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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-10
"He Who Finds Gold Dies
in the Almshouse"

He was a Swiss adventurer, born
in Germany, schooled in the French
army and member of band of trap
pers who crossed the western plains
to California in 1898. There the Span
ish governor Juan Alvaredo. made
him a general and presented him with
IL square leagues of land upon which
he built, at the junction of the Amer
lean river and the Sacramento, fort
which he named Fort New Helvetia.
With an army of so men as a garri-
son. he dwelt here In feudal state, rul-
ing over thousands of Indians who
cultivated his broad acres Of wheat,
tended his vineyards or cared for his
herds of 1900 cattle, 10000 sheep
and 1000 horses and mules. Cover
nor Micheltorean, Alyaredo's success
sor, presented him, with an additional
IL square leagues Of land and so Cen
John A. Suffer was truly monarch
Of all he surveyed"
Then on January "a, 1S4S, Capt
James w. Marshall, employed by SUIT
ter TO build a sawmill at Coloma up
the American river. found in the
sands some shining particles. He told
Suffer about 1t and although they
tried TO keep secret the discovery of
gold. the news leaked out One day
In May a man walked down the
streets of San Francisco holding aloft
a bottle of shining dust and shouting.
"Goidi Gold! Gold from the Ameri-
can river?'
The news depopulated San Francis
CO. Sailors deserted their ships In
the harbor A tide of gold-mad hui
mainly surged around Fort New Hell
vetia or Fort Sacramento, as 1t was
also called. The Swiss kings" stores
were looted by reckless adventures
who soon followed the first argo-
nauts; his live stock was stolen his
lands were overrun by squatters.
He who finds gold will die in the
almshouse." So runs an old Spanish
proyerb. Gen. John A. Suffer learned
the bitter truth of that California
became a part of the United States
and the titles given by the Spanish
governors were no longer recognized.
He appealed to the United States
courts for recompense and justice.
For awhile he was given monthly
pension of $3.50 but reli9quished this
bounty after receiving Il IA years,
Embittered and poverty-stricken be
went east and settled in the little town
of Lititz. Pa. There he died IN 1880
Fort New Helvetia. Suffers Fort, il
now The city OF Sacramento. the capl
tai of California.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-10
Haue uou This Habit
By Margaret Morrison

decided that at thirteen he wanted to
see the world, of which mother talked
so much; and, with George and James
in his wake, he started down to the
station; and, with those unhampered
imaginations that Connie felt she had
produced, they hid themselves aboard
a freight car.
Fortunately a yard man knew them
and hailed them home by the collars,
just at the time of Jim's return from
the Office Comics emotions were a
complex of relief and pride; but Jim.
with his coarse, masculine nature. was
single-minded. Silent and serious, he
took the three TO their own room, and
presently there issued forth sounds of
no dubious nature.
When, later in the evening, Connie
demurred on the score of instilling fear
into her sons natures. Jim said. my
dear, in the words of a great Ameri-
can statesman, 1T is a condition, not a
theory that confronts u.s." Thereafter
Comics habit of theorizing labored
under some constraint.
HAVE YOU THIS HABIT?
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-10
CONDITION, NOT A
THEORY

TONNIE'S name was not, as most OF
~ her friends supposed, an abbrevi-
alton of Constance" but of an i'm
provised form Of "Confucius" TO whom,
ar the time Of Comics arrival, her
modher had been temporary convert.
By the time Connie was grown, her
mother had run the gamut of the isms.
and then Connie herself began.
She broke her engagement with Jim
because she had arrived at the stage
of Careers for Women" Then via
the theory of supply and demand. she
plunged into the old furniture bust
ness Part of the world, she reasoned,
was always firing of its possessions at
the same time that another part was
in the frame of mind for wanting
something new. Civilization required
furniture; for the person who estab-
Iished the clearing house for these two
supplementary wants, fortune was
waiting.
Connie never knew where the hitch
came. She suspected that n might be
because her supply list was always
ahead of her demand list. At all
events, about year later Jim rescued
her from bankruptcy and safely mar
ried her
Then Connie threw all her energies
into being a model, modern mother.
What a mother should not become TO
her children was her chief preoccupa-
ton. Jerry and George and James
were TO be Independent; they were to
be trained up without the bean-poles.
So Connie told them that in society
people labored under a disadvantage If
they did not pay attention to personal
cleanliness, and that 1t was up TO the
Younger generation TO wash their own
hands before going to school. Above
all. their wills must not be broken.
Sin was to be its own punishment
so. when her three continuously stole
apples from her neighbor's trees. and
broke limbs eff the trees. Connie smiled
and waited-''for a stomach ache nr a
criminal career" her neighbor asked
rather tartly.
Then one day Jerry in his free way
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-10
Famous Forts In
u. S. History
By ELMO SCOTT WATSON
A Fort That Once Was a
Territorial CAPITAL

