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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-03-17
WEBSTER DAVIS.

said afterward, he discovered that the
more he learned the farther he got
away from the idea. So he went back
to his father and set to work at the
cobbler's stool. His dislike for the
trade did not escape the attention OF
his father. One day he made bad job
Of pair OF shoes. which came to the
notice OF Judge McDouglass, OF Kansas
city. Send him over to my Office"
said the Judge. He is certainly poor
shoemaker, but he may make a good
lawyer" That was the beginning Of
his climb to the present official posi-
ton, which he left to 60 to South At
RIGA. From the beginning he attracted
the attention OF rich and influential
men and they started him for the law
school at Ann Arbor, where he COM
pleted his course.
Upon his return as q full-hedged
lawyer, Mai. Warner, one OF his pa
irons, found aaplace In the Office OF the
surveyor Of the port in Kansas City.
There he was thrown into contact with
politicians and started on this bent OF
his career. He had command OF Ian
guage and a fiuency which made him
what they were pleased to call "a won
derful orator." and he came quickly
into demand as a stump speaker. Maj.
Warner becoming a candidate for gov
ernor in 1892, Mr.. Davis took to the
field and went up and down the stHtA.
and, through Warmers influence, he
himself secured the nomination for
congress. Both went down to defeat.
but Mr.. Davis had won fame through
out the state which was to help him In
the future.
The campaign over. he went to Colo
RADIO. thence to Chicago. where he held
a position with the Harrison Tele-
phope company during the worlds
fair. When the company failed he re-
turned to Kansas City. 1t was the eve
OF a mayoralty campaign, and. since no
one else cared to run. Mr.. Davis was
easily persuaded to make the race. Tbs
Republicans did not expect to succeed.
Neither did Mr.. Davis. The Demo
Gratis said that be had forfeited his
residence by going to Chicago, and In
dulged in several riots before the cleo
ton was over. Mr.. Davis won, to
eyerybody's surprise, including his
own. He inaugurated an aggressive
policy, began the building OF an extern
sive mark system. but went out OF Of
| fee retaining only sufficient popular
jty to name his successor, Jimmy
| Jones.
Upon tn, election OF the president
Mr.. Davis had come TO be called 'the
administration orator" Following thu
election there came a period OF mac
tivity for the orator until 1897. when
under Secretary Bliss. he was made
assistant secretary Of the interior
During all his career It has been ad
mItted on all sides that his claim Il
attention is his ability to hold large
audiences. He is emotional, fearful
but his speeches do not read SO well
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-03-17
AMERICAN rRANsvaAL FUND.
- Aia widow and Orphans Of the

- Ala widow and Orphans Of the
BoerA
A pathetic appeal OF the committee
Of Africander and Bond members OF
parliament was issued at Cape Town,
Oct 10, 1899. signed by Messrs. n. F.
DeWaal, Joseph n. Hoffman, ]. H.
Hofmeyr. Thomas P. Theron and D.
J. A Van Zyl. which says among
other things:
What may, what can, We colonial
Africanders do In this sorrowful timer
Join in the work OF warfare with the
weapons? The law and our duty as
British subjects forbid this, even
should other circumstances not oppose
such a course OF action.
But what neither the law nor the
duty OF the subject forbids, and what,
moreover, agrees In every respect with
all principles of religion and human
ity, Is the offering OF help to the
wounded, to the widows and the
orphans"
In the name Of the Africander bond.
on behalf Of the citizens Of the South
African republic and their noble ally.
the Orange Free State. appeal to all
Americans to show their sympathy
with the brave people who are now.
In the words OF John Hancock, liter
ally offering all that they have. all
that they are, and all that they hope
to be, upon the altar OF their country,
fighting to the death the arrogance
and imposition OF the great British
empire, in order to remain free and
independent, as did our American
forefathers in 1776 and 1912. THERE
WILL BE NO BoER WOUNDED ON
THE BRITISE-AMERICAN HoSPI-
tai SHIP.
Send TO ms your subscriptions,
small and large, and I will send the
amount to Mr.. C. c. de Villiers, Cape
Town, the honorable treasurer OF the
committee Of the Africander bond, to
be expended under that appeal. / sent
$1,000 on Feb. %, 1900.
| GEORGE W. VAN SICLEN,
American Treasurer.
No. IA Broadway, New York City.
Feb. "a. 1900.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-03-17
NIB. WEBSTER DAVIS.
WHOSE VISIT TO DOM PAUL
CREATED A STIR.
Ne Began Life ~ . Shoemaker, Then
Turned 20 Law and Ultimately BE-
came = Power In the Political World
-Hh Dis Ike for Trade.

