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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-01-30
china's Procession Would Be Endless

OIIHd TFOCessIOn "ouIu be EndIeSs.
The population Of China has never
been exactly ascertained- The latest
census, taken some years ago, is said to
yield a total OF 100000. Perhaps
S00.0oo.OOO would be a more nearly
correct estimate; even that would alb
serb no less than one-fifth Of the hu-
man race From this total IT is easy
to estimate that II the Chinese people
were to march past a given point in
single file the procession would never
end Long before the last OF the 3O0.-
100000 had passed by a new genera
don would have sprung up to continue
the endless line.-From Civilization Of
China" by Il. A. Giles.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-01-30

Captain Louis B. Anderson who
states that he is the peoples candidate
for alderman Of the second ward, win
not open up headquarters along on
State street. Some Of the boys or his
followers were hoping that he would
do so and provide them with a good
warm place to lounge in these cold
winter days and lay in a large stock
Of pig ankles and other good things
for them to feast on.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-01-30
WARTIME DELICAcIES.

Trained Army Nurses Make Dainty
Dishes For the Invalid Soldiers.
The life Of a soldier even during the
present terrible war is not without its
midgations. and one of the great bless
ings Of wartime is the nurse. She "a
indeed the angel Of The troubled pool.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-01-30
Tools. Not roYn

Fbmmer-Met Unison downtown To-
day. He'd just bought a tin horn, a
triangle, some blocks. a rattle box,
some sleigh bells and a popgun. l
didn't know be had q baby. Flamson
He hasn't Hes a vaudeville trap
drummer. Those things are part Of
bis outft-Puck.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-01-30
CHIPS

DR.. D. E. Burrows, 1921 S. State St.,
without the least doubt about it is one
of the most popular NJ. DIS on the
south side, for each and every day
his Office is filed with patients, which
is an evidence of his popularity and
medical skill.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-01-30
CHIPS.

February 14th at the Star Literary
Club Of Ebenezer Baptist church, 4 p.
m, you will hear one Of the most in.
teresting subjects ever discussed, True
and False Leadership, by L. W. Wash
ington.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-01-30

Tn an out Of keller" declared the
typewriter man NY arm feels loose,
my back seems twisted, and my len
leg II shaky. What would you adviser
I think I'd get myself rebuilt" suS-
gested the automobile manufactures
Kansas City Journal
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-01-30

DOting Aother-ow WnIieIs teacher
has paid him q high compliment Sym
pathetic Friend-How was thatf Dot
ing Aother-Why. she wrote me that
WILKES spelling WA quite remarkable
and thst she had nsver known Of any.
thing quite Ike it-Riehmond Times
IDispateh.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-01-30
ATTIRE n Suit

The cashier and his bride were
certainly appropriately dressed for
their wedding"
SHoW soY'
she wore q changeable six, and he
had on q check suit "-Baltimore Amer.
lean
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-01-30
PsooIs az IN. wor,a

According to an Italian every person
IN the world could stand comfortably
IN an AREA Of 500 square miles. while
graveyard about the Size Of Colorado
would bury al OF them.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-01-30
aoiIed Dynamite.

Ftftsen to twenty drops is me en-. o1
amOunt of boiled dynamite Or V "s,a
a Il q known among Segg Tbey
10 blowing the average SAFE
enrrv AZ I'm a small bottle
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-01-30

Doubt INDUCED becomes q doubt real
had To determine % do anything .
half the battle Courage Il victory;
umidiU Il defeat-Nelson.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-01-30

A young clergyman, small OF stature.
preaching as q candidate In q certain
place one Sabbath, peering over the
pulpit Bible. announced a. bis text:
1T e L Be not afraid"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-01-30

A good horse, according to an Arab
test, II one that can stand perfectly
erect upon bis legs when drinking
from shallow pool.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-01-30

Sir Knight S. W. Green of New Or
leans, Lay supreme chancellor of the
Knights of Pythias throughout the
world, still desires to be counted
among the many subscribers to The
Broad Az.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-01-30
onn consoIstion

Console yourself, dear L. .rrp Of
brother; whatever yUu may % r nm srr
be Sure at least of this. that ryT Vel
drsadfuIly Ike other peopl
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-01-30

