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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-02-17

Belgium. but in all Europe. Namur
Is the ancient fortress which has fig
ured in the wars of history for more
than six centuries.
Namur, indeed, is encompassed with
the fairest charms that nature can re-
veal. The lovely valleys and hills of
the Mouse, the Lessee and the Ourthe
rivers, the grottoes of Han and Roche
fort, and many other romantic attrac-
tons in the way of feudal ruins, pic
turesque cascades, fairy glens, and
noble forests can be made a menu of
daily sightseeing, to be prolonged or
curtailed as your holiday permits. The
fortress of Namur, with the ramparts
and earthworks, which were so formid-
able in the days when William of
Orange besieged it, are now portion
of the public pleasure ground.
During your week of rapid sight-see-
ing you will have discovered that Bel.
GUM is not only the country that
seems to have been the center place
of the worlds history ever since his.
tory began, but that every inch of its
territory is romantic and instructive.
It's natural beauties and perfect acces.
sibility from end to end make It the
most enjoyable tourist and holiday
land in all Europe,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-02-17

- HE bureau of animal industry of
i the agricultural department ex-
presses the hope that many state leg
fslatures will take up the question of
providing for the production Of the
government hog-.cholera serum. The
federal experts are convinced Of the
efficacy of this serum. They believe
that If the proper effort is put forth
by states hog cholera will be eradi-
caetd.
State officials who display interest
in the subject are asked to send rep
resentatives to the bureaus expert
ment farm, at Ames, Ia, where the
methods of producing the serum are
explained. 1t is also the policy of the
bureau to furnish limited amount of
the serum and few immune hogs to
the states that are just starting in the
work. Within the last year practical
demonstrations Of what may be &C
complished through the use of this
new serum have been successfully
carried out in Maryland, Virginia, ILL
nois, Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Ken
lucky ana Tennessee.
Most Of these demonstrations con-
sisted of treating part of the dis
eased herd and leaving the remainder
untreated. At Kansas City, however,
more thorough test was made, the
results of which were very interesting
and demonstrated conclusively the
efficiency of the serum as preventive
for hog cholera.
The test was made in the stock.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-02-17
Has an Old Relic of Washington.

Has an Old Relic of Washington.
One of the most interesting relics OF
George Washington is owned by the
city of Salem. 1t is a medallion in
wood, carved after a sketch from life.
The same artist executed both
sketch and carving, which gives the
relic added value. He was Samuel Nc
Intire, native genius with a gift for
portraiture. He studied Washington
when the father of his country visited
Salem on his tour of the east, and
made the medallion shortly afterward,
to adorn the arch over the west en-
trance of Washington equare, Salem.
Here the effigy remained from 1907
until 1850, when the arch was taken
down to give place to an iron fence.
still in use.
This Washington relic is kept in the
f1reproof room at the Essex institute,
Salem, where it is frequently studied
by artists and others as an odd and
striking likeness of the great Ameri-
can whom no two artists pictured
alike.-Boston Globe.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-02-17

A Fleet of aeroplanes for the United
II States army is now apparently an
assured fact as the result Of action by
the house of representatives In appro-
priating $4,000 for this purpose.
There is the possibility that the sem
ate may strike out the item, but even
then it would have splendid chance
of remaining in the bill in conference,
for it was adopted almost unanimous
ly by the house.
This means the signal corps can
have the 20 aeroplanes for which Brig.
Gen. James Allen, chief signal officer
of the army, asked in his annual re-
port, and still have $4,000 left for
equipment, stations, etc.
Brigadier General Allen has planned
20 have about six of these stations,
equipped with an aeroplane each, in
various places throughout the coun-
try, chiefly on the seacoast. He has
estimated that each station, with its
machine. will cost for the first year
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-02-17

