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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-03
Leaped From One ToadstooI to the
Other.

ms stuck out their little red chests
and looked very happy and proud.
"The Fairy Queen is missing again."
said the Fairy Princess Joy.
"What? Not again?" said the Fair
les, laughing.
And back again came the Fairy
Queen, and this time she was being
carried in a Cloud Blanket by six
Crows.
whatever are they for?" asked
Ybab. "Surely they won't give their
'Caw-Caw' sounds when we have the
Music"
But she had no sooner finished
speaking than the Crows began:
"Caw-caw-caw," they shouted. "We've
come to be Buffers for the Supper"
"What?" asked the Fairies.
"We're going to wait on you when
you eat" said the Crows. "We've
brought our best white Aprons and we
make very fine Walters"
And still again was the Fairy Queen
missing.
"This time I'm back for good" she
laughed as she came running into the
Fairyland ballroom, followed by the
Elves.
Were the Magic Cooks" said the
Elves. eve are going to make the
Woodland Supper"
"And now let's begin the Fun" said
the Fairy Queen.
Fairy Ybab started the Music with
her Fairy Orchestra, and the Robins
stood in rows and sang! The Elves
were happy and busy getting most
wonderful Woodland Dishes for the
Supper, while the Crows set the
Tables made of Moss, and put on Nap
kins made of Leaves; Knives and
Forks of Sticks, and Acorn Cups-for
it was to be truly Woodland Supper
And the Fairy Queens ball seemed to
be more wonderful than any before,
but as the Fairies said: "We say that
every timew
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-03
WHEN DICKENS WAS TRASH
What the Youngsters Of New York
City Had to Read in the
Year 1854.

A book reviewer, telling of the use
full work Of John Cotton Dana CT The
Newark free public library, called at
tention to the list of authors whose
books were most frequently called for
in the public Libraries a dozen years
ago. The list was headed by Marion
Crawford, Rosa NOuchette Carey and
Alexander Dumas.
An Illuminating parallel is found
in the first installment of "a History
of the New York Public Library" pub
lished in that library's July bulletin,
remarks writer in the New York Sun.
Joseph Green COgswell, the New Eng.
land schOOlteacher who became the
mentor of John Jacob Astor in the mat.
ter Of libraries, was almost as curious
as Mr.. Dana to learn what the public
was reading. The AstOr library in
Lafayette place was opened January
9, 1854, with about 10000 volumes, and
Cogswell watched the public with keen
eye.
Everything goes on very smoothly
he wrote to George TicknOr after his
library had been open six weeks. "The
readers average from one to two hun
dred daily, and they read excellent
books, except the young fry, who EN-
ploy all the hours they are out OF
school in reading the trashy, as Scott
Cooper, Dickens, Punch and the Illus
trated News. Even this is better thar
spinning street yarns, and as long as
they continue perfectly orderly ant
quiet, as they now are, l shall not OBJ
ject to their amusing themselves witt
poor books"
Poor books! Then what did libra
rian of that day consider good books
Well, the books asked for at the Astol
library were Woodhouse's '"AstronO
N.Y." Frontinus' "Asiatic Researches,
Alternately on diseases of the stomach
MoOre's poems, Cuvier's animal King
DOM" GOldsmith's works and some
others not quite so light. The "righ
thinking citizen" wanted to read some
| thing that would last. But the yOunt
| fry, who did not know what literature
was and were quite devoid Of culture
sat down and frittered away the gold
en- hours by reading "IvanhOe" ant
''The Spy" and 'David Copperfeld.
And we fancy that as the years wen
on these lowbrow fry haunted the AS
tor library waiting for a chance at "a
Tale of Two Cities" "Our Mutua
Friend" and the other poor books
which Dickens kept on turning out
Some of these are still observed OF
the shelves from which FrOntinus
"Asiatic Researches" are unaccGunt
ably missing.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-03
Quite True.