Miss Stella E. Mccoy, niece of Mrs.
Irene McCOy-Gaines, 6155 Wentworth
avenue, has become one of the new
and active contestants in the popu-
larity contest now drawing to a close
in this paper.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-01-30

nh bad luck 70 pass under I.sd sT q
II Il happens 70 Do ''
nmA-L4fA
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-01-30

Az we grow less young the aesd
grow les Old.-Baeon.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-01-30

Charles A. Griffin, independent re-
publican candidate for the nomina-
ton Of alderman from the second
ward, this week opened his aldermanic
headquarters at 1913 s. State street.
L. W. Washington viii be his cam
paign manager.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-01-30

MISS BETTIoLA FoRSToN
The new poetess Of the Afro-American
race in the middle west, this week
forged to the front and she now oc-
cupies second place in the popularity
contest.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-01-30

Registration Day. Tuesday February 1915 Tuesday
Polls open from 8 m. 70 D. m uayarsls
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-01-30

Mrs. Grant Gardner Of Muskegon,
Mich who has greatly enjoyed the
winter weather in that part of Mich
igan and who was up until several
years ago quite prominent in secret So
ciety circles in this city, is still num-
bered among the steadfast supporters
of this paper.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-01-30

Miss Pauline D. Owens Of Mounds,
III, spent a few days in this city this
week as the guest Of her sister, Mrs..
W. J. Meahem, 3414 Calumet avenue.
While in this city she has attended
several meetings Of the Endowment
Board Of the Knights Of Pythias Of
which she is the head and the front.
She returned to her home yesterday
morning. Miss Owens is in the pop
ularity contest and she has secured
q number Of nsw subscribers for this
paper.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-01-30

Miss Maude ]. Roberts, the noted
soprano song bird, assisted by @. Co
ell Cohen, pianist, viii give a recital
Thursday evening, February 4th, at
Sis p. m at the Abraham Lincoln
Center, N. E. corner lakewood boule-
ward and Langley avenue. Miss Rob
erts win render selections in English,
French and Italian. See ad in another
column Of this paper.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-11

more food, he laughed delightedly,
showing how happy he felt to be ao-e
to give some comfort to the suHerlns.
Great strings of wild geese hoat-
ing like worms in the sky mingie
with the white clouds In the oiue
above us. Aeroplanes whose wnlz-
zing motors warn us of their ap-
proach long before they are visible
come and go. We are left to specu-
late whether they are friend or zoe
The strongest glass does not disclose
their identity.
Many of the men carry alcohoi
lamps. They are always cooking
tea as they express it. Some OF them
seem to be eternally eating. AT one
place we stopped ragged, barefooted
woman, with an old shawl wrapped
around her head, stood watching our
waiting train. Some of our party
talked to her and finally persuaded
her to go to the cluster of houses IN
the valley way below and get them
some chickens. She returned after
the long trip with four young broilers
-pullets. She said they cost nve
kronen-one dollar. A man laid four
kronen on the ground and grabbed
the chickens. The woman protested.
Either give back her chickens or give
her five kronen. The man left ner
crying, took the chickens to the other
side of the train and killed them.
A. Naroan
The woman covered her face with
her ragged shawl, crying. I had main
tanned q very careful attitude up 10
this moment, but here my sense OF
justice prevented my being silent. l
went to the man protesting. Either
give the woman what she asks l
said, cor give back her chickens"
she's had enough" he said, going
on with his butchering.
1T is not right or fair" I urged
IF you don't give her the right
amount, now that you have killed her
chickens, l shall pay her."
"Give her another krone" several
other men advised. He would not, but
his friend did. The woman kissed
my hand. Several of the men threw
pebbles at her and shooed her away.
Down the valleyside she went, for
lorn, barefooted figure in a ragged,
faded shawl.
The men had a great feast OF
chicken and rice. ] made my dinner
on Eve biscuits, postage stamp size
I could only aat chickan under some
conditions. This was not one of them.
At any rate, was not invited to eat.
We have no light. It is dark at
five. 1t gives me time to try to patch
out nights rest on the slippery edge
of my compartment seat.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-11
GRANDMA USED SAGE TEA
TO DARKEN HER GRAY HAIR
She Made Up \ Mixture OF Sage Tea
and Sulphur to Bring Back Color,
Gloss, Thickness.

