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The broad ax., 1916-03-25
A Hungarian Barbizon.

All that is most vital and interesting
In present day Hungarian art is direct
ly or indirectly traceable to the activi-
ties set In motion at Nagybanya, a
beautifully situated little town In east
ern Hungary. Here, under the inspir-
ing leadership of Simon Hollosy, q
group of the most progressive artists
were united by kindred aims. They re-
affirmed the gospel of light and air tri-
umphantly enunciated by Monet and
Manet; they introduced into Hungarian
art fresh and vigorous note Of real
ism that liberated personal and racial
traits Of character. "Nagybanya be
came the Hungarian Barbizon in the
sense that here art returned to nature
and was purified" With this return to
nature came a revival of interest In
their long neglected peasant art, and
thenceforth naturalism developed hand
In hand with a marked tendency to
ward decoration that found its inspira-
ton in the oldest traditions Of the race.
After many and diverse wanderings
Hungarian art came back to its own
and was rejuvenated.-J. Nilsson Laur-
vik In Century.
The broad ax., 1916-03-25

Old lime Miteheraft.

Jane Wenham was indicted at the
Hertfordshire assizes on March 4, 1712
for ''conversing with the devil in the
form Of a cat" under the provisions OF
the act of 1904. repealed in 1876. Her
prosecutors wished to have her also In
dicted for practicing witchcraft to the
harm of Ann Thorn, a servant girl six
teen years old. but this was not al
lowed. although evidence was produced
at the trial to show what injury had
been done the victim by means of
crooked pins and by placing cakes and
cats hair in Ann Thorn's pillow and
how the prisoner had caused the death
of some cattle simply by walking
through tdrnip field.
The jury brought her In guilty" and
JUSTICE Powell passed sentence of
death, but took steps to quash the YER
dict Wenham's prosecutors published
an account Of the case, but their argu-
ments were pulverized by scientific
men. Jane Wenham herself was Hber-
lated and taken under the protection of
Colonel Plummer, who gave her a cot
ltage, and we are told by DR.. Hutchin-
son that I'm 1720 the whole country was
fully convinced of her innocence.-Lon-
don Spectator.
The broad ax., 1916-03-25
Music of the Church.

Nothing is palmer than the seemingly
hopeless decadence of the music Of the
church as compared with modern pos
sibilitieS and realities of musical art to-
day. 1t is now some 200 years since
the spirit of music left the church
since the church could hold and spir-
itually feed a great composer as it had
done in the preceding centuries. The
spirit Of music. emancipated from the
materialistic and puritanical influences
which overlook established religion,
brought forth the great modern art OF
music, with Beethoven as its leader.
says Musical America. What has hap
pened to that art at the hands Of COM
posers less lofty and less spiritually
minded than he the world knows only
too well. especially of late. The di-
vorce has become almost complete
Not only has music, in its greatest pow
ers, forsakea the forms Of the church;
latterly it has departed from spiritual
vision and aspiration within its own
artistic province.
The broad ax., 1916-03-25
The Game of Life,

Life becomes, as the stoics more
than once tell US, like a play which
As acted or game played with coun-
tiers. Viewed from the outside, these
counters are valueless, but to those
engaged in the game their Importance
is paramount. What really and ulti-
mately matters is that the game shall
be played as it should be played. God,
the eternal dramatist, has cast you
for some part in his drama and hands
you the role. 1t may turn out that
you are cast for a triumphant king.
1t may be for a slave who dies Of tor
ture. What does that matter to the
good actor? He can play either part.
His only business is to accept the role
given him and to perform it we'll /"
Success or failure is thing he can de-
termine without stirring a hand. 1t
hardly interests him. What interests
him is that one thing which he cannot
determine action of your free and
conscious will.-Gilbert Murray.
The broad ax., 1916-03-25
Clever Reasoning.

