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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-08-05

hlDltlon, are mighty intereSting-sC
interesting that they are incredible
ana make man say, "There never
was no such animile; there couldn't
be" Most people will probably re
gard the great flying reptiles as more
wonderful even than the giant lizards
To be sure the lizards are whoppers
maybe as long as So feet and weigh
ing about twenty tons, but an 18-foot
creature that flew all day like a sea
gull and hung itself up by its claws
at night like a bat-not a bird, but
a flying reptile-crowds a lizard, even
an armored or a meat-eating lizard
out of the spotlight.
Anyway, the American Museum OF
Natural History has placed on exhi,
bition a fine skeleton of the Pterano.
don or giant flying reptile from the
chalk formation of western Kansas
It's nearest neighbors are a great ma,
rine lizard, Tylosaurus, and a giant
fish, POrtheus, both from the same
Kansas formation. Incidentally, dc
not let the name, Pteranodon phaze
you. 1t really means something: {
winged lizard without teeth.
One of the interesting things about
these freak prehistoric giants is the
fact that they and the formations in
which their bones lie tell us lot
about the prehistoric history of oul
country. 1t is now certain, for ex
ample, that after the Rocky noun
tains rose up out of the waters, there
where these giant lizards and f1yine
reptiles disported themselves. Prob
ably ice and snow and rain, wore
down the mountain peaks and the riv
ers carried off the grindings to fill w
this inland sea and bury some of the
monsters, so that we could find theil
bones and figure out what they looked
like in life.
The Latest Pteranodon.
As to this latest PteranOdon from
Kansas, w: D. Matthew Of the depart
ment of vertebrate palaeontology Of
the American Museum of Natural His
tory, writes interestingly about it IL
Natural History. He says, among 9th
er things:
The skeleton of the new giant fly
ing reptile at the American museum
while not the largest of its kind, is o.
quite impressive dimensions. TIL,
wings, If stretched out in a straight
line, would measure 81 feet from til
to tip; in their present curve, abou
their actual position in flight, the.
measure 10 feet between the tips
Nothing of the wing membranes wa.
preserved In this skeleton; but ir
other kinds of pterodactyls they hav,
been preserved more or less complete
so that 1t is known that they wer,
thin delicate membranes like wing
of bats. The bats wing, however. i
extended upon four out of the fiv'
fingers stretched out like the ribs o
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-08-05

| IN umbrella. In the pterodactyl
only one finger is elongated for a
wing, the membrane being stretched
between that and the rather long hind
legs. The wing finger was the fourth
digit, and the remains of the first
three digits, reduced TO small claws,
can easily be recognized on the upper
border of the wing.
| The head is most extraordinary
part of the animal. All pterodactyls
have large but lightly constructed
skulls with a long beak, which In
most of them is set with sharp needle
like teeth. The Pteranodon, as its
name indicates, is toothless, with a
great, sharp-pointed beak somewhat
like that of stork or kingfsher,
and a very light and delicately-con-
structed skull with an enormous COM
| pressed crest stretching backward
from it, almost equal to the beak in
| length.
The neck is moderately long and
strong, as would be needed to carry
the large head, but the body looks
| absurdly short and small and the tail
is mere little stub. The backbone
between the shoulders is all CONSOLE
| dated into single piece (called the
notarium), just as the backbone be-
| tween the hip bones is consolidated
| in most animals into a single piece
| called the sacrum. The upper end Of
the shoulder girdle (scapula) is sock
eted into the side of the notarium,
the lower end (coracoid) into the
Esternum on the under side of the
body This affords very strong pur-
| chase for the wings, stronger even
than in birds, which sometimes have
the vertebrae partly consolidated like
a notarium, but never get so far as
to have the scapula socketed into it.
Great Spread Of Wing.
/ The breastbone or sternum is not so
unlike the breastbone of bird. It is
a broad fiat plate with a high crest
projecting forward and downward in
the middle line, to which the prin-
cipal wing muscle is attached. In
this specimen, unfortunately, the
sternum was missing altogether.
The ribs are very imperfect, short,
and little curved. Probably a con.
siderable part of the body basket was
cartilaginous, so that it has not been
preserved as a fossil. The ribs In
! this specimen were scattered, and no
attept has been made to bring them
back to their proper articulations.
They have merely been placed near to
their proper location.
The extent and limits of the wing
membranes as shown on the specimen
are theoretical. No pterodactyl of
this group has been found in which
they are preserved. They have been
| found, indeed, more or less perfectly
preserved, in some of the smaller spe-
cies from the Solenhofen slate of Ba-
varia, notably the lOng-tailed Rham-
| phorhynchus and the short-tailed
Pterodactylus, Scaphognathus, ETC.
But these more ancient kinds of flying
reptiles are much smaller and more
primitive, and so different from the
] great PteranodOn in the proportions
/ of skull and other parts that they
/ may have been very different in the
wings as well. The best evidence for
reconstructing the wings is the form
and proportion of the bones and the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-08-05
Mental butterflying at 2 a. m.
A great indoor sport for
thoughtless people

