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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1902-11-29
WEAKNESS OF WEALTH.
'saSGisss MaEnihee1se SO sO1AsA
PSodiBaItty Of sOns htaA
Few HOFke@-

The very rich men Of the world are
growing exceedingly tired Of the van
wealth accumulated. In New York
scores and hundreds OF men to-day are
paying anywhere from 5000 to S16,-
600 q month rent for suites Of rooms,
not homes which they have built for
their families. but simply apartments
which they have rented for awhile,
savsa writeFin Homilitic Review. The
goddess magnificenoe. the selfish prOdi-
FaIity. the overwhelming oEtentation
~ the wealth Of New. York in certain
circles cannot be described; but Il IL
all an indication Of the fact that the
climax has Well-nigh been reached IN
the display Of what wealth can get.
The world is waiting now TO knW
what wealth can give. II e the ne
mesis OF vast wealth that Il brings
its own retribution. and that retribu-
tion is the WEAKNESS of being unable
TO find hAPptnSS IN merely having
things.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1902-11-29
HRALTH or TR ARMY.
- WSalsaI DsDaEt3o1a Has suss
osoGod a. EEaaGaating OsS - 80
M& Dsa4ly e Dlssassas

n etronuous sdort1 ol the modoal
denartment o. the army have resulted
apparently 10 the practical eradieatton
Of that trying disease, dysensery'
which has caused the American troops
IN the Philippines 90 much suffering
and 20 many deaths, Says Waking
ton reports During the campaigning
IN che Philippines, as has been the case
IN every war, hundreds Of men have
died from this disease, and others have
been discharged because Of total dis
ability. Dysentery - more ProEalent
and saVer6 in the Philippines than IN
thiI country, but the enforcement Of
strict sanitary measures, including the
boiling Of al drinking Water, rules foE
bathing and especially the Washing Of
the hands before handling food, has
caused tha disOASs HlmoSt 70 dap
pear.
ne Sadobe itch" szOthsR dIssasS
which caused the army great annoy
anes, has also been successfully dealt
With. While this disease u not fatal,
& attacks msn, women and children
alike. Microscopes eEam1nAtlons enIo
study Of this disease developed that 81
was caused BY q parasite. - IN dysSn-
tsry, and Il appeared that Il Was com
inundated By the careless methods en-
ployed By the Chinssein doing laundry
work. They were IN the habit Of dry
ing the clothes By spresding them on
bushes ana on the grass, and ironing
them with q cold iron Under the be-
lief that the parasite came from the
vegetation, and Wa communicated 70
the clothes from the bushsa, orders
we're Issued that the clothes would Be
hung on hnss 20 dry, and iroDod with
hot irons tnstead Of cold. AZ result
q this prsstios IL diaaaSo disaP-
Pssrsd.
Asserting 20 reports resolved By
Surgeon General Forward, typhoid
fever Is on the decrease in the PhiliP-
pines, and when the heavy rains come
On . complete eladiestiOn q Tia d.
oaas s. sxpoctod.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1902-11-29
VaIuo aa Hole

The aIiursment Of the bargAin-eoun-
tar works its spell not upon the well-to-
do shopper alone. In Salvation Army
rummaRe store . certain sign reads:
Hshoes with hole in sole, i've cents;
shoes without holes, ten cents. Wrap
pers, moth-eatsn, ten cents; not moth
eaten, IS cents. Stockings with
out holes, two pairs for i've cents;
with holes, three pairs Tor i've cents. /"
Could even the champion golfer tabu-
late more accurately the value Of .
sshole2a
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1902-11-29

