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The Ely miner., 1911-06-16
POOR RETURN FOR CHIvALRy
Incident That Probably Has Forever
Discouraged kind+Hearted
Mr.. Jones.

Chivalrous Mr.. Jones purposely
dropped a fifty-cent piece at the foot
of a poorly dressed woman who
passed through the Subway turnstile
loudly lamenting that the ticket agent
had cheated her out of half dollar,
then he. picked the money up and
gave 1t to her.
Excuse me, madame" said Mr.
Jones, Il think you dropped this"
"Oh, no." she said, "it can't be
mine. Perhaps you dropped it, your
self"
"Oh, no." said Mr.. Jones. at is
yours, am sure. picked it up just
as you passed"
She took the money, and hurried
after another man who had passed at
the time the money dropped.
Excuse me, sir" she said, 81 think
you lost this"
Thanks" said the other man, and
jumped aboard train that was ready
to start
g y" said chivalrous Mr.
Jones.-New York Times.
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WORL

ar-tight connection between the human lungs
and the mechanical lungs of the machine. 1t is
said of this new invention that it will make
corpse breathe" meaning that it will compel
the diaphragm to move in a body in which life
is wholly extinct. The new device costs $500,
making it one of the worlds most expensive
pieces of rescue equipment, as it is certainly
one of the most effective Comparatively little
experience is required for its successful opera
tion.
Government officials have within the past few
months invented several new machines for
quickening and cheapening the manufacture of
paper money and postage stamps and whereas
these inventions may not find very extensive
adoption outside the government workshops,
they will exert important influence there.
Among these new inventions is remarkable
combination machine which at one operation
stamps the successive serial number on each
bank note, impresses in color the official seal,
cuts the sheets of money into individual notes
and counts the bills-tasks that formerly re-
quired as many different machines and an Inn
mense expenditure of time Another new fnven-
tion is machine which automatically trims at
one stroke all four edges of sheet OF bank
notes. third new invention is machine for
automatically wetting the sheets of paper used
in printing our currency-a chore that mad 1or-
The Ely miner., 1911-06-16

nave De0n IN the line OF dlSCOV-
cries of ways and means for doing things that
have been done heretofore, but of doing them
more easily, more quickly, more economically
or more effectively than has heretofore been
deemed possible.
The national government has been taking
the lead in scientific, mechanical and engi-
neering development to constantly increas
ing extent in late years. For, of course the
reader will understand that in speaking of
Uncle Sans current triumphs in the field of
invention and experiment, reference is made
not to the federal government as represented
by its own experts and employees. Now the
national government has always been a con-
trfbutor to the cause of science and invention,
there being dual reasons for its activity in
such direction. On the one hand the central
government, with paternal instinct, has been
bound to contribute in every way to the we'll
being Of the whole people and as is we'll
known such benefit Is more often than not con-
ferred through the instrumentality of scien-
tif1c discoveries and inventions Obviously
then 1t is up to Uncle Sam to foster Yankee
ingenuity by every possible means.
Yet the second incentive to federal activity
in this broad field has been even more of
spur than the first. 1t arises from the fact
that the national government is, to an extent
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wings and biting the bars Of it's cage
in anger, bpt it got no farther. That
day the bird received millet, which 1t
did not care for; the hempseed,
which 1t was very fond of. being
locked up in the cupboard.
Next day Polly was In a greater
temper than ever. and after desper-
ate effort to break through the bars
of her cage she finally caught sight OF
the cupboard near the ceiling. In
stantly came the words. Ladder,
climb-cupboard," and Polly, having
learned her lesson. the cupboard was
The Ely miner., 1911-06-16

