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The broad ax., 1903-03-21

There has just died at the Hermit
age, President Jackson's old home.
some II miles out from Nashville.
Tenn, old Uncle Alfred, Gen. Jack
sons coachman- Uncle Alfred was
born on the Hermitage farm in 1903,
There, in the front hall Of the house
he and Gracey we're married many
years ago, and in the same place his
funeral services were held. A large
number Of prominent people were
present. and the funeral services were
conducted by three eminent white
clergymen. In accordance with an oft
expressed wish, he was buried near
The place where the dust Of his be
loved general rests He left a son,
Gus, who was so years old at the time
( his fathers death.-Ex.
The broad ax., 1903-03-21
Ana the Girl Turns the cranl,.

AM0 Nne alrl Turns rhe Crank
Softly-LOve makes the world 20
roundi
snortly-Yes, there's no crank equal
TO a loEer.-HarEard LampOon.
The broad ax., 1903-03-21
TOLD OF THE LADIES.

A Berlin woman bequeathed her
property to a cat.
Worcester has 700 women who
make needles, and 1,O44 female nail
makers.
Mrs, L. Goodman, the oldest living
woman artist, is 30. She has painted
upward Of 1900 portraits.
For the first time on record a
young lady has won the literary med.
Zeal scholarship at Queens college
Galway.
A German professor has been in
vestigating the causes of insanity
among women and has come to the
conclusion that If women are adj
mitted into competition with men
the inevitable result viii be a ire
mendOus increase of insanity among
the women. He finds that the per
eentage Of women teachers who be-
come insane is almost double that
Of the men teachers.
The broad ax., 1903-03-21

why do they call him .judgeP"
He once acted in that capacity in q
horse shoW."-Louisville Courier-Jo Jour
nal
The broad ax., 1903-03-21

Entesed At tie PED Office at Chicago
n, a. Sssond-Saa Matter.
The Greeley tribune., 1903-11-26
The EARLY Cathtrd-

At 4 O'Clock the catbirds have 1t all
to themselves, and they will not only
sing their hearts out into the trees and
the sky, but they will give us imita-
tons and will sing over again all the
sounds and melodies they have heard.
My nearest neighbor. who builds in the
Tartarian honeysuckle. comes near to
me with evident comprehension of my
admiration and undertakes to tell me
that he is not like other birds, but
understands human folk. He jumps
about the limbs near to me and with
whistle calls back and forth, cnvying
his musical ability and he possibly
wondering somewhat about my books
and my balconies. / should be very
lonely in the country without the cat
bird. He only has the power of com
panionship with us.-lndependent
The Greeley tribune., 1903-11-26
PAPERlNG THE PINS.
An Ingenious Operation That Ia Per
formed by Machinery.

The first pins made in this country
were very crude indeed, merely bit
of wire twisted into a knot for head
at one end and sharpened to a point at
the other. Their successors of today
undergo Il surprising variety of opera
tions before they are considered tit for
use.
In comparison with the size of the
object manufactured the operations
seem bewilderingly numerous, but II
there be one process more remarkable
than another it is ''papering the pins.
The papers. having been passed
through an ingenious machine which
at regular intervals. according to the
size of the pin. pnches up n fold and
pricks hole in it. are ready to receive
the pins.
For this purpose there is another ma
chine, worked by two children. One
feeds the pins. the other the papers
The first part of the machine is Il box
about twelve inches long. six broad and
four deep. The bottom is composed OF
small square steel bars. sufficiently far
apart to let the shank of the pin fall
through. but not the head. These bars
are just as thick as the space between
papered pins. The lower part of the
bottom of the box is made to detach IT.
self as soon as the row of pins is com
plete. Row after row, at regular in
tervals. is received and passed down "A
corresponding set of grooves until II
reaches the ready pricked paper. BY
the incest possible adjustment these
pins come exactly to their places and
are pressed into them. BY this method
two little girls can in one day put up
many thousands of papers.-Kansas $
CITY Star
The Greeley tribune., 1903-11-26
ROPES AS FIRE ESCAPES.
An Exrcri-ncc which shook
~. coincidence Ia Them

