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instances. however, these trips amounted to
nothing except good time for the par
Elephants at the cost of the public
1t is impossible for the law to distinguish
between the earnest official and the junketer,
so both must suffer; the one the chance to
better his equipment: the other, the prospect
Of a pleasant and inexpensive outing.
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Nothing 10 Wonder AT.

Grubba-Nature has been very unktnd to moor
thnliy Litcbrane.
stuhbs-Weli, that's according 10 rule You
know nature always has abhorred a vacuum
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The Pcs>inist Snysi

lf Carranza sprouicd good intentions
ordinary common freely he does
words and whiskcrS there would he small diff
Guilty in settling this Mexican problem.
for all.
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Queries and Answers


Was the father of President Wilson ever ma
tor III wilmington, y: c. $. T.. EVERHART
Yes: beginning residence in 1874
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-13

The experience of those Texas expert
mentors proves that hair tonic. taken in
ternally, will make grass grow on their
graves.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-13
The Days Rest Hnnh-pirh.d Jake

II guess the wife is home. all right" What
makes You think sou i've been trying to set
the house the phone for three uu.ritrs or
an hour. and The line has been busy nII ,he
time."--Dctroit Free Press.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-13

ms wonder grows that Shakespeare coul
spare time enough from admiring the cos
tune q! the period 10 write the plays
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I.eEnI,

Is money derived from the sale of q farm
for division realty or personally?
It is realty.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-13

The cotton manufacturers are we'll aware
of the high cost OF dyeng.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-13

rs pity Germany liz not As slow in tor
pedoing neutral ships as in disayowing hel
action.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-13

r nie extension to other subjects. The Ledger
biStn. ..n heartily Endorses the idea Colonial
''s'ors VIII DC the feature of the next pageant
praus e ,tPlowinE from the Hopewell News and
en- n,n, 10 SUFFICIENT 10 remind us that the State
was In 81 ~ ~ indeed on: Judge Martin Williams
and ~ e.erspurg yesterday on route to Norfolk.
would probably cali on HONEYWELL friends before
-''urh'ng TO his home"
C,Iiftnnn rrenocrats OF Newport News" says tho
Moss r. 0ULse Review. have nominated a. a.
docs Ut Ut MaEor OF that city. We trust that this
become mn mean that Newport News is going TO
No dnu Saoss. covered like the old oaken bucket
been aanEer: this particular brand OF Moss has
his b.n Ua!"ethinB OF 4 live wire in it's day. and
"" ooth not yet forget it's cunning.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-13

II beauty is skin deep, some people are
making mistake in trying 10 put i, all on
the outside.
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Chats With Virginia Editors

The Newport News Press is little puzzled and
asks for information follows: ITO whom
that note addressed, any way: - Unit cd
states Great britain? Curiously enoueh
Great Britain answered II first"
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PERFECTLY Sclf-Snti.Ged

FfrfeCT1y SCIf-SItinIirH.
There was q young lady nal med Mac
who would have her very own vac
I'm not stubborn" she'd swear
But in mind I'm bear
While those who would cross me lust br. O {"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-13

The state Board o. Charities and Core,
tions emphasizes The demand for better
babies We know few that could moi he
made worse.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-13

a lecturer asks whether The world war is
Anna geddon. No; that affair was pulled off
in Chicago in 1912
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-13

40 argument can he made against q
pubic library that will not apply also to
every other form OF public education
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-13

From The Brooklyn Daily E.s,a
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-13

The dict Kitchen Is not. primarily,
for sick babir.. although II handles
many cases resulting from malnutri-
ton. If the infant has any serious
trouble, tho mother is glvan q card to
a dispensary OR = hospital It Ia O..
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-22
Naminu a Novel,

