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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-02-29

In which The hero had to learn to
play the oboe. Mr.. Compton tackled
the banjo msnfuily, but the family
objected. and he vas compelled to DO
hts practcing beyond the confines OF
the music room.
Taking his instrument to the trout
yard, he began humping il. Finally
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-02-29

versatile young actor, being u highly
cultured singer, graceful dancer. a
brilliant pianist and possessing other
Qualifications which have contributed
to hts stage success. But in one OF
the plays shortly to be produced he
was required to play the banjo. An
other play was produced this season
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-02-29
a poiicemsn's attention was a<er4
and he approached 81 slsS
Play as much IS YEN Ike M

= 10
f:oilo Peters the artist
scenery was distinctiwe fexts1A
the late Washington square Ft
IN New York. ANA later the IT,
ti,iiid, observed !, youns actress
haarsing SS
She's good ,isn't she9' coranexa
i spectator.
Il never say" Mr.. Peters Judi
declared IF she is, she knows Kysa
Il she isn't she thinks she II, ~ N1|
is the use OF my opinion s.S
Lubovsks. the noted Anlerie
dancer. gave her farewell dance
one of the prominent New 2MNJ
III 4:ars last week. She dxn<o1&S4
program ss varied as it WAS ort&03x31
This new form OF dancing -
changed everything, hasn't IT,
spectator observed to "Barncy 41k1a
liant. who IL what his name inuU44
besides being the manager Of
Greenwich Village theater. Nj. 0M
liant admitted the fact, but asked -
particulars. - u saa NJ
/ I'VE used TO say how beauttfuA
she DIR esses,' but now we simply -
! doesn't she undress divineiy, -
! the answer.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-02-29
time has the enyiable distinction Of
being one of the most successful

Out in Mount Vernon, whore 80
many respectable actors tive, Is one
OF Broadways popular Juveniles,
Charles Compton, who for two years
made merry in the musical play, "Oh.
Boy" Mr. Compton is an exceedingly
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-01-02
SUGGESTED BY CHILD'S TOY
Observing French Physician Saw in 1t
the Possibilities of the Wonder
full Stethoscope.

One hundred years ago Rene Theo-
mile Hyacinthe Laennec, one of the
nioneers of modern medicine, observ-
ing some children playing in the gar
dens of the Louvre. listening to the
transmission Of sounds along pieces
nf wood. conceived the idea of utiliz-
ing this method for listening to
chest sounds in examining pa
tents lungs. He went home. fashioned
a tube by rolling up some glued paper.
and then experimental with this in his
ward at the Neckar hospital. From
This incident in the garden dates the
modern stethoscope. Laennec gave his
invention. the name by which the de-
vice is still known. deriving the word
stethoscope from the two Greek roots,
one meaning the chest and the other
ito observe" or regard"
Doctor Laennec was born at Quinn
per. in Brittany. February II. 1871,
growing to manhood during some of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-01-02
| WELL CALLED AGE OF GLASS
Compilation of Few Facts Shows
How Dependent This Generation
Is on That Material.

Without glass elderly persons WOULD
be unable to read or sew, short-sight~
ed persons would go about almost
blind. Without glass we should know
nothing more about the. stars than
was known by the ancients, nothing
about the structure of matter, and we
should not even suspect the eXistence
of microbes.
Without glass we should have no
photographs, no moving pictures and
no illustrations in our newspapers.
Without glass we could have no cleo
trio light bulbs, no X-rays, no colored
windows in our churches, no thermom-
eters or barometers.
Without glass chemists would use
porcelain containers, we should drink
out of metal or china mugs, we should
let the light into our houses through
sheets of mica.
"Glass," says the Scientific Ameri-
can, "has been known from antiquity,
but its common use is comparatively
recent. This has been spoken Eof as
the age of steel; 1t might equally be
pronounced the age of glass"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-01-02

