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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-12-04
Restless Flat Hunters.

The restlessness of the fat dweIleY
Is a national mystery. Why does he
go forth inevitably in the spring to
find another fat and to insert his fam
lily and furniture therein? As likely
as not it is the fat which he aban-
doned five years ago. Since then he
occupied four other flats, each a vast
improvement over its predecessor, and
he Is now delighted with the new fat
which he left In disgust five years ago.
He has spent hundreds Of dollars In
arriving at this stage Of happiness, but
he will abandon the fat again next
year and fit on in a moving van as
large as a small chapel
We falter, appalled, at the task Of
discovering the fat dweller's purpose
until We consider the strangely similar
restlessness of the sick man who lies
on one side until he can't stand it any
longer and then, with the assistance of
his devoted family, is turned over on
the other side. The change is a de-
nghtful relief, although a few hours
before he couldn't endure to lie on that
side a minute longer.-George Finch In
Golfers Weekly.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-12-04
Nursinu a Crouch.

What q dissatisfied bunch Of mortals
We are! Three hundred and stxty-fve
days Of the year we grumble about the
weather. It's either too hot or too cold,
too wet or too dry. You meet a friend
who says, "It's a fine day todayP' You
answer, "DelightfulT The next one
you meet says. Amt this beastly
weather. You answer, ''The foulest
everT You're always ready to agree
with and join the knocker. Even the
poor, innocent weather cannot escape
your hammer. Everything In this
world was made wrong-except your
self, mean. You are the quintessence
Of perfection in your own mind When
you're invited to party you are mad
because you are invited, and If you are
ignored you're mad again just because
that condition fits your disposition.
Why don't you. for a change, look at
the bright side of things and maybe
your "disgustion" will improve.-Car-
toons Magazine.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-12-04
Doc Hero of AusterIitx.

In the annals Of the French army
Mustache Is still a celebrity. Mustache
was one of the dogs used In the Italian
campaign when Napoleon was first
consul He saved the French army
from a night surprise and humiliation.
Later he tracked and captured a spy
who had secured valuable information.
But this dogs crowning achievement
was at the battle Of Austerlitz. The
standard bearer Of the regiment had
Just fallen dead. Mustache's teeth and
an Austrian soldiers hand grasped the
tattered banner simultaneously. Mus
tache flew at his enemy's throat and
bore him down. Then, Selling the flag.
he carried it back to the regiment
Napoleon gave Mustache the highest
decoration for his valor He met q sol
dier's death not long after this, racing
forward beside the flag, leading the
regiment in a furious charge.-New
York Sun.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-12-04
An EoonomicaI-Mifa-


"A friend of mine" says q clever
needlewoman, "had occasion to open
my shirtwaist box the other day. She
came to me, saying, My, but you are
extravaganza You have eleven pretty
silk waists In that one box How did
you happen to buy so much wash silk ?
My answer surprised her. My husband
works In q bank and must wear clean
linen. He Is partial to silk shirts, but
n soon as there Is the least break near
the collar they are thrown away.
Shortly afterward appear In a new
dix waist, for the rest Of the shirt Is
perfectly good. He Is large man, and
there Is not the least trouble In getting
the waist from the shirt. Sometimes /
vary them by putting on plain collar
and cuffs.
you will find that when using this
idea you do not mind at all how many
new shirts the man Of the house
chooses to buy. You win even suggest
at times that certain shirt In the win
dow would look wen on him-and, In
cidentally, on you-"-Pittsburgh Dis
patch.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-12-04
Timidity of the Horse.

The horse is by nature a timh anil
NAL, as, generally speaking, all anil
mails are to whom nature has given
powers Of swift flight as their chief
means Of self preservation. OF course
individuals differ in this respect but
the rule Is so general that 1t should
never be lost sight Of in training. That
the horse can be trained to war simply
shows the extent to which his natural
impulses can be modified and subdued
by the art of nan.
Breeds of orses differ I'm regard to
natural timid y. The pure bred Arab
Is beyond ali comparison the most
fearless horse In the world. It Il pos
sible that this may be owing In part
to the fact tfat his natural develop
ment was for long ages In an open
country. where he was not in constant
danger from lseen foes, but chiefly I
think because he Is a higher evolu-
honary type than any other horse
Farm and Fireside.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-12-04
Dolly Madison,

