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The broad ax., 1916-04-15
The GAoanachain.

The Gegenschein is the name given
to one Of the most inexplicable objects
known to astronomers. 1t is visible in
the night sky under favorable condi-
lions, is rounded in outline and is stu
ated always exactly opposite the place
Of the sun. 1t has been termed by one
eminent astronomer "a sort Of comet
cry or meteoric satellite" attending the
earth. He supposes it to be composed
of a cloud of meteors situated about a
million miles from the earth and re-
volving around it it in a period OF just
one year, so that the sun and the me-
teors are always on opposite sides Of
the earth. 1t is estimated that the
size Of this ghostly satellite may be
nearly the same as that Of the planet
Jupiter. e., about $4,000 miles In
diameter.
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George Washinston's Sobriquets.

Washington was called by many So
briquets. He was first of all Father
Of His Country" Providence left him
childless that his country might call
him father" Sigourney calls him spa
ter Patriae;" Chief Justice Marshall
the American Fabius." Lord Byron
in his lode to Napoleon" calls him
"the Cincinnatus Of the West" For
having a new world on his shoulders
he was called the "Atlas of America"
The English soldiery called him by the
sarcastic nickname Of Lovely Georgi
u.s." Red Jacket, the Seneca Indian
chief, called him the "Flower Of the
Forest" The Italian poet Vittorio Al
fieri called him "Deliverer of America"
His bitter opponents sarcastically call
ed him the "Stepfather Of His Coun-
try" during his presidency.
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oriain of the Penny.

The "maiden name Of the penny
was "denarius," and the English penny
is a survival Of the Roman rule In the
British isles. Like the coin which pre-
ceded it In Rome, it has been debased
in value until its name has lost It's
original meaning. The first denarius
was minted in Rome about 26S B. G.
and was the principal silver coin OF
both the republic and the empire. 1t at
first weighed seventy-two grains troy
and was as nearly pure silver as du-
rability would permit. 1t bore on one
side the helmeted head Of Roma and
the mark X and on the other side the
images of Castor and Pollux. Later
these twin gods were replaced by the
head Of the Roman emperors- By 215
A. D. the coin had deteriorated In
value until it was only 40 per cent
silver. The X, which signifed the val
ue Of ten asses, had wholly lost Its
meaning. Diocletian finished the deg
radiation Of the denarius by applying
the name to a small copper coin. In
England the largest silver coin was
called a denarius at a time when the
English form was called a gold penny.
st Louis Globe-Democrat-
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A Test of Youth.

You often see a woman at the mar
ket pinching the end Of a chickens
breastbone to find out how tender-in
other words, how young-the fowl is.
Oddly enough, the same test with hui
man beings is one Of the most reliable
known. If In advanced life the lower
end Of your breastbone feels elastic
when pushed inward, you may assume
that no important changes have yet
taken place in your arteries or other
wise in your anatomical makeup.
The human breastbone is shaped like
an ancient Roman sword, and the up
per part Of it is like the sword handle.
Its point is a piece Of cartilage, which
ANTAGONISTS call the "xiphoid" cartilage.
The early hardening and stifening of
it indicate that the changes that &C
company old age have prematurely be-
gun.-Youth's Companion.
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Dolls as Scapeqoats.

The earliest dolls found were the
Answers of the ancient Egyptians,
which were buried with important per-
sonages in order that they might full
I'LL such duties as the rulers Of the
neither world might impose on the dead
dignitary in his next incarnation. The
more important the dead the larger the
number of dolls buried with him.
Even to this day the doll plays its part
in the folklore of the banks Of the
Nile. When the river does not appear
to rise properly a doll is thrown into
its waters, representing the living viz
gin or boy who used of old to be
thrown in to prOpitiate the Nile god,
and a similar performance takes place
on the banks of the Tiber, where
doll made of plated rushes is used as
a substitute for the human victim
Westminster Gazette.
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Insect Sits on Its Eggs.

