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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-04-25
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Henry Adams Of Wichita, Kas., haA
just returned from Old Mexico, and
tells this story Of the fayorite amuse-
ment Of Americans At the clubs In the
City OF Mexico. Frequently in the
evenings the vampires. or blood suck
Ing bats. ny into the open windows OF
the club rooms. The Americans then
close the doors and catch the bat By
throwing a shawl over Il. One OF the
men hshts q cigarette. opens the bats
mouth and inserts the cigarette there
In. The creature Is then turned lose.
It's soft mouth contracting closely, the
cigarette ts Immediately sei,ed firmly.
Every time the bat breathes Il draws
In the smoke and then exhales Il.
Thus, flying around the room, smoking
the cigarette wildly and HufinK out
clouds OF smoke. 1t presents a strange
appearance The smoke generally kills
the bat before the cigarette Is all
smoked up.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-04-25
UTAH NEWS.

- Ot2u u ectuC - taaaAuH = uh8
squirt TO complete the line by May /.
Frederick Garfield Waite, ex-deputy
county attorney Of Salt Lake county,
has opened Law Office in Manila.
For the theft of an overcoAt. John
Banks, Of Salt Lake, will pass the next
eighteen months In the penitentiary.
James Olson, of Salt Lake City, an
old Short Line employee, died Of neu-
ralgia Of the heart last week, after an
Illness Of only six houra
The Salt Lake City Railroad COM
pany hnds 1t necessary to put in about
ls.ooo new ties this year. Work to this
end has already been begun.
Superintendent Frank B. Cooper, Of
ths West Des Moines schools. has been
appointed superintendent Of the pub
lie schools in Salt Lake City.
A postoffiee win Be established at
Brighton. the well-known summer re-
sort, on July 1, and daily mail kept
going until the end Of the season.
Arrangements have been made for
glove contest at Provo during the
week. and all the sports of the state
are saving their coin for the occasion.
On the first Of the month there were
80 inmates In the state insane asylum,
it2 males and ia females Three died
during the mouth and six were ad-
mitted.
shippers of Utah -four are still una
able 10 make shipments % the Orient,
owing 20 the fact that the steamship
companies are taxed beyond their CO.
paeity.
Potatoes are 20 cents per bushel in
Ashley valley, wheat IS cents, hay Ss
Per ton. Oats are very scarce and hard
20 End, with prices governed by the
wealth Of the purchaser.
-Four new mail carriers viii be added
20 the Salt Lake Postoffics the coming
summer. The adding of the two sub
stations at Sugar and Calders, and the
general increase in business, demand
an decreased force.
The past winter has been one OF the
driest ever known in southern Utah.
Farmers were obliged to irrigate their
land in order 10 pillow for some time,
but the recent rains put the ground in
sxcellent condition.
Nodena is the new name for the sta
ton a the present terminus of the
Utah and Pacific railway. On the old
Union Pacific survey Modena station
wa thirty-ni1s miles from Milford, but
the present station il over sixty milss
out
The gulls from the lake are making
their annual spring visit 20 the farns |
of the valley, renewing their seqeaint-
Ance with the children. who love 70 |
feed them. and following up the farmer |
a. he turns the farroW with his pillow.
There are more of these visitors
from the islands of the lake this year
than ever before
Governor Wells il In receipt Of Q TEL.
exram from Thoasas Ward. assistant
aajataat-generaa. United States army.
s0a.-,els -. ~ .naOrIAs'oo N 80
-. .ee'. - 800 :"
- - :. -
80 - Iea % 49, ~ -.
- - -, - seS s'n -
- u-.
-, - = -
Attorney-Geusral BishoP has trass-
Qitsed al opinion 70 State Auditor
Richards relative to the validity Of ear
tAin claims for criminal prosecution
which Wers allowed By the legiassars
without having been frst sadesssd By
the state board Of examiners. thus rem
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-04-25

The morning papers contained an &C
count OF the death Of another music
hall singer-from an overdose Of NOR
phine.-Bunalo Times.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-16
FOUND GUILTY.
And Sent 10 the San Quentin PEN
itentiary.

