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Williams news., 1916-01-20
New Enemy of Prairie Doo

In South Dakota the automobile has been found great success as prairie dog eXterminator A piece of hose slipped onto the exhaust conducts the gases into the dog hole for a few minutes, when the hole is covered dn0
Williams news., 1916-01-20
kohIemainen Likes eaas.

Flames Kohlemainen, the wonderful Finnish runner trains on peculiar diet. He eats nothing but soft-boiled eggs, tea, toast and ice cream. He eats it tor breakfast, tor luncheon and for dinner Day after day, week alter week. the Finn subsists on eggs toast, ice cream and tea--oniy that and noth- ing more.
Williams news., 1916-01-20
Nancy Hanks Is Dead.

Nancy Hanks, 2:O4, champion trot tel from 1892 to 1894, died the other day ar the estate ot J. E. Madden. wnc purcnased the horse several years agr to pension her until her death
Williams news., 1916-01-20
Not tsoino Back

Larry Laioie does not snow that ne Is going back very fast
The broad ax., 1916-12-02
HE'S A GIANT SUPERMAN.
Never Used Meat, Pepper, Alcohol, Tea,
Tobaeco-StilI Single.

Mover Used Meat, Pepper, Alcohol, Tea,
Tobaeeo-StiII Single.
Clinton, Mo.-Dusty and travel worn,
but with his long strides retaining the
vigor Of all his eighteen years Of back
woods life, Clarence Barton trudged
into town after covering 100 miles
from Turner, Mo. He came In the
heat and dust over the miles of hills
afoot to attend the Missouri confer
ences Of the Seventh Day Adventists.
And this youth has lived a strange
life in the very modern and up to date
state Of Missouri.
In all his eighteen years he never
tasted a mouthful of meat. Never has
a drink Of tea or coffee passed his
lips. His meager fare Of daily food
has never been seasoned with pepper.
he never has tasted drop Of alcohol
In any form and does not know the
tang Of tobacco smoke. And he Is a
perfect specimen-a young backwoods
giant. Barton excelled In all the
sports Of the camp.
The broad ax., 1916-12-02
NAY FEY TO PARIS
Transatlantic Aeroplane Line Is
Possible, Says Woodhouse.
OUR AIR MEN efficient.
Great Britain Is Spending $25o,ooo, 900
In Military Aeronauties This Year-In
Half a Dozen Countries Number Of
Aviators Ranges Between 1000 and
10000.

New York.-"A transatlantic aero.
plane line is now quite possible owing
to improved motors" Henry Wood.
house, member of the board of cover.
nors of the Aero club, told $50 mem.
bers of the Rotary club here.
'1The aspect of things in aeronau-
TICS" he said. has been changed. Now
adays the motor can outlast the avia-
tor. Aeroplanes equipped with from
two to six motors and carrying up to
thirty people can be built for CONNER
cial purposes. The largest aeroplane
at present has a carrying capacity of
fifteen tons, but plans are ready for an
aeroplane capable of lifting thirty tons.
American aeroplanes and motors are
so efficient that flight of over a thou
sand miles day is possible.
"There are $4,000 aeroplanes in use
in the world, and the reason why there
are not more is that they cannot be
supplied fast enough to replace those
that are put out of action or worn out.
"Great Britain Is spending $3.50, 0O0,-
600 I'm military aeronautics this year.
Five hundred thousand people are pro-
ducfng and operating air craft and aero
nautic supplies. The American aero
nautic industry has orders and pending
contracts amounting to S50,OO0,O00.
"In half a dozen countries the num-
Der of aviators ranges between 1000
and 10000. The United States army
and navy have together about a hun
dred. The European countries have
thousands of observation balloons and
hundreds of dirigibles. The United
States army and navy together have
only four observation balloons ordered
and one small dirigible."
The broad ax., 1916-12-02
FAITHFUL DOGS BARKING
CALLS FATHER TO CHILD
Little One, Playing In Pasture,
Where 1t Strayed, Kicked
by Horses. :.

