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Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-13

Members Of the farmers ouganization OF
the Iowa legislature who have been asked
to take action N support OF the memorial
TO congress on Canadian reciprocity have
refused 60 do 50. n Is found that the farm
srs Of the legislature do not agree upon
this subject and that thVy are unwilling
TO go on record as opposing the admins
tration program In regard TO the tariff
The resolution on reciprocity has been held
up by its authors Tor ten DAYS in order that
the sentiment Of the legislature might be
developed.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-13
WIN Not he Candidates.

Although three members of the state
senate have been discussed as possible
candidate for congress In the Ninth dis
tTict IL Is now known that neither one
viii be a candidate. These are Saunders
OF Pottawattamie Savage Of Adair and
Gnilland OF Mills II is stated that
neither one Of them will consider the
matter and that I'm all probabi - the re-
publican nomination will be settled by
Agreement.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-13
WIN Revise the Mine Laws.

Senator Clarkson Of Monroe county is at
work on a bill desired by the miners and
mine operators for a complete revision Of
the laws OF the state relative TO mining and
mine inspection. Leaders among the miners
have been here the last week aiding in
the preparation OF the bill. II has been
found that while the Iowa laws were All
right when mining was just starting there
is great need OF some changes and a re-
vision Among other things II win be pro-
posed before the session Is over that there
be one state mine Inspector with several
assistants instead Of the state being dis
tricted.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-13
LnxsatIgnte TuhercnIo.I. ane.tInn.

As a result Of the inquiry into affairs a.
the state college II Is regarded as certain
there viii he some investigation into the
charge that officers Of the college sent to
the International stock show a steer ar
1icted with tuberculosis. II MAS disclosed
that such an animal was sent To the stock
show and exhibited among other animals
where the coutagion might be dangerous
and afterwards the animal was slaughtered
and found to be badly affected. The United
states attorney for the northern Iowa dis
trict was present at the hearing,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-08-11

MAJ SHINGTON.-Every crank in
w the country that doesn't know
what fool thing to do with himself
gets on the train and tells the con-
ductor to put him off at Washington
thinks he must see the president.
Ii the wheels in the head of some
lunatic in Bangor, Me-, or Tombstone,
Ariz, get to working overtime he
heads for Washington to show the
president the mechanism. If some
long-haired lunatic in Oshkosh builds
Wheelbarrow out of soap box and
a sitter rim he won't be happy till
he's trundled it cross country to
Washington and has the president
come out on the front porch and look
at it.
Every summer, before the presi-
dent leaves, there's a perfect deluge
of cranks that have ridden horseback
from Dawson City or driven an OK
team from some town out beyond the
Rockies, says White house attache.
Recently we had two of these idiots
in one day-three, to be exact. One
was a man riding a burro from San
Diego to Boston on a bet, and the
other two were man and his wife
from some insane place out west.
They had sworn on the bones of the
saints or something that they would
walk into every state in the Union
within a twelvemonth; they had al
ready been in seventeen, and, having
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-08-11
Washington Has a Plague of Cranks

thus acquired fame, came to Washing
ton to show themselves to the presi-
dent.
Then there's the lunatic who tramps
across country on wager that he can
go from ocean to ocean on a dollar
and thirty-seVen cents. There must
be hundred of him every year, and
he generally brings a letter to the
president from the mayor of the little
town he comes from. And these
are just few Of them; if I'd put
down the names Of all this breed of
cranks that turn up here to see the
president in six months it would be
longer than the list of applicants for
a vacant consulship. The trouble is,
the president, in many instances,
can't get out of seeing the crank.
With the cunning of one of his kind,
he generally goes straight to one of
the local papers. The paper takes
him up, prints his photograph and
publishes his vain-glorious interview
about his eccentricities, in which he
always states that he's going to see
the president at a certain time. It's
wired to every paper in the state the
lunatic hailed from by their Wash.
ington correspondents, and, of course,
printed there. If the president re.
fuses to see the crank, that's wired
too, and then the papers have q
chance to fall afoul of the admin
istration and howl about the man
whose naughty exclusiveness misrep
resents the great democratic spirit Of
the nation So, oftentimes, the presi
dent must take his mind from i'm
portant matters to shake hands with
some paretic who ought to be over il
an insane asylum instead of buzzinl
around a busy president.
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Scurrying Little Senate Messengers

session or not. The pages are never
removed on account of politics. The
boys of the senate wear knee
breeches, neat little round-abouts, silk
stockings and well-polished shoes.
Their faces and hands are clean, their
hair carefully brushed and each one
Of them looks as if he had just come
out of a bandbox. The duties of a
page today are substantially the
same as were required at the begin
ming of the government
Sometimes the boys are not dis
missed when they reach the age
limit. Exceptionally bright pages
have been retained as riding pages,
whose duty it is to carry messages
for senators to executive departments
and to all points in the national CAPT
tai Others have been promoted to
the position Of deputy sergeant-at-
arms of the senate, or as superin-
tendent of pages on the Democratic
or Republican side of the senate. The
boys attend night school and by
listening to debates and by reading
the congressional record are receiving
educations on national affairs and on
economics such an no university in
the world could afford to provide for
it's students.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-08-11
STRONGER THAN MEAT
A Judges Opinion of Grape-Nuts.