.ycs | kn.w that r4ost of IL" BOYS
corrv r-.o around with en-. sad
the COT. uerclai traveller. and the '.iAe
wos WHOM would not have taken 'Ae
road without one, hut gave E'''Ie :"
NM. wife for an extra c!cthes.tn' ihr'e
or four wears ago. read "cca'aoia''!
Of n rupe saving somebody from
burning hotel. but don't care 70 'T
saved that way.
.Rut YOU don't want 10 he hurhed
Win tho hotel. do youE" was asked.
"Of course not. but il can Ge'
down In TIE stairs or the non hF'
escape Iii take my chances on mat
tress or Il tiremen's ladder,
"Rut what's the matter with a Knot
ted rope:'
~ didn't think anything was 'he
matter for many years. ! used to go
TO bed feeling as safe as pao! III
his crib. and if | found Traveller VINO
didn't carry fifty foot rope III mis- grip
| set him down as very reckless ilah
One dny when | was in an Indiana
town a lot of us got TO talking apo"t
ropes and burning hotels, and wall
nvcl hluifer offered to bet me 80 10 81
that couldn't slide down my rope
from a third story window and not
half kill myself or course ! jumped
nj the bet. but he knew what he was
talking about. | hadn't lowered my
self six feet before the rope burned
nv hands and let 90 and broke a leg
The trick was tried by three others
and though they escaped broken bones
they were badly shaken up and tongue
bitten. After my leg mended biufled
everybody l met on that rope business
and never found Il chap who could
slide down two stories and feel soou
for month after. n sailor could DO
it. of course. hut I'm no sailor, ana IL
ever I'm cut off by fire I'll take head
er for the sidewalk and hope to hit
fat man as come down
The Greeley tribune., 1903-11-26
Tile NisiOn OF H.rds.

Birds have very acute vision. per-
haps the most acute of any creature,
and the sense is also more widely diff
fused over the retina than is the case
with man. Consequently bird can
see sideways as well as objects in front
of it. A bird sees, showing great un-
easiness in consequence, n hawk long
before it Is visible to man. So. too,
fowls and pigeons find minute scraps
Of food, distinguishing them from
what appear to us exactly similar
pieces of earth or gravel.
Young chickens are also able to find
their. own food, knowing its position
and how distant 1t is, as soon as they
are Matched, whereas child only very
gradually learns either to see or to
understand the distance of objects.
Several birds, apparently the young OF
all those that nest on the ground. can
see quite well directly they come out
of the shell, but the young Of birds that
nest in trees or on rocks are born blind
and have TO be fed.-Chambers' Jour
nal.
The Greeley tribune., 1903-11-26
ON BEING A
BOSS
II You Sit on High Place. Don't
Gaze at the Clouds
From Letters From q Self Made Mer-
chant 10 His Son." by George
Horace LOrimer

