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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-02-05
At the ouesn'. Expense.

The prince OF Wales occasionally en-
Joys a Joke over, the queens propensi-
ty for giving away Indian shawls. At
one Henly regatta he was on a steam
launch with a merry party, engaged In
scrutinizing the other craft on the
river. Their attention was especially
drawn to a boat containing pleasure
party, one member Of which was an
elderly lady bearing a remarkable re-
semblance to the queen, and she seem
ed bent upon doing all in her power
to heighten the resemblance. One OF
the company on board the launch ap-
preached the prince and ventured to
draw his attention to the lady In ques-
ton, jocularly suggesting that 1t was
the queen viewing the regatta incog.
Just as his royal highness was leveling
his field glass upon her, she rose, and
taking the shawl upon which she had
been sitting, threw it about the shout
ders Of the young girl who was with
her. 1T is undoubtedly the queen, "
replied the prince quietly; 81 see that
she has just presented one Of her In
dian shawls."
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-02-05

where a daughter prayed for a fathers
forgiveness and heard her prayer an
swered. It is a story of such profound
love, wounded pride, bitter resentment
and generous forgiveness as only great
natures may know; story whose fate
full shadows are at last dispelled by the
sunlight of reconciliation Joaquin
Miller, his wife Minnie Myrtle and
their daughter Maud. are the father
the mother and the child.
Maud Miller was born in a light
house at Cape Blanco, on the coast OF
Oregon. Her parents were en- route to
Canyon City, in the eastern portion OF
the state, and Travelled with all the
caution possible, for the country was
alive with hostile Modocs, and white
mans life was not worth the flip Of a
silver coin II he crossed their path.
The isolated lighthouse, with the
waves dashing always below II, and
the sound Of the sea in the young
mothers ears as she sang lullabies to
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-02-05

the red glow and send their arrows to-
ward Il, and living on uncooked food
BIZ DAY, with anxious eyes constantly
on the alert for treaeherous foes, the
tourney was accomplished In safety.
Maud Miller grew from healthy
babyhood to RirIhood out Of doors, un-
trammeled by conventional training.
ana free Is the air itself. Her moth
er's brother. Judge Dyer. owned I'M
merse tracts Of land. and had been
very kind to the Indians throughout
the Oregon country. Therefore neither
he nor his family had any cause to
fear them. OF Maud they were espe-
c ally fond. calling her Pretty Pap
poose," and naming a canoe after her.
She learned to stick to q horses back.
for all the world like q funny little
bur when most babies are clutehing
with dimplod fists at chairs and Ia
bles In efforts to toddle. A few years
later. and not an Indian pony was
there in the whole Of Oregon 50 feet OF
foot that Maud could not mount 1t and
ride from sight like the wind.
She danced instinctively for sheer
love OF the exercise. and no one taught
her the quaint steps and wild abandon
Of movement that charmed all those
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-02-05

who saw. She knew the flowers and
trees as a student knows his books.
She had never attended school, receiv-
ing instruction az home. And so,
when she was a dozen years old, her
father decided to transplant his wild
blossom for cultivation.
Maud was now a slim. 1.-THE girl with
a tawny tangle Of hair which fell about
a sunburned. laughing face lit by a
pair of big violet eyes. She was much
attached to her parents, from whom
she had been frequently separated, Iiv-
ing with relatives. An essrangsment
had come about, years before, in the
Miller home. 1t was the beginning OF
the end OF this story.
In the early days of Oregon, Joaquin
Miller was editor Of a paper Among
its contributors was one who signed
her poems and sketches Minnie Myr-
tie" They pleased the editor and he
wrote and told her so. A meeting was
followed by brief courtship and mar
rage. Joaquin was a handsome man;
his bride a beautiful woman Of medium
height and rounded figure. with hair
Ike the ravens wing-"blue-black /"
say those who remember its glossy
thiekness-and hazel eyes heavily
fringed with black lashes.
Their temperaments were too sim
liar for them to dwell together in that
well-ordered groove Of plaeidity which
marks the successful marriage.
Scarcely had the wedding bells chimed
ere they were out Of tune. Each was
highly imaginative, over-sensitive, i'm
patient Of restraint. proud. quick to
resent an evil action. slow to acknowl-
edge error. In each the desire to
achieve was predominant, the domestic
instinct almost wholly lacking. Both
were young, untried, dreamy, postical,
impractical. The result was sad but
inevitable.
After repeated efforts to make each
other happy. and falling utterly.
though still loving with q passion
destined never to be duplicated in the
after life Of either. Joaquin and Minnie
Myrtle separated. The world con-
cerned itself in their Affairs and par
celed out its Judgment accordingly.
It was a simple. yet tragic tale Of
mutual Misunderstanding; the ALSO
lutte ineompatibility Of nature whose
wills were constantly opposed. but the
world. ~ usual. was too stupid to read
the truth between the lines.
Minnie Myrtle came to San Francisco
and wrote for local journals She also
delivered lectures. mainly on Oregon
and Western themes. throughout the
East Maud had been placed By her
father In the Convent Of Loretto. On
tario. Canada Joaquin went to Lon
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-02-05
DOMESTIC TROUBLE CAUSED
HER SUICIDE,

