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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-03-04
TANoIER NIGHT FAscINATEs
Writer Declares That Nothing Ii
Quite So Beautiful as Moor
ish Evening.

Tangier Is most fascinating at
night; then the clear moon OF the
south throws a veil over the city;
me browns become softened. the shade
ows deepened; the shrouded women
looking down from the roof tops ap-
pear as pale and lovely ghosts, writes
Martha Lowell, in the Four-Track
News. It is at night that the Moor
goes to some cafe. joins the circle OF
his brethren seated around a lighted
brazier, smokes and hears the musi-
clans sing of Palor and Of love. And
IL the musicians sing well, q wealthy
Moor may throw some rare incense
upon the brazier, and the air Is then
filed with a wondrous perfume, such
as is found in no other country in the
world. 1t is at night that the wedding
professions march through the wind
ing streets. A band Of men, singing
the weird wedding song, accompanies
the bride. She rides IN a covered
palanQuin mounted on q mule. She has
never seen the man whose wife she Is
to be. II he isn't pleased he will re-
turn her next day together with the
scornful gift of two chickens.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-03-04
CALLS SUN A BINARY STAR
Prof. Bigslow ExpOunds Ideas About
Old Sol and Laws Govern
ing Him.

The sun should be regarded as an in
cipient binary star" says Prof. Bige-
low, in the Weather Review. Recent
scientific work In investigating the cir
culatIon Of the solar atmosphere in &C
cordance with the laws governing the
connective and radiative action Of . large
mass of matter contracting by its own
grayitation, have led Prof BigeloW to
the hypothesis that the single fiery en-
velope conceals two disks" A series Of
observations extending over many
years on the period Of solar rotation At
various points in the surface shows that
the same meridian Of the sun Il seen
twice in Q single rotation Of the entire
mass, first a. the eastern limb, and sec
ond, 13 days later. a. the western limb. "
Therefore the sun has dumbbell figure
Of rotation.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-03-04
DOG FINDS RICHES IN GEMS
Canine Gets Mixed Up in Rapids and
In Disentangled with Pearls
Chnging to Him

Two French Canadians and q blue
nose" citizen Of New Brunswick, who
have been hunting along Lobster stream
In Maine for three weeks with sIlall
success, returned to Bangor, carrying
half q pint of pearls. all Of them taken
from Lobster rapids one rainy morn
ing In q manner described below. Up
to the present time these three have all
been citizens OF unimpeached veracity.
They had taken q setter dog to camp
to help them In shooting partridges,
but they found so many feas upon him
that he was compelled to stay outside
in disgrace One morning about y
week ago they heard the dog yelping for
help from the stream. On going TO his
assistance they discovered that he was
attached to some object under water
which threatened to drown him. II re-
Quired q strong pull to free the dog
from the rocks. On taking him TO camp
the party discovered that his long. red
hair was thickly spattered with the
shells OF mussels. which had closed upon
his coat so tightly that he could not get
free. On opening the shells in order to
free them from the hair, they uncovered
nearly so large pearls. all Of good color
and fairly free from blemishes. At the
lowest estimate the citizens think that
the pearls they have secured will sell
for $500. enough to pay for hunting trips
for several years.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-03-04
NO BOUNDS TO HIS LOYALTY
Balloon Vender Celebrates Recog-
milton by Duchess BY Throw
ing Wares Away.

A pretty little incident was recent
" witnessed in Moscow In connection
with the imperial children Of Russia
While driving in the fair ground with
her sisters Grand Duchess Olga espied
a peasant Offering colored balloons for
sale. Giving an order to stop the
carriage, she called the man to her
side and selected several balloons for
herself and her sisters, for which she
rewarded the astonished peasant with
= ten-ruble piece. The grahhed m0u-
tik in vain endeayored to stammer
out his thanks to the little princess
and at the same time, in the charae-
teristtc slaYonic manner, he crossed
himself and called on all the saints
to witness his good fortune Then.
IN a sudden excess Of loyalty and
abandonment, he cut the string which
held the remaining balloons together,
and allowed all his stock In trade to
Goat away together.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-03-04
SEEKING WATER POWER.
Use q Niagara Fam Cor asnrutsne
Klsetricity stirs Other cOun-
txtes - Action.