Almost everyone knows that Sage
Tea and Sulphur, properly compound
ed, brings back the natural color and
lustre to the hair when faded, streaked
or gray; also ends dandruf, itching
scalp and stops falling hair. Years
ago the only way to get this mixture
was to make it at home. which IL
mussy and troublesome. Nowadays,
by asking at any store for "Wyeth's
Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy" you
will get O large bottle OF the famous
old recipe for about so cents.
Don't stay gray! Try it! No one
can possibly tell that you darkened
your hair, az 1t does It so naturally
and evenly. You dampen q sponge or
soft brush with it and draw this
through your hair, taking one small
strand at a time, by morning the gray
hair disappears, and after another ap-
plication or two, your hair becomes
beautifully dark, thick and glossy
Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-11
FORGOT His Sweetheart.

Doctor Brandes, the Danish man OF
letters, who recently visited this
country, tells a curious story of him
self, says the Chicago News. At the
very moment he had appointed to
keep tryst with his sweetheart he
was deep in Hegel.
with a passionate desire to reach
comprehension of the truth. / CRAP
pied with the system began with the
encyclopedia, read the three volumes
of Aesthetics the 'Phenomenology OF
the Mind then the Philosophy of
Law again, and finally the logic, the
natural philosophy and the philosophy
of the mind in veritable intoxication
of comprehension and delight"
The lamentable sequel was that he
forgot all about the young girl to
whom he had to say good-by.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-11

"Stultitia," or folly, is the name OF
the play that has been printed in book
form and circulated in Washington,
causing quite a sensation. The play
denounces the foreign policy of the ad-
ministration and the alleged military
unpreparedness of the nation. This
picture, which appears as fronts.
piece in the volume, is of an ancient
plaster bas relief which shows a fat
man, out of training, totally unfit for
any fight, yet who loudly asserts his
claims in such way as sooner or
later to get him into trouble.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-11
A Woman's Logic.

The following fable, which is prob
ably of Turkish origin. is not without
touch of truth: AS woman was
walking, man looked at and followed
her.
why" said she, do you follow
me?'
Because" he said, II have fallen In
love with you"
why so? My sister, who is coming
after me, is much handsomer than |
am. Go and make love to her."
The man turned back, and saw a
woman with an ugly face, and. being
greatly displeased, returned and said:
why should you tell me a false
hood?"
The woman answered: Neither
did you tell me the truth; for, IL you
were in love with me, why did you
look back for another woman?-
The Pathfinder.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-11
BILIOUS, HEADACHY,
SICK "CAsCARETS"
Gently cleanse your liver and
sluggish bowels while
you sleep.
Get a Decent box.

Sick headache, biliousness, dizzi-
ness, coated tongue, foul taste and foul
breath-always trace them to torpid
liver; delayed, fermenting food in the
bowels or sour, gassy stomach.
Poisonous matter clogged in the In
testines, instead of being cast out
of the system is re-absorbed into the
blood. When this poison reaches the
delicate brain tissue 1t causes con-
gestion and that dull, throbbing, sick
ening headache.
Cascarets Immediately cleanse the
stomach, remove the sour, undigested
food and foul gases, take the excess
bile from the liver and carry out all
the constipated waste matter and
poisons in the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will surely
straighten you out by morning. They
work while you sleep--a 10-cent box
from your druggist means your head
clear. stomach sweet and your liver
and bowels regular for months. ADV.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-11
THREE REASONS
Each With Two Legs and Ten Fingers.