Family matters in the case Of insects
usually mean only the depositing of
eggs in suitable situations for the In
dependent development Of the off
spring, the parent insects often dying
before the young appear. The earwig,
however, provides a remarkable excep-
ton to the general rule, for 1t sits upon
its fifty or more eggs until they are
Matched, just as bird would do, and,
moreover, if the eggs get scattered it
carefully collects them together again.
In the early months Of the year, when
digging the soil, female carvings may
frequently be found together with their
batch of eggs. At the slightest sign
Of danger the young ones huddle close
to their mother, hiding beneath her
body so far as it will cover SO large a
family.-Strand Magazine.
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Proof That We Are sheepish.

The Pittsburgh man who several
years ago won a dinner from an In
diana county relative by taking small
piece Of wood, a hammer and nail
and blocked traffic on lower Fifth ave
nue. of the steel metropolis by hammer
ing the nail into the single resting on
the sidewalk has a follower here who
did q similar stunt. The New Yorker
won his wager by placing a ball Of pa
per six inches In diameter at the cor
ner Of Wall street and Broadway and
by staring at 1t got q crowd Of q hun
dred people in five minutes. 1t proved
the old contention Of the psychology
Of crowds, showed that all the yokels
are not living in the country and re
yealed that we humans all are more or
less sheep.-New York Letter to Pitts
burgh Dispatch.
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Eccentric PAVING.

1t is related that when Macmillan
Emanuel succeeded to the throne OF
Bavaria he celebrated the event by
causing one of the roads leading to his
palace to be paved with plates of bur-
nished copper This, cleaning In the
sunshine, gave all the effect Of the
more precious metal-gold-
We are told also that Louis XIV.
paved one of the courts at Versailles
with squares of silver, each Of which
had recorded upon it some triumph of
the French arms. In the center Of the
court stood a large tablet Of gold In
representation Of the luxurious mon
arch's favorite emblem-the sun.
Memoirs of the time Of Louis make
mention of a lodge erected to the love
Of his youth, the fair Louise de la Val
liere. The approach was paved with
mirrors, wherein was painted an allie
CORY setting forth the undying devo-
ton Of the king to Louise.
The broad ax., 1916-04-15
The FLAG of Denmark.

In the year 1919 King Waldemar Of
Denmark, when leading his troops to
battle against the Livonians, saw, or
thought he saw, a bright light in the
form Of a cross in the sky. He held
this appearance to be promise Of d.
vine aid and pressed forward to vic
tory. From this time he had the
cross placed on the flag of his country
and called it the Dannebrog- is,
the strength of Denmark. Aside from
legend, there is no doubt that this flag
with the cross was adopted by Den
mark in the thirteenth century and that
at about the same date an order,
known as the order Of Dannebrog, was
Instituted, to which only soldiers and
sailors who were distinguished for
courage were allowed to belong. The
flag Of Denmark, a plain red banner
bearing on it a white cross, Is the old
est flag now In existence. For 300
years both Norway and Sweden were
united with Denmark under this flag.
The broad ax., 1916-04-15
Initiative and Resolution.

Every young man should adopt the
I. and r. in his life. That means mi.
tiative and resolution. That is, orig,
mate something; think up something
to do in the world. Don't depend upon
others to initiate for you. The world
owes no man living. Every one owes
the world life.
Then there is resolution. That's
mans virtue. 1t is a mans soul put
In action. This sounds like sentiment
but it is solid fact. Half of the social
and industrial disasters we experience
today in politics, education, commerce
and industry is because we practice IT.
resolution and dependence. We will
never settle our social and industrial
troubles that way. We must think of
something else to do, something We
can resort to in case Of misfortune and
disaster. A man should save his earn
ings and invest them in land, in mine
in shop, in store-something on the out
side to take up in times of emergency.
Ohio State Journal.
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PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
Troublesome TonsiIs.

@ Rheumatism is only a minor 9
@ consequence Of enlarged tonsils. 9
@ tuberculosis, asthma, epilepsy, 9
@ articular rheumatism, goiter, val 9
@ vular heart disease, stomach Q
@ and intestinal ulcers, gallstones, 9
@ glandular troubles and a dozen G
@ other serious or even fatal dis G
@ eases are caused directly or are G
9 materially predisposed to by in g
@ lection originating in the tonsils. g
@ The cure is simple. Have them G
@ either amputated or atrophied. 6
@ Radical removal is more effec- G
@ tive than slower shrinkage. But 9
O get rid of them in any event If 6
q they persist in occupying more 9
o than their proper share Of space &
O and attention. The operation in Z
O efficient hands is quick, safe and {
o certain. And If the tonsils re- Z
O appear the operation or the Z
. shrinkage treatment can be re- Z
o peated. {
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Insect Wonders.

