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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-26
Valuable Stamp Collection.

The first set of stamps in the 81 .000.-
600 collection which the late Henry ].
Duveen accumulated in less than 80
years, was purchased by Mr.. Duveen In
On attempt TO induce his son Godfrey.
to take up the hobby. When the son
eyinced no interest in the stamps, his
father, who knew little about the GU
rios, bought another packet for him
self, and becoming fascinated with the
pursuit, continued his purchases until
his collection grew to be one of the
four finest in the world. II is said
that the late J. PierpOnt Morgan tried
in vain TO purchase the collection.
The love for his stamps which Mr.
Duveen displayed may be Judged from
the care he took Of them. 1t is said
he kept his collection, during the lat
ter years of his life. in a room espe-
cially prepared for them in fashion
able New York hotel He paid $40
day for the room and employed a spe-
cial secretary to care for his treasures
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-26
FIRST. SETTLERS IN GEORGIA
James ooIethorpe Leader Of colcnists
Who Had Homes Where Now is
City Of Savannah.

The first white settlers in Georgia
landed at Yamacraw BLUFFS, on the site
of the future city Of Savannah, 1S6
years ago. and the event is now an
nuaIly commemorated as Georgia
day." James Oeletfforpe was the lead
er of the colonfsts. who made the trip
from England in the good ship Ann,
commanded by Capt. John Thomas, and
the party included 80 families, besides
General Oglethorpe and Rev. Thomas
Bosomworth. Through Mary Mus
grave, the Indian wife Of Carolina
white man, the colonists obtained the
consent Of the Creeks to establish
settlement, Mary acting as interpreter,
accounts say. Just a week later the
first house was commenced and the
settlement that sprang up on the spot
later became the city Of Savannah. II
is noteworthy that Hebrews were
araong the first settlers in Georgia.
Forty Jews were sent out to the col
ony and reached Savannah In the July
following 0glethorpe's landing. A
government was soon organized and
one of the first acts Of the trustees,
passed i'm August Of 1913, was to pro-
hibit rum in Georgia. Before the year
was passed a party of Saxons and an
other of Bavarians reached Georgia.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-26
cIaksifxina the Apartment.

The apartment, in spite OF VIDE
physical differences. belongs to the
same family as the lead razor and the
wooden nutmeg. II is built to get rid
of; and the persons who acquire one
usually find that Il isn't what they
thought 1t was. In the popular mind.
the apartment belongs to the great
family Of homes. and can easily be
made into a true home by the addition
Of rubber plant and an enlarged
photograph Of the Colosseum. This Is
as much Of a fallacy as to think that
bluejay can be made into bluebird
by giving him a bluebird house to nest
in. The bluejay belongs to the crow
family: and while his plumage may
please the esthetic senses for a time,
his raucous screams and his bullying
pugnacity will inevitably offend every
one. The wise man. in acquiring an
apartment. views II as branch Of the
wooden nutmeg family and determines
to pass II on to someone else with all
possible speed.-Judge.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-26
efficient ABOVE ALL THINGS
Human Ingenuity Has Never Con-
structed Machine Of Greater Per-
lection Than the Shears.

Recurring to the very high efficiency
Of shears-althOugh the use OF the
word pair" Is correct when one re-
members that each blade Is an old
English "scear." or cutter-the inyen-
tor must have been a practical me-
chanic. He was, probably, one Of the
earliest Of inventors, because among
the pictures on the walls Of the mes
taba, or tomb, of Tt. at ancient Mem
phis, shears are pictured for clipping
wool from sheep and goats. The de-
ceased Ii must have been a person
of much importance in the, Fifth dy-
nasty (25OO b. c., although he mod
estly described himself as Keeper OF
the Pyramids"
Therefore shears were In familiar
use $500 years ago and their general
form has not been improved upon.
This is due to the true engineering
principle behind the shears.
The invention would appear to have
sprung feIl-hedged into the world, Ike
Minerva from the brain OF Jupiter.
Imagination is required TO picture the
admiration with which the first user
Of a pair Of shears contemplated the
perfection Of the service rendered. Al
though he probably did not recognize
the fact, the efficiency of the shears Is
80 go per cent perfection.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-26
undouhted Truth.

