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The broad ax., 1917-07-28
CARNEGIE IN NEW MANSION.
Estate at Lenox Said to Be Equalsd
Only by Biltmore.

Estate at Lenox Said to Be Equalsd
Only by Biltmore.
Lenox, Mass.-Into Shadow Brook
entered its new owner, Andrew Carne-
gle. 1t Is said that for size, elegance
and beauty Of natural surroundings no
private residence In the United States,
with the exception Of Mrs. Vanderbilt's
Biltmore, bears comparison with Shad-
ow Brook.
With Mrs. Carnegie and Miss Mar
garet Carnegie he arrived at Lenox In
Charles NJ. Schwab's private car. With
the party were Mr.. Carnegie's physi-
clan, his valet and other attendants
He was assisted from the car to an au-
tomobile and was driven Immediately
to Shadow Brook, three miles from the
station.
His apartments are on the second
floor Of the great house and have a
beautiful outlook on Lake Mahkeenac.
The house was deliberately decorated in
spring flowers from the gardens Of the
estate. Mrs. Carnegie and Miss Carne-
gle have rooms on the same floor. There
are twenty large rooms with fireplaces
on this floor and many other rooms.
Mr.. Carnegie expects to pass sever
months at his new American home.
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AaIaeksd Concentration.

Speaking Of man who was failure
because of his lack Of concentration
and his inability to know his own mind
Eve minutes at time, q captain Of in
dustry said he reminded him Of a hunt
ing dog he once owned:
"At sunrise the dog would start out
on his own hook after deer. He would
jump a buck and run him for miles.
When the buck was on the point Of ex-
haustion the hounds nostrils would
catch the faint In the air where q fox
had crossed the trail, and he would in
stantly decide that, after all, fox was
what he had come for, and he would
turn aside to pursue the fox. Perhaps
an hour later, when the chase was
growing warmer every minute, his keen
nose would detect the presence Of
rabbit, and he would go after the cot
tontail, with the inevitable result that
by o'clock in the afternoon that
hound would be thirty or forty miles
away from home In q swamp with
chipmunk treed?-Saturday Evening
Post
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WILSON ON JOB EARLY.
President Adopts Early Rising Perma-
nently to Keep In Touch With War.

President Adopts Early Rising Perma-
nentIy to Keep In Touch With War.
Washington.-While a majority of
the $4,000 government clerks were still
asleep the president was working in
his Office early. He reached his desk
at 6 o'clock, and 1t became known he
Is determined to adopt this hour as the
daily beginning Of his work. Govern
ment clerks go to work at 8 o'clock
and finish at 4:30. The president fire.
quently is In his Office at night.
The presidents determination to get
up early is not prompted wholly by
desire to avoid the hot hours Of the
day. The fact Is that he Is keeping In
the closest touch with the details Of
the war making activities Of the ad-
ministration, and longer working hours
are necessary If he Is to have time for
the recreation prescribed by Rear Ad-
miral Cary T. Grayson, his physician
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Eccentric Place Names.

There are one or two place names
in England which for eccentricity it
would be hard to beat. Cornwall
boasts of a village called Drunkards
All and Of tithing called London APP
prentice. The name Of another Cor
nish village, Grumzia, sounds worse
when spoken than it looks in print
The same may be said of the neighbor-
ing village of st. Eval, which is pro-
nounced ''Sandeval." Bishop Philpotts
asked a candidate for ordination where
he came from. "St. Eval," was the re-
ply. Dear me-" remarked the bishop,
81 know that Cornishmen venerate St
Tudy, st. Cuby. st. Uny and other
saints unknown to the calendar, but l
was not aware they had canonized
the devilr-London Mirror.
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WOMEN OF THE SENATE
WILL AID THE RED CROSS
viii Meet Weekly at Apartment of
Mrs. Thomas r. Marshall

Washington.-Mrs. Thomas r. Mar
shall, wife Of the vice president, and a
number of senatorial matrons have es-
tablished a new social organization, to
be known as the Ladies Of the Senate,
to meet weekly at the apartment Of
Mrs. Marshall, who has been elected
president. Membership Is limited strict
ly to women of the senatorial circles,
with only one member Of each house
hold to be included in the society. In
this it will differ from the Congress
sional club, after which 1t is patterned,
as In that body wife. daughter or sister
of a cabinet officer, judge or congress-
man may join on payment Of modest
annual dues and an initiation fee.
The new organization is to be both
patriotic and social, with dues sufficient
to make it an important factor In Red
Gross or other relief work, to which 1t
will devote much time. In addition to
Mrs. Marshall the officers are Mrs. Al
bert Cummins of Iowa, Mrs. Francis
Newlands OF Nevada, Mrs. John w.
Weeks Of Massachusetts, Mrs. James
Reed of Missouri, Mrs. Thomas P. Gore
Of Oklahoma and Mrs. Claude Swanson
Of Virginia.
The women viii meet with members
of the Congressional club every Mon
day to continue the Red Cross work al
ready begun under the older organiza-
tfOn
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George and His Legs.