The history of the first sixteen years
Of the White House is practically a
biography Of Mrs. Dolly Madison, the
handsome young widow whom the
bachelor James Madison married
long after his friends had regard
ed him as confirmed" In his single
blessedness. The first eight years she
was the official hostess for the elderly
widower, President Thomas Jefferson,
her husband being a member Of his
cabinet. Jefferson was rich, and his
patriotic prodigality assisted her In
uniting the warning social factions Of
the capital In the wilderness" as
Washington was then called. Mrs.
Madison's experience as hostess for
Jefferson was her social education and
the White House was her training
school, and during Madison's own ad-
ministrations his wealth likewise help
ed greatly in oiling the wheels Of the
chariot of state. Queen Dolly's" beau
ty, charm and wit were the only
wealth she brought her husband, as
she was In circumstances actually
straitened when Madison married her.
New York World.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-12-04
Wood and Water.

All wood contains more or less wa
ter. Even the driest wood known con-
tains two or three pounds Of water
to every hundred pounds Of weight
Absolutely dry wood is unknown, for
the heat needed to obtain it would dis
solve the wood and convert It into gas
and charcoal. An eminent Swiss au-
thority on the characteristics Of wood
believes that a sufficiently powerful
and perfect microscope, could II be
made, would show that the ultimate
wood cell is composed Of crystals like
grains Of sugar or salt and that thin
films Of water hold the crystals apart.
yet bind them into a mass. A good
microscope shows the wood cen and
reveals its spiral bandages and its
openings and cavities, but no instru-
ment yet made reveals the ultimate
crystals that. as many believe. do ex-
ist, and that would explain why water
cannot be expelled from wood without
destroying the wood itself.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-12-04
OWNERSHIP of Deserts.

The national government virtually
owns all our deserts, although in Texas
the state owns all the public lands. 1t
Is probable that eventually the desert
lands will pass from public ownership
into the hands Of private owners by
allotment of areas, the size Of which
will be relative to their productiveness
For 1t must be realized that whereas In
well watered region FIVE acres may
be enough to support a family, any
where from 500 to 10000 acres may be
needed to support a family In the des-
ert- 1t is all matter of water supply,
for water is primarily the basis Of land
utility and value, as 1t Is the prime
means of subsistence Of all living
things, whether plants or animals
Youths Companion.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-12-04
European Revolutions.

The four great revolutions OF mod
ern times are the English revolution
Of 1888, which finally put an end to
Stuart power in England; the great
French revolution of 1889; the French
revolution of July, 1880, which was
followed by several revolutionary out
breaks in other parts of Europe, and
the almost general revolutionary out
burst of 1913. The July revolution in
France in 1880 was followed by at
tempts which were unsuccessful in
Germany and Italy, but in Belgium
the present kingdom of the Belgians
was established, and in 1882 the pas
sage of the English reform bill was
directly attributed to events and proc
esses Of thought set in motion at that
time. The revolutions Of 1S4S result
ed In France in the fall Of the bour-
geois monarchy and brought about a
political upheaval In Europe from
many causes from Ireland to the Dan
ube.-New York Times.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-12-04
Current Comment.

Another autumn has passed with re-
grets on the part of Sir Thomas Upton
to note that the ocean is still busy
Washington Star
A national milk day is the latest sug-
gestion. At this rate there will soon
be no plain. common, nameless days
left-Philadelphia Ledger.
1t is said that the Chinese people pre-
fer a monarchy to a republic. but then
It may be safer for them to feel that
way about it.-Indianapolis News.
A movement is on foot in New York
to make the laws ineligible to men
without legal training, but it might
help some if they were made intelligi-
BILE enough to men with legal training
10 enable two lawyers to agree as to
khat they mean.-F1orida Times Union.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-12-04
An Artists Struqales.

