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ple-minded. the situation would have
0come scandalous. They were seen
walking together, and once the curate
drove Miss Anderson to the church
committee meeting.
Reverend Aloysius, always on his
guard, felt, nevertheless, that if he
had not been warned SO prcvidentialy
he would have fallen a victim. Miss
Anderson was . girl of character and
mind. as well as of beauty. Finally.
he began to realize that he had almost
fallen into the trap which had been
laid fog him
II was . warm July afternoon when
the two sat side by side outside Mrs.
Anderson's house. A hunming bird
was fitting among the nowers. there
was . sense of mellow peacefulness
in tho air: everything seemed to in
dicate that the crucial moment had
arrived. Miss Anderson's little hand
lay invitingiy upon her lap. The cur
ate took it.
"DoLt you wear rings. Miss Anders
son?" he inquired. smiling.
Not on that finger. Mr.. Brown"
answered the girl. blushing with con
fusion rs she realized that he was
holding the engagement ring finger.
Reverend Aloysius slipped his hand
into his pocket and pulled out a dia-
mond solitaire. The girl looked at i
and her eyes sparkled.
Z bought this" said the curate.
for the giyi l hope to marry. /
haveat told her yet. Do you con
slider that . rash speculation, Miss
Andersonr
1ndeed, you know the proverb.
None but the brave deserves the
faaf. reDhe1 the girl
I an eoiaG 10 risk telling her the
oext lime 1 have . chance" saiA the
curate. 4 value your conAdence. Miss
Andefsoa. more than I can say. don I
believs I sAcslA have Mustered up
csaf1ee 70 sSeak - - n you hadn't
eocosraeea - I hops - I've gill
- u 6sse u fEssoAa.-
AAA t1As1nG ~ - - Wuue sVay.
OSlAg 0O Aa1ss.sa O.aSAkS VIII
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The Elk Mountain Pilot reports good
three feet of soiidly packed snow as
,undation for the usual spring snow
fall. That sounds like old times up
there.
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7. w. Gray re fom bushes 8
trip to Montress tnere
he attended the ID winter meeting of
the Montrose stock growers, as q
speaker representing the State Board
of Stock inspection Commissioners.
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Observation-Disclosures

with female troubles that could not do anything and doctor
SAID would have to undergo operation could hardly walk
without help when read about the Vegetable and what
had done Tor others thought would try it, bottle Of
Lydia H. Pfnkham Vegetable COMPOUND lydia
nkhan sanatiye Wash and used them according
They h ped and today am able do all
Mrs. THoS DwNEE, $50 Milwaukee Ave, Last, Detroit, Mich
Bellevue, PA suffered than with
down and
they all told the that could vel without
operation and just dreaded the thought of also tried
good other medicines that and
of them helped until friend advised Pink
hams Vegetable Compound trial. The bottle helped
taking and don't what sick
picking in weight old and weigh las pounds
1t will he the greatest pleasure have the opIo
nty recommend other suffering woman-Miss IRENE
FRoELaoHrR 1923 Manhattan st, North sde Bellevue, Pa
WsalA like special advice
Mod. c. (Os0AaAatial
read on4 sd aoA heA u stsct
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Narinette, WR.-s1 went 10 the doctm snA
he told me l must have On cYeration for female
trout.le, and hated ~ have Il dome o. had been
pains and my hands and feet were cold all the
time. took lydia +. fnkhams Vegetable Com
rot.Ild and WAS cared, and feel better in every
way. ! give You permission to publish my name
because ] am thank fJt that feel well again"
Mis- fEED BEHSKE, Marpette, Wis.
Detroit, Mich When I first took lydia f.
finkhaIns Vegetable (omluond 4 Was -, r,ia down
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EowhapoM
Operations
TIE Three weeo I1 Msx nsz
ee.e.Ps5 T. o:,s4a osa,3 4

Hospitals are great and nacessasy nsssutionA hut sey
aosld be the last scsot is sxer uisA ais
Pscuaf to sAcr Many escss 6le in she Knkham
Laboratory At Lynn Mass, psOs~ that great number sf
wonen after they have been scconeasd submit 70 an
NPcsatioa have beca made Sell BY Lydia z. Pinkhams
Vegetable Compound Hese ase sAsee such lcttcrs An
sick womea sAoSld scad shcsn.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-12-02
Orkney islands In Pawn.

