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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-05-30

The Hun could get much better
terms in the peace treaty if they
would strike off just one more medal
and have one more holiday and COM
memorate it as day of their" Great
est Mistake" and all in honor of the
dead they laid in the deep sea when
a Hun torpedo sunk the Lusitania.
Just one day of regret for them for
this atrocious act and the peace
terms might be softened to them.
But not the Hun. The mud in the
Hun head prevents them from being
human or with but little if any, of
the human attributes And so, they
must take their castor oil.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-05-30

lot better than it does. A word to
the Duluth & Iron Range officials
has brought pleasing results in other
not Ely? A small park
just south of the depot would be a
pleasant greeting to every conner to
Ely. Other roads beautify their
grounds and the Duluth & Iron Range
is not small by any means.
But first we must show in our own
home town that we want better things
before we have any right to ask that
others help us to make the city more
beautiful.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-05-30

The school display in the various
windows of the business houses of
the city have attracted much atten-
ton. 1t was a splendid idea to so
place them as many have seen them
that might not otherwise have done
so. The handiwork of our boys and
girls of the public schools should in
terest all of US. And, seemingly it
does for the crowds in front of the
windows have borne witness to that.
Tuesday afternoon a new display
went in the window and was from
the boys manual training depart
ment. A score or more of chairs
made in the High School by boys of
the Eighth Grade were on display,
and we defy Father to beat the boys
with hammer and saw, square and
compass. The work was done under
the direction of H. A. Shepard their
instructor in this department. No
factory made stuff has anything on
this useful handiwork. Not a flaw
can be found in the fifty or sixty arm
chairs made by the small lads. A
visit to the work room where they
were made is interesting. The tax
payer will find there where his money
goes. The rooms are filled with the
machines which delight any boys
heart. Every normal boy wants to
hammer, pound and saw-to make
things. This class has no tardy
marks to it and the lads have to be
"shoo-ed away" when their class
time is up. You, as father, should
visit this room and encourage the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-05-30
'It is ill-advised to keep German

at is ill-advised to keep Germany
an outlaw nation Item.
Well, it is up to Germany herself to
make herself fit to join the League
of Nations. Until she shows that she
is whipped and sorry for the atroci-
ties she committed, who would want
to herd with beast like that? Let
them make themselves worthy and
then knock for admission to respect
able society.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-05-30
Wholesome Don't.

Don't lose your temper. 1t is of far
more Importance to keep good temper
ed and undisturbed even if things do
go a little wrong than to set the
nerves of the whole family on edge
because of some omission.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-05-30
PROSPECTS of Palestine.

Palestine has never had a well-de-
fined boundary except the sea on its
west, but it is understood to be about
10000 miles in extent. Much of this
area is too dry and rocky for ti1lage |;
large parts are too dry even for cattle
or sheep.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-05-30
Can You Beat LIZ

To prevent misuse of automobiles
device has been invented that prints
within a locked box a record of the
time and duration of every stop made
by car to which it Is attached and
the distance and speed between stops.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-05-30
OYSTER Mystery Explained.

We are told that oysters are sensitive
to extremes Of heat. Which explains
why you run across so few of the lit
tie darlings in bowl of soup.-Knox-
Vile Journal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-05-30

l pledge allegiance to My Flag
and to the Republic for which 1t
stands. One Nation, indivisible;
with liberty and justice for all.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-09-04
Plan to Make Safe Grade
Crossings and Curves for
Vehicles and Occupants

To abolish the danger Of grade
crossings without abolishing the cross
ing, is the object Of the road commits
sioner Of one Of the Southern states.
He suggests a strip Of road running
for about 100 yards alongside the rail-
way track and Joined to the highway
by broad curve, well banked, so that
a driver, on approaching the tracks
and suddenly becoming aware Of an
oncoming train, could swerve to the
right and avoid smash.
Another road improvement has been
put into effect in some parts of Cali
fornia where the roads climb steep
hills in long ziz-zags. At the sharp
angles where the zig-zags meet,
large circles of road have been cut,
outside the angle, so that car COM
ing down the mountains at high speed
can swing around the circle and pro-
coed on its downward path without
the danger of making sharp turn.
A car coming up the mountain makes
a similar swing around and thus avoids
the strain on Its steering gear involved
in making a turn at an acute angle
when its engine is already strained
to the uttermost.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-09-04
CLAIMS HONOR FOR GEORGIAN
Savannah Newspaper Asserts That
Elias Howe Was Not Inventor
of the Sewing Machine.