Bit by bit the historical grubbers are
digging out the truth about our i'm
mortal George. We have heretofore
been told that he wore false teeth
and that at Valley Forge he unblush-
ingly deceived his ragged and despond-
ent troops with the arrival Of ample
supplies Of ammunition, which consist
ed Of powder barrels filed with sand.
and now a correspondent Of the New
York Sun declares that In the full
length portraits Of Washington by
Stuart, Of which there Is one In the
New York public library, the legs were
not his own. Il have seen the letter
from Stuart thanking the true owner
for his kindness In providing a SYM
metrical foundation for the bust Of the
great president and presenting one of
the smaller portraits in thanks for his
kindness"
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A Famous New York Street.

Few Of the thousands of people who
pass the corner Of Nassau and John
streets every day know the early his
tory Of Nassau street. And yet right
at that corner is bronze tablet which
gives In concise form the following
historical information:
Nassau Street, Known Originally
as the Street That Runs by the Pye
Woman Was Laid Out About 1895 and
Was Named In Honor Of the House of
Nassau, Whose Head at That Time
Was William the Third, King of Eng
land and Stakeholder Of the Dutch Re
public. Nassau Street Became Identi-
fed With the Jewelry Trade More
Than Half Century Ago."
The bronze tablet Is on the exterior
of the building at the northwest cor
ner Of Nassau and John streets. 1t
was erected by the Maiden Lane His
torical society in 191G.-New York Sun.
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William De Morgan.

In spite of himself William De Nor
gan became famous. He deliberately
violated all the rules made for the
guidance of novelists who seek to be-
come popular. None Of his novels was
addressed to the greater public that is
avid for the latest thing Of the moment
In fiction, but nevertheless they reach
ed that public. He was a law unto
himself in the novels that he wrote
during his marvellous career that span
ned only ten years. It is doubtful If
In English literature or in any other
can be found a writer whose life and
literary career are comparable to his.
He was an old man when the world Of
readers came to know him, and his age
was an asset toward celebrity. At
seventy he was hailed as eagerly as
Kipling was hailed at twenty, and in
his way he was no less prodigy than
the younger writer.-Bookman-
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RECLUSE HAD FORTUNE.
Gold Coin and Certificates Of Deposit
Found Aftsr HE Death.

Gold Coin and Certificates Of Deposit
Found After HE Death.
Pendleton, Ore.-In an Investigation
Of the death Of johnson W. Willard, an
aged recluse Of the farming district
southeast Of Milton, Coroner Brown
discovered gold coin and certificates Of
deposit amounting to more than S16,-
900. They were tucked away in every
conceivable place. An old vest hang
ing In a closet yielded several hundred
dollars In gold.
Three or four purses were found
packed with coin. In addition to this,
Mr.. Willard owned the ranch where he
lived, valued at $4,000. One daughter,
Mrs. Hill, survives Her home Is In
Montana.
Mr.. Willard lived entirely to himself
since the death Of his wife three years
ago, and the room she used to occupy
had been locked. It was there, In the
bottom Of a trunk, that several Of the
certificates Of deposit were found.
During the past few years Mr.. VIII
lard leased his ranch, retaining only
the house and a bit of ground, where
he raised a small garden. He settled
on a homestead In 1869, just after the
war, and in the typhoid epidemic Of
1878 lost all his children but TIE one
daughter. Mr.. Willard was eighty-six.
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Free Speech,

An old negro woman had lived with
a certain family In the south for many
years. One day her mistress had occa-
sion to reprimand her quite sharply for
something that had gone wrong. The
negress said nothing at the time, but
a little later her voice could be heard
in the kitchen in shrill vituperation Of
everything and everybody, with a rat
ting accompaniment Of pans and ket-
ties. So loud became the clamor and
so vindictive the EXPLANATIONS that
Mrs. G. went hurriedly down to the
kitchen.
"Why, Liza" she began In amaze
ment, "who on earth are you talking
to?
II amt talkin' to nobody" the old
negress replied, "but I don't keer who
In dis house hyars me."-Harpers Mag
azine.
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The Emerald,

The emerald has been known since
early times both In Europe and In GER
tain parts Of the orient, where its at
tractive color and rarity have endowed
1t with the highest rank and a varied
lore. Its name may be traced back to
an old Persian word which appeared
In Greek as "smaragdos," mentioned
by Theophrastus over 300 years before
the Christian era, and again in Latin
as "smarasdus," seen In the writings
Of Pliny, who particularized somewhat
on its properties and supposed me-
dicinal virtues and was even shrewd
enough to suspect its identity with the
much more common beryl, although
eighteen centuries elapsed before this
suspicion was verified by scientific
proof.
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Misprints and Maxim Guns.