slant amusement for the players as
we'll as for the onlookers.
The improved appliances for sport
requirements have nearly ousted the
oldfashioned herdsmen's sleds, which
are now only occasionally used by
timid beginners. The up-to-date
vehicle is the so-called skeleton, low,
yard-lOng toboggan, on which the rider
lies flat, steering the craft with hands
and feet.
Like an arrow it darts up to the
iced walls of the curves, and as the
bewildered spectator fearfully antici-
pates an accident, the toboggan shoots
down into the furrow and around a
beautifully shaped curve.
One of the most attractive, and
certainly very social sport, is bob
sicighing. Long, low padded toboggans,
seating as many as six persons are
used, and under this heavy burden
the bobsleigh shoots down it's course
with amazing speed. AS the leader
sways, almost automatically the close
ly crowded team bend themselves,
thus guiding the sleigh to the right
or left; they apply brake by letting
themselves drop on the snow or drive
to greater swiftness by bending for
ward like jockeys. Strong iron spikes,
which are driven by a lever into the
ice, enable the leader to stop the
vehicle almost instantly, but sudden
application of these brakes whirls up
the ice and snow in clouds, shaking
and jolting the riders.
Skiing has taken root to an extra
ordinary extent in Switzerland. Even
the poorest youth does not want to do
| without skis, though they might only
consist of couple of crudely adjusted
barrel slaves. Thanks to the ski the
boys and girls living on remotely sit
uated farms are now able to attend
school every day; their parents are
no longer isolated for the best part
of the long winter months, and thanks
also to these wooden wings" the mail
and newspapers can be delivered reg
ularly.
Sport is furthermore made easier by
the different mountain railways, which
in winter run toboggan trains. Thus
one can travel couple of stations up
ward and arrive at the starting point
of a mountain road without eXertion
and waste of time. Then one can de-
scend to the valley on toboggan, ski or
skates or, vice-versa, go down first
and return by train to winter quarters.
Races. competitions, sleigh drives,
ice carnivals, ski excursions and an
equal variety of fascinating indoor en-
tertainments transplant the happy
winter visitor into totally different
world where sorrow and care seem to
be banished and where every human
being seems to realize that the best
life after all is found right next to
Natures heart.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-01-02
Had Long Experience

Romance is very powerful. but some
things much more common are more
so. Take for instance hunger. The
other day u young bride and bride
groom came from little country town
70 Indianapolis to buy furniture FOR
their new home. About Il 80 the
bridegroom departed on an errand and
fOld his wife that he would meet her
1T 1890 at certain restaurant.
He was detained until almost one
O'Clock. Then he rushed into the res
.aurant and found his new bride very
calmly eating the lunch she had or
Tered. Amazed, he rushed to her ia
ME. "Oh, | was so worried over being
late," he began. II was so afraid you
couldn't eat without me-"
The bride looked up from her soup.
why. did it for % years." she re-
turned. and turned to her roast pork
and apple sauce.-Indianapolis News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-01-02
ARE RULED BY SUPERSTITION |
Almost Every Act of Roumanian,
From the Cradle to the Grave, Is
Thus Guided.

ROumania is one of the favorite
homes of superstition, where supersti-
tons accompany life literally from the
cradle to the grave Before child
is christened it must unerstand the i'm
portant ceremony of its first bath,
given in q huge wooden bowl, which
also serves as its cradle, at the home
Of its godmother. If it is a boy there
must be poured into the bath SYM
bolical mixture of corn, wine and
honey; If a girl the bath must con-
tain feathers from the wings of dove
and petals of rose to serve as a
prayer to the Three Spinners, believed
to be weaving the child's destiny, that
her footsteps through life may be as
soft as dove and her face as fair as
a flower. A book, loaf of bread and
a rod are offered boy. If he chooses
the book he will be a scholar; if the
bread, he will be a thrifty, practical,
successful man of affairs; if the rod,
which is laid on his back, he will be
a ne'er do well, is the belief.
When a man dies there must be
placed in his coffin a comb, bit of
soap and coin to pay the fee due
Charon, to ferry him over the River
Styx.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-01-02
Glover Barometers.

