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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-01
THE WREN

TT is an omen of good luck to have
1 wren build its nest near the
house. This, with the exception that
1t is also considered in some sections
bad luck to kill a wren, appears to be
the only survival in this country of the
mystic character which pertains to the
wren in Europe and has so long at
tached to it there that Professor Fra
ger considers the ceremonies attend
ing the wren superstition to have
"come down from very primitive
paganism."
The ancient Greeks and Romans, the
modern Italians, Spaniards, French
Danes, Swedes, English and Welsh, re-
gard the killing of wren as sure to
bring disaster to the slayer. But not
withstanding such belief the annual
custom Of hunting the wren" was, to
comparatively recent times, universal
throughout Europe and exists in a
modified form in many sections today,
as. for instance, in the Isle of Man
where on st. Stephens day wren is
annually killed and buried after its
body has been taken around the vii
lage and shown to the inhabitants.
The ceremony of killing the wren
differed slightly in different countries
but was everywhere rather elaborate.
This annual Staying of an animal con-
sidered sacred and not to be killed at
other times is a custom found among
many peoples still living in primitive
state and was once common to primi-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-01
POTATO LOOKED ON
AS RARE DELICACY

The potato went through long sea-
son of doubt and suspicion before it
was accepted as wholesome article
of diet by the British consumer. A
Seventeenth century Scots treatise on
"Husbandry Anatomical" had recon-
mended the cultivation of the potato
ON a large scale, with hints as to it's
preparation for the table. But it was
long before the potato emerged from
the sphere of tentative horticulture 1t
continued to sell by the ounce as rare
delicacy; and as late as 1740 two sack
fuls of potatoes sufficed on market
day for the 5000 inhabitants of Pals
ley. CONSERVATION reigned in South
Uist when the chief of the clan pro-
posed to cultivate a potato crop, and
only under threat of Imprisonment were
the inhabitants induced to lend their
aid for the sowing. Years of famine
played their part in reconciling the
Highland crofters to the consumption
of this uncanny new-fangled product
Montreal Family Herald.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-01
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drop, do bend over and help me to
rest again on your soft cheek!"
Bend over, indeed" replied the
rose. "WLy, you foolish thing, might
break nay slender stem. You have
spoiled my evening by tumbling off
and you expect me to help you"
But don't you love me, Rose, dearT'
asked the dewdrop, who had been all
day close to her heart and had grown
to love her deeply.
"Love your exclaimed the vain
rose. why, you silly little drop, l
only saved you from the sun that you
might make me more beautiful at
night when the nightingale came to
sing to me-"
The nightingale had ceased his sing
ing and had heard what the vain rose
said, so he flew down to the dewdrop
and gently lifted it in his bill and car
ried it to another rose more fragrant
than Red Rose but not so beautiful.
Into the very heart of the pale pink
rose the nightingale dropped the dew
drop. "Here you will find sweetness
that will be worthy of your love-" said
the nightingale. Here will 1 come
each night and sing my love song, for
the red rose has no heart for love. 1t
is filed with vanity"
For her TanSty and cruel treatment
of little Dewdrop the proud red
beauty not only lost her jewel but her
lover.
.T.r,,no Norr.n,nor c,,n5t....
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-01
HARTFORD TELLS OF
GOLDEN AFTERNOON

Colonel Dawes, with whom I have
many tastes in common, and I had de-
cided to have luncheon together at the
Tour d'Argent, Paris, eating duck No.
1921, believe, and then go to Bren-
tano's and pore over the old books,
Major General Harbord writes in the
Saturday Evening Post.
Dawes is fond of Napoleonani, as
am also. He is a man of wealth-and
he bought what he saw that he liked.
He tossed into pile book values that
would have been earnest subject of
prayerful deliberation with me for half
year, left 500 with Brentano for the
afternoons work, and gave me about
half the books he bOught-old rare edi
tons Of History of the Bastille,"
Martyrs of the Bastille," and so on.
We went to his room at the Ritz and
gloated few glOats, and then attend
ed tea given by Mrs. Sharp, wife Of
the ambassador. For dinner we went to
the little coy apartment Of Colonel
and Mrs. Boyd, and after dinner we
went to a circus and saw very in
teresting performance-two good acts
with trained Arab horses, especially:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-01
Dangerous Job

News photographers are accustomed
to working in dangerous places, but
G. A. Shoemaker of the army air serv-
ice is said to be the only one who risks
his life regularly by falling in order
to take pictures, says Popular Science
Monthly.
With three small motion-picture
cameras strapped to his back, belt and
a parachute on his back, this daring
photographer, senior instructor in
parachute jumping, leaps from the
wing of Martin bomber.
AS he falls, he looks about him
calmly, taking photographs of bits of
scenery or other objects of interest.
If the parachute opens properly and
he lands safely, he then has for sale
several photographs that are Of I'M
usual value and interest.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-01
Lifted 1t in His Bill and Carried 1t to
Another Rose.