A trial package of Munyon's Paw Paw
Pills will be sent free to anyone on re-
quest. Address Professor Munyon, SD q
Jefferson Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. If you are
in need of medical advice, do not fail to
write Professor Munyon. Your communi-
cation will be treated in strict confidence,
and your case will be diagnosed as care
fully as though you had personal inter
view.
Munyon's Paw Paw Pills are unlike
all other laxatives or cathartics. They
coax the liver into activity by gentle
methods. They do not scour, they do
not grippe, they do not weaken, but they
do start all the secretions of the liver
and stomach in a way that soon puts
these organs in a healthy condition and
corrects constipation. In my opinion
constipation is responsible for most all
ments. There are 26 feet of human
bowels, which is really sewer pipe.
When this pipe becomes clogged the
whole system becomes poisoned, caus-
ing biliousness, Indigestion and impure
blood, which often produce Rheumatism
and kidney ailments. No woman wha
suffers with constipation or any liver
ailment can expect to have q clear
complexion or enjoy good health. II
I had my way I would prohibit the sale
of nine-tenths of the cathartics that are
now being sold for the reason that they
soon destroy the lining of the stomach,
setting up serious forms of Indigestion,
and SO paralyze the bowels that they re-
fuse to act unless forced by strong
purgatives.
Munyon's Paw Paw Pills are tonic
70 the stomach, liver and nerves. They
invigorate instead of weaken; they en-
rich the blood instead Of impoverish
it; they enable the stomach to get all
the nourishment from food that is put
into it.
These pills contain no calomel, no
dope; they are soothing, healing and
stimulating. They school the bowels
TO act without physic.
Regular size bottle, containing As pills,
25 cents. Munyon's Laboratory, SD &
Jefferson Sts.. Philadelphia.
The Ely miner., 1911-06-16
kissinu Breach of Peace.

The better half of a respected citi-
zen of New Jersey recently had the
temerity to hale her lord and master
before the court on a charge of having
kissed her against her will. For this
heinous offense this shameless Jersey
benedict was bonded over in $10O bail
to keep the peace, and, moreover.
was warned by the Judge never again
to kiss his wife without first obtaining
her consent in due form. If he is any
kind of man. probably he will never
want to kiss her again.-Washington
Herald.
The Ely miner., 1911-06-16

visible hand and almost more quickly than
the eye can follow the operation, these nails
are one and all drawn to the highly magnetized
surface.
This new magnet, a worlds record breaker
In size as we'll as in power was constructed
specially for the United States government by
a firm of instrument makers in Switzerland.
The circumstances connected with the design
ing of the magnet illustrate how great minds
may run in the same direction. Mr.. Frederick
Bates, the United States government expert
who is at the head of the division of polarimet
ry at the bureau of standards and working in
conjunction with other government scientists
just worked out the detailed plans for such
magnet when he discovered that the foreign
instrument makers who ultimately built this
one for our government had been covering the
same ground at the same time, each inventor
unconscious of the activities of his rival on the
opposite side of the Atlantic.
Perhaps the most unusual attribute of this
magnet is that 1t Is made available for con-
tinuous use, this being accomplished by re-
placing ordinary insulated wires such as are
commonly used with copper tape. This cop
per tape is surrounded by insulating OIL
Through this oil there are run coils Of copper
tubing about one-half inch In diameter and
through this tubing cold water is circulated to
carry off the enormous heat which is devel
is yet newer invention-the product of gov
ernment scientists-which promises great
things. 1t is known as vacuum gauge and it
will enable more minute and more accurate
measurement than has heretofore been posi-
BILE In the case Of a vacuum.
One of the most notable Of Uncle Sans
scientific triumphs of the present year is the
new system Of multiplex telephony mentioned
above and which by its disclosure Of method
of transmitting a number of telephone mes
sages simultaneously over the same wire is ex-
pected to greatly reduce the cost of long dis
tance telephone conversation. In connection
with the development Of this new form Of tel
ephony which will make one wire do the work
Of ten, Major Squier and his associates have
carried on some experiments which, though
originally intended only as means to an end,
now promise to have distinct value of their
own in disclosing the possibilities Of transmit
ting music by telephone.
The music of phonograph or graphophone
The Ely miner., 1911-06-16
His disqualification.