- ul..A Bssss- Fhaa to AvesAse
nrttlshsr 81 LonaoA Hes
Az Idsa o. ~

Tbe Ordinary I.ondoner Who has
not had the good fortune 70 cross
The Atlantic Is won't to picture aus
American cousin wearing goAtee
and victim 10 the constant enes,lns
of tobacco and liberal expectorat ion-
On arriving IN New York pc =
amazed TO discover that the goetse
Is conspicuous By its absenes' tooee-
90 chewing unnoticeable ana
restoration practically unknown IN
this respect he hnds the New fo -
far more Clearly in his habits bn1n
the Londonsr, more especially On
public cars and in public places -
an eastern exchange. The ao-
strained indulgence Of splitting on
and OF the tops Of buses and IN rall-
way trains, and the random chewing
and smoking Of tobacco IN anu
around London are simply odious,
and make travelling intoleraole aIu
Outlines disgusting even TO q smoH-
er. Here the strange Prohioi'iO.,
against splitting in public places anu
the sensible regulation 80 70 smoA-
ing are so thoroughly observed Inss
travelling becomes . pleasure n
London would only copy the most al
mirable example exiEting IN Ne~
York in this respect the Engiisn
metropolis would soon be nd OF :
most unwarrantable and hlthy hAOl~
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1902-11-29
TIE LITTLE FINGEREAn-
y Was Woza LOAg Many Years 49,,
Bat lew - Is CAREFUL
MAAhsuRSl

Forty years ago 10 certain parts Of
the United states II was the custom TO
grow long nails 1 well remember
some Of the sweIls and PuRers who de-
voted more attention 70 their little
finger nails than they did 20 their
teeth. and often have seen the hfth
di0it With q claw on Il an inch and .
quarter IA length. The nail was car
ried IN a stan. and on occasion was
split after the manner Of steel or
Quill pen. 80 that its wearer could sign
his name TO check with Il, says .
writer IN the New York Press. The
trimming Of nails to-day Il an art
which gives employment to many pref
~ women who style themselves mani
cures. Nearly every hrnt-class. uP-to-
date barber shop has it's manicure,
Who delights the man needing q shave
or hair cut with an Innocent Irritation.
She dresses garishly and has strut
on her that would arouse the envy Of 3
saddle astride fox chaseress.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1902-11-29
CHINA MAKING PROGRESS.
,..,..-,.I a. oOmn0FSaai Crown
e Asla's Greatest oounfRV
- Assu-os TAAg.

vn-on..na and Americans who have
l,ved long In China are quite unAni-
nous in the opinion that the greatest
country of Asia, taking account OF
area. population and natural resources
Is making steady progress industrial
" and commercially. and the general
belief Is that more rapid gains are As
sured for the next few years. statis-
tics Of exports and imports tell the
same story. So does the Development
Of railways and telegraph lines. TIE
worldwide Importance Of this progress
is not easily exaggerated. 1t promises
10 insure the existence Of the Chinese
empire as an immense independent
state, for Il lessons the force Of such
pretexts as might have been discovered
or invented for dividing OF seizing the
country. It also makes the interna-
tional Importance Of China so evident
and 90 great that no one European
power Is likely to find the way open for
the absorption Of so rich an empire,
while the more progressive the Chi
nese become the less chance there viii
be for an agreement between the lead
ing nations of the west as TO the terms
Of a possible partitioning Of the MD
die kingdom
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1902-11-29
70 RAIsE oOrTOH N E0YPT.
nrifish spInners Hops 20 aalzs Then-
,sslvss IndsDsudent q Uaitsa
states supply.

me British Cotton Growing assOci-
alton. which. with the hearty coOpera-
tion of the colonial secretary, Joseph
Chsmberiain. Is trying 70 render the
British empire Independent Of the
United s rates 50 far, as nav cotton IL
CONCERNED. IS now paying special At
tention 10 upper Egypt. ~
Nat Count Gleiehen, secretary o.
ere sirdar Of the Egyptian forces.
Maj Gen. Wingafe. Addressing the
association al Manchester recently,
sais the experiments now concluded
on the banks Of ere Nile show The
quality of.iEe cotton grown there 70
IS ne equal n airs isthe world.
There e-e areiiabis IS 100000 acres
81 irrie lend and ne only difi-
cults ; .l7t labor suprly TIE derfisbes
having tenopniafei 1he soudan. bot
TIE coirrieiior 81 re suakim-Berber
rsiIresf 81 exreefef foiee the prob
Ter. b. idef furnishing Pr Quiet for
The crop.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1902-11-29

