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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-07-11
FIoatinE IsIand An England.

There IL q boating island in Der
wsntwater, England, not far from
Lodore sfaIls. It's travels are re-
strieted to alternations between the
bottom Of the lake and the surface.
When moved 70 retirement Il Einl1
and remains IN Watery seclusiOn for
periods which vary from q few months
to &c long a. seven or eight years.
It's existence above or below water
appears TO predetermined By he pres
enes within the island Of gases whose
quantity governs its buoyaucy. Esth-
waite lake, IN the same neighbor-
hood, boasts . not less pulling but
more amenable island. This has
served aE q ferryboat to conduct a.
many a. IS persons ct 3 time across
the bosom Of tie water upon which
it rides.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-07-11

James N. A watson u. the municipal gov
eminent are rubbing their eyes to find
whether they are awake.
A young man named Watson, just
barely of age, has been IN charge Of a
fund IN the auditors once which re-
suited from payments made by citizens
Obliged to pay one-half the cost Of lay
ing sidewalks in front Of their houses.
This sum Is pretty large, but It seems
20 have been shoveled into q drawer
and into the bank and out again with
hardly any record except what young
watson chose to keep.
A few days ago it YVES discovered
that he was supposed TO have made
away with $4,000 dollars Of the fund,
and now he IS In jail.
The disquieting feature Of the case,
however, is the fact that this young
man, when appointed TO O1ce. @ said
to have already had q criminal record.
It is said that as boy Of IL he was
convicted Of forgery and sentenced TO
two years IN the reform school. This
seems to have been known to the Dis
trict officials, and yet he was intrusted
with the care Of the funds. and no check
whatever was put on him. he had q
salary Of s1,4O0 q year. and on this
salary he supported a wife, played the
races, and cut dash with a red devil.
He was known as one Of the liyeliest
and most extrsvagant sporting charae-
tiers in Washington; and yet though
his superiors knew he was doing all
this on 400 a year, and that he had
a shady record 70 boot, they never sus-
pected anything wrong until the $7O,-
900 had disappeared.
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TYPEWRITmG EXPERTS.
FIad new FIELD Tor Their ABILITIES ta
FurnishlnE Testinoay In
Lawsuits.

10 win come as q surprise 70 many
people to know that there Is q great
deal Of character in tyPeWriting.
Were half q dozen operators to use the
same machine, paper and actual words,
each printing on a dozen sheets, and
were all these to be mixed up indis-
criminately, a practieed eye could dis
tinguish each operators work Instant
", says the Chicago Tribune.
In a recent law case, where .
lengthy typewriter document OF
many sheets was in question, it was
alleged that one Of the pages included
had been substituted for another
sheet. Although to a casual eye al
the sheets seemed to be the work Of
one hand, experts showed that the
spacing was quite different, especially
between the end Of one sentence and
the beginning of another, and on the
substitute sheet the new paragraphs
began in quite a different position on
the lines, and the letters were shaly
instead Of upright and firm. Andt
punetuation-the crucial test-WaS
wholly different.
The experts were unable to trace the
person who had done the bogus type
writing, but they agreed that il was
a woman, young, and only beginner
at typewriting; that she was nervous,
not strong, and that her education
was only moderately good.
The writer Of the other sheets COM
prising the document was defined from
the evenness, correctness and firmness
of the typewriting to be an expert
enced "tvufEf -
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-07-11

Blackheads are q mass Of eongest-
"a matter and dust; obviously their
cure Is IN cleanliness and restored cir
culstion Of the blood vessels Of the
faeo-nothing but friction and clean
Ines WIN prevent their return. Often
they are The result Of q diBordered
stomach, Indigestion ard eonsfipafion,
md strict attention should Be given
70 the laws Of hygiene. Daily hafhs
are Necessary.
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ODD GROUND FOR LAWSUIT.
Irishman Had . Case which He
COuldn't Get = Lawyer 20
Take late Courf.

