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The broad ax., 1905-02-11
SMALL FISH KILL A HORSE.
Finny Creatures Of South American
Waters slay Equine and At
tack Its 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 q pair OF
scissors. In some places it is impos-
sible to fsh, as the moment a fsh Is
hooked thousands Of these vicious
creatures flock to the spot and tear II
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, II 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 his
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.
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DOG FINDS RICHES m GEMS
Canine Gets Mixed Up In Rapids and
II 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 small
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 Gll
been citizens Of unimpeached veracity.
They had taken q setter dog to camp
to help them In shooting partridSes,
but they found 50 many feas upon him
that he was compelled to stay outside
In disgrace. One morning about q
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 80 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,
AMI 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., 1905-02-11
eoRsETs FAD OF ANcIENTs
Oxford Nan In Unearthing Palace
smashes Theory Of Uncramped
Women Of Long Ago.

Arthur Evans, the Oxford Archaeo-
loEist, who has made so many inter-
esting discoveries in the so-called pal
ace of Minos, In Crete, has found In
subterranean sanctuary certain very
ancient, small esrthenware statues.
representing some goddess and two OF
her servants. The dress Of the figures
is said to be highly modern. The god
dess, we grieve to say, wears q corset
lust such a corset as contemporary
man shyly wonders at in the windows
of a department store. The skirt OF
the robe Of the goddess is in Louis
XIV. style" Her Jacket is exactly as
Is worn in the present day" Styles OF
say 1000 B. c., styles Of 1904. Unless
some humorist has "salted" the exca-
vations, you are forced to hold, re-
marks Everybody's Magazine, that
much nonsense has been written about
the splendid, free, uncramped bodies
of the female ancients. And I'VE shift
and bedeck and bedrape us" much as
our esteemed ancestors did In the
morning Of the world.
The broad ax., 1905-02-11
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 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 great
empire, but 1t 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 limit to such inhu-
manity. Carnegie is right There are
millions being made, and yet to be
made, in-rubber. but 1t will be by the
preservation and cultivation Of both
the rubber trees and the people who
plant and care for them
The broad ax., 1905-02-11
CARING FOR THE HAIR.
II Done systematically It Il BY No
Means q Laborious Task for
the Woman

When you have finished your house
work and are ready to sit down at your
sewing or darning, or perhaps to scan
the magazine, you very naturally do
not want to waste the precious and
pleasant moments Of the day struggling
over your appearance. You haven't time
for everything, you argue, and you
must get the mending done or you must
read and improve your mind little.
or you must finish a piece Of fancy
work. Well, do it; do any or all Of the
things you want to do or ought to do.I
but first choose a sunny corner, BY ani
open window, and, sitting there with
the sunlight fltering in on your back,
let down your locks to the winds, Let
them blow and play about your shout
ders. Give them chance at the air and
sunlight, Just as you would give your
flowers that chance to breathe and To-
draw in life. The divine Sarah Bern
hardt never confines her locks when
she is in private. All day long when
she is at home they fly to the sun and
winds and are untouched by q hairpin
or ribbon. That is why, even as a grand
mother, she still has golden tresses in
stead OF iron gray wisps OF hair.
Nothing is so good for the scalp and
the hair itself as q daily sun and air
The broad ax., 1905-02-11

with any proposition to amend the
present tariff laws. He says he wants
q bill Of particulars brought in to show
wherein the present law works any in
.ustice to the country. The other day
he called at the white house and had 4
talk with President Roosevelt on the
subject Much a. these two Aen difer
In their tariff views, they are very
warm friends and all their conferences
are characterized by good nature.
The president asked Gen. GrosvenoF
II he had studied the tariff schedules
and found any on which the duties
could be lowered. The general said
that he had found Just one. In looking
over the law he found that there was q
duty Of one dollar q ton on basic Stag.
He said he did not know what basic
Stag was until he looked 1t up and
found that It was used as fertilizer.
AS It Is the policy to admit all ferti-
lizers, anything calculated to increase
the productiveness Of the farmers land
free OF cost, he thought this one dollar
q ton duty might be taken on basic
Stag.
Gen. Grosvenor's other nickname In
the house is" Old Figgers." He earned
this by predicting very closely the ma
Jorfty the republicans would have In
the Fifty-fourth congress when they
came back into power. He followed
this up with very close predictions Of
the states which Mr.. Mckinley carried
In 1896 and again in 1900.
The broad ax., 1905-02-11
KITCHEN DoN'Ts.

