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The Ely miner., 1913-08-01

interview. His daughter rose, too.
pale and silent, and he put his arm
round her shoulders and pressed her
against his chest in goodnight hug.
She kissed him and went up stairs to
her own rooms, and he returned to his
armchair at the end of the dining
table. Here, as was his wont, he sat
smoking and pondering, turning over
in his head the various aspects of the
curious story AMI it's unexpected out.
come. Once, as the memory of Berny
weeping into his handkerchief recur.
red to him, he stirred uneasily and
| muttered to himself:
why didn't the damned fool stick
out for the whole fifty thousand? I'd
! have given it to her as soon as not. "
Meantime the storm center. the TO.
Gus round which the hopes and an
gers and fears of this little group
mad cfrcled, was speeding eastward
in the darkness of the early night.
Berny sat in the corner of her sec
ton with her luggage piled high on
the seat before her, a pillow behind
her head. In the brightly clear light,
intensified by reflections from glazed
woodwork and the surfaces of mir.
rors, she looked less haggard. calmer
and steadier, than she had looked for
many weeks. Relief was at her heart.
Now that she had turned her back on
1t she realized how she had hated it
all-the fiat, the isolation, the unsuc-
cessful struggle, Dominick and his
superior ways.
The excitement of change, the de-
sire for the new, the unfamiliar, the
untried, which had taken her far
afield once before, sang in her blood
and whispered it's siren song In her
ear. She had missed a fortune, but
still she had something. She was not
plunging penniless into the great
outside world, and she pressed her
hand against her chest where the
thirty-five thousand dollars was sewed
into the lining of her bodice. Thirty
five thousand dollars! 1t was a good
deal if it wasn't three hundred thou
sand.
AS the train thundered on through
the darkness she saw before her the
lights of great cities, and heard the
call Of liberty, the call of the nomad
and the social vagabond, the call of
the noisy thoroughfare, of the bright
places, of the tumult and the crowd.
The rowing passion of the wanderer,
to whom the spell of home is faint as
whisper in the night. passed into
her veins like the invigorating heat
of wine. She exulted in the sense of
her freedom, in the magic Of adven-
ture, in the wild independence of the
unknown.
THE END
The Ely miner., 1913-08-01
Alexander Stephens as a Lawyer.

In his own profession of the Law
Alexander H. Stephens fine intelleo-
tual sincerity stands out fully, and
well proves that success requires net.
ther dishonesty nor shutting. "Whaf
business do you follow, Alex?" said his
uncle to him in the early days. II aM
lawyer" After an ominous silencs
the uncle spoke again. ALEX, dont
you have to tell lies?" Alex did noe
have to tell lies. Hear what he sayss
reviewing his career in old age: "No
advocate should .sver assert as matter
Of fact in his clients case what he
knows is not such; any code of morals
justifying him in this woes not deservs
the name" And again, more persoa-
ally: "My rule from the time / was
admitted to the bar was: First, to In
vestigate a case submitted to me, ta
inquire into the facts and the law a9r
plicable to it; then, if l did not b.
lieve the party entitled to success BE-
fore the court, told him so and do.
clined to appear or prosecute ths
case."-Gamaliel Bradford, Jr., In thE
Atlantic.
The Ely miner., 1913-08-01

ed rogues who had combined to let
youth and innocence have their hap
piness. He could almost feel the part
nership with her she had spoken Of,
sort of bond of Masonic understand
ing, kindred attitude in matters OF
ethics. They had a mutually low es-
innate of human nature, a bold, cool.
unscrupulousness, a daring courage
that never faltered. In fact, he was
sorry he had not given Berny the
whole fifty thousand dollars.
"She could have got it out of me-"
he said to himself, pondering pensive-
ly. IF she'd stuck out for it I'd have
given it to her. And she might just
as we'll have had It,"
That evening for the first time IN
nearly three years Dominick Ryan
dined with his mother in the great
dining-room of the Ryan mansion.
Cornelia was out with Jack Duffy, so
Mrs. Ryan had her boy all to herself
and she beamed and glowed and gloat-
ed on him as he sat opposite her,
the redeemed light of the candles fall
ing on his beloved, familiar face.
After dinner they, went into the sit
ting-room, the sanctum with the ebon-
lied cherry furniture where the fami-
ly always retired when important mat
ters were afoot. Here, side by side,
they sat before the fireplace with the
portrait of the late Cornelius Ryan
looking benignly down on them They
did not talk much. The subject Of
the young mans marriage had been
thoroughly gone over in the after
noon. Later on, his mother would ex-
tract from him further particulars,
till she would be as conversant with
that miserable chapter of his life as
If she had lived it herself.
Tonight they were both in the qui-
escent state that follows turmoil and
strife. They sat close together, star
ing into space, now and then dropping
one Of the short disconnected sen.
tences that indicate a fused, under
standing intimacy. The young mans
body was limp in his chair, his mind
lulled in the restorative lethargy, the
suspension Of activities, that follows
a struggle. His thoughts shrank
from the past, and did
not seek to penetrate the future. He
rested in a torpor of relief through
which dreamy sense of happiness
came dimly, as if in the faintest, most
delicate whispers.
His mothers musings were definite
and practical. She could now make |
that settlement, share and share alike,
The Ely miner., 1913-08-01
osIer Has Cure for "BIues."