When we saw her she stopped pant
ing by the road to rest. 1t was the
shell road in Bay st. Louis, and she
was black. Beside her was heavy
market basket filled to overf1owing.
We smiled at her with sympathetic
friendliness and she responded with
full and free confidence.
"Yessam. I is some tiahed. An
lame. All painful wild miseries.
Yassam. I coulda done SEN some one
else to mahket fo' me. Nah grandson
he coulda done gone. But l dasn't
trus' him. He spends NAH money too
briefly"
The Ely miner., 1911-06-16

was the particular form of melody transmitted
and the results were really surprising in many
respects. For one thing the music as heard
at the other end of the line was remarkably
clear and sweet. Indeed it was seemingly
more perfect tone production than that obtain
able under any other conditions inasmuch as
the telephone served to entirely eliminate the
needle nose," the on suggestion of the me-
chanical which talking machine inventors have
never been able to entirely eliminate. 1t Is
believed that this disclosure of the possibili-
ties of transmitting music by phone will ulti-
mately enable people to enjoy concerts by the
best vocal and instrumental talent when seat
ed in their own homes. This would, of course,
prove an especial boon in the case Of subur-
banites and residents of the rural districts
where the use of the telephone has increased
so tremendously In recent years. In the ex-
periments with multiplex telephony the graph
ophone music was employed to still further
demonstrate the possibility of using single
wire for the transmission of various messages
simultaneously, each Independent of the others.
For instance, on occasion Caruso, by
means of "talker," sang on the line while
"The Charge of the Light Brigade" Gas re-
cited into separate transmitter close at hand)
vas carried over the same wire at the same
tfTue without in any way interfering with the
famous tenor's voice.
OF Uncle Sans recent innovations i'm tech
ntcal equipment none bids fair to ultimately
work greater wonders than the lately intro
duced Pulmotor. The PulmQtGs e delicate
ly adjusted machine that occupied portable
case not much larger than the ordinary dress
suit case, and its function is to bring back to
life persons supposed to be dead The gov
eminent provided the first Of these new mir
acle workers for the of the newly estab-
lished United States bureau of mines in its
work of rescuing men overcome by the poison.
GUS gases in coal mines but the advent of the
invention is opening up lifesaving possibilities
in other fields. as, for instance, at bathing
beaches and in city hospitals-in short in any
case where death is threatened through the
filling of the lungs with gas or water
The Pulmotor is, in effect, an automatic
breathing machine, its function being to draw
the poisonous gases out of the lungs and to
force into the lungs in turn the lifegiving
oxygen. The mechanism includes a cylinder in
which oxygen is stored under pressure, blow
ing and suction valve actuated by two accordion
bellows, and hood or mask which fits over the
mouth and nostrils Of the patient. making an
The Ely miner., 1911-06-16
Musical Note,

A music teacher in New England
school was trying to make the chill
dren in the fourth grade understand
the value of triplet-to get them to
know that three-quarter notes under
a brace were equal to two quarter
notes.
She couldn't make them under
stand; and finally, in despair, she
asked: what are three little babies
born all at the same time called?"
"Accidentals!" shouted small boy,
with a vague remembrance of the les
son of a week before.
The Ely miner., 1911-06-16

day, however, instead of the cupboard
being placed where she could reach It.
1t was hauled up near the ceiling. and
the ladder was placed among several
other articles in the corner Of the
room.
The question to be decided was
whether the bird, seeing that the cup
board was out of M. Souplet's reach.
would have sufficient intelligence to
use words 1t knew in their proper. Sc
quence. The first days experiment
was failure The parrot screeched
Cupboard cupboard" beating its
The Ely miner., 1911-06-16
GETTING Acquainted,

When new family moves in next
door the old boy and the new boy
climb up on the fence to get acquaint-
ed and it is done as follows:
Whats your name?"
"None of your business-what's
yours?"
"None of your business. You are
sassy"
$50 are you"
Don't you talk back to met"
"And don't you to mel"
'Tm an awful fighter when I'm
mad!"
"And I'm awfuller than you are!"
'Tve got dog"
"And I've got goat"
And five minutes later they are
good friends"
The Ely miner., 1911-06-16
Has a Parrot That Thinks

high-water mark of possibilities In this
direction so far as parrots are con-
cerned.
He had taught Polly to use the
words cupboard" and ladder" and
as he climbed the ladder he had sue
ceeded in inducing the bird to articu.
late the word climb" Every day when
the bird was brought into the labora
tory small cupboard was opened and
Polly helped herself to hempseed. One
The Ely miner., 1911-06-16
Should Report tuberculosis Case.


