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The broad ax., 1916-09-23
Cow Mothers Young Pigs.

Milton. Del.-Because his COW bad
been MIXED dry every evening and his
family had been compelled to do with
out milk or butter John Henderson OF
Broadkiln Neck sat up with a gun the
other night i'm the hope of catching the
thief He was aStOnished to find thai
the COW was willing victim of his
young pigs. who took turns sucking
milk while the old COW lay on the
ground for their better provision. The
cow is now pasturing within a hog
tight fence.
The broad ax., 1916-09-23
REWARDS FRIENDS
Retired Manufacturer Remem-
bers Couple Who Aided Him.
MAKES REQUEST OF S25, 900
Had Fled Menace of Zeppelins In His
Own country-In His Will He De-
eIared That Money Was Left Because
of Unusual Kindness"

of Unusual Kindness"
Philadelphia.-Kin pays; usual
ly it pays only with happiness.
Kindness means doing your best
without hope of gain.
Show kindness to the stranger; he
may be disguised angel
But be kind to him anyway; he may
need your help.
Each opportunity to do a kindness
comes but once; don't let one slip.
Fortune came to Mr.. and Mrs. Cyrus
Jared Gray.
1t came to their home in this city I'm
guise Of a stranger who fingered a cOu-
pie of days and died. But he left them
$4,000 or property apprOximating that
amount. He was Adolph Geyer, retired
London manufacturer. who fed the
menace of Zeppelins in his own coun-
try. In his will he said the money was
left so because of unusual kindness"
But We only did what we could for
q fellow being in Distress" Mrs. Gray
said. I'VE had no idea of compensa-
ton. He seemed just friendless and ILL.,
1.-THE first | saw of him was when a
taxi stopped in front of the house. The
driver didn't seem to know where to
go, and | went out and asked if
could help. Then | saw that Mr.. Geyer
wasn't able to go any further"
1t was early last June that the taxi
stopped in Walnut street The Gray
home is one of a row of apartments,
old fashioned and unpretentious. But
1t is pleasant, with vines over the door
and porch set with cushioned chairs
1t was here that Geyer came after he
had found hotels full because of the
ad. mems convention.
81 keep boarders, and one room hap
pened to be unOccupied," Mrs. Gray
explained. HE had stopped the ma
chine and asked the driver to go to the
nearest doctor. He'd been taken i'll on
the train from New York and rapidly
grew worse. We carried him into the
house and to bed. The physician we
called soon saw there was no help for
him."
In the will he made just before his
death Geyer said that he had no next
of kin or relatives.
The broad ax., 1916-09-23
SNAKE CHARMERS HAVE
VARIETY OF REPTILES
Kansas Boys Have Produced New Sen.
sation In Vicinity of Home.

Salina, Kan.-Two small boys. Willie
and Robert Shorl. the elder of whom
Is but fourteen. have produced a new
sensation in the vicinity of their home
at Five Mile. where they have a biz
cage full of writing. twisting snakes
Of many varieties. They play with
these reptiles without the least sign Of
fear, going through with all the stunts
Of professional snake charmers.
The snakes coil themselves about
the boys necks and bodies. The lads
look in the eyes of their pets steadily
as they play with them, and they
handle them with the skill of a pro-
fessiOnal
The collection consists of black.
snakes. blue racers. chicken snakes
and three ugly looking "rattlerS" On
Saturday they usually go down on
Snake Branch and hunt for more rep
tiles. However, these new reptiles
are not placed with their pets hu;
are kept in Il separate cage and are
usually shipped to owners of small
shows and museums. from whom they
get from So to s. for each snake.
Neither Of the boys has ever been
bitten. The older boy gave a lecture
on snakes before the pupils of the
Shoal Creek school He aStoniShcI
teacher and pupils alike by his class
fication of reptiles. giving their Latin
names and discussing the harmless or
dangerous varieties. taking each from
a box as he explained its varied hab-
ita
The broad ax., 1916-09-23
ANOTHER QUITS SING SING
Officials Think Prisoner Swan to
Liberty.

