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as far as Basel, just across the Swiss
frontier, and small sea-going steam
ers ascend it as far as Mannheim. This
mighty river has been improved by
the Germans at cost of more than
s12,5OO,00O, and it's waters bear an i'm
mense traffic in coal, iron ore, iron
and steel manufactures and other
heavy freight. The Rhine valley,
dotted with picturesque ruined castles
and saturated with legend and TO-
nance, is also one of the busiest dis
tricts in all Europe, for it is densely
populated and contains numerous i'm
portant industrial cities. Canals con-
meet the Rhine with the Mouse, Saone,
Seine, Danube and Ems rivers. The
Rhine-Rhone canal follows the course
of the river from Strassburg almost
to Basel, and is generally used instead
of the river.
The Elbe is second only to the
Rhine in commercial Importance. It
is navigable throughout it's whole
course in Germany and along it lie
some of the chief silver and coal
mines, salt fields, sheep pastures and
beet-root areas in the empire. More
over, it links Berlin, the capital, with
Hamburg, the chief port, by the canals
of the Havel and Spree river systems.
The Weser, the Oder, the Vistula
and other rivers are of great impor-
lance as commercial highways, and
go to make up Germany's grand total
of nearly 5000 miles Of navigable riv-
ers, of which about 1,400 miles are
canalized.
Germany's canals are many, their
total mileage being something like
1900, and large sums are spent on
their improvement The most import
ant internationally is the great North
Sea and Baltic ship canal, which ira
verses Schleswig- Holstein, saving two
days time by steamer between Ham
burg and all the Baltic ports Of Ger
many. This canal was begun in 1887
and was opened to traffic in 1895, and
is a source of much pride to Empaeor
William. The Ludwigs canal in Bava-
ria united the Danube with the Main,
thus supplying a continuous water
way from the North sea to the Black
sea. The Plauen canal connects the
Elbe with the Havel, and there are
systems connecting the Oder with the
Elbe and the Memel with the Pregel.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-04-28
age are small so that rates are very
reasonable and the total of heavy traf-

age are small so that rates are very
reasonable and the total of heavy traf-
fic is large.
Through close and effective study
Of economical transportation, Belgium
has built UP an excellent system Of
canals and canalized rivers, 20 in num-
Der. These are used partly for trans
portation and partly for irrigation.
Both the Mouse and the Scheldt are
navigable throughout their entire
length in Belgium, and many Of their
tributaries have been canalized. In ad-
dition to these natural advantages,
there are canal systems that unite
Brussels and Louvain with the Rupel,
Brussels with Charleroi and Mons
with Condo. Then, too, there are two
fine ship canls which by uniting Client
and Bruges with the sea coast have
restored to those cities much of their
old time commercial Importance.
Mention of Holland instantly Gre
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-04-28
open-Air Schools Increasing.

Since January 1, 1907, sixty-five open
air schools for children afflicted with
or predisposed to tuberculosis have
been established in twenty-eight cities,
according to an announcement made
by the National Association for the
Study and Prevention of tuberculosis.
The first open air school in the United
States was established on January I,
1907, by the board of education OF
Providence, R. l., at the instance Of
DR.. Ellen A. Stone. The next school
was established in May of the same
year at Pittsburg, and the third at
Boston in July, 1908. According to
the reports received by the National
Association, the result of the open air
class-work has been to restore most
of the children to normal health and
efficiency. One of these open air
schools or classes should be establish
ed for each $4,000 population, esrc-
cially in cities.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-04-28

