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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-12-30
PAY FARES AFTER 20 YEARS.
Charity Finally Took 81 That Railway
Official Refused to Accept.

Findlay, o. Philosophers for cen
turtles have attempted to analyze the
conscience Of the human race and what
prompts it, but have been unsuccessful.
That such a thing does really exist,
Charles F. Smith, general manager of
the Toledo, Bowling Green and South
ern railway, can now testify.
Recently he was sitting in his office
when two men walked in and each
threw a fifty cent piece on his desk, ex-
planning that twenty years ago they
had ridden from the north side to the
Tangent depot without paying fare.
That was because they were compelled
to stand most Of the way. During all
this time their consciences, they said,
had troubled them and they got no rest
until they had returned the money
with interest.
Mr.. Smith refused to take the money.
nut DR.. ]. z. Baker, head Of the As
Sociated charities, who happened in
smiths office at the time, confscated
the money for that purpose.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-12-30
Wonderful Rainier Park.

This is the heart of the playground
worshiped by the red men in the days
Of old, and here In the evidence OF
scores Of mineral springs bubbling
from the ground one feels more keenly
the puissance Of God. To the left
from the road, looking as If it were
but a block away, rises Mount Ia
coma, its sides showing the purplish
lines Of ice, great snow fields and Jag
ged rocks. Yet 1t Is five miles from
the springs to Nisqually glacier, over
q road as smooth as pavement and
broken at almost every length Of the
car by vistas Of SURPRISING beauty.
Now it is forest Of silver, high tree
trunks dotting the sides Of a peak
stripped Of their branches and bark
and whitened by the elements. Now
1t is a glimpse Of Nisqually river,
which takes its origin from the glacier
Of that name, as it tumbles along
over its rocky bed, and now it is a
forested peak rising toothlike out Of
the jaw of this mighty range Of which
Mount Tacoma, "the mountain that
was Cod" in the picturesque language
Of the Indians, is a part.-Ralph T.
M6lvane In National Magazine.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-12-30

Girl Gave Up stenosraphy to Take In
Clothes,


Norristown, Pa.-Quitting her posi-
ton as stenographer to go to the wash
tub, Miss Georgianna Cuthbert Is max
Ing $6S a week, and she handles only
Eve washes to do 1t, according to her
testimony in the equity action In which
she Is defendant and Mrs. Marie LUIS
son, her neighbor, plaintiff.
Miss Cuthbert informed Judge Swartz
that one family alone paid her $50, an
other SIP, two 50 and fifth So a week.
She gets the business, she says, be-
cause she does not use bleach or acids
In cleansing them.
"None of the clothing l handle Is
soiled, only mussed," she said.
Mrs. Marie Lusson seeks to prevent
Miss Cuthbert erecting a laundry In
the rear Of her lot in Ardmore, Pa.
Mrs. Lusson says that a laundry there
would be undesirable, unhealthy and
In violation Of building restrictions.
In the testimony experts said laun-
dry would be unobjectionable; that
there would be no dirt, no noise, no
smell and, In fact, no reason why this
woman should not be permitted to pro-
coed with the laundry.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-12-30
The Famous "Green Man of Brighton

The Famous "Green Man of Brighton"
In October, 1906, an individual was
to be observed at Brighton, England,
who walked out every day dressed in
green from head to foot-green shoes,
green gloves, green handkerchief and
other articles to match. This eccen-
trio person lived alone, knew nobody,
and In lis house the curtains, the wall
paper, the furniture, even the plates
and dishes and the smallest toilet ar
ticles, offered an uninterrupted Sc
quence Of green. Having started on
his career, there was obviously no rea-
son to stop. and with full consistency
he carried his scruples so far as to eat
nothing but fruit and vegetables of the
same green color. The consequences
were extremely disastrous. One fine
day the green man jumped from his
window into the street, rushed forward
and performed a second somersault
from the top Of the nearest cliff.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-12-30
INHERITANCE. AFTER YEARS.
Rover Never In One Place Long Enough
to Apply For IL.

" SNPPiy ts
st. Louis.-George Weise, former
sailor and of an admitted rowing dispo-
sition, recently received $390.25 from
the local free legal aid bureau. repre-
senting his share Of the estate of an
uncle who died in Adrian. Mich. eight
cen years ago.
Weise applied to the bureau several
days ago and asked Matthew COnck-
ling, assistant superintendent, to assist
him in getting his inheritance. He ex-
planned that he had never applied for
it because since the death of his uncle
he had not been long enough in one
place to take the time to apply for his
share.
Conckling wrote to Adrian and in re-
ply to his letter received one from E. A.
Cole. present owner of the property of
Weises uncle, Edward Bauer, contain
ing the money due Weise and a quit
claim deed to the property for the lat
ter's signature.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-12-30
Why Is It?