Wheatland, Wyo.-G. F. Harold's
little son, Alvin, two and half years
old, was kicked in the head by horse
the other day, his skull was fractured
and other severe wounds, seemingly
sufficient to cause death, were sus-
tanned.
The fathers attention was called to
the child by the frantic barking Of the
farm dog, and upon investigating he
found that the dog was guarding the
insensible form of the little boy from
a bunch Of horses in the pasture where
the little fellow had wandered in his
play.
The child's forehead was crushed,
the nose broken and the eye laid open
by the flesh being all torn from 1t. As
he was still alive he was rushed to a
hospital with all possible speed. The
surgeon performed a very delicate op-
Grafton, lifting the broken bones into
position and sewing the torn skin
around the eye back into place, and at
present writing the little fellow is get
ting along nicely and gives promise Of
complete recovery.
That he was not instantly killed is
probably due to the fact that the
horses hoof struck a glancing blow,
and that he lives at all is because there
was skillful surgeon available.
The broad ax., 1916-12-02
GETS ses A WEEK WASHING.
Girl Gave Up stsnosrsphy to Take In
Clothes.

Norristown, Pa.-Quitting her posi-
tion as stenographer to go to the wash
tub. Miss Georgianna Cuthbert Is max
ing S6S a week, and she handles only
five washes to do it, according to her
testimony in the equity action in which
she is defendant and Mrs. Marie LUIS
son, her neighbor, plaintiff.
Miss Cuthbert informed Judge Swartz
that one family alone paid her $50, an
other $12, two 50 and a fifth So a week.
She gets the business, she says, be-
cause she does not use bleach or acids
In cleansing them.
"None of the clothing 1 handle Is
soiled, only mussed," she said.s
Mrs. Marie Lusson seeks to prevent
Miss. Cutbbert erecting a laundry in
the rear of her lot In Ardmore, Pa.
Mrs. Lusson says that laundry there
would be undesirable, unhealthy and
in violation of building restrictions.
In the testimony experts said laun-
dry would be unobjectionable; that
there would be no dirt, no noise, no
smell and, in fact, no reason why this
woman should not be permitted to pro-
coed with the laundry
The broad ax., 1916-12-02
PAY FARES AFTER 20 YEARS.
Charity Finally Took 81 That Railway
Official Refused to Accept.

Findlay, o. - Philosophers for cen
turtles have attempted to analyze the
conscience of the human race and what
prompts it, but have been unsuccessful.
That such a thing does really exist,
Charles F. Smith, general manager of
the Toledo, Bowling Green and South
ern railway, can now testify.
Recently he was sitting in his Office
when two men walked in and each
threw a fifty cent piece on his desk, ex-
planning that twenty years ago they
had ridden from the north side to the
Tangent depot without paying fare.
That was because they were compelled
to stand most of the way. During ali
this time their consciences, they said,
had troubled them and they got no rest
until they had returned the money
with interest.
Mr.. Smith refused to take the money.
but DIR. J. =. Baker, head Of the As
ISOLATED charities. who happened in
Smiths Office at the time, confiscated
the money for that purpose.
The broad ax., 1916-12-02
MAN FIGHTS JELLYFISH.
Swimmer Sent to a Hospital After a
Life and Death Struqqle.

Swimmer Sent to Hospital After a
Life and Death Struggle.
Santa Barbara, Cal-G. II. Wilson
was sent to the Cottage hospital here
in a critical condition recently. He
had life and death struggle with a
huge jellyfish. Four hundred feet from
shore, off Serena, Wilson was sudden
ly attacked.
He saw before him what he later
said looked like huge sheet Of butter
and eggs. Suddenly the strips of vel
low and white began to separate from
the mass and extend toward him. He
turned to swim out Of reach when. the
creature threw its tentacles about him,
and the mad fight was on. In the
struggle Wilson broke the mass into
fragments, but reached the shore ex-
hausted and his face and shoulders
singing as though from scalds.
At the hospital it was said that the
patient would recover. His pain at
times was so intense that morphine
had to be administered. His shoulders
and face resemble one mass Of poison
oak burns.
The broad ax., 1916-12-02
DIG UP BIG TOOTH OF
PREHISTORIC MASToD0K
Well Preserved, Though Found Far Be.
low s rfaee OF the Ground.

