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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-10-09
DANES AND DAUGHTERS.

Mime Tetrazzini once refused an offer
OF 1850 a week to sing on the music
hall stage In London.
Lady Juliet Duff, the honorary sec.
Rotary of the women's thrift move
ment, Is the finest woman shot in Eng.
land Her best record is thirty-eight
brace Of grouse In one day.
Miss Alice Purington, in the patent
Office, has the task Of passing on all
dolls, toys and games for which pat.
ents are sought. Her business is to see
that dolls, toys and games work as rep
resented. In the department she is call.
ed the first assistant to Santa Claus.
Maude Adams made her first appear.
ance on the stage at the tender age
Of nine months. That debut, which
Miss Adams fails utterly to recall,
was made in 'sThe Lost Child" She
played the title role. The leading part,
however, was played by the baby's
mother, Anne Adams, famous actress
In her day.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-10-09
SIZES AND SONS.

Mr.. I, fisherman In Hawaii, has the
shortest name In the world. He wins
over General o Of Mexico by q valid
technically, as headline writer's can
attest
Admiral Albert G. winterhalter, the
new commander Of the Asiatic feet,
succeeds Admiral Walter c. Cowles at
his new post. For some time past Ad-
miral Winterhalter has served In the
navy department at Washington as
aid Of the secretary for material
DR.. Louis Renon. who has created q
stir In medical circles by bis announce
ment that he Is able to prove. after
long research, that tuberculosis must
be treated by chemical means and not
by serum, Is a member Of the medical
faculty Of the University Of Paris.
Frank L. Polk, who has Just been
appointed counselor for the state de-
partment, received his A. B. from Yale
in 1894 and his IL B. from the law
department Of Columbia university In
1897. He was appointed corporation
counsel Of New York by Mayor Mitchell
on Jan. "a, 1914
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-10-09
Crop Statistics.

In the past five years the corn crop
Of the United States has averaged
about 2,7OS,O 100000 bushels annually;
oats, 1,131, 100000 bushels; barley, 1872
100000 bushels, and cultivated hay,
100000 tons.
The year 1914 saw the largest apple
crop ever produced In this country.
Government estimates placed 1t at
259,0OO,OO0 bushels, or more than dou-
BILE the crop of 1913. New York, Penn
sylvania and Michigan ranked.
The largest cotton producing county
in the United States, Ellis county, Tex,
yielded 1874 bales last year. This
Is more than six times the amount pro-
duced In the whole state Of Virginia
and more than was raised In either
Missouri or Florida.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-10-09
Fashion FriIIs,

New styles In women's hats show
many changes, but the prices are still
on the what have your" basis.-Chi-
cago News.
No lack of imported dyestuffs will
ever prevent new fashions from loom
ing with their accustomed destinations.
washington Star
The new skirts are to be very short
and very full, and the new waists, Of
course. will be very low. This limits
speculation to the permissible narrow
ness of the belt-Baltimore American.
New York men who affect to be
walkers carry tiny pedometers on their
wrists. The the-wrist
man should go walking with the watch
on-the-ankle girl. -: Cleveland Plain
Dealer
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-10-09
Echoes of the War.

The war is being fought with COLDER
bullets.-Baltimore American.
Here is the great debate Of the TWEEN
tieth century: Is he the sick man OF
Europe or the terrible Turk?-Chicago
News.
The way the income tax is to be
boosted in Great Britain will bring the
horrors of war home even to. the
wealthy.-Indianapolis News.
European nations have begun to call
out their schoolboys for the war; Ev.
erything is grist that comes to the
mills Of Mars.-Detroit News.
We are informed that the high cost
Of war grows prohibitive. but it is hav-
ing no appreciable effect in facilitat ting
the diffusion Of brotherly love.7New
York Sun.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-10-09
Three Reels.

Seventy-five per cent Of all American
motion picture films are made In Los
Angeles county, Cal, and SO per cent
within 100 miles thereof.
One Of the big motion picture studios
in New Jersey is using stage mount
ed on a turntable, so that 1t can face
the sun at all hours and eliminate un-
desirable shadows.
OF 6,2S2 kinematograph films, with a
total measurement of 6,SS1, 614 feet,
submitted last year to the British board
Of film censors objection was lodged
on various grounds of public morality
to 14S. After alterations 40 Of these
were passed.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-10-09
The Royal Box.

