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The broad ax., 1916-02-26

SARAH BERNHARDT.
acquire some new playlets suited to
her infrmities. The plans for her ap-
pearance here this spring were made
before she had entirely recovered from
the effects of the amputation Of one Of
her legs last summer. Then, with the
indomitable will that has characteriz-
ed her career, she outlined 8 repertoire
that embraced some Of her best known
roles and several new ones.
But Nine. Bernhard has since dis
covered that the loss Of her leg pre-
sents a handicap that even her will
cannot conquer. She has had to re-
strict herself entirely to playlets and
scenes from plays which demanded
little action on her part so that she
might remain seated or standing dur
ing their performance. She acted for a
moving picture a scene version of
Jeanne Dore." but the scenes Of this
were so arranged that whenever she
started to move the scene was switch
ed and the next picture revealed her
at her destination.
The broad ax., 1916-02-26
FIippant filings.

During an open debate the United
0ates senate reminds one Of the tow
- Of Babel.-Wall Street Journal
Those Martians are nothing If not
initiative. They've taught their canals
the Panama slide.-Atlanta Constitu.
ton.
Vassar having abolished the daisy
chain, Harvard responds by putting
the ban on the wrist watch. The war
on student brutalities is to 60 on to a
bitter f1nish.-New York World.
The actors fund wants an endow-
ment Of $1,OO0,OOO. If every man or
woman who thinks he or she Is an
actor would contribute 81 the fund
could be raised Observation-Disclosures
Herald.
The broad ax., 1916-02-26
BRIGHT BRIEFS.

The man who courts trouble deserves
to end by marrying 1t.
Speed the day when we can begin to
refer to 1t as the late warI
1t Is just a mans luck to win every
game when he's playing for fun.
1t Is far better to be bent on econ
omy than broke on extravaganza.
Every one admires a man of mettle
provided there is not too much brass.
In the presence of love-" says Vice
President Marshall, science Is silent"
And so is reason.
Miss Jane Adams assertion that
Europe wants peace proves once more
that a woman can't keep a secret.
Both the kaiser and Lloyd-George are
firmly convinced Of victory. But neither
ode will gain it by talking about It.
Genuine old masters will be readily
identified after the war as consisting
OF an extensively framed hole In the
canvas.
Japan's attentions continue to be di-
rected more to plans for China's future
than to active participation In the En-
ropean war.
You can always tell a first class mo-
torman by the way he stops his car
across a crossing so that you have to
walk around it.
In New York last year Sc, $40 persons
were convicted of crime, and It IN con-
hdently believed that even a larger
number got away.
The broad ax., 1916-02-26
Fashion FriIIS.

The new skirts are to be wider at the
bottom. But are they going to be any
longer?-San Francisco Chronicle.
Do you remember a style the girls
ever had that didn't make them look
pretty ALBANY Knickerbocker Press.
Speaking Of the alleged horrors Of
war, consider the rumor that bustles
and hoops are coming back into stylel
Chicago News.
The tailors' convention having issued
its commands as to masculine attire for
the coming season, the men viii con-
tinue to dress exactly as they please
Pittsburgh Telegraph.
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Recent Inventions.

An electric room heater invented by
an Englishman throws the warmed all
directly toward the floor with a NOV
ing parabolic mirror.
Two West Virginia inventors have
patented baby swing that also can
be used as a high chair by hanging IL
on the back Of an ordinary chair.
OF German invention Is a new thief
alarm, small enough to be carried In a
vest pocket, which explodes a noisy
cap If any object under which It is
placed be moved.
The broad ax., 1916-02-26
PTTH AND POINT.

People are prone to mistake self
praise for self respect.
Those who SOW wild oats realize that
the devil attends to the harvest.
Some people can do a lot of talking
about how they suffer In silence.
Japan denies crowding China, but
the denial is probably diplomatic.
A woman who keeps house doesn't
have to worry about getting to work.
She is there.
Traditions as to Turkish Incidence
may have to be revised as one Of the
results Of the war.
Judging from the way In which II Is
used, many a mans mind Is merely
something to guess with.
Mr.. 81. G. Wells admits that he has
failed, here and there, as war prophet
The others are not so candid.
The shrapnel bonnet is the latest
Partisan millinery creation. Some sort
Of aerial sky piece wouldn't be bad
idea.
A judge has declared that a mans
home is where his wife is. That would
be all right if the wife was where the
home is.
The lack of German dyestuffs, for
which almost everything is blamed,
has actually made our postage stamps
turn pale.
Poverty may mean lower morality, |
as the investigators claim, but many a |
man has been kept out Of trouble by |
not having the price.
The broad ax., 1916-02-26
PANAMA OPENS
T. GREAT EXPOSITION
Celebrates Discovery of Pacific
and Completion of Canal,