The National Association for the
Study and Prevention of tuberculosis
says that the first requisite for COM
prehensive campaign for the elimina-
ton of tuberculosis in state or city
Is well-enforced law requiring that
every living case Of tuberculosis be re-
ported to the health authorities. Such
reporting is now required by law or
health regulation in 25 states, while
In % states and territories no provi-
sion whatever is made for keeping rec
ord of cases of this infectious disease.
Several cities in non-registration
states, as for instance, Chicago, Cleve-
land, st. Louis and New Orleans, have
local ordinances requiring that tuber-
culosis be reported. In all, there are
about 100 cities in the United States
which have ordinances of this nature.
The Ely miner., 1911-06-16
cARD-SOP7Zyc HACHIIXE 02/ST
:Nyb1ElXZZp FlR TIE Us. CEIYsSlIS

dozen or more, end to
end, are supported in
horizontal position.
One of the most
amazing tricks per-
formed by the mag
net is to support a
glass dish by means
of a small piece of
iron placed inside the
dish. the power Of
magnetic attraction
being exerted upon
the iron through the
thickness of the lay
er Of glass. Another
impressive illustra-
ton of the power of
this monster magnet
Is afforded when a
handful of nails are
thrown in the air
perhaps three or four
feet away from the
magnet. AS though
wh{Skad in nv an In.
The Ely miner., 1911-06-16

brought down and she was rewarded
with some hempseed. M. Hachet Sou
plet looked upon this incident as .
proof Of the association Of ideas in the
birds mind. as no one had ever taught
tie parrot the phrase she created.
The Ely miner., 1911-06-16
What Was She Wearing?

The new fireman was telling his
wife about the fire.
"It broke out at midnight in the
Won Differs house on the avenue" he
said. "and just as we got there Miss
Won Biffer came stumbling out Of the
flames and smoke carrying her little
niece all wrapped up in her arms. II
was the bravest act ever saw"
What was she wearing?" inquired
the fireman's wife.
The Ely miner., 1911-06-16
Writer, Telling Of the Intelligence o
Birds, Relates How Pet Asked
for a Certain Seed.

n. Pierre Hachet Souplet, writing
ON the intelligence of birds and anil
mails. relates a remarkable accom-
plishment on the part of parrot. He
admits that the bird was an excep-
tionally clever specimen, and he con-
siders its achievement indicates the
The Ely miner., 1911-06-16
No Use to Her.

Cant l sell you an electric fat
iron?" said the agent.
"You cannot" said. she. when !
have trouble with my hrRAand loo
of good flatiron tied to IA safctsh
Jet would be - ma
The Ely miner., 1911-06-16
'J1E 1zZJHO7OR - The EWfWAH04R47lsS
N7Jn0DUCED By WsxZE cSAHIOR r.
.IOR1lYC LITE

UCLE SAM has very good reason
to plume himself because of a
number of important recent
achievements that most distinctly
make for progress. Some of
triumphs have taken the form of
new inventions for doing things
that were virtually impossible of
accomplishment heretofore and
others, none the less valuable,
The Ely miner., 1911-06-16

Mrs. wfnslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces indamma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie, 25c bottle.
The Ely miner., 1911-06-16

Charity is too often charity dis
pensed.
The Ely miner., 1911-06-16

Garfield Tea overcomes constipation,
and bilious attacks.
The Ely miner., 1911-06-16

Many a man has discovered that
popularity is not worth the price.
The Ely miner., 1911-06-16

Peggy-Didn't the lawyer know you
were an actress?
Kitty-Gracious, no! He offered to
get my divorce without any pub
ucity.
The Ely miner., 1911-06-16
WEYtZy LYlEzyZxD N4CZIZI/z CALIGE AT
ZIzEX,S. 4LJ4E4IOF SZ4hz2ARDS

but this does not prevent the magnet from do
ing stunts Of great popular interest now and
then.
When the magnet is charged with its full
electric current Of 125 amperes piece of metal
weighing hundreds of pounds might be sus
pended at the pole pieces and the leakage
that is the STRAY magnetic field" way out at
the ends of the magnet is sufficient to support
in all sorts of positions wrenches and bars of
iron weighing as much as five or six pounds
apiece, whereas wire nails in series of half a
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-18
Official Journal OF Caddo Parish.
WHAT HE SHOULD DO?

