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The broad ax., 1898-09-10
R.t-catch,nr Snake.

They appear to be turning snakes 20
good account in Brazil. for rats have
become so abundant that a domestic
snake. the giboya. which has about the
circumference Of the arm. Is sold in the
market place In Rio Janeiro to be kept
in the house as protection against
rodents. II would seem that the ser
pent pursues its prey more for the
pleasure there is in Il than from a
sense of hunger, since It Is said that
II rarely eats the rats caught. Similar
in its habits and attachments to, the
domestic cat Of more northern latftudes
the giboya will. 1t is said, find its way
back to the house OF It's master. even
IL transported to considerable dis
lance.
The broad ax., 1898-09-10

Yellow journalism il . new name for
an old thing. and to say that It pays
Il to ignore some notable examples Of
the past. Many years ago the editor
Of an English paper which throye upon
scancalous gossip was sued for libel.
ut may here be timely TO remark thzt
all the Journalistic nastiness In this
country today sprung from similar IN
stitutions in EngIand.) In the witness
Sox he pleaded that he only sold what
peopIs wanted, and his profits were
large. II had rather starve." answered
the counsel for the other side. than
pick sixpences out Of the gutter" That
brave speaker Is today Lord Chancellor
Of England. while the editor SIN picks
sixpsnces out Of the gutter. Filth and
fun 20 down before honor and cleanli-
ness, the country over and the world
around.
The broad ax., 1898-09-10

The result of an election in the
French colony Of Guadeioupe affects In
literal sense the complexion Of the
Chxmber of Deputies Of the republic.
The blacks and whites united against
the mulatto element In the population
Of the island The coalition was sue
sessful. The deputy chosen Is describ-
d as coal-black. Paris loves extremes.
and win be, glad that the utmost pos
sibility Of coloring, in this particular
direction, is expressed in the deputy's
eountenance.
The broad ax., 1898-09-10

The Madrid government sending its
aeets and armies to certain doom Is a
peculiar spectacle in these modern days.
Students Of history. however, viii re-
call that in one case the tribunal Of
the inqufsition once brought before It
= eulprit charged with being hereto
and atheist, but as he died before the
inquiry was completed his Judges
gravely continued the trial. adjudged
him guilty and ordered his body to be
burnt Spain has good deal Of the
Rlne medieval spirit Jet.
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ready.to kin when they think It IL their
dutEstc do So"
Dr. Blair. . practitioner Of Pine
vile. Bell county. and man Of more
than ordinary ability. was asked what
caused mountain feuds- He said:
Envy has q great deal to do with
bringing on mountain feuds II one
or two boys IN q family Of poor noun
taineers become a1bitious and try to
rise In the world their more fndolent
companions are filed with envy. and
often do all In their power to drag the
workers down. This was the case
with my brother and me. We were
poor mountain boys. and lived on a
little farm in Leteher county Only
! bare living could be made on the farm
and We decided 70 educate ourselves
ana try to be SOMEBODY. We were soon
able to teach school. and at night
would study medicine. and my brother
would read up on the higher branches.
In aus time went to medical col
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teen committed. One hundred miles
away as the crow hies. in the coun-
ties Of Clay, Perry, Breathitt, Powell,
Bell. Harlan, Letcher, Menifee, and
Lawrence, different code prevails. II
man is killed his kinsmen are In duty
bound to kill the murderer. II the
dead man has been killed from am
bush. 1t is considered right and proper
to use tie same tactics In the taking
on of the murderer. It Is net consid-
cred cowardly to shoot the slayer Of a
member of ones family from behind q
tree. II is simply repaying In kind.
These facts admitted, the question
quoted comes unbidden.
The answer is hard to find. Con-
gresham David G. Colson Of Bell
county. who has Just been made col
onel of the Fourth kentucky volun-
teer infantry, In answer to this ques-
ton, said:
You ask a question difficult to an
swer. We mountain men have been
kept so far away from the influence
Of the law that every one Of US has
had to depend on his good right arm
to defend his rights of person and
property. ] have had two brothers
killed. One of them was first shot to
pieces by an enemy, and We thought
he would never recover. Then all the
hate OF q century rose up within me,
and took Winchester and started 10
kill the men who, as / supposed, has
killed my brother. felt that IT was
my duty to kill them. did not think
/ was about to commit another wrong
in trying to right the one we had SUI
fered at the assassins' hands. / did
not think 1t would be assassination for
me to kill them from ambush, as
started out to do. / felt glad that /
was 30 soon to kill them. l failed 20
get across the mountain In time to
intercept the men, and l never got a
shot at them. But / know just how
a mountaineer feels when he wants to
avenge a wrong.
well, my brother got well, but he
was afterward killed, and he killed his
slayer after he had been shot through
the heart. Ny other brother was
killed last year by an assassin. You
see, the law with us does not work
rapidly or justly. A murderer Is gen.
orally able to prove an alibi, for he
nearly always kills his victim without
being seen. This leaves no other
course open to US save fighting the de-
stroyer with his own fire. II may
seem strange to you people Of the Blue
Grass that these things are true, but
do not hesitate to say that were your
best men to remove to the mountains
they would soon be imbued with the
mountain spirit. and they would adopt
our method of righting wrongs"
But you haven't answered my Ques-
tion," said the correspondent.
mo, / have not" replied the colonel,
"and to tell you the truth, I cannot
answer II, as so many different things
20 to make up the cause Of mountain
feuds. They come up from time 10
time, a score or more Of men are
killed, and when the leaders are out Of
the way the wars stop. and that's all
there IL to it. / am sorry that moth
ing can be done to prevent these out
breaks, but suppose they win con-
tinue to astonish the world as long as.
We have mountains Inhabited by q
race Of people who are willing and
The broad ax., 1898-09-10

