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The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-03-17

Woe to the ruler who POUNDS his
hope of sway on the weakness or cor
ruption OF the people.-Washing Irv-
Ing.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-03-17

There are times when God asks moth
Ing Of his children except silence and
patience. Robinson.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-03-17

Knicker-Ldfe is hard Bocker-Yes;
by the time your mother stops forbid
ding you to eat jam the doctor begina.
- New York Sun.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-03-17

Does he know her very wellT'
he must overheard him TELLING
ner that she Is getting fat"-Detroit
Free Press
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-03-17

G. X. Chesterton derides all the talk
about good old times" He says there
never We're any. Nevertheless It seems
to be established that the Greeks also
danced the tango and that the turkey
trot was not outlawed I'm CorInth until
the reformers got control OF the city
council
EASY Work.
He Cbltterlyl-l suppose you consider
It quite a triumph to make a fool OF a
man: She-Oh. dear. no. A triumph
IS something done that was difficult OF
achievement
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-04-03

spike the upper end of each upright
post B to the side edges of beam 2,
Is inches from one end of A With a
large carpet tack fasten the cover
from baking powder can to the long
end Of beam A-that is, the end farth-
est from the point at which it is pivot
ed between upright posts B. The can
cover forms receptacle for the
strength testing weight, for which a
baseball should be used.
This completes the strength tester
To use it, you must have a heavy maui
like that shown in Fig 4, with which
to strike the short end of the beam
A. When the short end is struck, it
is forced down, the long end springs
up, and the ball is thrown into the air
to height dependent upon the
amount of force put into the blow
dealt with the striking maui
Get an old broom for the striking
maui, cut off about one-half of the
length of the straws, and spike a
thick block of wood to each side of
the remaining stub of the broom Gig.
~. The nails with which you fasten
the blocks should be long enough to
extend through one block and part
way into the other, in order to bind
them securely together
The distance the ball is thrown into
the air must be determined in order
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-04-03

source of fun for the young store
keeper.
No cutting of wood is necessary to
make the little store shown in Fig. 1.
A small grocery box is used for the
walls, roof and floor of the building.
The shelves are made of strips cut
from cardboard boxes.
Figure 1 shows how the shelving is
arranged against the rear wall of the
store, and Figs. and 3 show how the
strips are put together. You will see
that the shelf strips extend across the
store in single lengths, while the par
titions are short pieces cut to fit be-
tween the shelves. Figure 1 shows
four shelves, with row of bins be-
meath the first shelf. The first shelf
is wider than those above it, to form
back counter. The ends of the
shelves are supported on upright
pieces, cut to the same length as the
partition strips. These end uprights
are glued to the side walls of the
store.
Cut the partitions of the right
lengths to make the shelves come
about the same distances apart, and
cut the strips about l inch longer than
this measurement, to provide for turn
ing over u inch of each end to form
flaps Gig. 81. Figure shows how
these flaps are glued to the shelf
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-04-03
DRY SCALE COVERED HEAD

2760 Tamm Ave-, ST. Louis, Mo-
my little daughters head began with
a dry harsh scale covering it. First it
got white scale over the top and
then it got dirty brown scab with
pus under it. Her hair came out in
less than a week and her head itched
and bled. She had no rest. / had her
wear a scarf all the time, it looked so
badly. She was so sore and had such
big brown scabs on her head that the
teacher would not let her attend
school.
1--WE took and had her treated for
three months with no relief. She kept
getting worse until l tried Cuticura
Soap and Ointment / used the Cuti-
cura Soap every third day and the
Cuticura Ointment at night. In three
weeks her head was well of sores. Two
cakes of Cuticura Soap and one box
of Cuticura Ointment completely cured
her." (Signed) Mrs. Walter Rogers,
Nov %, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept. L. Boston. ADV.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-04-03
A BOYS HOMEMADE STRENGTH
TESTER.
By A. NEElY HALL,

