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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-03
ONE OF NATURES WONDERS
Nest Constructed by Mother Wasp 10
Real Marvel In Its Abso-
lutte Perfection.

The solitary wasp called Eumenes
amedei attains great excellence alike
in the chase and in the craft Of build
ing; 1t is q "Nimrod and a Vitruvius
by turns" With minute pebbles and
salviated mortar 1t builds finely
finished cupola about three-Quarters
of an inch In height, the outside Of
which is covered with glistening
grains Of quartz or sometimes with
tiny snail shells; the orifice at the
top Is like the mouth Of an am
phora, gracefully curved, worthy OF q
potter's Wheel"
After the mother wasp has placed
an egg In her well-fashiOned nest she
adds FIVE to ten small caterpillars,
ard 1t is remarkable that the egg on
the well-stocked nest develops into a
female wasp, while that In the meag-
erly provisioned nest becomes the
much smaller male.
1t appears that the stung cater
pillars that form the living larder in
side the wasp's cell are but imper-
fectly paralyzed, and toss about when
touched. Now, the least pressure
would crush the delicate egg. So II
is hung by thread from the roof OF
the cupola. and after the Eumenes
grub matches it makes the cast shell
Of the egg into q flexible staircase
so that it can reach the caterpillars
and bite them, yet retreat II they are
too vigorously recalcitrant. This ia
perfection.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-03
WOOD THAT WILL NOT ROT
kxpsrIments Made In France Have
Demonstrated the Great Value
Of the Manaove.

The wood Of the mangove tree,
which fourishes in French Guiana,
- being exploited In France as a
wood which will not rot. At least
1t has withstood all exposure and eff
forts to break down its fiber In years
Of experiment by the officials Of the
French railway service.
Every one Of the many samples
which were subjected to all the known
processes Of inducing decay, be-
haved faultlessly, and it would seem
that the wood Is rot-proof. The grain
Of the wood is so close as practically
to exclude moisture. It's density, in
deed, is placed at 10. as against 40 in
ar and 20 In oak.
In addition to this cl0seness Of fiber
the mangove has an unusually large
amount Of tannin In its composition.
This protects it from invasion by in
sects. 1t also prevents the multiple
cation Of various germs, and is spe-
cific against such wood maladies as
mold, damp and the like.
1t has other desirable qualities. For
instance, tests show that while 1t
Il not brittle, It presents twice the
resistance to fiexation that oak does.
1t has about the same potency against
crushing or twisting.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-03
HOW LEGENDS "TAKE HOLD"
One That Concerns George Washing
ton Was Long Believed by Resi-
dents Of New York.

That there Is nothing too impossi-
BILE to forbid 1t being the basis Of q
legend that will find credulous believ-
ers for generations is again proved
by story current in the Ramapo val
ley, near New York. Like so many
other tales known along the east
coast 1t concerns George Washington,
and 1t was believed by thousands Of
the residents Of the valley up to a
generation ago.
1t appears that Washington, when
the Continental army was encamped
at what is now the Ramapo station
on the main line Of the Erie railroad,
was uncertain as to the inten-
ti0ns Of Lord Howe, in command of
the British fleet and army at New
York. He used to climb frequently
to the high peak of the Torne, mile
north Of the valley, from which he
could see part of New York bay,
and there spy on the fleet. In the up
per part Of the peak is tiny stream,
hidden in the crevices of the rocks,
and the dropping of the water sounds
like a watch ticking.
Legend has 1t that Washington
dropped his watch in a assure Of the
Torne on one Of his observations, and
that the timepiece has gone on ticking
ever since!
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-03
Old Quindaro Settlement.

The old town Of Quindaro on the
Missouri river above Kansas City was
founded in 1855 by free state boom
ers who came from New England to
help make Kansas free. Kansas City
and Leavenworth were either neutral
or were dominated by sympathizers of
the South.
The New England emigrants wanted
port Of entry" Of their own. The
town was built up rapidly with large
hotel, great warehouses, a steamboat
landing, and other evidences Of "fu-
ture great metropolis" During the
Civil war, however, the men all went
to fight. When they returned the
Union Pacific was building west
through the Kaw valley, and a little
later the Hannibal bridge was con-
structed, forever making Kansas City
the port Of entry"
Quindaro was abandoned. Its ho-
tel and warehouses went to decay,
and now all that remains are the ruins
and the memory Of struggle Of a
few brave men who believed they were
right, but who were mistaken In their
judgment as to the geographical loca-
ton Of the future great metropolis"
Kansas City Star.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-03
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior.

