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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-09-07

ically, perhaps. ec1e less resolute, less
spiritually consecrated. less divinely
obsessed, dropped out of the rank that
pitted itself In furious, futile, but sub
lime fury against the wavering wall
Some of them fell backward and lay
still. Some had tainted and some Of
them were half dead. A few here and
there sank down on the trampled, mud
dy embankment and buried their heads
in their hands, sobbing Historically.
But most still blind, mad, sublime,
held onq And the palisade did not fall.
1t did not bend back any further.
The throb that told Of the tremen-
dous pressure of the waves, the culver
that experience could feel the prelude
to failure, began to die away, to stop.
What did it mean? The thunder grew
still, the rain diminished, 1t ceased, the
clouds broke. Some great hand. as Of
God, swiftly tore the black vault of
the heavens apart. Faint light began
to glow over the sodden land. Through
the rift they saw dimly one great peak
Of mighty range What had happened?
"Here," said Vandeventer.
How white he looked, how haggard,
streaks of gray in his black hair that
had not been there before, but his eyes
were blazing. He was still the fndom-
table chief Of the Spartan band. The
nearest men gave him a hand. He
clambered up to his former vantage
point on top Of the highest log of the
stockade and stared down. The rise
Of the water had stopped! He could
not believe 1t, yet it was true. The
rain had ceased again, but by every
natural law the drainage from the Mills
would continue for some time in full
volume. Yes, by all rights the dam
was doomed. The water still trickled
through the palisades in many small
streams. That had been a gallant eff
fort they had made, even If vain one.
For ten minutes he stood silent, ex-
hausted. Then he saw. The water
was not rising. No, it was falling
only tri1e, but enough. Presently it
had stopped filtering through the re-
vetment. He looked back. Not drop
ran on the other side Of the palisade.
Vandeventer knew that the water must
be discharging somewhere. The lake
must have broken through somewhere.
He only needed that hint to recall the
hogback, and then Meade. He saw it
all now.
"We've won, the dams saved" he
cried greatly to the men who stood
back Of the palisade staring at him.
Roberts has blown up the hogback.
The waters falling. See for your
selves"
Every man sprang up the palisade.
Someone laughed and then someone
raised cheer, and those Undiscovered,
sodden, WORKOUT men, who had been
about to die, saluted in heroic acclaim
him who had led them to victory and
by implication him who had made that
triumph possible.
CTO BE CONTINUED,)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-09-07

In all weathers the skin and COM
plexion can be kept wonderfully clear,
soft and white by the use of this mex
pensive lemon lotion which any girl or
woman can easily prepare.
The juice Of two fresh lemons strain
ed into a bottle containing three
ounces of orchard white makes whole
quarter pint Of the most remarkable
lemon skin beautifier at about the
cost one must pay for small jar of
the ordinary cold creams. Care should
be taken to strain the lemon juice
through a fine cloth so no lemon pulp
gets in, then this lotion will keep fresh
for months. Every woman knows that
lemon juice is used to bleach and re-
move such blemishes as freckles, sal
lowness and tan, and is the ideal skin
softener, smoothener and beautifier.
Just try it! Get three ounces Of
orchard white at any pharmacy and
two lemons from the grocer and make
up quarter pint of this sweetly fra
grant lemon lotion. 1t naturally
should help to soften, freshen, bleach
and bring out the roses and hidden
beauty of any skin. Those who will
make it habit to gently massage this
lotion into the face, neck, arms and
hands once or twice daily may be re-
paid with a skin that is flexible and
young looking and a peach-like com.
plexion. Adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-09-07
ALL SENSATIONS IN BRAIN
Persons Make Mistake When They
Say They Feel Pain In Other
Portions of the Body.