A gentleman who has acquired Jul
dicial turn of mind from experience
on the bench out in the Sunfiower
State writes a carefully considered
opinion as to the value Of Grape-Nuts
as food. He says:
"For the past years Grape-Nuts
has been a prominent feature in our
bill of fare.
"The crisp food with the delicious.
nutty flavor has become an indis-
pensable necessity in my family's
everyday life.
'It has proved to be most healthful
and beneficial, and has enabled us to
practically abolish pastry and pies
from our table, for the children prefer
Grape-Nuts, and do not crave rich and
unwholesome food.
"Grape-Nuts keeps us all In perfect
physical condition-as preventive OF
disease it is beyond value. have been
particularly impressed by the benefl-
cial effects Of Grape-Nuts when used
by ladies who are troubled with face
blemishes, skin eruptions, etc. II
clears up the complexion wonderfully.
"As to its nutritive qualities, my ex.
perience is that one small dish OF
Grape-Nuts Is superior to a pound OF
meat for breakfast, which is an impor
tant consideration for anyone. It sat.
Isles the appetite and strengthens the
power of resisting fatigue, while ita
use involves none of the dfsagreeabls
consequences that sometimes follow
a meat breakfast" Name given BY
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Read the little book. 1.-THE Road to
Wellville," in pkgs. There's reason
Ever read the above letters A new
one appears from time to time. The1
are genuine, true, and full Of human
interest.
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Inspectors Are Busy Watching Frauds

THE efforts of the government ana
the various states to provide pure
food for the people of the country
has brought about higher quality OF
foodstuffs, but it has not deferred the
inventive genius of the country from
trying to work out schemes for sub
stitutes and authorizations.
State food and drug inspectors re-
ceive scores of letters and circulars
from alleged chemists and get-rich-
quick men who would make grocers
and butchers their tools.
Probably the worst adulteration
that has come to the attention Of the
department Is butter emulsion
which will cause the butter to absorb
its exact weight in water and still
prevent the butter eaters knowing It.
Take a pound of butter and pound
of water and a spoonful of this emul-
sion, work the three together for
about ten minutes. and there is two
pounds of butter and no water. The
average housewife could not tell the
difference between this watered but
ter and the real article.
A man in Tennessee has developed
a scheme by which he can make a
pure apple cider vinegar at an actual
cost of four cents gallon, and using
one apple for each gallon. The fraud
could not be detected except by an
actual chemical test. The same chap
also has a scheme for making apple
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His Employments
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And even then he is

/ able things And even then he Is
not an angel.
| His work must be in some degree
remunerative. He wants to see that
he gets something for it. Often he
wants no more than the pleasure OF
helping. That reward he must always
have.
If there is no form of interest, il
will be only eye service. Duty may
demand work, but he is at cross pur
poses with duty. Cooperative part
nership is most congenial to him
That appeals to his self respect, en-
lightens him about family interests
and needs, and it gives him an un
selfish interest in others besides him
self.
But 1t Is Of the highest Importance
that he receive some of the rewards
in order to crafty his sense of own
ership and his sense of right and to
secure the uncoerced action of his
will The sharing may be in indirect
ways. Even when his part goes back
into the common funds for family sup.
port, he is willing, provided he can be
credited with being deliberately in
the combine
His ownership Of his earnings is to
be recognized, though he is not to be
left without instructions as 20 the way
he should handle It, Habits of thrift
and economy may be taught both in
the work done and in the care taker
of his possessions.
Even employment with hobbies Is
of benefit, as it develops special tastes
and sometimes fits him for special
work in the future. In future years
he is apt to find in the memory OF
those hobbies a source of recreative
amusements. One boy of my &C.
quaintance went into the white rab.
bit industry and paid expenses, while
getting in large returns of pleasure
and information and sympathy with
animal life. Another one went into
photography, while little gang, near
by, studied wireless telegraphy. Draw.
ing, ceramic work, sketching, music,
vocal and instrumental, have given
boys lots OF pleasure and profit.
He must be guarded against some
very definite perils. He is in danger
of capitalizing his value to the family
and thereby growing hard and selfish.
Vanity and self-importance will kill
kindness and prevent the fullest en-
joynlent of his rewards. He must be
given an opportunity for the exercise
of his power of initiative and fore.
thought He must be invited into the
council chamber and be given a hear
ing, as junior, in the enterprises in
which he is to be a participant Per.
haps he can be easily taught that he
is to put forth those powers which he
will need in his future work. Thus
he will be growing in the virtues of
acknowledge and self-direction.
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butter with one apple to the gallon
of butter and at cost of one-fourth
the real article.
A man in Rochester, N. Y, devel'
oped plan of treating sawdust with
molasses to use in adulterating spices
One part Of the real spice and three
parts Of sawdust made the product
which could not be detected by the
eye or tongue.
Frauds in flavoring extracts and
maple syrup have been common. A
Vermont man has offered recipe to
grocers so that they can make the
maple syrup they purchase into an
adulterated product, three gallons OF
fraudulent syrup to one-half gallon
of the real syrup.
There are numerous other schemes
for increasing the weight Of parched
coffee, preserving eggs, useless bak
ing powders, making mincemeat and
tomato catsup at reduced cost by
using little meat or tomatoes. The
grocer, to get the recipes. must pay
for them. The price is usually $40
and pledge to secrecy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-08-11
Good Money After Bad.