/ 1.-The thing to do" said the literary
man. lis to call your novel after the
name Of the leading character"
"Why?" asked the youngest novel
list.
Because the best and the most sue
cessful novels always have such
names" the other replied. "Take the
great novelists. The greatest book of
each gets its title from the leading
characters name.
Instances are easy to give. What
is the best novel of Dickens? 1t is
David Copperfeld.' What is the best
novel of Thackeray? 1t is Henry Es-
mond.' What is the best novel Of
Scott? 1t is 'Ivanhoe.' What is the
best novel of Thomas Hardy? Tess
Of the D'Urbervilles.' OF George Mere
dith? The Ordeal Of Richard Feverel'
OF Rider Haggard? Allan Quater-
main OF Tolstoy? Anna Karenina.'
New York Post.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-22
ONLY One Athens Now,

There is and has been for many Gen.
turtles only one Athens. But antiquity
knew no fewer than nine cities or
towns of that name in various parts of
Greece, and even in the time Of Plau-
tus it was sometimes felt necessary to
distinguish the great one as Attic
Athens" 1t was natural that Greek
cities should take their name from
Athena. the goddess Of wisdom, war
like prowess and skill in the arts of
life, who. according to some legends,
herself founded the City of the Violent
Crown. Others ascribed the naming
Of the city TO Theseus or other myth
cal kings. The IS" of the termination
Is real plural, for the city was given
a plural name CAthenai, as being made
up Of several Constituent parts.-Lon-
don Chronicle.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-22
A Thiefs Answer,

The secretary Of the New York Pris-
on association tells of the answer a
thief gave to the question, ''Is honesty
the, best policy?' 1t was in the Elmi-
"a reformatory, where a class was un-
dergoing instruction. A young man
asked permission to answer the cues
ton. Il believe honesty is the best
policy" said he, because of a case
where l knew it to work that way.
See? There was two young fellows in
New York, and they was crooked. See?
And they didn't succeed They went
to Philadelphia, and they turned over
a new leaf and agreed to be square and
honest. They opened a clothing store.
See? And they prospered They got
everybody's confidence, and they Dor
rowed 100000 to enlarge their bust
ness, and then they failed and got
away with every cent Of the money,
which they never could have done If
they hadn't been honest. See?"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-22
Sincerity In Art.

Only an honest book can live; only
absolute sincerity can stand the test
Of time. Any selfish or secondary mo-
tive vitiates a work of art. as it viii
ates religious life. Indeed, I doubt
If we fully appreciate the literary
value Of the stable. fundamental hu-
man virtues and qualities-probity, di-
rectness, simplicity, sincerity, love.
There are just as much room and need
for the exercise of these qualities in
the making of book as in the build
ing Of house or in a business career.
How conspicuous they are in all the
enduring bOoks-in Bunyan, in Walton.
in Defoe. in the BibleI 1t is they that
keep alive such book as Two Years
Before the Mast" which Stevenson
pronounced the best sea story in the
language, as it undoubtedly is.-John
Burroughs.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-22
leapinu Treason,

King William III. Of England was
passionately fond of the chase and
made it a point never to be outdone
in any leap, however perilous. A Mr.
Cherry, who was devoted to the ex-
lied Stuarts, took advantage Of this
to plan the most remarkable design
which was ever formed against a
kings life. He regularly Joined the
royal hounds, put himself foremost
and took the most desperate leaps in
the hope that William might break
his neck in following him. One day,
however, he accomplished one so i'm
minently dangerous that the king when
he came to the spot shook his head
and drew back. 1t is said that Mr..
Cherry at length broke his own neck
and thereby relieved the king from
further hazard.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-22
EXPLODING Ice.

To make a piece Of ice explode the
first step is to put on plate a lump OF
clear ice about as large as your fist
Then with a reading glass UT the lens
of a magnifying glass focus the suns
rays so that the bright spot Of light is
exactly In the center Of the lump. In
a little time the ice will begin to melt
from the inside. and after few mo-
ments a small cavity will appear, for
the ice. having expanded In freezing,
will not take up so much room when
melted. The cavity, being entirely sur
rounded by ice. will be partial vac
uum, filed with a watery vapor OF very
low pressure. When you have melted
a large cavity lay the glass aside and
let the ice melt in the sun. Turn 1t
occasionally so that it will be sure to
melt evenly round the cavity. After
awhile the cavity will be surrounded
by thin shell of ice. Then, because
of the great pressure on the outside
about fifteen pounds to the square
inch. the thin walls will suddenly
collapse, and the ice will fly in all di-
rections.-Youth's Companion.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-22
Counting In Spain.

