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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-18
The HypothetieaI ouestion.

''AIiss Prittly," said the young law
yer with the high brow and the Hen
" Clay forelock, ''let me ask you a
hypothetical question. Suppose that a
young man of excellent habits and in
creasing income-a young man who
believed himself fully capable Of max
ing a woman happy-were to appear
before young woman who had eyes
Of rare and radiant luster and hair Of
the texture and glory Of spun gold,
whose lips were more perfect than Ho-
garth's line Of beauty, whose cheeks
held a tint that put to shame the mag
nihcent pink Of the rose petal-a young
woman whose culture and charm cas-
lily placed her UNNECESSARILY above all
other women in the world-and he
were to ask this young woman II she
would
''Oh, Mr.. Blackstone!" she whispered,
sinking into his arms. "YesF-Judge.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-18
FACTS FROM FRANCE.

The French government Is taking
steps 20 stop the promiscuous wearing
Of foreign uniforms In France. The
reason Is that they are often used TO
promote and cloak fraud.
France. with her population Of less
than 100000, has q national indebt-
edness of more than 5000, 100000, or
about $158 per capita The debt
charges alone entail a burden OF more
than So a year on every man, woman
and child
II. Bowel. director of the postoflce
at Lausanne, France, has notified the
postal employees in the town that in
future toothache will not be an excuse
for absence from T-,k. They must
either get the tooth out or get out
themselves.
A Partisan couple, II. Lebon and his
wife, who are being divorced and are
dividing their effects, have spent 49,
900 on law In a wrangle over the pos
session Of a collection Of postage
stamps. An expert Is to be engaged
to divide the collection equitably.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-18
Was Not Pasteurized.

Darius Barry was a prominent Lynn
citizen between 1850 and 1870. He was
a very learned but somewhat rough
hammered Individual, who had a repu-
tation for being a wag and wit.
The Rev. Father Strain, the Catholic
priest, admonlshed him for having his
COWS fed in a certain cemetery In a
nearby village In which many foreign
ers had been buried, and Darius In
stantly philosophical, "wel. well, that
accounts for It-accounts for the taste
Of garlic In the milkr'
But the best work Of Darius was
when he gave a poem to his son Eu-
gene to pass upon. Darius wrote pO-
etry now and then for the local papers
and often had Eugene pass upon It
THAT Is no use. father" said Eugene
on three straight days to three different
poems When the same verdict was
rendered on the fourth day, Darius re-
marked:
Eugene, when Tennyson wrote that
the world thought it the best work the
great poet had done"
Darius had palmed OF a Tennyson
effort on Eugene, who was so busy
that he could not give the proper esti-
mate.-Boston Herald.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-18
Preferred the Imitation.

Sir Thomas Upton, whose grocery
shops, "Lipton's Limited" are as thick
In London as the fog. was talking to
New York reporter on his last visit
about pure food laws.
"And that reminds me-" said Sir
Thomas, ''of my youth, when l was
running my first grocery and sleeping
under the counter.
"a rival in the next street was SELL
ing VIGOROUSLY bad goods, and heard
a story about him with delight
cit seems that customer entered bis
shop and asked for pound Of butter.
ayes. SIR said my rival The real
or the imitation. sirY
"Fwhat was It you sold me yester-
dayr inquired the customer.
"That was the real, SIR
@Then give me the tmlsHton-'
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-18
Skin Like Armor Plate.

When she Is in freakIsh mood, ma
ture seems to revel in making human
beings who are q constant mystery to
their fellow creatures. Such a man Is
Herr Schwartz, the ''armOr plated
man." who is such puzzle to the doc
tors Of Europe. Herr Schwartz has for
some years been undergoing an Ossifl-
cation OF the whole OF his body and Is
rapidly developing into the hardness
and immobility Of statue. His back
has now become rigid, the muscles
standing out hard and immovable. In
fact, he seems to be enveloped in a
kind OF armor plating, consisting Of
surface bone as hard as stone. He Is
no longer able to move his jaws and Is
compelled to take food In a liquid
form through tube, some Of his teeth
having been removed for the purpose.
And yet this osseous man enjoys excel
lent health and not long ago was mar
ried to a charming young Berlin wom-
an.-Boston Post
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-18
American Cleanliness.

