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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-12-24
MADDEN KEEPS SECRETS HID
Big Horse Owner Never Tells About
Conditions of Horses-GiIlies
Easily Defeats Bromo.

John E. Madden never tells the Sc
crets of his racing stable. When l..
s. Thompson's Bromo worked six fur
longs the other day for the Produce
stakes, run at Belmont park, Madden
declared that his colt Gillies had no
chance to beat the son of Broom
stick. So Gillies did not appear in
the overnight entries. Madden, how
ever, added him at the last moment,
and with Bromo quoted at to 10
Gillies was held cheaply at Is to 1.
But when it came to racing Gillies
displayed unlooked-for speed and won
the stakes by head from Bromo.
Did Madden have the usual modest
wager down?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-12-24
NATURE POTENT IN HEALING
Surgery Upon BattlefieIds Is De-
cIared to Be Bringing Many Sur
prises to the Doctors.

Surgery upon the battlefield, ac-
cording to well-known physician of
Berlin, Doctor Ziegelroth. is becoming
more and more a matter of back to
nature" The doctors, military and
civil, who are tending the wounded in
the West, are discovering, not with
out so=e surprise, how potent fac
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-12-24

may strike the keepers and the kept
alike in Jail or prison in which
cleanliness is not a part of the dis
cipline. Armies in the field where
filth accumulates from the sheer i'm
possibility of fighting both filth and
the enemy at the same time, may be
attacked and suffer fearfully. This
happened with the French forces in
the Crimean war and, under identical
conditions, the disease is Staying its
hundreds in Serbia.
The death rate is as low as five per
cent when the young are stricken with
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-12-24
PITCH NONCHALANTLY

Chief Meyers, the Giant catch
er, is a former Dartmouth col
lege student, while Red Doom,
former manager of the Phillies
and now backstopping for the
Giants, is very successfully
self-educated young man. On
the other hand, RUDE Schauer,
one of the Giants youngest
pitchers, quit school soon after
he absorbed the three Rs.
Since Doom joined McGraw's
team he has been devoting much
of his time to developing the
young >hurlers. One day he was
working out with Schauer and
noticed that the youngsters
style of delivery was rather
crude.
pitch more nonchalantly,"
yelled Doom.
HUH" shouted Schauer.
pitch more nonchalantly."
Say, what does he mean,"
asked Schauer of Meyers, who
was standing close by.
Fitch more blase, you bush
err" retorted the Indian.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-12-24
VII,

Merwin felt curious elation upon
him, sudden lightness of heart, one
Of those miraculous sensations Of ut
ter delight that come at the most un-
expected moments when one is per-
forming ones work a little better than
ever it has been performed before.
Arrogant with the delightful arro-
gance of the artist who has worked
hard for achievement his eyes sought
those of Olga Drake in her box at the
head of the diamond horseshoe. That
very day Ann had been granted her
interlocutory decree of divorce; that
very day sensational newspaper had
whispered the name Of Miss Drake
in connection with it; that very day
he had boasted to her that he would
make amends for that; and now
now, in the first performance of the
widely heralded new opera, he was
singing as he had never sung before
Clear, ringing, sweet toned as any
bell, holding the audience spellbound,
with eyes aglow the voice of Merwin
rang out. And then the song died in
mid-air, seemed to halt upon its
course. The singers hand clutched
at his throat, clutched desperately
there as though by sheer brute
strength he would force out the
sounds that the vocal chords refused
to give. His lips opened and closed,
closed and opened. A mute he stood
there, ludicrous mute, saving the
air with his hands, desperately, wild
ly-
A laugh hurtled from the gallery,
the laugh that was sufficient to guide
the mob. It grew in volume, grew SO
that its sound nenetrafed the heavy
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-12-24
$50 happy, Henry, that-I'm afraid
Of it-of my happiness" she answered
bravely.

