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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-05-04
ssson For Lovers.

Two vioIets bloomed In q garden
When the blum March breezes blew
And they loved each other fondly.
As violets often do.
But y.yness kept them from speaking
Till death had torn them apart
And nei.h her knew that the other
Had died OF a broken heart.
Take wcrniag. you who are lovers
~ TIE Violets' hapless fate
Don't wat TIL you're dead and buried
Fer then IL may be too late.
Don't foolishly let your passion
Remain locked up in your breast
But speak TO your loved one boldly
And so get 1t on your chest
Punch
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-05-04

FL the delegates seek me. mother
said the lass with the keen blue eye
ssyVhen the robins song sounds sweet ana
strong
And the sun II In the sky
Don't bother TO wake me, mother,
But send them along their way
And make II quite plain. II they ask you
again,
don't care to be queen OF the May.
eff they want me for sheriff. mother.
Or fireman or county clerk;
II the public choice bids me lift my voice
To help IN convention work,
You may ring the bell for me, mother
But otherwise simply say
To the friends I've known. but have ouits
outgrown
don't care to be queen OF the May.
Washington Star.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-05-04
Why Rlnklsr is PopuIsr.

WY 8tUNASy - T~tN~soN
@Binkley. batting Is what wins
gRmeSV
THAT'S right. old top. Take It nom
me"
Say. Blink. fits the fielding that
counts, amt itT
"YOu Der II Is. my SON."
1Bink, II all depends on the pitching
doesn't itT"
That's what it does. Two always
said So"
sMr. Binkley, don't yOu think the
umpire has more to do with winning OF
losing a game than anything elser
Undoubtedly he has, ma'am."
Hello, Blink! On the dead, aren't all
these big ball games fixed before
handF"
Don't say anything aBout it as com
ing from me, Smidgns, but they are.
Chicago Tribune
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-05-04
A Back Yard Garden.

Once more take my trusty spade
And work begin
III have to have q subsol made
OF battered tin.
IN mash a lot Of rusty pans
Into q mass.
Top dress the same with empty cans
And broken glass
Some ashes on the beds III dump
From time 70 time,
with now and then q handy lump
OF builders lime.
And soon III have q garden hne
In my back yard
And sit beneath q spreading vine,
A happy bard
Louisville Courier-JournaL
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-05-04
On Buying q Spring Suit.

Mistress Fancy, II you may
Picture me some April day
Promenading up and down
Yon and crosways through the town
In an ultra English suit
Loud enough perhaps to toot!
You refuse? All, well you know
How my tastes In suitings 90.
I shall paw them overall,
Checks and stripes both great and small
Only to essay my splurge
Finally In the same old serge!
Buffalo News.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-05-04
Rinna Of anrinn.

Money for the cleaners. cash for garden
seed,
Sheu out to the Iandlord-it's very tough.
indeed!
Spouse must have new outfit; 30 must all
the Riddles.
Got to buy some fodder to feed the chick
abiddies.
Poor old dad must shoulder the cost Of
everything!
To him the dollar sign's the most $ugges-
tive sign OF spring.
Judge.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-05-04
wh.r. Romanes Failed.

ct saw a curious item about that IA
nous author Of fairy tales who died q
few days ago"
Eyes, 1 saw that he was dead-a man
Of extraordinary powers Of invention
why, you would think 50. OF
course"
what was the item"
why. it stated that when he hap
pened to be out late with the boys ne
would 60 home and stammer and falter
and get confused and mixed up and
end by telling his wife the whole story
lust as it happenedT'-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-05-04
What She Wanted.

The four-year-oId daughter Of pop
Ilar New Hampshire clergyman was
ailing one night and was put to bed
early. She said, Mamma. want to
see papa" Her mother replied: mo.
dear. Your papa must not be disturb
ed" Pretty soon she said again, Il
want to see my papa" The mother re-
piled as before, mo; your papa must
not be disturbed" 1t was not long
before she uttered this clincher: MAN
ma, 1 am sick, and want to see my
pastOr."-Christian Herald.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-05-04
Altar z. "A, Henley.

