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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20
Rolls of the immortal Orators Are Still UncIouded

no the boys still speak pieces"
II Friday afternoons in school? Do
they still shatter the atmosphere with
such diabolical oratorical dynamics as
are created when the schoolboy mind
grasps the full power of Somebody
to the Gladiators?" Do they still re-
cite "Abou Ben Adhem?" Is "The
Helmet of Navarro" still held up as
the orifiamme of host of mailed bat
tle-axe artists upon the pleasant lands
Of France? Is Webster's reply dead?
Are the rolls of the immortal orators
of a silk-hat generation clouded over
with the dust of an unappreciative
schoolboy generation? Or do they
declaim-as we used to-while that
grandest of teachers, Charles Bedford
Young. looked on?
Because If they do-heres a piece
from real orator. 1t fell from the
lips of one of the most interesting
men in congress, Judge Adamson of
Georgia. He is the man who is said
to have dressed in whirlwind and
never to have rearranged his toilet,
but the typhoon interfered not a whit
with his wit or speech. Just imagine
you are schoolboy, the prize speaker
of that Friday afternoon class in ora.
tory, the punch and ginger, couldn't
you tear the air If you had this? Try
1t.
IF maledictions mean hatred the
fierce denunciations of the dual and
clamorous minority in this house
would destroy every patriot here and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20
Capital Wayside Signs Are Fast Disappearing

nNE of the changes that has come
" over the roads around Washing
ton is the decline in the number of
wayside signs-the advertisements OF
tobacco. clothing, lumber, etc., which
il was once the custom to tack on
fences and trees. Once upon a time
roadside trees were tagged with tin
signs announcing that it was ten
miles to John Does store, the best
place to buy hats, caps, shoes, shawls,
overalls, lumber, lime and hardware.
Coming into the city mile farther on
Won would see the same character of
sign announcing that it was now nine
miles to John Does store. OF course
John Does store was not the only
store advertised by these mile signs on
the trees and fences. Many other
stores were thus advertised, and then
a great deal of general advertising
that Is, of non-local establishments
occupied the trees and fences, and
urged Investment in many kinds Of pa
tent medicines, chewing and smoking
tobacco and red liquors.
1t used to be quite a business, the
lacking up of these signs. Men and
wagons travelled up and down the
country roads carrying on this work
They not only tackled up. signs for one
business concern, but would carry
side lines" as it were. or a wagon
load of tin signs advertising other,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20

n NE of the big hotels was crowded
" with women and girls. 1t was one
of the numerous excursions which
sweep down on Washington in the
spring, in the summer, in the autumn
and in the winter. These excursions
are great educational aid to the ex-
cursionist They see the wheels of
government go round, they exercise
their proprietary rights in the ma
tional city, they get better balanced
idea of the magnitude of the American
government and of the machinery of
government, and they strengthen their
pride in Washington.
But, while one, and also many, of
the hotels were packed tight with
these woman excursionists, and while
the clerks behind the office counter
wore boutonniers and happy smiles,
talked their sweetest and showed
their best manners and their best
clothes. the young man at the cigar
and newsstand looked pensive and I'M
occupied.
"You don't seem to be selling many
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20
HUMAN ENERGY IN KIL0WATTS
Man Really of Much Commercial
Value if He Could Put II on
Cash Basis.

One does not fancy the human body
as an electric dynamo, but if the heat
and muscular energy expended by an
average man of sedantary habits were
converted into electrical units he
would find himself possessed of quite
a valuable asset.
1t is proved that a man uses up
about two and one-half kilowatt hours
of electrical energy in a working day.
Approximately one-half of this is used
to keep the temperature of the body
constant, while the other half is ex-
pended in muscular energy.
This amount of electricity may not
seem great, but when one considers
the things that can be done when it
is efficiently applied, the power of the
human body is more clearly seen.
Two and one-half kilowatt hours of
electrical energy is sufficient to main
tain four 25-watt tungsten lamps or
20 candlepower each for % hours or
heat an electric fiatiron for six hours
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20
MUST HAVE KNOWN JOHNSONS
Raymond Hitchcock, the Actor, Tells
of a Conversation He Heard on
Train in the West.

