The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1920-01-31

not gOOd eyes. fernapS Tor this rea
son II sleeps a great part Of the tim
and always with its eyes open. Their
Is some compensation for poor eyes
however. In the fact that its hearing
Is extremely keen.
Post Office Nerves.
According to the testimony Of some
hospital authorities. post Office nerves
are due partly to the frequent change:
from day to night duty. with conse
quent irregularities Of meals and sleep
partly to the changes Of work whereby
the same clerk may be standing all day
for another, with diverse occupations
each needing special knowledge
Hence, in the opinion Of some medical
men, mechanical routine is less wear.
ing than frequent change. Is 1t so1
Conditions That Make for Success.
The poet said that only those who
had eaten their bread in tears could
know the veritable presence Of the
heavenly powers. There is a discipline
In struggle, a drill in hardship. that
Is essential to the making Of a man
Of truly virile hber-the man qualified
to take command, whose attributes Of
are felt as soon as he APP
pears.-Exchange.
Educate Hotel Employees.
Arithmetic. bookkeeping, geography,
hotel legislation, commercial CORE
spondenee, stenography, typewriting,
ironing, cooking, linen mendlng. sew
ing and washing are some Of the sub
Jects taken at the school for women
hotel employees in Besancon, France,
which Is releasing each week 10 wom-
en- ready to I'LL positions in hotels
ranging from cashier to ehambermaid.
Excess Of Food Blamed.
b DR.. Pritchard, an English practitiOn-
T, believes that most OF the digestive
roubles OF infants and young children
Ire due TO excess OF food. And, be-
ddes the direct arrangements Of the
tomach and intestines, these have an
fleet upon the whole system and may
q the long run make it more suscept-
BILE to catching other diseases.
Wasn't Going to Touch Any.
II was tea time and Billy came to
the table with soiled hands. Mother
told him to leave the
table. ~Why," said she, 'you must be
washed. I wouldn't think Of letting
you touch a piece OF bread with such
hands" The child made no attempt
to leave. He evidently concluded he
could remain Just as he was, for he
said: 20, that's all right, mamma;
that's all right. / didn't want bread
Hawks Not All Enemies
The department of agriculture says
hat Of the so principal varieties OF
Iawks AZ are Of benefit to the farmer
inee they catch great numbers Of ro-
Ients that injure crops. It is even
aid that a hawk on the farm is as
as a COW. There are three
arieties OF hawks that are deadly to
hIekens and should be shot on sight.
@Paradlse Repaired" on Cabbage.
It is said that John Milton often
sed to have nothing but a few olives
or dinner, and We do not wonder so
much since learning this that he 50
eldOm wrote anything cheerful We
o not think We could write anything
heerful ourselves after dining on
few olives, though we have done II
OF infrequently on boiled cabbage and
rune whip.-ohiO State Journal.
Composition Of Pennies.
Pennies are made Of e5 per cent
Upper and per cent nickel and zinc.
he material which goes into them
Osts about % cents a pound and this
ound makes up into 40 one-cent
leees They are distributed TO banks
their face value. 50 the pfoft il
pound. less the cost Of manufae-
are, which Is not great.
Goldfish Had Swallowed Watch.
The fishing smack Hoodeneganset,
,aptaIn SkidmOre Of Essex. Conn.,
iad. among several interesting marine
elics. lady's gold watch taken from
be stomach Of Goldfish near the reef
q Nantucket. Mas. The timeplece is |
larked on the interior OF the case.
Bergee. No. S122 London. England"
nth no date. It Is in perfect state OF
reservation. with the hands marking |
us o'elOck.-The New England Fish
Hes