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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-09-19
TO REMOVE A RING.
A Needle Flat In the Eye and . hit Of
Thread VIII Do Il In = Few
Seconds.

Most girls have had trouble in remoV-
ing rings from their fingers. There is
really no necessity for all this ado about
removing a tight ring" said = jeWeler.
'In that, as IN everything else, the secret
Of success lies in knowing how to do It.
Here Is q recipe that I have found IN
failing for removing a tight ring, and
there Is no painful surgical operation
involved, either. Thread q needle fat
IN the eye, using a thread that Is strong,
lint not too coarse. Then pass the head
of the needle under the ring. Care, OF
course. must be used in this, and It would
he hest 70 soap the needle before begin
ming, The needle. having been passed
through, pull the thread through few
inches toward the hand-so."
By this time the jeweler had passed
,ho needle and thread under the ring on
Rte 0Wn finger and was prepared to IL
i,.+rate the little lecture. Wrap the
Ions end Of the thread around The finger
tovsrd the nail In this manner. Then
80 hold Of the short end and unwind It
- The thread, thus pressing against
,hs ring. VIII gradually remove It. how
- tITht or swollen the finger.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-09-19
TWoFOOT pRAeON-FLY.
The Longest Insect Known Il one
That II q Native Of
Borneo.

Which e the largest insect Is not an
easy matter to decide, a. the question Of
shape has to be taken into account, says
Nature.
The longest known insect Is undoubt-
edly the stick insect Of Borneo. Speci-
mems - inches in length have been cap
tured. Il Is an interesting example Of
mimetic coloring. resembling In q re-
markable manner piece Of rough stick.
on the bough Of q tree It Is extremely
diGeult 20 distinguish between the IN
sect and the bark.
Borneo is also the home Of one Of the
largest specimens Of dragon-fy. A speci-
men Of the sub family Aesehna meas
ures six inches and a half from wing 20
wing. and is endowed with correspond
ingiy strong body.
Another giant insect Is the Hercules
beetle, found In the West Indies, which
rivals q sparrow IN size, and might turn
the scale against one IN weight
Some tropical BUTTERFLIES measure IRON
10 70 ~ inches across their wings, g
does the great owl moth Of Brazil.
The largest insect Of antiquity vas q
species Of dragon-hy., which measured
more than two feet across the expanded
wings. II hourished during the carbon
ferrous period.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-09-19

Smithsonian institutio, N. - :
and coast surveys, the otSs s s so.'lss
bureaus Of the government S SS,enDlns
. S4eteo men Of learning, and 10 ga a. "
taese there have come q n1n ~ Soo q
educational institutions wh,oS er OF
oo-ns remarkable work.
% great has been the infiux ~ M,
q scientific attainments ~ 80 nen
y y years that there has bss TH1 %. pHS'
hshea a social club primarily in, e1.1O,
.ol them. The Cosmos club has : a..
GnGnon which belongs to no otbsr Us so-
elal club in the United State 7, -
t ~ aus membership more men Of ns s-
IONA GonA and international repntstio -,
Inan any other social club ON The g..
o me earth. 1t is by far toZdav ~ H.
most Important social club in W.sh
. .-s' though others may lay claim 70
sreaber wealth. Presidents Of COLLEGES
professors, investigators. writers 49,
numbered in its membership. Nobodv
= even considered for admission nm
less ne shall be shown to have accoD1
pllsheo something which entities hj-,
70 public consideration or to the re-
ssTu OF men Of attainment which is ,
hlsnef test Of accomplishment
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-09-19

One Of the winter sights Of St. Pc
tersbuTg is q system Of electric tram
Ways on the ice In the Neya- One runs
from the left shore Of the river to the
island Of PetroWsly and another from
the English quay. opposite the Senate
house. TO the Island Of Basilio. near
the Academy Of Fine Arts. Wooden
posts solidly embedded In the ice sup
port the trolley wires. Besides these
tramWays many wooden roads, intend
ed for pedestrians, cross the water IN
various directions. In summer bridges
Of boats take the place Of tie roads
% the ica. 4.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-09-19
ARB SET AGAINST BEER.
= cOId Storage Plant aad
Ltn Contenan.

