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GOLF HELPS BATTING
iris Speaker Declares It Great
Aid to Ball Player.
Keeps Chap on Keen Edge and Gives
Just the Mild Exercise Needed
Ty Cobb Was Golf Bug
Until Last Summer.

iris Speaker says that golf playing
IS the best game in the world for a
ball player. 1t helps his batting eye,
keeps chap on edge and gives just
the mild exercise q player needs, In
the opinion of the famous batsman.
iris played golf every time he could
get chance last season. He often
motored to one Of the many Cleveland
courses just as soon as he had finished
mis- breakfast, negotiated the Is holes
and returned for lunch, feeling just as
fit as fiddle and ready for a strenu-
Gus afternoon at League park.
Ty Cobb, another mighty club swing
er, was golf bug until last year,
when he was on the links but very lit
tie. Ty feared too much playing would
affect his hitting. Speaker led the
American league in batting last sea-
son. He believes that playing golf
helped him do it, and proposes to
mix golf with baseball this year.
Few managers object to their play
ers taking a shot at golf-some Of
them advise it. Bowling, too, Is a
sport ball players have taken up with
a vengeance, and there are a number
Of high-class pin-smashers among the
big leaguers.
Fred Falkenberg, formerly Of the
Cleveland club, was better than the
average bowler. Ray Morgan of the
Washington Senators is star. South
paw Eddie Plank of the st. Louis
Browns is also a good man and holds
the record at duck pins for the only
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alleys in Gettysburg, Pa, his home
town. Many players do not care for
the big pins-they would rather shoot
at the ducks because the size and
weight Of the ball is nearer the weight
Of baseball.
Basketball and football are positive
ly under the ban for the professional
ball players. There is too much dan
ger of injury in both of these games,
especially basketball as played by some
Of the semipro teams in the East.
Ball players themselves have come
to realize that they owe it to them
selves to sidestep all dangerous sports
during the off season. There are few
who are willing to take such chances
these days, for competition is always
keen, and unless a player reports in
fit shape to start the season there is
usually somebody else to step right
into his shoes.
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but the unfortunate sight of that In
dian temple reminded her of her own
temples in sunny Greece and enabled
her to take me at disadvantage"
$50 Gladys Aldyne was that-Clau-
dia"
Enthusiastically And / think Seth
Robinson, whom she hates so bitterly,
was lover that once rejected her.
She seems to love and hate him with
equal strength. Not much alike, the
pair. you say? Well, Hamlet is not
much like clown, and yet we can
conceive Of an actor essaying both
parts. Perhaps Claudia was the vic.
tim of circumstances; perhaps Gladys
Aldyne has in her the seeds of an
equally imperious nature. Anyway
there you have the two women and
the man; and Claudia must be killed
stripped of every vestige Of person.
atty, and relegated to the phantasmal
shadow-world to which she belongs
Soon, gentlemen, shall let you know
what my plans are"
We separated soon afterward. My
work kept me busy for the next couple
of weeks, and did not see Emmanuel
at all until one evening l received
telephone call from Paul Tarrant
Can you come down to Rutgers to
morrow and stay over Sunday?" he
asked. II have had letter from our
friend Emmanuel; he says that he
wants us to be his guests at SAM
tarium there in which he seems to
have controlling interest l think
he added, that he'll have something
to tell us about that strange case we
saw at his rooms"
Fortunately my work enabled me
to take the three days vacation. ]
postponed my few engagements and
met Tarrant at the station on the
following morning. We ran down to
Rutgers in about an hour and a quar-.
ter. In the station was Emmanuel
outside was his dog-cart. Emmanuel
had horror of motor-cars.
I'm glad you managed to come
he said, when we were seated and he
had touched up the pony. "You re.
member Miss Aldyne, poor girl?"
VERY WELL" said Tarrant. Have
you killed her double YETI"
The doctor did not smile at the
pleasantly.
"I'm sorry to say events have taken
very bad turn" he said. Claudia
has become too strong for Gladys.
She tried to kill Robinson last week"
ITO murder her fiance?" exclaimed
Tarrant.
eyes, and in the most diabolical
fashion-with pair of shears. He
called on her when she was cutting
out patterns, and she was unusually
affectionate, he said, and he was
thrown entirely off his guard. He
happened to turn suddenly and-well,
he was wearing an unusually broad
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-30
What is all this?" inquired Seth
Robinson angrily.
all LII. Il 4