der, Col. Lucas, when asked what
caused mountain feuds, replied: THE
'forty-hves.' She meant pistols Of 40
calibre and she called them by their
mountain name. Continuing. she said:
I'VE have 'forty-fives' for breakfast,
dinner and supper. and II we put two
or more men in the same room at night
they talk about 'forty-ives' until they
fall to sleep. It is the last subject at
night and the first subject in the morn
ing. It IL the forty-hve' all the time.
Men study about nothing save shoot
ing. Nearly every tree between here
and London. on road twenty-four
miles in length, has been shot at.
Scores of bullets have been fired into
nearly every one Of them. 1t is shoot,
shoot all the time. Not content with
shooting at trees, turkeys and other
targets, the men will shoot their pis-
tolls on here In town at night Just for
the fun Of the thing. You had an ex-
ample of this the other morning, be-
fore daylight, when some one shot
Judge Eversole's dog in my yard, and
the bullet that killed him lodged in
the wall Of the room in which you
were sleeping. The fellow who fired
those shots had nothing against the
dog. He had thought about shooting
so much and had been restrained SO
long because the soldiers were here
that he had to fire on his pistol. He
happened to see the poor dog and
blazed away at him. II he had seen a
man whom he did not like he would,
in all probability, have shot him.
Boys learn to shoot the 'forty-five'
before they are old enough to learn
their A, B, Cis, and the result is that
when they grow up they are wild to
shoot somebody. When one of them
hits a tree in the centre while engaged
in target practice, some one in the
crowd will say, That shot would have
killed a man. Thus they are brought
to associate the shooting Of a forty
Eve with the killing Of a man, and
when they become men. and often be-
fore, they get into difficulty and the
result is that the deadly 'forty-ive' Is
brought into play and another feud
has been launched We want more
books and fewer 'forty-hves' Take
away the pistols. give rs good books
and teach our young men and young
women how to read and understand
them, and ] win guarantee that the
mountain feud win become a thing OF
the past"
Hayden Brock, young mounfaineer,
who lives in Laurel county. and has
been student at the State College in
Lexington for three years. was asked
what, in his opinion, caused mountain
feuds. He .hesitated before answering.
but he finally said:
bad roads. You see. our roads are
50 bad that a fonr-horse team can haul
only $500 pounds Of goods from Lon
don TO Manchester. This can be done
only during the summer and fall
months. In the winter and spring II
Is impossible 70 haul empty wagons
over this road. and the mail has to be
carried on pack mules. We are there
fore shnt OF from the world during at
least I'VE months in the year. and when
We do have communication. 1t is 80
slow and costly that many Of our
people have never seen q railroad train
and know nothing about cities. These
The broad ax., 1898-09-10