Advice, as a rule, is of little i'm
port especially when not desired or
if it is offered or given gratuitously
and yet at the risk of being personal
the Caucasian would venture sug-
gestian to Judge Hall,
Is he earnestly candidate for
governor?
II is assumed that he is, and he
may be declared to be the nominee
of the Good Government League.
What Judge Hall should do?
Without anticipating such NOM
ination or endorsement, he should
announce his candidacy in words
that would remove every doubt as
TO his intentions and plans, and
which would silence if possible the
criticism of his detractors.
He should take the people into
his confidence.
An appeal to the people on broad
patriotic lines is never in vain.
If, after so declaring himself, he
were to receive the endorsement of
the league he would be strength
ened politically. 1t could not then
be said that his candidacy was sug-
gested. devised or advised by few
men,
In this opportunity Judge Hall
could play a political hand that
would set his opponents to the ex-
treme of amazement. And such a
stroke of good politics would win
for him the approval of the great
majority of the masses of the peo-
pie.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-18
A Cabinet Scandal.

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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-18
ORGANIZATION FOR MICHEL.

1t ia related from New Orleans
that the Ward Bosses TO the NUM-
Der of sixteen are united in their
support of John T. Michel for gov
ernor, the only detection being fcoru
the Tenth Ward. This in substance
corroborates the view of the Cau-
easian that the Ward Bosses would
not dfsintegrate as long as the spo'lS
of office were within their reach.
With the Bosses politics is simply
business, and they will cling to the
men from whom they have The as
suranee of encouragement in hold
ing to and adding to their spoils of
Office.
1t is conceded that some of the
Bosses may think Well of Aswen. as
a gentleman and a scholar, and they
may entertain the highest regard
for Judge Hall as a man and a judge.
but they knew Michel by long asso-
citation and will stand to his can
didaey To the last. or at least as long
as he can give them hope for sue
cess. II could not be expected that
the Bosses whose existence is de-
pendent on the spells of Office shall
foTsake the man from whom they
expect the greatest favor. Indeed,
if Michel were to be the governor
he would in a sense be as soft as
clay in the hands OF political mould
ers.
In the candidacy of John T. Michel
is presented all that which is unde-
sirable in politics, and therefore il
must deyolye on the citizens of the
State who favor new conditions in
government to defeat Michel and his
Bosses.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-18
WHAT RECIPROCITY MEANS
Explained by Chas. II. Pepper, One
OF the American Commissioners.

Charles NJ. Pepper, one of the
American commissioners who neg0-i
tiated the agreement with Canada
IN an able article in the Christian
Herald. explains what reciprocity
really means. He shows that Can.
ada. being our nearest source Of
supply for food products, should be.
naturally regarded as 4 friendly
ncighbor with whom we can trade
10 mutual advantage and on the
most liberal basis for both parties.
\ wise and far sighted policy now
would encourage a wholesome and
desirable interchange Of commodi-
ties, besides preventing recurrence
of such manipulations Of the neceS-
Saries OF life as those through which
our people have suffered in recent
years. The reciprocity agreement
proposes to abolish the duties on a
large number of food products, in
Guiding cattle, sheep. fish, garden
and dairy products, wheat oats AMI
other cereals, and to so materially
reduce the duties on secondary pro-
ducts, including flour, ham and ba-
con, canned and sailed goods. both
vegetables and meat that it could
not be felt to be oppressive in any
part of the country. In word, the
whole movement for reciprocity is
in the direction of cheapening all
the necessaries of life, and perma-
nently lifting the burden of high
prices. The reciprocity schedule
will, Of course, so much further
than We have indicated.
Secretary Knox has defined its
object as generous. equitable and
reciprocal trade relations between
the United States and Canada: the
natural, logical and inevitable re-
suit of forces that began their ope-
rations when the continent was first
settled by Europeans" He adds that
the interests of both consumer and
producer are maintained in every
part of the agreement.
It is not to be supposed that all
of our people will be satisfied with
reciprocity at the outset. Our
American lumbermen may chafe, ,
our New England fishermen may
feel that their ancient privileges are
invaded; our western cattlemen, our
great wheat growers and stock rails
ers may feel that their interests
have not been duly considered. But
beyond and above all other consjd-
erations, there is the welfare of the
whole people to be taken into ac-
count. and this is the moving ptin-
ciple Of the reciprocity treaty, It
is al effort to reduce the cost. of
living and to make life better on,
both sides of the border.