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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-06-18

eXSCeu W nave W
undergo an opera
ton, but the first
bottle / took OF
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Com
pound relieved me OF
the pains in my side
and / continued its
use until ! became
regular and free
| from pains ! had
J asked several doc
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-06-18

Then Peaches, being student OF
natural history, insisted that ] take
some hoarhound, suppose to bite the
dogberry, but it didn't.
Blood will tell, so the hoarhound
Joined forces with the dogberry and
chased the catnip up my family tree.
Suffering antiseptics! everybody
with a different remedy, from snake
poison to soothing syrup-but 1t cured
the grip.
Now all have to do is to cure the
medicine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-06-18
Domestic

James 4. Forgan says 1t Is too early
to quota figures, but as far as he can
see this year there will be no more
money stringency.
Swept down by the strong current
at the head of Belle Isle, on the
American side, Detroit, three of a
party of five men were drowned when
launch capsized The drowned are
George Foster and Frank and Bert
Bidigare, brothers
A storm that approached a tornado
| swept through Charleston, Ill. razing
buildings, uprOoting trees and denud
ing them of their limbs and doing
considerable damage to the wheat and
corn crops.
In collision between the passenger
| steamer Bunker Hill and c. K. G.
| Billings steam yacht Vanadis in
dense fog off Hunts Point, on Long
| Island sound. two men were killed and
three persons were injured
Iowa was awarded the grand prize
for the state agricultural exhibit al
! the Panama-Pacific exposition at Sar
Francisco, and all but four OF 2S9 in
dividual exhibitors OF Iowa received
prizes or honorable mention for agri
cultural exhibits.
Lieutenant Brauer and certain mer
| of the crew" of the German commerce
raider, Prince Eitel Friedrich. who
left the ship before she was formally
interned. and have not returned t.
the Norfolk navy yard. are believed II
have left the country.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-06-18
Chance Spirit Of Team

The only difference in the makeup
of the Yankees this year is that Pipp
and High have been added. That
seems to be enough to change the
whole spirit Of the team.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-06-18

Occasionally the high roller who Is
dead broke begins to understand
women.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-06-18
HOW women
AVOID
OPERATIONS
By Taking Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound.

Cleveland, Ohio "My left side
panied me so for several years that
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-06-18
Lucky.

Il hear your old flame, Maud is q
widow"
Il always was lucky. Just think, Ii
I'd married her I'd be dead now
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-06-18
MEXICAN Revolt

The New York Tribune prints the
following under an Ell Paso (Tex.)
date: Gen. Alvaro Obregon died at
Leon. General Obregon had been
shot through the shoulder during the
battle of Leon, and later his right
arm was amputated He was the only
Carranza general who ever defeated
| Villa"
Five hundred foreigners, refugees
from Mexico City, reached Vera Cruz
On special train under the supervi-
sion of Arnold Shanklin, American
| consul general at Mexico City.
Instructions to be prepared to take
| the field at moments notice, with
| the warning that fever and smallpox
| were common in Mexico, were re-
| ceived at Phoenix, AriZ., by the Ari-
J zonia militia from the war department
| at Washington.
ROGUE Gonzales Cara. head of the
Villa-Zapata government in Mexico
| City, was deposed by the convention
| in session there. Lago Chazaro. a
| Villa delegate, was elevated to the
| provisional presidency.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-06-18

James B. Forgan says it is too early
to quota figures, but as far as he can
see this year there will be no more
money stringency.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-15
NO LONGER OSSIFIED
HER SON AFTER YEARS
Woman Advertises Him az the "Heir
to Big Estate" and Gets
Results.

Kansas City. Mo.-Frequent dreams
that her boy. who was taken from her
while she was Ill in the general hos
pital in 1900, was not dead, caused
Mrs. A. e. Evans Of this city to con.
tinue a search for him during the last
fifteen years.
Advertising brought no results un
til recently. when she stated in an
advertisement that a big estate was
coming to the son, Harry Gordon,
from her father.
Then a woman came to see Mrs.
Evans and told her that while she
was an attendant at an orphan boys
home in 1906, Harry Gordon was sent
to live with Thomas r. Cain, a farm.
er near Jacksonville, Ill. A letter to
the chief of police there brought q
communication from Cain that Harry
always had believed his mother to be
dead.
Then Mrs. Evans announced that
the supposed estate was q myth.
Il advertised that there was an
estate merely to see II l could not
get results-and did," she said. Il
simply want to see Harry"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-15
Peculiar Case of Oklahoma Boy
Again Draws Attention.
10 Rapidly Regainlng His Normal
Health and the "Ossified" Condi-
ton Of His Body 10 Dis
appearing.