the fifteen balls without a miss Their
skill soon reached the ears of the bill
lard and pool world and invitations
to play exhibition games were ex-
tended to them from all parts Of the
country.
prank developed left handed
stroke, while Willie worked right
handed. Their father and mother al
so accompanied the youngsters on all
their trips and gave exhibitions Of
billiard playing.
At the age of years, Willie was
allowed to play with the billiard
worries and he developed so rapidly
that to those who witnessed his play
ing it was only a question of time
when he would be the worlds master.
His rise in the billiard world was not
only rapid, but almost phenomenal.
No man, not even the renowned Ives,
showed such skill in the manipula-
lions of the balls, the accuracy of his
drive shots, and such perfect knowl-
edge of the angles.
His playing was watched closely by
all the old time champions. Schaefer,
who was known as the wizard" was
practically the first to see the great
future in Willie and obtaired the con-
sent of his parents to allow the young
ster to accompany him on his tours.
Hoppe attributes his success to
close application to practice. regular
living, going to sleep and rising as
early as possible. He is fond of long
walks, which he takes every day in
all sorts of weather, after which he
will spend several hours in practice
His advice to all players who desire
to improve their game, is to take a
few lessons from some good instruc-
tor. The fundamental principles must
be learned in order to develop; the
rest will then take care of itself with
practice.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-02-17

Willie Hoppe, billiard champion of
the world, and his bride of few
weeks were much excited the other
day over report that he had an
nounced his retirement from the game
because of the objections of his wife
and father-in-law.
The story was that Thomas w.
Walsh, wealth Baltimore dry goods
manufacturer, with whose daughter
Alice young Hoppe eloped in Decem-
Der, insisted on his son-in-law's with
drawal from professional billiards to
go into the dry goods business and
that the champion of the cue intended
giving up the game.
TITS all nonsense" said Hoppe.
Neither my wife nor my father-in-
law objects to billiards. Why, 1
couldn't make living any other way.
Dry goods? Why, 1 don't know a bale
Of cloth from an aeroplane.
"The way the story started, guess,
was when told my manager that
wouldn't play any more one-night
stands. I've been on the jump play
ing these engagements for nearly a
month since our marriage, and natur-
ally Mrs. Hoppe doesn't like it. I'll
continue to accept engagements out
side of New York, of course, but l
will not go on the road for an ex-
tended trip. We are going to Europe
in month or two, and I expect to
play series of matches with the
French champions, Vignaux, Cure,
Cassignol and Addorgan"
Hoppe was born Oct. IL, 1887, in
Cornwall on the Hudson His father
conducted hotel there and the
usual billiard room was a prominent
adjunct in the hosiery. When mere
child, Willie and his brother Frank
delighted in spending their play time
at the pool table and it was not long
before both of them could pocket all
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-02-17
Granite In the South,

When one speaks of granite the
mind naturally reverts to Vermont. II
Is difficult to associate granite with
any section of North America outside
New England, yet it must now be &C.
knowledged to the credit of the south
that Georgia, North Carolina, Mary
land and Virginia are producing large
quantities of stone of good quality
which insures the south a place in
the market at any rate.
The annual output is now worth
about s3,5OO,0O0 and the industry is
growing. 1t may be of comparative
interest to know that New England's
output is about 100000 worth OF
stone annually.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-02-17