The late Sir Hiram Maxim says In
his autobiography that when he organ
ICED the United States Electric Light
ing company the printer sent home its
stationery with the heading, 1.-The
United States Electric Lightning COM
pany." When he established bis new
gun company in England he told Of
this mistake in order to emphasize the
importance Of getting the stationery
printed correctly. When the first
sheets were brought to him, however,
he found that the English printers had
made his concern appear as THE Max
i'm Gum company"
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Easy Generositv.

Mother Ito small soneBobby, dear,
I hoped you would be unself1sh enough
to give little sister the largest piece Of
candy. Why. see, even our old hen
gives all the nice big dainties to the
little chicks and only keeps an occa-
sional tiny one for herself.
Bobby thoughtfully watched the hen
and chickens for a time and then said,
well. mamma, I would, too, II 1t was
worms" Times.
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A Generous Empress.

1t Is said that one morning at break
fast a general related to Napoleon III.
the misfortunes of q brother officer,
who, because he had not Is, 900 francs,
must be dishonored." While the en-
peror questioned further particulars
Eugene flew to her room and, return
Ing with a package Of banknotes, said,
Take them, general, and never tell me
his name" And his name the gener-
Gus empress never knew.
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SAT ON CHURCH c0RNICE.
Woman Keeps Crowd on Edge For Two
Hours by Threatening to Jump.

Woman Keeps Crowd on Edge For Two
Hours by Threatening to Jump.
Boston.-A crowd Of several hundred
people watched for two hours from be-
hind ropes that barred the street in
front Of St James Roman Catholic
church while a woman sat on the cor
nice threatening to jump. F1remen
spread nets to break her fall, police
reserves attempted to reach her, and
three priests pleaded with her from the
skylight.
Finally the Rev. Philip ]. O'Donne1
reached her before she fulfilled her
threat and escorted her back through
the skylight.
At the Psychopathic hospital she
gave her name as Mrs. Celia Vennard,
q parishioner Of st. James church, and
said relatives were trying to commit
her to an insane asylum. She would
rather kill herself than submit, she said.
The broad ax., 1917-07-28
Calf eraz.s With Wooden Leo.

Kansas City. Mo.-Probably the only
Missouri calf with a wooden leg Is
browsing on the farm Of W. d. Brown
IN Ray county. The calf belonged to q
neighbor and last winter stuck q nail
In its hoof, sustaining injuries promis-
ing to be fatal. Craig Brown saw the
calf and had an idea. He bought the
animal and sent for q veterinary, who
ampltated the Calls leg. Later q
wooden leg was substituted, and the
calf b now only a little slower than
The other cattle In tia pasture.
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PREACHERS ON FARMS
An Organization Proposes rh.. =,
Work In Rush Sea.on


Work In Rush Season.
Topeka, Kan--If the plan adopts,,
the Clay county Ministers union 4. "
into action In the counties Thrones ~
the state Of Kansas it will out 2 oCs
skilled eaborers Into the fields dr,s
the rush season The plan outlinoa !.
Clay county Is set out In a let's. !. q
Governor Capper by the Rev. ]. ASH"
Davies Of Clay Center. Mr.. DsHt.
says:
During the month Of July and A.
gust the ministers are to wort
farms, going out to that work Mond.N
mornings and returning Saturday evaS
ings, just as our boys are doing at n.
officers camp at Fort Riley.
ave may arrange to leave one N.
lister In town, a different one 90
week, who shall devote his time IN y.
interest OF all the churches. N.
churches will, Of course, contipua :
pay the. ministers salaries, and n.
wage received from the farmers win \.
turned over to the benevolent boa,d,
Of the churches or to the Red C,o..
society.
IF this plan could be adopted throne,
out the state 1t would send 5000 shin
ed laborers into the fields"
The broad ax., 1917-07-28
MAKE BEARS FEEL AT HOME
Reproduction of Cliffs and BowIdsr, /,
City Park Pits.