The Orkney islands. says Parsons
Magazine, do not really belong to
Great Britain In the sense that they
were ever coded by treaty or acquired
by conquest. They were simply trans
ferred by Denmark to Scotland In 1863.
In pledge for the payment Of the dowry
Of the Princess Of Denmark, who was
married to James I'LL, king Of Scot
land. In the deed of transfer, which is
still In existence. II is specially men
toned that Denmark shall have the
right to redeem them at any future
time by paying the original amount
Of the dowry with interest to date.
There is no likelihood. however, that
Denmark will ever attempt to exercise
her right of redemption. because co.
600 forms. the original amount Of the
dowry, plus compound interest for AS
years, would amount to perhaps FL
100000, 100000. and that is a bit more
than the islands are worth.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-12-02
STAGE Names and Real.

The extent to which favorite &C
hesses are somebody else off the stage
Is not well understood. Actors gener-
ally play under their own names, but
the woman who has achieved a repu-
tation before marriage prefers to re-
tain the name under which she became
known rather than assume that Of her
husband. Some women, too, play
while unmarried under another name
than the real one.
For instance, Maude Adams Is really
Miss Kiskadden, and Marie Dressler
Is Leila Koerber. Jack and Ethel Bar
rymore are properly called Blythe, and
Truly Shattuck is Clarice Etrulia de
Bucharde, name rather too long for
the stage. Theater goers seem to like
short names easily remembered. Trixie
Friganza is really Della Edna O'Calla-
han, and Mary Mannering is Florence
Friend; Elsie Janis was formerly Elsie
Bierbower, and Margaret Anglin is
Mary Warren. And so it goes through
the hst-Boston Herald.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-12-02
Married Money.

acIsd TO see you looking so well, old
ann " said the friend of a newly made
sanodict. This is the first opportu-
IT, 7 have had Of offering my con-
-. .-otulations on your recent marriage.
rrom the look of things 1 guess you've
married. money. Well, it was the right
.b,nu 70 do. That shop walking berth
- Yours must have been awfully Dor
mo Is she in? l should like to be in
roduced."
aOb, she's at work." said the hus-
hand with placid smile.
AT work? What do you meanr'
asked the friend.
~Well you see, it was this way" re-
,lIad the benedict. "She had a much
hotter position than mine-head Of her
department, fS a week. Wouldn't give
Hup So there was nothing for 1t but
for me to retire from business and keep
house. and here l am, you see. You
have to let women have their way in
some hings."-London Tit-Bits.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-12-02
A Useful Coffin,

A writer In an English church maya
zine once found in a GOLFERS cottage
In Staffordshire a coffin used as a
bread and cheese cupboard. Notwith-
standing his wife's remonstrance, he
told the story Of the coffin as follows:
Eighteen years ago l ordered that
coffin. The wife and me used to have
a good many words. One day she
said, I'll never be content till I see
thee in thy coffin We'll, lass 1 said.
If thatn content thee it'll soon be
done
Next day gave directions to have
the thing made. In a few days it
came home, to the wife's horror. / got
into and said, Now, lass, are thee
contentT She began to cry and want
ed the 'horrid thing taken away. But
that wouldn't allow. In the end she
got accustomed to seeing it, and as we
wanted to turn 1t to some use we had
some shelves put in and made it into a
bread and cheese cupboard. We have
never Quarreled since 1t came"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-12-02
Where johnson Made a BIunder.

The present Blackfriars bridge is a
comparatively modern structure. which
replaced the bridge of Robert Mylne
after the latter had endured, with much
alteration and repair, it is true, for
nearly a hundred years. Mylne's de-
sign, 1t will be recalled by those famil-
lar with their Boswell, was attacked
by Johnson with that arrogance and, let
me sadly add. ignorance which he was
too wont to display in subjects Of
which he knew very little. Johnson.
with weight Of words which might
have tested any bridge, declared that no
structure with elliptical arches could
bear heavy weights. Mylne's bridge
has gone. but the elliptical form of
arch remains. and very beautiful it is
and adequate for a weight of traffic of
which johnson never dreamed.-West-
minister Gazette.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-12-02
CHINA FINDS 1T HARD
TO DISBAND ITS ARMY
Soldiers Love Their Job, and IL Nsa
Paid They Loot.