The career OF Webster Davis, assist
ant secretary Of the interior, whose
recent visit to South Africa and to
Dom Paul occasioned considerable
comment, is In many respects q re-
markable one.
He began life as q snvemaker's son
in Gallatln. Mo-. and his father was
barely able to give him the education
which town schools afforded. Young
Davis, however. pushed on. took q
course in the poor boys school at
Parkville, where he received the idea
that he was cut out for the ministry.
He found his way finally to a religious
seminary near Chicago, and there, he
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-03-17
HoMEsEEkERs EXCURSIONS.

March Q, 10. April 8. II. 1900. via
r.. c. II. . y. by.
On above dates Round Trip tickets.
good q days, will be sold at rate Of a
single fare plus $500 to all points on
this line in Iowa, Minnesota and South
Dakota, north OF and including Shell
Rock, Abbott Crossing and Waverly.
Write to Mr.. John Bows, Armstrong,
Ia. for full information about Maple
Hill and Luzon, Iowa. two new towns
on our MISUNDERSTANDING line. or
to Mr.. Thos. II. Brown, Siodx Falls,
So. Oak, for descriptive matter about
Reading and Wilmont. Min, towns
on our line now being built from
Worthington to Hardwick, MINI.
Special inducements are offered to
all classes OF business and professional
men. Call on nearest ticket agent fol-
tickets and see that they read via the
B., c. R & n. Ry.. Jno. G. Farmer
A. g. p. & T. A, Cedar Rapids, Ia
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-03-17
Tn. laughter Excusab's

Two ordinary nice young women In
a Massachusetts, town were disciplined
out of the church the other day for
breaking into laughter at a solemn
prayer meeting. This was certainly In
decorous, but, when It Is understood
that a good brother had just arisen
with the remark that he was sitting
on a thought when the settee struck
him." their merriment was altogether
psrdonahie.-Time and the Hour.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-03-17

Among the well-to-do Japanese q de-
mand is rapidly growing for foreign
boots and shoes. Japan, accordingly,
offers a promising market in the new
future for American manufacturers Of
these goods, provided that they are
specially made for the japanese trade.
The principal requirement is that the
toes be wide and roomy, because In
childhood the sandals and clogs which
are worn give freedom to the front
part of the foot. Most OF the foreign
made shoes hitherto imported have
failed to give satisfaction through ne
elect OF this requirement in construc-
tion.-Philadelhpia Record.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-03-17
Beware of oIntraents for Catarrh That
Contain ASrcury,

As mercury viii surely destroy the sense Of
smell and completely derange the whole system
when entering IL through the mucous surfaces
Such articles should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the
damage they will do Is tenfold 10 the GOOD you
can POSSIBLY derive from them Halls Catarrh
Cure manufactured by r. J. Cheney Il Co,
Toledo, o., contains no mercury. and Is taken
acting directly upon the blood ano
mucous surfaces OF the system In buying
Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine
II Is taken internally, and made in Toledo. Onio,
oy r J. Cheney Co Testimoni8lsfree. SOLO
BIZ Druggists prize sc per bottle
Hail's Family Pills are the best
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-03-17
To California Quickly and Coufortab