Mrs. George Meadows, the wffn OF
A. ]. Meadows, a collector and CON-
mission agent, died at the Receiving
hospital, San Francisco. the other aft
ernoon from the effects Of carbolic acid
poisoning taken with suicidal intent.
She had been residing at the Hotel
Vendome, Is Turk street. and had been
sick and respondent for some time.
Up TO four months ago she and her
husband occupied a fiat on Steiner
street. A few weeks ago she went to
Wheatland, Yolo county, to visit rela-
tives. Upon her return she found that
the furniture had been taken away
and her husband could not be found.
Later she met him and a quarrel en-
sued, which resulted in separation.
Since that time she had been despond-
ent and limited several times to her
friends that she no longer cared to
live. Her sister. Mrs. Mcfarland, who
occupies apartments at the Vendoms
heard means coming from Ms. Mea-
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-02-05

Hcbson has already, done enough to
warrant-nay! TO urge-the navy de-
partmert In any effectual means for his
suppression Enough to say that the
whole country is nauseated and exas-
perated, and that Hobson's retirement
from public observation will be the
most popular thing the authorities
could possibly eontrive. He bores the
American people. Everybody, in and
out Of the service. would be glad to
forget him for the next few years.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-02-05
SAD WAS HEB LOT.
MAUD MILLER WAS a wfLFUL
LITTLE GIRL.
Creased Her Father In Fer Love Anair
and Lived 20 Regret Her Choies-
Game Home IN Rags Praying for For
E1vsaess

This is the true. strange. dramatic
story OF q father, mother and child.
It began years ago In an Oregon light
house, over baby's cradle It's scenes
change from the purple mountains and
painless valleys Of the great North
~est to q convent amid the SHOWS Of
Canada; to the brilliant throng OF q
Partisan boulevard; to lonely grave
the gateway Of peace eternal for q
womAn's troubled soul; to town and
hamlet and city throughout these
United States where young girl, pos
sessed of ambitions feverish unrest,
sought fame and fortune; to the palace
Of princess of the blood royal; to the
garrett Of pitiful poverty, and finally.
to q home on a California hilltop.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-02-05
THEORIES ABOUT THE MAINE
Captain sigsbss's Talk with the spaal.l
Admiral After the Explosion.

Captain sixsbse's Talk with the spau,,,
Admiral After the Explosion.
Nothing could be written In bette.
taste and temper than Captain Sir.
bees Personal Narrative Of n.
Maine" the third installment Of whIcS
appears In the January Century. Tia
Wrecking and the Inquiry" are the
special subjects OF this concluding
paper. The captains personal relS
lions with General Blanco and Admiral
Manterola were, he says, undiSturbed
by the explosion. They remained cor.
dial to the last" Soon after the cataS
trophe the admiral called upon Can.
tain Sigsbee and q conversation &C.
CURED which Is tersely summarized In
these words:
The admiral assumed from the frs,
that the explosion was from the In.
terror Of the vessel He asked If the
dynamo boileAJ had not exploded. I
told him we had no dynamo boilers.
He said that the plans OF the vessel
as published, showed that the gun
cotton store-room, or magazine, was
forward near the zone Of the explosion.
He was informed that these plans had
been changed, and that the guncottOu
was slowed aft, under the captains
cabin, where the vessel was virtually
intact. He pointed out that modem
gunpowders were sometimes very IN
stable. This was met by the remark
that our powder was Of the old and
stable brown prismatic kind, and that
we had no fancy powder. He referred
to the probable presence Of boilers,
lighted, near the forward coal-bunkers,
which were adjacent to the magazine2
This again was met with the remark
that for three months no boiler in the
forward boiler compartment had been
lighted; that while In port the two
aftermost boilers In the ship had been
doing service"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-02-05

