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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-08-18
Baseball Tactics.

Stealing third is. as a general prop
osition, bad play. though it comes In
handy now and then. l would suggest
that all young players avoid it. If the
man is thrown out trying TO steal third
you have tossed away possible chance
for a run, and if he succeeds he hasn't
improved his scoring chances very
much, because he would go home from
second on clean single anyway.
My personal opinion is that there is
entirely too much changing of pitchers
in professional baseball. The custom
is so prevalent in certain clubs that
every man that starts a game does so
in fear, trembling lest he be removed
as soon as he allows a couple Of hits
or is little wild. He is prone to be-
come nervous under these conditions
and begins to fume and fret as soon
as he gets in a hole. On the other
hand, If he were assured before the
game started that he would be allowed
to finish it he would In many cases
work out his own salvation. A pitcher
learns through being beaten, and II be
Is taken out as soon as he has any
trouble he will never get the right kind
Of experience to develop his mind and
his courage.-Ty Cobb In American
Boy.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-08-18
A Parsons Adviser.

Old Neale, the parish clerk OF Iou-
dington, was a great character. ne
occupied the lowest tier Of the three
decker" pulpit and recited the re
sponses In so loud a tone that tneio
was nothing left for the congregauO"
to do.
In nv first week at Toddington tno
whole Wednesday evening service ue
volved on me. Neale. having tAAeN
stock Of the new curate, REMARKED;
There are two baptisms tonlsnI-
This was sufficiently alarming Ou' ~ =.
nervousness was increased Wneh 10
added: Take care you don't brain -.
children against the corner OF the '
It's bin done afore now ,-o5
When / reached the font l per1.
that the corner OF the semihign pc"
indeed In dangerous proximity
Recollections.' by Canon Shesrne'
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-08-18
Be Canny.

Home preparedness loaded with
food.
That rubber ring you put on pre-
serving jar helps you to stretch your
income.
The awful question what shall
have for dinnerT' Is easily answered IL
your shelves are full of home canned
products.
Can't eat 'em all in summer? Not
the answer
You put a lid on waste every time
you seal preserving jar.
Canned berries are bird proof.
Frost doesn't nip canned vegetables.
Canned green peas and yellow peaches
kaln heht the blues.-New York Globe
Knots In Boards.
We find knots in the boards which
We notice in a lumber pile or in any
other place where boards happen to
be because the smaller limbs which
grow away from the larger limbs of
trees grow from the inside as well as
the outside of the tree.
When you see a knot in a board it
means that before the tree was cut
down and the log sawed up into boards
a limb was growing out from the in
side Of the tree at the spot where the
knot occurs, says the Book of Won
ders.
You will also find that the wood In
the knot is harder generally than the
rest Of the board. This is because
more strength is required at the base
Of limb and in the part Of the limb
which grew inside the tree than in
other parts, for the limb must be strong
enough to support not only the limb
itself. but also the smaller limbs which
grow out Of II.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-08-18
PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
Causes Of Disease.

Q Many diseases are largely due 4
@ to defective elimination or chron- 4
O ic accumulation Of toxins In our
= body, due to one or more Of the
. following causes:
Q Overeating, especially Of meat
q and highly seasoned foods after
q middle life. AS some one has 4
. aptly expressed 1t, we too often
Q dig our graves with our teeth.
. insufficient exercise or too 4
= much or too strenuous exercise.
. The use Of alcoholics and the
= excessive use Of tobacco. In fact, I
= tntemperance Of any kind.
= Probably the greatest determin- 4
= ing factor is "the strenuous life"
y The mad rush for the almighty
y dollar and undue worry and anx-
. iety interfere more or less with
= all the normal functions Of the
y body. Worry Is ten times more I
y disastrous than work. - Health
. Bulletin.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-08-18
PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
Flat Foot.

