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The broad ax., 1903-05-09
RonndIn Frog, skInu.

From Calcutta comes the strange
news that the skins Of frogs are now
being used to a considerable extent
throughout India for the purpose of
binding books. FrDgs abound in that
country, and boOkbinders clsim that
their skins can be exquisitely col
ored, and when turned into leather
are pliable and durable. The cost Of
dyeing and tanning is, however, some
what greater than in the case Of
ordinary skins, and therefore for the
present only choice books and those
which are not intended to be handled
roughly are covered with frogs
skins
The broad ax., 1903-05-09
DARE NOT HINT AT MURDER.
Turkish Newspapers Are Not Permit
ted to Refer to the Crime
of ReEicIde.

The sultan of Turkey lives in con-
slant dread of death at the hands Of
an assassin and the most extraordi-
nary means are taken to guagd his per-
son from their approach. He has like
wise prohibited any mention of the
crime of regicide in the newspapers
published in his domain. He insists
that every ruler or person of high pO-
litical Importance should die a natural
death. The Stampa of Turin says that
other manners of death are not Off
cially recognized by Nischan Effendi,
the censor. When King Humbert was
assassinated at Monza the Turkish
newspapers announced the sad event
in this way: king Humbert left the
hall amid the frantic cheers of the peO-
pie. The king, much affected, bowed
several times and to all appearances
was Immediately dead" When the
shah of Persia was assassinated the
Turkish papers said: "In the after
noon the shah drove to his summer
palace and there complained of illness.
His corpse was sent to Teheran." One
paper excelled all others by this absurd
piece of euphemistic simPlificatiOn:
"The shah left a little i'll. but finally
his corpse returned to the palace"
This was too much even for the Turks,
who keep the phrase as one of their
prOyerbs
The broad ax., 1903-05-09
TO KEEP PRETTY HANDS.
II YOu Pay Attention TO ThIs Buneh
Of ssDOn'ts" YOu Can Have Then
the Year Around

Don't visit your manicure too often
Too much manicuring is worse than
not enough.
Don't polish nails too highly; they
81 Juld have only a natural gloss. Toe
much polishing makes them tender.
Don't polish nails without first rub
bing on a little rose-tinted paste. Use
the palm of the hand to polish.
Don't cut nails without first holding
them in warm water or sweet oil.
Don't cut them too often, or they
will become thick and ugly.
Don't cut the cuticle or any part OF
the flesh around the nails.
Don't cut the nails in points, but let
them be carefully arched.
Don't use a file or emery paper on
the fat surface of the nail, but only
on the elge, to level it.
Don't dry the hands with towel,
but with a silk handkerchief, which
absorbs moisture more readily.
Don't neglect 70 press back the skin
around the nail after washing the
hands. so that the crescent, or half
moon, win show.
Don't use ammonia In the bath with
out applying a cold cream afterWaFd.
Don't use lemon juice too often on
the hands. Try white vinegar instead
Lemon juice shrivels and yellows The
surface.
Don't wear gloves every night or the
- In become yellow. Occasional
use Of gloves. however, is advisable
Don't let the hands hang down, OF
the blood win an and stretch the veins-
Don't forget that warm feet have
i.uch 70 DO with white hands. When
the feet are habitnally Geld. the hnpds
are always red or blue.-Washingf0n
StaE.
The broad ax., 1903-05-09
WORLDS FAIR SLANG.
"a. LouIs VIII New Set the Pace In the
Comlng OF NeW Words AID
PkEases.

One of the enduring effects of the
Chicago fair in 1898 was the amount Of
slang originated there. The Philadel-
phia centennial is indissolubly con-
nected in the minds Of many persons
with the disappearance of Charley
Ross, and from that exhibition dates,
practically, the host Of jokes that have
flooded magazines and enlivened the
stage on the slOthfulness Of Philadei-
Phia and Philadelphians, says the Chi
eagO Inter Ocean.
Now, St. Louis, in anticipation OF the
opening of the Louisiana Purchase ex-
hibition, has been Furnishing up some
of the recent slang Of the Mississippi
valley, and some Of the items may be
obtained from advance sheets, so to
speak.
What is called in Chicago a dead
one" or a sleeper" is in St. Louis a
'erape." The St. Louis version Of the
expression "the real thing" for pref
ty girl is "a swell doll" A ''crOwn
guy"-is a policeman, a "gitney" is a
nickel, and mugs landing" is the
Union station.
st. LOus has a large southern and
southwestern population. The south
west has in recent years, superseded
the west very generally as the starting
place Of most American slang, and st.
Louis has some geographical advan-
tages in this respect that are not likely
to be obscured by the action of any
of its up-to-date citizens.
The broad ax., 1903-05-09
ChIckamauga and ChattanooEa.

