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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-12-27
Postmaster General Hitchcock Night Worker

II took one man, from a western
i city, nearly a week to find GU;
something about Frank H. Hitchcock,
the postmaster-general. that many
Washingtonians acquainted with the
inner workings of the postoffice 6e.
partment knew
This man went day after day at 9
o'clock in the morning to Mr. Hitch
cocks office and waited patiently TO
see the postmaster-general. He be-
gan to have set ideas about the post
master-generaI and what he consid-
cred the necessity of making cabinet
officers do more work, or at least main
tain some sort Of regular Office hours.
On the night of the fifth day the
man dropped into the postofice build
ing. He did not know just why, but
he thought he might get some tip"
from the Waterman. The only person
in sight was the elevator man.
Il want to see Mr.. Hitchcock" he
said. Can you"
Have you an appointment with
him." interrupted the elevator man,
with his hand on the lever ready to
start the car.
The visitor had brilliant idea.
Yes" he quickly replied.
All right" the elevator operator
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-12-27
A NEW YEARS PRAYER.

In the new year may we keep our
reverence unimpaired for the hum
ble-minded, and those who have SUI
fered much; our humor alert for our
own mistakes and our self-suffi cheney,
and not at any time wreak it upon
the aged, the crippled, the obscure.
May we guard childhood and honor
age, however infirm and petulant, be-
cause 1t has gone long way on the
same road that bruises our feet; and
ever seek to prolong the brief moment
of joy as 1t visits children and lovers
May We have the grace to rejoice in
the flow of life as it moves through
from generation to generation, and to
be purified by the mystery in which
we dwell-the night silences and the
wonder Of our inner life. May we
know that humanity is vaster than
any creed of it's devising, any church
of its building, any religion of it's
shaping. May we look upon the wide
spread spectacle of human suffering
and, having endured to look upon 1t,
learn to know cur single life-seem-
ingly so unique-as a drop OF that in
finite sea. When it comes our time
to realize that in this earthly progress
we shall not long dwell with happiness
or with success, may we clear our
spirit of bitterness, and in calm
strength continue at the work.-Col.
lier's Weekly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-12-27
Billy Papke of kewanee.

When Billy Papke of Kewanee, ILL.,,
returns to America it will be to bat
tie for the middleweight boxing
championship of the world When he
Is to return is not known at present,
but It is thought it will be within a
few months. At present he is fighting
In France and England with much sue
cess. He has been across the pond
less than six months and in that
period has won the championship of
his division in England and France.
He has had three battles and won all
three on knockouts.
Papke is in the form displayed when
champion of the world and stood as a
rival Of Stanley KetcheI for the hon
ors. Then he was referred to as the
illinois Thunderbolt," and he was
deserving of the appellation. Defeats
by Ketchel took most of the aggres-
sive fighting spirit out Of him and
he has been some time in recuperat-
ing. 1t is said he has fully recovered
and is a "Tipton Slasher." He has
his former knockout punch back and
is as fast as ever. His condition,
reports have it, could not be improved
upon and he is making the middle
weight limit without any trouble.
There will be considerable action
In the middleweight ranks when
Papke comes back Aside from Ketch-
ell, no 15S-pounder was more popular
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-12-27

| than the Kewanee lad, since the days
of Tommy Ryan. His style OF milling
was liked, as was his willingness to
| scrap" while in the ring. Papke;
when struggling for the title few
years ago, never was known to stall.
| Getting into the ring and slashing toe
to toe with his opponent was hig
chief hobby, and he made himself IA,
nous with his 'loop-de-loop" punch.
which he first used successfully
against Hugo Kelly in Milwaukee.
when he conquered the then crack
middleweight fighter.
/ He has not changed his style OF
boxing any, it is said. This means
there is trouble ahead for Eddie Nc
Goorty and Mike Gibbons, who are
striving to settle the middleweight
championship of America among
themselves. Neither has met a fight
er of Papke's type and will find the
going a bit rough when they meet
one Neither can hit hard enough to
stop Papke. Ketchel was known as
the assassin in the ring when he
knocked out thirty-three men in forty,
six fights, and this included the best
sluggers of his day. Papke, in his
bouts with the late champion. staged
a bitter and desperate fight and gave
as good as he received until he was
Knocked out. He lost because Ketchel
carried the sitter punch
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-12-27
BIG LEAGUE CUAynrIlS
Seven Regular Fixtures on Teams
for Next Year.
Clubs Secure Old Stars to Develop
Young Observation-Disclosures to De-
vote Attention to Players In
All Departments.