Peking.-China's toughest problem
now Is how to disband the army raised
during the revolution The government,
hard pressed for money, will have to
raise at least $4,000 900 to pay of the
100000 men under arms, and unpaid
soldiers are always a menace In China.
Coolies regard military service as q
very desirable occupation. Once en-
listed it is difficult to persuade them to
retire. They riot and become extreme
ly troublesome II an attempt be made
to disband them without liberal pay
ment. The commanding officers are
frequently as mercenary as the SOL
diers. When the government fails to
give its soldiers what they regard as
adequate pay the troops frequently be-
come bandits and loot.
Each province has its own military
governor and a distinct military organ
ization, presumably under control Of
the Picking authorities, but actually in
dependent In most cases. Consequent
" the Picking government Is forced to
deal very automatically with the MILL
tary organizations In the provinces.
particularly In the remote provinces.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-12-02
The Thespian's Fiasco.

Among Italians, a correspondent in
Rome tells me, the origin of the term
"fiasco" for failure is believed to have
originated In the remark of an old Ital-
ian actor. He had in the course Of
play to deliver a somewhat lengthy
monologue, In which he invariably
scored a great success. 1t was his
habit to always hold some object or
other In his hand, changing the article
every time he appeared and never u.s.
ing the same thing twice. One even
ing, seeing a wine battle Called In
Italian fiasco), he seized it and pro-
ceeded on the stage to pronounce his
soliloquy. Whether it was that on that
occasion the audience was extraordi-
narily difficult to please or whether it
was that the actor was not up to his
usual form, the fact remains that for
once he did not obtain his customary
applause, from which time the phrase
flare fiasco" has become general In
the Italian language.-London Chron-
icle.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-12-02
Haiti's Sans Souci.

The palace Of Sans Souci, erected
by Christophe, the black leader Of
Haiti, is situated In the hills above the
level vale of Mflot, with a background
Of forest and a foreground sprinkled
with the palms and huts Of simple cul-
dvators. Dilapidated ruins and tan
gle of tropical trees are the rueful rem
nants Of the glory that was once the
palace without care and the garden Of
delight Of the king of slaves.
1t was of the coast of Haiti, near the
site Of this palace, that the flagship of
Columbus was wrecked, and here he
left most of his men when he returned
to Spain for aid. Upon his return to
the settlement, which he called la
Navidad," he found the whole party
dead, including an Englishman named
A1lard and an Irishman, who was en-
tered on the Santa Maria's books as
william of Galway.-National Geo
graphic Magazine.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-12-02
He Used His Head.

In the American Magazine Charles
NJ Schwab says:
Andrew Carnegie first attracted at
tention by using his head to think
with. 1t was when he was a telegraph
operator on the Pennsylvania railroad
under Colonel Thomas A. Scott. One
morning a series of wrecks tangled up
the line. Colonel Scott was absent and
young Carnegie could not locate him.
Things looked bad.
fright then Carnegie disregarded one
Of the roads strictest rules and sent
out a dozen kilograms signed with
Colonel SCOTS name, giving orders that
would clear the blockade.
"'Young man. said the superintend
emit a few hours later. do you realize
that you have broken this company's
rules?
"'Well, Mr.. Scott, aren't your tracks
clear and your trains running? asked
the young telegrapher.
Colonel SCOTS punishment was to
make Carnegie his private secretary.
A few years later, when the colonel re-
tired from Office, he was succeeded by
the former telegraph operator, then
only twenty-eight years old"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-12-02
Lobster and suttsrhx.


According to q scientific observer,
the lobster Is akin to the butterfly.
The kinship Is not merely that Of two
members Of the animal kingdom. The
lobster and the butterfly are actually
TN one and the same great group Of
the kingdom, like the clam and the
snail or the whale and the giraffe.
whose spheres Of activity are so wide
~ separated. 1t is simply, as Darwin
pointed out In the case of other crea-
lures many years ago, that the lobster
and its friends, the crab, the prawn
and the shrimp, chose one method of
life, while the butterfly and its set
chose another. So the first group de-
veloped characteristics suited to the
conditions in which it lived, including
as one Of the most important, as its
members do not move rapidly, coat
Of armor to protect them from their
innumerable enemies, while the but
terfies and the great host of winged
Insects shed every bit of superfuOus
weight, trusting to swiftness to carry
them out Of danger and to protective
coloring to conceal them when fight
Is unavailing.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-12-02
HARVARD MAN F0ILS
sun With INVENTION
Presses afButton In Bed and the
Window Shade Goes Down
as if by Magic.

