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Evening star., 1921-09-17
MAKES CEMENT BLOCKS.
Plant Established Here for Pro-
duction Of New Type.

Establishment of plant for manu-
featuring a new type of cement build
ing block has been completed at 26th
and Evarts streets northeast. Samuel
r. Edmonds, contractor Of this city.
has been made general manager OF
the company, known as the Edmonds
Contracting Company.
The concerns product is designed
for use in building foundations, ga
RACES and houses. and it is said that
durable block than previous meth
DDS. Shannon & Luchs have contract
ed with the plant for foundation ma
terial for sixteen houses. 1t is UNDER
stood.
A novel branch of the company's
work consists in making blocks which
closely resemble marble; The new
Of the "eranite" blocks for orna-
mental use in the main entrance. II
Is reported.
Evening star., 1921-09-17
WILL LEAVE HoPEWELL.
Du Points Name New Superintend'
T ent in Charge.

Special Dispa -ch to The Star.
HOPEWELL, Va. September H.
Taking effect Thursday. F. r. Scull
of Wilmington. Del. has become su-
perintendent of all the du Pont Chemi-
cal Company's holdings and opera
ions al Hopewell. This change in ad-
ministration was brought about by
the resignation of r. z. Patterson as
superintendent.
The du Pont Chemical Company. or
ganized Immediately following the
signing of The armistice. which spelled
the close of the world war and the
discontinuance of the manufacture OF
war material. for the purpose OF de-
veloping and disposing of the property
of the E. I. du Pont de Nemours Com
pany. is practically ready to leave
Hopewell. Through the sales depart
ment Of the chemical company fifteen
industries have been brought to Hope
well to settle on the site of the
enormous powder plant The thou
sands of houses constructed by the
powder company have been nearly all
disposed of. and the few other hold
ings of the company are rapidly
diminishing in size.
Evening star., 1921-09-17
ASK FREIGHT RATE CUT.
Farmers Would Avoid Hardship
and Encourage Marketing.

TRENTON. N. J.. September H.
Appeals for lower freight rates on
farm products 'in order to prevent
hardship among farmers and to en-
courage marketing, with a conse-
quent reduction to consumers" were
made by more than fifty agricul-
turalists at conference here with
traffic managers and other officials of
the Pennsylvania, Philadelphia and
Reading. Central Railroad OF New
Jersey and of the American Railway
Express Company.
The conference was arranged by
Secretary Alva Agee of the DEPART
ment of agriculture. who presided
The agriculturalists were told their
plea would be given consideration.
Evening star., 1921-09-17
TAX DELINQUENTS JAILED.
Residents Of Northern Australia
Terrorized, Is Report.

ADELAIDE, Australia, September
17.-Many residents of the northern
territory of Australia were recently
Imprisoned for refusing to pay taxes.
The federal minister of home and
territories. Alexander Poynton. who
has just visited the territory, says
terrorism prevails there. esrecially at
Port Darwin. where the federal gov
ernment is adopting stringent meas
ures to restore order. including sus-
pension of trial by jury and deporta-
tjon Of defaultjnp taxpaye-
Evening star., 1921-09-17
HUGE PROFITS SHOWN.
Steamship Firms Sublet New York
-. --.-
Docks at Increased Figures.

NEW YORK. September 17.-Revela-
tions that steamship companies leas-
ing wharves from the city make huge
profits by subletting them were made
to the Meyer legislative committee by
Murray G. Hubert, commissioner of
docks.
He admitted one steamship company
paid the city $50 day for a pier
which 1t sublet for 5000, but said he
resented the implication that the dock
department had sanctioned directly or
Indirectly this or similar profits on city
property. Another case cited was. a
suitcase for $3.50 a day, when the
city received $63.SS.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-27
TRAIN YOUR HAIR AS AN
ACTRESS DOES

No class of people devotes as much
time to beauty as do actresses, and no
class must be more careful to retain
and develop their charms. Inquiry de-
velopS the information that in hair
care they find it dangerous to shampoo
with any makeshift hair cleanser. The
majority say that to have the best hair
wash and scalp stimulator at a cost
Of about three cents, one need only
get package of canthrox from your
druggist; dissolve teaspoonful in a
cup of hot water and your shampoo
is ready. This makes enough shampoo
liquid to apply it to all the hair
instead of just the top of the head.
After its use the hair dries rapidly,
with uniform color. Dandruff, excess
oil and dirt are quickly dissolved and
entirely disappear when you rinse the
hair. After this your hair will be so
fluffy it will look much heavier than
it is. Its luster and softness will de-
light you, while the stimulated scalp
gains the health which insures hair
growth. Send &c to cover the postage
for free trial package to ii. S. Peterson
& Co., Dept. 226, PA w. Kinzie ST.,
Chicago, Ill.
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SARAH HAD GENTLY LIMITED
Remark Might Have Led Beau 10
Imagine She Disapproved of
His White Clothes.

