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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-09
EDITORIAL PAGE

pulse. 81 besech you to love one an
other" greater than all the law of
Moses and the prophets
The writer is not in any manner
attempting to embellish truth by any
fictitious effort, nor by any proclama-
ton of wonder, nor would he immol-
ate himself or his usefulness to
arouse if peradventure the ill-will of
any one who deprecates the truth
being told.
The preacher is weighted down
with a great responsibility. Greater
than most of them seem to appre-
ciate.
He is to educate. He is to inspire
with Holy and righteous truth. He
is to glorify the man of sorrow and
acquainted with grief; by the es-
ponsal of principles consistent with
logic and good human sense. When
he vowed make religion a burden to
ignorant people he is transcending
his power and traducing his honor.
For my yoke is easy and my burden
is light" this is the bedrock principle
enticing to all those who would find
the sacred folds of joyful christianity
within the anxious keeping of their
human possibility. When they lay
out a great propaganda of preplexing
inconsistencies, and set fearful pro-
gram of perfection for untried over
jealous feet, it is possible that they
of hypocrits that surely must follow
are paving the way for the multitude
of hypocrits that surely must follow
almost blindly. Jesus only preached
one sermon, and it abanded in
blessing for every noble impulse of
the human heart. Those principles
were of love, charity, and humility
and He meant them to stand for our
human salvation.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-09
Became Masons Durino w.

The following are but a tsw
Masons who became distipn,.s u u
ing the Civil war: Mcclellan Es' S
cock, Logan, Picket, Garfield ~ aaA
ley, Albert Pike, Miles and Gen ~
CorsOn Smith Of Illinois. m t 'OarI
was noted as a Masonic writer ana "a
thor, and served in the Civn ~ a.
every grade from private 10 Dr.
generaL. Later ne became hsr,. sue
governor Of ILLINOIS and genenI .
master or the Granu Lodge Of nm aa
and grand master Of Grand E0c..I
ment Knights Templars of Ame,;.-
Proceedings Grand Lodge of o.
1916.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-09
THE NEGRO Is
MAKING GOOD

The present time is pregnant with
great opportunities for all peoples.
The great world war almost in every
case is the real cause, and the Negro
race in America however, much it
has been hindered and obstructed
heretofore, at this writing it is not
ostrocised nor emphasized as a minor
factor.
These are great days, great for
the man and woman who has some
education, and with it spirit to make
and save. Great for the race in more
than a hundred phasis of honest hon.
orable livelihood.
The Negro in great measure has
availed himself on a broad guage
manifold industrial plane. He has
thought out much of the destructive
plan of warfare, and made himself a
known quantity, wherever least re-
sistance operated in his favor, he has
given in like measure his all in the
proportion of his numbers and abil-
ity to uphold the stars and stripes,
and to float the notes of national
music on all the battle fields. He
has shown his fitness, to work by the
side of more skilled artisans, and
held his own in the matter of cap
ability at whatever his hands were al
lowed to work.
Color distinctions and racial pre-
judicies do not mask his noble heart
to forgive and forget, and while yet
he suffers more than any other race
because of strife and human infsmy,
he has that indefnable courage to go
forward, hopeful and anxious in
search for all that is best in human
life. He will not despair because of
brutal usage, nor fail to look up in
spite of horrible tyranny.
He is proud Of his race, of his pro-
gress and his history. Valiant and
entrepid in arms where a redy mind
skill of head and hand with gun and
bayonet test the power of men he
viii not be found wanting. The fur
les of shot and shell that rain like
hail on the battlefelds of Europe fur
nished amusement for his over
wrought and sickened spirit in the
same measure that prayer in a lone
ly spot in the dark days of slavery
brought consolation.
He knows that the terrible days
Of war viii be followed by some
mighty days of peace, and that a
spirit of world democracy viii light
up the dark places of the human
hearts of all the world, and hence
he fights, to die, to live, and to make
the world better for his race.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-09
Cave DweIIers In France.