Among The military posts estab-
Iished by the federal government,
Fort Whipple in Arizona Is one of the
few that can boast of having been
center Of civil as well as military
government and that ii once served
the state in which ii stands as
territorial capital. 1t was built In
1868 near Granite creek by Maj. E.
B. Willis of Col. James II. Carleton's
famous California column" and 1t
was established there to help hold the
southwest for the Union after Carrie
ton had driven the Confederates out.
1t was named in honor of Brig. Gen.
Amiel Weeks Whipple, who in his
youthful military career had explored
a part of the wilderness of Arizona
before the Civil war and who lost his
life at the battle of Charlottesville.
In January, 1864, John n. Goodwin.
governor of the newly-created terri
tory of Arizona, arrived at Fort
Whipple and Immediately designated
ii as the temporary capital. In May
the fort was moved about 20 miles
southwest TO its present location and
by July there had sprung up near it
a thriving little town which was
named Prescott in honor of the dis
tinguished historian. During the fol-
lowing years there was a spirited
rivalry between Prescott and Tucson
for the honor of being capital of Arr
IONA. Eventually both lost cut to
Phoenix, but for long time Prescott
seemed TO have the better claim, part
ly because of its nearness to Fort
Whipple,. the center of military affairs
in the territory.
In 1869 Fort Whipple was made
ment of Arizona and Southern Cali
fornia and there in 1872 came Gen.
George Crook TO subdue the hostile
Apaches who had terroriZed the south
west from the days of the earliest
white occupancy. Fort Whipple at
that time was described by one of
Crooks officers as "a ramshackle.
tumbled-down palisade of Embarked
pine logs hewn from the adjacent for
est slopes, which was supposed TO
command something exactly what
it is not known for it was so dilapi-
dated that every time the wind blew
we were afraid ii was doomed"
Unimpressive as the old fort was,
however, it deserves place in his
tory if for no ether reason than that
it was the base of operations OF
Crooks campaigns against the
Apaches, as brilliant an achievement
as any in the annals of the American
army, which brought greater period
Of peace TO the harried border than
it had known for centuries. Today
Fort Whipple is only one of number
of posts, which the war department
maintains in the west, whose glory
lies in the past when the red man
rode the war trail against the
whites.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-10
Wales Credited With
Some Snappy Comeback

The prince of Wales is the hero of
an anecdote that does credit to his wit.
The prince was held up one Septem-
Der evening by a reporter in a New
York night club.
Sir" said the reporter hurriedly,
will you please tell me why, at your
age, you are not yet married? Is II
true that you were once engaged TO the
king of Italy's daughter and that the
engagement was broken off? If so,
what was the cause of the rupture?
Would you be willing to marry an
American girl? Would your parents
be willing? What dowry-"
Hold on" the prince interrupted.
"You must first tell me your name, age
and salary. Are you single, married
or divorced? If divorced, what ali
mony do you pay? Do you really pay
it? Ever been fired? If so, why? How
did 1t feel the last time? State"
But here, with an impatient laugh.
the reporter turned and hurried from
the night club.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-10
California Goods Take
to SOLITARY Tennis"

The latest sport TO be introduced at
the University Of California is "soli-
tary tennis"
The court for this game consists Of
a green board wall, with a horizontal
line painted three feet above the
ground to represent the top of the net
The player stands behind another line
drawn on the ground % feet from the
board. From here the ball is served
against the wall above the white line.
When it bounces back the racket
wielder returns 1t, trying to hit the
ball above the white line If the ball
hits below it is counted as a net ball
and served again.
The game is popular with co-eds.
who have found it increases the swift
ness of their strokes and develops
accuracy in placing the ball and agility
in following ii around the court.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-10
Che Uhu
of
Superstitions
QUEEN OF THE MAY
By H. lRDING KING

