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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-04
His Fathers Were Laraer.

Tommie thought that his father was
the best father, that his mother was
the best mother, and that his house
was the best house. Indeed, every
thing of his was best.
One day on visit to a neighbor
woman, he followed her upstairs to
watch her make the bedrooms tidy.
''Are those your daddy's shoesY he
asked, as the woman put those articles
in their proper place.
"Yes," she answered smiling. "They
are pretty large, don't you think?"
ooh, yes, but my daddy's shoes are
larger" he said quickly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-04
Keep Your Saving system coino.

1t is poor policy to figure to cut your
deposit one week and make up the de-
fciency next pay day. This course will
soon break up your saving system,
you'll find. Get little money ahead
and then you will wonder how you
could have enjoyed yourself a minute
while you were living from one pay
day to the next. constantly putting oil
your creditors. and without cent te
fall back on should You become Ill .
lose your job.-Nortol Spirit.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-04
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way. to cure Catarrhal Deafness,
and that Is by constitutional remedy
HALLS$ CATARRH MEDICINE acts
through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces
Of the System. Catarrhal Deafness is
caused by an inf1amed condition of the
mucous lining Of the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube Is inf1amed you have a
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when 1t is entirely closed, Deafness is the
result. Unless the Inflammation can be re-
duced and this tube restored to it's nor
NAL condition, hearing may be destroyed
forever. Many cases of Deafness are
caused by Catarrh. which is an infiamed
condition Of the Mucous Surfaces.
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for any
case Of Catarrhal Deafness that cannot
be cured by HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE.
#. ]. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-04
Sneezinq Superstitions.

that idiots are incapable of sneezing.
and the power to do so has been
deemed evidence of the possession of
certain degree of intelligence. It
was Flemish belief that sneeze
during conversation for a bargain
proved that what you said was the
truth. The Chinese believe that a
sneeze on New Years eve means bad
luck through the coming year. The
Japanese hold that one sneeze means
that some one is praising you, two
show blame, whereas, if you sneeze
three times, you are merely ill.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-04
Breaking IT Gently.

Askem-Where's the rich heiress
you're engaged to?
Tellum-Y You see that lovely girl In
pink at the other side of the room?
Askem-Yes say, old man, what
superb
Tellum-Well, it isn't she. It's that
grand old ruin in yellow sitting next
to her.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-04
JUST HOW PEDDLER GOT BY
Short Conversation Enlightened Attor.
ney as to Manner in Which Caller
Evaded Office Force.

City Attorney Stephens was amazed
the other day when a peddler invaded
his private sanctum and began dilat-
ing on the merits of an ash sitter.
II don't want an ash SITTER" snorted
Stephens, "but do want to know how
you got in here"
Everyone needs an ash SITTER" per-
sisted the peddler, ignoring the ques-
ton.
But DON'T" snapped Stephens. II
burn gas
"But you smoke, don't you?" de-
manded the peddler.
You win,' cried the attorney; 81
know now how you got in"
"HOw?" questioned the perplexed
peddler.
"Just sifted," was the laconic reply.
Los Angeles Times.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-04
Sometimes JUDGE Too Hastily.

1t might be advisable for us to sound
our own depths and backgrounds and
cultivate certain perspective and
foreground for the people we ruth
lessly condemn as hopelessly impossi-
BILE, and so put so much greater an i'm
pediment in the way of their advance
ment to better things. Criticism is a
cruel and too often an entirely unnec-
essary weapon to WELD against those
with whom we come in contact. There
are very few people who are really
impossible" if only we would make
the effort to find their good and worth
while virtues.-Exchange.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-04
Rhubarb usefuI to Gardeners.

Rhdbarb, apart from its usefulness,
has values for its beauty. The giant
Chinese variety, with its enormous
leaves, is often employed by landscape
gardeners to produce bold sub-tropical
effects; nor do thev always disdain
the charms of the more modest pie
plantsitself, of which the tall. graceful
spikes of white flowers and rye
leaves. deeply veined and stained. are
as certainly handsome as the si.ccu-
lent stalks are palatable.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-04
ADVISING the Chaplain.