A prominent politician, having been
defeated in the late election, was ask
ed IL he would now retire from poll
tics. mo-" he replied. II have too
many friends to reward to 60 out yet "
In that reply was the whole philos-
ophy OF misgovernment. The man who
Ia in politics for the sake OF reward
ing his friends is the very man who
should forever be debarred from the
public service.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-02-05
4 KIno.s ExEcurIon oAsMENr
Ven wor. ~ Cn.rl.. !. wAs. n. Va.

HNNA -S~& - SA-8@@NN - - - - = -
From the London Standard: The
sum Of zoo guineas bid the other day
for the -sly-colored rest" worn By
King Charles !. on the scaffold Is not
an exorbitant price for a relic at once
authentic and CHASTITY. Nothing IL
lacking that might make a good Jacob
ties flesh creep. The stains Of blood
have been religiously preserved By q
succession Of royalist owners, and II
has been pointed out that Of the thir-
teen buttonholes only twelve had been
fastened, The top button had been re-
moved, so that the illustrious victim
might more easily bare his neck to the
executioner He nothing common did
or mean. Upon that memorable scene.
But with his keener eye. The AXIS edge
did try" Such was the testimony Of
Q republican poet. and there Is no
doubt that the sad dignity with which
Charles Stuart" comported himself In
his last days reused qualms Of remorse
among some Of those contemporaries
who had been harshest In their judg-
ment of his public policy. Admiration
OF the man went far to redeem the
faults Of the king. and with posterity
he became at once the most sympa-
thetic figure in the history Of England
mot even second to Mary Queen or
Scots. And of her nobody will ever
believe, let the Dryasdusts bring for
ward what documentary evidence they
please, that she painted her face and
wore false hair.
It is pretty certain. IL the purchaser
Of King Charles silken raiment ever
thinks of allowing that precious pos
session to pass out of his family, that
1t would fetch far more than he has
given for it. Placed in any museum 1t
would always be thronged with sight
seers; the combination Of royal asso-
Citations with gruesome memories
would be quite irresistible. The most
superior person Is attracted, though he
may deny II, by such horrors as a book
bound in human skin, or by instru-
ments, HheSlne Mdluen VI %
which he knows to have been used for
torturing real men and women to their
death. This relish Of bloodshed-as
distinguished from mere love OF ad-
venturous deeds-has given vogue to
whole schools of romancers; 1t helped
to account for the sudden popularity
Of Mr.. Rider Haggard's tales, as II
made the fame OF Maurus Jokai. The
taste Is, no doubt, morbid. and ought
not to be encouraged But 1t is natural
and has to be taken into account And
the psychological interest Of It is to
show that we are not, in our feelings
so far removed from our barbaric an
cestors as we like TO think.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-02-05

The United States is generous and
not disposed to harbor grudges when
the offending party is ready to admit a
mistake and shows a disposition to-
ward better behavior in the future.
Germany now Processes friendship. II
It manifests that friendship by more
Just and generous spirit in its trade re-
lations with us the spitefulness Of the
Germans in uniform in the far east will
be overlooked, especially as no harm
was really done by 1t.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-02-05

A twentieth century thank-offering
" twenty million doIIars-one-half to
be devoted to the educational, the other
half to the charitable. enterprises Of
the chureh-has been invited by the
Methodist Episcopal bishops- They
ask that It be subscribed and paid dur
ing the three years beginning the LIST
Of January, and have named q CON-
mission Of clergymen and laymen to
garry the plan into effect Il Il vast
amount that b demanded. vast enough
20 test the faith and courage Of even
this great and generous denomination:
bus ours Il not . ~day Of small things"
n Christian beneyolence. and there
should be inspiration in the thought
Of the great things that twenty mil
lion dollars win do.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-02-05

