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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-12-01
How sl.ts Pene,l. Ar. n.a..

Slate pencils were formerly all cut
rom slate Just a. It Is dug from the
earth Pencils 30 made were objected
to on account OF the grit which they
contain To overcome this dificulty.
says the London Engineer, Col. ID. NJ.
Steward devised an ingenious process
By which the slate is ground to a very
fine powder. all grit and foreign SUP
stances removed and the powder bolt
ed through silk cloth mu.n in the
same manner as -four is boItcd The
powder Is tsen made into a dough and
this dough is subjected to a very heavy
hydraulic pressure, which presses the
pencils out the required shape and d.
ameter, but In lengths OF about three
feet While yet soft the pencils are
cut into the desired lengths and set
out to dry In the open air. After they
are thoroughly dry the pencils are
placed In steam baking kilns, where
they receive the proper temper.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-12-01
MlsLEAp NEw-RlcH.
zsasss rszin.a OR Rsrais6A.s. A..
offsn Copied.

Et4sczs Euzlnaa OR Furntsniags A.
Often Copied.
There IL q man somewhere In the
employ Of the Pullman Palace Car
company who has much to answer
for" writes Edward Box In the oto-
Der Ladies' Home Journal "He II the
ofhcial who selects or decides the fur
nishinss and hangings OF the COM
panyis cara Probably no-single man In
this country has the opportunity for 20
direct and helpful an influence In the
extension Of good taste In Furnishings
Instead. he perpetuates upon the pub
lie furnishing schemes which even
rival those which we see Id the homes
of the most unintelligent Of the new
rich. The chief injury which the fur
nishings Of the modern Pullman car
works Is the wrong standard which II
Get for those who are not conyersant
with what Is artistic. The new-rich
come into these cars and accept the
hideous effect as the standard Of peo-
PIE of taste. I have been told BY fur
nishing firms that they. are often asked
BY those who have suddenly come into
the possession Of money that certain
effect which they have seen in Pull
man drawing room cars shall be dupli-
Gated In their homes. These people.
moving no better, accept what they
zee In the cars which are supposed to
be patronized by people Of means.as re-
hective of q prevailing standard. Color
combinations about as inharmonious
@ it Ii possible for the mind Of man TO
eoncoct, have thus been transferred 10
the homes Of the people, and here the
injury Il done"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-12-01

A new sea serpent has Just been dis
covered on the coast Of Japan. 100
miles from Toxic. 1t is classed by sci
entists as a coelentenate. and one Of
the most gigantic ever seen. 1t was
caught by long fishing line at a depth
Of ESQ fathoms. 1t was magnificent
specimen. A large disc surmounted .
long stalk which evidently fixed the
animal On the sea bottom. A circle Of
numerous graceful tentacles hung
down from the margin Of the disc.
while on its upper surface arose an
oval tube surrounded at its base BY
bushy appendages and having q SEQ
ond circle Of slender tentacles around
the upper edge. The total height Of
the animal was 700 millimeters. and
the prevailing color transparent scar
let The specimen was entirely fresh.
but not living.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-12-01
IN PULLMAN CARS.
Interior Decorations Show the Most
GIarIng Inharmonies-

Interior Decorations Show the Most
GIarIng InharmonIss-
In the October Ladies' Home Jour
nal Edward Box sharply criticises the
interior decorations OF Pullman cars
as "A Riot of Bad Taste" that is alb
solutely inexcusable. for the Pullman
Company" he contends, els rich
corporation which can have what II
wills. II good taste does not exist in
its furnishing department, as indis-
putably seems to be the case. the COM
pany can and should buy It For the
same amounts now expended on these
cars, effects Of harmony and Of truly
artistic drapery could be obtained
which would be a credit to the COM
pany. These cars could have an in
calculable influence on the community.
The new cars which the company con-
stantly builds could, better than any
other medium that know OF, be maze
to reflect in panoramic manner the
newest and most progressive steps
made In artistic decoration and fur
nishing. They could be made the most
effective travelling educators Of the
public. Instead. they are simply We
hicles OF the worst taste imaginable
in fact, Of no taste whatever. As
amazing conglomerations of the most
glazing and grossest inharmonies OF
color. they stand absolutely supreme.
They violate even the simple canons o.
good taste
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-12-01
Mathematician In Spite of Himself.