Samuel Davis, court stenOgrapher Of
the Second circuit, relates the Kansas
City Journal, says that an Irishman
who several years ago tried to en-
gage the legal services of his father
had the oldest ground for a lawsuit
be has ever heard Of. The Irishman
wanted to sue his landlady for SIS.
Hs explained that he made a contract
to pay her three dollars a week for
board, but she was to deduct 25 cents
for every meal he missed. Having got
the contract duly signed, Pat began to
board elsewhere and charged the lady
With whom he had contracted 25 cents
for every meal he missed. He figured
out that by managing this way he
missed S5.25 worth Of meals each week,
for which his contract required him
to pay only three dollars, 50 that by
staying away he made S2.25 clear. The
ladlady refused to pay him his prof
Its" and he wanted Mr.. Davis to bring
suit against her for him. Father
laughed at him a bit, Mr.. Davis says,
"and he got indignant. "A contract is
= contract said Pat, and she ought
to be made to live up to her'n Just as
well as me to mine There were sew
eral other Myers in town, and some
Of them were pretty hard up for cases,
but don't know of anybody that took
that one after father turned It down"
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Kansas republican state committee. He
Il a young man, hardly 4O-without q
particle Of camaraderie, bent merciiess-
" on the prosecution Of his work.
Probably BristoW is personally the
least popular man In the government
service. Members Of congress for years
have been complaining that they could
not sget things" out Of his division IN
the post ONCE department. But Bristow
hasn't minded a bit He has cOurted
the distinction, II anything. and he takes
delight IN hewing straight to the line in
everything odicial
BristoW Is a born sleuth. he re-
joices in the scent Of crime, and be win
pursue a trail leading up to It with the
relentIessness Of a Javert. Il Is rath-
er curious thing that Just at this time
there should be at the head Of the corps
of inspectors 80 typical hunter-doWn
of wrong. II is quite probable that if
the present inquiry had not been started
BristoF would not have retained MS
position IN the department long, for be
had lost HIS political backing at home,
and there were scores Of members Of
congress who were demanding his re-
moval or transfer. But Il would be a
rash politician who would venture to
suggest to the president now that be
dispense with the services Of his fourth
assistant postmaster general.
rnTrTc COOLIDGE
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RUSSIAN MAIDS ARE HUMBLE.

Queen Helena Of Italy, the English
nursery governess is a power behind
the throne, and pretty nearly every
reigning sovereign of Europe seems TO
have been nursed and taught by an
English maid before he passed on to
the throne
But with all the foreign demand for
English maids, there are conditions in
many countries from which the most
daring would shrink.
Even a d0wntrodden "stop-gap"
would not 90 to France at the French
wages Of IS year for the good do
mestic or the fOurpence an hour Of
the visiting maid, who corresponds IN
Paris with our Saturday charwOman.
The French maid is very clever, and
II she can get permission TO pay the
weekly bills, collects five per cent.
commission from all the tradesmen.
But English wages would seem 20 her
a fortune. Only in wealthy households
has she a chance to get plump.
Rural England scarcely knows such
tragic poverty as that which drives
women from many parts Of Europe to
abandon their own children and seek
employment as nUrsemaids in the
cities.
The mountain women Of the Pyre-
nees have a monopoly of nursing the
children Of the rich in Madrid, the girls
from the valley Of the Spree supply
the like want in Berlin, and Breton or
Norman women are the nurses Of
Paris, while Montenegrin peasants
swarm to Rome. In Paris one may
know the nursemaid's prosperity by
the length and splendOr of her cap
ribbons, trailing TO the heels, and in
the other capitals they wear beautiful
peasant costumes. These costume
nurses" however they may have suf-
fered by the wrench which tore them
from their native districts, have very
good time in service. BY Doctors or
ders the nurse" must not be crossed
or contradicted, so rules both her mis-
tress and the household with iron
rigor, making herself as disagreeable
as she pleases. She adopts the chill
dren, who are barred by etiquette
from knowing their own mother ex-
eept as a visiting stranger.
The quaintest of all domestic service
is in Russia, where the peasants have
only lately been released from slavery,
and for fear of starvation in winter
flock to the houses Of the mobiles, where
they smash the crOekery in grateful
return for mere board and lodging.
The Russian lady, always mereiful to
the poor, finds her house overrun by
useless but humble retainers with
swarms Of children. and when she
hopes TO rest there e sure TO be for
loTn maid scratching the door Ike
little rat because she dare not knock
To stop the scratching she Il admit
ted, then, falling on her knees. kisses
the foot Of the mistress, pleading with
tears that she did not know il was
wrong to boil potatoes in . silver
dish.
kato the upper servants they march
into TIE most private rooms, dlsdain-
ing 20 knock at the door, and, Il q
guest Is dressing. the maid thinks
nothing q taking short cut through
he room rather than 60 round By the
psssars. II the guest IS dhpleased
nv Vim abiectly kiss his hands. won
seTinr what a earth has put him ouE
81 80 tempsr-cincinna Commarcial
Tribune.
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The udfutant Eenersl -, -
$50 be was promoted to Be brfsadie-
general, and noW he q to be one IA he
master nniads q the general stan which
g due IN 60 large measure 70 III inI.
tiativs.
As colonel and assistant aSivf.ns
Gen. Carter MADE himself indispensabIe
70 Secretary Root. Whenever Root
wanted 70 do anything Carter We the
fellow who told him Just how Il could
be done. That sort Of assistant always
enoears himself to his superior. When
The idea Of general star came up-1o-
body Knows exactly whether Root has
the idea inst OF Carter-the assistant
adiutant general worked out All the de-
tails with vast industry and splendid
skin. he was sent to the capitol by the
secretary to explain the bill to senators
ana Representatives, and Il Is due large
" to his clear, cold intelligence that
the measure finally became a Law.
Carter Is not by any means an "ofics
soldier" He had years Of the hardest
kind Of service against TIE Indians on
the frontier, and he is booked to 20 Il
the philippines very soon. OF course
ne is not altogether popular among hil
military associates. Men Of his char
aetertsties who have been noticeably
successful seldom meet with the entire
approval Of former equals whom they
nave passed in the race. And there
sre Insignificant majors Of the line who
graduated from West Point IN the same
class with Brig. Gen. Carter.
Troubles OF the Postmaster General
Just at the present moment Postmas.
a.
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LOUIS A COOLIDGE.