Don't litter up the kitchen when
getting q meal, because 1t viii take
hours to clean up after the meal Il
over.
Don't put q greasy spoon on the
table. It leaves q stain which re-
Quires time to erase. Put It In .
saucer.
Don't crumple up your dISh towels
Rinse and hang them In the sun
Don't pour boiling water over china
packed in q pan. It win crack By the
sudden contraction and expandon.
Don't black . stove while It Il hot
Il takes more backing and less polish.
Don't put damp towels and napkins
In the hamper. Dry them first OF thsy
viii mildsw.
p0n't use knives for ScrAping tie
table and pots. -.
Don't pour boiling Water and soap
on greasy spots Moisten the spots
nrst with q cold saturated solution oe
soda, then scrub them with the grala
o6 the wood, using cold soapsudA
Don't put egg dishes into hot water
1t makes the egg adhere. Soak tbs
dishes first In cold water. 80
Don't put TIN pans on the. sGOFs to
dry. They become heated. the solder
loosens and they soon leak.
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last, having been stricken while ON the
moor. In this room there Is now q genial
gentleman who has been clerk Of the
mouse Tor ten years, or ever since the
republicans regained control In 1895.
he isMaj. Alexander Mcdowell Of Penn
syiVsnia, and he is likely to hold that
once 60 long a. the republicans re-
main In power In the house II ne wants
70. He In extremely popular, rs much
on account Of his ability as q racon-
eeuf as anything else. as he has q fund
OF amusing and timely stories always
on tap.
Maj. Mcdowell is q veteran Of the
civil war, but is never heard to boast
Of his exploits during that trouble. He
Ii much given to joking his old COM
rades about war experiences and is in
inclined to queer" some OF the tales
they are prone to tell about the part
they played in the army. He relates
an incident that occurred not long ago
at q Grand Army reunion, where one
OF the veterans held his hearsrs SPELL
bound as he told OF q miraculous ex-
perience he had had with q confederate
bulletinone Of the biggest battles Of the
civil war. This old soldier related how
In the din OF battle he distinctly heard
whispered in his ear the warning, 'TIl
hit you, I'll hit you!" A moment after
he was struck in the arm by a ball.
Maj. Mcdowell followed this soldier
and declared that he, too, had had q
similar experience. At the battle of
Fredericksburg he. too, had distinctly
heard that whispered warning, 'T'1l hit
you, I'll hit you. I'll hit you!" when
heard that whisper" declared the ma
jor, 81 said to myself: I'll be derned II
you do and got behind a tree"
The broad ax., 1905-02-11