Enid, Okla.-Merle Rea, the thir.
teen-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. e.
A. Rea of near Enid, Okla. who at.
tracted nationwide attention q few
months ago as the 'ossified" boy, is
rapidly regaining his normal health
and the 'ossified" condition of his
body is disappearing. This boy was
afflicted in a way that was a puzzle to
all the physicians who examined him.
and there was never a man for a long
time who would even attempt a dag.
nosis of the disease. The boy was al
most q human rock"
Some time before the disease made
its appearance he received fall from
a second-story building, striking on
his back and shoulders. He appar-
emily was not seriously injured at the
time, but some time later his mother.
in washing him, noticed that there was
a hard place on the back of his neck.
Soon this became very noticeable and
began to spread. The boys body was
literally petrifying. His skin became
so hard from the top of his head to
the soles of his feet that he was not
able to move around at all. Then the
disease began to spread to his internal
organs and the flesh of his body. His
tongue became hardened so that he
couldn't move it at all.
About that time physicians all over
the western part of the United States
became interested in the case and q
number of clinics were held and the
lad examined in every way. However.
according to them, there was never q
parallel case before in the history of
medicine.
Finally treatment was taken up
on the supposition that the lad had
been injured in the fall and that there
was a spinal cord pressure that was
in some way tying up the muscular
action to an extent that the part of
the body affected was simply dying
Apparently the guess was correct.
for the body responded to the treat
ment, and the lad now is almost well.
His disease in the first place and
then the apparent cure. form one of
the most amazing cases science has
record Of
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-15
CHIEF JUSTICE WHITES JOKE

Although ponderous and learned
and dignified, Chief Justice White of
the Supreme court cracks an occa-
sional joke.
White buys cigars at a certain
drug store in Washington. and the
man behind the cigar counter has
come to know him well enough to talk
to him rather freely.
One day as he handed the chief
justice his change the cigar salesman
inquired breezily. by way of small
talk:
well. Mr.. Chief Justice. how's
the Supreme court going to decide
those antitrust cases next week."
1T isn't a matter that we're sup
posed to talk much about" replied
White. pleasantly. Still I don't mind
telling you. provided you'll give me
your assurance that 1t will 90 no fur
ther."
"Oh, I shan't tell a SOUL" declared
the cigar man. earnestly. mot a
word
White leaned over the counter an
"Vo'ro rOing IN decide thom-riOl
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-15
Invented MOST
DEADLY Of GUNS;
LITTLE KNOWN
Machine Gun and Automatic
Pistol the Work of a
Mormon.
FOND OF BANJO AND FISHING
John N. Browning Of Ogden, Utah,
Honored by King Albert Of Bel.
gium, Who Gave Kaiser Mil.
lionth Weapon, Made In
Gold.

Ogden, Utah.-That the inventor OF
some OF the most deadly weapons be-
Ing used in the war in Europe should
be an American is but a natural ex.
pectation from the Unborn inventive.
ness of the people of this country, but
that he should be a man of peace, a
member In good standing of the Nor
mon church and practically unknown
to the world at large will come as a
surprise to many.
This notable inventor is John M.
Browning of Ogden. Utah. Through
out his own state he is hailed as the
firearm wizard" but the great major
ity Of newspaper readers probably
have never heard of him.
Browning is the first man who ever
harnessed the kick" of gun, and his
invention revolutionized practically
every form Of firearm. Many thous.
ands OF his machine guns and more
than a million of his automatic pistols
are In use on the battlefields of
Europe today. They are to be found
wherever there is an armed force
throughout the civilized world.
Plays Simple Melodies.
Yet John NJ Browning's chief de-
light in life lies in playing simple
tunes on his banjo in his home, and
when he takes a vacation 1t is usually
In the form Of a quiet fishing expedi.
ton with some of his sons and friends.
His name has rarely been mentioned,
though that Of the weapons he in
vented Is household word.
All the same. this simple. unassum.
ing inventor has associated with roy
atty, and q memento of his work is
one Of the most curious possessions of
no less a parsonage than the kaiser,
q little pistol on which William II
must look with strangely mixed feel
ings these days. It is a gift to him
from Albert, King Of the Belgians.
Every part of the Colt machine
gun. the deadly work of which was
first seen in the Philippines, was in.
vented by John M. Browning. From
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-15