f. NaEmyth, q landscape painter OF
repute, helped to compose some OF
the finest park and forest scenery
- Great Britain. The estate Of the
duke Of Athol was dishgured BY an
unsiRhtIy crag, the rocks Of which
were inaccessible 70 climbers.
Nasmyth determined TO make . bold
bid for success with q cannon, which
was Al hand. BY his advice tin CAMS
ters were prepared and loaded with
tres Eeeds. Fired from the cannon's
mouth. these novel shells burst
apainst the face Of the crag and seat
tered their fruitful contents among
tie rocky crsyices. Nature cafrieo
On the work, and IN the course Of
vsars those barren heights Were
clothed with trees Of luxurious
rrowth. Nsamyth's son James, TIE
eeottish astronomer. - said 70 haEe
repested the ezperiment With egHal
suceess
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hcer whose COM
mission dates far
Their back than the
commission Of any
other officer Of
the military OF
naval service.
Maj. Gen Hey
wood entered the
service before the
civil war, and has
served continu-
Ously ever since
With a record for
Ea1antry not sur
passed in the
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~ Q
corps. Gen. Haywood has seen the ma
rine corps grow from q small body lit
tie regarded by the other branches Of
the service into a body ofnearly 10000
men, standing on q level IN the public
regard With the army and the navy.
The greater part Of this growth has
come since he was promoted TO the
head Of the corps, ten years ago.
The corps Is three times as large a.
1t was then. His own. rank was that
Of colonel. II has been raised success
sively By congress TO hrigadier general
and major general Gen Haywood, In
person, has had more to do with the
advancement Of the corps from It's small
estate than any other man. He has
commanded the respect Of congress and
successive administrations, and he has
Seen regarded as q soldier not involved
In any schemes and plots for personal
advancement
The marine corps takes pride In Its
lighting record II has seen service In
every war entered into by the United
States, and in proportion 70 Its numbers
it has acquitted itself with extraOrdi-
nary credit. It's enlisted men have the
reputation Of being better drilled and
Of preserving better discipline than the
enlisted men Of any other service. In
Col Waller the corps has one Of the few
really distinguished fighting heroes Of
the United States, and II Is due TO Gen
Haywood and the esprit de corps Which
he has cherished thatm Of the ~
cent laurels have been won
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concentrated at
tention than al
most any other
man In the United
States. Mr.. Payne
Is conducting one
Of the most search
ing and effective
Investigations that
has ever been con-
Quoted by a public
omcer, and the re-
suit Of which will
be to purify and
establish on a
more businesslike
footing the most
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-07-11

A project e on foot In Geneva for
tie establishnentOf aerial executions
20 view the summit Of Mont BIane-
A captive balloon. controlled and
IowsFed b. hydraulic power, f. 20 b
the moans 81 conveyanee. Fares 81
psr head, Including $1,000 Insurance.
polIey against accidents.
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terent type Iroul
Payne. That r.
the fourth assist
ant postmaster
general, who hap
pens TO be at the
head Of the corps
Of inspectors to
whom Il has fallen
to carry on the in
quiries. There r.
nothing Of the
politician about
BristOE, although
he was for awhile
aarrefaT NJ the
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-07-11

