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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-16
Coloring and Pertaining
SOAPS Is Not Hard Task

Various colors may be obtained by
using aniline dyes. Dissolve small
quantity Of dye in water and add slow
ly until the proper intensity of color
desired is attained. The following
are used quite extensively in coloring
soaps: Red, rhodamine B., yellow,
fiuorescein, green, napthol green B.
Various shades, such as orange,
chanois, salmon red. can be obtained
by mixing the fuorescein and rhoda-
mine B. Your druggist can supply you
with these coloring compounds. Sa-
ponification of the grease should be
nearly complete before adding coloring
solution, as an excess of I've will de
stroy the coloring.
Perfumed soaps are made by the adj
dition of artificial perfumes known as
essential oils. The following are sug-
gestions: Lavender, geranium, rose
mary, hyacinth, wintergreen, sassc-
fras, cloves, almond and bitter almond,
caraway, banana, rose, palmarOsa.
The perfume is added just before the
soar Is ready to pour, and worked in
by stirring The quantity to use for a
batch of soap will depend on the
strength of the perfume and the indi-
viduaI tasae. This will vary from
fraction of dram TO several drains.
Your druggist can supply you with es-
sential oils.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-16
NOON DINNER FOR
A GROWING CHILD
Foods Considered Import
ant for WeU-Planned
Diet.

Here's a good dinner for a child be-
tween the ages of three and ten or for
anyone else, for that matter! Egg on
toast, green's, milk, bread and butter
and rice with jelly-each group of
foods considered important for WELL
planned diet is represented in this
menu, selected especially because of
its suitability for growing child.
Other combinations could easily have
been chosen. For example, an equally
good menu would be broiled meat
cake or portion Of fresh fish. baked
or broiled; stewed tomatoes, creamed
potatoes and custard with cookie.
The United States Department of
Agriculture believes that simple, clean,
wholesome food of the right kind,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-16
The Most Unkindest Cut of All

On the stage of a music hall In the
East end of London a memory wizard
with pronounced Cockney accent
was offering an exhibition of his skill.
In response to questions from the
audience he gave, offhand. and
promptly. the dates of historic events,
the defiance from the earth to the
moon. and other facts and figures
without limit.
1t was quite evident from the
language of some of his statements
that the performer was a most patri-
tioning great Englishman or a
great English achievement, his voice
rose exultantly.
Sitting well down in front were two
Americans. They figured that the
wizard must have accomplices in the
house to ask him questions prepared
beforehand. To find out whether or
not tine performer did have the
powers of memory he boosted and
with a view also to arousing his pa
triotic fervor to still higher pitch,
Ii possible one of the Yankees called
out:
Professor, please tell me what
memorable event occurred on July
the Fourth. 1872"
Without a moments hesitation the
professor shot back his reply:
"A ninfernal h'outrage, sir!" he
shouted.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-16
Home Canning Methods
for Various Products

The bureau of home economics Of
the United States Department of Agri-
culture is frequently asked why the
water bath method Of processing may
be used in the home canning of fruits
and tomatoes, whereas nonacid vege-
tables must. be processed under pres
sure.
The explanation given is that for
successful canning the temperature APP
piled should ordinarily be the lowest
possible that will insure a safe prod
uct. While no growing, or so-called
vegetative. bacteria will survive for
any length of time at the temperature
of boiling water (212 FL, some bac-
terra are able to go into spore form.
These spores are killed only by very
long-continued heating at boiling
temperature, especially If the fruit or
vegetable being canned has juice that
Is alkaline or only very slightly acid.
When the juices are acid, as in fruits
and tomatoes, all forms of bacteria are
killed more quickly at 212 degrees
Fahrenheit, which is the highest tenn
perature possible in the water bath.
A water both Gamer is commonly un-
derstood to be any covered vessel
Of sufficient depth for the jars or cans
to be completely immersed while proc
essing, and equipped with a rack or
false bottom which permits water to
circulate around the jars or cans. A
wash boiler frequently answers the
purpose in the household.
Corn, peas, beans, and other vege-
tables that do not have acid juice need
to be processed under steam pressure
at temperatures higher than 212 de-
grees Fahrenheit, and for this reason,
the steam pressure Gamer is recon-
mended for canning them.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-16