When from the night that covers me
Out OF the deep OZarktan fog
I come to town the boys In glee
Begin to kick my faithful dog.
In the fell clutch Of circumstances
ne has not WINGED nor yelped aloud,
Although beneath the boots Of chance
He necessarily Is cowed.
It matters not how I'll renowned.
How charged with epithet and slur,
I am the master OF my hound.
am the captain OF my cur.
Chicago Tribune
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-05-04
Modern Beauty.

A young man the other day said to
his best girl:
T visited that fashionable Fifth ave
nue. palmist this afternoon, and he told
me I'd marry a blond"
The girl, who was very dark, SAID
thoughtfuIly, did he say when the
marriage would take placer"
"Yes; in three months"
"Well, I can easily be a blond BY
that time, DEAR" said the girl, with
a shy smile.-Washington Star.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-05-04
The soyhood Aspiration.

II hate to see any one change his
mind or sacrifice his first ideals" said
the uncompromising person.
"And yet" replied Senator Sorghum,
'.if none Of Us had changed our minds
or sacrificed our first ideals most Of Us
would be circus Observation-Disclosures
STAR
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-05-04
SAVING His conseisnes.

Hostess tat the conclusion of a Sat
urday night game Of bridgeI-oh, dear,
colonel! / hope you don't mind. It's
ten minutes past Il o'clock, Sunday
morning in fact!
Colonel IA strict Sabbatarian) - Not
really! Dear. dear! Still, as q matter
Of fact, was dummy during the last
ten minutes.-Punch.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-05-04

eff you are so firmly opposed to war
why do you wish to send your son to
West PointY'
''Oh, what's the use discussing the
thing with people who are 50 narrow
minded that they always want to make
q personal matter Of every interna-
tIonaI issueT"-Judge's Library.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-05-04
Disappointino.

Judge, I've just seen a big news
item to the effect that your boy at col
lege has married a chorus girl and left
school"
"Confound the boy! What does he
mean? Here I've intended him all
along for the law, and now he's gone
into the advertising businessF'-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-05-04

The civilized world has only one unit
Of measurement in common-time. The
second is based upon a sixtieth part Of
a sixtieth part Of a twenty -fourth part
Of the time it takes the earth to re-
Volvs. Other weights and measure sys-
TENS vary.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-05-04
Iu.t Parniekitx Enouah.

%Was it because there were ladies
aboard the car that you did not swear
when your glasses fell TO the nOoT and
broker NO. The fact Is, knew
that everybody vas waiting for me to
swear, and I felt 50 mean / deliber-
Etely disappointed them."-Bu6alo EX-
press.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-05-04

Smoke traUs are used in the Stettin
theater. Germany. to provide against
FIRE. They are placed In the roofing
above the stage. Six traps are mount
ed on the vertical sides " a skylight.
so that large opening Is given by rails
ing all the traps. The opening devices
are controlled from the stage.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-05-04
0hiacfinnahla

81 don't Ike the looks Of that juror
with the big ears and the long, point
ed chin" the defendant in the case
whispered to his lawyer. HE has an
ugly mug" said the lawyer; that's a
fact" at isn't altogether his looks,
though" confded the client. Hes
paying too blamed close attention to
the testimony."-Chicago Tribune
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-05-04
Manan InItAnYnax.

Lets get mp a revolution"
whats the usef Even II we grab
the government there's no money In
the treasury"
well, can't we make money out Of
the moving picture rightsT'-LOuisviIle
Courier-JouTnal.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-05-04
journalistic Amenities.

Johnny-Paw, what does a newspa-
per mean when it says "our esteemed
contemporary
Mr.. Rivers-It usually means, my
boy, "the miserable, contemplate, ly-
ing, -snarling little sheet that pretends
to consider itself an organ Of public
opinion. Chicago Tribune.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-05-04
Hou..H;., In South Africa.