Cottonwood Falls, KAMA big tooth
which is supposed to have come from
the jaw of some mast0don of prehis-
toric ages, has been unearthed by T. e.
Nichols of this city by men employed
In making a deep cut on Diamond
creek, mile and half northeast Of
Elmdale. The trench had been sunk
to a depth Of fifty-three feet and had
passed through an eight foot gravel
strata when the big tooth was found.
A soapstone formation was encounter
ed just beneath it.
The tooth is well preserved. 1t
weighs over three pounds, measures
a foot and three inches in circumfer-
ence around its base and is three
inches in height from its base to the
points of the tooth. 1t is oblong in
shape, its width being three and a
half inches. There are six flanges or
points to the tooth, which extend up
ward in regular pairs The tooth has
two large roots, there being about three
or four inches Of the root intact, but
the lower parts are broken off. It is
believed the tooth belonged to car
nivorous, or flesh eating, animal be-
cause Of the f1anges or sharp points.
After finding the tooth another bone
only a few feet away was uncovered
by another workman. 1t is a large
fat, round shaped bone, which resem-
bles kneecap.
The broad ax., 1916-12-02

bel, the base Of the explorations. The
region to which DR.. Rice and the scien-
lists accompanying him are to give
their attention is bounded on the north
by the Guaviare river, on the west by
the Andes, on the south by the Ca
quota river and on the east by the Rio
Negro. The territory included in the
plan comprises parts of Brazil, Vene-
zuela and Colombia.
DR.. Rice has mapped about 100000
square miles Of this region. He pro-
poses to make a survey Of the tribu-
taries Of the Rio Negro and to COM
plete as nearly as he can the maps of
enormous tracts yet practically unex-
plored.
So well equipped is this expedition
that 1t is expected that it will accom-
plsh more work In the six months it
will be away than could be done I'm
twice that period under ordinary con-
ditions. The yacht Alberta is in her
self a veritable floating citadel armed
against trouble. One Of the plaques
Of tropical South America comes from
the insects. There are many flies and
mosquitoes that inflict painful bites
and cause disease. To ward of the
flying pests DIR. Rice has had the Al
berta equipped with rustproof screens
Of fine copper mesh, so that every
deck and every port hole will be pro-
tected.
There are other insects to be guarded
against, among them various kinds Of
ants. One Of the worst Of them is the
leaf cutting ant, the sauba, which will
eat up the ordinary tarletan mosquito
net as though it were so much cobweb.
In the account Of one of his previous
expeditions DR.. Rice tells how the ants
devoured not only a mosquito net, but
q pair Of trousers and the pockets Of
his coat. The tabano or blood sucking
fly is a menace to life in this part Of
the Amazon basin. The chigos burrow
into the skin and cause intense suffer
ing. With the copper mesh screens
and with other appliances for warding
,on the insects, the party expects to re-
duce the discomfort from this source
to the minimum.
The broad ax., 1916-12-02
DEER ATTACKS POSTWAR.
Herd Within Three Miles of Pennsylva
mia Town.

Huntington, Pa.-Clark Smith, the
oldest rural route agent attached to the
Huntington pOstOfice, met with a spir-
tied attack from big buck deer while
on his return trip few evenings ago
within three miles Of this place.
A herd of six does, led by a large
buck, had been feeding in a mountain
meadow and were about to emerge into
the open highway just as Smith was
driving leisurely past.
His horse, a calico colored bronco,
seemed to have aroused the ire Of the
buck, which leaped a fence and at
tackled the bronco by rearing up and
endeavoring to strike it with its fore
feet. Mr.. Smith used his whip vigor-
Ously on the deer. The bronco took
fright and finally drew itself and
driver to a place of safety.
A herd of ten deer, including one elk.
has been seen by a farmer at the
further end of Smiths route.
The broad ax., 1916-12-02
WANTS TO GET OUT OF JAIL.
Amandus kessler's Plea to Join Marine
Corps Likely to Go Unheeded.