War causes many separations and
brings sorrow into many homes. hut In
the case Of Lieut.. Daniel Burkholter Of
the Third United States volunteer cav
airy, better known IS GrigEsby's
Rough Riders. the Spanish dificul5
has been the means Of his first visit
home In eighteen years. Lieut.. Burk-
hotter passed through Pittsburg from
Chlckamauga last night to Manor, Pa.
where his mother and sister live. He
enlisted In the Rough Riders at Bis
marck, N. D., where he has been .
ranchman since 1850. After spending
two days at Manor he win 80 to Wash
ington, where he win spend the rest Of
his leave OF absence Of seven days.-
PittsbuEg Commercial Gazette.
The broad ax., 1898-09-10

There Is one good thing about tia
essay Of the girl graduate It does not
NEEDLE with current topics. It treats
Of abstruss and ancient questions; and
as Il Il not Of Immediate importance It
may be translated any time during the
next ten years without danger from the
long delay. The dear girl win not
trouble herself with the Spanish United
states question, and fhsrsfore she win
kindly refrain from inztr1eting our
military and naval leaders how to win
battles ana as to what they had better
do when the battles are won. For.
bless the ehildl she Is not an editor.
The broad ax., 1898-09-10

It would have been a hideous thing
Cor the spaniards to mutilate the bod
les Of our slain soldiers. It was ~
least q deplorable thing to accuse them
Of 1t until the fact was proved beyond
dispute. Better be little late with
news that Is true than "too previous"
with news that is not true.
The broad ax., 1898-09-10

An average waltz takes dancer oven
about three-quartsrs Of = mile, .
square dance makes, him cover half q
mile. A sifi with Rweli-Allsd program
travels thus IN one evening; Twelve
valtzes. nine miles: four othsr dances
ct half a mile apiece which f. hardly
= fkiriy big estimate. two miles more;
the intermission stroll, and the trips
to the dressingroom to rsnoTats her
gown. and complexion. half mile;
grand total. eleven and Z half niles.
The broad ax., 1898-09-10

I'm good health but bad temper" is
aid to describe the condition of GER
tain famous author. And 'if this were
AL" what hosts of people might claim
kinship with geniusi
The broad ax., 1898-09-10

Some people have money and don't
know how to enjoy 1t, while others
know how to enjoy 1t but haven't got
it.
The broad ax., 1898-09-10

No wonder the rural editor suffers
from writer's cramp when he has to
take little green apples In payment for
subscriptions.
The broad ax., 1898-09-10

The man who is always repeating The
brighI saying Of his children Is
good-nstured person, but tedious at
times.
The broad ax., 1898-09-10

Some women are so backward that
they are always several years shy
when It comes to giving their age.
The broad ax., 1898-09-10

Some writer's have a wealth Of
thought and they all have the
thought Of wealth.
The broad ax., 1898-09-10

After a man gets in hole it's 81. i.
prising how many people there are
who could have told him what path no
might have taken to avoid It
The broad ax., 1898-09-10

Any old bachelor with plenty Of
money can obtain a situation as an
ideal husband.
The broad ax., 1898-09-10

From an Indians standpoint it's
America for everybody but the Amer
The broad ax., 1898-09-10

It's about as hard to get money out
OF beat as it is to get blood out Of a
tu7nip.
The broad ax., 1898-09-10

There would be fewer bachelors II
they were not allowed to associate with
married men.
The broad ax., 1898-09-10

Woman was made from the rib Of
man, but as to the origin OF ladies' his
tory Is painfully silent
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lexington Correspondence.)

AA4 CauoCo mOo-
tain feuds In Ken
tucky?" Ii q Ques-
tion civilized peo-
pie often ask. Cit
liens Of the Blue
Grass region Of
this state are gen.
orally willing to
allow the law 70
take its course
when a murder has
ILL.,
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Eassrsd at Po.saiaes .. .scond-el... n.ts..
The broad ax., 1898-09-10

Don't blame 4 glove f6r squsszin,
9 pretty girls hand.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-27