Cambridge, Mass. Every morning
ut Z o'clock Henry r. Guild Of Boston,
q Harvard senior, rolls over In bed.
Seven o'clock Is too early for senior
to get up, so Mr.. Guild presses but
ton and the shade at the distant end
Of his chamber rolls down as If by
magic.
No rising sun IL going to make him
leave his bed unseasonably. Some
morning he may miss a four alarm
fire by pressing the button, but he's
willing to take the chance. he asserts.
Getting up at a. m. Is high crime
ut Harvard, the same as admitting
Yale has a good football team this
year
Henry Guild framed up a motor, at
tached to the curtain string and laid
wires to his bedside. When the sun
throws its rays into his bedroom every
morning. weather permitting, he
presses a button and the curtain hops
faster than in a vaudeville theater.
Mr.. Guilds next invention probably
viii be a trap door to throw tiresome
professors into the cellar by means of
O button that any student can press.
LIES attendant Inconvenience aren't
going to bother him while electricity
can do the work.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-12-02
HThanks For the Ducks,D

An official In one Of the largest man,
ufacturing concerns In Philadelphia re
Gently showed me the huge plant.
marveled at the labor saving ma
chinery.
"One Of our workmen," he said, "has
made great many Of the improve
ments you see In this room. He likes
to go duck shooting, and while OF on
q trip for a week or more he thinks out
some new way to save labor"
After a moments pause he added:
"Why, he turned up one day with a
plan whereby we save $4,000 a zeal"
"And what" 1 inquired, docs that
workman get out Of it?"
- "Oh," the happy official replied, "he
gets the ducks."-Girard In Phfladel-
phia Ledger.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-12-02
Aztec. and Human Sacrifices.

Human victims were sacrificed by
the AZtecs in various ways and rela-
lively In large numbers. Hubert Howe
Bancroft, In his History Of Mexico"
says: 1.-THE victims were for the most
part captives taken In war, and war
was often made solely with view to
obtaining them. A large proportion,
however, consisted of condemned Grim
inals or slaves, and even Of children.
bought or presented for the purpose.
Moreover, persons sometimes offered
themselves voluntarily for the good of
the people or for the honor Of a god.
The greater part Of the victims died
under the knife, but some were burn
ed alive, and children were often bur-
led alive or drowned, while we hear
Of criminals being crushed to death
between stones. But the most cruel
sacrifice Of all, and yet the most com
mon, was performed by tearing out
the heart of a living human creature
at the sacrificial stone"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-12-02
Largest Village In the World.

Open, unprotected, utterly indefensi-
BILE, The Hague has basked, smiling,
just behind the storm swept edge Of
the ocean for centuries. Bleak, shift
ing downs roll up to the very gardens
Of its suburban villas; ancient histor-
ical forests proffer mild memories Of
their vastness In woody parks and
winding shady ways. 1t is essentially
a place to be at peace.
Although so mingled with the doings
Of the house Of Orange that every
square las a historical association,
every old palace and park its story,
though the parliaments of the Dutch
states have met there since 1863 and
suave ambassadors have brought it
weighty questions and strange faces
since the sixteenth century, there Is
pretty responsibility about this "lar-
gest village Of the world" that has en-
deared it to the pleasure lover Of all
ages.-New York Telegram.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-12-02
Lakes of Blood.

The name Lake Of Blood or its equiv
alent has been given to places as far
apart as England and South America.
"Sanguelac"-i e., the Lake Of Blood
was the name given by the victorious
Normans to the battlefield at Hastings,
where the Saxons were overthrown
and slain with terrible carnage.
For a similar reason Lake Trasimene
has borne the name "Sanginetto" be
cause its waters were Redeemed during
the second Punic war by the blood Of
some 1900 Romans who fell before
the troops of Hannibal.
Yet another Lake Of Blood, called
also "Yaguar Cocha," is situated in the
state Of Ecuador. 1t is one of a series
Of lakes formed by the extinct craters
Of volcanoes on the towering heights
Of the Andes range Of mountains.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-12-02
al. and DPetsr Pam"

.,-+b of ]. NJ. Barrie's play,
the o. was full of romantic In.
Peter barrie had agreed to write q
tereSst or Frohman and met him at din
play ~, night at the Garrick club In
ner Que Barrie seemed nervous and
Dl al eaP the matter?" said Charles.
WIZ This" said Barrie. you
have an agreement to deliver
nO mo tDe manuscript of a play"
W. ..yes" said Frohman.
Vii I have it all right" said Bar
ut am sure it will not be a
rle, ,r,arcial success. It's dream child
eUiu .ino and | am so anxious to see 1t
Oh I 4bn stage that l have written an
Cd sn n,av which will be glad to give
QUE and which will compensate you
~ any loss on the one am SO eager
70 see produced. ,.r,
anon't bother about that" said Froh-
~ will produce both plays"
m az tbe extraordinary thing about
-. onisode is that the play about
Ip roso success Barrie was so doubtful
nn "poter Pam" which made several
We. The manuscript he offered
r-abman 10 indemnify him from loss
~ .AIice- Sit-by-the-Fire," which last
was NV q season.-"Charles Frohman.
manager and Man..
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-12-02
III. Hor.. lJo.tair..