Another Rose.
shine on one Of the beautiful red
petals of the rose and they would be
the most admired of all the garden
folks.
But 1t did not know the cold, vain
heart of the beautiful rose and all day
long she kept Dewdrop from peeping
once into the garden, as it longed to
do, for fear of losing the jewel she
wished to adorn her beauty at night
By and by when the moonlight crept
into the garden and made it almost
like day the big red rose opened and
told Dewdrop to rest upon one of her
soft petals.
Tonight I shall be the loveliest rose
in the garden. for can see that none
of my sisters wears jewel How for
tunate you are, little Dewdrop, to have
me near your
Just then the sweet tones of the
nightingale's love song filled the gar
den and Red Rose swayed little in
the breeze that her jewels might
sparkle in the moonlight and make
her more beautiful in the eyes of her
lover.
When the nightingale flew closer
and told the vain rose she was indeed
the most beautiful rose in the garden
she tossed her proud head and down
tumbled the poor little dewdrop to the
ground.
Now see what you have done!" said
the angry rose. after sheltered you
all day you repay my kindness in this
way" Never word did she ask
about the poor little dewdrop that
lay trembling on the ground below.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-01

onion and a grating of lemon peel,
chopped salt pork and bits of the veal
cut when trimming. Roll up and
skewer with toothpicks or tie with
Irvine. Place in hot frying pan and
brown well all over in butter. Now
add cupful of rich milk and let sim
mer for a half hour or more. Serve
with mashed potatoes and the gravy
from the pan.
Graham Pudding.-Take one-half
cupful of molasses. one-half teaspoon
full of soda, one-quarter of teaspoon
full of cloves, four tablespoonfuls of
butter, one cupful of chopped raisins,
one-half teaspoonful of cinnamon, one
and one-half cupfuls of graham flour,
one-half cupful of milk, one egg, one
teaspoonful of salt. /. Mix all the In
gradients, adding the raisins after
steaming them. Turn into a buttered
mold and steam two and one-half
hours. Serve in any desired sauce.
Cinnamon Toast.-This is a very
popular dish with the ladies served
with cup of tea. Spread thin slices
OF toast with butter and cover with a
mixture of cinnamon and sugar. Allow
the toast to stand where it will be kept
hot until it becomes saturated with
the mixture.
Irish SteW.-Take two and one-half
pounds of lamb, eight potatoes, four
turnips, four small onions, a quart of
boiling water. Place the sliced vege-
tables in layers with the lamb, cut
from the neck. Cover with the water
and stew gently until the vegetables
are tender. Season well and serve hot.
Fried crumbed Lamb.-Take thin
slices of uncooked lamb, or thinly
sliced rare roast beef, dip into sea.
soned egg, then into crumbs and fry
In deep fat or in a small amount of
butter.
Ordinary Good Things.
For those who have the heavy meal
at noon, supper dishes are quite i'm
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-01
VAIN RED ROSE

ONE morning in garden there was
~ little Dewdrop that wanted to
get away from the suns hot breath
that it might stay in the garden all
day, so it nestled close to a beautiful
red rose and whispered: Hide me,
beautiful Rose, in the soft petals Of
your lovely gown"
The Rose was very vain and thought
only of her own beauty, so she told
little Dewdrop to creep close inside
and nestle in her heart, for she wanted
to keep it until moonlight flooded the
garden, when her lover the nightingale
would come to sing to her his love
song.
Away down deep in her heart crept
little DewdrOp, thinking that Red Rose
must love it to let it rest in her heart
and that when night came it would
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-01
Your Health
By ANDREW F. CURRIER, ND.
SHINGLES