Mrs. Morgan had a colored maid
PANIED Sarah. One Sunday afternoon
the mistress saw Sarah's lover leaving
the house clad in suit of white fam
mel. A little later, when the maid APP
peare6. her mistress said:
Sarah, that beau of yours should
never wear white. He is so black that
white clothes makes him appear all
the blacker. Why don't you give him
hint?"
"Why, Mis- Morgan" said Sarah,
with animation, II done give him lots
OBJ hints, but he jes' natterly amt got
no sense an didn't take 'em."
Probably you didn't make the hints
strong enough" said the mistress.
well, nom, OATS jes' what l think
myself" agreed Sarah, refiectively; II
don't believe l did. / jest looks at
him right hard, an 1 says, Niggah.
yo' sho' do look like a black snake
crawlin' out OBJ cream, you do Theus
jes' all says TO him, Mis- Morgan.
OATS ALL
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-27
SYSTEM DID NOT WORK WELL
Englishwoman Found Some Disadvan-
tages in Giving Instructions in
the Sign Language.

An English lady was talking about
her cleverness in getting Russian
servant. "She can't speak a word of
English, and l can't speak Russian"
she finished. But how do you man.
age, then?" asked her friend. 'Oh,
it's quite simple. 1 just wave my
hands about and make faces, and if
she doesn't quite understand, she goes
off and does something else, so all
the work gets done in time" Later
on the friend called, hoping to catch
a glimpse of the Russian treasure
and found the mistress in tears
"That dreadful Bolshevik," she walled
"She came up to ask what she was
to do next, and l made scrubbing mo-
lions, meaning the kitchen floor, of
course, and she did it on my lovely
polished dining table instead and it
is absolutely ruined And now she's
sulking in the kitchen, smoking my
cigarettes, and / can't make her I'M
derstand that she's not to take them !"
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so that / am now able to do my work.
recommend your Vegetable Compound
to my friends who have troubles similar
to mine and you may use these facts
as testimonial. Mrs. CT. PHILLIPS,
Toomsboro, Ga.
Weak, nervous women make unhappy
homes, their condition initiates both
husband and children. 1t has been
said that nine enths of the nervous
prostration, nervous dependency, ''the
blues, irritability and backache arise
from some displacement or derange-
ment of a woman's system. Mrs. Phil
lips letter clearly shows that no other
remedy is so successful In overcoming
this condition as Lydia E. Pinkhszn's
Vegetable Compound
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-27
Great Men Fond of Sleep

didn't emulate the weasel in their
sleeping habits.
Indeed, some of the most brilliant
men, instead of calling three or four
hours nights sleep, were able to
work only two or three hours out of
twenty-four
Darwin, for all his prodlgious out
put of creative work, was able to be
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-27

at his desk only two or three hours
each day. Spencer worked only four
hours out of the twenty-four.
And the famous philosopher. Des-
cartes as well as the big-brained Doc
tor Johnson. used frequently to lie
abed until two or three in the after
noon.
Perhaps the champion of all long
distance sleepers, however excluding
Hindoo fakirs, buried alive for months,
and other trance subjects-was
Moivre, the French mathematician.
Moivre, during his old age. used TO
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Uncle Charles whistle.

Anna and her mother often go 70
see her aunt and uncle Her uncle
plays a clarinet, of which she is much
afraid. When she sees him reach for
it she takes hold Of her mothers hand
and says, Come home, mamma.
Uncle Charlie is going to blow Hmm
whistle
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-27
Costume.

