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finally had to give up the drug store and start factory.
 Available to ,All Now
 "Now am able to tell this story of Liv-o-Lax to every family and to say that you can get Liv-o-Lax at your own drug store,
 eff any one in the family is bilious, constipated, stomach not doing it's duty, or with a cold coming on, get Liy-o-Lax and give 1t a try.
 Really a Double Action "I will guarantee that .Liv-o-Lax will not only clear the bowels, but relieve liver congestion as we'll, and 1t is in this latter respect that so many family laxatives fan short.
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"I got to studying this problem and found that if could get a happy bal ance between certain vegetable ingre- dients, some of which act on the liver and some on the bowels, I would be able to fill this very. universal and very definite need.
 T employed scientific methods and tested one combination after another until, finally, I hit upon a formula which proved up exactly right.
 Mothers Pleased.
 After that, answered the daily question by handing out a bottle of Liv-o-Lax, and the demand for 1t grew so rapidly (from one mother recom- mending Liv-o-Lax to another) that I
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-25
GERMAN BATTER, BRITTEN FLING ATPATHARRISON

wv ASHINGTON, June 24-The @ w outstanding features of the
 keynote speech of Senator Harrison, aside from it's slanderous character, was the attempt to once more bait the German. vote into the Democratic ranks" Representative Britten, of Illinois, Republican, said in statement here.
 With a convention dominated by the spirit of Woodrow Wilson, Key noter' Harrison repeatedly sought to convince German-Americans that the Republican tariff kept German made goods out of this country, and there by a settlement between the allies and Germany" he declared.
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H.AGY IS APPOINTED
 ON NATIONAL BODY
Local GrOtto Monarch HOnored
 At, Indianapolis
(By Staff COrrospOndent.) )

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, June A. Jesse L. Hagy, monarch of Kamram Grotto, of Birmingham, Tuesday was appointed member of the resolutions committee of the national supreme counci 10 fthe Grotto. .
 Members of the Kamram patrol, the local Grotto's crack drill team, showed up exceptionally well in the competi- tive drills during the day, and were noticeable in individual parades all over the city,
 Atlantic City, N. J., was chosen as the meeting place for the annual con claye next year. Birmingham's dele gation to the convention probably will arrive home, about 9:30 o'clock Thurs day morning.
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sion," he said, express to the ladies and gentlemen my gratitude, which is very profound. r wish to thank them from the bottom of my heart"
 Tn the session this morning, the dele gation took action which will result in the assignment of each member to one of the 4T other delegations for the purpose of campaigning for Alabama s candidate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-25
IAIPROPERLY IMPRESSED

Aiken--In New York saw a strong woman who held up grand piano on her chest while q man played tune on 1t.
 Payne-is that 90? Was he a good
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BAKERY ROuGHT

SHEFFIELD, Ala, June 24.-An- Cities Bread company of this city has purchased the Ideal Bakery of Florence. The new addition will be under the personal supervision of Mir. Frohman, who has been general manager of the Tri-Cities Bread company for some time.
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Originator

Whose long-continued invest.ga-
 tions and experiments are re- counted in this interview.
 T will be glad to send a sample. Write me-
 W. L. Hand, president. w. L. Hand Medicine company, Charlottee, N. c. Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-25
VERY HOT

She-Oh, isn't it hot? Don't you feel awfully thirsty?
 He-Thirsty? I feel as if had been kissing Lots wife.-London Mail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-25
Southern Mothers Suggested
 This New Kind of Laxative

Second of Series of Three Interviews With w. L. Hand During many years Charlotte liquid be given the children in place of ol
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-08-22
League" Floods Boston
With Appeals for Aid

An organization known as the ma
tional Disabled Soldiers league"
which has been flooding Boston with
appeals for aid for disabled service
men, was denounced recently by Gen
Clarence R. Edwards, state commander
Of the American Legion. Circulars ac-
companied by lead pencils, sent to
various business organizations and
firms, by the League, read as follows:
Here are five excellent-quality PEN
ellis. We had to pay for them. They
are useful TO you. One dollar is more
than they are worth, but II you will
send it the profit will help US in our
fight to better the sad lot confronting
the disabled soldier" General Ed
wards pointed out that this organize
ton recently ran afoul Of the law, and
he expressed indignation that 1t Is
making such appeals. Don't give them
a Nickel" was the advice given the
public by the general.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-08-22