SHINGLES, also known as herpes
~ zoster, is painful and supposed to
be due to some kind of injecting poi
son.
1t is an acute, infiammatory disease,
usually following the course of some
nerve distributed over the skin.
1t begins with general discomfort,
loss of appetite, perhaps with a chill
and fever Qike SO uany infectious dis
eases) and with great sensitiveness in
the skin.
It's constant feature is blisterlike
eruption along the course Of the. in
fected nerve.
These blisters are usually only on
one side of the body, become inf1amed,
and leave scars which are sometimes
prominent and disfiguring.
The disease occurs in children, in
young adults, and the aged, often per-
sisting with the latter for months and
years.
The fever, with which 1t begins,
lasts three or four days, the pain be-
ing sometimes dull and sometimes
sharp. Sometimes the pain subsidies
after the eruption appears, but recurs
from time to time.
This pain is severer in the old than
In the young, and often is worse at
night
The blisters come in successive
crops for four, five or six weeks, and
suppurate, discharge, and at length
scar over.
The eruption may follow exposure
to draughts of cold air, or mental or
physical exhaustion, and may occur as
an epidemic.
The fluid in the blisters is first clear
and watery, then turbid, bloody and
purulent, and the resulting sores may
resist healing long time.
On the chest the eruption follows
the course Of nerve between two adj
jacent ribs; on the face 1t may result
in paralysis of the side affected, and
the eye may be destroyed by it. 1t re-
sembles chicken-pox, erysipelas and
psoriasis, and is most frequent in cold
weather.
"A patient Will lIilS disease S0OulQ
remain in bed, and should fret and
worry as little as possible.
The bowels should be kept open
with castor oil or salts, and the diet
should be simple. including milk,
soups, eggs, cereals, fruits and no
meat.
The eruption must be carefully
dressed every day, and the blisters
must not be broken If this can be
avoided.
Gauze moistened with alcohol, or
any suitable antiseptic lotion, may be
used to protect the surface
When possible, it is better to have
the advice of an intelligent physician
than to depend on self-treatment.
This is especially important with the
view of obtaining as little ultimate
soaring as, possible.
GO by George Matthew Adams)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-01
Finds Guests Honest

At Pearsall, Texas, the sheriff Of the
county, I'll. L. Brooks, has put into OPP
Grafton ''help yourself" hotel and the
guests appear to like it. The guests
register without assistance, erasing
from nearby blackboard the number
of the room they select. When they
leave after day or month, they put
the money to pay for their stay in an
envelope and drop it into locked box
near the door. The hotel owner sell
dom appears, there Is no cashier and
servants give unobtrusive service. Mr..
Brooks says he has been cheated out
OF only So thus far.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-01
By MILDRED
MARSHALL
THELMA

MO LIST of feminine names would
~ be complete without the lovely
Thelma. 1t is Morse name, sug-
gestive of the mythology Of the Land
of the Midnight Sun where Valkyries
drive their cleaning chariots over the
battlefield and conduct the glorious
dead to their appointed places in Val
halla.
Little was known of Thelma and
seldom was the name used outside of
Scandinavia, until Marie Corelli in her
sensational novel of that name pre-
sented the tragic love story of beau
tiful Norwegian who was transplanted
from the land of fjords to the center
of London's smartest and most cor
rupt society.
From that time the number of Thel-
mas in England and America were le-
gion. The name has had particular
vogue in this country where the Scan
dinavian immigration is great. AS a
romantic and poetical name, Thelma Is
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-01
The Why Of Superstitions
By H IRulNG KING


tive man. Frazer says: "The wor-
shipful animal is killed with especial
solemnity once year and before or
after death Is carried from door to
door that each of his worshipers may
receive a portion of the divine virtue
that is supposed to emanate from the
dead or dying god. Religious process
sions of this sort must have had a
great place in the ritual of European
peoples in prehistoric times if we may
judge from the numerous traces Of
them which have survived in folk
lore"
20 by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-01
Going o-MiIkine

The farmers pink-cheeked daughter
was coming up the lane. She was
clad in grimy pair of overalls, from
the pockets of which bulged punches
Of waste and sundry wrenches and
pliers. In her hand was dirty satcheI
rafting with an assortment of iron
tools.
Where are you going, my pretty
maid?" l asked.
'I'm going a-milkin', sir" she said.
But why the tOols?"
Trouble she said, with that
darned old milking machine again.
Life.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-01
Morpheus and Sonnus

Morpheus, the ancient Greek god of
dreams, was early pictured as an old
man with wings. He held in his hands
vial or horn from which issued the
sleep-producing vapor. Morpheus was
the son Of Somnus the god Of sleep.
The name Morpheus is derived from a
form, and the name was given to the
god of dreams because of the shapes or
forms which he calls up before the
dreamer Family Herald.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-01
Polka ReUipaI Attempted

