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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-21
SomerIott's Big Feet.

John Somerlott, Washington first
baseman, has the biggest feet in the
American league. When he was prac-
ticing at first the other day a fan
asked: Are you going to cover the
bag today?" Somerlott said he was.
with which foot?" the fan asked.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-21
~MoIly" Mclean of St. Louis Americans.

Molly" Mclean has proved to be
the hitting sensation of st. Louis since
he joined the Browns and got regu-
lar positionNin the outfield. He dupli-
Gated his work on the White Sox team
last summer right of the reel. He
got away tp a good beginning. and
has made the st. Louis fans sit up
and take notice.
Last summer with Comiskey MeloaI
started to hit like LaJoie or q Cobb,
and the Old Rcuan thought he had
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-21

Nunamaker, the catcher who Is
showing up well with the Red SCx,
was once the property of the Cubs.
but was turned back by them. The
Bostons got him by draft.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-21
End of Bad Bows.

Teacher (severely)-Do you know
what becomes of boys who run awaj
from school every afternoon to play
ball?
Small Truant-Some Of 'em get int
the big leagues.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-21

In all lCS
|dre adful forms |;
shooting pains all
over my body, sick
headache, spinal
weakness, dizziness,
Id epres 81 on, and
Everything that was
]horrid. I tried many
doctors in different
aparts Of the United
SStates, but Lydia E.
IPinkham's Vegeta-
ih1a COunn0und has
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-21

The aluminium of this country from
a production of SO pounds in 1868, it's
consumption in 1900 amounted to 3d.
100000 pounds.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-21

| the man who would turn the White
Sox team out of the ''hitless wonder
class. He was batting in the neigh
borhood of $3.50 when along drilled the
Highlanders. With Quinn pitching
Mclean ran into bean" ball and was
rendered unconscious. After that,
when he returned to the game, he
fell off deplorably in his sitting. He
didn't show well with the stick on
the training trip, but II seems row
as II he has rounded to.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-21

cause. II you have
backache, headache,
u r i n airy disorders,
look to your kidneys
give the help the
kidneys need. Mrs
R. f. Scott 302 front
ST., Baker City, Ore.
says: "For twelve
years I was a sufferer
from kidney trouble.
My back ached terri
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-21
BOSTON FANS DOPE WAS BAD
White Sox Captain While Playing
With Red Sox ForcibIy Resented
Offensive Remarks of "Bug."

One Boston bug" at least, will re-
member Harry Lord. After one of the
Chicago games, as Lord was walking
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-21
Grandfather's Fault.

Father-Why, when l was your age
l didn't have as much money in
month as you spend in day.
Son-Well, pa, don't scold me about
it. Why don't you go for GRANDPA
her?-Silent Partner.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-21
ARE YOUR KIDNEYS WEAK?

Thousands suffer from sick or weak
ened kidneys without knowing the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-21
0TTUMWA
WOMAN
CURED
BY Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Ottumwa, Iowa.-stFor years I was
almost constant sufferer from female
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-21

done more for me than all the doctors.
[ feel it my duty to tell you these
facts. My heart is full of gratitude to
you for my cure" Mrs. HARRIET e.
WAMPLER, 524 S. Ransom Street,
Ottumwa, Iowa.
Consider This Advice.
No woman should submit to surgi-
cal operation, which may mean death,
until she has given Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound fair trial.
This famous medicine, made only
from roots and herbs, has for thirty
years proved to be the most valuable
tonic and invigorator of the female
organism. Women residing in almost
every city and town in the United
States bear willing testimony to the
wonderful virtue of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.
Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass,
invites all sick women to write
her for advice. Her advice is free,
confidential and always helpful.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-24
a "Refonner's Advanced Ground

