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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-04-25
CURIOUS BIS OF SCIENCE.

IvvRrowinR on a house, so far from
making the house damp, as Is usually
supposed, actually extracts ali nous
ture from the walls.
That meteors contain gold has oeen
demonstrated before the koyal 90
eiety. New South Wales. This suggests
that the thousands Of tons OF mete'
oric dust which fall upon the earth
each year deposit gold everywhere
The milky sea, as it is known 70
mariners, is not yet fully understood
It seems to be most common IN the
tropical waters Of the Indian ocean
and is described as weird, CHASTITY
awe-inspiring,a and as giving the OBJ
server on shipboard the sensation OF
passing through a sort Of luminous
fog in which sea and sky seemed TO
ioin and all sense Of distance is lost.
The phenomenon is probably due TO
some form OF phOsphOrescence.
Non-actinlc white light, first made
known by a French photographer
some years ago, is produced by filter
ing sunlight through a colorless solu-
ton of three parts Of nickel chloride
and one part of cobalt chloride, ultra
violet rays being absorbed by coat
ing the containing vessel with collod-
ion mixed with sulphate of quinine
slightly calculated with sulPhuric
acid. Sensitive paper has been ex-
posed to this filtered white light for
a week without change.
There was an indoor snOwstOrm on
q very clear, cold evening recently at
a party given in Stockholm, Sweden.
Many people were gathered in a
single room, which became so warm
as to be insufferable. The window
sashes were found frozen and pane
of glass was smashed out. A cold
air current rushed in, and at the
same instant fakes of snow were
seen to fall to the floor in all parts
Of the room. The atmosphere was
so saturated with moisture that the
sudden fall in temperature produced
a snowfall indoors.
Many strange forms of the hens
egg have been collected by Clement
L. Webster. In one an elongated
large egg is connected by a narrow
neck to a small egg, both parts being
soft-sbelled, while only the smaller
has a yolk. Another elongated egg
Is elub-shaped, while a similar one
has the small end bent up like that
Of the croOkt neck gourd. A triple
egg. consisting of three distinct eggs
Joined, has a hard shell and contain
ed only albumen. with no yOlk; while
a large normal-shaped egg contained
three yolks. In one egg was a second
complete egg, including the she'll
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-04-25
PLACED DUTY BEFORE work.
Nan In Need Of Employment Refused
Job TO March with the IN
employed.

A London preacher had an interest
ing experience not long ago with hun
CRY man. The mendicant explained
that he had found il absolutely impOs-
sible TO get work. He had applied ev-
erywhere, always to be turned away,
and at last nothing remained for him
but to beg from door to door for the
food that was necessary to keep life In
his body.
The clergymsn's heart was filed
with pity. The poor man seemed to be
honest, and after being furnished with
a good meal he was asked where a mes
sage would reach him. he gave an ad-
dress and went away.
Then the preacher sat down TO think
the matter over. He knew Of no work
that he could find for the man. but he
decided 20 invent q Job.
Accordingly the next day the preach
er sent a message to the luckless man,
saying:
"Come at once. I have . position
for you. We need a man to clean our
school house and keep it in order"
He received an immediate reply as
follows:
"Sorry I can't come. IhsvetO march
with the unemployed to-day Would
tomorrow do?"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-04-25
MILITARY AND NAVAL.

Great Britain is this year ProVid-
ing for the construction Of three
great vessels of 1900 tons disPlaee-
ment, or 1000 tons more than the
large vessels congress has just au-
thOrized.
The San Francisco Dry Dock com
pany has Just completed at Hunters
Point one of the finest dry docks in
the world. It is large enough for two
battleships at one time and can be
pumped out in two hours.
It Is as well understood in the navy
as il Is in the merchant marine that
the larger the ship the greater eff
cheney per ton of ship. Each ton of
the 10000 tons of the Connecticut
represents vastly more fighting pow
er than each ton of a 12,OOO-ton Ala
bama.
The only ex-oGicer of the eonfeder-
ate army who clings to his uniform Is
Gen. George F. Afford, of Dallas,
Tex. He has never discarded his
colors since he donned them to go
into the army in the early eos.
Pedestrians turn to look at him, peer
ing at his badges, scanning his gold
belt and trying to decipher the let
tiers on his old army hat. Gen. Afford
has been a judge, a legislator and a
congressman.
In a test Of the electromagnetic
cannon of Prof. Kirkland, the Nor
wegian physicist, 22-pOund projeetile
from a 2H-inch bore was made to
penetrate to a depth Of 10 inches;
and it is claimed that a projectile of
LOO pounds could be discharged from
12-inch gun with a speed Of more
than 200 yards per second, without
fame or explosion. The special adj
vantage is that projectiles can be dis
charged with a force that would de-
strOy the gun If ordinary explosives
were used.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-04-25
- 80. -.