The ordinary clover and all its vari-
cites, including shamrock, are barome-
tiers. When rain is coming the leaves
shut together like the shells Of an
oyster. For day or two before rain
comes their stems swell to an appreci--
able extent. and stiffen so that the
leaves are borne more uprightly than
usual. This stem swelling when rain is
expected is a feature of many flower
ing grasses.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-01-02

III n Olu pace DIS Tic
favorite playground of the old
world. The little Helvetian republic
of proverbial beauty, and far more
beautiful still in the eyes of many
for as an angel of mercy has she
shown her real worth in the worlds
tragedy-is fairly trimming over with
attractions sought by lovers Of the
medieval and quaint and curious, and
will now more than ever become
haven of blissful rest and healthful en-
joyment, writes Marie Widmer in the
New York Herald.
During the last five winters, in spite
of the war, the numerous winter sport
resorts tucked away in all those lovely
spots over 5000 feet above sea level,
managed to have season" on a linn
tied scale, and now that conditions are
once more becoming normal it is eX-
pected that the winter 1919-1920 will
see great many visitors flock to that
snowclad Alpine land, which, although
in the midst of that fierce turmoil, has
remained intact.
Switzerland in her winter garb To
the newcomer it means a vision of
paradise-tO the habitue a coming
home to beloved haunt. Once mas
ter study in artistic color combina-
tons, the country appears now as a
glorious symphony in white. Jack
Frost has imprinted a silencing kiss
upon the babbling lips of every tiny
foir chr nlic
tening sheets of ice cover also the
limpid blue eyes of ponds and Alpine
lakes. Ice and snow everywhere and
above glorious expanse of deep blue
sky. The air itself seems to have gain
ed some new miraculous qualities and
faces which yesterday looked weary
and tired have cheerful and ener-
getic expression today.
Land of Winter Sports.
For the natives the time of pleasant
sociability has now come Visits be-
tween friends and relatives are fire.
quently interchanged-by sleigh in the
case of the older set, Ind by ski in
the case of the younger generation.
Even some of the passes are quite an
mated, as winter Is the time of the
great transport of merchandise over
mountains, such as the Veltiner wines
in the case of the Grisons. From the
high lying pastures they slide down to
the valley the hay which had been
stored in the picturesque nuts, and
the woodcutters, in their turn, are
hue IN, fho ;~I
tree-trunks fall cracking before the
axe and Ratchet, and the logs dart like
arrows down snow-runs to the traffic
beaten roads below.
Nowhere on earth have the posi-
bilities of winter sport been more
keeniy realized than in Switzerland,
and that is why we find in this small
land such a great choice of resorts
which possess scientifically laid out to-
boggan and bobsieigh runs, ice Kinks,
thrilling ski-jump, etc.
Very soon we find everybody inter-
ested and engaged In some form of
winter sport There is skating, of
course, but many games compete now
with this oldest of sports on the ice,
which has, however, been developed
into an art which charms the onlooker
by the gracefulness of it's movements.
now astonishes by the cool daring of
its swift rushes.
AS in summer over the lawn, so flies
the tennis ball over the ice in the game
of hockey. Curriers' are frantically
sweeping their ''stanes" toward the
coveted goal, and the unlimited diver
sity of gymkhana stunts offers con
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-01-02
LONG FACES
"Cascarets" for Liver
and Bowels bring
back Smiles

Turn the "kill-joys" out-the head
ache, biliousness, indigestion, the sick,
sour stomach and misery-making gases
turn them out tonight and keep them
out with Cascarets.
Millions of men and women take a
Cascaret now and then and never
know the misery caused by lazy liver,
clogged bowels, or an upset stomach.
Don't put in another day Of distress.
Let Cascarets cleanse your stomach ;
remove the sour, fermenting food; take
the excess bile from your liver and
carry out all the constipated waste
matter and poison In the bowels. Then
you will feel great
A Cascaret tonight straightens you
out by morning. They work while you
sleep.-Adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-01-02
His Intention.

II was eighty-three years of age
this ere last fall" admitted old Emory
Umps. II have never accomplished
anything of special Importance during
my somewhat extended career. have
tried my hand at most everything, one
time and another, and fallen down
more or less fiat at nearly all of it.
And now, having been practically a
false alarm and a total failure all
these years, 1 am going to live on my
son-in-law, and divide my time about
equally betwixt criticizing the way ev-
erything is done nowadays and telling
the rising generation how to make
overwhelming successes of their lives"
Kansas City Star.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-01-02
Americas First Newspaper.