Coachers for big league teams are
fast becoming a necessity. Already
seven of the sixteen managers in the
National and American leagues have
secured men who will be regular Fix
lures on their teams next season.
The other nine team leaders are Gag
erly watching for the right man to MT
in with their teams before they join
the fast-fncreasing list, writes George
E. Rice in the Chicago Journal. Will
bur Robinson has been a success WITH
the Giants and Kid Gleason has made
good with the White Sox.
Willie Keller Is to have regular
berth with the Dodgers as coacher,
and Joe Sugden is a permanent fixture
with the Tigers. Jack Ryan helped
the Senators keep up their fast pace
last summer, and Heine Peitz was q
great help to the Reds, while Lou
Criger is to be given charge OF the
Brown youngsters this spring for de
veacping purposes.
The good and sufficient reason Tor
such men as Robinson, Keller, Glea-
son. Sugden, Ryan, Peit2 and Crfger
holding their Jobs, however, 10 their
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-12-27

" ASHINGTON--From small begin
w nings have arisen some of the
most perplexing questions to be pass
ed upon by the Supreme court this
fall and winter.
Thomas w. McComb had splendid
luck duck hunting in Tinicum town
snip, Delaware county, Pennsylvania,
year or so ago. Probably to his
surprise that days outing will bring
him to the Supreme court He was
prosecuted for using an automatic
gun In the hunt. In defense he at.
tackled the constitutionality of the
pennsylvania law against the use Of
that type of weapon
Matthias Schmidinfer, Chicago
baker, is said to have made his loaves
or bread trifie to small one day and
was fined 500 for violating a city or
dinance regulating the size of loaves.
He will ask the Supreme court to de-
clare the ordinance a violation of the
Fourteenth Amendment to the Con.
stitution of the Uuited States.
, A burn on the back of Anne Swee-
ney Of the District of Columbia forms
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-12-27
Society Formed at Capital to- Study Spanish

organization and among those who
already have signified their willing
ness to become corresponding mem
bers are the Princess Teresa OF Ba
varia, Sir Clements Markham, K. c.
B.; Senior Quesada, former minister
here from Cuba; Senior Rafael Alti
mira, Spain; Senior Jose T. Medina
Chile; Senior j. Lafone Quevedo, Ar
gentina, and DR.. Rafael Villavicencio
president of the National Academy OF
History of Venezuela.
The society purposes to have fire.
quent meetings, when there will be
lectures and discussions on literary
historical and scientific subjects, and
will issue journal both in English
and Spanish. While the headquarters
will be here. the organization will be
international in character and mem
bership.
Honorary members will be chosen
from time to time from people who
have attained distinction In literary
scientific or historical work in con.
nection with Spain and the Spanish.
American republics.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-12-27

er than the list which Grover Cleve-
land had at his disposal when he en-
tered Office in 1884, after the Demo-
Gratis had been out in the cold for IS
loIg years.
In the sixteen years that have
elapsed since Cleveland retired, the
Democrats who were appointed to Of
flee by him have almost entirely been
eliminated. except in Offices and posts
under the civil service. where many
istration are still holding on. Some
of these Cleveland appointees are now
filling the highest places in the class.
ified service.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-12-27
Some Good Things Left for the Hungry Ones

r HERE are in the entire government
i service an army of more than 400,-
900 men and women. OF these more
than 100000 are protected by the civil
service. some by law and some by
executive order. OF the remaining
100000 or so only 1852 are direct
presidential appointees. The remain
der are appointed by the heads of de-
partments, but will, of course, be sub
ject to removal by the incoming ad-
ministration.
OF the 1852 direct presidential ap-
pointments, 9,949 must be confirmed
by the senate.
In addition to this large army of
Office holders and government employ
es, all under the executive branch of
the government, there are more than
1000 appointments under the control
of congress. Part of these the Demo
Gratis now have, but they will gain
more through the control of the Unit
ed States senate.
President Wilson's available patron
lge disbursements will be much larg
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-12-27
Supreme Courts Little Suits Make Biz Problems