This unique piece of apparatus will
give you and your friends an oppor-
tunity to determine which one de-
veloped the most arm muscle during
the summer vacation. 1t Is not as
complicated a machine to make as the
kind you see at amusement parks and
Iair grounds, and it requires only a
few pieces of wood for it's construc-
ton. You will be surprised to find
how quickly and easily you can put
one together
Figure l shows the homemade ma
chine in operation; Fig. 2 is a large
detail of the completed machine, and
Fig. 3 shows details Of the parts of
which it is made.
The beam A should be about
inches thick, inches wide and 4 feet
long. A thinner piece than this can
be used, but one disadvantage in using
the thinner piece is that it is likely
to break when struck a heavy blow
upon it's end with the striking maui.
The posts B may be of the same width
and thickness as beam A, or thinner
and wider, and should be about II
inches long. Any pieces of board
about 6 inches wide and 3 feet long
will do for the base crosspieces C.
Fasten the base crosspieces to the
lower ends of upright posts B, at right
angles to them, using at least four
nails to make secure connections
Then with 3k-inch or 4-inch nail
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-04-03
HIS MIND ON HIGHER THINGS
Scholar Unable to Sit Down and Rea-
son Quietly on Matters of
Everyday LHe.

A monument was recently unveiled
to the memory of Henri Poincaire, the
famous mathematician and physicist.
who was a cousin of the president OF
France. The occasion recalls story
or two of his remarkable absent-mind-
edness.
Almost every day Poincaire left his
money lying about somewhere. Final
ly his mother sewed his purse into the
pocket of his coat. But one day.
when he had dressed in hotel, he
put on his overcoat without the coat,
and left that lying on chair. Need
less to say, he never saw the purse
again.
One evening he was looking in
closed bookcase for manuscript
During the search he set the lamp on
shelf in the case, and in moment
of abstraction closed the door of the
cabinet, and sat down in darkness.
After he had pondered for a time on
the disappearance of the light, he
came to the conclusion that he had
suddenly become blind. That seemed
to him quite possible, since his eyes
were weak, anyway, and he groaned
at the thought of his deplorable condi-
ton. Suddenly, to his surprise, a
stream of light appeared coming from
the adjoining room, and he remarked,
with much satisfaction: my sight
seems to have come back again" Not
even then did he think of the lamp in
the bookcase!-Youth's Companion.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-04-03
TESTS BROUGHT UP TO DATE
Two That Have Their Origin In the
Financial Problems That Con-
front the Housewife.

From the cost of living two jests
are evolved for us.
The first is about a young couple
who have discovered how to make
both ends meet They begin dinner
with oxtail soup and end with head
cheese. You'll have 10 study quite a
while to get this one
The other is about another young
couple who have tried to economic
by going back on the soil" Their ten
acres and freedom was at the edge of
a virgin forest They lived on vege-
tables they raised-meat was too dear
to be thought Of. But one snowy day
the husband took his gun and started
for the woods.
He had been gone two hours when
his wife heard his CHEEKY shout. She
rushed to the door--he was coming
with the carcass of some creature he
had slain
''Meat-meat at last" he shouted
What sort Of meat" she cried
''Venison!"
She sank to the ground in a state
of utter collapse I'VE can't eat it,"
she sobbed over and over again. Ven
ison is deer too!"-Cleveland Plain
Dealer
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-04-03

Unseen in its approach, hard to de-
tect in it's early stages, and cruelty
painful in it's later forms, uric acid
poisoning Is disease too often fatal.
Bright's disease is one of the final
stages Of uric acid poisoning. 1t kills
In our country every year more men
and women than any other ailment
except two-consumption and pneu-
monia. Brights disease and uric acid
poisoning usually start in some kidney
weakness that would not be hard to
cure, If discovered early, so it is well
to know the early signs of kidney dis
ease and uric poisoning.
When uric acid Is formed too fast
and the kidneys are weakened by a
cold, or fever, by overwork, or by over
indulgences, the acid collects, the blood
gets impure and heavy, there is head
ache, dizziness, heart palpitation, and
a dull. heavy-headed, drowsy feeling
with disturbances of the urine.
Real torture begins when the uric
acid forms into gravel or stone in the
kidney, or crystallizes into jagged bits
in the muscles, joints or on the nerve
tubings. Then follow the awful pains
of neuralgia, rheumatism, govt, sciat-
lea, neuritis, lumbago or kidney collie.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-04-03
CORN CAN BE GROWN
ON CANADIAN PRAIRIES

