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fall, Walter Camp picked Schulz as
the best center of the year. This is
what Camp had to say about the big
Teuton:
Schulz of Michigan was the best
center of the year. Not more active
than Grant, nor steadier than Phillips,
nor a better openfield tackler than
Congdon, he had all the advantages of
all these men, together with expert
ence, and he turned them all to &C.
count He is well over six feet in
height, and yet fast, powerful man,
who gets well over the field and makes
more tackles in game than any other
man on his team. In addition, he is
an accurate passer and feeds the ball
we'll to his backs either from kicks or
runs"
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GOOD KICKERS ARE NOW
ESSENTIAL ON GRIDIRON
Strong and Accurate Booters Are
Great Factor Under the New
Football Rules.
BY Walter n. EckersaII.

The tremendous Importance of kick
ing under the new rules in football has
been again and again emphasized bv
contests in the last two wears and ia
lkely TO be exemplified again in the
Dig games to come. In these kicking
Is likely to play an extremely i'm
portant part and may readily decide
many of the issues.
Kicking, in the true sense. includes
the following and the handling of the
pall quite as much as the act OF driv-
ing it up and down the gridiron. The
ABILITY OF a kicker to get away tre-
mendously long kicks may prove a
detrlment to team rather than an
advantage, by reason of lacking ends
and tackles fast enough to follow the
ball. Just as readily may the whole
advantage of good kicker be thrown
away by the failure of the backs to
eaten returning punts, so that in
weighing a teams kicking ability it is
as essential to consider the corollary
play as well.
A great factor in helping the kickers
Is the initiation of the ball, point fire.
quently overlooked in the west. Few
klckers seem to realize they can get
better distance and accuracy in their
boots II the ball is not blown too hard,
The oval should never be inflated to
It's capacity, as it does not permit of
a rebound, and If not kicked just right
will not travel through the air any
distance RnfOrn Ia
ter should take the trouble to go to
the gymnasium and have the ball in
Hated to his liking, always bearing in
mind not to have it too hard. An
other thing which also aids kicker
is an elastic ankle brace or a rubber
bandage around his ankle, as these
give the instep a better surface and
the ball receives more force than 9TH
erwise.
Taken as class the punters and
drop kickers of to-day are better than
those of the olden days. The "old
grad" frequently means the absence
of the kickers like O'Day, Sweeley,
Hershberger, Hare, Harmon and
Capron, but the average to-day is
higher, and as drop kickers Bull,
Brooke and Hudson were not one whit
better than the men who are dropping
to-day. OF course in the old days the
place kick from scrimmage was I'M
known, Vane Newton introducing it in
his closing days at Pennsylvania State,
college, but there were no kickers
then who could have discounted some
of the men who are kicking such goals
to-day.
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JOt IN HENRT
ON
Tr1E DINNER
PARTY

BY GEO. v. HOBART, ~HUeH mHUeH.")

ginning to assume the cheerful aspect
of meeting of martyrs an hour be-
fore the arena opened.
please pass me some French-fried
potatoes" whispered Gregory, after
the pangs of hunger had eaten him to
the ropes.
Here we find" croaked the doctor,
raising a silver of potato high on his
fork, here we find one of the most
evil effects of food adulteration. This
potato was grown in the fall of the
year 1889, but it has been washed in
alum water to give it the appearance
of being modern, while it's eyes have
been treated with belladonna to make
them bright and snappy."
Uncle Gregory groaned pathetically,
and the rest of us, out Of politeness,
tried to look interested, but only sue
ceeded in looking seasick
When the ice cream, and cake were
brought on Dr. Guffhander drove his
spoon down deep into the chocolate
and vanilla mixed, and said: Here is
a pitiful illustration Of what dishonest
tradesmen will do for money. Here
we find that some of this ice cream
was pale originally, but it was treat.
ed with aniline dye to give it this
chocolate effect, and then baked in
the sun to deceive the eye. On the
other hand, we find this vanilla was
originally dark and forbidding, but il
has been treated with peroxide of n.y.
drogen to make it more of a blonde"
Pardon me, DOCTOR" snapped
Peaches, her teeth chattering with
nervousness, "but this ice cream was
made in our own kitchen by Dora, our
own cook, with cream from Mrs.
Riley's own cow, and we never have
any but homemade ice cream, SO
there!"
"Ah," said the doctor, then in that
case it must be traces OF thanatopsis
which I see, and the evidence is con-
elusive that great deal of artificial
frappe has been used, nevertheless"
mo, thank you," said Uncle Greg
DRY, 81 never eat ice cream, because
it goes to my head and makes me cold
to my friends"
Take this coffee, for instance"
chortled the doctor, juggling spoon
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The head waiter spoke severely.
"Why did you give that country
couple a window table?" he said.
''They took it, sir" the waiter an
swered.
Took it? Why did you let them
take it? Couldn't you have told them
it was engaged"
(. Then, all bows and smiles, the head
waiter made the country couple
change to a secluded table behind a
post, and five minutes later he gave
the window table they had occupied to
a young millionaire in London and
chorus girl in Paris clothes.
1--WE dress our windows" the head
waiter explained to guest. 1--WE put
our best goods in the windows, as
shopkeepers do. That attracts coed
line of trade to us-the line that
drinks champagne and smokes half
dollar cigars. But if we allowed any
one to grab our window tables the
public passing by would put us down
as cheap, and cheap clientele would
come in and order steak and fried DO
tatoes. (.
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NOTES OF THE SPORTS

