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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-17
Potatoes az q Food,

high prices the potato is not q
~ food: it is not at any price one Of
gov lost Civilized humanity existed
tne s,Out it for centuries, rising to its
WILL VIII in q potatoless old world, Habit
' Convenience in storage have led to
Ot Tsa notato is three-fourths water
uot quite one-fifth starch, which is
spu obief food substance, an excellent
IL Cor outdoor workers In severe eli
oDe II is less valuable for seden-
n ~ workers indoors.
n,,v one-five hundredth part Of the
V is fat; 3 per cent nitrogen, 2 per
w. sugar. These more valuable sub
c ICES are SO slight that during the
Sine Sine of 1917 Irish cotters formed
- - habit of cooking potatoes with
Wv in the middle"-that is. of under
p Unring them SO that they might delay
,'~nction and stave off hunger.
Tbore are substitutes, Of which rice
.arIv approaches the potato in values
ID defects. The correct instinct of
ga eaters has mended the latter by
.So invention of pilaf. in which rice is
~ unnlpmented by chopped meats or
s.aries,-New York World.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-17
Complaint of the STUPID,

1t is only stupid people who complain
that they are misunderstood. If they
were not stupid they would know that
there is absolutely no such thing as be-
ing misunderstood, and therefore that
there is nothing whatsoever to be gain
ed by complaining about it.
Wise people who want to be under
stood do not spend their time COM
planning, but in perfecting some means
Of expressing themselves by which
they may reveal to the world about
them some slight remnant, at least, Of
their souls or their minds or their ideas
or their discoveries or their eccentrici-
ties or whatever it is they want to
make known.
When you complain about not being
understood the only thing you make
clear is that you are a complainant
Puck.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-17
Fish Versus Mosquitoes.

Myriads of mosquitoes used to infest
the rice plantations Of Madagascar
DR.. Legendre, a savant we'll known in
scientific circles in Paris, conceived
the idea Of freeing the region of mala-
rial trouble by the Introduction into
the watercourses of cyprin, or red fish,
which are very fond of both mosqui-
toes and their eggs. Within five months
500 fish multiplied to 10000, and these
destroyed nearly all the mosquitoes.
The fish besides being a malaria de-
stroyer became very important as an
addition to native food.-London Tele-
graph.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-17
Politics and Tobacco,

Something like half a century ago a
man named Dan Bradley started the
custom in little cigar store in Brook
Ign of keeping a box of smoking to-
bacco on the counter, with a sign
above it saying, Fill your pipe" Part
ly ON the strength Of his popularity,
due in no small degree to the free fill
ings for pipe, Bradley ran independ-
emily for the state senate and was elect
ed as against the regular candidate.
Five thousand clay pipes did the
trick for Dan" was a saying at the time.
"a man would have to give away au-
tomobiles to get elected to the senate
nowadays" observed one of the new
school Of politicians.
''The days of the election cigar and
tobacco are gone forever" York
World.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-17
Germans In America.

Tho total number Of German born in
.,o limited States is 2,501, 1888. If Aus
.-io-Hungary is included the total is
Increased to 4,171,915.
Tho natives Of Germany and Austria
unngary comprise 81 per cent Of the
.otoI foreign population Of the country
md less than per cent Of the total.
Now York has the largest German
,onulation of any state in the Union.
Tho total is 463,70O. The German
,onulation of New York city is only
a ner cent of its foreign population.
The half of Cincinnati's citizens were
horn in Germany. The other centers
IN the order of their population Of the
German vote are as follows: Balti-
more. Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, Jersey
cty. Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Newark,
q Louis and San Francisco.
In its proportion Of Germans Wis
.onsin leads, Minnesota second.-Syra-
cuse Post-Standard.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-17
What He Didn't Know.

Peyton r. Hayden was long a con-
spicuous figure among the lawyers OF
Boone county. While he was fond OF
studying lawbooks, he cared little about
literature.
During a recess one day in the Boone
county courthouse a lawyer named
Field from Lafayette county asked
him what he thought of Byron's
"Childe Harold" Hayden replied:
"Egad, sir. 1 did not know that By
ron had a child named Harold" -
"Bench and Bar of Boone County, Mo-"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-17
An Exercise For Twists,

Is it of any value to know how to
say the alphabet backward? A CORE
spOndent saws: Il think this is new, as
Lam the inventor, and it is of some
use in exercising on the typewriter if
for nothing else. The twenty-six let
tiers of the alphabet are used as initials
Of words divided into five groups of
four initials and one group Of six. The
gOupS are connected as follows:
Zebras Yoked, Telephones Whacked,
Voices United To Sing.
Read Quick, Pass ON
Nature May Lack Kindness:
Juices Inside Hanging Grapes
Friends Enemies, Dogs, Cats, Bats, Ants.
New York Sun.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-17
Little Things Count.