hAtnematlclan In spite or Himself.
An Augusta correspondent OF the At
lanta Constitution writes: Augusta
has now living example that mathe-
maticians are born with the gift oil
quickly and accurately handling fig
ures. He Is a colored man and a la
borer on the J. B. White building, by
the name Of Robert Gardenheir, living
in Jones street, above Cumming. Rob-
ert Is q middle-aged. stalwart fellow,
having had very few, II any. education
al advantages during his life, but when
1t comes to figures he Is prompt ami
quick in his mental calculations, and
rarely ever makes q mistake. Per-
haps his best gift is in multiplying.
As quick as you can set down figures.
say, for instance. like 76 times 81, or
321 times 525. Robert has the answer
for. you In several other tests he
showed a most remarkable aptitude for
the use Of figures. using nothing but
his mind. and proved to be accurate.
When asked as to the principles or
rules BY which he accomplished these
mental answers, he proved by his an
swers that II he had any such to 90 by
they were beyond his explanation or
demonstration. In fact 1t was evident
that he does not know how he does
the trick He has possessed the gift
from his boyhood days. He cannot re-
member when he discovered his gift.
but it was evident that 1t was before
be had matured into a man.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-12-01
SEEN FROM FERRYBoAr.
Gov . Pigeon Esoapsd from ~ EAs
which Pursued Il

=
The ferryboat Piedmont, from oal-
land. was about opposite Goat island
when p. H. Schlotzhauer, q pigeon
sancier OF Alameda, released hVe 0rdS
among them was a famous hVe-year-
old homer. Duke OF Richmond. which
had proved its right to q title OF no.
bility in more than a score OF long
distance flights. Il probably had never
had such incentive to quick hight as
was presented that day. The passea-
gers watched the pigeons rise In the
air and circle several times, says the
San Francisco Chronicle. Then four
Of them turned toward the east but
the fifth, which proved to be the Duke
Of Richmond. was seen TO nirt and
drop toward the Piedmont Presently
the passengers made out that Il was
being pursued by a large bird. The
birds were at an elevation OF perhaps
a thousand feet when the chase began,
with the carrier In the lead. AZ II II
had calculated its chances. the pigeon
dropped straight for the place where
its master had released 1t, and. land
ing upon the ladies' deck Of the Pied
mont, fiuttered through the cabin
door. The sea eagle was so confident
of striking its prey that 1t did not
check its fight until within ten feet
Of the ferryboat. Then 1t wheeled
suddenly. and, lowering for a few min
utes over the stern OF the boat, winged
its way back to Goat island. In the
meantime the frightened pigeon nut
tered down the aisle OF the cabin until
4 came to passenger reading a news
PAPER. Then, as II asking for protee-
lion, II made up to his side and perch
ed on the arm OF his seat There its
owner found IL and carried 1t back TO
its cage. 1t was evident that the
pigeon was too wise to risk long race
win the eagle, knowing only too well
that such a fight would be its last
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-12-01
Boston . Albany Leased By Rev York

Boston . Albany Leased By Kew York
Central
The Boston q Albany railroad hay-
ing been LEASED to the New York Cen
tral. the mileage Of the Albany road
Win now be added to that Of the New
York Central and hereafter . thou
sand mile. ticket Of the New York
Central & Hudson River railroad wiz
be good on the Boston & Albany rails
road This win prove Of great con-
yenienee to the travelling public who
desire 10 reach points In Massaehu-
setts on or reached via the Boston o
Albany, including, Of course, Boston.
The holder Of q New York Central
thousand mile ticket win now have
the privilege Of riding over lines a.
gregating more than 5000 miles Of
railroad on q ticket costing only two
esnts per mile, good for the person
presenting 1t and good until used
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-12-01

