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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-06-26
For Handy BouS and
Girls 10 Make and
Copyright by A. Nicely HalD
BY A. Nicely HALL.
RoLLER.skATE cYMkHANA.

A ROLLER-SKATE GYMKHANA.
A gymkhana was originally an East
India entertainment. 1t consists Of q
group of miscellaneous contests,
games and stunts" usually Of
unique form. A roller-skate gymkhana
is brand-new idea that will at once
interest every boy in your neighbor-
hood.
For the wheelbarrow contest you
need one roller-skate, piece OF
broom-handle Is inches long, a block
of wood, and some wire. Place the
piece of broom-handle across the
block of wood, leaving an equal pro-
lection on each side, and nail it to
the block Gig. %, then bind the
block to the skate with wire, crossing
the wire as shown in Fig. and pull
ing each turn as taut as possible.
Figure 1 shows how to hold on to
the ends Of the cross stick on the
skate while companion trundles you
along In regular human wheelbar-
row" fashion. Use crack in the
sidewalk as starting-line, and an
other for finishing-line.
The blindfold race is run by one
contestant at a time. to avoid col
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-06-26
MGNARCH'S ACT SURPRISES
Old Lady Thought 1t Undignified That
British Monarch Should Blow
His Own Nose.

When King George of Great Britain
came to the throne there were wild
rumors that he took SO little interest
in horse-racing that the turf would
suffer. This year, however, his maj
esty has attended a number Of the big
race meetings.
One recalls the story told of an ear
lier royal visit to Doncaster. An old
Yorkshire woman had gone on the
course for the sole purpose of seeing
royalty, and she called out excitedly:
Which is the king? Which is the
king?"
There he is" said some one near.
That's him with the handkerchief in
his hand"
"Ah!" gasped the old lady, touch
of reverent awe in her tone.
Just then his majesty, who had a
cold in the head, performed a COM
monplace little operation.
Goodness mel" the old lady ex-
claimed aghast. "He-he blows his
own nose!"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-06-26
BUSINESS AND THE TARIFF
Secretary McAdoo Tells Little Story
to illustrate What He Thinks
Effect Will BE.

Since both the tariff and the chr
rency bills came within the scope Of
the treasury department, it is natural
that newspaper men should go there
to query the chiefs with questions
about their probable effect on bust
ness.
Boys" said Secretary McAdoo re-
Gently, there's nothing to It The
country has been subjected to revi-
sions before, and always has survived
them successfully. Generally speak
ing, the attitude of business is Of re-
ceptive Indifference toward the
changes that have been made, because
business men have made up their
minds not to let such things interfere
with their business. 1t is Just like
Freddy. Do you know about him?
"One day Freddy's mother said:
Freddy, If you are not good boy to-
night you'll go to bed without your
dinner
Ma shouted businesslike Freddy,
what we goin' to have for dinnerr :"
The Sunday Magazine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-06-26
SAVING the Wood.

It was only on rare occasions that
Mrs. Cutler, kind-faced old lady, &C
cepted invitations to dine out. Upon re-
peated invitations of her friends, the
Joslins, however, she consented to at
tend little informal dinner they were
giving, accompanied by her daughter.
Unfortunately, Mrs. Cutler was quite
deaf and consequently could not enter
into the general conversation. She
was engaged in cutting piece Of
steak when her daughter turned to her
and said:
Mother, dear, why are you so
Iuiet?"
I'm all right" responded mother,
with sunny smile, while you talk.
Mabel, say nothing but saw wood"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-06-26

furnish you with what you need for a
few cents. The laths may be nailed
together with brads as shown in Fig.
8; or the edges may be notched as in
Dictated in Fig. and the ends dashed
together with cord as shown in Fig. 5.
Cut the ends of the lath strips pointed
with a saw. The lower ends of the
trellis should be driven several inches
into the ground.
A trellis of a more elaborate de-
sign, though one that Is quite as sim
pie to make, is shown in Fig. 6. The
center circular frame is barrel-hoop,
the upright pieces each side of this
are sticks about ~ inches square,
and the crosspieces are laths. 1t is
easiest to build this trellis fat upon
the ground, and then set it in position
First fasten the barrel-hoop between
the uprights; then cut the lath cross
pieces to the right length, and nail
them to the uprights. You will notice
that these are fastened to both sides
Of the uprights; therefore a pair of
each length of strip is required
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-06-26

