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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-10-07

large "tangle-legged" grasshoppers. Master
toad took kindly to this species Of food, but
owing to to the nature Of the Insects legs and
their extreme length he found difficulty in
swallowing. In order to aid In the process, as
soon as he would get firm grip on the grass
hopper he would look for a stick or stone by
means Of pushing against which he could force
his prey down his throat Now in order to see
what the toad would do if no stone or stick
were at hand, all of those articles were re-
moved from his vicinity, and then he was fed
another big grasshopper with great knotted
legs.
Now it must be remembered that the pres
ent writer is not vouching for this toad story;
he is simply setting it down as 1t has been
told by an observer, and if it is nature
fake" the blame must go elsewhere. The toad.
finding he could not swallow the big grasshop-
per, looked about as usual for stone and,
finding none, he attempted to use the ground
as a pusher. He was unable to get the right
angle to secure sufficient force and so a
last and perfectly effective means, he stood on
his head and without the least difficulty forced
his food down his throat.
This toad unquestionably was wonder.
One day, we are told, he happened to find an
angleworm of great length. He took hold Of
one end and succeeded In swallowing about
an inch and a half Of the worm, which then
of its body boa-like around the neck of the
toad. This gave the worm leverage enough
to enable it to tug away at that part which the
toad already had swallowed. The result was
that although by a mighty effort the toad
could swallow about half an inch, the worm,
when the relaxation came, succeeded in with
drawing threequarters of an inch The toad
saw his breakfast slipping away from him. but
his infinite wit came to his rescue. 1t is said
that he sat up like squirrel took one mighty
swallow, and then before the worm could get
in its withdrawing work, he pressed his fore
feet against his throat and held the swallowed
part of the breakfast in place; then, SO the
story goes, by series of quick successive
swallowing and throat squeezing, the toad soon
had the worm in the dark interior where he
was needed for breakfast.
Toad migrations are not extraordinarily un-
common events. They have taken place in
many parts of the country, and once the toads
in travelling succeeded in stalling railroad
train on the Canadian Pacific line. The story
of this to the effect that the wheels
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-10-07
Terriers Life a Long One

when her master retired from the
service. Topsy Walker, a pug dog of
Tarrytown, died recently at the ripe
old age Of seventeen, while another
pug is still living in the same town,
aged nineteen, though it is stone blind
and has only three legs.
Tim Connors Is an Irish terrier, be-
longing to Mrs. Fitch, the widow of
New York millionaire. with country
seat near Irvington. On sunny days
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-10-07

there is always dainty bowl for his
porridge. now collar. blanket, q
set OF combs and brushes or some
other dog luxury for him ON Christmas
morning. Every year he Is taken to
the Adirondacks, where Mrs. Fitch
has a summer camp, and regains
some of the frishness of his lost
youth chasing rabbits in the primeval
woods.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-10-07
Tim connors" Seemingly Withous
Doubt IL tho Oldest Dog Living
In America.

II there is any older dog In Amer
lea than Tim Connors 1t has not yet
been discovered. The oldest dog on
record in the United States was a
black spaniel which sailed the seas
as a navy pet for twenty-four years,
and was still as lively as puppy
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-10-07

NCLE SANS scientists have had
more than one good word to say
Tor the toad. Several govern
ment publications have been is
sued, l am told, telling about the
toad and its good work. There
is no department in nature which
is overlooked by the scientists of
Secretary of Agriculture James
Wilson's department. If it is be-
lieved by the experts that any
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-10-07