A perfect cure for the blues" has
been laid. down by Sir William Osler
in a recent lecture before gathering
of students. Sir William declares the
modern man and woman are trying to
live more than the allotted "a hours in
a single day.
He advises the downcast to touch
the button that shuts off the past and
do the same with the future Make
"a hours the limit of your life, so far
as you can see in advance" he says,
"and there will be no more cause for
the blues
when the load of yesterday is add
ed to the load of tomorrow men fall by
the wayside," he declared. "The day
of mans salvation is today"
The Ely miner., 1913-08-01

10000 loaves of bread, 1900 rolls and
$50 pounds of cake. The coffee de-
partment, which roasts and sends out
about 100000 pounds of the roasted
berry each year, receives the especial,
attention of Colonel Wilson, for he
is himself great coffee drinker. He
personally makes up the formulas for
the blends, and as something of a cof-
fee connoisseur myself, I can testify
that he knows what he is about when
he does it.
The people of the zone, white and
black alike, are very fond of ice
cream, and to supply the demand the
commissiary manufactures about 140,-,
OCO gallons year, of three grades.'
The first grade is as good ice cream
as one can get anywhere, and even
the third grade is mighty welcome
after hot day in the Culebra Cut or
the Pedro Miguel locks
Are you tired Of figures yet? If not,
please consider that the ice plant at
Cristobal makes nearly 10000 tons of
ice a year, the corned beef plant has
ii dHH~dl output OF ABOUT lIU,UUU
pounds, and that almost $4,000
pounds of butter is handled by the
butter printing plant, all of the butter
being brought from the United States.
Then we will move to the laundry. In
this spacious building, with its long
rows of washing machines and dry
ing and ironing devices, all the laun-
dry work Of the Zone, excepting that
of the Ancon hospital, is done, and in
addition that of all the steamship lines
running to Colon except one. I'VE are
now handling" said the manager, IAN
average of about half million pieces
a month, and in the months when the
tourists come in greatest numbers the
figures mount to about 100000"
The figures 1 have been giving are
approximate only, for they are chang
Ing continually with changing condi-
tions. Here is list of some of the
more important importations Of food
products during the last fiscal year:
The Ely miner., 1913-08-01
Don't Poison Baby.

YEARS AGO mother child
i a MANY wiup the
the who
"a medicine uh but hich
produces upor and DEATH The and
"soothing
medicine children without
of what it is CASTORIA DOES NOT
CONTAIN NARCOTICS, if it bears the signature ~
Of 81. ~ <NlN|A
Genuine always the signature Of
The Ely miner., 1913-08-01
For "Mr Eraoileo

A man with an express package URs
der his arm, stepped up to the boz
office window Of a New York theatef
and, addressing Frank Loomis, aske6a
"Andbody here named Fragile?"
NO." replied Loomis.
well, that's the name on tdSs
package"
Loomis took look The box wsa
addressed to the manager of the LoA
don pictures. Over the address wac
inscribed:
"Fragilei"
The Ely miner., 1913-08-01
Foxes for Pets.

To avoid the dog tax of 40 marks
yearly, an animal dealer in the Inva-
lidenstrasse, writes the New York
Herald's Berlin correspondent, adver-
tises tame foxes as pets. He sells
them at 61a marks each, and hopes
to do a lively business. The authori-
ties are not empowered to apply the
tax or new muzzle law to tame foxes.
The Ely miner., 1913-08-01
OF THE DAYS OF B0YH00D
Memory of the OIdtime Desserts Evi.
IDENTIFY Still Lingers With
This Writer.

In the good old days, when life was
simple and sincere, when people were
much money, when society was friend
ship and home was love, there were
two stated and popular desserts at all
parties and particular dinner occa-
The Ely miner., 1913-08-01

Where Do You Suppose It's Been?
Bacon-I see the site of the build
ing in which Daniel Webster was born
has been found in Franklin, N. H.
Egbert-Those New Hampshire
folks are awful careless about mislay.
ing things, aren't they?
The Ely miner., 1913-08-01
Saved Somebody's Ewes.