support for morning-glory and wild
cucumber vines. If any of the ribs
of the umbrella you use are broken,
take pieces of heavy wire, and bind
them to the broken parts; and if any
of the connections between the ribs,
braces, and handle are rusted through.
wire these parts in place with fine
wire.
Use the handle from a broom, or
stick Of about the same size, for the
center support of the umbrella-bower,
and by means of two strips of wood
about IL inches long splice the UNI
brella handle to the end of the broom
handle, binding the strip in place with
heavy wrapping-twine as shown in
Fig. /.
Run a cord around the ends of the
umbrella-ribs, slipping it through the
eye of each rib, or sewing 1t to each
eye if the cord is too thick to thread
it through. Then bury the end Of the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-06-26
Mistaken In the Portrait.

Mcneil, the German artist. was a
regular patron of a certain Berlin
wine shop. One day man and wife
came in and sat down at his table;
and presently Mcneil noticed that the
woman was making fun of him.
Calmly he drew out his sketching
book, gazed at the woman awhile, as
If to study her face for portrait, and
then commenced to draw. Her hus-
band Immediately took notice: II for
bid you to draw picture Of my wife.
Stop It'll" he exclaimed, angrily.
Mcneil made a few finishing touches
and then passing the sketching book
over to the man, he inquired, with a
laugh, 'Ts that your wife?" He had
drawn a goose.-Youth's Companion.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-06-26
Don't Poison Baby.

YEARS AGO almost mother thought her child
to
a MANY will produce the SLEEP
WAKING. the children who
auda
morphine,
prohibited selling either the named children ALL
anybody without labelling them The definition Of narcotic
produces commissions and DEATH The taste and
of medicines containing opium disguised and sold under the
"Sootng should not permit
without
what it is CASTORIA DOES NOT
CONTAIN NARCOTICS If it bears the signature ~
of Chas. H. Fletcher. ~ <NIN74A
Genuine always signature Of IS1zX A
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-06-26

broom-handle in the ground to depth
of 6 inches, and with it in position
take more cord and tie piece to the
end of each rib, and a piece halfway
between the ribs to the cord you have
fastened around the ribs. Cut these
cords long enough to reach the ground,
and drive a stake into the ground in
the right position to fasten each cord
to. Plant the vines you wish to have
run over the frame, beside the stakes,
and entwine the small tendrils around
the strings to give the vines a start.
Then by guiding the little fingers, as
the vines grow, so the vines will
spread over to the adjoining strings,
the spaces may be completely inter
laced, and by the time the top of the
umbrella frame has been reached you
will have a thickly covered bower.
The small trellis shown in Fig. is
made of laths. Amy carpenter will
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-06-26
Shades of Mendsssohn!

In the Liverpool (England) diocese
few weeks ago a very popular wed
ding took place, the contracting par
ties being a young clergyman and the
daughter of a widely known vicar.
AS the happy pair left the church
to the familiar strains of Men
delssohn's wedding March," the fol-
lowing remark was pathetically ut
tered by one working woman to an
other: Just think of Miss - hap
ing ragtime played at her wedding"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-06-26
Modern Femininism.

Two girls were slipping coffee and
smoking cigarettes through long tubes
of gold and amber.
The first girl said pensively, sway
ing her pretty foot in and out Of her
slashed skirt:
do you believe, dear, that we should
work for our husbands?"
You bet 1 dol" the second girl an
swered. You just bet dol"
Il NEAL after we're married." said
the first girl.
oh" said the other after we're
married, certainly mott"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-06-26
Practical REASONING.

1t was a very youthful class In
physiology.
why" asked the teacher, SIS it
best to eat soup first when one is
very hungry"
The pupils stared at her blankly
Then Jamie enlightened them from
the depths of his own experience.
"You car get it down faster" he an
nounced.-Delineato
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-06-26

Fig. indicates how to skate in
and out around the posts.
Figure 6 shows a good leaping con-
test. Sticks or feet in length
of the sidewalk, at a height of or
9 feet above the ground, with one
end nailed to the tree, and the other
end supported by a piece of rope run
from about the center of the stick up
to an upper branch of the tree, as
shown in Fig. 6. Each stick should
have screweye screwed into it near
the outer end, and another near the
tree; then piece of heavy wrapping
Irvine should be slipped through the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-06-26
BY DOROTHY PERKINS.
TRELLlSEs FOR VINES.