In prehistoric times. when man had
to tight with wild beasts not only for
food but for life, he found q welcome
refuge in grottoes and caverns. But
as soon as humanity had achieved some
degree Of progress in civilization our
ancestors forsoOk these primitive nat
ural shelters for more comfortable
dwellings. Our readers, therefore, re-
marks the Scientific American, doubt
less imagine that the troglodyte ceased
to exist many centuries ago, at any
rate In Europe. Yet even today there
may be found Frenchmen who live un-
derground only a few hundred kilO-
meters from Paris.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-09
Each Season Has Il. Charms.

Each season has its own outdoor
charm. even winter. when heavy
SHOWS cover the earth. Read Thor
eau and John Burroughs and learn
how the tracks Of small animals on
the SHOWS surface show the life Of
the woods and how the grace and
shadow OF twigs, the beauty and yari-
ETY. of the seed pods Of weeds and the
activity Of birds cause the stroller to
forget the cold, while the tinkling Of
small streams through a double mar
gin Of icicles is music to his ears.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-09
Pulse in Animals.

The normal pulse beats per minute
In the domestic animals are as fOL
lows: Horses, SO TO -; cattle. 50 q
20; sheep. goats and hogs, 20 TO 9'
and dogs. so to 100. The pulse bsaE
faster in young than in old anima2
Excitement and a nervous temper
ment may cause a more rapid pulse
When exercising and Immediately a,
ter. the rate is higher than when the
animal is at rest.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-09
Object Lesson

Staid and serious Mary felt ken,
responsible for the department Of /.
younger sister. Margaret. who was.
tirely lacking in a sense Of deco-,.
At a children's party one afternOo,
Mary was Mortified to see her si,,.
chewing gum with all the vicor ana
abandon Of her nature. Hastily swesD.
ing the offender into a corner Ma,
pointed out third little guest WI.
was managing her stick Of gum win
cOmmendable moderation and restrain,
Margaret" she said severely. II wan
you to notice how a lady chews gum
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-09
"Earn Your Salt"

When any one earns a salary he e
really earning his salt" for the vOI
salary has a very interesting stOr.
When the Roman governor travel3
on his rounds through the provinces
which he governed. the people at earh
stopping place had to provide him With
food for his horses and salt for hin
self. This was his Salarium-sa being
the Latin for salt-Or his salt mOney.'
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-09
HIs Last Hone 0oae.

In an Oklahoma court an aftor.
ney had been many times overruled
by the court curing the morning ses-
sion. The attorney arrived In the
court room at / :35 p. m, whereas
court had adjourned to 1870. The
court and the attorney disagreed as
to what was, In fact, the correct time.
and the discussion ended with the
iespaIring statement by the attorney:
Very well, your honor. Let's have II
that way. I had hoped, however, that
the time Of day was one subject on
which we might agree."-Law Notes.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-09
Charm of a Rabbit Foot.

An explanation Of the marvellous
and mysterious properties of the rab-
bit foot as a good luck piece is to be
found in the fact that Witchcraft re-
garded the rabbit as a particularly
mystical animal. The favorite dis
guise Of the witches of old was to take
the form of a rabbit-a close second
was the cat-and records again and
again show convictions and executions
Of women for the fearful crime Of
changing themselves into rabbits. A
rabbit foot was a potent charm against
the evil spells Of the witch-rabbit.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-09
THE coLoRED PEOPLE
AND THEIR CHURCHES.

In this issue we have given merely
a very short exegesis on the Candid
Criticism of The Negro Church. Ye
writer wishes to say to all Negro
preachers that ''the thing is loaded"
and they had better use discretion as
above editorial is only a few of six
teen sheets of a closely written article
and Negro Preachers" BY the
Writer.
If it is dangerous to get on the
heels of an untame mule, it is equally
as dangerous to ask rs for the proof
Of the above statements in the cri-
cism.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-09
Color Blind.