let Nature restore your
coffee-irritated nerves,
and bring you sound, re-
freshing sleep.
Postum is wholesome
and acts in a normal way.
It possesses the advan-
tages of a hot drink, with
out the III effects of tea
or coffee.
Drink Postum for a
week or two. See what
a difference it viii make
in you'll
There's a Reason"
Postum comes in two
forms: Instant Postum Gin tins)
made Instantly In the cup by
the addition Of boiling water.
Postum Cereal Tin packages Of
larger bulk, for those who pre-
fer to make the drink while the
meal Is being prepared made
by boiling for 20 minutes.
At al grocers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-08-05

leans and the vets are HOW uUHI-
ciled at Lincoln.
O'Connell, during the summer OF
1918, served at LIE Mons, where he
edited soldier newspaper. Miss
Blodgett was stationed there as a can
teen worker with the Y. M. G. A.
They had known each other, as chill
dren, but not seriously. They met at
Sable. Cupid did the rest.
On his return from France, O'Con-
nell became active in Legion work.
He was the first commander of the
Lincoln post and has been adjutant
OF the department since its organiza-
ton. He is widely known among the
Cornhusker Legionnaires.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-08-05

probable purposes to which they c0uia
be applied. 1t is difficult to see how
sufficient width could be obtained
for the stretched membrane of the
wings unless it We're extended down
along the sides Of the hind legs, as
Doctor Williston believed, and not
merely along the side of the body,
as Doctor Seeley supposed. Then if
the membrane was stretched on the
outer side of each hind leg, it must
also have been stretched between
them and up to the tail, in order to
take the strain off the legs. 1t may
also be supposed that the membrane
stretched from the neck out on each
side over the shoulders as far as the
"pteroid bone" as this would have
some obvious mechanical advantages.
In life all the principal bones of
pterodactyls were thin. hollow cylin-
ders of an exceptionally hard and
f1aky quality of bone. Moreover, there
are, in some of the bones at least,
openings corresponding to those in
birds, which serve to allow air to cir
culate within the hollow cavity of the
bone.
Soaring Like a Bird.
This is not the only point in which
pterodactyls resemble birds. They
have also a much higher type of brain
than ordinary reptiles, the cerebellum
or hind-brain is large, and, as in birds,
the optic lobes are widely separated.
1t is also probable, in the opinion of
some high authorities, that-like birds
they had rapid circulation of the
blood and continuously high body tenn
perature, and were far above the rep
lillian stage in this respect. Indeed the
high type of brain and the active life
of a flying animal could hardly be
maintained save through high type
of circulation such as mammals and
especially birds possess
I can picture the pteranodon soar
ing as the great sea birds do today,
sweeping tirelessly across the broad
glittering surface of the Cretaceous
seas, patrolling them from dawn to
dusk in search of such unwary fish or
pelagic mollusks as might be summing
themselves at the surface and come
within reach of the sudden Swoop
from above. Generally, | imagine, he
would avoid actually coming down
upon the surface of the water, for
that would involve at least great
deal of difficulty in rising again into
the air-indeed it is not easy to see
how it would be possible for the giant
Pteranodon to rise from the level sea,
save through aid of the wind. AT
night he would perhaps return to the
shore many miles distant. and hang
himself up on some favored roost-
tree or rocky point-anywhere that
would be securely out of reach of the
dinosaurs and other fierce reptilian
beasts of prey which lived upon the
land.
Whether the pterodacty;s laid eggs.
how these eggs were Matched and
cared for we have no means of know
ing. Nor do we know much about
their origin and evolution. Perhaps
these really were the last survivors
perhaps they are but one type of q
varied world of flying reptiles whose
forms and habitat the rocks have not
yet revealed to us.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-08-05

deroud. the imam; thereafter the
daughter of a rich Indian merchant :
the Jezdad of IoIcos; the greatest
beauty of Greece; then founding
found by dyer in box then Dugme.
queen of Persia; then maiden named
Hengu; thereafter he became an ape /;
then the daughter of midwife OF
Tatary; then the only son Of the
Sultan Agra; an Arabian physician !;
wild man called Kolao; slave; the
son OF a cadl of Erzerum; dervish !;
an Indian prince and lastly Fun
Hoam.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-08-05
Many Metamorphoses.