Corps Likely to Go Unheeded.
New York.-Because he is a good
porch climber, rife shooter and has
other marked accomplishments, Aman-
dus Kessler wants to get out of Jail at
Easton, Pa, and become a fighter for
Uncle Sam in the ranks Of the United
States marine corps, according to an
appealing letter addressed to the ma
rine recruiting station In this city.
Amandus wrote several pages In his
patriotic outburst and promised to use
his influence to awaken his fellow pris-
oners to the call Of the flag If the ma
rines would only come and get him out.
Although the young man claims to be
O good, healthy feller," unfortunately
his morals are not In the same flourish
ing condition, so Amandus and his pals
must anguish in prison while the ma
rine corps remains heartless but un-
contaminated.
The broad ax., 1916-12-02

ings, every penny Of it. It's unusual
for even male elevator operators to
run their own automobiles.
81 have always wanted to run an
automobile, and after I learned to
manage one 1t was my ambition to own
one. I simply decided I could own
one If set to work to do it. Now I
own one, and it wasn't very hard work
to save for it either. But I don't see
why you or anybody else should be so
concerned about 1t or wonder at it.
Anyhow, 1t doesn't interest anybody"
This was the snappy though not IN
kindly reply which the busy little ele-
vator girl made to the reporters in
quiry.
Don't you think 1t Is rather a re-
markable achievement for a young wo-
man who Is earning her way" asked
the reporter, who never could under
stand how anybody ever managed to
save any money, no Patter how much
or how little he made
mo; I don't think it is so remark
able" said Miss Smithson. 81 think
any young girl with a little grit and
determination can do that. 1t isn't so
hard to save part of what you make
If you simply try"
"Well, how did you do it, Miss Smith
SOM"
II just made up my mind to save as
much money as could as soon as l
began to earn wages. didn't begin to
save money just for this automobile
I first began to save for emergency
for a rainy day, as they say. If l
should say it wasn't hard work that
wouldn't be true. 1t was hard at first.
/ had to sacrifice some things that l
liked and wanted, but were not abso-
lutely necessary. 1 just didn't buy
some things that other girls do and
that only please for a little while.
Then l watched prices on things, and.
while 1 decided to buy the best of ev-
erything / had TO buy, l thought twice
before | bought"
The broad ax., 1916-12-02
FINDS HIDDEN ROOMS
IN HOUSE OF MYSTERY
Carpenter Work on Old Place Re-.
veaIs Apartments None
Knew About.

Chicago.-At 1924 Ellis Park is an Oh
three story frame building that was
home when Ellis park was woodland
For the last eight or nine years, In
remodeled form, it has been an apart.
ment building.
A few days ago a carpenter, tearing
away old planking to build a porch
broke through wall and made discUy.
cries which made 1924 Ellis Park a
house of mystery.
Between the second and third AOOn
he found hidden apartment, Of which
not even John Chamales, new owner Of
the building, knew. Carefully Frank
Wilder, the carpenter, entered through
the hole he had made in the wall
He found a complete set Of rooms
running from the front to the rear Of
the building. The walls and ceiling
were unfinished. There were no win
dows and no visible means Of ext
There was a small table In one corner
with a few dishes on it and an old cop
per lamp. Rust covered, but with
frying pan Of ancient days still on l.
there was a stove. Some straw In
corner seemed to indicate where The
mysterious occupant Of the myste1
chamber had slept.
A piece Of wire between two walls
served as q hanger for an old coat
Over everything was a thick layer Of
dust.
In hunting for an exit Wilder came
upon a panel In the wall fastened with
a hinge, two big iron hooks and bar
that fitted into iron clasps. 1t opened
upon the staircase and so matched The
paneling that it was invisible from the
outside.
The broad ax., 1916-12-02
KILL WHITE FACED IBIS.
Kansas Hunters Were Puzzled, but Pro
fessor Solved the Problem.