OF lt-of my napp1ness, she answered
bravely.
III.
Ann shivered again under some.
thing she read in Madam Holmes
eyes. She had felt it even before the
woman crossed the threshold, had
been feeling it in ever increasing vol
ume while De Retsky and her hus-
band outlined plans for his operate
| studies abroad. The great singer had
been silent, strangely silent since it
was she who was doing the financing
of that voice. And now the wife
knew that madam was about to speak
and with her eyes pleaded to the
celebrity-as woman to woman-for
pity, for charity. And madam shrank
before that look, even while her lips
frightened.
"Of course" she said slowly, II shall
provide for your wife while you are
abroad, Mr.. Merwin." 3 ISIS
Though she had been expecting a
blow, though she had nerved herself
for the worst, Ann could not repress
| the little cry of incredulous pain that
leaped from her lips. Her hands
sought her heart gropingly. the hands
that still gripped the unfinished shoe.
"You mean-you mean that / am
not to go-that Henry is to go alone
ITO leave me and-and-''
"a student should have no distrac-
F-tion in his studies"
Ann felt something go dead within
her. Her hands went out in cropping
fashion toward her husband
Henry you-you want to leave"
She could not finish for the great,
choking sob constructing her throat,
suffocating her.
He wheeled upon her fiercely,
plunged into rage of his own Great
ing, but madam flashed him warn
ing look as Ann sank back in her
chair.
my DEAR" in the great sopranos
voice were all the tones that had
quickened tears in the hearts of au-
diences throughout the world, you
uOL lUdhc IL dIy udTUtT ludu
is already. Don't you know that I
understand; that am woman, and
that 1 understand your pain at part
ing?" She moved a step closer, plac-
ing her hand upon AIMS shoulder and
turning upon the two men.
"You have your choice, Mr.. Merwin
-milkman or Voice. l had the
choice and Voice won. 1t has brought
me fame, wealth, honor, glory; it has
lost me all that my heart would have
chung to did I consider happiness
alone. I do not say that it is always
so, but the price of fame is often mis-
cry. The price of Fame must be paid
and Fame is hard bargainer"
Ann looked up eagerly, timidly, yet
with strange ferocity to catch the
impression upon her husband. What
she read upon his face filled her with
swift self-reproach.
II think understand" she whis-
pered softly. 81 want the fame for
him"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-12-24
Champion HurdIer Breaks Leo.

Fred Kelly, worlds champion
hurdler in several classes, has broken
his leg in football practice. He has
been playing with the University Of
Southern California. Although KEEL
ly's injury consists of fracture near
the left ankle doctor who attended
him said that it would not decrease
he athletes efficiency at the hurdles.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-12-24
END OF THE FIRST STORY.
The next story, 1.-THE Pursuit Of
Pleasure"

The civil practitioners in the west
ern field, according to Doctor Ziegel-
roth, are engaged in a friendly but
spirited contest with the military ply
sicians, and are giving extraordinary
service. Men who in ordinary life
have a golden practice" are enduring
all the hardships Of the field without
a murmur. and good-humoredly con-
test for bundles of straw upon which
to sleep in barns and stables. The
snoring of fellow physicians seems to
bother them more than the artillery
fire.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-12-24
TIGERS Traininu Trip.

The Detroit Tigers are thinking OF
taking trip to California to train, and
there is very little doubt that Ty Cobb
he has never been seen on the coast
Oscar Witt is another member of the
Tiger team that would be big favor
lite with the coast fans. because he 10 q
native sor.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-12-24
Viii.

Ann Merwin's hands still gripped
tightly the newspaper with which she
had fed from her attorneys office, the
newspaper whose startling head had
caught her eye even as her hand re-
ceived the final decree of divorce.
There was wild expression in her
eyes as she lunged through the crowd
ed traffic of the streets toward the city
hospital where the story said Henry
had been taken.
Forgotten the document in her
handbag, forgotten the bitterness with
| which he had treated her. She only
remembered that he was the father Of
her child, that he was the man she had
loved-the man she loved still.
Voiceless, forsaken by friends, an
object of pity and contempt, vagrant
succumbing to exposure at the dark
waterside where he might have con-
templated making his final resting
place-he was still her husband just
as he always had been.
She did not heed the curious glances
Of the nurses nor the internes as she
demanded admittance to his bedside.
That the story of the celebrity's down.
fall, the divorce and attendant scandal
belonged to the world meant nothing
to her. A queen-she demanded the
right to be with her husband in his
hour of need.
She did not shrink away from the
poor creatures upon the cots in the
wards through which they passed. The
flotsam and jetsam of a great city
was there, but that mattered nothing
to her. That her husband was just
such another dependent upon city's
charity meant nothing to her.
She felt little pain in her heart as
the inferno paused beside snowy cot,
hesitated second before approaching
the delirious man, tossing and tum-
bling upon the cot, then bravely moved
forward again. The inferno rested his
hand upon her arm. She looked into
his face with surprise and saw nothing
but sympathy there and desire to
avoid harm coming to her. She
brushed him aside and then a voice
reached out to her, voice wild and
hoarse, throbbing with the insanity of
delirium yet with the longing of
world in it, voice she would have
known from all the voices of the
world.
"Olga-Olga-Olga-"
On and on and on, interminably,
and always with that same piteous
appeal, that same throbbing note of
heart-rending helplessness cried the
voice; the voice of Henry Merwin, her
husband toward the woman, the laugh
ing woman's back, the Olga Drake who
sat in the head box of the diamond
horseshoe.
She held her head proudly, defiant
ly as the superintendent of the hospi-
tai tried to suppress the pity In his
look with which he accepted the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-12-24
HAS ITS ORIGIN IN FILTH
Typhus Fever a Disease That Is
Much Easier to Prevent Than
It Is to Cure.