The municipal expenses OF Me-
York are approximately $1OO,OOOOOO
year.
OF 23,0Oo children placed In famiEs.
BY the Childfen's Aid society. only "a
have been arrested and sent u reform
schools.
While London has Al telephones p.r
10000 inhabitants, Paris, II; New YorE
$50. and San Francisco, 7O6, Stockholm
reaches the figure of $50.
Berlin has its first female barber,
the wife and daughter Of a hair
dresser. In Bohemia, Hungary and
Scandinavia there are many women
BARRIERS.
In the year ending April 1, 1900 Ber-
lin imported from Italy so car loads
Of cherries, 357 Of table grapes. 245 Of
summer fruits, etc. In the following
70 months the business doubled. =,
A Leipsic physician expresses the
opinion that on account of their deb
cate sense Of touch blind persons are
specially qualified for prscticing MAJ
sage. In Japan this il done very
largely. ,
In the clear atmosphere the other
day BostOnians could see from Boz
ton two mountains, Wachusett and
MonadnOek-that 10, those Bostonians
who took the trouble to climb Mount
Bellevue. West ROxbury, could.
II all the reports that have reached
the police within the past few days
are true, diamond stealing by serv-
ants has reached the proportion Of a
mania in New York. Three young
women employed in as many fashion
able homes in the uptown section are
now under arrest on this charge.
A Vermont town supports two pa
pers which live in friendly diseord
The Herald printed a meaningless item
about one slaets S. Weneht, a Syrian
and the News copied it, without the
formality of giving credit. GleefullJ
the Herald now points ont that The
fictitious Syrian's name spelled back
ward prOclaims the truth, we'll know
locally that "the News steals"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1902-11-29
PRmCE cHEE WAS JARRED.
We 9soStsG VA the ~0hAos -
eisnal Anehsa" UHH Ne
oo4 TaRsa - t. -

PFhos Cbsn, ths Chinese prince m
psriaL who lately viEited President
ROoasEelt st his country place e oy-
scr Bag, was recently extensively en-
tortained n Brussels By the city IA
thers, says the San Francisco Argo-
naut. But the pleasure Of his say there
Was maFred By the monotonouG music
which was played IN his honor every
where be went, whether visiting build
inn, monuments, museums OF dining
apd reviewing. After awhile, Il -
aid, Il Jared 90 on his nerves that
he. asked HIS interpreter 20 inquire
what the composition Was. The CHI
nese National Anthem" was the ~
ply Of the somewhat surprised burRo-
master Of Brussels, Mr.. De Not. But
We have none" was the Response made
By the royal guest 10 the embarFaas-
msnt Of the entourago. Il seems that
. Willy European some years ago com
posed sort Of tum-tum, with en- &c
compartment. and called It the '.chi-
nese National Anthem" Thia the gull
fble city fathers have used % al oeca-
Gions when Chine1e dignifaries we're
belng entertained. It remained, how
ever, for Prince Chel % expose the
composer. who had already made q
usas littis sun out Of - eompotion-
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1902-11-29

Mosquitoes are now charged with
communicating erysipelas ss well ..
malaria and yellow fever. A New
York physician has issued a desII
certificate IN the case Of "A months
old babe. in which he says DEAN
was caused By erysipelas due to the
bite o. q mosquito" It is only iali
TO the mosquito 70 record that ne
board Of health officers refused 70
accept the certificate until a eoIO,
ner's physician bad investigated ana
concluded that there was no otAeI
apparent cause for the death tan
the mosquito bits.-Youth's COmPsn'
ion.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1902-11-29

One-half Of q cupful Of light brown
sugar, e. much GRADUATED sugar
creamed with one-hah cupful 81 but
ter. one wen beaten egg, ons-half
eupfnl Of grated chocolate, one and
one-half cupfuls Of -four. one-quar-
ter Of q seaspoonful Of salt, one tea
spoonful Of vanilla. Nix an together
20 q soft dough. ron out e little at
4 time very thin and cut into circlas.
Bake n 3 moderate oVen.-Dotroit
Free Press.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1902-11-29

Medical examiners for life inSuI-
ance societies have added the tern
scoRee heartn to their regular CLASH
fcation OF the functional derange-
ments 81 that organ. It's effect is N
shortening the long beat Of the
heart Coffee topers, they say are
plentiful and are a. much tied %
their cups az the whisky topper. Inc
eject Of the eoaee upon the heart =
more lasting. and consequently
worse. than that Of liguor.-Dietetie
and HYGIENE Gazette London.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1902-11-29

II there was anything upon which
hsA. Upjohn prided herself Il was
her coffee. Il wa always rich, black
and strong. and she trusted the max
ing Of 4 90 none bat her own fair
hands.
This e Why the visitors n the par
lor, from whose presence she had exc
cused herself for few uomenta dis
tinctly heard through the partly open
door the loud. horri6ed voice q TIE
kitchen girl:
Ter goodness aaira. maianl. you're
not goih' 20 feed the eompany on Are
horrid black stuG you drink yoursslf.
are ysl.-chlcaeo Tribune.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1902-11-29
Rsu TnferprstatiOa ef CKS FIaR.