Ossining. n. Yin going into the
garden to get some tomatoes for break
fast" said Elmer Schultz. a prisoner
at Sing Sing. as he walked out of the
power house. where he was doing duty
as a fireman. Some hours later the
big whistle footed the message that
another prisoner had escaped.
Prison officials had then found two
iron pickets had been pulled apart and
concluded that Schultz went through
the opening. dived into the Hudson
and swan TO liberty.
The broad ax., 1916-09-23

WILLIAM MARCoNI ON WAY TO FRONT.
be named at all. In my own field
there has been some advance in practi-
cal wireless by which we are now able
to direct the artillery fire of ship by
signals from aeroplanes, which has
been made possible largely through
the big improvements in air craft
1.-The big lesson in Europe has been
one of organization of the physical
handling of big material problems by
the armies. | doubt if any one before
this war ever realized the meaning
and value of railroad transportation
on a large scale. as it is practiced in
the United States. Europe. too. has
learned how to do big industrial jobs
overnight. to assemble raw materials
and turn out needed factory products.
81 refuse to play the prophet role. so
I would rather not say how many of
these war products will be of use TO
US when peace comes"
Since the beginning Of the war Mr.
Marconi has had unusual opportuni
ty for observing the practical side of
the war. having early put his scientific
knowledge at the service of his coun-
try. AS a senator Of the kingdom he
has visited England. Belgium. France
and other countries and introduced in
dustrial and shipping reforms. In his
capacity as military officer he has
come into close relation with army
and navy and given the benefit Of his
science and business organization
knowledge to munition factories.
The broad ax., 1916-09-23
LOST DOLLAR HAS CLAIMANT.
Writer States Money Belonged to
Friend Who Was Killed.

Paterson, n. 1.-THE dollar bill on
which somebody wrote. The last of
ten thousand" and which was found
In the pay envelope of a street sweeper
has found a claimant City Treasurer
Harry Corwin of Paterson has received
a letter written in a woman's hand and
signed II. \. Gibbs" 1t came from
Fond du Lac. Wis. and the writer
asked Mr.. Corwin to send the bill Ia
that address.
The writer said she or he thought the
bill had belonged to a friend who bad
met death in an accident April % last
after spending thousands of dollars.
Mr.. Corwin sent on the bill. as re-
quested. The writer said she or he had
recently read of the discovery Of the
note.
The broad ax., 1916-09-23
RADIO Between AEROPLANES
Message Sent and Received When Ma
chimes Were In Flight.

San Diego, CaL.-What is said to be
an important advance in the field
Of aeronautical autobiography was
achieved here when a wireless message
was sent from one aeroplane in fight
to another.
Captain G. G. Culver in an army ma
chine piloted by Lieutenant Herbert
Dargue received the message, which
was transmitted a distance Of several
miles by Lieutenant w. A. Robertson.
who was In another machine guided by
A. D. Smith. The message, which read,
National aviation field sets new
worlds records" was received distinct
ly by Captain Culver.
According to Captain Culver, this is
the first time on record in this country
and perhaps In the world that wire
less message has been received by one
aeroplane from another while both ma
chimes were In flight
The broad ax., 1916-09-23
KRAFT 100000 WILL FILED.
sold Tanner of BronxviIle Left Piano
Secret to Sons.


White Plains. y. Y.-The will of the
late Frederick W. Kraft. known as
the "old tanner" of Bronxvillc. who
left an estate estimated to he worth
close to 100000. was filed for probate
with Surrogate Sawyer at White
Plains.
Mr.. Kraft. who was eighty-one. held
the secret process for the manufacture
Of high grade leather. which is used
in piano keys. The secret was impart-
ed to his sons. William F. and John
Kraft. before his death. and after
leaving them the bulk Of his fortune
he requests them to continue the
leather business in Bronxville. After
leaving his grandson. William Dins-
more Kraft. his gold watch and all
his valuable diamonds. the decelent
bequeaths 5000 to Frank Gallow. de
scribed as 'the young man ! raised
The broad ax., 1916-09-23
SCHOOL ON WHEELS.
Children of Railway Employees Are
BEING Educated.