A new South Wales correspondent
says that a shepherd OF HargreaVes,
near Nudge, has tried dentistry for
sheep with great success. He had q
valuable ram which found great DIFF
fculty in masticating its food owing
70 the loss Of teeth Artificial teeth
were inserted and the animal has since
vigorously attacked its fodder. This
Is believed to be the first experiment
Of the kind in the colony.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-12-01


to the market, which only lasts three
hours In the morning and two hours in
the evening. as there Is smallpox here.
A number Of the colored men have 1t,
and one man In my squad has II, too,
but not bad, as he will be all right for
duty pretty soon. We are to stay In
the quarters, as they expect an attack
at any time, but we have been still
closer to the natives. and there seemed
70 be no danger. We have not had
any rain for ten or twelve days, but
there IL a typhoon blowing which
keeps ms busy along the line.
"a few men started from a town
thirty miles north of here to go thirty
eight miles farther north In q boat,
but they were glad to land i've miles
south Of here. being blown thirty-hve
miles In the wrong directions must
stop now, as am on guard and the
rain Is coming through the roof. It
rains about twenty minutes and stops
for fifteen minutes, and 50 on for q
few days. then stops for ten days, then
rains for fifteen days. The rain has
not started yet, but will soon. and last
for ten or twenty days. and that will
be all. Up In the mountains 1t rains
about all the time. II makes the rivers
very bad to cross. Out OF one wagon
train two soldiers. one driver and one
mule were lost. Three nearly got out;
II It had not bean for the daring wagon
mastsr thing would have been worse.
He almost lost his own life.
The people live on what the water
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-12-01

Among the best publications issued
are the Art Study Portfolios, semi
monthly. and the History Study Pic
lures. containing 10 pictures In each
portfolio. The pictures In the Art
Portfolios form study Of the most
noted art works Of the world In the
History Portfolios the pictures Illus
trate the leading features In History.
Geography and Literature. Art Study
Company, publishers. Chicago
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-12-01

During only one more session Of Con-
gress VIII Private John Allen Of Mis-
sissippi. entertain his colleagues with
cioak-room stories- The man who has
cracked more Jokes In the house than
any other statesman living or dead has
tired Of public life and refused to ac-
cept- another domination
Allen b Mississippian By birth ana
Il So years old. he left school at the
are q IA TO become private In the
Confederate army. ana he served In
the ranks until the war eloged. Tden
he Studied nv and It the ass q -
bsgan to practics his profession In
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-12-01

The perfunctory manner in which
Witnesses are sworn in English courts
was illustrated recently in a London
court after some twenty witnesses had
given their evidence. It was then dis
covered that all had solemnly sworn
on and had kissed guide 70 the law
Of landlord and tenant The mistake
came to Light only when q court on
cial saw that the supposed Bible was
much more clean than usual, and, a.
. consequences, looked CLOSELY at the
book.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-12-01
n. g.. of 1900

A booklet giving the population OF
al cities Of the United States Of 5000
and over according 70 the census Of
1soo. has just been issued By the Pas
ssnger department o. the Chicago.
Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. and q
copy q Il may be obtained By sondins
Jour address. with two-cent stamp to
pay postage. to the General Passenger
Agent Of the chicasD. Milgankss q g.
Psnl Railway. Chicago. NJ
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-12-01

Tupelo. Miss. He served . term a dis
trict attorney before being elected to
congress In 1884. During the, sight
terms that he has served In the house
Of Representatives he established more
friendships. probably. THAI any other
man In public life. His wit was his
most prominent characteristics. In his
nrst speech Allen told funny stories
and his colleagues came 70 look for
something amusing when be took TIE
moor. Allen says his humorous tales
we're detrimental 70 his reputation a
. statesmaa No ems would nks Ain
seriously =. .fs- ~
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-12-01

TWenty-one persons died in Massa-
ehusetts last year aged 100 years or
more. Sixteen OF the twenty-one were
Women-three Of the sixteen never
having been married. Eight of the
tweuty-one were born in Ireland. three
In Canada and three in Other. foreign
misunderstanding seven native born,
six OF whom were OF Massachusetts, ma
tiTity. The oldest was two months
over log years.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-12-01