Housefiies are prevalent in South AZ
rica during the months OF October, No
vember. December. January and Feb
ruary. As screen doors and windows
are unknown there. the houses are I'LL
ed with dies Fly paper is used extern
siyely.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-05-04
shootina Stars

AecordinRtO Cosmos. the mean height
at which shooting stars first become
visible Is eighty-One miles. The mean
height Of their disappearance is about
fffty-eight miles. The mean length Of
their visible path Is about forty-hve
miles
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-05-04

The Charming Wife-ChariIe. II q
man were to sit on your hat what
would you say? CharlieAI should call
him silly ass. The Charming Wife
Then don't SIT on mine any longer.
there's a dear.-Pearson'S Weekly.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-05-04
AInaxs With ua

When the moon turns Camembert
And the glow worm lights the day,
When a billiard ball grows hair
And the pyramids walk away.
When the fans refuse to root
And the Aliens cease to shoot
VIII the world have TR still?
Echo answers with a ''WillT'
Buffalo News
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-05-04
XarnaI Indications.

A silence more significant maybe
And sweeter. too, than all the songs
they sing,
Although the robin MARBLES gay and free.
The soft shell crabs the welcomest sign
Of spring.
-washington Star.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-05-04
TIE HNoaain."

In London u 81 il often termed q
''quartern." In the north Of England
half pint Is called a gill and the true
gill q '''nOggin.''
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-05-04

Hs-Dearest you are the first woman
lever kissed.
She Ccynicallyl-YOu don't do IT Ike
an amateur.
He (Wrathfullyl- Deceitful one, how
% you know the dinerencef-Balti-
more American.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-05-04
Norray'sIifsboats.

In Norway there are no lifeboat sta
tons. On that fearful coast it is nee
essary to keep lifebOats constantly
afioat, and the Norwegian service Is
one Of the finest in the world.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-05-04
NeMeaGtIa's Coal.

A statement was made In parliament
in the year 1910 that the coal mines
at Newcastle would not be productive
more than twenty-one years.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-05-04
London Street Names.

Frying Pan alley, Pickle Herring
street. Beer lane. Idol lane. Duck lane
and Gore road are among the queer
street names in London.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-05-04
The c.rNatal Palace.

The Crystal palace in London accom-
modates more people than any other
building In the world. II will hold
1OO.OOO people.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-05-04
In the sprina.

In the spring the young mans fancy hose
begin 70 reappear:
In tie spring the Women's bonnets set .
little bit more queer.
-Kansas City star.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-05-04
Irsland's Names.

Hibernia, hernia, Ivernia and Ierne
were names givea to Ireland by Arts
totIe, Ptolemy and other ancient writ
ers.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-05-04

Il was leap year. and she proposed
To old Bachelor Frewlew,
And he. mean man. said. quite composed,
I'm be q brother TO you"
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-05-04
One eoodsFsaturs

When aviation's at its best
And battles all above US are
At last wen give the dogs q rest
Wen then unleash the birds Of war. "
kansas City Star.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-05-04

''spIck and span" Is a term derived
from the stretching Of a new piece Of
cloth on spikes GookO and spans
(stretehersl.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-05-04

Ths melancholy days have como.
The saddest Of the year,
When grandma dies most every day
And willie seeks her bier.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-05-04
Mood and Coal.

Shortage of wood fuel was the cause
Of coal first coming into use.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-05-04
simpIo When YoS Know.

Tha secret Of real beauty h
An plain as day.
Tou'Vs merely 70 accomplish this:
Ba born that way.
-Catholic Standard and TimeG
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-05-04

Albumen In Eggs.
An egg contains II per cent Of albu-
men.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-05-04
Tha Death Chair.

Capital punishment by electricity was
adopted in New York In 1889.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-14
X. H. LOUIS,
Hamilton, Ill.

Mrs. Borqne told the Seals men, she
had been awake. Il have kept the bea-
con constantly going, and at intervals
of five and ten minutes kept the light
house bell tolling in the hope that
some vessel would appear and send
men to our assistance" said the
stricken woman. For day after my
husband was drowned / thought !
would go mad, but then realized that
must be brave and care for the work
which had cost his life until word
could be sent to the government. My
baby suffered terribly from the cold
and cried constantly, but all could do
was to keep the little one In my arms
and carry 1t with me every time |
crawled into the light tower to trim
and fill the lamps and keep them
burning Several times ! thought !
heard the horns of vessels in the thick
fog which for days enveloped the
lighthouse, but none of them came
where | could see them. and appar
emily they did not hear the tolling oil
the bell. At the end of the sixth day
/ something kept whispering to me
Keep UP your courage; ship is com
ing, and that premonition is all thai
kept me alive. | cried with Joy wher
/ saw the Seal, and | hope that Coz
will hasten the day when we can bs
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-14
FoR A CITY BEAUTIFUL.