In sunny Spain etiquette is so very
restrictive in the matter of courtship
that it is wonder that young people
ever manage to get married at all.
Even when, after many difficulties, the
engagement is accomplished, the par
ents have a deciding voice in fixing
the date, and. as they prefer long en-
gagements. the wedding day is usually
fixed somewhere in the dim future.
The best man and maid Of honor are
expected not only to fulfill the usual
duties. but to contribute-sometime
very subStantially-to the expenses of
the wedding feast Wedding cake is
unknown. but instead packets Of sugar.
ed almonds are distributed among the
guests and sent by post to those who
are unable TO be present.-Kansas City
Star.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-22
Saved the Scene.

John GalswOrthy, the English play
wright, tells of the wit of an actor
named Littledale, who in one play had
to leap into river to escape a wild
beast.
1.-The stage was so arranged that the
river was invisible. Littledale's leap
usually ended on a soft mattress in
the wings. while a rock was dropped
into a tub of water to create a splash.
Everything went on all right at re-
hearsaL and the night of actual per-
Torrance came. When poor Littledale
jumped he fell eight feet and landed
on an oaken floor with a crash.
1.-The audience set up a litter. But
the heroic Littledale was quite equal
to the occasion. Heavens he shout
ed, the waters frozenr"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-22
Last Chance.

at is said" he remarked reflective
~, that women's hands are growing
larger"
"Well?" she returned inquiringly.
''Yes," he asserted. "And the worst
Of it is that there is every likelihood
that this tendency will continue"
"Yes?" she said in the same inquir-
ing tone.
EYES," he repeated. You see, driv-
ing and golf and tennis and other
sports that women have recently taken
up are responsible for it."
I'm that case" she said, with a
glance at her own dainty hands, you'd
better speak quick if you want a small
one"
He realized that it was the opportu-
nifty of a lifetime, and he spoke
promptly.-Chicago Herald.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-22
Instinct Of Blackbirds.

While residing in the country soma
years ago and walking out one EVENING
I found a nest Of young blackbirdS
The young birds were almost fledpad
Taking them home with me, put then,
In a cage and the next morning HIM.
them out under tree, and in about an
hour I saw the old birds at the capu
evidently delighted to find their youno
The old birds came regularly eyerv
two hours and fed them with worms
and grubs. This continued for two
days, the old birds trying all in their
power to get the young ones out. On
the third day. i noticed the old birds
bring a berry. which they gave the
young ones. two of which died thar
evening and the rest next day. The
old birds then left off coming. The
berries on examination proved to be
the seeds of the Atropa belladonna or
deadly nightshade. This convinced mo
of what / had heard about these birds
destroying their young if allowed to
feed them in Imprisonment. I am told
that other birds have the same instinct
Liverpool Post.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-22
Japan's Dragon Lamps.

japan abounds with sacred places
Shintoist and Buddhist-formerly re-
puted for the appearances of the so
called dragons lamp" This is a mys-
ferrous light that comes out of a pond.
lake or sea and alights on a certain
tree, mostly on certain night. 1t was
held that the light was dedicated by
dragon dwelling in the water to a
god whose shrine stood near the trees.
For example, the famous Ryuto Of the
temple Of Avalokitesvara on Nagusa
hill, province Of Xii, made its annual
ascent from the sea to a pine tree in
the precincts every ninth night Of the
seventh moon. At the midnight of the
18th Of every month a Ryuto came
from the northeast offing to the so
called dragons lamp pine" near the
shrine of Mandjusri at Kiredo, prov
ince Of Tango. whereas on the same
tree another light, named Celestial
lamp" made its descent from the heav-
ems every sixteenth night Of the first.
fifth and ninth Notwithstanding
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-22
The Colder Hemisphere.