To California Quickly and Comfortably
Via Chicago, Union Pacific and North
Western Line. The Overland Linn
tied" leaves Chicago daily $50 p. m.
arrives SaE Francisco the afternoon OF
third day, and Los Angeles next morn
ing. No change OF cars. All meals In
dining cars. Buffet, smoking and IL
brary cars, with barber. The best OF
everything" The Pacific Express
leaves Chicago daily 1890 p. m, with
frst-class and through tourist sleepers
to California Personally conducted
excursions every Thursday. All agent:
sell tickets via Chicago & Northwest
ern R'y. For full information and IL
Illustrated pamphlet apply to
W. B. Kniskern. p Fifth Avenue
Chicago, Ill.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-03-17
Millions of Women Use cuticura Soap

preserving purifying
No
refreshing
beaunng s stin scalp hair and hands no eher fa
combines In oxE Ar az oSs Fc w.
soaDta
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-03-17
MANS MECHANISM
Delicate Machinery That Needs
Constant Care.
Ahsoiute Cleanliness and Regulates ss Nsees-
Sary aS for Any Other Kind Of
Machinery. How 10 KEGS 10
n Working Order.

There's a screw loose somewherei
One little screw in the big machine gets
n trine loose and the whole apparatus
clogs, balks and refuses to work properly:
A skiIlful engineer can tell by the IeeI
of HIS engine when there's screw loose.
OCCASIONAL constipaton-can IL cosuve
ness or bIliousness-needs prompt atten-
Hon. II clogs the whole delicate mecnan-
ism Of man, and must be renoveq skill
fully without force or shock Only
veretable laxative should be used, eno
Cascarets Candy cathartic. when you
can eat like q piece OF candy. are tns
most agreeable. natural and elective OF
cascarets are the only antiseptie eathar-
tie and not only make the liver lively. re-
move obstructions In the bowels, strengln-
-, the fntestines, but kill all germs OF ois-
ease in the body. Therefore prevent a.
"f suy and Try cascarets to-day. You'li
Ana mat it's what they do. not what We ~,
saX they'll do, that will please you. Al
Sry1Sfsts. Zoe SC and &c, or VIII man Tor
srsce Send for booklet and free sample:
Tddress Sterling Remedy Co. CnicAso'
honue-A' This a. the CASCARET tab
Ief EVery tablet OF the oniy
r. q - 4 reuufDe Cascarets bears the
hLL 1arfe lefferH &C C c." Look
Al IRE tablet before you buy,
~ "a hsIarD Of fraudA fEntta-
dams and substitufsA
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-03-17
Tn. Great Round World.

That interesting, instructive and
clean publication, The Great Round
World, seems to improve with each
issue, not only in its subject matter,
but in its growth OF circulation and
advertising patronage. the issue of
January 25th being $1,000 copies. A
publication containing the meritorious
features OF the Great Round World
should be encouraged.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-03-17
An Act IIlastrAtioa.

An inspector Of schools has been Civ
ing In the Humanitarian a selection OF
the leading '1howlers" Of his acquaint-
ance. The shrewdest Of all the an
svers came from a very small boy. who
was asked TO give the text which for
babe a man to marry two wives. With
out q moments pause he replied:
-No man can serve two masterAS
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-03-17
CALIFORNIA.

Special bargains In land Improved
ana unimproyed land In tracts OF 10
to $50 acres among the foothills In the
celebrated Newcastle Fruit District,
the greatest deeiduous fruit center OF
California Some special bargains on
quick sales Address Geo. d. Kellogg.
Newcastle, Cal
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-03-17
MARCH AND APRIL
Are the Most DIsagreeabls Months OF
the Year In the North.

Are the Most Disagreeabis months OF
the Year In the North.
In the South, they are the pleasant
est and most agreeable. The trees and
shrubs put forth their buds and flow
ers; early vegetables and fruits are
ready for eating, and in fact all nature
seems TO have awakened from its win
ter sleep. The Louisville & Nashville
Railroad Company reaches the Garden
Spots OF the South. and will on the
first and third Tuesdays Of March and
April sell round-trip tickets to all prin-
cipal points in Tennessee. Alabama,
Georgia and West Florida, at about
half rates. Write for particulars OF
excursions to p. Sid Jones. d. p. A.
in charge of immigration. Birming-
ham. Ala, or ]. X. Ridgely, n. w. p.
A, Chicago, Ill
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-03-17

Theatrical Manager-"What do you
wish?" Actress-"I want to play
Hamlet, now that Bernhard and the
rest are playing the role" Manager
"Oh, take my advice and play Hamlet's
father"-Jugend.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-03-17
RFaIsrTrKD TRADE ILRK.