A British officer decided to hand
some advice to a rather ineffective
chaplain. So he said:
Padre, if you'll excuse my saying
SO, you're a ID rotten chaplain :;
the men will never follow you to
heaven"
II rather felt that, sir" stammered
the 1ummoxed padre.
But I tell you what" continued the
officer, "you'd make a fine company
officer, and the men would follow you
to hell"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-04
PimpIy Rashy skins

Quickly soothed and healed by Cuti-
cura often when all else fails. The
Soap to cleanse and purify, the Oint-
ment to soothe and heal. For free
samples address, "Cuticura, Dept. K,
Boston" At druggists and by mail.
Soap IS, Ointment % and 5O.-Adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-04

| ~ 40 PAULO, or, to use the English
- equivalent, st. Paul, is the CAPT.
~ tai and business metropolis of
one of BraZil's greatest states.
OF the 20 states, one territory and one
federal district into which the great
southern republic is divided, the state
| of Sac Paulo and its splendid capital
stand among the most progressive
units of the entire nation.
The state, says the Bulletin of the
Pan-American Union, in territory is
larger than the five New England
states of North America, with Pennsyl-
vania added, or an area of 112,3O0
square miles, embracing undulating
plain and valley with several low
mountain ranges extending across the
country. More than three-fourths of
the state lie within the region of the
tropic of Capricorn, and about one
eighth of Brazil's 100000 people re-
side within its boundaries. Nature has
divided this territory into two distinct
Iegions-that bordering the Atlantic
ocean for nearly 400 miles, where the
temperature is hot and moist anG
where bananas, coconuts, cacaO,
oranges and other tropical products
grow in abundance. This coastal plain
is narrow in the north, but gradually
broadens to 80 miles or more near the
southern boundary of the state. West
ward from the low mountains border
ing the coastal plain the country is
higher and well suited to agricultural
crops, of which coffee growing is the
most important. In recent years va
rious other crops have been introduced
more generally and are now additional
important industries, which, together
with stock raising, are greatly increas-
ing private and public revenues.
Climbing the Coast range or the Ser
IA do Mar Cat some places 5000 feet
high) by the railroad between the sea
at Santos and Sac Paulo city, a dis
lance of 80 miles, we perceive changes
in temperature and note how the coun-
try gradually and in places precip-
itOusly rises as the train moves west
ward.
One of BraziI's Oldest Cities.
Sac Paulo, the state capital, is one
of BraZil's oldest cities, it's fragmen-
tary history dating from 1900, when
the Portuguese discovered the country.
Passing over many eventful periods,
Sac Paul has outgrown it's youthful
years and stands today as great city
the third in commercial Importance
of the South American continent. Sur
rounding the city we find fertile roll
ing country, devoted largely to coffee
and other crops. The state is credited
with 100000 acres devoted to coffee
growing, representing an outlay of
$500000,000, and producing annually
about 60 per cent Of the worlds cOf-
fee, the bulk of which trade centers in
the capital. Furthermore, the network
of 1000 miles of railroads connecting
the city with adjoining states is re-
sponsible for making Sac Paul an in
terstate rather than local outlet and
trading mart.
The area of the city proper covers
about IA square miles, and it's popu-
lation of nearly 100000 inhabitants
has quadrupled during the last so
years. About 80 per cent of the peO-
pie are foreigners, the Italians being
greatest in number, followed by Ger
mans, Portuguese, Spaniards, French,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-04
Siqns of IL.

''rhe chestnut crop is going to b
good this year" "You can tell that By
the fish stories"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-04

1t sometimes happens that married
man has great deal to say, but his
wife won't let him say 1t.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-04

Egotists are men who are unable to
disguise the fact that they are pleased
with themselves.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-04
It's Cause.