A party of tourists were taking a
stroll through the ancient city of st.
Andrews. All happened to be stran-
gers to the city, and were naturally
anxious for information. Coming to
a massive archCay adorned with sculp-
lures, spanning the street, one of the
party went up to man who was
working al the side of the arch and
asked: -Can you please tell us what
this is?" Without turning his head.
the man replied: This? This is a
WALL" Yes yes; but it's this build
ing, this arch, we would like 20
know something about" The native
came out to the middle of the street
where the visitors were standing and
looked perhaps more attentively at
the arch than he had ever done In his
life before. Though willing. he could
give no information; he didn't seem
to know its name even. "Weel," he
said sagely at length, "thersS go doot
IL Is a very ancient placer
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-26
HONOR MARTYRS or NIPPON
February 5 as the HoIiest Day
In Their Calendar.

The Catholics of Japan have set
aside February as the festival Of
the martyrs of Nippon. This day is
their hottest day of the year. St
Francis Xavier introduced Christianity
to japan early In the sixteenth cen
fury, but II has not made much prog
ress among the population OF 100000
people, who follow Shinto and Buddha.
There are about $4,000 Christians in
Japan. Of whom 1900 are Catholics
and 10000 Protestants.
A number of Jesuit missionaries fol-
lowed st. Francis TO the east, and no
opposition to Christianity was encoun-
tered until 40 years after the pioneers
death. Then a rigid persecution was
begun and thousands Of Christians
were murdered. All Christian rites
were forbidden. japanese converts
banded together in a confraternity Of
martyrs, for the purpose of dying for
Christ Many little children joined the
organization. All, or as many as were
caught, were put to death. NOblemen
as well as the poor shared the same
fate. Some were buried alive and left
to die Of starvation, while others were
beheaded. The festival of Nippon
commentaries these martyrs deaths.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-26
SIMPLY PERFECT IN THEORY
Kitchen Management Left Nothing to
Be Desired, Except the Prosaie
Fact Of Cooking.

An experienced housewife, who has
never taken any other course In do
nestle science than that afforded by
wrestling many years with the prob
lem Of three meals a day, felt much
interested when her cOllege-bred daugh-
ter told her that she was going to
spend the weekend with friend who
was the last word In the highbrOw
world Of the cooking specialist.
Mother. Il was wonderful" ex-
claimed the girl on her return. "On
one side Of her white-tiled laboratory
she doesn't call it n kltchen-there
Is the dishwashing machine and on
the other the long tables for the con-
srructive work. The arrangements
are perfect. and everything is clean
and shining. I'm just crazy about H..
Not a bit like our haphazard kitchen"
"And presume the food was equally
wonderful" said the really sympathetic
mother. ready to learn of the new
generation. Tell me about It."
The returned visitor looked thought
ful. "Well. you see. we didn't go very
deep into cookery. She never does. We
had dinner made In the fireless cook
er. some sort of stew. And the rest
Of the stuff she gets at the delicates-
sen."-New York World.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-26
Dickens Love of Humanity.

Dickens love for humanity. his de-
sire to right wrong and relieve suffer
ing. were some of the reasons given
by Sheriff Lyell, = talented member Of
the Scottish bar. Speakin. before Inc
Glasgow Dickens society. for the admi-
ration that writer had Won. The Bar
risters of Dickens" WAS the speakers
subject. He referred To Mr.. NoleS
Eugene Raeburn- Tommy TraddieS
Sidney Carton. Sergeant EuzbH anu
other characters we'll known TO DICK
ems readers.
"One must leave behind the spin
of criticism and give oneself up 10
whOle-hcarted enjoyment in reia'ns
Dickens" he said There might IL
times. he exnggerati0n or forced SER
timent, but there i ais" genius
don't know why he made Tommy lraF
dies q lawyer. unless il waN Z" SLOW
that we barriSterS are not all ~ h'a'A
as we are painted. Dickens WIS ~
his best in depicting deep anu se,,u'H'
pathos, free from sentimentall>lh.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-26
Drink Plenty of Milk.