1t is a curious fact that many men,
level headed eno,gh about other things
seem to lose thdr wits entirely when
they become involved in lawsuits. In
a case recently concluded in the Ger
man courts a 1erlin merchant paid
over $500 to recuer the value of five
cent postage stamp. He had written
letter asking FIR an address and en-
closing postage Tor reply. Failing to
get an answer, b sued for the stamp.
The famous Missouri watermelon
case was Just Is trifling and even
more disastrous. The seed was planted
on one farm, but the vine crept
through a cracktn the rail fence and
the melon grew d the other side. Both
farmers claimedlt. and instead Of per-
ceiving the humid of the situation they
went to law. II add to the puzzling
features of the alestion of ownership
there was the ftther complication in
that the fence stod on a county line.
whereupon a QUESTION Of the jurisdic-
ton Of the court! came up. The farm
ers bankrupted themselves without OBJ
tanning decisioj as to the ownership.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-08-11

His sports form one kind Of exer-
else but are not what we call en-
ployment. Some of his employments
he turns into sports, some OF the
time; but usually they are work. MOTH
ing but work.
There are three reasons why he
must have some employment. One is
that he gets discipline by it, in in
dustry, in the adaptation of means to
ends, in foresight, in continuity and in
self mastery. Again that is the way
he is getting ready for his career, for
those are the very qualities he must
have when he gets out into his life
work; and he must get them started,
as habits, at the habit making time
of his life. Two things are required
character and efficiency; and he Is
getting them, by means of his work.
The third reason is that his services
are indispensable in the home, even
though his parents are rich enough to
hire everything they want done. A
servant cannot put the spirit of son
into his work and a child can be
a partner. Yet his work is more i'm
portant to him than to the rest of the
family.
Hardships and obstacles are a dis
tinct advantage to him. Two mistakes
are often made. On the one hand, so
much may be done for him and so lit
tie through him and in partnership
with him, that he will grow up with
out any sense of responsibility to any
body for anything; on the other hand
so little interest may be taken in
what he is compelled to do that his
work will seem entirely unrelated to
his own interests.
Three characteristics of his work
are essential. 1t must be regular and
definite. Even If it is medley of
disconnected chores, each must have
fits own place in the days schedule
and he will be growing in the virtue
of system and order, anyhow.
His work also must be congenial, as
far as possible. His aptitudes are to
be studied and considered. We know
how much that means. HandePs father
wanted to make lawyer OF MIN and
would not let him do some things
which his talents demanded that he
should do Michael Angeles father
tried to put him into government
position. They wanted Watt to stop
watching the tea kettle altogether
and do more practical things; and he
was willing to help around the house,
If they would only let him study the
tea kettle some.
While the ideal of all work is that
it shall be so congenial that he will
always delight in it, sometimes it is
sure to be irksome. Those for whom
he works or the aims he has in work
ing must so excite his interest that
he will be glad to do even disagree
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-08-11
New Senators Laugh at Silence Rule