Consider carefully before you say a
hard word to man, but never let a
chance to say good one go by. Praise
ed.
Never learn anything about your
men except from themselves. A good
manager needs no detectives, and the
fellow who can't read human nature
can't manage it. The photograph rec.
ords of fellows character are lined
in his face. and mans days tell the
secrets of his nights.
BE slow to hire and quick to fire. The
time to discover incompatibility of tenn
per and curl papers is before the mar
riage ceremony. But when you find
that you've hired the wrong man you
can't get rid of him too quick. Pay him
an extra month. but don't let him stay
another day. A discharged clerk in the
office is like a splinter in the thumb-a
center of soreness.
Never threaten, because a threat is n
promise to pay that it isn't always con
vcnient to meet, but if you don't make
it good it hurts your credit. Save a
threat till you're ready to act, and then
you won't need it. In all your dealings
remember that today is your opportu-
nifty: tomorrow some other fellows.
Keep close to your men. When fel-
lows sitting on top of mountain he's
in a mighty dignitied and exalted posi-
ton. but if he's gazing at the clouds
he's missing heap of interesting and
important doings down in the valley.
Never lose your dignity. of course. but
tie it up in all the red tape you can find
around the Office and tuck it away in
the safe
It's easy for boss to awe his clerks,
but a man who is feared to his face is
hated behind his back. A competent
boss can move among his men without
having to draw an imaginary line be-
tween them, because they will see the
real one If It exists.
Besides keeping in touch with your
office men you want to feel your sales
men all the time. Send each OF them a
letter every day, so that they won't for
get that we are making goods for
which we need orders, and insist on
their sending you line every day
whether they have anything to say or
not. When fellow has to write in six
times week to the house he uses up
his explanations mighty fast and he's
pretty apt to hustle for business to
make his seventh letter interesting.
Right here | want to repeat that in
keeping track of others and their faults
it's very, very important that you
shouldn't lose sight OF your own. Au-
thority swells up some fellows SO that
they can't see their corns. but wise
man tries to cure his own while remem.
berins not to tread on his neighbor's.
The Greeley tribune., 1903-11-26
SAFE OPENING TOOLS.
implements "f Nhich t'nrSlars Ne~'
err Even Get u glimpse

I'VE have tools for opening sateS'
said the foreman OF tln Gaelilhr room
of a safe factory. "ilut 30 Au"-iN
could initiate even if b. -u' item i'u'
ii would Ice one OF TIE most uliu'"l'
things in the world for lin 20 ger even
sight of them. Tie tool room i
guarded as closely as % bank Nauit'
Waterman stays in it al. night. "" are
very careful about employing our IN H.
They must give bond and nave 'he
best of references. The chance oil
burglar getting into our employ Tor '"e
purpose of learning our methods
scarcely worth thinkiu- about.
Very frequently We lgNr hurry tA'lS
for man 10 open safe Vh'r" me
time clock has gone asEaw OF where the
clerk has forgotten tAe com mnlnatoh.
You can readily imagine that Wi'h
bank or trust company it l. an essen
tial thing 10 have the safe open hciore
business begins. When we send
man out he takes wagon load OF tools'
for he must open the safe without run
ing the lock. and he docs not Know pre-
a photograph of himself with our ere
dentials on il. Nor will he open III"
safe while alone. Some bank oiiicla'
must remain with him, no matter now
long the job takes. That is for our own
protection. Some very queer alleged
robberies have been charged Ia men
sent out to open safes
"To mechanics in our business II is
laughable to read that a fun kit of bur
glars tools has been found beside
safe AS have said it would require
an express wagon to carry them. ana
burglars don't work that way If they
care to take chances by blowing up
safe with dynamite ii is another mat
ter; but those fellows nearly always
get caught
"A police officer told me that burglars
make taeir own tools. The big crooks
are all spotted and are afraid TO go out
and buy the material for them. Some
Of them send their wives ard children"
Philadelphia Ledger
The Greeley tribune., 1903-11-26

