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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-12-07
HISTORY IN COMMON BRICKS
Upon, as the Modern City Build
ing Is Constructed.

Outlines of History" muttered the
philosopher suddenly in the midst of
his afternoon walk. He had paused on
corner which had once been his de-
light because it commanded vista
which for years had spread for him at
this season of the year an open expanse
of several blocks of green trees and
gently swaying green weeds and
grasses, says the New York Sun and
Globe.
Been reading Weils?" inquired his
companion.
"No, just looking at these" was the
reply, and the philosopher pointed with
his stick to the gaunt walls of a dozen
apartment houses rising with their
gaping windows to roofless heights.
Outlines Of History, those. Today
they are nothing. This winter they will
shelter 200 families perhaps 1000
souls. They are just the outlines. The
history of those families remains to be
filled in.
There Is tremendous response
bility resting upon those bricks and
that mortar If they shelter those fam
lilies well-in health and comfort and
happiness-they will contribute much
to the good Of the world. If those walls
do motif they house discomfort, sick
ness and dissension, who knows how
far the pestilence may spread?
.There is no strain upon them now.
They are fresh, clean, strong and brave.
Ready to face the world and the
weather. 1 wonder what they will be
twenty years from now?
Across the street young man and
young woman stood looking long
ingly at the nearest unfinished build
ing. In each face was look of
earnest happiness. The philosopher re-
garded them with a quizzical smile for
time and then plodded onward. fur
Their out into the suburbs, where he
might find yet an open space unclouded
by the problems of history in the MAX
ing.
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are for the shaft of the rotor and
should therefore be directly opposite
zone another.
| become part of the set. First a 4-inch
piece of it is cut Then, referring
to Fig. 2, it is bent in the shape shown
| on the statOr coil.
A hole is then drilled in each end
! for use in securing the couplers to
the panel. In the center of the strip
a II inch hole is drilled for the
shaft to go. through. At a distance
Ii inch above and below this hole
two small holes are drilled for fas-
tening the strip to the tube. The
tube is also drilled for the fastening
bolts.
The next step is to cut two strips
Of brass " inches long and cut a
n inch hole in the center. On either
side, that is above and below it, a
small hole is drilled for fastening.
This strip is then placed inside of
the secondary coil, 3h by /, and
formed to fit the inside of the tube as
shown in Fig. /.
is prepared in the same manner as
the one above with the exception of
forming the last two strips which are
formed inside the by 2 inch tube
instead of the 3h by 1 inch tube.
Each tube is then drilled for the fas-
tening bolts.
In Fig. the couplers are shown
assembled. To do this it is neces-
sary to first put on the brass strip
that holds the stator coil to the panel.
Then the strips that go inside of
the rotor tubes are fastened to their
respective tubes.
The first rotor shaft is the rear
one. This is placed in the proper
position, and with about half inch
extending from the outside of the
Stator The brass tube and the brass
strip inside the tubing are soldered
together.
The other shafting is then placed
in its position. The most practical man
ner to do this$fs to place the coupler
on a panel and measure the distance
the rod must project from the panel
to take the dials used. Then solder
the rod and the strip together.
The PigtaiI Connections.
Next in line comes the pigtail con-
nections. These are shown in Fig.
2. Four 6-inch lengths of the fiex-
ible wire are cut from the original
piece and two pieces are used for
each coupler.
Two pieces are forced through each
brass tube and the ends are soldered
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-12-07
THE VOYAGEURS
A. D. 1852