U. S. Land Office at Duluth, Mimi,
April 26, 1921.
Notice is hereby given that Kate
Flesch, whose post-office address is
Funckley, Beltrami County, Mime
sofa, did on the 22d day of July,
1920, file in this office Sworn State
ment and Application, No. O131S5, to
purchase the SWA of SWA Section
26, Township So NJ, Range w. 4th
p Meridian, and the timber thereon,
under the provisions of the act of
June 3, 1878, and acts amendatory,
known as the Timber and Stone
Law" at such value as might be fixed
by appraisement, and that, pursuant
to such application, the land and
timber thereon have been estimated
and valued by applicant, the timber
estimated 5000 board feet at $500
per NJ, and so cords spruce at ST per
cord and the land nothing; that said
applicant will offer final proof in
support of his application and sworn
statement. on the 18th day of July,
1921, before the Register and Rec
eiver of the United States Land Office
at Duluth, Minnesota.
Any person is at liberty to protest
this purchase before entry, or initiate
contest at any time before patent
issues, by filing a corroborated aft
davit in this office, alleging facts
which would defeat the entry.
Witnesses: Andrew r. Walker,
Margaret E. Walker, Peter Stortroen
and James Pihaly, of Superior, Wis
consin.
JOSEPH WINCZEWSKI, :
4-29 GA Register.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-03
CAREERS FOR YOUNG BRIToNs
Compared With Opportunities in Amer
lea They May Be Said to Be
Decidedly Limited.

Here In America we are quite like
~ to take for granted that If a man
has good education, then his finding
Of an opportunity to apply 1t profit
ably is comparatively simple matter.
Certainly our whole educational pro-
gram, and especially our whole line
Of educational appeal and propaganda.
will have to be changed the moment
that assumption is no longer to be
made, Whiting Williams writes in
Scribner's. Equip yourself, Young
America, and the country's yours!" we
say in effect to our youth whether in
school or at work.
In Britain there Is much testimony
to the effect that that assumption is
not thus to be made.
Unless they spend additional years
training for medicine, the law, or 9TH
er of the professions, graduates of the
universities must pretty much expect
to find berths In the civil service. The
exams for that are extremely difficult.
Those who come out of them with
marks at the top of the list get the
best of the positions in the most I'M
portant departments at home. They
next go out to India or other provinces,
while those below them take the Sec
ond grade of the places here-and
so on.
The pay starts at about f300 (nomi-
nally $1,000, and considerably more in
buying power), with gradual yearly in
creases up to certain maximum and
a pension.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-03
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior.

u. S. Land Office at Duluth, Mime
sofa, April II, 1921.
Notice is hereby given that James
Pihaly, whose post-office address is
Emetta, st. Louis County, Minneso-
ia, did on the 18th day of July, 1920,
file in this Office Sworn Statement
and Application No. O13191, to pur-
chase the NV n of SEA of Section
&c, Township So NJ, Range 9 w. 4th
Principal Meridian, and the timber
thereon, under the provisions of the
act of June 3, 1878, and acts amend
atory, known as the Timber and
Stone Law" at such value as might
be fixed by appraisement, and that
pursuant to such application, the land
and timber thereon have been esti-
mated and valued by the applicant,
the timber estimated 80 cords of
spruce at $1.00 per cord, 1000 feet
pine, SIS, and 100 ties, SIS, and the
land nothing; that said applicant will
offer final proof in support of his
application and sworn statement on
the 18th day of June, 1921, before
the Register and Receiver of the
United States Land Office, at Duluth,
Minnesota.
Any person is at liberty to protest
this purchase before entry, or initiate
a contest at any time before patent
issues, by filing corroborated aft
davit in this Office, alleging facts
which would defeat the entry.
Witnesses: Andrew r. Walker,
Margaret E. Walker and Peter Stort-
roen of Superior, Wisconsin and
James Ward of Duluth, Minnesota.
JOSEPH WINCZEWSKI,
4-22 SIT Register.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-03
SoLonon,a Temple.