What is all this?" inquired Seth
Robinson angrily.
Look behind you!" yelled.
He leaped aside, and fortunately In
the right direction. There at his side
stood Claudia, livid with fury, her
fists clinched, her eyes blazing. A
surgeons scalpel was quivering in
the wall opposite, in direct line with
Robinson's shoulder She must have
hidden it before she entered.
Emmanuel sprang to the table and
seized the cups of wine He handed
one to Robinson. Drink when l give
the signal he Kissed In his ear.
Don't speak, don't question; drink.
for all you want in the world depends
on it."
Robinson, trembling, took the cup.
and the wine Tapped over it's edge as
he tried to steady it. To Claudia the
Doctor gave the other.
"Will you not drink with Cras
sides?" he asked, assuming the atti-
tude of a POSTMASTER He raised his
hand. Face her, Seth" he said in
lower voice. The man and woman
were almost side by side Claudia,
holding her cup extended in one hand,
with never a tremor of the glass,
placed the free arm round Robinson's
neck. She looked lovingly and in
quiringly at him. They raised their
glasses together and drained them.
Then Claudia dashed hers down on the
mosaic floor.
"You fool" she Kissed. "Now die,
you who scorned mel"
20, come, Gladys, never scorned
you," said Seth Robinson in a sorrow
full voice. "Is that why you flung tho
knife at me?"
The situation was on the verge Of
pathos. But the denouement came SO
swiftly that its instant purpose es-
capped me. I saw Emmanuel spring to
Claudia's side and whisper something
and point to Robinson, saw a look
Of intense terror come into her eyes ;
and then she went down, crumpling
heap upon the floor.
you've killed her." shouted Robin
son, leaping at Immanuel's threat.
'No. my dear boy, I have saved
her." he answered, tenderly raising
the PROSTATE form. Now carry her
out. Gentlemen, disappear before she
RECEIVERS and sees you In that cos.
tune" He locked the door and saw
him helping Robinson to place Miss
Aldyne on a couch in the hall. Then
as we assembled the private stairway
Emmanuel came pattering after us.
Victory" he cried, selling our
| hands. Already she is reviving, and
there isn't any mistake about who
she is now, or who she is going to be.
Claudia is dead!"
"She may come back" hazarded
Tarrant.
mo, my dear boy" Immanuel an
swered. "She's dead now for ever.
You see," he added, zone of her
slaves, who hated her, had changed
the cups, so that Crassides escaped
alive, and Claudia died so quickly that
she never knew she was dead. I've
just convinced her."
Copyright. 1917. by w. G. Chapman.)
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addressed as Miss Aldyne. she an.
swered as though she had assumed
that name-that is the best way in
which can explain the strange man.
ner Of her speech.
well, Madam" said DR.. Emmanuel
presently, you are so much better
that I think we can let you go home
| tomorrow. You seem to have realized
now that your beliefs are only illu.
sions, have you not?"
"My beliefs?" she answered, as
tough with an effort of thought
"Yes-I think So"
For example, that absurd delusion
of yours that you have some outland.
ish name like Gladys, and that you
are engaged to your worst enemy
"Crassides!" she exclaimed, as
though the name had suddenly come
into her mind after she had long for.
! gotten it.
'The man who insulted you and
spurned your love-" went on I'm.
manuel remorselessly.
| She clenched her fists and closed
her eyes and lay back in her chair,
apparently overcome with the most
intense accession of hatred.
But he is dead!" she cried, start
ing up suddenly, like a fury. Il pois.
oned him."
"At the banquet"
what else should I have done?''
she cried. Eyes. l babe him to the
banquet and lavished caresses and
loving words on him. Then when the
wine was to be drunk / had set be-
fore him a goblet into which l had
poured Partisan pofsons, so swift that
one dies instantly and without knowl.
edge of it. 1t had been my purpose
to give him that German drug which
brings sure and lingering death. ]
had wanted tc gloat over him, dying
but my heart m1sgaYe me. / could
not torture the body that had loved
So I chose Partisan poison, subtle and
very swift. And then pledged him
and we drank: I from my goblet OF
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Pompey's Pillar.

This is the name of celebrated col
umn standing on a slight elevation III
the southwest section of ancient Alex
andria, a short distance outside the
Arabian walls. 1t is monolith of red
granite of the Corinthian order, raised
upon a pedestal. Its total height is 80
feet o inches, shaft 70 feet, circum-
ference 20 feet s inches. The present
name is mere invention Of travellers.
The inscription on the bases shows
that it was erected by Publius, Eparch
of Egypt, in honor of the Emperor Dio-
cletian, A. D., 3O2. 1t stood in the
center of the court of the Serapheum
or great sanctuary, of Scraps, and
survived it's transformation into q
church and a fertilization.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-30
SOUTH'S WEALTH IN FORESTS
Experts Points Out Necessity for
Their Proper Care, Matter Not
Hitherto Considered.