Nothing can exceed the perfection of
the minutest parts Of the insect or
ganization in general. The finest
strand in a spiders web, which can
scarcely be seen, is said to be COM
posed Of no less than 1000 threads.
On a single wing Of a butterfly have
been found 100000 scales and on that
Of a silkworm moth 100000. each of
these minutes scales being a marvel of
beauty and completeness in itself. So
thin are the wings of many insects
that $4,000 placed over each other
would only be a quarter of an inch
thick, and yet, thin as they are, each
is double
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Death.

Death, the dry pedant, spares mel
ther the rose nor the thistle, nor does
he forget the solitary blade Of grass in
the distant waste. He destroys thor
oughly and increasingly. Everywhere
we may see how he brushes to dust
plants and beasts, men and their
works. Even the Egyptian pyramids
that would seem to defy him, are tro-
phies of his power, monuments Of de-
cay, graves of primeval kings.-Hein-
rich Heine.
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Expensive Lighting.

1t takes 4O.65O.OOO candle power to
light up the outside Of the Woolworth
building, i'm New York, every night.
Six hundred protector lamps, with re-
Electors covered with silver-not mer-
cury-filled with nitrogen gas, each
consuming go watts Of current and
delivering 67.75O candle power. are
used in this illumination, which makes
the tower visible twenty miles away
New York World.
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Theodore Hook and His Chest.

Thomas Moore held the post of reg
istrar in the Bermuda government, but
he only held it for a few months and
left after appointing a deputy. An
other famous man Of letters, Theodore
Hook, held a somewhat similar posi-
ton in Mauritius. but left suddenly I'M
der a cloud. owing to some irregulari-
ties with the treasury chest. 1t is said
Of this incorrigible joker that on his
passage home he was asked by one of
the passengers why he was leaving
Mauritius and calmly replied that It
was owing to "a little trouble with his
chest" Westminster Gazette.
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PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
Cancer Precautions.

@ A writer in Il medical journal @
@ mentions. among the kind of @
@ things on the skin which must 8
@ be observed for cancer. all 6
@ moleS AMI warts which grow in 6
@ size: all mnlcS which change @
@ their color and grow dark brown @
@ or black: all scaling warts. eS- 6
% pecially Cn the lips. the ears. the 9
@ eyelidS. the cheeks ar the hands. @
@ He further states that per 6
g haps the most frequent excitant 8
@ of all. 81 far as skin cancer is 9
@ concerned. is dandruff. 1t falls @
@ from the scalp and lights on the 9
@ ear. eyelidS. nose. neck, lips and 8
@ face. and If there is already a 6
. scaling spot or a thickening or 8
@ a wart. mole or a gland ready 9
9 to receive the dandruff scale it 9
@ sets this spot alive with activity. 9
@ and il goes on to form a skin q
Q cancer. Probably GO per cent Of =
9 skin cancers are due to this 9
= cause. and many a cancer has 9
= been prevented and may be pre- o
. vented by curing the dandruff or .
. by preventing it" q
The broad ax., 1916-04-15
Oridin Of Patents.

Patents (from pateo, lie open) orig
mated with the so called nobility of
France. Lest their superiority to 9th
er folks should be In doubt, the mobiles
got out titles Of nobility, so that the
fact that they were better than the
rest Of the people might Gle open" to
all the world. 1t was in connection
with the printing Of books that the
first real patents were issued, about
1850. By 1925 it began to be custom
airy to issue patents protecting the
rights Of inventors In the arts and
manufactures. Since that time the
patent offices Of the world have had
a steadily increasing business.
The broad ax., 1916-04-15
A Warninu.

watch out how you holler fer de
WORT ter look up at you when you gifts
ter de mountain top" said Brother
Williams. "Of all time OATS de one
time ter lay low, fer de worP will find
you when it gifts good an ready. An
dis other thing is what you got to
consider: De minute you hollers old
man Trouble locates you an sets his
traps ter trip you an send you rollin'
down ter de bottom, whar you come
fromp'-Atlanta Constitution.
The broad ax., 1916-04-15
Flower of the Air.