"a billet for every buddy win tax
the facilities of both the Twin Cities
when the national convention of the
American Legion conyenes at St Paul
September Is, was the recent deciara-
ton of s. L. Weiser, chairman OF the
housing committee. Thousands OF
reservations have already been re-
ceived and assignment to hotels has
begun. Preference In accommodate m
viii be made departments according
to greatest percentage OF increase fa
membership during the year.
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Have uou his Habit
By Margaret Morrison

personality. She went to her father |;
her fiance was poor; they couldn't
afford to marry on his present income !;
her own allowance from the family
increased somewhat would meet all
needs so long as there were no chill
dren, etc, etc. And the bargain was
made. That same day, Phoenicia called
upon her aunt to announce her en-
gagement. She had decided upon an
early wedding.
That evening she divulged to her
fiance what a useful partner he was
taking into his life Phoenicia, how
ever, struck no answering spark. In
deed there was GOODNESS, silence, and
a somewhat abrupt departure where
she had looked for endearments and
congratulations. When eventually her
engagement was called off, she was for
the first time in her life baffied She
had come upon situation where BUSH
ness methods would not work. Her
habit of driving a hard bargain had
met it's Waterloo.
HAVE YOU THIS HABIT?
20 by Metropolitan Newspaper Service)
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o IHE o
AMERICAN
LEGI0N
tCopy for This Department Supplied by the
American Legion News Service.)
NAMED ADJUTANT
FOR CALIFORNIA

From keeping records for the uni
versity of California, James K. Fisk
has graduated to keeping records for
the California department Of the
American Legion. Fisk was appoint
ed-department adjutant on July 1 by
Department Commander James e. Col
Inns, upon the resignation of Morton
Keaton, who had been department adj
jutant for three years.
For IL years Fisk was connected
with the university. During ten Of
those years he had been assistant re-
corder. AS assistant chairman of mu-
sic and drama, he assisted in bringing
to the Greek theater at the university
many of the worlds noted dramatic
stars.
From the time Of its organization
Fisk has been active in the work OF
Berkeley post Of the Legion. He is
a past commander Of the post. He is
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-08-22

of the Sixth century. Spain had already
received Irmin, and had proceeded to
give it various interpretations. until a
certain Hermenburga is discovered
among the royal princesses. This
lady was offered in marriage TO a
Frank king, but the honor was de
clined
Ermesfnda was the name OF the
lady who carried the blue blood of the
Balten TO the line of Alfonso. Her
name meant public dignity. Southey.
in his famous poem, calls her Her
mesind.
The Anglo-Saxon version was Erma-
trude and Irmagarde or Ermengarde
The latter form Is frequent in Ger
many today.
The beryl is Irna's talismanic
stone. II Is said to make its wearer
amiabIe and unconquerable. and TO
awaken love in married people. Fri
day Is Irma's lucky day and 2 her
lucky number.
&c by Wheeler Syndicate. Incl
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der 500-watt Mazda lamps In reflect
ors, and the other half nearby where
the conditions were identi al. A. cur
tain was placed between the two col
lections, and the lights turned on for
FIVE hours every night over the test
plants. Single tulips bloomed in IA
to Is days, instead of the usual to
312 weeks; hyacinths in II days instead
Of 31a to weeks; daffodils in weeks
instead of 8; Darwin tulips in 20 days
instead of 4 TO weeks, and so on. In
every case the plants under the light
were far more vigorous than those
not so treated
Figures showed that the current
used cost approximately S1.S0 a day,
or an average cost of liz cents pot
a day. The space lighted by the eight
lamps was 81 square feet, which is
sufficient for no ten-inch pots of plants
at an average sales value of S1.50 a
plant or total value of $1.65.
Remarkable tests were also made
on growing plants entirely by artificial
light, without any daylight. In many
cases the growth was several times
greater and more rapid than that of
the same kind of plants grown under
daylight alone. Tests were made on
subjeeting seeds TO X-rays before
planting, in order to determine whether
X-rays can be used to overcome plant
diseases or insect pests without de-
STR ri ~ ho
itself. 1t was shown that no i'll eff
fects resulted from this treatment
In connection with these tests the
lessened labor, the increase in hot
house turnover and decrease in the
coal bill should also be taken into
consideration.
The University of Ckicago's botany
department has a plart pathology d.
vision with complete laboratory I'M
der Prof X. K. Link for the study of
plant diseases In relation TO storage
and shipment. Plant pathology is one
of the youngest of practical physical
sciences, but already ii has saved mil
lions of dollars TO fruit and vegetable
growers and shippers. When the Chi
cago perishable food market is moved
from South Water streer, IT'S new $780,
100000 home is likely TO include
fully-equipped laboratory for the
study Of plant diseases
1t is reported that some remarkable
things, soon to be made public, have
been discovered at the w. B. Thomp-
son institute in New York state, found
ed TO experiment with the effect of
light, heat and moisture on plant life
that man may not starve"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-08-22
Che Uhu
Superstitions
By H. IRDING KING
THE LOOKING GLASS