Rabbi Isidore Myers, Of San Francis-
co, in addressing q meeting Of the
Federation Of zioniEts, gave q new in
terpretatiOn Of the design Of the
American flag. Most Of his hearers
we're Jewish immigrants, largely Rus
slams. he said: do you know why
the stars and stripes are in the hag2 I
win tell you why. They show that
America has starI for those who be
have themselves and stripes for those
who do not.S
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1902-11-29

TIE National Dresamakers' associa-
ton win hereafter endeaEor to find
husbands for worthy seamstrsSses
who are unable 70 conclude mstFimon-
iaI negotiations without help. This Is
= praiseworthy enterprise, says he
Chicago Record Herald. and Hhould
be looked into By al bachelors who
are eharitably dispossd.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1902-11-29

Of $4,000 foreign tourists who vis-
tied Italy during the year ended June
"a. g. 900 were Engiish. Itisestimated
that the visitors spent s7o.0oo.0o0 dur
ing their stay IN the country.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1902-11-29

Trondfiem, the northernmost toWE
81 any size in Norway, = q far from
Bstlin as Rome r.
Water Valley progress., 1902-08-02
TESTY OLD TESTATOR.
Minnesota Man Who Wanted His Wealth
to Die With Him.

Making wills is serious business in
Minnesota, for the courts there make
short work of the foolish ones, on the
theory that when man is dead he is
dead, and his crotchets and notions
die with him. There will be no lack
of sympathy with the court in the
latest instance, at any rate, says the
New York Post. A man named
Scott, living in Minneapolis, grew to
hate his relatives as he waxed older,
and he made will leaving his prop
erty, all in government bonds, to the
county, to help out the taxpayers.
But as he advanced in years his
hatreds grew more and more far
reaching. From confirming them
merely to his relatives, he began to
hate his neighbors, and finally all the
people who were associated with him
in any way. Then he hit upon a
scheme. He tore up his first will and
constructed another, directing that
the bonds be burned, thus causing the
value of them to remain for ever in
the United States treasury. If he
had lived long enough, this scheme,
too, would doubtless have seemed un-
satisfactory, but he died soon after.
The court quickly disposed of the
will, and now the Immediate heirs are
enjoying the property.
Water Valley progress., 1902-08-02

hollow tube, and held there by wood
en- pins at each end. The writer ex-
planned that he had found it impos-
sible to get an envelope or to find any
gum to make one, SO had had recourse
to this expedient
The ceiling of a room is, as rule.
so far out of ordinary reach that the
idea of using it for writing on seems
strange. But in case tried last year
at Tottenham it transpired that a
landlady had bean in the habit of
using her ceiling in lieu OF rent
book. Upon it we're inscribed the
various amounts received from her
dodgers; as it was, of course, impos-
sible to bring this strange rent book
into court, certified copy had to be
made for the use Of the judge. Lon
don Tit-Bits.
Water Valley progress., 1902-08-02
UNKNOWN CHILDREN.

] meet them in the country lane,
In village shop and city street,
With cheeks all glowing in the rain,
Or voices giaddened in the sleet,
Or eyes enraptured with the snow
The children should like to know.
How fair creation is to them!
Unweighted by the cloak of years
They dance upon its lustrus hem.
And lose in rainbows all their tears.
How easily the hearts o'erfiow
OF children We should like to know!
Their sleep is deeper than our peace,
Their waking gladder than our dreams.
Their guardian angels never cease
To speak to them in winds and streams
The days are lifetimes, sweet and slow,
To the children we should like to know.
Q little heart above this page,
The road is long, the road is hard. I.
But do not thou obscure in age
That early sky so thickly starred.
Keep sweet the faith of long ago,
Dear child, whom / shall never know.
rEthelwyn Wetherald, in Youths Com
panion.
Water Valley progress., 1902-08-02
Burying the Inn Sign.

