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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-09-16
HE ATTACKS HOsSoN.

Lieut.. Jose Muller Y Tejeiro. who
was next to Admiral Cervera in COM
mand OF the naval forces Of Santiago
de Cuba, has just finished an elaborate
reply to Naval Constructor Hobson's
article, entitled, THE Sinking OF The
Merrimac." in the Century Magazine.
Lieut.. Muller is a Spanish officer OF
thirty-fiye years standing. saw the
sinking OF the Merrimac. took Lieut..
Hobson's dispositions in Moro Castle
and was present at the battle CT San
tiago. The navy department at Wash
ington has thought so much OF him
that it has published his book. Battles
and Capitulation of Santiago de Cuba"
have received an advance copy OF the
Spanish officers. article. He writes
a glance at a chart would have shown
Mr.. Hohson that with or without the
Merrimac vessels OF large tonnage car
come cut of santiago harbor only one
at tire. Consequently the Merrimac
was perfectly useless in the place and
position in which it was sunk. This
was thoroughly demonstrated on the
Sd OF July, when the Spanish fleet came
out, and one at time. as they would
have had to do under any circum-
stances" The writer of the article
says that the reason why the Merrimac
did not sink across the channel. as was
intended, was because the maneuveT
was badly executed. He adds:
IF Mr.. Hobson had fitted his vessel
with two good anchors ahead, and an
other two good anchors astern. all he
had to do was to steam slowly in and
stop the engines shortly before arriv-
ing at the chosen place. II thu tie
were coming in the bow anchor should
be dropped. The tide would necessarily
swing the stern around. and when tn,
vessel reached the desired position
across. then the anchor should be drop
ped astern. II, on the contrary. lh5
tide were coming out. the stern an
Choir should be dropped first, and tn
waters having swung the vessel across
the bow anchor should be dropped.
Lieut.. Muller, not content with point
ing out that the sinking OF the Merr!-
mac was useless because the maneuver
was badly executed. attacks Lient.
Hobson, not so much for his osculatory
habit, as for his discrimination in IA
vor Of the young and pretty. He says
M. Hobson mas reaped the greatest
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-09-16
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

Every woman is a good actress till
she goes on the stage.
There is one thing a woman never
can understand. and that is herself
When the devil had his choice as to
instruments he first picked jealousy.
II they were named anything else
woman would have just as queer look
IN her face when she talked about her
legs.
II there weren't any bad men to be
horrible examples, probably there
wouldn't be sny good women to be
shining examples.
Every racy story a man hears he
acts like It was old to him and every
woman like II was new to her, and
both are making believe.
When a man can make a woman be-
lieve that he can't help thrilling at her
voice she feels she has to marry him
so that she can turn the current on
whenever she feels like it.
The difference between a woman and
a cat is that when you tease the cat
you know she'll scratch you. but when
fits q woman you never know whether
she'll kiss you or tear your eyes out
New York Press.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-09-16
GREEN GOODS MEN.
DETECTIVE POSES AsA"REU8E"
TO CAPTURE THEM.
scheme Was Wen LaId-whItaker Played
HIS Part. but When He showed His
Hand His Men Were Lacking-A Care
fully Planned Ruse.

The United States secret service has
been working for weeks to capture
some green-goods swindlers who have
been operating during the summer in
New York. AS a result OF a carefully
planned ruse to entrap them, Johi
Whitaker, one OF the detectives, almost
lost his life. The green goods men
escaped. Whitaker has been posing
as a come on" to one gang and as a
come back" to a rival gang. A come
back" is a hayseed who has been
fieeced and, receiving a second cir
cular. has determined to be reyenged
on those who swindled him. Whit
aker, in the role OF come back" was
placed by the rival gang in communi-
cation with the other. This is one OF
the tricks OF the green-goods business
to crush a competitor. Made up as
countTyman. Whitaker went TO Fish
kill Landing in accordance with in
steerer OF a gang he hoped to capture.
Whitaker had been followed by three
other secret service men. The steerer
took Whitaker to Mount Vernon, the
others following. After leaving the
station Whitaker and the steerer
jumped on a trolley car. Whitaker
supposed the others were also on the
car, but by some accident they had lost
track of the detective and the steerer.
The steerer escorted him to a small
hotel on Pelham Heights and took him
into a room where a desk with q
panel furnished means for turning a
guy" Two other men were there,
"Chinny" Mcclure and Jimmie Nc
Vickar. They introduced him to Mr..
Floyd, who is said to be Tommie Mat
thews. The latter had the goods
Whitaker dickered for $4,000 worth
for $50. Floyd counted out $4,000,
when Whitaker seized the pile and,
pulling out his revolver, thrust 1t into
Floyd's face, telling him he was his
prisoner. and yelling for his comrades,
whom he supposed to be in the hall
outside. Quick as a wink one Of the
other men knocked Whitaker's pistol
from his hand with a loaded billy,
while the third man knocked him
down, stunned. When he came to, one
Of the men was kneeling on him and
holding the muzzle OF his own re-
volver to his head. Still supposing
him to be a countryman, the green
goods men, virtuously indignant,
cursed Whitaker and told him to 60
home and they would ship the goods
C. o. d. Whitaker went. but when he
returned with his comrades the green
goods operators had fed.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-09-16