If there IL any place In the middle
west where the people are out and out
against the saloon business It Is down IN
the central limos corn belt" said a
drummer the other day who knows
every merchant in the state south OF
Bloomington The farmers and wise
men Of the little towns don't mind TAX
ing q nip Of whisky whenever they get
the chance, but they're set against any
body handing 1t out over a bar.
i was down at Murdoch, a little burg
In Douglas county, only q few miles
from Tuscola, q couple Of weeks ago,
and l saw an exhibition Of the rural dis
like for beer that is to be sold. It seems
that some man had erected q storage
plant there and had shipped In about 20
cases Of beer It wasn't being sold
there, believe, but was being shipped
to other little towns-Newman, Camar-
90 and Hume. Well, when the Murdoch
people learned there was a booze Joint
in their town they armed themselves
with axes, croWbars and what not and
attacked the cold-storage plant. They
ripped on the roof, tore down the doors
and smashed things in general, and
when they were through there was q
mud puddle Of beer about the place.
Some Of the fellows gazed sadly at the
wasted beverage, but not one Of them
had dared to suggest distributing the
contents Of the cases. No, they're set
against beer down there, but they all
Ike q nip OCCASIONALLY"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-09-19

public that many inventors and scien.
lists had been working along toward
the same results and on parallel lines
50 that it was almost q matter Of
chance which among them should sue
ese5 in the first discovery.
Ii happens that Washington has
been 3 center for experiment in the
Development Of the flying machine
Prof. Bell and Prof. Langley are
Known to have advanced far IN the
direction Of the aeroplane; and now
comes another inventor-Emile Ber-
liner, who obtained the first patents on
the telephone transmitter-With the
announcement Of a successful test Of q
flying machine model on q plan not
hitherto considered by anybody else.
Berliner has constructed a model Of
q flying machine which even At this
early stage lifts in flying a weight OF
over one pound for every square foot
Of horizontal area at a speed estimated
At 20 miles an hour. The inventor con-
fdently expects that with increased
peed the best performance Of birds
which is the flying Of two pOundl
weight for every square foot Of hOri.
EOltal area, viii be considerably sur
passed. II this becomes true people
before long will be flying around like
birds, because two wings each I'VE by
q feet would then carry a person Of
average weight together with q small
propeller driven either by foot or by
machine
Mr.. Berliner has been at work on
me flying machine proposition at inter
Eals Tor 30 years and has only just
reached anything approaching success
he analyses e birds fight as having
Two principal actions-the production
d current Of compressed air by the
oeatng Of wings and the lifting for
1ard on this air current Of the body
q th5 bird. This lifting forward, kite
lAnion' is greatly helped by the tail
u 0y back wings taking the place Of
'e IalL In his opinion therefore fly
machines viii be possible with q
,GGeUure which when moved forward
loil1ontally win produce e current Of
oppressed air, with a tail surface for
I,lhs the structure and combined
- uhese sufficiently light motor
living the whole rapidly forward. A
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-09-19
HOW TO PRESERVE EGGS.
Keeping Them in water Glass IL an
Effective Method for the Aver
aEe HousekeepeR.

Now and then a housekeeper wants TO
know Of some reliable way to preserve
sgEs IN time Of summer plenty for the
midvfnter season Of scarcity, when eggs
are 90 much in demand for holiday
dainties. Most methods are somewhat
uncertain and some really aRect the
taste Of the eggs even II II keeps" them
IN A general sense Of the word.
Those who are studying the subject Of
egg preservation otherwise than ~ cold
gforaRe and in large quantities agree that
nothing is better than water glass This
n A solution Of silicate Of soda Whiehhas
a consistency something Ike OIL II but
a few pounds are needed the price II
about Is cents a pound But a. II Is TO
Be diluted nine times its bulk with cold
watsr. and one pound will cover about
80 ear, the cost Is not 50 great The
eggz must be perfectly fresh. not store
eEEs. then stored in cool. dark place,
and experience proves that wood or
earthenware IL better than metal, be-
cause after q time WGtsr glass win cor
rode metal.
The theory Of preserving eggs ~ any
solution Is to keep the contents Of the egg
from evaporating through the porous
shelf or 20 prevent air from entering
through the shell 20 the contents. Any
ming which completely closes the pores
az the shell II e be harmless itself IL .
GOOD preserVatiFe. Some Of the sub
stances used are too expensive even Il
encisnt; water glass b both elective
end inexpensive.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-09-19