the basis of another suit. On it's out
come will depend whether physicians
are liable for burns by X-rays in
photographing patients.
Over the meaning of the word "auc-
ton" comes case from the Hawaiian
islands. Arrests were made there for
the alleged violation of law requir-
ing license for sales at auction. The
sales in question were made to retail
fish dealers The point is raised
whether this was an auction, and If
so, If there is distinction between
public" and private" auctions.
Whether the government must pay
for the forage for two horses for the
late Maj Nathaniel H. Mclean of Gin
cinnati and for two servants is involv-
ed in another, case The point arises
as result of his reinstatement in the
army. The horses and servants were
employed after he retired from the
army and before he was reinstated
by congress.
The shipment of wedding ring by
Edward H. Croninger, Cincinnati
jeweler. to Atlanta, Ca, by the Adams
Express, precipitated case which
will determine whether express COM
panies. sinca the passage of the Hep
burn rate law, may limit their liabiI.
tiles for loss of articles.
Whether the back Of bay win
dow may form party WALL is the
basis of dispute between Lewis E.
Smoot and the Hoyl heirs of the Dis
trict of Columbia, to come before this
court for decision.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-12-27

Tor the purpose of promoting the
international study of the Spanish
language and literature there has just
been organized here a society to be
known as the Spanish-American
Athenaeum. At its first meeting. held
a few nights ago. the speakers includ.
ed Senior Riano. Spanish minister
here; John Barrett, director general
of the Pan-American union; Rev. Dr.
Charles W. Currier, specialist on
Spanish-American literature, and Nine.
Blanche de Baralt of Cuba.
The Spanish minister and all the
Latin-American ministers here were
made honorary vice-presidents of the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-12-27

It's shame for major football
teams to be kept apart by minor diff
ferences.
The first basemen in the National
league made 146 errors during the en-
tire season.
Pitcher Walter Beach of the Gales
burg club has been purchased by the
Providence Grays.
Every time Ty Cobb made a bingle
last season it netted him 1885, &C
cording to figures Of Herman Wecke.
The only thing that looks bad fol-
the Bal Players Union is the fact that
the club owners are not opposing it
Manager Stahl has sold Hugh Brad
ley, the Red Sox first baseman, to the
Jersey City team of the International
league
President Garry Hermann of the
Cincinnati Reds has re-engaged Train
er DIR. George Hoskins for the 1915
season. sr....tc, d.
In an effort to develop pitching
staff for the Cincinnati team Hank
O'Day tried out seventeen twirlers last
season
Manager Callahan says he will stand
pat with his 1912 lineup. Buck" Wea
yer and Rollie Zeider are sure of theil
regular berths.
Frank Chance has been hit on the
head thirty-nine times in actual games
Nobody can say how often he has been
hit below the belt
Afmeida and Marsans, the Cubans
who played with the Reds last sum
mer, are managers OF rival clubs In
Havana this winter
Walter Johnson, star twirler of the
Washington Senators, says his team
will win the pennant the coming sea
son If 1t will hustle little.
Mike Kahoe, the Senators prize
scout, says the Athletics look fine.
He also declares that Connie Mack 8
outfield will have bells on it.
Harry Wolverton, the deposed man.
ager of the Highlanders, made an offer
of s65, 900 for the champion Oakland
team of the Pacific Coast league.
Mordecai Brown Is in ain awful guam
dary-he figures he has a salary com
ing somewhere in baseball next year
but he doesn't know who will pay 1t.
The Louisville club of the American
association sold box for the opening
game of the 1913 season, and claims
the record for an early advance sale.
They say that Joe Birmingham, the
new manager of the Maps. is the daddy
of them all as a kicker. Joe was a
great goal kicker while at Cornell.
Pitcher Marty O'Toole had bad
year, but he has not lost heart. Il
guess I've lived down that high-p-iced
reputation" said Marty the other day.
Owner Navin of Detroit says that If
the players demand half pay for the
spring training trips, he, for one, will
not give his team any training at all.
Outfielder Vincent Campbell of the
Boston Braves says he is through with
baseball There's nothing to gain by
playing with tail end team" says
Win.
One player who never cares to out
guess a pitcher is Kirke. In 103 games
he walked but nine times, which
shows be hits almost every trip to the
plate
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-12-27