advertising was pretty ne" thing
then. and was one OF the old timers
who didn't take any stock in IT, Hnt
Jim just kept plugging away at me
between trips, and finally | to"k nm
off the road and told him To 20 ahead
and try il in a small way.
Jim pretty nearly scared me 10, '!eatA l.
that first year. AT last he had sottuio
something that he took an interest III
spending nAncy-and lie just fairly
wallowed in it, He used to lay awake
nights thinking up new ways OF getting
rid of the old mans profits. And ne
found them. Seemed as il | couldn
get away from Graham's Extract. ana
whenever saw ii gagged. for i knew
1t was costing me money that WASH
coming back. But every time started
TO draw in my horns Jim talked 10 me
and showed me where there was for
tune waiting for me just around the
corner.
Graham's Extract started out by be
ing something that you could make
beef tea out of-that was all. But be
fore Jim had been fooling with il a
month he had got his girl to think up
q hundred different ways in which II
could be used. and had advertised
them all 1t seemed there was nothing
you could cook that didn't need a dash
of II. He kept me between a chill and
a sweat all the time. Sometimes. but
not often, | Just had to grin Mt his fool
ishness. l remember one picture he got
out showing sixteen COWS standing be
tween something that looked like Il
letter press and telling how every
pound or so of Graham'S Extract CON
tained the juice squeezed from herd
of steers. If an explorer started for
the north pole, Jim would send him a
case of extract and then advertise that
it was the great heat maker for cold
climates; and if some other fellow
started across Africa. he sent him a
case, too, and advertised what bully
drink it was served up with little ice.
He broke out in new place every
day, and every time he broke out it
cost the house money. Finally l made
up my mind to swallow the loss, and
Mister Jim was about to lose his job
sure enough when the orders for eX-
tract began to look up, and he got a
reprieve. Then he began to make ex-
penses. and he got pardon, and final
ly rush came that left him high and
dry in a permanent place.
Jim was all right in his way, but it
was new way, and l hadn't been
broad gauged enough to see that 1t was
a better way.
That was where l caught the connec-
ton between college education and
business. I've always made II a rule to
buy brains. and I've learned now that
the better trained they are the faster
they find reasons for getting their sal
aries raised. The fellow who hasn't
had the training may be just as smart,
but he's apt to paw the air when he's
reaching for ideas.
The Greeley tribune., 1903-11-26
Playing on Her Vanity.

Mr.. fotts Ito his wife,-My dear, the
air is chilly. Fermez la fenetre.
The Visitor (sotto voice)-Why do
you ask your wife in French to shut
the Window
Mr.. Potts Cditto,-Because YOU are
here. If l asked her in English she
wouldn't do it, as she won't take In
strnctons from me before visitors. But
II say 1t in French she gets up and
does 1t at once. so as to let you see
that she understands the language
London Pick -Me-Up.
The Greeley tribune., 1903-11-26
No Reptile. In Newfoundland.

Everybody knows that there are no
snakes in Ireland. but very few know
that Newfoundland is just like Ireland
in that respect, and there is no record
that newfoundland had a st. Patrick
to drive the snakes Off either. There
is plenty of game in Newfoundland.
but not reptile Of any kind-snake,
toad, frog. lizard or even turtle. An
other queer thing about the province is
that while some wild animals are
abundant there no one ever saw Il
squirrel. porcupine. mouse or lynx any
where within its boundaries. This Is
all the more singular because the ad
joining provinces of Nova Scotia and
Cape Breton have all these animals
and many kinds OF snakes and other
reptiles.
The Greeley tribune., 1903-11-26
Told Out of school,

The infant terrible is always with
us and in making trouble runs close
race with the wagging tongue of
scandal. Accompanied by her young
hopeful. woman was calling on a
friend who happened to live in one Of
row of houses of exactly the same
appearance.
The great objection to living In a
row of houses remarked the hostess,
''is the liability OF moking n mistake.
DO you ever have any difficulty, my
dear!'
"Oh. no. replied the little fiend,
breaking in unexpectedly. Ma says
she can always tell your house by the
dirty windows.'-New York Times.
The Greeley tribune., 1903-11-26
YELLOWSTONE CANYON.
A, Ytrst IIs nigncss ANA b'rS"S"r
Color Are OVcrrowcrtnE.