The national exposition of the 70.
public of Panama has been formally
opened by President Porras. 1t com
memorates the completion of the inter.
oceanic canal and achievements Of
Vasco Nunez de Balboa, who in 151a
discovered the Pacific and took possess
sion Of the great south sea" in the
name of his sovereign, Ferdinand of
Spain, and was rewarded by being ap-
pointed adelantado of the south Sea
or admiral of the Pacific and governor
Of Panama and Coyba.
The exhibition buildings have been
completed save for some finishing
touches on the horticultural building.
The army transport Logan and other
The broad ax., 1916-02-26
Woman's World.

Brooklyn has a successful woman
butcher.
Cambridge Mass) women win vote
for mayor at the spring election.
There are more than 100000 women
wage earners in the United States.
In England women are organized to
claim their political rights as soon as
the war Is over.
Women now work In all but forty
four Of the 400 trades enumerated In
the United States.
One-third or the workers In the hat,
suit and overall industries of the Unit
ed States are women.
The broad ax., 1916-02-26
BERNHARDT DELAYS
AMERICAN TOUR
Finds Loss of Leg a Serious
Handicap.

Sarah Bernhard will not be seen in
America this season. William T. Con-
nor, the French actress American man.
ager, received a cable from her recent
" in which she asked to be released
from her contract to appear here in the
spring and expressed her intention Of
coming to America in October. Mr.
Conner cabled his assent.
Nine. Bernhard gave as her reason
for postponing her visit the desire to
The broad ax., 1916-02-26
The Royal Box.

The Archduke Francis Joseph Of Aus.
tria has fifteen Christian names.
Queen Alexandrine Of Denmark Is
probably the least known Of European
queens.
Prince Albert Of England, who re-
Gently celebrated his twentieth birth
day, has been a MILDLY In the royal
navy since 1913.
King Georges sister, Queen Maud Of
Norway, has many accomplishments.
She has mastered Norwegian perfectly.
writes charming verses and is an adept
at wood carving.
The broad ax., 1916-02-26
Short Stories.

Babies with more than one Christian
name are taxed in Holland.
Mica deposits sufficiently large to de.
velop exist in twenty states.
The 100000 people of Tokyo an
ually spend So per head for fish.
Fifty thousand voters can demand
an alteration in the laws Of Switzer-
land.
Sugar cane in Cuba, set out In virgin
land, may be cut for thirty years with
out replanting.
More than half Of those who, from
one cause or another, persisted In the
Franco-Prussian war were not bel
ligerents.
The broad ax., 1916-02-26
MEDAL FOR BAEKELAND.

Inventor Honored by Chemists For
Eminenee In Chemical Research.
The Perkin medal for eminence in
Industrial chemical research was re,
Gently awarded to DR.. L. 81. Baeke-
land, the inventor, by the New York
section of the Society Of Chemical In
dustry. DR.. Baekeland is a past presi-
dent Of the American Institute of
Chemical Engineers. II the move for
preparedness takes definite, concrete
shape few men will play a more impor-
The broad ax., 1916-02-26
Leap Year Musings.

Don't refuse to wed leap year girl
because she can't cook. She may have
money enough to pay your board
Chicago News.
As a matter Of fact, gallantry will
forbid mentioning that the bride pro-
posed until the divorce proceedings
Baltimore American.
The mean man is the fellow who
receives a leap year proposal Of mar
rage and then brags how he declined
it-Spokane Review.
The broad ax., 1916-02-26
Town Topics.

Every man should know his home
city, but there's such a thing as know
ing 1t too we'll for your own good
Louisville Herald.
New York cabarets scornfully repudi-
ate the imputation OF excessive charges
so long as it costs less than SO to re-
main Observation-Disclosures Post.
Philadelphia has started a crusade
for hygienic walters. 1t Is not a part
Of the crusade, however, that the TIPS
must be sterilized. - Baltimore Amer
lean.
The broad ax., 1916-02-26
Telephone Calls.