Where do you feel the pain? asks
the doctor. In my finger, in my ear
In my foot, the sufferer replies, and II
the physician told him he did not feel
1t there but in his head, the average
man would doubt the Doctors sanity.
Yet the doctor would be right.
In an address at the University of
California; Prof. G. III. Parker of Har.
ward told the students that we have
been obliged to give up the idea that
sensations are spread throughout our
bodies, for persons who have lost
limb often feel sensations that seem
to come from the missing member.
"Our sensations" said Professor
Parker, "are not located IN the peri.
pheral parts affected, but in the cen.
trail nervous system, and within that
portion of it known as the cerebral
cortex." This is the outer layer, or
gray matter of the brain. One may
lose an arm, yet have the sensation of
pain in the hand; but if small pieNe
Of that particular part of the brain to
which run the sensOry nerves from
the arm be removed, one will never
again feel anything in that arm, not
even If the hand be placed in the fire.
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CHAPTER Xxx.
The Victors,

Meade knew that they were fighting
losing battle. Every one of the
higher grade men knew it also. The
spillway was entirely inadequate, but
it suddenly flashed into his mind, with
that consciousness of the hOpelessness
of the struggle, that perhaps there was
another way to discharge the flood
The same idea might have come to
any other of the more intelligent of the
men from Vandeventer down if they
had taken moment for reflection. If
they had not been so frantically, SO
frightfully engrossed in their present
puny but gallant efforts to save the
dam, they certainly would have remem-
bered. That the possibility came to
Meade rather than to any of the others
was perhaps due to the fact that he
had noted the situation later and had
studied the conditions more recently.
Those solitary rambles Of his, those
careful inspections of the terrain of
the valley, had been made long after
the original surveys and the results of
his observations were still fresh in his
mind.
The water was rising so rapidly
since the cloudburst and he saw the
inevitableness Of the failure so clearly
that he did not dare to waste time to
look up Vandeventer, tell him his plan,
and get his permission. Every second
was of the utmost value. When the
thought came, he acted instantly. He
was in the position Of the commander
of small force to whom is suddenly
presented the bare possibility Of wrest.
ing victory from defeat by some splen.
didly daring and unforeseen undertak.
ing. And he was the man to seize such
a possibility and make the most Of it
He had endeared himself to some OF
the men and the respect in which he
was held by Vandeventer was shared
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shouted at the very top Of it. Winters
Joined in, and even Helen Illingworth
found herself screaming. The three
men below were not more than five or
six hundred feet away, but evidently
they could not possibly hear in that
tumult of nature. No voices would
carry through any such rain and wind.
They were too intent on their paths
and on what they had to do to look
upward. They rounded the shoulder
of the mesa and disappeared in the
pines at its feet.
The three on the top looked at each
other.
'The dam still holds" said Rodney,
quite unsuspecting what was in the
woman's heart.
Even as he spoke, Helen Illingworth
turned away. She ran heavily in her
sodden garments along the broken
mesa top past the house to the upper
edge. There below her were the three
men just emerging from the fringe of
trees. Rounding the end of the mesa,
they had at last struck firmer ground.
Helen Illingworth could see them
through the pines on the old trail. The
going was bad enough, but it was moth
ing compared to what they had passed
over and presently they burst out of
the woods and ran along the greasy,
well-rounded hogback that divided the
valley from the ravine.
The woman had no idea what was
toward, what was their purpose. She
could only stare and stare at the rap
idly moving far-off figure indomitably
in the lead, and the others following
after. There Winters joined her.
Rodney sent me to look after you;
he feels that he must stay back and
watch the dam for his paper"
Look" said Helen, pointing far
down. The men halted at the very
narrowest part of the hogback. They
were clustered together. The bag lay
on the ground behind them. One man
bent over it, evidently opening it.
Another man swung the shovel vicious
ly, the third grabbed the pick. Win
tiers had been too far removed from en-
even yet to figure out what
was toward. They could only watch
and wonder.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-09-07
The Bio Execution.

II don't understand this peace with
out annexation idea," complained the
man on the car.
''Why, that's perfectly simple" ex-
planned his fellow straphanger. 1T
means that it isn't right to annex any
other country as spoils Of victory"
MEAN to say that if we licked some
country we wouldn't have the right to
take some of their possessions?"
'Not the moral fight. We couldn't
annex an island, for instance, whose
inhabitants do not speak our language,
sympathize with our civilization or
comprehend our institutions. Such an
island would never become an integral
part Of America, no matter what the
geography said"
'NOnsense-look at Manhattan
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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MARRIAGE.