The word Chickamauga means
"duH, sluggish stream" and it is
from the waters of the creek that
the Indians, who were among the
most daring and warlike Of all the
tribes in east Tennessee, got their
names, says the Chattanooga Times.
The original Interpretation Of Chat
tanOOga has long been lost. The gen.
eral aeeeptation Of the meaning Of
the word is Hawks Nest" said to
have been suggested by the valley
nesting in the shadow Of the ridges
and mountain. Others say that the
word is derived from the name Clan.
owah, given by the Cherokees to
small, warlike hawks that made their
nests in the cliffs Of Lookout mogn-
tain.
The broad ax., 1903-05-09
MAGGIE SCOTT.

of Sir Walter Scott. Consequently,
when 1 had TO take a name for myself
I chose his, and when my first son was
born called him Walter, after the
great writer whose works gave me so
much pleasure during the days of my
civilization"
When 1 asked her If she had never
lOnged to return to her civilized life
she replied to the effect that, while Oe-
easiOnally little longing would come
into her heart, she had no real desire
TO leave her own people. With them
she was eontented TO live and die.
GEORGE WHARTON JAMES.
The broad ax., 1903-05-09
THE ITALIAN IMMIGRANT.
He Il InduHtriOua and Thrifty, But
Does Not BecOme Fully
AmericanIEed.

Italy is still sending over sea swarms
Of her people who risk the hazards Of
new fortunes in the United States, and
the steamships from the Mediter-
ranean brings hosts Of steerage pas
sengers TO Ellis island, says the New
York Tribune. The sturdy sons of
Italy toll industriously in their new
homes, and almost every one Of them
saves money in the new world. But
too many of them go back TO their old
homes to live on their savings. Too
many persist in remaining Italian in
heart and soul, in habits and SYM
pathies and ways of living, and refuse
to cast their lot in this hemisphere to
the end of their days and become thor
Ough Americans.
The Italian element, both in North
America and South America, is numer-
Gus and important. Too large a part
Of II, however, is transitOry. Immi-
grants from Ireland, Germany, Swe-
den and all the Scandinavian peoples
cross the Atlantic with the purpose Of
staying permanently in this half Of
the globe. But the passion FOR the old
scenes and the old conditions appears
to be almost jnextinguishable among
the descendants Of the ancient RO-
mans.
The broad ax., 1903-05-09
SOME poLITICAL PRAYERS.
Singular suPPTieatiOHs Attributed %
chhplaIns OF Several LeEIs-
IatIye 8OGies.

The Philadelphia Record recalls
some political prayers made by chap
lains of legislative bodies. 1t was
inoffensive, bat in poor taste, when a
chaplain in the Delaware legislature
prayed: "Oh, Lord, Thy servants are
In a deadlock. Give them the key"
During the last Cuban insurrection a
chaplain in legislature prayed: THAT
the United States might supply with
arms, il necessary, those in Cuba who
were struggling for liberty" and that
we might insist upon uphOlding the
Monroe doctrine" The chaplain Of
the Illinois house prayed God to con
tract the capaciOus nav Of the penal
reformatory institutions Of Illinois.
May they learn to be content with less
money, and may we who refuse to
worship a golden calf also refuse TO
worship gold in any form"
The chaplain of a pOpulist eonyen-
tion in Arkansas prayed that the state
might be delivered from democratic
control. In the Colorado legislature
Dean Peck prayed that the populists
and democrats might be resigned to
their fate. A Populist chaplain in
Kansas prayed God to palsy the brain
and still the heart Of the reasonable
eonspiratOrs," to-wit, the republicans.
In a Massachusetts campaign a min
lister prayed for the triumph Of right
eOusness, and then broke out: "Oh,
Lord, what's the use Of beating about
the bush? Give us Briggs for gov
ernor."
The broad ax., 1903-05-09
s1ownform IN Miniature.

