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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-10-28
Teeth as SentineIs.

when thou sittest to eat with a
ruler consider diligently him that is
before thee" says the Hebrew prov
erb. warning kings guest to regulate
his appetite by his hosts temper. Bos-
well, DR.. Johnson's biographer, gives
in his notebook a modern paraphrase
Of the old Jewish proverb: 81 said of
a rich man who entertained US luxuri-
ously that. although he was exceeding
~ ridiculous. we restrained ourselves
from talking Of him as we might do
lest we should lose his feasts. He
makes our teeth sentinels on cur
tongues said l."
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-10-28
A Brassy Cheek.

~You," exclaimed the indignant old
gentleman-"you want to marry my
daughter! Why, sir, It Is only a few
years ago that you were caddying for
me-"
Eyes, SIR" said the young man, "but
I don't intend to let that stand In the
way. I hope l am philosopher enough
to realize that a very bad golfer may
make a fairly good father-in-law."-
Boston Transcript.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-10-28

In THE COrsican-A Diary Of Napo-
Icons Life In His Own Words" Bona
parts tells how as an obscure soldier
hs witnessed some Of the opening
scenes Of the revolution: II lodged at
Rue du Mail. Place des Victories. At
the sound Of the tocsin and the news
that the Tuilsries were attacked I
started for the Carousel. Before I had
got there In the Rue des Petits Champs
was passed By q mob Of horrible look
Ing fellows parsding a head stuck on q
pike. Thinking looked too much Of q
gentleman, they wanted me to shout
'Vivs IL nation! which did promptly,
a. may easily be imagined"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-10-28
Sympathy With Nature,

IT'S an evidence Of how directly we
are related to nature that we more or
less sympathize with the weather and
take on the color of the day. Goethe
said he worked easiest on a high ba-
rometer. One is like a chimney that
draws well some days and won't draw
at all on others. and the secret is
mainly in the condition OF the atmos-
phere Anything positive and decided
with the weather is a good omen. A
pouring rain may be more suspicious
than a sleeping sunshine When the
stove draws well the fogs and fumes
will leave your mind. - John Bur
roughs.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-10-28
Fire and Matrimony.

In Persia the wedding service is read
In front Of a fire. In Nicaragua the
priest, taking the couple each by the
little fingers. leads them to an apart
ment where a fire is lighted and there
instructs the bride In her duties. extin-
gushing the fire by way of conclusion.
In Japan the woman kindles a torch
and the bridegroom lights one from 1t,
the playthings Of the wife being then
burned.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-10-28
GIRLS PROFIT IN HOGS.
Raising Swine Not q Finishing School
Fc: Debutantes.


Holtville, Cal - Raising hogs for
pleasure and profit Is the occupation Of
Miss Josie Fuller, seventeen, the young
est and best all around feminine pork
producer in the Imperial valley.
It is her ambition to become the best
expert on hogs In her district. Her
herd numbers fifty strong and is in
creasing. pig culture isn't aesthetic
work, Of course" said Miss Fuller. at
can't be considered a finishing school
for debutantes, but there's money In it. I"
She has established a record Of de-
veloping her porkers for the market at
q cost Of 315 cents pound.
women may not admire hogs, but II
they don't it's because they know so
little about them. Once interested they
become just as capable as men in han
ding swine"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-10-28
BALDHEADED ALASKAN BEARS
Volcanic Ash Brings Hardship to Rruin
on kadiak Island.

Volcanic Ash Brings Hardship to Rruir
on kadiak Island.
Seward, Alaska.-It will take more
than two or three years Of enforced
diet Of straight meat and fish and a
loss Of hair to seriously set back the
bear population Of Kadiak island, &C.
cording to D. VIM of the United
States bureau Of fisheries.
Kadiak island, says Mr.. Winn. in
1912 was covered with volcanic ash AT
no point at a depth less than eleven
inches. The ash killed all vegetation.
and as all bears are fond Of a mixed
diet of meat, fish and vegetables. they
found 1913 and 1914 unpleasant from
a dietary standpoint
Another effect Of the fall of ash. &C.
cording to Mr.. Winn, was the havoc II
created with the furry coats of the an
finals. Bald headed bears are now as
common on Kadiak island as bald
headed men In the front row Of a
musical comedy. The ash sifted down
on to the skins of the animals as it
fell, and the first rain turned it to I've,
which had the effect Of almost tanning
the skins Of the bears while yet part
of their personal effects.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-10-28
BOY FALLS; SERVICE STOPS
Pastor and Congregation See Lad Hit
by Electric Current.

