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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-19
TOMMY MAKES All ArU.vuT
His Work Of Art Was Not Apprs-
eiated and He EndeaVors 70
Set Matters Right

The New York Times Is response
Bile for the following:
Dear Teacher: Ny mother says I
haffto apologize for droren your
plckchure on the bored as II you was
an oiled made with curls and q long
wissker on your chin witch you could
not help or me neither.
II was q meen thing to doc and ]
am sorry dIdd It but I could not
help Il bzecaws you stood thare look
ing 30 naeherl with the curls and the
wissker and all and Jenny Ames
dared me to doc II az recess.
doc not blame you for wippen
me becaws II looked 30 mulch Ike
you you had q purfeck rite to be mad
II was you I would be mad too.
Ny mother says nobody II 30 semi
sitive about her looks as q lady teach
er espeshuly II she Is q lettle oiled
but this was not to 90 In the letter.
II you only understood what IL In
side Of boys heads maken them be
mischefuss you would be sorry for
them for II Is not exackly their fault
know you feel worse about II than
I do becaws my wippIn does not hurt
now but q plckchure does on forever.
/ Teachers have q hard ernuH time
goodness knows without beln shOde
how they look with q whoal school to
Ian at
Sometimes II you do not care will
drore you on the bored loOken swete
and yung and put your name under 30
everybody viii know who It Is and 50
no more for the present froum your
troo friend and skoller.
TOMMY.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-19
Birds Hold Dances.

Many Of the birds Of South America
have the regularly formed habit Of
meeting periodically In the same place
for the purpose Of dancing. Some sing
as they dance. others accompany the re-
fraIn BY something very like instru-
mental music. The rupleola dances
alone, says the Detroit Free Press
Birds Of this species range themselves
in q circle round level. NOISY or soft
ground. and one Of them, bright with
orange and scarlet plumage, leaves the
circle and advances to the center Of
the space with the dignity Of . ccur-
der dancing q minuet, his wings
spread and tail like q fan He begins
slowly. gradually increasing the speed
Of his Eyrations until he terminates his
performance by leapIng and whirling.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-19
THINK HIGHLY OF LANTERNS
Chinese Make Them In Many Attrae-
tive Forms, and Pay Big Prices
for Them

The shops Of the lantern vendors IN
the Chinese cities are usually very
gay and attractive. All varieties Of
lanterns are to be seen-the large
siIken ones 5 and 4 feet high, gor-
geously painted with variegated colOrs,
embroidered in gold and silver or dec
grated with deep fringe Of the same
material, and common small horn and
paper lanterns used by the coolies. &C
cording TO the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The mode Of making horn lanterns Is
very ingenious; the horns are cut In
to remarkably thin slices, which, by
means Of heat and pressure, are
Joined together and formed into vari-
Gus shapes-round, square. hexagon,
Octagon and some shaped to resemble
an hour glass.
It IS usual for servants after sun
set to carry before their masters large
lanterns made either Of horn or high
" vanished paper. with the name,
title and dignities painted In large let
tiers thereon.
At the Feast Of Lanterns, which
takes place In the early part Of the
Chinese New Year. these lantern shop
proprietors reap a rich harvest, as 1t
is customary for parents to make
presents Of lanterns to their children,
brother to sister. friend to friend. In
ferior to superior. and vice versa
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-19
Via Iceland.

The desire that centuries ago made
men look TO the North for closer con-
nection between the eastern and west
ern hemispheres may soon be realized
by the shipment Of Canadian grain
from Port Nelson, In Hudson bay, to
Rekjavic. Iceland, there to be stored
in warehouses for trans-shipment to
Europe. The ancient Icelandic capt.
tai. dating back to the coming Of the
Mortimer In the ninth century. will
thus become an important link in the
international commerce. Hudson bay
f. unfrozen during about FIVE months,
and the grain, once stored at Rektavic,
where navigation Is practically always
open with Europe, can be forwarded
as needed. The plan shortens the rail-
way haul Of grain moving from the
new TO the old world by about a thou
sand miles; and the grain ships cross
ing the bay win travel a twentieth
century version Of the new route for
commerce which the old navigator,
Henry Hudson, was seeking In the
early seventeenth.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-19
Poetry and PLAGIARISM.