Rather an original lesson in political
economy was that once taught by tho
japanese nobleman Awoto and TINS
translated by Sir Edwin Arnold in
Seas and Lands"
One evening as he was going to the
palace to take his turn in keeping the
night watch he let 10 cash drop ont of
his finder case into the stream and
then bought 80 cash worth of torches
to search for the lost coin. His friends
laughed at him for spending so much
In order TO recover so little. and he re-
piled, with frown:
"Sirs, you are foolish and ignorant of
economics. Had l not sought for these
10 cash they would have been lost for
ever-sunk in the bottom of the Nam
erigawa. The 80 cash which have
expended on torches will remain i'm the
hands of the tradesman. Whether he
has them or is no matter. but not a
single one of the sixty has been lost.
and that is Il clear gain to the country"
The broad ax., 1916-03-25
A Queer Fish.

A male fish which matches the young
of its mate is the Chromis paterfamil-
ias. 1t is found in the lake of Tiberias,
Palestine. Strange to say. this indus
trious fish matches its young in its
mouth. When the female has spawned
In the sand the male approaches and
draws the eggs into his gills, where
they remain until Matched, when they
struggle out Of their confinement into
the parents mouth. As many as 200
perfect young are sometimes found in
the mouth of an adult male How the
fish manages to feed itself without
swallowing its young is mystery. The
grown fish is about seven inches long
and one and three-quarters wide. Its
back is olive green, shot with blue, and
the belly is silver white. marked with
green and blue.
The broad ax., 1916-03-25
Mountain Trees.

Some interesting facts relating TO
mountain trees are given by Enos a.
Mills in his Rocky Mountain Wonder
land" He says:
"a few timber line trees live a thou
sand years, but half this time is ripe
old age for most Of the timber line vet
Grams. The age Of these trees cannot
be judged by their size or by their gen.
eral appearance. There may be centu-
ries of difference In the ages Of two
arm I'm arm trees Of similar size.
examined two trees that were growing
within few yards Of each other In the
shelter Of a crag. One was fourteen
feet high and sixteen inches In diane
ter and had 337 annual rings. The
other was seven feet high and five
inches I'm diameter and had lived 1872
years.
zone day by the sunny and sheltered
side of a bowlder found a tiny seed
bearer at an altitude Of II, 800 feet
How splendidly unconscious It was Of
its size and its utterly wild surround
ingsI This brave pine bore q dainty
cone, yet drinking glass would have
completely housed both the tree and fits
fruit"
The broad ax., 1916-03-25
One of Garrick's Reforms,

1t was Garrick who first struck a
blow at the custom of allowing mem
bers Of the audience upon the stage, a
practice which at Lincoln's Inn thea
ter, In London, in 1921, led to a most
dangerous disturbance, only quelled by
calling out the military. In October,
1747, a Drury Lane playful had the
following appended notice: "As the ad-
mittance Of persons behind the scenes
has occasioned general complaint on
account of the frequent interruption In
the performance. it is hoped that gen
tlemen won't be offended that no mon
ey will be taken there for the future"
The broad ax., 1916-03-25
Phonograph Records.

Phonograph records are made by the
utting of lines in wax, from which q
ra:riX is then formed for the manu-
.acture of the records for USE Edison
OCnd that this matrix could be made
~ gold plating the wax impression
I'D backing up the film of gold with
opper. A special wax Is used, made
# Srearin and paraffin, and when the
-Pcord is originally made on the wax
I is electrotyped with copper and
iickel to give it a hard wearing sur
ace. The actual records used on the
are made from the ma
iriX Of shellac, wood charcoal, barium
.'ulphate and earth coloring matters;
he matrix is heated and placed in the
warm plastic material, where 1t is
pressed and cooled. Records are made
by the various phonograph manufac-
turerS
The broad ax., 1916-03-25
A Curious Ball Gam.