DR.. George C. Simpson of the Indian
meteorological service at Simla, in In
dia, who asserted that the southern
hemisphere is much colder than the
northern, gives in the Scientific Amer
lean the reasons on which he bases his
opinion. The air is warmed not by the
rays of the sun, which simply pass
through it. but by the earth, which abb
serbs the rays. Now, in the northern
hemisphere there is much land toabsorb
the energy of the sun and to give heat
to the air. In the southern hemisphere
there is much less land, and all the
land within the antarctic circle is per-
manently covered with ice, which forms
a virtually perfect reflector and which
sends back into space most of the solar
energy that falls upon it. Five mil
lion square miles of the earth's surface
in the southern hemisphere reflect into
space a large part of the energy re-
ceived from the sun-a fact that in it
self is enough to account for a consid-
cradle difference in temperature.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-22
How Pru..ia Wa. Reforested.


There was no need Of celebrating Ar
Dor day In Prussia in the days when
Friedrich Wilhelm 1. was king, for that
monarch had a plan all his own by
which he replenished the forests and
kept the country. well supplied with
fruit trees.
According to Das Buch fur ALE, the
king, having observed that there was
q great dearth Of fruit and oak trees
In Prussia and not being willing to
undertake the tremendous expense OF
reforesting the country himself issued
an order to all clergymen that, after
June 81. 1720. they should refuse to
perform any marriage ceremony unless
the groom could produce evidence that
he had just planted six fruit trees and
an equal number Of oaks. If it was in
winter or in the middle Of a dry sum-
mer, when plants would not grow, the
groom had to produce and lay aside
sum Of money sufficient to cover the
cost of the trees and promise to plant
the required number when fall or
spring came.
The edict worked wonders. The next
generation in Prussia had no lack OF
fruit and oak trees.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-22
PAGE SIX
Industrial Courts.

As long ago as 1906 France created
Industrial courts, and the example has
been followed by Germany, Switzer-
Land, Italy and Belgium. A president,
who represents the public, and an
equal number Of workers and employ
ers sit as a jury rather than as a
court. Lawyers are barred. The par
ties to the dispute take turns relating
grievance and defense, and in conse-
quence Of this simplicity 80 per cent
Of the cases are adjusted without
formal hearings. In event Of threat
ened strikes or lockouts the courts
have the power to sit as boards of ar
bitration, and it is only in rare cases
that satisfactory agreements are not
reached.
Compare the simplicity Of this pro-
cedure with the American method of
frequent trials, frequent appeals, re-
Versed decisions, remanded cases,
court costs, lawyers fees and months
OF delay, a gantlet that no poor man
dares to run. The dollar out of which
an alien is cheated may mean to him
the difference between a bed or a park
BENCH. and certainly his sense of in
justice will not inspire him with re-
spect for democratic Institutions
George Creel in Century.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-22
Fire Versus Lif. Insurance..

OF the 100000 or so dwellings In
the United States 96 per cent are pro-
tected-at least to some extent-by
fire insurance. But Of our 100.0O0,00O
inhabitants only IS per cent have tax
en- out life insurance policies. Men
seem to be more uneasy over the mere
possibility of the burning Of their
houses than over the stern certainty
that death will some day oyertake
them. This is a strange contradiction
in human nature. To safeguard the
nations material possessions is WELL
but how much more valuable than the
homes are the human lives OF the
country! In this age, when the prin-
ciples of life insurance are so well
understood, there should be no such
discrepancy between the number of
homes and of lives insured. In many
instances the former could not be
saved from foreclosure were the earn
ers of incomes to pass away leaving
the families unprovided for. 1t is as
much the duty of every man TO insure
his life as to insure his property, and
If he has no insurable property there
is all the more reason for insuring his
me.-LeSlie'S.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-22
How to Soften the Elbows.

Sometimes woman who has pretty
arm is troubled with dark. rough ell
bows and coarse skin on the back of
the arm just above the elbow. In either
case it will take some time to restore
the original soft white flesh. Purchase
some liquid green soap, which is really
yellow in color. make a good lather
with it and rub it well into the skin.
Leave it ON for about five minutes.
then rub it off thoroughly with warm
water and dry very carefully. Care
less drying of this part of the arms is
the usual cause of the roughened skin.
After the cleansing apply a skin food,
rubbing it in we'll.
If the harsh surface does not yield
readily rub the rough place with a
pumice stone. then treat as described
World.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-22
A Painters Broken Arm.