There is plant in Chile and a SINH
lar one in Japan called the flower of
the air" 1t is so called because it ap-
pears to have no root and is never fix
ed to the earth. 1t twines around
dry tree or sterile rock. Each shoot
produces two or three flowers like
lily-white, transparent and odorifer-
Gus. 1t is capable of being transported
COO to 700 miles and vegetables as 1t
travels suspended on a twig.
The broad ax., 1916-04-15
His Birthday Present.

Fair Customer-I want a birthday
present for my husband. Dealer-Yes,
mum. How would this old clock suit
you? Fair CuStomer-Let me see. I've
got a corner in my boudoir that will
just do for it! And I've been wanting
an old clock for long time. Yes, that
will do!
The broad ax., 1916-04-15
Got Some of the Poison.

"The late william Vaughn Moody"
said Harvard instructor, was well
liked. Moody hated gossip. One of
our professors had a nasty, venomous
tongue, and one day this gentleman
appeared in chapel with his hand
tied up.
What's the matter with himY some
one asked.
"'Oh, he's been trying to hold his
tongue said Moody."-Exchange.
The broad ax., 1916-04-15
A Modern Venus.

If a girl could have the neat ankles
of the hosiery ads, and the trim waist
of the corset ads, and the hair Of the
grower ads, and the teeth Of the tooth
powder ads, and the complexion of the
cold cream ads, wouldn't she be a
wonder?
What would she do for heart?
She wouldn't need a heart or a
brain. We could give her the emotions
Of the heroines in the best seller ads
Life.
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Nobody at Home.

"They say" remarked the spinster
boarder, that the woman who hest
tates is lost
Lost is not the proper word for II"
growled the fuSSy old bachelor at the
pedal extremity of the table. "She's
extinct "-Indianapolis Star.
The broad ax., 1916-04-15
EIephants In UGANDA,

elephants in Uganda have a peculi-
ar aspect that have not noticed else
where" writes Il traveller. "They COW
er their bodies, as a protection against
flies, with the bright red volcanic dust
contained in the soil. This gives them
a remarkable appearance, as instead of
being slaty gray. as in the Nile val
ley, their color when thus covered with
dust resembles that Of a chestnut
horse"
The broad ax., 1916-04-15
However. Father Was Moved.

She-Was father very angry when
you broke the news of our engage
ment? He-I don't think so. His most
poignant emotions, so far as 1 could
discover them, appeared to be SYM
pathy and relief.-Richmond Times
Dispatch.
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Simple.

''Those twin boys of yours are 50
much alike that | don't see how you
can tell them apart"
'That's easy enough. When they're
on their good behavior they answer to
their own nImeS, and when they've
been in mis- 'hief each one answers 10
the name of the other" New Orleans
Times Picayune.
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That Was All.

Maria" demanded Mr.. BilluS In
loud voice. what have you been doing
to my razor:"
Nothing" said Mrs. Billus, except
sharpening it again after shaving RI
dos tail with it. It's all right, lsn'
it?-EXchange.
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Considerable.

Mrs. Brindle-NOw, Mary, i want
you to be extremely careful. This is
some very old table linen-been in the
family for over POO years and Mary
All, sure, ma'am. you needn't worry.
i won't tell soul about it, and it looks
as good as new, anyway. - Chicago
News.
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Courtesy,

Courtesy in the mistress OF n MOUSE
consists in feeding conversation. neVe.
in usurping it. She is the GUARDIAN :.
this species Of sacred fire, but 1t lnu''
be accessible to all.-Mme. Swetcnlne'
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Unhappiness.

They who have never known pros
perity can hardly be said to be I'M
happy. 1t is from the remembrance Of
joys we have lost that the arrows Of
affection are pointed.-Emile lola.
The broad ax., 1916-04-15
RUBBING the Eyes.

The Italian child is never allowed to
rub its eyes. If it bursts into tears 1t
is not repressed, but allowed to have
the cry out. This, it is claimed, beau
titles the eyes and makes them clear.
while rubbing the eyes Injuries them
In many ways.
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His Views.