No matter what ais you, headache
10 q cancer, you will never get well
until your bowels are put right
,CASCARETS help nature, cure you
without a grippe or pain, produce easy
natural movements, cost you Just 10
cents to start getting your health back
CASCARETS Candy Cathartic, the
genuine. put up in metal boxes, every
tablet has C. c. C. stamped on Il Be-
ware Of irz:SzSions.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-12-01

"A street in Chicago, not far from the
"Archey road" immortalized by Doo-
ley. has been known for twenty years
Is Fake" street, in honor Of certain
business man bearing that name The
word has come to have so injurious q
significance OF late years that the
residents and property owners In that
neighborhood have prayed the city
authorities to give the street a new
name.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-12-01

There is one comfort in the COM
ing on OF cold weather. Statistics in
dicate that outbreaks of insanity are
most frequent in the hot season, and
that suicides in the summer months as
compared with the winter months are
as three to two. whence 1t would
appear that even our reason and our
love Of life are best kept on ice.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-12-01

When new postofice is to be named
the people Of the neighborhood have
the right to choose its name. There
are Schleys, Roosevelts and Funstons
al over the country. Now some Vir-
ginians have named their postofice
Tuan, in honor OF the anti-foreigr
Chinese prince, and the name has to
stand.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-12-01

Christmas trees are already being
cut oown in Washington county, Ne.
and the seasons output from that sec
don win amount to 400 car loads, with
$50 punches to car Each bunch
consists Of from two to six trees. The
trees are sent to New York and Bos-
ton, where they will retail for about
ten times as much as they are worth
on board the cars in Maine.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-12-01

Absolute amnesty has been granted
BY the Peruvian legislature to all per-
sons who may have been concerned in
any political transgression or offenses.
with the right to I'LL public Offices. All
political prisoners confined at Lima
have been set at liberty.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-12-01

Clark OF Montana is going to make
another effort to obtain a seat In the
United States senate. As far as the
legislature OF Montana is concerned,
Clark's case Is already won. A ma
3ority Of the members OF that body
are Of Clark's choosing, and they will
undoubtedly give him a set of creden-
tials to carry to Washington.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-12-01
sanItarr pepot. In Germ.nr.

In many German villages sanitary
depots have recently been established,
at which private families can for a
trffe borrow various things needed in
Q sick room, which they cannot af-
ford to buy.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-12-01

After being out Io2 hours and fall
ing to reach a decision jury in Scrsn-
ton, Pa, was discharged. Later empty
whisky bottles were discovered in the
jury room.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-12-01

FeAfing . plague Of rata. Antwerp
has organized a otnciai rat hunt. .
penny being given By the aushorines
for every animal kfllsd
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-12-01
Isolation In London Fl.t..

Women who live in fats In London
are finding it almost impossible to en-
ploy servants, because they are so
completely isolated from the outside
world
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-12-01

The reason for the advance In prices
b By no means complicated. The Chi
eago packers simply feel that they
nesd the money.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-12-01

Hiss Alice Sinclair Of Cincinnati, O..
Who acted as bridesmaid at the wed
ding Of q friend. found thimble in
the piece Of brides cake which she
ate. This was regarded as proof that
she would be an old maid. To prove
hat the sign was false she agreed to
marry William KeeIer. to whom she
was engaged. at once. and invited all
the wedding guests. to be present at
her marriage. A minister was found
within three hours Of the time when
she was acting as bridesmaid.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-12-01

Maude Adams has q new play upon
which the New York dramatic critics
are unable 10 agree. She Is . fortunate
woman.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-12-01
Coughing Lead. to Consumption

Coughing leads to Consumption
Kemps Balsam viii stop the cough
ct once. Go to your druggist today
and get a sample bottle free. Sold in
Is and so cent bottles. Go at once;
delays are dangerous.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-12-01
IN TIE PHILIPPINES.
AsoLDIRRNTH sARcHIPsLAoo
WRITES HOME.

