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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1901-06-08
sPoRr N WESTERN CANADA.
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There q probably no country on the
American Continent where the life q
TIE farmer carries with 4 that assur-
lnes Of comfort and success a. does
Western Canada. Nor e there % be
found anywhere else such . pleasant
eomblnation. Game abounds every
where and nowhere doss L afford Eleh
perfect amusement A noted sports
nan writing of the faVorits pastime
Hays: There b one particular spot
where ! slW man drop seventy mall
lards one morning and bring them all
70 bag. too. FOR they dropped n open
water or on Cat prairie. At the right
season Of the year yoa can sse black
lines and triangles cut sharply out
against the sky ali round you. moving
very swiftly. and you begin 70 wonder
whether you have enough cartridges
10 hold out. You can hear the pra.r:e
chicken Growing like baTn-door fowls,
and a little % the northeast q q bit
Of marshy ground, cattle-poaehed and
dappled with cleaning pools, where
the snipe are nearly as thick as mos
Quitoes. A thin column OF blue smoke
cuFlIng up ln the distance shows you
where q few wandering Indians have
pitched their camp, but there Is no
other Indication Of civilization In
sight stilI. the neighborhood Is we'll
settled, and q short drive win bring
you 20 q farmhouse, where you can
buy The finest butter and the freshest
eggs for uneiVilized prices.
A very abort railway journey win
bring you 10 country fun Of deer and
the lordly Eapib, the king Of the deer
tribe the world over, and down On the
Cat, bOggy land by the lake shores the
moose win stand knee deep IN water
on the summer evenings ready 10 lie
down when the dies get bothering.
All day you breathe the Wild free air
Of the prairie. and at night you are
lulled 20 sleep by the surge and ripple
and splash Of the waves on the beach.
broken now and then by the Wierd
banshee-ery Of strange waterfowl"
Particulars regarding settlement Of the
lands OF Western Canada can be had
from any agent Of the Canadian gov
eminent, whose advertisement appears
elsewhere In your columns.
OLD READER
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1901-06-08
JAPAN IN AMERICA.
A oualas me q OrlsasaIsa FounA n
New Jsrss1.

A oualas me q OrisataIl.n Founa n
Nsv Jsrbs1.
Near Mountain Station, n. j., q sub
urb Of South Orange. e perhaps the
0uaiutsst BIT Of orientaiism 70 Be
found on the continent Here .
party Of skilfuI japanese gardeners,
calling themselves the japanese Hor-
ticuitural Society, have laid out q Jap
aness garden &c q permanent. exhibit
Of their native fora The garden y
situated at the base Of the Orange
mountain, "a q little clump Of wood
land. It's four acres are surrounded
By q bamboo fence. ingsniously built
without nails, Jet strong e any
American fence. Inside that barrier
the visitor finds all the euriosides ne
would see IN q similar garden In Japan
itself. Stone lions. q pedestal bearing
a stone lantern over two hundred
years old, done by . noted japanese
sculptor, AID 4 statue Of JiEo, . Bud
dhIst saint, regarded &c q goddess, are
some Of the treasures which Japan has
parted with IN order that America may
enjoy q few Of the privileges which
she herself prizes 50 highly. There
q An artificial lake IN the garden,
spanned By three different kinds Of
japanese structures. By the side o.
this lake, closely Gagged, lives q tsuru'
or crane. The bird r. about I'VE feet
IN height. Il Il said 70 be an exceed
Ingly rare bird, few specimens being
found outside the royal palace and I'M
parial geological gardens. According
to the japanese, nature does not give
20 the tsuru q red crown until he has
reached the age OF one hundred years.
and a. the years advance the color
deepenA. The red-headed tsuru -
therefore an emblem Of longevity In
Japan. This New Jersey specimen has
a very dark red topknot, and Is sup
posed 20 be about three hundred years
old. In that respect the tsuru Is more
than matched by one Of the plants IN
the garden. This Is q ehabO-hiba, one
Of the Oldest on this continent. Its
age "a given Is seven hundred years.
No wonder It Is valued at ten thousand
dollars. The original trainer Of the
tree Il not definitely known, but Is
supposed 70 have been one Genho, who
was the most famous artist during the
later period Of the Kamakura regency
in the twelfth century, The tree came
into the hands Of the family Of Suzuki
about the middle Of the sixteenth cen
tury, and has been handed down by
them to the present time. Its trunk is
seven inches in diameter, and its
height e only four and q half feet
Il belongs 70 the cedar family, and has
foliage resembling sprigs OF ferns
closely set together in the form Of
cone. Sometimes the unbeliever ques-
tons the age Of this plant, but such
overwhelming evidence is offered In
support Of the japanese gardeners as
sertion that the objector Is silenced.
A japanese tea-house, where real Jap
anese tea Is served By japanese girls
In their native costume, and a Japa-
nese jinrikisha are among the attrae-
tons OF the garden.-Youths Com
panion-
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1901-06-08