@ A treatment suitable, with but
@ slight modification, for all cases
9 Of static foot trouble (dat FOOT,
q from the early cases which are
o often described as weak ankles"
= to the most severe cases, where
. there is old standing structural
. change, Is described by DR.. P. B.
= Rath In the Lancet. The treat
8 ment consists Of attention to
9 footwear, attention to position
q In standing and walking and
q regular daily exercises. Whether
q boots or shoes are worn, wheth-
. er they button or lace. they must
9 be the shape Of the feet. The
. inner side Of the boot where the
= big toe lies Is kept straight, so Z
. that the end Of the boot Is oppo- I
y site the big toe and not opposite. (
. the second or third toe This Is I
. to insure that the big toe Is not I
. pushed out against the other ,
. toes and has plenty Of room In d,
. which to act The soles should ,
= be q sixth to q fourth Of an inch ,
. thick, the heels broad. an inch or ,
. less in height
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-08-18
obIiteratinq Class Distinctions.

Modern and cultured persons, 1 be-
lieve, object to their children seeing
kitchen company or being taught by a
woman like Peggotty. But surely it Is
more important to be educated In a
sense Of human dignity and equality
than in anything else in the world.
And a child who has once had to re-
spect kind and capable woman of the
lower classes will respect the lower
classes forever. The true way to over
come the evil in class distinctions is not
to denounce them as revolutionists de-
nounce them, but to ignore them as chill
dren ignore theme. Z. Chesterton.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-08-18

aided If not sometimes caused as MANY
claim by the colon bacillus and otbe,
factors associated with sluggisbpess
of bowel function.
Some of the causes of constitution
are the habitual use of patent medi.
eines, the misuse of enemas, the abuse
OF epson salts and other drugs, simple
laziness, failure to heed natures warn.
ings and calls promptly, tight lacins
defective innovation, meat diet, tuber.
culosis, intestinal tumors, the abuse of
suppositories, failure to drink suf6.
eient water or sufficient fluid, improper
dress and others.
To correct constipation drink A
plenty of water each day; if an adult
drink at least three pints of fluid daily,
Hot water should be slipped slowly i'm
mediately on rising in the morning.
Sip at least two or three wineglassfuls
morning and night. Tea should never
be taken strong and should be used
sparingly, if at all. Laxative articles
of food should be taken such as fruit
jam, honey, and fruit juices. Prune
juice and figs are excellent and should
be eaten every day. Abdominal mas
sage should be carried out regularly by
the patient for ten minutes before
arising every morning.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-08-18
PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
For the Anaamic.

X Never 60 to work nor stay at
i work with an empty stomach.
+ The anaemic woman particu-
+ larry should avoid parsimony in
\ nutrition.
+ Correct a sluggish digestion,
i and appetite will grow more
+ brisk with increased assimila- !
4 ton. !
+ Take chest expanding exer-
+ cises daily. A simple one is to !
+ walk slowly through an ordinary
+ doorway, pressing the advanced !
+ hands to the inner surface Of the !
+ door frame with some force and
y holding them there as the chest !
+ expands and fills with air until !
y you have passed the threshold. !
+ This exercise. taken in a well !
y ventilated room and combined j
+ with deep breathing, will force !
y the residual air from the pulmo- !
+ nary tissue and suck in oxygen !
+ to the most remote and starv- !
+ ing air cell. The exercise also !
+ develops the bust in women and !
+ the muscular tissue Of shoulders !
+ and upper arm in both men and !
+ women. :
+ Anaemia spells impaired eff i
+ cheney, impaired resistance to !
= disease and impaired zest In nv- i
+ ing. :
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-08-18
Keepino a Secret.

Little Marion, in a state Of much
agitation, begged her mother not to
let remarks be made about her doll
when it was present, Because" ex-
planned the little miss, 1--WE been try
ing all her life to keep dollie from
knowing that she is not alive."-Har-
per's Magazine.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-08-18
Inter den Linden.

Inter Den Linden is the famous
street In Berlin which extends from
the Brandenburg gate eastward about
three-fifths of mile. Bordering 1t are
the princely and imperial palaces, the
university, the academy, the statue Of
Frederick the Great, etc. 1t means
under the lindens."
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-08-18
The Spanish AIcaIde.