Leopold. A replica of the millionth
pistol. built Of gold. was presented by
King Albert to the German Emperor
and accepted by William as a pretty
memento of noteworthy achieve
ment. This happened last year just
before the war broke out.
Father Was Gunsmith.
Little known as he is, Browning
has been gun inventor all his life,
born one. His father was Jonathan
Browning, native of Tennessee, who
moved to Iowa in the early thirties
and conducted gun store and tink-
er's shop near Kanesville on Mosquito
creek. In 1852 Jonathan Browning
crossed the great. plains with an OK
team, a three months journey, and
settled in Ogden.
In his fathers shop in Ogden John
M. Browning made his first gun at
the age of thirteen from iron taken
from his fathers scrap heap. In 1879.
when twenty-five, Browning obtained
his first patent. 1t was for a breech.
famous. repeating rife, and in 1896
the box magazine which was used by
the United States army in the war
with Spain.
His name was unheralded in con-
nection with all these inventions, be-
cause in every case Browning sold
his patents. 1t was the name of the
maker. not that of the inventor which
became famous.
How He Used "kick."
Browning's friends tell an interest
ing story in connection with the dis.
covery. The inventor. they say. en-.
tered his shop one morning carry
ing a rifle and a block of wood
through which he had bored a hole
the size Of a As bullet. Fastening
the block to the floor. he set up the
rifle SO that the muzzle just touched
the hole in the wood.
He explained that II the idea he had
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-15

be smaller than the holes in the spools,
and IT, that case. in order tc make thu
nsi's hold. It will be pecessary to cut
small squares Of cardboard and run
these over the nails a. f:- a TIE
heads Gigs. 3 and y. After mailing
the spools in their proper positions,
number them with black paint, ink q
pencil. a. indicated in Fig. 3. Each
number represents the score Of the
spool pin above II.
The tossing rings have . hole
through their centers, and are fllsd
with beans. like beanbags (Fie. 81.
Cut two pieces Of cloth eight or nine
inches square for each Gig. 81. Fold
each piece In half diagonally, 20 q
to bring corners A together (FiesL 6
and ~; then fold corner B over on.
to corner B Gigs. and 81, and fold
corner c over on to corner G (Figs.
8 and 81. Cut on corners G and D
az indicated by dotted lines in Fig. .
Zig. 10). and. unfolded. the piece win
have the form shown in Fig. IL Sew
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-15
0CT0GENARIAN IS A WALKER
New Jersey Man Attributes Almost
Perfect Health to Daily
Exercise.

Hammunton, N. J.-William Berns-
house, who is known as the grand old
man of HamMonton." attributes his
almost perfect health to the fact that
he is an enthusiastic pedestrian and
that he never INDUCED in intoxicating
liquor. He settled in Hammonton in
the forties. at time when there were
less than a dozen houses in what now
is the second largest municipality in
Atlantic county.
Although in hia eighty-second year,
Bernshouse averages from fifty to
sixty miles of walking. each week,
About year ago he was one of a
party of surveyors who inspected and
appraised the damage done to a tim.
Der tract where more than 1000 acres
were burned over by fire. supposedly
caused by sparks from locomotive.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-15

