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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1898-10-15

FaetS Concerning Porto Rico
and the Passage Islands.


valuable that the minerals have been
neglected in order to cultivate the
vegetables.
San Juan is a city Of 1000 people
The inhabitants are Roman Catholics
and are highly educated. The women
are OF middle size and are exquisiteS
formed. They have all the eoquetry
Of the women OF the tropics, and their
beauty, gentleness and grace Is the TAX
Of all who visit the island. The har-
Dor Of San Juan Is the best In the
West Indies.
One of the principal sources OF Its
revenue is its water supply. More than
twenty islands of tht West Indies send
to II for water. Little boats sail up
the harbor OF San Juan, load their
tanks with water, and sail away again
Poverty Is unknown in the island.
Every man owns his horse and every
woman has her chickens. The prin-
cipal sport OF the island Is cock fight
ing, and the men OF Porto Rico fight
with game cocks as Madrid people in
dulge in bull fights. There is nothing
but hospitality on the island, and the
traveller who hands out money offends
his host.
A feature which strikes the traveller
is the roof gardens, for all Porto Rico
enjoys itself on the housetops at night.
The houses are built a little OF the
ground, and to the dreamy person see
ing them for the first time they look
not unlike castles in the air built for
pleasure, rather than for dwelling pur-
poses. The people have the habit OF
sleeping in the day and at night they
do their shopping and visiting. This
is the custom in Australia and other
hot countries, and in Porto Rico it u
almost universal.
Every man has his country house and
town house. At time OF carnival or
celebration he takes his family to town
and brings them back again when the
sport is over.
Porto Rico is immensely wealthy in
proportion to its size, and It is doubted
If the Philippines can equal it in rich
mesa in proportion to the square foot.
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fifteen miles. There are only a few in
habitants on the island.
Excellent anchorage can be found
within the cape and islands just de-
scribed, but the best, called the Sound,
10 toward their southern end, under the
lee of the reef.
Great Harbor, in the southern por-
don of Culebra, is one Of the most
secure basins in the West Indies. II
Is q mile long and half mile wide, OF
irregular shape, but there are no in
habitants or villages there, and, OF
course, no facilities Of any kind.
Crab Island, called also Viegues IS
land. six miles to the eastward of Por-
TO Rico, is the largest and most i'm
portant Of the Passage group, being
seventeen miles long by five broad. A
ridge Of small hills runs nearly its
whole length along the middle Of the
island, and rises to a moderate height
at the southwest extremity of the is
land.
The south coast Of the island is in
dented by several small bays, one Of
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1898-10-15
HOW MONKEYS ARE CAUGHT.
One Of the Peculiar Methods Aaepesd
By the Natives.

One Of the Peculiar Methods Adopted
By the Natives.
In capturing monkeys II Is said that
their curiosity IL the thing that makes
them an easy prey. Nearly all Of the
monkeys that We see In this country
come from Gornoma, little village
situated a short distance from the Pan
ANA railroad. The inhabitants Of this
district are mostly native negroes, for
few white men could bear the climate.
The whole region is marshy, and COW
cred with tropical vegetation. At night
there arises a thick vapor, laden with
fever, which hangs over the woods like
q cloud. This region Of woods Is the
paradise CT monkeys. They travel In
troops, led by an older monkey. When
the people receive information that the
travelling monkey troops" are near
the village they 60 to the woods in
crowds to chase them. Their plan is
very simple. They cut q hole in
eocoanut large enough for a monkeys
paw to enter. The nut is then hol-
lowed out and a piece of sugar Is plac-
ed in It. A piece of string is then fas-
tened to II, and 1t is placed in the road
OF the approaching monkeys. 1t is well
known that monkeys are very inquisi-
tive. When they see the cocoanut In
the grass they hurry to examine It. 1t
does not take them long to find out
that the inner part contains a piece
Of sugar. One Of the boldest and greed
lest sticks a paw iato the nut to get
the sugar, and grasps 1t as tightly as
he can. But his fist Is so large that
he cannot draw II out of the hole again,
with the sugar, to which he holds fast,
cost what IL may. The natives now
pull the string until nut and monkey
arrive in the vicinity OF their ambus-
cade. In the meantime the other mon
keys wonder what is the matter with
their comrade. They hurry to see
where he Is being pulled to, with his
paw in the cocoanut. They crowd
around him, chattering and gesticulat-
ing, and the natives, who have large
net ready, cast it over them, and be-
fore they know 1t all are prisoners.
They are sold to the employees Of the
Panama railroad, and reach North
American markets through commercial
dealers. p. W. H.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1898-10-15