After Longfellow's poem Excelsior, "
INST appeared 1t was copied all over
NE country In the various journals II
vas not long In reaching England.
there II met with the same enthusiast
reception. LOngfellow, In his diary
u September /, 1871. notes: II
received from Mr.. Henry GersOni to
qy a Hebrew translation Of Excel
hoF.'"
IL the writing Of Excelsior" Long
'eloW was charged By q number Of
Gitcs with plagiarism. One Of these
uamed that the poet had adopted lines
Son Brainard's poem, The MOcking
Ilfd" but to this the poet replied:
Now, when In Excelsior / said
4 voice fell like q falling star Brain
nus poem was not In my mind nor
No | ever read It. OF truth, one
1nnot strike a spade into the soil Of
.anaSsus without disturbing the
SOaes Of some dead poet."-Detroit
tfee Press.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-19
Suction plates on eats.

Certain bats appear to have found
their hookIIke thumbs and hind feet
insufficient for suspension and have
made use Of the suction principle for
this purpose. This mode Of suspen-
sion has been developed independently
in two distinct bats, one q native Of
Brazil and the other Of Madagascar.
In the Brazilian species the suckers
take the form Of stalked discs attach
ed to the palms Of the thumbs and the
soles Of the feet The suckers Of the
Malagasy species are horseshoe Ike.
By means Of the suckers these bats
are able to ascend vertical surfaces
Very curious II Is to note the similar
Ity between the suckers Of these bats
and those on the arms Of the cutie
fishes.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-19
RIoht standard Of LIvIna.

Byron. after q misspent youth. de-
sired q soldiers grave" In ''the land
Of honorable DEATH" Far better would
Il have been II he had. Ike Tolstol, re-
solved to live down the errors Of his
early life. and to build mp q future
which would have redeemed the follieS
Of the past
when our own evil deeds have not
soured our existence and when We have
faith In that eternal justice which sees
In the soul Of man something greater
than nature that viii outliye her tran
STORY laws. we shall welcome old age
as the portal through which we must
pass to live the life eVeriasting.-Lu-
can In Rochester Post Express
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-19
,sifiT OF D0OR-KNOckERS
Proof That They Antedate
w.stsrn Civilization BY Many
Hundreds Of YearG

-. origin Of door-knOckers is al
los, In obscurity. and their devel-
mi from mere articles Of utility to
80 of art has been q long, slow
.ssss Of evolution. covering centu-
y and antedating western civIIiza-
:, BY many hundreds Of years.
me first general use Of knockers
A., Is positively known was among
:. sncI ant Greeks, who probably
'souted them from the Egyptians. We
:, told that the Greeks considered
/, breach Of GOOD manners to enter
house without warning the inmates,
nd that the Spartans gave this notice
: shouting their arrival. while the
,AenIsns announced themselves by
,.,ur the knocker. It's introduction
hubtless came at the time when doors
uperseded hangings, for the purpose
insuring greater safety or privacy.
In the Greek houses OF the better
s,ss q porter was In constant attend
nee at the door to admit visitors.
caves were usually employed in this
aDacity, and were chained to the door
nsts to prevent their wandering and
tlrking the monOtony Of the duty,
NO in order TO awaken them a short
kr Of iron was fastened to the door
r chain. to be used as a rapper by
hOse desiring entrance to the house.
L is said that this strictly utilItari-
n npper, as 1t was first called, was
Sten wrenched from the door to be
ned as a weapon Of offense by visitors
Mo we're not friendly disposed toward
Be householder. A later development
us e direct consequence Of this mis-
Ee, the next type being In the form
& heavy ring fastened by a strong
camp or plate to the door, thus serV-
hg the double purpose Of knocker and
hDdle.
From Greece the custom was trans
tsfred to the Romans, and with the
western trend Of early civilization to
Dssrly every country Of Europe. The
hroduction Of knockers to England,
Ehere together with Italy and Ger
many they have attained the greatest
lristic development, was no doubt due
% the Roman conquest Of western Eu-
'upe and Observation-Disclosures.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-19
.,UT MthsLT FISH STORIES
Showers Of Sea Food From Sky Are
Authenticated, According to
Magazine Writer.