IN Title side street In PhIlsdelphia
live an old coupis who make a living
By following IN odd occupation. The
building occupied by them Is a small
two-story affair tina. was one time
used. evidently. for q grocery store.
The lower floor is packed full of cages,
and In each Of these cages are two or
more parrots. They are OF all colors,
sizes and kinds. These birds are pu-
pills. and they are taught to speak any
phrase, or a series If them. that sound
50 cute when uttered by a weIl-trained
parrot Many 81 these birds are being
trained TO order. One OF them, an
especially fine bird is designed for the
daughter Of wealthy person, whose
name Is Nellie The bird can now say,
Good morning, Nellie" "Gooi night,
Nellie" BE a good girl, Nellie" and
severa! otae- sentences. The old lady
affectionately refers to her place as
"the schccI."
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-09-16

settled. The principal features OF the
reception in Washington, as planned
by the citizens, with the cooperation
Of the president and cabinet, will be
two In number-the presentation Of the
sword voted by congress and a night
parade. A public reception at the
white house will be followed by dinner
to the admiral by President Mckinley.
The sword will be presented by Secre-
tary Long. at the east front OF the cap
itol, In the presence OF Mr.. Mckinley
and all the members OF the cabinet,
late in the afternoon, while the parade,
consisting OF organizations Of all kinds,
will be accompanied by an Illumination
Of the city on a scale OF beauty never
before witnessed in Washington.
The different features of the prepare
tons are in the hands OF a central
body OF citizens and eleven commit
tees, embracing in all over a thousand
people. Preparations for the celebra-
ton have been in hand Cor over a
month.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad and
other railroads entering Washington
have agreed upon cheap rates for the
celebration, and the committee expects
that there will be an outpouring Of pa
triotic citizens almost equal to the in
auguration OF a president.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-09-16

The great blood purifier Zaegels Swed-
ish Essence Of Life is to be given away
free to everybody. This famous remedy
comes as near being bodily restorer as
we are ever likely to find. When taken
into the stomach it acts so pleasantly
upon the digestion that good healthy
appetite results: and the liver, bowels,
kidneys and bladder all come in for
share Of the new strength and vigor.
Rheumatism, backache and headache,
biliousness and all nervous diseases are
rapidly cured a. well as all diseases OF
women. There are times when person
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Zaegel's Swedish Essence is so well
known that probably quite number Of
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Do not neglect to get in your application
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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-09-16
Locomotive Runs.

During the past few months, the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad has ma
terially extended the runs Of the pas
senger locomotives on through trains.
Formerly engines were changed on an
average every 100 or $50 miles. It was
thought that the mountain grades OF
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad would
prevent an extension Of the runs. How
ever, the experiment was made. 1t has
proved successful and reduced the
number Of locomotives formerly re-
quired by twenty-four, which can be
used in other branches Of the service
and save the purchase Of more motive
power. Under the new plan, locomo-
tives are double crewed and make from
1000 to 5000 miles a month, as against
$500 to 1000 under the former method.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-09-16
TERROR OF TIE ALPS.
New and Fatal Disease to which
the Swiss Mountainers Are Subject