the interior conserVaonist
type rated his appoint
~ nu to the widespread
popular the chair But there method him. and he
than his associates for he recognizes
certain unreed by the kind Of "cOn-
servatonistsg the mouth.
Secretary public Thursday said hat the
steps prevent the development Of
electricity power should made strong
protect public should assured large enough
1eurn the development Of water power"
ground a take but Of his fellow
rather re There certain
political ills that
prevent effective combination of human energies
development resources small his smaller sister,
roper nothing from the tiny thread of
creek bit Of tin That plan would
aIO competition and monopoly.
Secretary recognizes that unrestricted composition sometimes
always the I of trade" that the
old saw out power development, would simply be
nothing done large aggregaiOns capital adequate
assure them permanent for their plants The
thousands into the millions
and only a large S any development practical
withhold these water in the imagined interest
fellow fellow" could and would make
any O power
Efficient regulation strict thorough remedy against
aggression mOnOpOc privilege
wisely directed diTe
fanatisg and the present
secretary o. Of the argument
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-24
A Job For Roosevelt

fEEF Roosevelt should do the remainder of his
perpetual president Of The Hague peace tribunal
That phenomenal Thus speaks Champ
Clark speaker representatives in current magazine
artcl
It politics for quite while but Of
course the speaker that
In suggests for the ezadent ought TO
always in matters Of International
ly Col Roosevelt have sakn his
ideals fighting president arbitration treaties to the
Of ability, declaring broad and that they unwissy stake
e natou 0 temporary circumstance
objections British treaties not well
taken protected while treaties only
program guidance official still they
tena to cysaHze good
position
speaker thing for the Demo-
figure in American life
history with him in all that he does
He would make the nations quit
fighting with club to make them civil
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-24
THE WHITE sUNBoNNET.


The. clearing IS little and rough and
brown,
With Jagged stumps where the ak
descended;
spring, where the scar leaves eddy
down.
tended
The cabin stands on the forests edge
The window shines with the light
upon it
And over the twisted WiId-graps hedge
see the CLEAN OF a white sunbonnet-
Her hair is dark as the ven Of night:
Her cheek is brown with suns ca
ressing;
Her eyes are pure as the taper light
The foot Of the Virgin. almost press
ing
Her lips are sweet as the ha1f-shut rose
She graced this morn when she
stopped to don it;
Her low brow under her tresses CLOVIS
Ny woodland girl Of the waite sun
bonnet,
Ny ak strikes keen and sure on the
tree
As I shout aloud with a Joyous spirit.
The hut 1 builded for her and me,
And Paradise blossoms in and near It
I set the window within the wall
She hemmed the curtain that flutters
on it.
Tomorrow. the last sweet touch OF all
I shall drive the peg for her white
sunbonnet
Dick Fargo. in Nay Pacific Monthly.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-24
Dr.. Parkhurst ai M.n B 3. !. oI !! H ois

TTOW old must man be in order
to be an old man? It depends
upon what kind Of man he is
How old must a tree be in order, to
be an old tree2 1t depends upon what
kind Of a tree It Is. Some kinds are old
at so some not before they are nun
bred or q thousand.
Some die old at so; were born old
Some die Young at so or 80. The dean
OF a New England college writes me
that the trustees of that Institution
have fixed upon IS as the retiring age
of members OF the faculty. If his father,
one Of the-mOst distinguished or New
England Greek professors, had been
compelled by a statute to retire at that
age the whole body Of students,
graduate and undergraduates, would
have risen up in protest
Professor Basil L Gildersleeve at the
age of 50 is still teaching Greek at
Johns Hopkins. and 1t is remarked OF
him that there IS no apparent di-
minution Of his intellectual vigOr and
aIertness, or Of that sparkling and
pungent humor which has been as vi
tai an element as his scholarship in
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-24
Ragbag Economy is Degrading
By wINFRED BLACK

= he makes her underwear ont Of old
flour sacks and her sunbonnets
out Of an old piece of mating,
and she makes her gloves out Of old
socks that some one gave her for car
pet rags, and all the time she was do
ing it she sang a happy care-free, lit
tie, thrilling song, and she wrote 10
great and nOpular ma gaHtne for women
and told all about how she did IL and
how gloriously she enjoyed 1t all the
time.
/ read all about il in the great and
popular magazine, and so, / have no
doubt, did many other readers. 1 Won
der what the rest Of the women VINO
read that article thought about 1T?
L didn't believe one word of it my
self-not one word. i couldn't
If the woman had told how she did
these things when she was cast away
on a desert island somewhere, or once
when she was spending couple OF
winters on a polar expedition where
the only underwear for sale belonged
to the polar bears, might have
laughed with her over the eXpedient OF
a surprising adventure, and admired
her for her eleverness-
But these women who tell us how
to live pleasantly and prOfitably on
nothing a year just for the run Of IT.
I'm afraid they make me bit lmpa-
tlent.
1t is all very well to beg your way
around the world for u wager, or be-
cause there's some one on the other
side that you really must see and you
take up begging as profession and
write articles urging other women to
follow your shining eXample-isn't that
a trifle too much2
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-24
The HeraId's Daily
Short Story
The Uncle and the Raven