Forest Moore, the new pitcher of
the Chicago Cubs, won 20 and lost Z
games with the Springfield team of
the Three-I league this season.
With 26 won of the 33 games
pitched, Adkins of the Baltimore club
leads the Eastern league pitchers.
Bob Forbes, the old Yale player, is
coaching the football squad at the
University of Oregon, this fall.
Johnny Glaze, last years captain at
Dartmouth, is coaching the Exeter
football team.
Christy Mathewson and Ed Walsh
could tell story about a certain pitch
er that went to the well too often.
The University of Michigan football
team is working hard and the players
feel confident of winning their game
against Pennsylvania.
There is a little knocking going on
against Mckay, the Harvard tackle.
Not paying enough attention to the
coaches seems to be the cause.
Among the Carlisle Indian football
squad are noticed such "sure-enough"
Indians as Cries-for-Ribs, Goes Back.
Wounded-Eye, Little-Old-Man, Two
Hearts, Tall Crane, Little Boy, Afraid
of-a-Bear and Little Wolf
Six National league managers picked
the New York Giants to win the PEN
nant Frank Chance picked the Chi
cago Cubs and Fred Clarke was of
the opinion that Pittsburg would cap
ture the flag.
Michigan will send team to com.
pete in the intercollegiate cross-coun-
try run at Princeton in November. DIR.
Wheeler of Berkeley university says
that his college has adopted Rugby
football, and will never return to the
American game.
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A Lost Embrace,

AS well-known wealthy New York
er stepped from a Michigan Central
train in Chicago handsome young
lady skipped up to him, threw her
arms rapturously about his neck, and
kissed him many times, saying: "Oh,
papa, I'm so glad you've comet" The
old gentleman threw both arms around
her and held her firmly to his breast.
Soon she looked up into his face, and
horror stood in her eyes. "Oh, my,
you're not my papa!" she said, trying
to free herself from his embrace.
eyes, I am" insisted the old gentle.
man, holding her tightly; "you are my
long-lost daughter, and 1 am going to
keep you right in my arms until l get
a policeman" When the officer came
and found the old gentleman's dia-
mond pin in the girls hand, he said:
"That's a new trick here" us it?"
was the remark well, it's several
weeks old in New York;"
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al Never Eat Ice Cream"

full with the left hand and four Jumps
of sugar with the right; herein you
will find copper salts, iodide of chic
DRY, four per cent. solution of gladi-
olus, together with about sixteenth
of grain of mocha to the cupful."
mo, thank you," gasped Uncle Greg
DRY; 81 never drink coffee; it gives me
the hiccups.''
After the dinner was over Uncle
Gregory took me outside and whis
pered: John. for the love OF bliss.
full heaven, the next time you give a
dinner party cut out that bug doctor,
or let me wear ear-muffs!"
Peaches hasn't spoken a sensible
word since that bitter evening.
Can you blame her?
Yours till the wheels fall off,
JOHN.
Copyright, 1908, by G. w. Dillingham; Coz
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"But We Can Never Be sure.p