Queen Alexandra refuses to weal
ospreys on account of the cruelty tC
birds which the collecting Of the feath.
ers involves.
The Grand Duke Nicholas is famous
as a sportsman. Coursing wolves with
borzois may be regarded as a national
sport in Russia, and it is one which the
grand duke has made his own.
The queen of the Belgians recently
celebrated her thirty-ninth birthday.
A member of the royal house of Bava-
ria, the Princess Elizabeth was born
on July %. 1876. at Possenhofen. In
October. 1900. she married at Munich
Prince Albert of Belgium. who sue
ceeded to the throne of that country on
the death of his uncle, King Leopold
IL, in December, 1909.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-10-09
BresIau's Checkered Career.

This history of the possession of
Breslau shows that it has changed
hands very often. Early in the
ELEVENTH century II was made the seat
Of a bishop and after having formed
part of Poland became the capital Of
an Independent duchy in 1163. In
1885 it was purchased by John. king
Of Bohemia. who retained 1t until 1860
1t then changed hands and became
subject to Bohemia once more in 1890,
passing with the rest Of Silesia to the
Hapsburgs In 1926. 1t came under
the authority Of Frederick the Great In
1I41 and was recovered by Austria In
1757 and regained by Frederick In the
Seven Years war. 1t has since been
Prussian. except a few days In 1907
and again In 1913, when it was held
temporarily by the French.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-10-09
Train and Track.

Electro-pneumatic brakes are soon
to displace the air brakes on the pas
senger trains OF the Pennsylvania rail-
road.
More than 35 per cent OF the mileage
Of German railroads Is laid upon iron
ties, one state which Is rich in forests
using them almost exclusively.
The British system Of railways In
Nigeria, West Africa. has been remark
ably rapid in growth. 1t now extends
neaSy 500 miles into the interior.
The japanese government has adopt
ed q plan Of railway building that win
require ten years to complete and add
more than 100 miles to existing lines
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-10-09
Pen and Brush.

Before painting his celebrated "Snow
storm" Turner had himself dashed fol
four hours to the mast Of a Margate
steamer in q tempest.
George Barr McCutcheon, author OF
twenty popular novels, is collector Of
first editions. The authors hobby
however. extends only to first editions
Of English authors. His collection OF
these is large and valuable and con.
tains many that are extremely rare.
The dean of American illustrators is
Reginald Birch. He was born In 1862
Two years younger than he is A. B.
Wenzel. Both studied in Munich. A
third American illustrator who studied
in Munich is Arthur |. Keller. whose
age-forty -eight-is the same as that
Of Charles Dana Gibson.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-10-09
Portland Cement.

In the manufacture OF portland
cement, clay or shale and limestone
are ground together and burned" In
rotary kilns. The cement comes from
kilns In the form Of hard, black, semi
vitreous Jumps. or "clinker." When
pulverized this clinker becomes a gray
tsh powder. which is the familiar ar
ticle Of commerce employed for a great
variety Of purposes in practically every
type Of building construction. It has
long been known that the fineness to
which the cement is ground Is one Of
its most important characteristics, and
consequently specifications require that
Is per cent or more Of commercial
cement shall pass through q No. 200
sieve, which has 10000 openings per
square inch. This Is the practical
limit Of mechanical sleeves In respect
to fineness. for although finer sleeves
can be manufactured the necessary
uniformity In size Of openings cannot
be attained. 1t is well known, how
ever. that the minute particles of
cement. which are just capable of pass
ing through the openings Of No. 200
sieve, are still too large to be Of value
as cementing material when mixed
with water. Hence the really valuable
portion Of the cement consists In the
extremely fine powder, the amount of
which can only be inferred from the
sieve test
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-10-09
Church and School.

The Church of Scotland has 1900
ministers.
New York state Presbyterian preach
ers receive an average annual salary Of
S1.526.
There were 216.493 students in col
leges. universities and chronological
schools in 1914. according to the an
nual report of the commissioner OF ed
ucation. just issued. This is an in
crease of 14.262 over 1913.
The school savings bank OF public
school No. a. of the borough OF Queens,
New York city. has had $1,000 deposit
ed in it in the three years of its ex-
istence. More than half of this amount
Is still on deposit either with the school
bank or with state savings bank.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-10-09
Pen and Brush.

