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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1902-09-20
ill., FoR LII.
An ARay % TravsIsrs Away On tAs
move IN search e. FavoFAhas
CItnass and oos1EiionA.


Fully q million people in the United
States are constantly out health hunt
ing. With half million people suf-
fering with tuberculosis, half as many
more ahlicted with asthmatic and
bronchial troubles, and countless num-
bers possessing from one TO half a
dozen ordinary diseases which are eth
or attributed 20 OF directly affected by
the climatic conditions of the land IN
which they live, IL is not strange that
there should be q small army OF pro-
feaEional health hunters fitting around
from one part Of the world 70 another
In search OF that chief desideratum of
al. happiness in this life, which We
happen 70 know most about.
The up-tO-date physician must now
be . good geOgrapher and well &C
quainted with all the health resorts
of the world. He must know where the
best "sun cure" is TO be found. He
must be able TO recommend certain
nigh attitudes where II is dry, but not
dry enough TO overburden the hearts
action. Some cannot stand the irri-
tating winds Of the coast and must
go inland among the pines, while 9TH
ers must need the coast air. In fact,
the physical geography and climate Of
the world IL all things TO all men.
There Is a large class Of nervous
cranks In the world who refuse TO set
tie anywhere permanently. Something
keeps telling them 20 keep moving"
They are constantly migrating in the
chase for health, says the Boston
Globe.
The army Of health hunters is grow
ing every year, and the easy facilities
for rapid transit serve 10 increase it.
But there are some drawbacks to the
migration cure The chase after health
serves TO increase the fear Of dis
ease, and fear Is the closest servant Of
death.
But there II no healthier place to
migrate TO for awhile than the old
home, for both mind and body. There
fore, don't forget old-hOme week. The
whole man wiz profit thereby.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1902-09-20
HOW BIZ SAVED his LUNG.
YO1ag BOstonian whO Wa CARED 81
COAsunVtioa on . Para
An Ireland.

A young BoStonian, reared in the
lap Of luxury, had lost lung and ply
sicians informed the father that 81
he was not sent on an ocean cruise or
20 the far west he would die OF con
sumption. Accordingly the father put
him aboard ship, with 81, 400 in cash
and started him on to Samaris, being
advised that the dry country between
the River Jordan and the Mediter-
ranean was good for eonsumptives
When he reached Queenstown the boy
made the acquaintance Of a hard-head-
ed, sensible chap, who told him that
sGInaria was sure death; that the only
way 20 save his lungs was TO 20 b.
wicklow county, near Tinahely. and
set 20 work on . farm. The advice
Was taken and for nine months the
scion Of Back Bay aristocraey did
chores for a man who owned a castle
At the end Of that period he was as
lusty as a bull moose. with a pair OF
lungs like q blacksmith's bellows. The
former gaTs>him e2O and an honorable
discharge he returned TO Boston with
his sl,4O0 and his health. He now
lives in Nav York. q modern Her
euies.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1902-09-20
GIVE BABIES SOLID FOOD.
Raas Among Cht1ASsa Of New
YOFk's Poor.

The average mother in easy circuu-
stances will smile rather derisively on
rearing that France has a law making
{ a crime forgive solid food to any
:hild under one year old. Yet every
,enement house worker, visiting nurse
health department officer or settle.
nent resident can testify that the Gus.
ON Of feeding solid food to tOOthIess
infants Is wellnigh universal in the
Jun tenements, says a writer in the
New York Tribune. France, with her
Ow birth rate, has found that she can
rot spare the 10000 babies that we're
lying every year before the state took
hem under its care. The American
waste Of child life amounts to 800 900
annually under i've years, the proper
ion Of deaths being greatest among
he foreign population. where the high
birth rate is balanced by heavy death
ate. Beer, tea, coffee, condensed
milk, watermelon. green corn and
Iork rind are among the "dainties"
landed out to the unfortunate tsnS
nent house infant
NY baby sit up At table and eat
Everything all same as grown up, now"
aid one young foreign mother. proud
y, displaying her saffron colored one
'ear-Old to the plying eyes Of the
superintendent Of q day nursery.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1902-09-20
TWHI SUMNER AND AUTUMN
- AAUst. Especially N
The EasL.