It has always been our boast that
the English are the apostles of cleanli-
ness. Perhaps 1t would now be nd
visable to reconsider that contention.
The American has replaced our dingy,
dirty looking tram cars with clean, airy
and roomy vehicles. He has trans
formed our dismal and filthy under
ground railways into reasonably bright
and well ventilated systems, and he
has substituted for our dreary private
hotels the speckless palaces we have
seen arise almost as If by magic. All
those improvements we could have eff
fected ourselves If we had really been
so devoted to cleanliness as we i'm
agine we are. How surprisingly
charming we Englishmen would be
were we not so Perfect-in our own
Observation-Disclosures Truth.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-18
PASSING of the Bison,

In the United States we have 1.O5S
pure blooded biso,. Of which all but
twenty are In ccytivity. In Canada
are 351 re Joded animals, of which
800 O.. the wild state, making a to,
tai 1,404 pure blooded American
bison left out Of the countless thou
sands that but little more than a quar-.
ter of a century ago covered great
areas of the western prairie. Nothing
like 1t ever has been recorded in the
world Of animal life. 1t reads like a
fairy tale. In Europe there are about
107 pure blooded examples Of the
American bison, of which number Eng
land has 30, Germany A, Hungary 10,
France 1, Netherlands II and Russia
8, and there are about 20 hybrids in
Europe, Of which England has Is and
Russia 5.-Outing Magazine.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-18
Morkina Out His Poll Tax.

This is the story of the difficulty Of
compelling a Tonkawa Indian to work
out his poll tax: "Kapitan worked
about fifteen minutes and then struck
for four hour day. This was granted.
In another fifteen minutes he struck
again for lemonade to drink instead of
water. This was allowed. Then the
street commissioner got gun and told
Kap the striking season was over.
So Kap worked until noon Just as the
school bell rung for II O'Clock Kap
ran a twenty penny nail through bis
foot. The boss wanted to pull it out,
but Kap said: No, you don't; not In the
noon hour. Wait until o'clock Kap
had a sunstroke In the afternoon, but
otherwise he got through the day very
Observation-Disclosures (Okla.) Star.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-18
LEARNING THEIR PARTS.

William Gillette memories new parts
on long country walks.
Ethel Barrymore, seated before the
fire, has her maid or secretary read her
new parts aloud till she has mastered
them.
Nine. Bernhardt rarely attempts to
memorize q part save in the presence
and with the help Of the playwright
New York Press.
Richard Mansfield learns new parts
In the morning, walking up and down
his library. One morning often sufices
for the longest role.
Nat Goodwin learns a new part by
saying 1t into a photograph, which
then repeats IL over and over to him
until he knows 1t perfectly.
Henry E. Di&ey finds that his mind
Is at its best for mastering new parts
late at night, and accordingly he will
often remain at his desk till sunrise, a
manuscript before him, his lips moving
rapidly.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-18

was too late to change his order he
found that a change had been made in
the prices and that roast beef alone
was 80 cents. Potatoes came 10 cents
extra.
Now, Mr.. Rockefeller had been CIV
ing the waiter a ten cent tip for sew
eral days, but this time, in view OF the
extra charge for potatoes, he laid out
only a nickel for the waiter. The lat
ter, in considerable vexation, according
to the story, reproached him, saying.
IF had as much money as you have
wouldn't squeeze a nickel so hard"
To which the oil magnate retorted, IF
you squeezed a nickel as hard as do
you wouldn't be a waiter"
Pretty good, wasn't it?' said the
waiter afterward In telling about Ii.
But John d. went to a cheaper eat
ing place after that
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-18
Comic Neutrality.

international law can sometimes de-
Yelop n situation that is not devoid OF
humor. Something Of the kind has Just
happened in Luxembourg. A man who
had been arrested in German Lorraine
had to be conveyed to Saverne through
Luxembourg. On reaching Battem-
bourgh, the first station In Luxem-
bourg. he managed to get the carriage
door open and. leaping to the platform,
refused to re-enter the carriage on the
ground that. as the country was neu-
traI. be could neither be compelled nor
arrested He was detained, but the
Luxembourg government by telephone
ordered his release. while the tailer re-
turned to Lorraine crestfallen.-LOndOn
Globe.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-18
CHOICE MISCELLANY
Daneers Of smokeIess Powder.

