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The Ely miner., 1913-07-18
Remembered Thrifty TEACHINGS.

A woman who was left to the task
Of bringing up two small children be
gan early to train them. to consider
necessities above all else. They
could always look back to home
brimming with comfort, although the
furnishings were simple enough. They
had warm clothing in winter and thin
clothing in summer, and as they asso-
ciated with the children of wealth
they must have been thoroughly pre-
sentable. Habits are strong, but
sometimes they can be broken. The
son was the first to go out into the
big world and he easily learned new
ways of spending. The daughter pre-
served her sensible, thrifty ways to
the last and she is drilling them into
children of her own by teaching the
value of bank book in addition to
what she learned in her own child
hood
The Ely miner., 1913-07-18

cannot praise your Vegetable Compound
too highly. Every woman should take
It at that time. I recommend it to.
both old and young for female rou--
bles. - Mrs. EMILY SUMMERsGnL,
Swarthmore, Pa.
Baltimore, Md.-"My troubles began
with the loss of child, and 1 had hem
orrhages for four months. The doctors
said an operation was necessary, but Z
dreaded it and decided to try Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The
medicine has made me we'll woman and
I feel strong and do my own work. -
Mrs. ]. r. PICKING, 1850 Sargent St.
Baltimore, Md.
Since we guarantee that all testimo-t
mails which we publish are genuine, is it
not fair to suppose that if Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has the vir-
tue to help these women it will help any
other woman who is suffering in O like
manner?
The Ely miner., 1913-07-18

ture nearly all the games, McGraw
depended a lot on the batting of
Mike Donlin. Well, McGinnity had a
big bet down, and he was strong to
win that money. 1t was the first
game at Philadelphia.
Nov, Donlin always liked to go
out with the boys for a good time,
and there was no telling what he
might pull off, so McGinnity came to
me that evening and said:
"'Say, Jim, wish you'd get hold
of Mike and keep him tonight
Sure said, and l grabbed DON
lin and Immediately got busy on him.
Mike liked to play pinochle, so chal-
lenged him to a game and we went
up to my room and had it out Well,
l kept him there playing pinochle all
night, and he never had a chance to
go out. OF course, the next day he
was in shape, and he banged that
ball so far that New York won q
block"
The Ely miner., 1913-07-18
Nye's Humorous Compliment.

Bill Nye was once introduced to
Now Dean Hole relates: "Nye, the
American humorist, brilliant as the
best, whose comedy never fails to
charm, and whose tragic death 1 shall
never cease to mourn, told me that
when he met Wagner he said to him,
Your music is beyond my compre-
hension, but always feel sure when
hear it that it is really much better
than it sounds"
The Ely miner., 1913-07-18
CROP CONDITIONS IN
WESTERN CANADA
ARE THE MOST PROMISING FOR
MANY YEARS.

The deepest interest is attached to
the condition Of the grain crops in
Western Canada, especially among
the thousands in the United States
who are financially interested in lands
n that country. This interest is fully
as great among those who have
friends there following farming and
the growing of grain.
The reports from Canadian govern
ment officials convey the information
that the area under crop this year in
the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatche-
wan and Alberta will probably be no
greater than that of last year. Last
fall the weather Was such that there
was not as much fall plowing as had
been hoped for. The getting ready Of
land this spring made a considerable
portion of the grain late in seeding.
Notwithstanding this, wheat, oats.
barley and flax were got in in good
shape, although from a week to ten
days later than last year. On the
9th of June the reports regarding
crop conditions generally in Western
Canada were: Abundant sunshine
with timely and copious rain through
out Western Canada gives every as
surance of generous harvest. Climatic
conditions in recent weeks have been
absolutely ideal. Western correspon-
dents agree In predicting every indi-
cation OF bumper crop under favor
able conditions. Wheat should be
Il -
headed out in Manitoba between July
10th and 18th, and in Saskatchewan
and Alberta from 18th to 18th. The
oat crop is looking we'll, although late
and rather short in straw"
This is followed by a report July
9th: Crop conditions continue in
same satisfactory condition as last
week. Plenteous rains have fallen all
over prairie provinces, followed by
general warm and splendid growing
weather. Experts agree sufficient
moisture for many weeks, while crop
is ten to fifteen days late, prospects
are extremely favorable and condi-
tional upon reasonable weather for
next four weeks. Splendid western
crop is assured"
There is, therefore, the best reason
to anticipate most magnificent crops
throughout Western Canada in 1913
Advertisement.
The Ely miner., 1913-07-18
What She Wanted,