Theodore Roosevelt, writing In Scr;h
ner's OF his Brazilian journeys. Do
scribes curious game Of ball plsvod
By the Parcels Indians. In which tbo
head alone is used
There are, Of course" he writes. "no
such rules as In u game among civil
Lied men, and / saw no disputes
There may be eight or ten or MAN.
more players on each side. The bali 10
never touched with hands or~feet or
with anything except the top of the
head 1t Is hard to decide whether 70
wonder most at the strength and dex.
terity with which it is hit or buttad
with the head as it comes down through
the air or at the reckless speed and
skill with which the players throw
themselves headlOng on the ground to
return the ball if it comes low down
why do they not grind off their
noses cannot imagine. Some of tho
players scarcely ever failed to catch
and return the ball If it came in their
neighborhood and with such a vigorous
toss OF the head that it often flew in a
great curve for a really astonishing dis
tance"
The broad ax., 1916-03-25
British Red Tape,

An English officer who had been,
through mistake. reported KILLED in
action" on his return from the front
went to his bank to cash one Of his
checks. The clerk at the counter, In
stead of asking the welcome question,
"How will you take it?' looked doubt
full and puzzled. stared at the soldier
and finally hurried away to seek ad-
vice elsewhere. He presently returned
with the news that the check could not
be cashed. But you know me, and
that Is my signaturew exclaimed the
astonished officer. "M-yes," said the
clerk hesitatingly, ''but the fact is, sir,
that you're-you're dead, you see, and
I'm told We shall require you to give
proof to the contrary before we can
pay the money"
The broad ax., 1916-03-25
Kings and Shavinu.

The classic case of king who knew
better than to let anybody else shave
him is that of Dionysius the elder, ty-
rant of Syracuse, who appears to have
been unable to shave himself, for he
is said to have resorted to the I'M
comfortable device of smuggling off his
beard with hot walnut shells, says the
London Chronicle. We may suspect
that Napoleon's was another case of
the kind. Rogers asked Talleyrand
whether Napoleon shaved himself.
eyes," replied Talleyrand; lone born to
be king has some one to shave him,
but they who acquire kingdoms shave
themselves" That way of putting it
pleasantly emphasizes the practical su-
periority of the paryenu to the help
less, spoiled child of heredity, but pru-
dence probably entered into the mat
ter also, if Talleyrand's statement was
correct.
The broad ax., 1916-03-25
Nature the Healer.

The influence of the forms and ac-
lions in nature is so needful to man
that In its lowest functions it seems to
Lie on the confines of commodity and
beauty. To the body and mind which
have been cramped by noxious work or
company nature is medicinal and re-
stores their tone. The tradesman. the
attorney comes out Of the din and
craft Of the street and sees the sky and
the woods and is a man again. In
their eternal calm he finds himself.
The health Of the eye seems to demand
a horizon. We are never tired so long
as we can see far enough.-Emerson.
The broad ax., 1916-03-25
Factors That Determine saIar;e.

In the WOman's Home Companion a
successful business man says that sal
aries are fixed by the amount and quail
ity Of work that a man can deliver.
Pull" I'm his opinion, is a negligible
factor I'm the business world.
"And that applies to the man who Is
getting $4,000 year just as truly as
1t does to the man who is getting $50 a
month The only way that 1 can be
paid more money than 1 am getting Is
by delivering more work to my COM
pany than 1 am now delivering or by
showing my company how to save
more money and so have a larger profit
at the end Of the year"
The broad ax., 1916-03-25
The Eyes of the Musk OK.