benefit may come to the people of the United
States by the study of the habits of particu-
lar animal that animal is studied forthwith
and studied carefully
In folk lore history and in the history of To-
calities which hardly can be classed as folk
lore, the frog and the toad frequently have
been confused; sometimes stories have been
told of frog visitations and it has turned out
that the invading army was composed of toads.
The reverse of the statement also has been
found to be true on several occasions.
Some years ago an army of track-hopping
tramp toads took possession of the gravel road
bed of the Sioux City and Pacific railway, and
In unbroken column miles in length, as the
local story had it, the toads marched past the
town of Blencoe, Iowa. 1t Is stated that there
were SO many millions in this mighty army
that nothing like an accurate estimate of the
toads could be made The ground was said
to be brown with the color of its visitants.
If there was such an army of the batra-
chians as it is said there was it would be no
wonder if the residents of the infested district
might have feared that the toads would divert
their course from the railroad into the towns,
to repeat Pharaohs plague of the frogs, when
the rivers brought forth frogs abundantly,
which went up into the houses, and into the
bed chambers, and even upon the beds. and
upon the people, and even into the ovens and
into the kneading troughs."
Now the toad is not nearly so handsome
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-10-07

being as Is his frog cousin.
He never could "a-wooing
go" like his green-coated
brother, despite the fact
that Shakespeare proclaims
that his toadship has a jew
ell In his head. Ugly and
venomous, the bard Of
Avon writes the toad down,
and ugly and venomous to
the peoples mind in many
places he is to this day, al
though in reality he ranks
with the birds as one Of
humanity's best friends. AS
a matter of fact, 1t is likely
that the brown-skinned ar
my which moved without
banners in military array
some years ago was on the
march to meet the great
army of Rocky Mountain To-
Gusts which was moving
steadily forward in an op-
posite direction and In Gen.
eral Sherman's words, For
aging literally upon the
country"
Even though the toads
are so harmless and help
full, they perhaps will never
get anyone to love them. It
must be admitted that ap-
pearances are against them.
The Iowa people who some
years ago were visited by
the toads had no reason to
arrogate to themselves any
particular distinction on &C
count of the visitation, for
IN scores Of instances the
animals have appeared in
immense bodies, and in
some cases, without any
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-10-07

May Cultivate Cotton.
Efforts are being made to cultiyaka
cotton In hawaii
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-10-07

The most profitable pork Is pro
duced by using as largely as possible
other feeds than corn
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-10-07

Farmers homes may be provided
with many of the modern conven-
fences that city people enjoy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-10-07

The dairy heifer that will make
good dairy cow never has sotbael
In her DEVELOPMENT.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-10-07

The young flock of growing pullets
and fall ROSTERS should have a plenh-
full supply of an all-around ration
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-10-07

The trouble with most of our farms
is too little capital TO the acre.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-11-20
At
THE YOUNG !,

rai to take notice j., NJ
days next week w1s, o.a'l
aer-olns repairs, every p,o,.'
made for their comfo.. l.''''
tIa.r If the Young Ha,a, @ ID !
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noEar| removal viii comnes,. !
iaE morning tomorrow - e Y
n- about a week ham,. Y y
".. oe srlek and span, ana =
SUCTION fan will have BEEN IN. y
prove the ventilation. '-'''a
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4 Tub. 4'aftefe3 4.
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at danger. ''of Holsi,, I
. American scaoo..,
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trip. - eEday n.
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IT q Hotel stree. :, y
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III. ".@ badly ini1rea. i T. Y. :
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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-11-20
WAMPOLE'S PREPARA'''||

and az this e.fectirs rea'1
made 2alatable as honey ' '. 4
he very heart and soa5 d. ::
GA Liver Oil, combined 27. w.,
compound Syrup. o., n II h
T..r~r : These constituts'a1|
Ior. a olooo purifier, : 1'5
ron.wor beyond conPa'l sss,s|
\ Yields to 1t VIII "a, M ID
aid rapidly which, :.
medical men cute e., |
delights their p'''T IA
wasting condition. !, ia
Blood Disorders I u
faraza, e1o,, It nv I. 4
.ere and cure .D.,I i
On Of great nj. ]
LIT case a pa-sa' ! 4
Uentv pounds
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-11-20
DANCE

N 5215THRas a N ). ., F..
!, November i ~
ul cor Tor. !. Il, 4.
Dance Begl-l,I-r s0Cy..
WAIPAH 5,;;,j5T q,
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kets. soc At
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-11-20
WM. B. ST0CkMN i
Section Dilaess:
BEFORE WE CAN .