Manitoba is now commencing to
produce considerable corn, chiefly for
feeding purposes. In some cases,
where the crop can be matured into
the dough stage, silos could be used
and would be profitable investment.
According to the Farm and Ranch Re-
view, correspondent visited field
OF corn in southern Manitoba on Sep
TENDER 2S. The corn then was un-
touched by frost and 1t stood on an
average eight and nine feet in height
The corn had developed into the
dough stage, and the crop would easily
exceed 20 tons to the acre. At many
experimental farms, the same favor
able showing of the corn crop has
manifested itself. At the Brandon ex
perimental farm this year several va
rieties, all very good yielders, matured
into good silo corn.
Considering the success with which
corn can be produced, and the advan-
tages to be gained by so producing 1t,
should not it receive the serious at
tention of the western Agricultural?
Corn is successfully grown in the
northern part of Minnesota In SINH
lar soil and under the same climatic
condition, and there does not appear
to be any reason why like results
should not be secured in western Can
ada. 1t is the opinion of many Ameri-
can farmers of experience that the
corn belt is extending northward. The
prairie provinces must gradually take
up with mixed farming More stock
on the farms must be raised, and In
consequence farming must to some
extent be diverted from grain growing
to other necessary crops. If crops
suitable for wiptering cattle and espe-
cially dairy stock are to be grown,
why should not corn be one of these
crops? In Ontario and in the United
States we find it forms the main bulky
food for wintering beef and dairy cat
tie. They would not be without this
profitable plant In fact, since it's in
PRODUCTION almost twice as much stock
can be retained on the same amount
of land, besides considering it's great
value for keeping the land clean.
Some may say that many crops that
can be grown in Ontario and the
States cannot be grown here, but not
so with corn, even now we find scat
tered fields Of corn in Alberta and
Observation-Disclosures.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-04-03
CLEVER WIFE
Knew How to Keep Peace in Family.

It is quite significant, the number of
persons who get well of alarming
heart trouble when they let up on cot
fee and use Postum as the beverage at
meals.
There is nothing surprising about it,
however, because the harmful alkaloid
-caffeine-in coffee is not present in
Postum, which is made of clean, hard
wheat.
1.-TWO years ago | was having SO
much trouble with my heart" writes
lady in Washington, that at times
l felt quite alarmed. My husband took
me to specialist to have my heart
examined.
1.-The doctor said he could find no
organic trouble but said my heart was
irritable from something l had been
accustomed to, and asked me to try
and remember what disagreed with
me.
II remembered that coffee always
soured on my stomach and caused me
trouble from palpitation of the heart.
So I stopped coffee and began to use
Postum. l have had no further
trouble since.
"a neighbor of ours, an old man,
was so irritable from drinking coffee
that hiS wife wanted him to drink
Postum. This made him very angry,
but his wife secured some Postum and
made it carefully according to direc-
tions.
He drank the Postum and did not
know the difference, and is still using
1t to his lasting benefit. He tells his
wife that the coffee is better than 1t
used to be, so she smiles with him and
keeps peace in the family by serving
Postum instead of coffee"
Name given by the Postum Co.,
Battle Creek, Mich.
Postum now comes in two forms:
Regular Postum must be well
boiled. 15c and Csc packages.
Instant Postum-is a soluble DOW
der. A teaspoonful dissolves quickly
in cup of hot water and, with cream
and sugar, makes delicious beverage
instantly. 30c and soc tins.
The cost per cup Of both kinds is
about the same.
There's a Reason" for Postum.
sold by Grocers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-04-03