The skull of the bull musk OK Is re-
markable for the development of the
eye orbits, which project sufficiently
beyond the plane of the frontal bones
to compensate for the interruption the
horns would otherwise make in the
range Of vision. The musk OK, how
ever, does not seem to rely greatly on
keenness Of sight, far less on acuteness
Of hearing, for the ears are of small
dimensions and are completely covered
by the heavy growth of fur about them.
The organs of scent are evidently more
highly developed. and they exact Of the
hunter his greatest cunning.
The broad ax., 1916-03-25
The Sleep of Seeds,

Oats, corn, fennel and some flower
seeds We're exposed during 11S days
to a temperature of 10 degrees F. be-
low zero. Afterward, when placed in
suitable surroundings, nearly all of the
fennel, oat and corn seeds and many
Of the others terminated. 1t is con-
cluded that the protoplasm, or the prin-
ciple Of life, in a resting seed is In a
state Of inaction not comparable to that
Of a smoldering fire, but rather like
that Of a chemical mixture which Is
capable Of forming a combination
whenever the required conditions Of
temperature and Illumination are pres
emit.
The broad ax., 1916-03-25
Wax Matches

Wax matches, so called, are made by
drawing strands Of fine cotton thread,
twenty or thirty at a time, through
melted stearin with a small admixture
Of paraffin. The wax hardens quickly
upon the threads, and the long Ia
pers thus produced are smoothed and
rounded by pulling them through iron
plates perforated with holes Of the de-
sired size. Finally the tapers are cut
into match lengths and dipped.
The broad ax., 1916-03-25
Reason For COMPLAINT,

81 keep the best bread" said a GER
tain baker the other day to a poor
fellow who complained Of the inferior
quality of the article he had purchased
Of him the day before
81 do not doubt it." replied the Gus
toner
"Then why do you complaint asked
the baker
Because / would suggest that you
sell the best bread and keep the bad"
was the reply.-Pittsburgh Telegraph.
The broad ax., 1916-03-25
How She Was Named,

A little colored girl, a newcomer In
Sunday school, gave her name to the
teacher as Fertilizer Johnson" Later
the teacher asked the child's mother
II that was right.
Yes. ma'am. OATS her name" said
the fond parent you see, she was
named fer me and her father. Her IA
theirs name am Ferdinand, and my
name is Liza. So we named her Fer
dlizer."-Boston Transcript.
The broad ax., 1916-03-25
Mind Reading.

do you think there is any such
thing as mind reading?" asked the en-
inent diplomat.
~Oh, yes| replied Miss Cayenne. IF
I pay very close attention to what you
say and analyze It carefully 1 often
fancy / get a glimmer Of what you are
The broad ax., 1916-03-25
Remembered Him.

Uncle George - Come here. Willie.
Don't you know who | am? Willie
You bet / do. You are mas brother.
who stayed here two months one time
and never offered To pay a cent for
board. oh. yes: I've heard pa speak Of
you often.-IndianapOIiS News.
The broad ax., 1916-03-25
Real Troubles.

"Does it require great mental effort
to be photographer"
'Yes, indeed" replied Mr.. Snappum.
"You have to sit up nights learning
funny stories to tell customers In or
der to make 'em smile and look nat
ural"-Chicago News.
The broad ax., 1916-03-25
Growing Up.

Percy Poodles - Congratulate me.
I'm engaged to Molly Multirox. Amt
the lucky dog?
Polly Pickles-You certainly must be.
But how time does fly! 1t seems but
yesterday heard her father speak of
you as puppy.-New York Globe.
The broad ax., 1916-03-25
Saline Ordera-

whats that sheet thereT asked the
SICK sailor.
That" explained the nurse, 'is your
chart"
$50? Well, what's the next port
make after quinine? l don't like that
stop."-Kansas City Journal
The broad ax., 1916-03-25
Matrimonial Considerations.

~Why do you object to my marrying
your daughter
Because you can't support her In
the style to which she has been accus-
toned all her life"
"How do you know 1 can't? / can
start her on bread and milk, same as
you did."-Chicago News.
The broad ax., 1916-03-25
Copper Came From Cyorus

The word copper is generally admit
ted to be derived from Cyprus, as 1t
was from that island that the ancient
Romans first procured their supplies.
In those remote days Cyprus and
Rhodes were the great copper produc-
ing districts.
The broad ax., 1916-03-25
Treat For the Bosrdsrs,

"Ma," Queried the small daughter Of
the boarding housekeeper. what shall
j do with these basting threads?"
| "Give them TO ME and will stir them
into the froSting for the cocoanut
cake" said her mother.-Youth's Com
panion.
The broad ax., 1916-03-25
M adeira.