At an evening party in a Stockholm
residence the heat became almost in
tolerable. The window sashes were
found frozen and a pane Of glass was
shattered. A current Of cold air rushed
in and at the same instant fakes Of
snow were seen 20 fan TO the floor in al
parts Of the room. The atmosphere
was so, saturated with moisture that
the sudden fan in temperature pro-
d3cei a snowfall indoors.
The broad ax., 1903-05-09

What would the ordinary woman
say TO a family that used every day
10000 napkins, 1900 towels, $500
sheets, 10000 plates and 1900 knives
and forl1s2 This is what is required
by one Of the large hotels in New.
York. at which a man cannot live for
much less than eight dollars q day.
The hotel win accommodate 1000
people, besides 1,5OO servants TO wait
on them.
The broad ax., 1903-05-09

"Yes," said the museum manager,
"'Tve engaged a living skeleton and a
fat freak that are positively unique" {"
But living skeletons and fat women
are such chestnuts-"
"Ah! You've said it. These are a
living skeleton woman and a fat man" /"
Philadelphia Press.
The broad ax., 1903-05-09
ArIIe.

Oldhand-Got an automobile, have
you? Strange never see you on the
road.
B. Ginner-That's because as soon as
land there I pick myself up and
scramble back into the machine.-Phil-
sdelphia Press.
The broad ax., 1903-05-09

PA, what's the difference between
a balloon and an airship?"
Why, my son, a balloon goes
straight up, but nobody can tell
where an airship is going until the
earth bumps into it."-N. Y. Herald.
The broad ax., 1903-05-09
There Are Others,

The other day a young man gave e
reason for not dancing, the spirit Of
which might be made to apply to a
good many failures in life.
"Ishould like to dance, - he said, "and
should dance, only the music puts me
out and the girl gets in my way."-Tit-
Bits.
The broad ax., 1903-05-09
Cutting IL short.

How would you like your hair cut,
sir?" asked the barber, with the scis-
sors or clippers?"
Both" replied the victim use the
scissors on my hair and the clippers on
your conversation. ."-Cincinnat En-
Quirer.
The broad ax., 1903-05-09

"It's a mistake to say the course
of true love never did run smooth, I"
reflected Mr.. MeelCun. ''In thousands
Of cases it does run smoOth-until il
reaches the ocean of matrimony,
which I'll admit, is sometimes rough
enough. Chicago Tribune.
The broad ax., 1903-05-09
Quite q DIaerenee.

Mrs. Baeon-Ready and willing are
synonymous termssare theynot?
Mr.. BacOn-Not always. For in
stance, you are always willing TO go TO
the theater, but you're not always
ready.-Tit-Bifs.
The broad ax., 1903-05-09
No Reform Wanted.

think they ought TO enforce
the law which requires that oleomar-
garine shall be distinctly labeled as
such"
Heavens, mol Let us keep some Of
our illusions. Judge.
The broad ax., 1903-05-09

The sun flung kiss to the vine by the wall,
Where It lived all austere in the shadow Of
gloom,
And it shuddered at thought Of politeness
so small; =
Then it blushed, and was radiant with
roses in bloom
-WashingtOn Star.
The broad ax., 1903-05-09
BEGAN Early In LIE.

Bacon-I understand j. Pierpont
Morgan began watering stock at q
very early age.
Egbert-Can that be possible?
Yes; he worked on a farm as &
boy."-Yonkers Statesman.
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one LIffIr Enrnr.

She-No, it can never be. I do not
ioEe you enough to be your wife. But,
before you go, want to ask one favor
Re (dejectedly)-Well, what?
she-Please do not marry any one
else.-N. Y. Weekly.
The broad ax., 1903-05-09
Fatnronfana 49, %.

Dr. Julius BOeckelmann, German
physician and scientist, who went to
Patagonia eight years ago to study
the conditions Of the country. says
the Patagonians win be extinct in e
few years.
The broad ax., 1903-05-09

Softleigh-I say, doctah. 10 you-aw
believe that liquor really Affects 5
mans brain?
Physician-Yes, II he has any. Other.
wise il affects his -Cincinnafi En-
quirer.
The broad ax., 1903-05-09

Mouldy Mike-Pm gettin' along slicl,
now. Always asks fer work at me
trade, and never gifts offered any.
Weary William-What do you pre-
tSnd to be7
"A tombstone carver.H
"And don't you ever git offered a
jOb?"
HNsw. I keeps away from towns
wUts got trolley cars."-N. Y. Weekly.
The broad ax., 1903-05-09

Wen, I suppese RockefeIler lives ae-
cording to his lights.
4 don't know. Sometimes I think
other peoples lights have more % DO
with it."-Detroit Free Press.
The broad ax., 1903-05-09

II an and an and an o and an,
With an X az the end, spell Su.
And an and 7 and spell AMI
Pray, what q the speller to doP
Then II also an and an and q
An an H E d spell eide,
There Is nothing much left for the speller q
do
But to go and commit Siouxeyssighea
Tft-Bitg
The broad ax., 1903-05-09
water FTeeaes EvsFy NIEht.