New and Fatal Disease TO which
the Swiss Mountainers Are Subject
Travellers recently returned from
Switzerland give their Chicago friends
interesting accounts OF their Alpine
experiences. Among other things they
speak of a new disease that has been
developed there. They state that So
riso and Gargallo. two villages Of lit
tie over 1000 inhabitants each, stand
ing on the top of one OF the most
picturesque and smiling points Of the
Alps near Novara, have been attacked
by this mysterious and fatal disease,
which the doctors have not yet been
able to explain or alleviate, but to
which travellers have thus far been
immune. The illness begins with fe-
yer, which lasts about forty-eight
hours, accompanied by shivering. d.
lation Of the pupils Of the eyes, low
temperature, hemorrhage under the
skin, nose bleeding, blood splitting, in
flammation of the glands and death in
two or three days. The disease ap-
pears to be contagious. and the great
est care has been taken to isolate those
attacked. The terror of the peasants
is, however. so great that they cannot
be induced to help the authorities in
any way, and so the mayor, the parish
priest and the doctor are Obliged to
carry the patients on litters to the hos
pital. The ignorance Of the peasants
is almost incredible. The doctor. for
instance, who has really given proof
Of the greatest courage and abnega-
ton, has to be protected every moment
by carabiniers. so great is the fury
OF the people, who declare that he has
been ordered by the government to
poison all who are attacked by the mys-
terious illness. At first II was thought
that the epidemic was a kind of car
buncle. but after study the idea was
abandoned. Then II was supposed that
il might be a variation of the plague.
as one OF the two villages, Soriso. is
a great center for tanning leather and
manufacturing boots ESQ much so that
It is called the village of the shoe
makers'O, and most of the skins come
from India. However. even this sec
ond hypothesis has received no confir-
nation, and the doctors are still work
ing in the dark.-Chicago Chronicle.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-09-16
m....shu..,t. Pond Profile in Eels.

An last Templeton, Mass, is an aru-
fetal pond, tributary to the Uonnecti-
cut River, shut on from the connect
ing streams by eight dams. This pond
is a wonderfully productive water for
cells and their size is remarkable. The
pond is not over fifty acres In ex-
tent with a muddy bottom. and twice
IN the last twenty years. when the
water was drawn on for repairs to the
dams. the quantity Of cells taken was
enormous, in comparison to the size
Of the pond-hundreds and hundreds OF
rounds being secured. and not one eel
less than two pounds In weight ana
the majority. four and i've pounds. The
last time the pond was drawn q
Frenchman got a sugar barrel and a
large washtub full Of these large cells.
and not one weighed less than four
pounds He sailed them for winter
use.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-09-16
RetraVed nv HIa Parrot.

Victor Cheyalier, clever criminal
In Paris, was run down in a shrewd
way. He was known to be exceedingly
fond Of a pet parrot, and the police
we're instructed to look for a loqua-
eious bird Of this kind After a weeks
search the tslkative parrot was dis
covered In the Montmartre district.
The police kept a close watch on the
house, and in time the criminal ap-
peared to have an affectionate chat
with his bird.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-09-16

of Ourtown, Wis, whose portrait appears
above, writes: Il have been troubled for
years with scrofula causing open legs and
Swelings of the neck-a tumor weighing
several pounds upon my neck caused me
considerable worry and anxiety-I con-
suited physicians for miles around and the
many scars on my neck show how often
thew felt obliged to cut and lance It.
/ hal three holes in my right leg and in
spite OF constant treatment could get only
temporary relief. A friend having used
your Swedish Essence as a blood purifier
urged me to try it; did so and after taking
the first bottle felt the change in my entire
system. j have not had q doctor since.
The tumor soon dried up, nv neck is now
Of normal size, my legs are all healed up,
and in every way am as sound . man as
Uncle Sam can ever want to drive tho
Spaniards out of Cuba
i shall never permit my family to do
without this great household remedy as il
saves so many doctor bills throughout ths
year.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-09-16
Mistakes Made a. the Mint.

John Erhar1 Of Philadelphia has a
coin dated 1891, which has a hea3 en-
either side. showing that mistakes are
made even 1t the mint Every fin
ished coin passes through the hands CT
a great many eyperIs, AMI there Is lit
tie chance Of an irlpe-fec. piece escap-
ing this scrutiny. There are sail to
be many Of .Feln in circulation. how
ever. No particular value is attached
to the coins outside o: their rarity as
curiositics.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-09-16
QUAINT CUSTOMS
A To the Wearing OF Eaxaseseut ana
Wedding Rings