tors from whom received only tempo
rary relief. decided to give Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound fair
trial and Also the Sanative Wash. l have
now used the remedies for four months
and cannot express my thanks for what
they have done for me.
eff these lines will be of any benefit
you have my permission to publish
them. - Mrs. SADIE WILLIAMS, 455
James Street, Elkhart, Indiana.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and herbs,
contains no narcotic or harmful drugs,
and to-day holds the record of being the
most successful remedy for female ills
we know Of, and thousands of voluntary
testimonials on file in the Pinkham
laboratory at Lynn, Mass, seem to
prove this fact.
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia f. Pinkham'S Vegeta.
BILE Compound will help you, write
to Lydia E.Pinkham MedicineCO.
(cOnfidentiaD Lynn, Mass, for adj
vice. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by a woman,
and held in strict confidence.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-04-03

dotted lines indicate where, after cut
ting out the piece, the cardboard is
folded to form the sides of the sup
port. The distance between the sides
should be about e inch.
The balance beam B is prepared as
shown by the pattern of Fig. 6. Its
length is the same as that of support
A, and its width is 1 inch. Turn over
about Is inch of each side edge, as in
Dictated by dotted lines, to give the
beam stiffness
The two trays should be cut as
shown in Figs. and g. tray C circular
in form, and tray D oblong with the
corners rounded. After cutting out D,
turn up it's edges to make it SCOOP
shaped, as shown in Fig. 4. Glue one
tray to each end of the balance beam
B, then pivot the beam at its exact
balancing point between the sides of
support A. with pin. Collar buttons
make splendid weights for the toy
scales.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-04-03
SCREAMED ALOUD
In Agony With Awful Kidney Ailments

Mrs. Clara Brasch. 200 N. 10th ST., Licking
ton. Mo-, says. My whole system was filled
with uric acid poison. l had terrible, sharp
shooting pains in my head and sometimes
was dizzy 1 staggered and nearly fell
The poisoning affected my whole body and
my hands, arms limbs and ankles were swol-
len and sore. The pains got bad
screamed and thought 1 would die was
nervous and languid and at times l had
binding spells Remedies and physicians
heard of Doan's Kidney Pills and had some
procured for me. After had taken them a
few days. the soreness and pain began to
up and 1 felt little stronger. In al
most no time. / was up and around, in good
health. Doan's Kidney Pills purified my
whole system and there lie no doubt that they
saved my life. Since aoas cured. haze had no
further tTotIbls."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-04-03

to tell which boy strikes the hardest
blow, and Fig. shows How to make a
simple device for recording the Eela-
tive heights. At distance of about
20 feet from the strength tester, drive
a 5-foot stick into the ground; and
about inches in back of that stick,
and in line with it and the strength
tester, drive 3.foot stick into
the ground. This shorter stick
should have third stick pivoted to
one side near the top. as shown IN
Fig. 5. Use nail for pivoting the
cross stick, and make the connection
loose enough so the stick will turn
easily.
Now then, to use the measuring de-
vice, sight along the edge of the pivot
ed stick, as shown by the little dia-
gram of an eye in Fig. 5. and as the
ball Is thrown into the air from the
beam of the strength tester, swing the
stick SO that it's end follows the ball.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-04-03
Gifted Princess sonhia.

Princess Sophia, wife of the ruler of
a highly gifted woman. She is the
mother of two children and quite a
musician. She plays the harp, mando-
lin and guitar, singing to her own ac-
compartments. She writes poems and
paints and has collected about her in
Potsdam a charming circle of artists.
She grew up in the country, in Rouma-
MIA, and can ride any kind of horse.
Her husband, Prince William of Wied,
is said to be man of great intellect
ual force.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-04-03
A Century AGO.

One hundred years ago saw the end
of the Chatillon congress which had
been endeavoring to settle upon terms
of peace between France and the ma
tons allied against her. From the be-
ginning of the negotiations little hope
had been entertained on either side
that an agreement would be reached.
Napoleon consented to give up West
phalia, Holland and Spain, to restore
the pope of Rome and Ferdinand VII
to Madrid He agreed to give up
Malta to England, as we'll as most of
her colonial conquests. But he re-
manned steadfast in claiming for
France her natural limits, the Rhine
and the Alps. The plenipotentiaries
deciding that further discussion would
be useless, declared the negotiations
at an end and the allied armies pre-
pared to resume their march on Paris
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-04-03
above and below to hold the partitions