James Shields, OF Illinois; v. r
Morton. Indiana; John J. Ingalls,
Kansas: John Winthrop and Samuel
Adams. Massachusetts,; John Hanson
and Charles Carroll, Maryland; VII
liam King, Maine; Lewis Cass, Aicnl-
gan; Thomas H. Benton and +. r.
Blair. Missouri; John Starke ana Dan
iel webster, New Hampshire; Richard
Stockton and Phil Kearney, New yer-
ssy; R. D. Livingston and George Cnn-
ton. New York; James A. Garneld ano
william Allen. Ohio; Robert Fulton
and Peter ]. Muhlenberg, PennsyI-
vansa: Daniel Greene and Roger VIII
lians, Rhode Island; Samuel Houston
and stephen Austin, Texas; ]. Colam-
er an0 Ethan Allen. Vermont; John T.
Keuna and F. H. Pierpont, West VIZ
Rtnfa: Psre Marquette, Wisconsin
statuary hail Is q great snow place
for visitors at the capitol ana tne
guides have the history Of the statues
at their tongues end. In addition 70
the marble statues this hall Is cole
brated a. q whispering gallery ana hor
Oddities in acoustics. Persons on tns
opposite side Of the big room, When
standinE on particular spots, can con-
verse with each other IN whispers n
though the hall may be crowded In
auoEher spot when Q person Is spoken
% By another at . diStancs the souno
of the speakers voice seems to Oe over
hIa head snd In tremendous volume
ne ceiling Of this old han was recon.
Utructed two or three years ago ano
some Of the peculiar echoes were oe-
strOyed, but enough remain TO help tne
capitol guides earn thsir fees by anus
tng tie xisit0rS-
The broad ax., 1905-02-11

DRYING THE HAIR IN THE SUN.
bath, and nothing is so comforting or
less trouble.
Usually the little housekeeper Is too
poor or too frugal to patroniZe the hair
dresser, or to indulge in a shampoo at
dollar or half dollar at one Of the hair
dressing establishments. And so, in an
irregular, OF hand sort of way, she
washes" her hair when it is dirty" or
sticky" For this wash" she uses any
soap that may happen to be about the
house, rinses quickly and dries her hair
over the radiator. Such treatment will
kill the finest hair In Q few years.
You should decide upon regular in
terval for shampOOing your hair, and
you should shampoo" il. II you have
very dry hair, do not wash 1t oftener
than every three weeks, and you might
let it go for four weeks with prudence.
II your hair Is oily you may indulge In
q shampoo every two weeks, but not
oftener. Some girls, during the rage
for fluffy hair, were in the habit Of wash
ing their hair, once a week or oftener,
q process which took all the natural Life
and oil out of the finest locks and LETT
them dry, hard, dead. and ready to fall
out at the first sign OF Ill health Use
for your shampoo a good tar soap or Q
plain CASTLE soap-nothing else except
warm water. Do not make the bath
too hot, and do not put ammonia In It
To attempt to burn your hair out In this
way II fatal mistake. Scrub thorough
ly, rubbing the scalp well and washing
the hair a. you would . piece q cloth.
Above all, rinse the hair thoroughly in
warm water, and be sure that every
particle OF the soap Is removed, so that
the pores are free to breathe. Dry the
hair in the air and the sun. Fan it, u
you like, and rub II with the towel, but
avoid the IIfe-killing, hot air from the
radiator or the gas stove, II you do not
want to rot and ruin the best part OF your
locks
Nearly hah Of your life is spent in
bed, and thus nearly half Of your life
your hair b N tight pigtails and curl
papers. This Is unfortunate for many
reasons. First Of all, 1t keeps the scalp
from the air and = not good for the
roots Of thS hair. Secondly, It would
drive the most devoted man to the other
woman or the uttermost parts Of the
earth. Take quite e. much pains as
you would for q party. Do not attempt
to put it up eonventionally, but dress II
picturesQuely. One Of the pr0ttiest night
arrangements Is the Marguerite fashion
Of two plaits down the back, loosely
woven and gracefully parted.
The broad ax., 1905-02-11
RETURN DAY IN DELAWARE.
Old Election Custom Observed at .
County seAt-PopulAee Assem-
bles and HRxes Losers.

Sussex county Delaware, on the day
after election, as for q century past X
has done on the Thursday following q
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 exclusiveness the
county clings to its unique post-elec-
ton festival. Every man. woman and
child in lower Delaware who could
scour up a conveyance was there, says
the New York Sun. Every one was In
holiday attire and the horses were
gandF with flags and bunting. Thou
sands picnicked in the courthouse
square and did everything, from talk
politics to swapping horses. The
negro. who forms a 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 it from the nearest
citizen. Sometimes his ardor was cooled
with q fist, at other times q club or an
iron hitching weight was used. The
remedy was always effective. The pre-
vailing trend Of conversation was that
votes had brought higher figure than
ever before and that immediate pros
/ narfty WAS assured
The broad ax., 1905-02-11
Rnnntu for Porcupinsa.