OF typhus fever-now raging In
Serbia-it may be said that physicians
know more about how to prevent it
than how to cure it.
1t is disease that fiourishes under
conditions of uncleanliness. It may
be epidemic in city and touch no one
except inhabitants Of the slums. It
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-12-24

typhus; as high as forty-six per cent
when among persons over fifty years
of age.
The American medical force now
being equipped to rescue the typhus-
ridden inhabitants of Serbia has a ter
rible task before it. But If knowledge
OF sanitary science can win, if skill
and energy count, the expedition will
achieve glorious victory.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-12-24

later in the game. 1t is just barely
possible she prophesied, that you
will make IA points In stead of 10, but
think not. Your team will come
within foot of making a second
touchdown, but the Princeton team
will hold you. After that will come
your second last score"
Eddie" thanked the woman, paid
her fee and smiled After the first
quarter he felt weird when he re-
called the woman's words, and when
the game was over-well, he'll believe
anything anyone tells him from now
on.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-12-24

Production Of motor cars in this
country during 1914 is valued approx
mately at s4S5,000.000.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-12-24

and for a long time, my dear
Bella, could not keep that voice from
my ears. Everything was there ex-
cept the training AS you know,
have heard them all and have not
been rated the worst myself, but for
natural singing quality I have never
heard this young Henry Merwin's
superior"
at merely shows" he continued,
how possible it is to dodge duty.
That voice belonged to the world. But
as I recalled what the struggle meant,
what must be gone through before the
summit is attained, did not have the
courage. Like coward, traitor to
my art, I fed" He smiled whimsi-
cally. "But 1t was to be- l returned
to my work, to the horrible grind. I
listened to the sounds that could never
be made into song and always was
hearing the voice Of the farmer boy
who leased the bird"
"And my little words of encourage
ment had fallen upon a soul worthy
Of that divine voice. Henry Merwin
fought his way to the wagon seat of
milk wagon. That was what he did
when he found me. that is what he is
doing now-driving a milk wagon"
Il was in a laundry" the great So
prano murmured softly, as though to
herself.
De Retsky started to speak, but the
expression on her face deferred him
HE is married?" she queried
abruptly.
Married the little beauty / saw him
with that evening as l returned to my
hotel-the little country girl he ran to
with the news"
"And suppose she was happy In his
Joy, happy at the encouragement you
had given him!" A lurking bitterness
was in the singers tones, a note that
caused the professor to look at her
sharply.
Little Dora twisted her ankle one
morning while / was busy with a
pupil. Young Merwin was driving past
and helped the child. He recognized
me- Immediately. though had quite
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-12-24

curtain as It slowly descended upon q
wild-eyed. sobbing tenor, who glared
piteously at the back of laughing
woman in the box at the head of the
diamond horseshoe.
With the ready effervescent SYM
pathy of the Romance people the d.
rector pillowed the head of his great
find" upon his shoulder. But over
that head his eyes sought those Of
Doctor Holbrook, the worlds renowned
throat specialist, who had been treat
ing Merwin now for months. And a
hard expression, a look of flint was in
the directors eyes as the specialist
shook his head to indicate the death
of another voice.
at is the fault of the atmosphere,
the early training" coolly declared
the impresario later that evening to
the reporters. Now, Merwin, with
the proper, early training would have
proved the greatest tenor of our
time" He shrugged a bit contemp-
tously. "You call it here, I believe, q
flash in the pan"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-12-24