This chapter must begin with very
queer tale of rivers as Adventures
exploring for new channels.
Millions of years ago the inland seas
Superior Michigan and Huron-had
their overflow down the Ottawa val.
ley, reaching the Saint Lawrence at
the Island of Montreal.
But, when the glaciers of the great
Ice age blocked the Ottawa valley, the
three seas had to find another outlet,
so they made a channel through the
Chicago river, down the Des PLANES.
and the Illinois, into the Mississippi.
And when the glaciers made, across
that channel, an embankment which
is now the town site of Chicago, the
three seas had to explore for new
outlet. So they filled the basin of
Lake Erie, and poured over the edge
of Queenstown Heights into Lake On.
tario. The Iroquois called that fall
the Thunder of Waters" which in
their language is Niagara.
All the vast region which was flood
ed by the ice-field Of the great ice
age became a forest, and every river
turned by the ice out of its ancient
channel became a string of lakes and
waterfalls. This beautiful wilderness
was the scene of tremendous adven-
lures, where the red Indians fought
the white men, and the English fought
the French, and the Americans fought
the Canadians, until the continent was
cut into equal halves, and there was
peace.
Now let us see what manner Of men
were the Indians. At the summit of
that age of glory-the Sixteenth GEN.
tury-the world was ruled by the des-
pot Akbar the Magnificent at Delhi,
the despot Ivan the Terrible at Mos
COW, the despOt Phillip III at Madrid,
and little lady despot, Elizabeth of
the sea.
Yet at that time the people in the
Saint Lawrence valley, the Mohawks,
Oneidas. Senecas. Cayugas and. in the
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insurance. He was a veteran soldier
whose left hand, blown OFF, had been
replaced with an iron fist, which the
Indians found to be strong medicine.
One clout on the head sufficed for
the fiercest warrior. When his gar
rison sacked the fort and bolted, he
had two fighting men left, and two
priests. They all sought refuge In
the camp of the Illinois.
Presently this pack of ours had news
that La Sale was leading an army
of Iroquois to their destruction, so
instead of preparing for defense they
proposed to murder Tonty and his
Frenchmen, until the magic of his iron
fist quite altered their point of view.
Sure enough the Iroquois arrived In
force, and the cur pack, three times
as strong, went out to fight. Then
ty walked into the enemy's lines. He
ordered the Iroquois to go home and
behave themselves, and told such fairy
tales about the strength of his ours
that these ferocious warriors were
frightened. Back walked Tonty to
find his cur pack on their knees in
tears of gratitude. Again he went
to the Ir0quOis, this time with stiff
terms if they wanted peace, but an
Illinois envoy gave his game away,
with such extravagant brides and pleas
for mercy that the Iroquois laughed
at Tonty. They burned the Illinois
town, dug up their graveyard, chased
the flying nation, butchered the aban.
doned women and children, and hunt.
ed the cur pack across the Mississippi.
Tonty and his Frenchmen made their
way to their nearest friends, the Pot
tawattomies, to await La Sales re-
turn.
And La Sale returned. He found
the Illinois town in ashes, Uttered with
human bones. He found an island of
the river where women and children
by hundreds had been outraged, tor.
tured and burned. His fort was q
weed-grown ruin. In all the length of
the valley there was no vestige of hui
man life, or any clue as to the fate of
Tonty and his men. For the third
time La Sale made that immense jour-
ney to the settlements, and coming to
Lake Michigan rallied the whole of
the native tribes in one strong league,
a red Indian colony and with himself
as chief, for defense from the Iro-
quois. The scattered Illinois returned
to their abandoned homes, tribes came
from far and wide to join the colony
and in the midst, upon Starved Rock,
La Sale built Fort Saint Louis as
their stronghold. When TOnty joined
him, for once this iron man showed
he had heart.
So, after all, La Sale led an expedt
ton down the whole length of the
Mississippi. He won the friendship,
of every tribe he met, bound them to
French allegiance, and at the end erect.
ed the standard of France on the
shores of the Gulf of Mexico. I'm
the name of the most high, mighty,
invincible and victorious Prince Louis
the Great, by the Grace of God, King
of France and of Navarro" on the
nineteenth of April 1852, La Sale
annexed the valley of the Mississippi
from the Rocky mountains to the APP
palachians, from the lakes to the gulf,
and named that empire Louisiana.
AS to the fate of this great explor-
err, murdered in the wilderness by fol-
low ers he disdained to treat as COM
radeS shiS enemies were more i'm ear.
nest than his friends"
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How the Windings Are Placed on
Stator and Rotor.
vested in the following parts will not
be Ill spent:
One composition tube A inches in
diameter by inches wide.
One composition tube 81 inches in
diameter by / inch wide.
One composition tube, A inches in
diameter by l inch wide.
One composition tube 8 inches in
diameter by inches wide.
One .0O1 mid. variable condenser.
Vernier If possible.
One .OOO5 mid. variable condenser.
Vernier if possible.
One .OOO25 mid. fixed condenser.
zone vacuum tube, preferably a
UV2OO, but any tube will work.
One rheostat to fit tube.
One socket to fit tube.
One grid leak, meg.
One one-quarter pound spool Of No.
26 S. c. G. wire.
Seven binding posts.
One by II inch panel.
Four dials.
Four 21s inch lengths of brass tub
ing II inch in diameter.
Strip of 5-16-inch brass.
One 2-foOt length of flexible wire
for pigtail connections.
Phones, batteries and some small
nuts and bolts.
The first step in construction is
the winding and assembling of the
coils. Upon the largest tube, 4 by
inch, 40 turns are wound in this man.
ner. At the extreme edge of tube
the wire is fastened and 20 turns are
wound on. The exact center of the
tube is then found and a space of S-32
inch on either side of this middle
mark Is left. The wire is then car
ried over this space and the wind
ing continued for another 20 turns,
which will give 40 turns on the tube,
going in the same direction and with a
space of 5-16 inch left between each
20 turns in the center of the tube
This is for the primary.
The Secondary Tube.
The next tube to be wound Is the
81 by inch tube. This tube is wound
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-12-07
Showing Details of CoupIers and Shaft
Arrangement.