dish, chilled and turned out on plat.
ter to be served In slices. Ground
sage may be used for seasoning, If
liked. When put up for sale cottage
cheese may be packed in cylindrical
boxes made of waxed cardboard.
Especially Fine in Salads.
Cottage cheese lends itself espe.
cially well to salads. If enough is
used, the salad may be the main dish
of the meal. French mayonnaise or
boiled dressing go well with cheese
salad The cheese may be formed
into balls or slices, nodded in small
cups. or passed through a pastry tube
A small quantity Of finely ground left
over ham or corned beef may be mixed
with cottage cheese, mustard used as
seasoning, and the whole served on
lettuce leaves with dressing. Other
foods that combine well with cottage
cheese In salads are crisp, fresh vege-
tables; cooked or canned vegetables :;
fresh canned dried or preserved fruits,
nuts, olives, rice, potatoes. With the
last two some highly favored and
bright garnish like beets, pimentos, or
green peppers should be used; and
celery, cucumbers, green peppers, crisp
lettuce, or cabbage may be added to
give succulence. Ground raw carrots
and onions combine nicely with cot
tage cheese.
Almost any of the foods that are
used ordinarily with cottage cheese,
either in serving in plain or in salad,
can be combined with it for sandwich
filling.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-16
How the Reform Worked

How the Reform Worked
When the Union troops under
Grant, early in the Civil war, took
possession Of West Kentucky some
difficulty was encountered In con-
trolling the populace, for that end of
the state was hotbed Of southern
sentiment and most Of the young
men had enlisted In the Confederate
army. General Grant issued procla-
nations stating that no citizen
would be molested unless he under
took 70 give aid and comfort to the
enemy.
In one town in the invaded district,
though, there was an elderly gentle
man whose sympathies with the
southern cause were especially out
spoken. Whenever word came Of a
victory for the southern armies his
jubilat.on was undisguised.
The Union proyost-marshal, hear
Ing complaints from his men Of this
mans actions and words, decided to
make an example of him. He sent
a squad to arrest the offender and
presently, under guard. the old
gentleman vas brought before him.
Look here" sale the provost,
I'm getting tired of your behavior.
Every few days I hear that you've
been going about again spreading re-
ports that our forces have been de-
fnQfad hvos al tho
age Of the other side. Now then, I've
decided to reform you. Either you
take the oath Of allegiance to the
Union right now or off you go to a
military prison. Which shall 1t ber
The prisoner decided to take the
oath. After 1t had been administered
the northern officer felt that a fur
Their admOnition might be in order.
"Now, then" he SAID. IL hope you
understand what this thing means?
If ever again you utter word Of
disparagement for the Union cause
or word Of approval for the Con-
federates, and / hear Of 1t, you'll
suffer severely, because now you're a
loyal Unionist. And II you make a
single disloyal remark you're guilty
of treason"
The reclaimed one thanked him
for the warning. On his way out he
stopped at the door.
Major" he said, ''they amt no law
against thinkin', Is they?"
THAT depends" said the major.
whats in your mind now?"
SWELL" said the Kentuckian. Il
was just thinkin' that them Johnnies
certainly did give us fellers HI day
before yistiddy down below the state
line"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-16
The Careful MacTavish

MIR. MacTavish attended a christen-
Ing where the hospitality of the host
knew no bounds except the capacities
of the guests.
In the midst of the celebration Mr..
MacTavish rose up and made the
rounds of the company, bidding each
person present profound farewell
But. Sandy, mon." objected the
host, ""ye're not goin' yet, with the
evenin' just startin'?"
Nay" said the prudent MacTavish
I'm no. goin' YET. But I'm tellin' ys
good night while l know ye."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-16
DON'T BROOD OVER
STOMACH DISTRESS

Don't lay awake nights and feel mis-
cradle an day-theres one right way to
fix up your gassy, rebeious disordered
stomach in such a short time that your
heart win be gladdened.
Today Dare,s Mentha Pepsin is the ono
remedy Supremacy efficient where acute
or chronic Indigestion or gastritis is
making your days and nights miserable
Reports of its mighty power to over
come unbearable. near sufrocating stom-
ach agony have swept the land until to-
day its sales are marvellous
,Get one bottle Of this pleasant speedy
acting medicine today with the distinct
understanding that II 1t doesn't help you
your money will be returned.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-16

where before did not feel like doing
anything or going around. After my
first child was born about four years ago
! saw an advertisement in the paper
about the Vegetable Compound. / knew
it would help me, but ! was afraid to
try it because people said it would help
you to have children and knew I was
having children fast enough. But
thought if it would help me it would be
better to have a whole house full of
children and have good health. I be-
came stronger from taking it and my
husband says I look like live woman
instead of q dead one. When Spring
comes I am going to take your Blood
Medicine as am very thin. I will an
swer letters from any woman who
wishes to ask about your incidence
Mrs. WILLIAM BUTTS, Wellston, Ohio.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-16
Protecting the Gentler Sex

