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The Ely miner., 1915-12-10
Even the Police Were Lenient With
Him.

has been prominent figure on Deca
tur street. Two years ago he was in
railroad accident and had both his
legs cut off. He got $4,000 in dam
ages, bought a pair of fine cork legs
and a racing automobile painted red
in honor of his nickname.
For six months Red was popular
He took his friends to ride and bought
wine. The bartenders in the beer sa
looms were always glad to see him, for
it meant round of drinks for every
body.
Even the police were lenient with
him when he skidded on two wheels
and nearly shaved the buttons off the
traffic officers coat, for Red, in spite
of the fact that you can scratch a
match on his neck, had a generous
smile and kindly heart.
We'll, Red went away, and when he
came back his pockets were empty
and his coats were frayed Gone was
the big touring car. Gone were the
$4,000. But with the same kindly
feeling toward humanity as when he
was rich and half soused, Red marched
into saloon and announced:
well, boys, I'm back and broke. ]
guess it's your time to treat now"
Did they treat? They did not. The
bartender booted Red into the street
and for objecting to the treatment he
narrowly escaped trip to the stock.
ade.
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edge will not have to be finished off.
Join the blue field to the stripes in the
same way you Joined the stripes.
With the field and stripes assem-
bled, make binding of canvas for the
staff edge, doubling this over the
ends of the stripes and field, turning
in the edges and sewing with dou-
BILE row of stitching Gig. ~. Then
buy couple of large iron washers at
the hardware store, for grommets
Gig. ~, and sew these in the doubled
binding edge, one at each corner, to
tie ropes to for fastening the flag to a
pole.
Cutting and sewing on the stars
neatly requires care and patience. For
the forty-eight stars needed you must
cut twice as many, because they must
be fastened upon both sides of the
field. To make pattern for the five
pointed stars, first describe a circle
four inches in diameter upon a piece
of cardboard, and divide the circum-
ference into five equal parts Gig. 81;
then connect the five division points
with straight lines Gig. g. cut out the
The Ely miner., 1915-12-10
POPULAR CAT HAS FANCIES
Feline at Dalton Believed to Be De.
scendant Of Cat Made Famous
by Mark Twain.

Dalton, Ga.-Being firmly convinced
that it is direct descendant of the
cat made famous by Mark Twain in
"Roughing It." a diminutive feline
Owned by c. S. Carey has acquired an
unusual taste for green beans, it's ap-
petite being different from Mark
Twain's cat in that it Graves beans
rather than green cocoanut
AS the readers of "Roughing IT.
know, the cat was owned by the most
monumental liar in the West. and.
when delegations of prominent citi-
zens assembled at his home to show
him up for liar in his statement that
his cat liked green cocoanut, they saw
the cat not only eat the cocoanut but
beg for more.
Carey's cat has an unusual fondness
for green beans. 1t has robbed gar
den after garden, for it likes to pull
them off the stalk and devour them
Lately it has grown so lazy that it
waits until distinctive popping an
nounces the fact that a neighbCr is
stringing beans for dinner
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piece Gig. y, and carefully mark
out the sc stars upon muslin. Locate
the centers for the stars by ruling
lines horizontally and vertically across
the field, so the positions will be the
same as shown in Fig. l. Then, in sew.
ing the stars in place, stitch down the
edges and around the centers, as in.
dicated in Fig. 8.
A round rug-pole, nicely painted
with brass curtain-pole ball screwed
into one end makes an excellent flag
pole Gig. 81. Screw screw-eyes into it
at A and B, through which to run the
ropes for hoisting the flag, another at
c to attach the supporting stays to,
and fourth at d. Screw-eye d should
be large, and two others of the same
size &c, Fig. 10) should be screwed
into the window sill or other ledge on
which the flag is to be supported, and
a peg Cd cut to fit the eyes. By plac.
ing screw-eye D between screw-eyes
The Ely miner., 1915-12-10
s HANDICRAFT FOR BOYS AND GIRLS $
A. NEELY HALL DOROTHY PERKINS
A HOMEMADE AMERICAN FLAG.

opyright by A. Nicely Hall)

Flag-making is within the ability Of
any girl handy with the needle. A
medium-sized flag requires but little
more work than a small one, and for
this reason l have shown in Fig.
diagram for a flag six feet in length.
1t will be easy to alter these dimen-
sions If you want flag of different
length.
Red, white and blue bunting for the
stripes and field can be purchased at
any dry goods store.
After cutting the stripes three inches
wide. by the lengths shown in Fig. 1,
sew them together. turning in their
edges slightly, as shown in Figs. 2 and
8, and sewing with double row Of
stitching. The top and bottom red
stripes should be cut from the selv-
edge of the cloth, so their outer
The Ely miner., 1915-12-10
HARD TO DROP
But Many Drop Il.