with 20 turns in all with the same
spacing as the above tube has in the
center, namely 5-16 inch This is for
the secondary.
The by inch tube is then wound
with 20 turns and the SIG inch spac-
ing in the center is again carefully
adhered to. This is also for the sec
ondary. The last tube, 8 by 2 inch,
is wound with 40 turns with the space
in the center left as per usual. This
last winding is for the ticker.
Fig. l shows the winding and spac-
ing. The by inch coil and the
31a by 1 inch coil form one pair of
windings. The by 1 inch tube and
the by inch tube form the second
pair, that is, the second half of the
secondary and the ticker. The
larger tube in each pair is called the
outside tube or the stator and the
smaller tube is called the inside tube
or the rotor.
In the exact center of each tube a
quarter-inch hole much be drilled
through both sides. These two holes
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middle, the Onondagas, were free re-
publics with female suffrage and wom-
en- as members of parliament. More
over the president of the Onondagas,
Hiawatha, formed these five nations
into the federal republic of Iroquois,
and they admitted the Tuscaroras into
that United States" which was Great
ed to put an end to war. In the art of
government we have not yet caught up
with the Iroqu0is.
They were farmers, with rich fish
cries, had comfortable houses, and
like outdoor Spaniards, a tall, very
handsome race, and every bit as able
as the whites. Given horses, hard
metals for their tools, and some chan
mel or mountain range to keep off saw
age raiders, and they might well have
become more civilized than the French,
with fleets to attack old Europe, and
missionaries to teach their religion.
Their first visitor from Europe was
Jacques Cartier and they gave him a
hearty welcome at Quebec. When his
men were dying of scurvy an Indian
doctor cured them. But to show his
gratitude Cartier kidnapped the five
principal chiefs, and ever after that,
with very brief intervals, the French
had reason to fear the IroquOis. Like
many another Indian nation, driven
away from its farms and fisheries, the
Six Nation republic lapsed to savage
ry, lived by hunting and robbery, raw
aged the white settlements and the
neighbor tribes for food, outraged and
scalped the dead, burned or even ate
their prisoners.
The French colonies were rather
over-governed; so all the best of the
men took to the fur trade. They wore
the Indian dress of long fringed deer
skin, coon cap, embroidered moccasins,
and a French sash like rainbow.
They lived like Indians, married among
the tribes, fought in their wars; law
less, gay, gallant. fierce adventures,
the voyageurs of the rivers, the run
ners of the woods.
With them went monks into the
wilderness, heroic, sanity Jesuits and
Franciscans, and some of the quaint
est rogues in holy orders. And there
were gentlemen, reckless explorers,
seeking a way to China. OF this breed
came La Sale, whose folk were mer-
chant princes at Rouep and himself
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-12-07
Static Disturbances.