Speaking of hospitality few nights
ago. Raymond Hitchcock, the actor,
told of conversation he once heard
on local train in the west.
Just before the train reached GER
tain small town, Mr.. Hitchcock de-
clared, nice-looking young man with
several grips, several cases and sew
eral umbrellas called to the con-
ductor:
"Mr. Conductor" said he, producing
his transportation, will this ticket al
low me to stop over in the next
town."
1T altogether depends" replied the
conductor. examining the ticket.
What do you want to stop for?"
Il want to visit some rather distant
relatives of mine," answered the
young man. Their name is Johnson"
II see," returned the conductor.
handing back the transportation. you
will have plenty of time. The ticket
is good for the next train"
"The next train!" exclaimed the
young man, with a jolted expression.
do you know how long intend to
stay?"
NO" was the prompt response of
the conductor, 81 don't know how long
you intend to stay, but l know the
Johnsons"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20
Seeing the Wheels of the Government Go Round

nickel cigars for 10 cents this even.
ing?" said the Rambler.
Man, the ladies may have adopted
many manly traits and notions, but
they have not yet as a class become
heavy smokers. l have some sensa.
tional newspapers on my stand which
publish Sunday articles about how wo.
men have become enslayed to the Gig,
arctic and to Lady Nicotine and all
that, but if l depended on their trade
! would be as hard up as those gentle.
men who sit around this hotel Office
every evening and discuss million-dol.
lar deals. With this house full of fair
guests my trade is confined to the
sale Of United States postage stamps
and one-cent stamps, at that. You
perhaps know that the profit on the
sale of postage stamps is not large
"The ladies-God bless 'em-do not
even buy from me the post cards on
which they put the stamps. These ex.
cursionists get loaded up with Wash.
ington post cards on the trains coming
into Washington. When they reach
here they have nothing to do but
write on these cards I wish you were
here address bunch of them, buy
the stamps from me. and incidentally
get all my small change They dc
not even stop to admire the fine col.
ors on my cigar bands. Every lady
has the idea well settled under her
aigrette that l am running the city
post Office and that am not in the
cigar business
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20

though not competing, wares. This
work is going on today, but in a much
smaller way. In the far backwoods
districts these old-fashioned sign stick
ers may be still busy, but they are be.
coming rare in the environs of Wash.
ington.
1t is the practice still of certain ad.
vertisers to stick up signs at country
stores and on the sides of blacksmith
shops, but this work is not done SO
much by the old-fashioneA professional
sign stickers as by the "drummers"
who drive through the country, and in
most cases the drummers simply hand
the signs over to the country store
keepers, and those public functionaries
put them in place. OF course, these
signs advertise only what the store.
keeper has for sale on his own shelves.
But the tree signs nearly all have
passed away.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20
Tables Were Turned for U. S. Senator Luke Lea

You would not apologize to me If
you only knew waht delight you have
given me-" responded the younger
man. Then he told his new colleague
how during all the years of his school
life he had lived in dread Of being
sent to the Webb school.
1T is one of the best schools in
the SOUTH he said in explanation.
land the professor has the reputation
Of being the finest disciplinarian in
the country for boys. When / was a
youngster l was not looking especially
for discipline, but my father had diff
ferent views, and many times was on
the verge of sending me to Professor
Webb to be Strengthened out. This
fate was the dread of my life.
"And that" he added, lis the rea-
son why felt so delighted to aid him
with a bit of advice about his initia-
ton into the senate. When 1t really
came to the point Of his sending for
me and asking me to instruct him
knew that at last l had reached the
period of life where l need not longer
stand in fear Of being sent to Profess
sor Webb for discipline. / had the
best of him. and felt really meanly
triumphant.
81 went even to the extent of adj
justing the professors tie beofre es,
corting him into the senate chamber
for the ordeal he was about to under.
go. / think ought to add" concluded
Senator Lea, that l have not found
the professor so bad after all / think
now that possibly might even have
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20

