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The broad ax., 1917-08-11
BEES MAKE HOME IN HOUSE.
Store Honey UnmoIested For Three
Years In Doctors Residence.

Years In Doctors Residence.
st. LOUISA swarm of bees has lived
and made honey for three years In the
brick wall at the home of DR.. Allen
Wilson, Wagner place. DR.. Wilson
has never interfered with the bees, and
they have never harmed him, nor has
he ever eaten any of the honey.
The bees improvised hive is a cav
ity in the wall about halfway to the
top of the two story house on the
kitchen side. The entrance is small
hole apparently left by the bricklayer
when placing the bricks around the
anchor of an iron wall brace.
DR.. Wilson said he had investigated
and found that the cavity now extends
into the wall about a foot, apparently
having been followed out by the bees
themselves. The swarm is not q very
large one, and Dr. Wilson thinks 1t has
not produced more honey than it need
ed. He does not expect to try to re-
move the bees.
The broad ax., 1917-08-11
COWBELLS SAVE CHERRIES.
Farmer Rugged a Water Wheel on
Wife's churn to Ring Them.

Redding. Cal.-W. A. Bull Of Igo has
saved his big cherry crop with cowbells
operated by a waterwheel.
Bull has an orchard up South Fork
creek. His cherries ripened, but as
fast as they matured birds picked them
off. Bull rigged up some ordinary
scarecrows. They did well enough for
q day or so, or until the wise birds de-
tected the fraud.
As a last resort Bull tied several
cowbells in the treetOps and to the
tinklers attached strings, which he
jerked from his front porch. The cow
bells jangling scared the birds away
all right and bid fair to save the cherry
crop, but Bull got tired of jerking the
strings all day long.
Now, he has a water wheel that runs
his wife's churn. So Bull attached the
strings to the churn dasher. AS the
water wheel went its rounds the churn
dasher bobbed up and down, and the
cowbells kept up their jangling in the
treetops all day long. The birds were
scared away effectually, and Bull saved
his cherry crop.
The broad ax., 1917-08-11
UNUSUAL RELICS FOUND.
New Light Cast on Pueblo Civilization
by Discovery.

NeW Ii9nt SaSt on Tueoio NiSlizdtioh
by Discovery.
Santa Fe, II. Man extraordinary
find of historic pottery and relics has
been made by Earl Morris, excavating
Pueblo ruins at Aztec, San Juan coun-
ty, with a force of twenty-five men for
the American Museum of Natural His
tory.
The discovery includes sixty pieces
of rare pottery, over 10000 carved red
and black stone heads, baskets, mat
ting, knives, battleaXes and other stone
implements. The turquoise beads, mo-
saics and shell ornaments are clasSed
as among the finest ever excavated in
the southwest.
Grains of corn with cobs, tassels and
husks were found intact, as were also
beans and bean pods, pumpkin seeds,
pine cones, cotton fiber. yucca leaves,
rushes, cotton yarn and cloth, sandals,
snowshoes, beaver teeth and bones of
animals and human beings. One skele-
ton in a sitting position indicated the
man had been decapitated. The find
was made in an underground COM
munal dwelling buried for centuries.
The broad ax., 1917-08-11
EVERYBODY SHOULD DO
HIS PART In THE WAR


Washington. - When you ask the
average man how he thinks the war
is being handled he will answer:
"Oh, we're doing a lot. We're get
ting along all right"
It's an easy answer. But is 1t the
truth? What is getting along all
right|" says Porter Emerson Browne
Of the Vigilantes.
In war there is no such thing as get
ting along all right. There is only one
thing that is all right-that is, perfec-
tion.
Perfection is not human. Humanity
has always and win always make mis-
takes. In war mistakes cost blood and
suffering and human lives. Conse-
quently to say we're getting along all
right is to condone error and to con-
done suffering.
A senator quibbling over some po-
litical advantage may cause delays that
will mean the death Of his own son.
A representative too narrow minded
to grasp the public veal may squabble
over some silly prerogative that will
mean the widowing of his own daugh-
ter.
A cabinet member or department
head wavering in the winds Of indeci-
sion may postpone and put off and pro-
crastinate until the price will be the
orphaning of his own grandchildren.
1t is for every man and every woman
In the United States of America to set
the highest standard Of eff
cheney possible and then do his and her
utmost to live up to that standard
When mistakes must be paid for In
the blood of those we love, the best
that is in us is none too good.
The broad ax., 1917-08-11
M|L|TARISM ENDS
Enemy of Progress MortaIIy
Wounded, Says PainIeve.
FRENCH HAIL UNITED STATES.