Church-A sick cat in North Adams,
Mass, was found to be suffering
from having swallowed a seven-inch
hatpin.
Gothau-Well, that's one way of
getting the Objectionable hatpins out
Of sight
The Ely miner., 1913-08-01
Of Interest to Investors.

Kelsey, Brewer & Company, Bank
ers, of Grand Rapids, Mich, have is
sued TO. free distribution an interest
ing leaflet on public utility securities,
their stability and market value.-Adv.
The Ely miner., 1913-08-01
Worse Yet.

Mrs. Dearborn-Is her husban6
kind to her?
Mrs. Wabash-No; he's cruel.
Mrs. Dearborn-Grumble when hG
meals are late, does he?
Mrs Wabash-No. he sings!
The Ely miner., 1913-08-01
Some Pitcher.

She-My! Isn't the man who
throws the ball for our side just won
derful! He throws it so they hit it
every time.-Puck
The Ely miner., 1913-08-01
Uncle Pennywise Saws:

Some people don't care for small
talk, but it's often relief after listen
ing to lot of big talk.
The Ely miner., 1913-08-01

Would you try TO flatter a married
man by telling him that he doesn't
look it?
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-20
And Monday, April 21st, is the
Time to Open the Door
A Mint Of Money

has already been made in West End Real Estate. Millions
of dollars will be made in the West End just Beyond the
Best Line, shortly after annexation in Monument Avenue
Grace, Broad and other streets
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-20
VIII You Make Yours

The opportunity has Come ont and see the park
And do not let others buy all of the lots and you be left in
the cold disappointed people who could have
bought in Lee Annex where fortunes made
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-18

This Baby Scored Higher Than Any
of Those Shown in This Row Although
She Is by No Means the Prettest
Child. She Scored Full 100 Points
in the Mentality and Development
Tests and tho Only Largo Penalty
Imposed Was for Poor Lungs and NAL
nutrition.
a SCIENTIFIC effort to stand
N ardize the baby is now being
Il Ill ~ r1eeII>lo
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-18

~AMEL cradles were never de-
I signed for rocking young
camels to sleep, but they are a
continuance by which travellers In
the desert may journey by night and
yet lose no sleep. Mr.. James Land
sell, the noted English traveller, In
his recent book Of travels, describes
this novel way of transportation In
an entertaining way, in telling how
he journeyed by camel train from
Khiva to the Caspian.
ut was just at dusk that all was
in readiness, and we were to get
into our queer sleeping cages. Let
yourself imagine two narrow wooden
crates, such as earthenware Is
packed in, each sufficiently large for
a man to lie In when twisted to the
shape of the letter s. and let your
self feel you are suspended on
either side of the huge hump OF
kneeling camel. Those are the
sleepers OF the desert.
This / was given to understand
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-18
Making Sleeping Cars Out Of Camels

was to be my sleeping place for the
night, and accordingly chose my
berth on the port side Of the ship Of
the desert first putting into the
cradle for lining piece Of felt and
then two pillows-and covered my
self we'll over with buster and
headgear as a means OF protection
from the desert sands.
Then came the tug OF war. Naxer,
our driver, asked II we we're ready,
and on our assent, bid us to hold on
and said to the camel. 'Chu.' where
upon the animal got up leisurely.
first by his hind legs, and in doing
so raised our feet to an angle Of
more than sixty degrees, thereby
threatening to pitch us out bodily.
When the creature was urged to
go quickly, the nearest smile for the
cradle can think of is that Of a
bottle of medicine in the process Of
being well shaken before taken,"
but when the camel took his leisure
walk, which Nazar assured US his
beast could keep up for an indefinite
time, we soon became accustomed
to the rhythmic swing of the ami
malls body, and soon foated away
into the land OF desert dream1r
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-18
Group Weighing Babies Where
Good Looks Will

