may be about the simplest matter
causes a nervously intelligent auditor
to feel that he is being mistaken IoI
an imbecile To ask man with speclai
emphasis IL he understands, when inc
subject before him could be UNDER
stood by a child of 2. borders on insult
The good-humored, pachydermatous
speaker has no appreciation OF the IT.
ritation he is causing nor Of the Keen
sarcasm OF the occasional reply ne
ELECTS. Slang seems to be the natural
mode of expression for the boy al
school and college. From him II
spreads to his sisters and not to know
the meaning of all the complicated ano
arbitrary terms argues ones self out
of the world of youth. To be in SYM
patty with it one must have at least q
bowling acquaintance with this strange
and ephemeral language.
The broad ax., 1897-03-13
-oo nus. OATS. IIs Bus. BA......a

,oo nus. OATS, MS Bus. BAI.....G.
NJ NJ. Luther. East Troy. Pa, grew
ooo bushels Salzer's Silver Mine Oas
ana John BREEDER. Mishicott. Wis. ia
hrshels Silver King Barley per acre
Don't you believe K? Write them!
Fodder plants as rape, teosinte
vetch. spurry. clovers. grasses. etc. in
endless varieties. potatoes at $3.50 a
barrel. Salzers seeds are bred to big
Yields. Americas greatest seed ca,a.
Iogue and II farm seed samples ar.
sent you by John A. Salzer Seed Co
La Crosse. Wis, upon receipt Of 10
cents stamps, ~orth $40. to get a start
WI
The broad ax., 1897-03-13

Whatever our senators and represen-
tatiyes do or fail to do about other
matters. the present session OF con-
Eress ought not to close without suit
able appropriation for the repair oil
the frigate Constitution,-"Old Iron
sides" Immediate action is necessary
for the preservation of a vessel whose
decks have been red with heroes
blood" and whose glorious record is an
imperishable part of our national re-
nown.
The broad ax., 1897-03-13

lanes T. Fields, the Boston publish
er, had a good memory, and his knoWl-
edge of English literature was well
known to be both accurate and extern
siye. An exchange relates an amusing
story of a would-be wit who once tried
m entrap him. fhe incident occurred
at a dinner party. Before Mr.. Fields
arrival one of the gentlemen informed
the other guests that he had written
some lines which he intended to sub
nit to Mr. Fields as SOuthey's, and to
ask in which of that authors works
they could be found. At a lull in the
conversation after the dinner was in
progress the wOuld-be wit began:
MIR. Fields, have been somewhat
puzzled Of late in searching out In
Southey's poems his well-known lines
running thus" repeating the lines he
had composed. Can you tell me when
he wrote them and where they are to
be found?"
II do not remember to have met
with them before" replied the publish
or; land there were only two periods
in Southey's life when such lines could
possibly have been written by him"
When were thOse?"
Somewhere" said Mr.. Fields, about
that early period of his existence when
he was having the measles or cutting
his first teeth, or near the close Of his
life when his brain was softened. The
versifcation belongs to the measles
: period, but the ideas betray the idiotic
one"
| The company reared
The broad ax., 1897-03-13

An old postofice Inspector says:
Money never should be inclosed in let
tiers for transmission through the mails.
In the first place 1t IL unnecessary to
do 30, because money orders are 80
cheap; and, in the second place. money
in a letter offers constant temptation
TO those who handle mail. It Is prac-
tically impossible to place money in q
letter 30 that the postal clerk into whose
hands the letter falls viii not instantly
detect 1t. Paper money has a peculiar
odor unlike anything else on earth. and
the clerk who Is dishonest uses his
lenses of smell In spotting valuable let
ters rather than the sense Of touch"
The broad ax., 1897-03-13

Mcguire Hines, railroad builder,
has Just returned from visit to Eng
land. He went there to raise S3,OOO,OOO
Tor a new line in the South. THE peo-
pie met believe that the late war
over here was between North and
South America" he said, recently, land
their notion about Venezuela is that
the confederacy has started the war
again" England is in need OF free
schools.
The broad ax., 1897-03-13

Jake Schaefer. the former champion
billiardist, fell of a Chicago street car
and permanently injured the wrist OF
his cue arm, and is now suing for $780,
600 damages. It's a stiff price, but it is
also a stiff wrist.
The broad ax., 1897-03-13

An excellent hot bread for luncheon
or q night tea may be made from ba-
ker's bread rolled. Take fresh loaf
that Is square in shape. cut on the crust
with q sharp knife, and cut In thin
slices, buttering each slice before cut
ting. Roll the slices carefully and
fasten each with a skewer or wooden
toothpick, and brown In the oven.
Serve hot These rolls may sometimes
be spread Jith thin layer OF raspberry
lam after they are buttered, or sprink-
led with grated cheese, and served cold.
The broad ax., 1897-03-13

Now that another United States Ven
ezuelan Commission has been appoint
ed the people will be less restless. IL
has been difficult trying to worry along
between commissions.
The broad ax., 1897-03-13
DONE Llke Poorhou.e..