The more complex life grows the
more these little things count. One or
two men at the pumping station could
produce a water famine for 100000
people.
Cut a very thin wire, and a city is in
total darkness.
Five cents worth Of calico is enough
to eclipse Raphaers finest Madonna.
When everybody walked to his ap-
pointed place of work nothing short of
a universal calamity would keep ev-
erybody away from work. Now a de-
fective feed wire will halt hundred
thousand in trolley cars.
And because these little things do
foot up to such big totals the human
element remains important despite all
our inventions.
Most failures are men and women
failures, not machine failures.-Phila-
delphia Ledger.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-17
A Help to the Soil,

A French chemist attributes to car
Donate Of manganese in very minute
quantities the power Of rendering fer
tilizers more readily assimilable with
out undergoing any change itself. Ex-
periments have tended to show that
with the use Of an ounce to about
seven square yards termination was
more free, growth more rapid and yield
better-that is, used with other fer
tilizers. By itself it Is supposed to have
no effect whatever.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-17
Rattlinu Windows.

In some houses the windows have an
unpleasant habit Of rafting at all times
Of the day and night when there Is the
least wind. In such case an ordinary
clothespin IS most effective. 1t must be
split in half and one half inserted on
each side between the framework and
the window or between the sashes. A
good plan is to paint the clothespeg the
same color as the window frame and
secure the pieces by a cord and screw
to the frame so that they will be in
readiness when needed.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-17
Damascus Swords,

Damascus swords, whose fame at one
time made them almost one of the won
ders Of the world, were made Of al
ternate layers Of iron and steel, SO
finely tempered that the blade would
bend to the hilt without breaking, with
an edge so keen that no coat Of mail
could resist it and surface so highly
polished that when a MOslem wished
to rearrange his turban he used his
sword for looking glass.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-17
Smiled the WRONG Way,

"Well, my boy" he asked cheerfully
at the breakfast table the morning aft
er Cholly had taken the leap, chow did
things go last evening? Did she smile
ON your proposalT'
'No," said Cholly family, pushing
away a breakfast roll. "She smiled at
it."-Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-17
PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT
Rheumatism-

= For acute articular rheuma-
= tism the following treatment Is
= recommended by a writer in the
= Medical Adviser, quoted by the
= Medical Record: An ointment
= made Of four drains each Of ich-
= thyol, methyl salicylate and oil
= Of turpentine, mixed with four
= ounces Of lanolin, Is applied to
= the affected joints and covered
= with cotton and oiled silk. The
= patient is put to bed In flannel
= nightclothes and between blan-
= kets for absolute rest.
= His diet must be liquid, prefer
= ably milk. together with fruit
= juices and plenty Of water. (
= Elimination through bowels, skin
= and kidneys must be attended to :
= carefully. At the beginning OF I
= the treatment dose Of calomel I
. and bicarbonate Of soda Is given ,
= and followed after four hours by &,
y rochelle salts or q seidlitz DOW .
= der. Rhubarb and soda may be .
= given to advantage until the .
= tongue Is clean. Throughout con- I
= valescence the patient must alb .
. stain from all animal foods and 1
= alcohol. I
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-17
That Held Him.

A Yankee clinched his heated argu-
ment with an Englishman as to the
relative size of the Thames and Mis-
sissippi by saying:
why, look here, mister, there amt
enough water in the whole Of the
Thames to make a gargle for the mouth
Of the Mississippi"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-17
A Problem.

THAT IS my hired man asleep up
there in the crotch Of that oak tree"
said honest Farmer Hornbeak. "You
are entitled to one guess as to whether
he clumb up there to slumber or went
to sleep on the ground on top of an
acorn which grew up with him.
Kansas City Star.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-17
A Confirmed Taste.

I'm blest If 1 can see what Blabkins
finds to admire In that Miss Jorkins,"
said Hinkleigh. why, she's wholly
made up"
THAT'S 1t, / guess" said Harkawey.
~Blabkins always was crazy about fic-
tion.r-Harper's.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-17
A Way the Dutch Have.

The Dutch have a delightfully."- orig
nal way of collecting their taxes. If
after the notice has been given the
money is not sent the authorities place
one or two hungry militiamen in the
house, to be lodged and maintained at
ne expense of the defaulter until the
mount of the tax is paid.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-17
Its Oddity,

There is one thing in lawyers pro-
ieSSlOn which is different from any
Cher."
What is that?'
The longer he is at it the more he
MS of a brief career."-Baltimore
American.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-17
Qoind har Part.

"Wife, will you thread a needle for
me? / want to sew on a few buttons"
"Why, certainly. There you are.
Now you can sew on your buttons
while go to the bridge club. Some
times l wonder how you managed be-
fore you were married"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-17
Compensation.