permit the return TO power of that
horde which has held high carnival OF
misrule discrimination and robbery
with short intermissions and slight
hindrance for fifty years. That gal.
liant old king, warrior, priest and poet,
the Psalmist David, said in his wrath,
All men are liars. AS it was easy
for him to get forgiveness, have
no doubt he was forgiven for that un'
kind remark, but if he had lived in
this day and familiarized himself with
the jargon of protection apologists he
would have been able to conclude in
his sober Judgment that some men in
high places are careless about their
information and reckless about their
statements. He might have been
tempted to sing in the sweetest
strains of sacred verse his religious
opinions about the heterophemy OF
discredited politicians, the dissensions
of divided political camps quarreling
over the method of their destruction
while railing at the victors and in.
dulging in the widest flights of hyper.
bolical language, Selah.'
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20
Factories That Float.

Floating factories have become an
important part of the development
of the forest resources of India. In
certain parts of the country forests
are only accessible through the water
courses, and the great expense of
erecting land plants for the utilization
of the lumber resources makes such
course impracticable. Therefore
sawmills and other manufacturing
establishments are built on floating
platforms and moved up the streams
as they are needed
After the lumber is prepared in a
sawmill it can be packed in a way
that makes transportation much more
economical than any system of log
ging. Plants for the preparation of
tannin extracts have also been estab-
lish in this manner. The plants are
built on fiat boats, 200 feet long, by
81 feet wide, capable of carrying a
load of 470 tons.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20
Iona French Canal.

An interesting demonstration of the
completeness and varied uses of the
French canal system was recently fur
nished by the arrival of the British
admiralty yacht Rose at Marseille, en-
route for Gambia. This yacht first
went from Portsmouth to Havre, and
thence by the Seine to Paris, and
from Paris to Marseille through the
LONG canal, Nemours, ST. Mammes,
the Briare canal, Montargis, the Loire
canal, Chatillonsur-L Loire, Nevers, the
Bourgogne canal, Chalon-sur-Saone,
Macon, Lyon, Avignon, the Port-de-
Bouc. The Rose is vessel of 80 tons.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20
STREET SCENE IN TRIpOLl

joint reign of Lucius Aelius Verus and
Marcus Aureltus. 1t stands low, for
it is half-buried in the accumulated
soil, and one of it's portals is debased
to the purpose Of native cooper's
shop. But it's carvings still preserve
something of their ancient beauty and
the structure standing there in the
heart of an alien city and civilization
during all these centuries speaks of
the power and prestige of the days of
the Caesars.
The desert comes close up to Tripoli
on all sides. There is no hinterland
as there is with Tangier and Algiers
and Tunis. There are rich resources
in the sands behind it, but in the Tri-
politaine there is no attempt at de-
velopment. The city carries on linn
tied caravan trade with the interior,
as it has done from time immemorial,
but the trade is attended with diff
ficulties. The desert tribes are fierce
and savage, and they rob and kill. No
European, no Tripolitan even, can pos
sibly venture into this part of the
ooheti q ohplolCStCo. "hCu thO Sol a
vans go, it is in vast numbers, COM
prising two hundred, five hundred, or
even thousand camels, with armed
attendants forming {. private army,
and their return, months or even two
or three years later, is matter of ex-
cited interest and graduation for the
whole city, just as the return of the
East India merchantmen used to be
for Salem.
Tripoli, the city, has between thirty
five and forty thousand inhabitants;
the indigenous races, Berbers, Arabs,
and negroes, of course, making up the
bulk of the population. There are
eight thousand Maltese. The Euro
peans are almost negligible; the Ital
ians Chiefly Sicilians), who are most
numerous, tallying about six hundred.
The Turks consist only of the few
whose head is the governor-general
and commander-in-chief, now one
Regeb Pasha. He is, of course, the
personal representative of the sultan.
The desert population of the entire
vilayet or province is very difficult to
estimate, but in the most recent local
and official reports it is given as
about 100000.
Tripoli has thirty mosques and thir-
teen synagogues, but until within a
few years it had no schools whatever;
the children receiving smatttering Of
letters and Koran texts in the mos.
ques. 1t is better now; their are eight
public schools of various grades, ele-
mentary, normal technical, and mill
tary, whose good effects are already to
be seen on the younger generations.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20
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M ASHINGTON.-Sena Luke Lea
w of Tennessee is congratulating
himself upon having turned the ia
oles on his colleague, Senator William
R. Webb. When Mr.. Webb found
himself suddenly lifted from the presi-
dency of disciplining school for boys
TO seat in the greatest legislative
body in the world he sent for Mr..
Lea, who, while still a young man, al
ready is veteran in legislation. He
wanted advice as to how he should
conduct himself upon his first appear
ance in the senate.
Mr.. Lea complied most willingly,
telling the professor-senator that he
should wear a Prince Albert coat,
fasten his necktie down in the back,
allow himself to be escorted to the pre-
siding officers desk by his colleague,
and how, then, he must shake hands
with the president pro tempore.
That" said Mr.. Lea by way of final
remark. is the formula for becoming
a senator-after you get to Washing
ton"
Mr.. Webb was profuse in his
thanks. Indeed his thanks partook Of
the nature of an apology.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20
Where Women Run Cars