The centenary of the birth of Elias
Howe, the modest Yankee who invent
ed the sewing machine, took place on
June 8. There was no extended Of
servance of the day, observes Hart
ford Courant, yet it was Howe who
took good deal of the drudgery out
of the lives of millions of American
women. He also increased the power
OF his fellow men to produce garments
and other material that formerly
needed the patient handwork of indi-
viduals.
But it is interesting to observe, in
connection with the anniversary, that
the Savannah News undertakes the
rather hopeless task of trying to con-
vince it's readers that it was not Howe,
but Georgian, Francis r. Goulding,
who constructed and operated the first
sewing machine. This paper says
that this man, a Presbyterian preach
er living in Liberty county, married a
Savannah girl and then began work on
sewing machine in order that he
might save his fair wife much hard
work. Alleging this was long before
Howe patented his machine, and also
that Goulding never patented his, they
try to show his motives were purely
altruistic and not commercial.
It all sounds good, but 1t will take
considerable "space" in the Georgia
newspapers to, convince the world that
Goulding takes the prize.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-09-04
MONKEY CHAIN CALLED MYTH
Recent Travellers in South America
Explain Probable Origin Of Story
Once Implicitly Believed.

An interesting article by Prof. 3. w.
Gudger, in recent issue of Natural
History, deals with the time-honored
story on which most Of us were
brought up that South American mon
keys are in the habit Of crossing alliga-
tor-infested streams by linking their
tails and legs to form living bridge.
Pictures Of this feat once figured ex-
tensively in the school biographies,
and Professor Gudger reproduced such
a picture from Fourth reader pub
Nshed as late as 1897. The story was
first told, so far as known, by the Jes-
uit priest Padre Jose Acosta in a
work published in 1889. Several later
writer's have repeated the tale. The
first person to dispute its veracity was
Baron Humboldt. Recently explor-
ers Of South America, when they men,
ton the story at all, express skepti-
cism. Finally, Messrs. Leo e. Miller
and George K Cherrie Of the Ameri-
can Museum Of Natural History, who
have done so much travelling and col
Letting in South America, have sug-
gested to Professor Gudger plausi-
Bile origin for such tales. They think
that the story of the monkey bridge"
has come about through observation
of procession of monkeys crossing
ravine or stream on pendent Llama,
Scientific American.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-09-04
Ancient Chinese Poetry
as written Pictures


Several translations Of sixteenth.
eighteenth and nineteenth century Chi
nese poems, which have just been
printed in an American magazine Of
verse, will strike many casual read
'ers as being very much like occidena
tai vers libre; and 1t is also notice
able. that these poems, widely apart
in time, are very near together in
feeling and technical manner. The
Chinese poet In fact, seems to have
anticipated by several centuries the
--latest thing in Western verse cx-
preston. And perhaps this is really
the case. The Chinese term for such
poems is, literally translated, writ
ten pictures" which will also seem
to many modern readers good work
ing definition for vers libre.-Chris,
tian Science Monitor.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-09-04
WhoWonthe War
Pfes. Wilson say Amesica Did.
Gen. Hais Ssys Bltan Did.

Who won the war? This is one Of
the questions that the peace confer
ence failed to answer.
President Wilson gave the American
answer in speech on board the
! George Washington July 4
Field Marshal Haig gave the Brit
ish answer in an address in Newcas-
tie.
President Wilson said:
''Then America went in, and If II
had not been for America the war
would not have been won. My heart
swells with pride that cannot ex-
press when think Of the men who
crossed the seas from America to fight
on those battlefields."
General Haig said:
''Don't forget 1t was the British en-
pire that won this war. We talked
a great deal about our allies. It was
necessary and right that we should
do so to buck them up all we could
while the fighting was going on, but
don't forget 1t was the British empire
that won this war;"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-09-04
No Flattery Intended.