nlNEM The great blood purifier
uHEN Zaepers Swedish Essence
HWAV of Life is to be given away
AW "a ] free to readers Of this
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1t also induces q gentle perspiration,
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Rheumatism, backache and headache,
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have a free trial package irst and see
what it does for you.
Zaegel's Swedish Essence Is so well
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this makes no difference, as free trial
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writes. Do not neglect to get in your
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vince you Of the merit of this celebrated
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should be enclosed in your lie ter to
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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-03-17

Farmers in nearly every northwest
ern state are planting nut trees along
with their peaches and pears, and are
utilizing the hillsides, where nothing
else will grow, for nut orchards
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-03-17

erre Permanently Cured. Sonts usrvouEness sfses
IA day's uss Of Dr. Klines Great Nerve kestorer
sd for FREE $500 trial bottle and treAtisA
na. r II. KLINK, Id, 13l Arch s. IhlaoelphlA, fs
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-03-17

Ishall recommend Piso's Cure for Con-
sumption far and vide.-Mrs- Mulligan,
Plumstead, Kent, England, Nov. ., 1895.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-03-17
Tn cuREA coin IN ONE DAY,

Power Is ever stealing from the
many to the few.-Wendell Phillips.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-03-17

The famous gardens OF Versailles
have cost aS,000,000.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-03-17

Is known everywhere and
thousands of women have
been curedof serious kid
ney arrangements by he
Mrs. Pinklsa1s's meth.
DDS have the endorse
E71enf of fhe mayor, the
postmaster and others of
her own city.
Her medicine has The
endorsement Of an HHs-
numbered multitude of
grateful women whose
letters are constantly
printed In this paper.
Every woman shOuidTe
these letters
Mrs. PinfIifar1 advises
suffering women FREQ Of
charge. Her address IS
Lynn, Mass
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-03-17

As many as 1000 dates have been
found on a single palm.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-03-17

But few men are proof against the
fattery Of q pretty woman
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-03-17

Mrs. WInslow's Soothing Syrup
For children teething, softens the gums reduces In
esmmsricn aIays pa n cures wind collie sc bottle
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-03-17

when All Else Fairs. Try Yl-Ki.
Cures Corns and Bunions Nthout pain Never fails.
Drug Sores or mail ISc YtKi Co. Charlottesville Ind
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-03-17

Thought alone Is eternaL-Owen
Meredith
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-03-17

Some snakes will eat eggs; others
are Unfortunately fond Of milk.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-03-17

Loes Of hair, which often mars the prettiest faeG
prevented by PAKKKR's HAIR BALsAN.
HIKDEEC0KNs, the best cure for cornA lsco
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-03-17

Take Laxative Brumo Quinine Tablets All
druggists refund the money II Is fails TO cure
Ec z w. Groves signature on each box
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-03-17

That the greatest of faults is to be
conscious of none.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-03-17

No cross babies or sick babies in families thai
use Browns Teething Cordial
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-03-17

She who fain would guide must seem
to follow,
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-03-17

Send for aChoIce Recipes"
By waiter Baker & Co. Ltd. Dorchester, A9eB,
mailed tree. Hsntioa this paper.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-03-17

Goes Cough BAIsan
ne oldest and best Il VIII break mp cold qutekei
ia ANYTHING else. il is always reliable ny IL
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-03-17

Beware the fury of the patient man.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-03-17

Hope is believing that the unexpect-
ed will happen.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-03-17

and humiHating skin, sca
throughout the world y
about ths Skin, Scalp. and
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-03-17
Won,an's
Kidney
Troubles

Why frifie with health
when the easiest and
suresf help Is the best
known medicine IN the
wor,id2
The Dickinson press., 1900-01-20
Stealing an Election.