One man in England in every sixty
is partially or wholly color blind, so
at least the tests for the English mer-
camille marine seem TO show. A not
ed professor maintains that the pro
portion is even larger. Candidates,
after passing all the usual tests relied
upon by the navy and the railway COM
panies, have been found to be defec-
tive by his lantern.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-09
Chinese Don't Like Cheese.

Statisticians have figured out that
England eats the larger part Of Eu-
ropes output of cheese. EurOpe's out
put amounts to 34O.OOOOOO Kilograms.
England alone consumes 1S0.OOO.OO
Kilograms Of this amount. Next comes
Holland. which takes 56.OOO.OOO; Swift
zerland takes 43.OOO.OOO; France. 81
100000. and Germany 2OOOO.OOO kilo-
grams. The only people on earth who
eat no cheese are the Chinese.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-09
Tall Trees.

The taIlest of CALIFORNIA; "big trees
Is three hundred and twenty-five feel
in height. but among the great gun
trees of Australia. not TO mention Bit
ish COlumbia's great frs. many spec
mems are more than four hundred feei
in height. and one. which was felled
southeast Australia. measured fou
hundred and seventy-one feet-the tai
est tree on record.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-09
Shedding lioht.

There are persons whose very pres
ence spells cheer and inspiration
There may be times when we can do
nothing to help our friends. but we can
always be something to help them II
our own lamp Of faith and love burns
clear.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-09
Need for Discipline.

The price we must pay for coutis
ually proving and possessing the goo5
is eternal vigilance. Often a sort q
pig-headednesS in Self-aSSertion. /,
encouragement. sets up its owner
ship. That Is one reason why dis
cipline-submitting ourselves in sOue
ways to the will of others is good 70.
us all, big and little. young and Old
1t is the best and often the only mean,
of breaking down the willfulness tia,
is likely TO enter any one of US at sry
moment.-YOuth's Companion.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-09
Contrary Mineral.

Coal is a contrary critter. Instead
Of expanding generously. like water,
in freezing weather, IT contracts rap
idly. The sensitive coal pile shrinks
at the first touch Of winter aid, with
the mercury at zero, when every re-
spectacle commodity is frozen stiff,
the costly coal pile melts away like
Simple SimOn's SNOWFALL before the
fire.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-09
All Biblical Towns.

II was at LYDIA. which was nigh
unto Joppa." that Peter restored
Aeneas. who had kept his bed eight
years and was sick of the patsy" and
IL was. of course. in JOppa itself that
Peter restored Tabitha to life. Here
also he lodged for a time with one
Simon a tanner. whose house is by
the seaside" and IL was here that he
saw the wonderful vision which taught
him the universally Of Christianity.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-09
HONEST CRITICISM ON
THE NEGRO CHURCH

In looking over the fields of the
different avocations of life, which
men choose by which they wish hon.
orably to earn their living, we find
more room for candid criticism in the
church than in any other business.
The legal profession regulates, and
adapts itself the mans social and
economic development and progress,
making laws to restrict the hands of
conduct within the premises of de-
cency and good order, and granting
plenary power to none. Not even
the supreme cours of the United
States, nor the President. While
supplying a fxedness in the regula-
ton of mans conduct, it grants and
warrants a fexibility to its edicts,
predicated on the wisdom of a jury,
consisting of twelve men. The legal
profession acknowledges that all laws
are subject to change.
The profession of medicine is high
also on the road of progress and de-
velopment. So rapid is its growth,
and so remarkable are its changes to
newer and advanced scientific de-
velopment, that every physician quail
fed, must study and adopt himself to
the requirements of ever increasing
changes and researches. As in the
law, a man has to meet the criminal
test of scholarship, and later the
exigencies of intricute sciences that
deal with phenomind more potent
than a hoarse rasping moaning and
gwaning preacher.
The clergy goes to the university,
and often through it. Some of the
clergy 90 to the university. Most of
them who do go and come away pre-
pared to give eloquent truth to d.
venity and preach of a real Christ
rich with all the splendid graces of
Holiness do not meet with the joyful
welcome and rich harvest of skeckels
lit used to be of souls).
There is everywhere ignorance.
1t is not the educated clergy that is
to blame, but the IS per cent. ignor-
ant preacher, who is abroad in the
land that is the cause of general COM
plant among the new Negro who is
insisting that the whangdoodle
preacher must be suppressed.
The pulpit like the bar, and the
medicine has got to undergo a change.
It must cast OF its old shell of re-
veneer and pretense Of righteousness,
and preach to intelligent people a
sincerity, not meaningless doting on
perfection, There is none and can
not ever bel, but feed them on the
uraefieaI and tan0ihla arnhros;as nm
tfitions to the intelligent mind.
Moses gave to the world the words
on tablet of stone, the ten laws diff
fcult and bewildering, a yoke that
Jesus came to earth to unloose, and
He gave us noble law, quintessence
Of all the laws, embodying every holy
thought and righteous human i'm
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-09
unkIndness often Bad Habit.