=
itentiaTJ.
The jury returned verdict Of guilty
in the. e.case Of ten and not guilty in the
case Of three Of the Occur. d. Alene
dynamiters who have been on trial in
the United States court on a charge oi
conspiracy and of stopping United
States mail train at Wallace on April. &c
last, the day on which the Bunker Hill
and Sullivan mill was blown up al
Wardner.
The convicted mon are Dennis o.
Rourke, Arthur Wallace, Henry Maroni
John Lucinetti, @. r. Burres, Fran.is
Butler, Ed A6inola, P T. O'DonnelI
ike Malvoy and Louis Salla. Those
acquitted are Z. ". Garret, Fred Shaw
and w. V Bunden.
The eliminating scene in the Ions
drawn out labor troubles in tho Cooui
d'Alene mining region was enacted in tht
federal court at Moscow Monday whel
the ten men found guilty Of interfering
with the United States mails nea
Wardner during the riots Of April g
were sentenced bp Judge Beatty to eacl
serve p months in the United State
prison at San Quentin. Cal, and to oacl
pay fine Of ST, 900, with the exception
OF Dennis O'Roulzo who, on account Q
his youth, gets off with 20 months and
fine Of $1,000.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-16
Hobart Improves.

Patterson, n. j., Nov. 13.-Improve-
ment in the condition OF Vice President
Hobart continues and Mrs. Hobart and
other members OF the family feel conf
dent that the life of the vice president
will be preserved for long time, even il
his complete recovery is not considered
possibility by his physicians. To-day
he was able to partake Of his meals at
the usual time.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-16
WIFE MURDERER HANGED.
Becker, q chicago Butcher, GX-
plates q Fearful Crime.

ADSNAACA1 ~ "O1hkCSAS3O hSNACL7RCA1 ALA-
plates q Fearful Crime.
Chicago, Nov. 10.-August Becter,
German butcner, was hanged in the
county jail this afternoon. Bec:zer's
neck was not broken by tae fall and it
was ~ minutes before he was pronoun-
ced dead.
On the scaffold Becker protested his
innocence and declared George Sutter-
ly. the father Of his second wife, was the
real murderer. The case Of Becker in
many ways bore remarkable similarity
to that OF Luetgert. Both Of the cnn-
! demned men were butchers and the
motive for the crime was the same in
both cases, a desire to get rid Of the wife
in order to marry a younger woman
Helena Independent.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-16
IN FEEEE EgEST EEs.
L3ody OF "a Montana Cattlcznan
FOunA ElOatInG.

New York. Nov. 1.-THE body OF a
man, supposed to be that OF John w.
Taylor, c..ttleman Of Livingstone, Mon-
tana. was found floating today in the
Hudson river, of Hoboken. There are
Il number of wounds on the back Of the
mans head. The body had been in the
water about eight days Detectives
think the man was killed for the money
&c was su92o3od to have carried,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-16
The Election ia L1ortuclzy Con.
test is uss

kCSG 81 btd'
The result OF last weeks election in
Kentucky, is still in doubt, and Is claim
by by both parties each declaring q
plurality in It's favor o. aboat 1000 votes.
The count in some OF the counties IS noS
yet completed, ana there IS a rumor that
martial law will be declared, though the
report is not generally credited.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-16
BREEDING EIkGE& GRADE
CATTLE.
E. I'll. Brewster OF EVEbaux BE-
jeyes that is the future OF
Nin0tana CattLe Industry.

Montana Cattle Industry.
Z. II. Brewster, one OF the principal.
range cattle owners of. Montana, was in
town last night on his way home from
the Hereford cattle show at Kansas City,
SAYS the st. Paul Pioneer Press. Mr.
Brewster says the cattle interests Of the
northwest are undergoing a material
change, CONSEQUENT upon the settlement
of the country and the restriction Of the
cattle territory. Ee believes that the
price Of cattle viii continue to advance
for some time, and that eood feeders
VIII bring top prices for many years.
Like many other stock raisers, he is
improving the grade Of his stock by the
introduction OF Thoroughbred sire5. lie
brought with him from Kansas City q
thoroughbred bull for which he paid
$500, with which he viii improve his
herds
"Of late" said Mr. Brewster, "tho
rangea have been considerably depleted
but the stockmen have made large pur-
ohases in Texas and New Mexico, and
these animals viii be driven north in thc
spring. believe in time the business
Of raising stock in Montana will become
! a permanent industry under the changes
which contemplate only the breeding o.
high graGa anis1ala,"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-16

AGUTNALDO SURROUNDED
The latest from the Philippines is that
Aeuinaldo is surrounded and his private
secretary is captured
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-16
AND DELIGHT