Dangers Of smoksIess Powder.
Modern snokeless gunpowder is dan.
gerous stun to store. A scientist re.
marks: I'm all probability the recent
terrible disaster to the French battle
ship Jena viii be found to have been
due to the explosion Of her after mag
azines as the result OF spontaneous
combustion Of the powder. Such an
accident at the close of the recent war
tore out the side Of the japanese bat.
tleship Mikasa at a time when, like
the Jena, she was at one of the gov.
eminent dockyards. The best of mod
ern powders are liable under certain
conditions to decomposition, which, II
1t proceeds to a certain point and be
accompanied by certain conditions of
temperature, may result in the explo-
sion Of the magazine and the loss OF
the ship or arsenal, as the case may be.
Our modern smokeless powders when
in storage are the occasion of a degree
Of anxiety and watchfulness which
was never felt in the days of the
brown or black powders"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-18
|BREHTIES'
THE HALL OF FAME.

George J. Gould is disposing OF his
stable Of polo ponies and is withdraw
Ing from the game temporarily.
Michael Leavitt Of Milford, n. H
who claims he is ITO years old, walked
three and a half miles recently just for
exercise, he said.
Ex-Mayor Burke Of Burlington, VT,
who lately retired from office, is a ca
pable blacksmith. 4 few days ago he
shod fifty-two horses AL round"
Representative and Mrs. Nicholas
Longworth expect TO spend a month in
Alaska the coming summer. They will
leave their home in Cincinnati about
July i.
Alma, the one-year-old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Reiter of Red Hill,
Pa, enjoys the distinction OF having
four living great-grandmothers and two
grandmothers.
Eleven years ago Elmer Chase OF
Milo. Me-, got a large splinter in his
hand, which has caused him so much
annoyance that the other day he had
physician extract II.
Gabrielle dAnnunzio has refused an
offer Of $4,000 to deliver eight lectures
in South America. In refusing he
wrote, y have no wish to brave the
ocean for box Of cigars"
Dinizulu, the Zulu chief once widely
known and feared in war, has a graph
ophOne with which he entertains his
guests. He has also an organ, built In
England. on which he plays himself.
To have served forty-six years with
out having a single criticism passed
upon his work is the record OF Assist
ant Chief Edwin Williams OF the Hart
ford Comm fire department, who now
resigns.
Lionel Walter Rothschild, who IS
spending 100000 on a history OF ex-
tinct birds, is a member OF the famous
family OF bankers. He is a son Of the
first English Baron RothschIld and
possesses an immense fortune.
Charles A. Elch Of Cohasset, Mass,
now that Thomas wigglesworth is
dead, is Harvard's oldest living grad
uate. He was eighteen years old
when he was graduated in the class OF
'S3. He is ninety-two years old and
has practiced law nearly seventy years
In Boston.
When John Burns entered the Brit
ish cabinet, there were rumors that he
would refuse to don the cooked hat
and enauIats NJ official IInfforn The
king asked him about 1t. mot true"
replied Mr.. Burns, land, besides, 1
have already worn your majesty's uni
form" The king naturally asked when
that was. when I was In Penton-
VILE" answered Mr.. Burns, abiding
to his three months sentence after the
Trafalgar square riots.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-18
Enormous EIoH Of Words.

A committee clerk at the house end
Of the capitol estimates that as re
suit of the deliberations of the recent
short session Of congress the literature
Of the year has been enriched by the
addition Of 100000 words. This stu
pendous verbal output was printed In
the Congressional Record and consisted
Of speeches. reports Of various kinds
and the presidential messages, OF
which, for one reason and another,
there were an unusual number and va
riety. The session consumed only sew
enty-one legislative days, the average
duration Of which was little less than
i've hours each. Thus the verbal out
put per hour Of the nations statesmen
the past winter was $4,000, record, II
Is believed, unsurpassed In the modern
history Of parllaments.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-18
llyElg@gSSa
AID CHAIN TOO.
Story of q Most Laeonie Dsuf and
Dumb Man.