great Antwerp citizen just as he used
to inhabit it, and several picture gal,
ler1es crammed with treasures. But
Antwerp is the city of pictures, and
you must watch your time. You
should walk along the splendid docks
there are raised stone terraces for
promenading-and in the midst of the
hustle Of mighty commerce there is
the old Steen Castle to be explored,
the former fortress of the port and
palace of the Marquesses of Antwerp.
Here is collection of all manner of
medieval raarvels, musical instru-
ments, beds, torture-machines, and a
variety of horrible dungeons in the
depths below the basement.
Belgian cities are all close together
and connected by the state railways.
They are almost suburbs of each 9TH
er. You can choose this or that city
as your base for sleeping and make
daily excursions to the others. The
map that you will find in any Belgian
hotel or railway guide will easily di-
rect you, and the round-trip ticket,
which you should purchase on leav-
ing Ostend, enables you TO stop off
when and where you like You must
be provided with small photograph
of yourself to affix to your ticket, for
Identification. OF course, you can al
ways buy ordinary trip tickets from
town to town.
From Antwerp go to Liege, about an
hour and half's journey, but the
views from the train wiz repay you.
The old city Of the prince-bishops and
the birthplace of Charlemagne is sim
gularly free from smoke and noxious
vapors and other outward signs of it's
commercial activity, thanks to its sit
uation. 1t is built in a sort of basin
between the hills around it; on the
slopes of the hills ere the factories,
and all the unpleasantness blows over
the city.
The Palace of the Bishops, the uni
versity and the citadel can be done
by you, with lunch between, and in
the later afternoon you can catch a
train for Spa and arrive at the cele-
brated city Of springs in time to make
yourself presentable for dinner.
At Spa you are again in the midst
of the best continental society, with
the usual sprinkling of American mil.
lionaires and English "milords;" and
it is Wednesday evening in your
weeks holiday. You will find Spa
full of amusement, for it is the sports
center of Belgium. You can now take
the railway to Coo, where there is 2
waterfall of wondrous beauty, and Vol
find yourself amid the wild scenery
of the Ambleve river, and on the Dor.
ders of Belgium's miniature Switzer-
land, the mountainous paradise of the
Ardennes. From Coo you can take
drive to Remouchamps, a little town.
ship facing the Ambleve rapids and
lying in the midst of scenery of extra
ordinary beauty.
However, your week is coming to a
close, and SO you had best take a
train from Remouchamps to Jemelle,
on the main line again of the state
railways, and manage to reach Namur,
travelling the while through one of the
most picturesque districts, not only in
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-02-17

pany and showing at all the principal
cities in that country. The Germans
have taken eagerly to the boxing
game, and visiting pugilssts are made
much of by them.
Green has been most successful both
in the land Of the Kaiser and France,
where he has fought and won a good
many battles. French and German So
ciety people are fast becoming infatu-
ated with the game, and the clubs are
conducted on "pink.tea" lines, in which
dress .suits among the spectators ara
quite the proper thing.
The pugilists themselves have
caught the dress idea, and prior to a
bout appear clad In garments that
would make the average American
fight fan howl with Amusement. Green
is one of the nattiest "dressers" among
the fstic AGO." and a photograph just
received from Berlin shows him ar
rayed in fashion calculated to infuss
awe and Joy into the hearts of his
many admirers
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-02-17
HEREDITY
Can Be Overcome in Cases.

The influence of heredity cannot, Of
course, be successfully disputed, but
1t can be minimized or entirely over
come in some cases by correct food
and drink. A Conn. lady says:
For years while 1 was coffee
drinker I suffered from bilious at
tacks of great severity, from which I
used to emerge as white as ghost
and very weak. Our family physi-
clan gave me various prescriptions for
improving the digestion and stimulat-
ing the liver, which I tried faithfully
but without perceptible result.
''He was acquainted with my fam
lily history for several generations
back, and once when visited him he
said: If you have inherited one of
those torpid livers you may always
suffer more or less from it's inaction.
We can't dodge our Inheritance, you
know s,s
81 was not so strong a believer in
heredity as he was, however, and, be-
ginning to think for myself, conclud-
ed to stop drinking coffee, and see
what effect that would have. I feared
it would be severe trial to give it
up, but when I took Postum and had
it well made, it completely filed my
need for hot beverage and I grew
very fond Of it.
II have used Postum for three years.
using no medicine. During all that
time have had absolutely none Of
the bilious attacks that I used to suf-
fer from, and I have been entirely
free from the pain and facilitating eff.
fects that used to result from them.
"TIss change is surely very great
and I am compelled to give Postum
the exclusive credit for it," Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek.
Mich.
Read 1.-THE Road to MELVILLE" in
pkgs. There's a Reason"
Ever read the above Iettere A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
interest. @
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-02-17
Richarda May succeed Barry

John Richards, former captain o.,
the Wisconsin university football
team, will probably be engaged to sue
ceed Tom Barry as football coach al
Wisconsin next fall. Doctor Ehlel
aas, 1T Is understood, offered him the
job. Richards is now principal of tho
high school of Butte, Mont. Tom Bar
sy will coach the baseball team nsy
spring. Nw ~ a8aH
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-02-17
Gopher Football Card.