Professor Won Herkomer, the famous
painter. had such a struggle to gain
q living in his early days that had It
not been for his inexhaustible stock of
patience and self confidence he would
probably have abandoned art entirely
He sold his first picture for 2 guineas
and later on earned for a short time
a couple of pounds weekly for a wood
cut which he supplied to a comic paper
This modest salary coming to a stop.
he was at his wits end to know what
TO do. He applied to troupe Of min
strels for an engagement as either
player, but in vain, and then took to
designing carpets. For some years he
battled with poverty, achieving no sue
cess until he obtained employment on
weekly illustrated journal.-London
Globe.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-12-04
He Didn't snrout Horns


The first japanese to drink min did
% with misgivings lest he sprout horns
like a COW. That was IN 1851. The
man that took that big chance Is Mr..
Tsuboi who Is still alive and absolute
" free from horns.
At that time Mr.. Tsuboi was an ap-
prentice. He became i'll Of a disease
that baffled the skill Of the japanese
physicians, so his master called In DR..
Hepburn, an American physician, who
then lived In that district. DR.. Hep
burn prescribed milk, one bottle to be
taken" every morning. The poor boy,
believing that the growth Of horns was
inevitable II one drank cows milk,
begged his master not to make him
take the Doctors prescription, but his
frantic pleas were denied.
There was considerable difficulty
about getting milk then because, as
there was no demand for miIk-the
greater part Of the population sharing
the boys belief that its consumption
was sure to raise horns-there was no
dairy or milkmen. Finally some was
obtained from a japanese who cared
Tor cow kept By foreigner.0Japan
Advertiser.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-12-04
The Horned Lark.

Looks like Satan, the horned lark
does, with his two black horns Of feath-
ers sticking out on top Of his head.
He wears a suit Of a grayish brown
touched with pink. A black curve over
bis eyes and another black crescent
under his chin help give him q wicked
aspect His satanic topknot, the two
tiny tufts Of black feathers on the
back Of his head, gives him the name
He's the horned lark.
But really he's not so bad as he
looks. You know that the minute you
zee his brown eyes and hear him sing.
The farmer knows he isn't such q
wicked bird too. The horned lark eats
all kinds of wild seeds. beetles, weevfls
and bugs. If he gets tired Of his diet
he will start in and clean up the grass
hopper and cutworm crop.
Sometimes he will visit an oat field,
but he doesn't cause enough damage to
get his picture in the rogues' gallery
a. a dangerous thief. - Philadelphia
North American.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-12-04

disease often present no such phenom.
ena. Mental symptoms are often the
only evidence of the existence of heart
trouble. A slowness of heart action
called bradycardia is at times evident
at night in early heart disorder.
Tobacco heart is evidenced by a
rapidity of action of the organ and a
rise in blood pressure. This is followed
later by slowing of the heart with a
fall in blood pressure. When the sys-
tenn becomes accustomed to the drug
the symptoms are somewhat dimin-
ished. Excessive use of tobacco pro-
duces an intermission of the heart beat
and irregularity of the same. A sense
OF weight and pain in the region of
the heart is experienced.
Valvular disease of the heart with
loss of compensation calls for vigorous
treatment. Valvular disease is often
mentioned by the use Of the term leaky
valve or a leakage of the heart. A
detached portion of the valve may be
carried by the blood to the brain and
thus cause a condition resembling hem
orrhage of the brain and consequent
paralysis. Degeneration of the heart
muscle or Inflammation of the inner
lining membrane of the heart present
the common symptoms of heart hurry,
dropsy and respiratory embarrassment.
Treatment depends upon the particu-
lar disease presenting evidence of its
existence and the compensatory action
of the heart structures. Loss of COM
pensation always demands hygienic,
dietetic, medicinal, and at times opera
tive procedure.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-12-04
A kind'a Trick.

King Gustavus III. Of Sweden had
been frequently invited to the little
court Of Schwerin. In 1873 he paid a
visit to Germany, and as soon as the
Duchess Of Mecklenburg heard Of his
approach she prepared fetes In his
honor. But Gustavus, who disdatned
the petty courts of the small rulers,
sent two Of his attendants-a page
named Peyron and Desvouges, q valet
who had formerly been an actorNto
be entertained by the duchess. The
two personated the king and his min
tster, Baron Spare, and sustained the
characters throughout They accepted
"a their due all the homage meant for
their master, danced with the Neck
lenburg ladies who were presented to
them, and Peyron went 80 far a. to
ak one Of the ladies for her portrait
Meantime Gustavus was enjoying
hfmself elsewhere In secret
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-12-04
FIippant filings.