A certain young lady who gives in
terpretative dances in rather scanty
costume was engaged to go to staid
community in New England and dance
airy society.
The day after her appearance the
entertainment committee-all women
held meeting 10 discuss the affair
of the night before. Several had been
heard, when one member raised her
voice.
personally" she said, 'T enjoyed
1t ever SIS much. To me 1t was most
artistic and symbolic and everything.
But If you ask me, must say this !:
1t certainly was no place to take a
nervous man.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-16

served to children in proper quanti-
ties, cannot be overestimated as
factor in assuring them normal health
and sturdy development. A child be-
tween three and ten years old is usu-
ally well fed if he or she has plenty
of milk, bread and other cereal food,
an egg or its equivalent in meat or
fish once day, little butter, a small
portion each of carefully prepared
fruits and vegetables, with a small
amount of sweet food after his appe-
tite for other foods is satisfied. II
any one of these. except perhaps the
sweet, is omitted his diet is likely to
be One-sided.
In the feeding of children too much
emphasis is often placed on the foods
that they ought not to eat and too
little on those that they need. The
first thing To do, therefore, in planning
days food is to arrange three attrac-
tive meals that furnish all the needed
substances.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-16
Taken From, Exchanges

A silver dollar of the year 1904 re-
Gently sold for $1,000.
The first issue of stamps in the
United States was in 1S49.
There are some 300 varieties of
fancy pigeons recognized.
A gun at the Panama canal has
range of about thirty-five miles.
Chop suey cannot be had in Canton
or other purely Chinese cities.
The first national weather forecast.
Ing service was established in France
In 1855.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-16

Discovery is the best known blood med
icine and tonic More than fifty million
bottles have been sold. If your dealer
does not sell the Discovery, in liquid
or tablets, you can obtain pkg. of the
tablets by sending CSC to the DR.. Pierce
Clinic, in Buffalo, n. Y.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-16

Teach children to eat whatever is
given them.
Many dainty desserts are made with
stale cake.
Coffee grounds should never be
boiled a second time.
To clean white enameled furniture
use a solution made by dissolving one
tablespoonful of baking soda in pint
of warm water Saturate soft cloth
and wash the furniture.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-16
DEMAND "BAYER" ASPIRIN
Take Tablets Without Fear IL You
See the Safety "Bayer Cross"

Warning! Unless you see the name
"Bayer" on package or on tablets you
are not getting the genuine Bayer
Aspirin proved safe by millions and
prescribed by physicians for % years.
Say ,''Bayer'' when you buy Aspirin.
limitations may prove dangerous.-Adv
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-16
HOUSEHOLD HINTS

Do not forget to clean out the els
tern periodically.
timetable for frying is handy
thing to have in the kitchen.
When sewing, use thread of con-
trasting color to haste with. 1t is
then much easier to follow an edge
on the machine and to detect threads
when removing hastings from the fin
ished work.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-16

strong.lwas troubled
with my back and
sides hurting me till
! could not do my
work, and whenever
/ caught cold it made
me irregular. Since
! have taken the
We G e t a b lie Com
pound my side and
back don't bother
me and ! can do my
homework and care
for NV children, noun
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-16
Continuous Bath

To enable firemen to fight fire at
close quarters, a shower bath suit has
been invented. The water comes out
of helmet and completely envelopes
the fireman.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-16
Parents Co-Operatine

California has larger membership
than any other state in the National
Congress of Parents and Teachers
1922 out of total membership of
$4,000. One hundred and n.lety-thrce
new associations were organized in he
state this year.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-16
Forty People in Capital

Claimed as the tiniest capital In
the world. Tulagi, the administrative
center of the Solomon islands, con-
tains thirty white people and ten
Chinese 1t is proverbially one of the
earth's loneliest spots.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-16

teacher, then man.
aged to save enough
money TO put him
thru medical col
lege.
Later, he moved
to Buffalo, N. Y,
and today the name
of this man, DR..
r. V. Pierce, Is
known throughout
the w orl d. His
Golden Medical
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-16

Buy Diamond ryes-no other kind
and tell your druggist whether the
material you wish to color is wool or
silk, or whether it is linen, cotton or
mixed goods
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-16
COLOR 1T NEW WITH
"DIAMOND DYES"
Just Dip to Tint or Boil to
Dye.