One day in the spring the orphans
from the asylum were taken in motor
cars out to the park. A society wom-
an, accompanied by her stylish little
daughter, was driving through the
park in big limousine car. They
stopped and watched the procession
Of little orphans, and the mother ex-
planned that the little boys and girls
had no homes and no fathers or moth
ers.
After she had finished she discov-
cred that her little daughter was al
most crying, and her eyes were filled
with tears.
why, what's the matter, dearest?"
she asked.
"Oh, mother, was the sobbing re-
ply, 'I want to be an orphan. Can
I?"-Harper's Monthly.
The Ely miner., 1913-07-18
KEPT DONLIN PLAYING CARDS
Amusing Little Incident of Worlds
Series of 1905 Is Related by
James J. Corbett.

Jim Corbett recalls an amusing lit
tie incident in connection with the
worlds series between New York and
the Athletics in 1905.
Jim has long been a strong rooter
for the New York club.
II never will forget that worlds Sc
ries in 1905 if live to be a thousand
years DID," said Jim. 'It convinces
me, the more I think of it, that Nc
Ginnity is wise .Old owl and always
has his noodle with him. Say, he'll
more than make good in Tacoma.
while Joe and Mathewson were
depended upon in that series to cap.
The Ely miner., 1913-07-18
Lots of Johnsons,

This is a great year for the John
sons in the pitchers box. In Walter
Washington has about the best there
IS, while Cincinnati has a marvel in
George Johnson, the Indian twirler.
The latter has done sensational slab
work for the Reds and it is no fault OF
his that Joe Tinker's club is not up
near the top, as when he goes in the
box the Reds are pretty certain to land
a victory.
The Ely miner., 1913-07-18
UnassIsted Triple Play.

The first unassisted triple play of
the season is credited to a Milwaukee
Independent team on June 1, and it
was made by a pitcher, Harry Sic
bert is his name, and he has had some
league experience in the past. In the
eighth inning of his game a liner
was hit to him with men on first and
second. He ran deep into the dia-
mond, captured the ball on the fly,
caught the runner who had left Sec
ond and the one who had left first be-
fore either could check themselves.
The Ely miner., 1913-07-18
Already Supplied.

An agent for automobiles accosted
a man who was standing in the main
street of the village.
Now, sir" he said persuasively,
after recounting the advantages of the
various kinds Of cars. Il should say
a nice runabout would be just the
thing for YOU"
Thank you. l have one. She's in
this store buying new gown"
The Ely miner., 1913-07-18
SAVED FROM
OPERATIONS
Two Womca Tell How They
Escaped theSurgeon'sKnif
by Taking Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound.
Swarthmore, Penn. =" For fifteen
years 1 suffered untold agony, and for

one period OF nearly
twoyears 1 hadhem-
orrhages and tn q
doctors told me I
would have to un-
dergo an operation.
but / began taking
Lydia E. Pinkham's
We G e ia Bile Com
pound and am in
good health now. 7
a m all ov er the
Change of Life and
The Ely miner., 1913-07-18
LONGEST Hit for SlnuIe.

Quakers are claiming that in a re-
cent game with the Pirates Sherwood
Magee made the longest single. on rec
ord. His hit was cannonshot liner
that hit one yard below the top of the
right field wall at the Phillies' park.
The ball bounded directly toward first
base faster than any man can throw
one and the slugger had to hustle to
be safe at all.
The Ely miner., 1913-07-18
Wood Afraid of "Bean BaII.u

The poor showing made by Smoky
Joe Wood, the pitching hero of the
worlds series, is attributed to his feai
of hurting batsmen. During the spring
training Wood rendered Bobby Byrns
unconscious by hitting him with Q
pitched ball. The accident is said ts
be preying on Joe's mind and he ma,
not recover his full effectiveness un
til July.
The Ely miner., 1913-07-18

This is the open season for young
men who slip all the poisoned ice
cream paragraphs from the daily
papers and show them to the dea
girls.
The Ely miner., 1913-07-18
Soon Due,

Society ladies are taking up the
suffragette causes"
81 always looked for it. Now we'll
see the high handshake in politics.
Courier-J Journal.
The Ely miner., 1913-07-18
DEVELOPED INTO REAL STAR
Amos strunk, Speedy Outfielder With
Athletics, Seldom Mentioned
for His Good Work.