Unkindness is more a loose, indiffer-
ent habit than intentional neglect, dis
respect. or downright meanness.
Words and deeds are parented by
thoughts; and IL Is so easy to fall into
slOthful. Indifferent thinking that, Of
tentimeS .unthinkingly. we neglect.
speak carelessly TO, or treat uncOn-
cernedly those toward whom we ought
TO act with most consideration and
Difference. G. f. W., in Great
Thoughts.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-09
Special Clothes for Motorists

It was in 1900 that a well-knoVn
tailor in Chicago introduced specially
designed clothing for motorists. DIS
announcement read in part as follows
I'VE can furnish a leather chauneurs
suit. jacket, trousers. cap and goggis
complete in any color found IN Ao
gloves at $50 the outfit"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-09
Painful Insinuation.

Little six-year-old to young aunt
showing him a family portrait !:
"What a funny way that gran'pa is
dressed, auntie" Auntie-"That is
the way gentlemen dressed more than
g hundred years ago." Six-YeAr- Old
-"And when gentlemen dressed like
that, what did you wear, auntieT
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-09
lncurable. Too.

Little Edith was very fond OF near
ing her father play the guitar oaI
one evening he placed table Knhs
across the strings and it sounoeO
somewhat like a ukulele. Edith IL
tened for a moment and then salu,
Papa, what makes the music SCUM
90 sickP"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-09
Choose Your Work Carefully.

II possible. choose your work be-
cause you believe you are fitted for It
not simply because 1t gives you the
wherewithal to live. Be glad because
you can do IT well, not because it pays
better than something else. or brings
you into association with people you
admire.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-09
Evolution.

Said the almOst-philosopher: the
fellow whose pap used to drive 3
miles to see q ballon ascension will
heartlessIy call his kids out Of the
street while they're watching an air.
plane"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-09
Happiness Above All.

he is a fool and worse than a fool
who trades his happiness for any other
thing that the world has TO offer. II.
with a crust you are happy. do not
trade the crust for feast. II you buy
a fortune with a penny and lose hap
piness. you have made the worst Of
Observation-Disclosures.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-09
Well Described.

A short time ago we were discussing
friend. who. while her hair had
grown white with the years. had re-
tanned a youthful figure. few days
afterward Ruth. referring to her. said.
you know who I mean. Aunty-that
lady who looks so young behind and
50 old In frOnt."-Chicago Tribune.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-09
lIfeIs Quiet places.

Without the silence Of life tnei'
can be 30 true greatness, and no DaD
can be great in the hours OF e1pre
sion and daily activity unless ne ia,
first been great in the silent places
his individual life.-TheodOre Lyman
Frost
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-09
AppropriatelY Directed.

Il met a sailor on the road" writes
+. G. B.. "and asked him II he could
direct me to the Woodlawn cemetery.
Turning. he pointed back and said with
nautical brevity. Dead ahead Dos
ton Transcript.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-09
Many Varieties Of Timber.