In an address before the southern
forestry congress at Asheville, N. c.,
recently, Henry S. Graves, chief fores-
ter of the United States, emphasized
the Importance of the timber supply
of the South and pointed out methods
by which it may be perpetuated.
Nowhere in the whole United
States" said Mr.. Graves, according to
the Boston Evening Transcript, "can
the naval stores industry or the pro-
lection Of hardwood timber be carried
on with the same natural and econom-
ical advantages as in the Southeast.
Forests occupy more than half the
total land area of the South. South
ern pine is the principal soft wood
used in fully two-thirds of the country
east of the plains. Backed by supply
of some 325,OOO,OOO, feet of yellow
pine and about 10000 sawmills, the
pine industry holds a commanding
place in the country's lumber market.
BY their very magnitude the forest
problems Of the South command at"
tention.
In addition to the timber the south
ern pineries furnish annually $3.50, OOO,'
600 worth of turpentine, resin and 9TH
err similar products. This income is
In danger Of being entirely lost
through failure properly to care for
and perpetuate the forests.
The turpentine industry of southern
France is man-made industry. A cell
fury ago the barren sand dunes could
be bought at any price one was willing
to pay. Today the poorest pine land
covered with two-year-old seedlings
sells for SO; stocked with thirty-yeaf
old pine it is worth $50, and
with fifty-year-old $3.50 an acre
In this country the turpentine i'll
dustry has had the advantage OF
a great natural forest. Instead OF
being founded and preserved by the
diligence of men its destruction will
be brought about unless steps are
taken to perpetuate it. The growing
of timber TO. turpentine purposes is
profitable undertaking at present"
Sixty-one per cent Of the presen,
hardwood supply of the country is in
the South. Mr.. Graves pointed out. He
added:
"Once the fire problem is controlled
the possibilities of forestry in the
South are almost unlimited. When the
people of the South wake up to the
value of the resources at stake and
take necessary steps to prevent their
destruction and waste the forests OF
the South may be made to yield con-
tinuous supply of lumber and other
products"
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Q. ~ w IN ~Yen5.