the walls, hiding himself behind trees
and bushes His first shot came near
killing it. A few shots actually nit
it and it flew away crOak1ng. After
near it, as 1t always discovered him
from afar, but it was as If II amused
it to let him get almost near enough
and then disappear as soon as ne
raised his gun.
What exasperated Athanase the
most was that, in spite of all he did,
he could not drive the bird away.
Contrary to the instincts Of its
race ii seemed TO take a particular
delight in Drawing danger. Shares
were set but Ii refused to be caught
They tried to poison it with the re-
suit that Athanase lost two of his
best retrievers and any number Of
chickens.
''The war went on throughout the
whole month Of September. Athanase
lost all appetite and grew thin and
haggard Sometimes the bird disap-
peared for days at a time, but 1t al
ways came back, settled down on the
tower and crOaked trtumphantly.
at the beginning Of October he de-
cided to put an end to the war and en-
camped himself on top of the tower
like a lighthouse keeper and had all
his meals brought up to him. The
raven lowered about, taunting him. but
one day il settled down within his
reach.
Nobody knows just what happened.
Athanase was seen to lean far out,
then he was probably seized with an
attack Of dizziness, gave a cry and
tumbled over the edge, crushing out
his life on the stones below. The
raven croaked loudly and flew away.
This accident served to arrange my
affairs I married Helene Jeanne
and entered, as said, into an al
lance with the ravens"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-24
One-Sentence Philosophy
WISE AND OTHERWISE.


you may pay me $500 down and s25
a week" said the physician, offhand.
Sounds as if I We're buying an auto
mobile" the patient said. mo" said
the doctor, thOughtlessly; Il m."-Buf-
falo Express.
The kind Of man who has a good
head for business didn't develop it by
butting in.-Dallas News.
The Marketer-''Is this a good chick
en?" The Market Man-''Yes, ma'am."
The Then the old saying is
wrong, that The good die young
Hold faithfulness and sincerity as
first principles. Sincerity is the way of
heaven.-Confucius
Clara-''Iode SAYS he thinks he'll 90
abroad next month" Frank-"It's mach
cheaper to think than really go"-
Boston Record.
Opening your heart to your friend
brings you as much sunshine as open
ing your windows TO the morning
Florida Times-Union.
He Con wedding journey)-"Oh. dear
est I could eat you upr' Waiter dn-
terrupting)-''W ould you like some
roast goose, sir2 We have nice young
goose todayi'-BOstOn Globe.
To strive at all Involves a victory
achieved over sloth, inertness and in
decentralization.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-24
IA Years Ago To-
From The Herald OF ~
This Date 1897 A~y

H. S. Glenn has gone to Denver.
James Miller a well known mining
man Of Denver, is in town.
Judge Wood and wife. of New Mexico.
have returned from New York
]. S. Welsh has been appointed an
inspector of the White Oaks road.
The Teutonia Singing society viii
give ball at Chopin's hall Saturday
night.
R. l. Priest Of the Pullman company
left today for Salem. Ill, to visit his
mother.
ex-governor c. S. Page Of Hyde Park.
Mass, accompanied BY his wife, is at
the Pierson-
NJ H. Bane, western passenger agent
for the NJ & c. at Dallas, was here for
a few hours today.
Owing to the wreck at Hateh's spur
last night, the Westbound freight was
held up several hours.
George S. Good & co. were awarded
the White Oaks contract to handle
the material at Fort Bliss.
Manager Noyles is at the vendome.
arriving here from Shafter yesterday
morning, and VIII spend the week with
friends.
The appointment of C. F. Miller as
master mechanic of the White Oaks
road was announced today by manager
J. A Eddy.
c. Carson of the G. H. came here to-
day from San Antonio, bringing his
family with him. He Will be placed on
the engineer corps.
The White Oaks road has secured a
concession from the war department,
allowing them to relocate the line
through the northwest corner OF the
reservation
NJ. L. Berry, representing the Herr
mann company, was here this morning
looking over the grounds and putting
the opera house in shape for the Herr
mann show.
The bloomer baseball club will re-
main In FL Paso over Sunday to play
the local teams tomorrow and the next
day; the team, composed wholly OF
women, has been successful all along
It's trip from the east toward the Pa
cifte, and it is expected that good
game win be played.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-24
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN

/ companions to hurry on. Cautiously
they close in toward the frozen dogs
Lets line up fellers, says one OF
the trio; they'll make for that thick
ct over yonder." Like a line Of pick
cts the hunters take position in a
row, facing the nearest cOVer-toE
which they know the quail viii make
Then suddenly, as they move in on the
dogs, something happens.
'fW-h-i-r-r; W-h-i-r-r; W-h-i-r-r-r-r,
with a noise like thunder, with the
roar Of a cyclone, big Deyy OF guam
takes wing and PUSHES or with the
speed of the wind for the thicket
The dogs jump convulsiyely, three
guns go to as many shoulders, and
smOkeless powder speaks, sharp and
clear.
Bang, bang; bang, bang Dang,
bang, bang. bang" from the guns,
and here and yOnder a plump 1eath-
cred form turns over, pair OF swiftly
moving wings close up, few feathers
sail in the air, and a dead bird bounds
as il strikes the ground Two double
guns and a repeater had spoken and
the game bags in the party get q
good start. While some Of the trio
mark the dead birds, others watch
the flight of the flushed cOvey, for il
Is all Important in quail shooting 70
know where they stopped 1t IS on
the singles or scattered birds that
the sportsman gets best results and
where the bird dog that can pick up
a Single shines most. Again, the ter
rifle noise Of a flushed bevy Of quail
rattle men that are really good snots'
men who perform well when handling
single birds. but poorly on the covey
rise.
Bob White is the most widely dis
tributed Of all the inland game birds
OF America The little fellow thrives
best in the south and southeast, where
there is best cover for him and where
the winters are not too severe he
is not as hardy a feeder as the grouse
and several varieties of the large
partridge. Good quail shooting can
be had in the middle western states,
and on the prairfes Of the western
country, and Of the southwest, but
land of prolonged snow is a poor place
for the Bob White.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-24

the influence he has exerted upon stu
dents and scholars for more than half
a century"
To cut off such men in earlier years
by an arbitrary quotation from the
calendar IS like moving down stalks
Of corn before the ears have had time
to fill themselves out with kernels. It
IS q raw waste OF the value Of accu-
mulated experience. It is like boarding
a vast amount Of money and then bury
ing IL in a hole where it can yield no
dividend The dean just referred to said
that the same regulation that Is IN
force. in his college is operative at Co
lumbia university.
President Butler denies the aecu-
racy Of this statement so Tar as 90 say
that There is no rule for the retire
ment Of professors that Is in any way
compulsory" A man viii usually be
able TO save himself from ever becOm-
ing old by keeping closely knit in vita
the interests OF his times, participating
deeply in the spirit Of the current gen-
GRAFTON, and treating the general life
Of the day as soil in which he let's the
roots OF his own life deepen, broaden
and draw up nourishment
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-24
TRADING BRISK IN
LANDS AT MALAGA

Malaga, n. NJ. Nov. 24-Trading in
real estate mas been active in Malaga
the past week o. B. Sutherland has
traded his 40 acres Of alf0fa and q
house and lot in Malaga to- Mr.. Ford
OF Carter, Okla. for 100 acres Of farm
ing land near Carter Marvin Wilson
has also traded his 40 acres Of alfalfa
to Mr.. Ford for $50 acres adjoining
Sutherlands land, near Carter.
Ford win move to Malaga at once
and Sutherland and Wilson VIII prob
ably remain here until spring
J. A. Hartshorn has traded the Ma
laga hotel and house and lot In Ma
laga to E. r. Thomas for $50 acres 9f
farming land near Sayre, Okla 9. F.
Foster has traded 40 acres IN alfalfa
near Malaga for a hotel in Sayre, Okla.
Mr. Foster viii remain here until
spring.
Miss Mabel Newell has returned to
Malaga after a three months visit to
friends and relatives in the north
7 F. Page has returned to FL Paso,
after spending the summer with the
family OF J. Hise Myers
The farm work IS about finished,
with the last picking OF cotton, and a
number OF farmers have sent their
teams to work on repairing the govern
ment dam at Mcmillan.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-24
U'qH5A Waits Denatured Poem