AND DELIGHT
to tle artistic and cultivated taste orr.
new stock O; novelties in tte latea.
creations in wall paper efEocts Is,
We have papers that viii m LIE Your
walls dream of beauty, and tUrn
them into artistic and handcon 6
decorations. We viii be pleased to,
show you some of our new pat t,r2s>
You can't help admiring them.
[. A. ENDERS & CO..
11Q Central Ave. GREAT FALLS, A+oNT.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-16
LOST TO THE NAVY.
The Fine Cruiser Charleston

Wrecked Off LlgZOn.
Manila, Nov. IA. 1:22 p. m.-The
United States cruiser Charleston, which
had been patrolling the northern coast
Of Luzon was wrecked on reef on the
northwest coast, Tuesday, Nov 7. All
OH board saved. Great Falls Tribune.
Later repor ts aay5 the cruiser is hope
lessIy lost.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-01-26
THE EFFECT OF INSPIRATION.

Is your sister at homer" asked the
spruce young man at the door.
Yes answered the terrible little
brother. but you better not come in.
Jest make a sneak and I won't say
nothin' to her. Say, she's writin' q
Christmas story. Her hair is tangled
her skirt says in the back, she hain't
got no collar on, and she's weaTin
her crooked-heeled shoes without
lacin' EN-. She throwed me out ten
minutes ago, and then had the nerve
10 tell mother that [ broke her ali NJ
Course It dOn'l make no difference 10
me, but il was you I'd never let OIL
I'd been here at all. She's got the
all-fierdest temper when she's writin
Chris mus stories ever you saw
Then the young man recaptured MS
card, tiptOed OIL the yeranda and was
around the corner by the time the imp
ish brother was doing a war dance or
the best carpet il the Detroit
Free Press
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-01-26
SOCIETY GIRLS SHOES.

Since the world was young a foot has
always been considered as a sign of
dominion, says the New York Tribune.
TO put ones foot upon it." ito, sub
due all things under his feet" "to
walk over Ito stamp it out Ito
trample 1t under foot" ETC., are express
sions in daily use, and denote suprem-
acy. Is il to be taken as a sign, there
fore, that the twentieth century lie
to be under the rule OF a gynocracy
that the feminine foot has increased
so much in size Of late years? 1t Ia
not long ago that she who could boast
OF small foot wore No. 2 as the max
imum, while No. l and even No. 1919
were not at all uncommon sizes Now
No. is considered small, and No.
and No. 8 are nothing unusual. In
ordering number of shoes this win
ter for a gymnasium class composed
of young girls from Is to 49," said a
society woman, commenting upon this
fact, Il told the shoemaker to send up
quantity to choose from. What
sizes" he asked. From tours to sew
ems | answered, thinking these would
surely cover all requirements, but
found | had not considered the child
rem of this generation, for fully a third
OF the class required larger sizes! It
seems almost incredible to me that
when l was a girl felt that my num-
Der three and half We're disgTacefully
large, and that | was so sensitive about
the size of my foot thatI would never
tell any one my number, while my
brothers We're continually making
jokes about it, to my untold misery
The men in those days thought every
thing of a small foot, but now they do
not seem to care whether feet are
large or small, SO that they are we'll
shOd. l know several stately young
beauties who wear tens, and do not
hesitate to aVow it. Increased exer-
else on the part Of women has I'M
dOubtedly much TO do with The pres
ent conditions but that is not the only
reason. | know one family of athlet-
ic girls, who are great sports, who are
comparatively short and have hands
and feet smaller than the average.
While their cousins, who do nothing,
are young giantesses, and wear their
brothers shoes. Probably the next
generation will have to have new
SET OF lasts manufactured expressly
for their size, for certainly the shoes
we used 10 wear would be IMPOSSIBLE
ties nowadays"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-01-26

was the prairie dog wells that bad
been dug into. The cut went through a
uoG village, and being a deep one
some forty feet-it went below the
town. There has always been a dis
cussion about where the prairie dog
gets his drink Some say he goes etsr-
nallT dry and does not know what Il
is to have an elegant thirst on him.
Usually their towns are miles from
any stream and in an arid country,
where there is no surface water at an5
time Sufficient for the needs of animals
requiring drink The overland tras-
elers back in the days OF pioneering
used 10 find the dog towns out on the
prairies scores OF miles from the
streams. There was no dew. the air
was dry as bone, the buffalo grass
would be parched brown. and there
would be absolutely nothing 70
quench the thirst. I remember a dis
cussion begun thirty years ago in the
Naturalist by Dr. Sternberg.
now surgeon general, on the subject
and he argued in favor OF the Well
theory. But there near Lamont Is &C.
ular proof of the well theory. The
nest holes of the dogs wer FIVE or six
feet deep, but four or five holes went
straight down as deep as the excava-
ton had been made, and evidently on
into the water carrying sand beneath.
These holes appeared to be used by the
whole colony commonly and were q
little larger than the holes used for
heir homes. '-Washington Star.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-01-26
ORIGIN or IRISH POINT LACE.