and teeth two inches long. Il took
10 men to carry him into camp and
did 1t all myself and It was such a
dithcult shot / am q sort Of big bug
In camp now. The natives bow down
and kiss the hem Of my dress, for I
am the first lady who has ever shot
In these jungies. All, I am q lucky
beggar. So just listen while tell you
about It:
We heard q tiger had killed q lot
Of deer in q piece Of bamboo Jungle
about six miles on, 30 I got about
40 beaters together and took up our
position near an open space, while
the heaters went into the jungle with
drums and horns, driving six buffalo
in front Of them and making hideous
noises. After about half an hour,
when the beat was nearly up to my
tree, I saw q huge tiger. He was
going full bat, 80 saw Il was q case
Of then or never, and although Il was
a very blind shot let blaze at the
vanishing stripes a. they flashed
through the bamboos.
"A roar and rush told me the mon
ster was hit, but could see nothing,
as the jungle was 30 dense. When the
shikar came up told him where
had fired and got down and with
loaded rifles we approached the spot
where, about ten yards from where I
fired. lay the very finest monster I
ever saw and his great striped body
did indeed look like a slain king Of the
forest The shikar and all but
Rugged in our excitement The mon
ster was indeed glorious with his ten
feet eight inches spread out in their
full. his gums rolled up, showing his
enormous teeth and his skin in its
prime, and oh, 50 beautifully black
and yellow.
ct had already shot three bears, two
panthers and a tiger, besides all sorts
Of deer and other smaller beasts, and
when I saw that monster lying there
slain by my own hands II was the
proudest and happiest moment Of my
life and I shall never get over the
feeling Of exultation-"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-09-19
FIsHMONGERING RAILROAD.
New HGnpshire Line That Used %
supply Customers At AH
the Stations.

While looking through q pile Of old
papers the Exeter correspondent came
across the following article in q New
York paper Of the date Of February s,
1853, under the caption Of The Smelt
Railroad" says the Manchester Union.
'Tt IL well known that the Portsmouth
railroad has to turn everything to 40
count to pay running expenses, and
many are the Jokes they perpetrate
upon the conductors In reference to
their shifts to get q living. Il r. said
that one Of them last year was accus-
toned to bring fish from Portsmouth
and peddle them out on the way to Con-
cord.
"One day he brought along melts,
dealing out 70 customers At every sta
ton, till he got to Suneook, where he
blew his horn and an old woman came
out and wanted six, Just q pattsrn-all
I've got left, you're in the nick Of time
said he. and he began to count them
and found only i've. 'HoW's this? I
should have Six and he began to count
his fingers, and reckon over how he had
disposed Of the four dozen he had start
ed with. After awhile, I have It; hold
on q little while and III be back said
he; and he ran the train back seven
miles 70 = place where he had let q
woman have one more than she had
paid for. got #, came back to suneook
and let the old woman have the six she
wanted, and then the 'smelt' train went
to Concord"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-09-19
HEROINE OF THR TUEeTR.
A woman shot the Birrs-s
sr Ever killed IN ths
WildH Of Iadia.

rev women can boast Of killing two
useIs' three bears, two pantbsrC spS
: NUMBER Of smaller animals. This A.
me record established by Mrs. lame
80 =. DOnnet daughter Of John n. white
mouse mouse, OF The Larchss, Irvington-on-
Iuuson- Mrs. Donnet went to India
some ume ago with her husband. Who
= an omeer in the British army. and
I ueI surprised and delighted parents
80, 80 Ju.I received from her a letter
Hnlcn shows that their delicateiy nur-
Iu[eo daughter has been teaching the
stnlede British girls a few tbin9s An
the art Of killing wild beasts in their
native jungle. The letter is IN part
as follows:
am the proud slayer Of the Iarg-
est uger ever shot in India, and he fen
~ my nrst shot He measures ten
Ieet eight inches, has a perfect coat
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-09-19
AIRSHIPS ON TRIAL
washington Is Center Of Activity
for Flying Machine Inventors
BERLINER MODEL THE LATEST
n, an the Plan Of n Bird-EFezy-
nody May BE Using wings Ee-
fore LOng-Other NOtes "a
the Capital.

wssbiugton.-This seems 70 be the
.,.son for flying machines. Il Is the
oSs great ambition Of inventors all
80 The world, and especially In the
limited States, to bring to a successful
oonclusion the experiments which have
Sssn going on for years in the direc-
t,on of transportation through the air.
The air literally seems to be full Of
.,bemes and projects, 80 that many
chemists believe that the conditions
are ripe for the discovery OF prac-
tcsble method.
II is as it was with the steamboat,
the locomotive, the telegraph, the tele-
nbone. the Roentgen ray. When the
sucesssful invention or discovery in
s.eb of those cases was announced #
Vas learned for the first time by the
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-09-19