belt, but he has nasty flesh wound
in the back. Claudia has mastered
the art of appearing now without any
premonitory symptoms indicative OF
the change, and she means to kill
Seth. Fortunately she exhausted her
capabilities for harm, temporarily,
with this act, and Gladys, finding her
lover bleeding upon the ground was
thrown into a condition resembling
catalepsy-really neutral condition
in which neither of the personalities
could gain the advantage.
"Well, Seth il very fond of Gladys,
but of course he took serious view
of the matter. He consulted me
about the ACCESSIBILITY of breaking off
the engagement, and the upshot is
that l persuaded Miss Gladys to come
down here and rest for a month. Now
we have her we are going tc keep
her till she is cured. Seth has gone
off to the Adirondacks, very misera-
BILE, and that is the situation"
"And you intend"
"To kill Claudia tomorrow, or as
soon as she gives me the opportunity.
Confound that woman!" he added, in
a manner which would have been
amusing under other circumstances,
what does she mean by trying to
murder Seth-the best fellow alive?
Why, she ought to have been in her
grave for eighteen hundred years."
Perhaps she doesn't know that she
is dead" I suggested, and a moment
afterward repented what seemed to
me a very foolish speech. But Inn
manuel looked at me in surprise.
"Why, my dear fellow, positively
that never occurred to me-" he said.
The sanitarium was finely-located
new building, containing single rooms
and suites for the patients, set in the
midst of several acres of grounds,
and fronting on small lake. There
was small resident staff of physi.
clans and nurses, over whom DR.. I'm
manuel welded unquestioned au.
thority. / learned afterward that
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these doctors were drawn from ali
parts of the world. and consisted OF
advanced thinkers, like himself: thus
any friction which might have been
caused by DR.. ImmanuePs unusual
theories was obviated. We were &C
corded rooms in the physicians part
of the house, and met Miss Aldyne
at dinner an hour or two later. She
knew us Immediately, and was very
merry over her situation.
"You didn't think, when last we
meteor first, rather-that our next
meeting would be in a lunatic asylum
did your" she said to me.
20, come, Miss Gladys-not a luna
tic asylum!" protested Emmanuel
"Well, Doctor, If some of these PEG
pie aren't off their heads don't know
what Is the matter with them" she
answered, and I saw a momentary
expression of fear come into heI
eyes.
"My dear Miss Gladys" said I'm
manuel gently, leaning toward her
you trust me, don't your"
eyes," she answered seriously; "but
why doesn't Seth come to see me?"
"You don't trust me, them" asked
DR.. Emmanuel.
"Of course l do she answered
"But If you weren't here-well,
should be terribly frightened. And
you'll tell me about Seth soon?"
my dear, in a couple Of days
think you shall see Seth for yourself
and have your fears allayed. Now
will you be cheerful till Monday"
She nodded. Suddenly felt saw
no change but felt-that sense of op
preston again, as though something
malignant were near, something dan
gerous and terrible. I think Tarrant
felt it, too. Miss Gladys had taken
up her knife to cut her portion Of
meat; it slipped out CT her hand, and
the fragment, with little spray Of
gravy, went into the face Of the Doc
tor, who was still leaning toward her
He drew back hastily, wiping his
eyes, and Miss Aldyne was instantly
all apologies. But I knew and he
knew that it had been done on pur
pose-and besides, this was not Miss
Aldyne.
No, and she did not come back al
during that evening. We sat with
her in her private apartment, watch
ing her and each other like cats. She
chatted and gossiped-and all the
while her eyes were filled with fires
of slumbering hate. And presently
began to notice that our conversation
was of a peculiarly restricted kind
1t never dealt with current events
For instance, when Tarrant made
some passing allusion to the war in
China she looked at him without com
prehension, and yet as though she
were on her guard md dimly aware
that something was wrong. And when
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like the section of boat, what is
my part? What am to do?"
"Why, we will just have a little
visit" answered Emmanuel. He was
parrying to gain time. But even he
looked overwhelmed with confusion.
what setting is this?" Miss Gladys
asked. Ancient Roman"
Greek, my DEAR" said the Doctor.
Purely Greek. No doubt you your
self once knew this setting very we'll"
Miss Gladys laughed. II see you
will never get rid of that craze of
yours" she said. do you know, Doc
tor, sometimes I think you ought to
be a patient here, instead of chief
physician"
We twirled our thumbs. l tried to
hide my bare feet under my flowing
robe. The minutes passed in desul-
tory conversation. The Doctor rose
and, taking an amphora of wine from
an ancient stand, filed two chalices
of purple glass. will you drink with
me, Claudia?" he asked.
"Claudia!" said Miss Gladys, rising
up and looking at him with an ex-
preston of distinct terror.
Suddenly the tramp of heavy foot
steps rang out on the flags. The door
opened. Seth Robinson burst in.
81 couldn't stay away any longer"
he burst out. I'm going to take
| Gladys away. must, Doctor; want
her and I've behaved like a cur when
she was III trouble, poor girl. L"
Suddenly he perceived us in our
Greek attire, the couches, the am
phora with the two cups of wine. He
looked round in amazement, which
rapidly became anger. DR.. Emmanuel
slipped behind him and I heard the
key click in the door.
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CANNOT STOP FINNISH RACER
viIIar Kyromen Has Shown Wonderful
Endurance in Events He Has
Won-Look for Big Record.

Villar Kyromen, Finnish runner,
now of the Milltree Athletic associa-
ton, New York city, has won two long
Marathon races in New York and Yon-
kers, two modified Marathons and the
Individual cross-country championship
of the Amateur Athletic union this sea-
son. The Finn has shown wonderful
endurance in these events and is ex-
pected to make a great record for him
self this year.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-30
INVITE SWEDES TO AMERICA
BohIin and Zanders, Two Fast Rum
ners, Asked to Compete in Ma
tionaI Indoor A. A. U.

With the idea of encouraging inter-
national competition, the Amateur
Athletic union has invited A. BOhlin
and j. Zanders, two of Sweden's best
runners, to compete in the national in
door A. A. U. championship games in
New York on March II.
George f. Pawling Of Philadelphia,
who sailed on the steamer Kris
tianiafjord for Stockholm, carried the
invitation of the A. A. U. officials.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-30
PROFESSOR SIGNS AS SCOUT
Charles KeIchner, In Charge of Ath-
letics at Albright College, to
Work for ST. Louis.

Prof. Charles s. Kelchner of Al
bright college, has signed contract
to again act as scout for the st. Louis
club of the American league. Profess
sor Kelchner is in charge of athletics
at Albright and will take up his scout
ing duties with the close of the college
baseball season early In June
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-30
WOULD ABOLISH "SPIT BALL"
Preventing Pitchers From Using
Any Foreign Substance.

President Tener of the National
league is in favor Of abolishing the
"spit ball." While change is unlikely
this season, President Tener declared
that before the 1918 season rolls
around he will head movement for
not only the adjustment of the "spit
ball." but the enactment of baseball
legislation that will prevent pitchers
from using any foreign substance on
the ball.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-08

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Rugs that are the aristocrat
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