davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-14
"Father of Baptists."

The "Father Of American Baptists,"
John Clarke, was born in Suffolk, Eng
land, 30S years ago, October 8, 1909.
He was a physician in London, but
emigrated to Massachusetts and joined
the party of Anne Hutchinson, with
whom he went to Rhode Island. In
1914 he established the second Bap-
fist church in America, and became
It's pastor. Later he went back to
Massachusetts as Baptist mission
airy, but was driven out for spread
ing false doctrines" In 1861 he re.
turned to England with Roger Will
liams, and there wrote and published
a book entitled ell News From New
England; or Narrative of New Eng
pands Persecution" After IL years
of labor he secured a new charter for
Rhode Island colony, which guaran-
teed to every person at all times his
own Judgment and conscience in mat
tiers of religious belief. He returned
to Rhode Island in 1862 and retained
his pastorate until his death in 1876.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-14


Nobody
chow a silk as stars
the
to the
He of
He had admired the public buildings looked
he promenade
Haute!"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-14


opera
DR. Garfield administrator
is the resu warmakng
q "a
the for
operated
large There publicity
require large appropriation its
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-14
The Slouchy Man,

A slouchy young man is not only to
be criticized for his outside habit, the
way he walks, talks and dresses, but
for the inside habit which these things
imply, observes the Ohio State Jour
nal. A slOuchy man is slOuchy inside
as well as outside. His mind is
slouchy, his thinking lags, his ambi-
tons droop. Anyone can tell him on
the streets. He swaggers along, Tolls
about and dresses like scarecrow.
The fashions are slouchy and he
revels in them. You cannot expect
much of such a man. His spirit driv-
els and lounges along as If to be
orderly and proper was sin. Such
young men are poor timber for citi-
Zenship.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-14
Forced Self Into Service.

A patriotic record saved man from
having to serve prison term whel
brought before the magistrate in Lon
don recently, according to a CORE
spondent. The man was charged witt
being in unlawful possession of ter
ounces of tea when leaving the docks
When charged he said he had been il
Canada for some years and on the out.
break of war journeyed from Vancou
yer and tried to Join anything that
was going" His age, however, pre-
vented it, and he took a job on q
transport. A vessel on which he was
working was torpedoed, and he saved
forty-eight lives. He produced papers
in support of his story. and the magIs
trate, saying he would take this int
consideration, bound him over.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-14

The Sign Of the
Purple Parrot
By Hilda MONS
By Hlda Mons

Copyright. 1917. by the Mcclure Newspa.
per Syndicate.)
Clarita Evans had always loved
birds, ever since her childhood on the
farm. She used to spend long hours
alone in the woods, watching them and
trying to initiate their calls. Later
some one gave her bird book, and she
learned to know their scientific names
When she went to college she took q
course in ornithology, which she en-
joyed more than any other part of her
work. So when her father died sud-
denly, at the end Of her sophomore
year, leaving her with no relatives and
only little money, she resolved to
start bird store in the city.
Clarita had ideas. A number of her
friends had started gift shops and tea
rooms which were more or less "ar.
tistic." Clarita visited all such shops
that she could find, noting their clever
decorations.
II don't see why bird store can't
be as attractive as any sort of gift
shop" she argued. mine shall be
so that all the old ladies in town will
want to give canaries to their grand
children for Christmas"
1t proved to be an attractive shop
as different" as the most modern dec
orator could wish. After all there is
nothing more decorative than birds,
with their bright colors-or else why
should we so often see them drawn
and painted? Clarita's real birds, ar
ranged among green plants, hung
against gray walls, in quaint japanese
cages, furnished all the decoration one
could wish. The dove-gray sparrows
with rose-colored bills hung in the win
dow, and an artist friend of Clarita's
painted gay wooden single with
these words: 'The Sign of the Pur.
pie Parrot"
The shop succeeded, Of course. Peo-
pie always come to stores that look
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-14

Ihy Red
might be called
making is done by is all directed
from headquarters.
Much of the work this discovery efficient
means OF Bright
have been at Their ideas have varied from the which
backed soldiers
travelling
Not
will millions
keep the boys over there Red has
tabshd
will
Hrdheadd sentiment
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-14
IhouuhtfuI Parent.