IL was Lady Aberdeen who organized
the Irish Industries Association and
by extensive orders introduced various
kinds of Irish lace in quarters where
previously it had been unknown, says
the New York Tribune. At The Worlds
fair at Chicago over $500 worth Of
orders We're executed for this exhibition
of one kind of lace only tKinsale). At
the textile exhibition of last year in
Dublin the lacework was perhaps the
most remarkable exhibit
The queen OF irish laces," the Irish
point, is made only III the 5OGLh OF
Ireland. Who, looking al this exqui-
site, fimsy fabric, would associae 1t
with few pale, poverty
children, gathered into a convent
school in the terrible years Of the
famine 1S4750), to be taught ine
needle work as resource against star
walton?
Yet such was the beginning Of this
costly and artistic product. 4 nun
conceived the idea of pulling apart
piece Of point de Milan. carefully I'M
rayeling and examining the Italian
work, stitch by stitch. When she dis
covered the secret of its making she Sc
lected those of the convent children
who had displayed an aptiGude for
needle work and patiently taught Them
what she had just learned. But tina
lace today is not simply an imitation
of the model; with time and practice
some hundred new stitches have been
invented, and these are SO complicatA.,
that it is almost impossible to "jo
them. This lace, which looks igbt IS
gossamer, has great dura bility. and
grows more valuable with the lapse 81
time.
Rose point runs the Irish point u
the south very close second. The or
igin of this delicate fabric as ar in
dustry also dates from that terrible
famine time in Irish history.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-01-26
PRAIRIE DOGS DIG WELLS.
Frisky Animals Go to the Water Levei
for Their Drink.

The most interesting thing | have
seen in many day." said Harvey Geer
Of Lamont, Cal, a few days ago, was
prairie dog well. Did you ever see
one? 1t isn't often that a chance oc-
ours TO explore the homes and haunts
Of these expeditions little inha bitanLS
of the plains. A few miles from my
town large force of men have been
at work this summer, making a deep
cut for a short railroad up into the
mines. A friend of mine is in charge
of the job, and / went out a week ago
TO see him and the work that had been
done. The first thing that attracted
my attention when l got there was the
fact that the cut was being made
through an old alfalfa field, and the
roots fringed the sides of the cut and
hung down fifteen to eighteen feet
Up at the surface of the ground were
the stubbed green plants, reaching
down deep into the earth were the fat,
businesslike roots, getting their living
far below where ordinary plants for-
age for subsistence
But the most remarkable thing
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-01-26
HER ONLY SIN
BERTHA NJ. CLAY.
Continued.


She danced with him, she talked to
him: more than one amused glance
followed them-she with her dark
Venetian beauty, be with his Saxon
comeliness; they seemed to have for
gotten the world. Once Sir Marc
took her to the great western window
in the broad corridor, and, drawing
aside the hangings, he said, looking
intently at her with his dark gray
eyes:
'You will not wish TO return to
Venice? You would be content to re-
main in England all your life?"
She raised her beautiful face; the
dark eyes looked at the blue wintry
night-sky, at the fair white earth, at
the quaint shadows the moon made
through the trees; and then she
turned to Sir Mare.
Venice would seem a prison to me
after this" she said: and as she said
it, she wondered why he looked so
bright and pleased.
Il should like you to see my home"
he remarked. 1T is, I think, even
more beautiful than Queens Chace. 1t
is called Wevehurst Manor, and it
stands in the loveliest part of Sussex
We have music there-nature's grand
est; the sea lies at no great distance;
and far away to the right stretches a
chain OF hills-purple hills-on which
tNe light Of the sun lies low. I have
a passionate love for my home"
She was silenth He went on.
And live there: Miss Di Cynthia.
all alone; can you imagine that? !
have no mother, no sister. There Is
large household Of servants, but am
quite solitary. / want what the poet
calls an angel In the house."
What is that?" asked Veronica.
That is English for a wife," he re-
piled; and the beautiful face dropped
before his.
Her heart beat; a strange pain, that
was yet half pleasure, seemed to thrill
her innocent soul.
81 must leave you" she said hur-
riedly. II am quite sure that Katherine
wants me"
Where you go, follow" declared
Sir Marc; and for that evening at
least he kept his word.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-01-26