The following is an extract from a pri-
vate letter to a citizen of St. Paul by a
prominent Kentucky Democrat, recog-
mixed as n of the able leaders of his
party:
Gas to the political situation in Ken
lucky, it is humiliating to admit that one
belongs to a party that is ~endeavoring to
steal an election. The purpose to steal
is apparent. Some of us still have a
little confidence in the Democratic men,
b RS OF the legislature; others with an
equal opportunity for exact information
have none. 1t is a plain attempt to steal.
After passing an election law for the
purpose of robbery-all election officers
of his own Choosing every county board
of his own friends-a state board of his
own selection then to claim that the
Republicans were guilty Of fraud at the
polls is absurd. 1t is pleading the baby
act. II We Democrats continue in the
practices we have engaged in during the
last six months we will BIZ compelled to
admit that a publication of the ten Com-
mandments is an attack upon our party
and our candidates. Hoping that the
~rascals will not succeed, and that a cit
izen will not be ashamed to admit that
he is d k%entuckian, | am etc"
The Dickinson press., 1900-01-20
The Nome Gold Fields.

The first map folder or circular re-
speeding the Klondike goldstrike of 1905
was issued by the Northern Pacific Rail
way. 1t is more than a coincidence tina,
the first map folder or pamphlet of the
Nome Mining district comes from the
same source. The present folder not
only contains a good map of the Nome
district but is embellished with several
cuts of views at Nome City and on the
beach where the method OF mining is
clearly shown. All information obtain
able regarding sailing dates from Seattle
and Tacoma, through rates, etc, is given
in this book and the public cautioned to
60 to the agents of the N. P. Ry., who
are supplied with diagrams of the Alaska
steamers, and arrange at once for their
Accommodations rather than to put off this
very important business until they reach
Puget Sound. There is no doubt but
what there will be a very considerable
passenger business from the middle and
eastern states and a very heavy business
from the Pacific Coast states to the
Nome district next spring
For folders, rates, ETC., call on Agent,
N. P. or SEN a two-cent stamp to CHAs
S. FEE, General Passenger Agent, St,
Paul, Mimi, and he will mail you the
Nome folder. Light
The Dickinson press., 1900-01-20
Fish

In the United States fish poisoning is
most frequently due to decomposition
In canned fish. The most prominent
symptoms are nausea, vomiting and
purging. Sometimes there is a scarla-
tinous rash, which may cover the
whole body. The writer has studied
two outbreaks Of this kind Of fish poi
soning. In both instances canned salm-
on was the cause of the trouble. AL
though q discussion of the treatment of
food poisoning is foreign to this paper,
the writer must call attention to the
danger in the administration Of OPT
ates in cases of poisoning with canned
fish.
Vomiting and purging are efforts on
the part of nature to remove the poi
son and should be assisted by the stom.
ach tube and by irrigation Of the colon.
In one of the cases seen by the writer
large doses Of morphine had been adj
ministered in order to check the vom-
iting and purging and to relieve the
pain. In this cast death resulted. The
danger of arresting the elimination Of
the poison in all cases Of food poison
ing cannot be too emphatically con-
demned.-Victor @. Vaughan in Pop
ular Science Monthly.
The Dickinson press., 1900-01-20
The Sailor and the rixureheaa.

ihS sailor and the EiEurehend.
Old sailors sigh as they wander
Abound the water front these days and
note the disappearance of the famous
old figurehead, which used to be the
delight Of every clipper ships crew.
They were huge wooden images of al.
most everything imaginable, but the
female form predominated. Many fig
urehcads were to represent the fair
one after whom the ship was named,
and there is an old sea yarn about a
sailor who fell in love with the hand.
some wooden female which adorned
his ship. He used to slip down the
dolphin striker" and hang on there,
while the ship bowed and lurched,
talking love to the figurehead. Finally,
according to forecastle tradition, the
figure sneezed, and the sailor, who was
known as Lovely Mike" because he
was the ugliest man that ever set foot
on q ships deck, nearly fell into the
ea. He recovered his senses and said,
odd you speak?"
mo, l didn't speak," returned the
figure. 81 just sneezcd to attract your
attention. You're known us Lovely
Mike amt you? You're a married
man, amt you? And your wife has to
take in washing both when you're at
home and when you're away, because
she can never get n cent out of you.
Mr.. Farmer, just climb back to the
forecastle and don't bother any more
about me-"
This rather curt interview is alleged
to have worked a marked change in
Mike, and when he got home he aston
ished his wife by giving her a couple
of dollars.-Baltimore News.