Every girl who owns garden will
need a few trellises over which to
train her climbing vines, and by fol-
lowing the instructions and the draw
ings given below it will be very easy
matter for her to make these herself
without having to call upon father or
brother to help.
The frame from an old umbrella is
required for the top of the vine bower
shown in Fig. l. This is a splendid
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-06-26
MRS. WINN'S
ADVICE TO WOMEN
Take Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound and be
Restored to Health.
Kansas City, Mo.-"The doctors told
me would never be a mother. Every

m onth the pains
were 80 bad that I
could not bear my
weight on one foot.
l began taking Ly-
dia E. Pink b a ms
v ge table Com
pound and had not
finished the first bot
tie W b en- I felt
greatly relieved and
i took It until it
~ n 10 49, ~@-I 81
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-06-26
Married Men outlive Bachelors.

The latest statistics issued by the
city Of Berlin show, among other
things, that married men there live
considerably longer on the average
than bachelors. The percentage OF
deaths among wives, on the other
hand, is greater than among spinsterss
owing principally to mortality attend
ing childbirth.-New York Times.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-06-26
No More.

Mrs. Nelson O'Shaughnessy's daring
presence at the wedding Of Huerta's
son is only another proof of brave
woman's pluck.
Mrs. O'Shaughnessy, at the Colony
club in New York, derided one day
the idea that woman was weak, or
cowardly, or that she need ever play
a limited part in the worlds affairs.
WELL" said a lady Of the old
school, 81 know one thing woman can't
do. She can't reform a man after
marriage"
MOI" Mrs. O'Shaughnessy said.
mo? And yet know many married
man who in his bachelor days smoked
25-cent cigars"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-06-26
Concession,

'Is this a first-class restaurant?
asked the naughty individual. "Oh
yes" answered the waiter; but we
will serve you."-Los Angeles Times
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-06-26
Domestic HostiIities.

$50 Mrs. Finnerty's man has enlist
ed and gone to the front to f1ght?"
Sure; it was the only way the poor
man could think of to get any peace
and quiet"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-06-26

YOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILL TELL YOU
Try Murine Eye Remedy for Red, Weak, Matery
Just Eye Comfort. Write for Book of the Eye
by mail Free. Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-06-26

Apple wood is the favorite material
for ordinary saw handles, and some
goes into so-called brier pipes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-06-26
Quite Different.

els that girl fixing records on the
photograph, affected"
mo; merely putting on airs"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-06-26

Many a fellow paints the town who
wouldn't even whitewash his own
fence
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-06-26
Side Lines.

$50 your husband is shoe sales
man? What does he carry on the
side?"
"A porous plaster"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-06-26
Their Class.

Their Class.
Pop. who are the underworld"
my son, they are the rest OF the
world to aviators."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-06-26

There are 140 savings banks In New
York state.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-06-26

placed anywhere. AZ
tracts and kills all
fies. Neat, clean, or
namental, convenient.
cheap. lasts all
season. Made of
metal, can'tspillor tip
over, will not soil or
anything.
Guaranteed effective.
All dealers ore sent
express ped Toe ti@.
kss.. Bros4lyu. q. =.
The Ely miner., 1914-01-16