Next time some one tells you Of its
raining fish and frogs. don't laugh; the
story may be true. There Is. for In
stance, record Of q fish rain In 1865
that showered smelts all over Stan
stead parish In merry England. says
Popular Science Magazine.
In Baton Rouge, In 1895. II rained
ducks. eatbirds and voodpeckers.
We pause right here TO say that sci
entists explain these showers by the
lifting power Of the wind and the an
Client principle that what goes up
must come down; and you never can
be sure what is up.
Getting down to 1917. John Lewis Of
Aberdale, Wales, reports: Il was
startled by something falling all over
me. &, On putting my hand down
my neck / was surprised to and they
were little FISH"
No less q person than Alexander
Won Humboldt writes Of q downpour
of fishes in the-Andes which seemed to
be aided and abetted by q very active
HNiNahO- hC Salu
er counted on Ash showers to reduce
the II. G. L.. usually having several q
season.
Singapore. as might be expected,
holds the shower record. with rain Of
fve-lnch catfish, which the Chinese
gathered by the basketful.
Nine native witnesses urged by q
csnny Scot, made dispositions before
magistrate attesting the truth Of their
tales Of q shower in Bengal during
which at least five kinds Of fish fell
nom the heavens.
Boston, in the days Of the plug" hat,
had what is called (being BOSTON, "a
piscatorial deluge" But In Connecti-
cut the same year II rained fish and
Ice together, which we call thoughtful.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-19
snNa Ken Iohn Pair

"Some songs are immortal. and Dye
Ken John PeelT is one Of them. The
lifting tune Of 1t was infectious on the
fields Of France, and many q British
soldier learned the words, too. for the
first time. The history Of the song.
about which there have been many ex-
cited arguments, can now be definitely
settled, for at SOtheby's. recently, the
original manuscripts Of John Wood
cock Graves words, and Of William
Metcalfe, the Carlisle cathedral sing
er's music, were offered for sale." says
the London Telegraph
81 declare that never thought my
self more than q hedgerow rhymer till
i was called out as the author Of
~John Peel" Graves said
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-19
GOES BACK TO ANCIENT DAYS
Expression Concerning Fires Of Faith
and the Torch Of Religion Traced
70 Fire WorshlperG

MY faith is like a burning fame"
many q martyr has said when he was
being sorely tried. II may carry the
torch Of the true religion forward" is
ar expression so often used that II
seems almost title. Is II an accident
that many Of the most fervent religious
phrases are connected In one way or
another with the hre-image1
One Of the curious customs Of Lithu-
anla gives a clew to the answer to
this question. Religion and faith are
expressed in fiery terms because most
Of our ancestors were fire worshipers.
The tradition has outlIved pagan
ism, has come into Christianity itself,
and remains most plainly evident In
the language we use when talking of
religion.
In Lithuania family councils are held
only In front Of the hearth. All impor-
tant gatherings are connected with
the fireplace. The fire is never allowed
to die out. 1t is the duty Of the old
est woman In the family to tend to the
fire, to cover II with ashes at night
and to revive II In the morning.
Why the oldest woman rather than
the Oldest man7 Because In pagan
days the attendants Of the sacred fires
we're always women. the vestal vir-
gins, whose lives were devoted to that
one task.
When we speak Of the fires Of faith.
therefore, or Of the torch Of religion.
we are barking back to the ancient
days. the days when fire was faith and
religion a torch.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-19
VIOLIN ALWAYS THE SAME
For Centuries Shape and Substance Of
That Tuneful instrument Have
Not Been Altered.