"a moron is a grown-up person wha
is more or less like child"
81 have been told So said Miss
Cayenne.
would you call a mature lady who
wears very short dresses moronT
"No. I'd call her more-off.7
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-27
cuticura soothes Baby Rashes

That itch and burn with hot baths
of Cuticura Soap followed by gentle
anointings of Cuticura Ointment.
Nothing better, purer, sweeter, espe-
cially if little of the fragrant Cuti-
cura Talcum is busted on at the fin
ish. 25c each everywhere.-Adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-27
Not Every One Who Has Done Bril-
liant Work Has Cared Little
for Slumber.

1t may be some comfort for light
sleepers and those who require many
hours of sleep to properly refresh
themselves to know that they ARE
rot the only ones.' All great men
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-27
True UnseIfishness.

When a man asks girl to be his
wife in these days of hole-proof socks,
bachelor apartments and chorus girls
she has revelation of human unself-
ishness that stands as the eighth won.
der of the worIji.-Idaho Yarn.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-27
SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES

And sprinkle in the foOt-bath ALIENS
FOOT=EASE, the antiseptic, heating pow
der for Painful Swollen, Smarting Feet.
1t prevents blisters and spots and takes
the sting out of corns and bunions. Always
use Aliens Foot=Ease to break in new shoes
and enjoy the bliss of feet without an
ache.-Adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-27

sleep 20 hours day, leaving only
four hours for science-and every
thing else.-Dr. Edwin f. Bowers in
Sleeping for Health"
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Would Fix That.

Eloping Girl-"Papa will be all I'M
strung" Resourceful Groom That's
all right; we'll wire him.
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was 30 weak dilu uCE-
vous / didn't know
what to do, and could
not do my work. My
trouble was deficient
and irregular peri
DDS. / read in the
papers what Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound had
done for others and
decided to give it a
trial. l got good
reSIllts from ifS T1Sa
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-27

Most men find it easier to get in
debt than to get out, but some are I'M
able to get in at all.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-27

There are 100000 negroes in the
United States.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-27

he never recommends walking as an
exercise.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-27

THE YANKS ON THE MARINE
Oh the English and the Irish, and the 'owlin'
Scotties, too,
The Canucks and Austrilee-uns, and the airy
The only things that bothered us, a year before
we knew,
Was 'ow in ell the Yanks'd look, an wot in ell
they'd do.
They 'adn't 'ad no trynin'; they didn' know the
gime;
in the slime,
An the only thing that bothered us that day in
lawst July
aw'y.
The lesgy, nosy new 'un'' just come aero''t the
We couldn't 'ep wonder ow in ell their guts'd be;
An the only thing that bothered in all
staggerin' ranks
Was wot in ell would 'appen wen the 'Uns lad
1T the Yanks.
MY word, it 'appened sudden wen the drive 'ad
first begun;
We seen the Yanks a-runnin'-Gaw Blimy, how
But the only thing that bothered that the
chase begin
Was 'ow in ell to stop 'em fore they got into
Berlin.
They didn't ave no tactics but the bloomin'
manual;
They 'adn't learned orders but "Ooray" and
"Give 'em 'ellp'
But the only thing that bothered US about them
leggy lads
Was 'ow in ell to get the chow to feed their
Kamerads.
oh, the English and the Irish, and the 'owlin'
Scotties, too,
The Canucks and Austrilee- uns, and the airy
French poilu;
The only thing that bothered us don't bother MS
no
IT,. only wy ia ell we didn't know the Yank.
before.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-27
so WEAK
so NERVOUS
How Miserable This Woman Was
Until She Took Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound

Toomsboro, CAT suffered terribly
with backache and headache all the time,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-27

gets worse, you are
downright sick.
Don't wait until your
arun down" condition de-
velops into real illness.
Start today toning your
system with an Al blood
remedy to drive out the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-27
''Run Down People Easy Prey
To Serious Disease

When you get "run down" it
merely means your system is dis
ordered, working poorly. If the
disorder stays small, you may re-
main just "run down." But if it
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-27

impurities, a vegetable medicine
like S.S.S., which has served thou
sands thus in the last half CEN
fury.
Get S.S.S. from your druggist
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-27
THE BLUE AND THE GRAY