Water freezes every night Of the
year at Alto Crueero. in Bolivia;
while at MONDAY the sun q hot
enongh 70 hlister the hesh.
The broad ax., 1903-05-09

Wei, that lets me out. ? grlnned the
hobo, pointing to the open gates-cor.
nell Widow.
Bisbee daily review., 1903-08-18
sWINDLERS WORK KALAMAZOO
Women of Michigan Town Imposed
 Upon by Two Men.

Kalamazoo, Mich, Aug. 17.-Many Kalamazoo society women have been swindled for considerable sums by clever operators. Last week a circular letter purporting to come from a ma rine insurance company stated that representatives of the company would offer for sale as salvage undamaged goods. including fine linen and silks below manufacturers cost.
 On Saturday two men registered at a leading hotel and began the harvest. They visited women like Mrs. Bur- rows, wife of the senator, and took many orders. They represented that they were also to establish a women's tailoring shop. and to advertise the same would make a few suits at nominal cost.
 They collected money on linens and silks which they had sold from sam ples. saying they would be back to make deliveries today The. police are looking for them.
Bisbee daily review., 1903-08-18
SENSATIONAL STATEMENT.
Alleged lnhuman Treatment Admin istered to a Wyoming Stage
 Robber.
4raIs-

Butte Mont. Aug. 17.-On the strength of a sensational signed sta e. ment made by Edward Dorvs' chief operator of the Western Union Te'e- graph company here. 10 the effect that he was an eye witness 10 the terrible beating administered to Frank Orion. the Wyoming stage robber. who led the jail-break several days ago, Coron- CT Egan has ordered an autopsy per Kormed on Orloff's body. Dorval alleges that he saw Orloff kicked in the stomach repeatedly in an effort to make him divulge the name of the person who gave him the gun used in the jail break. until the mans groans and frantic cries for mercy were hushed by insensibility. Or loff's body was found hanging in his cell yesterday morning, and the pris- oner is alleged to have been driven to suicide by the terrible treatment he received at the hands of his jail ors. The case has caused the great est kind of a sensation.
Bisbee daily review., 1903-08-18

wouldn't hold again. He had consta- ble threaten me in order to drive me away. but didn't scare.
 ''The old chap didn't give in until he saw there was no other way for him. Then he sent for me and offered me $J0 to get the men back into the shop. They had been out a week when he made the offer and were beginning tO realize that they had been too nasty. divided the money between two sa- looms and local charity and called an other meeting. There are stock argu- ments to bring on a strike and others 10 call it of. I didn't take anything back about slavery, the rich growing richer. the poor poorer. capital grind ing labor into the dust, etc, but praised the workmen for having shown the world that they could not be treat ed like black men in the cotton fields and advised them to return to their tools. Next morning the works were running full handed again. and start ed out to meet with further adven- lures. believe could have kept those men ont for month but having got even with Old POmposity l had noth- ing further to gain. He was at the factory gate as I passed it, and such was the change in him that he even waved me a farewell.' NJ. QUAD.
Bisbee daily review., 1903-08-18
THE C. 0. D. MAN.
He TellS How He Caused Strike and
 Then Called It Off.

"YN my wanderings over the land as
 a dilapidated gentleman l have
 of course met up with all phases
 of human nature" said the C. O. D. man as he pocketed his quarter and settled down for talk. Il cant say much for it in general I have found nine-tenths of the people selfish to a degree. and rarely have l found any thing like sympathy. The fact seems to be that everybody, from the tramp up, is on the make.
 Il was thinking the other day of little incident that occurred to me in Pennsylvania two or three years ago. As l entered the gate of a farmyard the well caved in on the farmer who was digging 1t. The beams and boards went over him in such a way as to prevent his being smothered, but at the same time held him fast. There was no one around but his wife, who had just got off a sick bed, and the nearest house was two miles away. didn't lose any time going after help. 1 got shovel and began digging, and it took five hours of the hardest kind of work to release the imprisoned man. The first thing he did was to fall upon my neck and offer me half his posses ued for half an hour, and then we sat down to a very plain supper, and he began to cool off. By the time we were through he said to me:
 You dug me out, of course, but l was in no great danger and could have waited until tomorrow. I want you to know that I appreciate your work. but I do think you ought to pay me at least 10 cents extra for this supper
 "I had the money, and l paid and left He offered to let me sleep in the COW shed and furnish breakfast at a reasonable figure, but thought 1t best to jog on.
 At another time. in Ohio, a farm CTS team ran away and threw him out. and he broke his leg. l caught the horses, got him into the wagon and drove him home. Then I went for the doctor. drove to the village druggist and sat up with the patient all night. He was profuse in his thanks. telling me that I should have a home with him for year but when l had fed the stock and milked the cows next morn ing and was ready to tackle the wood pile he called me in and said:
 "I have been thinking things over. and guess you'd better move on. Pro visions are very high this fall, and my wife says you have a mOnstrous appe- tite Here's 15 cents, and l hope you will go into some business and quit tramping.'
 Tt was a bit tough on me" smiled the C. o. D. man. but no more than I might have expected. I walked of without taking his money, and he did not call me back.
 Tt was in Indiana that I applied to factory one day for work. having had enough of the highway for awhile. The
Bisbee daily review., 1903-08-18
NEW RAILROAD
 FOR SONORA
PROMINENT ATTORNEY SE- CURES CONCESSION FROM
 MEXICO.
PRoMINE
Line Proposed to Be Constructed from "a Point Opposite Demine to
 Guaymas.