Il Is not enough that lie be self
controlled. Il must be Christ-oon-
trolled. "Self-reverence. self-knowl.
edge. self-contror-we need them all.
not one ally can be spared IN the
deadly war Of sense with soul: but
our life will never reach that SOW
erelgn power" OF which the poet sings.
an In the midst OF the throne Christ
sits as King.
In the Tower OF London arr KEEP, TIE
standard weights and measures hy
which the pound-woigh, and the yard
stick Of every vlllage shopkeeper must
be tested That Is what Chris, Is Cor
rs In che world Of moral NE
What Is Il 20 be- a Christian To
be a Christian is 10 be living in faith
n personal unon with Jesus Christ
The Christian lie Is he 90 which
Christ Is motive. pattern and rbwcr.
This is vital Trying 20 be- good
may do something essential. and an
else is secondary. &C.,. much In
deed. certainly. no goodness is 20 be
got without our trying hut We shall
never become Christians that way.
That a. beginning 40 the wrong end
The starting point OF the Christian
life ls. and must be. Christ he is a.
once its Alpha and OMEGA. DO
you feel your need Of wha, Christ Of
fers1 DO you believe that he Is ahle
and willing 20 give q to you2 Then
begin there. wait Tor nothing more
"Son OF God" and yet "He
loved me and gave Himself for mel
Geo. Jackson.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-27

In 1871 It was the scene Of the Medl-
cine Man campaign. the greatest gath
efing OF soldiers since the two thou
sand cavalry. infantry and artillery
laced Ike number Of Indians for over
Two weeks In a game Of blum. and the
soldiers won. for they we're confident.
ana the Indians were not. This was
out the overture 10 the great Sioux
campaign TO follow. Tho scene OF the
action Of this war. IN which Sitting
bull met death and the battle OF
wounded Knee was fought. was few
hundred miles TO the east. but Fort
Custer witnessed H. inception and fur
nished many OF the active soldiers
and scouts.
Fort Custer bore n distinguished
name. Il has been useful and neces-
sary In rs day It's downfall Is simply
due 10 changing conditions In the west.
II is sacrifice TO peace. II has been
wiped out as mas the frontier u was
built 10 guard. Nevertheless. when
the buildings haze been condemned
sold and torn down. the traveller across
those broad valleys who was wont TO
look for the white walls Of the gar
r.son as a guide Tor the last thirty
miles or more Of his journey will look
In vain. and at night he will miss the
hundred lights which twinkled from
the top Of the high bluh and cheered
hls slow journey.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-27

The world Is not a very fne place
for a good many Of the people IN Il.
But I've made up my mind Il shan't
be the worse for me. II I can help q.
They tell me that I can't alter the
world-that there must be a certain
number Of sneaks and robbers In Il.
and II don't he and hlch somebody
else will Wei. then. somebody else
shall. for won't viii never be one
OF the sleek dogs-I would never
choose 10 withdraw myself from the
labor and common burden OF the
world: but ! choose 20 withdraw my
self from the push and scramble for
money and position.
ANY man is at liberty 70 call me a
fool. and say that mankind are bene-
fied by the push and scramble In the
long run: but I care for the people
who are alive now and will not be
living when the long run comes. pre-
Ter 10 60 shares with the unlucky."-
From Felix Holt. Radical"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-27
AasoRBs wArsREpon sElow
sou In the san Joaqain valley Nrolss.sss
~ subtsrranaan str..u.

sou In the san Joaqain valley aloiss-uea
hy subisrraaean Streams.
From the Philadelphia Record. In
yestigaiions made By Professor Milton
Whitney. who Il In charge Of the d.
vision Of soils In the department OF
agriculture. have revealed the curious
phenomenon that the solls OF the San
Joaquin valley and Of the great pa
louise district comprising the fertile
Eheat-growing regionsl contain a con-
siderable quantity OF moisture In e.
cess OF the amount received from rain
fall or surface irrigation. A similar
phenomenon has been observed il,fho
Yellowstone valley and In parts Of Tie
Red River valley. and this would seem
70 explain the mystery Why these re-
gions, which are aemiarid. rarely suffer
from drouih. But this explanation
solves one mystery only 70 present an
other which "a even more inexpllcahlc.
In she Mojave desert. for lnstance.
where the annual average rainfall Il
only Eve inches. the soil beneath TIE
alkaline crust Is always moist In
southern California. where the sum-
mer rainfall Is less than an inch. tohac-
CO and sugar beets. which require much
water. grow luxuriantly without lrrl-
CATION. This phenomenon has been
ascribed tentatively 70 the peculiar
quality Of the soil to absorb moisture
and retain Il. notwithstanding the
low humidity OF the atmosphere. But
whence does this excess Of moisture
come! Artesian wells In an the r.
gions under consideration show water
at depths varying between forty and
200 feet. and Il Il conjeeturod b. the
department investigators that there
may be a slow and continuous upNard
movement Of moisture from sublcrra-
mean sources. Since water, however.
never percolates upward u must Be a.
sumed that the soils Of a large part Of
the arid and semlarld regions Of the
country consist Of vast sheet Of alb
sorbent material. which draws up
moisture from below. like blcttlng pa
per, By capillary attraction. The In
vestlgatlons Of the division Of soils IN
these arid regions will make one Of
the most remarkable chapters In lac
history o. Agriculture.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-27
TnE norel WoMAN.
she Leads Lonely, Aimlsss. wrstehsS
Existence.

