The broad ax., 1921-03-12
Around the Clock

Yes, boys" continued the steepla
jack. who was telling true" and
thrilling stories. yes, was working
. clock tower one afternoon about u
minutes to six. when I slipped. slid
down the roof and caught on the
long hand Of the clock. There !
dangled while the town folks collected
below. So ! yelIS to 'em. Say you
folks, 90 home to your suppers. ItIl
be close to half an hour before ]
drop"
Not Edible.
Little Virginia adores her cousin
Kate. but as she Is only tour, and
has Q limited vocabulary a. well a.
an original one. she calls her cousin
Cake" One day q friend InsIstsd on
her repeating the name several times.
until Virginia realized something was
not just right, whereupon she an
nouneed. Her name Is Cake. but We
dOa't eat her. cause A--r like We"
Word ef Norman oriaIn.
Our word helmet Is really the a.
minutiVe form Of the old Norman
-healme" and means q little helm.
The tendency Of the French language
was to drop the y" and to substitute
Q long 20" sound and % We got
heaume- The heaumers or healmers
Of medieval England were makers Of
helmets and the word has come down
70 ~ a. the surname Homer.
Wires ForsteII weather.
The varying hHmmlng Of telegraph
wires IL claimed 20 give experienced
observers q clue TO the weather - to
IS hours ahead. A German statement
Is that high shrill notes are followed
by heavy falls Of rain or snow OF short
duration. and deep humming tones. By
brief lIght rainfalls, while buzzIng
tones precede change In the weather.
WORDS Meaning Changed.
Going downstairs etymOlogieaIly
mems ascending. The Saxon -dun"
meant an upland or hill, and -a-dun"
meant q descent But In the course
Of time the proposition was omitted
and the word dun" came to mean
down.
Capacity for Service.
Capacity for service creates oppor-
'unities and multipIies offers Of posi-
ions. n out Of q Job. Increase your
Hrarity for service instead of hunt
ng job. and then the job viii hunt
rnT This IL true 10 both the maize
-iii and spiritual realm.-The Chris.
ten Index
Fellow Visitors
Passing through a pOverty-strickeu
district and poticing the large number
Il children playing about, the thought
occurred 10 Us that the stork and the
volf have about the same calling list
-BostOD Transcript
Progress IN Wrong Direction.
Iud TuHkins says II he had his Ilfs
o i've over he'd probably make the
sine mistakes. only OWN to improved
B@isru facilities he'd mebbe make
Pm faster and more numerous
Freedom
Freedom Is the word that Is many
ided There are those who boast Of
reedOm OF conscience who seen to
Interpret u simply as with that OF
ther people. There are those who
eem 10 fancy that their rights as cit
sens enfifle them TO unQuestioned
upon rights Of anybody else
'ho chances to staD4 IN their way
lontreal Herald
First Studies Of the Human Body.
Early studies IN human anatomy
Iere conducted under many dlaseuI-
eS aristotle was among the hrst
study the human body. about $50
! g Through ell the years there
As objection 70 dissection OF bodies
, verify facts. and when Tltian de-
Ined and had completed the 6rst
plates they we're Destroyed
? Vesalius. about f538
Din obssurss Light q lamp.
When the lamps become old ana
ore o. les dirty between cleaning
sriods the emitted Hight fans on about
per cent according to the EieetrIcaI
'orid- Consequently. Tor q desired
'ot-candle nluminafion. fhe rating oe
= lamps must be about So per cent
CHER than that found necessary from
e calculations based on fhe efficiency
new. clean Tampa