Atmospheric disturbances, known
as static or strays, are the greatest
obstacles to perfect radio reception.
The most common type produces a
frying or grinding noise in the phones,
and for this reason is called grinder"
static. The second type, caused by
lightning flashes, gives sharp click.
The third type creates kissing noise
and frequently occurs during heavy
snowstorm. The lightning clicks and
kissing static produce little interfer-
ence with communication because they
are generally local and last only a
few hours. Static is generally at a
minimum at 80 a. m. and just after
dawn. It's maximum strength is
reached from 10 p. m. TO midnight
Radio Digest.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-12-07
Four-Word Speeches.

The talk at the London club had
turned on the subject of theatrical
first nights and the speeches at the
fall of the curtain.
II have had four plays produced" a
playwright exclaimed, land when say
authors should not make speeches
know what l am talking about But
if you must speak let your speech be
as short as possible. l only once
made speech during those four I'M
forgettable occasions and my speech
contained four words"
''What were they?" he was asked
"'And boo to you y" he replied
HumoriSt Uondon).
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which nothing was vulgar, from which
nothing was excluded; speaking to the
ear like the Italian, speaking to the
mind like English; with words like
pictures, with words like the gossamer
film of summer; at once the variety
and picturesqueness of Homer, the
gloom and intensity of Aeschylus;
not compressed to the closest by
Thucydides, not fathomed to the bot
tom by Plato, not sounding with all
its thunders, nor lit up with all its ar
doris even under the Promethean
touch of Demosthenes.-Cole
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-12-07
Telling Age Of Fish

How many people can tell the age of
a fish If asked to do so? 1t has been
found that the age Of fish can be
told from the scales, says the Cleve-
land Plain Dealer. These increase In
size annually, two rings being formed
each year. The ear stones, which lie
on either side of the base of the CRAM.
al cavity, afford another means OF de-
termining age. Each spring white
ring is formed. and each autumn a
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-12-07

brass bar, which latter should fit your
setscrew hole, put a spring between
the strip and the body Of the cup on
the bar so that when the latter is
pulled out the spring contracts. Tap
the end of the bar on the outside and
screw small hard rubber knob on it
to adjust the clamp. Thus on pulling
the knob out the clamp contracts the
spring and the crystal, which is then
set in the clamp, is freed, thus holding
the crystal securely in place.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-12-07
Coco and Bad.

want man to pick apples?"
The farmer gave him job. But
the new helper heaped good fruit. bad
fruit and Indifferent fruit together in
discriminatory. So; after he had emp
tied a basket or two the farmer asked
in some disgust: did you ever try
to pick anything before?"
Grace horses
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-12-07
Scratchy Noises.

Getting any scratchy noises in your
set, which sound something on the
order Of static? Invariably it is due
to Ioose~connections. Look over the
set carefully and tap the wiring at
various points to see if it affects the
noise any. One, Of the greatest causes
of this noise is worn condenser shaft
or bearing. This fault can be checked
up by rafting the condenser shaft and
noting what effect it has on the sig
nails. Another place where trouble is
likely to locate is in the jacks. The
jack should have sufficient pressure to
make a firm contact with the plug
when it is inserted.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-12-07
Reality and Pretense.

The great difference between the
real statesman and the pretender is
that the one sees into the future,
while the other regards only the pres
ent; the one lives by the day. and
acts in expediency; the other acts on
enduring principles and for immor-
tality.-Burke.
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black one. Thus the number of black
and white rings discloses the fish's
age. In the case of fiat fish the latter
method has been found very reliable,
whereas in the cod the scales give a
better result.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-12-07
Classical Greek.

Greek, the shrine of the genius of
the Old World; as universal as our
race, as individual as ourselves; of
infinite flexibility, of indefatigable
strength; with the complications and
distinction Of nature herself; to
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-12-07

edited by g. Dougla Wardrop, Editor
of Radio Mercha ndising.)