man; II was just thinking what
funny world this persists in being in
spite of the efforts of science to the
contrary. You women never will be
anything but women. Now, look at
me; when anybody says to me, Cap
tain MacManus, you're old enough to
remember the days of the suffra-
gettes,' I'm proud to say: Right you
are But when one of you says the
same to another, there's battle in the
tearoom and you have to put some
body under arrest. Now, why is that,
Captain Nellie; can you tell me!
Captain Sky shifted.
Such conversation is too old fash
ioned to resent, Captain MacManus.
she said. But for your benefit l Will
explain that the thoroughly modern
woman does not get angry when re-
minded of her age. On the contrary
she considers it compliment. There
are a few women left, however, who
persist in allowing the old influence
and prejudices of sex influence them.
1t happened to be one of these that
started the trouble aboard the special.
AS for us-the modern women-you're
ridiculous, Captain MacManus."
Then you admit, Captain Nellie,
that you yourself are old enough to
remember the days of the suffra-
gettes?" asked MacManus.
What! Sir, how dare you!" cried
Miss Sky. I'll have you know, sir,
that /"
"Ho! Ho! That you are not over
thirty-fve, eh? / know, captain; l
was just trying you out"
You're horrid old wretch!" said
the indignant officeress. Il think
you're real mean"
Those are harsh words, Captain
Nelrfe.''
Il want them to be harsh"
"Then you are indignant because
insinuated-"
mo, I'm not; not bit of it."
Then why did you want your words
to be harsh?"
Captain Sky tossed her head.
Because" she said, That's why
because"
"The same old reason" murmured
old MacManus, 'the same reason they
The Ely miner., 1914-01-16

opponent turns GOtch suddenly re-
verses the hold into a half nelson
with a crotch.
1t was told Gotch in 1911 that an
American wrestler who wished to see
him defeated had been tutoring Hack.
enschmidt against the grapevine hold
leading to the half nelson and crotch.
The worlds champion laughed at
these stories. He said the Russian
lion was privileged to practice the
maneuver all he pleased, but he would
defeat him in one fall by this same
ruse.
This remarkable prediction actually
came to pass. When Hackenschmidt
met Gotch for the second time
in Chicago he was coached to
the minute to avoid this rapid
fire attack of Gotch. 1t was the
means of his downfall in the first
bout. Gotch put Hack off his guard,
raised his near leg. grapevined his far
one and then reversed it into half
nelson and crotch, with which the
lion" was pinned for the first fall in
the bitterest defeat of his career.
The grapevine may be secured on
the arm, and with the aid of cross
buttock, an opponent may be hurled
heavily to the canvas. Gotch has sell
dom used this grip, however. He has
avoided holds whereby an opponent
might be killed in flying falls but has
used his quick brain to advantage in
crushing his opponents by rapid
maneuvering in straight wrestling
Gotch has seldom used the grape
vine in pinning an opponent. His de-
feat of Policeman John ]. Rooney In
Chicago with grapevine and ham
merlock in 1906 was an exception
(Copyright 1919. by Joseph B Rowlesl
The Ely miner., 1914-01-16
Population of Earth,

The population of the entire earth
is around 1900. 000,000-one thousand
six hundred millions. Of this number
Asia has over half, S50,OOO,OO0; Africa,
127, 100000; North America, 12O, ,O0O.-
900; South America, 100000: Aus
tralia, 100000; Europe. $4,000 900;
polar regions, 100000. There are no
means of estimating the increase of
the earth's population, owing to the
paucity of statistics and the compare
lively recent date at which any sort
of statistics were possible. But it is
safe to say that from now on, owing
to the spread of science, the human
increase will be greater than ever be-
fore.
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used to give before they could vote
"Can you really remember those
days?" asked the determined airigator
inc. mo; I'm not curious, not bit
of it,; but-can you really?"
II can. 1t was in the days of my
youth that the plate-glass war, as the
struggle in which women won the
right to vote has since became known
was being fought. 1 saw those stir.
ring days.
Captain Sky clasped her hands and
beamed.
How perfectly thrilling, Captain
MacManus!" she cried
DO tell me about it, phase. Oh. to
have been one of those early heroes!
What glorious existence was theirs
Now-now there's nothing lett for
women to find fault with; they have
their own way in everything. Such a
monotonous age as we live in. But,
tell me, captain, why did they call it
the plate-glass war;"
Captain MacManus glanced mis-
SiAS'ouoiy ouI VI luc SOItS VI Ills
eye at the Western Woman's special
waiting in her clip for the captains
signal to open the glass matches. At
the liners windows women might be
seen clamoring to be allowed to land.
Captain Nellie Sky needed not.
Well" said MacManus, "it was in
this way: Women were the most
grasping beings that you could imag-
inc in those days. They had acquired
all the world but the ballot They ran
the whole world. Stores were run
wholly for their trade; plays were
manufactured with the single eye to
pleasing their tastes; books were writ
ten and illustrated for their enter
tainment; and so on down the whole
list of everything-except the ballot.
That was mans last stronghold. He
controlled that, and through that kept
himself deceived into believing that
he ran the world. He hung onto it for
dear life; the ballot and his pants
were the things he would not give up.
But the women had set their minds
The Ely miner., 1914-01-16
Explorer Not Practical.