Well, here he
shoulder
We snub him all
misplaced
and bleak December
hourgass on the door, he
once more he starts, Il warn"
oud TN cowbe
shout
I come to this
prepared to labor is
swiftly
is the rule of this
me noise and all
nor does he Timber up his when dollar
pity
yearly speech don't let of reach
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-12-27

said, as they shot up to the fifth floor
Il suppose you know where his Office
is?"
You Bet do
There he found several clerks work
ing busily. His request to see the
postmaster-general was taken in a
most matter Of fact way, and in two
minutes he saw Mr.. Hitchcock. com
pleted his business and left for home
on the midnight train.
The explanation is that Mr. Hitch
cock does much of his important work
at night, away from the usual inter
ruption of visitors and routine mat
tiers which would bother him in the
daytime. He does not always have
clerks with him at night: often he
will drop in Unexpectedly and all
alone will peg away at some puzzlinS
matter until nearly dawn.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-12-27
Johnny King.

With King behind the bat. King Cole
was q grand success, but as soon az
the veteran catcher was traded to
Boston the tall slabman began to slip
until he was Of no more use to the
team.
Willie Keller can show the young
players more angles to the batting
game than anyone else, and he win be
invaluable to Brooklyn.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-12-27
BRINGING IN THE
= new YEARS WATER

Perhaps in no part of the British
mere quaint and curious customs than
In fesabrokeshire. That picturesque
county abounds with strange customs
and rare ssperstitions, and If you are
lover OF the curious and picturesque
customs of bygone days, the day OF
days to be in Pembrokeshire is on
January 1.
You will very probably be awakened
by the strains Of some musical instru-
ment-preferably corsertina or &C.
Gordon, but mouth-organ will do
and the singing of children's voices
of the following words H
Rise up New Years morning,
The cocks are all a-crowing;
And If you think II is too soon.
Rise up and look at the stars and moon:
/ IL you are enthusiastic enough to
descend you will find group of boys
of all ages on your doorstep, armed
with little cups or mugs Of cold water
and sprigs of box, clamoring for
the New Years water" to be taken
In. If you accede to their request, the
sprigs of box are dipped into the New
Years water and tiny shower
sprinkled over your face.
This is supposed to bring great good
luck to you and your household, but
three things must be carefully OBJ
served-the bearers of good luck must
come inside your door, every member
of the household must go through this
ordeal by water to ensure luck to him.
self, or herself, and the bringers of
the luck must be rewarded in a man
ner suitable to your position. The
well.to-do give small silver, and per-
haps refreshments; others coppers;
and some of the poorest sweets, or
anges, nuts, cake. etc.
Every good Pembrokeshire house
wife lays in store of small coins and
good things of the season, in readiness
for the early visits of the youth of her
town or village, and many deny them
selves to do this. To assert that the
bringing of the New Years water
does not bring good luck would be re.
garded as rank blasphemy.
Needless to say, the boys look for
ward to this red-letter day for months,
and find it no hardship to rise before
the lark on that day. Boys we'll bless
ed with relatives and friends living in
the district reap a rich harvest, as
these friends will refuse to open their
door until the arrival of their particu.
lar favorites, for many troops peram-
bulate the streets on the morning Ut
this day.
Girls are considered very unlucky te
enter your house first on New Years
Day, and dark persons are preferred
TO those of fair complexion as luck.
bringers. To avoid anything so ter.
rible as the entry Of girl or WON
an or a fair person first on New Years
Day, the doors are kept locked, and
when a knock is heard the caller is
either inspected from a window OF
some other coign of vantage. or in.
terrogated through the closed door.
This all may appear very absurd in
print, but if you pay visit to Tenby
or some other place in 1.-The premier
county of Wales" you will enter into
the spirit of the thing. and feel the de
light of hearing the familiar greeting
"A Happy New Year." accompanied
by a tiny jet of icy water on your
face.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-12-27
Club Rates.