FOR person TO come up and look
= over your shoulder into a mirror
into which you are already gazing
brings bad luck is a common enough
belief, being one of the many looking
glass superstitions" which had their
birth in the far-off days when mans
only mirror was a tranquil pool, were
continued down through the ages when
mirrors were become pieces of polished
metal and arrived at our time with
vitality undated, unimpaired. The
foundation was the belief Of primitive
man that the reflection, like the sha-
dow, of person was a vital part Of his
being and astral body" as ii were, or
an external soul" which went out of
him when he cast shadow or when
his image was reflected. Such is the
belief among all savage peoples today
and the looking glass superstitions of
the civilized peoples merely afford one
more piece of evidence affirmative Of
the proposition that savagery and CIV
flization are like 'The CoIonel's Lady
and Julie O'Grady" Now when you
look into a mirror and thereby project
into it a vital part of your spiritual
self, and another person comes up and
looks into the mirror over your shout
der, thereby projecting vital part of
his spiritual self into 1t. those two
souls" are likely TO get more or less
mixed up-which is bad and likely TO
cause complications of an unfortunate
kind One of them may be stronger
than the other and so annex part of
its vitality, or hinder its return to
where it belongs. Or one may be of
maIeyolent turn and injuriousiy affect
the other At any rate 1t Is risky
proceeding and likely to bring bad
luck"
f@ ~ nrr-rur> N>w~r. 49, zvnzs~>te.
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IRMA
BY MILDRED
MARSHALL

TRINA is one of the many feminine
L names derived from Teutonic
mythology. Its evolution is somewhat
involved, and il cannot be definitely
determined when or how its final form,
which comes to US as Irma. was
reached. 1t is evidently the Angliciza-
ton of patiently Teutonie form. Curl
ously enough, it signifies public
peace"
Tracing Irma back to its mythology
cal origin, il is revealed that the third
son of Mannus was said to be Er, a
deity worshiped as Irman or Ermin-
The evolution of this word through
German nomenclature is irrelevant
here, but the curious fact remains thar
its feminine form appears IN the leu
tonic language as Herminie. not II
mimic or Irna. as one might suppose
In Italy. however. the name Ernie
linda arose and named a sanity virgin
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-08-22