Even In this age Of hustle and
change, some few Of the old standbys
remain unchanged, but at that IT Is
rather startling to realize that the vio-
lii, probably the best loved Of all mu-
steal Instruments, has remained virtu-
ally unchanged in shape or substance
for three centuries. In that time the
harpSichOrd. lutte and spinet have pass
ed away, the harp has been improved,
tbt piano has been invented and de-
Veloped but the violin, which took a
hundred years to assume its present
form. since the days Of the great Stra-
dwarf, the worlds most famous vio-
LIN maker. has remained unchanged.
The violin is popularity supposed to
date from the days Of the ancient In
dams, but the present instrument had
Its beginning back in the days Of the
roubadOurs, who used musical boxes
called violes or guital fiddles. And as
the years went by the little violes were
improved. The shape was altered; bit
By bit the instrument changed. Now
bridge was added; now a waist;
openings on either side Of the bridge
we're added
And from 1850 to 1760 the violin in
oustry rose to its greatest achieve
Dents in the developments Of Amati,
Guarneri, and StradIvari. Italian viO-
Id makers living In the town Of Gre
mona. Since their time there has been
no change, and the finest and most
Priceless musical instrument Of today
Is Stradivarius violin, made three
Centuries ago by the master craftsman
Sradivari In CremOna.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-19
Queer coIneidenee.

One Of q party whereof Charles
Darwin was q member was speaking
Of the earthquake Of Tacahusno. In
northern Chile, on which occasion the
father had lost all his property and
the narrator himself had barely e.
caped with his life. Then. writes Oar
win. there ensued q curious cOinei-
dence. A German, one Of the party
got up, saying he would never sit In q
room in those countries with the door
shut, a, owing to his having done So
he once nearly lost his life at Soptapo.
Accordingly, he opened the door No
sooner had he done 50 than ne CRIED
out. ~Here it comes againT and an
other shock ensued. The whole party
escaped.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-19
HoLD DUFFER" WAS ADMITTED
Distinguished Citizen, Wanting to See
Horace Greeley, irreVerently An
nouneed by once Boy.

A citizen Of Waterbury wrote a let
tel to the Republican Of that city q
day or two ago asking for information
about Horace Greeley, who he was,
etc. That he wished to learn more
about the great journalist does him
credit, but we are surprised there Is
q mar In Waterbury capable Of writing
letters to newspapers who didn't know
about Mr.. Greeley already.
This reminds me Of a story told by
the late Charles A. Dana One day
while Mr.. Greeley was reigning as edi-
tor of the Tribune, he was particu-
lsIly busy, and gave explicit orders to
his Office boy not to admit anybody
to his room. Later on the Office boy
announced to Mr.. Greeley there was
an "old duffer" outside clamoring for
an interview with the editor. Mr..
Greeley asked the boy who 1t was, to
which the boy replied he didn't know,
but that he wore q soiled linen dus-
ter, carried a carpet-bag Of the early
seventies type, and made a big fuss
because he couldn't see the editor Of
the Tribune. well" replied Mr.. Gree
ley. ''if he is so insistent you had bet
ter ask the fellow his name, and then
I will decide whether he can come in"
The boy went back and returned In a
few minutes bringing the information
that the "old duffer" was Henry Wilson
Of Boston who happened at that time
to be the vice president Of the United
States. He saw Mr.. Greeley.-Hart-
ford Courant.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-19
First Fake BeardG

The Jews were responsible for the
first false boards that were ever worn,
50 far as known They did not wear
them themselves. but they caused the
Egyptians to do %. The Egyptians
had long gone with smooth faces, but
when the Jews came over to stay with
them. the people Of the Nile quickly
absorbed the idea that bearded man
was associated with strength. nobility
Of character and perhaps proves. So
II quickly came about that whenever
the Egyptians wanted to hold q eele-
bration In which certain persons were
10 be exalted. the objects Of popular
seelsIm wore false boards.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-19
Had a Wide Zee.

