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alert. and himself hidden. until he
came to the spot where the bushes
were thick enough to hide him.
Mr.. Fox was so keen upon getting
his breakfast that he did not notice
that he was creeping along on some
very old boards half hidden in the
muddy ground, nor did he see that one
end of the boards was not on the
ground at all but over the water.
This had once been a place where a
boat was tied and the boards had been
held up near the water ends by two
small posts. One of these had fallen
and the heavy rain of the past few
days had washed away the earth that
held the other, so that the weight of
Mr.. Fox was too much for the old post
to hold up. and down it went, and with
it Mr.. Fox.
Into the mud he fell, splash While
all the fat ducks looked at him and
quacked loudly as he scrambled up the
bank and made off for some place
where he could hide.
And this is the reason he vowed ven
geance, for nothing could have con-
WINGED Mr.. Fox that those ducks did
not have it all planned TO trap him.
Anyway, they did not catch me-" he
muttered as he went along And If
am lucky enough to escape the gun
of Mr. Man and have as good an appe-
tite as / now have, will make that
family of ducks pay for this dirty
trick. Look at my coat All mud 1t
will take me all day to dry It'll"
Co. Mcclure Newspaper syndicate.)
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ness. He went out to show the rest
of the gang that it was just a fiuke.
He made up his mind to beat that rec
ord way yonder.
Did he? Well. 2S5 in the first four
months of 1924 rather looks like 1t.
And the years not nearly over yet.
Harry may have all of South Dakota
signed up in his post before the years
over If the other fellows don't keep
their eyes open.
How does he do 1t? It's really very
simple.
He meets prospect. He explains
the work of the Legion earnestly to
him. He tells him about its service
to the individual and the community
at large. He gets that prospect in
the frame of mind where he just natu-
rally wants to join a big organization
which does things.
Mr.. Veteran may not join right then.
1t takes a little time with some Of
them. But he goes away with look
on his face that shows he's got some
thing to think about.
Does Harry quit then! NOT on your
life! The fun's just really getting
well started.
The only time Harry sits down is
when he is driving the delivery wagon
for the dry-cleaning establishments Of
which he is part owner.
The next time he sees his man he
comes right back at the old PROPOSE
ton.
you would not have been outside
during the war, would your
That's the way he greets him.
And Mr.. Fox follows that query up
with another, equally to the point
'"Then why be on the outside now?"
Harry never says quit until Mr.. Vet
eran has got his name down on that
little card, with face beaming with
look of eep-down-in-the-soul salts
faction that tells he's mighty glad he's
done 1t, too.
He is married. He has spent most
Of his life in Sioux Falls. He served
with the Eighth division, the Pathfind-
ers, at Camp Freeman. California.
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cano on the globe. Haleakala Is
mountain mass ten thousand feet high,
with tremendous crater rift In its
summit eight miles in diameter and
three thousand feet deep, containing
many high lava cones. Haleakala is
probably the largest Of all known
craterS among volcanoes that are tech
nically known as active. 1t erupted
less than two hundred years ago."
Kilauea has not erupted like this
since 1870. People from all over the
islands have crowded in to see the
sight. One man was killed by fall
ing rock and several were knocked
down. The danger zones, however,
are not wide.
In the prehistoric past Kilauea blew
its head off in tremendous explosion.
1t is only about 1000 feet high now.
This crater is a part Of Mauna Loa
Chg Mountain), which towers up to
1865 feet, Is snow-capped and has its
own crater, Mokuaweoweo Halemau-
mau is Kilauea's inner pit in the floor
of the crater. 1t is mile in circum-
ference and contains at all times a
raging sea of molten lava, its white
hot waves flashing and gnawing at the
imprisoning walls, and its vast foun-
tains of incandescent rock eternally
flinging their fiery spray in air, seeth-
ing and roaring in awful grandeur.
The molten sea rises and falls peri
odically, at times even overlooking the
rim of the pit and spreading out over
the floor of the main crater, while red
hot crags and massive Islands rise
from its depths to either collapse In
tumultuous avalanches or subside
gently beneath the surface of the
lava. The pit is fascinating by day
light, but at night, when the impris-
oned fires are at their grandest, the
scene is enthralling. Ordinarily it may
be witnessed in perfect safety.
Halemaumau Is we'll named being
literally a place of everlasting fire.
And 1t is always spectacular. At times
of unusual activity the sea of molten
lava is great sight.
In March of 1921 was such time
of unusual activity. The lava surged
up to the top Of the pit, swept over
the rim and overfiowed far out on the
floor of the crater Halemaumau was
never more spectacular. The lava
boiled and geysered and great waves
beat on the rocky confines.
Hawaii is one of the most pic
turesque and fascinating places Of
earth: 1t may have been visited by
white men as early as 1927, but dis
covery Is usually credited to Capt.
James Cook in ITS He named them
Sandwich islands. The islands were
then densely inhabited, with a king
for every island. In 1870, Kameha-
meha, king of the island of Hawaii,
united the peoples and established
kingdom that lasted till 1894, when
Queen Liliuokalani was deposed and
republic was proclaimed. In 1898
the islands were annexed to the Unit
ed States.
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Haze uou his Habit7
By Margaret Morrison