In former times in Spain the alcalde
de corte was a judge Of the palace
court, having Jurisdiction in and about
the residence of the king. The Office is
now obsolete in this sense, but cal
calde" is still used to designate the
mayor of a town exercising the func-
lions Of a justice OF the peace.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-08-18

"Young man, there is nothing worse
than high life on a low salary" said
the wise man who is always giving
advice.
"Oh, I don't know" replied the young
man who knew a thing or two himself.
"It's no worse than low life on a high
salary."-Florida Times Union.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-08-18
A Solemn Duty,

"Why did Bangs change his iron gray
hair to black?"
Because his fiancee thought the gray
In his hair made him look too old for
her, and he thought it was his duty to
obey his sweetheart's dyeing request"
Exchange.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-08-18
Second Sidht.

do you believe in second sightT'
mo, but my wife does. When / 60
shopping with her she always says to
the salesman, I'll come in and look at
these again. London Telegraph.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-08-18
Safety First.

"What is your objection to me as a
son-in-lawT
81 haven't any objection to you" re-
piled Mr.. Cumrox. But I have trou-
BILE enough maintaining my own posi-
tion In this household without assum-
ing the slightest responsibility for any
body else."-Washingto Star.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-08-18
Why ha Locked Sour.

Dusty Dennis-Why do you look so
sour, pard? Gritty George-Why, one
Of dem comic artists wanted me to sit
on de fence and let him sketch me-
Dusty Dennis-What Of dat? Gritty
George-It was a barb wire fence
Exchange.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-08-18
News to Her,

what was the farmer talking
about?" asked the first city girl.
"a whifletree," said the other.
"Well, I've studied botany, but new
er heard Of a whiffietree. Sounds like
his idea Of joke."-Louisville Courier
Journal
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-08-18
Her Choice.

Does your daughter play MozartT
we asked, displaying unusual erudition.
81 believe So" she replied deprecat-
ingiy, "but I think she prefers euchre."
Philadelphia Ledger.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-08-18
Just Like a Woman.

81 understand your wife has been
quite i'll, but is now convalescent."
ayes"
How was she looking when you left
the hospital?"
I'm the hand mirror. Times
Union.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-08-18
IN UseIess. Quit.

"Oh, stop whining. Is whining 60
ing to mend mattersT
81 suppose not"
Then If not whine not"-Exchanse
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-08-18
Women Workers.

1t was in the manufacture Of textiles
that woman first appeared in industry
outside Of the home
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-08-18
Where There Was No Change.

Don't you think I'm thinner than
when you saw me lastY
"Well, you may be thinner, but to me
you're just as thick as ever."-Chicago
Tribune.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-08-18
Pussy.

you're to be shot at SUNRISE"
'That'n spoil the whole day for me
Make 1t sunset."-Lamb.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-08-18

Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes Of
mediocre people.-Joubert
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1917-07-27

Garter caeslgieis hsrlnx circulation
80 prompt reaalsz
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-09-20
Aovsrnor FLYER Wages.


Chairman Painter Of the State Pria-
aon Board, in hitting back at the
State Highway Commission IN the
controversy over the price to be paid
for the labor OF convicts upon the
public roads, declared that the com
mission seemed to be trying to unload
upon the prison board the responsible
ity for the failure of the commission
to accomplish results since its crea-
ton in the construction Of permanent
roads.
Convicts in plenty at prices to be
fixed by Governor Gardner, will be
furnished to the commission. Painter
said, when the commission has pro-
vided for their employment in road
construction. Governor Gardner says
he will fix the price at $1.25 per day.
He said that so far as he knew the
commission had not arranged definite
" for the construction of a single
mile Of road in Missouri, and that un-
til it does, II is idle to talk Of needing
convicts.
The State Capitol Commission is
now paying S150 per man for convicts
used in grading the capitol grounds,
and that work does not require any
special equipment. The convicts are
slept and fed at the penitentiary and
the number OF guards needed is not
large.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-09-20
Roard 70 Pick Warden.