Scientists of the United States De
artificial light, have entirely upset ma
lures normal schedule. They have
taken old plants approaching death
and made them flower and fruit.
Flowers that bloom in the spring and
fall have been made to blossom in
to grow into giants and vice versa.
Grains have been made TO produce
several crops a year. One of the
photographs reproduced herewith shows
two yellow cosmos plants of the same
age; the little one was raised on an
eight-hOur light day, while the big one
had fifteen hours of light. Says
special press bulletin from Science
Service (Washington). in part:
These startling upsets of natures
normal schedule suggests a wizardry
which challenged belief. Yet Drs. W.
w. Garner, H. A. AIlard, and r. A.
Steinberg. who have actually performed
these seeming miracles. make no secret
Of their method. They merely control
by the use Of artificial light the length
of the days in which the plants grow.
At the new building of the National
Academy of Sciences in Washington,
the department has installed an exhibit
where the public can see the expert
ments in progress Behind glass win
dows in large metal cabinet flooded
with light from htgh-power electric
lamps, the responses of various plants
10 different periods Of illumination are
demonstrated by the growing plants
themselves.
This clearly demonstrates not only
that the length of the light period is
the chief factor in determining the
character of plant growth, but that
artificial light can be successfully sub
stituted for natural daylight.
When single plant shows the char
acteristic growth of two different sea-
sons on separate branches, the won
der widens. In these experiments, a
partition is placed between two
branches of the same short-day plant.
One side is exposed to a long day and
the other to a short period of day.
light. The branch on the long-day
side continued to grow leaves and
branches characteristic of the youth of
the plant in nature. The branch on
the short-day side blossomed and
entered upon old age.
There is a practical application of
these discoveries. By the use OF artf-
fetal light related plants with differ
emit daylight periods may be made to
bloom at the same time, so that plant
breeders can cross them. More impor-
tant still, the work of plant-hunters
who search distant lands for vege-
tables, and fruits which may be sue
cessfully grown in our country will be
made simpler and more certain. Lati-
tude determines the daylight period
and the similarity or difference in the
annual cycle of daylight may show
whether or not plants are suitable for
introduction in any given latitude.
Apparently 1t will not be long be
fore most of our dollhouse blossoms
and especially our Easter flowers
are grown under electric light. Easter,
as everyone knows, is variable date
And spring sunlight is an uncertain
quantity. And the florist must have
his blossoms ready exactly on time or
lose his market.
At any rate, the commercial prac-
ticability of forcing flowers and bring
ing them to bloom on schedule time,
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6SR y J ! y IS'; N D [{|Sil|

saying between their sobs, will no
one help us to get a pretty white
frill? Oh, dear; oh, dear, how I'M
happy we are!''
Now in those days the gold butter
cup was not cup at all but just a
little fiat petaled flower, making the
fields bright as they do now, but not
cup-shaped.
But nothing the bees or the birds
could say stopped the buttercups
from crying and one night when the
fairies and their Queen were fitting
through the fields and meadows they
heard the sobs of the discontinued
Buttercups.
SO the fairies stopped to ask why
they cried so hard and when the But
tercups told them they wanted a
white friIl like their cousins, the
Daisies, the fairies ran TO their Queen
and asked her to grant the Butter
cups wish.
"Oh, but my dear, can't you see
what would happen?" said the Queen.
The fields would be robbed of a
flower and Mother Nature knows best
what should grow just where she has
placed each golden flower"
But the fairies begged their Queen
so hard to do something for the But
tercups that she at last said she
would curve each petal till it formed
a cup and then they would be butter
cups indeed.
So the Buttercups stopped crying
and the fairies worked all night curl
ing each petal until the morning Mr..
Sunman looked down and saw a field
of gold cups where the fat gold flow
ers had been the night before.
Still the Buttercups wer not happy.
They had not got the white frill they
had cried for Often at night they
cry. But now their tears do not roll
from their gold-colored faces. The
cup-shaped petals hold them and Mr.,
Sunman has to dry their tears before
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-08-22
DRIVING A BARGAIN