There is such deep-rooted dislike
among paupers in Ireland to enter the
workhouse that in the county Of An
trim, for instance, there are only 1000
persons In six warehouses; that have
room for 5000.
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Escape.

AREN'T you late in getting home
from Sunday school, Bobby" "well,
guess! There was a man there who
made an all-day speech and thought
he would never get out" Who was
he7" saw. I forgot his name. but he
was an escaped missionary. Judge.
The broad ax., 1897-03-13
In the yern.cular.

Teacher-will some little boy kindly
give q modern version Of the saying
that there Is no rose without thorn?"
Fiddsy-Dey is no push widout a
knoeker.-Indianapolis Journal.
The broad ax., 1897-03-13

A new and less destructive method
Of getting rubber has been discovered.
Heretofore the trees were cut down. but
Il has been found that the leaves yield
= 5urer and more abundant article
Wherefors the trees can Be spared
The broad ax., 1897-03-13

It is well to remember when In or
out OF society that purple and fine linen
never made a porcine character nne
gentleman.
The broad ax., 1897-03-13

The wife who Is meek and patient
and forgiEing and always meets her
husband with a smiling face no. mat
tar how much he makes her cry IN -
srsk gsts terribly tiresorns
The broad ax., 1897-03-13

When a girl is saying goodby to a
man in the hall, why does she stand
up SO close and put her hands behind
her?
The broad ax., 1897-03-13

The police of Kansas City properly
come under the classification of heavy
weights. The members Of the force
were recently weighed, when 1t was
found that the average weight Of each
policeman Is 1855 pounds. and the ay-
erage height is feet 1o5k inches. The
heaviest ofhcer weighs $50 pounds and
e seven feet high. lacking four inches.
The broad ax., 1897-03-13

People who are not able to take care
Of their priyate conduct are hardly ut
to prescribe rules for others.
The broad ax., 1897-03-13

Don't blame the devil with every
thing crooked in the world. MANKIND
has done a good deal in that line.
The broad ax., 1897-03-13

There is as much difference between
information and gossip as there Is De-
tween walnut and Eastwood.
The broad ax., 1897-03-13
ARM MADE OF GLASS.
A NEW YORK MAN HAS A VAL
LIABLE MEMBER.
Reasons for the Unusual Maternal
Marvellous Mechanism In the Interior
Small Switchboard with Electric
Buttons.

HE use that glass
is being put to
nowadays are truly
legion. Houses have
even been built OF
that fragile ma
terial, statues have
been cast in it,
furniture Of all
kinds, from beds
tables In d
chairs have been
The broad ax., 1897-03-13

care YOU IN favor one-cent postage. R,.
cIayf' eyes, except on lOye-letters; I do1,
think counting ought to be made any rheas.
err
The broad ax., 1897-03-13

''what IL chivalry. Uncle GeorgeT' at
giving q woman your seat In a car withO1t
getting yexed at her for not thanking You"
The broad ax., 1897-03-13

''Bowker was a wreck. and now he IA
completely restored to health" ''What cured
himi" HE simply gave up trying 10 catch
street cars"
The broad ax., 1897-03-13

When bilious or eostive, eat a Cascare,
candy cathartic, cure guaranteed. lOc, 25s
The broad ax., 1897-03-13
Birds strangely Concealed.

Mr.. A. II. Thayer, an artist, believes
he has discovered that the light color
Of the under parts Of birds and small
mammals serves to conceal them from
their enemies. At a recent meeting
Of the American Ornithologists' Union
he proved by experiments that an OBJ
ject nearly of the color OF the ground,
like e potato. is very conspicuous when
placed a few inches above the soil
and viewed from a little distance. But
when the under side is painted white,
and gradually shaded into the color Of
the upper part, the object disappears
by blending with the ground; the
whiteness beneath counteracts the sf-
feet of the shadow Of the body.
White slaves of Old England.
Eight hundred years ago all Of the
large cities Of England had regular
slave markets for the sale Of white
slaves from all parts Of the kingdom.
In the Life Of Bishop Withstand" the
writer says: 1T was a moving sight to
see in the public market rows Of young
people Of both sexes tied together and
sold, like cattle-men, unmindful of
their obligations, delivering into slav-
cry their relatives, and even their own
children" In another part Of this
work 1t Is noted that among these
slaves were particularly young wom-
en-, Of fine proportions and Of great
beauty"
The broad ax., 1897-03-13

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets An
Druggists refund the money II IL fails 10 cure 81
The broad ax., 1897-03-13
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY.