One player on the Athletics who is
seldom mentioned in connection with
the teams success is, nevertheless,
one of the strongest factors of that
aggregation. He is Amos Strunk, the
The Ely miner., 1913-07-18

Sox and Tigers!
Well, If perchance
you can't place
the particular 90
casion, I'll offer
s o m g enlighten
ment, for to my
way of thinking II
was the widest,
most exciting eX
hibition Of free
and farsaway wal
Looping / ever wit
n e S 8 e d. A n d
worse, luck, / hap
pened to be right
The Ely miner., 1913-07-18

Manager Griffith has ordered Walter
Johnson to stop his daily practice at
that fungo hitting is a strain on John
sons pitching arm.
The Ely miner., 1913-07-18

Manager Chances reported offer of
$4,000 for Shortstop Frank Hosp Of
the Venice Pacific Coast team recalls
that Hosp once had a. trial with Gin
cinnati as a pitcher.
The Ely miner., 1913-07-18

A conceited man is one who wants
to talk about himself when you want
to talk about yourself
The Ely miner., 1913-07-18

Frank Baker says that the fade
away ball of Fred Falkenberg is hard
er to hit than that of Mathewson. He
has hit Matty's over the fence, but
not Long Cy's.
The Ely miner., 1913-07-18

1t may be natural for a woman to
be fat, but it is unnatural for her to
admit it.
The Ely miner., 1913-07-18

Some people indulge in the pastime
of splitting hairs until they haven't
any left
The Ely miner., 1913-07-18
DOC WHITES AOOD0O
Whitesox Southpaw Tells Story
of Tiger Game.
Gives Thrilling Idea OF Humiliating
Dumping He Received at Hands OF
Twin Jinxes, Messrs. Tyrus Cobb
and Sam Crawford.

Csy DOC" WHITE. southpaw Twirlei
Of White Sox)
Remember that game OF June IL,
1911. at Detroit between the White
The Ely miner., 1913-07-18

Manager Higgins Of the Cardinals
has made the announcement he will
trade any man on his team if he
thinks he can improve the combina-
ton.
The Ely miner., 1913-07-18

Bill Lathrop, the Notrs Dame finger
lined up by the Giants, is only nine
teen years old.
The Ely miner., 1913-07-18

Dan Griner, the big blonde pitcher
of the Cardinals, is the big find in the
National league this year.
The Ely miner., 1913-07-18

First thing we know the worlds Sc
ries will be here. Fastest games in
the slowest town-Philadelp
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Leslie Joe Bush is the full name of
the Athletics young hurler.
Denny Doeller is said to possess
the speediest automobile in Washing
ton.
Bill Lathrop, the Notre Dame finger
lined up by the Giants, is only nine
teen years old.
Dan Griner, the big blonde pitcher
of the Cardinals, is the big find in the
National league this year.
First thing we know the worlds Sc
ries will be here. Fastest games in
the slowest town-Philadelphia.
Catcher Schrang of the Athletics is
one of the few men in baseball who
can bat well either right or left
handed
Even with George Mullin gone the
Tigers are consider6 to have the
hardest hitting pitching staff in the
American league.
Nick Altrock, the self-styled come
dian, is said to look, act and feel like
a tragedian when he is told to go in
the pitchers box.
Some ball players do not think they
are great until they are chased by an
umpire. A few fines would correct
this line of thought.
=
Manager Higgins of the Cardinals
has made the announcement he will
trade any man on his team if he
The Ely miner., 1913-07-18

Some ball players do not think they
are great until they are chased by an
umpire A few fines would correct
this line of thought.
The Ely miner., 1913-07-18

Catcher Schrang of the Athletics is
one of the few men in baseball who
can bat we'll either right or left
handed.
The Ely miner., 1913-07-18

Nick Altrock, the self-styled come
dian, is said to look, act and feel like
a tragedian when he is told to go in
the pitchers box
The Ely miner., 1913-07-18

Even with George Mullin gone the
Tigers are consider6 to have the
hardest hitting pitching staff in the
American league.
The Ely miner., 1913-07-18

Leslie Joe Bush is the full name of
the Athletics young hurler.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-03
Good Side Line Is Profitable.
Combines Teaching and Farming.
Bv HENRY MMULLAN.