A Boston woman who is fond moth
or writes an amusing article about her
experience feeding her boys.
Among other things she says:
"Three chubby, rosy-cheeked boys,
Bob, Jack, and Dick, respectively, are
three of our reasons for using and
recommending the food. Grape-Nuts,
for these youngsters have been fed on
Grape-Nuts since infancy, and often
between meals when other children
would have been given candy.
81 gave a package of Grape-Nuts to
a neighbor whose 3-year-old child was
a weakened little thing, Ill half the
time. The little tot ate the Grape-Nuts
and cream greedily and the mother
continued the good work, and 1t was
not long before truly wonderful
change manifested itself in the childs
face and body. The results were re-
markable, even for Grape-Nuts.
Both husband and l use Grape NUTS
every day and Keep strong and well
and have three of the finest, healtnlest
boys you can find in a days march.
Many mothers instead OF destroying
the children's stomachs with canoy
and cake give the youngsters hand
full of Grape-Nuts when they are beg.
ging for something in the way or
sweets. The result is soon shown in
greatly increased health, strength and
mental activity.
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek, Mich.
Look In pkgs. for the famous little
book, 1.-THE Road to MELVILLE"
Ever read the above lettere A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full OF human
interest
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-11
MARRY AND CUT OUT PIES
Drink a To-day Day and Don't
Argue, Is Nonagenarian's Recipe
for Long Life.

st. Louis, Mo.-"Get married and
lead a regular life. Cut out cakes and
pies. Walk a-plenty. Drink a toddy
every day.
With this formula you may be
healthy, wealthy and a nonagenarian,
says Isaac Baer, ninety-six-year-old
Ponce de Leon, the essence of whose
fount is contained in the foregoing:
Never argue politics, style or re-
ligion. Sleep lots. Don't worry. Eat
what you like, except pastries. Get
up when you like. Be careful In
choosing your parents and work.
work, work
Pastries are menaces, poison of
the worst kind; that is, most heavy,
rich, indigestible pastries. Yet we
see the smartest of 'em partaking of
the richest of 'em. When they learn
to keep out of the bakeshops and into
the air they will have COPIED the old
age beater himself
Mr.. Baer's mind is clear; he reads
without the aid of glasses, and he can
hear across the room almost perfectly.
He experiences not the slightest diff
ficulty going downtown.
Further, Mr.. Baer emphatically
adds that he is firmly convinced that
the regular habits of man of family
are conducive to longevity. With a
vehemence well worthy of his ninety
six years he adds: 1T isn't anything
young folks do that gets them started
in the race wrong--it is what they
won't do"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-11
BY NELLIE ely.
International News service.)

International News Service.}
rThis dispatch was written on board the
Prince of Croy's hospital train as 1t was
proceeding from Przenlysl to BuGaD@st.i
En- Route to Budapest did not
tire of the long day, though worm
could have crawled our way and won
the blue ribbon. To think OF snail
trot in comparison is to think OF the
snail as schnellzug.
Every moment had its new interest
The trains we met. filled with happy
confident soldiers in new, fresh uni
forms. their cars decorated with the
Austrian and Hungarian colors and
branches from pine trees, made my
throat contract. Fine looking, healthy,
frank-eyed, splendid fellows, all just
at the early threshold of manhood.
With flowers in their military caps
and songs upon their lips; with faith
and confidence in the justice OF theif
cause; with a love for all mankind
but convinced, like the first Chris
tians, of the righteousness of their
cause, they go ioyfully into the hell
of battle. The trains. long and lime
splattered, which lay alongside to let
us pass, or which pass us as we went
tell the next story.
The flowers, dried and faded, still
remain in their mud-stained caps
Their eyes are sunken and haunted
by the vision Of the most frightfui
hell living man ever witnessed. Their
lips have forgotten how to smile
Their bodies bear wounds. They are
sore and filled with the pain of long
days and endless nights in wet, cold,
muddy trenches. Besides their fright
full wounds, they have cholera, dyson
terry, typhoid and hollow coughs
which rack them like the last cough
of a consumptive.
Of ammunition and supplies there
seems no scarcity. Long trains bear.
ing cannons, blankets, wagons, ammu.
milton never end. They are every
where, on the rail and roads. When
/ got up at daylight we were running
parallel with a road. The road was
lined with wagons. I counted 500 and
gave it up. When our train finally
took different course, saw, quite a
long while after, an end or part OF
that caravan winding between two
hills.
Clocks Everywhere.
notice the clocks are going. ]
would know by this alone that we are
out of Galicia. There are clocks ev
erywhere in Galicia. On the walls
on tables, on stairways, on buildings
l even found one under my bed in
Sanok. / am convinced the natives
like the look of clocks. There must
be something in the white face with
its twelve Roman figures especially
fascinating to them. Otherwise they
would not buy them. For not a clock
in all Galicia goes, not even the
clocks in the stations.
In Hungary they make their clocks
work. The beautiful landscape, the
well-tilled fields, the busy, prosperous
hooking people, the seemingly good
roads all tell different story.
No longer can / tell the story OF
filth everywhere. Truly the railways
are abominable, but at every station
large force are busy with lime and
brooms. Women in short, full skirts
and high boots, the type made famil
lar to us by Lehar's popular opera
are doing most of the work. Cholera
may be in their midst, but these en-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-11
Bells Better Than Poison.