Young Mr.. Hallowell was not much
of a preacher, but, much to his own
surprise and everybody else's, he was
appointed chaplain on a battleship. He
desired to. amuse as well as instruct
his men, and to that end he arranged
a magic lantern lecture on Bible scenes
and Incidents.
A sailor who possessed q gramo-
phone was secured to discourse appro-
pirate music between the slides. The
first picture shown was Adam and Eve
in the Garden of Eden. The sailor
cudgeled his brains and ran through
his repertoire, but he could think of no
piece exactly appropriate.
"Play up, play up" whispered the
chaplain.
Suddenly an inspiration struck the
sailor, and to the CONSERVATION of the
chaplain and the delight of the audi
ence the gramophone squawked out:
'There Is Only One Girl in This
World for Me-"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-03
|DADDY'S tvtNLM
|k1EAIR TALE -
WOODLAND BALL.
By MARY GRAHAM BONNER

II haven't had a Ball for ever and
ever so long," said the Fairy Queen"
"That is So" said Fairy Twilight
Bell; "why can't we have one this
| afternOon"
Eyes, why can't weY' said Fairy
Ybab, who gives the Music for the
Fairyland Balls.
"We shall have One," said the Fairy
Queen. She waved her Wand of Gold
| and from all over the Fairies came.
'We're to have Ball this very
afternoon she said.
"Hurrah!" they all shouted.
| Quickly fly away" she said, ''andI
get your Costumes, and be back at
three o'clock"
eve WILL" they called out merrily
as they flew off.
And just at three all the Fairies
| came back. But such costumes as
they wore Some of them were dressed
| as Flowers, and some as Ferns, and
others as Butterflies. They all looked
so lovely and they wore Wings and
| Wands of the cOlOrs Of their Costumes
where is the Fairy Queen?" they
| all asked.
"Oh, she will give us a Surprise,
probably" said Fairy Ybab.
No sooner had she said that, than
from underneath a very tall TOadstOOl
stepped the Fairy Queen. And she
wore a costume of red toadstool.
"We're to have TOadstoOls all
around to rest upon when we get tired
Of dancing" she said.
And in a moment Toadstools Of all
colors and sizes and kinds sprang out
of the Earth!
Wonderful shouted the Fairies,
and some of them leaped about from
one TOadStOOl to the other, and SO
lightly they went that the Toadstools
didn't mind in the least. For Toad
stools are delicate Plants and will tum-
BILE to the ground very quickly.
But soon again the Fair Queen had
disappeared.
"Where has she gone this time?"
asked the fairies.
Lets guess" said the Fairy Prin-
cess Twilight Bell.
the Fairy Queen would come as
beautiful Flower, and others guessed
that she would come in a Costume
which lighted up like Firef1y. They
kept on guessing for some time, and
just as they were about to give up she
came back, drawn in a Chariot. One
hundred Robins were drawing the
Chariot, and as they were going along
the ground, hopping and bobbing their
heads, they kept singing and trilling
the most beautiful songs.
"Ah, lovely!" said the Fairies.
'"The Robins have come," said the
Fairy Queen, "to help Ybab with the
Music" Ybab smiled, and in her soft,
musical voice, she said: "Then the
Music will be perfects' And the Rob-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-03
MRS. REED SMOOT

Mrs. Reed Smoot, wife of Senator
Smoot of Utah, is prominently
home-loving woman. "The woman,
as executive head of the home," Mrs.
Smoot says, 'has it in her power to
exert a more tremendous influence
on the future in this country through
this one medium than ever before in
history.
"The woman who builds up hap
by home, brings her children into the
world, rears them with love and ten
derness and gives to the world noble
women and courageous men to carry
on it's work has done the greatest work
human being could do. Growing
with ones children-making compan-
ions and friends of them-instilling in
them a love of the wholesomeness of
home-these are requirements that a
mother must live up to-
Mrs. Smoot is proud of her chill
dren, and says she wishes that every
other woman was just as happy as
she is. She is very bright and an
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-03
Bird Preservation

Ornithologists have been saying for
good many years now that the de-
crease in the number of insect-eating
birds and the increase in the depre-
dations of the cotton boil weevil, the
gypsy moth and the Hessian fly are
closely related. But the government
regulations merely provide a means
Such regulations are worthless unless
officials charged with their enforce
ment are vigilant not only in appre-
hending offenders, but in enlisting the
aid of the public in the work of con-
servation. The boy who looks upon
a bird as merely target upon which
to practice with his new airgun must
be educated, for he soon becomes the
man with the MISUNDERSTANDING.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-03