his work. And although he might not
have admitted it were he charged with
it, l knew he was afflicted with dis
order of the digestive apparatus that
always accompanies vegetarianism. He
was. in fine, the victim of a prejudice
that left him unequal to the work he
was compelled to do, and which he was
doing at the expense of his health,
happiness and success in the world in
which he moved.
Upon what grounds does the prac-
tice of vegetarianism rest its claims?
The answer is, on no grounds what.
soever, unless it be those of the man
who has an idea" that if he looks
over his left shoulder at the moon, or
sees black cat on the thirteenth day
of the month, he is dead sure to have
bad luck
And yet 1t is only when it is ridden
to death as hobby that vegetarianism
can be charged with inanity. When it
is practiced occasionally and for linn
tied time, and at irregular intervals, it
becomes the useful servant of scien-
t1fic intelligence. There is "soul of
truth" In vegetarianism, as there also
may be, so far as you or I know to
the contrary, in the belief that If you
see a black tabby on Friday the thir-
teenth, you will lose regularly at
poker for some considerable time
thereafter. This soul of truth takes us
backward bit in the natural history
Of man.
The primitive ancestors of Euro
pean races, like the savage races of
the present time, were naturally fitted
for. and therefore needed" certain
amount of irregularity in their feed
ing. Sometimes game would be plenty.
and sometimes 1t would be scarce.
When it was scarce, or not to be had
at all, those primitive ancestors Of
ours were necessarily limited to a
starvation diet. They were very hungry.
and their hunger made them keen on
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-04-28

I'm sorry for him. l once knew a
young man who was trying to do the
very hardest kind of work-the mixed
kind, which is physical and mental,
too-on a diet that healthy rabbit
would hesitate about adopting unless
guaranteed that the quantity would be
absolutely unlimited. This young man
would make breakfast of bit Of
bread, small plate of boiled rice, and
glass of water; he would luncheon
on small quantity of butter-beans,
or some other equally insubstantial
airy nothing, and then he would top off
the day with a piece Of cake and a
cup of tea-always weak tea, too.
Occasionally he would go on what
might be called veritable feed
ing bat" and would wildly
dissipate on two bananas for
breakfast, boiled rice with green corn
and an apple for luncheon, and q
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-04-28

ates mind picture of canals, and in
deed that little land of dykes and
bitches Is completely cut up into
small islands by its extensive system
of waterways. They cross and inter
lace one another like the threads of
some large fishing net. The North
Holland canal was considered, until
recently, to be the finest of the kind in
Europe. The southern part of the
country is especially favored by ma
ture, for the Rhine, entering Holland,
divides up into numerous arms, the
chief of which are the WAL, the LEX
and the Yssel. The Mouse joins the
WAL, thus mingling it's waters with
those of the Rhine, and all of these
rivers carry an immense traffic. Four
fifths of the river trade of Holland is
carried on the Rhine and the WAL.
The Scheldt has its estuary mainly
in Holland and carries ocean vessels
to Antwerp.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-04-28

the hunt, active, bright-eyed, alert, Wig
orous and pushing. Then, with a
successful kill, there would naturally
be a little gorging of meat, followed
by long and lazy rest.
Now, while we, their descendants,
are not quite as savage or quite as i'm
provident as were our primitive fore
fathers of the jungle or the prairies,
and while it is true that we are not
distressed with alternate scarcity and
redundancies of food, we inherit the
stomachs and the general digestive ma
chinery of those active old fathers OF
ours, and a reasonable degree of alter
nate gorging and starving is good for
us. Unfortunately, however, most OF
us have to attend to business year in
and year out, and We cannot lie idle
around the woods digesting of our
gorges, whereas fasting is not to be
thought of by persons who work at
occupations very different from hunt
ing.
But we can do this: We can cut
down, or cut out, our meat diet at IT.
regular and fairly frequent intervals;
90 without meat altogether for week
or so; be vegetarians, not regularly,
but quite irregularly, for short lengths
of time. And then when we give
meat its inning. we will be better pre-
pared to appreciate 1t, and to extract
from it the health and happiness we
need.
The vegetarian is therefore here.
with supplied with scientific princi-
pie" as sound and as negotiable as a
golden eagle. But II he adopts 1t be
will have to cut himself In two.
copyright, 1911. by the Columbia Press
Syndicate.)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-04-28
Absent-Minded BRIDEGROOM.

John Adams has always been at
sent minded, says the Kansas City
Journal. Yesterday he went with Ida
Lee, Of Kansas City, Mo-, to Kansas
City, Kan, to be married by Paul
Huff, acting probate judge. When
Judge Huff asked him if he would
take this woman to be your lawfully
welded wife," he was looking out OF
the window and didn't answer.
eff you've any doubts about it va
will stop right here" the bride saie
defiantly.
Adams protested that he had not
hesitated at all, but had merely been
ceremony as completed without
further hitch.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-04-28
Household Remedy
Taken in tho Spring Cor Years.