Being GOuCdISus
Salt Lake, Utah.-A school on WheeE
Is operated on the rails of the Southern
Pacific company.
In an extra section gang under Fore
man Taft, who has Il crew of fifty men
on Superintendent Whalen's Los An
geles division. there are twenty-five or
more children who are being taught
daily i'm box car which has been fit
ted up with benrhcs.
They have teacher who instructS
them daily i'm English and Spanish and
in primary work. The results thus far
have not only been satisfactory, but
the class of men in the gang remains
high. As the gang moves along from
place to place SO does the school car.
and the children never have 10 miss
days attendance.
The broad ax., 1916-09-23
FOOD PRICES SOAR
Country Wide Investigation Plan
ned by Department of Justice.
BREAD AND MILK ARE HIGHER

Producers Declare That Whole Subject
of Transportation of Milk Should Be
Brought Before the Interstate Com
merce Commission to Get Report on
Existing Conditions.
Washington.-Agent of the depart
ment of justice are watching efforts
to raise the price of bread and milk.
While they entertain the private opin-
ion that there is some justification for
the rise in the price of milk, they ex-
press doubt that the rise would be JUS
titled in the case of bread, despite re-
ports from Chicago, Memphis, Biz
mingham and other cities in which the
prices have been raised.
A committee representing milk pro-
ducers asked Carl S. Vrooman, acting
secretary of agriculture. TO investigate
The broad ax., 1916-09-23
Girl In Wires Reseues Kitten.

Los Angeles. Cal.-DarinG death by
electrocution in network OF high volt
age wires. Miss Gertrude Hemingway
a pretty Venice girl. rescued a tiny
kitten by climbing fifty foot tele-
graph pole. The kitten had been
perched on the pole for two days when
Miss Hemingway performed the rescue,
Miss Hemingway lives on Washington
boulevard and said that she could not
find man brave enough to scale the
pole.
The broad ax., 1916-09-23
GIRLS PROFIT IN HOGS.
Raising Swine Not q Finishing School
For Debutantes.

Holtville, Cal. - Raising hogs for
pleasure and profit is the occupation of
Miss Josie Fuller. seventeen. the young
est and best all around feminine pork
producer in the Imperial valley.
1t is her ambition to become the best
expert on hogs in her district. Her
herd numbers fifty strong and is in
creasing. Pig culture isn't aesthetic
work, Of course" said Miss Fuller. ut
can't be considered a finishing school
for debutantes. but there's money in it, :"
She has established a record Of de
veloping her pOrkers for the market at
a cost of 49, cents Il pound.
women may not admire hogs, but if
they don't it's because they know so
little about them. Once interested they
become just as capable as men in han
ding swine
The broad ax., 1916-09-23
PAINTED HEN TO TRACE 1T.
Mrs. O'Hare Saw Artifically Spotted
Pet In Another Yard.

Paterson. y. J.-When she saw a
green spotted chicken wandering for
lornly about the yard Of Alexander
Miller, Mrs. Nellie O'IIare called Il
policeman and had the man arrested
on a charge of purloining her hens.
Mrs. O'Hare does not raise fowls
decorated I'm Il green polka dot pattern.
but so many of her feathered charges
had disappeared these moonlit nights
that she had taken a paint can and
brush and decorated them In the hope
Of tracing them.
The broad ax., 1916-09-23
DRILLED. MERCURY AT 100.
Japanese Troops Wore Anything They
Pleased In Formosa.

