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Mrs. J. B. Ellis

Butte, Mont.-"I can remember 50
years ago, when my mother used and
praised DIR. Pierce's medicines be-
cause they had been so helpful to
her. When was developing into
womanhood, I was delicate and need
ed some aid to nature and it was the
'Favorite Prescription that did me
SO much good. Again after my mar
riage when the children were coming
into our home, the 'Favorite Pre-
scription' gave me the strength and
nerve to keep up with my work. Also
when / reached middle life I found
the Prescription a wonderful help.
"Once when stricken with typhoid
fever, / was left in a weakened con-
dition, and DR.. Pierce's Golden Medi-
cal Discovery was what helped me to-
recover my health.
II know how good and reliable DR..
Pierce's medicines are."-Mrs. ]. Be-
Ellis, 210 South Jackson St.
Your druggist will sell you DR..
Pierce's medicines in tablets or liquid.
or send 10c for trial pkg. to DR..
Pierce's Invalics' Hotel in Buffalo,
N. X. and write for free advice.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-10-26

II uncle had gone. All around
me men were shouting On to Rich
mond y" She drew passionate
breath, and pressed her hands tightly
against her breast. "And there you
were, Hendricks, making money.
Money" She threw her hands out in
a gesture of desperation. "You never
can't get away from It for a minute |!
=. You know, Fanny, every morn
ing, on our way to the Sanitary COM
mission we go through all that crowd
at the recruiting office-young men
wild to go-and you have only 40 pass
the armory any time all day long, to
see soldiers drilling there"
Hendricks smiled at her with affec-
tionate tolerance. "There are at least
sixty thousand men in Washington"
he said soothingly. General Scott
can handle it, all right. We are sure
to win"
He was cut short by the clatter of
horses feet and the confusion of a
sudden stop before the house. Ann
leaped to the window to look.
Its uncleT she cried. "Somethin,
must have happened!" She ran out to
meet him, leaving Fanny white-faced
and tremulous. 1t was only a moment
before she returned, with her arm
Through Mr.. Cortlandt's, half support
ing him.
What is it?" gasped Fanny, fright
ened.
Defeat" Ann flung at Hendricks,
and she faced him with blazing eyes.
"a rout," her guardian supplements
ed, ga shameful rout! Five hun
dred men lost!
Scott should never have yielded to
the demand for decisive engagement.
He hadn't enough discipline"
cor enough reserves, uncle!" Ann
turned scornful glance on Hendricks.
Il suppose you want me to re-en.
list?" he demanded truculently.
Ann, how can your" Fanny pro-
tested, futilely, sheer terror in her un-
noticed face, while Mr.. Cortlandt laid
a restraining hand on AIMS arm.
II want to go, all right" the boy
said. "You know that, don't you. I'm
Gle Hendricks? Do you think /
should?"
Mr.. Cortlandt was silent for a mo-
ment; he entirely disregarded the i'm
patient little pushes Ann gave him
from tim. to time. Hendricks" he
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-10-26

showed up white and raw, here ana
there in the environs of Washington.
What are they?" she asked, cur
ously.
A gravefaced captain answered hes
"The barracks over yonder? The gov
eminent is building hospitals"
"But-there are acres of them! :
Ann cried, aghaSt.
It'll be bloody business, ma'am, be
fore we're done. The trouble with
you Northerners is you underestimate
u.s."
He turned away as he spoke, and
Ann whispered, "Who is he?"
Hes from Tennessee There's no
better Union man in the army,
though"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-10-26
81 am sorry" he said humbiy.
REALLY, Ann. | didn't
mean to-"
(TO BE CONTINUED1
Why Nine Lives.

WY tNitS GiSCSs
The saying that cat has nine lives
is a tribute to that animals wonderful
knack of escaping early death. Its
body, flexible as steel, gives it remark
able agility, and its padded paws en-
able it to land safely after a fall that
might kill dog. Its spine is tougher
than most animals, while it's loosely
fitting skin enables it to take many a
nip with no injury to the actual body.
The cat tribe, too, has a better bal
anced muscular system than most crea-
lures, and so perfectly is it's body
under control that even when thrown
from a height, cat will generally
manage to fall safely on those padded
paws. The saying, mine lives" how
ever, is only derived from the old SUI
perstition which regarded 9 and Z as
numbers having mystical significance.
So they used to say it took nine tailors
to make man.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-10-26

