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The broad ax., 1915-11-06
RusLun In tn. Kitchen

In her book of "reminiscences. .sThir.
teen Years of Busy woman's Life"
Mrs. Alec Tweedie says that her IA
ther, Dr.. Harley. a well known Lon
don physician, was great friend of
Ruskin and often stayed at Brentwood
One night Ruskin asked DR.. Harley
whether he liked tea or coffee before
he got up.
"A cup of tea," he replied.
why don't you choose coffee?'
well, to tell the truth, / have lived
so much abroad that 1 don't fancy
English coffee. 1t Is generally so bad.
ly' made"
His host said nothing. The next
morning DR.. Harley was awakened,
and strong smell Of coffee permeated
the room. Turning to a servant, he
asked, SIS that my cup Of tear
mo. sir; it is Mr.. Ruskin's coffee"
Mr.. Ruskin's coffeeI What do yov
meanF'
1.-The master was up early. He roast
ed the coffee himself, he ground the
coffee himself, and he made the coffee
himself, and he hopes you will like It"
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Growth of Wealth.

The wealth of the world grows very
slowly, and the amount Of real saving
Is amazingly small If, for example,
the wealth Of the United States when
George Washington became president
was equivalent to a billion dollars
and that perhaps is not bad guess
and this amount could have steadily
earned a little over per cent every
year since, this gain, compounded,
would exceed the present estimated
wealth Of this country. This means
that all the rest of the saving and the
gains from new enterprises and a rap
idly increasing population have only
just about balanced the annual waste
and loss. True, more than two-thirds
Of the wealth Of nations is still the hu-
man machine and not the visible tax
able property, but the fact serves to
show how slight is the annual gain
even In the premier get rich quick
country Of the world, the United States.
Carl Snyder in Golfers Weekly.
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Curious Ieleoraph Iinas.

The most original telegraph line In
the world once extended from La Plaz.
the capital of Bolivia, to the neighbor.
ing town of Oruro. a distance Of about
15G miles. There are no growing trees
In this part of the world. and wood of
any kind is so rare that the telegraph
poles were made Of the same materia!
as the natives household furniture
dried mud. The pillars were built on
stone foundations and measured about
five feet square at the base. with a
tapering height of fifteen feet. They
were placed about $50 feet apart An
other curious telegraph line was con-
structed in Uganda by British en-
gineer. who transported growing trees
to the roadside and used them as poles
because he could not find any dead"
wood that would Withstand the raw
ages Of the white ants. In Dutch
East India growing trees are also
turned to account in this manner. but
there a wire is stretched across the
road between the trees on either side
and the actual telegraph line suspend
ed down the center.
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Scotch Breakfasts.

DIR. Redgill. in Susan Terriers "Des-
,iny." dweIls on Scotch breakfasts with
-usto. After proclaiming that Scot
land in general is "a perfect mass of
rubbish" and the cookery not fit for
dogs he adds: But the breakfasts!
That's what redeems the land, and
every county has its own peculiar ex-
cellence. In Argyllshire you have the
Lochfine herring-fat, luscious and de-
licious, just out of the water. falling
to pieces with its own richness. melt
ing away like butter in your mouth.
In Aberdeenshire you have the finnan
paddock, with flavor all its own,
vastly relishing. just salt enough to
be piquant without parching you up
with thirst. In Perthshire there Is the
Tay salmon. kippered. crisp and Juicy
"a very magnificent morsel. In other
places you have the exquisite mutton
Of the country made into hams Of a
most delicious flavor"
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judges Gowns.

The London Law Times points out
that the silk gown of the bench and
bar owes its original use to its having
been adopted as form Of mourning
at the death Of an English sovereign.
On the death of Queen Mary in 1864
the present silk gown was introduced
as mourning and, having been found
more convenient and less troublesome
than the regular dress then worn, has
since been continued. The late Sir
Frederick Pollock is said to have ex-
pressed en- opinion in reference to the
ordinary costume of the bar that the
bench and bar went into mourning at
the death of Queen Anne and have so
remained ever since. American courts
adopted the gown along with the Eng
lish common law.
The broad ax., 1915-11-06
Fleas as Jumpers.