City Park Pits.
Denver-Not satisfied with hayh,
mountain scenery within a few milss
Of the city, Denver has sent out into
the Rockies and brought 1t into tbs
city limits by the CARLOAD.
The scenery Is not paintings or pba
tographs, but actual reproductions ot
rugged cliffs and majestic powders a
lected for bear pits at City park.
Agents Of the city spread q gelatin.
Gus material over the most strikip,
cliffs during the day and removed It IN
the cool Of the morning, thus retaining
an accurate impression. This was Con.
verted into plaster Of paris casts, In
which form the reproductions have
been brought to Denver. The molts
will be constructed in concrete and
shot, with cement guns, In colors and
tints to simulate the original rock,
from which they were taken.
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LIONS KILL BURROS.
Hoofs No Match For Pointed Teeth
and Sharp Claws.

Hoofs No Match For Pointed Teeth
and Sharp Claws.
Mentone, Cal Hunger has driven
mountain lions and wildcats closer to
the settlements than In many years, say
old timers. One night recently two big
lions made their appearance at the Edi-
son power house at the mouth Of Mill
Greek canyon and killed two burros
kept In q corral there
One burro was killed outright by the
lions The other burro fought and at
tracted the men at the plant, but 1t
was so badly torn by teeth and claws
Of the lions that It had to be shot.
The tracks showed the mountain
lions to be Of great size, and the men
kept q close watch In the hope that
hunger would drive them out again.
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Many Blossoms on Twig.

Topeka, Kan.-If all the twigs on .
apple tree on the farm Of George =
Kreider, near Lyndon, had as nA+
blossoms as one twig had. and, II eve. ..
blossom became an apple. the ~
would have supplied an apple a uay ..s
several thousand persons. The AZ.
twig' has put forth half dozen D "0s
SONS instead Of the CUSTOMARY
Kreider declares 1t a freak OF L. A
and states that in all his experien. %
q fruit raiser he never before
many blossoms on q twig.
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DOG CATCHES DESERTER
Holds Man by Trousers Leg Until On
GERS Arrive.

Leavenworth, Kan.-James ThomF
son, special officer here, owns a poles
dog whose abilities as an apprehendei
Of criminals frequently has been scOf.
ed at by Thompson's friends. The dOs
has indicated himself.
William Payne, a deserter last sum
mer from the Missouri national guard,
while stationed on the Mexican border
had escaped from the disciplinary bar
racks at the army post here.
The dog captured the fleeing trustl,
holding to the mans trousers leg ana
impeding his fight until officers sub
dued him.
The broad ax., 1917-07-28
AVIATION SERVICE NOT
The MOST DANGEROUS
Records of Allies Show 1t Is
Fourth In the Percentage of
Casualties.

Washington. - Contrary to popular
opinion, the air service Of the army, al
though perhaps the most thrilling
branch, is not the most dangerous
Captain Aubrey Lippincott, In charge
Of the personnel of the signal corps of
the army. says the records Of our al
lies put air service fourth In the per
centage Of losses. The heaviest losses
have been in the medical corps, next In
infantry and third In artillery.
Although applications have been nu-
merous for enrolment In the six cadet
schools for flyers recently opened, Cap
tain Appincott says many more men
win be needed before the end Of the
year. One hundred and fifty men are
trained weekly. Enough men have been
accepted to keep the schools supplied
with recruits for more than two
months, but several thousand viii be
required later on. as the supply Of men
must be constantly augmented
Only a small percentage Of the men
who apply for enrolment In cadet
aviation schools ut the universities Of
California, Texas, Illinois and Ohio,
Massachusetts, Institute Of Technology
and Cornell can be accepted. The re-
Quirements are stricter than In any
other branch Of the service. The i'm
preston that only college graduates
are admitted is incorrect, but a sub
stantial foundation for intensive tech
meal training is necessary. 1t has oft
en- been found that three years at col
lege or its equivalent gives a man the
knowledge which makes the training
come with reasonable rapidity.
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CHINA GETS TWO HOSPITALS.
Rockefeller Foundation Will Spend
5000, 900 There.