use them, iron and gold Il
first be got Oh. of the ore.
same principle applies to ID
CT oil. Its virtues are no! j
fatty matters {; much leai|
sickening taste and smell
consumptive, or sufferer from
other wasting disease, va 4
greatly benefited by the sea1
'plain" cod liver oil. Tlea
it gives to the nerves, the ~
sion and disgust it ezcltes ID
stomach, the outrages 1t coah1
upon the senses Of smell
taste, are enough to spal 1
medicinal potency that d..
in it for tie majority Of F9
rhi~-to >ay nothing ao.a.
being indlgestible. le'is]
las always been reason 70 =
fiat among the clemens ES1
form cod liver oil, fhss Il
listed curative properties y
highest value. But II va, Y
sary to separate them l'9n 4
nauseating waste nla.slla h
which they were comOln III
was successfully accom- lls-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-11-20
LOCAL OFFICE OF TIT -
STATES WEATHER Rms, Nv

Honolulu. Saturday. NoyenBs, !,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-16
Street Cries.
From the New York Tribune.


How many things we abolish only to
rehabilitate them In some modified form,
more useful or more ornamental! There
are our street cries. for instance. We
decided that they were unnecessary
noises, disturbing our urban peace, and
suppressed them. Gone is the piercing
wall Of the 'rags-bott' man. with his
handcard adorned with bells weakly but
viciously jangling out Of tune. The ped
dler no longer shouts up to our windows
his offer Of fresh Strawberries at SO little
a basket: the old clo' dealer approaches
us with the air Of a conspirator and
whispers his overture to commercial
transaction softly into the ear. Even
the proverbial voice that cried CLAIMS up
blind alley is stilled. Only the ''wux-
try remains to ring through the quiet
uptown street in the shades OF falling
night.
Now Boston woman comes forward
with a proposition to revive the strident
calls of petty trade, but on a musical
basis. She has visited Italy and listened
to the melodious phrases Of Its street
vendors. Perhaps she has heard Char
pentier's Louise and recognised the
possibilities Of the street cry for the fu-
ture American composer. At any rate.
she has begun to teach the foreign born
peddiers Of Boston to cry their wares in
musical phrases instead . OF raucous
sounds. But the rub lies just here. Will
native street vendors prove good pupils
or will they return to their ear-cutting
shouts once they are allowed to take ur
an old habit?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-16
BREAKS UP A COLD
AND.CURES GRIPPE
Most Severe Gold and Grippe
Misery Relieved in a
Few Hours.

You can surely end Grippe and break up the
most severe cold either in head, chest, back,
stomach or limbs. by taking dose Of Pape' s
Cold Compound every two hours until three
consecutive doses are taken.
II promptly relieves the most miserable bead
ache. dullness.. head and nose stuffed up fever
ishness, sneezing. sore throat. mucous catarrhal
discharges. running Of the nose, soreness. stin'
ness and rheumatic twinges.
Take this harmless Compound as directed
without interference with your usual duties
and with the knowledge that there Is no other
medicine, made anywhere else in the world.
which will cure your cold or end Grippe misery
as promptly and without any other assistance
or had after-effects as n .25-cent package Of
pape's Cold Compound, which any Druggist In
the world can supply.
Pape's Cold Compound is the result Of three
years' research at a cost Of more than fifty
thousand dollars. and contains no Iuinine, which
We have conclusiyely demonstrated IL not eject
i've In the treatment Of colds OF srippes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-16

to the pencil by a machine from which
the inventor is said to have made 500,
The erasers are made OF a good quality
of rubber, which Is thoroughly mastt-
Gated by a machine. cured. mixed with
sulphur and other materials to improve
the erasing qualities and then nodded
into shape.
It is said that few lines Of stationery
yield a greater profit to the dealer than
lead pencils In the departments at
Washington one Of the principal efforts
at economy Is the, saving of lead pencils.
So great was the tendency of the clerks
to carry pencils away and supply their
families with them at government ex-
pense that an official interdict to the
practice became necessary. The govern
ment ordered that pencils should be
used only in the ofices. and even then
should be used down to the lowest pos
sible size. This economy has resulted
In the saving of thousands Of dollars in
Uncle Sans annual pencil bill.
MISUNDERSTANDING INVENTIONS.
I-GrOVth Of the Patent System.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-16
WRIGHT TO TEACH ART
OF AERIAL NAVIGATION
Goes to Berlin to Give lnstruc-
ton to German Army
Officers.