zone thing that has been Puzzling
me ever since struck this part OF the
country = the easterner's division of
the ssasona," lAmented the man from
Milwaukee, according TO the New York
Times. -Out where come from we al
WayB count August a. q summer
month, but the New York and New
England PoPulAtion-And especially
the theatrical portion thereof-eVi-
IDENTIFY classify it otherwise.
Il have reached the conclusion By
reading the advertisements on the
billbOards- You may travel the length
II any prominent theatericaI street
IN every goOd-sized eastern city and
take occasional peeps into the adjoin-
ing streets, and at the entrance TO al
most every theater not now doing
business you win see this sign: Closed
for the summer. WIN reopen in Au-
gust
Nov what I want 70 know IL, what
Il the status Of August in this part Of
the country Il Il q summer month,
or a'fGn month, or = winter month, or
has IL been Topped on from all the d.
visions Of the year established BY the
CALENDAR and been made 20 constitute
. season By itSslfT"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1902-09-20

The city Of Seattle hes between
Puget sound and Lake Washington. A
canal is now being dug for the purpose
Of connecting the two. Puget sound
Is salt and connects with the Pacific
ocean. Lake Warrington il q body Of
fresh water. The object in the oonnee-
ton is novel Familiar with the re-
gion, and having heard Of the canal
and the reason for II. we have looked
the matter up little. and find that
It. e 20 be q barnacle cure on a, large
scale, reports the Christian Advocate.
It 10 well known that barnaeles, q
variety Of marine shellhSh, attach
themselves 20 the bottom OF vessels.
and after q time, when the number
becomes great, the movement Of the
ships becomes 20 seriously retarded
that the vessel has 20 be dry locked
and cleaned. This - an expensive op-
Grafton. and many are the devices
which have been resorted 20 20 pre-
vent the adhesion Of. the barnacles,
but without success. Barnaeles ap-
pear 70 be more prolific on the Pacific
coast than on the Atlantic, and, there
fore, getting rid Of them becomes even
more important than in the case Of
Atlantic shipping. It is . well-knOwn
fact that the baruacles drop on If
the ship lies for even q short time IN
fresh water, and the proposition 20
connect Puget sound with this beauti-
ful freshswater lake has for its end
the taking advantage Of this fact, 80
that by means Of the canal the vessels
may be run into Lake Washington and
allowed 90 lie there until the barna-
cles drop on. These animals, ike 9TH
ers whose native element Is salt water,
die after q time and lose their grip.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1902-09-20
TIGERS ARE THEIR TERROR.
9Asss AnaAals Are DREADED By the
HiAGOos MSrs ThAa Any Others
A tie Jungle.

ItiB "a India that the ravages caused
BY Wild beasts and reptiles are most
marked. Not merely single towns OF
villages, but whole districts, have in
times not far distant been converted
into deserts by the sudden advent Of
unusual numbers Of tigers or Of
snakes. The former is especially de-
structive, and the facts set forth in
cold figures in government reports
concerning hiE depredations sound alb
solutsly incredible, says Pearson's
Weekly.
Even q single tiger which happens to
be 3 confirmed man-eater viii often
Euniee 90 scare away entire pOpula-
tiOns, One large male killed los peO-
pie in three years and caused the
eventual abandonment Of big cotton
factory, together with the model vii
lage II supported. Another killed an
average Of about 50 persons per annum
for several years, and during a period
Of famine 90 completely closed the
roads leading 20 . certain place that
fOur-hfths Of the inhabitants perishsd
Of starvation. A third, 30 late as 1863.
killed l27 people, and stopped q public
road for many weeks. until the oppor-
tune arrival Of an English sportsman.
who At last shot him. A fourth caused
u villages 70 be abandoned and $50
square miles Of land 20 be thrown out
Of cultivation.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1902-09-20
cANNIBALISN IN PARIS.
Parts % the Human which RAak -
Dsltosts Tit-Btts In the Var
Oas oaaEtsFh.

Cannibalism is still rife among the
Paris hOOhgans. The last case We re-
,Orded was one Of ear-eating; the
,ther day it was a nose, says the
Paris Messenger. Tastes differ with
iifferent localities, and whereas at La
Villette pOliceman's ear is looked upon
Is q delicate tit-bit, at Bercy cOnsta-
ole's nose is not despised. Bercy is
where the wine comes from, and it
may be that rudy nasal organ Is
preferred TO a pale one by the local
nan-eater. At one q. m. an agent"
IF the name Of PedamOns was on duty
On the Boulevard de Bercy when his
assistance was sought by a publican
who requested him to act as -chucker
out." one Of his customers being
trunk and refusing 70 quit. The Gus
toner in question, a man named Bail
". took no heed Of the constable and
the latter elaEped him round the waist
in order to eviet him. Bailly there
upon started biting and tore the con-
stables nose right on. He was Eubse-
quently arrested and PedamOns was
taken to the hospital. II an operation
is performed it would only be right 10
take aesh from Bainy's arm to pro
vide the policeman with q new nose.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1902-09-20