The jumping powers of heas have
been much exaggerated. according to
a bulletin on these insects issued by
the department of agriculture. The
species known as the human flea
Pulex irritansJ is probably the best
jumper. According to Mitzmain. the
maximum horizontal distance this spe-
cies can jump is thirteen inches and
the maximum vertical distance less
than eight inches.
Tie question of the fea's jumping
powers is of Importance In connection
with the spread of bubonic plague and
other diseases of which this insect Is
the carrier. The Indian plague COM
mission, which has investigated the
habits of the Indian rat flea. finds its
maximum horizontal jump to be only
five inches. while Mitzmain records the
maximum height to which it can jump
as three and one-eighth inches. One
species of flea. the ''sticktight." is near
ly incapable Of jumping.
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Both Far Away.

A prominent Kentucky lawyer had
been in jackson during the hearing of
a big land case and after the strain of
several weeks in the courtroom had de-
cided TO take trip up In the noun
tains and enjoy the quieting influences
Of the hills. He Travelled the paths and
narrow mountain roads till he found
himself, at the end Of several days
Journey. about forty or fifty miles from
the railroad. 1t was about noon, the
lawyer judged, for his watch had run
down and he could not be exact. But
in the midst of this deep contempla-
ton the lawyer came upon an old
darky sitting upon a bowlder along
side the road. What time have your
he asked of the old darky. "Well, sub,
boss, the old watch says she's about
ten minutes to r." was the reply. 'Is
that sun time or railroad timer again
questioned the lawyer. ''Whut diff
nee at make? Ones nigh as fur frum
heah us de yudder.
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Simply Separated.

The janitor Of a hall in a country
place was asked by an entertainer from
the city If there wasn't a piano that
he could use for the evenings enter
tainment.
"Waal, yes. there is piano down in
the cellar" said the janitor, "but you
couldn't play on it-leastways. not as
it is, for it's full Of books"
Then the janitor bawled to his wife:
Susan. where's the works Of that
piano?"
And Susan's voice f1oated down from
upstairs:
"Ain't they out in the gardenT-
Washington Star.
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Bad Handwriting.

becomes ineligible when one grasps
the rules, for a mans script-particu-
larry an author's-is frequently made
difficult chiefly by his deliberate or
unconscious inversion Of the accepted
rules of calligraphy. Henry Ward
Beecher had daughter who acted as
copyist, and she read him with ease
simply by remembering three princi-
ples-that in her fathers manuscript
no dotted letter was meant for an 81"
no crossed letter stood for 1T" and
that no capital letter ever began SEN
tence.-Indianapolis News.
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Limitations of Science,

Johnny was sent to study mathemat
les. and the teacher told him that II
was q true science.
For instance" she said, IF 1t takes
one man twelve days to build house
then twelve men can build it in one
day."
Johnny replied: And 2SS men will
build it in an hour. II, $50 in a minute
1,036,SO0 men will put it up in sec
ond. Now, don't believe they could
build even a single brick In that time.
Again, If one ship can cross the Allan
tic in twelve days, twelve ships should
be able to cross it in one day. don't
believe that either, so I'm not going to
study mathematics" And Johnny left
the teacher studying it herself.-Ex-
change.
The broad ax., 1915-11-06

N. b. Jones, magazines, cigars, to
bacco and news stand, 24s E. 35th st
N. c. Chalmers, cigars, tobacco, no
ton store and news. stand, 5012 s
State street.
L. E. Chiffon, news stand, s. E. cor.
ner 51st and State streets.
S. Berenbaum, Cigars, Notions and
News Stand; 81 W. 81 Street, nea,
Dearborn.
E. Fl. Faulkner, news agency; 31O9 s.
State street.
George l Martin, maker of fine Gig.
ars and news stand, Is W. 31st St.,
near State.
r. M. Harvey's barber shop and
news stand, 1924 State street.
W. N. Maxwell, notions, cigars, to-
bacco, CONNECTIONS and news stand,
5244 State st.
Edward Felix, notions, cigars and
news stand, SO w. 3Oth st.
F. Bishop, cigars, tobacco and news
stand, w. 9th St., near State.
Sylvester McGlofin, news stand and
laundry Office, 4122 State st.
William Gaughan, laundry Office
cigars, tobacco and news stand, 1886
State St.
E. M. Oliver, notions, cigars and
news stand, Is W. Seth Street, near
State.
A. D. Hayes, cigars, tobacco, notions,
stationery and news stand, 364O 8.
State st.
George McFaro, shoe shining parlors
and news stand. 3sO01a State street.
T. B. Hall, Laundry Office, cigars,
tobacco and news stand. 361s South
State street.
Fred M. Waterfeld, cigars, tobacco,
notions and news stand, 5000 South
State street.
Coleman & Glanton, cigars, tobacco
and news stand, 3342 s. State street.
Miss E. M. McClain, hair dressing
parlor and news stand. 80 w. seth
street.
F. M. Diffay, cigars, tobacco, notions
and news stand. 1905 State street.
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No Alienation.