Declare That Entry of America Is
Companion Piece to Marne Victory
In Assuring Defeat of Germans-Fi-
nances of France In Splendid Shape,
Says Joseph Thierry.
Paris.-Militarism, the great enemy
of progress, actually has been mortally
wounded by war itself. This summa-
rizes the progress Of the last three
years, according to Paul Painleve, the
minister Of war, in reviewing the war.
Minister Painleve's summary follows:
"Three years of warI Imagination
at first conjures up mourning and dem
onstration. However, we dare to say
that humanity has progressed during
these three years. The great enemy of
all progress, militarism, actually has
been wounded mortally by war itself.
The ideal of the nations of peace ex-
presses itself very precisely against
the brutality of nations of conquest
The broad ax., 1917-08-11
HE WALKS MILES TO-
ENLIST l.n CAVALRY
National Guardsman, Broke, Couldn't
Arrange For His Final Discharge.

San Antonio, Tex.-Grover c. Weems.
twenty-one years Of age, member OF
Company NJ, Second Florida regiment
of the national guard, reached San An
tonic the other day on foot, having
walked all the way from Miami, Fla,
to secure his final discharge from the
militia and join the regular army.
He walked, he said, because he want
ed to transfer to the regular army,
was broke and couldn't arrange for his
final discharge from the company with
out coming here.
He was arrested four times on the
road-at Monroe, La; at Jewett, Tex;
near Gulfport, Miss, and at, sPasca-
goula, La. While lie wore his National
guard uniform, he was arrested twice
on suspicion that he had deserted. He
was arrested twice for failure to reg
lister.
He was released each time after
showing that he was a member Of
Company NJ, Second Florida infantry,
mustered out March II and held in re-
serve. He had the misfortune to be
arrested once at Jewett, Tex, while
stopping there to visit a young lady
to whose father he was persona non
grata.
The people along the way, he said,
treated him right. He was well fed
and frequently given a lift by auto
lists
The broad ax., 1917-08-11

and gains little throughout the entire
world. Despite the vicissitudes this
ideal will triumph.
"While the curve of German force
has sunk, the curve of the strength of
the allies has risen year by year, and
the entrance of the United States into
the war has given it a sudden and for
midable impetus. Germany's fate is
determined.
"Henceforth France particularly can
show with elation its balance of the
last three years. Bleeding, still III
yaded, she is not only greater and more
glorious, but she is stronger militarily
and politically than on Aug. 2, 1914. If
Germany, stripped of its hegemony,
ruined in its commerce and reduced to
an alliance with several groups Of ad
venturers, today compares itself to
France it will show what three years
Of war have cost it"
Joseph Thierry, minister Of finance,
said:
"On the third year Of its entry into
NhC w al AoS IhC L1S5hL W oSSCAb
that it has maintained and is main
tanning its financial situation in a shape
that no one would in advance have con-
sidered possible had one been able to
fOresee the duration and development
of the conflict.
"In addition to maintaining a mill
tary effort without pecedent in history
and without analogy in present times,
in addition to the mobilization Of its
active population in larger proportion
than any other people, in addition to
having submitted and submitting still
to the invasion Of parts of its territory,
1t has raised its fiscal receipts to
point which at present constantly ex-
ceedS its peace time product"
The broad ax., 1917-08-11
SOLDIER RISKS LIFE,
WINS NURSE AS BRIDE
Private, Injured In Burning Build
ing, Weds Girl Who Took
Care of Him.

New York.-HiS heroism in rushing
into burning building and extinguish-
ing the blaze may result in causing
Leo Heck, member Of Company II,
Seventy-frst regiment, national guard,
to undergo an operation at Bellevue
hospital, but it also brought him a
bride. The girl in the case is Miss
Helen Maud Lymer, a nurse, of Toron-
to. They were married at Hamilton,
Ontario
Heck was in a military camp up
state when he saw a fire in a big
dwelling house While he was fight
ing the blaze in the third story the
floor gave way and he fell to the floor
below. He was taken to a hospital
near by, where Miss Lymer, who was
employed there. was assigned to nurse
him.
Before he left the hospital the pa
tient and his nurse had fallen In love.
Heck recently came to Bellevue hos
pital on furlough to consult doctors
and was told that an operation proba-
bly, would be necessary.
While awaiting an Y ray examina-
ton he learned that his fiancee had
gone to Hamilton to serve as nurse in
a hospital for wounded British sol
diers.
Heck left for Hamilton on the first
train, and the pair were married by
the Rev. W. B. Figle of the Hamilton
Baptist church Heck has returned
here for the Y ray examination.
The broad ax., 1917-08-11
TRANSPLANTING BONE.
That of Stockman's Leg Now In His
Arm.