Ralph Rust, Willis, Mich, writes:
Hoods Sarsaparilla has been house
hold remedy in our home as long as T
can remember. / have taken it in the
spring for several years. 1t has no
equal for cleansing the blood and ex-
polling the humors that accumulate dur
ing the winter. Being farmer and ex-
posed to bad weather, my system is often
affected, and 1 often take Hoods Sarsa-
parilla with good results"
Hoods Sarsaparilla is Peculiar to Itself.
There is no Gust as good"
Get it today in usual liquid form or
chocolated tablets called Sarsatabs.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-04-28
Blames Accent for Chance

Il know what makes us bring these
men over here. It's their accent. New
York is foolishly enamoured of the
English accent.
I'VE natives say ut for it. "dawg'
for dog derby for bowler waist
for blouse. 'cawfee' for Coffee clerk
for Clark and we have a number of
colloquialisms about making reserva-
tons and delivering the goods and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-04-28

poor man or poor
woman trying to
w orry al o n 6
through an all-too-
limited and not
over-joyous life on
a diet that is fit
only for guinea
pigs, rabbits and
kline.
/ have no quar-
rel with the vege-
tartan or with his
principles" in
fact, I don't know
and have never
been able to find
out just what his
principles are. But
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-04-28
Alpine Death Toll Large

Der Of deaths for the year amounted to
128, as compared with LA in 1909. The
very unfavorable weather prevailing
last year prevented many tourists from
making ascents, and this probably &C.
counts for the decrease in the acct
dents recorded. OF the victims, 10
were climbing alone and 62 had friends
or guides with them. Sixty-six fell
from rocks or grass slopes, IL slipped
on snow or ice. fell into crevasses
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-04-28

and were swept away by avalanches.
The greatest number Of accidents oc-
CURED in July and August (22 and %,
respectively, and the fewest in March.
November and December Zone each).
Among those killed were AZ Germans,
"a Austrians, 10 Swiss, 6 Italians and
Englishmen.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-04-28
Hundred Tourists Killed on Lofty
Peaks Last Year Due to Climbing
and PIucklng Flowers.

According to statistics furnished by
the German-Austrian Alpine Associa-
ton, there were in 1910 just 100 fatal
Alpine accidents, to which must be
added % lives lost through plucking
Alpine flowers and similar "semi-Al-
zine" pursuits, SO that the total num-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-04-28
CLANS for Temporary Use.

81 came across an old sign down by
the shore the other day." observed the
Long Islander. "The old chap who
has lived and done business there for
half a century has painted up over hia
door:
BOATS AtSN CLANS TO LET"
~ New York PxszA
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-04-28
American Minister Declares English
cIergymen Are DIsplaclng Them
Owing to Their Odd Speech.

The minister smiled.
First we got DR.. Chrales 3. Aked
from Liverpool" he said, land now an
other alien preacher Is coming to New
York from Birmingham. If this keeps
on, our metropolitan churches will
soon be as foreign as our metropolitan
opera.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-04-28

going some that creep into the pulpit
Creeping in, they drive us out, and
the British preacher, with his 'cabn'ts'
and fahsts,' gets our jobs"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-04-28
Contrary Signs.

What made you think Jiggsby was
the goat in this AFFAIR.""
Because he seemed so sheepish
about it"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-04-28
Adamant.

Adamant.
There are lot of girls who don't
ever intend to get married"
How do you know"
'I've proposed to several"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-04-28

steaming under the thousand guns
that arm King Georges tremendous
fortress on the rock. So the project
seems almost equally important from
a commercial and military view, and
doubtless will be carried out.
Altogether, France has nearly 5000
miles of canals and 5000 miles of nav
igable rivers, and in the last Is years
the rate of increase as regards ton
mage and ton-mileage has been more
rapid on the waterways than on the
railways.
In the Rhine and the Elbe, Germany
possesses two commercial waterways
of the first magnitude. The Rhine is
navigable for small river steamboats,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-04-28

I sometimes despair for the future
Of the human race when 1 see some
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-04-28