Berlin dispatches announce that. ae-
.cording 10 all reports from the Rhine
district, the vintage this year Is most
unsatisfactory. both as to quantity
and quality. So small has been the
yield OF grapes and so sour that many
winners have not thought 1t worth the
trouble to press their grapes, while
many more have not 50 much as har-
vested the crop. Reports from the
MoseIle, Saar and Main districts are
equally unfavorable. wurtemberg
alone reporting fair vintage.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-02-05
Too RsalI.tIe . vrnaln:

An exciting scene occurred during
the performance in the theatsr at Ar
magh. Ireland. the other evening. A
cattle dealer named MeKenna, whose
feelings had become overweight by
the incidents Of the play. suddenly
seized chair, leaped upon the stare.
drove on the villain and his confed-
crates. and rescued the heroine nom
the guillotine. The audience became
panic stricken and several women
tainted. The curtain was runE down
and the police finally subdued ana ar
rested MeKenna, who was compulsory
exhausted By the violence Of his fr.nzy.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-02-05

her baby. was their refuge for several
weeks In this interim the tiny tray-
eler was christened Maud Her father
woye a basket from native rushes.
which he fastened securely to the horn
Of his yife's saddle. By and By. when
the little cavaleade started eastward.
there was a queer but very precious
bundze In the basket woven from rush
Is. Sometimes the bundle cried-a
faint, mufled. eerie wall, lost In the
DEPTHS Of the vast forest or the breadth
Df the green valley. Then the mother
leined In her sure-footsd pony and
eomforted her treasure. Sometimes
the bundle eooed. and had you not
known that q baby was 30 near you
would have thought it only the echo Of
doves note
But though continued under many
aifncnltiss. Including camping By night
uslAout a IRE, lest indians should see
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40, He Gained the recognition rneD
that his own country had failed to s1Ye
him. while the world was avakns -
his genius, he, Prentice Aunore @
"Chariie" Stoddard fought fare ~
cheap lodgings on so cents apiece per
day. Returning to California and nno-
ing the West and the East still orows-
ing in literary pastures where tne
-sonRs Of the Sierras" were not, ne &C
quIred land on the Alameda nils ans
made his hands do what his brain nAu
not-lay the foundation OF q fortune'
-
One OF the brightest graduates OF tne
Convent of Loretto was Maud Miiiei.
She could chatter French as easily As
she could ride Western broneos pare
back. The tall young girl with tne
tawny hair could still dance Ike .
fairy. but she could translate dead
languages as well. She had captured
prizes In the way Of the Marquis OF
Iorne's gold medal for literature and
a gold medal for Christian doctrine
And she had been left motherless Wnen
scarcely In her teens.
From the convent, after graduation
JOAQUIN Miller took his daughter down
the st. Lawrence river for q promised
visit to the Princess Louise and Mar
ouis of Lorne at Quebec. Then, chap
eroned by Mrs. Hotchkiss, whose nus
band had invented q revolving cannon
not quite good enough for Uncle Sam,
hut acceptable to France. Maud went
to Paris. Here she met a number OF
notable people who had known her
fathers songs by heart while America
was trying to commit his name to
memory as a verse writer from some
where or other In the untamed West
At the age Of sixteen Maud Miller
went on the stage. As q child she had
known Ada Rehan and Rose Eytinge'
and six years previously had made her
debut with the latter at the Baldwin
theater. Her one ambition after meet
ing Miss Rehan was to become an
actress. She Joined one Of Days tray-
cling companies, managed by Arthur
Rehan.
Then she met Loudon Mccormack.
He was ar actor. starring in her
fathers plays: tall, handsome. fas-
cinating; a man Of the world with the
face of a Greek god. He dazzled the
young girls romantic fancy. She
thought 1t would be $50 nice to appear
with him In papa's plays" Contrary
to her fathers wishes. she married the
actor, who was considerably her senior
and as improvident as he was good
looking. In THE Danites" and Forty
Nine" she made hits as Billy Piper and
Carrots. Her honeymoon waning al
most before 1t had really risen In the
domestic sky, she separated from NC
Cormack, who. by the by. belonged to
an old Virginia family.
A few days ago the last scene was
enacted. Pale-faced, haggard and pen
'niless, Maud Miller came to her faith
er's ranch and sought his forgiveness
He took her in like he would an IN
fortunate, not his daughter. What
comfort she takes out Of life from now
on will be Swallowed by the sad remem-
brance that she once brought sorrow to
the heart of one Of the worlds noble
men and her own father.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-02-05