"Was the new opera well scored?'
1T was. indeed. after the critics god
with it."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-04

Life Is dark-not worth much to the
man or woman with an acid-stomach.
Acid-stomach kills Hope, Ambition,
Energy, Courage. 1t saps the strength
of the strongest body-impoverishes the
blo0d-causes untold suffering = makes
millions weak. unfit and brings on pre-
mature old age.
Millions of people are weak and unfit,
suffering all the time, in one way or an
other, from superacidity or acid stomach.
They don't seem dangerously sick.
Just ailing. Going through life weak,
hstless dragging one foot after another.
They're nervous and irritable; lack pow
er and punch, frequently have severe
attacks Of binding, splitting headaches;
subject to fits of melancholia and men,
tai depression. And nearly always their
stomachs are out of order, even though
many experience no actual stomach
pafns-digestfon poor-never getting
anywhere near the full strength from
their food.
So. you see, it's just this-acid- stom-
ach-that is holding so many people
back - sapping up the strength they
should get from their food-taking away
their vigor and vitality-leaving them
weak and inefficient.
Get rid of the excess acid. That's
the secret of good health and is the only
way to obtain good digestion and assim-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-04

Under normal conditions the Sicily
islands produce yearly 700 tons Of
flowers for perfume making.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-04

1t is better to- be believer than q
king.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-04

ilation. 1t is the right way to be wen
and keep strong. Ordinary medicine
won't do any lasting good. The best
they can do is to spur up your appetite
for awhile.
modern remedy makes 1t possible
to remove excess acid without the slight
est discomfort. 1t is called EATONIC,
in the form of pleasant tasting tablets.
Their action in the stomach is a good
deal like piece of plotting paper taking
up drop of ink-they literally absorb
the injurious excess acid and carry It
away through the intestines.
Begin using EATONIC right now
today-and get on the road to bounding,
vigorous, vibrant health. Thousands
upon thousands of people who have
used EATONIC are enthusiastic in its
praise. They say they never dreamed
that anything could bring them such
quick relief.
EATONIC is fully guaranteed Your
druggist will give you a big bon for only
% cents with the distinct understanding
that II you are not pleased in every way,
you get your 80 cents back. II you can't
get EATONIC where you live-send us
your name and address; we will send
you a fifty cent box and you can send
us the soc when you get it. Address
Eatonic Remedy Co.. Gunther Bldg. Chi
cago. Ill.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-04
1t Wouldn't Do.

Novelist Robert w. Chambers said
at the Country club in New York:
"This war has changed all things.
We don't know how to write any more.
Imagine describing girls ear to-
day." he said, "as shell-like! :"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-04

Don't worry; it won't last-nothing
does
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-04

Though the wagon tongue is silent,
It always gets there ahead Of the rest
Of the outfit.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-04

Try Freezone! Your druggist sells a
tiny bottle for few cents, sufficient to
rid yo'lr feet Of every hard corn, soft
corn, or corn between the toes, and
calluses, without one particle of pain,
soreness or irritation. Freezone is the
discovery of noted Cincinnati genius.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-13
THE CEREAL SITUATION

VEN of Mr. Hoovers first aids weakened the wheat
situation and said that the Workngman could not he
expected to give up wheat the other cereals cost him
We fail to it. To begin with the retail prices for
other grains not more with the exception of Tina
shortage of wheat has brought other grains the same
price averaging and cents for them ALL The American
workngman sturdy citizen getting exceptionally high nav
right We hardly think he would to be exempt from
his share of the wheat saving. Moreover do not believe
that the poor man who not doing his share It is the
welo-do the fastidos the houghess and the lazy who re-
fuse to give their food habits and insist wheat bread
The table shows that rolled oats, Of the best
the wheat substitutes, cornmeal and white flour all cost
and cents in the retail market Some of the largest of thu
hotels have forsworn wheat entirely and hear tales
patron of of them who brought in whter bread from
nearby bakery for his use because he could eat the
wheatless bread served!
On the other hand, old Southern gentleman inquired
queruousy what all the fuss about - he saw
any bread cornbread until twenty and was
none the for it!
1t really seems bit childish does it not to bubble over
the question of the color of bread whether get
along with TO- 80 per of wheat substitute when those
in dire need short of bread short of ships and
wheat is the easiest and best thing to send them?
Even the food administration to be afraid to take
the wheat away from the American people for fear that they
will sulk and develop antagonistc psychology It isn't pos
sibe The American people will probably grin and say Wy
didn't they do that before if they needed it?'
Put your conscience to work the wheat conservation
problem and you can't make good bread with very little no
have lived and made history potatoes, rice and oats
STATEMENT OF RETAIL PRICES IN
TIES april IL, 1879
prices cents per pound othesise stately
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-13