TIE number Of men employed a.
teachers IN the public schools Of this
country S slowly but steadily decreas-
ing. Ascending to William T. Harris,
United States Commissioners OF eduea-
ton. the percentage Of male teachers
in the public schools in 1870 was Al per
cent In 1900 the percentage was only
%. The reasons for this decrease are
easily found. The work does nos offeI
Is great inducements 70 men as It once
did. Teaahers in secondary schools are
now required 10 be specialists, and the
salaries are not enough to attract men
70 make 3 lie career in this held.
Women 81 Increasing numbers have
gradually taken their places In point
81 training they are as vel fitted for
the work, and IN point az tempera-
ment better adapted 70 haadls chil.
dren.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-04-25
STICKS 10 OLD CUSTOMS.
FAs suDrsns cOurt % the Unitsa
states Il welded % lts
TEaaldoha.

The supreme court Of the United
States does business on an antiquateo
plan. VALE It undoubtedly IL the most
digniaed body Of men in this country
a not IN the world, IL has its peeuiari-
ties. and they are striking ones, says
the indianapolis Sentinel One Of the
traditions of the court prevents news
paper correspondents from attending
the sessions Of the court IN their pro
fesEional capacity. Provision IL made
for a representative Of each Of the
great bress associations, but the CORE
Epondents have to push and crowd IN
behind the rear railing with the hun
dreds Of other spectators. Usually
they have to stand up, and If they are
seen taking notes an attendant escorts
them TO the door. The result Is that
the 200 or more correspondents have TO
depend on their memory for their re-
ports of proceedings in the supreme
courtroom.
There is another custom Of the court
which prevents correspondents from
seeing the opinions handed down until
they have secured authority from the
Judges who severally deliver them
from the bench. This authority is not
always given, the judge exercising his
own discretion about Il. Not infre-
quently the correspondent has to go
to the home of the judge to get the
written authority, and perhaps by the
time he gets back to the capitol the Of
fee of the clerk of the court Is closed.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-04-25
DOG WITH GOLD TOOTH.
philadelphia Canine of the "BuIIS
Breed Has Remarkable Mouth
AdOrnment.

A well-snown Philadelphia pet
stock dealer some years ago hit upon
a very odd and effective way to iden-
tify a dog, says the Philadelphia Rec
ord. The owner Of this dog called
on him and said:
Jack, my valuable bull, Is running
away all the time. So far he has
been traced and found in each Of his
flights, but IL has been amatter Of
difficulty, and am afraid that some
day he will be irretrievably lost be-
cause of the lack of some positive
and striking mark of Identification. -
"You want" said the dealer. "a
good identifying mark? Well, III tell
you what to do. Go to a dentist and
have a gold crown put on one of the
dogs front teeth. The crown won't
hurt the tooth; on the contrary, il will
preserve It; and always Il win be a
mark whereby your dog viii be
readily known"
The other did as the dealer advised.
and since then there have appeared
from time to time advertisements in
the newspapers that began:
'Lost-A bulldog with a gold front
tooth"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-04-25
RECENT COURT DECISIONS.

The publication Of an article ad-
vOcating the murder of rulers and
the destruction of organized society
is held, in people vs. Most On. ".
So L. r. A. 500, not to be protected
by q constitutional provision that
every citizen may freely publish his
sentiments on all subjects, being re-
sponsible for the abuse Of that right.
A certificate of stock of a corpora
ton, expressed on its face to be
transferable only on the books of the
company at its Office, personally or
by attorney, or surrender of the GER
tificate, and transferred in blank
upon its back, is held, in Farmers
bank vs.. DiebOld Safe and Lock COM
pany (OhiO), So L. R. A. go, not TO
be a negotiable instrument.
One who stores water along a
stream which is natural highway
for running logs and discharges il
for the purposes of aiding a drive,
so as to increase the natural volume
of the stream and overflow and wash
away the banks, is held, in Brewster
VS.. j. & j. Rogers Co. On. ", IS L.
r. A. 495, to be liable for the injury
thereby caused to riparian owners.
II one in charge Of an electric car,
seeing that a horse is frightened by
the approach Of the car, and that its
driver is in danger, continues to
sound the gong or ring the bell, and
further frightens the horse and
causes 1t to run away, the car COM
pany Is held, in, Oates vs.. Metropoli-
tan Street Railway company (Mo.) So,
l. r. A. AT, to be liable for the In
juries thereby caused to the driver.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-04-25
THE ANIMAL KIN GDoM.