IN years gone by II was customary Tor
/ commercial travellers TO have side line
In recent years drunners are not SO
] much addicted to side lire selling as to
fads Of chicken farming, fishing. or
operating a gasoline launch. Everybody
tnat is worth considering as in the energetic
class today has at least one other iron IN
the fire besides that which belongs to his
position in the business world. and this other
view Of him furnishes more Of key to his
character than the way he does his regular
work.
A thousand big Chicago business men jump
joyfully into their other selves each week
end on their fad farms in Wisconsin. thou
sand more do likewise in Illinois. thousand
more In Indiana, and fourth nd in the
fruit belt Of southwestern Michigan.
Every clerk in Chicago who is worth the
slim stipend IN his pay envelope has FAD,
a side line. so to speak, which. so far from
making him a subject Of Investigation by the
alienists, prevents his mind from giving way
under the dull nonotony Of routine In the
checking Of endless accounts or the audit
ing of exhaustless strings Of figures.
And I'll now specialize my case. which is
true story Of the side line OF a school teacher
in a suburb Of Chicago. Tais man. before
he studied pedagogy as his life calling. lived
on a farm back east where his shrewd Yam
kee father gave him rigid training in practi-
cal agriculture and horticulture. Two sons
came west one Of them the school teacher
In question, and these brothers after living q
The Washington herald., 1913-08-03
Looking Forward with Regret
May Be a Spur to the Present.
Bv DONALD SCOTT.

past and that II was accordingly easy 20
mend the future. provided could see the
future things to be mended.
Il found the best way to do this was actu-
ally to put myself into the future in i'm
q agination. and then look back and try my
best to see the things that I might have
cause for regretting.
II believe there are a great many advan-
tages in this little plan Of self-discipline. In
the first place. It makes you look to the future
definitely. Before you can at all tell what
your regrets might be. you must thoroughly
imagine yourself in a definite financial and
social condition. Then during the year you
will strive to get there-and the fact you
have determined not to have any regrets, il
you can help II. at the end Of the period. Is
going 20 be a big boost toward gaining the
point you expected to reach.
You see. you look both forward and back
ward with all the looking in the future. TO
look backward in the future that IL prob
ably q good phrase for it. Anyway, 1t makes
q man think some to accomplish it-and any
thing that makes . man think hard is good
for him.
Even so. can't say but that now have
a few regrets" he concluded.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-03

was too high a rate Of insurance and IN 1sSS
they established q mutual Insurance COM
pany that today carries risks Of over U.s.
900. 600. all at Q rate Of $40 thousand Tor
I'VE years.
The whole plan Of cooperation originated
at a little grange hall four miles south OF
Olathe in 1875. The members Of this grange
a farmers secret society known as the Lone
Elm grange, decided that the merchants OF
OIathe were in q combine to boost prices.
Me-cha andising in those days was not con-
Quoted on a narrow margin. and the farmers
who were struggling IN a new country DE-
ciced~ that something must be done. Inc
merchants. they pointed out. were getting
rich quick at their expense
These farmers had moved west from the
eastern states. and while they mao httie
money they were fairly well educated. ihey
obtained the plan on which the community
interests of the Rochdale Pioneers. the
founders Of community interests In England
were operated. While the English COM
munity was a manufacturing one and the
Kansas community was one OF agriculture.
they decided they could make the plan OF CO.
operation succeed in Kansas
union meeting of>all the Changers In
johnson county was called at olathe. the
county seat Of johnson county. Here the
johnson County Cooperative association
was formed. but the farmers were not so
certain as were the leaders Of the Lone Elm
grange. and only $500 stock was subscribed
to start the business that was to become the
greatest cooperative association in the west
and perhaps in the United States.
Farmers were n no hurry to invest tneir
The Washington herald., 1913-08-03

A corrugated rubber cushion between two
rims features an automobile wheel which
needs no rubber tire. for which patent has
been granted.
An Ohio inventor has brought out laundry
machine that bleaches clothing by electricity
at the same time 1t il being washed In hot
water.
Additional purchase against the water is
afforded swimmers by recently invented
boot carrying a i'm which swings open as Its
wearer pushes his foot back.
A miniature force pump has been invented
IN France to humanely force food down the
throats Of geese to produce the principal IN
sredient Of pate de foie graa
For handling baggage IN hotels there has
been invented q truck with rubber tired
wheel. to save the carpets and with handles
that fold when used in crowded spaces
In Germany there has been invented .
method for saectroplating silver upon por-
cela.n. predicting tableware a. beautiful.
less costly. and lighter than solid silver.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-03