Arthur Brisbane. the well known
editorial writer for the Hearst pub
locations, Is a very fast writer. He
once wrote thirty-two editorials In one
day.
Mr.. Henry James, the famous novel
list, who has renounced his American
nationality and become a British sub
ject. has lived and worked In Eng
land for about forty years.
Mr.. John Richard Lowndes French,
elder son of Sir John French. has ex-
hibited in the Royal academy. and five
Of his pictures have been shown at
exhibitions of the North British acad-
envy.
President Louis W. Hill OF the Great
Northern railway system and son OF
James J. Hill. is an artist as we'll as q
successful railroad president. He takes
great pleasure in painting in oil and
has painted some really excellent can
vases.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-10-09
Short Stories.

The United States has 1908, OO0,O 600
acres Of land.
Tapioca is poisonous in its raw state,
but is purified by roasting.
The United States income tax In the
last fiscal year yielded $79,S2S.675.
1t is said that Nero once paid a sum
equal to about $25O.OOO for two cups
of transparent glass.
In some parts of China it is consid-
cred high virtue for a wife to COM
NIT suicide after the death Of her hus-
band.
Never before in history has the price
Of horses been so high in Holland. The
evident cause is the great demand for
horses resulting from the war.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-10-09
Echoes of the War.

Peace talk is said to be In the air
That Is where the peacemakers are.
too, alas!Chicago News.
Somehow the torpedo boat destroyers
do not seem to make an impressive fig
ure in the present war-Chattanooga
Times.
We continue to look forward hopeful
~ to the day when Europe will invite
every one to the grand barbed wire
rummage sale.-Washington Post.
Thrift, thrift" is now the cry in
Britain, France, Germany, Hungary.
Every one must save pennies so that
millions can be shot of in powder
Detroit Journal.
Speculations as to what the relations
Of governments will become after the
end Of the war will have Importance
In time, but at present they are prema-
ture.-Washington Star.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-10-09
The Royal Box.

The Italian Crown Prince Umberto
who is eleven years old, Is q most en-
thusiastic boy scout.
The king Of Denmark Is q nephew
Of Queen Alexandra and a brother-in-
law Of the German crown prince.
The queen Of Norway is the most eco
nomically attired queen In Europe.
Her majesty spends f200 per annum
ON her dress.
The king Of Italy has conferred the
Order Of Annunziata upon the Prince
Of Wales. The order comes next IN
antiquity to tine Garter and the Golden
Fleeca
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-10-09
Town Topics.

Soon Baltimore will have a new
boulevard. The city is making prog
ress with seven league boots.-Balti-
more American.
Somebody has discovered that Chica-
COS prisons are pretty poor. This dis
covery is just as important as II it
were new.-Chicago News.
Philadelphia isn't so terribly worked
up over the coming election. She has
100000 assessed voters who failed to
register.-Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The Toledo Blade claims its city
franks third among the railway CEN
tiers of the country" That will make
a lot of big towns either envious or
dubious.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-10-09
Town Topics.

Chicago knows that Il Is the best city
In the country for the holding OF con-
ventions. but II likes to have this view
shared by others.-Chicago News.
There Is law In Philadelphia against
throwing any kind Of waste into the
streets, but nobody pays any attention
to Il not even the police.-Philadelphia
Press.
New York Is not satisfied with q cen
sus which gives only little over $780,
900 Inhabitants. But the state line that
separates Il from Hoboken. Jersey
cry. Bayonne and Newark cannot b
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-10-09
The Cookbook.

Sausages will not burst If rolled In
flour before frying.
All clean bread scraps should be
saved They are useful for crumbs and
may be used in buildings. forcemeats,
hot cakes AID escalOped dishes.
A nice way to serve onions is to
make a ring of mashed potatoes. put
the plain boiled onions i'm the center
and pour over some melted butter and
put into the oven to get piping hot.
When relocating meat place some
gravy in a deep frying pan. season it
and make quite hot. put in the meat
and simmer gently. but do not allow to
boil, as boiling makes the meat tough.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-10-09
SIREs AND SONS.