The first real newspaper, continu-
ously printed, in America was the Bos-
ton News Letter, of which the initial
number was published 215 years ago.
A single number of a journal called
Publick Occurrences, Foreign and Do
mestick. had been printed little more
than thirteen years before; but, like
many of its successors, it's first number
was also its last. John Campbell was
the entire staff of the News Letter,
from managing editor to printers
"devil." The publication lasted Y
years and its circulation remained
steady at about 800 copies weekly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-01-02
BILI0USNESS
Caused by
Acid-StonlacIl

If people who are bilious treated ac-
eording to local symptoms they seldom get
very much better Whatever relief is OBJ
tanned Is usually temporary. Trace bilious
ness to it's source and remove the cause ana
the chances that the patient will re-
main strong and healthy.
Doctors say that more than 20 non.
organic diseases can be traced to an Acid
Stomach. Biliousness Is one of them IndL
gestiou, heartburn, belching, sour stomach
bioat and gas are other signs of acid
stomach. EATONIC. the marvellous modern
stomach remedy. brings quick relief from
these stomach miseries which lead to a long
train of ailments that make life miserable
if not corrected.
EATONIC literally absorbs and carrie.
away the excess acid. Makes the stomach
strong, cool and comfortable. Helps diges
ton: improves the appetite and you Their
get full strength from your food Thousands
say that EATONIC Is the most effective
stomach remedy in the world 1t Is the helI
YOU need. Try 1t on our money back If
not satisfied guarantee. At all druggist
Only so cents for a big box.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-01-02
Cant Cut Off Ny Leg"
SAYS Railroad Engineer

II am d railroad engineer: about 20 years
ago my leg was seriously injured in an
accident out West. Upon my refusing to
allow the doctor to amputate it l was
wound. / have tried all kinds of salves
and had many doctors in the past 70
years, but to no avail. Finally l resolved
leg. You cannot imagine my astonish-
ment when l found it was doing what
over 100 things had failed to do. My leg
Is now completely cured. -Gus Hautt, 'Ss
for piles eczema old sores and all skin
diseases. IS cents. Mail orders filled.
Peterson Ointment Co. Inc, Buffalo, n. Y.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-01-02
a Suspicious Mature.

Gopher Jim says he wants us to
come around to his house and have a
nice little poker party. He's goin' to
have sandwiches and everything"
'Who's goin' to furnish the cards?"
asked Three-Finger Sam.
''TEe host, of course"
''Lemme tell you; if Gopher Jim has
time to go over them packs O. cards
before the game starts he kin well af.
ford to make it banquet"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-01-02

the most troublous years in the his
tory of France. He studied medicine
at Paris, receiving his degree of doc
tor in 1904 He died August Is, 1926
at the early age of forty-fve. in the
quaint old town in Brittany, in which
he first saw the light.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-01-02

torpedoes and similar work. the pos
session of material of high resist
ance to stresses of all kinds enables
some of the most difficult elements of
the work to be solved. While the ap-
plication of vanadium to steel does
this, and thus constitutes at present
its most important use. it has also
marked influence upon cast iron and
upon copper.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-01-02
Needs to Be Shown.

A Missouri merchant advertises:
'"This week we offer choice lot of
draperies. cretonnes and some heavier
stuff for making kimonos of. / don't
know what a kimonO is. but that's
what it's for. anyhow Tran
script.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-01-02
ASPIRIN FOR COLDS

Insist on "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin
in 'Bayer package" containing prop
er directions for Colds, Pain, Head
ache, Neuralgia, Lumbago, and Rheu
matism. Name "Bayer" means genuine
Aspirin prescribed by physicians foI
nineteen years. Handy tin boxes of II
tablets cost few cents. Aspirin is trade
mark Of Bayer Manufacture of Mono.
aceticacidester of Salicylicacid.-Adv
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-01-02
Zoo Bad.

He was young ard handsome.
She was younger and beautiful.
She seemed to hang over every word
he spoke.
Suddenly his handsome face dark.
ened with repugnance.
''It's too bad!" he exclaimed.
The beautiful girl paled.
Nevertheless, her sensitive nostrils
quivered. She knew he was right.
So she took the egg away and
brought him another. And she didn't
charge it on the check!
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-01-02
Inherited Characteristic.