was correct. the gases. on the rife
being fired. would be stopped by the
block Of wood and would hurl the
weapon backward. The rifle was fired
and. as expected. it was flung back
ward against the wall of the shop.
Browning's principle was established.
Very quickly the inventor had this
kick" harnessed in such a way that
the gas pressure was transferred to
the breech mechanism and made to
operate all the movements of the gun.
1t did so with such speed, after the
first pulling of the trigger, that no
fewer than 600 bullets could be fired
in a minute.
When applied in the automatic pis-
toll it was found that eight shells could
be discharged in the brief space Of
one and three-fifths seconds. The re-
suit was that these weapons were
quickly adopted by half a dozen gov
ernments for use in their armies and
navies.
Germans Use His Patents.
Since their capture of the city Of
Liege the Germans, 1t Is understood.
have been turning out weapons on the
Browning patents by the thousands at
the works of the Belgian Fabrique
National. Whether they have kept &C.
curate count of what they owe him
in the way of royalties, Browning does
not know and will not hazard an
opinion.
Browning can never bdlinduced to
say anything definite as to the sum he
receives in royalties. To form an
estimate his friends find as difficult
as to gain an admission from the in
ventor himself. Some of his hundred
or more successful patents he has
sold outright. From those which he
has placed on royalties his income
has been estimated at from 100000
all the way up to 100000 a year.
On one occasion the experts of
well-known arms firm labored for
more than a year, it is said, in ef-
forts to copy in smaller caliber.
Browning gun the concern had pur-
chased from the inventor. Eventually
the president of the company sent for
Browning and offered him $4,000 to
accomplish the task. Browning, his
friends say, did it while on the train
on his way home from New York.
Mr.. Browning is sixty years old and
has eight children, whose ages range
from twelve to thirty-four. Some Of
the sons are following their fathers
footsteps. Others are devoting them
selves to music and literature. The
inventor is 6 feet inches tall and
straight as a young Indian. When
not fishing he Is fond of a hunting
and with his brother and
Matthew s. Browning, has
won many trophies as trap shooter.
In his home at Ogden his principle
diversion is his banjo. Mr.. Browning
says he thinks he plays "tol'robly well
or an old 'un." His favorite melo-
lies are "The Blue Bells of Scotland"
Ind THE Beautiful Blue Danube"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-15

piece d Gigs. and y for the car
rage bolt to run through. Then. in
mounting the axles upon the frame.
work. slip an iron washer over the car
rage bolt 50 It will come between axle
e and crosspiece d. The rear axle
must be fastened to q similar wooden
axle &C. Fig. ~. Nail this wooden
axle to crosspiece B.
The steering-gear should be made
next. A sewing machine wheel IN
best for the steering-wheel, but q
wagon-wheel will do. Cut q broom
handle for the shaft Il, Fig. g.. and
mount the wheel on one end. Then
cut a crosspiece I'd. and a square
block (K). bore hole Of the diameter
Of the broom handle through the CEN
ter Of each. and nail X to j. Slip this
crosspiece over the end of the shaft,
and fasten T. IL inches above the end
with screws driven through the edges
OF j and X. as shown. Cut a hole
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-15
PLEASANT TOM TAGGART

The power of personality never
was better illustrated than in the ca
reer of Thomas Taggart. the -Indi
ana-and national-political leader
Irish by birth, .Taggart must have
caressed the blarney stone from the
earliest days of his infancy to the day
Of his departure for American shores
This is not to say that he is an orator.
He is nothing Of the sort. On the con-
trary. he is no speechmaker at all.
But when 1t comes to saying quickly,
In private conversation, or in passing
greeting, the right thing in the right
way at the right moment. Taggart is
without a superior in the whole coun-
try. Not even his bitterest enemy will
md the slightest fault with Taggart's
ever-brilliant. ever-pleasant smile.
That was the gift with which he
began life. That was his talent and
his capital. A CHEEKY smile, a firm.
friendly hand-clasp. a ready sympa
thy-these went with 1t. And the com
bfnation elevated Thomas Taggart
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-15

has built himself a coffin. all ready
for use.
Il thought l would build q coffin
while l had the lumber around the
place. he said. Some Of the white
pine I put into IT has been seasoning
for twenty years and ought to be in
good shape for the use l am putting
it to-"
Dessart is q Belgian who came to
this country when four years old. He
first moved to Wisconsin. but thirty
years ago he went to Nadeau. settling
ON his farm. which has since become
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-15
THE GAMES OF JAcK-sTIcks AND
RiNG-TOSS.