PERHAPS there had come to life
L again in Phoenieia Flint the spirit
of some old Roman-British ancestor,
a grim trader in pelts and tin. Who
knows? At all events, there was the
same aquiIine profile, the same tight.
thin lips, the same love of bargain.
When she was young girl of seven
teen, her habit of making good deal
was already fully developed. That is
the age when femininity enjoys ex-
trayagantIy exchanging its various
frivolous possessions. 1t was ques-
ton of a brooch of Phoenicia's for the
party dress of one of her friends. The
friend was doubtful; and Phoenicia,
with that old inherited trading in
stinct of hers, did not press her bid.
Many ribbons and furbelows had
changed owners when finally Phoenicia
said as with an after-thought, Il tell
you what I'll do; I'll give you this pin
of mine for those gloves of yours-if
you throw in your old party dress =
And the dress was Miss Flint's.
At the reduction sale at small
shop, one saw the glitter in her eye
that meant business. She would hold
a French hat off at arms length criti-
cally with the expression of one who
knew a good thing-really. Then she
would ask for the original price and
smile like an expert unbeguiled.
Finally, picking up her gloves to de-
part, she would say casually over her
shoulder, Il will give such-and-such
for the hat" naming figure several
dollars below the marked price. Usual
ly she got what she was after. And
her habit grew apace.
Then Phoenicia fell in leye-in love,
that is, with as much of her emotion
as had not been diverted to business.
At all events, she wanted to marry
certain young man. Therefore. there
naturally ensued conflict within her
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epergne that occupied the center of
the table. Afterward. TO save cab
fare and az the same time to be sure
the count wouldn't change his mind
about the epergne. she got him TO send
her home in his own carriage.
. The priceless epergne. you know,
Rachel pointed out. viii be safer
that way than in public cab
Yes, yes. quite true. said the &C
eommodating count. as he escorted her
forth. But he added. you'll be sure
TO send me back my carriage, won't
youg"
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10 kill the year round, makes no pro-
TO dig through the snow for his food.
The insectivOrous bird follows the sea-
sons.
On the other hand, the beaver, an
aquatic animal which must have green
food, deepens his pond so that it will
not freeze TO the bottom and he can
swim under the ice to his pile Of aspen
boughs. The cony of the Rockies
builds his little 'shaystack." The
squirrel hides nuts and cones. Even
the Twentieth century dog, which
never goes hungry, still buries his
bones.
Man has the same instinct to lay
up food against the needs of the future
But, being man, he looks further ahead
and also experiments with kinds of
food and with methods of accumulat-
ing them. So man has figured out
that az the present rate of increase
In population the world will be so
crowded In the course Of a few CEN
turtles that its people will have to
hustle 10 get enough to eat There
fore the scientists are busy devising
ways and means TO meet the coming
food shortage.
Now, scientist without an magma
ton is not worth his salt. He admits
that the population of the United
States has been doubling itself ap-
proximately every thirty years and at
this rate of increase we will have 7O0,-
100000 people in less than one hun
dred years. But, he asks, what of il?
And he goes on to paint a picture OF
life in America few hundred years
from now as unlike ours now as ours
Dwellers of Mesa Verde National park
in Colorado.
In this coming life. he says, there
viii be no kitchen, no dining room,
no milkman, no iceman, no market
man, no gasman, no coal dealer And
zation of food supply, central heat and
refrigeration. Heat and light will be
sent by radio from generating sta
lions. Eventually the problem of
chemical nutrition will be solved; then
there will be no fatigue and sleep will
be merely a luxury. In short, ii will
be a super-world. with everything to
be had by pressing a button.
Offhand this sounds a-bit far-fetched
But, with all that science is doing
these days, he is a daring man who
SCOTS. For wonders have already been
accomplished and the activities of SCI
ence are unceasing. Take, for example.
merely the results of application of
artificial light 10 plant life. as SHOWN
by experiments still in their infancy.
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craftsmanship of the department Amer
icanization committee, where his work
has attracted national attention. He
has taken a leading part In civic af-
fairs.
When the war came Fisk was made
a first lieutenant in the signal corps
and was assigned to the personnel
branch Of the aviation service at
Washington for about a year. He en-
tered active flying at Boiling field and
at March field. He qualified as a pilot
and was ready to go overseas when
the armistice was signed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-08-22
Large Amount Is Spent
In Legion Relief Work

John R. Quinn. national commander
of the American Legion, in pointing
out to Minnesota Legionnaires recent
ly what the Legion has done in well
fare work declared:
IN addition to the aid given by the
100 Legion posts throughout the ma
ton, the Legion national rehabilitation
and welfare committee alone has spent
more than $4,000 In the past II
months in relief work. The American
Legion is mother. Mothers don't ask
futile questions when their children
are in need of aid. They give the aid
or see that it Is given"
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Bureau Officials NoU
Make Final Decisions

Rehabilitation officials In subdistrict
offices Of the United States veterans
bureau now have authority to make
fnal decisions on matters relating to
training and relnduction into training
Of bureau trainees, as a result of a
general order issued by General Hines,
director Of the veterans bureau.
The decentralization of the bureaus
activities came as the result of two
and half years agitation on the part
Of the American Legion, which pointed
out that decentralization would expe-
dite administration and relief for the
veterans.