IN THE HOSPITAL

OPSIS-Returning to her
home in a small town, Milton
Center, from a visit to New York.
the widowed mother of ten-year-
old Ann Byrne announces her
wedding to Hudson Cortlandt.
socially and politically promi-
nent. Her husband has not been
told about Ann. and the new wife
fears he will be displeased. With
Ann, Mrs. Cortlandt returns to
New York. to the house of Hen
bricks Cortlandt, her husbands
brother, with whom the latter is
living. Hudson practically re-
fuses TO have anything to do
with Ann, and the child is glad
ly adopted by Hendricks Cort-
landt. AIMS mother and step
father are lost at sea. Ann fills
gap in Hendricks Cortlandt's
lonely heart. The situation is
resented by Mrs. Renneslyer.
Hendricks sister, whose son.
Hendricks, has been looked upon
as tae natural heir of the Cort-
landt wealth. The Civil war
breaks out A tentative engage
ment between young Renneslyer
and Ann is understood. the youth
enlisting. War hospitals are es-
tablished in New York. and Ann
takes up the work of cheering
the wounded back from the
front.
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Ingenuity.

One of the most exciting occupa.
lions is that in which newsboys en-
gage when coin drops through a
grating in the sidewalk. A long stick
is found first. Someone provides a cud
end of the stick. Then one of the
boys guides the gum to the coin and
draws it forth, while the rest of the
gang coaches and criticizes.-Ex.
change.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-10-26

BUILT WITH TREASURE TROVE

Keep Witches Away" The beams of
the building are hewn and of large
proportion. The boards in many in
stances ar two and three feet wide
Upstairs there is wonderful old
bed made more than 200 years ago. The
four posts are carved from walnut
while overhead an arched canopy of
white linen is arranged.
Hundreds of autoists pass this little
village every day during the summer
months, but only few of them realize
the beauty and historical interest that
are in that little plot of land less than
mile square.-Portland Press Herald.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-10-26
BABIES CRY
FOR "CASTORIA"
Prepared Especially for Infants
and Children of All ACES

Mother! Fletcher's Castoria has
been in use for over 30 years as a
pleasant, harmless substitute for Cas-
tor Oil, Paregoric, Teething Drops and
Soothing Syrups. Contains no narcot-
les. Proven directions are on each
package. Physicians recommend It.
The genuine bears signature Of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-10-26

Eugene O'NeilI Was Sailor.
Eugene O'Neill, famous playwright,
spent six years at sea as a common
sailor.
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Usually the Case.

Jud Tunkins says the man who
minds his own business instead of be-
ing a valued citizen is merely apt to
get the reputation of being ur sociable,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-10-26

Even if love were not blind, he Is
so abSent-minded that he might al
well be.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-10-26

Clever, parlor tricks, laboriously
learned, do little to increase ones in
come.
Evening star., 1923-06-04
The Guide Post
By Henry van Dyke
TIL. n;r.-~nnahJn T,.,,%b

Trust ye not in lying words.-Jer.
IA
The prophet jeremiah had a hard
task laid upon him.
OF noble birth, endowed with pro-
phetic and priestly gifts. living at a
time when the future of the Jewish
nation seemed to be very bright, this
young man was called to be the
bearer OF evil tidings. the messenger
Of sure coming doom to Judah.
Such a mission Is never pleasant or
popular.
jeremiah was lonely. despised. per-
secuted.
He was probably the best-hated man
in Jerusalem.
But he did not finch from his duty
Of telling the disagreeable truth.
Every age needs prophets who are
brave enough to do that-Cassandra
on the wall of windy Troy. Dante
flying from ill-counseled Florence,
Carlyle picturing the shame and dan
ger of self-complacent England, our
own young men who are .proclaiming
the peril of wealth. -worshiping America.
"Pessimists. ravens" cry the crowd,
away with your
No. for if these forsake us, we shall
be in greater danger.
The country whose seers prophesy
only smooth things is likely to have
a rough time.
Copyright 1927
Evening star., 1923-06-04
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zLvsraa7eD By cs"e Eaho5ao - f 81
57RaTeD By csne Roh1so1