The governor and council OF Maine
are very busy preparing vouchers re-
sulting from the enactment Of the
porcupins bounty law for presentation
to the next legislature. This viii be
one Of the first bills before the coming
session, and will probably result in
the immediate repeal Of the act At
the last session an act was passed pro-
viding for an appropriation Of $500 to
be paid a. q bounty on porcupines, Is
cents 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
S1l,b0o.
The broad ax., 1905-02-11
USEFUL UMBRELLA CASE.
A Very Handy and Economical Ar
ticle for Every Traveller
to Have.

An umbrella will last twice as long
II used with care and properly treat
ed. Although it Of course looks much
neater to carry when folded, when put
aside it should be undone TO prevent
the folds from cracking. When trav-
cling, however, both parasols and UNI
brellas should be rolled up and packed
in a case to prevent their getting
rubbed or soiled. Our illustration
shows one which Is designed to be
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rnld hn 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 q goose
egg In the nest. The hen laid an egg
lust as large. He was % pleased with
the scheme that he put whitewashed
football in the nest When he went
the next time to search for eggs he
found one as big as 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., 1905-02-11
: Hi1h-Pricad Dir.

The highest priced real estate in Lon
don ts near tie Bank Of England. Land
sells there at the rate Of 1916 . square
foot-Sfso, ,25o, 900 anacre. From this cen
ter the price diminishes In . receding
tide, rising again In the Strand to Q
price Of from $50 to 800 q square foot
In Bond street, in the West end, q StiIl
higher prieS Of SITS q square feet or
more than s7.5oo. 600 an acre, has been
reached
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A Soothing Ointment

When the skin is irritated because
Of some application. soothe With zinc
ointment which II prepared as fol-
lows: Add one part Of the oxide oe
zinc, In vsry me powder. to six parts Of
simple ointment and mix IN IN earthen
OF marble mortar. This simple oint-
ment q composed Of Spermaced. two
and onS-kalf ounces; vhits WHx, one
ounce; almond OIL. ona-hsIf pint. MIX
the hrst two ingredients in adoubIe boil
w over q gsntls heat and when they can
Be smoothly %eFsameds add the almond
I'll, drop by drop. stirring The mixture
with . silver spoon o. fork
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this place, but ordinarily the
uninitiated Congressman will pass
the house with a look Of contempt, as
it is about as unattractive a. any res
taurant or saloon in the city. It u .
low. tvo-storied brick house, wedged In
between paWnshops, with old-fashioned
smsll-paned windows, not over clean,
and q step down from the pavement 70
the doorway. Few strangers recognize
IN this little dirty brick house the cele-
brated HHancock's," Of Warrington
The interior Of this saloon or restau-
rant IA a unattractive % the exterior.
A little short wooden bar at one side,
With an oyster counter at the other.
and an extremely loW-ceilinged, saw
8uEtsd dark room do not appeal TO
esthstIe tasteG Behind that bar. how
ever.-are some Of the oldest and beSt
IIouors In Washington and the colored
hcrkeepsr is the son Of the original dis
ransar Of drinks whose secret decoc-
lions tickled the palates OF Daniel
webster, Henry Clay and other great
Sead end gone statesmen The es%e
hrand Of Whiskies, rum, vines ano
br1ndies are there to-day and Hancock
uunch and Hancock cocktails are en-
ioyed BY few Of the senators and rep
rassntatives, Just a. they were 30 year1
ago By their predecessors In the CAP
''s. n tas Kitchen of tAis lille restau.
r.nt reigns Q genuine oid-dme Vtr'
rnia -mammy,%; with bsndAnA hand
ESrcAiee tfed around her head. Tae
kitcnen q fsultlessiy clean and out q
n co-ne the most appetixing and deiici'
ous dinners Of frie6 chicken. terrep1n,
guail and other dslieacies that vGs
Sver eaten IN washington o. anywnerS
-. It has become the fAd lAAsy g
heva fittIe dinner parties at HsneodFI
- 4 rfrisa ehicksa dinasE
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made from cloth or waterproof mate
rial from As to So inches wide. About
three-quarters yard would be needed.
one-half yard Of which forms the
foundation, which must be turned In
al around and machine stitched. The
remainder is employed to make the
receptacles for the umbrellas These
also should be stitched after having
been carefully tackled in position, and
should be placed so as to leave enough
Of the foundation to turn over and
protect the handles. The whole Il
tied up with two lengths Of ribbon.
which should be sewn neatly to the
back Of the foundation
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orosvenor In Fighting Mood.