When spelling reform is urged, We
may say that spelling has already been
reformed For example, we do not
now spell all the words in a we'll
known verse of the last chapter of st.
Luke's Gospel as they are spelled in
wyclif's Bible, where 1t appears thus:
"And thus it bihofte Crist to suffre;
and rise agen fro deeth in the thridde
day; and penaunce and remissioun OF
synnes, to be prechid in his name into
allie folks biynnynge at jerusalem"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1898-10-15

To cook corn, the wise camper will
lay the ears on the Goals. wrapped in
their husks. and when the husks are
quite burned on the corn is cooked de-
liciously.
II one Is where shad abound the fish
can be fastened to an oak single ana
turned before the fire till done, when
1t VIII be found to have a fine flavor
OF the oak.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1898-10-15
OF AN Ex-oUEEN.
Natalie Counts the Hair on Her Lip as
. Mark of Beauty.

Natalie Counts the Hair on Her Lip as
Marx of Beauty.
Ex-Queen Natalie Of Servia, who is
about to organize q corps Of titled
ladies to act as nurses in the Cuban
var, has q mustache-a thick, well-de-
fined mustaehe, Of which many a
downy-lipped dude might be Justly en-
vious. Natalie is known as "the most
unfortunate queen In Europe" and to
the mind Of the average American
woman the mustache is doubtless SUI
hcient ground to establish the title.
But Natalie is enough Of an oriental TO
count the shadowy line above her lip
as a mark Of especial beauty-a partic-
ular mark Of favor from the gods. She
has had more tragedies in her life than
any other queen consort of modern
times, not excepting the Inflated Eu-
genie, who was an enpress-consort,
by the way. One Of the favorite pas
times Of Natalie's disreputable hus-
band, King Milan, was to swing her
about by her long, black hair before
the entire court circle. Her son, Alex
Rnder, was torn from her arms at an
age when he most required her care.
Her life was saved by a party Of stu
dents. who escorted her carriage over
the frontier when It was attacked by
hired assassins. Her reason finally
gave way under her burden Of sorrovs.
but this last misfortune was only tenn
porary, and she went 70 q convent for
. time for the peace the world could
not give. Natalie now forgets her own
griefs in trying to tighten those Of
StherA
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1898-10-15
American Locomotives on Russian Rail-

American Locomotives on Russian Rail-
ways
We have already noted the placing
In the United States Of large orders
for armor plate and naval cruisers oy
the Russian government In other
lines the same government has testified
to the superiority Of all American me-
chanical work. Within period Of six
months orders were placed in Phila-
delphia alone for 138 locomotive en-
gines for Russian railways, OF which
eighty were ordered within nine weeks
for the great Manchurian road. Orders
aggregating nearly $1,000, 900 were also
placed in the United States for the
equipment Of the Imperial railways
with air-brakes-orders understood to
be but the first of a series.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1898-10-15

A leading paper Of England impu.
aenfly remarks that the United States
s7s net q nation" Not content with
tkis simple statement, IT goes on to SAY
A polysyIla5ic fashion. that the states
are -an agsroupment fortuitous and
colossal established on ssmiconfineni
offabaIous natural wealth, without his.
tarie roots. without traditions, without
internal resistances or external obsta-
eles which developed beyond measure
With an the exuberance OF elementary
organisms" The aggroupmenf'
sssms 70 Be doing wen. al things con
aaesea
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1898-10-15

When we read that I'VE reafarm our
allegiance to the principles Of equality
and justice which have always made
our party" etc, we unconsciously feel
that war is brief, passing fancy and
that politics is the only real thing.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1898-10-15

Voice over the Phone-"Any more
fighting In Santiago?" The ONCE Boy
Mop" Voice-"Sure? "Yes,sure.
You seems mighty anxious" you bet
I'm anxious. I've got a nephew there
who owes me $13."-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1898-10-15

Miss Frigid-n 1 had known that
Margaret Doyle had been bathing here
nothing would have induced me to en-
ter the same sea- feel that It contain
mates me now-Pick-Me-Up.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1898-10-15

New York's anti-swearing ordinance
has been defeated, the public feeling
that anything that will cramp the ex-
preston Of a person forced to live in
New York can not be tolerated.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1898-10-15

Sagasta frequently remarks that
Spain Is perfectly calm. At first
glance that seems to be a foolish lie;
but perhaps she has been metophoric-
ally put to sleep.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1898-10-15
No Reason 70 rhInk So.