A belted earl was In the habit OF
playing golf daily at Musselburgh.
This gentleman had contracted some
ailment which made his head always
shake a little. Frequently he had had
occasion to rebuke his caddie for ex-
cessive indulgence in alcoholic liquors,
and one day he spoke to him very
sharply. Robert, you are drunk to-
day. 1t is a disgrace. You are very
drunk
Drunk replied the caddie. IL know
am drunk. but I'll be sober tomorrow.
You're daft, and you'll never be rightP'
Dundee Advertiser.
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FIVE BRICK HOUSES FOR SALE
AT A GREAT BARGAIN

We have for sale group of five
brick houses that. are offered at a bar.
gain, they are to be sold all at once.
and on easy payments, three to five
hundred dollars down and the balance
the same as rent. they are located on
South Park Boulevard near Thirty
fourth street. Do you want to be a
member of a syndicate that will Dur.
chase these housesf If so address <
care this paper.
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Riqht Up to Date.

Mother-Are you sure you can give
my daughter all the luxuries and privi-
leges enjoyed by the married women
Of her set? Suitor-I can give her
town and country houses. motorcars,
a string of polo ponies and dancing les
sons at once, and divorce and alimony
within two years.-Life.
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Anxious to Help.

He (after the .honeymoOn)-Has your
father said anything about helping TO
provide a home for us? She-Oh. yes,
indeed! He said that when we had a
home Of our own he would buy me a
cookbook and allow mother to come
and teach me how to use it, even II 1t
took q year.-New York Weekly.
The broad ax., 1915-11-06
LARGEST Star Known,

Campus, the largest star known,
with a luminosity Of 1900 times that
of the sun. is invisible from the north
ern hemisphere. o. r. Walkley, an
English astronomer, adduces testimony
at great length to prove it the central
sun of the universe about which ali
other orbs revolve.
The broad ax., 1915-11-06
Nautical.

"Father," wired the young yachtsman.
+please advance me some money. My
boat is entered In tomorrow's race and
I'm sure she will win"
And father promptly replied, mot
with a time allowance from nest
Louis Post-Dispatch.
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Appearances Deceptive.

Thompson has made a discovery"
"Indeed?"
Eyes. he says that he has dtscov-
cred that the more buttons there are on
a woman's coat the greater the proba-
bility that 1t really fastens with hooks
and eyes."-Puck.
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Where the Trouble Was.

Mamma" said small Edmund, I'm
very sorry ate the cake after you told
me not to-"
$50 your conscience is troubling you,
is itT said his mother.
81 don't know" answered Edmund.
81 thought it was my stomach.
cago News.
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Her Word of Honor.

"Don't you love meT
Eyes, but I'm already, engaged"
"Then break your engagement"
"Oh, Jack, that wouldn't be honor
able! An engagement is a sacred
thing, not lightly to be entered into or
broken off. Besides
"Welb?"
well, I'm engaged to two men, and
that makes it even worse" - Boston
Transcript.
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Chinese Junks.

Although there is no written history
Of the earliest bulk oil carrier, the Chi
nese Newchang junk. originally built
for the carriage of water in bulk and
afterward used for oil. must be among
the earliest examples Of this class Of
vesseL-Exchange
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A RebuH.