A friend once entered the studio of
George Inness, the American land
scape painter. while he was at work
and remarked that the picture on the
easel seemed TO him much better than
certain former works of the artist
Right said Inness. This is going
to be one of my best things, and the
reason is that l have had the good
luck to break my right arm and am
obliged to paint with my left hand.
You see," he added, showing his right
hand in a sling. this hand had be-
come so darned clever that l could not
catch up with it, and it painted away
without me, while this hand"-show-
ing the left. with which he held his
brush-"is awkward and can do moth
ing without me-"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-22
liz a Naturalist Painted

II I were TO paint the short days OF
winter l should paint two towering
icebergs approaching each other like
promontories, for morning and even
ing, with cavernOus recesSes and a sol
itary traveller wrapping his cloak about
him and bent forward against the
driving storm, just entering the narrow
pass. l would paint the light of a Ia
per at midday, seen through a cottage
window, half buried in snow and frost.
In the foreground should be seen the
sewers in the fields and other evidences
of spring. On the right and left of
the approaching icebergs the heavens
should be shaded off from the light of
midday TO midnight with its stars, the
sun being low in the sky.-Henry Da-
vid Thoreau.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-22
Beautiful Land of AIsaee.

This land Of Alsace is In many 10
spects the most beautiful that / have
ever seen. Strung along the horizon,
like sentinels wrapped in nantes of
green, the peaks Of the Vosges loom
against the sky. On the slopes Of the
ridges, massed in their black battal-
ions, stand forests of spruce and pine.
Through peaceful valleys silver
streams meander leisurely, and in the
meadows which border them cattle
stand knee deep amid the lush green
grass. The villages, their tortuous.
cobble paved streets, lined on either
side by dim arcades, and the old, old
houses, with their turrets and balco-
mics and steep pitched pottery roofs.
give you the feeling that they are not
real, but that they are scenery on a
stage, and this illusion is heightened
by the men in their jaunty berets and
wooden sabots, and the women whose
huge black silk headdresses accentuate
the freshness Of their compilations. 1t
is at once a region of ruggedness and
majesty and grandeur, of quaintness
and simplicity and charm.-F. Alex
ander Powell in Scribner's Magazine.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-22
One Misery OF Anglo Indian Life.

Every night ut dinner the Anglo-In-
dian holds a kind of levee. The in
sects which attend dance gayly round
the lamp, and one has to watch ones
plate and glass carefully lest some of
the insects should dance into them.
There is one insect-a little. fat, brown.
shining creature-which emits the
worst odor in the world If one of
these touches your food the whole is
tainted and rendered inedible. You
dare not kill these pests, for if one be
squashed the whole room becomes fill
ed with its disgusting smell and is
uninhabitable for the next half hour.
So these abOminable insects fly about
with fmpunity. while the poor Anglo
Indian must perforce look helplessly
on and inwardly sigh "spero meliora"
Saturday Review.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-22
JeferSon's 4 etter

A few lines written by Jefferson to q
friend in foreign country ruined the
warm friendship which had existed be-
tween him and Washington. The let
ter is known historically as "Jefferson's
letter."
Jefferson sent letter to Philip MAJ
zei, an Italian, in April, 1896. Mazzei
published an Italian translation Of it
in Florence the next year. 1t was re-
translated into French and published
In French newspapers, from which it
found its way into the British papers
and to America.
In this letter Jefferson opposed the
Jay treaty and commented freely
against Washington and his admins
tration as Anglican, monarchical and
aristocratic. This letter destroyed
Washington's faith in Jefferson.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-01-22
Internal Portraiture,

An art patroness was gushing over a
portrait in the presence of the artist.
Il do not know how it is" she said,
"but when you paint a portrait you
seem to put more into it than any one
else can see"
Madam" he exclaimed in a rhap-
sody, lit is not faces alone that paint;
it is soulsr'
"Oh," she replied cuttingly, for his
enthusiasm was too warm, you do in
terfors, do you?"-Exchange