THERE is no survival more pretty
= and pleasing in its modern aspect
or derived from a more gruesome an
cestry than that of choosing a May
queen, a custom now gradually dis
appearing but which, not so very long
ago. was popular village ceremony
of May day. And until comparatively
recent times there useG TO be chosen.
also, king of the May. Many learned
antiquaries have written upon the ORR
gin of this custom and have clearly
traced it back TO the days when there
was annually chosen a representative
of the spirit of vegetation which repre-
sentative was afterwards sacrificed for
the benefit of the crops. In some of
these primitive rites only man was
chosen as the representative of the
corn-spirit; in others a man and a
woman as representing the male and
female forces Of generation.
There is not space here TO go into
the subject of the laying goat" who
was sacrificed at harvest time. a Gus
tom closely related to, or part of, the
general primitive conception of the
spirit of vegetation in its relation to
human affairs. Suffice it that the king
and queen of the May were originally
offered as human sacrifices after hav-
ing ''strutted their little hour upon
the stage" Mr. Britton Austen. in an ar
ticle on 1.-The Cave Man in Ourselves
published in Golfers some time ago.
saws: For long ages after the actual
killing of the May king and queen had
dropped into disuse there persisted a
tradition of i'll treatment of the re-
firing pair-a symbolic execution -
and the records of an English parish
show that as late as 1547 it was neces-
sary to impose heavy fine upon any
one who should refuse the Office of
May king or May queen when elected
to such positions. Evidently the Gus
tom of their symbolic execution" had
not entirely gone out at that date.
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-10

His power, like that of all great
masters, was not in excellent parts,
but was total He had great and
everywhere equal propriety. He
worked with that closeness of adhesion
to the matter in hand which joiner
or chemist uses and the same quiet
ana sure feeling of right to his place
tl1st an oak or a mountain have to
theirs. After all his talents have been
described there remained that perfect
propriety which animated all the de-
tails of the action or speech with the
character of the whole.-Emerson-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-10
k6SEZl \ \ 4 v n 81

crash, on a pile Of stones on the other
side Johnnie heard il fall.
''Oh dear, what shall / do" he be
gan 10 cry. Grandma will be sure TO
blame me and didn't take him of the
mantel"
Johnnie jumped over the wall and
began TO pick up the pieces OF the
little china dog, when he felt some
one gently shaking him by the shout
der. What are you crying about.
SOM" inquired Grandma's kind voice.
q didn't take him down" said
Johnnie. He must have jumped of
the mantel and followed me and he
almost caught that rabbit, too"
"What are you talking about, dear?"
asked Grandma. Il guess you have
been asleep and dreaming" Johnnie
china dog just as he always had been,
not broken at all. Johnnie looked al
his grandmother. II thought he was
all broken" he said, but / didn't
touch him or anything in here. / just
looked at the pretty china dog, that
was all"
Il know you didn't touch anything"
said Grandma, land because you have
been such a good little boy am go
ing TO give you the china dog to take
home with you. 1t belonged TO your
father when he was little boy"
Johnnie's eyes grew bright. He
Rugged the china dog close in his
arms and went out of the cool parlor
with Grandma. Il shan't take him
3 hunting" he said.
He must be hunter, though" said
/ Grandma with a smile. ''for he found
| the best little boy / know" And
when his Grandmother leaned over and
I kissed him Johnnie was glad he had
not listened TO the tempter and taken
/ the china dog from the mantel.
Little china dog stood on the book
case in Johnnie's room for many years.
! And often when he was tempted TO do
something he knew he shouldn't
Johnnie loked ar the china dog, which
always seemed TO have his black eyes
! fixed upon him, and remembered what
/ his Grandma had said. and resisted
temptation just as he had in the farm
house parlor when he was a very little
boy.
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-10
Body of Dissenters

The Hicksites were numerous
body Of rationalistic Quakers in AM
erica, founded by Elias Hicks, who
in 1927 seeded from the Society Of
Friends and created schism in that
body by his PRONUNCIATION of Unitarian
doctrines. About one-half of the
Friends in America at the time
adopted his views The Hicksites de-
9ied the miraculous conception. the
divinity and the atonement of Christ
as well as the inspiration and anthem
ITCHY Of the Scrirtures-Kansas Cip
Star.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-10
Air Fiends