this wonderful chance for healthy
baby to win prize
And finally when they went to
their favorite moving picture show.
between reels the interesting an
nouncement OF the contest was
flashed on the screen by the gen.
erous managers OF the theatres.
BY the time the doctors had gath.
cred at Lenox Hill House, on Satur-
day, morning, ready to examine the
babies, East Seventy-second street
was alive with proud parents and
fine looking babies. Some babies
were carried in fond arms, others
were trundled along in go-carts, and
the older ones toddled. There were
bambinos swaddled In true Neapol-
itan style. there were sturdy little
fellows In rompers. and tiny Rus
sian, doll-like creatures bedecked
with ribbons. 1t was a brave array.
and convinced the physicians that
New York was simply overlooking
with better babies.
Now, Of course, beauty In the baby
was not a bar, provided 1t came up
to the physical and mental scratch,
but beauty would not save it nor
soften the verdict II It's body was not
properly proportioned. Dimples are
all very we'll In photographs and
beauty shows, but up there at Lenox
Hill House youngsters with nary
dimple walked right away from
dimpled beauties. Curly hair may
be most 'enticing and long lashes al
Turing. but we'll balanced body and
mind won prize despite straight
hair and abbreviated lashes.
II the beautiful baby over whom
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-18


Mentality and development. 100
Total 1000
Give Mary her five points for her
regular features. but deduct five
points because her hair Is brittle,
ten because she has Quivering eye
balls, Ave because her ears are too
small, ten for poor nasal breathing.
ten for swollen gums, ten for alb
normal hard palate. ten for decayed
teeth, ten for enlarged neck glands,
ten for short arms, thirty-fiye for
weak heart, thirty-flve for poor
lungs. twenty for enlarged liver. five
for nat feet, ten for waddling gait,
fifteen for pallor, ten for under
weight and five for shape Of head
above the ears. and give her only
fifty out of a possible one hundred
points In the mental and develop
ment tests. and she will have just
735 out Of possible 1000 points, or
score of 1871 per cent. which, no
matter how beautiful she was,
wouldn't have been big enough to
have secured any kind OF prize for
her in any of the baby contests re-
Gently held.
In Judging the babies at these con-
tests the judges have been largely
guided by the following considera-
tons:
The average weight, height and
circumference OF head and chest OF
n boy should be:
At birth-Weight. IN pounds;
height. 2oh inches; chest, 1917
inches; head, IA inches.
One overweight, 81 pounds;
height. 20 inches; chest. Is inches;
head. 10 inches.
Two years Weight, 261a pounds;
height. 321s inches; chest, 10
inches; head. 10 inches.
Three years-Weight. 81 pounds;
height, IS inches; chest, 20 inches;
head. 1sA inches.
Teeth-Central incisors appear
about the seventh month; lateral
incisors, from eighth to tenth; an
terror molars, twelfth to eighteenth;
eye and stomach. fourteenth to
twentieth; posterior molars. eigh-
teenth to thirty-sixth.
The anterior fontanelle should not
be bullying, rather slightly depressed.
1t should be completely closed be-
tween the fifteenth and twentieth
month.
The bony skeleton should be es-
pecially examined for ricketts,.
The child should first attempt to
sit at about the sixteenth week, be
fairly successful about the forueth
week, and firmly seated at the tenth
or eleventh month.
The child should attempt to stand
about the thirty-eighth week, and be
successful at eleventh or twelfth
month. He should walk unsup-
ported at the fourteenth or fifteenth
month. certainly not later than the
eighteenth month. Precocity IN
walking it not desirable.
The skin should be pink. flesh
firm and lips red, breath sweet
tongue clean. He should breathe
through the nose only and should
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-18

artists might rave knew 1t was being
outclassed in this show by some
sturdy son of q Marathon prize win.
ner, whose nose was downright
snubby and whose chin was not
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-18

In a Beauty.Show This Little Girl
Would No Doubt Have Won a Prize,
but She Got Only Special Prize for
Her Hair in Better Babies Con-
test" in Which Her Features Counted
Only 5 Points Out Of tho Possible
1000 and She Lost Several Hundred
Points for Bodily Defects.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-18

A Pretty Contestant Who Failed to
Score High Because of Poor Develop.
ment and Low Mentality. Poorly De-
veloped Lungs Brought Penalty of
35 Points While Abdominal Defects
Cost Another 60 Points.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-18

This Child Scored Only Sixty-6ve
Per Cent, Losing Many Points in tho
Mental Tests and Because Of Poor
Heart Action, Adenoids, and Slight
Curvature of tho Spine. Her Arms.
too, Were Below Standard, Being too
Short
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-18