There is said to be only one musk-ox
in captivity. This is in the zoo at
Hamburg.
Cats hate water because their fur
has nothing oily about it, and conse-
quently takes long time to dry.
Wax is not gathered. from flowers
nor from any other source, but Is a
natural secretion of the bees and is
only produced by them during heavy
honey flows.
That mosquitoes are responsible for
malaria was apparently known long
ago to acertain African hill tribe which
gave the same name, "Mbu," TO mo-
squitOes and to malaria.
Wolves can, and often do, run so to 90
miles in a night. Foxes travel great
distances in search Of food. Nansen
saw an arctic fox out on the ice $50
miles from the Asiatic coast.
When feeding, the stride of an os-
trich is from 20 to % inches; whep
walking, but not feeding, 20 inches,
and when terrified II and a half to IA
feet, or at the rate Of about 25 miles an
hour.
New kinds Of living butterflies can be
producedfrOm existing forms by great
" increasing or decreasing the temper
ature of the place where the butter
flies are kept. A difference in eoloring
and even in form has thus been OBJ
tanned by Prof. Fischer In recent ex-
periments.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-04-25
MINT IN THEIR COFFEE.
vt-taEe OF q Society Leader TaEsa
COR the Real ThinE hy An
bitIOus Emu1atOrs.

That the advice, watch how others
do and then do likewise" is not always
good TO social aspirants, was Illus
trated the other evening at a dinner
given BY a young maarOn in honor Of
a guest Of acknowledged SOCIAL stand
ing, relates the Chicago Tribune.
When coffee was served, and with Il
the indispensable chocolate mints, the
guest was seen 20 take one of the
sweets and toy with Il gracefully over
her coffee cup. Instantly every wOm-
an at the table did likewise. Evidently
some new wrinkle of fashion was about
to be exhibited. Every eye was on the
guest and on the mint drop. Determin-
alton 20 follow the leader and give no
sign that they were not in the habit Of
doing this new trick every day was
written on every face. The sudden
calm caused the guest to look up, and
as she did so she inadvertently dropped
her mint into the tiny cup. To her sur
prise a series of clinks ran around the
table as each of the rural ones followed
her mistake.
Approaching the situation, the guest
hastily gulped down her coffee to hide
her mirth.
Later in the evening she heard one
woman remark TO another:
81 don't care IL IL is swell, don't like
mint in my coffee"
"Oh, dear" replied the other, loftily,
sit is really delicious. never think of
taking nv demitasse without IT,"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-04-25
HYDE PARK NEWS

Five visitors attended the Hyde
Park Chapel Sunday School last Sab
hath. On account Of the rain the at.
enhance Of the children was very
small. Rev. Slater preached thought
ful and uplifting sermons morning
md evening. The evening services
were made very attractive by the
beautiful singing Of Mrs. Matte Rob-
inson, the sweet recitation Of little
Ethel WorthingtOn, whom we ali Low,
to hear. and the artistic eornet play
ing Of Miss Irene Howard.
Rev. Slater, wife and a number Of
his congregation attended the First
Anniversary Of the St. Paul Baptist
Church last wednesday night The
Rev. Seemed to be in a very happy
mood and made a very felicitioul
speech which was received with pro
nounced applause.
Mr.. and Ms. Arthur Johnson, the
tailers, are expecting soon to move &c
Harvey, Ill, and occupy their beauti-
ful little cottage there.
Rev. and Mrs. Speese, Newton, Iowa
were visiting Rev Slater and family
this week. AIRS. speese is Rev. Stat
er's sister.
Are yOu going? where? To the Hyde
Park Chapel next Tuesday night to
see Ten Nights In a Bar Room" Yes;
Because all Hyde Park viii be there
ana I an not going to be behind the
excitement Dr.. Murray with his hne
stereoptian viii be there.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-04-25
MERELY MENTIONED.

The estimated cost Of q bridge over
the Straits Of Dover Is $40, 900. 900.
Americans are making an effort to
establish q steel plant ct Flushing,
Holland.
An incubator In use In Australia has
a capacity Of 1i,44O ducks eggs or a.
$50 hens eggs.
SPANS quicksilver mines are falling
on. Only - tons was got last year,
against % the year before.
harseiiles, the great market for olive
oil, imported IN December 1900 tons Of
cottonseed OIL Nearly al Of It was
from the United States.
Casks Of eorkWood weigh only 80
pounds. and a similar eask Of ordinary
wood weighs 50 pounds. These casks,
which were recently invented By q res
idenf Of Algeria, are nonconduetors
Of heat and cold, and the slaves do not
warp.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-04-25
QUAKER PHILOSOPHY.