sits to
sundy steaks,
Tththe smiling
humble pushing
packing sgl hungry saving horns
GOOD APPETITE a he
vie die rich and he eanlo ok on scepted
kings, and say: I'm Off by jings! For wha
an o
n
rolf This
eat
a their fathers ghost full
take what i gets looks o.
Copyright 1911. by George COAX /e"04
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-24
The Daily Horoscope HyT-k- Hsdr'st
November = y

It were wise friends and fellow citizens, to have care
today Have two, if you like. And be and keep your
eve on r Angora The oracle saith that the being
in the sign of the goat and under threatening Stine
attacks just well for all of to guard goats.
Not that we'd suspect any of our neghbOrs! Oh nOnot
for orsl But at the time, you know there is no
telling how may be tempted, if he sees handsome
Capra hrcus domestic family goat, at large, and IN
attended 1t is strong minded extremely moral person
wEO would be able to resist such temptation. On the
morrow mayaps conscience may coHstran the return Of
the animal but it is not advisable to take any risks
place temptations before the weak rowing, investigating
inqusitive disposition is likely to be that Of the child
day
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-24
Short Weeks

VHANKSGUIG year Christmas follow
closely reminding folks right that the
shopping period very Usually there viii
be but three, between great holidays
By beginning Christmas the work viii be drudgery
worry money distributed the viii
the benefit Of unton goods much easier
do their best satisfy and to whom
the Christmas is Of fatigue
Paso intelligent charity proceeding from
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-24
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

A good pocket rule-Keep your hands
out OF other peoples
Even an artist may not be able to
draw matrimonial prize
rrbs weather man doesn't seem to
care anything for popularity
PeOple viii laugh at your silly jokes
as long as your money talks
A girls love for candy doesn't neces-
sarilS indicate a sweet disposition.
A paying teller may not pc supeFst 4,
lions. but he must be an expert IN
signs.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-24
They viii Do the Rest

I'VE jewellers and they viii help themselves
Narrow better Tor future parking Of
Streets Mezicans themselves VIII gradually take up the
,vork and plant something in the park spaces
Things water beyond the rainfall
r of grain forage possible people
down there the free parkway they viii to advantage
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-24
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR


A good Joke on other people is
mighty poor one on ourselves
The only way you can get the cook
to stay is to Try. TO get her to go.
When the minister comes TO din
ner everybody enjoys it except the fam
ily.
A girl gets a lot Of enjoyment out
OF athletics wondering what it's all
about
One Of the Iuckiest things that can
happen to a man is not to count on his
luck
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-24
MUNICIPAL CAMPAIGN
WARNS UP IN JUARFZ

The municipal election IN Ciudad
Juarez being only four days of. the
rival candidates for mayor OF the city
are getting busy. On Wednesday night
two rallies were held BY GuiIleruo
Alvarez and Juan n. Medina. both can
didates for mayor. Speeches were made
at the separate meetings OF the follow
ers of the two and a parade through
the streets was made. The election
viii be held Sunday.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-24
RESUMES Law PRACTICE.

Washington, D. c.. Nov. 24-WflIiam
e. Dennis announced that with the ter
mination OF his services as agent ~
The United States in the Olfnoco and
Chamizal arbitrations he has severed his
connection with the department Of state
and has started 10 practice internation=
al law.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-24
Neither Cheap Nor Good

ONE MONTHS ago printed article under the
railroads. the railroads in France had been
~ allowed 20 little attention uPkeeP repair
terrible Thursday, lost their lives when
old bridge traffic down under train is another
Such accidents" though loss of life
the fast trains take their lives
their they and condemned bridges