Burma grows over a hundred va
rieties Of every sort Of timber. Yet
up to last year she exported her rub
Der In packing cases made Of wood
imported from Japan. 1t has now
been found that they can be made 10
cally at about half the cost.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-09
n.... nroerastinatIon.

A distasteful duty Is doubled Oy ~ ,Ss
crastination. We suffer not Only -,
unpIeasantness Of the actual oOius nro
the scarcely less discomfort Oh
konged dreading.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-09
Eucalyptus, superioritx.

A cedar tree requires more than q
century to grow large enough to yield
q 30-foot telephone pole. The eucalyp-
tus will attain a larger growth 10 80
years and its wood Is quite as durable.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-09
A Chronic Disease.

It Is like getting a letter from ~ "a
to pick up an old-town newspaper I ~.
find the men who were chasing pOnL
icaI Office ten years ago still ensSs
70 the sport.-ToIedo Blade.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-09
ooos' Claim on Humanity.

Canine capacity for untiring ana "
failing loyalty Is the dogs stronge4
hold on human friends and PROTECTORS
il is the quality which gives dogs lDen
greatest advantage over ell other aN'
mails as pets.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-09
No Stacker.

Father-"Why don't you stick to
work more7 It ought to be a real en-
joyment to you" SOn-"It Is. sir. but
/ don't like to give myself up wholly
10 pleasure"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-09
% It.

Aristotle said that the way to learn
to do thing is by doing H. II the
saying be applied to the things Of the
mind as well as to the things done By
the hand. great good win come Of r.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-09
sUasmodIe Sermon.

Because a fellow gets a repo'n ~
as a rouDder Is no indication ia Ip
Is moving In high social eircie
dianapoIIs Stas
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-09
sIncerltu Murt ae Perfect.

Sincerity Is impossible unless IT per
wade the whole being. and the pre-
tense Of II saps the very foundation Of
eharaeter.-LoWeI.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-09
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Vol XIV November 9, 1918 No. s
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-03-15
HANG 10000 GERMAN PROPA-
GANDlSTS IN ONE STATE SAYS
THE FOOD ADMINISTRATORS.

Philadelphia, March 1--WE wilr
mot be strictly free people until
l0O00 German propagandists in this
State have been hanged to telegraph
poles and shot full OF holes
This statement was made to-day
by Howard Heinz. Federal Food Ad-
miniStrator for Pennsylvania, at a
luncheon of food officials. Mr..
Heinz has just return from state
wide speaking tour. He reports that
the activities OF the German agents
have been making serious inroads on
food conservation.
These German agents have been
spreading stories that the Hlics are
eating white bread, and that there
is a surplus OF wheat in Argentina"
he said. With our present tonnage
we cannot conveniently get the wheat
from Argentina to our allies because
of the long haul 1t will be next
year before we can even catch up
with the present sinkings of the u
boats
Mr.. Heinz sal. the United States
was sending large quantities of corn
abroad, despite stories to the con-
trary.-Providence Journal.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-03-15
READY TO TAKE OVER THE
PINTO BEAN CROP CON.
TRACTED FOR LAST MONTH

The Food Administrator at Denver
announces that he has sent out no.
tices to all farmers and shippers OF
Pinto Beans with whom he has con-
tracts, as we'll as to bankers and to
farmers organizations. that the plan
of the Grain Corporation to take
over the 1917 crop OF Pinto Beans
becomes effective at once.
Farmers are to be paid cents per
pound for their Pinto Beans on a re-
cleaned basis and in the bulk The
Food Administration has arranged
to buy these recleaned Pinto Beans
from the shippers with whom they
have contracts at 10 per cent. above
what they paid the farmer. This 10
per cent allowed shippers covers the
cost OF handling, cleaning, sacks. etc
This Plan OF the Bean Division OF
the Food Administration will be the
means OF creating greater demand
and stable market for Pinto Beans
in the future. 1t offers the farmers
and shippers OF the West a chance
to bring 10 the attention of the con-
sumerS of the East one OF their lead
ing crops.