You can't measure genius by the
length of his hair.
The man who agrees with nobody
things everybody else is wrong.
Some people don't care what hap
pens so long as it doesn't happen to
them.
Women who use cosmetics don't
believe the devil is as bad as he Is
painted.
A whitewashed reputation doesn't
endure any longer than a whitewash-
ed fence.
The most polite people in the
world are those who have gold bricks
to sell you.
When q fellow has money to burn
be may do it because he Is afraid
Of the mierObes.-Philadelphia Rec
ord.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-04-25
WHAT THE SPORTS SAY.

st. Paul and Minneapolis, with twin
friendliness, are quarreIing again, this
time over the state bowling champion
ship.
sandow, the strong man, Is reported
IS taking great interest in the trae-
ton question in Philadelphia. He has
an automobile.
Just now Oxford and Cambridge and
Yale and Harvard diplomats are en-
deavoring to decide. without q serious
breach in international athletic reIs-
lions, and at 81 cents per word, which
side shall send q challenge for q track
meet at London next July. Wouldn't
that, asks the Chicago Tribune, sepa-
rate the buttons from your Waisteoat7
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-04-25
THE COUNTRY NEGRO.
Some of 6he ADVANTAGES He Enjoys
which Are Denied TO His
City Brother.

The average city negro grows mp
In the shade. He is. completely over
Swallowed by his overtowering envi-
ronment. As one walks along the
streets of our great cities and views
the massive buildings and sky-seek-
ing structures, he finds no status for
the negro above the cellar floor. The
city negro of education and culture is
forced into mental employment be-
cause higher forms of occupation are
preempted by the more favored
class. There are a dozen competitors
for every dollar in sight, and in the
great majority Of cases, the negro is
handicapped by his color, says the
Southern Workman.
The country negro, on the con-
trary, is on terms of equality with
his environment. He is not con-
fronted by suggestions of inequality
at every turn. Nature is a mother
who is equally kind and benefcent
to all of her children. An acre of
ground will yield as much for the
black as for the white tiller. The
markets are cOlOrblind. No one in
quires into the color of the producer
Of the best produce in the market,
except as a matter of idle curiosity.
No labor organization has yet placed
a boycott upon negro farm labor.
The farm offers for the negro the
only really unhampered field which
is open to him on an unlimited scale
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-04-25
MooNSHIRERs OF FRANCE.
HundFeds - ThOusands % FanaiIIss
DistEu LA4aOrs for HsusshoId
CORsumptiou.

The recent Agitation Of the bouil-
leurs de cru, or private distillers, Of
France. against the proposals Of n.
Rouvier, the minister Of finance, to
tax their franchise has disclosed the
immense power Of this vested interest
among the Psasantry. It Is estimated
that no fewer than 900, 900 to ], 500 900
families avail themselves Of the priv
lege TO distill from the pears, apples,
damsons and cherries Of their orchards
Epirituous liquors for household con-
sumption, says . London paper. But
Is every hectoliter Of nonexempt Houor
worth, PuhaPs, some S10-is taxed
30 the tune Of 81. there II every induce
ment TO the entsrprising peasant to
distin more than bis household can
consume, IN order 70 do an illicit bust
ness with his neighbor, and in this Way
some 900 to 10000, 900 per an
num escaPas the treasury. In the or
ehard land Of Normandy the privately
distilled liquor Is. indeed, quite q rec
ognized medium Of exchange, and the
bouileur d cru often pays bis work
men, his tailor, his butcher. and HIS
land - terma q aicOhol.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-04-25
PITTSBURG WITHOUT THE "H.|'
Variation In speIIInE the CIty's Name
Ii Often PuHHnnE to Rail-
way Men

Is it Pittsburg or Pittsburgh, any
way? Of % companies indexed IN the
official guide with the names Of that
city forming a part Of their title, five
say burg" and Is say @burgh." The
Ritehes, or oId-stylerS, appear to have
1t, suppOsing the official guide to be
as inerrant as usual, says the Railway
Age. The city papers differ, the ma
jority aspiring to the sspirate-tO
which the progressive Post seems in
its title to say Geel But referring
again TO the guide, it appears that 16
cities named in railway titles, which
have the disputed final syllable, those
beginning with New, Pratts and Mid
die call themselves burghs, where
Fitch, Blooms, Rose, Flemings, Gettys,
Harris. Ham. Lords Ogden, stras,
Philips, Wick and Wsynes are plain
burgs-1s against three. So the Gees
appear TO have it here. But aggre-
eating the Pitts and other burgs and
burghs in the 30 railway titles exam
ined IL Is found that the burghs have
q majority Of three. Nevertheless the
Railway Age votes for the common
sense burg, and demurR to wasting pa
per and ink on the superfuoush.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-04-25