A young Calf. wife talks about cof
fee:
1T was hard to drop Mocha and
Java and give Postum trial, but my
nerves were so shattered that / was a
nervous wreck and of course that
means all kinds of ails.
Il did not want to acknowledge cof
fee caused the trouble for was very
fond of 1t. At that time a friend
came to live with US, and / noticed
that after he had been with us a week
he would not drink his coffee any
more. asked him the reason. He
replied: I have not had headache
since left Off drinking coffee, some
months ago, till last week, when / be-
gan again here at your table. don't
see how anyone can like coffee, any.
way, after drinking Postum!'
Il said nothing, but at once ordered
. package of Postum. That was five
months ago, and we have drank no
coffee since, except on two occasions
when we had company, and the result
SNSA SAAAS Woo IIiat Auy uuoUduu
not sleep, but lay awake and tossed
and talked half the night. We were
convinced that coffee caused his suf-
fering, SO he returned to Postum, con-
vinced that coffee was an enemy, in
stead of a friend, and he is troubled
no more by insomnia.
II have gained pounds in weight,
and my nerves have ceased to CULVER.
IL seems so easy now to quit coffee
that caused our aches and ails and
take up Postum" Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Postum comes in two forms:
Postum cereaI-the original form
must be well boiled. 15c and Csc pack.
ages.
Instant Postum soluble powder
dissolves quickly in a cup of hot
water, and, with cream and sugar.
makes a delicious beverage instantly.
30c and Soc tins.
Both kinds are equally delicious and
cost about the same per cup.
There's Reason" for Postum.
e-sold by Grocers.
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MOST IMPORTANT
NEWS Of WORLD
5Io HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK
CUT 10 LAST ANALYSIS.
DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN ITEMS
Kernels Culled From Events Of Mo-
ment In All Parts Of the World
OF Interest to All tho
People Everywhere.
European War News

Retreating Serbian troops have been
overtaken and defeated near the AL
banian border by the Bulgarians, the
war Office announced. More than one
hundred cannon were taken. The oc
cupation of Monastir by Germans and
Bulgarians is officially confirmed al
Berlin.
A German commander of division
has been captured by the Russians in
the fighting southwest of Pinsk, it was
officially admitted at Berlin.
A Central News dispatch to London
from Bucharest states that the Aus
trians have evacuated Lemberg ow.
ing to an epidemic of scurvy. Ac'
cording to this dispatch the victims
number 200 fresh cases daily.
The Turkish war Office announced
at Constantinople that in the fighting
at the Dardanelles a cruiser of the
allies had been hit three times and
forced to retire.
Representatives of Austria and Ger
many have informed the Greek gov
ernment, according to the Neon Asty
of Athens, that if the demands of the
quadruple entente are granted the CEN
trail empires will cease to consider
Greek Macedonia as friendly terri
tory"
The defeat of the British troops who
were advancing on Bagdad has devel-
oped into a rout, according to an Of
fetal report received at Berlin from
the Turkish general headquarters The
British losses are estimated at over
5000 men.
Carrying into effect Immediately the
decision to aid Serbia, announced in
the Italian parliament at Rome, Italian
troops have landed at Avlona, Albania,
according to a news dispatch from
Athens.
The Greek steamer Zarafis has been
sunk in the Mediterranean by a sub
marine, according to maritime advices
received at London. The crew escaped
in boats and was picked up by a
steamer.
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ODeratic Item.

I understand that two-headed calf
was born in this neighborhood few
weeks ago."
You betcha!" triumphantly replied
the landlord of the Petunia tavern.
And the feller that owns it expects to
make fortune in the op'ry business
showing 1t around at the fairs next
fall in a tent"
The Ely miner., 1915-12-10

shows it completed, and Fig. shows
how the walls are built Notch the
stick logs an inch from each end, on
two sides Gig. A., and place the
sticks SO the notched ends will come
over one another Gig. 81. Where
there is window or doorway, use
shorter sticks, and bind together the
ends next to the openings with string
Gig. 81. The stick logs between the
doorway and window Gig. p are tied
at both ends with string.
There must be windmill, and Fig.
shows one that is easily built. Make
a paper pinwheel &C, Fig. g., by creas-
ing six-inch square of paper from
corner to corner Gig. y, then cutting
along the creases from the corners to
within half an inch of the center, and
then turning over one-half of each
The Ely miner., 1915-12-10
TIRES OF JAIL, PAYS S22
Husey Found He Could Not Spite
Court So He Decided
to Settle.