The temple was the religious edifice
Of the Jews in Jerusalem. There were
three buildings successfully erected In
the same spot, and named after their
builders-the temple Of Solomon, the
temple OF ZOrubbabel. and the temple
OF Herod. The first was built by Solo
mon and was destroyed by Nebuchad-
nezzar about $50 B. c. The second
was built by the Jews on their return
from the captivity (about SGT b. c.,
and was pillaged or partly destroyed
several times, especially by Antiochus
Epiphanes, Pompey and Herod. The
third, the largest and most magnifi-
cent Of the three, was begun by HerOd
the Great, and was completely de-
stroyed at the capture Of Jerusalem
by the Romans "a. d. TOY. Various
attempts have been made toward the
restoration Of the first and the third
Of these temples, but scholars are not
agreed in respect to architectural de-
tails.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-03
Advertise
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this Paper
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Denartment of the Interior.

Department OF the Interior.
u. S. Land Office, Duluth, Minnesota,
May "a, 1921.
Notice is hereby given that Daniel
L. Lawler, whose post-office address
is McComber, Minnesota, did on the
7th day of April, 1920, file in this
office Sworn Statement and Applica-
ton, No. O13114, to purchase the
Lots l and 6, Section 2, Township
So N, Range IA w. 4th Principal
Meridian, and the timber thereon
under, the provisions of the act of
June 3, 1878, and acts amendatory,
known as the Timber and Stone
Law" at such value as might be
fixed by appraisement, and that, pur-
suant to such application, the land
and timber, thereon have been esti-
mated and valued by the applicant,
the timber estimated $4,000 board
feet at $500 per M, and the land
$71.33; that said applicant will offer
final proof is support of his applica-
ton and sworn statement on the 18th
day of August, 1921, before Otto
A. Poirier, u. S. Commissioner at
Virginia, Minnesota.
Any person is at liberty to protest
this purchase before entry, or mi
tiate a contest at any time before
patent issues, by filing corroborated
affidavit in this Office, alleging facts
which would defeat the entry.
Witnesses: James Sullivan and
Napoleon Sandville, of McComber,
and Joseph Stack and Thomas j..
Walsh of Tower, Minnesota.
JOSEPH WINCZEWSKI,
5-27 rs Register.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-03
TAUGHT LESSON BY HUNGER
Good Story of How Franklin Was
Converted to the Idea of Fish
as Human Food.

One day Benjamin Franklin-James
Parten tells us in his Life of Ben
jamin Franklin"--was on a Sloop
which was becalmed on a certain
island. The sailors, as is still the Gus
tom when a ship is becalmed, amused
themselves by fishing. Franklin wit
messed the catching of the fish with
regret. But soon there came to tanta-
lize his nostrils a most alluring odor
from the frying pan. So, as Franklin
used to tell the story, he went over
his reasoning again to see if there was
not a flaw in it.
1t occurred to him that when the
fish were opened he had seen smaller
fish in their stomachs.
"Ahl" said Franklin. "If you eat
one another don't see why we may
not eat you'll"
So Franklin dined upon the fish
very heartily, and thereafter ate what
others ate. When telling this story
Franklin ended with an observation
which is often attributed to Talley-
rand, but which we are assured was a
familiar joke with Franklin. This
was:
$50 convenient a thing 1t Is to be
reasonable creature, since 1t en-
ables one to find or make reason
for everything one has mind to dor
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-03
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior.

U. S. Land Office at Duluth, Mimi,
April 5, 1921.
Notice is hereby given that John
F. Lyness, whose postoffice address
is 1416 E. Sd Street, Duluth, Mime
sofa, did, on the 10Th day of June,
1920, file in this Office Sworn State
men and Application, No. O13165, to
purchase the Lot 4, Section z, Town
ship 63, N, Range IA w. 4th
Principal Meridian, and the timber
thereon, under the provisions of the
act of June 3, 1878, and acts amend
atory, known as the Timber and
Stone Law" at such value as might
be fixed by appraisement, and that,
pursuant to such application, the
land and timber thereon have been
estimated and valued by the appli-
cant, the timber estimated $4,000
board feet at $500 per M. and the
land $18.13; that said applicant will
offer final proof in support of his
application and sworn statement on
the 18th day of June, 1921, before
the Register and Receiver of the
United States Land Office, at Duluth,
Minnesota.
Any person is at liberty to protest
this purchase before entry, or initiate
a contest at any time before patent
issues, by filing corroborated affi-
davit in this office, alleging facts
which would defeat the entry.
Witnesses: Ivan Lyness, F. F.
F. McQuade, Walter II. Bergen, of
Duluth, Minnesota, and Adolph
Schroeder of Ely, Minnesota.
JOSEPH WINCZEWSKI,
4-S 6-3 Register.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-03
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease.
Catarrh is local disease. greatly in
fuenced by constitutional conditions. and
in order to cure it you must take an
internal remedy Halls Catarrh Medi-
cine is taken internally and acts thru
the blood on the mucous surfaces of the
system. Halls Catarrh Medicine was
prescribed by one of the best physicians
in this country for years. 1t is COM
posed of some of the best tonics known,
combined with some of the best blood
purifiers. The perfect combination OF
cine Is what produces such wonderful
results in catarrhal conditions Send for
testimonials, free
F. j. CHENEY e CO., Props, Toledo, o.
All Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-03
Up the FloWery Mountain.