us that portrait of your grand
mother when she was young?" asked
the awkward visitor. "How it resem-
bles you, Miss UgletonT'
"Now you only say that to fatter
me. Grandma was quite beauty.
and everybody knows that I-ahem-
I make no pretensions of that kind"
II assure you. Miss Ugleton." ex-
claimed the A. ", 'flattery is far
from my thoughts. The family re-
semblance is striking. I've often
known cases like that. There We're
two sisters knew when was a boy.
They We're wonderfully alike, like
that portraits like you, and yet one
Of them was as beautiful as poets
dream, and the other was dreadful
that is, mean, she wasn't at all-or,
rather, she was lacking in that-that
attractive quality, you know, that con-
stitutes-what a lovely frame-this por-
trait has, eh?"-Edinburgh Scotsman.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-09-04
Why Americans Lost Contract

Speaking Of Chinese railroads re-
minds me of the failure Of an Amer
lean manufacturer to obtain a con-
tract for locomotives because his Eu-
ropean competitors made more care
full study Of Chinese peculiarities, /"
writes Lynn w. Meekins in the Scien-
tific American. "One locomotive was
ordered from each of the competing
companies In every respect save one
the American product was unmistak-
ably superior. However, it had been
painted black before shipment from
the works, and on the way across the
Pacific it became more or less rusted.
Its appearance, therefore, was far
less attractive than that Of the Euro
pean locomotives which were painted
In accordance with Chinese preference,
and had been touched up by the manu-
facturers' agents after arriving in
China. Don't get your colors mixed
If you want to sell goods to the Chi.
nese."
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-09-04
Fighting Heart Of Jack
Dempsey is an Heirloom
From the Days Of Feuds

Jack Dempsey, heavyweight cham
pion of the world, although born in
Manassa, Col, sprang from the purest
type Of West Virginia mountaineer
stock. The champions grandfather,
Ance Dempsey. was pioneer settler
of Logan county.
The report widely circulated, that
Dempsey was born near Williamson,
w. Va. is incorrect. It is slightly over
quarter Of century since 81. L
Dempsey and the mother Of the new
champion left their old home there.
Jack was born about year after his
parents arrived in the West.
The old Dempsey homestead in the
mountains is located only a short dis
lance from the abode Of "DevilD Ance
Hatfield, who gained widespread no.
toriety during the Hatfield Coy
feud.
( Although there are still many close
relatives Of the Dempsey family re-
siding in that vicinity, the present
champion has never visited them.
Both Dempsey's father and grand
father were farmers and woodsmen
and are remembered by old residents
there as fearless mountaineers who
stood high in community where
courage was demanded of all.
At the present time there are two
uncles and several cousins Of the
champion residing in Mingo county.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-09-04

Z ~
ranks with string Of failures marring
record that had known nothing but
success at Quakertown for fourteen
years. Connie dismantled his great ma
chine after losing the 1914 worlds SER
les, and since that time he has been
trying in vain to develop another win
ming combination. For four consecu-
tive seasons Mack's teams have finish
ed in last place and the aggregation he
is plotting this season promises no high
er finish.
Mack has been the directing head Of
the one team for longer term Of years
than any other manager now in the
game. Likewise, he has been handling
ball clubs longer than any other pilot
In the history of baseball.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-09-04
Beyond the steel and the fire
Cleans the old desire
Grace Hazard Conkling, in the Atlantic.
Immigration Loss Blamed
For Present Shortage Of
Labor in United States


II every soldier were back on his
old job the country would still be
100000 short Of its normal number of
workers due to the loss of immigration
the last four years; if industry does
not quickly develop some means for
overcoming this shortage it will be SER
iously handicapped in adjusting itself
to new conditions, say officials Of the
United States training service Of the
department of labor.
They point out that the country has
gone without it's normal supply Of
peace-time commodities for years and
now it must replenish freely. Fur
thermOre Europe has lost millions Of
men and tens of billions Of property
In the devastated regions must be
made good. 1t is urged that to meet
this extraordinary situation the work
ers in factories and shops must be
assisted by increasing their skill and
interest in their work. The estimat-
ed shortage in this country Of 7OO,-
OOO houses is cited as showing how
far the nation is behind normal produc-
Gion.
Training courses in the Industrial
plants. conducted at the employers
expense, are advocated as one of the
practical means Of putting industry
on normal footing. More than $50
firms have already instituted courses
of this sort and according to reports
received by the training service, have
benefited in better production and re-
duced turnover. The workers on the
other hand have increased their skill
and broadened their knowledge of their
trades.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-09-04
India Again Importing.