Mrs. Benham-Will you love me
when am old? Benham-What makes
you think you will look any worse then
than you do now?-New York Evening
World
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1898-10-15

There are lots of little things that
wise men do not understand, but it Is
generally believed that hens lay eggs
because they can't stand them on end.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1898-10-15
London Postomes Directory.

The London postoflce directory con-
tains Lbs square feet Of printed mat
ter, while its leaves. II placed end to
end, would measure a quarter Of q
mile
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1898-10-15
There are 100000

There are 100, 900
people in Porto
Rico who live in
towns and villages.
The exports
amount to S15,000.-
900, and so luxuri-
Gus are the people
that in noe year
IS, 900. 900 Of goods
were carried to the
Island These nm
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1898-10-15

When q prima donna gets a note too
high she drops her voice. That proba-
bly, accounts for many of the cracked
voices We hear.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1898-10-15
P.rh.,. Iu.t,a.h,~

Askins-I understand that Miss Old
angles, whom young whoopler married
recently, Il very wealthy. Grimshaw-
on. yesi There were extenuating cir
s1mstances.-Puck.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1898-10-15

He was a liberal judge" said Lam
guild Lawrence. I'm vot wayg" asked
Restfui Rawaon. He gimme tour
hours ter leave town, wen I needed
ut tan minnits- York Wnrll.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1898-10-15

Life may be a grand. sweet song, but
one can't get much harmony out OF 1t
In "A fat"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1898-10-15

The average man earns much less
than his wife thinks him capable of
earning.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1898-10-15

When a man is sure that his friends
never say unkind things Of him, he Is
sure that all his friends are dead
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1898-10-15

Married men as a rule do not lie
from choice, but their wives viii per-
sist In asking such fool questions.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1898-10-15

1t presents great possibilities as a TO
sort and Is one Of the finest pieces o.
property on the earth's surface.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1898-10-15

FITS permanently Cured NO hts or nsrvousps,.,,,-
krst days use OF DR.. klipe's Great Nerve Rs,,.0si
send for FREE $500 trial bottle and ,r..,,S
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1898-10-15

whats all this noise?'' Those Bos,o-
girls have gone to quoting Emerson
again"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1898-10-15

There Is no hanging in Mexico. and ou,
side what concerns the army and ~.
brigands, no capital punishment Wv
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1898-10-15

Beware Of desperate steps: the feline Ia.
81 left alone will seek some other ward
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1898-10-15

Mrs. WlnslOw's Soothing Syrup
FOR children teething .sOftens the gums iuresi,s
mAticn Alays pain. cures wind collie Is cents $500
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1898-10-15

natcred at POstOmcs as sscOaa-clas. nattsl
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1898-10-15

n Jon reside In q stons house. don't
ArU1 giassss
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1898-10-15

Hoods pulls cure Sick Headache. q.
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maria, I missed you dreadtully whiIs
was in the army" us that so? D5p,,
they permit you to find fault with tbs
coOk?"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1898-10-15

No-H'o-Bae for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure makes v.,A
~ OronR. blood pure 6Oc. Oh. All druggis,-
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-03-31

Mrs. Charles Scott (nee Peachie
Gill;, of Lexington. is visiting her
sister, Mrs Blanche Miller.
IT. ID. Anderson and daughter. of
Odessa neighborhood, were social
callers ut this office Friday.
Miss Lena Tipton and Mrs. Anna
Upton, of Mt. Sterling, are visiting
Mrs. c. w. Nesbitt this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Myers. of Mich
las CO., visited the latter's mother,
Mrs. Lide Kincaid, first of the
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. S. Estill and
daughter Ethel, OF Flat Creek,
spent Sunday with relatives in
town.
MIR. and Mrs. c. c. Hazelrigg re-
turned Sunday from a several days
visit at VIM. McCray's near North
MiddletOwn.
Misses Anna Lou and Nettie
Wade. of near Mt. Sterling. visited
their sister, Mrs. Robt. Coyle, Sat.
urday and Sunday.
Mrs. d. :. Estill returned from
Cincinnati Saturday, accompanied
by Miss Bessie Carter, of Paris, an
experienced trimmer. who will
have charge of Mrs. Els trimming
department during the season.
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-03-31