The Magistrate-You say you didn't
know the pistol was loaded, yet the
dealer who sold it to you says you did
not pay for it.
Prisoner-What's that got to do with
1t?
The Magistrate-Well, if you didn't
pay for it, then the dealer must have
charged it for you.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-04-28

No man becomes jailbird just foe
n 10
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-04

tho eighth stroke.
By this time one should be pretty
well warmed up. Now comes the
back Strengthening and straighten-
ing exercise.
Hold the arms straight down at the
sides, with the shoulders we'll thrown
back. Turn the hands so that the
palms are outward and slowly, slow
ly raise the arms, imagining that the
dumb-bell in each hand is as heavy
as ones strength can possibly lift
When the hands have reached the
level of the elbows, bend the elbows
and (still straining at the imaginary
terrific weight) lift the dumb bells to
the shoulder level as in picture num-
Der 2. Now push the bells slowly.
slowly upward over the head and
when the arms are at full length,
standing on tipt e, reach into the
air. Do not drop the arms Imply
at this point, but bring them down
slowly, reaching forward in a wide
semi-circle till they come down to
the hips. This exercise will cure a
tendency toward rou-.d shoulders if
taken in this mLnner four times a
morning; but it IS a very hard exer-
else and after it one will feel a bit
tired.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-04
OQrninQ q Filet

" HE net chosen is knotted hlet.
wide meshes and fine If pos
sible, it should be hand netted
in fact, many women are netting
their own fiIet before darning it. For
both small Ind large articles the net
must be stretched over a small hand
frame, such as may be purchased in
any art needlework store, so as to
keep it taut. The embroidered piece
IS shifted on and rolled up as each
section of it is worked
The design is not stamped on the
back, but the worker lays the pat
tern in front and, counting the
meshes, repeats the design on the net
before her. Just as in cross stitch
ing, the counting must be absolutely
exact, and there is a great deal of it.
a thing which the amateur must be
careful to observe
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-04
SHOPPING
ETIQUETTE
BY EDNA EGAN.

A MONG my friends there are two
~ sorts of shoppers whose meth
DDS | have taken pains to OBJ
serve, with the desire, however, to
learn rather than to teach. The
correct form of shopping is a won
derfuI gift, implying as great saw
ing of body and So III as of money, and
| am one of the unfortunate ones who
come out of these gladiatorial con-
tests the worse for wear in every
way.
The saints in my shopping calen-
dar are the women who get through
their buying without breaking any
of the hearts behind the counter; the
dear women who have always a gra-
cious word for the tired salesgirls;
who know what they want before
they go to the shop and buy it with
out haggling, dawdling or bad tenn
per.
"There is nothing like making out
written list of what you want, and
putting the sum you mean to spend
alongside of each thing, to keep you
in your Senses said one of the
saints the other day Then when
you get to the store you look at your
list and say to the girl, as if you
knew she were your friend, and not
your enemy: I want pongee waist,
in as new style as possible, for
three-ffty. Have you anything at
that price? Of course the poor. dear
girl is pleased with your confidence
and does her best, and if you offer
her the jonquil or roseud that's in
your coat when you start to go away
she is your friend forever after
'I always praise the girls who
take much trouble for me- declared
another dear saint, land if one has
been especially sweet ane valuable
tell the foorwalker about her as I go
OUT
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-04
DUMB-BEbb EXERCISES
MyW6
BY AGNES AGNEw.