Dillon Wallace, who accompanied
Leonard Hubbard on his foolishly
planned and worse executed trip into
Labrador ten years ago, has now
chiseled an inscription on a rock
where poor Hubbard died He de-
scribes Hubbard as an intrepid ex-
plorer and practical Christian"
phrase on which a sermon might be
preached. Intrepid" Hubbard was, but
his reliance upon Deity to make up for
his own bad judgment was pathetic
was, in fact, tragic, and gives to
Wallace's term practical Christian"
a grim if unconscious humor. Virtue.
unhappily, does not take the place Of
venison nor piety of pemmican, and if
Mr.. Wallace's exceedingly interest
ing record of the Hubbard party's mis-
adventure may be relied upon there
seldom has been more eloquent illus
tration of the sententious old proverb:
The Lord helps them who help them
selves"
The Ely miner., 1914-01-16
ALBERTA CROP YIELDS

At Macleod, Alta, weather condi.
uons were excellent all through the
season. Ninety per cent. of the wheat
up to Oct. 1st graded No. 1, the only
No. being fall wheat. The yield
ranged from 20 to 40 bushels per acre.
with an average of %. Oats yielded
well, and barley about 60 bushels.
Inverary is a new district in Alber-
ia. Here wheat graded No. and
some of it went so bushels to the acre,
oats going about rs bushels.
Lethbridge correspondent says: I'm
the Monarch district the yield on sum-
mer fallow is averaging thirty-five
bushels, a large percentage No. !
northern"
Cali spring grains are yielding bet
ter than expected in the Milk river
district, south. A 300 acre field Of
Marquis wheat gave 411s bushels.
Experimental farm results on grain
sown on irrigated land place Red Fife
wheat in the banner position. with
yield of $40 bushels per acre. Oats
yielded 1872 bushels to the acre.
John Turner Of Lethbridge grew
barley that went 60 bushels to the
acre.
"Red Fife averages in weight from
go to 68 pounds, and at Rosthern the
Marquis wheat will run as high as GA
pounds TO the bushel, while a sample
of Marquis wheat at Arcola weighed
no less than 68 pounds to the bushel.
This variety is grading No. hard"
Calgary, Alta, Oct. 8.-The prob
lem of handling Alberta's big grain
crop is becoming a serious one, and
there Is congestion at many points
In southern Alberta. One thousand
cars could be used Immediately. The
C. p. r. prepared for normal year,
while the yield Of grain was every
where abnormal, with an increased
acreage of about % per cent.
Moose Jaw, sSask., returns show
some remarkable yields.
Bassano, Alta, Sept. 25, '13.-1ndi-
vidual record crops grown in Alberta
include 1900 acre field of spring wheat
grown near BassanO which went thir-
ty-five bushels to the acre and weigh
ed sixty-six pounds to the bushel.
Noble, Alta, Oct. 1, '13.-Al records
for the largest shipment Of grain by
one farmer will be broken this year
If the estimate of c. S. Noble of Noble,
Alberta, proves correct. Mr.. Noble
has notified the Canadian Pacific Rail-
way here that he will have $4,000
bushels of grain, chiefly barley and
oats, ready for shipment very short
ly.
L. Anderson Smith, writing to a
friend in the Old Country, located at
Killam, Alberta, Says:
Anyone taking up land will find Al
berta an ideal province. The soil is a
rich black loan, varying from 6 to IL
inches In depth. The land here in
this district Is not wholly open prairie.
At intervals, sometimes closely, some
times widely scattered, there are
small plots of poplar and willows.
These generally grow round some
snow drifts here in the winter and
melts in the spring filling these
sloughs (province "slews") with coft
water. Nearly all these sloughs have
old buffalo tracks to them, for it was
from them that they always got their
water. The poplars are very useful
TOR building barns and hen-houses.
Wild grasses are plentiful, while tame
grasses, such as timothy, bronze and
western rye grass do remarkably well.
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