Gueulette's Chinese Tales" printed
In 1723, tell of Fum-Hoam. the name
Of mandarin who restored Malek-al.
Salem, king of Georgia, to his throne,
and told the kings daughter. Guchen-
raz, the story of his strange meta
morphoses. First he was Piurash
who murdered the usurper Siamek
then flea; then iap-dog; then an
Indian maiden named Massouma; then
bee, a cricket, mouse; then Abzen-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-08-05
A Professional Duty.

Axel, a Swede in an outfit. at Fort
Jay, woke up one morning with de-
sire to loaf. He got put on sick call
thinking it was worth trying, anyway
At the dispensary the doc looked him
over, felt his pulse and took his tenn.
perature. Then he said:
II can't find anything wrong with
you"
No answer.
"See here, what's wrong with You,
anyway"
"Doc," replied Axel. "That bane
your job."-American Legion Weekly
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-08-05

rather risky to operate, considering
the road conditions, etc., of those days.
It remained for American inventors
and manufacturers to perfect the mo-
torcycle and market it on large scale.
Today, one of the large American
manufacturers has yearly output
that is greater by so per cent than the
largest foreign manufacturer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-08-05
The First Motorcycle.

While motorcycles in this country
were not manufactured in any great
quantity until after 1902, it is inter-
esting to observe that the first motor
cycle was given to the world by a
Frenchman back in 1880 This first
motorcycle was made by M. Trouve,
in Paris, and created great interest
and excitement. The first machines
were crude affairs, naturally. They
were inefficient as to mechanism and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-08-05

heard several bible stories. His moth
err was Boosting of his ability to re-
late them, while his grandfather wait
ed rather impatiently. He was ready
to start on trip downtown. and Jo-
seph was going with him. Then all
at once Joseph. too, grew impatient.
He was in grandfather's car and could
not discover the reason for grandpa
Tiers lingering So out he shouted ::
Hurry up, grandpa, or we'll be too
late to go. You're as slow as Moses
when he built the ark. indianapolis
News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-08-05
CAMEL GOING WITHOUT WATER

An ordinary camel will carry its
pack 25 miles day for three days
without water, while there are some
that will go without water so miles a
day for five days. A specially trained
camel will carry a rider a hundred
miles in q day. 1t lifts the legs on the
same side at the same time, like a
pacing horse. A mature camel will
carry load of a thousand pounds.
The animal is not full grown until its
sixteenth or seventeenth year.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-08-05
Riley Got $500 a Word.

Heirs of the late James Whitcomb
Riley, the Indiana poet, find that he
got $500 word royalties on his love
poem, "An Old Sweetheart of Mine"
This is said to be the most profitable
piece Of writing per word on record.
Stevenson sold Treasure Island" to
newspaper for So column. Para
disc Lost" brought Milton only $25.
Times have changed, thanks to the
printing press and business system
which literary genius used to hold in
contempt.
AS late as half century ago, artists
starved. Business has made the arts
profitable. Clyde Fitch in eighteen
years received S1,500,O00 in royalties
from his plays.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-08-05

It has been said that not one woman in
thousand passes this perfectly natural
change without experiencing train OF
very annoying and sometimes painful
symptoms. Those dreadful hot flashes,
sinking spells, spots before the eyes,
dizzy spells, nervousness, are only few
of the symptoms. Every woman at this
age should prefit by Mrs. Block s expert
ence and try Lydia E. Pnkham's Vege-
table Compound.
If you have the slightest doubt that
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound will help you, write to Lydia E.
Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass,
about your health. Your letter will be
opened, read and answered by woman,
and held in strict confidence.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-08-05
At Last!