Every year thousands of Chinese
pilgrims risk their lives In climbing
up the side Of Hwa-Shan, the Flow
cry mountain, which is sacred to the
Taoist religion. Any one reaching the
temple far above is supposed to have
any request granted as reward for
valor and endurance. The Hwa-Shan
mountain is over 5000 feet high, and
the ascent in many places must be
made along narrow ledge of branches
laid on posts driven horizontally into
the face of the precipice. There are
no handrails, but chain held on a
rock face offers some security to the
ascending or descending pilgrim.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-03
Persian Bread Has Many uses.

At Kasvin. Persia, British patrol
base, we were lodged in empty wards
Of the military hospital. writes Mary
e. Griscom In Asia Magazine. Our
provisions had almost given out by
this time, and we were reduced to
Persian stone bread. So far as l
know, only the coconut and the bam-
boo serve more purposes than the
flaps Of Persian bread, which are
about two feet long, one foot wide
and quarter Of an inch thick. If 1t
Is raining, the Persians use them on
their heads as umbrellas; and If it is
sunny, as parasols; in winter, they
wrap the flaps around their shoulders.
If they do not need them for protec-
ton they roll them up and carry
them under their arms. In the hos
pitfalls they spread them out on empty
beds to dry.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-03
oreeIan shrInes.

1t was at Kalavrita that the begin
nings Of the Greek war for independ-
ence were made, and the tattered BAN
ner which the Archbishop Germanus
took with him from his cell when he
sailed forth to begin the contest is
still kept as the sacred war banner
Of Hellenism and was brought out In
much state at the beginning Of the
war with Turkey.
Another well-known shrine In
Greece, and one which is most fire.
quently visited by tourists, is that
at Meteora, where the giant needles
Of rock are capped with extensive
buildings to which the venturesome
may ascend either by rickety ladders
set in the interior crevices or by
means OF net drawn up by creak-
Ing and primitive windlass.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-03
Pound Of Air Quite a Bio Thing.

Textbooks tell US that pound OF
pure carbon (the preponderating ele-
ment in coaD requires the oxygen
contained In 11.6 pounds of air to
complete the combustion. Few Of us
have any idea what 11.6 pounds Of air
means. The Popular Science Monthly
brings it home to us as follows:
Imagine a column Of air one inch
square extending forty miles into the
sky ard you will have good idea Of
the amount Of air required to burn a
single pound Of coal. A pound Of coal
would occupy column one inch
square and only three feet high?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-03
WHEN HE LOST HIS LIBERTY
Pathetic Figure Presented by Lonely
Man Standing Prominently Be-
fore Large Assembly.

He stood In the packing building, a
small, lonely figure. pathetic In the
isolation that shut him OF from the
warm humanity of the watching
crowd.
He felt weak, I'll. but he struggled
70 bear himself brAvely. He could
act move his eyes from the stern,
white face that seemed to fill all the
space In front of him. About that
cold minatory figure, which was speak
ing to him in such passionless, even
tones, chung an atmosphere of awe;
the traditional robes Of Office lent 1t
4 majesty that crushed his will.
He knew he was being addressed
and strove to listen, says London
Punch. His brain was torrent of
thoughts. And so his life had come
to this. 1t was indeed the final ca
voice meant-that voice which went
on and on In an even stream Of sound
without meaning. Why had he come
to this-in the flower Of his life to
lose its chiefest gift, liberty?
Up and down the spaces Of his brain
thought sped like fire. The people
oehind-did they care? A few, per-
haps, pitied him. The others were
Indifferent. To them it was merely
4 spectacle.
Suddenly into his mind crept the
consciousness Of a vast silence. The
voice had stopped The abrupt cessa-
ton Of sound whipped his quivering
nerves. 1t was like the holding Of a
great breath.
He gathered his forces. He knew
that the huge concourse waited. A
question had been put to him. 1t
seemed as IL the world stood still to
listen.
He moistened his lips. He knew
what he had meant to say, but his
tongue was traitor to his desire.
What use now to plead? The sound
lsssness grew intolerable. He thought
he should cry aloud.
And then
II will" he said, and, looking side
ways, caught the swift shy glance Of
his bride.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-03
Crow a Feathered Outlaw.