The following is the Gopher foot
bali schedule for 1911:
Sept. 30-Ames at Minneapolis.
Get. South Dakota at Minneapo
LIS.
Oct. 21-Nebraska at Minneapolis
Oct. 2S-Iowa at Minneapolis.
Nov. 4-Chicago at Minneapolis.
Nov. Wisconsin at Madison.
Nov. 25-Illinois at Champaign.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-02-17

Has Preserved Eyesight Long.
In Wood Green, England, there is
living woman of one hundred and
five years of age who can read with,
out glasses.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-02-17

Garfield Tea purifes the blood and eradi
Gates rheumatism. 1t is made of Herbs.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-02-17

Some tombstone inscriptions are too
good to be true.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-02-17
Knew His Cue.

Knew His Cue.
"She told him that she must not see
him any more" ~
What did he do?"
Turned out the gas.'-Exchange.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-02-17

Many people have r1ceding gums. Rub
Hamlins Wizard Oil on gums and stop the
decay; chase the disease germs with
mouth wash of few drops to spoonful
of water.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-02-17

Every hear of pearl being found In
4 church fair oyster?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-02-17

ONLY ONE "BROMO OUININE."
That is LAXATIVE BROMO OUININE Look foy
the signature of e. w. GROVE. Used the World
over TO Cure a Cold in One Day. Csc.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-02-17

Not So Bad as 1t Might Be.
New York has musical comedy
which the critics declare is not comic.
This is nothing new. Many Of them
nave been actually painful.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-02-17

er and near to the landing stage, the
outlines Of column and gable, tower
and minaret, balcony and arch, and
the sound of distant music come to
you; and then, as the buttresses of
the pier absorb your view, you are
greeted with babel of French and
Flemish, and all the hustle Of for
eign port. You begin to realize the
delights of having arrived at the most
beautiful summer city in the world
Ostend
For the moment you may be be-
wildered with all that you see. Your
dinner is being served to you in a vast
chamber filled with exquisitely gown
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-02-17
GREEN is TOURING GERMANY
Clever American Artist-Boxer Has
Been Most Successful In Land Of
Kaiser and in France.

Dick Green, the American artistbox.
er, who has been campaigning abroad
for several months past, is now tour
ing Germany with a theatrical COM
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-02-17

LONG stretch of great white
buildings looming at you
through the haze is your first
introduction to Ostend. AS
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-09
TRADE DR|FTSD0WNWARO
Unsettled and Feverish Conditions
Result In Fluctuations Bonds
Market Is Heavy.

New York, Sept S-Trading that
was unsettled and at times feverish
resulted in short fluctuations today
on the stock exchange.
The draft was downward although
there We're several short rallies
which temporarily reduced loses.
Several issues fell to new low
points of the year. The active list
sank to the bottom level of the long
August decline. Union Pacific,
Southern Pacific. Reading, Steel and
others came within fractions of the
years low mark.
The nervous, erretic movements
were apparently due to the man
euyeTs of professional traders, OPP
erations were governed to some ex-
tent by the crop report.
Copper shares sold off and later
rallied.
The bonds market was heavy, to-
tai sales, par value, $l,826, 900.
Governments remained unchanged
on call.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-09
WHEAT CLOSES EASY
Government Figures Turn Out to Be
Bullish--Wheat Is Sold for r
Export.

Chicago, Sept Although the
government figures today on the
wheat crop turned out to be bullsh
the market here closed easy, Il low
er to a up. Corn was u to " low
er and oats V down
1t was generally expected that the
condition Jof spring wheat would
be put by the government at about
SO per cent In stead the official an
nouncement was Sc per cent
II was rumored that twenty loads
OF wheat had been sold for export to
Antwerp
Corn declined owing to a betief
that the government crop report
would show an increase.
Oats were depressed as a result of
buyers holding off.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-09
POETRY DIDN'T BOTHER HIM
Rarkeeper Was Busy With HIs Pota.
toes While tho Two Literary
Lights Talked.