n UMB-BELLS for woman of av-
3 erage size and strength should
weight three-quarters of a
pound each, but this weight is as
heavy as any woman should attempt.
AS has been said, too heavy dumb
bells will work to their own disad-
vantage, for some muscles will be
overstrained because others shirk the
task.
Dumb-ben exercises should be
taken in very loose clothing and at
a time when the system is fresh and
not over-tired. Early in the morning
is the best time and the exercise
should be taken near an open win
dow so that plenty of good, fresh air
may be taken into the lungs. By
the time the ten minutes of exercise
are over one should be all in a glow,
the blood dancing through the veins
and the perspiration beginning to
start from the pores. This of course,
means real exercise and not merely
a gentle waving of the arms and
bending of the wrists. Dumb-bell
exercises are taken from the Shout
der and all the force of the body
should go into each stroke.
The ordinary Setting up exer-
cfses, familiar to those who have
taken gymnasium work, are the best
TO DeB1n Win. StanQ with the feet IN
heel1ess slippers firmly on the floor.
the heels close together and the knees
perfectly straight, the hips back, alb
domen in and chest up. The well
poised body should be able to bend
and sway from the hips in all direc-
tions without losing balance or NOV
ing the feet from this position on the
floor.
Now with the dumb-beIls on the
shoulders, stretch each arm alternate
" high above the head eight times.
Then both arms together eight times.
A long breath shoul1 be taken be-
tween each stroke and the strokes
should be forcefuI and hard Then
with the dumb-Eells on the chest,
stretch the arms out sideways in the
same manner and then in front.
Finally stretch the rrms rapidly first
upward. then sideways. then in front,
not stopping to breathe until after
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-04

GUESTS
HEN In friends drop 4. unex-

wv HEN girl friends drop IA. uneX-
w pectedly fo- the evening
dainty refreshments add
much to the pleasure of the guests
without causing any great expendi-
ture of eithe- --Cney OF effort. Hot
chocolote is a favorite leverage OF
all womankind and the truly hospi-
table woman is always an adept at
making it,
To make hot chocolate allow one
ounce of chocolate to each pint OF
liquid. To make one quart put two
ounces of chocolate in double boiler
with one pint of not water Stir un-
til the chocolate is melted, then add
one pint OF rich milk. Beat and stir
rapidly until it boils again Add
three tablespoon Is OF sugar, take
from the fire and beat quickly Have
the chocolate pot hot when the choc-
olate is turned in and served with
whipped cream. If slightly thick
ened chocolate is desired make a thin
paste of two teaspoonfuls OF corn
starch moistened with milk and stir
slowly into the mixture Just before IL
is taken from tho stove.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-04
Greasy Sink.

When the sink becomes greasy put
a little paraffin oil on a piece OF
flannel and rub the sink with it, It
will easily remove all the grease. The
smell of paraffn can be removed by
washing with hot water and soap and
the same time this will also clean the
pipes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-04
Hint to Washerwomen

When you're ready to buy a new
oil cloth or your table take your old
one and cut it up for aprons. Have it
cover the whole front of your skirt
and make a large bib on it and you
will find when you are through wash
ing that you will be As dry as you
were before you began.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-04

To hang q skirt evenly take a car
penter's rule=one that folds-lay
one part of it fat on the floor and
the other part standing inside of the
skirt. Pin up skirt, measuring by
rule. Your skirts will always hang
evenly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-04
Worth Knowing.

If the lamp wick moves up and
down with difficulty, 4 simple rem
edy is to pull out a few threads at
either side of the wick.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-04
To Remove Paint from windows.

Moisten the edge of a silver coin
and rub the spot of paint. The paint
will disappear like magic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-04

Carpets should be beaten on the
wrong side first and then, more
gently. on the right. Never put a
carpet down on a damp floor, for this
often results in the carpet becoming
widowed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-04

A square of house flannel of the
stoutest and ccarsest description
made into bag and pu- over the
broom is the best means of sweeping
boards or linoleum. When slightly
dampened it takes up instead of scat
tering the dust.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-04

BY pouring a little olive oil over
soft linen cloth nd gently rubbing
over the surface of mahogany furni-
ture the white covering caused by
dampness. also al dust, is removed
and leaves the furniture as clear as
a mirror, and saw having it pol
The Mena weekly star., 1911-12-07
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY
Senator Clmmins of Iowa VIII
Introduce Bill Changing Flee
ton Laws for Campaign.

Washington, Dec. t.--Senator
Cummins of Iowa announced today
that he would introduce a bill pro-
viding for presidential primaries,
early in the coming session. The
bin would direct the holding OF pri-
mary elections in each state, at
which the electors of both parties
could announce their preferences
for presidential candidates. The bin
would fix August of next year
as the time for the first primaries,
and if it should prevail nothing
would be left to the national con-
ventions except the framing of the
platforms and arranging the ma
chinery of the national committee.
1t would provide for a direct vote
for the presidential candidates in
each party, and also for electors.