Farmers in the Marysport district of
England have attempted to revive the
polka and other old-time dances,
much to the joy of the younger gen.
GRAFTON, who seemed willing to drop
the modern steps somewhat upon be-
ing taught the polka and the lancers
by the older dancers. William Smith
inaugurated the novelty at dancing
hall, with the aid Of the more mature
residents of the community.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-01
CroD an Ideal Thief

The crow is an ideal thief. 1t new.
er bunges its Job. Naturalists say
that 1t can carry away the egg Of
another bird without spilling drop Of
the contents. To do this II accom-
pIishes another difficult feat. that Of
driving It's bill partially through the
egg without breaking the shell on the
other side.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-01

to serving sized pieces. Parboil three
cupfuls of sliced potatoes, put them
In layers with ham in a buttered bak-
Ing dish and cover each layer with a
medium white sauce, using one and
one-half cupful of the sauce, one and
one-half cupfuls of milk and three
tablespoonfuls of flour and the same
of butter, cooked together; one-half
teaspoonful of salt.
Date Loaf.-Take one and one-half
cupfuls of graham flour unsifted, one
and one-half cupfuls of white flour,
one-half cupful of sugar. six teaspoon
fuls of baking powder, one teaspoon.
full of salt, one cupful each of chopped
dates and nuts, one egg, one and
one-half cupfuls of milk and two
tablespoonful of mazola. Mix in the
order given. Bake in a well-greased
pan forty-five minutes.
Soft Honey cake.-Add a scant
teaspoonful Of soda to five tablespoon
fuls of boiling water, ill the cup with
extracted honey. Take one-half cup
full of butter; add one egg, two cupfuls
of flour and one teaspoonful Of ginger !:
stir and mix well and bake in a sheet
In very slow oven.
Ohio White cookies.-Cream to-
gether one cupful each of sugar and
butter; add two well-beaten eggs, q
half cupful of milk or cream. a half
teaspoonful Of nutmeg, three teaspoon.
fuls of baking powder and just flour
enough to roll very thin. Bake in a
quick oven.
Ohio Ginger Cookies.-Take one and
one-half cupfuls of shortening one
cupful Of molasses, one cupful of
sugar. two well-beaten eggs. one tea
spoonful of soda dissolved in a scant
half cupful Of boiling water. Add
ginger, cinnamon and cloves to taste.
Add -four and chill on ice before roll
Ing. The less -four that can be used.
the more moist and tender are the
cookies.
Hot Gngerbread.-This is such a
wholesome cake that it may be given
the children: Take one cupful each
of molasses and sugar, one-half cup
ful of melted lard. a teaspoonful OF
salt, a tablespoonful or less of ginger,
one beaten egg, three cupfuls of sifted
-four. and when all well-mixed stir
in one cupful of boiling water to
which teaspoonful of soda has been
added. Pour into creased dripping
pan and bake forty minutes in a mod
rate oven.
III
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-01
"Whats in a Na1ne?"
FACTS about Your name; it's history; |
meaning; whence it Was derived; sisnif-
canoe: your lucky day and lucky Jewel

without equal, but her popularity has
never extended beyond Scandinavian
and English speaking countries.
Amber is Thelma's talismanic stone,
it will guard her from all evil, espe
cially from contagion. To wear it on
journey will preserve her from acct
dent. Monday is her lucky day and Z
her lucky number.
m nv wheeIer Syndicate IncN
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-01
Thrifty Arabs

Tourists who visit Arabia pay large
sums of money and risk being roasted
by the sun in order to see not only the
Garden of Eden" but the tomb of
Cain" For a few good dollars one
may buy spoonful of the actual corn
that ''Yusef' stored up for Pharaoh
against famine. The only trouble is
that travellers really believe the stories.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-01
Children and Religion

While men believe in the possible
ties of children being religious, they
are largely failing to make them so,
because they are offering them not
child's but a mans religion-men's
forms of truth and mems forms of ex-
perience-Philip Brooks.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-01

TWO OF veal cut
FIR m t h e ! e g
Poun4 until even,
ly thin and cut
into strips two
inches by four.
o n e a C h s t r i 2
p | a c e seasoned
bread cru m b s
mix with a little
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-01

pOrtant. When
the noon meal has
been a meatless
dinner, for supper
try this:
Ham and Potato
Scailop.-Cut one
and one-fourth
mounds of ham in
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-01
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NkITIHENA
aE5AHHiNETz

lQ0. 1925. Western Newspaper Union.)
Last night the unseen gates swung
back. so softly no one knew
The troops of dreary, darksome
things that silently withn
drew;
For down a way
All somber gray,
Like phantoms put to rout,
The bleakncss of the winter days
slipped signing, shutting out.
The long cold, purple shadows fed,
and the late lingering snow.
TO leave patch of healing green
where early violets glow.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-01
Burning the Moose