The lesson Of the use Of Niagara
falls for generating electricity has
been put to worldwide application.
says the New York World. Through
out the world falling water, according
TO . paper read before the British
association by Mr.. Campbell Ewinton.
yields to mans use an energy equal to
1.4SS, S90-horse power, of which Great
Britain figures for only 1l,9O6-horse
power. The British Aluminium COM
pany gets 7y0o0-horse power from the
falls Of Foyers and it expects present.
" to procure 17.000-horse power from
Loeb LeVen- The North Wales Elec-
tric Power company is about to tap
Lake Hydaw, on Snowdon, and hopes
to obtain S,200-horse power for every
working day OF nine hours. Finally,
the Scotch Water Power syndicate Is
peering round In quest Of waters that
1t can imprison at lofty levels and SO
generate electric power. From Loeb
Sloy, 757 feet above Loeb Lomond, II
IL going to get 6,6O0-horse power, and
at Ardlui, higher up, it proposes to get
further energy. Even a modest stream
that drops several hundred feet may
be source Of power.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-03-04
UMBRELLA A ,WIRY THING.
II Not Attached to Owner by q Chain
It Nay Disappear with an
Entire Granger.

UMBRELLAS are proverbially q hard
thing to keep, says the Illinois State
Journal. They have such a way Of
making up with an absolute stranger
and walking away with him. No mat
ter how much a man may be attached
to an umbrella, II it Is not attached
to him with q chain he may as well
bid Il an affectionate farewell when
ever he puts 1t down IN a corner and
turns away to transact some business.
However, this rule, hard, fast and in
flexible as 1t Is, does not apply IN
less the umbrella Is new and shiny and
cost more than 80 cents at retail. To
keep an umbrella on down through the
years and have 1t on hand to will to
your grandchildren, select one with a
cracked handle and hole in the cover
as large as q boilermaker's hand.
Then you can't lose It, or II you do
after repeated attempts q small boy
will be around at your door with II in
the morning claiming reward for his
honesty.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-03-04
GEMS AND WEATHER AGREE
up-to-DatS Girl InaugurAtss Fashion
Of Having Jewels and Fore
cast Match.

The up-to-dats girl no longer wears
her rings to match her costumes, but
to match the weather, says the N. Y.
Sun. During the hot summer abe dis
carded her diamonds and rubies for
topazes, moonstones and turQuoiseS-
She declared the more ardent stones
made her feel warmer than the
weather. With the nlppy fall days she
puts on her emeralds and sapphires.
On q bright, sunny day she wears
pearls, but never on q gloomy day,
for she says pearls are nothing but
tears anyway. and the combination Of
pearls and clouds would be too de-
pressing to endure. On rainy days
she wears opals because they promise
brightness and clear days to come.
Her rubies, garnets and diamonds she
saves for winter weather. The dia-
mond IL q good cold weather stone,
even II It Is somewhat stately, because
II 70 constantly giving out flashes OF
brilliant color. Amethysts are always
suggestive Of thick clothes, and should
be worn Just As summer Is changing
Into fall
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-03-04
NUDENEsS JARS JAPANESE.
gevere Shock Is Administered to the
Islanders by This Form
Of Art

At the st. Louis fair a Japanese mer-
chant was praising the exhibit Of ia
pan.
I'VE shall undoubtedly get number
OF awards, prizes. medals and d.
pIomas," he said. 81 hope that on
none Of these will appear drawings
containing nude figures. We are q
modest people; nude figures shock US.
A number Of Japanese manufacturing
concerns that took part in the Colum-
bian exposition received diplomas, suit
able for framing. whereon there were
drawings Of nude women. These con-
Germs. with some misgiving. hung their
diplomas in their factories at home.
Hence a great deal of scandal, and the
diplomas had to come down. There
was one firm, a rice-polishing firm at
Takamatsu. that came near mourning
serious trouble. It's diploma, very
nude indeed, was hung in the hall of
the factory and the women hands re-
fused to go to work the morning It
appeared. The men. taking the matter
up. refused to work either. The fac
tory. had not the Columbian exposi-
tons diploma been removed, would
have had to close its doors. In Jap
anese art the nude never appears. The
human figure Is always draped. For
eign artists should remember this in
work intended for Japan"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-03-04
SMALL FISH KILL A HORSE.
Finny Creatures of South American
Waters Stay Equine and At
tack It's Master.