Why Is it that when there are two
swinging doors 70 per cent Of the PED
pie open the left hand door? Why don't
they open the right hand one?
Why is it that 60 per cent Of the peo-
pie walk on the wrong side or In the
middle Of the sidewalk? Why don't
they walk on the right side?
Why is it that 80 per cent of the peo-
pie don't know how to turn a corner or
enter a store? Why is 1t that they
keep close to the building when they
ought to be on the outside edge of the
sidewalk to enter as they should?
Why is it that people will stand like
this : on the sidewalk and talk. Why
is 1t they will not stand like this ?
Thereby taking up one-half as much
space. Why is it?-Boston Post.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-12-30
WAR DRIVES FOREIGN
THIEVES To AMERICA
Detectives Expect Big Haul In
JeweIry at Some Society
Event This Winter.

Washington.-If you happen to own
a jewel collection and your taste runs
toward wearing it in public, you had
better hire bodyguard this winter.
The United States is overrun with Eu-
ropean crooks, some of them the
smoothest thieves on the continent.
Private detective and police agencies
Washington, Chicago and other big CEN
tiers are looking forward to one of the
most active years in the last decade.
It's all on account Of the European
war, which has made theft hardly
worth while on a big scale across the
water.
In Washington there's a detective
agency which specializes in the guard
ing Of guests and jewelry at big social
functions. The business Of this agency
is not confined to events at the capital,
for private detectives Of faultless man.
ner and speech are sent out on jobs
as far west as Chicago by this same
agency.
One man who has devoted years Of
experience and his organization Of
sleuths to the protection of social lead
ers and their guests recently returned
from trip that extended north to Bos-
ton and west to the Mississippi.
"It's going to be big year for agen-
cies like ours" he said. within the
past twelve months Europe has been
sending over some of the cleverest jew
ell thieves this country has ever seen,
and they have only come here when
it was clear that robbery as profess
sion was up against hard times abroad
until the war was over"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-12-30
Sunset and IL O'clock,

The habit Of counting II o'clock st
sunset is very ancient. The Turks,
Greeks and most other people in the
Leyant have almost always counted
10 o'clock from sunset, and to this
day the common people cannot under
stand that their clocks have to be
changed every day and not ours. The
Turks have officially adopted meridian
time, but only since the Young Turks
came into power-that is, since 1905
The change was even then not made
Immediately. 1t encountered a great
deal of opposition on religious grounds,
because the Mohammedan hours Of
prayer are regulated by the sun. And
the common people still stick to the
old system. Only in Constantinople
and Smyrna are there many Turks
who keep the official meridian time,
and the great majority of people
throughout the Turkish dominions still
count II o'clock, as their ancestors
have from time immemorial, at SUM-
set.-New York Times.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-12-30
Honesty Extraordinary.

A traveller writing in an Italian mag
azine says that the Swiss canton Of
Ticino is inhabited by the most honest
folk it is possible to imagine. In most
Of the Ticinese villages, the writer
says, the oldest inhabitants do not re-
member any case of thieving. however
petty, within a lifetime. Lost objects
when found must never be taken
away. They must be left where they
were dropped or placed in a conspicu-
GUS position. so that the rightful own
er can find his property more easily.
The case is cited Of an American wom-
an tourist who lost her purse on an
excursion In the Val Capriasca. The
purse contained gold coin and a jew
eled watch. Upon returning from her
trip she found the purse with its con-
tents intact on a little heap Of leaves,
80 placed that it could not fail to at
tract her attention.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-12-30
DEER ATTACKS POSTWAR.
Herd Within Three Miles of Pennsylva
mia Town.

Huntington, Pa.-Clark Smith, the
oldest rural route agent attached to the
Huntington postoffice, met with a spir-
tied attack from a big buck deer while
on his return trip few evenings ago
within three miles Of this place.
A herd of six does, led by a large
buck, had been feeding in mountain
meadow and were about to emerge into
the open highway just as Smith was
driving leisurely past.
His horse, a calico colored bronco,
seemed to have aroused the ire Of the
buck, which leaped a fence and at
tackled the bronco by rearing up and
endeavoring to strike it with its fore
feet. Mr. Smith used his whip vigor-
ously on the deer. The bronco took
fright and finally drew itself and
driver to a place Of safety.
A herd of ten deer, including one elk,
has been seen by a farmer at the
further end of Smiths route.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-12-30
SEVEN THOUSAND MILE
VOYAGE is MADE BY TUG
Mistaken a Dozen Times For Sub.
marine In Trip Across
Atlantic.