Charles q. Dawes. comptroIlsr o. The
currency, q the hero of q pretty story,
which has Just been sent out from
washington. Il relates % Patty Flynn.
en- humble IriSh laborer, who vas for
morly employed about the Federal
Building and who lost his position
some time sgo on account OF IN health.
This came 70 the knowledge Of Mr..
Dawes and he has had Flynn rein
stated. The following story accounts
Tor his relnstatemenE
In q battle Of the civil war, on q
Georgia Geld. Mr.. Dawes uncle. who
vas q major, was badly shot Up one
day, wounded IN the back Of his head,
ana part Of his jaW carried away, 80 be
could lie on neither his face nor his
back. Patsy, who was a private, saw
his majors blight and realized that =
quick trip to the field hospital was on
the cards. But there was no stretehsr
nor other means o. conveying him 90
hand The major was getting weaker
from less Of blood, and things looked
desperate.
Just then 4 teamster came along
With q wagon load Of mail. Patsy at
tempted to negotiate for a trip to the
hospital, but the teamster was obdu-
rate Ne had orders" which did not
contemplate turning his vehicle into q
hurry-up wagon. Patsy looked ct the
major, who was sinking fast. Orders
be dom" said Patsy. rolling up his
sleeves. "Get down on that seat. ye
blagEysrd." and with that he grabbed
the teamEteF, who resisted, and gave
him a good punching. When the team
Etsr cried enough he was requisitionsd
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1901-06-08

". p. Gates, Popahst county troas-
urer Of Clay county, Kan, Il unhappy
because Chauncsy n. DepsW, the New
York senator, - his cousin. . fact
which he has tried 70 keep covered up.
Asked about Il, Gates said: How aid
that Leak out, anyway A man can't
run away from his troubles OF his rec
ord, Il seams. am not q BIT proud q
ny relationship with DspsW. There
was a time when was. but not now.
He became such. bore 20 me with his
jokes and stories that got tired, and
moved west 70 disguise my relationship
and ehangs my politicS That's Why
I'm q Populist And now an found
out. NJ tale has OVertRksn me here
where ] am trTing to Be e good citizen
and merit the good opinion q ny
neighbors. What shah I Do, what
shall I dof"
Treasurer Gates says he has heard
Senator DepeE make many speeches.
He e one Of the leading citizens Of
Clay county.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1901-06-08

ssurnausa Os relay - vlSusd ~ q
Great Edlto.


sou.nausn q relay ss visusd ~
Grsas Edltos
WgHEvs ouEToWn m6 ace % treat
editors IN the sense IN which thsy were
accepted half q century sgo, not Do
cause there are no longer great oditors
among us. but because they have %
largely multiplied e. 70 sRacs indiVid-
uality. The towering lords Of the Jour
nalistic forest are e. great and grand
today e ever n the past, but . hoSe
Of their fellows has grown up WITH
them, and the resistless logic o. thsir
advent has made the Journalism q To-
DAY absolutely impersonal. This change
has come because the Fapidly-Widen.
ing Geld Of Journalism has summoned
q large proportion Of the best intslleeo
OF the country into Its service, and the
editorial writer has ceased 70 Be the
newspapef. Hall q century ago tho
Newspaper was . luxury; today II u 2
universal necessity. Our wonderful
progress In railways, IN the telegraph
and In the Journalistic mechanism
that leads the mechanism o. the world
IN progress, with q free school at every
cross roads, has made the Newspaper
multiply into countless millions, ana
Il Is today the greatest Of the great
public educators. Il has . larger ellen
tele than the school, the college and
the pulpit combined, and instead OF
reaching only q few Of the more cult
Vated and fortunate classes It now en-
ters almost every home and 10 read ~
every class and condition Of our So
0OO, 900 Of people. The successful editor
today may be guiltless Of leaders OF
paragraphs for his duties are much
more important than the writing Of
editorials. He has every class ana
condition OF culture at his command
he successfully summons the Presi-
dent Of the republic holding the high
est civil trust In the world, 70 enrich
his columns. Cabinet Minister sela-
tors, representatives and the most eul-
tured teachers IN literature, art ana
science are subject 70 his call, and the
pulpit, the bar and every other PROBES
sion proRers the genius Of the land %
the editor. All these are 3ourneymen
in the Journalism Of today. while kings
and potentates Of the old world are
often more than willing to be heard
through the American newspaper
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1901-06-08
Nashiartoa aaa RslIran.