LIE Gallienne and an acquaintance
met on their way home late one even
Ing, and as they walked, started to
discuss poetry lie Gallienne ad-
,vanced theories that the acquaintance
did not agree with, and the discussion
grew warm
Let us go In here" said the &C.
qraintance. pointing to a saloon that
had an after-hour back door. ITS
easier to talk when you're sitting
down."
They took seats In the back room
and ordered. The barkeeper put the
drinks before them and then contin-
ued his work OF peeling potatoes for
the next days free lunch.
Meanwhile the discussion on poe.
try continued. lie Gallienne, to illus.
trate his theories, quoted passages
from Shelley. Keats, Tennyson. Cole.
ridge and other poets. An hour pass.
ed and the barkeeper stood UP,
well, gents, it's time to close up
Il hope we haven't bothered you
with our talk" said the acquaintance,
thinking that the barkeeper must at
least have been impressed with the
unusual flow of literary talk.
"Oh. no, you didn't bother me-" TO.
piled the barkeeper. Il was busy with
my potatoes"
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-09
Cork the beauty Center.

For feminine beauty go to Cork. On
the occasion OF her first visit to Ire
land--in 1S49--,Queen Victoria wrote
of the women Of Cork: The beauty
struck us much; such beautiful dark
eyes and hair, and such fine teeth;
almost every third woman was pretty,
and some remarkably so" OF the wo
men OF Belfast there was less to be
said, nothing more than: The people
are a mixture OF nations and feminine
beauty had almost disappeared. Lon
dor Chronicle.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-09
VARIETY SECRET OF CHARM
This Explains Why Our American
Women Are So Attractive to
Foreign Visitors.

Foreigners are impressed by the
peculiar attractiveness Of American
women" writes Grace NJ Gould in
the Noman's Home Companion. They
say that, next to their own women, IL
lis the American woman who charms
the most.
Now why Is this so?"
1T Is because OF the infinite variety
OF the American woman, which
pleases the eye and holds the magma.
ton. When any large number OF
women are under observation, attract
iveness must imply constant change
for human nature. soon wearies OF
what is monotonous. II the first, last
and every woman that the foreigner
saw all looked and dressed alike, the
first might well be the last, for any
interest he might feel In them.
His experience is this; He meets
the tall and stately wife OF his club
friend, whose polse and elegance are
her conspicuous characteristics, next
The takes In to dinner fuzzy, confid
ing young creature without any poise
at all, Later, perhaps, he meets q
Questioning girl. who looks at him
critically through her lorgnette; and
from her he turns to a demure
mouse-like maiden, whose infrequent
gaze Is soulful and who says little
but who says It 80 intensely. The
Irritation girlvand the athletic cir
come in their turn, and he finds 1t al
exhausting and bewildering.
"Yet he remembers distinctly eacf
one Of those American types, because
each one, by her dress and her man
ners, has emphasized her own iden
tity."
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-09
ErmEne nj the Coronation.

The finest ermine skins come from
the continent. Those from America
are not nearly so fine In quality. The
former skins have been principally
used by the best West end houses, but
a good many skins come in from Amer
lea. and a good number Of these have
undoubtedly been used for conora-
ton robes
The statement from st. Louis that
100000 skins were used for the car
of Russia's cloak caused much amuse-
ment, and is regarded by the trade
here as an example of American hui
NOR. When we come to think of IL,
quarter million skins does seem a
bit tall, considering that at the March
sales In London, which are the big.
gest Of the year, only 10000 skins
were offered. These fetched as high
as $40 shillings timber, which is 40
skins, while the average price was
round about $50 shillings.--London
Correspondence Fur News.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-09
STOCKS, BONDS, CEREALS ~

Of last months expansion was due
to increased turn over of the leading
interests.
The wire trade reflected reduced
activity
An improved demand for dry
goods is noted both in the primary
markets and iobbing houses. Re
tailers purchase steadily for current
needs, but there is little activity for
future delivery.
Print sent abroad during August
were in large amounts. Ginghams,
however, are quiet and bleached cot
tons are being ordered hand to
mouth.
Fall underwear is selling freely.
Trade in foot wear showed further
improvement, Leather continues to
improve slowly and prices are some
what firmer.