Iunrina. if you cuN-but yod never
car-a mighty cleft IN the lever earth
n third OF IL mile VIDE. It's Drinks siarl',
pr.cipitous. reuchiH- over l.2o2 feet
downward, sometimes almost perpcn-
dlcular sometimes banked WIN huGc
heops of talus or buttresseG with spin
ding pinnacles and towers cften sur
mounted with eagle nests. ana All
palnted. glowing with the richest color
vast patches of yellow ana orange
streallings of red and blue, win mere
n towering abutment of red ana there
another all of yellow. At the bottom
flows the cleaning green river. and at
the top the dark green forest reaches
to the canyon edge, ana sometimes
even rugged and gnarled pines the van
guard of the wood, venture over Inc
nrecipice to find footing on some ledge
or TO hang. half diSlodgcd. with angular,
dead arms reaching out into the mighty
depths. n resting place for soaring
eorle or hawk The sides of the can
Won being not of solid rock. but OF
crumbing. soft formation. have fur
nished plastic material for the sculp-
turing of water and wind, which have
fooled them into Il thousand fantastic
forms. Ones eye traces out gigantic
castles, huge dog forms, bird forms, IT,
tanic faces-all adding to the awful i'm
pressiveneSs of the place.
For miles the canyon stretches north
ward from the lower falls. From
numerous well guarded outlooks the
spectator. grasping hard upon the rail-
ing lest the dizziness of these heights
unnerve him. may behold hundred
varied views of the grandeur, looking
either toward the falls, which seem TO
fill the canyon end like splendid white
column of marble, or off to the north
ward, where the stupendous gorge
widens out. loses some of its coloring.
admits more of the forest and finally
disappears among rugged mountains.
| EVERYWHERE the view is one that
places the seal of awed silence upon the
, lips. 1t never pals. never grows old.
One soon sees all too much of geyser
and paint pot: of this. never. At first
| the sensation of savage immensity is
so Overpowering that the spectator
! gathers only Il confused sense of big
ness and barbaric color. but when he
has made the perilous descent to the
/ canyon bottom below the falls. when
he has seen the wonder from every
point of view he begins to grasp
/ larger part of the whole scene. to form
a picture which will remain with him.
r.. s. Baker in Century.
The Greeley tribune., 1903-11-26
POULTRY POINTERS.

The best way to feed corn to young
chickens is cracked or crushed.
A good dust bath will 20 far toward
keeping fowls in good condition.
Clear. raw corn meal wet with water
is not good feed for young ducklings
at any time.
Destroy the nest of sitting hen as
soon as the chickens are a day old.
Give her new nest and burn the old
one.
Separated early and raised up by
themselves. pullets are worth at least
% per cent more for use than if al
lowed to run with Il lot of cockerels.
On the farm If more than one breed
is kept 1t is necessary that they be
kept separate. and one or the other
must be kept confined part OF the time.
1t is important to keep the young
turkeys dry until they are about eight
weeks old, and even then they should
be strong and well developed. Damp
ness is almost always fatal to young
turkeys.
The Greeley tribune., 1903-11-26
The Retort Courteous.

young and popular member of par
lament was addressing meeting at
which there was considerable rowdy
element present. Like the other speak
ers, he was frequently interrupted I'M
III, losing patience. he called for si-
fence, saying. Don't let every ass bray
al once You 60 on, SIR said the
ringleader, and the honorable member
was left without reply.-London
Chronicle.
The Greeley tribune., 1903-11-26
A Deep Sea TRAGEDY.

Flora-Too bad about Gussie, wasn't
It?
Clara-Dear me! l haven't heard
Tell me, quick.
flora-He fell desperately in love
with girl he met on an ocean steamer.
out she threw him over.-Chicago Trib-
une
The Greeley tribune., 1903-11-26
Religious. Training of Japanese.

Little or no Importance is attached
to the religious training of japanese
children. Whether the parents be
Buddhists or Shintoists it matters not.
for in either case the children rarely
take any part i'll the religious life of
their parents or elders, and indeed
usually grow up in blissful ignorance
as to what it is all about. True, they
may occasionally be taken to the tenn
pie and taught TO rub their palms to-
gether, clap thrice and incline their
heads toward the shrine as they toss
their Offering of rim through the wood
Ell grating of the huge money till.
They may have some vague notion
that therf is something meritorious in
all this. hut nothing more, although
every Japanese home has latticed
niche, or kamidana, dedicated to the
service of the household Lares and
Penates. or Daikoku and Ebisu as they
appear in Japan.
The Greeley tribune., 1903-11-26
The wisdom Of w,,eveu.