"Jack says he has sworn off smok-
ing cigars"
Eyes, | rather thought from the
smell he had started smoking rope"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-01
Works Lubricant

Elbow grease holds down more jobs
than soft soap.-Progressive Grocer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-01
EVERYDAY GOOD THINGS

When a main dish seems difficult try:
Veal Birds.-Have a thin slice OF
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-01

Horizontal.
Thread on
GA biblical character
9-Erstwhile meeting place
t1-Recent 13-Employ
I4-Musical instrument
16-AnnOunce IAN object
1S-To dress up l9-Toward
20-POetic abbrevfatiOn
PA municipal power
24-Very dark 25-Passage
27-Sweet 29-PuII 3O-Chum
31-PsychOlogicaI phenomenon
33-Tree 35-Hurried
36-GirPs name
3S-Pointed instrument 4O-Upon
41-Debt 42-Accomplish
43-GirPs name 4--Medicine
47-Dentist (abbr.)
4S-Obtained again
5O-Wfth facility
b2-Landlord's delight
53-To Euzzle
Vertical.
1-Pliable
2-Beverage 3-Thus
4-High temperature
5-VehicIe e-Preposition
7-Possessive article
s-Better arranged
8-Habft 1O-Birth 11-word
ia filler of the soil
15-Youth 21-Eyu
22-Beyond comprehension
23-MOney
24-Strong medicine
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-01
A LINE o. CHEER
BY John Kendrick Bangs.
THE ROSE

I'LL, never think of this old
i earth
AS lacking utterly in worth
So long as in some garden close
l still can find the budding
rose
Beauty and fragrance all COM
bined
In one rare hover of grace, and
kind
To every passer-by with wit
Enough to pause and JOY in 1t.
70 by. Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
Seward daily gateway., 1925-05-05
HARTLEY WILL NOT SEND DELEGATE
 CONFERENCE
(Rv Associated Press l

tBy Associated PresS.D
 OLYMPIA, May Ex-Governor Hart ley denied the request of Mrs. Sophie Irene Loeb, president of the Child Welfare Committee of America, with headquarters at New York city, that he name delegate to the conference on May 15, to 23. He declared the children today "are being made to pay the penalty of an overabundance of altrustic twaddle." He opinioned that many persons in the state would like to attend the conference on a committee, having been promised ho- tel and railroad expenses, but he be. lieved they could best serve the state by remaining at home and attending their own affairs.
 Hartley further telegraphed Mrs. Loeb, What We need is to get back to the simplicity of the old fashioned, truly American family circle, and end a lot of this uplift gush, and indis- criminate spending of money for so- called charity welfare work.
 While clubs and organizations of societies are meeting, conferring and resoluting, the home and fireside, the bulwark of good citizenship, are left in charge of the house cat and the canary"
Seward daily gateway., 1925-05-05

A meeting was held in Anchorage by the Alaska Hills Mining Co.,, the officers were reelected with the ex- ception of Dan J. Aughney, who was elected secretary succeeding Charles Balheiser who resigned. Prepara- tions are being made for a busy sea- son. Four men will leave within the next few days for the property al Nuka Bay. The company will em. ploy about 15 or IS men this sea- son.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-05-05
S. S. NORTHWESTERN SAILS
 SOUTHBOUND LAST NIGHT

The steamship Northwestern sail ed southbound at an early hour this morning, having made the trip to Anchorage, taking quite number of Seward citizens with her. Those de parting for other elites were:
 For Latouche-Mrs. c. c. Tender. son and wife.
 Valdez-Sid s. Bettman, A. Simon. son, P. L. Stump.
 Cordova-H. Price, Mrs. M Good. pasture, J. B. Buford.
 Seattle-L. c. Bates.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-05-05
ROBBERS GET AWAY WITH
 TWENTY-THREE HUNDRED
(By Associated Press.)

HARTFORD CITY, Ind, May B. Robbers exploded seven charges of dynamite and broke open the safe of the Eaton State bank while gunfire of their companions repelled the citizens who rushed from their beds as the blasts shook the town. The firing continued for over an hour, at the end of which time the robbers escaped with twenty-three hundred dollars.