Time, 2:3O a. m. A darkened cham
Der; night lamp dimly burning. A
fretful cry, followed by soothing words
from the young mother. Anon the
plaintive wall, accompanied by chok-
ing gulp. Again the mothers voice, in
higher pitch and imperative tone:
"Algy, dear, get me wee pinch Of
sugar; the little darling has the hic-
cups"
The father of fortnight (anxious-
ly)-"Gracious goodness, Gladysl
Don't think of giving her sweets. Why,
you'll ruin her teeth before she's q
month old"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-14

new and clever and attractive-espe-
cially when they are presided over by
pretty authenticated girls like Clar-
tia. Her voice was as sweet as any
Of her birds notes, and her own bright
coloring and fresh gowns quite as dec
Orative-though in a different way.
People did buy birds for Christmas,
and most of them were as well salts
fed with themselves for having en-
couraged the enterprise of such nice
girl as they were with their purchases.
They even bought birds after Christ
mas.
Then in the spring Clarita had q
new idea. What would the many peo-
pie who were going away on trips or
to hotels do with their birds? She
got her artist friend to letter a sign
for the window that read, Birds
Boarded" 1t was surprising how
many birds wished to find summer
quarters. A number of Clarita's for
mer feathered pets came back to lodge
and the little shop was filed with song
and color and soft flutterings.
One June day little old lady came
into the shop, followed by tall young
man who appeared to be her son. He
was very tall man, quite unneces-
sarily tall for one so handsome to be-
gin with, but he seemed to be rather
embarrassed by the large gilded bird
cage he was carrying. Possibly men
do not like to carry bird cages through
the streets.
The cage contained a pair Of fine
canaries, and they had come to board.
The young man set them down, with
sigh Of relief, and locked at Clar-
ita, while his mother made arrange
ments for their care, giving the girl
all sorts Of careful directions.
"You see," she explained, 'I'm going
away for the summer, and my son is
too busy, even If he'd remember to
feed them, and I don't believe he
would. hate to leave them. won
der-I wonder If you'd write me now
and then, just to let me know they're
all right?"
Clarita smiled amusedly. She would,
Of course. What was the address?
Mrs. James Tucker
The young man broke in, evidently
embarrassed.
"Oh, say, now, mother, you can't
ask the young lady to do that. I'll let
you know about the birds-I'll drop
In once a week or so to see how they
are. I'm more familiar with them,
anyway, it would be much better"
"Well, perhaps" agreed the old
lady. She nodded to Clarita. You're
very kind she said. "And please
don't forget that cuttle-fish bone;
fresh every three days. Very well.
Good-morning!
Wasn't that nice grip said Mrs.
Tucker to her SON, as they walked
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-14
Preserving Flowers.

A method Of preserving the natu-
raj colors Of flowers consists in dust
ing salicylic acid on the plants as they
lie in the press and removing 1t with
q brush when the flowers are quite
dry. Red colors In particular are well
preserved by this agent. Another meth
cd Of applying the same preservative
is to use q solution Of one part Of
salicylic In fourteen of alcohol by
means of blotting-paper or cotton
wool soaked In 1t and placed above and
below the flowers. Powdered boracic
acid yields nearly as good results.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-14
Trees In Greenland.

Lofty trees once grew in Greenland
and nearly all of the inhospitable
northern lands. Trees Of the same
sorts as are growing today are found
as fossil remains in countries where
the climate is now SO harsh that
scarcely any tree will grow even q
few inches high.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-14

the fuel administration appears entire
ly unwarlike.
Within there are no evidences of
war, with the exception that there are
always many people waiting to see
the fuel administrator, Doctor Gar
field, and to talk war with him.
Through the wheels of this ma
chine, however, there is the daily
grinding which is turning out the fuel
which runs the factories, which in
turn send ont Sl1nnlieS which again in
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-14

defany
Several
which
back Wilhelm
decency
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-14

naughty and autOcratfc air at United
States army officers as they enter and
depart from the Army War college.
The general public, and especially
the part of the public that has to visit
the War college, is getting mighty res
tive over the sight of the kaiser's
great-grandfather, five times removed.
as he stands the sole and only statue
in front Of the War college, within
which American army officers are
planning the downfall of his descend
ant. The father of Prussianism looks
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-14

into wOman'S estate and does not care
to be called '1ittle" any more, thank
you, so Washington has become little
bit bigger, little bit different, almost
before we realized it.
Most of us are not displeased. The
city has a new beauty, an added at
tractiveness. There is a rush, a roar,
a crowding and jamming to which
we are not accustomed. But we are
taking to it like ducks that know they
are in their own stream, and unless
orr stream is so swollen that we are
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-14
Getting Some Place.

"Selfishness don't git you nowhere"
said Uncle Eben. "De man dat makes
de most of his opportunities Is de man
dat makes de most opportunities for
other folks
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-14
Proof That the National Capital Is Growing

v growing right
ike
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-14

oAoSS I'D hoe ~ hiohC wal anu IL S1OuIu
not properly be called war machine !;
but 1t has made more preparations for
alternating the effects of war than any
other organization In the world.
The Red Cross is not, as is popu-
larry supposed, an organization of
physicians and nurses. In fact, one
can't even smell medical odors around
the building; The Red Cross is an
organization Of trained business men
and statesmen, who have been formed
into body to alleviate the war pangs.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-14
Truly Wonderful Work Done by the Red Cross

uJASHNGToNn Mall
" Washington machine
the wdhe American the Red
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-14
Statue Of Frederick the Great Becomes Eyesore

theestatue kaiser presented
United States agounluck
of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-14

Behind the Scenes.
IF i had plenty of money Id rig my.
self out in dozens of near-diamonds
aRd look like chevalier."
Chandelier, you mean"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-14
She Knew.