l6ulltO Dy w. DOuBfa WATOTOp, EQltOr
Of Radio Merchandising.)
The greatest thrill that a radio fan
can get is to bring in distant sta
ton on set that he built himself
This thrill Is greater If the set can
run circles around any other set as far
as seleetivity Is concerned.
The purpose of this article is, there
fore, to bring before the fans con-
else description of set that is easily
constructed at home and that will give
satisfaction as far as distance and Sc
lectivity are concerned. In addition
the volume this particular set delivers
Is something to marvel at.
Most of the equipment for the set
will probably be found In the fan work
shops. If not then the money In
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-12-07

place. Anyone can make it from an
old crystal cup and a narrow bar. The
spring is an easy factor TO obtain and
the small knob can be found anywhere
in the experimenter's Junk box"
Solder a curved brass strip to the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-12-07
Simple Spring Clamp to
Hold CRYSTAL in Place

Here is a little idea that is very
practical. 1t is simple spring clamp
to hold your crystal securely in it's
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-12-07
Extraordinary

"RaStus, are you married manT
"Nossah, Boss, All earns NAH own liv-
Ing"
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-08-04
La GOKTE X EN
yACACIONES

La Corte Suprema de Puerto Rico,
q .dfa dltimo del mes p'asado Sc decla-
ro en- reeeso durQnte los meses de
Agosto, Septiednbre y Octubre.
Como juez ponentc de dicho alto tri-
bpnal, durante q periodic de los tres
meses &c vacacioncs, nuestro distingni-
do, amigo, el Hon. iuez asociado Carries
Franco lSQto, quien desempeiD interi-
namente 81 cargo de juez de a corte
Federal.
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Ia TIRAVA QUE T0D0s AGATAM
iQl1ere Va. ser Elegantep

Todos los modelos de esta semana
que aparecen en- nuestra pagina de gra.
bados estan dedicados a las ninas de
ocho a doce amos de edad y estan he
chos todos de crespon.
81 primero de la izquierda tiene fes-
tones al borde de la falda, y estos fes-
tones a adornados, uno 81 y otro nc,
Q e~ncajes Valenciennes en- forma de
rueda. Por adorno en- la cintura lleva
una escarapela, y con encaje va tam
bien adofnado Ell borde de las mangas
y del cuello que es redondo. Este ira
je es color verde milo con encaie blan-
co. Las medias son tambien verde nj
10 y los escarpines b1ancos, con ador-
nos de cabritilla veror.
Su vecinita mas pr6xima tiene un
traje adornado con alforcitas en- Ell de-
lantero, un cinturon de raso. atado for
mando una banda con largos cahos, y
del costado opuesto cuelgan varias Gin
tas, de las de dos tonos, terminando en-
bolitas hechas de la misma cintta, re-
llenas de algodon. El traje es blanco
con banda color rosa, y los adornos del
cintur6n con cinta blanca y rosa a
dos tonos.
La damita sentada en- Ell diyan, tiene
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CARIBE

Situado On Ell cOraz6n de Ii ciudad.
Amplias hahitacicnes con banjo priva-
do y serviciO s~anitariO. Ascensor, tim
bres, ~teIefOnOs y banos, TODD 10 que
requiers el mas mOderno comfort.
Salon Restaurant. 81 mas fresco y
sspaciosO de San Juan, y en- donde me
ior Sc come. Precios m~oderados.
Telefonos Nos. 4S4 y 1908. Box 900.
Gale de San Francisco hoy Saliva.
dor Brau "a. Entrada por 81 pasaie
Matienzo.
sucursal en- Caguas: HOTEL FLO.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-08-04

Sc ALQUILA IN piso en- IA Gale Ge-
neral Contreras No. 1O6. Con aqua 81.
6ciente. Informaran en- los bajos.
b. a. a.
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SE NECESITAN jdvenes de educaci6n
en- TODD Puerto Rico que conozcan mu.
cha gente donde wye. Trabajo facil
con buena remuneration. Escriba al
apartado 1888, San Juan. $40
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s;SECCION DE HOTELESs
PALACE

Rlaa Marepss. Cspaeidad para $50
Msajsros.
hotel ideaI para hOmbres dc ns-
eios , turistas de experiences.
Habitaci6n cOn banjo para 1 psrsO-
n dssde $1.SO.
Habitaci6n con baAo para 2 perso-
naa, dssde $500.
Restaurant Table d'HoEs: Almusr-
aeesl2S. COmida sl.sa , . Ia Carta.
RreciOs n6dicos.
CuaDda visits San Juan haga del
PALACE su residsncia.