is done in them by the cemetery asso-
citation. This tends to keep the GENE
teries more park-like and does away
with the scattered effect of present
planting methods. The old method
has sentiment about it that is hard
to break away from, but the restricted
planting makes much prettier effect.
LEROY Cady.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-03
"keep on Working at 1t. You'll Sue

keep on working at 1t. you'll Sue
ceed."
ing and striving amid shallow high so
ciety functions"
"And my favorite physician two hun
dred miles away when 1 get one Of my
sick spells!" complained mater famil-
las.
"You won't have any spells when
you get among the flowers, and the
fresh air, and real heartsome neigh
bors," insisted Eloise cheerily, but her
mother would not be comforted.
John Dorset had formerly operated
q hardware manufacturing plant in a
moderately successful way at Bay
vile. Then he made some twenty
thousand dollars within few months
on some very large sales of material
he had bought on low market. His
ambition was to shine in a sumptuous
Office, discussing big deals. He
financed a copper mine, sunk all his
money, and now his brother, who had
some means, informed him of his die
tum. So the old plant and the old
homestead were rejuvenated at the ex-
pense of his relative, and John Dor
sett began life all over again.
'It isn't so bad, after ALL" spoke Mrs.
Dorset, two months later, after the
return to the old home. 81 don't seem
to have any more of those weak spells,
and I'm delighted the way things are
growing. Why, we shall have enough
small fruits to can for two years
ahead!"
Eloise smiled wisely. Her father
still had wild dreams of wealth and
was not much good about the little
plant, but Ned was in a fever of de-
light most of the time, and, young as
he was, made most efficient manager.
Ned was proud and confident when
he came home from business call on
a city manufacturer. The latter had
contracted to take their entire output
for two years on staple line of
plumbers tools, and prospective prof
its were large. They had to double
their working force and Mr.. Dorsett,
at this signal stroke of business pros
perity, began to take more interest in
affairs.
Then Eloise got the inventive fever.
There was q demand for a graduated
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-03
in TIE Twilight
JOHN DIS LITTLE JOKE

"NO one but John d. Rockefeller
could have gotten away with joke
like that" seriously declares the Ger,
man barber at TarrytOwn who shaves
the oil man. While he is not express.
ing his feelings out loud, at the same
time when anyone asks him how he
likes to take drink with Mr.. Rookie,
Teller his actions are more eloquent
than words.
After the barber had shaved him
one warm afternoon, Mr.. Rockefeller
invited him to take an automobile ride,
They went to Mamaroneck and Mr.
Rockefeller asked the barber if ha
would like a drink. The barber as
sured Mr.. Rockefeller that he would
be delighted.
"Well, you wait till we get back to
the house." the barber was told. 'I've
got a fine cold drink back there fol
you"
All the way home the barber had
visions of q cold bottle, and Mr.. Rookie,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-03
A Fine Record.

Two hundred and eighty-three boys
in the Pork and Crop Production club
Of Washington borrowed money at
their local banks on their personal
notes to purchase pigs. On March 20
every note had become due and been
paid by these young business men.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-03

1t is computed that the talking a
man does at ball game is more than
balanced by the time he isn't talking
when his wife is.
Central station plants rating has
risen from 100000 horse power in
1902 to 100000 horse power in 1912,
with a probable further increase Of
20 to 25 per cent since.
Two women Of Skowhegan, Mich,
nearly stumbled over a moose one
night recently. The animal was going
calmly along the street at the time,
and kept on about his business.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-03
CONVERSATIONS

A thin paste of wood ashes and lem
on juice will renew furnished brass.
A zinc factory, employing $500
hands, has been started at Hiroshima,
Japan.
During 1915 S5.914,9 O7 barrels Of &C.
ment, valued at .$73, 1885, 800. were pro-
duced In this country.
tuberculosis among the miners in
the South African gold fields has
been reduced by the use Of electricity
for light.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-03
Purpose Of History.

He who reads history learns to dis
tinguish what is local from what is
universal; what is transitory from
what Is eternal; to discriminate be-
tween exceptions and rules; to trace
the operation Of disturbing causes |;
to separate the general principles,
which are always true and everywhere
applicable, from the accidental circum-
stances with which in every community
they are blended.-T. B. Macauley.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-03
Had Proved IL.

At an evening party the hostess had
coaxed protesting guest to sing. At
ter the song she went up to him smil-
ing. ooh, Mr.. Jenkins" she said, you
must never tell me again that you can't
sing-I know nowI"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-03
Modern DESIGNATION.