Story Of 4 Most Laeonie Deaf and
Dumb Man.
"The most iaconic man knew Of is
q deaf and dumb man in our tow"
said a man to a San Francisco Ar
gonaut writer the other day. "He ney-
er writes on his little pad. more than
enough to convey his meaning. It hap
pened he was good poker player and
one night won a watch and chain from
a young man Of the town. The young
mans father, very pompous individ-
ual, heard Of 1t and, meeting the sue
cessful gamester on the street next
Day, stopped him. The deaf and dumb
man produced his little pad. On it the
irate and pompous father wrote, I IN
derstand you won Bob's gold watch the
other night He handed 1t to the
deaf and dumb man, expecting to see
him change countenance and offer to
give up his spoil The latter did not
quite do that, however. Instead he
took the pad, wrote two words careful
ly on it and returned 1t. The pompous
father read inscribed thereon, And
chain"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-18
Baouinu the Smoke.

At nearly all Of the large dinners
this year a iasblight photograph has
been taken OF the feast. photographs
being developed and ready for the din
ers by the time the dinner has been
over. Such a thing has not been al
lowed before by the places where the
big dinners are held. That such photo
graphs have been taken this year has
been due to an ingenious contrivance
which the fashlight man now has for
collecting his smoke. This is a large
inverted baglike arrangement into
which the smoke aScends and is caught
50 successfully that not a vestige can
be detected afterward. Now the fash
light man, instead Of being tabooed,
seems to be one Of the adjuncts Of the
large public dlnners.-New York Sun.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-18
PASSPORTS.
The Strict Regulations That Are En-
forced In Russia.

The Strict Regulations That Are en-
forced In Russia.
There are very few countries where
travellers now require passports in or
der to promote their convenience and
security. In Brazil and Venezuela a
passport must be shown to the officials
before one is allowed to leave the coun-
try for foreign pOrt-a yexatiOus
measure. enforced apparently for the
sake OF enabling n few officials to col
lect small fees.
In Russia. as is well known, pass
port regulations are enforced with the
greatest stringency. No traveller, in
deed, is permitted TO enter the empire
until he has obtained Il passport and
convinced the Russian consular off,
GERS at the port from which he sails
that he is neither a Roman Catholic
priest nor n Hebrew. The question or
dinarily asked is, what Is your re-
ligiOnT' but it is designed to provide
against the entry Of either Of these
two classes.
" hNh NLE AAdNNACL GlllNNo 1T u nus
sian port with n passport that has
been properly vised and countersigned
at n consular Office, it is critically eX-
amined by police officer and duly reg
istered. At the entrance OF the hotel
another police officer takes possession
Of the document and in the course Of
twenty-four hours returns it with a
permit for a limited residence in the
country.
1t has been said with but little ex-
aggeratiOn that 1t Is as difficult for
one TO leave Russia as II Is to enter 1t.
When the traveller departs for another
city in the empire, he must have the
passport countersIgned by the police.
This process continues until he reaches
the frontier. which he cannot cross I'M
less the passport has been vised and
stamped by the police. Not infrequent-
ly tourists are stopped at the frontier
and subjected to serious Inconvenience
because they have neglected to comply
with the police regulations respecting
passports. All this red tape causes an
noyanceS and irritation among tourists,
who are apt to overlook the fact that
Russians as well as foreigners are COM
PEELED to observe these police regula-
tons. 1t is the business Of the police
to know where everybody hodges.
The same system prevails in Turkey,
where 1t Is not practicable for a for
eigner to travel without a passport.
Elsewhere in Europe passports are not
required They are relics OF bygone
period when communication between
countries was slow and infrequent-
San Francisco Chronicle.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-18
NEW SHORT STORIES
John o. CHANGED Nj. EATING Place.

John D. Changed Ills Eating Place.
John d. Rockefeller used to get his
noon luncheon daily at the Hollenden
years ago, says the Cleveland Plain
Dealer. An old time Cleveland resi-
dent told recently as he sat in the lobby
Of that hotel the circumstances that
caused the Standard chief TO look else
where for a suitable MONDAY repast.
1t seems that in those days the lunch
con menu offered roast beef and pota-
toes for 50 cents. That price seemed
reasonable enough TO Mr.. Rockefeller,
and he used to order roast beef and po-
tatOes with the utmost abandon. Oc-
casiOnally he would add piece of pie
to his order, for his digestion was fair
~ good in those days. One day h
went in and gave his usual order, but
after he had finished his meal and 1t
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-18
Boston. First Building Law.