Each 15-cent pack
age contains direc-
tons so simple any
woman can tint soft,
delicate shades or
dye rich, permanent
colors in lingerie,
silks, ribbons, skirts,
W a 1 s t S, dresses,
Goa t S. stockings.
sweaters, draperies,
coverings, hangings
-oyprythipOt
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-16
Pulp Through a Sieue

To rub apple or any other pulp
through sieve. try q iat-bottomed
jam jar. 1t is far quicker to do it with
this than with the spoon that most
cooks advise.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-16
MRS. WIN. BUTTS
WAS VERY SICK
Gives Full Credit to Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
for Remarkable Recovery

Wellston, OIL took Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound to make me
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-16
Going Too Far

When the nutrition experts begin to
prove something about the quality of
pies by experiments with rats they are
carrying their nutrition experiments
just a little too far.-Public Ledger.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-16

When one sees a crouch trying to he
agreeable, the temptation is to help.
him.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-16

Salaries seldom speak above whis-
per.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-16
From School Teacher
to Great Eminence

4 young man who was brought up on
farm, qualified for district school
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-16
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-10-16

True patriotism is no party
Smollett.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-15

stitution. Here the boys and young men
are taught farming, numbering, digging
gravel and other simple labor of the
hands and muscles. Most of these colo
mics, at first, not only paid running ex-
penses, but interest on the investment.
Later, as lower grade inmates and more
of them were sent out, they usually ran at
a small loss However, the idea was not to
make money, but to relieve the State OF
the $500 to $1,000 a year expense for
each one of the boys in the parent insti-
tuition, as well as to benefit the unfortu-
mates themselves.
How much the Predetermined liked the
change can be grasped from the fact that
the supreme punishment was the threat
of sending them from the colony where
they had to work hard every day back to
the asylum where they need not work at
ALL This was good in every way, but the
next step was a triumph-the parole
system.
As fast as a boy was well grounded in
the simple routine of the farm he was
EARNED" out TO neighboring farmer
where he worked a few weeks on trial,
coming home to the colony each night.
If he made good, the farmer then took
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-15

The moron's quarrel with society be-
gins early, in school, where the teacher
expects him to learn more and faster
than his feeble mind can absorb. The
fact that the boy at the next desk gets
along is no consolation. 1t makes it neces-
sary to admit that he is stupid or to take
the cOntemptuOus or superior attitude
that he could learn but won't bother. He
gets out of school as soon as he can, and
through life sneers at knowledge as
something "high-brow."
The moron's troubles increase as he
grows older. He now not only has a
feebler intelligence, bat his lack of school
ing adds to his handicap, and still he does
not recognize his limitations. He makes
a wretched cabnet-maker or carpenter
when he might have been a good lumber
Jack, or is an incompetent and perhaps
eventually dishonest grocer's clerk in
stead of satisfactory farm hand.
The child that gets along at school can
safely be left to work out his own destiny,
but the one who reveals himself as a
moron by failing needs guidance. An
intelligence test will not only show what
grade of moron he is but will indicate
what sort Of job he can fill with sltisfac-
ton to himself and the world. The girl
moron who becomes a stenOgraphcr is
sure to be out of work most of the time,
until hopeless and Disguised with life, she
falls into the hands Of an INSCRIPTIONS
employer who takes advantage Of her.
Yet, all this time, the homes Of the coun-
try are crying for domestic servants and
the farms for laborers, and we have been
locking up in our institutions the very
help they need so badly.
Many morons have found the right jobs
and are leading happy and useful lives,
working steadily at monotonous tasks,
that would drive brighter minds crazy
but they meet unfair competition. There
are bootblacks and men running elevators
and small fruit stands, handling freight,
working on roads, stoking on steamers,
mining, filing barrels, cans, etc, who
would be much happier doing more COM
plcatcd work, and their places could be
filed by morons. Perhaps some day the
Government will issue licenses permitting
only morons to hold moron jobs.
The salvation Of the feeble-minded is
in his hand. The human hand developed
the human brain, and while the imbecile
and moron hand cannot cure his brain, IL
will get out of il all there is and earn him
a secure and honorable niche in society.
As DIR. Henry II. Goddard has written:
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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-15

"The oNe thing that fits all these chill
dren, the one thing that draws out what
ever is to be drawn out of them, is train
ing of the hand-manual training, indus
trial training. These things such children
can do with wonderful success; in this
they are interested; this they can do with
Joy; it arouses in them feeling of salts
faction at accomplishing something"
In the unscientifc days not so long ago,
insane asylums were places of torment
where idiot, imbecile and insane were
chained together, beaten and abused on
the belief that they were possessed by an
evil spirit which might be cast out by suf-
ficient clubbing of the patient"
The new COLONY, parole and discharge"
plan is the opposite of this. 1t was first
tried out in its entirety in 1915, and has
now been thoroughly tested and proved a
complete success, and it points the way
toward taking care of all mentally def
cient except the idiot and the uncon-
trollably insane at no cost to the State.
The colonies are groups of selected in
mates taken from an institution for the
care of the Predetermined and trans
planted to large farm or group Of farms
owned and controlled by the parent in