Lieut.. ]. A. Macready. the air cham
pion. said at Dayton dinner:
Flying has become so common that
we will soon have air fiends, the same
as we have automobile fiends.
.What will be the best name to give
the air fiends' mania? Shall we call 1t
aerosipelas, or would typhoid be bet
ter? Maybe well decide on inf1ew-
enza. But, after all. think the best
name would be skyatica-"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-10
CHINA DOG AND JOHNNIE

7 WAS a funny little white china
dog with yellow ears and tail and
yellow spots on its sides. 1t stood on
the mantel in Grandma's parlor In
the farmhouse Johnnie looked at II
with longing eyes but he had been told
not TO touch anything in that room.
II was a warm day and the old hair
cloth sofa was so slippery and cool 10
sit upon so Johnnie curled up on ii and
looked at the china dog.
ut wouldn't hurt If l just took it
down carefully" he thought with his
eyes fastened upon the dog. Il would
be very careful not TO break IT,"
And then a queer thing happened.
Johnnie found himself running through
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-10

the woods behind the china dog, which
was chasing rabbit-the very thing
Johnnie had thought he would like 10
do many times with Grandpa's hunting
dog.
He was so interested in catching the
rabbit that he quite forgot the dog
was china and might be broken, on the
stones For though 1t seemed 10 be
Q-.ite alive Johnnie saw its smooth
coat shining in the sunlight as il had
always shone.
Under a stone wall at the edge OF
the woods The rabbit ran and over
the wall went the china dog and.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-10
To Remove Candle Grease

All that is required to remove cam
die grease is blotter or a piece of
brown paper and hot iron. The blot
ter or brown paper is placed on the
grease spot and the hot iron is placed
on the blotter or brown paper. After
few minutes the iron and blotter or
paper are removed and no trace of the
grease spot remains.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-10
BoshfuIness Forgotten

This collecting of cigar bands may
be nuisance" said Mrs. Smith at the
mothers council meeting, but some-
thing is TO be said for ii. For In
stance. :. has cured our Tommy of his
nervousness and timidity. He will
speak 10 anybody now"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-10

st. Jerome took the fancy of the
French. Though they prefer Marcelle
the other spelling is used by them,
and Marcella is extremely popular in
England and Ireland
The topaz is said to be Marcellas
talismani gem. 1t will protect her
from evil influence and guard her from
worry. Sunday is her lucky day and
3 her lucky number.
20 by Wheeler Syndicate. Inc.)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-10
HOW TO SOLVE CROSSWORD PUZZLE

the in
W IN first in
the
to
undo while will
in
terms and are
M dictated i'm the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-10
A LINE O. CHEER {,
BY John kendrick Bangs
stupppuuouppppup
A MODEL ACRE

IT bleak.
That / may call my own.
Where ! may dwell and daily seek
Pure beauty to enthrone
And by my effort I'LL with grace
Each dry. unfruitful weedy space.
And show the world how 'twould
appear
II each man tried to- fill with
cheer
The space about him. as though
he
Were laboring as loves trustee
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-10
EsDecioIiy IF Shaken

Every man expects to wake up some
day and find himself famous. And as
rule he really does get az far as the
waking up part
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-04-10
Adams Not Superstitious

John Quincy Adams was the first
President TO take the oath of Office on
Friday.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-16
CADILLAC CREATES
GREATEST SENSATION
WITH NEW MODELS

Hundreds Of eongratulatory tele--
grams received by Lynn McNaughton,
vice president and general sales man
ager of the Cadillac Motor Car com
pany, from distributors, dealers and
owners in all parts of the country.
reveal that the reception given the new
passed that ever given a Cadillac car.
according TO the Goad Motor company
here.
The company reported yesterday
that according 10 the telegram, pro-
duction demands will surpass any ever
before made and that output is rapid
ly moving forward TO the highest point
ever achieved by the Cadillac organiza-
ton.
Among outstanding comments from
the public is one as to how the com
pany succeeded in building what a
demonstration conYinces TO be the fin
est Cadillac ever produced, at a price
lower than that Of its predecessors.
The kilograms also reveal an almost
universal comment on the cars greater
performance, easier riding, greater sim
plicity in construction and more aristo-
cratic appearance.
'Cadillac's decision relative TO its
standard and custom-built models is
also meeting a splendid response from
the public" Mr.. McNaughton said.
The smart, new lines Of its custom
models are making an individual ap-
peal, while the standard line Of cars
mas been Immediately recognized as
eniarging the Cadillac clientele"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-16
S STAR CAR SALES
ARE MADE IN WEEK