Conchologists hold that the finding
Of certain land snails on the island Of
Madeira, known to exist or to have
af1nities in no other place In the world
except Europe, is sufficient proof that
Madeira was at one time connected
with the mainland.
The broad ax., 1916-03-25
Part Often Overlooked.

cit is all right TO pat yourself on
the back occasionally" said the dis
penser Of sage advice.
"Yes?" said the player up
"But don't forget to call yourself
down when you need it. my boy
Pittsburgh Post
The broad ax., 1916-03-25
Some Evidence.

you say that preparation will make
the hair grow?" asked the thin haired
man Of the druggist.
"Why, say" came from the drug
man, 81 know a customer who took
the cork out of bottle of that stuff
with his teeth. and now he's got hair
Statesman.
The broad ax., 1916-03-25
Argument Spoiled.

She-TOo many men expect their
wives to run their homes ON practically
nothing. They forget that 10 one can
make bricks without straw. He-My
wife does-Out of -four Stray Stories.
The broad ax., 1916-03-25
Explained.

'NOur air mattresses" said the deal
er, "are filed in the months of April
and May. That accounts for their re-
markable resilient qualities"
as the air of those months better
than others?
'-They are the spring months, you
know."-Exchange
The broad ax., 1916-03-25
Social Distinctions

what train do you take coming into
town In the morningT'
II used to take the Pinochle express
at 7:44, but since 1 became a member
Of the firm I've been travelling ON the
Bridge Whist limited, which leaves at
S-S."-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The broad ax., 1916-03-25
So He Does.

pa, what Is a detectiveT
"a detective, my son. is a man who
pokes his nose into other peoples AZ
fairs while minding his own business"
The broad ax., 1916-03-25
hiahlY Reoommendsd.

Replying to yours Of the 10th inst
asking for information about one John
Mullen, beg to state that / can say
nothing to discredit Of same, to his
credit even less.-New York Post.
The broad ax., 1916-03-25
Modern Amiction.

doctor, what shall do to stop this
constant ringing In my earsT
Better have your telephone taken
out."-Baltimore American.
The broad ax., 1916-03-25
panion
Lively Cheese,

John-Tn bring you a fork. sir. The
Customer-What for? John-The ca
membert, sir. The Customer-A forks
no good. Bring a revolver.-Exchange.
The broad ax., 1916-03-25
Consolinn Her

Bess-I sometimes wish | might see
myself as others see me. Nell-Oh.
you poor dear. Why. you just couldn't
believe your eyes!-Brnwning's Maya
zine.
The broad ax., 1916-03-25
Dads Reason.

"Your father refused his consent"
He did. Did he give any reasonf"
"Only that he insists on selecting
his own son-in-law." Detroit Free
Press.
The broad ax., 1916-03-25
Paradox.

There is only one way that people
can live happily-that's together"
eyes, and there is only one way that
people can live at peace-and that's
apart."-Judge.
The broad ax., 1916-03-25
Two 1asts.

The test Of lover is not how many
he has loved, but how well; the test of
a philanthropist is not how well he has
loved, but how many.-Alice yelling
ton Rollins.
The broad ax., 1916-03-25
Further Information Wanted.