Washington, Jan. 22.-The senate
passed the Nicaragua canal bill. 1t
continues the name of the Maritime
Canal company. 1t provides for the is
suance Of 100000 shares of stock of
800 each. The canal company is re-
quired to call in all stock issued except
that held by the Nicaragua and Costa
Rican governments. The company is
also required to redeem and cancel all
bonds and scrip heretofore issued and
to satisfy all cash liabilities. To en-
able the company TO comply with this
requirement, treasury warrants to the
amount of S5,000,000 are authorized
with a proviso to the effect that only
so much of the amount shall be paid
as shall be required to pay the actual
cash value of the rights of property at
the time of payment, the values to be
determined by commissioners appoint
ed by the president. This being zone,
the secretary Of the treasury is author
lied to subscribe for $4,000 shares Of
the cOmpany's stock for the govern
ment of the United States. The present
members Of the board Of directors are
then to resign and board of seven is
to be appointed in their stead, consist
ing of five on behalf Of the United
States and one each on behalf of Mica
ragua and Costa Rica. The directors
on behalf OF the United States are TO
be appointed by the president and con-
frmed by the senate. No two OF them
shall be residents of any one
state and no person who has
heretofore been interested n the canal
company will be appointed. They are
also prohibited from being interested
in contracts OF the canal. Each Of the
directors. except the president, will re
ceive a salary Of $4,000 year, and the
president $4,000. All travelling ex-
penses will be paid. Annual reports
are required. There is provision
against declaring dividend except up
on net earnings. The company is au-
thoriZed to contract for the completion
| of the canal within six years. Pay
ments are restricted to $40, 900 an
| nually. The canal is TO be large
! enough for the use Of the largest sea
! going vessels at a cost not TO exceei
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-01-26
THE BACHELORS STOCKING.

Hang up the bachelors stocking,
Ye imps that fly by night;
And dance around it hooking
It's lean and empty plight.
For him no gladness bring ye-
The single, selfish soul;
In 1t no presents fling ye,
They'd all drop through the hole.
New York Journal
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-01-26

The little Grand Duchess Olga of
Russia is probably the richest child in
the world. A few days after her birth
100000 was settled on her, this sum
being safely invested in British and
French securities
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-01-26

Washington, Jan. 20.-In the senate
Mr.. Turner (dem., Wash.) took the
floor after the routine business and ad-
dressed the senate on the anti-expan-
sion resolution of Mr.. Vest. He de-
MED the contention that the acquiSi-
ton OF far distant territory had been
forced upon this country by the arbi-
tTament OF war. Our only course was
10 give the islands back to the Filipinos
for the purpose of independence and
liberty, ne said. This, he believed,
was the proper course to pursue. The
sovereignty OF this country would not
be impea ched by such generous action.
The Nicaraguan canal bill was then
taken Up. Mr. Allison (rep., Ia
speaking II favor of his
amendment introduced "Wednesday.
Mr.. Allison's amendment authorized
the secretary of the treasury to issue
bonds TO raise money with which to
construct the canal. Mr.. Allison spoke
briefly, advocating the amendment Mr..
Morgan, (dem., Ala replied, urging
that the amendment be withdrawn, as
It forced the financial question into
the discussion. After general discus
sion, which was participated in By
Messrs. SeweI (rep., n. j., Chandler
rep. \. h. Spooner rep. Wis.,
and Chiffon (dem.. Tex, Mr.. Morgan
offered the following substitute: That
the secretary Of the treasury is hereby
authorized and required to limit the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-01-26
TO ABOLISH SNORING.

Ed Jack OF Wgandotte, Kan, has ap-
piled for patent for a contrivance to
prevent snoring. 1t is based on the
theory that no one can snore with his
mouth shut. Mr.. Jack has arranged
bride OF Rubber webbing TO accom-
plish this purpose. A band is passed
over the forehead and around the back
of the neck above the ears, while an
other goes under the chin with cross
over the jaw to keep it in place There
are buckles TO adjust the bride 20 all
sizes Of heads. Mr.. Jack also claims
that his invention can BE utilized 20
keep babies from crying and women
form talking.-Chicago Record