George AIDE said of it, you'll re-
gret it if you do and you'll regret it
if you don't" Previously Socrates had
said, somewhat to wit, young man,
whether you do or not, you'll be sorry
for it." The conservative nature is
shy of it, unwilling to take chance.
The element of chance in it is what
beguiles others. 1t has, however,
wholly admirable aspects. The very
useful and excellent sentiment Of
home is perhaps it's best product.
Summing up briefly the whole history
Of human experience, we feel moved
to say of marriage, ''It is well. Let it
continue" ut continues.)
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He had cut off shorter length of
fuse for torch, the better to carry the
ire from one blast to another. As 1t
sputtered into flame, he touched the
first fuse, then the second, and turned
and ran for his life after Murphy and
F'unaro. They had just got safe dis
lance away when with q mufled roar
the two blasts went off nearly together.
When they ran back they saw that
two-thirds Of the hillock on that side
of the ravine had gone. A wall of
earth through which water was already
trickling rose between the great gap
they had blown out and the lake, the
upper level Of which was much higher
than the bottom of the great crater
they had opened.
"Hurrah," yelled Meade, the others
joining in his triumphant shout. "Now,
another hole right there" he pointed to
the foot of the bank. 'Drive it in
slanting and it will do the job"
"Will the dam be after holdin' Wit,
sor?" asked Mike Murphy, selling his
pick.
Il hope so, but, for Gods sake,
hurry"
With two men working, the last hole
was completed before Meade was
ready. Funaro, indeed, came to his
assistance in preparing the cartridge.
Presently all was completed. Reject
ing the pleas of both men, Meade
struck the match, and this time, since
there was but one blast to be fired, he
touched it directly to the fuse and
waited a second to see that it had
caught and ran as before.
At safe distance they drew back
and waited. Nothing happened. A few
seconds dragged on. They saw no sign
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-09-07
He Was as One Dead.

of life in the fuse, no light. In spite
of the care they had taken, it had got
wet. 1t would not work. The precious
moments were flying. They stared
agonizingly at the fuse through the
rain.
"TIl have to take look at It," said
Meade desperately.
Funaro and Murphy caught him by
the arms. They all knew the tremen-
dous risk in nearer approach. The
fuse might be alight still. At any Sec
ond the flame might flash to the deto-
nator and then Yet Meade had to
go. That charge had to be exploded if
he detonated it by hand, he thought
desperately, and he had not come so
far and worked so hard to fail now.
"Don't CO." cried Murphy.
1T ees danger" shouted Funaro.
But Meade shook. them off and babe
them keep back. What was his dan
ger compared to the issue involved?
That last charge had to be exploded.
He stepped quickly toward it, and as
he did so he threw his eyes up toward
the gray, rain-flled heaven in one last
| appeal.
Did he hear the blind roar, did he
see the upbursting masses Of sodden
earth, was he conscious of the fact
that the whole side of the hillock had
been blown away, that the last explo-
sion had completed the SCATTERING work
lof% he east fho% ho1 IL
Did he mark the whirling water, driv-
en- backward at first by the violence Of
| the explosion, returning and rolling in
vast mass through the great opening,
did he see it plunging down the slope,
through the trees and bushes, and
ravine? Did he see the tremendous
rush of the water from the great lake
that man had created tear earth from
earth, and ever widen and deepen the
opening as it crashed in foaming, ter
rible, red cataract through the outlet,
striking down great trees, roaring,
boiling wildly to the bottom of the
gorge far below?
No, he saw nothing. Broken, beaten
down by huge bowlder that had been
thrown upward by the explosion and
| had struck him on the breast, and
lying battered under a rain of smaller
stones and earth, he was as one dead.
"By heavens" cried Winters in great
excitement on the crest of the hill,
'he's done it. He's saved the dam !;
that's a manw
"Don't you know him?" screamed
Helen nlingworth in his ear.
"No."
"Meade!
Winters caught her by the arm.
Hes dead" she cried high and
shrill, "but he saved the dam and the
bridge and the town. He's made atone
ment."
eyes, yes; don't faint" cried Win
tiers.
faint! I'm going to him."
"How?"
'"The nearest way" screamed the
woman, letting herself down over the
cliff wall to the broken rocks, by which
only the hardy could reach the lower
level.
What of the dam below in the val
ley?
"HoldI it, men, hold it; for Gods
sake, hold it," shouted Vandeventer,
rising from his crouching position
against the palisade to resume it
instantly he had spoken. Keep it
up. If it goes down, let's go down with
it. Hang on-hang on! Well hold it.
| We aren't beat yet"
Broken words, oaths, protestations,
curses, cheers, explosives in strange
languages from the polyglot mob of
men burst forth. Even towards had
been turned into heroes because they
thad fought by the side of men. Here
and there a man not weaker phys
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by tho others. When he called two
of the most capable Of the workmen,
a big, burly Irishman and stout little
Italian, to follow him, they did it
without a moments hesitation.
"The rest of you keep on here" he
shouted as he left the gang. Murphy
and FunarO, come with me. Keep it
up; think know way to help" he
yelled back through the rain as he
scrambled off the dam up the rocks to
the spillway. 1t was not his fault that
they could not hear and could not I'M
derstand.
The water was rushing through the
spillway about knee deep, and the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-09-07
Spoke From Experience,

