-t,. & 9CBZSaZB3BK THE BROAD AX. 1&LLY, THE EOOL. s BHr'a wife was as weather beaten and almost as gnarled and old lasmonoaas WmRelf. They were happrin tneirown way and fond of each other at heart, hut to supcniciai ODserrers men-mo wnauuo long discord. Billy's satiric tongue de lighted In teasing the too susceptible na ture of his spouse. But the true bone of contention between them was, If I may so express it, the sugar bowL The bane of poor Mrs. Billy's days was the effort to keep a supply of sugar In the house. Bll iv'a nnn creat nasslon was sugar. He would go through flro and water aye, through brimstone for sugar. Hide It where Mrs. Billy would, he would find It out, for no pressman had ever such a nose lor news" as tnat same ouij u : wis delectable dainty. He had one bright accompiisnraens which mado him a prime lavonie. no could lilt tunes as well as any man in Munster. How thoso boys ana girls ana old stagers, too could have the heart and strength to whirl through the "sets" and step dances as they did, after a long day of toll in the bogs and kitchens and gar dens I But In one house or another, ono yard or another, they mustered on most evenings and showed, as "set" succeeded "set," what airy and youthful natures they preserved through all the labor of life. And no one entered Into the spirit of It all with such zest as Billy. His voice almost made the welkin ring as ha lilted. In most perfect time, danoe tune after tune that ' made the best fiddlers envious. But a trial day came In his life. Thus It arose: In the winUr of each year ho scraped together the rent of his little hold- Jafc through the sale of a faw "sups" ol plga that had been fattened In tbt previous months. One particular winter he and his spouse had been harshly pressed by cir cumstances. Truth to tell, in the long evenings when be lilted his best for ths Dors'the poor fellow's hungerwas such as would have appalled them had they dreamed of It. Indeed on one occasion when he was bringing out "Follow Me Down to Carlew" In a style that fairly broke his record be suddenly changed color and fell to the floor in a swoon. He had been fasting since morning, save 'for a small portion of sugar there was little left In those days that he had stolen, as usual. But he and Mrs.. Billy hid every hope that the great winter "fair" In their county town would leave them with a tidy sum as the proceeds of the "slips' " tote. that It would pay the rent and leave some thing In hand for the "black winter." It was a bitterly cold time, and Billy's good spouse had knitted a rough pair of gloves to save her lord's hands from win ter's chilly terrors. Billy stoutly opposed the Idea, for he despised gloves "and such frippery," but the"vanlthoe"had her way this time. So, gloves and all, he started out In the freezing wintry morning and "made" for the fair. Alas I that day of days he fell before the devil and temptation. He sold the "slips" at a good bargain, but he had "a glass too much." After the late hunger liauor played the mischief with him. He came home, lilting such tunes as the boys never heard "In all their born days." He threw his gloves Into a corner with a gesture of contempt and swore he would never take them up again. He stepped up to Mrs. Billy and rolled to the floor. He was dead drunk far the first time In his life, and oh I tragedy of tragedies I he had not six pence In his pocket. The price of the "slips" was lost or squandered or gono to thedevIL Mrs. Billy fainted, and when Billy came to something like his senses he al most fainted too. The year's great item of income was gone. Black ruin stared them in the face. That night and many nights after they went to bed supperloss. Billy and his spouse were proud. They kept their poverty from the neighbors' knowledge. Bat they suffered sorely. And, no rent being forthcoming, the day came when they were to be turned out of the lit tle home that they loved, that was so sweet with memories. Their hearts were heavy and the world was black for them. The sheriff and his minions turned up at ths appointed hour to evict them. The trag edy of their days had come. As they turned to go out forever, Mrs. Billy's eye caught sight of the despised pair of gloves-In a corner. She took them np listlessly and opened a pocket to receive them. She gave a strange cry. In every finger of either glove a shining sovereign was found. Yea, almost the whole price of the "slips," placed there by Billy in a whimsical hour of that dismal drink day, and, of course, utterly forgotten when his senses returned. No one was more pleased than the sheriff at the sew development. Billy got a ter rible lecture from his spouse that evening, but aha overlooked all his depredations in the matter of sugar for a lull week after ward. Billy and his spouse are prosperoas now, and he lilts for the "boys" as much as ever. Bat be Is never allowed to go alone to fair or market. Exchange. A jrreaeti geograpnical society propoe to divide the face of the doak,lnto 10 tears, 10 mlBBtea -and 100 eeeoods each. This is to make time uniform with the decimal system or eaant byens. The count by twelves whteh sew shews on the "face ef the eloek euhUbb from ihe-earlleet times probably from ksg before the in TesUaa et letters. . ana&ea That Caaaot Swiaa. More than one specie of fish