tor danced over his plate with his fork,
and said: "Hydrostatic acid with here
and there symptoms of manganese
germs, and a few sulphide microbes"
Uncle Gregory pushed his plate
back with sigh that was pitiful to
hear.
Peaches was now so nervous that
her hands were doing shaker duet,
and there was bright spot on each
cheek.
The others at the table, with the
exception of nervous old Uncle Greg
DRY, paid not the slightest attention to
Dr. Busyface.
Even Uncle Peter threw away his
germ fear after the clam episode, and
took a long chance with everything
from soup to nuts.
Next we had some chicken a la
Maryland, with French-fried potatoes.
green peas and asparagus tips.
When Uncle Gregory saw all this
his face broke out in smile, and we
could see his appetite roll up it's
sleeves.
'Tn this" the doctor began again,
holding up a chicken wing on his
fork, 'in this we have a cold storage
hen which has been treated with OK
alic acid and chloride of potassium to
keep 1t in shivering state"
Pardon me, DOCTOR" exclaimed
Peaches, Indignantly, "but it isn't a
cold storage chicken, because bought
1t from Mrs. Riley only this morning."
Possibly" went on Caterpillar
Charlie, possibly my hurried dag
nosis was at fault, but we can never
be sure about these things, because
here, on the elbow of the wing, find
traces of calisthenic acid over the
membranes"
mo, thank you," said Uncle Greg
DRY, Il never eat chicken, it gives me
the heartburn" and the poor old guy
struck such note of hunger that I
wanted to throw that damdoctor out
OF the window.
BY this time several others at the
table were becoming more or less i'm
psassad. and the dinner party was be-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-10-30
SCHULZ MAY BE LOST
TO MICHIGAN ELEVEN
Tied Down with "Cons," Great Center
May Be Barred from Playing
on Team.

According to report from Ann
Arbor, Mich, Germany" Schulz, the
whole team last year and upon whom
the coach relied to turn out a winning
eleven this year, may not be in the
game until the Pennsylvania game
possibly not then.
Capt Schulz has three conditions in
the engineering course, more than a
player can carry and continue his ath-
letic relations. By much burning of
the midnight oil Schulz may possibly
remove these conditions by the end of
the month, but this is an optimistic
view of the situation shared by few.
In his All-America selection last
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-10-30
zap oFATT zolEy ~ WHICH FOX EAR1'G rs xza5z61E ny
LII

these extremes, with the gradations
between them, form four more or less
distinct phases, respectively known as
red, cross Cor patch), silver, and
black. In the red phase the animal is
entirely rich fulvous, except restrict
ed black markings on the feet and
ears, a white area at the end of the
tail, and certain white-tipped hairs on
the back and rump. From this phase
to the next the black increases in ex-
tent until, in the typical cross fox, the
black predominates on the feet, legs,
and underparts, while the fulvous
OVERLAPPING black covers most of the
head, shoulders, and back. A gradual
increase of the black and elimination
of the fulvous or it's replacement by
white brings us to the next phase,
the silver Cor silver gray, in which
no fulvous appears, the entire pelage
being dark at the base and heavily or
lightly overlain with grayish white.
Silver foxes vary from those in which
the color is entirely grizzled to those
in which it is entirely black, except
a few white-tipped hairs on the back
and rump. Finally, in the black phase,
the white is absent from all parts ex-
cept the tip of the tail, which is white
in all phases. The red phase is much
more abundant than the others, but
the three interbreed freely and
wherever one occurs occasional ex-
amples of the others also may be ex-
pected. In general the cross fox is
fairly common, the silver-gray is COM
paratively scarce, and the pure black
is excessively rare.
Foxes, especially red foxes, have
been kept alive in geological collec-
tions and by private individuals since
early historic times. Owing to the
value of it's fur. however, the silver
fox seldom has been confined longer
than necessary for it to attain market
able condition. The persons most like
ly to obtain the live animals have been
farmers and wooGsmen, to whom i'm
mediate returns were of such impor-
lance that few cared to risk experiment
tation for the sake Of future profits.
Only in recent years and in most cases
only after experience with the less
valuable red foxes have serious at
tempts been made to raise silver
foxes. Of some 20 parties known to
have engaged in breeding them, one
began Is years ago and another eight
years ago, while all the others under
took the business within the last five
years. Those who have persevered in
spite of early failures have in the end
attained considerable success. Some
have become discouraged and have
discontinued after few years, while
others are now just beginning and
their experience is too slight to be of
much value in determining the prac-
ticability Of the business. Most of
them are men of small means living in
sparsely settled regions. Their orig
inal stock has been obtained chiefly
by taking the young from the dens of
wild foxes. In some cases small stock
companies haye been formed and con-
siderable sums of money invested in
land, equipment. and breeding stock.
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HANGS BY FINGERS FOR
HOUR ON CANYON EDGE
HUNTER HAS MARROW ESCAPE
FROM AWFUL. DEATH-RES-
CUED BY FlREMEN.