Ringing, Okla-Ten inches of bone
that supported his leg between the
knee and ankle now Is filling that
amount of space in the forearm Of
Jim Herring, stockman, of Grady, hav-
ing been transplanted there by a sur
geon as the only remedy that would
save the arm. The leg, now bearing
a silver plate, has healed, and the arm
promises to be as good as new before
long.
Ten months ago Herring sprained his
arm. Not having ready access to a
surgeon and, thinking the injury slight,
he set the member himself. At length
a bone trouble developed and continued
to grow more and more malignant for
eight months. Taking out the impaired
bone was the surgical cure decided
upon, and the space was filed with
bone from his leg.
The broad ax., 1917-08-11
LOCKED DOG IN TOWER.
He Stopped the Clock, and There Was
No Time.

Rome, Ga.-The big city clock in the
GOO foot tower on College hill here was
stopped by a dog. When City Time
keeper Williamson went to wind the
clock two days before, as he does every
week, dog followed him on the wind
ing stairway, and when the timekeeper
left he did not notice that he had lock-
ed the dog in the clock when he closed
the door that leads to it.
For two days, without water or food,
the dog whined and barked GOO feet
above the city, but of course was not
heard. Then people of the city look
ing at the clock saw that it had stop
ped, and some one notified the time
keeper, who went to see what was the
matter. He saw the dog lying against
the big pendulum, snarling savagely.
A policeman brought the animal safe
ly to earth. 1t was almost starved by
its two days fast, but has recovered.
The broad ax., 1917-08-11
TO AID WAR DOCTORS.
Physicians Taking Their Practice to
Give One third of Fees.

Physicians Taking Their Practice to
Give One third of Fees.
Indianapolis.-The Indianapolis Med
ical society has passed resolutions rec
ommending that one-third of all fees
collected for professional work by
physicians who remain In Marion coun-
ty during the war from families who
were formerly served by physicians In
active service of the government be
turned over to the absent physician on
his return or to his family during his
absence. An effort will be made to
make the new movement national in
its scope.
The society has 1856 members, and at
least fifty Of them are expected to be
called soon. A number Of others ex-
pect to go later.
The broad ax., 1917-08-11
FINDS BOYHOOD WEALTH.
Oregon Farmer Digs Up Coin Buried
Sixty-five Years.

Salem, Ore. - SiXty-five years ago
when John Carpenter, now a farmer
east of this city, was five years old,
be had boarded together $1.S5. His
Parents, needing some ready money,
borrowed dollar from the boy. Fear
Ing they might want more, he buried
the other IS cents-a half dollar, a
quarter and a dime-in q field on the
farm. But he forgot where he buried
the money, and all his boyish searches
Proved futile.
The other day while plowing Mr..
Carpenter turned over the half dollar,
and little search revealed the other
Two coins. He is in Salem displaying
tne long buried treasure. One Of the
pieces was coined in 1774 and another
10 1880. The third is so badly worn
tae date is obliterated.
The broad ax., 1917-08-11
Makes Bomb of Pencil, Loses Hand

Makes Bomb of Pencil, Loses Hand.
Lorain, O.-Aspirations to be a real
nunition worker just like some Of his
grown up companions, cost fourteen
!ear-old John Katonak his right hand
sao lacerated his knee. Johnny took
ne lead from a pencil, filed the hol-
ow tube with powder and plugged II
WITH dynamite cap In each end He
.tached electric wires to set OF the
soage, and when the wires became
eOssed the explosion followed
The broad ax., 1917-08-11
Wife Beater Dueked.

Kansas City. Mo.-A new form OF
punishment has been devised by Judge
Herrod Of the city court for wife beat
ers. After sentencing George Martin
to q hundred days on the rock pile
Judge Herrod ordered the patrolmen
who escorted him to the farm" to
stop on their way past the Missouri
river and duck their prisoner three
times. Martin beat his wife because
she could not make the baby stop cry
ing.
The broad ax., 1917-08-11
COMES FROM A BIG FAMILY.
Recruit Is Six Feet Four and a Half.
Brother, Taller, Also to Enlist.

Springfield, Mo.-John F. Haley, a
twenty-three-year-old farmer near
Ozark, Christian county, holds the rec
ord for the tallest man accepted at tbs
United States army recruiting station
here since the declaration Of war. He
is six feet four and one-half inches in
his bare feet. He had to stoop when
he entered the door of the recruiting
station to enlist.
"You fellows may think I'm big" he
told the recruiting force, ''but just wait
till you see my brother. He's two
inches taller than /. He'll be here in
two or three days to enlist too. He
hasn't quite finished helping dad with
the planting"
The broad ax., 1917-08-11
WOMAN At FRONT
Mrs. Vincent Astor'S Life Was
Twice Endangered.
D0DGED AIRCRAFT SHELLS.