An illustration in Youth Of the dan
ger that sometimes lies in small fishes
is the case of a fish which is common
In the rivers Of South America, the
serrasalmo It is probably the most
fearless Of all fishes. very small, Of pc
culiar shape, with powerful jaws, so
strong and sharp that they can bite q
piece out of an animal as neatly as
though 1t had been done with pair Of
scissors. In some places it is impos-
sible to fish, as the moment a fish is
hooked thousands Of these vicious
creatures flock to the spot and tear 1t
to pieces before II can be brought to
the surface. The fish apparently does
not know what fear is, and has In
more than one instance jeopardized
human life, IL not destroyed It A
traveller N crossing a river on horse
back was attacked by these fishes, the
blood from his horses legs attracting
them in such multitudes that the AMI
NAL was devoured as 1t swan The
rider leaped from its back and swan
to shallow water surrounded by the
throng. Though protected by bis
clothing he was bleeding from a hun
dred wounds, and had not the shallow
water been near he would have shared
the fate Of his horse.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-03-04
MAKE GEMS FROM QUARTZ.
Rock Crystal, Purest Form Of That
Stone, Employed IN Hanufae-
ture Of Diamonds.

Diamond cutting up to . recent time
was nearly all done abroad, Holland
being the chief center Of the industry
for some centuries, but Of late q good
deal of it has come over to America.
where electrical machines are used In
the work to great advantage In all
ways. European work has always
been done BY hand. as 1t still IL. and
the lapidaries there are only just wax
ing I'D to the knowledge that artificial
power can be applied. Besides cut
ting real gems, the machinery en-
ployed here turns out great quanu-
ties of artificial ones. which now rule
the markets of the world They are
so brilliantly cut and polished that
only experts can distinguish them
from the genuine article. Rock crys-
tai, the purest form Of quartz, is EN-
ployed in making artificial diamonds.
and this can only be worked to adVan-
tage with the electrical machines, hand
work leaving no profit in the business
besides turning out inferior results
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-03-04
BUSY LAKE SEASON ENDS.
More Trafhc This Year on Great
Bodies Of Water Than
Ever Before.

The great lakes are about to see
the close of one Of the busiest seasons
they have ever known" said q lake
captain in the Washington Post "A
large number Of immense new vessels
were added to the carrying fleets this
year, but the increase in capacity was
not sufncient to meet the increased de-
mand. No vessel, no matter Of what
class, ever had to be without . cargo
One Of the big steel vessels OF to-day
carries rs much a. Is or 80 vessels Of
the type in use q few years ago, and
they make their trips In about ene-
fourth or one-fifth the time. Why, Al
we had to depend on the old-timers.
the great lakes would have to have
more ships, numerically. than there
are on all the seas in the world"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-03-04
HANDSPRING REVIVED.
All Kinds Of Handmade Things Now
Much in Esteem, Especially
Fine Needlework.

Needlework as an art has long been
despised, but is now being revived.
The day will soon dawn when, once
more, a girl will blush to have 10 own
that she cannot stitch, sew, tuck, hem,
gather, whip, and fell linen into beau
ty and usefulness. Hand-embroidered
and crocheted, knitted or netted lace,
lasts for years, and puts the machine
made limitations to scorn. With clever
fingers a very little money sufices to
render q house beautiful, and the
pleasure derived from the work Of
ones hands is priceless. Curtains OF
serge or Yelveteen may be trans
formed into splendor by embroidery
and stitchery. Tablecloths that would
cost ten times the money in q shop
can be made and embellished at home.
Pretty underclothing is necessity to
every nice girl, and 1t is prettiest
when she makes it herself in dainty
shapes and with fine trimmings Of
frills, lace or embroidery. A girl
never looks sweeter than when occu-
pied with a feminine handicraft Then
there are the poer. Blessed are they
which considU the poor" II girls
knew with what delight tired mothers
Of the people buy cheaply good and
beautiful clothes for their BARNS and
themselves, there would be more
ladies' handicraft clubs. These clubs
are formed by q number Of girls who
meet one afternoon or evening at q
members house or the clubroom and
work for the poor. No garment or
article Is given away. The workmen's
wives and mothers pay q low price
for each, covering the cost of the
material. The club members give the
time and work. The garments are
simple, but beautiful in shape and
make, the aim being to show that
plain clothing need not be ugly or
gaudily vulgar. Handicraft clubwork
is not limited to the needle. Small
bookshelVes and cupboards. fret work,
poker work, leather work, curtain
work, ribbon work, bent-iron, metal
and bead work, are all useful.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-03-04
Told hx Truthful James.