All restrictions on the importation
into India of any American manufac-
lures or products, with the exception
of gold and silver coin or bullion and
cocaine, have been removed. Impor-
tation of cocaine and allied drugs is
forbidden at all times except under
license granted by the chief Gus
toms officer at the place of import.
The importation of gold and silver
coin and bullion is restricted in that
the government of India reserves the
right to purchase all importations of
same.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-09-04
Connie Mack, Developer Of
Greatest Baseball Machine,
May Retire as a Manager.

. g.. !
The retirement from baseball's man
agerial ranks of Cornelius McGillicud-
dy, known to the sporting world as
Connie Mack, is Swallowed in the recent
return to baseball of Harry Davis,
long the lieutenant of Crafty Connie.
Reports from Philadelphia say that
Mack has tired of the task of man
aging ball club and is about ready to
devote his attention to the business end
of the game. Davis is to succeed Mack
as boss of the Athletics on the field,
the rumors go on.
Mack, the developer of the greatest
baseball machine of recent years, if
not the greatest of all times, seems
destined to pass out of the managerial
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-09-04
HIS LETTER
Beyond the steel and the fire
CLEANS the old desire.

War has not taken wonder away,
More poignant where its lightnings pla.
The appeal of Beauty's lonely cry!
shall go on dreaming till die
see w1nd-burnished coin-bright towns,
And roads that shine across the downs:
A dusk of forest and line
OF light that silvers the design;
Always the Swallowed and the bright,
A halo for the blacklist night
Islands where / have never been:
The rainbow topping down the green
OF tilted seas that rake ship;
The molten lava streams that slip
From fiery crater-rims and fill
The dark with rose and daffodil;
Lakes, mountain-hid and spiritual;
The undiscovered waterfall
Like white feather through the trees.
The undiscovered bird In these
Singing, always alone, alone,
The lovely voice of the unknown.
This is Romance chameleon-clad
That called me when was lad,
That calls me now to follow well
through blighted Picardy to hell,
through hell to some elusive bliss
OF new adventure after this;
To follow without asking why;
50 you will know, If must die
upon this last and strangest quest,
1t did not differ from the rest
In simple wonder dark and bright
A halo for the darkest night;
And freedom like the unknown bird
Was wild voice 1 fought to hear!
These words, to you, my very dear.
Beyond the steel and the fire
Cleans the old desire.
trace Hazard Conlxling, in the Atlantic
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-09-04
Kangaroo Farming Is One Of
AustraIia's Big industries

In Australia. kangaroo farming is an
important industry The hides are
valuable and the tendons extremely
fine. They are used in the sewing up
of wounds, and especially for holding
broken bones together being much
finer and tougher than catgut, which
is used extensively.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-09-04
tuberculosis in France.

Twenty-Five thousand French sol
diers died of tuberculosis during the
war and 10000 men were exempted
from service because of the disease, it
was said in the senate during discus
sion on a bill to establish tuberculo-
sis sanitariums.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-09-04
Novel Jardiniere.

Purchase large-size bean pot in the
shape of flower pot with wide rim.
Now use dark green glossy paint to
cover it. When dry dip small brush
in washable gold paint and draw a
pretty design around the rim and you
have handsome ornament for your
fern or other flowers for little cost.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-09-04
Chopped Mutton Outlets.

Remove the lean meat from two
pounds Of the forequarter Of lamb.
and put through the meat chopper.
Mix the meat with one cupful of dried
crumbs, one egg slightly beaten, one
cupful of canned tomatoes or milk,
three chopped pimentoes, two and one
half teaspoonfuls Of salt. Form into
outlets and put into very hot we'll
creased frying pan. Turn the meat
frequently until well served on both
sides, cook six to eight minutes and
remove to hot platter. Serve with
Pfmento Sauce.
Brown two tablespoonfuls Of fat
and two slices of onion in the pan In
which the outlets were cooked. Add
two tablespoonfuls of flour, one cup.
full of stock from the bones. salt and
pepper to taste, stir and cook until
smooth and thick; strain and add half
pimento cut in bits.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-09-04
Ns... hlef~sse
Ring Of Lighthouses.