Telephones transmit sounds at a rate
Of $4,000 miles a second.
So that linemen testing telephone
circuits will not be endangered by
heavy currents a new English testing
outfit is mounted on a steel rod for
grounding.
The Italian government, which sew
eral years ago bought most Of the tele-
phone systems of that country, has ex-
tended until 1923 the time In which
some smaller companies may operate
independently.
The broad ax., 1916-02-26
CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY.

Fred B. Fisher, Missionary Worker,
} Mistaken For a Bartender.
In his addresses at the conventions
Of the national missionary campaign
Fred B. Fisher, the new associate gen
eral secretary of the laymen's mission
airy movement, has been telling q joke
on himself.
81 was standing in the lobby Of a
hotel in indianapolis" says Mr..
Fisher, when a man with avoirdupois
about like mine stepped up to me, put
out his hand and said. Shaker
81 shook. whereupon he said, What
time is the session this afternoonr I
replied that / knew of no meeting In
The broad ax., 1916-02-26

tant part than DR.. Baekeland, for he
Is chairman of the naval consulting
board committee on ordnance and ex-
plosives. He Is now busy with a plan
to establish for the government a plant
to make nitric acid out Of the air for
use in manufacturing smokeless pow
der In case our supply Of nitrates,
which now comes entirely from Chile.
should be cut of by war.
The broad ax., 1916-02-26
SHORT AND SHARP.

Bad luck is often the result Of trust
ing too much to luck.
Russia asserts that all that remains
Of the vodka industry is the bar.
The Lord will provide for the man
who works as hard as he prays.
A man viii never find his right place
IN life If he thinks somebody else is
In 1t.
The war game is being played with
high hand, but nobody has yet seen q
king full Of bullets.
With the trenches impregnable the
only thing for the belligerents is to
fight it out in the air.
The Pasteur institute Of Paris an
nounces a certain cure for cholera,
Why not for fighting?
Another incongruity Of the European
conn1ct Is the converting Of church
bells into war munitions.
1t seems that all the European ma
lions know our secret diplomatic codes.
but the question is, Do we know theirs?
1t is different in Argentina. The
presidential election is due in three
months, and there is not a candidate
in sight
The Audubon society having declared
that the dove is fighter, it may yet be
necessary to nominate the English
sparrow as the emblem Of peace.
With the boys colleges doing away
with class fights and the girls colleges
abolishing daisy chains there is less
and less tnducement to leave home.
The broad ax., 1916-02-26

the city, when he said. 'Ah, come off,
You know very well that you are the
secretary Of the Bartenders' associa-
don meeting here In the city. l saw
you up around the tables this morn
Ing
when / told him that was secre-
itary in a very different line Of work
and was interviewing prominent In
dianapolis men preparatory to n great
national religious convention, he look
ed me over and took his departure"
The broad ax., 1916-02-26

Bad luck is often the result Of trust
ing too much to luck.
The broad ax., 1916-02-26

Russia asserts that all that remains
Of the vodka industry is the bar.
The broad ax., 1916-02-26

The Lord will provide for the man
who works as hard as he prays.
The broad ax., 1916-02-26

Poverty may mean lower morality
as the investigators claim, but many q
man has been kept out Of trouble by
not having the price.
The broad ax., 1916-02-26
ESSAD PASHA,
STORMY PETREL
War Brings Famous Albanian
Into LimeIight Again.

HSSAD PASHA, the stormy petrol
~ of Albania, has again come to
4 the fore with the extension of
the war along the Adriatic AIS
The broad ax., 1916-02-26

A man win never find his right place
IN life If he thinks somebody else is
In 1t.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-11

Above is cut Of "a sroad leveler de-
signed by A. e. Nissen. OF Iowa City,
which will do the work regardless Of
what condition the roads are in. The
leveler can be built very easily by any
farmer and when put into operation
proves to be one OF the most practical
road drags ever devised.
II The proper way to make Is as fol-.
lows: Take two planks 2x12 inches
by 10 feet. preferably Of oak, or some
strong wood, and stand same on end
like the runners Of a sled then take
three planks 2x12 inches by z feet and
securely fasten them across the front,
back and center. Then round up the
front and back OF the ,10-foot planlss,
and you will now have nothing more
nor less thanh double pointed sled, 10
feet long and q feet vide. {;
After this is uones have two paanlxs
2x12- Inches and about stsfeet fastened
at al, angle Of about As degrees ana
the two ten-feot pianis, the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-11
CHAPTER xI.