Although there is . certain area q
about three and . haif acres on Man
haitian Island where the density Of
population e Ct the rate Of $4,000 70
the square mile. yet the city Of Paris
shows q Tar greater aFsrags density
q population than New York the De-
ures for Paris being 1880 Per square
nile. ana for New York city proper
1000 Per square nile. he aEsrag8
density q London'8 population e 81
600 per square ME. and hat e BsF.
In $500.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-09-19

- S-'LiNER MODEL READY FoREIoHT.
~ -oael built on these lines has lifted It
80 - Ion the ground and in perfectly
-. hight has reached q height Of
-s 49, Ieet from the ground. Il has also
= -. itself for so feet alta height
S, J, NEE and one-half feet from the
Inn 1.' n. model is altogether different
IN m either Langley's or BEERS. The
A. . BODY consists Of arches some
l5- IN. IKE funnel in shape, open be-
\ - y catch the air, and sloping down
lt,' - rear, where wide tan ends are
~ 800 The arches IN moving for
a. -. Produce a current OF compressed
en-. 80 = the same time exert q para
M :. asuon to support the structure
" iaeilitats gentle landing.
al Z not strange that wsshinetou
noTt .. nave the distinction Of being
iss,lo - plcuous in the matter Of the
o. w usnt Of the flying machine.
"a -, ..nington Is becoming more
~ ~ The home Of scientific men
p S.. center Of scientific thought
na -. me tendency has been for
~ ~ owed study and research 20
ington their h0ma ThS
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-09-19

No had man Is ever brought 20 70
-t.nce nv angry words. By bitter,
s.o-nfuI rsproaeheS He fordhes him
- sgainst rsproof and hurls back
80 - cSarreS IN the face Of his aceuser.
Yet, guilty and hardened e ne .i seeI1 :.
- hss 4 heart, and may Be melted %
ear = b. 4 gentle voice. Who. /, mere
S so- can restrain his disposition %
t1Ie, md fnd fault, and can bring
S SI,, down to q fallen brother Vi
niLoso 49, way 70 better fsolingH
80 PITY and patienes are the tEe'
~ vhieh win unlock the hunan
80. Thsy Who have ben most 80
h 49,, Ioborers among the poor ena
ssrIouS have been ths most Eof'.-sl :
IN Z. WosklE.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-09-19
BOTH MIRROR AND WINDOW.

is also transparent or translucent, and
by means Of 1t the plate is made re-
Elective. Thus the glass, while retain
ing its transparency, possesses AL the
reflective properties Of q mirror.
No notable improvement has been
made In mirrors for q long time, and
for this reason the news that a new
method Of coating them has been discoV-
cred Is Of more than passing interest
Detroit Free Press.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-09-19
NOVELTY IN MIRRORS
Glass Retains It's Transparency, Bat
Possesses Reelection Properties
Of Looking Glass.

Here is a glass which apparently can
be used either as q mirror or window.
II resembles q mirror because It has the
ordinary silvered surface. yet II il IN
like q mirror, because II IL transparent
On the back Of the transparent or trans
lucent plate IL a coating which consists
Of a silvering material, amyl acetate,
gun cotton and fusel OIL. This coating
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-09-19

As sooE IS Lieut. Gen. Young is re-
tired from the service he viii be sue
ceeded by one Of the most gallant and
modest soldiers in the American army,
Maj. Gen. Chaifee is one Of the fight
ing men who carry with him the
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-09-19

President Roosevelt and his f,uU.
val return to the white house on the
10th OF September. They win find AZ
usual that It is not the same white
mouse which they abandoned To naInt-
ers and decorators earlier in the sum-
mer. '-'' 'uil-
1t Is a popularity of the exeeutIvs
mansion that no matter how much
money is spent on its preservation inst
about so much additional money has
70 be spent every summer while the
president and his family are out of
town
The white house is in a constant
state OF repair. Only a year ago more
tnan half a million dollars was ex-
pended IN restoring Infringing II
back to the condition in which tbose
who first designed It planned that II
should be. The results were crafty
Ing. The tawdry improvements" of
decorators and architects for a genera
don Of presidents were calmly thrown
aside and a scheme Of architecture was
adopted which reestablished the sim
plicity and dignity Of an earlier day.
But even with all this the experi-
mentors cannot let the old mansion
alone, but must repaint and readjust
and change Just because the presi-
dents family is away and the way is
clear.
In spite Of all the refurbishing the
white house remains as It always has
the most dignifed oficial residence
anywhere TO be seen.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-09-19
caks-WaIl[ oaIIed Noakeysah.