NEW YORK, November 16.-Among
those who sailed for Europe yesterday
were Orville Wright, aviator, and Will
liam Sohmer Of this city, state controller
elect.
Most of Mr.. Wright's time abroad will
be spent in Berlin. where he will teach
German army officers the management
Of the new designs of Wright racers and
triple passenger touring planes. He said
there were new designs in aeroplanes as
we'll as in women's hats. He will also
visit the Wright factories in England.
France and Germany, but may be too
busy to look at his factory in Italy.
Just before the Kronprinzessin Cecilia
left her berth Mr. Wright said that his
own flights would be confined to tryint
out his new models and exhibiting them
to possible purchasers. He said that he
and his brother had several new ideas
which were working out we'll, and they
anticipated no trouble in keeping abreast
of the French designers.
Rope Hinged With Doubt.
When asked if he thought the day
would ever come when he would fly in
his own airship across the Atlantic Mr..
Wright said:
Hope springs eternal in the human
breast, but at present see myself going
only on the wings of hope and not on the
wings of the wind.
THE outlook for the airship Is not
purely sportive. 1t is true that birdmen
are at present chiefly enthusiasts who
live to fly, and it will doubtless be
long time before any considerable num-
Der of persons can fly to live. But even
If the practicability Of aircraft for gen
eraf passenger traffic is scarcely to be
hoped for, the future cannot fail to de-
velop many serious uses for airships. the
most obvious and the most serious Of all
being wars"
Mr. Wright said that the net results of
the Belmont Park meet were intangible,
but it was not possible to hold a genuine
aviation meet that would not react bene-
ficially upon the science. He said dis
satisfactions were inevitable among avia-
tors as among any other class Of COM
petitors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-16
BaIdhead Club
One is Being Organized in
a Western City

Perhaps this report is a joke. but one thing is
certain, a bald head is no joke to the man who
wears II.
A club of bald heads formed In every city In
America would be q good thing II its members
could be induced to parade hatless through the
main streets Of the city.
The writer would suggest that some Of the
members carry banners with inscriptions OF such
a character as to warn those who still have hair
that badness il unnecessary; that In nearly
every case II is the result Of carelessness.
Banners inscribed as follows would be appro-
pirate:
I'VE let the dandru6 germ do it,
1.-The time to save the hair Is when you have
hair to save
when We were young the dandrun germs
worked every blessed minute. They dug our
hair out by the roots, and now we aren't In It. ]"
The best banner of all would be this. I'VE
didn't use Partisan Sage
Henry Evans and James O'Donnell sell Partisan
Sage for 90 cents large bottle, So do live
druggists everywhere. It Is guaranteed to stop
falling hair. itchisg scalp and to destroy dandrun
germs and remove dandruf in TIVE weeks. "
money back
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-16
CONFUSION FOR WATTERSON.
Son Of Editor Pleaded Insanity After
4 Shooting ARRAY.

KINGSTON, N. Y. November 49,
County Judge Cantine appointed yester-
day a commission composed Of ex-Dis-
trict Attorney Frederick Stephan, DR..
Daniel Connolly and Leon j. Quick, an
editor, to inquire into the sanity of Ew-
ing Watterson. son Of Col. Henry Wat
terSon.
Young watterson has interposed an in
sanity plea to his Indictment for assault
in the first degree for shooting Michael
J. Martin, Saugerties saloonkeeper, last
August.
The commission will hold its first hear
ing November 30
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-16

INVENTIONS
I-Gr0vth Of the Patent System.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-16

The United States IS now making the
bulk of its own pencils. Thee industry
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-16
DR.. WILEY IS NEITHER
FADD|ST NOR FANATIC
SO Declares in Address on
Public Health as Natural
Resource.