The startling charge that many
New York children are born blind in
subterranean apartments under
great once buildings in New York
because their mothers for years have
never seen the light Of day Is made
By Rev. Dr.. David n. Steele, one of
the eurates Of St. Bartholomew
pariah- DR.. Steele says: "How many
know that some Of the great ohiee
buildings have under them apart
ments for 50 families, and that in
these families children ere sometimes
born blind. because their mothers for
whole years never see daylight? How
many know that on the roofs OF
these buildings there are families Of
ianitors whose Eix-year-oId children
have never stepped upon the
groundT" DF. Steele Is an authority
On life on the east side and IN the
tenement districts.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1902-09-20
81. VINCENT ERUPTION.
A Oustous PSasars OhSsEvSa ~ PsSE
RassSu After tie VoSoaaoOaa
UDhssvA.

In Century Prof. Russell prints
the following bit Of personal obssr-
vstion among his conclusions concern
ing the West Indian erup4ions;
"The distribution Of hot material
discharged from Ia Soufriere An a bait
across the Island Of St. Vincent, in
stead Of over q V-EhapSd area e. at
Martinique, seemed 20 have an init
mate connection with the position of
the crater near the summit Of La Sou
friere and the influence OF the trade
Winds on the distribution Of the mate
rial discharged from e. As Is well
known, the depth Of the layer of the
atmosphere affected By the trade
winds Is comparatively shallow, and
above Il the air is moving from wen
20 east. The stones and dust ahot
upward from Ia Soufriere rose
through the trade-Wind layer, and
were carried eastward by the uppsr
air-eurrent On falling. however.
they again met the influence Of the
westward-bloWing trades and were
given 8 slant IN q westward direction
SUFFICIENT to allow them 20 pass
through windows and enter houses.
The windows Of some Of the houses
near Georgetown which face east
ward have the appearances Of an aban-
doned house which has served az tar
get for stones. while the westward-fne-
ing windows, or those looking toward
ths volcano. are but little injured"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1902-09-20
ONE OF rHE ANCIENT ARTS
~ VIA EveEythins EIss. Anerioa
nas oa1tursd tie cooDerags
q. Busfasa. q the worId.

Coopsrage 3 one Of the ancient arts
born, doubtless, Of the necessity Of
having proper vessels for preserving
wines. The London eooPers were in
corporated into a guild in 1901. As
usual. America has captured the coop
erage business Of the world. The Ma
tional Barrel and COOperage company
declares that 2OO,OO0,o 900 barrels are
used annually. I could mention one
company alone that turns out 10000
a day, or I2.s0o, 900 q year. It's prod
uct includes casks. kegs. all sorts Of
barrels. butter tubs. pals, churns, etc.
Our boundless forests gave us the ad-
vantage in eeoPerage. We supply
nearly all the rest Of the world with
barrels, oaslEs and slaves, our annual
product being valued at more than
10000, 900. For casks 20 hold liquids
oak il used, while for sugar and -four
and other dry substances nothing has
been found 20 equal elm. The manu-
lecturers have bought up millions Of
acres OF forests 20 guard against a
scarcity Of barrel material. They are
vandala, like the rest Of the timber
users. SUFFICIENT unto the day Is the
forest thereof. II they can make
$1,000. 900 in a lifetime BY utterly devas-
tating lO.O0O, OO0. 900 acres Of precious
woodland, why, they viii make the
8, OOO, 900.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1902-09-20
BIRTH OF LONDON BRIDGE.
story 81 Its OpsninE ~ will ",
SD oassn Adelaide n
49, Years Arc. -.6

On August !, 1891. William ". and
Queen Adelaide formally opened with
much ceremony the famous London
bridge, 90 that the structure now is a
little over II years old. Their males
ties went in grand procession from
Buckingham palace 70 Somerset house,
and thence by barge 70 the bridge.
The awnings Of the royal barge-were
removed, that full view OF the royal
pair could be had along the whole
hna. At London bridge q grand pa
vilion had been set up close TO the site
of Old Fishmongers' hall II was con-
BtrurtSd Of standards captured in a
hundred fights, canopied in crimson
and decorated with massive shields.
When the hsg stepped ashore he said
70 two members of the London bridge
committee: 'Nr. Jones ard Mr.. Routh.
] am very glad 70 see you on London
bridge. It is certainly q most beauti-
full edihce and the spectacle Is the
grandeSt and the most delightful IN
every respect that / everhad the pleas
ure 70 witness" This, of course, saw
the London News, was before anyone
thought of building an annex TO West
Minister abbey.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1902-09-20
LAST OF THE DKLAWAREs.
RasslAg - the Gzsatsst Tribe Of
Americas AboriEass An the
Duaah 81 Kiankta.