Tramp - Kind sir, will you please
help me in my extremity? Gentleman
What's your trouble, badness or
corns?-Boston Transcript
The broad ax., 1916-03-25

Character is to wear forever. Who
win wonder or grudge that Il cannot
be developed in a dayHHenry Drum
mond.
The broad ax., 1916-03-25

No liberal man would impute
charge Of unsteadineSS to another for
having changed his OpiniOn.-CicerO.
The broad ax., 1916-03-25

Sincerity's own realm is ones secret
chamber; strong here, q man Is strong
everywhere.-S
The broad ax., 1916-03-25
No an..sh .x rsI

No Breach Of cor6dsnoa.
Say, what do Jon mean hy telling
Jones that was q b,ockheadY.
why, It tsnt q secret h kr-Bs-
ton TRANSCRIPT
The broad ax., 1916-03-25

He that lives for gold sees ever.
thing yellow.-Japanese Maxim.
The Harrison times., 1916-11-11
THE J. n. ESCHMbN WORLD
UNITED SHOWS COMING.

Neatest of travelling shows to eX-
hibit at Harrison, Wednesday, NOvem-
Der 18th, one day only.
Advance advertising car No. l, Of
the famous J. II. ESCHMAN WORLD
UNITED SHOWS was in Harrison
this week billing the town and sur
rounding country for Wednesday, No
yember Is, when these neatest Of
travelling shows will exhibit afternoon
and night.
Lovers of the out Of the ordinary
amusements are greatly interested in
the announcement that this wonderful
attraction is coming for it is decided
ly the best tented amusement enter
prise en- route.
Whatever your preference, you will
find plenty to interest, astonish and
edify you; there are thrilling aerial
acts during every moment of which
one expects to see the intrepid per-
formers hurled into eternity, artistic
and sensational eQuestrianism, inCred-
ible and bewildering athletic and aero
batic numbers, blood chilling hurdle
and chariot races and phenomenal eX-
hibitions By fierce wild beasts. In
fact so numerous and varied are the
novelties offered in the rings, upon
the elevated stages and upon the nam
moth Hippodrome track that space
will not permit the mentioning of even
a small portion Of them.
The menagerie, containing as it
does, the finest living specimens of
rare, strange and curious animals, is
really a whole show in itself. Promi-
nent in this wonderful collection is
the smallest elephant en- tour
The ]. H. ESCHMAN WORLD UNI
TED SHOWS will exhibit the one day
only at Harrison on Wednesday, No
vember 15, and our suggestion is,
Don't miss it"
The Harrison times., 1916-11-11
WILL HOLD INDUSTRIAL
MASS MEETING NOVEMBER 16

G. S. Stewart, Industrial Agent of
the NJ. G n. A. Railroad, requests us
to announce an Industrial mass meet
ing for the farmers and business men
to be held at the court house in Har-
rison, Thursday November 16, for
the purpose OF lining up a general
program for a meeting to be held
December 16.
In this meeting Mr.. Stewart is join
ed by C. w. Watson, state agent Of
the Agricultural Department OF the
state and others. Farmers are request
ed to bring out some Of their stock as
an address will be made along the line
of stock judging.
The ladies are also requested to be
present to start a movement along the
line OF home economics.
This is a cooperative movement in
dorsed by w. G. Lassendar, acting
director of the COOPERATIVE Extension
Work.
The Harrison times., 1916-11-11
A NEW FIRM FOR HARRISON
The Boone County Hardware Com
pany 10 Change Hands on
November Goth.

by a deal closed this week the
Boone County Hardware COmpany's
business and good will passes to a
company of Benton county capitalists,
including several prominent stock
holders in the Benton County Hard
ware Company.
Tho business will be continued at
the old stand with A. III Stewart as
its manager and the younger Messrs.
Lopp and Parker as 5alesmen. An
enlargement of the building is planned
and a considerable increase in stock,
Doth in lines and quantity, will be
made.
Their numerous friends will be glad
to know that Messrs. A, J. LoDp and
J. b. Parker constituting the ole firm
have no intention Of leaving Harrison,
and will probably enter other business
in the near future.
w. ]. Doke of Bentonville, who was
here to arrange the deal, says that the
new company will be formed ready
for the transfer to be made Noyem.
Der Goth.