Up in Waterloo they have organized
league for the purpose of making
the city more beautiful. Members are
asked to sign the following pledge:
I hereby promise and will use best
endeavor to encourage the following
improvements within the gates Of
the city:
The planting of trees, vines and
shrubs.
Maintain clean alleys and back
yards.
3-Promote home garden work.
4-Refrain from crossing lawns,
splitting upon sidewalks and throwing
waste paper in streets.
Advocate improvement methods
for the disposal of waste matter. tin
cans and garbage and elimination of
the dump on the river banks.
The waterloo way" would be
equally valuable in Keokuk. The
present forward movement for gen
eral cleanup of the city might well
be followed by the organization of a
permanent league to keep the city
clean.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-14

Ringing resolutions indorsing the
record of the administration were
adopted by the Palo Alto Republican
county convention. Action on this
resolution and all others was virtually
unanimous. Delegates elected to the
state and district conventions were
instructed to work for Taft delegates
to the Chicago convention. The olive
branch was offered by naming sever
al Cummins men to the district con-
vention. They were instructed to
work for Taft's nomination.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-14
LIGHTHOUSE HERoisM

BY wireless from the Canadian gov
eminent steamship Seal there is told
the story of the finding on Bird Island
of woman and her baby half starved
and suffering from exposure which
they had endured for ten days follow
ing the drowning of Peter Borque, the
ightkeeper-their husband and faith
err. The Seal was attracted to the
lighthouse by signals of distress and
a boats crew found Mrs. Borque sc
weak that she could barely craw'
along the decks.
Every day and every night since
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-14
March, 1912.

general forward movement in musical
education among the schools of this
country has been matter of concern
to the bureau, which therefore vel
comes all the more cordially the
excellent work done in the st. Louis
schools. That the arts directed to
the ear make deeper emotional
appeal than do those directed solely
to the eye can hardly be questioned
and there is no disputing the conclu
sion that our children must be trained
to love music, to crave it, and to
produce it. if they are to arrive at a
fully rounded maturity.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-14
WHAT is HuNcER7

Two hundred years ago John Mayow
offered an answer to this ever-pres-
ent problem: If the stomach be quite
empty of food he wrote. Its internal
membranes are, as is probable, pinch
ed by the nitro-aerial particles. ana
hunger seems to arise from this" 1t
is not surprising that q sensation
which is so familiar to every individu-
al from personal experience should
have been che subject of numerous
and diverse theoretic explanations. A
careful analysis will at once bring out
the fact that appetite and hunger are
fundamentally distinct. Hunger is
evidently a demand for nutriment;
whereas the pleasures of appetite may
be enjoyed without the necessity Of an
attendant hunger.
In a recent lecture before the Har-
vey Society of New York City, Pro-
fessor Cannon, of the Harvard Medi-
cal School, reviewed the various theor-
les OF hunger and offered an explana-
ton of the well-known phenomena.
His address is discussed in recen,
number Of the Journal of the Ameri-
can Medical Association. He discards
the widely accepted view that hunger
| is "a general sensation with local ref
erence." According to this it has been
assumed that hunger arises from a
general condition of the body, such as
the disappearance of food substances
| from the blood. The sensation of
hunger is commonly said to disappear
as time passes which one would GER
tainly not expect If 1t were a NANTES
ltation of a serious deficiency; furth-
ermore, there Is no evidence of mark
! ed changes in the blood when hunger
appears, and it is difficult to reconcile
the abrupt onset of the sensation with
any equally sudden alteration in the
nutritive state of the body The we'll
known intermittent occurrence of hun
ger is not readily explained.
Any tenable theory of hunger must
account for its most conspicuous fea,
ture, viz, the reference Of the feeling
to the epigastric region. Hunger is
not due to emptiness of the stomach
or to hydrochloric acid secreted into
/ the empty organ, or to congestion. Of
the gastric glands. Cannon attributes
it to contractions of the stomach's
muscular walls. By an ingenious ex
pertinent he was able to register sim
ultaneously the movements of the
/ stomach wall and the subjects i'm
pressions of hunger sensation The
contractions and sensation always oc
Cured in unison. Both are abolished
when food which satisfies the bodil,
need is taken into the stomach. The
sequence of events may best be de
scribed in the authors words: "TIun
ger is normally the signal that thu
stomach Is contracted for action: tn,
unpleasantness of hunger leads t
eating; eating starts gastric secre
ton, distends the contracted organ
initiates the movements of gastric dl
gestion, and abolishes the sensation.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-14