TOkyO.-American militiamcn drill
ing on the Mexican border in terrific
heat may cool off when they hear that
1000 japanese soldiers marched AMI
Unanswered twelve days i'm F"rm">a
with the mercury as high rs T." dc
grees F. And only three cases If sun
stroke were reported in the entire
period.
The first nine days were spent IN
constant marching. the troops covering
100 miles. Because of the heat the
soldiers were permitted to wear IN!
clothing they pleased Some wore hrI
NETS. some straw hats. some h'I't'"
underskirts or thin kimonO
The broad ax., 1916-09-23
TWO DEATHS IN ONE HOME
Sees Motherin-law Stricken With
Heart Failure, Then Dies.

Philadelphia Stricken with heart
failure just after she had called her
son to dinner at noon. Mrs. Rebecca
Thomas, seventy-three years old, sis
ter of Jesse Pratt. former mayor of
Camden. fell dead in the dining room
of her Camden home.
Mrs. Madeline Thomas. her daugh-
ter-in-law. who was in an adjoining
room. ran to her assistance and was
leaning over her. trying to lift her
form to couch. when she. too. col
lapsed ard fell lifeleSS.
The broad ax., 1916-09-23
Eats Eel That Nearly Drowned Hin

Rochester. n. Y. - While County
Clerk William s. Cornwell of Penn
Yam was in swimming he cried for
help. and when rescuers brought him
to shore a five pound eel was found
fastened TO his right foot The eel was
killed and dressed. and in the evening
Cornwell and his friends dined of the
fish that nearly drowned him.
The broad ax., 1916-09-23
few INVENTIONS.
Marconi Finds Nothing Notable
Has Been Perfected During War.
USE OF POISONOUS GASES OLD
Bio Lesson of Conflict In Europe Is One
of Organization and Transportation.
At Work on Signal System Which
Will Render Far More Difficult Sub
marine Warfare.

Rome.-No notable scientific discov-
cries or inventions are growing out of
the great war. in the opinion Of VIII
liam Marconi, the wireless inventor.
In a recent interview he declared:
"As for war inventions, on the whole
there have been no great ones that oc-
cur to me. Most of them have been
minor ones or applications of knowL
edge previously at our disposal. as in
the case of poison gases, if these may
The broad ax., 1916-09-23
Lost Doc Returned Home.

New York-After years absence Il
beagle belonging to Louis W. We'll Of
Flushing. \. Y. returned home. Mr.
Well went on a hunting trip a year
ago and took the beagle along. He
lest the dog. The dog seemed to ell
10y its Homecoming. and the We'll fam
fly showed its delight In way that
tickled the dogs palate.
The broad ax., 1916-09-23
BABY SERVED IN A LAWSUIT.
One year-oId Heir to Share In Million
Dollar Estate Summoned.

Bridgeport, Gonna one-year-Old
baby was served with papers in q law
suit when Deputy Sheriff Cunningham
went to Riverside and found little
Helen Green at the palatial summer
home Of her father. Harold Rumsey
Green.
The baby is one of twenty heirs of
James Green. who died in st. Louis in
1914, leaving an estate Of S1.OO0,O00
Two of the heirs, Laura G. Littlebrant
and Marian C. Littlebrant of st. Louis.
have brought suit to have the will set
aside on the ground that Green was i'm
competent.
The broad ax., 1916-09-23
Bio Pelican Killed.

Middlesboro. Ky.-A beautiful peli
can was killed on a farm near Ar
thur. Tenn. recently. 1t was a large
bird. white with black tips on the
wings. which measured seven feet
from tip to tip. Its bin measured
twelve inches In length, and 1t stood
Eve feet high.
The broad ax., 1916-09-23
,,,d,.;f,,I s;.tv.x.,r-oId Son.