Said one indianapolis jokesmith to
another: "How's your stuff selling
now? Been getting any checks latelyf"
"Not exactly, but received couple
Of repulses today."-Indianapolis News.
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A Better Way.

Keep on the watch. Opportunity
may knock at your door"
"Im not going to wait for that I'm
going to pound on Opportunities door"
louisville Courier Journal.
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The Inevitable Thing.

ibid you get any stock In that bal
loon line project"
YES. but | think l paid for 1t more
than it was worth"
"That is what was to be expected.
An air line would naturally have In
flated stock."-Baltimor American.
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A Chance Vet.

Tom-1s 1t true that you proposed TO
Alice and were rejected? Jack-Not
exactly rejected. She said when she
felt like making a fool Of herself shed
let me know.-Boston Transcript.
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Garhsoa For the poas.

Instead OF throwing her kitchen ref
use into garbage receptacle the poor
Constantinople housewife puts 1t into
q sort Of kennel outside her door for
the wandering dogs Of the city.
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Poor Product.

I'm a self. made man, am"
well. there Is One thing you needn't
worry about"
what Is thatY'
Taking out a patent"
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Notable Exceptions.

Mrs. Bloobumper-Yes. everybody d
always ready to give advice.
Bloobumper-There are exceptions.
~Are thereT
'Yes, doctors and lawyers"
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Aetinic Rays.

The ultra violet ray is Of all light
elements the hardest on the eye. II
II also called the actinic ray and b de-
scribed as ''like q little barbed arrow"
The broad ax., 1915-11-06
All He Has,

''He has a fortune In his own name"
worth a lot. chr"
mo. But his name Is Rich."-Detrott
Free Press.
The broad ax., 1915-11-06
Three VitriolS

The ''three vitriols" are green vitriol
tsulphate Of from, blue vitriol (sulphate
Of copper and white vitriol (sulphate
Of xincl.
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Those Uneauoht Fish.

Maud-Don't you think there are Just
as good fish in the sea as ever were
caught? Marie-Well. they're certain
~ smarter.
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THE BROAD AK CAIN BE FOUND
ON SALE AT THE FOLLOWING
NEWS STANDS:

From on and after this date The
Broad Ak, can be found on sale at the
following news stands:
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In life's small things be resoluts and
Hreat.-Loweu.
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Let them obey that know not how b
rule-Shakespeare.
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SIX ROOM BRICK COTTAGE FOR
SALE AT A BARGAIE ON EASY
PAYMENTS.

Beautiful six room and bath, cement
basement, furnace heat, hardwood
floors and trimmings, one and a half
story brick cottage located on St
Lawrence avenue, near Marquette
Road, Goth street Boulevard at a bar
gain, if purchased at once, small
amount of money required.
For further particulars, address
Julius F. Taylor, 6532 st. Lawrence
avenue. Phone Wentworth 1897, no
agents wanted.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-12-27
THE GREATEST GIFT

One Of the largest banking institu-
tions Of Pittsburgh. a savings insti-
tuition. vas compelled to closed its
doors a few days before Christmas. a
most ~inOpportune time. II developed
that the failure Of the bank was not
due to any criminal ineniciency Of its
officers or the reckless direction OF its
affairs. II had the misfortune to hold
a large amount OF deprecated securi-
ties and slow assets. But how could
that be explained TO the childish mind ?
Among the banks depositors were
$1,000 school children who had been
induced to trust their penny savings in
TO the keeping Of this institution in
the hope OF teaching them thrift and
provident habits. Their total deposits
amounted to the very considerable sum
OF over $685. 900.
A great Captain OF Industry. a for
mer P~ittsbursher. residing in New
York. read Of the plight Of these con
nding children, and he did a thing that
commands the very highest praise. not
for a sentimental performance. but for
a gift that preserved the confidence
Of these depositors. that kept their
hearts untainted with the distrust OF
human kind. Henry Clay Prick In
pledginE himself TO pay every cent
coming to the 81 900 youthful deposit
tors has given the mos perfect gift Of
the giving season. He must have been
inspired 10 do this with the thought OF
maintaining the childish trust In man
kind unspoiled. He has done a great
thing. a noble thing What under.
standing could the child get out Of
tho explanation Of deprecated 20.
curiues7" II Il a terrible thing
10 destroy the trust and conf
dence or a child. The faith Of Al. 900
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-12-27