The Columbus Safeguard, reliable
Republican newspaper of recognized in
fluence and standing, comes ont
squarely in It's latest issue for Lieuten-
ant Governor George w. Clarke for
the Republican nomination for COVER
nor. The Safeguard declares that Mr..
Clark has demonstrated that he is a
gentleman as we'll as politician and
has been progressive without being
a political hog. The present lieuten-
ant governor has many warm friends
In southeastern Iowa who will applaud
the Safeguard for its warm words IN
his behalf.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-14

Hereafter in Missouri the automo-
bile Joy rider must go back along
the way and pick up the killed and
wounded. rendering such first aid TO
the latter as the dictates of humanity
may suggest. This will cause much
delay and annoyance to the Joy riders,
but 1t Is the law of the state of Mis-
souri,, and it has just been upheld by
the supreme court of the state. The
statute is good one and should be
rigidly enforced.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-14
You know tt:
Observation-Disclosures,
Eachsecond'sw orthadime
neutrality-suspicious.
He has all sorts of time.
In case the Taft forces control tn,

In case the Taft forces control the
Republican state convention, as is
now practically assured, it is under
stood that the delegates at large from
Iowa to the Chicago convention vii,
be George D. Perkins of Sioux City
w. P. Hepburn of Clarinda, Governor
b. F. Carroll and Lafayette Young
These are one and all fine representa-
tives of Iowa Republication and VII,
do credit to the state in the national
councils of the party.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-14

President Taft has signed the bill
which provides for the creation of a
child bureau under the department
of commerce and labor. The bureau
will be in charge of a director, at a
salary of $4,000 q year, and will inves-
tigate all matters pertaining to the
welfare of children, such as infant
mortality, birth rate, orphanage, de-
sertion, Juvenile and kindred subjects.
The bureau should prove of great
value and bring returns worth many
times their cost.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-14

Frank A. O'Connor OF New Hampton
has written letter withdrawing him
self as candidate for the Democratic
nomination for governor. This leaves
the field to E. G.. Dunn of Mason
City and John T Hamilton of Cedar
Rapids. II is whispered that Mr..
O'Connor may be the Democratic
candidate for. congress in the Fourth
district against Gilbert Haugen.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-14
GIVE YOUR SUNSHINE TO THE

GIVE YOUR SUNSHINE TO THE
LIVING.
Give your sunshine to the living.
Do not wait till they are dead,
Oh, there's Joy in constant giving,
Human hearts are comforted,
And the giver feels the sunshine
Of the hearts responsive smile,
Knowing that another's pathway
Has been frightened all the while.
Give your blossoms to the living;
Let them have their fragrance now;
Ere their eyes are sealed in slum
Der
And like marble is their brow.
Often for some loving token
Human hearts have ached and bled.
Give your blossoms to the living,
Do not wait till they are dead.
Give your sunshine to the lonely,
Though they seem but cold and
proud;
Oft, perchance, some hidden sorrow
Makes them shun the cheerful
crowd.
Give loving word or token,
Just pressure OF the hand;
Let them know your heart is tender,
Though you may not understand.
Give your hearts love to the fallen
Oh, they need the tenderest care!
Though you see not their temptation,
They must meet it everywhere.
Oft word, smile, a handclasp,
Gives the needed strength and
cheer;
Help them in the bitter conflict,
When the tempter fingers near.
Give your sunshine to the living;
Scatter flowers with eager hand;
You may wake the chord responsive
That will vibrate DER the land.
Lavish smiles upon the aged;
Cheer the sad ones on their way;
You can make this world an Eden
BY the kindness of today.
Christian Herald.