half the time it's a question whether
the canal is in Panama or Panama In
the canal.-New York Telegram.
Congress will fill a long felt want IL
It makes the Congressional Record Of a
size suitable for lining pantry shelves.
Cleveland Leader.
Our paternal government publishes
all kinds of information except the best
method to make red flannel underwear
quit its tickling.-Chicago News.
Fireproof clothing is now being ad-
vocated by some of the fire prevention
champions. Is the time coming when
Americans will have nothing to burn
but money?-New Orleans Times-Pica-
June.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-12-04
Train and Track.

Nearly all the locomotives in Asiatic
countries are driven by petroleum.
Electric locomotives have been built
for a German railroad having heavy
grades that draw loads Of go tons at q
speed of fOrty-two miles an hour.
Boston expects that her new $780,
600 rapid transit subway. which is an
extension of the East Boston tunnel,
can be opened for business on Jan. 1
next.
The railway system of Japan is prac-
tcally a government monopoly, only
265.5S miles of railway being privately
owned on March 81, 1915 the latest
date for which statistics are available).
out Of a total mileage Of 1914.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-12-04
Beyond Endurance.

A company In Philadelphia was play
ing Madame x" at the same time
that Bernhardt was playing 1t, and
the manager desired his players to see
the divine Sarah In it They could
get away only on one day-Friday. So
the Philadelphia manager went to
Bernhardt's manager and asked him If
It would be possible for Bernhard to
give a Friday matinee Her manager.
eager to please the Philadelphia, but
dubious, finally agreed to ask Bern
hardt. When he had explained, she
readily agreed to give up her after
noon Of rest. Her manager went back
to the lobby in a daze.
Bernhard Is more than mortal
She is capable Of the work Of ten
men," he told the Philadelphian- 'She
Is going to give that extra matinee
Friday"
Suddenly the ticket seller poked his
head out Of his cage. Extra matinee
Fridayr' he yelled. "Good gracious!
What does that woman think I'm
made ofY'-Green Book Magazine.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-12-04
Curious Street Names.

The list Of curious street names Is
fnexhaustible. Bermondsey possesses
Pickle Herring street Near Gray's
INN there is to be found a Cold Bath
square. Most Of the Nightingale lanes
and Love lanes are hidden ironically
enough I'm the slums Of the east end
But for really bizarre street names
one should go to Brussels. The Short
Street of the Long Chariot, the Street
Of the Red Haired Woman and the
Street Of Sorrows are remarkable
enough to catch the least observant
eye The Street Of the One Person Is,
n one might guess, considerably mar
ROVER than whitehall But the cream
OF Brussels street names surely belongs
30 the Street Of the Uncracked Silver
Cocoanut. This In the original appears
as one ponderous thirty-six letter word
London Chronicle.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-12-04
Some Kinds of Talking Women.

The woman who tells you all about
something in such a way as to leave
you in complete ignorance Of the essen
tial things which you wanted to know
about.
The woman who fatters you about
yourself as a screen to give herself the
opportunity to talk about herself.
The woman who is silent when she
has nothing to say. This woman talks
necessarily.
The woman who asks you what you
think about something and then heads
you off from telling by keeping on talk
ing herself.
The woman you marry.-Lifa
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-12-04
HEART DISEASE.

There is no disorder in the list of
disturbances to which we are heir pro-
ducing as many sudden deaths as does
heart disease, generally styled heart
failure. The reason is obvious. The
heart is the power that acts as the
"engine of the body" It sends the
blood to every cell in the body and in
that way every organ gets nourishment.
If an organ fails to get nourishment
it soon degenerates into that condition
called death. If the heart fails to send
the blood to its own muscle wall, the
heart itself will first have a most pain
full condition called angina pectoris.
If the same condition is maintained
for more than a few moments death
ensues.
The central nervous system, the
brain, cannot perform its functions
without sufficient blood supply. The
blood supply is supplied by the heart Is
action. If the central nervous system
does not functionate, the body loses its
equilibrium, the vital force fees and
death ensues. The nerves that supply
every organ, even the heart nerves,
functionate by reason of the aid given
the central nervous system by the
heart. The heart and central nervous
system are interdependent.
The common subjective symptoms of
heart disease are difficulty of breath
ing, called asthma and dyspnea, on ex-
ertion, edema or dropsical aecumula-
tions and rapidity of the heart action.
But nervous manifestations of heart
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-12-04
Pen and Brush.