German Artillery Fired on Party at an
Observation Post-Visited Country
Devastated by Germans In Their Re-
treat-Extent of Ruin She Saw Be-
yond All Conception.
Paris.-Mrs. Vincent Astor recently
returned from a two day trip to the
devastated region evacuated by the
Germans in the retreat to the Hinden-
burg line and an inspection of the
French front in the vicinity of Coucy
La Fere and st. Quentin.
Twice Mrs. Astor was endangered
when an aerial battle was fought over
head, and the danger of falling shell
cases after the anti-aircraft shrapnel
had exploded round about the fighting
The broad ax., 1917-08-11
RsIics Of Old Indian Camp.

Pierre, s. D.-Between four and eight
feet under the surface Of the ground G.
3. Deland has found pumpkin seeds In
good condition, also piece Of pumpkin
rind and evidence Of an Indian camp
at least 100 years old. The soil was
windblown and 1t required many dec
ades to cover the relics. The Indians
Of the period indicated were agricuI-
turists not warriors, Hike the Later
SIOUX.
The broad ax., 1917-08-11
EVEN LIONS FEEL THE
HIGH COST OF LIVING

+ San Francisco.-Mountain lions
+ evidently have found the high
+ cost of living a hard proposition
+ In the places about Mentone,
+ Cal. Two Of them came down
+ from their haunts the other day
I. and killed a couple Of burros near
I. the Edison power plant at Mill
+ Spring. One Of the jacks was
+ torn to pieces, but the other put
I. up q stiff fight before he became
!. q table d'hote for the itinerant
Z and hungry mountain lions
The broad ax., 1917-08-11
COAL MINE IN BACK YARD.
This Man Doesn't Have to Worry
About Next Winters Prices.

ABOUT Next winners Prices.
Roanoke. Va.-With the promise Of
winter coal being around $40 a ton,
how would you like to have a coal
mine right in your back yard? That's
what P. II. Rover Of Bluefield has just
discovered.
Mr.. Rover's back yard runs north in
the same way that north appeared to
the little boy at school-tOward the
top Of the page-or 1t is just a noun
tainside. A coal seam had been dis.
covered on the opposite side Of the
ridge, and Mr.. Rover thought 1t would
be worth investigating on his side.
But little digging was needed to re-
veal the seam, which was four feet In
thickness.
The broad ax., 1917-08-11
Old Man Climbs Windmill.

Hiawatha. Kan.-Though Henry Ad-
ans Of this city is eighty-two years
old, he doesn't have to call In help
when q little something goes wrong
with his windmill Recently he climb
ed to the top Of forty foot windmill
and made some needed repairs
The broad ax., 1917-08-11
SEEKS LABOR DAMAGES
FOR LOSS OF HIS DOG

+ Los Angeles, Cal.-Hero, worth :
+ $4,000 and for long time the :
I. pet of the children who frequent :
+ the moving picture houses In the :
+ west, was killed while In pur- :
I. suance Of his duties the other :
I. day. So Harry Marks, who own .
+ ed the canine. has applied to the .
+ Los Angeles labor board for pay .
+ ment under the terms OF the :
+ compensation law. Marks, with .
+ tears In his eyes. said that Hero .
+ was the sole support Of himself .
& and his invalid wife, and he .
+ wanted damages commensurate .
= win their loss. :
The broad ax., 1917-08-11
DRAFT NUMBERS TO BE SOLD.
Red Cross Will Get Proceeds From Sale
of Souvenirs.

Washington.-The original numbers
used In drawing the new national army
have been turned over to the Red
Cross by Provost Marshal General
Crowder for sale as souvenirs, the pro-
ceeds to be turned into the Red Cross
fund.
The first eight numbers and the last
one, however, will be put back in the
bowl and placed in Independence hall,
Philadelphia, beside the Liberty bell.
The bowl has been donated for this
purpose by its owner, Charles R. Nor
ris, a veteran war department clerk.
The broad ax., 1917-08-11
FAMILY IN ScH0OLHOUSE.
Could Not Rent Any Other Place and
So Moved In.

Smith Center, Kan.-In nearly every
town in northwest Kansas an over
crowded condition prevails, and many
families are unable to find homes tn
rent.
So acute became the lack Of houses
to rent in this city that newly arrived
family, after importuning the school
board, was allowed to begin house
keeping in one Of the six rooms Of the
schoolhouse. Now other families seek
the same privilege, and the school
board may have to yield.
The broad ax., 1917-08-11
DIVORCES QUOTED HIGHER.