A Bright Looking Child Who
Scored Only Seventy Per Cent in
Recent Contest and Failed to Got
Prize. Tho Low Score Was Duo Large
Iy to Poor Proportions, Slow Develop
ment, Decayed Teeth, Waddling Gait,
Under,xeipht and Enlarged Splsen.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-18

these standards that parents will be
able to know definitely wherein
their offspring is deficient. and such
knowledge Is necessary II inefficient
babies are to be made efficient.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-18

their babies at the
Lenox Hill House
C o n I @ st wore
amazed to learn
that there can be
too much fat for
baby's health and
development. More
ever, a baby can
lose points by be-
ing too short or too
tall.
Twelve States
have already un-
dertaken this work
OF standardizing ba-
bies ana others are
expected to fall in
line before long.
The more records
OF babies obtained
the more accurate
will be the stand
ards they will be-
relied upon to es-
tablish. 1t Is eI-
pected that 100000
babies will be OK
amined within the
next year, but II the
movement spreads.
as 1t promises to
do. twice that num-
Der of score cards,
with their invalu-
able data, may be
turned in.
1t Is only by the
establishment OF
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-18
How Babies Are to Be Standardized.
Just Like Pigs and Cattle, so That Paren
May Know Their
Physical and Mental
Shortcomings and ;.
Overcome Them

what you might call classy" 1t did
not complain. 1t underwent the e1-
animation with superb disdain, and
It Will utter no complaint whom at
the end Of the Better Babies Health
Show It's parents receive a score card
telling that dimples. curly locks and
bewitching eyes did not count
against a narrow chest. irregular
teeth and nat feet. But the parents
will have a great deal to think about.
But perhaps even more surprised
will be the parents of winning
babies. who have grleved over tho
snubby nose. the straight hair. tho
firm but undimpled knees. when they
suddenly learn that their baby is q
prize winner for pure fneness OF
physical development and intel-
ligence.
Mothers who pointed with pride
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-18

This Fine-Lookins Fellow Failed "a
Draw Prize Principally Because His
Chest Was Below Standard. In Ad-
dition He Lost 40 Points for M.lnutri.
lion, Is for Adenoids and EOS for
other Bodily Defects. His Total Scor.
Was Only GAO Out Of a Possible !, 900.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-18

,ich the Slogan Is Looks Don't
Ratio Between the Circumfer-
Head and That of the Chest Ia
More Important Than Long eye
Pretty Curls.
: of wenans Homo Companion.
not be fretful He should not be
restlessly active nor disinclined to
play.
The normal girl baby Is pound
lighter than the boy.
The first OF these Better Babies
Contests, under the auspices OF the
New York Milk Committee, was
started at Lenox Hin House, No.
446 East Seventy-second street, on
Saturday. April rs. LenoI Hill
House Is situated in the heart OF
most prosperous foreign quarter,
commonly known as Little Bohemia.
One fine morning these Bohemian
mothers and fathers found shop
windows filled, with an announce
ment OF Better Babies Contest.
with prizes amounting to 800. all
to be awarded for health and intel
ligence.
When mothers Of babies dropped
into the milk station for their daily
supply Of good. fresh milk they were
handed circulars and heard all about
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-18

Ethel Magdalen
Chamberlain,
Who Won $1S6
in First Prizes
at the Better
Babies Contest
at Denver, Col.
Fine Mentality
and Physical
Development
Scored for
Ethel Against
the Beauty of
Other Contestants
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-04

year olds and up. value $500. FL Patio
(Halsey) 81. to ], 9 to 10, 9 to 20, won
Doc Allen (Schwebig) 1O7, to /. to 2,
8 to 8, second; TaIlOW Dip (Burlin-
game) los, to I, to 3, show, third
Time, ia S-5. King Lear. Native Son,
Helen Scott. H Williams, Mike MOllett,
Abihu, Making ran
Fourth race--Six furIongs. selling. 4
year Olds and up, value $500. Chas.
Goetz Gross 1O3, to 2. to 5, to 2,
won; Visible (Ormes) 104, 8 to l, to
5, to ;, second; F. G. Hogan CBuxton)
los, 2 to 1, 1 to 8, show. third Time,
1:13 4-5. COsgrOve, Just Red, Trans
parent. Tim Judge, Descendant ran.
Fifth race-FiTe and one-half fur
longs, purse. 3 year olds, value $500.
Truly (Kederis) 100, 9 to 5, to 2, out,
won; Gordon Russell (Small) los. to
J. to 10, 1 to 2, second; Stout Heart
COrmes) los, 9 to 5. to 4, show, third.
Time, 1:07 2-5. Quick, Missile. Rosiris
ran.
Sixth race-One mile, selling, year
olds and up. value $500. John Louis
CBurlingame) 10, to 3, 3 to 8, 3 to 10.
won; Rosevale (BuxtOn) 10S, 4 to 1. 2
to l, 1 to 5, second; Black Mate (Gross)
ITO, z to 2, 4 to 5. show, third Time,
1:4O Is. MasalO, Bob Lynch, Rose
O'Neil, Compton ran