The German Dancing Masters assO-
citation, at their annual meeting Ct
Dresden. have made an energetic pro-
test against shat monkeyish and inde-
cent danes. the eakeWalks which no
dancing master Of rehnemsnt should
tolerafa.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-09-19

TIE black SIX handkerchief which
British blusilcksts wear vas 1rst tied
around TIE sailors throat IN mourf
ing for Melissa. and Il vas nsVer
dropped
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-09-19

Hisnot often that q federal statute
fuafi6es fits enactment 30 speedily As
- Iaw psssed by the last congress foI
fbe restriction Of the manufacture sno
gaIe Of oleOmargarine.
Tybe manufacturers Of oleomargarlno
h.vs been utterly unable TO devise any
scbeme for successfully evading the
- Tbev cannot by chemical expe-
-insnts secure the color which IL nee
serarv II their product is TO pass mus
Ter ag pure butter, and 80 tney nav
-. comDelled to abide BY the law.
T'be goTernmsutreports show thar -
80 $50 iust precedingthe one In Wnlch
- 49, law changing the oieomar-
1870 tax went into effect there ~ -.
ganufactured and sold LSe,Slo, -
$3.50 ~ Cleo Under the new law me
s-o..snctIon fen the next year TO Ill.
~ no1nds. 3 decrease Of - per 81 -
r q aid By the dairymen thar "a.
,,s,ct,on n the production Of oieo 70 !,
49, a an additional consumption - y
,,,fts- a value Of over sll'VyO,VO ~
$3.50, re average price Of butter =
a es-tr 4 Mound. They say thst ~
ss.-ssue Ii the manufacture O o's'
-. -, ~ outuut Of $50 creamereA
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-09-19
NEL-aEN. ADNA R. oHAFFEA

finest traditions of the military service
of the United States. He has a record
which Is not excelled for efficiency by
any officer in the service. First, in the
civil war he served in a subordinate
position, doing his duty faithfully and
well and coming out Of It with all the
credit that belongs to a determined
fighter. Then there were long years Of
thankless service on the plains fight
ing the Indians. IN engagements where
spIendid valor met with Insignificant
reward. The war with Spain was an
opportunity and the training Chafee
had received in Indian campaigns
served him well, forth fighting at San
tiago was much like that which he had
encountered in the rough west But
ChaHee's greatest service, or rather
his greatest distinction, came to him
in the Philippines and in the march on
Picking. when he showed q military
capacfty which compelled the admira-
ton Of the military authorities OF the
old world.
Chahee is a plain-spoken soldier
vho acts without talking and VINO
hates above an things, the glamor ana
urestige Of dress parade.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-09-19

HoW 80 Keep Be8oa8-
Lemons Wiu keep bsttor a cold Va
tsr than on 8 HhalG
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-02-18
REMARKABLE MAGNANIMITY.

A dispatch from Frankfort SAYS: "a
feature of the present administration
of state affairs is the rather remarka-
BILE restoration Of good feeling between
the officials and the Judicial and other
officers Of the eastern section of the
state. When Governor Beckhsm came
into Office and for long sfterward
communication in an official way was
cut off because Of the bitter political
feeling. Designating this the COVER
nor addressed the court officials in
matters coming mp hero. which con.
cerned them and IN numerous cases in
vited circuit judges from that section
to confer with him regarding local
feud troubles and applications for par
dons. For time they were slow in
responding, but today it can be SAID
that there is not an official in ali that
section who can say that he has not
been well and courteously treated.
This is true of not only one, but of all
the departments at the capital"
OF course it is very remarkable and
very kind on part Of the Democrats
to well and courteously" treat the
Republicans of the eastern part of the
state, but we see no reason why they
should not do so. There is some doubt
considerable doubt-however as to
the way the people of that section Of
the state feel towards the Democrats,
more particularly the administration,
which has done all in its power, aided
by q 500. 900 corruption fund, by per.
Jury and fraud, to damn the Republi-
can party of Kentucky" and has fur
Their sought to induce the people OF
the state and the outside world to be.
lieve that this very section of the state
was directly responsible for the assas-
sination Of Senator Goebel. Il is pro-
badly true that the officials from the
eastern part Of Kentucky have been
"courteousiy treated" at FRANKFORT,
but we fear 1t will require great
deal more than that to obliterste the
great wrongs that the Democrats have
done the Republicans of Kentucky in
general, and of the eastern part of the
state in particular. We fear the Prank
fort dispatch is only political Fuse in
anticipation of the administrations
forthcoming campaign for votes