A more or less truthful Australian
relates that he put an unusually large
porcelain egg In the nest Of hen and
found that the next eggs she laid were
Of increased size. Then he put . goose
egg in the nest The hen laid an egg
Just as large. He was 20 pleased with
the scheme that he put q whiteWashed
football in the nest When he went
the next time to search for eggs he
found one as big as q football, but no
hen in sight. Securing the egg, he
saw engraved on II, by hen protog-
raphy, these words: I'm no ostrich,
but I've done my best" Later he
found the hen inside the egg.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-03-04
Bows N Kitchen Servants.

The servant girl problem has been
solved by University Of Nebraska stu
dents, many OF whom have taken the
place Of the kitchen maid In . num-
Der Of homes. This II because young
men students at the university have
taken up domestic science in the class
room, and are applying the knoWIedgs
thus acquired to earn college expenses.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-03-04
oPALs NO LONGER FEARED
Superstition That the Stone Brings
Had Luck Passing Avay-stren-
uous Life the Cause.

Superstition fades away In the strenu-
GUS life Of the twentieth century. And
the return to common sense has shown
itself in the modern fancy for opals.
Sir Walter Scott was chiefly responsible
for the idea of bad luck being connected
with this stone, as will be remembered
by readers q Anne Of Geierstein.
And others Declare that, as the word
opal is from the Greek ops (the eye)'
the gem shares evil influence with pea
cocks. feather. However, women have
lived down all this and opals are the
lucky stone for autumn and have been
worn by recent brides. But even now
stories are told Of the uneanny intu-
ence Of the opal. Alphonso XII. OF
Spain presented an opal ring to his
young wife, Mercedes, on their wedding
day and her death occurred soon after
ward. Before the funeral the king gave
this ring to his sister, Maria Del Pillar,
and she also died few days afterWard.
The king then presented the ring to his
sister-in-law, Princess Christian, and
she died in the course Of three months.
Alphonso, distressed at these fatalities
resolved to wear the ring himself, but
he did not wear it long, as his unhappy
life shortly came to an end. The queen
regent then attached ne fatal ring to
a gold chain, which she hung around
the neck OF the Virgin OF Almudena In
Madrid.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-03-04
TELEoRAPHY IN AUSTRALIA.
Railroads and Other improvements
Are Unusually Extensive in
That Country.

The circumstances Of Australia, and
the conditions OF its settlement. have
had the effect Of making both its rail-
roads and les telegraphs unusually ak
tensiVe in comparison with the num-
bers Of its population, ana this II
markedly the case with its mileage Of
telegraph lines, writes Hugh H Lusk.
In the North American Review. At
present the great island Is only set
tied on q strip Of country bordering
on the coast, and even that strip does
not include the more northern shores
either on the east or west, and takes
in no part Of the north side At all.
The consequence Is that q line OF tele-
graph which connects the settlements
Of Queensland on the northeast OF
Australia with those Of West Australia
on the west coast-a distance, In .
direct line, of about $500 miles-coV-
ers fully double that distance from
the necessity of keeping In touch with
the settled districts. There Is, indeed.
one line Of telegraph which OF neces-
sity ignores this rule, and passes for
nearly its whole length Of about loo
miles from the south to the north
western corner of the island. through
an unsettled country. The purpose
Of this line is to connect settled
Australia with the rest Of the world
by way of Java and India, and 1t
passes through great districts Of the
interior which were first explored for
the purpose Of its construction.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-03-04
FORTUNES MADE IN RUBBER
King Of the Belgians Is Waxing Rich
in Central Africa-Carnegie's
Prophecy True.

The prophecy made by Andrew Car
negie that the coming men Of power
would be rubber millionaires is al
ready being fulfilled. The late Henry
n. Stanley left a fortune, accumulated
in spite OF his disregard for wealth,
consisting largely Of his interests In
rubber plantations in central Africa
Stanley's dream was of building q great
empire, but It never occurred to him
to build 1t for himself, else his estate
would have been infinitely larger than
that Of Cecil Rhodes. But the king Of
Belgium is a man of different mold
from Stanley, and this royal rubber
merchant is working innumerable
thousands Of acres Of trees in the land
where Stanley meant to erect a state,
and amassing a fortune which will be
simply stupendous in its figures. His
enterprise is at the cost of whole
races Of nations, and Of the trees, but
such ruthless destruction Is neither
wise nor necessary, and civilized pow
ers will yet put a limit to such inhu-
mainly. Carnegie is right There are
millions being made, and yet to be
made, In rubber, but II will be by the
preservation and cultivation Of both
the rubber trees and the people who
plant and care for them.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-03-04
THEErER ON MOUNTAIN TOP
Opera House at Thale, Germany, II
the HOST Novel Resort In
the World.