Unlike the diamond and the ruby,
ne emerald appeared to have been
nicely used. according to ancient and
1eoleval writer's, for useful a. well
= Tor ornamental reeeptacles. Drink
cups cut from the gem appeared
y De the popular forms. OF some Of
Sese receptacles II was claimed that
ey possessed the magic quality o.
rnlng water poured into them into
pleasing drink with an celebrating
AcH' perhaps a mint Julep, that would
soOOtess, If they could be found. give
zen priceless value In the Land Of
1e Free and the Home Of the Brave,
- instead Of being a June jewel the
efald would be the peerless gem a
"Gy month in the year.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-19
Humanity On A.

Pictures must not be too pIetur-
esque. Nothing astonIshes men 90
much as eoIa1on sense and plain deal
Ing. All great actions have been sim
pie and all great pictures are The
TRANSPORTATION By Raphael b an en-
Inent example Of this peculiar merit A
calm, benlgnant beauty shines over
al this picture. and goes directly to
the heart II seems also TO call you
By name. TIE sweet. sublime face Of
Jesus n beyood praise; yet how Il dis
appoints all fond expectations This
familiar. simple, homeopathic eoun-
tenanee h As n Ose should meet G
friend
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-19
F.nkIIn,s piseovsry.s

On June Is, I752. BENJAMIN Frank
lin discovered" electricity BY demon
strating his theory that lightning and
electricity were identical. Choosing n
sultry day, when menaeing clouds
showed that q thunder storm was Inn
m,nent, Franklin sent up kite Of silk
on n framework Of iron wire The
cord was Of hemp with q piece Of silk
At the hand end. and above the EiIk
vas attached an irUn key. When the
storm broke the string stinened and
marks darted from the key. Again
ana again Franklin drew the spark
epuu de IroA. and THIS dsmOastra-
I'D his theory.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-19
FEW OWE FAILURE TO FATE
Man Who Has ~Lost Out" Generally
Unjust In Blaming the Fact on
Circumstances

He who Is bitter Is beaten. This Is
distilled from a lIfe," said q wise 90
server Of his kind. q writer In Philadel-
phia Ledger remarks.
Often one meets the man who has
become soured by his own life through
bis own fault-though he blames II all
on the chances and circumstances Of
destiny.
He will not admit that the hand Of
q bad habit dragged him down or
kept him from rising; that he made q
nIsstep or took the wrong turn Of
the road.
He prefers to charge impersonal fate
with his personal failure.
But he had the same right to strug-
gle and win that we all have. The
man whom he regards with envy had
TO prove that the stun was In him,
against odds.
The old proverb says that fortune
favors the brave-but that saying
really means that fortune plays no ia
vorites and confers her gifts only upon
those who fight. and fight hard.
Success Is not hereditary. We must
qualify on our own merit. Any fool
can inherit money and be parted from
Il quickly. The respect Of the com
munity, which is life's chief reward,
goes to him who earns II on his own
account. In that continuing enort the
fragrant memory OF a noble family ira
dition and a pious and honest par
entage Is a valuable asset and a great
Inspiration.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-19
Thought GRANDPA Has -saap.s

Grandpa. who was visiting rs, was
made much Of By every member Of
the family. Harry noticed that every
body tried to make him comfortable.
and that grandpa's wishes seemed to
be the law Of the household One
day the teacher was asking her class
what they would all Ike to be when
they grew up. When Il came Harry's
turn be answered without any hesita-
don: when I grow up I'd IKE 10 be
4 grandpa. Chicago Tribune.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-07-19
In 1854

aAnd what is this peculiar little
spirsI instrument Of steelT
sFhat "a a very odd device people
used many years ago to remove eorks
from bottles"
'-Oh, see"
sAny other question:
sYes. would yOu mind explaining TO
me what bottles were and what were
thW asa6 -
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-12
CLAIMS BRITAIN IS
 AFTER RHINE TRADE

PARIS, June 11.-A Universal Service dispatch says Great Britain Is organizing to rapture German trade on the Rhine. Representa- tives of 70 firms in the. United Kingdom have just formed Brit ish Chamber of Commerce at Col ogne.