The suggestion that women may be
employed as street car conductors in
Philadelphia has brought out the fact
that the women of Latin America
usually thought of as sheltered, retir
ing and unprogressive, have been do
ing this kind of work for years. Dur
ing the war between Chill and Peru
when all the men of Chilli were need
ed at the front, women took their
places on the street cars, and San
tiago, Valparaiso and several other
cities have had women conductors
ever since. -
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20

for the New York Evening Post
an entertaining letter Of travel
IL along Barbary's coasts. From
his description of Tripoli the
following paragraphs are taken,
| though it will be seen that he wrote
before the ancient city had become
the center of military movement:
Tripoli in Barbary, the Turkish city,
stands up wonderfully behind it's long
walls, as viewed from the deck in
| the early morning. It's distant build
ings show every tint of buff and am
| Der and creamy white, with here and
| there a dash of pink or soft blue.
Seven minarets, each with tip or spire
of emerald green, point the way of
heaven to the faithful, and two frown-
ing gray fortresses threaten the way
in other direction to infidel assailants.
The view is distant, because there is
no harbor and the wide bay is shall
low. Ships must lie well out in the
offing.
Here is a city little known to the
world, though so alluringly in the cur
IcuIS VI luS WOI1u lldfC1 anu II
Few traders and fewer tourists visit
Tripoli. Probably not many persons
could even tell you exactly where this
Turkish desert colony is.
Must Have Escort.
The landing is made in small boats,
and passports or passes consulaires
must be shown at the little landing
stage before permission to land is
granted 1t is we'll to repair at once
to the British, French, or Italian con-
sulate, to obtain the escort and pro-
lection of kavass, for the native
Tripolitans are none too well dis
posed toward casual foreigners. I'm
der the guidance, then, of the kavass
or janissary, a respondent ebony in
dividual in gorgeous uniform and
bearing the baton or big stick of Of
flee, we explore the city.
One realizes at once that one has
left European soil and the methods
of European municipal governments.
The streets are dirty, narrow, and ILL
paved; everywhere are evidences that
the city is left largely to govern it.
self in tht approved Turkish fashion.
But it is full of novelty and varied in
terest. Here is great market square,
with arcades at the sides, and with
a rude but massive stone fountain in
the center Vendors squat on the
ground behind strips of mating, on
which are little piles of oranges,
lemons, figs, vegetables, grains, nuts,
fish, dried locusts and other unedible-
| looking edibles.
Cooks fry fritters in oil over basins
of glowing charcoal Laden donkeys
push their way through the throng,
camels strut sullenly by, children
shout and play, and all the daily life
of busy Oriental mart unrolls itself.
Farther on are the long, covered alleys
of the chief bazaar, the Sioux ell Turc.
Here are ivory and ostrich feathers
and quaint native jewelry. In another
direction lies the Hara or Jewish
quarter, giving glimpses into queer
little shops and into the patios or
interior courts of the private houses.
Roman Arch.
In the very center Of the city we
are reminded that Rome, the univer-
sal, has been in Tripoli. Here stands
solid ornate triumphal arch, built in
the comparatively rare form styled
quadrifons, of marble once white, now
darkened and defaced by time. An
inscription still legible records that it
was erected by quaestor under the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20
Duty as a Reformer.