Topeka, KAMA party of hunters
were near Stafford when a long legged
bird, which looked like a crane and
flew like a duck, suddenly rose and
started toward Oklahoma.
Six guns spoke at the same time.
The bird gave up the southern trip.
The meu did not know what they had
killed. They guessed everything from
q mud hen to a wild turkey.
George Stansfield made a secret trip
to Lawrence and conferred with some
Of the professors. They labeled the
kill white faced glossy ibis, species
Of waterfowl very rare in Kansas. The
coloring is very delicate and changes
continually. 1t is one OF the snipe fam
ny, but is unfit for food.
The broad ax., 1916-12-02
CHINESE HAVE PLAN To
RID HOUSE OF GHOST,
Urge Novel Method of rakino u
From american Less.io, '''aS

Washington.-A legend hos
around Peking that the Amar;o. sOae
cation is haunted; that the sbado a e
officer who lost his life dnr;n. " ~
Boxer massacres Of white mon - NE
is in the habit Of occasionally T Il .so
his old quarters in the legation o.aa
to the discomfort of the OccupaHta s
This aroused considerable -
among the Chinese in Picking Tss
own spooks, being daily or rattle, n Iusf
ly companions, do not excite mnos uE
tention. But foreign ghost is ors. u
new thing. A Chinese gentleman naN
Hsu Mai Hsuan has taken the No.. eu
seriously to heart and has felt NE,
to write to the American ministo.' '9
pressing his sympathy for the aff,;o.'-
which the legation is Undergoing in ~ ~
matter of a haunted room. 'Ne
He says that experience has CHI
In China that the way to rid q HI
Of ghosts Is to remove the roof Of ~
building, leaving the interior Of -.
room exposed to the sun and Al, =.
some tens Of days, after which n.
roof may be restored and the ghost MN
no longer frequent the place. Mr. Es.
said that he humbly offered this IN.
gestion, las foreigners may not BE- -
miliar with the proper method OF hsa
ding ghosts in China"
If congress, says the Tokyo Adv,
tser, Is asked to appropriate sum "a
the reroofng Of the legation at Pekin,
the American people will now undo,
stand what 1t Is all about.
The broad ax., 1916-12-02
SISTERS EARN S2,4OO.
Set New Agricultural Record Raising
Cabbages.


Greensburg, Pa. - Four Westmore-
land county young women, daughters
Of Mr.. and Mrs. G. II. Smith, near
Ruffsdale, have established a new agri-
cultural record In the yield and profits
to be derived from a two acre plot Of
cabbage.
The Misses Smith. the eldest Of
whom is eighteen, now have a bank
account of 5000, with accounts due
from Pittsburgh commission men
amounting to 5000, and a quarter Of
their cabbage yet remains to be cut
and marketed. Buyers estimate the
value of the entire field at about ST.
400.
Early last spring Smith turned the
two acre plot over to his daughters,
telling them to make any use Of it they
desired. The girls, after closely scan
ming the market reports for weeks, de-
cided to grow cabbages. They set about
$4,000 plants.
The broad ax., 1916-12-02
SHAD SIGN OF MILD WINTER.
Caught In Lower Hudson For First
Time In Thirty Years.

Dobbs Ferry, n. Y.-Shad were caught
in the Hudson river for the first time
In thirty years at this season Of the
year. The fishing experts say that it is
an infallible sign of an open winter.
John 81. LANCE, professional fisher
man, caught the shad in the gill nets
he had set in the running tideway for
striped bass. Lavinas d. Hill, a recog-
nized authority on fishing, said that
shad usually went south to warmer
waters In the fall, and when caught In
the lower Hudson thirty years ago the
weather was so mild that the river
was open for navigation all through
the winter.
The broad ax., 1916-12-02
Busy Man Offer, $1,000 70, Wifi.