New York Tribune: To the question
often asked why the marriage ring
should be placed on the left hand many
answers are given. Some say because
the left hand is much less used than
the right, and therefore the ring is less
liable to get broken. In the British
Apollo OF 1888 It Is stated that for the
same reason the fourth finger was
chosen which is not only less used
tran either of the rest, but is more ca
Fable Of preserving a ring from bruises,
having this one quality peculiar 70 It.
self, that II cannot be extended but IL
company with some other finger. where
as the rest may be singly stretched out
to their full length and straightness.
The rigid notion OF married women
never putting of the wedding ring is
supposed to have originated in the an
Client c;istom OF hallowing the ring, be-
sides the remembrance OF the express
sion till death do US part" in our mar
riage service. A ring is not, how
ever, or used not to be. a legal neces-
sary to a marriage; for. not so very
long ago in Scotland it was quite a us
ual thing to use key as a symbol. and
at fishers wedding Ia gay ard inter
esting function), the most select en-
blem of unity was a monster curtain
ring. But as gold Is but the guines
stamp, a mans a man for a that" ac-
cOrding to the immortal Burns. so a
ring is but the outward sign; a wife i:
wife for the same reason.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-09-16
where she Showed IT.

= Old Gentleman-"My friend. what dc
you do with your wages every week
put part Of them in the savings bank
Bus Driver-"No, sir. After paying
the grocer, baker. butcher and rent
pack away what's left in q barrel.
don't believe In savings banks
Bits.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-09-16

It's wonderful resources and superior
Advantages to homeseekers are set
forth in q handsome illustrated pam
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Passenger Department. Copy will be
mailed free on application TO Bryan
Snyder, General Passenger Agent, St.
Louis. Mo.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-09-16
DO Your Fee. Ache and Burn.

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot
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tight or New Shoes feei Easy. Cures
Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Hot and
Sweating Feet At all Druggists and
Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, n. Y.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-09-16
NATIONS GREETING TO DEWEY
Features Of the Reception 70 the MsEIla
Hero 1t washington.

Io4sufo9 OF tno 6sosption 70 tne AsEne
Hero 1t Washington
The central idea underlying the
grand welcome to be given Admiral
Dewey In Washington the first week In
October Is It's national character. His
arrival at the capital viii mark his real
Homecoming TO the American people.
where the oficials OF the government
win participate, and the magnihcently
jeweled sword voted by congress Will
be presented. To that end all the ar
rangements will be of q simple but
most dignifed character. The welcome
to the hero OF Manila at the national
capital will probably occur on Monday.
October 2, although the date will de-
pend upon the length Of the celebra-
ton in New York, which is still I'M
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-09-16
Her Chance to Get Even.

Maybe that girl who married the
ktghwayman that robbed her. with
Homan's alleged vindictiveness, want
ed a chance to let him know how 1t
uas himself by going through his pock-
Cts some night-Philadelphia Times.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-09-16
PROVERBS BY WILLIAM BLAKE

Expect poison from the standing wa
ter.
without contraries is not progress
sion.
To create a little flower is the labor
Of ages.
VIVA. is now proved was once only
imagined.
he Who desires but acts not breed.
pestilenee. s.E :
Listen to tn. fools rsroaeA. MS.
kingly titia
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-09-16
LIEUT.. MULLER.

harvest of kisses from the time OF
Adam to that OF Mckinley. but he ap-
peared more determined and enthusiast
tic in kissing the young and pretty
than the old and ugly" The whole tone
of the article is a strong indictment
against what this Spanish ofacer calls
Hobson egotism.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-09-16

The Bank of England destroys about
$50, 900 of its notes every week to re-
place them with freshly printed ones.
One evening in each week is set apart
for the making OF this bonfire
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-09-16

Virgil E. Trouant OF Augusta, Me-.
carries a silver Masonic chain which
he values very highly. 1t is OF old
time design, bearing the date OF NIB,
and was picked up at the oldtown Is
land by his grandfather over thirty
years ago.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-09-16
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Ignorant Fnipinoa

There are millions Of the inhabitants
If the Philippine islands who never
knew the Dominion Of Spain and never
saw q Spaniard.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-09-16

In Chicago $4,000 dog licenses have
been issued for this year. and 1000 or
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mt
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oo~,. C.oueh BaIsarn

The second city of the British en-
pire in size Is Calcutta.
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Mrs.. WInslOw's Soothing Syrup.
FOR children teething. softens the gHns reanees ~
fsmmaEi0n, allays pam, cures Wtndeon Gca oottle
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-09-16

In the German army nearly 10000
carrier pigeons are used
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We laugh at vanity. but mourn ovel
fits harvest Of vice.
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p.rfsc. CatbartIe.

Not violently ernptying the bowels or cleaning nu1
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