Drink milk. Drink more milk.
Pure, fresh, rich milk is a food fit for
tie gods. Babies cannot live without
milk. and growing children grow fast
er for IL.
II gives vitality to youth. power
to middle life and to old age II brings
a goodly portion Of the health and
strength Of former years
1t should be used more largely by
people Of all ages. classes and con-
ditions. Mix steadies the nerves and
adds to the health, physical strength
and mental energy OF those who use
It II excels coffee and with II tea
Is not TO be compared.
We may drink Il at meals and be
tween meals. II Is delicious, refresh
ing. inyigorating. 1t is one Of natures
best gifts TO man.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-26
Real HFire Kino.n

Back somewhere around 1880 was
a man called NJ. Chabert, better known
as ''the fire king" and these are some
of the things he did to prove himself
inhuman and a marvel In London. To
begin with, he swallowed 40 grains Of
phosphorus, which is quite enough to
kill two good-sized men, and after that
he slipped oil at $50 degrees, and lived
long enough to rub a red-hot fire shovel
over his tongue. face and hair. and
then lived some more.
Some few years later. On a challenge
Of $3.50, he repeated the feat, won the
wager and threw In a few more like
stunts for good measure. He swallow
ed a piece Of burning torch. for In
stance. and then. costumed in coarse
wooden, entered an oven at $50 de
grees. sang a song and cooked two dish
es Of beefsteak.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-26
L0ATH TO GIVE UP ARM0R
Mobiles Wore Il as Gala Costume Long
After u Was Of Any Value
as Protection.

Until the sixteenth century armOr de-
veIoped In a logical way; its forms
were governed by the necessities OF
war, changes In II were the result or
practical experience and actual expert
ment on the battlefield-nOt decided
upon in the Office of the minister OF
war.
After the sixteenth century IL be-
came fantastic and meaningless, a gala
costume rather than a harness; the
greatest captains opposed its use, but
the mobiles chung TO II as a mark OF
distinction.
After II was made bulletprOof IL be-
came so enormously heavy that at the
end Of the sixteenth century Lanone
complained that gentlemen of thirty
were already defOrmed by the weight
of their armor.
In spite OF the huge armors Of Henry
VIII, OF Anthony Of Burgundy and of
some others, the average size Of the
modern man is greater than that Of the
soldier Of the middle ages and the re-
naissance. II we can judge from the
armOrs preserved in the museums Of
England and the Continent, which are.
with few exceptions, small and mar
row. especially i'm the leg and thigh
pieces.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-26
Robert Burns.

Burns is the singer of songs as i'm
mortal as love, pure as the dew OF
the morning. and sweet as its breath !:
songs with which the lover wOos his
bride and the mother sOOthes her
child. and the heart of people beats
with patriotic exultatiOn; songs that
cheer human endeavOr and console hui
man sorrow and exalt human life. We
cannot find out the secret of their pow
er. Until we know why the rose Is
sweet or the dew-drOp pure, or the
rainbow beautiful. we cannot know
why the poet is the best benefactOr
Of humanity. II We were forced to
surrender every expression Of human
genius but one, surely We should re-
tain poetry; and IL we were called to
lose from the vast accumulation of lit
erature all but a score Of books. among
that choice and perfect reminder
would be the songs Of Burns.-George
Wilson Curtis.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-26
Famous Fleet Street.

A modern writer has called fie',
street the street of Adventure 'T'
the name is q good one, writes a, "
Methley. In "a Child's Guide To Lon
DON" for here all the news oi ~
world is gathered together anu "a
strip of sky overhead is crls>crOs ~,
with the telegraph and telephone "H''
that bring tidings Of warfare -.
victories. revolutions, and mar'eiOO'
inventions and discoveries.
The road certainly deserves us ~
turesque title. but, in medieVaI ~
when, as FroIssart says, the LonuO" ~
were the perilousest people III .ss
world, and the most OutrageouSeS'' -.
name would have been even more -
propriate. Then the adventures 'ie Dd
selves actually took place here az
again and again in history We m
wild stories of tumultS loO "a
out on the rough cObblestones Oh wv
-Flete Strete."
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-26
Some Watch!