Camden. y. L. William Rrun. IN u".
dutiful son OF some sixty summers W.
sentenced to twenty days in the coun.!
Jail by City Magistrate Stackhouse ne' s
for disorderly conduct. william
been intoxicated and had talked a.
when his ninety year old father rs .
him an anti-aIcohol lecture ana
had resisted punishment.
The broad ax., 1916-09-23
PAID TO REMAIN WHOEVER.
George Getzgar's Wife Awards Him S25
Weekly-leaves 100000.

"eeNJ-LeaNes SiVO,OOO.
New YOrk.-GeorgeG etzgar Of Sleeps
head Bay will get S25 a week from his
wife's estate so long as he remains
widower. This will was fled with the
surrogate OF Kings county. Mrs. Getz
gar died Aug. 4. leaving 100000.
The greater part of her estate goes
to st. Peters Lutheran church of
Brooklyn and the Wartburg Orphans
Farm school at Mount Vernon. Her
son, Henry Gleistein. inherits her Jew
elry and household goods and the in.
come from the residue of the estate.
On his death one-Quarter of the resi-
due will be divided among relatives.
her husband il he survives participant
ing in the division.
The broad ax., 1916-09-23
British Casualties. In One Week 27,ss1

LondOn.-For the first week In Sep
TENDER the total casualties Of all ranks
In all the British armies were 1851.
the war office announced. OF these 901
were officers, 240 OF whom we're killed
There were 5.23S men killed out Of 26.-
600 casualties. The total killed was
5,46S officers and men.
Charlevoix county herald., 1916-04-22
Temple Theatre
P Hs4kHuSr
= ROGRAM
Rita JOlivet in
1.-THE UNAFRAID"

"The Unafraid," in which Rita Jolivet
makes her screen debut, is beyond all
question one OF the most romantic and
absorbing photo-dramas ever presented.
The situations are as unusual as the
setting in which most of the events take
place-the castles among the hills of
Montenegro.
Delight Warren, the heroine of the
story, is an American girl who has been
fascinated by dashing Montenegran
nobleman and who daringly goes alone
to Montenegro to marry him. She has
no sooner arrived in that strange coun-
try, however, than she is captured by
the brother of her fiance. This brother
Count Stefan, impersonated by House
Peters, takes Delight to his castle and
forces her to marry him. He treats her
with the greatest respect, but insists
upon the performance of the ceremony
so that it shall not be possible for her
to wed his brother. The reason is that
the brother is traitor to his country
and Count Stefan wants to prevent De-
lights wealth from coming into his
hands and being used to the injury of
the Fatherland.
The succeeding events show the
manner in which Delight finally be-
comes convinced that Count Stefan is
right, and the love which finally makes
real marriage of the union between
Stefan Balsic and his American captive.
Charlevoix county herald., 1916-04-22
Friday, April 18th
William Elliott in
WHEN WE
WERE TWENTY-ONE"

AS the hayward boy whom the Trini-
ty, the three friends of his dead father,
have so much trouble in saving from
the consequences of his folly, William
Elliott is admirably cast, and his de-
notement of the reactionary emotions
of youth is always convincing and often
touching. In all the action of the screen
version of this noted play, realism is
dominant, but there is always under
lying it pure sentiment, wholesome
and inspiriting, and an impressive
moral lesson that never intrudes upon
the progress of the drama, but rather
that issues naturally from the develop
ment of the plot.
One of the most striking and dramatic
scenes of the piece is set in the Cor
inthian Club, fashionable supper
palace, where "the Imp" as the central
character is known, discovers the falsi-
ty of the woman he adores. The scene
presents one of the most powerful and
emotional situations ever produced in
motion pictures. From this crisis, the
Imp energies regenerated, and turns
to purer, sweeter love waiting for him
at home.
The exceptional cast in support of Mr.
Elliott includes Marie Empress, as 'the
FREELY" Charles Waldron as Dick
Carew, Arthur Hoops, Charles Coleman
George Backus, Helen Lutrell, Wini-
fred Allen, and Mrs. Gordon.
Charlevoix county herald., 1916-04-22
s1o,ooo,ooo FOR PooDLEs
Mission Union Speakers Say Hat Bill
Would Support Defenses.