81. T. Webster, the cartoonist, IL only
thirty years Of age.
Robert W. Chambers was a drafts
man and painter before he was an
author. Indeed. Mr.. Chambers studied
to become an illustrator.
Edna Ferber happened to write a
story when she was recovering from n
nervous breakdown due to overwork rs
q news reporter. This story sold, aud
her career as a fctionist was started.
What is claimed to be the finest por-
trait of President Wilson Is one that
has been painted by Miss Marion Swim
ton, who did the work without single
sitting from the nations head.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-12-04
Tho Prastorian Guard.

The Praetorian guard was a select
body Of troops instituted by the En-
peror Augustus to protect his person
and consisted of ten cohorts, each OF
1000 men, chosen from Italy. They
had peculiar privileges and when they
had served sixteen years were retired
on q pension Of about $500. Each
member of the guard had the rank OF
a captain In the regular army. Lake
the bodyguard of Louis XII, they were
all gentlemen and formed gradually
great power, like the janizaries at Con-
stantinople, and frequently deposed or
elevated the very emperors themselves
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-12-04
TROPICAL Snake KilIer

Among the rare reptiles in the Bronx
ZOO, In New York, Is the mussarama,
or snake killer. 1t Is nonpoisonous It
self, but attacks, conquers and kills
such deadly reptiles as the tropical
viper and the fer-de-lance. To their
poison It Is altogether immune. The
snake kills by coiling about its victim
and squeezing It to death. Against
the coral snakes poison, however, the
snake killer has no protection and
quickly succumbs to the paralyztng eff
fects Of a coral snake bite.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-12-04
Fully Informed.

Uncle Nose aspired to the elective Of
fee of justice OF the peace In the
"black bottom" part Of town One bar
there was to his preferment; he could
neither read nor write. His master
advised him to go to the commissioner
Of elections and ask whether he was
eligible. Nose went and returned.
what did he tell you, MoseT' inQuir-
ed the master Its all right, sah,"
answered Nose; dat gen'lemum suit
tinly was kind, vas, sub. He tole me
All was illegible To- dat ofhce."-Argo-
naut
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-12-04
Short Stories.

In Sweden a mile Is 11,690 yards.
Africa is three times larger than Eu-
rope.
The worlds population uses 2,500. 600
glass eyes a year.
"Rote-shild" was the original pro-
nunciation of the name Rothschild.
There are $4,000 Indians In the
United States. About one-third Of these
are Christians.
The extent of animal life In central
Siberia may be imagined when II In
considered that one merchant has been
known to buy as many as 100000
squirrel skins In a single season.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-12-04
Temperament In EoIIx.

The fool in his heart saith a num-
Der Of things. Suppose he happens to
be phlegmatic fool with a fondness
for luxury.
81 do not care" saith he, In that
case, ito go out into the damp, chill
woods and mistake a toadstool for
mushroom. much prefer to get up In
the night. in my comfortable fat, and
drink out Of the wrong bottle. Dos
ton Journal
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-12-04
Eiredamp.

Firedamp is the ordinary name for
the carbureted hydrogen which issues
from blowers" or assures In coal
seams. 1t Is infammable, and when
mixed with air In certain proportions
h highly explosive. Its ignition Ii at
tended by the danger Of an explosion
Of coal dust.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-12-04
A One Sided Rule.

Once when P. T. Barnum was tax
ing tickets at the entrance Of bis cir
Gus a man asked him II he could 60
In without paying.
@You can pay without going in," said
Barnum. but you can't go In without
paying. The rule doesn't work both
ways"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-12-04
Good Prospects.

"What, you want to marry my daugh-
tar? Why. you haven't a cent In the
world! How do you expect 10 support
herr
THAT will be easy enough. As soon
as I'm known to be your son-in-law /
can get all the credit want"-P1tts-
burHh Press.