Little Rock. Ark-Kenneth McEwen.
eleven years Of age, was electrocuted
thirty feet In the air on Q lighting tow
er In view Of the congregation Of a
church that was holding services on
the church lawn because OF the heat.
The boy was knocking the wire that
supplied current to the lights on the
tower against the steel frame to pro-
duce sparks. Suddenly a fash Of blue
flames enveloped him, and be plunged
downward, fracturing his skull on the
pavement below. He died In a hospital
O few minutes later.
The pastor Of the church, the Rev. q.
p Aldredge, was preaching special
sermon to boys. He rushed over, aided
In placing the dying lad In an ambu
lance and then resumed his sermon.
using the accident as warning to the
bows,
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-10-28
WHITES VIOLIN FINGERS.
Player Hopes TO Increase His Pro-
fioiency by Surgery.

Wichita, Kan.-In order to become
q more proficient violin artist Mark
sandfort, a member Of an orchestra
here, had a piece Of flesh taken from
each Of his six fingers. The tncisions
were drawn together and sewn with
horsehair. The operation was perform
ed by DR.. 81. s. Hickok, and Sandfort
will be able to remove the bandages
soon
Sandfort has won a reputation as q
violinist. However, his execution of
musical selections was not as good as
be desired It to be- He hit upon a
plan. He would have his fingers whit
tied down. He waited until the season
closed and had the operation per-
formed.
According to physicians, this Is the
first time that an operation Of this
kind has been performed.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-10-28
Gainad Asr OhIsaA

There's method In some peoples seem
ing miserliness. although the reason for
30 much privation does not strike ordt
nary folk as sufficient A Swiss village
owes its fine peal Of bells to this sort of
self sacrifice.
About ten years ago a widow who
had lived in great misery for no less
than hfty years went to the commune
and presented it with over $4,000 for a
peal Of bells for the old church. She
had saved the amount penny by penny.
dressing like q beggar and starving
herself. She said she had gained the
object Of her life.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-10-28
He Won the Trick.

"Oh, George. dear" she whispered
when he slipped the engagement ring
on her tapering nnger. how sweet Of
you to remember Just the sort Of stone
! preferred! None Of the others was
ever so thoughtful
George was staggered but for Q mo-
ment Then he came back with: mot
at all, dear. You oyerrate me. This
Is the one I've always used"
She was inconsistent enough to cry
about It
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-10-28
Rrsakina q lookina Glass.

The breaking Of q looking glass So
pershtion Is a very old one. Hundreds
Of years ago 1t used to be a common
belief that those who wished to harm
others could do so by getting pictures
or making images Of their enemies and
destroying them. The destruction Of
the picture would b followed by the
death Of its original Even the vic
Tins reflection in q mirror was enough
for the purpose, provided the mirror
was promptly broken
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-10-28
Rstort Caustio.

Artists Friend patronizinglyo II
think those thistles In your foreground
are superbly realistic, old chapl Pom
my word. they actually seem to be
nodding In the breeze. don't you
know! Ungrateful Artist-Yes. have
had one or two people tell me they
would almost deceive an asst
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-10-28
TWO DEATHS IN ONE HOME.
Secs Mother-in-Iaw Stricken With
Heart Failure, Then Dies

Philadelphia - Stricken with heart
failure just after she had called her
son to dinner at noon, Mrs. Rebecca
Thomas, seventy-three years old, a sis
ter Of Jesse Pratt, former mayor OF
Camden, fell dead In the dining room
Of her Camden home.
Mrs. Madeline Thomas, her daugh-
ter-in-law, who was In an adjoining
room, ran to her assistance and was
leaning over her. trying to lift her
form to a couch, when she, too, col
lapsed and fell nfeless.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-10-28
An Old SMALLPOX curs.