"Are you hack writer?" asked the
girl who hasn't much tact.
"No," replied Mr.. Penwiggle. 81
couldn't make living loafing along
like q hack. I'm a motor bus"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-03
Vigilance REQUIRED.

Cali things come to him who waits,
you know" he said, yawning.
EYES," replied his wife; "but they
don't always break in and wake him
up."-Boston Transcript.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-03
Wanted the Aecessories,

He (ardently)-I forget everything
but that I love you.
She-That's the trouble! you forget
to bring me bonbons, bouquets and
opera tickets.-Boston Transcript.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-03
HelpfuIness.

"Do you laugh when your husband
tells funny storyT'
'Oh, yes," replied the helpful WON.
an. HE depends q great deal on me to
start giggle and show the rest jusy
where the laugh Is due"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-03


of OF craftsmanship.
that issue the Republican
of
confidence formidable the
in
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-03
Quiet Girl.

Caller-That new girl Of yours
seems nice and quiet.
Hostess-Oh, very quiet. She doesn't
even disturb the dust when she's
cleaning the room.-Boston Evening
Transcript.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-03
An Observation,

"One can never judge man by his
Clothes" quoted the moralizer.
THAT'S right" rejoined the democrat
izer. "Most of the guys who wear
sweaters are in the never-sweat class"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-03
sawed.oH Sermon.

It's easier for camel to go through
the eye Of a needle than 1t is for a
Chinaman to get through the need Of
an idol.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-03
ROUMANIA'S STRONG MAN

The strong man Of Roumania is
it's minister of war, Take Jonescu.
Among his people he holds a place
similar to that of Venizelos among
the Greeks; he is one of them and they
trust him.
He has been the most courted states
man in Europe lately. He was the
hope of the allies and the fear Of the
Germans.
The most prominent characters
tics of this interesting man are his
magnetism and personal charm. He
has loyalty, principle, energy, as well
as the opportunism and realism" of
Venizelos. He knows national charac-
ter. He can conform to its idiosyncra-
sizes.
The great Roumanian lawyer, al
though in receipt of huge fees, takes
up the cases of the impoverished with
out retainer. At the opening of his
career he refused government post
that he might practice in the courts.
He has figured in the most important 8
without adding to his wealth. His ince
small for one who ranks among the gr
he has private means that render him
The hobby of Take JoneScu is art
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-03
Oakley AND THE BALD HEADS
When is a man really bald?

Why, when he has a bald spot, Of
course, but then comes the question
that the Bald Head Club of America
tried to solve. How large must the
diameter Of that spot be before the
man is bald? The answer Of the club
is four inches.
The head of this organization
which has declared relentless war
on all hair restorers is Congressman
p. Davis Oakley Of Hartford, Conn.
Mr.. Oakley is proud of his eligibility
to the club, and has made many boasts
of it. He was moved to utterance re-
Gently in the house cloakroom when he
saw grave menace staring him in the
face-or on the bald spot.
1t was a group of Republican bald
heads who listened to the impassioned
defense of the liberties of the balds,
which the president of the Bald Head
Club of America gave.
0CoptIoy,,ap bo hopon oct hovo II G.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-03


When automobile stopped
Rockefeller called his
John pitcher glass of that
cold water"
on the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-03
More Artistic Cemeteries.

Many of the large cemeteries the
country over have stopped the indi-
Nidual planting on graves. All work
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-03
A Real conoueror.

.No man Is such conqueror as the
man who has defeated himself" Hen
n Ward Beecher.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-03
impossible Advice.

"Be open with your teacher, Willie"
~Can't: she shuts me up"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-11-03

Fifty vocations are taught In the
United States navy.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-13
PERSONAL.