Five Star cars were sold during the
past week by Orsinger Motor com
pany, says Ward Orsinger. The sales
mads arc as follows: +. p. Aguerra.
AIS Fifth street, Star touring; II. T..
Shilier. Kennedy, Star coupstcr :
hHury Maverick, 9iG Aganier. Star
touring; Alien Sheridan, AS W.
French, Star touring; Robert Pick
srall Fort Sam Houston, Star
touring
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-02-05
BAPTIST MISSIONARY

The Woman's Missionary Society
of the First Baptist church held its
regular monthly meeting Monday aft
ernoon at the church, the president
Mrs. E. J. Dorminey presiding
The meeting opened with hymn, O.
Zion, Haste.
Prayer-Mrs. ]. B. Davenport
Circle No. 4 had charge of the fol
lowing program:
"The Baptism and Temptation OF
Jesus J. B. Davenport.
Prayer-Mrs. E. J. Dorminy.
"The Use of the Baptist Church,
Mrs. Cheaper.
"Rodger Williams, Founder of the
Baptist Church in America Mrs.
Gafford.
THE Spirit of Missions"-Mrs. Sam
Hughes.
"The Early Church in the Southern
Colonies" -Mrs. S. T. Lilies.
"The Day of the Church'-Mrs. C.
M, Chasteen.
A very delightful and impressive
number on the program was a solo
except for Jesus" by Mrs. Chester
Strickland with organ accompaniment
by Mrs. H. A. Mathis.
Minutes of the last meeting read by
the Secretary Mrs. R. H. Mckay and
approved.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-02-05
Reports of the different circles fol-

Reports of the different circles fol-
lows:
Circle No. Mrs. Earl Adams, 8
members present.
Circle No. 2-Mrs. Spence, 4 mem
bers present.
Circle No. 3-Mrs. John MCGOWAN
8 members present.
Circle No. AIRS. Cheaper, II mem
bers present.
Circle No. 5-Mrs. Reddock, 8 mem
bers present.
Circle No. 6-Mrs. Alice Dorminy
8 members present.
Dismissed with prayer by Mrs. J..
F. Singleton.
Mrs. H. E. Roush, Reporter.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-02-05
Odd Fact About Tobacco

striking feature in the history OF
tobacco is the fact that its use has
become so universal in the European
countries where it was formerly so bit
terIy condemned-even punished with
death-while ii has become quite rare
among its inventors, the Indians of
Mexico. Very few of these now ever
smoke, and none of them take snuff
Exchange
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-02-05
Theresa de Maron

Theresa de Maron, sister OF the
celebrated Raphael Mengs, was born
at Auszig, in Bohemia. From ber
earliest youth she excelled in enamel
miniature and crayon paintings. She
retained her talents in full vigor until
her death at the age of eighty, in the
year 1906. She married the Cavaller
Maron, an Italian artist of great merit.
Chicago Journal
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-02-05
"Farcc" an.4 comedy"

A farce differs from comedy In the
emphasis placed on the plot. In
requires them to be. while in comedy
the plot is subordinated to the char
acters. The "Farce de Pathelin" ID
considered the most famous, Its au-
thorship being attributed to different
persons. Generally, Pierre Blanchet,
who lived in the Fifteenth century, is
credited with 1t, but some think 1t was
written by the poet Vlllon.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-02-05
NetD Use for Zeppelins

An Austrian scientist, by means of
applying the short radio wave, made 1t
possible to use Zeppelin airships for
land accommodating in large desert and
waste areas. If this method Is adopt
ed, he says, the short radio waves can
be used in locating water deposits in
the desert or waste land. 1t would be
an indication Of water underground If
the short waves were reflected from
the ground
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-02-05
Success Means Hard Work

The genius of success is work; the
man who will not work more than
eight hours day will not get any
where. Discomfort never made man
out of a two-legged lazy creature.
That Is why so many men are mis-
cradle. Notwithstanding common
belief to the contrary, money ana
brains are generally in partnership
Holm Caudpp beam