While the latest thing in watches Is
the thin. round or Octagon gold time
piece. Capt. Martin Van Buren, Bates,
who died at his home in Seville. Ohio.
wore a watch that weighed four
pounds. II was set with diamonds and
delicate set Of chimes sounded the
hours as the watch rested In his vest
pocket. II was a gift from Queen Vic
toria.
II may be explained that the man
who wore the fOur-pOund watch was a
famous giant. He stood feet 4 inches
and weighed $50 pounds. He was born
in eastern Kentucky. and served asa
soldier In the command Of Gen. John
Morgan. the confederate cavalry lead
er. He later toured the world with
circus with his first wife. Annie Swan,
who was 8 feet tall.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-26
Fellow Beings.

IN that simple and beautiful record
Of a holy life. the Journal of John
Woolman, there is a passage of which
I have been more than once reminded
In my intercourse with my fellow
beings: "SOme glances Of real beauty
may be seen In their faces who dwell
in true meekness. There is q divine
harmony in the sound of that voice TO
which divine Love gives utterance."
Quite the ugllest face ever saw was
that of n woman whom the world calls
beautiful On the other hand,
there are faces which the multitude at
the first glance pronounce homely, I'M
attractive. and such as mature fash
Ions by the gross" which ] always rec
ognIze with a warm heart-thrill; not
for the world would ! have one feat
ure changed; they please me as they
are; they are hallowed by kind memo
ries; they are beautiful through their
associations; nor are they any the less
welcome that with my admiration OF
them 'the stranger intermeddleth not"
Whittier.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-26
Evening.

Thus my wife and have begun life
together. I think that most Of our eve
nIngs viii be spent in the room dedi-
Gated TO a kind>Tord for life universal.
No matter how closely the warning
forces Of existence. within or without.
have pressed upon rs elsewhere. when
we enter there we enter peace. We
shall be walled in from all darkness Of
whatsoever meaning; our better selves
win be the sole guests Of those Iumin-
Gus hours. And surely no greater good
fortune can befall any household than
to escape an ignoble evening. To attain
q noble one Is like lying calmly down
to sleep on q mountain top towards
which our feet have struggled upward
amid enemies al day lOng.-James
lane Allen
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-26
Merely Changed Music.

How bands were once sometimes re-
cruited for the navy is suggested by
an old tale of maritime warfare. When
the frigate United States captured the
British frigate Macedonian. about a
hundred years ago, 1t also captured q
band of eight French. German and
Italian musicians. The band had first
put to sea In French frigate. which
was captured by a Portuguese vessel
and brought into Lisbon. There the
musicians had been persuaded to en-
list on the Macedonian. After their
capture by the United States one
judges that they played Just as cheer
fully for American sailormen as they
had already played for French, Per-
tuguese, and British.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-26
FORCING GROWTH OF PLANTS
intelligence Of Man 10 Enabling rim
10 Become Master Of Nature ana
the Seasons.

BY degrees man Is becoming mas
Ter of the seasons. Light and cleo
t-icity are being pressed into his serv-
ice, and he can already force on plant
growth SO rapidly that he can beat
the ordinary process Of Nature oy
many weeks
One method Is 20 treat seed, be-
fore planting Il, with small doses OF
hieh-tension electricity. In 1910 trial
was made Of this method near Burn
ham-on- Crouch, In Essex, England.
Spring wheat Is usually sown In March
or April. On this occasion the wheat
of which the seed had been treated
by this special process. was not sown
until July 10. II was up in I'VE days,
and ON September 10 was In ear. II
was reaped II weeks from the time II
was sown, whereas the ordinary time
for wheat to mature In that country
is Is weeks.
Another method of forcing crops Is
10 run a current Of electricity through
overhead wires. In this way the yield
of oats and beans has been nearly. dou-
bIed. Experiments tried last year at
Llncluden Mains farm In Dumfries-
shire. were practically successful!s A
third method Is to use artificial light,
either electric or. better still, acety.
Iene. Plants are thus made to grow
by night as well as by day. Cabbages
and lettuce are easily forced In this
way, but other. plants such as carrots,
seem to resent 1t. Flowers bloom ear
Iier under artificial light, and are more
brlliant.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-26
Rock That Floats.