C. V. A. ANNUAL MEETING
Lexington, KY, March 22d, 1885,
Headquarters Kentucky Division
Of United Confederate Veterans
The Division Commander announ-
ces that the annual meeting for the
election of officers and the transac-
tion of other important business
will be held at the Court house on
April I'd, at IL o'clock a. m. All
Confederate soldiers, all Daughters
of the Confederacy and all Sons of
Veterans are cordially inviteI to
attend.
Order No. 2. The Commander
strongly appeals to and urges the
members of the Association to come
to this meeting. He feels that he
would be abundantly rewarded for
his arduous labors in building up
and holding together the Associ.-
tion il he could see present at that
time a large delegation from every
camp in the State.
Order No. 3. Arrangements have
been made for several comrades to
deliver short, stirring addresses,
each to relate some thrilling adven-
ture, some brave deed or heroic
action he witnessed during the war,
thus perhaps rescuing from obliv-
ion the name of some gallant Con
federate soldier.
COMRADES: There will be but few
more meetings, our ranks are daily
growing thinner, but dare any one
say that the ties which unite US
are not growing stronger2 Let US
come together then while we can,
let us talk of our dead heroes, let
US recall the unconquerable devo-
tiOn of our Southern women, let us
feel that our children will come to
a heritage of glory brighter than
the fame of kings, and as the years
roll on the proudest boast Of the
fair daughters and brave sons of
the South will be: "My father or
grandfather was a Confederate SOL
dier." JOHN BoYD,
Commanding Ky. Division.
JOHN H. CARTER,
A. A. Gen'l and Chief of Staff.
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Commonwealth of Kentucky, Ex-
ecutive Department.-Wherea it
has been made known to me by A.
w. Bascom, Of Bath county, that
on the night of March 9, 1898. un-
known parties dynamited, attempt
en- to destroy and did seriously
damage the Owingsville and Mt.
Sterling turnpike, at point two
miles east of Mt. Sterling, and are
now fugitives from justice going
at large: and the said A. w. Bas-
com having recommended that a
reward be offered for the apprehen-
sion of said fugitives:
Now, therefore, I, William o.
Bradley, Governor of the Common
wealth aforesaid, do hereby offer a
reward of two hundred dollars
($2OO) for the arrest and convic-
ton of each Of the parties as
aforesaid.
In testimony whereof, have
hereunto set my hand, and caused
the seal of the Commonwealth to
be affixed. Done at Frankfort the
l4th day of March, in the year OF
our Lord one thousand eight hun
dred and ninety-eight, and in the
one hundred and sixth year of the
Commonwealth.
WILLIAM o. BRADLEY.
BY the Governor:
CHAs. FINLEY,
Secretary Of State.
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-03-31

To BE WEDDED.-It is learned
that Miss Lizzie Mckee, daughter
of james Mckee, formerly of this
town, now Of Chicago, ILL.,, will he
married April 9th to Mr.. Jesse
Robinson, u young gentleman of
Chicago, who has been in the en-
ploy of the Adams Express Co. for
twelve years. Miss Lizzie is a els
ter of Mrs. Alexander Conner. She
is most admirable and excellent
young lady, Ind has many admiring
friends here, who will be pleased to
hear of her happiness. With her
many charms and graces she pos
sesses the beauty of a characteristic
daughter of Kentucky and will be
a prize TO be cherished by the
lucky lover who has won her.
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-03-31

ROBERT TRvMBo DEAD.-A dis
patch in the Louisville Post SAYS
that Robert Trumbo, aged 55
years, died, east of Frankfort, one
day last week. Deceased was son
of Andrew Trumbo, deceased. and
was a native of this town. which he
left some time near the close OF the
Civil War and had resided since in
Franklin county. He has many rel
atives in the town and county, and
was much esteemed by the friends
of his youth here that survive.
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Knob Lick.
fDelayed.l