months Eddie talked at meetings of
what the convention would accomplish.
The professor went to hear him. Ed
die was in his element as he beamed
and smiled upon his already convinced
audiences, and everybody had fine
time. AS yet Eddie Clapper had never
talked against opposition.
Then came the day of his depar-
ture. The special train that was to
take the delegates to the convention
had been made up, and the seats were
beginning to fill. Several of his friends,
among them the professor, had come
to see Edward off. Quarter of an hour
before starting time, he had not ap-
peared. Ten minutes of, and he was
not there. The clock hands advanced
No Edward. With three minutes left,
the professor went off on a inal
search. Outside the station he found
Eddie standing within tight little
circle Of the other party. They were
egging him on and drawing him out
and Eddie, perfectly happy to be talk
Ing, stood there forgetful Of his train
and of action. Though the professor
seized upon him they missed it, and
for the whole session the incident af-
forded campaign material for the other
side. But Eddie Clapper himself con-
tinued, as long as the professor knew
him. to talk glibly and to act feebly.
HAVE YOU THIS HABIT?
90 by Metropolitan Newspaper Service.)
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AAkaE' EEEEZCIL4SZZZfG EACE
an islands in 1920 or Whereabouts and
one of their first notable converts was
the Princess Kapiolani. Just 100 years
ago the brave Kapiolani, with the zeal
Of the new convert decided to test
the power of her new god. She ven
tured to pass the night on the brink
Of Halemaumau. She ate of the
"tabu'' (forbidden) berries, consecrat-
ed to the goddess. She even dared to
stand on the brink and shout:
Jehovah is most powerful Jehovah
Is my God. 1 defy thee, PeleI'
Maybe Pele had gone visiting to
Mauna Loa or Haleakala Or she may
have been enjoying siesta. Anyway,
Pele took no notice whatever of the
performance. But the native Hawaii
ans say that Pele has just got around
to feeling peeved over Princess Kapi-
olanis defiance. And of course hun
in the life Of goddess.
The modern, up-to- date volcanist,
however, has ideas of his own about
Pele and what she is doing right now.
You see, the explosive eruption"
which Pele is now staging differs from
the ordinary eruption in that the dis
charge of gas, smoke and rocks is not
accompanied by lava. So Roy Finch,
one of the yolcanists at the observa-
tory advances the theory that many
tons of rock, avalanched down from
the sides of the crater, have choked
the Railways to Pele's living quarters
in "The House of Everlasting Fires"
Ordinarily Pele cleans up by washing
these rocks out by an extra flow of
lava. But this time Pele finds her
house all cluttered up with rocks and
is throwing them out, sweeping the
Railways and raising an awful dust.
So Pele is just cleaning house, after
all.
Still, it's q mighty spectacular house
cleaning, as can be seen by the pic
ture. Gen. John F. Organ of New
York, commander during the World
war of Twenty-Seventh division, saw
this particular outburst from a point
close at hand. Here are some of the
things he says about 1t:
Just before the explosion 1t seemed
as IL the pit took a deep inhalation,
because the little smoke that was then
leaving the mouth of the pit was
sucked downward. A moment later
there was a deep roar from the pit.
Then, with great explosion, a vast
volume of smoke was shot into the air.
1t seemed to be composed of minute
particles of volcanic ash. reddish gray
in color. 1t was densely thick. Ill
timately 1t assembled to the clouds far
above. Mixed in with the smoke were
thousands of tons of boulders Of all
sizes. These were propelled into the
air, apparently to a very great height
In their descent they came in contact
with other boulders on the upward
journey. The result was thousands of
detonations and small explosions as
these boulders came In violent contact.
They struck flashes of fire. so that they
appeared like bursting shells.
Almost Immediately the sky darkened
and was filled with heavy rain clouds
that were not in evidence before. Great
peals of thunder doomed out, and long
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tinct intellectual and mental char
acteristics, the first and most unusual
of which seems TO have been a love
of mechanical accuracy that amounted
TO a passion. Combined with their
natural mechanical aptitude, this pas
sion resulted in some of the most
highly skilled work the world has ever
seen. To cite but a few examples, In
the Egyptian tombs the granite work
was polished by hand to such an &C.
curacy that its average deviation from
perfect smoothness has been found to
be 1-7000th Of an inch.
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flashes OF lightning stabbed
into the sides of the noun
tain. Several OF these
seemed to descend directly
into the pit. Extraordinary
as II may seem, the pit inn
mediately answered with
similar shafts of lightning.
They were plainly to be seen
through the heavy smoke,
shooting up into the sky as
II stabbing back at the
clouds. A second or two
later rain began falling
through the clouds of ash
smoke that settled about in
every direction. This mix
ture OF rain and ash smoke
made fine cement-liks
mud.
"The awaiian vol
Canoes" writes Professor
Jaggar, "are truly a nation
al asset, wholly unique of
their kind, the most famous
in the world of science and
the most continuously, yari-
ously, and harmlessly ac-
tive volcanoes on earth.
Kilauea crater has been
nearly continuously active,
with a lake or lakes Of
molten lava, for a century.
Mauna Loa is the largest
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-08-15
Wonderful Human Eye