An American Tropical Laboratory.
One Of the characteristics Of mod
ern scientific progress Is the eStab-
lishment Of laboratories and Observa-
tories of various kinds ct points
where phenomena Of great interest
can best be studied, although such
points may be remote from centsrs
of human population and from ordi-
nary lines Of travel. Just now an ef-
fort e making to establish . scien-
tihc station at the fortugus Islands
near the coast Of Florida A eonsid-
erabls number Of naturaHsts have
expressed interest IN the scheme.
Some think Il would be an excellent
point from which TO observe the MI
grafton Of birds; others that q bio
Logical laboratory established there
would give rich results. Il e pointed
out that we now know more Of the
life Of the Red sea than We do Of that
Of the Caribbean sea and the quiz q
Mexico. lying almost at our doors.
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VIII not recover
for q long time.
Thieving has
been discovered IN
the Offices Of the
District Of Column
bia, and the cir
cumstanees are so
extraordinary that
the worthy citi-
zens who have
been congratulate
ing themselves for
years on the i'm
maculateness OF
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AIaSla's commerce last year, eE-
elusive Of gold production, reached
$4,000, 600, or nearly three tines ths
amouns paid for the territory.
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On the Newspapers. he never seems 70
have had the faculty 81 getting that par
ticulaF Kind of fame. and yet AZ Are
Eardsd n the var depaFtnent ~ "a
many Ways TIE most aecpmpl pro-
fessloual soldier A TIE service During
ana amer the var with Ealn BE- vas
Gen corbin's assistant Is TIE olce g
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hcers Of the new
general stan Of the
army. That is 1T
ting, Il there e 81
sumed to Be any
merit In the gen
eral star. for, with
the ezcsp30n o.
secrstary Root.
Carter Is responsi-
BE Tor its creation
more than any
other one nan
Carter a not a
omoer whose name
-
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The cost once Sleuth-
There Is another man in the post Of
Zee Investigation who Is Of quite q DIFF
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BUSY DAYS N
WASHINGTON
Amy and Post once Changes Keep
Things On the Move.
DefaIeatIoa ~ District % CoIumhta
OmeIaI-Maj. Gen. Hey1good %
Retire from Marine Corps
Postal scandal Gossip.

Washingt0n.-The District Of Co
lumbia has had q shock from which it
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cen. Carter 81 the staR.
Brig. Gen. William II. Carter has
been named one Of the three general Of
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Gen. HeyWOGa 70 Retire.
The United States marine corps 81
about to lose as its commandment an Of
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Troubles OF the Postmaster General.
Just at the present moment Postmas-
ter General Payne is the object Of more
The Irish standard., 1903-10-31
PauIist Fathers Mission.

A mission by the Paulist Fathers of
New York will commence tomorrow
at the high mass at the Church of st.
Anthony of padua, Main street and
Eighth avenue NE, to continue two
weeks. Features of the mission will
be the free lectures for non-C Ca tholics
every evening at s o'clock. Questions
bearing OH the doctrines of the Cath
Ole Church deposited in the question
box at the middle door will be answer
ed the following evening. The sub
jects of the lectures for the coming
week are as follows: Sunday, high
mass, "Zeal"; Sunday evening, "The
Divinity of Christ; Monday evening.
THE Necessity of Faith; Tuesday
evening, 1.-The Bible; Wednesday
evening, 1.-THE Church.; Thursday
evening, Confession; Friday even
ing, 1.-The Real Presence"
The Irish standard., 1903-10-31
CITY IN BRIEF.

Standard Catholic Book Store,
Books and Religious Articles, 81, 4th
st. s., End floor.
The Irish standard., 1903-10-31
Colleen Bawn at the Lyc@ UNI.