The following primitive "cure" for
smallpox was discovered by the Ley
tonshire England guardians In one OF
their registers for the year 100: Take
thirty to forty live toads and burn
them to clnders In q new pot, then
crush into a fine black powder. Dose
for smallpox, three ounces
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-10-28
Just Used Him

They met again at Atlantic City. The
young man asked the girl:
Nov that you have become engaged
to George why have you nirted with
me- SO long and let me take yen motor
ing. Eolnng and theater goingf Why
did you encourage me 50 long when
you intended to accept GeorgeT
The girl blushed little and sighed.
Il wanted" she said softly. ITO test my
love for George Chrsni-
cle-Telegraph-
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-10-28
Airina q Room.

In airing room there are two things
to be remembered-first, that the Inn
pure air must be allowed to escape
and, secondly, that fresh air must be
admitted. Impure air in room is al
ways warm and will therefore rise to
ward the ceiling, when it will escape
If the window is opened at the top,
while cold fresh air will enter through
the lower part Of the window when
opened.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-10-28
Lo.. poa Returned Home

New York.-After years absence a
beagle belonging to Louis W. Well Of
Flushing. N. T.. returned home. Mr..
Well went on a hunting trip year
ago and took the beagle along. BE
lost the dog. The dog seemed to en-
joy its Homecoming, and the Well fam
" showed its delight In q way that
sckled the dogs palate
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-10-28
All In.

Friend-I was Just In the art gallery
admiring your Napoleon After Wa.
terloo." The fidelity Of expression on
Bonaparte's face Is positively wonder
full. Where did you get tit Mr.. Dob
ber-From life. got my wife to pose
for me the morning after she gave her
first reception.-Puck
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-10-28
White Specks In Butter,

White specks in butter are some
times simply fine particles Of milk
curd, resulting from lack of care In
skimming. Sometimes they are small
specks of dried cream, having been
scraped from the sides Of the pan and
being too dry to thoroughly soften and
mix with the rest
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-10-28
ANOTHER QUITS SING SING
Officials Think Prisoner Swan 70
Liberty.

Ossining, N. Yin going into the
garden to get some tomatoes for break
fast" said Elmer Schultz, a prisoner
at Sing Sing, as he walked out Of the
power house, where he was doing duty
as a fireman. Some hours later the
big whistle footed the message that
another prisoner had escaped
Prison officials had then found two
iron pickets had been pulled apart and
concluded that Schultz went through
the opening. dived into the Hudson
and swan to liberty.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-10-28
A Record In Governors.

Mrs. Richard Manning of South Car
DINA had the distinction Of being the
only woman on record who was the
wife of governor, the sister of gov
ernor, the niece Of a governor. the
mother Of governor and the aunt and
foster mother Of a governor.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-10-28
A Grand Canyon Sunrise.

A sunrise In the Grand canyon lasts
as long as you please. Each hour Is
q sunrise for some cavern deeper than
the last, and, In fact, there are many
where it has yet to rise for the first
time since the canyon was made by
those ages of running water.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-10-28
PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
Bran - Q Msdiolns.

o Bread or mullins made from
o bran make q nutritious break
o fast food Because Of its coarse
o nessand bulk bran Il highly lax.
o ative. Persons OF sedentary hab-
o its and those who eat much meat
o Invariably suffer from constipa-
o don Uncooked bran makes Q
more active laxative for such
o cases. Il should be eaten once Q
o day-two or three tablespoonfuls
Of sterilized bran mixed In with
o the breakfast cereal or stewed
o fruit or taken with q pinch Of
o salt and milk or cream over T.
. A warm preparation Of uneook-
o ed bran can b bad By stirring 70
o into soup.
o The aged enjoy the bran bread
o for breakfast. dinner and sop
o per. II does away with the need
o for Q cereal at breakfast for
o them Digestive disturbances are
o apt 10 result from O too steady
o Diet OF cereals, and bran prepa-
Q nations prevent and correct dr.
o orders Of digestion
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-10-28
PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
Proper Eating.