tion it, I'll admit they did neat.
pretty work in handling such ordi-
nary affairs as murder, robberies,
kfdnapings. national wars and Indian
scalping parties. And some of the
modern writer's have certainly done
divorce and the sex problem. But
that's child's play. Any one can bust
into print on the wings of sex. But
show me the writer who has been
subtle enough and daring enough to
attempt to plumb the uttermost
depths of human despair and paint
the soul of man in his EXTREMIST
agony. There's only one such writer
in all history. I'm it, And that
blasting. soul-racking, abysmal hor-
ror of which I write is-N
MONDAY MORNING.
OF all dire dates in the devils diary,
that is the direst! Not a ray of hope
f1ickers on the black horizon as you
drag your weary form from dreams
buzz of the alarm clock is the death
rattle of joy for six more days. Last
week you had almost warmed up to
that job of yours. BY Friday night
you were actually beginning to be
interested in it. You had even
thought of taking that correspond
ence-school course. Then came Sun
day, and your feeble interest in the
Industrial world vanished as a bubble
Once again your soul was swept clean
of the slightest taint of labor-craving.
Like babe, you cared not what the
day brought forth-like a lily, you
clothed yourself In fine raiment and
toied not. Gee. The kids
and the vegetables always did have
all the luck. And now it's Monday
morning and the city editor is squeal-
ing for my copy! Hang it-what's the
use of living. anyway?
Copyright, 1927
Evening star., 1923-06-04

dead But an actor-after I am gone
what shall I have left behind me
for posterity?'
Are you. then. so interested in
posterity?" ,.asked OF this astound-
ing young man.
at is the only reality" he told me.
Yesterday and today are as nothing
compared to all of the tomorrows. A
family-children. Children are what
we fling ahead of US into the ages.
There is ne greater thing"
You can see that he is extraordi-
nary. Apart from his seClusion from
the world, one would suppose that
the young man would be a bit of an
egotist. One might imagine that he
would consider himself sufficient unto
himself. But no. What he considers
is futurity. What he cares most
about is having children TO fling
ahead of him.
why don't you go about more?" |
asked him. and he said:
Because people are not interested
in Joseph Schildkraut the man, but
only in Joseph Schildkraut as the
Chevalier or as Liliom or as Peer
Gynt. Those people are not /. Why
should L exploit them?"
There is the fine. eccentric, flame
of genius in young Mr.. Schildkraut.
Incidentally, his name is a frightful
misfit. His name should sound like
chord Of strange music in order to
befit him.
(All rights reservedD
Evening star., 1923-06-04
Historp of pour Aame.
BY PHILIP FRANCIS NOwLAN.
LESTER.

LElSIER.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Lester,
Fletcher.
RACIAL oRiGlN-soott,sh.
soURCE-An occupation.
Here is Gaelic family name
founded upon an occupation. thing
not SO uncommon In Scotland as in
Ireland. though considerably less
common than in Teutonic districts.
At arst glance one might wonder II
the name were not merely variation
Of Macaleeter, a shortened form ar
rived at by the elimination of one let
ter, and then still further shortened
by the rather regular dropping OF
the Mac" in later days. There is
explanation in certain individual
cases of the family name of Lester,
but the evidence is against this, and
overwhelmingly such an origin for
Leister and MacLeister.
Mac an -leisdears" Its origin in the
Gaelic exactly parallels the English
origin of the name Fletcher, which
already has been discussed. The
meaning Is virtually the same. The
only difference is that the Scottish
name had originally. and has today
in a certain sense. a clan meaning.
whereas the English name was in
dividual from the beginning.
The MacLeisters, or Fletchers, as
they often call themselves, were
sept of the Clan MacGregor, that un-
happy clan which for SO many CEN
turies was outlawed. Rob Roy, one
of the most romantic figures in his
tory, was a MacGregor. That's why
he was an outlaw. His chief lieu
tenant was a MacLeister, usually
referred to in the histories as
Fletcher. The MacLeisters were the
hereditary arrow makers of the Clan
MacGregor
Evening star., 1923-06-04
The Diary of Professional Movie Fan
An Afternoon With Joseph Schild-
kraut,
BY GLADYS HALL.