New York.-A remarkable sea voy.
400 of 1000 miles, from Dordrecht
Holland. to Tampico, Mexico, in tug
hat but sixty feet in length, with a
draft of three feet, has just been com.
Melted BY a crew Of men under the
leadership of Captain II. Waltaker
Csptain Waltaker and his crew, OF
whom one was E. NJ. Eden, a young
artist of Amsterdam, who made the
trip to satisfy longing for adventure
started home on the steamship Nieuw
Amsterdam.
The voyage required eighty-four days
time and was made doubly hazardous
by the fact that the tug could carry
only twenty-seven tons of coal Ere.
quent attempts to stop passing vessels
to repleniSh the bunkers failed. Each
time the presence Of the small boat in
The path of a steamship would send the
vessel zigzagging away in the belief
that the tug might be disguised sub
marine.
I'VE we're taken for q submarine q
dozen times during the trip" said Mr..
Eden, "and each time the vessel took
to fight and we could not catch her,
although we we're badly in need OF
coal and provisions"
The tug was the Fuerta, built by the
n
Corona Oil company in its shipyards
MIDLAND for use in towing oil barges
n the PanucO river. In ordinary cir
mStances the tug would have been
transported dashed to a ships deck, but
The freight rate demanded was deemed
e1Orbitant, and Captain Waltaker was
selected to make the voyage with the
ug under her own power.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-12-30
Our First Thsatsr.

In 1752 the first theater in the Unit
ed States was opened In the colony Of
Virginia at old Williamsburg. The
originator was an English actor, VIII
liam Hallam. ST., who brought his own
company from overseas and presented
'|The Merchant Of Venice" as the In
itial performance. The idea spread
rapidly, and soon New York, Phiadel-
phia and the other leading communi-
des Of colonial America each had its
theater. While the Virginia playhouse
was the first In the United States, &C
tors had played In the colonies before
this date. The first is said to have
been the English strolling player An
thony Aston, who was known as Mat
Medley. The actor and his art Of that
day were generally despised by the
Puritanical colonists. The Massachu-
sets legislature passed a law shortly
after amateurs had given 1.-THE Or
phans" at the Coffee House In Boston
In 1749 which forbade such perform
ances, prescribing a penalty for ac-
tors and spectators alike of SIS each.
Exchange.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-12-30
Curious Baths,

In her book, MY Siberian Year."
Miss NJ. A. CZaplacka, speaking Of the
social habits Of the Siberiaks, says:
1.-The celebrant of the fortnightly rite
Of the bath fills the banya with dense
cloud Of steam by sluicing water into
q kind of open mouthed oven In the
wall Of the stove and sits on a dais
over against this, dabbing himself all
over with water he has taken from the
cistern and tempered to a just endur-
able heat In a tin basin with colder
water from a barrel in the corner.
Having put himself into a state border
ing on suffocation and raised his own
temperature several degrees above fe-
yer point, he pulls open the door, rushes
naked into the open air, rolls over and
over in the snow, covers himself with
1t and lies there till the heat Of his
body has made a pool of water under
him. Then he runs back to the banya
and fagellates himself with a bunch
of twigs as he stands surrounded by
a fresh cloud of steam from the oven"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-12-30
Salaries With Silver Innings.

The highest salaried man in Japan
does not receive enough money in that
form to pay for the gasoline used by
his automobile, for salaries Of the man.
ayers Of business corporations are in
significantly small, says the japan
Times. Salaries, however, are not the
total income of business men. Under
the japanese custom there is a liberal
bonus system, and the bonus amounts
to 300 or 400 times the monthly sal
airy in some cases.
The Mitsui company Is regarded as
the biggest corporation In Japan, and
its directors are noted for their large
incomes. Each director Is said to re-
ceive in the form of a bonus about
100000 a year, although his salary
may be only $3.50 month.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-12-30
WANTS TO GET OUT OF JAIL.
Amandus Kessler's Plea to Join Marine
Corps Likely to Go Unheeded.