She was very eXtravagant in her
tastes, especially where hats were con-
cerned, and when they had been mar
ried for five years Pat realized that 1t
was no joke supporting wife.
One morning she appeared at break
fast, and was more than usually ami
able and Pat suspected another raid
on his bank balance. He was not dis
appointed.
"Oh, Patrick, DEAR" she said. 81
dreamed last night that you bought me
such lovely five-guinea hatr
did you, my darlint?' returned Pat.
"Tm pleased indeed, for sure it's the
first dream of hat you've had what
amt cost me a cent !"-LOndon Ideas.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-08-05

nance eliminated
as only a romance
could eliminate
in the marriage
recently of Frank
B. O'Connell, de-
Rrtment d ] u
tant of the Amer
jean Legion Of Ne
braska, and Miss
Rachel n. Blodg-
EFT of Orleans, Ne
braska. The we'd
ding was at Or
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-08-05
ASPIRIN
Name ''Bayer" on Genuine

Beware! Unless you see the name
"Bayer" on package or on tablets you
are not getting genuine Aspirin pre-
scribed by physicians for twenty-one
years and proved safe by millions.
Take Aspirin only as told in the Bayer
package for Colds, Headache, Neural
gia, Rheumatism, Earache, Toothache,
Lumbago, and for Pain. Handy tin
boxes Of twelve Bayer Tablets Of As
pirin cost few cents. Druggists also
sell larger packages. Aspirin is the
trade mark of Bayer Manufacture Of
Observation-Disclosures of Salicylicacid.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-08-05

erican lost what
little religion he
possessed during
the trying days of
1917-18, Rev.
Henry Russell Tai
bot, b. D.. canon
of the National
Ca t h e d al Of
Washington. d. c.,
makes answer. AS
senior chaplain Of
the e m b a t t I e d
First Division. A.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-08-05

World war, Miss
Abbey N. Hurley,
Fargo, N. D., was
a clerk and stem
ographer in the
district court Of
her county. Then
the district clerk
enlisted for serv-
ice and Miss Hur-
ley forsook the
files and keys TO
help the deputy
carry on the work.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-08-05
Suitable.

Hardley-D Didn't you go away last
year?
Yardley-Oh, no! spent my fort
night at home. l took book ouf
into the garden, and lay and read
under a tree.
But what dull way of spending
holiday"
"Oh. thought it novel holiday P--
London Answers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-08-05
ALIENS foOT-EASE DOES IT

When shoes pinch or corns and bunions
ache, get package Of ALIENS FOOT
EASE. the antiseptic powder to be shaken
into the shoes. It takes the sting out OF
corns and bunions gives instant relief to
Smarting Aching Swollen feet. 100000
pounds OF powder for the feet were used
by our Army and Navy during the war.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-08-05
Hardest of All.

Kind Old Lady-And what battles
were you In?
Disabled Soldier was at Belleau
Wood. Chateau Thierry, the Argonne
and the whole government compensa-
ton campaign. Legion
Weekly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-08-05
YOUNG Rascals.

New Priest-I am told, Mrs. Muir.
ply, that you boast of two fine, healthy
boys.
Mrs. Murphy-Divil boast yer riy-
erince. Sure / do be apOlogizin' for
thin fifty tonnes day.-Boston Tran
Scrint
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-08-05

GWO ySdlS .. Il saw
Lydia E. Pinkham's
We ge table Com
pound advertised in
the paper and got
good results from
taking it. / recon-
mend your medicine
to my friends and
you may publ { b
this fact as a testi-
monial. "-Mrs.RoB-
ERT BLOCK, Box SAP,
.Hopkins. MINI.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-08-05
The Burning Question.

Cuff Some bandits robbed the bark
and escaped in your car.
Nuff-Robbed the bank? Well then,
maybe. they can afford to run the car.
American Legion Weekly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-08-05

LYING reptiles are be-
ginning to come out Of
the fossil beds of the
middle West. The fos-
sill beds have been CIV
ing up great numbers
of prehistoric monsters
of various kinds and
sizes for years. And
some of them, as recon-
structed and put on ex-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-08-05
WAR BROUGHT WORK FOR HER
Do During and After Big
Conflict.

Maybe woman's place was in the
home, but when America entered the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-08-05
HOW WOMEN
OF MIDDLE AGE
May Escape the Dreaded Suf-
ferings of that Period by
Taking Mrs. Blocks Advice

Hopkins, MINI. During Change of
Life I had hot flashes and suffered for
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-08-05
RELIGIONS PART IN BIG WAR
Senior Chaplain Found That 90 per
Cent of Fighters Were Men OF
Some Faith.