new FiEhssrs Spend TIms-Pay Goss
Quickly and Little Liberty L. Allowed
-Fsod PisntiruI--Incidsas - roid
ia . Letter to Mother
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-12-01

svLIvsE nYIoR, 1aI.o, e. Pasl..A...
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-05-17

which the strike was inaugurated ten
days prior 10 that of the Transit sys-
TEN, and Ii officials and employees of
that road, nd amicable adjustment
was effected md the men will retur
TO work this morning. The union re-
ceived full recognition in many quar-
tiers and 1t is figured the settlement OF
the strike on the suburban presages
the adjustment of the difficulties be-
tween the Transit company and its
$500 striking employees in the near fur
use, The Suburban company had no
in maintaining a through
running schedule yesterday, and no
serious demonstrations on that liue oc-
Cured. On the Transit company )
system there were a number of demon
more noisy than otherwise,
In one instance the police were obliged
to charge on the crowd of strike SYM
pathizers. No casualties of a serious
nature were reported.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-05-17

bod~ of water of its size in the state,
II not in the whole northern interior.
The highest point in the range ia
about four miles east of the lake. and
has an elevation of more than 900
feet above sea level more than 900
feet above Lake Michigan and about
500 feet above the Baraboo valley at
its northern base. The eastward ex-
tension of the west range lying south
OF the lake. and popularity known as
the Devils nose, reaches an elevation
OF a little more than 1900 feet The
lesser or north Quartzite range rises
300 feet to 500 feet above It's surround
ings. 1t assumes considerable prom
lnence at the upper and lower narrows
OF the Baraboo. The north range is
not only lower than the south range,
but its slopes are generally less steep.
and ii is also less continuous. The
lesser elevation and the gentler slopes
make 1t far less conspicuous. About
three miles southwest of Portage the
north and south ranges join, and the
elevation at the point of union is
about 400 feet above the Wisconsin
river few miles to the east. The
lower country above which these con-
spieuous ridges rise has an average
elevation of about 900 feet above the
sea, and extends far beyond the bord-
ers of the area with which this report
is concerned. The rock underlying il
In the vicinity OF Baraboo is chiefly
sandstone, but there is much limestone
farther east and south, in the area
with which the Baraboo region Is
geographically continuous
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-05-17

Speaking of the time when the Bar
aboo region was but a vast sea. the
geologist says: Following the long
period of erosion, the irregular and
almost mountainous area of central
Wisconsin was depressed sufficiently
to submerge large areas which had
been land. The subsistence was prob
ably slow, and as the sea advanced
from the south. it covered first the
valleys and lowlands. and later the
lower hills and ridges, while the high
err hills and ridges of the ouartzite
stood as islands in the rising sea. Still
later, the highest ridges of the region
were themselves probably submerged.
So soon as the sea began to overspread
the region. its bottom became the site
of deposition, and the deposition CON
tinued as long as the submergence
lasted. Ii is to the sediments depos-
tied during the earlier part of this
submergence that the name potsdam
is given. The sources of the sediments
are not far to seek AS the former
land was depressed beneath the sea,
its surface was doubtless covered with
the products of rock decay, consisting
of earths, sands, small hits and larger
masses of quartzite. These materials,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-05-17

while above there is little or none, the
thick deposit will form a dam, above
which waters may accumulate. form
ing pond or lake. Again. ridge OF
drift may be deposited in the form of
curve with its ends against rock
ridge thus giving rise 10 a basin,
In the course of time, the lakes and
ponds in the depressons made or oc-
casioned by the drift will be DESTROYED
by drainage. Remembering how val
leys develop it is readily understood
that the heads of the valleys will
sooner or later find the lakes, and
drain them if their bottoms be not too
low
Drainage is hostile TO lakes in an
other way. Every stream which flows
into lake brings in more or less sedi-
ment. In the standing water this sed-
iment is deposited, thus tending to fill
the lake basin Both by filling their
basins and by lowering their outlets.
rivers tend to the destruction of lakes.
and given time enough, they will ac-
compliSh this result. In view Of this
double hostility of streams. it is not
too much To say that rivers are the
mortal enemies of lakes.
The destruction Of lakes by streams