kmandus kessler's Plea to Join Marine
Corps Likely to Go Unheeded.
New York.-Because he Is a good
porch climber, rifle shooter and has
other marked accomplishments, Aman-
dus Kessler wants to get out Of Jail at
Easton, Pa, and become fighter for
Uncle Sam in the ranks Of the United
States marine corps, according to an
appealing letter addressed to the ma
rine recruiting station In this city.
Amandus wrote several pages In his
patriotic outburst and promised to use
his influence to awaken his fellow pris-
oners to the call Of the flag If the ma
rines would only come and get him out.
Although the young man claims to be
q good, healthy feller," unfortunately
his morals are not in the same flourish
ing condition, so Amandus and his pals
must languish In prison while the ma
rine corps remains heartless but I'M
contaminated.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-12-30
i'm THOUSAND VOICES IN
~ CHORUS CHRISTMAS EVE
q. Supplemented by soloist and
v" orchestra of Seventy Pieces.

york.-The New York Commu-
nc" MATHS. under the direction of
nr Rarnhart, will try to have al
Hs ou New York sing on Christmas
DOS There will be Christmas songs
eve ,d the Christmas tree in Madison
hUu and later the chorus and as
saua, other people as the place can
pau' Gill fill Madison Square Garden
hO.1 Ing Handel's Messiah"
s ~so chorus probably will contain be-
Iur 1900 and 1000 persons, who
we eo been practicing the oratorio for
Da.' months. They will be supple
wv 0D,ad BY a soloist and an orchestra
dseventy pieces.
,I. Barnhart, who, with Arthur Far
- the composer; W. Kirkpatrick
wei a.% tbe treasurer, and Claude Brag-
D D tbe architect and the creator Of
w. 0Tirht' half of "Song and Light, "
-" impressed first by the national in
va "at1de for music. When listening to
bond concert in a park at Rochester
:. suddenly was struck by the idea
.sot tbe mute and enchanted crowd
In be glad to sing if they had only
.bo opportunity and training.
m fiji this need he organized a CON-
unity chorus in Rochester and later
smaller one at Lyons, n. Y. 1t was
anIy in January of 1916 that the New
Work community chorus was attempt
~ but since then its ranks have been
.-nonding rapidly until it now is neces-
.orr TO transfer it from the auditorium
.sna Witt Clinton high school to Mad
,son Square Garden for the Christmas
,lohration
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-12-30
Very Free Verse.

Vers libre is certainly taking hold.
Much might be said in this connection
Of its form, its content and whether
proficiency in it is innate or acquired.
Let it suffice for the moment to record
what happened when a music teacher
asked her pupils to make up little
verses and then make melodies to ac-
company them. One little boy said he
never had made up verses.
"Just little verse;" said the teacher.
WELL" said the boy, dreamily:
Sometimes the sky at night
Looks like a spotted egg.
New York Post.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-12-30
DREAMED ABOUT SNAKES.
Then He Woke Up to Find Three Foot
Rather In His Room.

Then He Woke Up to Find Three Foot
Rather In His Room.
Altoona, Pa. - George Merits Of
Franklinville, Huntington county, toss
ed In the throes Of a frightful night
mare and dreamed of rattlesnakes. In
bed with Merits was Samuel Alley Of
the same place.
When Merits came to himself he still
believed himself dreaming, for a hid
eous rattle sounded in his ears. Alley
also heard it.
The frightful whirr maintained a
steady cadence, and both men were
then aware that a rattlesnake was in
their room. Having no light handy,
the men were imprisoned in their bed
for some time.
Finally a match and lantern were
procured. The snake, more than three
feet long, with seven rattles and but
ton, was coiled in the center Of the
door. 1t was killed.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-12-30
TO LIE NEAR HER FIVE
HUSBANDS IS LAST WISH
Mrs. Van Sickle Had Personally Erect
cd Tombstones to Them.

La Crosse, Wis.-Tc be buried In her
own private cemetery In a corner of
her farm near the graves of her five
husbands was the last wis., Of Mrs.
Emma c. Van Sickle. who died re,
Gently.
Over the graves Of her husbands are
tombstones erected by the wife's own
hands. One has this verse inscribed
upon 1t:
Clintie, my heart clings to thee, love.
In heaven 1 hope to meet above.
You was ever kind and true to me.
SO was to you Emma c.
Another reads:
Peter. died Jan. Il 1854 aged nfty-three
years BY Emma"
The other three stones are small and
the inscriptions brief. One reads ID.
c. w." another up. D. c." and the
third "P. E."
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-12-30
Self Convicted.