Kianlda, descendant of a long line
Of distinguished Indian chiefs, died q
few days ago in a little 69t "A q &c.
cluded spot near the shores Of Raritan
river. about two miles from Fleming.
ton. n. J.. and with his passage disap-
peared the last Of the once great ane
proud tribe Of the Delawares. Arthur
Teubroeck, Of New York city, who.has
spent many summers in the neighbor-
hood Of Wilmington. and who made the
acquaintance Of the aged chief Of an
extinct tribe about three years AGO.
superintended his burial and SAYS that
his Wishes-that he should Be laid
sway under the shadow Of an ancienf
elm. whore once HIS forefathers sat IN
solemn eouncil-were carried out. Mr.
Tenbroeck says that Kiankia informed
him some time before his death that
he vas IS years old. at was generally
Supposed said Mr.. Tenbroeek. in de
cnssing the death Of the last Of che
DslaWErss. shat old Indian Anne. who
died in Mount Holly in Is04. was the
last Of the famous tribe. bit II wa
not known then that har brother X.
anlria We stu alive"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1902-09-20
DOGS 10 GUARD THE LOUVRE.
tiss 90 Protect Priceless Col
1sotiOns Of the Museum.

Though the "diving dogs" Of the
Partisan river police have been rather
ridiculed since they absolutely refused
TO 90 TO the rescue Of the enterprising
journalist who threw himself recently
into the Seine from the Pont de la
TOurnelle TO try their mettle, dogs are
TO have another Official appointment in
Paris.
The authorities At the Louvre are
instituting q dog service" TO supple
ment the night guardians Of the
museum. This excellent innovation
has been brought about by the action
of an irrepressible journalist, who in
his thirst for copy" hid himself in one
Of the Roman sarcophagi when the
doors of the great museum closed to
the public at FIVE in the evening. He
was not discovered, and would have
remained there all night with the
whole OF the priceless collection at his
mercy had it not been that a friend
to whom he had cOnfided his intention
wisely informed the authorities.
This fact eOnelusively proved the
journalists contention that the place
was not properly guarded, and the au-
thOrities for once thought il was best
TO shut the stable door before the
horse was stolen" and so have settled
that in future the night patrol will be
accompanied by dogs who can be trust
ed 20 scout out intruders.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1902-09-20
RaIlraI. WIthout RaIl..

Il IL suggested that the automo-
bile win give us, after awhile, lines
of railway without rails, if such an
expression may be allowed. On Long
Island. for example, an automobile
road If so miles IN length is to be
constructed, TO cross other roads
either above or below grade, so that
the owners may speed their machines
as they please. When this has been
done. zhe next step will be, perhaps
10 attach trailers. and then PasseD-
gers and freight win be taken, and a
regular traffic established. At least
IL may reasonably be expected that
the building Of such roads will result
in the running Of automobile coaches
as feeders TO steam or electric lines
where it would not pay to lay = rail
road track.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1902-09-20
rHE BRITISH LOAD LIMB.
Vsoosls Ass Vet PsrnIttsd 90 oarTy
BGsalas Garages N BASlasA
Waassa.

A short time Sinee the captain Of .
Dutch vessel here took. the singular
step of making application 70 one of
the bodies authorized 20 assign the
load line 20 have the line marked on
the side Of the vessel. sayS London
Fairplay. This WA carried out and
the vessel was then loaded. The
captain found that the disk WA cub
merged. and in the coolest way PosSi-
BILE appears to have waited on the
board of trade officials and 70 have
asked them for permission for his yes
sci 20 sail in her overloaded condi-
ton. To his great surprise he was
told by the officials that his vessel
would be detained until the surplus
cargo was taken out of her. He urged
that the load line act applied 20 British
ships only and that consequently his
vessel could not be interfered with. IL
was explained 70 him that the act
referred TO foreign a. well as British
Ships and that at any rate he had Civ
en- himself away" by actually adopting
the British loadlins.
The ofhcials visitsd the Dutch 49,
eel when IL was discovered that the
diEk had been incorrectly assigned.
being a trife higher up the ships side
than it should have been--so that In
fact she was more overloaded than
abe even appeared 20 be. A quaint
ty Of cargo was ordered 70 be dis
ehArged-four times the quantity that
brought the vessel 20 her Incorrectly
assigned loadlina. The Dutch captain
EnfIad a uaSdn- v,an
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1902-09-20
THE NATURE OF cows.
naVs TAsIs Likes and DisIIkss and
A. - FLEss Very MaOh LAlCs
Human BsihgH.