above and below to hold the partitions
in position.
A small candy box placed upon it's
side will make a good center counter.
A set of grocery scales must be pro-
vided for this counter, and Figure 4
shows set that is easily made OF
lightweight cardboard or heavy writ.
ing paper. The support A is made in
one piece cut of the shape shown in
the pattern of Fig. 5. Make the
length about one-half as long as the
candy box counter, and the other di-
mansions in about the same relative
proportions that the details show. The
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-04-03
mrs. williams
LONG SICKNESS
Yields To Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable
Compound.
Elkhart, Ind. 81 suffered for four
teen years from organic inflammation,

f m ale weakness,
pain and Irregular
ties. The pains in
my sides were in
creased by walking
or standing on my
feet and l had such
awful bearing down
feelings, W as de-
pressed in spirits
and became thin and
pale with dull, heavy
ewes. / had six doc
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-04-03
kino George in France,

During the visit of King George and
Queen Mary to Paris his majesty will
be present at the annual spring review
of the Paris garrison on April %. The
review will be held, as in previous
years, at Vincennes. The review is
generally held in March, but out of
compliment to King George it has
been delayed this year.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-04-03
Uric Acid is Slow Poison

1t is but further step to dropsy or
Bright's disease
Be warned by baclSache, by sediment
in the kidney secretions, by painful ,scant
or too frequent passages. Cure the weak
ened kidneys. Use Doan's Kidney Pills
"a medicine made just for weak kid
of use. in thousands of cases-the rem
edy that is recommended by grateful
users from coast to coast.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-04-03
Just So,

'How about you and that telephone
girl?'
She has sent me back my soli-
taire"
Ring off. eh?"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-04-03
Dubious.

rs that fellow quick to see an open
ing?"
We'll, he's always in a hole"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-04-03
For Handy BOYS and
Girls 10 Make and Do
Copyright by A. Nicely HalD
A TOY GROCERY STORE.
By DOROTHY PERKINS.

With its shelves stocked with minia-
ture packages of cereals, cans of CO.
Goa and sacks of -four, some obtained
as samples and others homemade, a
toy grocery store provides an endless
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-04-03
Nothing DOING.

SO you demanded an apology. Well
ami what happened"
The supply wasn't equal to the de
n,and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-04-03

And many a toothless person in
dulges in biting sarcasm.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-04-03

DIR. Pierce's Pellets, small, sugar-coated,
easy to take as candy, regulate and invig-
crate stomach, liver and bowels Do not
grippe. Adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-04-03

Putnam Fadeless Dyes do not stain
the kettle Adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-04-03

Definition of Crisis.
Pa, the paper says there's a crisis
in Mexico. What's a crisis?"
"A scarcity of news, my boy
Life
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-04-03

important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA, safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that 1t
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1914-03-26
FEW TIMELY HINTS
FOR POULTRY YARD
Pleasure and Profit Found in
Fowls when Rightly Fed
and Sheltered.

Rightly bred. rightly fed, warmly
and clearly housed, the fowls at Snow
Bird poultry yards are never fail.
ing source OF pleasure and profit.
The ground feed II compounded at
home was composed of one scooptul
OF wheat bran to one of chopped corn
and oats equally halved.
Vegetables were substituted for the
summertime green food. Cabbage
hung by the roots within easy reach
mangel-wurzels split in half then i'm
paled on spikes so the biddies might
pick the flesh from the outer covering
In Clearly manner, with added sue.
culency In the form of chopped onions
and uncooked potatoes together with
clover-chaff and dried leaves as
scratch material and roughage, mini.
mixed the grain bill and kept the
fowls comfortable. vigorous, produc
tive.
Meat was either ground green bone
or beef meal. If the former, one-bali
ounce to the fowl daily, II the latter. /,
was hopper fed. they eating as mucL
as desired and whenever inclined to
A tri-weekly cleaning of dror
boards; weekly spraying of perches
semi-annual house cleaning. together
with the usage of effective insecticide.
kept down the vermjn.