THE BLUE AND THE GRAY os 8
No mo shall the cry sever, tb,
Or the winding rivers be red; -THos W
They Danish anger forever
When they laurel the graves of our dead;
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the judgmentday; 4
Love and for the Blue, 2fa8z
Tears and love for the Gray. #T #
"a pa "a - IS
BATTLEHYMN OF THE REPUBLIC Z
In the beauty of the lilies Christ born a
across the sea- -
With glory in His bosom that trans6gures you M
and
AS He died to make men holy, let use die to ~
H'e you JULIA WARD HOWE
THE FIGHTING RACE
Read the names" and Burke sat back, $
And Kelly dropped his head, #
While Shea-they call him Scholar Jack &S&S&
Went down the list of the dead #
Officers, seamen, marines, E%3$#$
The crews of the gig and yaw, #S
The bearded man and the lad in in his teens
Then, knocking the ashes from out his pipe, ## g
Said Burke in ofhand
We're all in that dead mans list, by Grippe: A
Kelly and Burke and Shea"
"Well, here's to the Maine, and Pm sorry for
Spain,"
Said Kelly and Burke and She's. -
JOSEPH l. c. CLARKE.
IA "a "a
MONTEREY
The foe himself recoied aghast,
When, striking where he strongest lay,
We swooped his thanking batteries past,
And Drawing full their nurderous blast,
Stormed hor-e the towers of Monterey.
We were not many-we who pressed
But who of us have not confessed -.
Beside the brave who fell that day; -
He'd rather share their warrior rest
Than not have been at Monterey?
p -
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EAGLE YOUTH
They have taken his horse and plume,
They have left him to plod, and fume
For hero's scope and room!
They have curbed his fighting pride, s
They have babe him burrow and hide
With million, side by side:
Look-into the air he springs,
Fighting with wings!
He has found a way to be free
OF that dun immensity
That would swallow up such as he.
Who would burrow when he could fly?
He will climb up into the sky
And the world shall watch him diel
Only his peers may dare
Follow him there!
-KARLE WILSON BAKER in Yale Review
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I w w 1 V1 Vb Vb t1vr t1' V1 t1t t1aT1 t


1.-THE UNKNOWN DEAD" .
Britain hath buried one beneath !.
= Westminster Abbey's dome,
q And France hath made her Triumph
a. Arch =
n A poilu's final home, p
With this to be of all men read: =
In Honor of the Unknown Dead"
: Columbia, see thou this done:
: Bring home an unknown soldier son
= And bury him IN Arlington, =
= With all the pageantry of state =
; Well earned IN death, denied By fate, =
= With pomp of peace and show of War =
= And honors of a conqueror:
8 Armistice dag forever wed
10 men,'ry of thine unknovn dead, 8
s While grass shall grow and sUaters run. 8
JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN.
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right now. Then write
US about your condition,
addressing Chief Medi-
cal Advisor, 84S Swift
Laboratory, Atlantis,
G eorgia. Well send
you m 9 dies al counsel
free.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-27

DECORATION
Mid the Hower-wreathed tombs stand
Bearing lilies in my hand
Comrades: In what soldier-grave
Sleeps the bravest of the brave?
Turning from my comrades eyes,
Kneeling where a woman lies.
I strew lilies on the
TIE cpAv grave
OF the bravest of
sever, the brave
be red; -THoS w. HIGGINSoN
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-27
HAIL, HALL

HnA
mAaln M
he farmers
A n~sn
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-05-27

AMERICA
My country, tits of thee
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee l sing;
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the Pilgrims pride,
From every mountain-side
Let freedom ring.
IS. F. SMITH.
Pa IA "a
THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER
o! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved homes and the wars Desc
lation:
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n-
rescued land
Praise the power that hath made and preserved
us a nation.
Then conquer must, when cause it is just,
And The Star-Spangled Banner in triumph shall
Der the land of the free and the home of the
brave.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-05-13
IN YOUTHS GAY SPRlNGTIME
Excited the Admiration Of
Gap johnson.

ut shore does II Teller good to see
the innocent pleasure children get out
of the coming of spring. said Gap
Johnson Of Rumpus Ridge "The first
right warm day most of my young 'uns
Swarmed, as you might say. Wife took
ana ripped 'em out of their under
clothes that she'd sewed 'cm M in last
fall, and thes hit the path for the
creek. scratching and cussing mer-
rily.
"Ehey found there seven or eight OF
Gabe Giggerys kids, three or four of
Jim-Tom Tullery's, II bunch of Zeke
Ynwkcys and several more that no.
body could tell whose they were tin
they got their faces washed. Wen,
then there was q grand hOoraw as
they all shucked themselves and
whirled In TO tying each others
clothes up in hard knots, and fighting
about II, and such us that. Round
ana round and over and under they
went, til they all fell into the drink
and kept right on lammlng each other
til they knocked all the water out of
the crcck.'-kansas City Star.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-05-13
it3 what have I done or failed to