James Z. Grieve Of Prospect. Jack
son county. Ore, has a formation Of
rock on his property which will float.
Mr.. Grieve claims that floating rock
Is not uncommon in his vicinity, the
supposition being that II Is the rock
from the eruption when Crater lake
was formed. that body Of water being
about 30 miles from his property. The
rock resembles pumice stone and
pieces Of II can be seen floating around
on the ponds Regarding this strange
rock Mr.. Grieve says:
"To appreciate this enormous erup-
ton one should visit Crater Lake
park and the surrounding country.
which Is being made more accessible
and attractive every year by exten.
sIve road and trail work under dlrec-
ton Of the war department"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-26
EAST HAS ITS OWN IDEALS
Net All wIsdom, Virtue and Honesty
Can De Claimed 40 the Preroea-
tive Of the West

n II Il more Important to introduce
ready-madel cigarettes than Il Is 70
supply an example Of unparalleled
commercial honesty. China owes us
great deal. Otherwise Il b vice versa.
As an expert manager and as a mem
Der of the committee on foreign trade
of the National Association OF Manu-
facturers, ] have learned much from
foreigners IN methods Of merchandis-
ing. in courtesy and In breadth OF busi-
ness Vision. The credit losses OF
American manufactures average less
IN their dealings with the far East
than they do in their domestic rela-
tons. Unjustifed claims, petty exac-
lions and semi-dishonesty are less ire
quent In foreign than In home trade.
An incident which happened In
New York hotel may give hint as to
why orientals ere slow at accepting
American ideals at our own valuation.
An export manager was discussing
with his Bombay agent the details OF
a campaign TO cover the markets OF
India and Afghanistan. An American
friend, calling the manager aside, whis-
pered:
How can you bear to talk with
niggerr'
The exporter explained his long
friendship with the Indian and the I'M
portance of their business relations.
Then he turned to Introduce the two
men. The Bombay merchant had has
tily put on his right glove and shook
hands with his hand covered.
"Why the glover the exporter
asked when they were alone.
"How else conld ! return the Insult
of his first glance without erhbarrass-
ing you, good friend? The fact that
he did not appreciate the insult makes
my enjoyment the ACKNOWLEDGING.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-26
TRUTH OF CLOCKS SOUNDS
Real Reasons Why Large Timepiece 70
Always Considered to Be Saying
stick, Toes"

why do we always regard a clock
as saying stIcx. took" and not tick.
lick" Ike a watch? Is there reaAy
any dIstinctIcR between the alternate
sounds, or Is u a maiter Of psyC'hol-
ogyr Attention to ne problem has
been given by an Investigation. whose
conclusions are most interesting.
The general opinion. according to
him. has always been that 10 was mere
y a matter of chance whether the
''tick" accompanied the left and the
atock" the right beat Of the pendu-
Ium or vice versa. The first impor-
tnnt discovery this authority made was
that the tick" always marks the mo-
ment when the pendulum reaches the
extreme point Of defamation from the
perpendicular on its beat ia. the right.
while the reaching Of It's swing limit
to the left Is marked by the ''tock" In
pendulums of all lengths. He found
that owing TO the fact that the anchor
OF the escapement mechanism Is above
the rotating escapement wheel and In
the same plane with IL. the conditions
under which It's arms strike the cogs
Of the wheel are not the same for
both arms.
One Of the arms Of the anchor
strikes a cog Of the wheel moving up
ward. in a direction opposed TO than
Of the anchor. while the other arm
strikes against the coz while II Is
moving downward. nearly I'm the same
direction as the anchor. The result
OF the unequal conditions under which
the two arms Of the anchor enGnge
the cogs Of the escapemPnt wheel Is
naturally an acoustic difference in the
sounds produced by the contact of the
parts.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-26
Chinese Music.

Chinese music has always pee"
yond the grasp Of the occiu s"s
mind. appearing to have neither rn ."r,
nor reason to 1t. As a matter OF la .r
a Chinese musician must De "a
skilled. indeed. in his profeSS'o%,
hold a position in an oriental 9TH The
ira. Chinese music Is not written. -. -.
words of some Of the favorite SOU ~.
have been preserved. but the music n noo
been handed down from father ~ -
for generations that go far DaeA wbso
the day Of the trOubadourS' -dIrs
music is played IT is played accU s h,
to the memory Of the musician an" q.
IDEAS of Interpretation A musician ,ndr.
des the performance as his Des' IDS
r,enf dictates. and the strings
or brass may break in at any ''"