GTOSNG
nor, Of Ohio, usu-
ally termed the
Santa Claus" Of
the house, on ac-
count Of his vener-
able white beard,
Is q busy man
these days in fight
ing tariff revision
ideas. The gener-
al is O rock-ribbed
protectionist and
has little patience
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liam marble statue of the Wit, sa-
tiTistand statesman having been
dedicated q short time ago. Each state
10 entitled to place for two Of its noted
sons and when the complement Is filed
the old house Of representatives, now
known as Statuary hall, will resemble
an art gallery.
It is now Illinois turn to present an
ether statue and this she will do by
Aonoring the memory and history Of
one Of her most noted daughters, Miss
Frances q. Willard, the great temper
Gnce advocate. This will be the first
statue Of q woman to appear in the cap
itol, but Illinois Is proud to honor the
great character and work Of Miss Will
lard, which have made the state IA
nous. One Of the finest statues in this
collection is that Of Q Jesuit priest,
Pere Marquette, whose memory the
state Of Wisconsin has honored with q
beautiful Parian marble presentment Of
this noted discoVerer, missionary.
priest and historian. At first there
was some narrow-minded opposition to
euG o01uAoodOA Vi . GS8luC O4 . NoSAO4AN
priest, but as Wisconsin had selected
Father Marquette as her greatest rep
resentAtive the statue could not be ex-
cluded from the hall.
50 far there are but 19 states repre-
sented in Statuary hall, and some OF
them by only one noted son. Some OF
the newer states are waiting to see
what the future and their history may
reveal before selecting the man or men
who might best represent them in this
group. There is an unwritten rule that
the noted sons who are given place
in Statuary hall must be selected from
those who are dead and gone. Some OF
the newer states may have to wait g
good many years before they will have
. LIST Of dead statesmen to select from
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Long List Of Statues.

JREh1NTENDENl
Of the Capitol e.
lott Woods has
prepared q list OF
the statues now In
place. There Is Q
plaster statue OF
George Washing
ton that came from
Virginia, but is not
credited to that
state. The Other
statues are: Roger
Sherman and iona
than Trumbull, Of
Come c tic ut;
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U6I On nun o0C
aaEy han 70 the &.
Zee e ehe clerk of
ths honsa, o small
room @at was
used By he speak
Or os the house
WAm that bodymst
IN this cid han II
~ there that e.
President John Al
ms at the time Q
msmbef q the
house, breathed M
I@t hexing ben
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nov. AZ Kitchen Servants.

The servant girl problem has been
solyed By University Of Nebraska stu
dents, many Of whom have taken the
place Of the kitchen maid in Q num-
bar of homes. This IL because young
men students at the university have
taken ND domestic science in the class
room, and are applying the knoWIedgs
thus acquired to earn collegs expenseS-
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sanitartum An. Polar Regions.

A Russian physician IL talking Of es-
tablishing, sanitsrium, for consump-
lives in the polar regions. He thinks
Il would be q success, because he has
observed that the members Of polar
expedfdOns Who succeed in getting
home are always In good health. This
is 50 beeause Of the pure air and the
ahsenca of al microbes-