Eyes are bold as lions, rowing, run
ming, leaping, here and there, far and
near. They speak all languages; wait
for no introduction; ask no leave of
age or rank; respect neither poverty
nor riches, neither learning nor
power, nor virtue, nor sex, but in
trude, and come again. and go through
and through you in moment of time.
What inundation of life and thought
Is discharged from one soul into an
other through them Emerson.
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The Fat Ducks Looked at Him.

The Fat Ducks Looked at Him.
and so, though he had tried, Mr.. Fox
had not been successful In making a
catch.
But Mr. Fox had made up his mind
to have one of those fat ducks or know
the reason why. And so one morning
he lay in wait where he could see the
pond and watched for the ducks to
take their daily swim.
Now there had been very hard rain
for several days which had done a
great deal of damage Mr.. Fox did
not know anything about this, and If
he had he would not have thought that
rain could damage a pond.
1t had rained so fast and hard that
even the ducks had stayed under cover,
SO when the sun came. out every duck
came waddling to the pond early for a
swim. The pond seemed alive with
ducks, Mr.. Fox thought as he watched.
1t was hard work for him not to
make a dash in the open straight for
the pond and make spring in the
midst of them, but Mr.. Fox was wise
from experience. So he stepped
stealthily along. with eyes and ears
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Pele, in the main, is good-natured
goddess. Largely she confines her
activities to Halemaumau. But she
has temper that might fairly be
called volcanic And occasionally she
flies into a rage.
Take, for example, the time she de-
strOyed a third of King Keoua's army.
That was away back in 1870, when
King Kamehameha was bringing all
the Hawaiian islands under his rule.
King Keoua, with a small fighting
force of not more than 400 men, with
their women and children, was passing
by Kilauea. Pele was quietly attend
ting excited over the small army. So
the warriors shouted insults at the
goddess and rolled down rocks from
the cliffs, just at twilight.
Pele was naturally angry and dur
ing the night she punished some of
sand and small rocks.
King KeOua tried TO make peace
with Pele next day. He made offer
ings at the temple of the goddess close
by. But Keoua was cruel king and
included in-h his peace offerings human
sacrifices. This angered Pele afresh
and for two days and nights she
stormed. The fourth day Keoua decid-
ed to march away to safety. He
formed his forces into three bands
and the march began.
Then Pele took her vengeance With
total darkness she covered the land,
while rain fell and thunder reared and
lightning flashed. She threw up gil
gantic boulders thousand feet into
the air. She scattered showers of
gray ashes. She blew out her hot
breath in great gusts.
Her fiery breath caught the middle
band of King Keoua's forces, and
withered them up-warriors, women,
children and live stock. They fell
dead Her gray ashes plastered them
up where they fell. Another hot breath
caught stragglers from the first party.
They shared the same fate.
All this is sober historical truth. If
you doubt it, ask Prof. L. A. Jaggar,
Jr., director Of the Hawaiian Volcanic
Research association and probably the
leading volcanist Of the world. He
lives on the edge of Kilauea's crater,
has his observatory close by and knows
Pele intimately from long acquaint-
ance. He will tell you that the ash
that is plastered about the country
side is the very same ash that fell in
1870. He will show you the footprints
in ashes and lava of King Keoua's
stricken warriors, of the women and
children and even of their pigs.
Now, about theory that Pele has
just got around, rather late in the
day, to showing her wrath against the
Christian princess who defied her. The
missionaries descended ON the Hawaii
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FOX VOWS VENGEANCE