it7 What have I done or failed to
do that has caused this bltterness1"
"Mr. Bing, am glad that you oak
me that question" the old judge be-
gan. ut gives me chance to pre-
sent to you. and to these men who
work for you. conviction which has
grown out of impartial observation oi
your relations win each other
FIRST, want to say to you. Mr..
Biug, that | regard you as a good cit
izen Your genius and generosity
have put this community under great
obligation. Now, in heading toward
the hidden cause Of your complaint, |
beg to ask YOU question at the out
set DO YOU know that unfortunate
son of the Widow Moran known as
the Shepherd of the Blr0s2"
81 have heard much about him."
Mr. Bing answered.
DO you know bim?"
mo. have had letters from him
acknowledging favors now and then.
but ! do not know him"
I'VE have hit at once the source of
your trouble" the judge went on
THE Shepherd is representative
person. lie stands for the poor and
the unfortunate In this village. You
have never gone to see him because
well, probably 1t was because you
feared that the look of him would
distress you. The thing which would
have helped and inspired and glad
dened his heart more than anything
else would have been the feel of your
hand and kind and cheering word
and sympathetic counsel. Under those
circumstances, l think l may say
that II was your duty as neigh
Dor and human being TO go to see
him. Now, he never needed money.
In the kindest spirit, | ask you If that
money you sent to him In the best
of goodwill was not, In fact, species
of bribery Were you not. indeed,
seeking to buy immunity from duty
incumbent upon you as Il neighbor and
n human being?"
Mr. Blng answered quickly.
There are plenty of people who have
nothing else tn do but carry cheer and
comfort to the unfortunate. | have
other things to do"
THAT, sir, does moi relieve you OF
the liabilities of a neighbOr and a
human being, in my view, If your
business has turned you into shaft
or "A cog-wheel, II has done you "A great
injustice. ] fear that 1t has been your
master--that II has practlced upon
you a kind Of dcspotism. You would
better get along with iess-far less
business than suffer such a fate. ]
don't want to hurt you. We are
looking for the cause Of certain re-
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-05-13
SWAMP-R00T FOR
KIDNEY AILMENTS

There il only one medicine that really
stands out pre.emnent as a medicine for
durable ailments Of the kidneys, liver and
bladder.
DIR. kilmers Swamp Root stands the
highest for the reason that il has proven
to be just the remedy needed in thousands
upon thousands Of distressing cases.
Swamp-Root makes friends quickly be-
cause it's mild and immediate effect is soon
realized in most cases. II is a gentle.
healing vegetable compound
Start treatment at once. Sold at all
drug stores in bottles of two sizes. medi-
um and large.
However, If you wish first TO test this
great preparation send ten cents TO DIR.
kiliuer n Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-05-13

suit and l can help you only by be-
ing frank. With all your generosity
you have never given your heart to
this village. Some unkind people
have gone so far as to say that you
have no heart. You can not prove 1t
with money that you do not miss.
Money Is good but II must be warmed
with sympathy and some degree OF
sacrifice. Has II never occurred to
you that the warm hand ana the
cheering word In season are more,
vastly more, than money In the i'm
pOrtant matter Of making good-will7
UncOnsciously, you have established
q line and placed yourself on one side
Of 1t and the people on the other.
Broadly speaking you are capital and
the rest are labor Whereas, In fact,
you are all working men Some of the
rest have come to regard you as their
natural enemy They ought TO re-
gard yCa as their natural friend. Two
kinds Of despOtsm have prevented II.
First, there is the despotism of your
business In making you slavc-sO
much of slave that you haven't time
to be human; second there is the
dcspotism Of the labor union in dis
couraging individual excellence, in
demanding equal pay for the faith.
ful man and the Stacker, aud In deny.
ing the right of free men to labor
when and where they will. All this
is tyranny as gross and un-American
as that Of George the Third ir try.
Ing to force his will upon the colonies,
If America is to survive, we must
set our faces again-l every form OF
tyranny. The remedy for all our
trouble and bitterness is real democ-
racy, which is nothing more or less
than The love OF men-the love OF
justice and fair play for each and all.
(To BE CONTINUED)