Los Angeles, Challenging to a
narrow ledge of the wall of the Wheat
canyon, with drop of more than 100
feet below, Louis Lehman of Los An
geles was rescued from certain death
by Chief Shill of the Hollywood fire
department.
Lehman left Los Angeles for days
dove shooting in the hills near Holly
wood. He had worked his way to the
ridge of Wheat canyon wall by dusk.
His luck had been poor, and when he
shot dove it fell into the soft earth
of the wall, few feet below the ridge.
Lehman dropped his gun and started
after it.
He reached the dove and started to
crawl back to the top. about ten feet
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-10-30
Installing Relics of LOGAN.

Mrs. John A. Logan has begun the
work of supervising the installation of
the relics of her husband, Gen. Logan,
in the memorial hall prepared for
them in the state house at Springfield,
Ill. The collection consists in part of
large number Of photographs taken
during the civil war, photographs of
Gen. Logan from boyhood up, bronzes
and resolutions passed by organiza-
lions all over the United States at the
time of his death, and resolutions on
the death of his son, Maj. John A.
Logan, Jr., Thirty-third United States
Volunteers, who was killed on Novem,
Der II, 1899, while leading a charge
against Aguinaldo's intrenched army
in the Philippines.
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Dear Bunch: The other evening
when we gave an onion saengerfest
you remember our lives were saved
from too much vocal fireworks by the
announcement that chow was ready.
We waltzed in and took our stalls
with hearts full of thanksgiving.
And here's where old DR.. Guffhand-
er, the food expert, stepped into the
spot light and took the show away
from everybody.
You know, Bunch, the Doc is one
of those old guys with license to
hunt for germs, and everything he eats
has to give the countersign and then
go through a written examination.
He loves to display his scientific
knowledge and throw Latin crimps
into the low foreheads.
Uncle Peter believes every word
that leaves Doc Guffhander's face, but
for my part 1 think he's an old Cam
embert
Well, Bunch, no sooner were we
seated at the table than Doc parted
his whiskers carefully, coughed to at
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-10-30
Useless Wedding Presents.

There is certain fascination in
watching the wedding presents that
overwhelm Winston Churchill. They
have come, butter dishes, clocks, cigar
cite cases, books, tables, ash trays
and all manner of superfuities, by the
grateful. Kindness without magma
ton, one would suspect For it is not
to be supposed that Mr.. Churchill
wants more butter dishes than the
Savoy or more cigarette cases than
he can carry. A dreadful lack of imag-
ination runs through the wedding
gifts to Mr.. Churchill, and it is always
hard to hit the thing two people EN-.
barking on a new life would welcome.
London Chronicle.
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Woman Wins Scholastic Honors.

Mrs. Agnes Knox Black, wife of Prof
C. Charleton Black of Boston universe
ty, has been appointed to the faculty OF
the College of Liberal Arts of the uni
versity as Shaw professor of elocution.
Mrs. Black succeeds Prof. Malvina M.
Bennett, who recently resigned. Mrs.
Black is a Canadian and we'll known
as an elocutionist. She was gradual
ed from the University of Toronto, aft
erward taking a course in Philadel
phia. She was at one time head of the
school of elocution of the New Eng.
land Conservatory of Music and later
connected with the Emerson College
of Oratory.
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Leads to Monen sundax.u