nF COURSE, neither Madam Duck
- nor any of her family planned the
downfall of Mr.. Fox, but 1t was such
an undignified tumble-as well as very
unpleasant-that he vowed If he lived
and had his health-and appetite--he
would see to it that the duck family
paid in full for his ridiculous accident.
Mr.. Fox had long watched the pond
where the ducks from neighboripg
farm went every day for a swim They
were very plumplooking birds and
many times Mr.. Fox had craved one
or more for his dinner.
1t was not so easy to capture ducks
on this pond because there was so
much open space around it at one spot,
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First Declaration copie.

The first printed copies Of the Dec
laration of Independence which were
sent out ceotained only the names Of
the president of the congress and
the secretary. The parchment with
the original signatures was deposited
with the Department of State. In 1923
John Quincy Adams had copper
plate facsimile made to give copies
to the signers or their heirs.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-08-15
Bug Devours Cattle

The cattle industry of Porto Rico
would be greater If it were not for
the presence of the tick. Otherwise
the conditions are entirely favorable,
but the presence of the tick interferes
with the development of the cattle.
The government has taken some steps
for It's eradication but the breeders
and farmers have been very tardy In
rendering any assistance. The impor-
lance of ths subject has been dem
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-08-15
Light From Garbage

Garbage pals of London may soon
light that city and even operate its
transportation service. The central
moderator for the entire London gar
bage is to. be harnessed TO power
station. which will generate electricity
for the lighting system and the run
ming of subways and surface cars, ac-
cording to scheme proposed by ex-
perts and now submitted to metro
politan municipal authorities. The
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whats in a Nane?'
FACTS about your name; it's hitory;
DS MILDRED meaning: whence it Was derived; seni6-
MARsFAA cance; your lucky day and lucky jewel

Lucy Anne, another popular English
version, had Its counterpart In Italy in
Luciano, and In France in Lucienne.
The amethyst Is Lucy's talismanic
gem. 1t will safeguard her from Gan-
der and contagion, and has a SOLDERING
effect upon frivolous or high-strung
temperament. Saturday Is Lucinda's
lucky day and A her lucky number.
% by Wheeler Syndicate. Incl
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Ii May Glitter

Midas was Growing over the gift
that enabled him to turn everything
no touched into gold.
But think of me-" grumbled Mrs.
NJ, Having to keep all this stuff pol
ished THE American Legion Week
~.
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onstrated and 1t is now hoped to make
some progress. AS soon as 1t is felt
that some considerable progress has
been made in fighting the tick, the
quality of the live stock on the island
will be improved by the Introduction
of some new blood.
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Almost Impossible

Bill-It's hard to do.
Joe-What's hard to do?
Bill-Keep a blind tiger running
without humping into the law.-Amer-
lean Legion Weekly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-08-15
Mathematical Egyptians