Everett. night in Jail was
enough for Carl Husey of Stanwood
who had announced that he would
serve time rather than pay s25 i'm
posed upon him for violation of the
game code.
He found that lie did not spite the
court by staying in Jail and agreed to
pay $25 minus SO allowed bsm for the
one day of confinement
The Ely miner., 1915-12-10
LAD FALLS IN MOLTEN ROCK
Body Appears to Vanish, So Intense
Is Heat-Nothing But Bones
Left.

Butte, Mont.-Fdward Zachmann,
aged ninsteen, lest his balance while
assisting in dupaping ladleful of Stag
at the East Butte smelter a few days
ago and pitched headlong into the
mass of molten rock, being submerged
and burned before the eyes of his com.
panions.
Although his body was Immediately
pJlied out of the Stag by means of long
iron hooks, nothing remained except
charred bones, with hardly shred O,
flesh attached. The body seemed to
vanish into mist according to those
who witnessed the accident, the instant
that it struea the flowing metal rock.
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fioii;na Out on sundays.

don't know how it is in your church.
comments Devon Bert Walker.
but know that in mine if every mem
Der gave one-tenth of all he made to the
Lord We could hire the finest preach.
sr in New York city and build a
church building II stories high and
then have money enous.. left to save
a whole army of observation-disclosures
City Star.
The Ely miner., 1915-12-10
"RED" SOON PARTS
WITH HIS $4,000
Atlanta Character Had HoWling
Time While It Lasted
But How.

Atlanta, Ga.-The tragic experiences
Of Timon Of Athens have just been
duplicated by RED" Russell of At
lanta, man who, though not so great
a philosopher as the Attic misan-
thrope. is nevertheless not unknown
to fame.
when had $4,000 and big auto
mobile was always welcomed in the
best Saloons" says Russell, musing on
the vicissitudes of fate, "but now when
| haven't got cent they throw me out
of DOORS"
And Reds lament does more or less
accurately describe exactly what has
happened to him. For years past he
The Ely miner., 1915-12-10
A TOY VILLA.

The suggestion in Fig. 1 for a villa
beside lake can be elaborated upon
by adding cottages, summer houses
paths and roadways, if you wish. First
find dishpan, washtub, or other re-
ceptacle to hold water for the lake
Set this in hole several feet away
from a corner of the yard. Then be-
tween the lake and the corner, pile UP
earth to form hills
The log house is built of straight
sticks cut from branches. Figure 2
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corner and fastening with a pin
through the corners and center. Drive
a stick into the ground "a, Fig. 81,
pivot short stick on it's top (B, Fig.
g., and to one end of this short stick
drive the center pin of the pinwheel,
and to the other end tack cardboard
tail CD. Four sticks driven into the
ground several inches from the base
of stick A, with their tops tied near
the top of A, VIII complete the wind
mill.
Figure 9 shows hand pump, and
Fig. 10 shows how it is made of a
clothespin (A), with a short peg (B)
fastened in its slot for spout, and a
The Ely miner., 1915-12-10
Domestic

One hundred thousand dollars was
the estimated fire loss sustained wher
the Stevens block was destroyed al
Maquoketa, Ia. Carol Phillips, fire
man, is in the hospital with injuries.
The good ship Oscar ii, with Henry
Ford's peace pilgrims aboard, set sal
from New York for blood-stained Eu
rope. Cheers and tears flooded Ho
boken's water front William Jennings
Bryan stood on the end OF the thronged
dock waving red rose and murmur
ing God bless you."
A two-ton bowlder fell from an over
hanging cliff near Spokane, Wash.
upon Great Northern train No. A
crashed through the roof of the ex
press car and killed w. G. Dunbar, the
express messenger.
Cardinal Gibbons was vexed when
shown an alleged interview at Balti
more, Md, quoting him as definitely
taking his stand against prepared
ness" This is absolutely unauthor.
ized," he said. II have given no one
the right to speak for me to this effect
The paragraph is entirely without au.
thority."
Damages estimated at 100000 re.
suited at st. Paul by fire which swept
the buildings of F. j. Leslie & Co.,
wholesale paper dealers, and Barrett
& Barrett, wholesale vinegar and
glassware house.
Indictments charging DR.. E. w. Rit-
ter, Hungarian chemist, with forging
the names of Baron Erich Zwiedinek.
Austro-H Hungarian charge d'affaires.
and Capt. Guy d. Gaunt, British en-
bassy naval attache. to two 500
checks, were returned at Cleveland by
the grand jury.
Samuel Keener, twenty-seven, Is
lodged in Jail at Pittsburgh. Pa, for
30 days for alleged threats to kill
President Wilson If he did not main
tain strict neutrality and to blow up
the Westinghouse plant at East Pitts
burgh.
Officials of the large refineries at
Philadelphia say the public will be
forced to pay at least ten cents
pound for granulated sugar in the next
three months. as result of conditions
arising from the war.
A fine equestrian statue of Joan of
Arc was unveiled at New York. The
statue, which stands at Riverside drive
and Ninety-third street, is the work of
an American, Miss Anna Vaughn
Hyatt.
The two-months-old baby of Prof
Leslie E. A. Kelso of the University of
Wisconsin at Madison was killed and
Professor Kelso seriously hurt when
an automobile ran up on the sidewalk
and crushed them.
A man with sixty-five feet of fuse
wrapped around his body was arrested
at Penns Grove. N. j.. in the vicinity of
the Carney's Point plant of the Du Pont
Powder company. The authorities
are holding him for investigation.
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Personal