GeorEs Washington and Simon Doll
var were the two great hberatorB Of
the Americas. Perhaps no other two
great men ever lived whose achieve
ments were 50 IDENTICAL, whose strug-
gio8 and 6ufieringg were 50 similar as
these two, monumental figures in the
history Of the Western World, says q
writer "a Success. Washington freed
from Great Britain thirteen states,
which in less than . century became
the most powerful empire for Hb-
srty" ever known IN history; and Boil
iVaF Wregtsd from Spain i've republics
whose wealth and power, when prop
OFly developed, are beyond eompre-
henEio1. The characters Of the man
were - vide apart e. the poles. Wash
ington vas sedats and of sober judy
usnt, while BoliYer was impulslYe, Of
dsy temper and quick 70 act Both.
however. were born leaders Of msn. and
both, each IN his own way, inspired
The conhdence Of his followers. Wash
ington and Bolivar were both gifted
with creative powers. were re-
sourceful and possessed the wonderful
faculty Of drawing material strength
from seemingly exhausted sources, Of
making much ont Of nothing.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1901-06-08
RussIA.s NAvAL PoWER.
sAs IA. Buils Up = FOrnIdAbl' El''s n
Rsosat Yoans-

Bhs EAs Buiis Up = FOrnidAblS EA'st n
Rsosat YsaEs-
We hear q great deal, says q writer
"a the American Monthly, Of JapAn'S
awakening. The awakening OF Rus
ala within the same time has been
much more marvellous. And In no
region has It been more marvellous
than in the region Of naval prepara-
lions. Russia has practically com
pIstsd the third hest In the world
within the past decade. and most OF
the work has been done within her
own boundaries. By her own work
men, along her own lines. This meet
consists Of - hTst-elsss battleships,
yielding 70 none 81 the world In e1-
esllencs and perfection; one second
class battleship, Is coast defense ships
and % cruisers Of the hrst clas8s or
fully armored. TWenty-thres battle
ships and % cruisers, therefore, may
stand e. the backbone Of Russia's
naval strength, a force wen seconded
By full compliments Of ooast-defens0
ships, second and third class cruisers,
gunboats, torpedo-bOats. torpodo-do-
stroysrs, transports, Guxiliaries, and
all that pertains TO them. The Rus
sian heavy guns are second b mona.
and the batteries Of s-inch and AZ
inch quick-hring guns leave nothing
TO wish for. The secondary small
arm batteries are likewise perfectly
equipped. The Russian Warships are.
IN fact, the most numsrously armed IN
tia world
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1901-06-08

~ bi1nElu1llno 8efsla0 experience
Gcodland, Kan, June S.-N. E. Al.
bertson, our leading blacksmith has
been a great sufferer from rheumatism.
He was so bad that he could not sleep
for the great pain in his arms and
shoulders. He had been afflicted for
years, but lately he was 80 mucn worse
that he thought he would have to give
I'D his shop altogether.
Then q strange thing happened. A
friend Of his recommended a new
medicine called DOdd's Kidney Pills
said to be a cure for Rheumatism. He
commenced TO use them, and at once
began to recover. His pain has all LEFT
him, and he Is q well man today, and
entirely free from any symptom OF
Rheumatism
To say that he Is thankful, Is putting
Il very mildly. he is delighted.
Dodd's Kidney Pills deserve credit
for having cured this very severe and
almost hopeless case.
From recent reports, there does not
seem to be anything that they will not
cure, as very bad cases Of Bright's Dis
ease, Diabetes, Dropsy, Rheumatism,
and Heart Trouble, have been cured By
DOdd's Kidney Pills. even after having
been given up by our best doctors.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1901-06-08

The man who knows the laws win
stand the best chance Of getting and
holding g claim when the new Okla
bona lands are opened. 'Morgan's
Manual gives information upon the
u. S. Homestead. Townsite and Mn
ing laws Il has been recommended
By the Secretary Of the Interior and
omcials Of the Land Department Over
10000 copies sold. The new edition
contains a supplement- about the new
lands IA Okla Il is published By Dick
Z. Morgan of Perry. okla This book
and Mr. Morgan's paper and map
should Be thoroughly studied By those
Who intend 70 enter on the new lands.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1901-06-08
WITH A FRYING PAN.
a woman FsadsrfOOrs Thrinfng H
Porioaos In the ROokIoE