william Onion Is the rather rank
name Of man who has been brought
bstors the London police courts one
thousand times on charges Of drunk
enness ana disorderly conduct. In
every city there are men-and occa-
sionaIly 3 Homan-who thus 90 back
ana forth between the saloon and the
olics az the police magistrate. On this
side OF the water We are gradually
learning 70 place under guardianship
and medical treatment those helpless
slaves Of appetite who CRY out with
poor Roger
~ poor stomzch's past reform;
And there are times when. mad vita
thinking.
I'd give up heaven for something
warm,
TO stop this horrible inward sinking.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-02-05

The London Daily News calls atten-
ton to an amusing instance Of Russian
censorship. Christmas eve the Daily
News published an editorial dealing
fatteringly with the peace proposal Of
the Gar. When the issue reached Rus
STA the whole article, with the excep-
ton Of the first few lines, was blacked
out, which seems to prove that the
censor holds views widely different
from those OF the Gar.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-02-05

II crazy man should throw bricks
through the windows ofs the German
legation at Pekin, As actually happened
TO the British ambassadors residence
IN Washington, each brick would Gust
China q province
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-02-05

Though q woman be as much chased
IS Ice in mint julep days, and as pure
~ baking powder, yet shall she not es-
cape calumny.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-02-05
uVerbatim.

Pugnot-"say, did you tell Haskiii
that was an inveterate liarf" Pax
nit-'sNo." Pugnot-"WeIl. fits good
thing you didn't" Paxnit-'No, ]
said chronic New York World
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-02-05

Some warm protests may be expected
from our prohibition friends against
the scheme to make Dewey "full" adj
miraL.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-02-05
Erp.n... q nrltl.h Navyi

In Queen Elizabeth's reign the ex-
peuses OF the navy were about $4,000
: year, contrast to the present huge
sum Of Ell. 900. 900 sterling spent an
nuaIly on the feet
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-02-05
suau Boy-s Hero.

Boy Ito sea captain who has repu-
tation to maintain)-Did you ever get
your leg bit on by shark? Captain
DID I, sonny? Did I? Well. rather.
Dozens Of tfmesr'-Tit- Bits
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-02-05

The slip 'twixt the cup and the lip
doesn't prevent the mustsche from get
Ding Into the soup.
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The professor Is an awful hatterer. :
ssIs hef Now, I took him Tor some
thing Of . sharper. "-Kansas city
star.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-02-05

Milton and Homer were both blind.
This Is conclusive evidence that ont
Of sight isn't always out Of mind.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-02-05

The moth Is not . society favorite.
even II It does frequently appear in .
dress suit
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-02-05

There Is no earthly love 50 true and
inexpensive as mothers love.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-02-05

A close student Of human nature
never lends money to his friends.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-02-05

Britain owns one-fourth Of the rail
ways in the United States Of America
and half Of the railways in South
America
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Soap that's all soap-Diamond &C
Soap.
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n.se,sa 6 ro..alae. :. ..cssa-eI... n.t...
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dows' room, and upon entering she
found her sister unconscious and in a
dying condition.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-09-09
NEED CATTLE INSPECTION.
Diseased Animals Found in Manila
where Cattle Are Dutchersd
for Use of InhabItantA.

Army surgeons have discovered a
serious condition of affairs at Manila
In the neighborhood where cattle ures
butchered and served to the inhabitants
and the troops for food. Many animals
have been condemned as diseased, al
though the owners of the cattle pro-
tested against the killing OF the beasts.
The reports just received at Washing
ton of the result of the first examina-
tion held shows one animal was suf-
fering from acute catarrh and fever;
two were in advanced stages of fever;
seven had been made unfit for food by
starvation and neglect; one was half
dend from blood poison, and two were
badly injured and in bad condition.
Five animals were rejected because
of the presence of tuberculosis. Subse-
quent examinations disclosed much in
the same line.
A large number OF leprous hogs were
discovered and killed.
GrOeOIIss Advanced At Johannesburg.
JOHANNESBURG, Sept. 0.-Groceries
generally have advanced 10 to 15 per
cent. here and supplies from the coast
are anxiously awaited.