Ohio Columbus Barber, aged seven.
ty-four, Akron millionaire, and Mary
F. Orr, aged thirty-eight. his private
secretary for twelve years, were mar
ried at Akron, o. Mr. Barber is wide.
ly known as the founder of the Dia-
mond Match company.
Lilly Hinton, famous as an emotional
actress twenty years ago, was found
dead at her country home at Linwood,
N. ]. Heart failure was given as the
cause.
Mrs. William Randolph Hearst be-
came the mother of two sturdy boys at
her residence on Riverside drive in
New York. Mr.. and Mrs. Hearst now
have five children, all boys.
Charles Edward Rucker, seventy
three, a member of Maximilian's expe-
dition from Austria. died at San Diego.
where he had lived since the over
throw of Maximilian's regime. He
was born in the United States.
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short stick (C) pivoted with a small
brad above the spout, for handle.
Make a "paddle-wheel' boat for the
lake Gig ID. A piece of thin wood,
pointed at one end, with a one-inch
square notch cut in the other end,
forms the hull; the mast is a short
stick; the sail is a piece of paper;
and the paddle is small piece of
wood held in the notched end of the
hull by meals of a rubber bsld Gig.
12).
Plant branches and twigs fer trees
and shrubbery, make fences with
stick posts connected with strings
Zig. -.
The Ely miner., 1915-12-10
Starfish FertiIize Rice

The Janapanes use starfish as a
fertilizer, and it is said to give ex-
cellent results on rice. An ANALYSIS
shows the fish to contain nearly 5 per
cent of nitrogen and small quantity
of phosphoric acid.
The Ely miner., 1915-12-10
Mans Real Business

The great business of man is TO
improve his mind and govern his man.
ners; all other projects and pur-
suits. whether in our power to com.
pass or not. are only ar-usements.-
Pliny.
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E, and slipping peg F through the
three. the end of the pole will be held
securely. But before this end is
fastened, the stays Gig 81 must be
tied to screw-eye c and to screw-eyes
screwed into the sides of the window.
as shown in Fig. II. to carry ALI of the
weight of the pole.
The Ely miner., 1915-12-10
Foreign

Destruction of a large ammunition
factory at Halle, Prussian Saxony, By
an explosion, with the loss of several
hundred lives. is reported in mes
sage from Holding, Denmark, to Co
penhagen.
The consistory at which six new car
dinals will be elected began at the
Vatican in Rome 1t is the occasion
of the gathering here of notable pre-
lates coming from both sides of the
great world struggle.
THE Roumanian deputy, Mile. at
tempted to interrupt the kings speech
before parliament" says the Overseas
News agency at Berlin. He shouted:
Down with the government Imme-
diately another deputy slapped his
face. After the session several depu-
ties gave Mile a beating"
Advices to London from RozendaaI
(Holland) state that Belgian newspa-
pers under the German censorship
have been ordered to announce that
Brand Whitlock, United States minis
ter to" Belgium, will rot return to
Brussels.
The American ambassador, Fred.
erick c. Penfield. repeated his request
to the Austrian government at Vienna
hot =
note respecting the circumstances in
connection with the sinking of the
steamship Ancona.
The Ely miner., 1915-12-10

Felicitous Villareal, minister of
finance in the cabinet selected by the
now defunct constitutionalist conven
tion, was brought to Mexico City from
Vera Cruz to be tried for sedition.
The Ely miner., 1915-12-10
Mexican Revolt

Typhus fever has grown to such
alarming proportions in Mexico City
as to terrify the entire population. The
deaths from this disease now exceed
130 a day.
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Iauuht by Mail.