New York.-Too busy to play the
role Of sutton himself, Albert F.. Shore,
q business man, has commissioned a
friend to find him wife. II the friend
succeeds before Christmas In discover
Ing a girl about twenty-four years old,
either blond or brunette, but studious
and not a social butterfly, he win re-
eeiye $1,000. And II he has not sue
ceeded at that time then any person
may earn the $1,000 BY producing a
suitable bride. Shore Ii thirty-four
years old. He L. Of medium height,
eark complexion and dark curly hair.
The broad ax., 1916-12-02
LONG Trip of Bible.

Mays Landing, n. Ut will take
fifty years Of travelling. during which
time 100000 miles will be covered, for
q travelling Bible" now in the lodge
quarters Of P. o. s. Of A. camp, No.
LOG. to fulfin its mission. The Bible is
to be taken from one camp to another
In each county until every county in
the state has been covered, then II VIII
90 to every camp In each county, n
naming three weeks with each.
The broad ax., 1916-12-02
DREAMED ABOUT SNAKES.
Then He Woke Up to Find Three Foot
RATHER In His Room.

Then He Woke Up to Find Three Foot
RATHER In His Room.
Altoona, Pa. - George Merits of
Franklinville, Huntington county, toss
ed In the throes Of q frightful night
mare and dreamed Of rattlesnakes. In
bed with Merits was Samuel Alley of
the same place.
When Merits came to himself he still
believed himself dreaming, for a hid
eous rattle sounded In his ears. Alley
also heard 1t.
The frightful whirr maintained a
steady cadence, and both men were
then aware that a rattlesnake was In
their room. Having no light handy,
the men were imprisoned In their bed
for some time
Finally a match and lantern were
procured. The snake, more than three
feet long, with seven rattles and but
ton, was coiled in the center Of the
floor. 1t was killed.
The broad ax., 1916-12-02
SAYS HE BURIED GOLD.
Old Man on Way to English Workh0Ss
Tells of Il.

Corning, Cal.-Mrs. T. L. Barkle Of
Newlyn, England, in a letter to Der
son, the Rev. T. ]. Barkle Of this cip'
states an old man named Kempe, WnO
came from California less than dozen
years ago, was found on the verge Oh
starvation and taken to the wOrkhouse.
Among the old mans effects was founu
nearly $1,000. This was all made "
California, and on the way to tDs
workhouse Kempe said he had oureu
about $1,000 in California in a nOs
five feet deep. but never could find IL
Little is known Of Kempe except tnA'
he was a miner In California ana N
turned, to England eleven or twelve
years ago.
Somewhere in the mining dlsrl1 "
California a bag containing S-'VO"
buried.
The broad ax., 1916-12-02
Shot at Movie Picture

Hammond, Ind.-Patrons ".k'
Lyric theater were thrown into -
here when John Sebastian q or, CT ~
whipped out a revolver and - .sft
villain, who was choking the -
heroine in the movie. The sI% -. -
tured the arch bends breast. ..sp'
choking the lahy," said 1'nn'
hceman led him away.
The broad ax., 1916-12-02
GIRL IS AMBITIOUS
Buys Auto From Savings as EIe-
Vator Operator.
GRIT AND DETERMINATION.
II Just Didn't Get Some Things That
Other Girls Do and That Only Please
For a Little While" She Declares.
First Began to Save Her Money For
Rainy Day.

Seattle, Wash.-Girl elevator opera
tors,may not be unusual in war strick-
en- Europe, but they certainly are an
oddity in Seattle, the first one in this
city being Miss Beryl Smithson, eleva-
tor conductor in the Eitel building at
Second and Pike, Seattle's busiest cor
ner.
Not only is Miss Smithson's employ
ment unusual for a girl. but all in all
she is remarkable In other ways for a
girl still in her teens. Few people
know that the automobile she drives
to and from her work is her own and
was saved out of her very own saw
The broad ax., 1916-12-02
Secret Annual Gift For Life Savers.

WashingtOn.-The mysterious annual
$1,000 gift to the life saving service
from two New York women whose
names always have been surrounded
with secrecy arrived here. The two
sisters. who for twenty years have
been paying an unknown debt of graft
tude to the service, now have given
$4,000. Since the last contribution
was made one of the sisters has died.
but the survivor sent $500 for her.