few years in Chicago put their savings TO-
gether and purchased forty acres Of fruit
land not far from Watervliet. Mich.
While John taught school at Chicago and
became principal of a branch school. William
devoted himself exclusively TO the manage
ment of the peach raising enterprise on the
sandy inland tract beyond the lake. John,
the teacher. found all the markets and
William raised and shipped all the peaches
John told me he never allowed South Water
street or West Rendolpsh street. TO get
whack at his gocd peaches at all.
Fully 90 per cent of their peaches were
good-the big yellow Michigan fruit that
housewives in well to do homes go wild over
and this 20 PEI cent John always sold in
advance OF the ripening season under con-
tract direct to the best class Of grocers in
Aurora. Joliet Elsin. Hammond. Evanston.
Batavia. St Charles. Wheaton. Riverside,
Chicago Lawn. and other suburbs
He assured me that this little side line of
his had never interfered with his school work
for a moment. bur/it had buoyed him up at
the close of many a trying day giving him a
new zest in life. and sent him back to his
pupils a much more even tempered teacher
than IL he had not sert out his letters to the
peach merchants the night before.
While other teachers were seeking recrea-
ton he was getting his evenings recreation
and a second income at a mercantile game
which helped qualify him to give his eighth.
ninth and tenth grade classes practical IN
sight into merchandising methods not found
in their text books.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-03
All Officers Worked Way Uy.

l prefer to let the boss of one of the big
yest department stores in the United States
answer that:
There issnot one officer Of this company
who was not in his day an ordinary clerk.
Some of them were parcel wrappers. There is
no; one manager of department who has
rot taken a beginners wages and punched
the time clock without a murmur. Not one
tJreisrr buyer who did not first become ac-
cuainted with this business by the long and
weary road.
A man may get a government job through
influence or false merit Of some sort, but you
never yet heard Of a silk buyer being sent 10
Europe with $4,000 just because the gen.
eral manager belonged 10 the same club as his
uncle. No. sir. If you ever hear an employs
say, What's the good BE merciful and
mark it down to melancholy. Never comfort
him by declaring it common sense"
Here was another proprietors way Of Illus
trating a similar point:
As the numbers of employees increase Sc
he said. the percentage Of efficient workers
capable of taking advancement actually de-
creases. That has been proved over and over
again Why? Unfortunately. because q
multitude has the very human tendency to
ouench initiative. The average man or girl
behind the counter seems to prefer standing
with tine rank and file to demanding cap
taincy by display Of ardor and unselfish-
ness.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-03

lT would be dificult to find any man 60
- years Of age who is entirely satisfied
with the way in which he has lived ris
Mfe-or a man at any age, for that
matter-who does not regret to some
extent that he was not more economical in
days gone by or did not take the time 10
acquire certain ability and knowledge" says
. business man.
Nearly every man." he says. "looks back
with q certain amount Of regret. but few
men look forward with regret. YetSthere -
good sense back Of the idea of looking for
ward with regret When I wa. q young man
/ noticed that my father was always telling
about the opportunities he had missed. the
things he did not do that he should have done.
We all hear that kind Of talk every day. But
think got little more than my share of!.
Perhaps it was a good thing did. for
long time ago I began to think about plan
that would prevent me from looking back on
life with so many regrets as a great many
older people around me seemed to have. Con-
sequently picked up the idea Of carrying
my regrets into the future. where they would
give me chance to wipe them ali out for
knew it was impossible to try to mend the
The Washington herald., 1913-08-03

The failure Of the proprietary interests Of
olathe pulled down the only bank in town
which failed for $4,000 On the ruins Of
this bank the Patrons Cooperative Bank Of
olathe was founded by the same farmers
who had driven All mercantile competition
from the aeld. The bank vas operated for
years a. Q cooperative institution. but later
was reorsanised under the laws OF the state
Of Kansas.
To this day only Grangers are allowed to
hold stock N this bank and when block of
stock 10 transferred from one Granger to
another the price 10 800 per cent of the face
value OF the capital Of $4,000 just 800
was earned from the business and placed
back as capital stock during the co0pera-
tive period Of the banks history. Since its
reorganizat.on under the state laws sur
plus Of $4,000 has been accumulated and
dividends Of 10 per cent have been declared
semi-an naually.
The mutual FIRE insurance organized and
operated by johnson county farmers has
lately been made statewide and any Granger
IN the state Of Kansas may have Insurance.
At cost or for SO thousand for hve years.
In the meantime the number Of Grange-s
in Johnson county has increased to !. 400 and
the population Of the county to 10000. John
son county boasts Of one-tenth Of all ths
Grangers in the state Of Kansas coopera-
ton and community interests made the
secret order grow. Four large branch houses.
all managed from the central store at olathe.
have been established at Stanley, Gardner.
Edgerton. and Prairie Center. George
Black. now 90 years Of age. is sttil one 7f
the leading spirits Of the community interest
and under his leadership the members OF the