Baltimore. B. Frank Bennett, q
builder. will leave here for China, where
he has been commissioned by the Rock
efeller foundation to build two hospi-
tails at cost Of 100000. The first
hospital will be constructed In Picking
and Is to be modelled after Johns Hop
dns hospital The plans were drawn
after suggestions Of Dr.. Winford 81.
Smith, superintendent Of Johns Hop
ktns. The other hospital win be built
In Shanghai.
1t Is said the project Of the two
American hospitals Is the outcome Of a
tour OF investigation made last year by
Dr.. William 81. WEIGH for the Rookie
Teller foundation.
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Went Further,

didn't ! tell you that when you
met a man in hard luck you ought to
greet him with a smileY said the wise
and good counselor.
yes" replied the finty souled per
SON II went even further than that.
I gave him the grand laugh"
The broad ax., 1917-07-28
Neuralgia.

o Neuralgia means nerve pain. {
o Neuriis means Inflammation Of {
o the nerve. In neuralgia the pain {
o comes and goes. In neurids the {
o ache is steady and sticks closely {
o to the affected nerve. If the {
o nerve could be taken out and e1- {
o amined we could find nothing c
o abnormal in the case Of neural {
o gia. In neurlds the nerve would c
o be found to be infamed The c
o question of what Is behind the c
o pain Of neuralgia Is more impor- c
o tant than the answer to the cry c
o for relief. 1t must be remem- G
o bered that neuralgia Is merely q g
o symptom, not a disease. Some g
o times malaria Is the underlying G
o cause Other times It may be Q
o due to alcoholism, diabetes, lead Q
o poisoning, govt, rheumatism or Q
o Bright's disease. A diseased Q
o tooth or a diseased ovary may Q
o be responsible. In every case Q
o treatment must include treat Q
o ment Of the underlying cause. o
The broad ax., 1917-07-28
SHAVING FUND BUYS BOND.
Travellers joke Sixteen Years Ago Re-
suits In Saving $4,000.

Waterloo, Ia.-At the grand council
OF the Iowa United Commercial TraE
elers sixteen years ago, F. w. Houck Of
Sheldon lost his wallet. His friends
as a practical joke, instructed all the
banks not to cash a draft for him. BE
was In need Of a shave.
A fund was raised for this purpose
but meanwhile Houck succeeded In
cashing his draft. The fund was turn
ed into the treasury and maintained By
annual contributions Of a penny from
each member. It now has passed the
5000 mark. The council voted to n
vest the fund In the liberty loan.
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His Hard Luck

A small boy whose record for de-
pertinent at school had always stood
at 100 came home one day recently
with his standing reduced to 98
what have you been doing. my
son?" asked his doting mother.
"Been doing7" replied the young
hopeful Been doing Just as have
been doing all along, only the teacher
caught me this time" - Philadelphia
INQUIRER.
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SEES ALL AMERICAS In WAR.
John Barrett Predicts Western Henri
sphere Will Be United.


Baltimore.-Within a year all Amer
icas will be fighting together against
Germany was the prediction made here
before liberty loan mass meeting by
John Barrett
IF Brazil enters the conflict, as to-
day seems imminent" he said, two
thirds Of the entire population and five
eighths Of the total area Of the western
hemisphere will be at war with the
common enemy. Can the remaining
one-third Of the population and three
edghths Of area stand against the psy-
Geological, sympathetic and economic
appeal Of their sister peoples and com-
tries having similar interests, similar
institutions, similar governments and
similar destinyT
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LYNN JUDGE FINES MAYOR.
School Board Also Punished For We
lating Labor Law.

Lynn, Mass.-Mayor George II. New
hall, DR.. Nathaniel P. Breed. Elmer
Boyer, Mial W. Chase and S. WaI@
McDonOugh, members Of the Lshu
school board, were fined S. each "
Judge Henry T. Lummus. The meI
bers were charged with violation y
the eight hour law In allowing janitOl'
Of schoolhouses to work more tnaD
that time daily.
Assistant City Solicitor Jacobs ~
pealed in their behalf, and they "s.s
held In their own recognizance by Juos'
O'Brien for the superior court.
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Books In Brazil.

In Brazil, as throughout South Amer
lea, French is almost universally read.
Editions Of the classics are found in
most homes, and bookstores are filed
with modern French writer's Of prose
or verse, sometimes In translation and
a. frequently In the original.
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A Geneestion.

In the long lived patriarchal age a
generation seems to have been COM
puted at 100 years Genesis Nv, u.
Subsequently the reckoning was the
same that has been more recently
adopted-that is, from thirty to forty
years Job Kill, 16).
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Where In the ProTt7

81 understand they sold their house
for $1,000 more than they paid for It !"
'How luckyT
Lucky nothingl After they'd sold
It they discovered that they've got to
pay $1,000 more than they received
for their house for another home to
live tn."-Detroit Free PresS
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Dog Hero Home From War.

Port Washington, N. Y.-Wounded IN
action, Jupiter, Hubert Ralston's war
dog, returned here from France after
doing his bit" to spend his declining
years In comfort A bit Of shrapnel
gouged out one eye and another caved
In his chest Jupiter trained with his
regiment at Salisbury Plain In the first
year Of the war.