Lie Alberto Morales. of HeTmosillo. is guest of the Angelus, en route home from Mexico City. where he has been for the past five months. in the interest of a company that desires to build another railroad in Sonora. and he believes that the concession will soon be granted. capitalist by the name of c. c. Campbell is at the head of the concern, he says. and it is proposed to construct the line from point opposite Deming across Sonora, to Guaymas. which Sr Mo rales believes. would open up a new and rich territory.
 While in the capital of the sister re- public ST. Morales also took up the matter of a concession to w C. Campbell. for land for a cattle ranch in the free zone or Sonora and sue ceeded in obtaining a grant of 200.- 900 acres for his client. The land is on the llDe of the new Nacozari railroad. and is very valuable.
 When asked regarding the report that the Mexican government was about 70 take steps to exclude the Chinese from that country. ST, Mo rales said that no active steps had been taken. but that it was the gen. eral sentiment of the better class os people that immigration of Chinese should be restricted. mot because of commercial reasons" he said. but purely for hygienic reasons as we believe they imported the bubonic plague into Mexico The people If Hermosillo and stnora would like very well to have immigration of these people restricted. but in view of the existing treaty with China we do not know whether this can be done We believe that the greatest danger lies from those who dOme from the Pacific coast and pass into 3onora th1eugh the United States in bond"
 Asked regarding the report that General Torres. governor of Sonora was 10 be made minister of war for Mexico. Sr Morales said he had not heard so. and that Governor Tor res told him a few days ago that be would return to Sonora as soon IS the cool weather set in again in tha; state.
 ST. Morales was formerly d resi- dent of Ciudad Juarez, where he was judge of letters for a long time, and he speaks English fuently.
Bisbee daily review., 1903-08-18

owner of the works was fat. pomp- ous man, who imagined himself great CT than the president, and though l spoke to him civilly enough he gave me a blessing for daring to speak at all and ordered me off the premises. l couldn't go fast enough to please him, or didn't, and as be happened to be a justice of the peace as well as a capi- talist he had me arrested as a vagrant and sent me to jail for twenty days.
 "The jailer was a decent man, and got along all right. but I felt it my duty to get even with Old Pomposity. He had 340 men in his shop. and they were working only nine hours and had good pay. There was nothing what ever for one to kick about. but as soon as I got my liberty I started a little scheme. got hold of a crowd of about twenty in a saloon after working hours and preached the subject of eight hours a day and 10 per cent more wages. They all smiled at first, but it wasn't long before some of them were growl- ing. Next day at noon made little speech at the gate, and 1 followed that  by another little speech at night.
 'T made out that Old Pomposity was draining the lifeblood of his workmcn to enrich himself and that they had no right to call themselves free men while toiling like slaves. There are certain stock arguments, the same as there are certain stock soups, and the man who uses them will always find listeners and believers. I created feeling of discontent within twenty-four hours, and within forty-eight hours there was a strike on that took every man out of the works. It was a surprise and a hard blow to the owner. He had me arrested for melting trouble, but law yer who was down on him took my case for nothing and carried me through. Then he fell back upon va. grancy, but had s10 in cash, and il
Bisbee daily review., 1903-08-18
Knirht. and Ladies of Honor

The supreme lodge propagaung con- mittee held a three days session at In dianapois recently and formulated plans for a vigorous campaign Of prop agaton in every jurisdiction in the country.
 There is a general waking up all along the line iD the order. The mem bership is increasing, the finances are in satisfactory condition. and the or der seems to be a participant in the general prosperity.
 The semiannual returns from the lodges show the membership of Mis- ,ouri 10 be increased over a thousand Ilring the term.