Apropos of the treasures unearthed
in the recent excavations in Egypt 1t
Is timely to recall that the ancient
Egyptians had several markedly dis
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Not Nou

Rastus-Was dat yo' girl All seen
yO' with las evenin'?
Rufus-Yas-la evenin'-Ameri.
can Legion Weekly.
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This is the very latest picture OF
handsome Hope Hampton, the "movie"
star. However, she Is not posing for
"movIe" shot-Iust as fashion
modeI-for she Is wearing one of the
latest scarab" hats-''in turquoise
blue and brown, which she brought
over from Europe recently"-so the
fashion note says
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plan calls for elimination of the
scores of local Instructors and
pitches which at present handle 5000
tons Of refuse daily. and eventually
would shut down the existing series of
generating stations. There is enough
waste In garbage to provide the pow
er required, 1t is estimated, and en-
cheering experts there say the new
scheme could be put into full cper-
alton within two years.
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active volcano in the world,
with eruptions about once a
decade, and has poured out
more lava during the last
century than any other vol.
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Kilauea:s God dess
Of fire StIrs Up
Halen1aunauIl III
Hawaii National Park
BY JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN

ELE, the hawaiian GOuueSS
Of Fire, who lives in
Halemaumau, 1.-The House
of Everlasting Fire" in
the crater of Kilauea vol
canO in Hawaii National
park, is cleaning house.
Either that or she is vent
ing her anger over the de-
fiance of Kapiolani, the
Christian princess.
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Deer Is the most abundant of the
big game In the United States.
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A LINE o. CHEER
BY John Kendrick Bangs.
observation-disclosures
DETECTIVES


: C,OME folks would go
~ To- Tokyo.
And some to far Peru;
. Some to Berlin,
or old Pekin,
And some to Timbuctoo.
Some travellers seek
The Arctic bleak,
And others quaint Japan,
And some there be
Who think Paree
The fairest goal Of man
And I admit
There's much in IT.
!, too, rejoice TO roam.
But / opine
. These feet of mine
Are happiest set for-HOME!
|: 90, Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-04
Costume Skating Party
40 HOmmes ct s Chevaux
At Winter Carnival

The committee appointed at the 40
1fommes ct s ChevauX at their annual
meeting Wednesday evening to pre-
pare a program for the first night
of the Waterville Winter Carnival
has been prompt to act and the an
nouucement came last night from
Larry II. Striley, Winter sports di-
rector that there would be costume
skating party that night which is
Jan. Il on Community rink. The
evening of fun will start off with a
big parade starting from Castonguay
square and proceeding up Main street
and College avenue to the park. This
parade will probably be headed by a
band and those marching will be
equipped with red lights and every
thing that goes with n parade. The
party will begin when the marchers
arrive ut the rink but in order TO
participate in the fun everyone must
have n costume for Mr.. Striley de-
clares that no one will be allowed on
tho rink without costume of some
kind. The first night of the carni-
Wi a wear ago was n memorable ar
faf- so far as weather conditions
went It was one OF TIE colcest
nights of the winter with a high
wind blowing clouds of light snow
about the city. Only handful or
people had the courage to brave the
cold and they marched up to the
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turned to Wakefield. Mass. where she
has a position as teacher of domes-
tic science.
L. F. Marden was a business caller
in Bangor Wednesday.
Stanley Fuller returned to SPRING
field, Mass. Wednesday to resume
his studies at Dean Academy after
passing his vacation with his par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Fuller.
Cecil p. Whitten who passed the
holidays with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Perley Whitten on Park street.
has returned to Providence. R. /.
The Pittsfield National Bank lis
contracted with the Bankers Electric
Protective Association of Boston to
install a new electric lining to their
vault of the same construction as
that furnished for all the vaults of
the United States Treasury buildings
at Washington: Federal Reserve
Banks at Boston. Philadelphia. Rich
mond and all the leading financial
institutions of New England.
DR.. Jennie Fuller of Hartland was
in town calling on friends.
Mrs. Lawrence Waldron of Hart
land was business visitor in town
Wednesday.
Thomas Thomas, agent for the
Hartland mill of the American Wool
en- Co. was in town on business We'd
nesdaV