Life Is compensatory to this ex-
tent: When a man reaches the point
at which his wife is compelled to make
the living for the family he has also
reached the point at which the fact
ceases to humiliate him.-Topeka Capt.
tai.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-17
Too Much to Ask.

"Bliggins is little annoying in man.
ner, but his heart is in the right place"
"Yes," objected Miss Cayenne, but
you can't be expected to perform u
surgical operation on every disagree
able person to ascertain where his
heart is."-Washington Star.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-17
Oddity of the Sturgeon.

The sturgeon has no skeleton. This
fish has many tubercles fixed In the
skin along the back and sides. If these
tubercles are boiled with little soda
1t will be seen that they are beautifully
ornamented, somewhat resembling very
fine Chinese carving.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-17
What Every Woman Knows.

A woman always knows when a man
Is In love with her. A man often knows
a woman is In love with him when she
isn't.-Exchange
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-17
PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT
Consumption.


a ulet of peanuts is suggested !
y cure for consumption by DR.. !
brewer in the Journal Of Hy- I
s'ene. This seems too simple to I
y uue. but DR.. Brewer tells I
TWO young women who had I
stO"n Sick of cod liver oil and I
SuicS and who were treated by 1
o. I with sailed peanuts-all they I
Suld eat cOmbined with inhala- I
dCas of vinegar. 1
! ohe would think this a very I
A. seStible diet" he writes, but I
, craved them, and it has al I
I M. s Deem my policy to find out I
\ =. ~ What my patients desire to I
4 Az and unless 1t Is too unreason- I
I L% humor them. Both young I
4 ~ s have become plump and I
Z n. one years inhalation have Z
coughing, and pronounc- I
! TtAsn cured" 4
thsnuts lare recommended also 4
! ~aeeplfssness. I
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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-17
A Cant.

The habit Of calling the cent piece
OF our American coinage a penny" is
utterly without foundation or excuse.
We have no penny In our coinage. At
one time half cent pieces were coined,
but now the unit Is a cent, the hun
dredth part of dollar.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-17
FIannaqan's Way.

Cassidy-Flannagan's thinking Of 60
in into the haulin' business. He bought
a foine new cart today. Casey-But
shure he has no horse. Flanagan
No, but he's goin' to buy wan. Casey
Well, that's loike Flanagan. He al
ways did git the cart befoor the horse.
PHILADELPHIA Ledger.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-17
Ssvere Treatment.

HoweIl-Why did ROwell allow him
self to die Of starvation? Powell-He
said he wouldn't humor his stomach
any longer, as it was getting to be a
regular grafter.-New York Times
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-17
Easy Judgments.

Solomon was a wise man."
"Oh, he had it easy. There were no
technicalities in his day, nor did he
have to decide cases with the alienists
evenly divided. "-EXchange
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-17
A GiyeaWay,

Mrs. Blabbit-I don't like her at all,
dear. She's a deceitfuI woman. The
other day she tried to get me to say
something against you. Mrs. Gaddeigh
She did! How? Mrs. B.-Why, she
asked me to tell her confidentially
what 1 really thought Of you-Boston
Transcript.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-17
His Idea.

"Binks has an idea that he expects
to make a lot Of money out Of"
"What is it?"
"An electric piano with a slot ma
chine attachment"
There's nothing new in that"
"Oh, yes, there is. The coin you put
In stops the playing. Express.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-17
Consolation.

Sappleigh-It's an awful thing to
realize that you've made an egregious
ass Of yourself. Miss Keen-Haven't
you got used to it yet?-Boston Tran
script.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-17
In His Line.

DE is building an immense artifi-
GIL mountain on his country estate"
well, | guess it comes sort of natu-
ai Tor him 10 put up a bluff."-Puck.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-17
Romance and Fiction.

When a very rich man marries q very
poor girl, that's romance. When a very
rich girl marries a very poor man.
that's fiction. News.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-17
Wonderful.

In the art department few days ago
one of the students drew the picture of
a hen so lifelike that when she threw
it into the waste basket 1t laid there
Liverpool Post.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-17
When He Got the Hint.

"what started you thinking about
marriage all at onceT
"She wouldn't let me buy her box or
candy-said would need the money"
Houston Post.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-17
Neutral Ground,

individuals, like nations, must have
suitable, broad and natural bomda-
hes, even a considerable neutral
ground, between them.-Thoreau-
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-17

Could We but think with the same in
tensity we love with we might dc great
things.-P. ]. Bailey's "Festus."
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-17
Give Her Tina.

Mother-I hope you do not allow him
to kiss you as yet. Daughter-I cannot
break him Of all his foolish habits In a
month. can I?-Life.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-17

There are things we must try to at
tain. vet 1t Is not really the attainment
that matters; 1t II the seekng.-Gilbert
Murray.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-17
Marital Amenities,

NY ham is always in my pocket"
InatS just what I'm complaining
'OOut. ltncver comes out."-Exchange.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-17
He Was Fat.