Z Standing in the black group under
gaunt trees at the cemetery, three days
later Bibbs unw1llingly let an old, old
thought become definite in his mind:
the sickly brother had buried the
strong brother, and Bibbs wondered
how many million times that had hap
pened since men first made word
10 name the sons of one mother. Al
,r. Ii+era llv he had buried his strong
brother, for Sheridan had gone to
pieces when he saw his dead son. He
had nothing to help him meet the
shock, neither definite religion nor
philosophy" definite or indefinite. He
could only beat his forehead and beg,
over and over, to be killed with an
AZ, while his wife was helpless except
to entreat him not to take on" her.
self adding continuous lamentation.
Edith, weeping, made truce with
Sibyl and saw to 1t that the mourn
ing garments were beyond criticism.
Roscoe was dazed, and he shirked, JUS
tifying himself curiously by saying he
..neyer had any experience in such
matters" So It was Bibbs, the shy
outsider, who became, during that
dreadful little time, the master of the
house; for as strange thing as that
sometimes, may be the result Of a
death. pay
'Dust to dust" said the minister
under the gaunt trees; and at that
Sheridan shook convulsively from head
to foot. All of the. black group shfv'
cred except Bibbs. He had been close
upon dust himself for q long, long time
and the machine shop, II he had to &c
back to 1t, would probably bring him
closer still. To Bibbs' knowledge, nc
one and nothing had ever prevented
his father from carrying through his
plans. He had the gift 81 terrible
persistence, and with unlocked conf
{ dence that his way was the only way
he would hold to that way Of 'makins
a man" of Bibbs, who understood very
well, in his passive and impersona
fashion, that 1t was q way which nigh
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-11

walks the face of the earth or burrows
beneath it. His energy is phenomenal.
He Is no respecter Of persons. On the
contrary, like the followers Of the red
flag of anarchy, he appears to have it
in for the opulent and finds a peculiar
delight in devastating the velvety
lawns of the millionaire and the
smooth green Of golf links. -.
1t is q simple matter to get rid of
him. An earnest inclination, a few
pounds Of carbon bisulphide and a
reasonable amount of muscular effort
are all that are needed for his COM
plete elimination. The carbon bisul-
phide is inexpensive 1t is also very
odorous, to speak conservatively. 1t
is no wonder geomys busarlus gives
up the ghost when assailed with its
fragrance. The process is as follows:
Open the burrow near freshly
heaped mound, drop in a bit of cotton
or old rags, pour two or three table,
spoonfuls Of the liquid upon it, close
the burrow and seek another. That is
all. The carbon will do the rest
quickly and effectively. 1t is extreme
ly volatile, evaporating with incredi-
BILE celebrity, forming dense, heavy
gas, deadly to animal and insect life.
The gas, being heavier than the air.
seeks always the lower levels, and Mr.
Gopher can't run fast enough nor far
enough to escape it. The deeper he
goes the surer his. destruction. The
process is so ridiculously simple and
easy that the average person is in
clined to ignore it because Of it's sim
Eplic1ty. If it were a process at once
difficult and expensive we would
$probably fall over each other in the
Istruggle to try it. word of caution:
Keep the stuff away from fire, OF
rather keep fire away from the bisul-
Ephide. for it is highly explosive. It Is
so very impulsive that the conserva-
tive man will forego the pleasure OF
pipe or cigar while handling it.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-11
Summary Of April
Crop and Live Stock
Report Io,Da and Y. s.