Probably the most novel theater In
the world Is that which was recently
opened at Thale, in Germany. The
theater Is Oh the summit Of q mountain
and Is surrounded on all sides BY steep
rocks; the seats for the audience are
heWu out Of the rock and accommodate
!. oe0 persons, and the stage, which u
alao heHn out q the rock, is 90 feet long
By "a feet Wide. No artificial scenery
il used, but the background Is formed
by the dense forest and By the outilres
of the mountains in the distance. The
dressing-room Tor TIE actors ID close
At hand IN the forest, but compulsory
hidden nom the audience. The theater
q fuIly protested from the wind, and IN
acoustic properties are % excellent tAat
every word n heard
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-03-04
RETURN DAY IN DELAWARE.
Old Election Custom Observed at
County Seat-PopulAee Assem-
blss and Haxes Losers

SUSSEX county Delaware, on ne day
after election, Is for q century past 1t
has done on the Thursday following .
big election, gathered At the county
seat to celebrate the return day. The
actual reading Of the returns from the
courthouse steps, the hazing OF losers
and the congratulations Of the winners
have passed with the birth Of tele-
graph, telephone and newspapers, but
with true Delaware exelusiveness the
county clings to its unique post-elee-
ton festival. Every man, woman and
child in lower Delaware who could
seour up q conveyance was there. says
the New York Sun. Every one was In
holiday attire and the horses were
gaudE with flags and bunting. Thou
sands picnicked in the courthouse
square and did everything. from talk
politics to swapping horses The
negro. who forms q large percentage
OF the county's population, was out In
force. He had money-he always has
had since Addicks was In politics-and
he was willing to barter his money for
the cup that cheers. Frequently the col
ored brother started out to hunt trou-
BILE and always got 1t from the neares;
citizen. Sometimes his ardor was cooled
with q fist, at other times a club or an
iron hitching weight was used. The
remedy was always effective. The pre-
vailing trend Of conversation was thai
votes had brought a higher figure thar
ever before and that immediate pros
perity was assured
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-03-04
Diplomat . Fine Pianist.

Theodore Hansen, hrst secretary Of
the Russian embassy in Washington.
Ii an accomplished musician, being de-
voted especially 70 the plano. Nos.
Of his spare time Il passed lingering
TIE keys Of Q concert grand. which he
has IN his apartments- But he q
haunted BY street pianos. which seem
D hEFs Q satanic propsasity Tor cut
ting loose Just IN front q whersVsI
hs happsns % live Three ttnss n
has changed his quarters o. this &C
count, anA - solsmnty declares thai
unlsss - eaA s1oet psrnanent e.
&C. ten % esrmsat q -poDalAz
nnsie." he may - arisss - essls1
"a positjoa.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-03-04
Bounty for Porcupines.

The governor and council Of Maine
are very busy preparing vouchers re-
sulting from the enactment Of the
porcupine bounty law for presentation
to the next legislature. This will be
one Of the first bills before the coming
session, and will probably result In
the immediate repeal Of the act Al
the last session an act was passed pro-
viding for an appropriation Of $500 to
be paid a. q bounty on porcupines, Is
csnts being paid on every animal
killed. The returns to the state show
that q total Of $1,000 porcupines have
been killed in the year Of 1908. and the
appropriation has been exceeded BY
S1I,500.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1905-03-04
A NEAT LACE SCARF END.

common scarf. Speaking Of collars,
there comes to mind a dainty bit If
neckwear recently seen in the shops,
and which could easily be made at
home; one Of the revised old-fashioned
sort, a lay-down collar to wear with
an old-style brooch Sew together
three strips Of fine insertion, finish
with q frill of lace, fasten upper part
of collar to a neck band. This may be
made by the home needlewoman for a
few cents, but costs dollars when
bought down town.