is met with which cannot swim, the most singular of which perhaps Is the maltha, a Brazilian fish, whose organs of locomotion only en able it to crawl or walk or hop after the manner of a toad, to which animal this flfr to some extent bears a resemblance, and it is provided with a long upturned snout. The anterior (pectoral) fins of the rmdtha, which are quite small, are not capable of acting on the water, but can only move backward and forward, having truly the form of thin paws. Both these and the ventral and anal fins are very dif ferent from the similar fins in other fishes and could not serve for swimming at au. Other examples of nonswimmlng nsnes include the seahorse, another most pecul iarly shaped inhabitant of the sea, which resembles the knight in a set of chessmen, and the starfish, of which there are many specimens, which mostly walk and crawl on the shore or rocks, both being unable co swim. London Fishing Gazette. A CMnimsfi's Ideal WW. The Chinamen of Australia, whea tnsy take a notion to marry, write to a matrimonial agent in Hongkong some thing as follows: "I want a wife. She must be a maiden, under 20 years of age, and must not have left her father's house. She must also have never read a book, and her eyelashes must be half an inch in length. Her teeth must be as sparkling as the pearls of Ceylon. Her i breath must be like unto the scents of the magnificent odorous groves of Java, and her attire must be from the silken weaves of Ka-la-Ching, which are on the banks of the greatest river in the world the overflowing Yang-tse-Ki-anB." Th Russian thistle has appeared in many new localities, particularly along railway lines from the northwest. M. P. WELLS, AOXNT, FINE TAILORING. 128 Main Street. Lambert Paper Go 23 W. First South Street, Headquarters for everythne in theuae oouiu okwi, of ftfctos- Supplies, Salt Lake City Wrapping Papers,, Bags, Twines, Folding Boxes, Etc. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE BROAD AX. EQU1TA BLE CO raP SL TORE sfri Corner First South and Richards Streets. Biggest Bargain Sale EYer Known How On $1.00 per bunch 19 cts per yd. 4 " Bargains in our Dry "Goods Dept. Doctor Warner's Corsets, - 49 cts. per pr. 3i yards long nice white and cream Lace Curtains, - - $1.00 per pr. Home-made "Woolen Yarns, all colors, 69 cts per lb. Our Own Brand Carpet Warp, Best quality Table Oil Cloths, Utica C Sheeting, Fine quality Check Ginghams, 4 Fine quality all colors Calicos, - 5 " Fine quality Dress Cambrics, 5 " Patent Spring Boiler Window Blinds, all complete for - - 19 cts See our Heary Canton Flannel, 10 cts yard, very heavy. 350 pieces assorted size Ribbon, all ailk, - - - 5 and 10 cts yd. Fine quality Black Cashmere, double fold, ... 19 and 24 cts yd. Black Germantown Yarn, - 69 eta perlb. Home-made 2 yd.wide Linsey, regular price 90 cts, nofr - - - 59 ets Pink Guineahead Napped Flannel, 8J cts per yd. Indianhead Sheeting, - 15 yds. for $1.00 Best quality Spool Cotton, - 3 f or 10 cts Bargains in our Grocery Department. No. 1 Island Bice, 18 pounds, - $1.00 Japan Tea, per package, - - .10 English Breakfast Tea, per pound, - .25 Good quality Canned Salmon, - - .10 Best quality Cheese, per pound, - .12 21 one-pound bars of Laundry Soap, 1.00 30 pounds Oatmeal, - - 1.00 25 pounds White Navy Beans, - - 1.00 Dry Salt Bacon, per pound, - - .8J Hams, per pound, - - .11 Loose Coffee, Mocca and Java, per lb. 20c and .25 Finest quality Honey, per pound, - .6$ Mustard Sardines, large can, - - .10 Domestic Sardines, large can, - - .05 Matches, 21 boxes for - - - .25 Finest Smoking Tobacco, per pound - .25 Kingsford Starch, 1 pound package, - ' .8J Canned Corn, - -10 Baking Towder, 1 pound cans, - .25 Bargains in our Cloth ing Department. Men's Suits Clothes, Black all wool Cheviots, $6.90 " Finest Clay Worsteds, 10.90 Young Men's Suits Clothes, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 years old, - - 3.25 Boys' Suits Clothes, 4 to 14 years, - .75- Men's fine Black Cloth Overcoat Mackintoshes, 5.00 Boys' Overcoat, with cape, all wool, - 1.75 Men's fine Pants. Seethem,90c, $1.10, $1.25, $1.39 Boys' Knee Pants, - 19, 24 and .20 Men's Bib Overalls, - .49 Boys' " .39 Childs' " - - .20 Men's Underwear, - - 35' cts suit " all wool, - 75 cts suit Satchels, Valises and Trunks, from 49 cts np Men's Silk Embroidered Suspenders, 19 cts pair Men's Silk Suspenders, very best made, 39 " Men's 4-ply Linen Collars, - 10 cts. " Celluloid Collars, - 10 eta. " Celluloid Cuffs, - - 15 cts. " Cotton Socks, good, - 5 cts per pair " Cotton Socks, extra good, 7 cts per pair " Heavy wool mixed Lace Overshirts, 49 cts. " mixed cotton Overshirts, - 19 ctt " Best quality Switz Conde Underwear, $1.75 suit " White Laundried Shirts, 49, 59, and 69 eta. Boys' Heavy Duck Waists, neTer wear out, 39 cts. " Indigo Blue Waists, assorted sizes, 19 cts. Bargains in our Shoe . Department. $1.29 and $1.30 $1.29 and 1.30 Men's fine Congress Shoes, " fine Lace Shoes, " heavy Oil Grain Shoes, - 1.40 " heavy Split Grain Shoes, double sole, 1.30 Boy's fine Congress Shoes, - - 1.24 Men's Hip Gum Boots, fine quality, - 8.65 " Knee Gum Boots, - - 2.40 " Carpet Slippers, .35 Ladies' Carpet Slippers, - - .20 Our Shoes are the Best Make and w& Guarantee them for wear. Notice the Prices, the Goods speak for themselves J . -::. w