Skinny-What made the tower Of
Pisa lean? Aver D. Pois-If knew I'd
try it!-Yale Record.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-17
Brain Troubla

"Cholly has brain trouble"
~Is that so? What kindr
at troubles him to think."-Boston
Transcript.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-17

We have no right to say that any
good work Is too hard for Us to do.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-03-17

Meet troubl&like a man and cheer
fully endure what you can't cure.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-04-12
.d-xiCANS ARE CHARGED WITH SMUGGLING GUNS.

Charged with smuggling arms ac ross the border to aid Villista chiei tains in violation to the neutrality act 1aro.o, Jose and Abrosio MiQuerra! md Dionicio Ballestero. ranchers oi the Stevens Canyon section in tho Sierrita Mountains, 8 miles from Tue son, are being held on bonds by the federal authorities pending trial. The our men were arrested at the Miquer ray ranch by Sheriff Miles of Pima county, Deputy Sheriff Sid Simpson and Deputy United States Marsha Treahy. Bartolo Milquerray is opera tor of the ranch. Baltestero is a COW puncher in his employ. The other two are his sons. The men are accused O. storing ammunition at sae ranch ant shipping it across the line to Colonel Reina, Villa commander at Altar. So nora. The route taken by the alleged smugglers is said to be between the Indian Oasis and Ajo.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-04-12
BORDER TOWNS. ATTENTION!

There is inclination, the part of some of the border the present time hope and pray and the end that all of the mobilization may be made along the border Bsbee has wanted of this mobl izaon Douglas, of course is in for her share and will wager that Fl Paso is leaving stone unturned to than half the pie Pertinent to the sitra ton editorial printed recently in The Chicago Fri bune, under the title of Sons and stepsons."
 "The best friends of the volunteer system tEe men who make money of the volunteer soldier. The volunteer soldier is not only hero he is the best of business prospects His needs elemental but they are imperative. His collective buying power is encr- nous.
 Texas found that out. Texas was made prosperous mobilization the national guard regiments It discovered that exploitation of the troops the easiest way of making money Its cities fought for the opportunity open their ams-and their shops-to ho and hurry militiamen Mobilization meant bank bal
 
 There public opinion to prevent boosting prices and prices were boosted Prices always boosted fnr volunteers Because the boys in Austin, Tex. not in the army to any great extent no one in Austin made any especial effort to keep prices low. Twenty thou sand new customers all wanting the same things-that is how the business men regarded the arrival of the troops.
 Contractors for supplies have always liked the vol unteer system for this reason. From Valley Forge to the Austin hike troops have been at their mercy. C1n sessions for camp grounds, concessions for laundry agencies camp grounds, lunch counter concessions camp grounds-the possibilities for money making enormous. Gen. Grant almost lost his job because he fought exploitation of the soldiers Gen. Funston mi de tahle in IIa toners to any community.
 For the volunteer soldier is protected by public opinion. When he is of his home neighborhood he is best only the stepson of the community where he is. The conscripted soldier has protection of public opinion. When every mans is in the army some where public opinion toward the army has different texture. Such politicians have made gains by de- lvering customers to merchants will not be popular. And exploitation of soldiers be stopped e1cep: by making exploiters unpopular"
Bisbee daily review., 1917-04-12
BISsEE'S POSITION.

Bsbee, the largest and most prosperous mining camp in the Southwest and in fact in the country with possible exception in. this time, for special consideration both from peope-the residents of the Warren District-and from the government As
 potential factor for the support of the country cialy in time, this camps possibilities have been brought to the attention of the general public Consequently the need for adequate protection hard ly be oyerestmated.
 Ranged with Bisbee in this instance, Douglas. The latter named town, to Bisbee, is what the many rail road towns in Kansas and their -four mills to the wheat growing sectious of that great inland empire. Douglas fs wholly dependent upon Bisbee and less extent, Bisbee is upon Douglas.
 Munitions Of chiefly made from powder of various kinds, and metals. The greatest of any metal used is steel and next is copper The amount of copper which has been thrown away in the presen.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-04-12
WATER FOR ROOSEVELT LAKE IN BIG SHOWS.

Back of the Roosevelt dam at ele- vations of about 760O feet. Kenneth Mecker, observer for the Phoenix weather bureau. found 10 inches of inow upon a measuring trip which he has just returned from, He also found that hay at Fort Apache cost i55 ton. which he admits is high enough to suit even the most exacting and now, when he can get the $55 out If his head, he is going to estimate how many acre-feet of water will flow into the reservoir when said snow nelts. This year there is less water per cubic foot in the snow than there was in the snows of last year. Then the water was estimated at 45 per cent while this time he finds the water con tent is but g per cent. The snow is expected to melt this month and next.