French communication seems to be
corrupting the British Sabbath. The
Sunday society has pleaded the in
creasing number of visitors entente
cordiallists "-from across the channel
unaccustomed to such severe observ-
ance, as reason for opening more
galleries and museums on Sundays.
The request has been granted with a
special view probably to the French
invasion which is expected during the
Franco-British exhibition this summer.
A distinguished French journalist ex-
presses hope that other places be
thrown restaurants. fer In.
stance.
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tract attention, then picked up a
little-neck clam on the end of his fork
and proceeded to give it the third
degree.
"The adulteration Of foodstuffs
these days is being carried on to an
extent worse than criminal" the old
fluff began, solemnly. "Ah, even here
l see traces of sallysillic acid with
borax-phosphos, even here on this
clam"
Put little tabasco on it and cut
loose" suggested Bud Hawley.
"Have a lemon" said Stub. Squeeze
it over the clans and make a wish"
Uncle Peter and Uncle Gregory, the
latter refreshed and made happy by
his noisy nap, were the only ones at
the table who seemed to take the doc
tor seriously.
Uncle Peter listened with marked
attention, while Uncle Gregory
glanced at his clans and shuddered.
The doctor ate his unconcernedly.
When the soup came on the Doc
lifted a spoonful thoughtfully, then
sloshed it slowly back in his plate,
while the two old unkies eyed him
nervcusly.
tits bullyon," whispered Uncle
Peter, anxious to prove the soups in
nocence.
''Booyon," corrected Aunt Martha in
a stage whisper to Uncle Pete.
Here" said the doctor, examining
the spoonful critically, ''here are
traces of hydrophosphates and about
ten per cent. philharmonic acid"
81 never eat SOUP" gurgled Uncle
Greg, because it's a waste of good
space"
The doctor said nothing more, but
quietly surrounded his soup.
When the fish was served the doc
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-10-30

Of all the products derived from
wild animals, furs are the most useful
and valuable. Indispensable to print
tive man, they are scarcely less i'm
portant to the most civilized, for in
warmth, beauty and durability no
manufactured fabrics excel them. But
expanding civilization is steadily di-
minishing the supply of furs, both by
increasing the demand and by en-
croaching upon the territory in which
they are produced. Many furs, like
ivory, whalebone, and other natural
commodities, already are so scarce
that the demand for them is met large
ly by the substitution of inferior prod
ucts. Activity in the pursuit of fur
bearing animals and development of
system in handling and marketing the
furs have reached a degree scarcely
to be surpassed Therefore the grow
ing and worldwide demand for furs of
high quality can be met only by in
creasing the number of the animals
producing them. This at once sug-
gests that fur bearers may be propa-
gated in confinement, and that by this
means an important industry may be
developed The idea is not new, for
the domestication of fur-bearing ami
mails has been the subject of consider
able thought and experiment in the
past Most of the early enterprises
were devoted to the smaller and less
valuable animals, as skunks and
minkS, and seldom advanced beyond
theoretical or experimental stages;
but results of considerable Importance
have been obtained recently with the
blue fox in Alaska and with the silver
fox in eastern North America.
The biological survey as yet has not
investigated the Alaska blue fox in
dustry, but study of silver fox rails
ing has been made, in the course of
which number of persons engaged in
the business were visited and their
methods examined. From this study
it appears that although many expert
ments have failed, few have sue
ceeded to an extent indicating impor-
tant possibilities for the future. 1t
may be stated, however, that success
is not due to following any set of
rules, since much depends upon the
personal fitness of the one conducting
the undertaking. 1t is to be remem-
bered also that as business fox rails
ing is still in the experimental stage,
and that even the most successful
breeders are subject to percentage
of failure.
The name "silver fox" as common
ly used by furriers, includes the dark
phases of the ordinary red fox, vari-
ously called silver, silver-gray, silver
black, or black. The animal is the
common fox (vulpes fulyus), of north
ern North America, the crafty
Reynard of the books, closely allied
to the European fox. 1t should not
be confused with the gray fox, or tree
fox, Of the southern part of the United
States, very different animal, the fur
of which has comparatively little val
ne. Naturalists distinguish several
species and subspecies, the characters
of which are not important in the pres
ent connection. The color of the red
fox of the northeastern states and of
it's allies of the colder parts of North
America varies from red to black, and
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Permanent.

The rose that she wore in her hair
May wither and fade. but I'm sure.
The bill that I owe for the same
! Much longer is apt to endure. M
~sa y detroit Free Press.
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WINDOW DECORA TING

"Yes, we dress our windows. Some
times we lunch pretty actresses for
nothing. They make such good bait"
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has lost his heart, when he has only
lost his head.
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Hair and Heredity,

Copyright, 1908, by G. w. Dillingham;