Sally Gay-Well! Well! Do you
think that is the way to kiss a grit
Young Gump-That is what the cor
respondence school says about 1t, any
how.-Kansas City Star.
The Ely miner., 1915-12-10

It advertises itself-Hanford's Bal.
sam. Adv.
The Ely miner., 1915-12-10
An Improved Quinine, Does not Gauss
Nervousness nor Ringing in Head

The happy combination of laxatiyes in LAX
ATIVE BROMO QUININE makes the QuininS
in this form have far better effect than the
ordinary Quinine, and 1t can be taken BY any.
one without affecting the head. Remember q
call for the full name, Laxative Bromo QuininA
Look for signature of e. w. Grove 25c.
The Ely miner., 1915-12-10

The milkman is about the only OUT
without the aid Of scenic investitura.
The Ely miner., 1915-12-10

After being robbed and then tor
tured by Villa soldiers, McEnnis Ring
an American mining man and store
keeper at Cos, Sonora, short distance
north Of Nacozari, arrived at Douglas,
AriZ
The Ely miner., 1915-12-10

Clubs are places where men go whea
they want to get rid of themselves.
The Ely miner., 1915-12-10

The honor system among the con
victs in the penitentiary at Joliet. ILL.,
is doomed. Warden thinner believes
the system pernicious and will enforce
what he calls the merit rule"
Company L returned to Rhinelander.
Wis, after the three bandits who shot
two deputy sheriffs made their escape
from the marsh in which they had
been hiding for two days.
Fifty-four men were indicted at Chi
cago, each forty-six times, by the grand
jury. They are charged with being la.
Dor sluggers, crooked business agents
of unions. mar ufacturers participating
in the crooked work or as other mem
bers of unions who conspired to do an
illegal act.
The name of Woodrow Wilson as
candidate for the Democratic presi-
Dental nomination was filed at Lin
coin, Neb.. to be placed on the Ne
braska primary ballot in 1915.
The Ely miner., 1915-12-10

Admiral Winslow, commander of the
Pacific feet, informed the navy depart.
ment at Washington by wireless of the
escape Of ]. D. Dillingham;, an Ameri
can, from Indians near Las Mochis.
Mex.
The Ely miner., 1915-12-10

Optimistic Thought.
Why persist in Importantly to ears
that are closed.
The Ely miner., 1915-12-10
Washington

State department officials at Wash
ington insisted they had not changed
plans to have American Minister
Brand Whitlock return to Belgium.
They secuted unofficial press reports
that Germany was objecting to Whit
|! locks return.
Maj. Gen. George w. Goethals has
made an exhaustive report to Secre-
tary Garrison at Washington on the
slides in the Panama canal. He be-
lieves the limit of the present move
ment has been reached.
The wedding of President Wilson
and Mrs. Norman Gait has been set
for December 18, it was announced at
the White House at Washington.
The state department announced
formally at Washington that it had
asked for the recall of Captain Boy
Ed and Captain von Papen, naval and
military attaches, respectively, of the
German embassy here, because of their
Objectionable activities in connection
with military and naval matters"
Senator Clarke of Arkansas was
elected president pro tenn. of the SEN
ate at Washington by vote of % to-
%. Clarke was elected in the caucu.
of senate Democrats after more than
two hours of continuous balloting
The Ely miner., 1915-12-10

A man with sixty-five feet of fuse
wrapped around his body was arrested
at Penns Grove. N. j.. in the vicinity of
the Carney's Point plant of the Du Pont
Powder company. The authorities
are holding him for investigation.
The Ely miner., 1915-12-10

Two Villa generals, Orestes Pereyra
and e. Jiminez, with fifty other Of
ficers of their command, captured af-
ter battle on the Fuerte river, in
Sonora, were court-martialed and shot,
according to a telegram received at
Los Angeles, CAL
The Ely miner., 1915-12-10

The two-months-old baby of Prof.
Leslie E. A. Kelso of the University of
Wisconsin at Madison was killed and
Professor kelso seriously hurt when
an automobile ran up on the sidewalk
and crushed them.
The Ely miner., 1915-12-10

One hundred thousand dollars was
the estimated fire loss sustained when
the Stevens block was destroyed at
Maquoketa, la. Carol Phillips, fire
man, is in the hospital with injuries.