" Eating is important to every y
= one. 1t is a matter that calls y
- for thought, for eating anything y
u and everything without thought y
n Is certain to breed disease. Good y
u health Is necessary to our happi-
y ness, and health depends largely y
81 on the food we eat, its quality y
~ and quantity and the regularity y
g Of our meals. Quality includes y
r. the cooking. There are some =
- who, as the Scotch say. dig y
- their graves with their teeth" y
e Louis Corano some hundreds OF y
n years ago wrote discourses on y
- how to acquire and keep good y
= health. The chief thing. accord y
- ing to Corano, was to eat simple y
- foods In moderation and lead q y
8 temperate life. His theories are y
y quite as good today as In his y
n time. Cicero said, Eat to live, 4
~ not live to eat" William Penn y
~ gave advice. Always rise from \
q the table with an appetite and =
- you will never sit down without y
- one" Overeating, eating with 4
~ out regard to digestion. Is the =
- cause Of q large proportion OF y
~ our sickness. Gluttony kills =
q more men than the sword. "Who y
- minds not his stomach win soon y
~ mind little else" q
- -, -, - -, ~ - - ~ - - =
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-10-28
A PaHaaA Rains

Once upon . time there was q hu-
man being who never made a mistake
And his neat little tombstone records
the fact that he was one day old when
be died.-Springield Union
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-10-28
A Matter Of Distance.

Aesop was asked how far Il was to
Q certain place. LET me see you
walk" replied Aesop. The man pro
tested that he wished q civil answer
You foolish person" said Aesop
"How can I tell how far It Is to that
town until I see at what pace You
trayelY'
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-10-28
His Ashes.

$50 you prefer to DO cremated when
you die?"
81 certainly do"
"WhyT
$50 that my remains may be mingled
with the ashes Of the grate."-London
Telegraph.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-10-28

They tell me Jimsou b over his ears
m debt"
Yes; % much % that be can't hear
the doorbsii when bis creditors CALI
Exchange.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-10-28
Accounted For.

Aunt-My goodness. Eddie! Why did
you take the biggest apple In the dish?
Eddie-I was afraid some one else
would get it.-Chicago Herald.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-10-28
rhrss cIasss. on III. Car.

An Italian drummer explains In the
Milan Domencia del Corriere that I'm
the nrst class the passengers abuse
the trainmen, in the third class the
trainmen are rude to the passengers.
In the second class the passengers In
suit each other"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-10-28
Cotton Seed.

Il Is estimated that one seed Of cot
ton. given the application Of all posi-
BILE care and skill. would produce 40
100000. 900 seeds In six years
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-10-28
The Comeback.

Skinnint-I have no money, but I will
give you little advice. Beggar-Well,
n yer amt got no money yer advice
can't be very valuable.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-10-28
Al IL Will Be.

The New Woman-I'm going to the
club, Algernon. Algernon-Very well,
but I've done all I could to make the
home Observation-Disclosures Ledger.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-10-28
Parental Care

did your brides father give her
away7"
mo, he didn't He left me to find
out q few things about her for my
sslf."-Baltimore American.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-10-28
Almost m Bad,

Kathryn-I hear that you said I was
double faced. Kitye-I never did.
merely >aid you were double chinned
Exchange.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-10-28

Conscience Is harder than our enc
mics. knows more. accuses with mon
nicety.-George Eliot.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-10-28
Causes.

BiI-A physician says that yawning
Is caused by q lack Of oxygen In the
blood Di1-or q lack OF pep In the
conversation Transcript
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-10-28
Perfect Eit.

Clara-Is she satisfied with her d.
vorce suitl Bella-Yes; she wouldn't
have It altered for the worid-Chicago
Herald.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-10-28

Sooner or later the world comes
around to see the truth and do the
rixht-HiEiard.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-10-28
Lost and Eound-a Heart.