The Ferris Stock company will pre-
sent at the Lyceum for the week COM
mencing Sunday evening, November
LIST, at SIS. with the usual bargain
matinees on Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday, Dion Boucicault's excellen,
domestic drama in four acts entitled,
colleen Bawn." This play has not
been seen in this city for number
of years, and a liberal patronage is
expected. A grand scenic production
of this piece is promised. Miss Mautie
Gilbert, who has been away from the
city all summer, will return to the
cast in this piece. There is very little
need of going into details regarding
the play, except to say that it is the
best Irish play ever written, and deals
with the Irish land owners, who made
life very miserable for those who did
not own their land, but rented. There
is Il simple love story interviewer with
the plot, which makes it intensely in
teresting.
The cast is a very large one and
special pains have been taken to cast
the different members of the company
in roles which they are best suited
to act, so as to make this production
credit to the Ferris organization.
Joseph Totten is cast NIyles Ma
Coppaleen; A. Byron Beasley will in
tcrpret the role of Hardness Cregan;
the part of Danny Mann will be play
ed by William II. Murdoch; Ernest
Fisher is cast as Kyrle DAILY; e. 2.
Jerome is cast as Father Tom; the
part of BERTHE O'AIoore will be played
by S. f. Shannon; Mr. Chas. G. Burn
ham will interpret the role of Mr.. Cor
rigan; w. Kelly will be seen as a
servant; the part of Hyland Creagh
will be played by Joe Lawlis; Albert
Meyer will be seen as Il corporal;
AIaude Gilbert is cast as ELY O'Con-
nor; Maisie Cecil will be seen as Anne
Chute; Elawaren Harmon is cast as
Mrs. Cregan; Laurette Allen is cast
as Sheelah; the part of Kathleen
Creagh will be played by Ella Ring
valid; Orma Stevenson will play the
part of Ducie Blennerhasset. Act /,
scene 1, shows the exterior of Mrs.
Cregan's-on the banks of Killarney.
Scene 2, the cap at Dunloe. Scene 3,
Eily's cottage on Muckrose Head -
The oath.
Act 2, the gap at Dunloe. Scene 2,
room at Mrs. Cregan's.
Act 8, scene 1, exterior of Eily's
cottage. Scene 2, wood on the verge
Of lake. Scene 3, cave in the noun
tains-The attempted murder.
Act 4, scene /, Danny Mann's home.
Scene 2, chamber in Castle Chute.
Scene 8, exterior of Myles hut. Scene
4, the grounds of Castle Chute. Scene
5, interior of Castle Chute. 1.-THE Col
leen Bawn.' Following colleen
Bawn," the Ferris Stock company
will present the roaring farce,
Browns in Town." and among the
plays to be seen at the Lyceum in the
near future are "Way Out West"
''The Galley Slave" "The Man Out
side,' and "In Missouri
The Irish standard., 1903-10-31
Autumn Weddings.

A wedding of interest to Minneap-
oils people was that which united Miss
b. Sullivan, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs
p. J. Sullivan, Elma. Iowa, to w. J.
Murray, of Minneapolis. The mar
rage took place Tuesday morning at
Elma, Father L. II. Gum reading the
high nuptial mass. A wedding break
fast was served at the home of the
brides parents, after which Mr.. and
Mrs. Murray left for Minneapolis. The
bride wore a gown Of blue wolfe and
carried bride roses. Her travelling
gown was green zibeline with hat to
match. Mr.. and Mrs. Murray arrived
in Minneapolis Wednesday morning
and will be at home at 191 Lyndale
avenue N. John Murray, father Of the
bridegroom, and Miss Margaret Muir
ray, a sister, were present at the mar
rage Mrs. Murray, the bridegroom's
mother, was called to Hope, N. D., by
the illness of relative, SO was unable
to witness the ceremony.
Miss Mary Buckley, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. James r. Buckley, was mar
ried to Arthur Griswold Tuesday even
ing at the residence of Rev. Father
Dugan, pastor Of Holy Rosary church.
After the ceremony reception was
held at the home of the bride, 1888 Fiji
teenth avenue S. Miss Buckley wore
a dainty wedding gown of white silk
null over white silk, with yoke and
trimmings of Mechlin lace. Her flow
ers We're brides roses Her maid of
honor, Miss Catherine Clifford, wore a
dress of pink silk, with a slip of pink
null and carried pink roses. Burt
Dykman was best man. Misses Grace
and Ailleen Hupp played the bridal
music and the brides sister, Miss Kit
ty, played for the guests at the recep-
ton. Decorations OF pink carnations
and smilax frightened the rooms and
clusters of flowers were used in great
profusion. Assisting in receiving and
in the dining-rOOm were Mines. Fl. A,
O'Brien, J. A. Kennedy, d. Mcdonald,
NJ. F. Crahen and Mrs. Buckley. Mr..
and Mrs. Griswold will remain in Min
neapolis until after the Christmas
holidays. They will then go to Aus
tin, MIMI, to reside.
One of the happy matrimonial
events of the week past was the we'd
ding of Michael Garvey and Miss Julia
Grattan, which occurred at the I'm
maculate Conception church Wednes-
day morning at the 8 o'clock mass.
The interesting ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. r. E. Cullen in the
presence of large assemblage of
friends of bride and groom. Mrs.
! Babcock presided at the organ, and