Not long since we were riding On an
elevated train In Chicago. We looked
out Of the car, and there, right at our
elbow, was a horses head, thrust
through the upper floor window Of a
brick building: 1t was a startling
thing. We felt like saying, Nov, what
on earth are you doing up here, old
manT But the horse appeared to be
very much at home. No doubt he ive1
there, twenty feet or so from the
ground. 1t was like Jail. He had no
barn lot or pasture. When his days
work was over he was taken direct
from the wagon to his upstairs stall.
Rents were too high for his owner TO
furnish a stall on the ground. He
never had a chance to roll over" or to
nibble at bit Of fresh plowed earth.
Yet that horses life in the city was no
more artificial and abnormal than the
life Of the average city man. The man
goes Of his own accord, however, and
the horse has no choice in the matter.
Probably the horses wonder why men
want to hive together like bees.-Farm
Life.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-12-02
Making Mistakes.

Big men make big mistakes. Little
men could not make big mistakes If
they tried; they haven't the capacity.
The fellow Of strong personality, the
man who grabs at an opportunity with
all his might and goes straight toward
its accomplishment hurriedly Is more
likely to make big mistakes than the
weakened of the world who are timld
and afraid. But the mistakes do not
amount to so much with him-that Is
the point. The little fellow who makes
q mistake is lost. But the big fellow Is
only encouraged by making a mistake
and often is able to drag success over
his errors as giant might drag bull
through the underbrush. The little fell
low Is not to be blamed. but the big
fellow Is to be admired.-Columbu
(O) Dispatch.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-12-02
Gamer. Men and War Pictures.

SsntSfe ftot efo
The camera man In search Of lively
war pictures often enjoys the protec-
ton Of a special guard, which Il espe-
cially detailed to protect him. Since
the camera does not shoot as far as
gun, the photographer often works at
an immense disadvantage The cam
era makes a conspicuous target and
often draws the enemy's fire. The spe-
cial camera guard, which originated In
one Of the early Villa campaigns In
Mexico, consists Of two picked men,
perhaps more, who accompany the pho
tographer or skirmish ahead Of him to
render his position as safe as possible
when the camera is set up. Many
thousands Of feet Of war film have
been made while sharpshooters on
both sides kept up a steady and efec-
tive fire. A guard Of two American In
dams, both crack shots, were employed
for many weeks to protect L. NJ.
Burrud, an American camera man, who
accompanied villa in one Of his cam
paigns. The Indians stealth and dar.
ing In accommodating the ground In ad-
vance often proved Indispensable
"The Camera Man." by Francis Arnold
Collins.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-12-02
The Business of Life.

Life is a business we are all apt to
nismanage, either living recklessly
from day to day or suffering ourselves
to be guided out of our moments by the
inanities of custom. We should de-
spise man who gave as little activity
and fOrethought to the conduct of any
other business. But in this, which is
the one thing of all others, since it con-
tains them all, we cannot see the forest
for the trees. One brief impression OBJ
lterates another. There is something
Supplying in the recurrence of unim-
pOrtant things, and it is only On rare
proyOcatiOns that we can rise TO take
an outlook beyond daily concerns and
comprehend the narrow limits and
great possibilities of our existence
Robert Louis Stevenson.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-12-02
The Vampire,

This Is the vampire: Always inert,
sitting still, spending five to seven
hours a day looking out the window
on the street. Nothing to give, and al
ways giving it. Seeking amusement,
entertainment, but never affording any.
Taking, but never giving. Sitting
quietly and listening to others con-
verse and confer, even when her pres
ence Is unwelcome, but saying nothing
but an occasional yes or no. Primitive
minded and narrow, with nothing to
give, she drains others Of ideas with
out retaining them-like a sieve.
Thought passes through and beyond
her without stopping. She acquires
nothing, gives nothing, takes every
thing. One person alone with her be-
comes exhausted while she II revivi-
fed-New York Globa