BILL dessay some women can do
mems work. But they'll never git
mems wages.
Joe (much -Wotchermean
Never? They always ave Punch.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-09-07
Excellent Definition of Luck.

"Luck," said Uncle Eben, sis what
you talks about when somebody else
works hard an gifts what you was try.
in to grab offhand"
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If girl trusts a young man it may
be sign that her father doesn't
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-03
BRITISH SHUT
OFF NEUTRALS
Embargo to Sweden, Nor
way, Denmark and the
Netherlands
TIGHTENS GORDON
ABOUT GERMANY
Coming Closely After Uni
ted States Action, 1t Is
Very Important

Washington, d. c., Oct 3.--Great Brit.
tain's new embargo on shipments OF
practically everything to Sweden, Nor
way, Denmark and the Netherlands is
regarded here as most important move
in Tightening the Gordon which slowly
but surely is killing the military power
of Germany. Coming close on the ex-
port embargo of the United States, which
is being administered to keep from the
European neutrals everything that might
supply the central powers, Great Brit
aims action is regarded as one of the
most important of the war.
As the British embargo excludes every
thing except printed matter, about the
only thing that will be permitted to go
to Germany by way of the neutrals will
be expressions of world opinion that
they should reorganize their system of
government to do away with military
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-03
ST. ALB4NS MAN
MAY DIE OF INJURY
George Saunders, 90, Was Run Over By
an Automobile and Is Unconscious
Part of the Time.

St. Albans, Oct. 3-George Saunders,
aged 80 years, is in critical condition
at the st. Adams hospital, where he was
taken Monday night after he had been
run over by an automobile driven by De
lor Deslauriers at the corner of Federal
and Lake streets. He has been uncon-
scious part of the time since the acci-
dent.
Saunders came out of Dowling's cigar
store and started to go across Lake street
toward the station when the automobile
came along. The driver of the machine
says that Saunders became confused
hesitated and then stopped, whereupon
Deslauriers thought he was going to
stand still. Immediately Saunders start.
ed again and was struck by the car, the
vehicle stopping with him underneath.
Saunders has been employed in the
shops of the Central Vermont. railroad
here for four years. He has a sister in
st. Adams.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-03
BENJAMIN--H0USE.
Wedding To-day at the Brides Home in
Berlin.