There is no such reformer as an ex-
acting duty. Note the asceticism of
athletes and scouts. The ravages of
drink are abated as machinery, with
it's demand for a clear brain and
steady nerves, is multiplied on every
hand. Each new stress of business
and professional rivalry puts a fresh
straint.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20
Square Foot and Foot Square.

There is no difference in area be-
tween one square foot and one foot
square, though there may be a differ.
ence in the shape and dimensions of
the surfaces. For instance, one square
foot may be inclosed by a circular
line, hexagon, a triangle or a rec.
tangle. One foot square is an area
of fixed form, the four sides being
equal and the four angles all right
angles. ssv 50
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20

run sewing machine motor for 100
ho-rs, heat an electric toaster for
two hours, an electric curling iron for
10 hours. run large fan for 80 hours.
or warm ching dish for six hours
Popular Mechanics.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20
Lucky Elephant

First Travelling Mani see. while
mans heart is beating 20 times, an
elephants is pulsating only 80.
Second Travelling Man-That's be
cause the elephant doesn't have to
worry about his trunk, l guess
Yonkers Statesman.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20
Can't Do It.

There is one thing in which the
school of experience has the advan
tage over other schools"
What is that?"
There is no truancy about it3"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20
His Class.

Il believe Jim's tariff views have
converted him to corporal punish
ment."
will you please tell me howl"
why. he believes in duty on
hides"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20
Daily IhouQht.

Wipe out the past, trust the future.
and live in a glorious now.-Elizabeth
TOWne
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20
Just as impossible,

How would yol like to have a fairy
godmother?"
I'D rather have competent cook"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-20

OWN ASA DIX recently wrote
for the New York Evening Post
an entertaining letter of travel
. along Barbary's coasts. From
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-08-01
Benefited Many Who
Had Lung Trouble

Those who suffer from Lung Trouble
are generally troubled with 1isAt sweats.
fever. loss OF strength and little or no
appetite. Eckman's Alternative is a medi-
cine which has been most successful in
stopping night sWeatS. reducing fever ana
promoting appetite, and many who have
used II declare Il saved their lives. In
veStigate what IL did in this case
Dear Sir: For four years I was trou-
bled with cough. which gradually became
worse, / had night sweatS and pains IN
my chest. ! was losing my appetite and
had become so thin and weak / could not
attend 20 my household duties. a physi-
clan pronounced my disease Consumption
Not being satisfied. I was examined by
They also confirmed my trouble and I
was ordered away for treatment. Ny
nephew would not allow me 20 go until
/ had tried Eckman's Alternative. Before
bad taken the medicine three weeks, /
mad marked relief, night SweatS ceased.
pain in the breast relieved. cough became
loose and eahy, fever left me and I COM
menced getting well. Ny helath became
normal I am in excellent health now and
have been for twelve years. l strongly
(Signedi MRSD MARY WATSON.
Care Ed. Green, 1922 s. 1TJh St, Phila-,
Pa.
above abbreviated; more on request)
Eckman's Alternative has been proven by
many years test 10 be most ef1cacious
I'm clSeS Of severe Throat and Lung AZ
f%ections. Bronchitis. Bronchial Asthma,
stubborn Colds and in upbuildinC the SyS-
TEN. Does not contain narcotics, pOiSOnS
or hahit-f0rming drugs. For sale by Chas.
leading druggists. Write the EckmHn
Laboratory. Philadelphia, Pa. for booklet
telnug of rec0verieS and additional evil
Observation-Disclosures
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-08-01
BENDS
NEXT MAYOR

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE)
believed his friend should be the
mayor.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-08-01
Grass Rugs Reduced

G 20 that we will not have to carry them over.
= Only a few remaining and these prices nearly one
fourth reduced.