In an address on 1.-THE Public Health
as the Greatest Of Our Natural Re-
sources DR.. Harvey ". Wiley last night
told the Christ Church Parish Club that
he is neither faddist, a fanatic nor
Fletcherite.
The chief chemist, said he, would not be
a faddist for twice the salary he receives,
and that he did not want to be under
stood as conducting any anti-Fletcher
crusade. He said, however. that he would
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-16

rather not eat than to count out sixty
chews before he slipped morsel Of food
down his epiglottis.
DIR. Wiley said Horace Fletcher had un-
doubtedly accomplished great good for
the digestions Of the people Of the United
States.
II should like to turn the schools OF
this country into institutes Of sanitary
SCIENCE" said the chief chemist. 1T is
a truisnn that our schools teach the super
ffuous facts at tie expense of the essen
tial. should like to teach physiology
and hygiene in q vital, living manner. In
this way we could add ten years to the
average span of life in this country"
Regarded as Amazing Fact.
DR.. Wiley declared one Of the most
amazing facts that statisticians have de-
termined is that the farmer dies at far
earlier age than the city-bred man. The
only possible explanation of this strange
condition, he said, was that the American
farmer knows nothing OF sanitation and
doesn't want to, because he IS satisfied
to do things as his father did them.
THE farmer has stood still for fifty
years." said DR.. Wiley. HE and his
family ought to outdistance the suburb
ante in years. In strength. in vitality.
But he doesn't. because he is blind to
modern scientific knowledge. Conditions
in the city are bad enough-it is hard to
get the people to believe In pure air and
pure food-but In the country they are
infinitely worse"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-16

1t is said that one Of the finest pens in
the world was made last year for Presi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-16

After each strip has been properly roll
ed it is put through a punching ma
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-16

About nine-tenths Of the pencils manu-
featured in the United States are pro-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-16

Robert NJ. Ellie. foreman on the Belt
Line. was assaulted yesterday by a negro
laborer at PETERSBURG, Va. His skull
was fractured. His condition is critical
A large posse has been securing the
country for miles In search Of the aSsail-
ant, who so far has eluded arrest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-16
John Brown Juror WEEDS at Eighty

FREDERICKSBIIRG, Va, November
16.-Wiliam Martin. aged eighty years.
and the Oldest surviving member OF the
jury that convicted John Brown of trca-
son at Harpers Ferry before the civil
war married Mrs. Bette Ferguson yes
terday at Legato, Fairfax county. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-16
The dust Of a big pen factory Is worth
thousands Of dollars a year.


1t is said that one Of the finest pens in
the world was made last year for Presi-
dent Taft. 1t consists
President Taft OF rubber-lined
Has Fine Pen having UHu 0al been the t sSea
from one of the thirteen trees planted by
Alexander Hamilton in commemoration
of the founding of the Union. It is bound
by three gold bands, on which appear the
words: Protection, Progress, Patriot
ISM On each side of the cap is a. name
plate appropriately inscribed. Another
historic pen is that Of Isaac Reed of New
York, the holder of which was carved
from the lens box OF George Washing
during the civil war.
After many years of using the modern
pen the Supreme Court has gravitated
back to the old-faShioned quill. The Quill
pen in the Supreme Court was like the
snuff box in the Senate, too fine a tradi-
ton to be dispensed with, yet not avail
able for everyday use. Last year Attor-
ney General Wickersham appeared in
court one day, and found when he went
missing from his vest pocket. So he took
up the old quill and dashed off his name
in manner worthy Of the best Greek
traditions In the old days the quill pen
was worn down in the course Of eight
hours, and in the larger offices all usher
was employed to go from desk to desk
with his penknife. mending and sharpen
ing the quilts. The word penknife origi-
mated from this practice.