MY wife and myself are trying TO
get up a list of club magazines. BIZ
taking three you get discount"
How are you making out?"
We'll, we can get one that I don't
want and one that she doesn't want
and one that neither of us wants for
1926"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-12-27
Coast Has New "tfope.-

Grover Brinkley, middleweight. Is
looked upon on the Pacific coast an
coming champion and probable white
hope. He recently knocked out In
one round Tom Burgess, an expe-
rienced boxer. He hit Burgess on the
chin and the bout was over Brinklsy
was once water boy and sparring
partner for Stanley Ketchel.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-12-27
Steering Committee.

Registry Clerk-''It is necessary for
me to ask the mother Of the bride IL
she has nothing to say before / pro-
ceed with the ceremony" Voice of
Mother lin background)-"All 1 have
30 say is that If l hadn't had a good
deal to say already they never would
have landed here"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-12-27
The New Year.

Each New Year is leaf OF our loves
rose;
1t falls. but quick another rose-leaf
grows.
So IS the foyer from year to year ths
But richer. for the dead leaves feed Its
fan,A
Glider.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-12-27
Griffith Wakes sanauine.

"All ask is that the Boston Rec
Sox maintain the same pace as last
season." says Clark Griffith. ''If they
do, the Washington Senators will win
the pennant next year and also the
worlds series. Johnson will pitch
the first two games, rest a day. then
win the next two"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-12-27
WRESTLERS ARE VERY QUIET
Mat Men, Usually Quite Busy at This
Season of Year, Are Missing
Yussif Mahmout Coming.

Where are the wrestling champions?
The baseball and football seasons are
past and we are now in the period of
the year devoted to bowling, wrestling
and basketball But the wrestling
champions of foreign lands are not
with us, as usual.
This time two seasons ago we would
hare had two or three French title
holders, four or five from Italy and
several from Turkey, Bulgaria, Ger
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-12-27

many, Switzerland, Scotland and other
localities. But now the only one who
is roaring in our midst is Stanislaps
Zbyszgo, the ever-present Polish
claimant
If the wrestlers were wise they would
hustle I'D and make hay while the sun
shines. For the bogy man Of the
ring, Yussif Mahmout, will be back
as soon as the war is over and then
things will go hard for the dub mat
man. Yussif spares none, and If, by
any miracle, he should be beaten,
there is the awful specter of Frank
Gotch in the distance.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-12-27
Whistler's House,

Whistler wrote jestingly over his
door: Except the Lord build the
house, they labor in vain that build it.
E. w. Goodwin, F. S. A, built this
one. - Famous Houses and Literary
Shrines of London, by A. st. John
Adcock.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-12-27
Meaning of Love.

YOU must first find out the mean
ing OF love and then see that you do
what love bids you, but the essential
thing Is that you must find out that
meaning for yourself.-Tolstoy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-12-27
A. First GLANCE

A man usually Identifies the woman
who interests him with the mood in
which he first saw her, even with the
clothes she happened to be wear
Tamsie," by Rosamund Ma,
pier.
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presidert Neal to a.+i,.

President William Neal os the Blua
Grass league has notified the direc.
tors of the league that because of his
new duties as general manager Of the
Louisville club he desires to retire
as the head of the league.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-12-27
cleveIand catchers Fa.v

Clyde Milan, the leading base run.
ner Of the American league, found
the Cleveland catchers the easiest to
steal on. He pilfered twenty-seven
hassocks OF the Nap catchers,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-12-27
Yale May Drop Soldiers.

West Point and Yale may net con-
test on the gridiron in 1913. Cor
nell may play Yale at New Haven in
stead.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-12-27
onenino Of American Assoe,atlon

According to advance dope on next
years American association schedule.
Toledo will open at Columbus, Indiana
polls at Louisville, Milwaukee at Kan
sas City and St. Paul at Minneapolis
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-12-27
Schann Hits Hard

Schang of Buffalo, the catcher much
sought after in the draft, finished the
1912 season with a batting ayesass
Of .e24 In forty-eight games.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-12-27

1t would take a lot of courage to do
1t. but doubtless your bald-headed
friend would apprseik.e present OF q
wig.