A summary of the April crop and
live stock report for the State of Iowa
and for the United States, as COM
piled by the bureau of crop estimates
and transmitted through the weather
bureau, United States department of
agriculture, is as. follows: - o..
Wheat. D.. D..
State-Condition April 1 this year,
rs per cent of normal; ten-year aver
age of condition figures for April /,
90 per cent. IT,.
United States-.C Condition April 1 this
year, 1873 per cent; ten-year average
April condition. S7s per cent. ~
Rye.
State-Condition April this year, sc
per cent; ten-year average April l
condition. - per cent.
United States-Condition April l
this year, 87.8 per cent; ten-year aver
age April condition, S9.9 per cent.
Hogs. r,
State-Losses from disease past year,
SIS per cent; ten-year average, s.5 per
cent.
United States-Losses from disease
past year. 6.63 per cent; ten-year aver
age, 6.62 per cent.
2 Cattle. ,.....~
State-Losses from disease past year,
II per cent; ten-year average, 1.S per
cent. Losses from exposure~past year
Z per cent; ten-year average, Z per
cent
United States-Losses from disease
past year. 1876 per cent; ten-year aver
age, 2.01 per cent. Losses from eX-
posture past year, LOT per cent; ten
year average. 1.56 per cent.
- Sheep.
State-Losses from disease past year
20 per cent; ten-year average. "a per
cent. Losses from exposure past year,
10 per cent; ten-year average, 10 per
cent.
United States-Losses from disease
past year, 2.16 per cent; ten-year aver
age, 2.48 per cent. Losses from eX-
posture past year, 2.17 per cent; ten
year average, 81 per cent.
Horses and Mules. 's.-
State-Losses from disease past year
1.6 per, cent; ten-year average, II per
cent.
United States-Losses from disease
past year, Its per cent; ten-year aver
age, LOS per cent. D..
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-11

The great White Star liner Olympic
will aid in the transportation of the
latest and probably the largest con-
tingent of Canadian troops from Hall
fax to England. The Olympic, 1t is
said, will carry this time more than
1000 troops, a record consignment of
warriors. On trips to thu Dardanelles
and Saloniki the big liner has carried
$500 men, but on her voyage from
Halifax to Southampton she will break
her own record. She is commanded
by Captain II. ]. Haddock. r. N. r..
the commodore captain Of the White
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-11

Star line. The Adriatic, the Baltic and
the Lapland are also employed as Brit
ish transports. It IS said that these
four vessels together, are capable OF
carrying 1900 men. Many smaller
liners also have been requisitioned for
the work. The photographs show the
Olympic and the Duke Of Connaugh.
inspecting No. McGill universities
company. re- endorsements for the fa-
nous Princess Pat regiment, on the.
eve OF their leaving to fill up this
ranks of that celebrated body, which
has already been wiped out one and y
half times.
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make, not man, but dust Of him. BW
he had no shudder for the thought
The truth about Fibbs was IN tht
poem which Edith had adopted. But
he had not hidden his feelings about
his father where they could not be
found. He was strange to his father,
but his father was not strange to him.
He knew that sheridan's plans were
conceived In the stubborn belief that
they would bring about a good thing
for Bibbs himself; and whatever the
result was to be, the, son had no bit
terness. Far otherwise, for as he
looked at the big. woeful figure, shak-
Ing and tortured, an almost unbeatable
pity laid hands upon .Bibbs' throat.
Roscoe stood blinking, his lip CULVER
ing; Edith wept audibly; Mrs. Sheri-
dan leaned in half collapse against
her husband; but Blbbs knew that his
father was the one who cared.
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"A Practical Road Leveler.

front back on the left side. The back
plank being IN feet back OF the front
plank. Have about a 3-inch iron shoe
on these two planks: this Will give you
q drag on the same principle as other
drags, but will have runners on the
side.
On the left side OF the drag have an
opening In front Of the two drags, SO as
to dispose Of the surplus dirt which il
bound to be caused by the dragging OF
the road.
Have a link on the right-and left
side of this drag and attach chain to
same and hitch the horses as close as
possible, and you will find that a single
team can pull this drag in the mud cas-
Ter than q double team can pull any
other drag on the market. And after q
double round trip has been made with
this drag. there will be only very
slight ridge left in the center Of the
road, and the road will have nice
crown.
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I came. hut when He reached here
Lob. I felt that perhaps -
Blbbs nodded gravely. Yes. yes
he murmured
IL got out on the opposite side OF
the carriage she continued II mean
opposite froin--from where all Of You
were. And 1 wandered on over In the
other direction; and I didn't realize
how little time--it takes From where
I was couldn't see the carriages leav-
ing--at least didn't notice them. So
when I, got back. lust now. vow were