Z. X. Pratt of New York has been
in town this week on business.
Mrs. b. T. Riley went yesterday to
Buffalo, n Y, where she will visit rel
atives.
Fred S. Thompson, who returned
from Fort Ethan Alien Sunday, under
went an operation in the Melrose hos
pltal this morning.
Miss Dorothy Gobie is visiting rela-
tives in Millers Falls. Her sister,
Bernice, is spending some time with
relatives in Lebanon, n. II.
Mark Merrifeld Miss Merrifeld and
Miss Farrar of New York, who are
spending several weeks in Townshend,
visited i'll town yesterday.
Miss Bertha Phillips, clerk in
Houghton & Simonds's, is having a
twoweeks' vacation which she is
spending at her home in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hawley of Hol
den, Mass, and Mrs. j. C. Ayres of
WATERFOWL, n. Y, are in town on ac-
count of the death of Mrs. Ellen n
Freeman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Durham of
Bainbridge, n. Y, have leased the IIol-
den house on Oak street and will move
to town soon. Mrs. Durham is a sis
ter of Mrs. A. f. Schwenk.
Mrs. G. II. Smith and Miss Violet
Rathbone went this morning to Forest
lake. Mrs. Smith will remain there
over Sunday, guest of Mrs. j. l..
Rathbone, who is occupying cottage
there with her family two weeks.
DIR. +. L. Parks of Boston who went
to school in Brattleboro 30 years ago
is registered at the Brooks house fer
"A few days. e. j. Lehman of Elgin,
| Ill.,, and John Lehman of Pleasant
Plain, ILL.,, residents of Brattleboro
many years ago, are also at the Brooks
House a few days and renewing ac-
quaintanccs in town after many years
! absence.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-13
Sporting Notes,

The Braves reversed the usual or
der of things by winning a game by
Il one-run margin.
The Giants wen yesterday on ono
hit. That hit followed a two-base err
ror III the outfeld
Speaker did not get a hit off Cald-
well IN the first game i'll New York
yesterday, but in the second the Texan
got a triple and three singles off Fish
or.
Fred Clarke, who has retired from
baseball, has seen a couple of baseball
games III the National league lately.
He said, after watching the efforts Of
the pitchers, that if that was a
sample of what is being offered in the
league today he could re-entcr the
game and hit 400 without exerting
himself.
Fred II. Harris and J. Fenimorc
Cady have paired i'll the doubles events
IN the New York state tournament now
in progress at Utica. They defeated
l.. X. and John II. ThurIow YESTERDAY
i'll the second round, 6-1, Go. Cadv
is the player who beat Harris in the
Connecticut state championship singles
recently.
Williams college has secured Joseph
w. Brooks, 10 man, as football
coach next fall. Brooks is the youngest
of three brothers who starred in
athletics at Williams. This boy gained
fame by scoring a touchdown against
Harvard and later, after transferring
to Colgate, kicked goal from the
field against Yale which helped his
college to one of its victories over the
Blue.
The New York American baseball
team has inaugurated recently cam
paign against occupants Of the stands
and bleachers who steal baseballs that
are fouled within their reach. The
club estimates that a big percentage
of the 5000 balls used on the home
grounds each season are lost in this
manner. Since the arrests of a few
who refused to throw back the ball;
there have been fewer balls lost.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-07-13
TOWNSHEND.

Holbrook Brothers have bought of
George b. Whitney his Overland auto
mobile.
Rev. and Mrs. r. H. Bosworth are
entertaining their son and family, Mr..
and Mrs BosWorth and child of Brook.
lyn, \. Y.
The past few days of intense heat is
bringing the corn on with a rush and
giving the farmers some splendid hay
ing weather.
Mrs Lizzie Hulett is storing her
goods and win give up her home in
this village for the present. She will
90 the last of the week with her son,
Philetus, for a visit with relatives
Miss Mildred Hulett and brother, Ger.
aid, are working in Brattleboro and
Miss Edith Hulctt will remain at |. s
Sayres.
A peculiar freak of nature is noticed
by many in the yard in front of A
D. Benson At the junction of the
large branches of an old maple tree
II feet or more from the ground q
raspberry bush has sprouted and
grown, the longer vines for the past
two seasons hanging down nearly IL
the ground or at least eight feet. The
decaying wood at the heart of the tree
evidently furnishes sufficient nourish
ment for the growth of the bush.
Bird lovers have noticed and won
dered at the entire absence of whip
poor-wills around the village this sea
SON. For many years past these bird
have been unusually thick in this 10
cality, coming into the yards and ever
| flying across the porches Of house
close to the village in search Of insect
at the edge of the evening, while thei
leah has been almost constantly hear
from the surrounding hills. This yea
the birds plaintive cry has not bee
heard within a mile or more of the vi
lage. Can any one explain this sud
lden change Of hunting ground9