To those disquieting souls who
publicly lament that the average AM
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-08-05
DON'T
DESPAIR

If you are troubled with pains OF
aches; feel tired; have headache,
indigestion, insomnia; painful pas
sage of urine, you will find relief in
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-08-05

If candles were made in the form
of cross, some people would burn
them at four ends.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-08-05
DAN CUPID WAS ON THE JOB
Nebraska Legion Man Won Bride
From Home When They Met
in France.

They met in France. He was a SOL
der she q canteen worker The ro-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-08-05
|CutiCura Soap
Is Ideal for -
The Complexion
Soap Csc. Ointment rs and Soc, TaIeun zse.
Acid Stomach
for 10 Years
NOW 4 DIFFERENT WOMAN
Earnestly Praises Eaf0ssi0

.My wife was great sufferer from
acid stomach for 10 years." writes H.
d. Crippen. "but is different woman
since taking Eatonic."
Sufferers from acid stomach--lef
Eatonic help you also. 1t quickly takes
up and carries out the excess acidity
and gases and makes the stomach cool
and comfortable. You digest easily,
get the full strength from your food
feel well and strong, free from bloats
ing, belching, food repeating, etc. Big
box costs costs only a trifle with your
druggists guarantee.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-08-05
A New Version.

A New Version.
Seven-year-old Joseph mad been go
ing to Sunday school for almost three
months, and during that time had
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-08-05
COLDMEDAL-
sShkRl en- ON
w RIYsS5Il1S9 ~

The worlds standard remedy for kidney,
liver, bladder and uric acid troubles and
National Remedy of Holland since 1896.
Three sizes, all druggists.
Look for the name Gold Medal On every box
and accept no imitation
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-08
Charrina Does Not Preserve.

Charring is of little value in pro-
tecting the butts Of fence posts and
telephone poles from decay. This Is
shown by service tests made by the
U. 8. Forest Products Laboratory on
fences of charred and untreated posts
Of various species. The charred
posts proved in these tests to be
even less durable than the untreated
ones.
Theoretically, an area of charred
wood around post should prevent
decay, because charcoal does not de-
cay or encourage the growth of fungi.
But the charred area around a post
is not usually a solid covering. 1t is
checked through in many places. If
posts are seasoned before they are
charred, the charring does not reach
to the bottom Of the season checks
which are always present. If green
unchecked posts are charred. checks
will open through the charred part
as the wood seasons. In either case
the uncharred center of the post is
exposed to fungus infection and will
decay a. rapidly as any untreated
wood.
Charring deep enough to resist de-
cay would undoubtedly weaken a
post Of ordinary size.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-08
Stock Markets
NEW YORK MARKET
Features of the Days Dealings in All
the Leading Stocks

New York. April THE stock mar
ket TO-DAY reiinqulshed a very conSid-
cradle part of the general advance reg
Isleicd IN the preceding days of the
week. developments over night and in
the course OF the sluggish session dis
''hStly iaNorlng the short interest.
cables from London stressed an &C
'eSSlon OF pessimism in financial cir
ies growing out of the more ominouS
'SpectS OF the British industrial sit
ation and occasioned moderate liqui-
aton here for foreign account, in
tuding Holland
Domestic Industrial conditions also
came more complicated by the de-
SION or the railroad labor board de-
t'hg the application of the New York
efltral railroad for immediate pro-
,Slonal reduction of the unskilled la
n wage schedule.
Publication of the government crop
bort forecasting the fourth largest
"iter wheat yield in the history OF
country failed TO stimulate the
;n,nsportation shares, some of which,
hwy.
ldrket prices were at lowest aver
ses IN the last half hour when free
Ss'hg resulted from an unexpected
ahnce III call money from 81 to 81
pc cent, due. according to reports,
'alilng of loans by interior banks.
locks most affected by the days
,,erSal comprised a number of indus
as ard specialties whose earnings
an dlVldend prospects are generally
I'D as doubtful Chief among
o wv We're the feathers and chemi-
ian together with numerous allied
TSS: incidentally Twin City Rapid
lGlt suffered a reaction of 10
p pi, which more than cancelled its
s snd or the previous day. Sales
@nolted to 100000 shares.
Ehange rates on London and Paris
ssaseonly slightly, Dutch. Italian and
S,acatnavian bills hardening. Remit
s anc to South American points re-
uect the chaotic trade conditions pre-
'ails in those countries.
dirty bonds were firm, as were
h,,t ONE or the French municipals
out ost other domestic and foreign