Miss Clara Winterbloom-ALamms
this is Mr.. Tutter. want to introdgee
him to you. Do you know that he was
under the impression that I was tn.
only daughter, and have Just been
telling him that I have two sisters.
Mrs. WinterbloOm-Oh, yes. You
must meet Maud and Estelle, Mr.. Tut
ter. They are both Of them older than
Clara there.
Young Tutter (wishing to say the
right thing)-I didn't suppose it posi-.
bic, Mrs. Winterbloom, that you could
have any daughters older than Miss
Clara.-Tit-Bits.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-04-25
Eaisssd e shr Pot Office At chisagO,
~, Is SseooS-eIas Matter.
CHIPS.

Rev. p. Anderson and wife Of the
Pleasant Green Baptist Church, s4th
and State St, Mrs. c. Vincent and
about fifty other members Of the
church were all in Justice Huriey's
S5th st. Police court Monday morning.
Il seems that Nrs. ViRernt and some
OF the other Members wanted to get
rid OF Rev. Andersen and permit Rev.
W. Emory to get up to the chicken
eating trough and that brought on the
fight between the two factions. All
the parties connected with this church
fight belong To the Afro-AmericaI
race. In the melee Mrs. Vincent
was attacked and beat over the head
by Rev. and Mrs. Anderson, hence
their appearance IN the police court
eth fifty other church msmbers.
Many Of the old members Of the
County Democracy have pulled out
from that famous Organization and
famed the new Chicago Democratic
Club. Its officers are as follows:
PreSdent-Lawrenee E. McGann.
Vice-president-Henry Schurz
NOrthside; Herbert Hart, South side:
V. E. Cerveny, West side.
Recording SeeretaEy-George L. Nc
ConneH.
Financial SecretaTy-James E. Quan.
Treasurer-Oscar +. Mayer.
Sergeantst aims and Marshal-Adian
c. Arson.
Board Of Directors-West side, Mich
ael zimmer. o. S. Oliver, J. E. Owens,
J. P. Tansey, silas Leachman, n. F.
Scully, P. Knohler; North side
James J. Gray, William Ehemann, ].
A. Quinn, William Lyman, E. N. La
hii, Peter Reinberg, A. ]. Ford; South
side, William o'COnnell, D. R. Levy
VIII B. Moak, Ed. Cummings, r. Red.
Field, John Treager, John R. CaveTIy.
This new Club will boom
Carter H. Harrison for President Of
tie United States in 1904 and Alder
man Thomas Carey for Gov. Of III
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-04-25
Cradle Of American GenIas.

Eight governors, three United States
senator's, three generals Of the civil
war, one Of the worlds greatest engin-
GERS, distinguished painter and sculp-
tor, two novelists who are read wher-
ever the English language is known, .
poet whose songs have thrilled mil
lions Of hearts, a rear admiral and a
gallant commander whose heroic and
tragic death is known TO everyone, to-
gether with almost innumerable state
legislators and a number Of financial
magnaaes, constitute BroOkville's
Qnd.) contribution TO the genius Of
the world, writes LAndoR knight, IN
National Of the eight governors
James B. Ray was the first.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-04-25
And Called Him att,

Sand what did that bowwid tough
say to you, Reggie, after he had taken
youah watch and money away" asked
WillybOy.
"He added insult to wobbery," splut-
tered Reggie. 'He said his motto was:
DO it now and I was the only It he
saw."-Cincinnati Commercial Trib-
une.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-04-25
A Remembrance.

''Did he leave you anything when
he went away?" they asked of the
landlady's grief-stricken daughter, to
whom the youth had been most de-
voted.
EYES," she sighed; che left q board
bill. Chicago Post.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-04-25

The pepper plant-piPer nigrum-
which produces the white and black
pepper Of commerce, IS climbing
vine-Iixe shrub, found growing wild in
the forests Of Travaneore and the MAI
abar coast Of India. Pepper Is entire
IL tropical IN its requirements. The
white pepper Is the black pepper decor
ticated By maeeration and rubbing.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-04-25

Bowe Heaux-Td like to live in q
place where there was no such thing
as work. Wouldn't yOu2
Hoe Beaux-Yes, and I'd like to
have the job of director of public
Neutrality-suspicious. Punch Bowl