tured by the prickling fingers at his
spine, the harsh grip at his heart.
9 don't mind the whispering and
talking while you sing. They do II
with everyone but Cabosso-
He heard no more, but these words
scared themselves in letters of fire
upon his brain. His teeth clicked
shut with an audible sound. Suddenly
all the stage fright disappeared be-
fore an anticipatory rage. They
should not whisper and talk while
he sang; they should treat his voice
with the same respect they treated
that of Cabosso. His voice was the
equal Of the great tenor's.
Unconscious of his audience, of the
stir of curiosity at his appearance in
stead Of the familiar eCabosso, regard.
less of everything save overweening
desire to win, Henry Merwin hardly
realized he was upon the stage before
the curtain stared him in the face, the
curtain which formed a barrier
against the tumultuous applause of
the audience at his performance, and
shut him into the other world behind
the scenes, the world of fellow-singers
who made him realize the tremendous
Impression he had created.
He suddenly felt himself very weak,
felt his impotence. He needed help,
sympathy-he needed-Ann-
Swiftly he discarded his costume,
but lily wiping the grease paint from
his countenance. But in his eyes
glowed something of happiness, grow
ing from more than fame as, half an
hour later, he reread the message he
had just written before passing it to
the agent.
Ann Merwin, Los Angeles, Cal: Come
to New York at once. No more poverty.
HENRY.
".
He waited in the library, listening
to the sounds Of delight from AIMS
room. M~5te
In the week he had tasted the fruit
of success and laughed at the fear he
had entertained of it. To be sought
out by the great director and placed
under contract at a figure he had
only vaguely dreamed of ever earning;
to be the toast Of town and press, to
be invited into the very heart of so
ciety's most sanctified circle; to know
that it was all deserved-surely they
were fools who had told him the price
to be paid for fame was heavy.
And now Ann was here, was so
close to him he had but to tap upon
the adjoining door to see her, SO
close to him he could hear her de-
lighted ordinations over the gown he
had bought for her to wear at Mrs.
Van Rolphe's reception that very
night
Slowly a frown crossed his fore
head, a perplexed and anxious frown.
Ann-would Ann be able to live up
to the position he had created for
her?
A little cry from the doorway, and
he clasped her to his heart, fiercely,
for the doubt that had been his. But,
as he held her away from him, he
was filled with the bitter realization
that the doubt remained.
Pretty, fresh, wholesome-yet she
was obviously uncomfortable in her
finery. There was something of the
out-of-doors about her that did not
seem to fit into the new life. He felt
himself guiltily contrasting her with
the dark, exotic beauty of Olga Drake,
the woman who had made so much
Of him at reception of the day be-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-12-24
FIRST STORY

Prof. Carl de Retsky flung a regret
ful glance at the hills, hurting their
rugged battlements against the twi-
light that marked definite end to
his vacation. Vacation-rest from
the weary grind, the loathsome task
OF training voices that could never be
other than mediocre. voices that tor
tured his finely tuned nerves so ex-
quisitely he had been forced to these
same hills that the vast silences might
perform their healing function. He
opened his mouth, LAYING his throat
with. the clear air. drinking in great
drafts of it as though trying to store
away reserve fund of that silence
for the future. And then
Then the voice reached out to him.
Family. at first, but steadily increas-
ing in volume until the silence was
put to utter rout.
Such a voice! Rivaling in purity,
clarity and sweetness the voices of
mature. Dazed by his incredulous de-
light, the singing master followed the
sounds till he found himself, leaning
against farm house fence, staring at
a young man upon the porch, his hand
some face pressed against the bars of
q canary's cage, his eyes glistening
with delight as he held vocal contest
with the fluffy little creature. A rich,
warm red came from beneath the
heavy coat Of tan as he caught sight
OF the stranger, hating his song abb
ruptly as he inquiringly approached.
"Such a voice! Such an organ"
De Retsky stopped abruptly as he
found his enthusiasm carrying him
away. 81 have never heard the song
before" he continued inquiringly.
"Song!" The young chap laughed.
''1 was just teasing the bird-that's
all"
Teasing the bird!" the singing
teacher repeated the words in bewil-
derment. He drew card from his
pocket as the youth smiled. He did
not care to be laughed at-De Retsky.
The young man caught his displeasure
Instantly.
Thank you" he murmured CRATE
fully. Il was smiling because my ia
ther Just told me that my voice didn't
go very far when 1t came to killing
weeds"
You should cultivate that voice
such voices belong to the world and
not to the Individual" De Retsky
frowned.
He stopped as he noticed the change
OF expression that had come over the
singers face as he studied the card
with evident recognition.
Cultivate my voice?" His voice
was husky, hoarse. Cultivate it, But
who will pay for the job-who pays?"
He looked about him, at the tiny farm
house, the small farm, the shabby out
houses, all indicative of small means.
"Yes-that's it. Who pays?" De
Retsky muttered, a faint smile upon
his lips. For he knew the ultimate
payment would not be found within so
small space; would not be taken
from wealth or that which went to
make wealth, but from the human
heart Whose heart?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-02-27