War Makes Lawyers agree TO ihcresse
Their Fees.
Canton, O.-Divorce DEGREES in Stark
county are now quoted higher. Feel
ing the pinch Of war prices, the County
Bar association has boosted the price
Of nearly every kind Of legal work.
Formerly matrimonially disappoint-
ed husband or wife could get divorce
for SOS. Now the same kind Of de-
cree will cost $35 If there is no con-
test. II a fight is made the seeker for
marital liberty will have to pay $50.
The broad ax., 1917-08-11
Daniels Discusses Plan,

Discussing his recommendation for
the appropriation, Secretary Daniels
said:
1.-The naval gun factory, possessing
as it does a complete organization and
a large working force, is readily adapt.
ed to increasing its facilities for deliv-
cry of guns, mounts and other muni-
tions. To develop any other source is
not only expensive, but involves a mat
ter Of long delay. 1t is therefore con-
sidered to the best interests Of the gov
eminent to increase at once the capac-
ity Of the Washington navy yard"
The broad ax., 1917-08-11
A HUGE Navy YARD.
Proposed to Increase Force by
1900 Men.
HUNDREDS ALREADY ADDED.
Secretary Daniels Recommendation
For s7,5oo,ooo contempIates Building
and Machinery, and Large Number of
Experts Is Expected to Be Called For
IL Money Is Granted.

i
Washington.-This city's greatly aug
mented number of government en-
ployees since the beginning of war
preparations is to be still further add
ed to should congress grant an appro-
priation for S7,5O0,OOO asked for by
Secretary Daniels to increase the Ca
pacity of the naval gun factory at the
Washington navy yard. While the i'm
mediate need Of this appropriation is
for buildings and machinery, the nee
essary men to operate the machines
will be required In due time, and it is
estimated that from 1000 to 1,5OO ex-
pert machinists will be added TO the
present force.
added to the force at the Washington
navy yard since the United States de-
clared q state of war to exist between
this country and Germany, and Secre-
tary Daniels request for larger gun
factory means that much larger force
OF men will be needed here.
Guns, mounts, torpedoes, mines, tele-
scopes, Sights, Optlcal instruments and
miscellaneous ordnance supplies are to
be made at this gun factory in large
numbers.
The proposed work includes the con-
structiOn of a six story machine shop
for mines, mounts and torpedoes, a five
story pattern and wood working shop,
an extension to the power plant, a new
brass foundry. an extension of the
steel forging plant, an optical shop,
range finding towers, administration
buildings. quarters for enlisted person
mel under instruction and the extension
of the yard service system to supply
adequately these new structures. Build
ngs are estimated to cost $5,O000O0
and equipment needed will amount to
,;2.50O.O00.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-08-09
NIOLINO.

Lemuel Spotswood and family at
tended the wedding of Mrs. Spots
woods sister, Miss Mayes of Thomp-
son Sunday.
Mrs. Harry Worley and small
daughter of Oklahoma, are guests of
]. d. Worley and family.
Mrs. Fisher and her sister of Mex,
leo were guests of Mrs. Will Heller
from Thursday to Saturday.
Misses Margaret and Byrd Bar
nett of Mexico are home after visit
with Mrs. Will Heller.
j. E. Blum and wife, Earl Hag-
gard and wife and Mr.. FREDDIE of
Mexico were guests of c. c. Bybee.
They attended church at Mt. Zion.
Mrs. l. NJ. Turnage of Wellsville
and Miss Kate Dudley of Mexico were
guests of Mrs. j. F. Flynt Sunday.
Mrs. John Heller visited at Santa
Fe Saturday and Sunday.
Rev. and Mrs. Turnage, DR. and
Mrs. Flynt, Misses Pauline, Willis
and Helen Joe Flynt, Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Baker, VIM. Thomas Baker,
were guests of H. L. Weaver Friday.
Lewis Galloway and wife were
guests of r. L. Heller Sunday.
Richard Baker and family were
guests of T. U. Stuarts Sunday.
Mrs. Royal Jesse of Mexico is the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Ridgway.
Mrs. Barbara Ridgway of Mexico was
the guest of Mrs. Harve Powell.
The Street Fair at Molino has been
called off on account of dry season.
Bob Mundy has moved to DR..
Woods house west part of town.
Harve Powell's team became fright
ened Sunday at Molino and ran into
Joe Marshall's buggy tearing it up
considerably. No one hurt.
More than 80 persons attended the
fish fry in the Marshall pasture
Thursday. They caught more fish
than they all could eat.