No doubt you are familiar with the
game of jack-straws. in which q pile
Of tiny sticks in the forms of ham,
mers. saws. shovels. picks. etc.. are
placed in the center of table. and
then in turn each player tries to re-
move by means of q small hooked
stick as many of the "straws" AZ pos
sible. without disturbing any other
"straws" in the pile.
The only difference between the
straw" game and our stick" game
is in the substitution of real hammers.
saws. etc.. for the small ones. Fig.
ure 1 shows the large assortment Of
articles that may be used-brooms.
umbrellas. coat hangers, pans. pot
covers. pals. dustpans. etc. Throw
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-15

these articles in q heap, crossed and
recrossed as In the illustration. For
the hooked stick for removing the
articles from the pile take q broom
handle and drive q long nail into Il
near one end. as shown in Fig. 3.
Taking turns, each player should
try to remove. one at Q time, a.
many sticks" from the pile 40 she
can without disturbing anything
else. The turn passes to the next
player the instant she disturbs other
than the article she IL trying to ~
move. The player securing the larg-
est number of articles IL winner.
The game of ring-toss requires an
easily made target Gig. 81. The tar.
get requires a grocery box. two stick
uprights to support the box. nine
thread spools for pins. and nine nails.
The spool pins should be placed
or AZ inches apart. The heads Of
the nails for fastening them will likely
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-15

through the bottom OF the bow boz
for the end of the shaft to run
through. and another hole one-half inch
deep in the ce1ter of the edge of the
crosspiece D Zig. y for q socket for
1t to turA In. Screw a screw-eye in.
to the end Of crosspiece J IL, Fig. g.,
and one into the under side Of each
side rail A Oh. Figs. 4 and g.; then tie
four-foot length Of rope at its cen.
ter to screw-eye L. and run the ends
through screw-eyes H, and tic to
screw-eyes g in axle e Gigs. 4 and 81.
Figs. and show how the hood OF
the pushmobile il completed by fas.
tening pair Of triangular pieces upon
the top of the bow box, mailing boards
across them. and lacking screen wire
ever the front of the box for the "a
diator front: also how the seat II
made.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-15

his patents also are made every part
OF the still more widely known and
almost equally deadly Colt automatic
pistol. Browning first invented a re-
peating rifle, and since then has taken
out more than a hundred patents on
firearms.
His millionth vest pocket automatic
pistol WAS made by the Fabrique Ma
tionale at Liege. Belgium. To cele-
brate the occasion a banquet was
given in Liege in honor of the in.
ventor. and King Albert bestowed up
on Browning the Belgian Order of
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-15
coaehman WIIIed Home.

La Crosse, Wis.-The will of Albert
W. Pettibone. fled recently. dis
tributes $4,000 among local charities
The La Crosse Hospital gets SIC. 600:
the Hub Library $4,000, and the
Women's and Children's Home $4,000
Joseph Zenker. coachman for the can.
italist. received house and lot worth
$1,000. and other servants receive
from $1,000 to 5000 each.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-15
GUARDS PRECIOUS DOCUMENTS

Womans sphere in affairs of state
extends into one of the most impor-
tant offices Of the government. Espe-
cially important at the present day IL
the library of the state department
where are kept the treaties. records
and valuable data that determine the
American policy in world affairs.
Miss Lucy Stuart Fitzhugh, who
has catalogued and classified the
library. Is the expert clerk of the
library. and cares for its precious doc.
uments. She takes the place of the
honored Keeper of the rolls" who
ranks as a high dignitary in foreign
governments
I'VE have here a great many pub.
locations and documents that are to
be found nowhere else in the world"
she says. Among our most precious
documents are the Declaration of In.
dependence and the Constitution of
the United States in the originals.
with the articles of confederation. the
emancipation proclamation and other
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-15

as long al this one is wide, on the
stern end. Fasten the rails to the
bottom of these boxes Gig 81. The
crosspieces B and d. provide for the
mounting of the wheels. Nail one to
rails A at the bow end. and the other
80 it will come under the center OF
the stern box. Crosspiece F forms
q foot-bar.
The front iron axle must be at
tached to a pivotal wooden axle (E,
Figs. 4 and 81. This must have q
hole bored through the center of its
length for %-inch carriage bolt
Screw . pair of screw-eyes into one
edge g, Fig. 81. Fasten the iron
axle to the wooden axle with iron
staples. or with bent-over nails. Bore
hole through the center of cross.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-15
Girls Killed RattIers.

Wenatchee. Wash.-Four girls who
left Wenatchee two weeks ago for
hunting and camping trip on LAX
Chelan have returned. They silent
outdoors one night in a pine bough
house they made themselves. While
on the trip they caught several big
trout, killed several rattlesnakes and
also shot a lynx.