Noitt-That fellow Wisewell could
have given Solomon few pointers.
Askitt-Come on with the explana-
ton.
Noitt-When b. and his family went
to the country for months vacation.
he took his gas meter along.-Leslie's
Weekly
The Greeley tribune., 1903-11-26
Hard Hearted.

Poor Bickers has very hard heart.
60 WIFE said Trivvet.
What's the trouble p asked
Dicer
she not only broke the broomstick
over MS head, but made him go to the
store and buy another"
The Greeley tribune., 1903-11-26
sure 10 See r.

VINO was it who saw the hand
"ritlhg on the wall, Freddie?' asked
the Sunday, school teacher.
me landlord, ma'am." quickly re-
Piled the little boy. who lives in a fat.
-1onkers Statesman.
The Greeley tribune., 1903-11-26
Himself to Blame.

Didn't you once say that your wife
was the making of your
only once answered Mr.. Meekton.
Henrietta heard it and said 1t was
very un!Sind and unjust TO blame he.
In that manner. r."-washington Star.
The Greeley tribune., 1903-11-26
Well ~nru

Wigg-That was n pretty old ,oke
Borem cracked at dinner.
"aeg-Borcm didn't crack 1t. That
Joke mas been cracked for years.-Phil.
adelphia Record,
The Greeley tribune., 1903-11-26
An Achievement.

Il don't see why you should be so
proud of winning that case" said the
Intimate friend. You were plainly in
the wrong"
You don't understand these things
at an answered the lawyer. That's
the very thing that makes me so
proud.
The Greeley tribune., 1903-11-26

IL may appear to you that all the
soou )oos are taken, but by the time
!o" are capable Of filling one it will
oe Vacant.-Atchison Globe.
The Greeley tribune., 1903-11-26
Had C0nfs.sed

Magistrate-How do you know this
'erman gentleman has been guilty of
passing the spurious ten cent pieces?
betective-1 asked him II he ever
came across any bad money, and he
sald some dimes" Judge.
The Greeley tribune., 1903-11-26
Proof AhsOlute

What proof did the doctors
nave Tor declaring Blank insane?
ihrr-iie refused TO take their medi.
Cine Baltimore American.
Evening journal., 1903-05-25
A BRIGHT Midshipman.

On board n man -of-war bound 70 San
Francisco from China was young
midshipman named Walters. He was
favorite with the officers. and had
In him the talent for making a fine Of
ncer The midshipmen on board stood
their watch forward, and every hour IL
was their duty to come aft and write
uD the weather columns OF the ships
log, showing the readings OF the ba-
rometer and thermometer and to heave
the ships log to ascertain her speed.
The captain, in company with the
officer of the deck, was walking the
weather side OF the deck conversing,
when Midshpman Walters can'e aft 10
write w the log The barometer, a
mercurial one, was hung in the captains
cabin. and Walter. after having read it,
helped himself literally to the cap
tain's sherry on the cabin sideboard.
In walking the deck the captain hap
pcned to glance down the cabin sky
light, and saw the midshipman's pro-
ceedings. When Walters came up on
deck to heave the log, the captain ad-
dressed him as follows:
How is the barometer, s4r?"
Walters saluted, and said: steadily
rising, sir; steadily rising"
The ca aDtain then asked: And how
is the decanJer, sir?'
Walters was taken back, but with a
steady voice replied: Steadily falling,
sir: steadily falling"
This reply was too much for the cap
tain, and, bursting out laughing he
said: Young man, your bright reply
has saved you from punishment; but II
is long way TO Frisco, so hereafter
beg OF you not to consult the decanter
as often az you do the barometer.