She Knew.
George proposed last night"
"Oh. did he? Say, isn't 1t too kill
ing the way he foozles and bushes
over ity'
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-12-14

ceived from airmen who have seen the
shells explode.
Artillery Hopelessly Inferior.
Not only are the German gunners
blinded by reason of allied air su-
premacy, but the enemy is now hope
lessly inferior both in the number Of
cannon he can bring into action and
the supply of shells he can deliver to-
them. The situation in 1915, when the
allied soldiers had to endure constant
Smelling to which their own guns could
not reply, has now been reversed. Brit
ish soldiers are genuinely sorry for the
German infantry today, for they re-
member what they went through two
years ago, and they know how it feels.
Early in 1916 the cannon and shells
began piling up on the right side of
the lines, and British staff officers
think that approximately in August of
that year in the middle of the Somme
battles, an equilibrium was reached
and the allies and the Germans were
about equal in fire power. Since that
time the allies, thanks in no small de-
gree to the efforts of America. have
been drawing steadily ahead. There
is now no comparison; were it possi-
BILE to give figures which have seen.
they would astOnish the most optimis-
tic.
In the infantry fighting the Germans
have also been placed under a terrible
disadvantage, quite apart from the
heavier Smelling they have to endure.
Thanks to the possession of the strate-
Qcal initiative-a formidable term
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1917-07-12

C:onfederacy adopted the policy of conscrip-
tlon. At that time, armies Of invasion oc-
cupled Southern territory, actually had de
wasted large areas of that. territory, and were
strenuously endeavoring to subjugate all the
rest.
Not only did the Supreme Court of Geor-
GA, IN the body of the decision alude to
these physical conditions as necesstating con-
scriptlon when volunteering had ceased, but
the very last paragraph again alludes to that
physical fact, in the following words:
And 1t is high qualification, that in the
crisis of our fate as a Nation, when fagtious
war is desolating our country, we are
enabled, IN perfect consistency with the OBJ
legations of official duty, to stay up the hands
of our Confederate authorities in the use and
timely exercise Of a power expressly granted
am sure that it is no reflection upon the
integrity of the Court, to suggest that it was
composed of patriotic rebels, who found it
easy to believe what they wanted to believe.
The case against the conscript law was
argued by lawyer Of whom [ never before
heard; his name was Mckinley; in favor of
the Government appeared Mark Blanford,
who was afterwards a member Of the SUI
preme bench of this State.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1917-07-12

1t doesn't de credit to your intelligence.
Leave such illusions to silly preachers.
like w. c.. Daniel, of Atlanta, and to Aunt
Nancy lawyers, like Andrew Cobb of Athens.
In your heart Of hearts, you are bound to
know that Congress obeys the Great Banks.
and the Great Trusts-including Of course the
Railroad Trust
Do you ask for evidence?
1t so study the statutes which have made
the Government itself the mere rubber stamp
of the Privileged Capitalists, and which have
reduced to poverty the millions of toilels
whose industry enriches the non-producing
thousands.
Do not believe, for a single minute, that
such men as J. P. Morgan, John D. Rock
efeller, Ebert Gary, Henry Prick, Frank
Vanderlip, Jacob Schif, julius Kahn, James
Stillman, William Baker, the Guggenheim
Brothers, and John Hays Hammond would
turn on their heels, to ''save the world for
democracy" would give one dollar for the
freedom of peoples throughout the earth. or
would take the slightest interest in changing
the inner government of 65,OOO,000 Germans
Such an idea is absurd
The President is put up to talk it, for
effect; and it has a delicious effect upon bows
who are too young to think upon grown-ups
CONTINUED ON PAGE TTIREE.)
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1917-07-12

Second No point was made or passed on,
involving the old Anglo Saxon principle,
that the free citizen cannot be taken. or dis
seized, or deprived of liberty, property or
life, without due process OF law--that point
does not enter into the discussion at all.
Third: That decision does not touch. much
less decide, the question of the Governments
right to take free citizens, deprive them of
their liberty, and send them out of the realm,
for military service beyond seas
This ancient principle of the Common Law
was not even mentioned, because the Southern
Confederacy was not attempting to do any
thing more than defend its own soil against
invading armies, who were actually in Occur
patton of it, after dreadful battles had been
fought
Fourth: The Georgia decision does not
apply to the present situation, because the
Confederate Constitution did not contain any
provision similar to the Thirteenth Amend
ment of the Constitution of the United States.
The reasoning of Justice Jenkins, who de-
hvered the opinion, is not strong; one of his
main arguments is, that the new Constitution
intended to give the government greater
powers than the old Confederation possessed,
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1917-07-12