AT the home of Mr. and Mrs. Il. B
House in Berlin this afternoon occurred
the marriage of Miss Gertrude May, their
youngest daughter, to John +, Benjamin
of Berlin. The single ring service was
performed by Rev. Frank Bloomfield, pas
tor of the Berlin Corners church, in the
presence of small number of their rela-
tiyes and friends. Miss Mildred House,
sister of the bride, and Miss Hazel Ben
jamin, sister of the groom, were brides
maids, while the best man was Edward
B. Crandall of Berlin. The wedding
marches We're played by Mrs. Harie
Stewart, cousin of the bride.
The wedding party formed in the liv
ing room of the home and passed along
an aisle, set off by evegreens, to an arch
way of evergreen, asters and hydrangeas
where the bride was given away by f. b.
House, her father. The rest of the home
was very tastily decorated for the event.
The bride wore gown of filet lace over
messalne, and carried brides roses, while
her tulle veil was caught with orange
blossoms. Miss Mildred House wore
lowered foulard and carried pink roses,
while Miss Benjamin wore white muslin
and carried a bouquet Of the same flow
ers. Following the wedding they repaired
to the diningoom, where an informal re-
ception was given The refreshments
were served by Misses Helen Swift of
Middlesex and Margaret Converse of Cal
ais, schoolmates in Montpelier, and Miss
Marjorie Sawyer of Mortified, a friend
of the bride. They received large num-
ber of gifts, which include money, silver
ware, linen, pictures and other presents.
They left for wedding trip, after which
they will go TO their home, known as the
Smith place, which they recently bought
on the Barre and Montpelier road in
Berlin, which is ready for their occu-
paney,
The bride is a native of Philadelphia,
but has lived in Berlin since about IL
years of age She is a graduate of Mont
pelier seminary In the elocution course
and of the Leland Powers school of ora
tory in Boston. The groom is a son of
Mr.. and Mrs. George G. Benjamin of
Berlin, native of Plainfeld, but has
for some years lived in Berlin. He is a
graduate of Goddard seminary and is
we'll known in Barre and Montpelier,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-03
LANIER-DONNELLY
Montpelier Woman the Bride of Worces-
ter, Mass, Man.

The marriage of Miss. Sarah F. Don
ier of Worcester, Mass, occurred at S:3t
o'clock this morning at ST. Augustine
church, Rev. p. J. Long officiating They
were attended by Miss Ethel Donnelly
sister of the bride, and Robert Kelleher
nephew of the groom.
The bride was gowned in a suit of
taupe, with hat to match, and carried
brides roses, while her sister wore a
wisteria suit, with hat to match, and
carried pink roses. Mrs. T. +. Callahan
played the wedding marches and entoned
soft music during the service. Many
friends attended the service. Following
the wedding they went to the brides
home, where wedding breakfast was
ding trip, after which they will make
their home in Worcester.
The bride is daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs Manus Donnelly of Hill street and
while a native of Northfeld has lived
in Montpelier most of her life. She is
a graduate of the ST. Michael's school and
has been two and half years employed
in the Wheatley store and for some time
since then in the Direct Importing Tea
store. The groom learned the
machinists' trade in the Cotton shops and
has for two years been employed by the
Norton company in Worcester, Mass.
Last evening a dinner was given the
bridal party at tl,- home of Mr. and Mrs
Amos Lsnier, parents of the groom. The
homes of both families were suitably
decorated for the events which occurred
at each of them. The couple received
many gifts
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-03
WAGE AGREEMENT
IN MINES REACHED
Conference Will Now Turn to Discussion
as to Length of the
Agreement.

Washington, ID. c., Oct. 3.--Coal oper
ators and miners of the central competi
tive field, meeting here to discuss read
justment of wage scales, reached a full
agreement last night as to the amount OF
increases to be given. They will discuss
further to-day the length of time the
new contract will run,
Pick and machine miners, who demand.
ed Is cents ton increase in pay, will
get 10 cents; unskilled labor, which
sought wage raise of Sl.90 day, will
get $l.50. Yardage and dead work will
be paid for on basis of straight 20
per cent. increase.
The wage increases were granted by
the operators contingent on their alb
sorption in higher coal prices, which they
expect the fuel administration to give
them on presentation next week of their
cost production figures. The miners are
seeking a contract for two years, but
the operators insist on a provision for
its termination go days after the end OF
the war Miners representatives said
last night they would not yield on this
point. Provisions win be inserted in
the contract to prevent either side from
breaking it for any cause.
At the beginning of the conference,
week ago, the miners demanded Is cents
a ton increase in pick and machine min
ing; 20 per cent. increase in pay for
and dead work, and a fiat in
crease of $loO day for day labor. The
operators refused to meet the demands
md offered yesterday five cents for pick
md machine mining, 20 per cent. and
over increase for yardage and 81 raise
tor day labor The final scale adopted
,ame as counter-proposal from the
miners,