The new warden of the penitentlary
will be selected by the state prison
board. There Is a provision In the
new penal code that provides for this.
and the appointment will not be made
by Governor Gardner.
The governor admitted that he had
received the resignation of Warden
Painter.
The governor last month took up
the matter with Attorney General Nc
Allister, and was advised that while
1t would not be illegal for the chair.
man Of the prison board to act as
warden, 1t would not be in accordance
with the spirit Of the law for him to
occupy the residence provided by the
state, with the emoluments and per
Quisites that appertain thereto.
The sole object of the performance
of the dual functions by Painter was
the effort to save the state $4,000 a
year in salary.
There is not much left to the office
of warden under the new code, as the
place is subordinated to the prison
board, which directs the general pol
Icy of the institution and administers
It's business affairs.
Under the new system the warden
will have little to do beyond looking
after the discipline of the inmates. He
will have nothing to do with the selec-
ton Of officers or with the business
of the prison, except to carry out the
orders of the board.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-09-20
CONTRACTORS
keep CAPITOL
COMPANY REFUSES TO PAY FOR.
FEIT FOR FAILURE TO
FINISH.
RUNS $3.50 FOR EVERY DAY
Commission Had Waived Large Por.
tion Of Penalty, But Gill & Co.
Want Forgiveness for the
Whole Amount.
Jefferson City, Mo.

Jefferson City, Mo.
The State Capitol Commission and
John Gill d Son Co., are in open con.
troYersy over the terms Of the accep-
Hance of the completed state capitol,
tor which the Gill company is the
contractor
The commission wants to take over
the building for occupancy, but 1t
proposes to withhold items aggregat'
hnR $4,000 to cover the hanging OF
hhe great bronze front door and de-
kects in certain Of the walls due to
nracking or salt stain.
1t was proposed to forfeit this sum
a. the contractor failed TO put the cap
1tol into the condition required by the
commission.
X. F. Gill, head of the Gill Company.
has refused to accept the terms laid
down and has offered counter condi-
tions which the commission has de-
clined to accept.
In a formal statement made public
the commission revealed the disa-
kreement, and declared that the for
feit of $3.50 per day would be exact
ed from the contractor for every day
the state is delayed in getting posses
sion of the building
1t was discovered only recently that
che commission by resolution adopt
ed in 1916 had waived large portions
of the penalty for failure to complete
the building as the contract had called
Ror. and members of the commission
admit that only penalties accruing
since April l, 1917, could be collected
The commission owes the Gill Com
pAny $314,OOO for final work, and it Is
out of this sum that these penalties
are supposed to be taken.
Gill was represented at the hearings
by Senator A. E. L. Gardner Of Kirk
wood, and Senator Frank McDavid Of
Springfield
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-09-20
Pledge Of "DlsIoyaI."

Definite steps are being taken to
suppress any disloyalty in any form
1R Missouri by the Missouri Council Of
Defense,
A complete plan Of action has been
formulated by the U. S. Secret service
in conjunction with the proper state
officials.
1t has been said that the discovery
OF certain documents which contained
the pledge which the peace advocates
urge. on analysis is found to be very
much after the kaisers manner OF
speaking, and it is also alleged that
the secret papers were prepared in
the "fatherland."
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-09-20
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.

st. -Timothy--In spite
of good pasture prospects prices OF
hay show no declines, ranging from
$2S for good bright stock 10 $40 for
weedy and grassy.
Potatoes-Early Ohio of good color
i1.307150; inferior stock less.
Eggs - Fresh country firsts, 36c;
ecoNdo, SAC; cases returned 1ac less
Butter-Creamery extras, 44c, in
'erior grades considerably lower, ac
cording to quality.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-09-20
judges Son Sued for Divorce.

Mrs. Bernice Woodson has filed a
suit for divorce from Arch Woodson,
son OF Judge A. NJ. Woodson of the
missouri supreme court. whom she
married Nov. 21, 1912. She asked for
custody of two children and $50 a
month alimony.
Woodson has been employed as su-
preme court stenographer and his sal
airy in that capacity was $500 year.
Mrs. Woodson alleged he made her
married life intolerable.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-09-20
Scott ousted From Board.