AS general thing the kind of moth
er who enjoys midnight supper
downtown gets mad when the baby
wants to eat as soon as she reaches
home.-Dallas News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-01-02

never went fishing in his life. This
may account for his truthfulness.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-01-02
Away I'm

Away Up.
'Is your daughter prominent In the
girls club?"
Chairman of the committee on face
powder Courier-JOurnal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-01-02
important to Mothers

Some people have just conscience
enough to make them miserable. 1t is
not strong enough to control their ac-
tons and hold them to the right path
but it is too strong to let them walk
the wrong way in peace.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-01-02

Vanadium Highly important
For the latest types of engineering
works. such as airplanes. submarines,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-01-02
Esneciallx In Winter.

Furthermore. the fact mat Eve
never went shopping was no sign that
the didn't need to.-Dallas News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-01-02
Daily THOUGHT.

The instructive feeling of a great
people is often wiser than its wisest
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-01-02

No woman considers dress becom-
ing if 1t Is becoming threadbare.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-01-02
GOLDMEDAL.
eSkkRl EN- ON
" NX&5UH3I ~

The worlds standard remedy for kidney,
liver, bladder and uric acid troubles, the
enemies of life and looks. In use since
1896. All druggists, three sizes.
Took for the name Gold Medal on every box
and accept no imitation
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-01-02

The Brand.
''They say now private stills will
work everywhere"
'.Oh. that's all moonshine"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-01-02

His Eccentricity.
"a Self-made man, is he not?"
''Yes," replied old Gaunt N. Grimm,
land the most remarkable one l have
ever known. Positively, he does not
seem to be in the slightest degree
proud of his bad manners. "-Kansas
City Star.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-01-02
Women
Made Young

Bright eyes, a clear skin and a body
full of youth and health may be
yours if you will keep your system
In order by regularly taking
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1920-04-01

calibre Colts special revolver and
he said 81 thought got one at every
crack" He was under the impress
sion that he had killed four men.
One May Recover.
Jonas Salley, who is desperately
wounded, but has fighting chance,
according to his physician tonight,
was brought to Columbia early this
morning in a car and placed in a
local hospital.
He was shot three times. One Oh
the bullets went through the fore
part of the head, penetrating both
eye balls and blnding him. Two
entered the left arm between the
elbow and shoulder. One of these
lodged in the chest, this last bullet
being the only one in his body. He
will be operated on tomorrow and
his eye balls will be taken out, &C
cording to his physician.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1920-04-01
BAMBERG, S. c., THURSDAY, APRIL l. 1920.
DIES FROM PISTOL SHOT.
Mrs. Hope Ready, of jackson, Dead in
Rear of Home.

Dillon March 27.-Mrs. Hope
Ready, of Jackson, was killed instant
ly today by bullet fired into the
right temple. She was found at the
rear of the house in the yard with a
pistol in her hand, it is said. When
the report of the pistol was heard
search swas begun for Mrs. Ready,
who was found in pool of blood a
few minutes later. The bullet enter
ed the temple and came out at the
back of the head.
Mrs. Ready was a young woman,
having been married only about 90
days. Her husband is the son OF DR..
William Ready. prominent physician
of Clio. Before marriage Mrs. Ready
was Miss Olivia Chandler. Her father
operates a hotel at McBee and form
erly ran a hotel in Clio.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1920-04-01
5000 DIE IN MASSACRE.
Americans Make Estimate of Armen.
ian Dead.

Constantinople, March 27.-Esti-
mates of casualties in the massacres
at Marash, sent here by Americans,
place the loss of life at about 5000
Armenians. During the disorders
$50 Turks were killed.
There are 10000 Armenian refu-
gees in Marash of whom 1000 are
sheltered in American orphanages
and hospitals. Americans are also
caring for wounded Turks, but there
is great suffering at Marash because
of lack of supplies and nurses. A
wagon train of American supplies was
pillaged early in March between An
tab and Marash.
Forty per cent. of the buildings at
Marash were destroyed or rendered
uninhabitable during the massacres.
Nearly all the shops were destroyed
and more than half of the churches
and mosques werer laid in ruins.
The hills are so full of armed bands
at present that travelling is almost
impossible, but two more American
doctors are now on their way to
Marash from Adana, under guard OF
Turkish gendarmerie.