"Dear me, l forgot to send her an
invitation to our weddingp'
81 imagine it won't make much diff
ference. We won't miss one pickle
fork."-Kansas City Journal
The broad ax., 1916-04-15
Perfect Machinery,

"Their household seems a perfect
piece Of machinery"
Eyes; the wife's the governor, the
children safety valves and the hus-
band a crank."-Philadelph Bulletin.
The broad ax., 1916-04-15
Serious Intentions.

Nellie - Hasn't Mr.. Felewailey pfV
posed yet? Nora-No, but he has gono
as far as to ask what time we have
breakfast and whether mother Is
good cook.-Exchange.
The broad ax., 1916-04-15
Making Friends.

Blessed are they who have the gift
of making friends, for it is one OF
Gods best gifts. 1t involves many
things. but, above all. the power Of go
ing out of ones self and seeing and ap-
preciating whatever is noble and low
ing in another.-Thomas Hughes.
The broad ax., 1916-04-15
More Urgent.

Daughter, don't you want to i'm
prove your mindT'.
a-Of course. ma, but I'm busy with
my complexion now" - Kansas City
Journal
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Its Sort.

"That woman's tongue goes as fast
as an express train"
"And it's always on the rail."-Balti-
more American.
The broad ax., 1916-04-15
Astronomy,

Astronomy is one of the most exact
Of the sciences. The powerful tele-
scopes, the spectroscope and other al
most perfect instruments come pretty
near telling the truth.
The broad ax., 1916-04-15
Not Jealous.

Mrs. Jawback-John, do believe you
are jealous Of my first husband. Mr..
Jawback-Well, no; don't believe I'd
call 1t jealousy. Envy Is the word.
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His SnecialtY.

Hokus-Sc ribbler has had no less lnI :.
nine plays rejected. Pokus-" naI
he doing now? Hokus-Writing esss'
on the decline of the drama.-Ll1e'
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AUTHORIZED AGENTS AND COZ
RESPONDENTS FOB THE BROAD
AK.
L. W. Washington, 5465 Kimbark
avenue.
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Phone Douglas 4049.
The Broad AK can be found on sale
at the last named place and news items
and advertisements left there will find
their way into these columns.
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Keeps You WAITING,

1.-THE time. the place and the girl are
seldom found together"
'aTrue. The girl is usually half an
hour late."-LouiSville Courier-J Journal.
The broad ax., 1916-04-15
Elephants, Toes.

The African elephant has two toes
on Its rear feet and three on its front
feet, the Indian elephant has three on
its rear feet and four on fits front feet
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The only wealth which viii not decay
Is knowledge.-Langford.
The broad ax., 1916-04-15

ISe1, st tbs Pest Once ss Chic@Gs' AniAsas'
under As4 Of March Q, 1s7s.
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POLITICAL CARDS
FOR SHERIFF,

desire to announce to the people
Of Berkeley county that l am candi-
date for the nomination for Sheriff
on the Republican ticket and solicit
their support at the primaries.
2 Z to 6 6 K1NSEY B. CIRQUE, Jr.
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Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-04-17
A NEWSPAPER MAN
GOT MANY GOOD MEALS
When He Spoke Only German
In Teuton Eating Houses.

New York, April IA New York
newspaper man who speaks German,
has been living on the fat of the
land without cost recently, A col.
league returned from Germany with
German army oyercoat few
weeks ago and sold 1t TO his friend
The buyer of the coat entered a
restaurant uptown where everybody
from proprietor to omnibus is "aeht
Deutsch," He threw back his coat
and ordered meal in German. Then
he exchanged few pleasantries
with the waiter on how badly the
French are being licked at Nerdun.
The waiter few minutes later
was Whispering In the ear of the
head waiter and soon the latter
was in an excited conference with
the proprietor.
Never was man better treated
than the owner of the army oyercoat
When he came to look ut his check
he found couple OF big goose eggs
where the total should have been,
His appearance at other restau'
rants had like magical results. Moth
ing was too good for them.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-04-17
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SAYS DR.. Edwards, a Well-Known
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