parties intelligently or in a representa-
and parties where they consist of a
couple of million voters cannot DELHI
crate. except upon the representative
plan"
Timber Bill Passed
Among the bills passed to-day was
the Emerson Kenyon resolution branded
by the State Convention Commission as
an attempt to steal the timber in the
Adlrondacks. This was passed by both
houses, with few dissenting votes. 1t
must pass another Legislature and then
be submitted to the people, as it is a
proposed amendment to the Consttu-
ton.
The bill permits the cutting of live
timber for paths and trails and no limit
is placed on their number. 1t permits
roads to be cut. This mysterious
phrase is said to be a means of some
interested persons obtaining not only
timber but access to what many de-
clare is one of the greatest iron mines
in the world, located somewhere in
Senator EmersonS district. 1t has not
yet been touched, and its exact where
abouts is known only to a few
Other bills sent to the Governor were
Senator Robinson's bill permitting the
killing of cats caught hunting birds.
Another was the bill permitting the
State Superintendent of Insurance. as
trustee to reorganize the German
owned insurance companies as domestic
corporations, and the Walker bill per-
hitting Liberty Bonds to be accepted
as surety in courts.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-13
10000 More Officers
Needed, Says Wood
Will Be Required to Com
mand Men Yet To Be Draft
ed, Asserts General

KANSAS CITY, April IL. 49, Forty
thousand more officers for drafts yet
to come are needed urgently. Major
General Leonard Wood, commander Of
the 89th Division, National Army, Camp
Funston, Kansas, declared here to-day.
General Wood passed through the city
en- route to Camp Funston.
1--WE must have officers" General
Wood said 81 am in favor of opening
new officers training camps at once
and making the course one of six
months instead of three. Then, too, we
must have older rnen--say, from thirty
five to forty--for our officer material"
General Wood expressed the belief
that the Allies would be able to hold
the Germans, but asserted that it was
imperative America send men quickly.
He deprecated the idea that the war
might be short one and added: owe
are facing people who are all efficient,
all powerful in the art of war. Until
we can face them on equal terms we
cannot turn the tide. We have only
begun to draft our man power. The
drafts in the future will be larger and
larger, and we might as we'll prepare
ourselves for it,"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-13
He Is Detailed as Chief
of the Merged
Divisions
Will Have Advice
Of Pershing Aids
Reorganization Places Him
Under Assistant Secre-
tary Stettinius
TStaf Correspondence