When an individual is born who
Is the product OF degenerative
influences operating TO such a de-
gree that he is incapable OF re-
producing his species according to
the original type. he is fit only
for the scrap heap. Whatever he
might reproduce would be one OF
two alternatives-Ffrst. a Great
ure defective than himself
and necessarily a worse human
animal. or. second. the outcome
OF a crossing with a much super
Tor individual and yet nothing bet
ter than a slow and gradual step
upward TO a plane higher than
that of the degenerate parent. with
the incidental evil that the higher
man would be deprived of the op-
%portunity Of producing normal Off
spring.
The subnormal progeny OF such
unions become a burden to the
state. a peril to the community
and. at the very best estimate OF
them. wholly uncertain factors up
TO the plane OF the moron, or fool
that is. a person win all the
superficial marks OF human intel
ligence but wholly without judg-
ment or capacity for responsible
ity. These are among the most
dangerous living beings because.
Elm any capacity in life. under the
appearance OF normal mentality,
they are wholly unreliable.
Now, nature has always had
her W wise way OF handling this
problem. Nature has always pro-
vided that when the Individual OF
a species has sunk so low in the
biologic scale as to have passed
the level OF racial recuperation,
life's d~efenses. to sink below the
scale Of preservation and . under
ordinary conditions. the defective
dies. In a state OF nature-indeed,
in the absence OF the most scien-
tific aid-the rate OF defective
disappears. as 1t should. Any
scientific Intervention is necessar-
lily an interference with the ben
eficent provision OF nature, de-
signed TO protect the race at the
expense OF the defective indi-
vidual.
Scientists have reached the point
where they can pretty definitely
determine the parting OF the ways
between a reasonable probability
Of restoration and the impossible
ity OF restoration to capacity for
reproducing normal individuals.
Now as never before In the his
tory Of mankind the world is bur
dened with these essentially de-
pendent groups. or families OF de-
fectives. Numbers OF them are
notorious in the knowledge OF
specialists on the subject. Some
have reproduced by the hundreds
OF thousands largely In form OF
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-12-27

criminals. invalids and imbeciles.
costly in every way and draining
millions OF dollars annually from
the community. Every state has
varieties OF institutions in which
these families OF detectives are
represented.
Until those institutions were es-
tablished and prior to the preya-
lence OF modern conditions OF
preservation and care. the worst
OF the detectives passed away.
Nature had been operating on her
wise. merciful, b~eneficent
plan. eliminating the unfit of the
past Tor the welfare Of the fit in
the present and future. But man,
equipped with his modern science,
undertook to defy nature and save
her rejected materials: he sue
ceeded only so far as the acqui-
sition OF numerous scrap heaps.
As is perfectly well known to
science. there have been numbers
OF persons. to superficial obsery-
ers such pitiable weaklings are
scarcely to be worth the saving.
VINO do become useful and occa-
sianally even distinguished citi-
zens. But those exceptions among
the apparent detectives can be
determined with almost absolute
certainty, and IL is abundantIy
recognized that they warrant ali
h care and attention given them.
Al the same time. Il is very
doubtful whether they are iii TO
procreate their kind, even though
they themselves be most valuable
10 the community. Many. perhaps.
most OF them, are genuinely unfit
10 have offspring because IL is a
fixed fact OF heredity that the in
heritance of the defective is not
bred out short Of several genera.
tons, IL ever.
Human law has gone but a
very short distance in dealing
with this most vital problem OF
humanity's right OF protection.
Science a do little more than
bring the fundamental facts be-
fore mankind. and let mankind
judge. The principles underlying
natures wholesome plan appear 10
ne IN contravention OF genera
sentiment: but they should be an
essential part of every mans re-
iigion' guiding him to higher ideals
n to higher standards, the
Ideals and the standards that have
been fixed immutably by natures
God-fixed in the beginnings OF
the human race and prevailing
immutably until man presumed TO
NEEDLE with them.
II Is time that We recognize
the futility OF making a bad lob
out OF botched beginning-that we
learned the higher lesson OF let
ting nature take her course and
protect the race.