The crow has but few human
friends, and possibly none out
side its own family. Even it's feath-
cred neighsors do not care about it.
Crows seem, however. to esteem each
others companionship, judging from
the fact that crow is seldom seen
alone. They do their days work, be
1t good or bad, In groups; they spend
considerable time holding meetings by
thousands, and they travel In some
what army fashion.
Crows are neither admired nor
loved. Hundreds of birds have been
given honorable places in literature,
but if the crow is introduced, it is
usually for the purpose Of adding one
more melancholy feature to melan-
chely scene.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-03
Entrance Must Have Made "Hit."

One Sunday morning crowd was
standing on the depot platform, q
short distance from our home, waiting
for an excursion train. The night be-
fore we had hung curtains around the
broad front porch, and were sleeping
out there on our steel-winged cot, as
it was very warm. was sleeping
close to the edge and when my wife
got up rather suddenly over went the
cot and I rolled out onto the lawn,
clad only in my nightshirt, in plain
view of the waiting crowd.
/ didn't go with my wife to meet the
returning excursion that evening.-Ex-
change.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-03

That the arctic lands Of northern
Canada. where the thermometer goes
down to 81 degrees below zero, offer
unusual opportunities for growing
sheep. cattle. Siberian alfalfa and even
fruit. is the announced belief Of an
American agricultural expert, In Popu-
lar Mechanics Magazine. He recon-
mends the cross-breeding Of Canadian
and Siberian sheep to gain the hardy
qualities required.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-03
Airing the sas,s..

At an infants home In Bedford,
Eng. the babies are loaded into cart
IKE perambulators for their afternoon
airing. each little vehicle holding six
sNRd being n charge Of. one nurse.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-03
Some Try Il

whats the use of cussing SO con-
tinuously?"
The darned auto won't co.
swell, you cant run it by lung pow
sr"-Brooklyn Citizen.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-03
and

There are two kinds of friends,
those who try to run your affairs for
ron, MISUNDERSTANDING If we can
remember the other kind New York
Sun.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-03
Very Human.

Jud Tunkins says his automobile
unexpectedly quits work and demands
mere msney. the same as IL 1t had
Aunan Observation-Disclosures Star
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-03
The Great Marathon.

Life Is a mad. mad race and when
we get through it we are all out of
breath.-Boston Transcript
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-03

stock Market Full Of Such.
Many q man who Is afraid to take
Q chance loses his money on asurS
tAing.p
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-03
DR.. RI. j. Lockhart,
ENLIST.
Ely, MINI.
once over Fenske's Hardware.

CATHOLIC CHURCH:-First Mass
at $3.50 with Slovenic Sermon.
High Mass at 1870 with English
Sermon. Vespers and Sermon at
1880. Children's Catechism at g.
A. M. every Saturday.
Rev. Frank Mihelcic Parish Priest.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-04-14
CROP OUTLOOK

Lansing, Mich, April 7, 1921
If the Hessian fly had not been in
clined to work over time and extend
his activity over one-half of the state
last fall, the condition of winter
wheat at the present time would be
close to one hundred per cent. of
normal throughout the greater por-
tion of Michigan. The mild weather
and early spring have caused an un-
usually early growth Of fall sown
grains, meadows and pastures. and
the fields are as green now as they
usually are on May /. Fruit buds
are nearly ready to open, and there
is grave danger to fruit prospects if
freezing weather should follow.
Flowing in general, and the seeding
of oats and barley is making rapid
progress. Farm labor conditions are
distinctly better than one year ago.
These are the leading features of re-
ports received from the correspond
ents of the joint Federal and State
Crop Reporting Service.