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Catholics Protestants. Knights Of Labor, In
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Entered at POstOaice as secOnd-cIass matte
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-01-30

that sort when Geronimo should meet
him. The chief was very anxious to
learn all he could about General Miles,
whom he had never seen.
"'Is he large man, and how does
he carry himself?' Has he a bright
eye or dull eye?' Does he talk slow
or fast?' were some of the questions
that he asked. Lieutenant Gatewood
replied that General Miles had a bright
eye, and did not talk much, but that
what he said could be relied on.
"As the conversation proceeded the
officer could see that Geronimo was
becoming pleased, and was beginning
to regard with favor the overtures for
his surrender; and the feelings of
their chief were reflected in the faces
of his gaupt and hungry warriors.
Tomorrow, on your assurance that
I shall come and 60 in safety, will 60
to Captain Lawton and talk with him,
said Geronimo at last. You shall
take this message to him that he may
expect me-
"This closed the interview, and Lieu
tenant Gatewood walked out of the
camp with his mission accomplished,
where an hour before there was far
greater prospect that he would lose
his life. Next Geronimo had a talk
with Captain Lawton, with the result
that he agreed to 90 northward with
him to meet General Miles, then at
Fl. Bowie. They started the next
day, Geronimo's band and Captain
Lawton's command marching in paral-
lei lines, and often camping very near
each other at night. After marching
in this manner II days they met, at
Skeleton Canyon, General Miles, who
had started from Ft. Bowie, and there
Geronimo and Natchez, with their
band of followers, surrendered uncon-
ditionally to him with the single con-
dition that their lives be spared. Ger
onimo, Natchez and two warriors were
driven in an ambulance to Ft. Bowie,
the nearest railroad station, the others
following on foot. From Ft. Bowie
they were sent east to Ft. Pickens. A
little later all of the Chiricahawa and
Warm Springs Apaches remaining on
the San Carlos reservation were de-
ported to Ft. Marion in Florida, and
the southwestern country, for the first
time in it's history, was freed from the
terrors of Apache warfare. New
York Sun.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-01-30
MARlON'S DIPLOMACY.

One of the stories which used to
stimulate the patriotism of American
boys is that of Marion's inviting a
British officer to dine with him on
roasted potatoes and cold water. The
story has been doubted by certain
critical historians, but DR.. Joseph
Johnson of South Carolina, says it
is substantially true. He heard it
when a child from bis father, to whom
it was told just after its occurrence.
But the story as originally told illus.
trated Marion's diplomacy rather than
his poverty and self.denial.
The officer, a young man, sensitive,
humane and high-toned, had been
sent, under flag of truce, to Marion's
camp to transact some business with
the general. After the business had
been completed, the generals aide in
vited the officer to dine with him.
He would have had good dinner,
if Marion, seeing his character, had
not determined to make an impression
on his sensitive nature favorable to the
American cause.
The young man had been invited to
dine with Marion, and having excused
himself to the aide, was provided by
his host with dinner of sweet pota-
toes roasted in the ashes of the hearth,
and served on bark platters. The Off
Ger noticed that the general, in peeling
his potatoes, put the skins carefully on
one side of his plate, instead of throw
ing them on the ground.
Oscar, the generals servant and fos-
terbrother, waited on them. He was
always called "Budde," corruption
for brother, by Marion, who, after
dinner, said to him
"Budde, bring US something to
drink" Oscar brought gourdful of
water, and handed it to the officer and
then to the general.
"Budde, bring up Roger" and the
generals horse, being led up, was fed
with the potato skins.
The officer saw and was conquered.
He returned to the British camp and re.
signed his commission, saying he could
not fight against men who were so con-
soientious in their opposition to king
and parliament as to drink nothing
but water, eat nothing but potatoes,
and feed their horses on the skins.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-01-30

He DIDN'T SEE IT, E1THER.-A
Snowman was making a great fuss at
the front of his exhibition of the Won
ders he had inside. A man standing
in the crowd with little boy beside
him, cried out:
"I'll bet you dollar you cannot let
me see lion."
"Done," said the Snowman, eagerly !;
"put down your money"
The man placed dollar in the hand
of bystander, and the Snowman did
the same.
"Now walk this way" said the show
man, "and I'll soon convince you.
There you are," said he, triumphantly
"look in the corner at that beautiful
Numidian lion."
II don't see any," responded the
other.
"What's the matter with you ?"
asked the Snowman.
"I'm blind" was the grinning reply
and in a few minutes the blind man
pocketed the two dollars, and went
away.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-01-30

SHE WILL DUsT.-He had a back
load of feather busters as he rang the
door bell on Montcalm street yester-
day, and when woman opened the
door about two inches and said that
nothing was wanted he inquired:
"Madam will you kindly inform me
who lives next door,"
"Next door? ?" she queried, coming
out on the step. "Why it's a new
family, and I don't remember the
name."
"Lady puts on good deal of style,
doesn't she?"
"Rather."
oI thought so. That's the way with
those sort of people they put it all on
their backs. asked her if she didn't
want a duster to dust off her uphol-
stored furniture and brick-a-brack,
and she slammed the door in my face.
She didn't have any to dust, you see.
People who have plush furniture and
articles of virtue and taste always
want my goods. Pleasant day, ma
DAM"
eyes. What did you say the price
was?"
"Seventy-fve cents, madam, and the
woman next door is peering through
the parlor blinds at u.s."
"Is she? Well, I'll take one, and il
there should be any other invention to
dust brick. -brack and oil paintings
you might call around. You may al
so bring me a box of polish for my
silyerware. ."-Detroit Free Press.