VINO had banded together. and. with
their women and children in their
midst, the sick and aged in litters
and being carried, and with number
Of horses pulling a truckload of pro-
visions, they we're fighting their way
out Of the city. They made fine spec
tacle as they came down the street
through the drifting smoke, though
they nearly shot me when I first APP
peared in their path. AS they went
by, one OF their leaders shouted out
to me in apologize explanation. He
said they were killing the robbers and
hooters on sight, and that they had
thus banded together as the only
means by which to escape the prowl-
ers.
1T was here that saw for the
first time what I was soon to see so
often. One OF the marching men had
suddenly shown the unmistakable
mark OF the plague. Immediately those
about him drew away, and he, without
a remonstrance, stepped out Of his
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-02-27
FARMS PRICED RIGHT.

Three hundred twelve acres, eastern
Kansas. high class modern house, barn
for 900 head OF stock, silos, forced to
sell at 500. one hundred sixty acres
near Olathe. well improved. 500. $3.50
acres Cove county. Kansas. highly inn
proved with modern house. all neces-
sary farm buildings. 1000 acres bot
tom alfalfa land; the owner Will sacri-
flee for $4,000, forced to sell. $50
acres. Livingston county, Missouri.
highly improved soil six feet deep, no
better corn. wheat or alfalfa land. $i25.
100 acres In same neighborhood. 800.
100 acres jackson conr.ty, Missouri.
nice smooth land near rock road. sos.
f. +. Flaugher. 1910 Charlotte, Kansas
CITY. Mo.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-02-27
NEW YORK FARMS.

For SaIe--New York farms. Soloman
1000 years ago wrote OF this man. .I.o
want by the way of the slothful man
his buildings were tumbied down." etc.
l00acre farm with twelve COWS and
team. Price $500: $500 cash down.
500 yearly
Renter. invest $500 where II will
make your living feed your family and
double In value: S0-acre farm and six
teen cows and milk route one-fourth
mile to railroad village and thirteen
from Syracuse.
Faith may move mountains but $500
will make this your own: forty-seven
acre farm. eleven miles from Syracuse.
Price 81 500. $500 cash $50 yearly. Rail-
road fare one way to purchaser. Write
for photos. f. Munson. :426 South
Salina street. Syracuse, ". Y.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-02-27
PUBLIC AUCTION.

Household goods on premises No. 30S
South First street. Marshalltown. Iowa.
Tuesday. March g 1915. at o'clock
sharp. owner is leaving city: New
dresser and library table. good hard
coal burner, dining chairs. rockers.
rugs, stands. sideboard. dining table,
two iron beds, springs and mattresses.
oil heater cupboard, lace curtains.
window shades, oven, dishes. cooking
utensils. tubs, hard coal. several
glasses OF jelly, vacuum sweeper. Ice
box Colonel Kendall. auctioncer.
George pitcher. Clerk.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-02-27
FOR SALE
TO RENT
TO EXCHANGE

rwhen an advertisement does not
give the advertisers name write q let
ter addressed as directed In the al
and leave it at the newspaper Office.
where the advertiser will get 1t. The
publishers can not give the name OK
the advertiser without the advertisers
consent.l
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to know that the
services of the visiting nurse employed
by the Visiting Nurses Association. are
to be had at what patients are able and
willing to pay or without pay. by those
in straitened circumstances Telephone
Clara Britt, 20 South First avenue.
phone $50.