Mission Union Speakers Say Hat Bill
Would Support Defenses.
New Orleans, lathe most astoun-
ding extravaganza of the women of
America is that we spend $4,000, 900
each year for poodles.
Mrs. r. l.. Baker told this to the del
egates to the annual meeting of the
Women's International Missionary
Union in describing how American
women make the money fly. She con-
tinued:
I'VE spend more for hats yearly
than it takes to support the army ana
navy and several other Federal de.
partments. We also spend 100000
900 for soft and cooling drinks and
s187,000,000 for candy. 1t is time TO
call halt and to return to the sane
ways of our mothers"
Charlevoix county herald., 1916-04-22
EVELINE

Sugar season Is about completed and
not very successful one either.
Mr.. Hipp was going over his road job,
Tuesday, some places the banks are
quite badly washed out.
Baby Alice Darby is doing nicely
these days.
Mrs. Steinberg entertained the north
ladies Sunday and the south ladies
Mnoday in honor Of her birthday. We
all hope she may have many happy
birthdays.
Prayer meeting was held at Mr..
Snyders last Sunday evening, will meet
with Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Greenman
Sunday evening next.
Preaching services next Sunday at
usual hour by Mr.. Greenman at Walker
school. Sunday School following.
Some Of the men are busy hauling
stone, after long rest, and a great
many are blowing.
Mrs. Currier visited Mrs. Boyer,
Tuesday.
The children are preparing for Easter
exercises to be held at Walker school,
Sunday.
Come Breezy Hill, we haven't felt
your breeze for some time.
Try these Cookies: 2 cups sugar, ~
cup shortening, cup molasses, cup
sour milk, 2 eggs, 2 teaspoonsful Gin
namon, teaspoonful of cloves, and 2
teaspoonsful soda and of salt, flour to
roll.
Look for white cookie recipe next
week.
Charlevoix county herald., 1916-04-22

Tom Taggart thinks that Governor
Ralston should run for Senator in Indi-
ana, and the Governor thinks Tom
should try it. Fact is that each knows
that no Democrat is going to be elected
Senator from Indiana this year and he
wants the other fellow to take the
odium Of defeat. Meantime, Taggart
will hold the office by appointment and
will enjoy being called Senator" for
the rest of his life.
Charlevoix county herald., 1916-04-22
A SUIT EACH WEEK
Clothes Can't Keep Pace With Boy OF
Fourteen.

Moultrie, Ga.-Three months ago
Harry Connolly, IA, was a slender boy
of average height. He began to ex-
pand at that time until he measures
feet inches in height and weighs
200 pounds.
During the past three months his
parents have been forced to buy him
a new suit of clothes every week. A
special bed was built for him.
Harry hardly can get into his last
Mondays suit Saturday, so is provid-
ed with larger outfit each Monday.
The doctors are trying to find way
to check Harry's phenomenal growth
without impairing his health.
Charlevoix county herald., 1916-04-22
Church of God Notes
Pastor, Jas. w. Ruehle.

Sunday, Apr %, 1916.
1000 a. m. Sunday School.
HOO a. m. Sermon.
2:30 p. m. Services at Three Bell
School.
500 p. m. Young Peoples Meeting.
700 p. m. Sermon.
Tuesday 1880 p. m. Bible Study.
Wednesday 7:3O p. m. Prayer Meet
ing.
Friday evening cottage meeting.
All services begin on local time.
Charlevoix county herald., 1916-04-22
HIS AGE is AGAINST HIM

81 am 81 years old and | have been
troubled with kidneys and bladder for
a good many years." writes Arthur
Jones, Allen, Kans. my age is against
me to ever get cured, but Foley Kidney
Pills do me more good than anything
ever tried Rheumatism, aching back
shooting pains, stiff joints, irregular &C
ton, all have been relieved.-Hites
Drug Store.