Whenever an inn in the vicinity Of
Naworth estate loses its license there
is an interesting obsequy. The inn
sign is committed to the grave, in the
presence Of the old customers of the
inn. As rule, it is watered with
tears in the shape of "a bottle Of whis-
ky, accompanied BY an appropriate
burial service. The Moorcock inn,
Lanercost, was the last to be mourned.
The Brampton justices took away it's
license, and the decision was upheld
by quarter sessions. The usual last
rites were performed.
Water Valley progress., 1902-08-02
IBSEN'S YOUTH.
The Young Poet Loved Solitude His
Early Recognition.

Larry keCOgnltlOn.
Nine. Remusat has been contrib
uting to a French periodical some
very interesting notes on Ibsen's life,
which contain quite a number Of
new or hitherto unpublished stories,
says London Sketch. Itappears that
when Henrik Ibsen was eight years
old his father was ruined by bad
speculation. UP to that time the
family had lived somewhat luxurious
ly, and the result of the crash is pic
tured, no doubt, in some of the Bit
ter passages in ssThe Pillars Of So
ciety" Ibsen as a child seems always
to have lived alone. He had perfect
passion for solitude
Ibsen's first play, "Catilina," ," writ
ten in secret, was offered without sue
cess to the director Of the Christiania
theater, and then to every publisher
in the capital. 1t was ultimately
published under the pseudonyme
"Brunhiolf Biarme," at the expense
of Ibsen's student friend, Schulerud
Forty-iye copies were sold; the rest
were given by the author to grocer
and used for paper bags. Lady In
ger Of Osterat," Ibsen's historical
drama in five acts, published in 1854,
brought in exactly Ell from an illus
trated paper. ssThe Vikings at Hell
geland" (185D was refused by the
Christiania theater, and produced in
book form about eight pounds. Many
years after, when Ibsen was famous,
the publisher issued both these works,
but an action was brought against
him by the author, and he had to pay
an indemnity.
Water Valley progress., 1902-08-02

the young women of the neighbor-
hood. A
81 tell We, she's worth 40 of your
modern, high-edicated girls," said
enthusiastic aunt Betsey Perkins to
Adelbert. "She can bake and sew
aud wash. She can do anything. In
her hands dollar will go further
than five in the hands of one of your
highty-tighty girls that sets the pace
nowadays. She's no fool in books,
nuther. That Minervy they say
you're struck on, but | hope you amt
pardon me if I'm offendin'-
had more advantages, as they call
'em; but she can't hold candle to
Sally in things that count"
Adelbert was not offended, and he
encouraged Aunt Betsey ,to ex-
patiate on the virtues of her favor
ite. He himself had already been
charmed by Sally's appearance and at
his request Aunt Betsey gave him an
introduction to the remarkable
maiden.
Despite the watchfu1ness of Miner
va, Adelbert managed to eludc her
after the basket luncheon had been
eaten and to wander along the shore
OF the lake in company with Sally.
Tom Owlish stood in forest be.
hind a wall that extended along one
side of country road. The road
was unusually narrow there and the
place lonely and secluded. 1t was
early in the evening and the moon
was shining brightly.
Soon Livingstone appeared on
horseback, and with a grimace of sat
isfaction Owlish squatted behind the
wall and waited for his victim to go
by. The horse was walking and Adel-
bert was enjoying the light Of the
moon.
At the proper moment Owlish
threw stone that struck Livingstone
fairly on the back of his head and he
fell insensible to the ground. Owl
ish Immediately fled into the depths
of the forest.
Fortunately Mr.. Wartrous hap
pened to be driving home from the
village and he found Adelbert lying
IN the road. He placed the still un-
conscious man in his wagon and car
ried him to his home, not half a mile
distant.
OF course, Sally proved to be com
petent and devoted nurse, and Adel-
bert soon recovered from his injury;
but he told Sally that it was impossi-
BILE for him to recover his heart, and
she blushingly promised to take good
care of it for him.
As for Minerva, she "took up'' with
Tom Owlish. One day, when he was
drunk, her husband informed her
that it was he who had hit Adelbert
Livingstone with the stone and had
thus enabled Sally Wartrous to
catch the desirable city man for
husband. Thereafter the quarrels
between Mr.. and Mrs. Owlish were
much more frequent than formerly
and at last she left the mean fellow
and returned to the home of her
parents.-Boston Globe.
TESTY OLD TESTATOR.