a Womaa FandsrfOoFs Thrlllfng HI
porioaes IN the Rockies
Mrs. Seton-Thompson, In her camp
ing experiences, entitled "a Woman
Tenderfoot," eonfesses that In the be-
ginning Of her Rocky Mountain life
she regarded FattlesnAkes as only one
kind OF disagreeable reptile. She had
not then caught the popular horror
Of them, and that Is possibly the rea-
son why abe could dispatch her first
ona with 90 much GOODNESS. One day
she was riding In advance Of her hus-
band. She says: Suddenly there came
q noise like dried peas in . pod, and
gliding across the road was q huge
Fattlesnake. Whiskers, my pony, per-
formed q flank movement, 80 nearly
unseattng me that I deemed Il ex-
pedient to drop to the ground; and
Whiskers, without waiting for orders,
galloped down the road. The rattler
stopped his pretty gliding motion
away from me and seemed IN doubt.
he q going to reeon ana then 70
strike" said I, recalling q paragraph
AsA. NJ AeasaA AN84lAa NlA1a = A.l~
pairing glance around and saw, almost
at my feet, half hidden By sags-bruBh,
several Inches q rusty Iron. Blest BE-
the passing teamstsP who threw e
there. I darted toward Il ana turned
on the RATHER, armed with the goodly
remains Of q fryi1g-pan. The creature
was ready for me, with darting tongue
and hattened head. Another instant,
and Il would have sprung. Smash on
itS head went my valiant frying-pan
and struck q deadly blow. recap
tured my weapon. and again e de-
scsndsd. The RATHER was settled. But
oh that TAM that awful, Writhing,
lashing tail. I can stand Indians,
bears, wolves, anything but that tail;
and q rattler Is al tan except its head.
The snake was really helpless, and I
put one foot on him TO take his scalp;
that 81 70 say. hts rattles. Then the
uneanny thing began 70 Wriggis and
rattle with old-time Vigor. Horrld
thrills coursed through me; but for
tifed By the assurance that the exist
ing rattle was q purely reflex neuro-
Eanglionic movement I hardened
my heart, and captured the pod q
dried peas "-Youtb's Companion.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1901-06-08
rTs.un.at = a F.rll-h p.

A movement Is now on foot to erect
monument IN Rome 70 the memory
Of Nicholas BrealBpeare. Pope Adrian
~. the only EngllshmRn who ever
sat upon the papal throne. The fund
for the monument Is 10 be raised among
English Catholics. Pope Adrain vas
born IN 100 az Langley, near s. Az
bans. England His parents Eera poor
and the future DontiR vas denied adj
mittancs % one Of the Engllah nionas-
teries. He then went abroad and rose
from honor 70 honor. at the ags e s.
he vas elected 70 the chair g stPe-
ter.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1901-06-08

A pupil IN q pabIio school n New
ARK, n. J, hofrifed the teacher the
othsr DAY By whiting q cartridge Of
gun-cotton and nitroglycsrine. Had
TIE cartridge. which was made Ger
blasting purposes. exploded little
Wouid have been let Of teacher. pupils
o. school building. The eareiesness
8 criminal which permits such dan
gerous objects 20 come into the pos
ssoslon of children. Who. Of course. ara
lEneIlnt ol their characler.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1901-06-08

immigration into Cuba continues TO
be almost exclusively from the Spanish
penins1la, 1904 persons out Of a total
Of 14,5TS in the second half Of 1900
having come from Spain II Is aston
ishing 70 learn that in the same time
only seventeen immigrants 70 Cuba
were from the United States. The
situation reminds one Of what the his
toEian Fr0ude said years ago; what
ever the eventual fate q Cuba, the
SPanisk race has taken root there. and
8 Tisibly destined 70 remain Span
ish. ct any rate. they are to the bone
and marrow, and Spanish they win
continue."
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1901-06-08

The electric street. railroad Il little
more than tan years old, and Jet q
man whose business Il wa 20 inEes-
tigats al the lines which we're first
PIT n. says that almost nothing Of
what he then found Is IN use today.
Practically an the appliances Of cleo
frio railroading Of that time have
gone 70 the scrap-heap. 20 rapid have
been the Improvements IN this new
nsld. There IL always an experimental
stage fn new Inventions, during which
changes take place rapidly. Then ex-
psrisnce sits out the best the forms OF
machinery become established, and
aftsr that improvements are compara-
lively rare.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1901-06-08

Nothing could more surely and clear
II indicate that the prevailing pros
pority of the country q founded on
9 sound basls than the figures shcW-
ing the large inersass n the value 81
American farm products "a recent
years. According 70 q statement tusi
issued By ne department % agricui-
turs, tie farmers Of the United States
resolved s1s5. 2os.173 more for thar
pr0duclB n 1890 than they did IN 1888,
Tho greatest advances we're observed
ln eoFn ana hay. the advances a. tia
pEico q ne latter giving ne farmers
over ga. 900 800 more e. 1900 for
crop a 81. 900 900 tons than vas rossis.
q q -. q /. sLsg g 49,. -.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1901-06-08