Caldwell, N. J.-When rats became
numerous at the Essex county pen
itentiary Warden George Watts
trapped several, tied small bells to
their necks and released them. Watts
says the bells are better than poison,
but the continuous sounds OF bells
keeps him awake at night.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-11
Many SuItans.

Though there is now one more sui
tan, we shall, no doubt, go on speak
ing of the head of the Ottoman en-
pire as 1.-The sultan" just as though
there were only one. 1t is very like
the case of 1.-The kaiser" We have al
ways said "the sultan" ignoring Mo-
rocco, Zanzibar and various minor po-
tentates in Arabia and the Persian
gulf who call themselves sultans- The
title is understood to carry a wider
territorial significance than "emir." 1t
is much like emperor" in relation to
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-11

grandfather of the Belle PLANE farm
er. In letter Mr.. Burrows says that
the p.rchfork, a two-tine affair, is
such curiosity that scores of people
have visited his home to see it. He
suggests that if any Wichita institu-
ton wants to place it on exhibition he
would be willing for others to see it.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-11
Missionary Heroine.

DIR. Mary Pierson Eddy is a mission.
airy heroine who has been doing splen.
did and heroic service in Syria for a
number of years. She has done good
work for the tuberculosis cause and in
medical itineration, and is said to
have shown skill and courage in what.
ever kind of work she has undertaken.
Her medical missionary work has been
incalculable, it is said, and will never
be forgotten in the East.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-11
PITCHFORK OLD AS NATION
Was Made in Delaware the Day
Washington Was First
Elected.

Wichita, Kan.-A pitchfork, made
the day George Washington was elect
ed president the first time, is owned
by Kansas farmer. While it isn't in
service, 1t could be used if the owner,
w. r. Burrows, of Belle PLANE, so
elected. The pitchfork was made at
Dover, Del, by James Burrows, a
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-11
VocalIv Overwhelmed.

"You say that man has no con-
science?"
WELL" replied Farmer Corntossel,
"mebbe / oughn't to say that. But
If he has one, it can't be much use to
him. They say conscience Is still,
small voice, an the way he talks
would keep 1t drowned out all the
time"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-11

Chosen, who is wealthy, says he
finds time hanging heavily on his
hands since he went into retirement
from his farm. He has always had
much to do with stock raising, and he
believes that If he could get plenty of
horses to break he would be com
pletely happy.
AS special inducement he prom
ises to teach the horses tricks. Ches
sen once had horse of his own which
would savagely attack man who
called him Democrats Louis Dis
patch to New York World.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-11

king" But it may be noted that the
Turkish emperors own subjects 40
not call him the sultan, but the padl
shah Gather of monarchs). Our fore
fathers used to speak of him as the
grand seignior.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-11

Rich and Eighty-three, He Seeks Job.
Eighty-three years of age and hunt
ing for a job was the experience OF
James Chosen, veteran horse trainer.
Chosen said he preferred to break
young horses, and the meaner they
were the better he would be pleased.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-11
Is DANCING Mad.

White Plains, N. Y.-"Go back 20 my
husband? I'd rather be shot" de-
clared Mrs. Eugene Cummings in her
suit for separation. Mrs. Cummings
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-11

declared her husband is dancing mad,
and that he buys paper collars to tan
go in to save the laundry bill