Lost and Found-a Heart.
Nothing seems so hopelessly lost,
when It Is lost, as a heart, yet nothing.
when 1t Is lost, Is by the experience OF
the centuries so absolutely certain Of
recovery.-Puck.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-10-28

n b not every man that can AFFORD
% wear q shabby coat-Colton-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-11-10
TO TEST VOTE OF KANSAS
Republican state Chairman Announces
steps 70 Investigate Con-
sfitutionalIty.

TOPEKA, KANS.. November o.
Charles H. Session, Republican state
chairman, announced to-day that legal
counsc! had been engaged to lnvesti.
gate the constitut!onality OF the cleo.
t"ral vote in Kansas. He would not
say whether or not the vote would he
contested.
II was claimed AZ Republican head
quarters that the voters east their bal,
lots for the presidential! candidates
rather than for electors. The vote for
electors this year was made for the
group instead OF for individual cleo
tors as i'll tlic past Republicans sev
mat this manner OF voting was nm
constitutional
heiorc The ballots were prepared hv
the Secretary of state Attorncv-c;eu
era! VI. Brewster gave out an opjniop
that the electors could he voted for
as group. instead OF individually
me ballots were prepared in this man
her' ana there WAS only Oilc square
placed at The head Of the list Of cleo
tors. thVs making it Impossible for the
voter 10 make an individual ichoice, IL
was asccrtaincd.
In commenting upon the Electoral
vote in Kansas, Hubert Gardner, Demo-
''h''S state Shalffnan made the fox
lowing statement:
The ticker was prepared by. Secre
'ary OF state l5otkin under an opinion
by Attorney-General Brewster that BY
voting in the square opposite each
party the voter would he showing his
intention to vote for the ten electors.
The ballot is legal The people voted
their intention, and the Secretary Of
state in Kansas has decided that the
voters intentions must Obtain in such
cases.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-11-10
A New Political Era
tFrom the New York worldo

The presidency turns on a handful OF votes.in
!, handful OF States. Never before WAS there o
election that which took place in the early
hours of Wednesday morning.
Al midnight Tuesday, Mr.. Hughes seemed
elected beyond shadow OF doubt, and every
had gone to him By an whelming majority
carrying with II New Jersey and Conncc, lent
Illinois and Indiana were Republican Tho old
alignment of States which had decided so many
presidential elections had given it's electoral
yo,es to Mr. Hughes and apparently President
For half 2 century these. five states had been
voice was the voice OF the Union. I'll" Rep ,,,br
lcon managers. following precedent, had poured
work in these states With these states secure
Mr.. iiughes's election WAS matter only Of ma
:. :. Thsn something happeneH the Yves, spoke
ayers had comemptuously disreg gar ded. slowly
the East came to rsalIation that Mr. uEhes
swing was toward President Wilson. yTh" West
Kansas had followed Colorado and Heb s:'sR:
into the Wilson column Utah Idaho and
Washington was Democratic. with California
turning to Wilson, and Oregon hanging in the
Early wednesday morning it became apparent
that the west would dete! mine whether I'rcs!-
dent Wilson was defeated or reelected. And
tory went -glmmerng. the easy confidence OF
s s an Hay
limped from state to state trying to pick UP
hope of pulling their candidate through, As the
browning Inishap. the complete returns from New
Hampshire were so close that only recount ca
Diet crmine whether it carried by President
Wilson Mr. Hughes.
The West has indeed spoken. and nothing
better has happened in generation than this
shifting of the political balance to a section
which still maintains the old ideals OF the re-
public. which is not owned by its pockctbook
and which has never made god OF its bank
account. To elect n President without the
did assistance Of New York and the I'm rdly less
sordd assistance Of Illinois would be double
triumph. Even to lose the presidency by q small
margin in such circumstances would be n moral
victory that Mr.; Wilson could always remember
final count Of the States that will decide the
result, his leadership has wrought a mighty
political revolution in the United States. The
cash register patriotism OF New York has been
spat upon by a virle American West that is
Keeping the faith of the fathers.
That in itself is 81 smashing victory for Amerf-
san democracy, and the World welcomes IL rs
the beginning OF new political era in the
United States