We are e the beginning Of things,
said q captain Of industry, not at the
ending. With scientific business
methods, he added, he would rather
have the dump" Of the mines than
the mother Vein." II he had 20 han
de the. mother vein IN ignorance.
The principle Is broader than any APP
plication to single sphere Of opera
tions. More than ever before, ignor-
ance means waste and extra7agance,
even e Il does not insure failure.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1901-06-08

Ths widows Of former Presidents
Grant and Garfield enjoy the same
privileges e. senators and rsprosonta-
dives in regard 20 the Tree uss % ths
mails. All mail matter sent b. Ma
Lucrotia r. Garfield and Mn. Julia D.
Grant, under their respective written
autographio signatures, and al mall
matter sent 70 these two ladies, win
be carried free during their lives. Va
signature or marks are necessary 70
TIE tree carriage o. mail matter %
ether Of these ladies. the address BE-
ing sumcient Ms. Garfield has en-
joyed TIE privilege since 1881 and MrH.
Grant aincs 1sSs.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1901-06-08

A physician who has recently re-
turned from Persia says that the ma
lives stin believe that human tears
are q remedy for certain chronic dis
eases. At every funeral the boiling
Of mOurners tears Is one Of the CHIEF
features Of the ceremony. Each Of the
mOurners D presented with a sponge
with which 10 nor his face and eyes,
and after the burial these sponges are
presented 20 the priest who squeezes
the tears into bottles. which he keeps.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1901-06-08

Ths arrest Of q thief in Madrid the
ether day shows that Spain Is sim in
tie rae for progesA This gentleman,
Who vas always elegantly dressed.
carTisd n bis ovorcoat & strong cleo
trio battery. Joined By wires 70 =
metallic plate, which be held 81 the
palm q his hand He woald sp-
preach his victim with outstretched
hand. pretending 70 have had pre-
viou1 acQuaintanceship. Result. a
sharp electric shock. which rendered
tie subject po4orlesA His pockets
were ri1ed 81 watch. purse. etc, n q
moment. The thief had followed thln
precision curing tie last few years
Is various European comtries. snd
tonfssssd tat hll Ingenious apparatus
had BEN made at Chemin4z. saxony.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1901-06-08

Evidently the 1rilWaukso fax Who
have died sincs tie organization q tie
Uniformed Palibearers Association q
month o. two since. have had plpaty
o. relatives and sorroWing friends 20
carry them 70 their last resting places,
for - - dzts tie uniformed palibssr-
ers have not received any orders that
have caused thea 70 don their tnes
brsechc8 ana a. ths rest o. q sna
raiiy fortA . hsaa 9 funsraL
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1901-06-08
Nay Boot Out supsrstition,

God forbid that the search after
truth should be discouraged for fear
Of the consequences! The consequen-
ces Of truth may be subversiVe Of sys-
TENS Of superstition, but they never
can be injurious to the rights or we'll
founded expectations OF the human
raee.-Bishop Watson.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1901-06-08

During the reign Of Queen Eliza
beth the extension Of English COM
merce resulted in a remarkable de-
velopmsnt Of the English language,
and By association with foreign ma
tons thousands Of words unknown
before IN England were brought into
common use.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1901-06-08

Miss Josephine Bowen Holman. an
Indianapolis girl who is 70 marry Mar
conf. s. herself an enthusiastic labora-
tory worker and has devoted q great
deal Of her attention Ia that line Of
electricity.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1901-06-08

Don't give them tea or coffee. Have va
tFisd the new food drink called GhAIN-Of
placs Of cOflee. The more Grain-O you give
ths childrez the more health you distribute
through thair systems. Grain-O 3 made Of
purs grains, and when properly prepared
tastes Ike the choice grades Of coffee, but
costs about y g much. An grOcers sci =
&c and Sc
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1901-06-08

Cahaba, the former capital Of Ala
bama, Is not even a town now, being
returned BY the census as precinct
No. 16 in Dallas county. Several years
ago the town. site was sold for taxes
and was bought by a negro for a few
hundred dollars.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1901-06-08

Dr. John W. Hoffman. professor OF
agriculture IN the Florida State Indus
trial College, Is one Of the most noted
negro scientists IN the world. He has
Just been elected q member Of the Mas
sachusetts Horticultural Society, and
also belongs to the Royal Agricultural
Society Of England and many other
similar organizations.