Jointly won with the blood and treasure of
our people; and when the day of division
comes America and England may come to
blows.
Our Emperors of Finance and Trade had
already squeezed nearly the last gold dollar
out OF England and France when those Eng
llsh and French Commissions came over.
1t was case of ''Save me Cassius or l
sink"
And our Emperors decided to pull Eng
land and France out Of the water, because
England, especially, had the bats ourd in
her pocket.
Our Emperors couldn't afford to let Eng
land and France go down, because of profits
and investments already made land because
or profits and investments In prospect.
This line of reasoning, and none other, ex-
plains the terrific pressure brought to bear
upon Congress, in favor of those revolu-
tionary new Acts, appropriating for foreign
service such quantities of our blood and
treasure as dumbfound the human mind
If you have, for an instant, believed that
the powers which give orders to Congress
care one straw about German mlitarisrn. or
about the making of the world safe for de-
mocracy, OF for the vague, altruistic welfare
of universal mankind" pray dismiss the
idea.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1917-07-12
Inc Supreme Court OF te United Should be Asked in The
ReguaP Legal Way, 10 Decide
cenf Acts OF Congress- on CONSUMPTION and Espionaqe

NO Court, State or Federal high or low,
North or South, has ever held that all
OF the provisions Of the recent Acts of Con-
gress are constitutional
Various District Courts of the United
States have hurriedy passed upon one or
Two phases of the recent Consumption Act:
perhaps Circuit Court may have done so,
but | am not aware of the fact.
What | do know is, that the Supreme
tribunal for the arbtrament of lust such
questions, has never endorsed those provisions
OF the new laws, which The Jeffersonian has
attacked-and will continue to attack, until
sllenced by the Prussian militarists of this
country, who have usurped more than Cesa-
ran powers, since they were reelected last
November, to the slogan Of ''Peace and Pros
perity'~
There are some who believe that the Su
preme Court of Georgia, sitting in Milledee
VILE during the winter of 1923, decided the
principles involved.
1t did not do so.
L have gone over that decision twice. with
great care, and | call the attention of the
legal profession, to the following vital facts:
The court emphasized the conditions un
der which the government of the Southern
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1917-07-12
The Stone Thai Was Rejected by The Builders

THE missionary funds Of the Roman Pagan
Church are being devoted almost ex-
cluslvely to ''MGZe america Catholic"
The crafty Jesuits who rule the inner
mechanism Of the Pagan system which grew
up within the Christian church at Rome do
not scatter and dissipate their efforts upon
lmmovable China, apathetic India, and
skeptical Japan.
The Jesuits recognize the United States Of
North America as the coming World-power,
destined perhaps to an imperial and mill
taristic domination to which Great Britain
herself will play second.
AS clear to my mind as anything yelled in
the future can be, is the secret purpose of our
Trusts, to aid England drive Germany out
of Asia Minor Africa, and South America
and nect to drive England out.
For the present, millions Of our best men,
our picked men, the flower of the land, may
tight and die with England, to>put an end to
German gains of territory; to .wrest Turkey
from her control, and to seize Armenia, Ana
tolia, Persia, and Mesopotamia; to capture
Constantinople and appropriate the Eastern
part of the archaeological Railroad, but
you may rest assured that our Money Trust
and Manufacturing Trusts will never allow
England to reap all the fruits of victory.
Our Emperors of Finance and Trade will
divide with England the spoil they have
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1917-05-24
INTEREST in BONDING
ACT IS INCREASING

A significant change of public senti-
ment is noticeable in Portland during
the last few days. Some of the heavy
taxpayers who formerly were opposed
to the $4,000, 600 road bonding act have
now come out in support of it.
President Corbett, of the Chamber of
Commerce, has stated squarely that he
believes the road bonds should be voted
in the interest of the states develop
ment and because of the military ne
cessity of marketing crops. The board
of directors of the Chamber, with only
one exception, voted in endorsement of
the road bonds, and have undertaken
the burden of the campaign in Multno-
nah county.
A special committee of the Chamber
is doing the active work in the Port
land campaign. This committee meets
daily, assigns speakers to meetings,
undertaks the organizing of precincts
and is doing everything that is required
in vigorous effort to roll up a big
vote in Portland for the bonds.
Predictions are now made that Port
land will come to the state with a
handsome majority.
Word comes from more than half the
outside counties that similar energetic
campaigns are being conducted. If the
enterprising organizations and citizens
of all the counties will take up the
matter vigorously during the next few
days it means there is a first class
chance to carry the bonds and get the
roads built. The main thing in the
outside counties is to get the vote out
to the polls. and no effort should be
spared to accomplish this.