WASHINGTON, April ~ The con-
sideration of two supply divisions OF
the General Staff of the army, and APP
pointment of Major General George W.
Goethals as chief, with the title Of as
sistant chief of staff, was announced
day by Acting Chief of Staff March.
Under the new arrangement, General
Goethals will have direct charge Of
speeding up the work of purchases,
supplies and movement of equipment
for the army.
The reorganization was occasoned by
the appointment of Edward R. Stet-
tinius as Assistant Secretary of War,
and the desire Of General March to
eliminate some of the overlapping d..
visions of the General Staff as created
by Secretary Baker shortly after the
beginning of the Senate investigation
of delays in war preparations.
The consolidated division will be
known as the division Of purchases,
storage and traffic, absorbing the di-
vision of purchases and supplies and
the division of storage and traffic.
The Office of surveyor general of
supplies, previously held by Mr..
Stettinius, is abolished under the
REORGANIZATION. brlGaO1ef Neneral
Palmer E. Pierce, formerly chief of
the division of purchase and supplies,
is to continue on duty with the War
Industries Board, berg succeeded on
the General Staff by Colonel Hugh
Johnson, formerly deputy provost
marshal general, who recently was
transferred to the supplies division.
General Goethals, under the new re-
organization, will work directly uuder
Assistant Secretary of War Stettinius
who has charge of all supplies for the
army as Secretary Bakers assistant
He will continue as acting quarter
master general, but the duties involv-
ing upon this department of the army
will be carried largely by Robert j
Thorne, the newly made civilian as
sistant to General Cocktails.
Genera! Goethals also will nave the
assistance of some of General Per
shing's staff officers, who are to be re.
turned to staff duty here in order that
knowledge of the needs of the Ameri-
can armies overseas may be quickly
met. Among these staff officers of the
expedtionary forces to return are
aviation experts, quartermaster Off
GERS and officers of other departments
who have had practical experience al
the front and are sufficiently famila,
with the defects of the present system
to apply remedial measures. Members
of the present General Staff here have
been sent to France to relieve the off
crs detached for home duty.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-13
New York Becoming
Moral, Says Daniels
Few Complaints of Vice Near
Establishments, He
Asserts
[Stdf Co1.resDo7,deUcc1

,WASHlNGToN, April IA clean
bill of health was given to New York
City today by Secretary of the Navy
Daniels. who declared that few com.
plants had been received of unwhole-
some conditions near the navy's estab-
lishments in the greater city Secre-
tary Darle,a rHu tn" otncin'- "
greater New York had responded
promptly 20 ii! requests maze ny .ne
department 10 wipe out vice in the
vicinity OF the Brooklyn Navy Yard,
and that the territory near Pelham
Bay Training Station was singularly
free from influences that might cor
rupt young men there.
Secretary Daniels said that he had
referred 10 the Commission on Train
ing Camp Activities the complaint
lodged with him at Chicago by a COM
mittec of ministers, urging that the
dance halls Of Chicago be abolished.
The clergymen, headed by Bishop Fall
lows, informed the secretary that dance
halls in Chicago had special license,
permitting them to sell Intoxicating
liquors until 3 a. m. They said that
men in training at the Great Lakes
Naval Station frequented the dance
balls and obtained liquors. = Sec
rotary Daniels said that the Tosdck
Commission would investigate the Chi
cago complaint
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-13
Change to Quotas Based
on Registrars in Class
One Sustained
Final Vote Delayed
Postponed by Amendment to
Exempt Farm Labor; Cred
its for Volunteers

WASHINGTON, April 12.-The War
Departments plan for basing draft
quotas on the number of registrants in
Glass /, instead of upon population,
was sustained in the House tonight
after an all-day fight over resolution
passed by the Senate authorizing The
change. Opponents of the plan cham
pioned an amendment by Representa-
tive Shallenberger, of Nebraska, to
base the quotas on total registration
and liability to military service, which
was defeated, 244 to 118.
Another amendment by the Nebraska
member, directing that credits on
quotas BE- given for all volunteers in
the military or naval service since
April /, 1917, was adopted, 292 to 60,
When final vote on the resolution
was about to be taken Representative
Harrison, of Virginia, proposed an
amendment specifically to exempt farm
labor. and action went over until to-
morrow.
Representative Fields, of Kentucky,
ranking Democratic member Of the Mil
itarv Committee, and Representative
Kahn, of California, ranking Republican
member, led the fight for the original
resolution. Representative Dent, Of AL
ALBANIA, chairman. favored the Shallen-
berger amendments, and read to the
House letter from President Wilson
showing that the President did not OBJ
ject to the credits for volunteers.
In an effort to unite his committee
MIR. Dent, with other members, went to
the White House recently and talked
the matter over with the President,
who. after seeing the acting Secretary
of War, wrote that, while the question
of how to base quotas was debatable,
he thought the weight of the debate
lay with the contention Of the War De-
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