A writer who knows nor, bout the
ways Of women apparent than Bal
FAC and de Maupassant mblned has
been giving them some advice on the
subject OF home life. says the New
York Commercial Advertiser He 10
nothing II not sympathetic. and grows
quite pathetic over the misguided fe-
male who prefers 10 live In a hotel
where mo duties call her" and where
there Is nothing TO exercise her inge'
nulty or develop her womanly talents
/ 10 keeping house In some corner IN
this big world which they can call
their own. their very own" This Is
heartrending. but nothing compared 10
the state Of mind OF the hotel vile
when her husband leaves her In the
morning According 10 this same writ
er "she turns back into the room and
wonders what she can do during the
day. how she will employ herself
whore she will 60 There Is nothing In
her room to appeal 10 her TO stay
there. No home duties confront her
There Is nothing IN her life; two
thirds OF herself lies dormant" In
fact. 40 desperate Il her loneliness that
she Is actually glad when the time
comes for her husband 10 come home'
glad to feel that she has some one 70
whom she can talk" What remark
able young woman But the young
husband Is as badly OF almost az bis
wife. To him material considerations
appeal. lie grieves because the fur
niture around them Is not their own
nothing around him Is his. everything
l. by lease. his for a time for 80 much
money: and after be Is through pay
+ ing for Il be leaves u behind'-whicl
! Is al least comforting news Tor the ho'
! tei proprietor When the writer speak,
OF the germ OF evolution which
, springs from the hearthstone" We TAXI
. u as direct asperslon upon the hote
: radiator. but when he declares tina
! people who stop and stagnate arr
) never happy" we would like 20 asl
{ what about the persons who stagnat
B and 90 on. There are more eplgrams
: but the following should be- framei
and Haunted Boy Cat owners and sub
r. urban cottage builders the world over
D "The humhlest cottage D. a millio
. times better than the most luxuriou
:. hotel ever planned by the hands d
n man." Think Of that. little Mrs Lone
b somehurst and never again envy you
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-27

Ts sFe ses ~. 7 'hins. % ioas apsa
this life a. a weary sojournlng n 3
world full Of sblngs 70 trouble and
make us afraid. Think q moment Of
the words Of the prophet king. Thou
hast been our deelllng place IN al
generations" Not simply yesterday.
nor last year. but now and always.
DO We believe thlsl Then why not
take to ourselves the peace Il should
bringY We are secure Ia our place
Of abode. No rude hand may dlslodgo
US. Why should We spend our time as
one living In a house from which be
might be sent away tomorrow
Again. 10 dwell means 70 cling with
fond affection. Are We thus clinging
10 our dwelling placer Around what
are the tendrlls Of our hearts twinlngg
Around the poor things OF this world.
or around Him who Is our sure nbld-
Ing placer Lord. help thou me 70 go
about my daily round Of work for
Thee. calmly trusting In Him who 10
my sure retreat. ready whenever thou
are willing 10 pass on 20 that other
house not made with hands. eternal IN
the heavens Edgar l.. Vincent
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-27

Charlie Miller was in Washington
last sunday and. like a good boy should
decided TO go 10 church. He inquired
what church the president attended.
and then bent his steps In that dlrec-
ton. lie told the usher he was from
Kansas, and desired a scat close 70
President Mckinley. The usher sized
him up, noted the contented. wheat
field look. and then marched him %
the pew behind the Mckinley house
hold, and seated him directly behind
the President Al the close OF the
services Mr. Mckinley arose and be-
gan TO ussle with his overcoat. And
right here Mr. Miller grasped the Oh.
portunl,y OF his IKE. With a gentle
manly. ALLOW me" he held the presl.
dents coat and helped him put Il on.
The cold. icy. what-do-you-Want stare
melted the moment Il struck Mr. Nil
lcr's face and with a cordial Thank
you" the President and his family
passed out Winfield lKasl Courier