I spent the other afternoon with
joseph Schildkraut.
II any of you girls reading this
saw him in Orphans of the Storm"
you will turn every known shade of
green with envy when you read them"
words. What is more. and by way
of placating you, i will inform you
that you will eventually see him in
another picture to be entitled Master
of Man." from the book by Hall
Caine, I believe. He is to leave for
the coast any minute now, to begin
production. Also, he has been play
ing in New York most of the winter
that he did ''Liliom," also on the
stage.
He reminds me of picture of Lord
Byron. You know the one / mean?
With the open. Byronic collar. the
clustered black hair and the pale and
perfect face.
Generally speaking. to call man
beautiful is not so good. but one
must speak the truth and the younger
Schildkraut is undeniably beautiful;
and masculine at the same time: and
with a sense of humor. He says that
he hasn't a sense of humor, but "a
sense of the grotesque." 1t amounts
to the same thing when you laugh
with him.
Wouldn't you think that a man who
Is young and famous and beautiful
would go about a great deal? Dance?
Do society? Go to parties? I would!
But Joseph Schildkraut doesn't. He
lives the life of a recluse. a
dreamer, bit of mystic. He
spends most of his time. apart from
being on the stage, in a small room
the four walls of which are lined from
ceiling to floor with books-books he
has collected himself from the time
he was ten years old to today, when
he is twentyseven; books he loves.
He has about him the furniture he
had when he was a tiny boy He
says that he knows about six people,
and 1t would seem that the only per-
sons he really loves are his mother
and father and his wife.
When I talked with him he told
me that he is discouraged about being
an actor. TT is futile he said. Il
sometimes think that I should like
to leave the stage" BE a bank clerk.
perhaps" answered gravely and
very sincerely. That would be a great
pity" He shook his classic head. "If
one writes books or paints pictures"
he said. they live though he be
Evening star., 1923-06-04
Mourn Bernhardt in Black FrOcks
ny ANNE RITTENHOUsE.

rJnexpectedly there has been some
thing of a revival of black by smart
women in France. The effect of this
revival has been felt to some extent
IN this country. 1t was surprising
because the stage was set for bright
colors-and for the first time In sew
eral seasons navy blue had been her
aided as a smart color. Many well
dressed women appear day after day
in all black-at lunch and tea hour
and the only way that the casual OBJ
server knows they are not in mourn
ing is because they appear In colors
in the evening and sometimes show
accessories of gay colors with their
black frocks and wraps.
This revived interest in black mas
been laid at the door of Sarah Bern
hardt 1t has come in a rather
roundabout manner. Immediately
after her death a number of promi-
nent French actresses showed their
respect and affection for the great
actress by going into temporary
mourning. For a few weeks they
appeared in black. and we'll dressed
women admired and followed them
but not especially through any
wish to mourn the divine Sarah.
That much effect at least the pass
ing of the great actress has had upon
womens clothes. One OF the French
fashion periodicals recently pub
lfshed detailed article on the
clothes worn by Bernhardt in her
famous roles-with sketches of many
OF them.
These sketches are interesting, but
a trife painful; and one ends by
wishing that the greatest of modern
emotional actresses had lived the
greatest years of her life with the
advantage of the present mode:
Some one has suggested that the bus
tie effect already launched may take
on added interest. now that we have
a revived interest in the fashions of
Sarah Bernhardt's prime.
But for the present the only dis
cernihle influence of Nine. Bern
hardt's death and consequent fo-
cused interest in her life and per-
sonality seems to be this revived
interest in black-though not one
woman in a hundred who takes ad-
vantage of this revival to wear the
hue that she finds most becoming
really knows that it had any such
origin.
The frock in the sketch is of black
serge trimmed with plated organdie e
in light gray--a frock that combines
many of the most attractive details
OF the season without leaning toward
any extremes.
copyright. 1927
Evening star., 1923-06-04
SeIfishnesS That Didn't Pay.
When comes the final reckoning day
You'll find that selfishness won't pay.
nna

One day as Mother Bear led the
triplets through the Green Forest she
stopped abruptly and began to sniff
The three little cubs did just as she
did. But though they shifted and
shifted, they didn't smell anything
particularly interesting. However, 1T
was clear that Mother Bear did.
You stay right here" Mother Bear
commanded. You stay right here
until 1 come back
"Yesm," said Brother.
"Yes'm." said Sister.
But Littlest Bear didn't say any
thing at all.
Once more Mother Bear warned
them to remain right where they
were Then she shuffled off, and In
a few moments they heard her rip
ping and tearing at something with
her great claws. In a few minutes
she began to growl and snarl. but
they could still hear her tearing
something open with her great claws.
Then. though she still continued to
growl and snarl she began to max e
sounds which told the little Bears
that she had found something very
good to eat. something very good
indeed.
The little bears stood up and vainly
tried to see what Mother Bear was
doing. They were very. very curious.
Then a Merry Little Breeze came
along and tickled their three little
noses with an odor wholly new to
them, but which filed them with a
great longing to taste the thing from
which that odor came. Their mouths
began to water. They shifted and
shifted and shifted and shifted. The
more they shifted the more 1T seemed
to them that they just couldn't wait
there any longer.
Mother Bear has found something
good and isn't going to give us any.
i'm going straight over there and get
some" declared Littlest Bear.
You better not" replied Brother.
"You remember what Mother Bear
said"
Mother Bear will call us when she
is ready for u.s. said Sister wisely.
gan to walk around uneasily. All the
time she was thinking and her
thoughts were selfish thoughts, Yes
sir, her thoughts were selfish
thoughts. II never smelled anything
no good in all my life" thought she.
up most of it, and when she calls us
there won't be much left. I am going
to get there first. That is what l am
going to do. am going to get there
first. I'll go a little nearer, so that
when she does call us I'll be the first
one to get there"
So Littlest Bear went a little nearer
to where she could hear Mother Bear
at work. That delicious odor was
stronger, and. being stronger, it
seemed still more delicious. Littlest
Bear went nearer. Her mouth waa
tered more and more. She looked BE-
hind her to see IL Brother and Sister
were following. They were not; they
were right where Mother Bear had
left them. Littlest Bear chuckled. 1t
was selfish chuckle. I'll get there
first" said she to herself. and moved
on a little further
Without meaning to she stepped
out Of some bushes In plain view of
Evening star., 1923-06-04