General Won Hindenburg is a grea1
chess player.
DR.. Joseph Leidy is leading a move
ment for military instruction In Phila.
delphia public schools.
General Roger A. Pryor, ex-justice
Of the supreme court and a leading
figure In the Confederacy, recently
celebrated his eighty eighth birthday in
New York city.
George d. Pratt, whom Governor
Whitman selected to supervise the con-
eervation Of the natural resources of
New York state. is very wealthy man
who has made study Of forest preser-
walton and wild animal Life.
Sir Clements Robert Markham, ex-
paorer, traveller. archaeologist, who in
troduced the cultivation Of the quinine
yielding cinchona trees from Peru into
British India, an act of incalculable
value to the world at large, is now
eighty-five years Of age.
Max Bruch, the German composer,
who, on his SEVENTEEN birthday In
1908, declared, 81 shall write no more
for the source Of my inspiration has
dried up" has just completed, in his
seventy-eighth year, a new work, a
concerto for two pianos and an orches-
ira 1t is the only composition Of this
kind which has ever emanated from
his pen.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-10-09
FIippant filings.

A New Yorker is said to have paid
$1,000 to have the devil knocked out
Of him." Salvation used to be free
New York Sun.
By deciding not to hand out cam
paign cigars the suffragists advance
one more argument for their cause
Philadelphia Press.
When Princess Marie Louise Of Or
leans weds Prince Philip Of Bourbon
Sicily only few of the relatives of the
contracting pair will be present. The
others are out In the European back
yards fighting with the neighbors.-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-10-09
State Lines.

Indiana's state charges number
13,20S.
Wisconsin is able to send outside of
the state trainload Of cheese every
day in the year.
Florida Is the leading producer in
this country of fuller's earth, and last
year the average price paid for its
earth was $10.O7 ton.
Ohio leads the world In the produc-
ton Of maple strip. The value Of maple
strip and sugar produced In Ohio is
more than three times the value Of
these products of New England, II the
single state Of Vermont Is excluded
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-10-09
Wireless Whispers.

Warships can talk to submarines at
sea by wireless.
United States army officers are test
ing wireless transmitting outfit that
has sent messages as far as twenty
miles without the use Of antennae.
Time signals sent out by wireless
from the Eiffel tower. In Paris, are re-
ceived at one point $50 miles away by
a strip of wire netting supported only
about twenty inches from the ground
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-10-09
Fish Tales.

For short distances. the salmon is
the swiftest Of fish.
The ribbon fish derives its name
from its curious shape. Though many
feet In length, it is only an inch or
two thick.
The anableps Is a Brazilian fish that
has two sets Of eyes, one for seeing In
water and the other for seeing In air
as II swims at the surface.
There is a fish in China that will
travel a mile overland from one stream
30 another. Land journeys are known
to have been taken at night by cells In
England.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-10-09
At the Zenith,

pa. what does Il mean when q pub
lie man Is said to be at the zenith OF
bis popularity"
ut means. my son." replied the de-
feated candidate ruefully. that he Ii
about ready to hit the toboggan"-
Birmingham Age Herald
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-10-09
Our Army Rations.

The average daily field ration Of the
United States army Is made up as fol-
lows: Bacon. II ounces Tor fresh meat
20 ouncesI: bread. IS ounces: beans. "a
ounces; potatoes, 20 ounces; prunes or
preserves, lbs ounces: coffee, LIE
ounces; sugar. So ounces; evaporated
milk. ounces; vinegar. .16 OF a gill;
salt. "a ounce; pepper (biack). .04 Of
an ounce; lard. 81 OF an ounce; butter.
B Of an ounce.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-10-09
Current Comment.