SOMETHING IN Ir.-The Peoples
party has outlived the trying ordeal
through which it has passed since
the fusion pie crowd got control of
it at st. Louis in 1896, and it will
grow faster now than ever before
in its history. A party that could
hold up under such circumstances
shows to the world there is some
thing in it. 1t is now bright and
full of hope. 1t is again to be an
aggressive party, full of enthusiasm
and courage, conscious of the fact
that its principles are right and
will finally triumph. Do you want
to be on the side of right and hu-
manity? Do you want to align
with a party that is for the masses
and against the classes2 If so you
are forced to align yourself with
the Peoples party. There is where
you belong, where you ought to be,
and where duty calls you. Or, Sc
riously and candidly, my friend,
had you rather be on the side of
greed, corporations, trusts and ev-
cry element that is opposed to an
equality Of burdens and that is op-
pressing the masses and making
the poor poorer and the rich richer.
II so you will have to remain in
one of the two old parties. You
can take your choice. 1t takes
nerve and moral courage to espouse
the cause of human rights in this
age of ours. Your blind prejudice.
your partisan superstition, your
want of nerve and moral courage,
my friend. may not enable you to
grasp the serious responsibility
that rests on you and what your
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Commissioners Sale.
RkTH CiRcUIT COURT-

BATH CIRCUIT COURT.
l. n Anderson's Admr., Pin- Notice OF
I. n. Andsrson's Heirs, &C.. Dfrs.j Equity.
BY virtue Of q judgment and order Of sale
Of the Bath Circuit Court rendered at the
February term thereof, 1873, in the above
case, will sell a, the Court-no7ss-aoor IN
OwingsviIIe, KY, to the highest bidder, st
public outcry. on
MONDAY, APRIL IL, 1893,
at l:0 O'Clock, or thereabout, the right of
redemption In q tract of land lying In Bath
county, KY, and described as follows; Be-
ginning at post In fence In line with Gar.
rard and corner to the Thomas Anderson
tract. thence up the branch, thence \ 70
deg. W as poles to q black walnut corner
to SAME. thence " 20 deg. W laGs poles to q
stone corner to same, thence " 501 W sloo
poles to a beech tree, thence " iots W nD
poles to stone corner to same, thence "
isI, W u poles to stone corner to same,
thence y T7is W ls.S poles to stone corner
to John Bradley. thence N H l-2 W Eih
poles to stone corner to same. thence " ~
w i3ls poles To a poplar stump corner No
same, thence 8 sol-s W 4l-55 poles to q stone
In John Bradley's line and q corner to the
part not sold to- J. ii. Richart, thence with
the line of said unsold part deg. r. EO
poles n corner to said unsoid part, thence .
S5s< F. - poles corner to same, thence In
road = II 4 7ss poles a corner to same.
thence = 81 deg. + laos poles to George An
derson's corner with Jones, thence with
Jones' line 8 ssi4 e li2.is poles to q black
walnut corner to same, thence " 8 deg. Z n
poles To stake corner to same, thence Y 3
deg. IS min 79-so poles to the beginning;
40 acres
Said tract ofiand was purchased by J. II.
Richnrt Sept. u, isy7, ut the price of sls7s5s,
nxed by the appraisers.
1 will also sell 2Als acres OF land, subject
to the life estate therein of Mrs. Matte An
her of her two children until arriving at n
years of age, which lies In Bath county, KY,
and Is bounded as follows: Beginning as
"A" On plat corner to the part sold To =.
II. Richart In John Brsdley's line, thence
= 6914 w las poles to stone corner tn Jno.
Bradley In Geo. Anderson's s line. thence with
same, 81 e SL4 poles to stake at yard
fence Of n small house shown on plat caxpss-
to Anderson, thence 8 lo1FwH.U poles to
walnut stump corner to same, thence 81
+ So.ss poles to stake corner to same, thence
5 ss3-4 + 'Sk6O poles to Geo. Anderson's cur
ner with the Jones tract and the part sold
to Richart at f on plat. thence with line Of
same mp road n Al deg. W l5.ss poles to stake
In road, thence " 10 deg. W 7iss poles to
stake In road ut C ON plat. thence " sss+4w
81 poles to b on plat corner to same. thence
y W $50 poles to the beginning.
Said sales will be made upon . credit OF
six months and the purchasers will he r,-
quired to execute bonds with good surety
interest from date and having the
force Of . Judgment. JNO. ID. YOUNG,
Master Commissioners.
Alex Conner and C. W. 6oodpaster, Attys.