A big moving van backed up in
front of the empty house next door.
Betty Cut-out, who was dusting,
stuck her head out of the upstairs
window and watched "Oh, mother"
she called, some one is moving into
the house next door. do hope
there's somebody new to play with"
A young man came up and began
showing the movers where to put
things Betty watched while. piece
by piece. the furniture was carried
inside. There's nothing that looks
like it belonged to boy or girl, "
she thought.
Just then one of the movers
dropped a box Out Of it fell big,
round ball, a funny little rabbit doll,
a toy goose, and a little girl doll.
Betty jumped up and down in ex-
citement "Oh, / bet they have a
baby!" she cried There hasn't been
one in our neighborhood for SO
long!"
She ran to tell her mother the
news.
The ball that bounced out Of the box should
the letters put on in red The funny bunny
has a red and white checked suit on, and
there are little touches Of pink on the inStdes
Of his ears. The duck Is yellow, with . gay
red ribbon around his neck. and the dolly
has a pink hood and little pink sack over
her white dress. Save the toys for the baby
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1923-06-04

Sundey morning ma was going
erround yawning to herself, saying to
pop, My coodniss but I'm sleepy. I
dident get mutch sleep last mite be-
cause you snored SO mutch.
Not me, I never snore. pop sed. If
there's one thing / don't do, Tvs snore.
he sed.
Well, I dident notice enybody elts
in the room, ma sed.
1t must of bin your gilty conscients,
pop sed. And in the aftirnoon' wen
ma went out he layed down on the
setting room sofa to take q nap, and
in a cupple of minnits he was snoring
to himself and in a cupple of more
minnits he was snoring to me, me
thinking. G.. he awt to heer himself
now If he thinks he don't snore, maybe
/ awt to tell him jest so he'll know
And l sed, Hay pop, pop. Pop jest
opeing one eye half ways and shut
ting Ii all the ways without stopping
snoring, and 1 got rite up close, say
ing in his eer Hay pop. pop, pop.
Watts a matter, watts rong watts
happened. pop sed, quick setting up
and looking erround. and I sed. You
was snoring, pop, you was snoring
like enything.
Wat? Wat of it? Wat about it?
l hope you dident wake me up to tell
me that, did you? pop sed, and / sed.
thawt you mite like to know jest for
your own curiosity.
How would you like a few good stiff
cracks with my slipper jest for your
own curiosity? pop sed.
And he quick gave them to me be
fore | had chance to say weather Id
like them or not,
WiCh l dident,
Evening star., 1923-06-04
By Lucy Warner Maynard

Yellow throated vireo: vireo fiavi-
irons.
Length about six inches.
Upper parts bright olives green !;
two distinct white wing-bars.
Throat and breast bright yellow
belly white.
Resident (common) from April 20
to September Is; winters in the
tropics.
This vireo is distinguished from
the rest Of the family by his bright
yellow breast and white wing bars.
He has the same coloring as the
yellow breasted chat. but is decidedly
smaller and the chat has no wing
bars. While the yellow throat is
considered a woodland bird, he is
not shy and often comes near dwell
ings to build his nest, which is the
prettiest Of all the vireo bask cts,
being decorated outside with delicate
white lichens and cobwebs. 1t is
generally found at the end of an oak
branch. where 1t is sheltered from the
sun and rain, and hidden from OBJ
servation by the thick overhanging