China is rapidly becoming up to date
IN its civilization. 1t Is to have an In
come tax.-Baltimore American.
Now it's the price OF coal that Is
charged to the war, but the consumes
pays the increase as usuaL-New York
Sun.
Although Cupid seems to be work.
ing overtime. he has yet 70 catch mp
with 100000 unmarried women At
marringeable tge In Amsrica--sa1
Francisco Chronicla
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-10-09

Looks as though it win be some time
before the tourist business in Mexico
will amount to much.
About the only man who can AFFORD
to believe everything he hears is the
man who is stone deaf.
the F4 were corroded explains how it
happened, but not why it was allowed
to happen.
It is now said that the Thanksgiving
dinner will be cheaper this year. But
that's just the way they lure Us on
every year. =
Whoever invented the word 'if'
placed a movable but persistent obsta-
Gle in the way Of most things that we
want to do.
In conquering epidemics against
great odds Servia has won one Of the
most notable and lasting victories Of
the entire war.
The scientists who invent deadly en-
gines Of war are keeping medical SCI
entists very busy finding remedies for
the hurts they cause.
Europe after lingering for many
years on the verge Of war is making
rather a lame struggle to get headed
toward the verge Of peace.
Scientists say the north pole has
shifted its position. Let's hope we are
not In for another wordy squabble If
it should happen to be rediscovered-
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-10-09
PITH AND POINT.

It's poor rule that won't work your
way.
Have you picked out your Thanks
giving turkey yet?
Kind words never paid a bill, but
they can often stand off the collector.
You may not believe in luck, but Just
the same you are lucky to be in luck.
People who suffer from ennui usually
are tired of doing nothing and don't
know 1t.
Fashion" declares an authority on
that subject, sis state Of mind" And
amt that the truth?
That the auto loosens teeth is the as
sertion of Philadelphia dentist. Even
SO, good dodger has little to fear.
The Dutch are buying aeroplanes
here. The world generally is getting
nervously anxious about preparedness.
Hopes of another year now consti-
tute the important features of the base
ball situation for a large number of
cities.
The Peruvian plan for new taxes is
not well received" by those who are
to pay the imposts. The tax collector
is universally unpopular.
Discovery in New York that many
motorists are being cheated by short
measure gasoline is not so startling as
the discovery that none have been
would be.
According to a New York observer.
the rich need more uplifting than the
poor. Unhappily this will not deter
the poor from offering to change places
with them.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-10-09
loves PROGRESS.

Knicker-How can you tell how long
they have been marriedf
Bocker-By whether she wants him
to stop smoking to save bis health, his
money or the curtains--Nev York Sun
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-10-09
Seant Courtesy.

Opportunity came knocking nc the
door.
I'm give him two minutes b eT
plain his proposition" said the great
masnate-Kansas City Journal
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-10-09
SHORT AND SHARP.

Live wires should not waste time on
dead issues.
Take your pick Of Mexican "situa-
lions" That country has them to burn.
It's the easiest thing I'm the world to
convince the average man that he Is
smart
Stand up for your rights, but do not
obstruct the view of those sitting be-
hind you.
Sensitive New Workers were panied
when a clergyman recently described
their city as worldly"
Though the cost Of living Is high and
the price OF funerals Is going up, one
still prefers America to Europe.
The theory that weeds cause hay fe-
yer may explain why some charming
young widows discard them so SOON
What q fine opportunity the old pi-
rates Of the Atlantic missed In not
waiting for these modern gold shipsl
Little girls may be as averse 30 school
N are little boys. but they have the Dr.
plomacy Of their sex. and % thcy con
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-10-09

Every once In awhile some one men
lions The Hague tribunal. 1t Is well
to remember that 1t still exists.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-10-09

Astronomer Mellish, who has discov-
cred his fourth comet. deserves much
praise. though we could have worried
along with the comets we had.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-10-09
BRIGHT BRIEFS.

Scatter sunshine and you viii also
enjoy its rays.
A stitch in time will often save one
from embarrassment
The more money a man has the more
he is abused. and the less he cares
have to bother to find out when your
pay day comes.
If winter shows no more winter than
summer did summer what sort Of a
winter will 1t be?
Cotton experts foresee an enormous
demand when the war Is over. II
seems q long time to wait.
No trouble to find q man who Is WILL
ing to stop his own work to tell some
other man how to keep busy.
Stefansson has q heroic task before
him when he starts In to read up on
what's happened since he lost himself
Much as q man would Ike 20 show
bis appreciation, he's 90 constituted
that he can't pat his best friend on the
back.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-10-09

Some Of the feats required OF d.
plomacy are as startling as those Of
the air men who loop the loop.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-10-09

Kind words never paid a bill, but
they can often stand off the collector.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-10-09

If winter shows no more winter than
summer did summer what sort Of a
winter will II be?