~CoWB have their likes and their dis
Ikea" said the millmaid to the sum
msr bOarder who was curious TO see
every part of the farm, according to
the New York Tribune.
"For instance, q COW admires q
horse, and will stand and watch one for
q long time. She IL sort Of timid about
him, but shs admires him Just the
same. She has q contempt for q mule,
and seems to be amused by his antics.
Hogs abe tolerstes, that's all. And
sheep, abe hates. She viii not eat
grass where sheep have been. She
hates dogs, too, but will tolerate the
shepherd dog. because she knows she
simply has TO. and that the shepherd
dog will not bite her.
Cattle go wild at being let into a
freEh pasture" added the milkmaid.
"It seems 70 60 70 their heads. Each
il afraid that the other has got bet
ter feeding place than herSef, and
tries 20 drive her neighbOF away"
Then there IL q good deal Of human
nature in the COW. after all" unused
the summer bOarder, who had studied
. year or two At q university, and was
given TO philosophical reflections.
well. I should smile" answered the
milkmaid. "A single COW, with q calf
VIII boss . whole herd Of steers, and,
swinging her pail over her arm, abe
went down TO the milking pens.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1902-09-20
no COFFEE HOUSES HERE.
- VySfsn vorksd RsaAIly - Rng-
IaAA u Hot rAksa % - ths@
unitSa states.

ne coffee house is q temperance
substitute for the inn in England, says
Gunton's Magazine. II furnishes
minus the intoxicating stimulants,
similar social features, but Il Is tackled
on 70 the same social habits that the
inn developed. In this country those
habits were not formed BY the saloon
experiences, and the attempt to estab-
6sh the eohee house as q substitute
for the saloon necessarily lacks that
social incentive which exists In Eng
land. The coffee house here takes on
The feature Of the restaurant rather
than either the German beer garden
or the English inn. The Americans
have never learned 70 go 20 these
places for their leisurely intercourse
and amusements and hence do not md
il when coffee Is substituted for beer.
They have gone TO the theaters OF
to the clubs for this social outlet.
It's. therefore, not surprising TO the
careful student Of European and
American traditions that the coffee
house plan does not work in this eOun-
try. though it worked well in Eng
land. To be successful, social and eco
homie a. well a. political institutions
muSt largely grow out Of the habits
customs and desires of the people.
They cannot 20 any considerable ex-
tent be transPlsnted from Oneeountry
% another.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1902-09-20
~ Hana naas Hln noa.v.

When Lord Curzon. now viceroy Of
India. was ct Oxford. he wrote an
abominable hand One day he penned
two letters. one Of them 70 q relative
and one 70 q ohum with whom he al
ways discussed the faults Of their
respective relations, and accidentally
put these letters into tie wrong en-
velopss. he was about 20 write .
profound apology 90 his relative
when he received tie folinaying note
from hims Cant read . word Of
your four pages, but guess yoa want
some money, you young rascaL- In
closed was q Bank a Engiand nots
Tor a good amount.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1902-09-20
CHINESE FOND OF GAMING.
Fhsy Are IAvstsrGts Card Pl,,.-
and Have Games OF ThsIr
OWh invocation.

The heather Chinee" portrayed \,
Bret Harte, with Ibis sleeve, frI :,
aces and bowers" is not crear,nr =,
fiction. In fact. almost every n,,iv.
Of the celestial empire Is a born p,r,
bier and will hazard all he pos,es,a.
on the turn Of a card. II Their, i, on.
thing the Chinese in America canno,
understand regarding our custom, :,
is why the police and courts sbopl5
take eognizanoe Of gambling. Itis
recognized amusement in Chin, ana
the Chinaman is a reckless gamble,
They have several kinds Of plavin,
cards, but the general name for then
Is ehepae, or paper tickets. The card,
are two inches and a half in length ana
half an inch wide and the kind mo-,
commonly used are called tseen-w,n-
che-pae, "a thousand times loom
cards" This pack has 30 cards-tbrss
suits Of nine each and three indepsD.
dent suits which are superior 10 The
rest. The suits are named respective
ly nine myriAds Of strings Of bead,-
nine units Of cakes" and nine unit,
Of chains"
There are several queer names 70,
other varieties Of playing cards. One
Is called "the hundred boys card,"
another "ohariOts, horses and gupT
and a third. euriously devised on N.
principle Of some Of our historical
games, is called "A thousand times 10.
100 mems names cards"