The commissioners for the state
capitol unanimously adopted motion
to dismiss John w. Scott, commits
sioner of the permanent seat of gov
eminent. A resolution was adopted
asking the encouragement to lay
before the grand jury any information
concerning the delivery Of coal be-
longing to the state to officials and
private individuals, and if he finds
the state lost money in these coal
transactions to institute suit on
SCOTS bond.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-09-20
Arson Plot Feared.

The prison board has taken extra
precautions against fires in the pen
ltentiary shops. Recently several lit
lie fires have been discovered, one
of which indicated that 1t was the
work Of convicts. No loss resulted.
Another of these fires was probably
an accident, but in view of the heavy
losses at the prison last year from in.
cendiary blazes, and the possibility
that the convicts might again have
plotted to burn the prison, the day
and night guards have been doubled
and every precaution possible has
been adopted.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-09-20
Democrats to Meet.

State officials received woId that
Thomas r. Ely, former state senator
and an influential Democrat of south
east Missouri, had issued a call for a
mass convention Of Democrats. to be
held at Kennett, with the announced
purpose of condemning the course
pursued by Senators Stone and Reed.
Several Democratic officials who
heard of the move expressed their
satisfaction
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-09-20
NJ. G. Gordon Claims Exemption.

Morris G. Gordon, state supervisor
of building and loan associations, and
son of the former state auditor, John
P. Gordon has filed claim for ex-
emption from the draft, In which he
makes affidavit that his wife, Mrs.
Nellie Gordon, is unable to support
herself. For several years she was
employed In her husbands office.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-09-20
To Probe State Contracts.

Mildly sensational developments
are expected to follow an exhaustive
investigation of the sale of cement to
the state penitentlary during the pc
riod embraced in the years Of 1856.
The evidence taken by the prison
board has been turned over to the
attorney generals office as basis for
a suit to recover $4,000 and $4,000
alleged to be due the state under the
cement contract for cement undeliv-
cred and for empty sacks.
For more than a month the prison
board, assisted by a representative
from the states legal department, has
conducted its formal inquiry, and the
evidence is said to show that a Jeffer-
son City lumber dealer has charged
the state for cement which was used
to fill private contracts around the
capital city, aggregating thousands of
sacks of cement for which the state
paid so cents per sack.
After a careful analysis of the tes-
timony submitted by the contractors
concerning the amount of their ce.
ment purchases from the company In
the period mentioned, and of the car
shipments and weights furnished, the
members of the prison board ex.
pressed the opinion that there was
ample grounds tc support a suit for
! recovery.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-09-20
Quotas to Move Sept. 10.

Quotas to Move Sept. 10.
In a supplementary order wired to
Adjt. Gen. James H. McCord, Provost
Marshal-General Crowder directs that
the movement for the next 40 per cent
Of the men drafted in Missouri for the
national army begin Sept. 10. Five
per cent will be in transit each day
until the full quota Is at Camp Fun
ston.
Only white men will be handled in
this movement. What disposition will
be made OF negroes Gen. Crowder has
not yet explained.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-09-20
Full Value Favored.

Chairman Cornelius Roach OF the
state tax commission said at a public
hearing that st. Louis property ought
10 be assessed at $4,000, 900, 600, in
stead Of $3.50, ,0Go, 900, and that some
counties in the state assess realty az
low as per cent OF It's actual valne.
TWO Psr5oned by Gardner.
On recommendation OF the state
prison board, Gov. Gardner granted
pardons to two men who served terms
I'm the states prison. restoring all
civil rights to them. Fred r. Porth
was discharged under parole in Janu-
ary, 1915. He was serving a four
year sentence for grand larceny in
gt. Louie.
Peter Rank was sent to the peni-
tentiary from st. Louis under SEN
Gence Of five years for highway rob-
berry and was discharged under the
three fourths rule Dec. 3. 1905.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-21

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