"Say, pa" queried small Bobby,
"what is gossiping, anyway"
"Gossiping, my son." replied the old
man, eff we get right down to the
plain, unvarnished facts, is lying. But
why do you ask?'
Because" answered the young in
vestigator, ina says you do lot of
gossiping every time your business
keeps you late at the off1ce."-Ex-
change.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-12-30
100000 ORANGES TOO RIPE.
Shipments Valued at $4,000 Are De-
stroyed In Week.

New York. Two million oranges,
much too ripe for consumption, were
destroyed in New York by squad un-
der the supervision of Lucius P. Brown,
head of the bureau of foods and drugs
Of the department of health.
The oranges were taken from ship
ping and railroad terminals. They ag-
gregated about $50 tons and were
mostly from Porto Rico and Jamaica.
The loss to the shippers was about
$4,000.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-12-30
Sharks and Death.

There is an old yet still operative su-
perstition among seafaring men that
when a shark persistently follows a
vessel it is a sign that some person on
board is going to die, the alleged rea-
son being that the great fish can scent
death,
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-12-30
In tha Rarhar Shon.

"Your hair" said the aggravating
barber to the slightly bald man. as
coming out on top" d.
"Goodw cried the sensitive victim.
II knew 1t was In me. Now. for good
ness sake. don't talk to 1t or it'll crawl
back again. London Telegraph.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-12-30
LEGAL Wit.

A lawyer was walking into court re-
Gently with his length of arm taxed
to hold pile of law books.
To him said a friend, pointing to his
books:
"Why, 1 thought you carried all that
stuff in your head"
=. $50 do" quickly replied the learned
counsel, with knowing wink. "These
are for the judges"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-12-30
MAJ Nine In U. S. Supreme Court.

s,,b,"% Ins In U. S. Supreme Court.
NeSaslOn.-Dynamos, motors and
NrsS apparatus whizzed and
tS,sh, Tue supreme court chamber
t,olI. on when the justices view
eSa ~ure mining plant In full op-
ss,t ae demonstration, unique in
eAs. History. was held to give
eh,, an actual view Of q min
49, N operation, one used In
~ Uies and attacked as In
use recently reargued.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-12-30
Fine Luck.

Mrs. Exe-So you've got a new gown
after all. / thought you said you
couldn't afford one this season? Mrs.
Wye-So / did. But you see my hus-
band had a streak Of luck recently.
He broke his leg the next day after
taking out an accident policy that pays
$50 q week.-Boston Transcript
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-12-30
W A TREE TWENTY HOURS.
s''Ss Delirium Tremens Victim Dis.
:, cards Clothes and Climbs.

LIE
:, cards Clothes and Climbs.
h" sack' n. Y.-After passing twenty
n. III the topmost branches Of q
NM. nusar Tordoff was rescued by
nm S lie WAS arrested suffering
,~., uellrium trcmens and sent to the
Sa~e at Viola instead Of to Jail,
N, ~. ueu ne tried to eject the inmates
4. aSpped in Il straitjacket.
o. D. Aped and wandered through
sbs,. Spo mountains to Ladentown,
Ssh.a Threw away his clothes and
erS Tree. Tie was about famish-
LhS, found Ivy the hunters and
&so.'F policemen and may die.
sa Painter.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-12-30
Divided IL.

Scene-Police court during dispute
over eight day clock.
Magistrate-I award the clock to the
plaintiff.
Defendant-Then what do getf
Magistrate-I1l give you the eight
days.-London Stray Stories.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-12-30
Due Caution.

prisoner at the bar, will you be
tried by jury or by the courtT
FBy jury, your honor. by jury"
"Humph! Why-er-haven't I seen
you before somewhere"
ayes, your honor. l sell you ice in
summer and do your plumbing in win
ter."-Richmond Times Dispatch.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-12-30
Wed at Stacks Hiah Top.

Florence, Colo.-Bessie Norton, aged
twenty-one, and Joseph Bowling, twen-
ty-six years old, were married on top
Of a 200 foot concrete smokestack In an
oil plant here recently. Practically the
entire city witnessed the ceremony,
which was performed by the Rev. W..
J. Kidd.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-12-30
Scholars Read ORIGINAL Poems.

Westmont, N. J.-Eighteen grade pu-
pills In the public schools read original
poems during the afternoon session,
creating considerable amusement and
uncovering some latent literary talent
Recently each pupil In this grade was
required to make a Eve minute address
without manuscript.