The coast of the British isles is SO
we'll protected with lighthouses that
If ship sailed right around England,
Scotland and Ireland by night only on
six occasions would it be where it
could not see the light of lighthouse
lantern.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-09-04
NegIectina Opportunities.

}"They say the peach crop is unu-
{sually fine this year.
"Then what are so many fellows do
ing marrying over there in France7"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-09-04

American Farm. Will Yield
$9,OOO,O0O,OOO
Value Based on Government Sta6,6ca

American farms will this contribute 1898 the
worlds wealth from yield Of 13oO0OoO corn wheat oats
barley and The value Of the wheat
4Soooo oats barley $S5400OOO
Ihese values are based the presenting farm prices
Of July l.
According to the department Of agriculture there promise Of
ol5oooooO bushels reports received
grains will approximate $s9S bushels
peed Compared with the figures supplied previous
Is loss OF 900 bushels which wheat and
43,O00000 bushels oats.
The corn attracting attention than wheat
unusual promise The 1922 100000
S35ooo acres July year and the acreage
$4,000 December The total 23200OOOO
harvested last Hpnt condition crop
would be around bushels which would
Of 103O00O00 bushels rye, although 100000
bushels by blight and drought
above last years high mark.
Barley somewhat Of disappointment with 100000 bushels
compared with S56Ooo000 bushels year The crop
tons is 26,0OO,oo0 tons last years
wheat OF 161 900 600 bushels
the previous months but yield
TO rust and other unayorabe conditions which
from the early promise The loss
6OoOooO bushels and spring 81 10000 bushels The
yield vii exceed all records but the spring wheat Short greatly
below expectations. 10
Prospective yields Of July compared year ago.
prices follow yields being millions Of bushels and prices
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-09-04
Meat FIavors Extendesi.

We may extend the flavors Of meats
In various dishes which will satisfy
the appetite fully as well as meal
Of meat, by using bread, cereals and
vegetables.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-09-04

wheat July 19644oo bushels compared
with 100000 bushels last year and fvyar average
Supplies all positions bushels with
year. This carryover
crop Of below the average.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-09-04
Mothers Cook Book.

When have passed nobler life in sor-
row;
Have seen rude masses grow to fulgent
spheres;
Seen how today Is father of tomorrow.
And how the ages justify the years,
I praise thee, God,
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-09-04
SOME PosTsCRIPTs

An inventor has combined a
cigar cutter with watch for
men.
Java has taken the leadership
! in the cultivation Of quinine
away from Peru.
Levers outside a new gas
range move a broiler inside to
any desired position with rela-
ton to the heat.
Blades of recently patented
shears are operated by an cleo
trio motor controlled by. a but
ton in its handle.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-09-04
Rice with Fried Ham.

Take cupful Of fried ham put
through the meat chopper, half cup
full of rice cooked until tender, salt to
season, half small minced onion and
tomato or two for moisture. Bake
until well blended and piping hot
Serve from the baking dish.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-09-04
Tamale Pie.

Tamale Pie.
Add six cupfuls of boiling water to
two cupfuls Of cornmeal, stir and
cook five minutes adding two and one
half teaspoonfuls of salt, then cook
over water for an hour. Melt one
tablespoonful of fat, add one chopped
onion, one pound Of chopped beef. a
teaspoonful of salt, one-fourth Of a
teaspoonful Of pepper, a green or red
pepper cut in strips, two cupfuls of
tomato, few ripe olives and raisins.
Put layer Of the mush in baking
dish. then layer of the seasoned
meat. Cover with round pats Of the
mush and bake one-half hour.
GaIantine.
Put pound Of steak and half a
pound Of raw ham through. the meat
grinder, add two eggs, beaten; juice
and rind of lemon, one and three
fourths cupfuls Of bread crumbs, a
grating Of nutmeg, salt and pepper to
taste and one spoonful of tarragon
vinegar. Pack into a well-greased
pan and steam four hours. Serve with
tomato salad, the loaf cut in thin
slices.