ILL the new members of the senate
n seem to have 'lit talkin'." as the
southern mountaineers say OF gar
rulous stranger with a ready flow OF
conversation. In other days 1t was
considered the proper thing for new
senator to sit in silence through his
first term of six years.
1t is only a few years since lot
of precedent-bound senatorial dignl-
taries expressed their indignation at
the intrusion of new members by
walking out of the senate chamber
when Beveridge began to talk few
days after taking his seat. The same
treatment was given La Toilette, who
remarked as the coat tails of his
colleagues vanished through the door
that they would come back and lis
ten, and that he probably would be
in the senate when most Of them had
been retired.
OF the recently elected members
Of the senate, many are young men.
caring little for antiquated traditions
Luke Lea Of Tennessee. thirty-two
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-08-11
The Boys Beauty

smile and makes permanent impress.
sion on you. You are apt to wake up
in the night singing, His bright smile
haunts me still" His hands know no
repose. His voice is liable any minute
to go clean out of sight, as tenor, and
the next minute to go rumbling down
in the bowels Of the earth as bass.
cricket and. sing like an angel, all in
the same breath. 1t is the awkward
age and Is incurable-until he ceases
to be boy. His framework is thrown
up like modern skyscraper, and he
creeps up on it and takes possession
of one story at time, getting ac-
quainted with that part of himself,
gradually and suspiciously.
1t is a paradox, but still true, that
he is at his most fascinating and for.
bidding period at one and the same
time, and his looks betray him, in
both respects. Conceit and humilia-
ton, love and dislike are struggling
within him.
There is a moral value in his looks,
because they react on his disposition
and tendencies; and they affect his re-
lations with people whether that is de.
sirable or not. It is at the awkward
age he is apt to become very con-
scious of the presence and attractions
of the opposite sex. Then looks begin
to count. Additions become a pleas
ure. He shines the heels of his shoes,
washes every convolution in his ears
and goes behind them, and he learns
the decorative value of clothes. His
looks affect his feelings and therefore
his conduct. Amy patch on his clothes
in front distresses him and the thought
| that there may be one on the other
side of him, which he cannot see,
while others can, tortures him. His
features must remain as nature made
them, but they may be helped out with
cleanliness and clothes and appropri.
ate decorations and the right kind of
foods and scientific physical culture,
! till those same features will resbape
themselves and assume manly beauty.
especially when there is a noble and
beautiful soul residing in the body
and using it for the highest purpose.
Culture in good looks is one of the
rights of boy, in order to overcome
present disadvantages and equip him
with power for future use; and it can
be carried on only with his co-opera.
ton. But therein lies his peril. His
vanity is such a curious thing, it may
deceive him with conceit and torture
him with dissatisfaction. To work
for good looks, as an asset, is not bad
but perilous. He will need both ad,
vice and example.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-08-11
Ended Cats Soiourn,

Felix Smith of Easton, Pa, bought
a cat the other day. He paid SIS for
her. Why did Felix pay five bucks
for the cat? Answer-Because she
was guaranteed to be good ratter.
Did Felix have rats? I should say
he did-the house was full Of 'em!
And the cat cleaned 'em out! No;
that's the curious part of it. After the
cat had been on the job week the
rats were as plentiful as ever. Felix
couldn't understand it until one even
ing he concealed himself in the base
ment to watch the cat. About p.
m, as the cat sat with her eye on a
rat hole, Felix says that rat after
rat came out Of the hole, walked up
to the old cat, kissed her good night,
and then returned to the hole. After
that Felix kicked the cat out of the
house-Boston Post.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-08-11
VISITORS in the galleries of the sen
n4o nha har nro olmau VIC infarpSf

VISITORS in the galleries of the SEN
v ate chamber are always interest
ed in the bright little messengers who
scurry about bent on errands for the
senators. These pages live officially
in an age limit. They must be no less
than twelve nor more than sixteen
years old His seventeenth birthday
Is usually a sorry day for the page
boy for it may be long before he can
have so good an income; certainly
many fears before he can earn SO
much with so little physical and
mental effort.
The boys are employed during the
sessions of the senate $3.50 day;
and that means 80 or 81 days a
month, whether the senate is in ses-
sion every day or not. There are now
fourteen pages on the floor of the
senate, and four riding pages. The
latter receive $3.50 a year, their pay
going on whether the senate Is In
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years old, and the youngest man ever
seated in the senate, began talking
very soon after taking the oath Of
office and has on several occasions
notified his colleagues that when ira
ditions of the senate and business
methods conflict the traditions will
be ignored. Senator Kenyon of Iowa
is not much older and is a ready and
aggressive talker, with no disposition
whatever to play a thinking part
through six years.
Senator Pomerene of Ohio relieved
himself of a speech within a few
weeks after taking his seat, and Sena-
tors Williams, Works and Hitchcock
are all talkative new members.