Two hundred and twenty-six years
ago a house was burned In Boston,
which led to the PRONUNCIATION Of the
first building law. The fact developed
at a legislative hearing recently, and
when told by Assistant Solicitor Child
aroused great interest. The order
passed on March 16, 1851, was as fol-
lows:
about noon the chimney Of Mr..
Thomas Sharp's house In Boston took
fire. The wind drove the fire to Mr..
Colburn's house and burned that down
also. For the prevention whereof in
our new town indended this somer to
bee builded we have ordered that noe
man there shall build his chimney with
wood nor cover his house with thach,
which was readily asented unto."-
Boston Herald.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-18
ENGLISH ETCHINGS.

A firm In business on Oxford street
London, has Just insured for $1.000,0OO
against earthquakes.
Some Of the saloons In Liverpool dis
play the sign, Ladies Cannot Be Sery-
Cd Without Their Hats On"
In London's new criminal court, on
the Old Bailey site, prisoners will climb
up white marble stairs to reach the
dock
In a recent municipal election at
Chard, England, two male candidates
Withdrew In order that two women
might have an uncontested election
London hremen get one days leave
in fifteen aud a short annual holiday.
They begin on 25 shillings a week and
do not rise to the full wage OF 30
shIIlings ssttl after ten years service.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-18
1oaus Shape. Hold Popularity.

To the joy Of many the toque shapes
are still on the high tide Of favor. Nat
urally they are modified and may have
upturned brims or have one side turn
ed down or are transformed to a regu-
lation mushroom.
Mushroom hats have dropping brims
TO keep In tune with the droopiness Of
the general outlines Of the costume.
Trimming is massed Unfortunately
on either the left or the right side, well
inclinIng toward the back
The narrow hat is a novelty, being
made Of narrow delicate braids sewed
on chiffon foundations. The appear
ance Of fiufiness Is sought for In
dressy hats, and chiffon lace and light
woven straws are combined to make q
shape.
For practical wear the sailor returns
TO claim its place. This is the hat Of
the young person, with saucy quilts
and outstanding ends Of ribbon
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-18
aMntor Hart In poas.

"EMotor heart in dogs is a new dis
ease" says one Of the kings veterinary
surgeons. ''The motor car possesses a
curious fascination for dogs. They
enjoy the swift motion, the exciting,
scorching rush through the air as much
as their masters. But the veterinary
surgeon in many cases is obliged to
curb this canine fondness for the car,
because Of the injurious effect the
sport has on a dogs heart"
The symptoms Of motor hear" In
dogs are enlargement, dabbiness and
general weakness Of that organ. The
dog looks restless and excited. The
heartbeats are rapid and weak. Breath
Ing is difficult and distressed. The
only cure Is total abstinence from car
rides.-London Mail.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-18
MAGNETIC lamps.

Among the more recent forms Of arc
lamps are those in which a stick OF
magnetic is substituted for carbon In
fhe negative terminal. The magnetic
lamp is the result Of efforts to md q
substance capable Of withstanding e1-
posure in an open arc and giving a
white light instead Of the orange color
of the brilliant fame carbon lamps
To increase its efficiency small per
eentage Of other metallic oxids Is add
ed to the magnetic. 1t is found thar
the flame in these lamps is fed only by
the negative electrode. the ragneute
stick, which alone needs to be replaced
from time TO time, the positive ter
mInaI. composed Of copper, not being
eousumed.-Youth's Companion
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-18

The five gored skirt has the plaits
stitched to a depth Of six inches below
the girdle, which holds it well in place
over the hips and allows & pretty fare
at the bottom.
The waist is plated back and front.
and the chemisette is made Of cream
colored valenciennes insertion, which
Is also used as finish TO the cuff.
A china blue rajah made after this
model, trimmed with bands of en-
broidered silk or satin velvet Of a dark
er shade, would be particularly chic.
II thin materials, such as lawns, ba-
tistes or organdles, are employed In
place OF the trimming bands lace In
sertion should be used. This dress is
suitable for girls from thirteen to sew
enteen years of age.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1907-05-18
Fooled the CARPENTER.

A carpenter called at a fat to make
some repairs and knocked on the door.
who's thereF' asked q voice.
'The carpenter" was the reply.
~Come In" was the response.
The carpenter tried the door, but it
was locked.
"Open the door," said the carpenter.
"Haw, haw, hawT came the voice
from the inside.
The carpenter was getting very mad.
Then the woman who lives In the fat
on the opposite side opened her door
and said:
There is no one at home there ex-
cept the parrot"-New York Globe.