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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-08
CLAIRE

HLAIRE was originally masculine
- name. Generally spelled Clare. II
was first used in England to name a
Norman family who came from one
of the villages of st. Clair. RED De
Clare" stout Gloucester's earl. the foe
of Henry Ill, was one Of them.
The son Of Red De Clare married
into the House of Geraldin In Ireland
and received from Edward 1 grant
of lands, now known as County Glare.
His heiress carried the county to the
De Burghs and their heiress married
Lionel. son of Edward III, thus max
ing the county dukedom and Great
ing the title, the duke of Clarence.
The feminine form is said to have
arisen in Italy as Chiara and spread
into France, where it was Immediately
changed into Claire. Though prefer
ring the original Clare, the English &C
cepted Claire and 1t gained some vogue
there, but in this country it was
adopted with enthusiasm and has un-
dergone widespread usage.
The diamond is Claire's talismanic
jewel. 1t promises her brilliant at
tainments magnetism. and courage.
Saturday is her lucky day and 6 her
lucky number.
90 by Wheeler Syndicate. Ino.)
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PLANTING coURDs

A CCoRDING to the Journal Of
"A American Folklore Society there
exists in Tennessee quite common
crop of gourds certain ceremony Is
necessary with regard to the seed be-
fore 1t is planted. Perhaps the same
superstition exists In other parts Of
the country. 1t Is a most interesting
superstition and suggests survival
from devil worship or at least an APP
peal to the "gods of the underworld"
The gourd seeds must be thrown
over the left shoulder by the man who
is TO plant them and he must utter an
oath as each seed Is thrown. II will
be noticed that the direction In which
the seeds are thrown is from right to
left or against the SUM-" a movement
which typifies retrogression into the
realm OF the spirits Of darkness as the
ceremonial circuit" or sunwise move
ment typified a, progress III conformity
with the sun-god, the giver OF life and
light, the beneficent influence.
Instead of being planted with q
prayer for increase to the benefcent
sun-god the seed is planted with bias
phemy calculated to appeal to the
powers of evil, those gods whose dark
Plutonian realm was conceived as
lying in subterranean regions and
therefore, naturally gods fitting to be
appealed to In behalf of seeds con-
signed to a dark and subterranean
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GTaSt, Observation-Disclosures
6 l W t'[l[

slyly tried the latch of his door to
find II by chance II had been left I'M
locked and the king from his hiding
place had seen with a sad heart that
he had another SON to whom he did
not wish to leave his crown.
Now he had only one son left.
Would Rollo stand the test? There
were only two months left in which to
prove he was worthy and the king
with anxious eyes watched day by
day.
On the morning of the third day
the king appeared at the breakfast
table and after greeting Zalito and
Carlos asked. where is your brother
RolloT
"Alas, we dread to tell you, father
said Zalito. ''for we know how 1t will
grieve you when you learn the truth.
Three days ago we found Rollo In
the stronghold unlocking the door to
the room you had charged him to care
for until your return and we have
locked him In there that you may see
for yourself he has proven unfaithful
to the trust"
For reply the king said. 1--WE will
go at once and open the door"
Poor Rollo, faint from want of food.
lay on the floor of the room when the
door was thrown open. The king
commanded his servants to carry him
up the stairs and give him food
After a little time the king asked.
"How did you happen to be In the
room charged you not to enter, my
SOM"
"Have my brothers not told you"
inquired Rollo.
Eyes" replied the king, 'but wish
to hear your story as WELL"
"My story would count for little
against that of my two brothers. faith
err" replied the prince. you found
me inside the room to which held the
key, am sorry; that Is all have to
say"
II am sorry also, but not for you,
my son, but for your two faithless
brothers who could not be trusted to
keep faith with their father and who
have stopped to treachery to place
their brother in false light"
you, my son Rollo, shall become
king and rule after me. and IL in your
heart you can find pity for your faith
less brothers they may live on your
bounty"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-08
FOOLISH TO WORRY
ABOUT ONES HEART
Horizontal.

Persons who are the surest they
have weak hearts are in many cases
laboring under a delusion, while the
ones who least suspect 1t are those
whose hearts need treatment.
This is the opinion of DIR. William
Duncan Reid, Boston heart specialist,
who tells In Hygeia why heart disease
heads the list in the mortality statis-
tics.
MANY persons come to the doctor
with some such list of symptoms as
these-rapid heart action with pain
around the heart, shortness of breath,
dizziness, opposition, blue-skinned
hands. That sounds like bona fide
sick heart, doesn't it? Well, 1t isn't.
The doctors call 1t effort syndrome,
which means that due to some disturb
ing factor set of symptoms appear
Stimulating cardiac disease although no
impairment of the heart has occurred"
The only way to know IL your heart
Is in good condition Is to have pc
riodic examination by your doctor and
not worry, says Doctor Reid.
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Something to Think About
BuF. A. uALKER
Blu F. A. DALKER

viewpoint. Any effort to recover lost
ground Is fatiguing.
There is no more delight In the old
chase, no joyous inspiration in seek
ing to excel our own best efforts.
We have become inert and indif-
ferent. To make an unusual gesture Is
wearisome to the flesh. To lure from
its lair some great idea which shall set
the world agog is impossible, for we
are descending to the lowlands where
resourcefulness has persisted and hope
lies buried beyond our reach.
AS compared with eternity, life is
but an existence of moment, but 1t
is our duty to make the best Of 1t by
being always active in climbing the
high hills, which take us little nearer
the heavens.
And when we close our eyes In the
final sleep we shall have the sweet
consciousness of having never turned
back, having never lost our faith nor
hesitated in the doing of our duties
as we understood them, though at
times the paths were hard and our
hearts were troubled with doubts and
fears.
20 by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate,
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the biscuit, as this will insure them
from being soggy, or soaked.
A bit Of chopped onion, parsley or a
bit of Glove of garlic may be added
to meat pie, making it more APP
petizing.
Dutch Pot Pie.-Cut into dice one
half pound of smoked ham, cook slow
ly until well-heated, then add six
sliced potatoes, three onions sliced;
cook few minutes with the ham, then
add three pints of boiling water.
Cover with biscuits made from butter
milk and baking powder, as they are
especially light and fiaky.
California Eggs.-Have eight hard
cooked eggs cut lengthwise. Parboil
the tips of bunch of asparagus. But
ter baking dish, put the eggs into 1t
outside up, cover with the asparagus,
then add the remaining eggs, yolks
down. Prepare q white sauce, using
cream and the liquor from the as
paragus. Pour this over the dish,
sprinkle with seasoning and well-but-
tered crumbs and bake fifteen minutes.
Breakfast Tomato.-HolIow out
small tomatoes and fill with the fol-
lowing: Drop raw egg into each
tomato. season with salt and pepper
and cover with two slices of bacon.
Add a bit Of worcestershire sauce to
each, skewer the bacon with tooth
picks and bake in hot oven twenty
minutes.
II you have little ginger bread left
over, or any plain cake, steam 1t and
serve with a lemon or vinegar sauce,
for dessert. Use one cupful of sugar,
a tablespoonful of flour, one-half cup
full Of boiling water, grating Of nut
meg and two tablespoonfuls Of vine
gar or lemon juice. Add teaspoonful
Of butter, just before serving.
Add teaspoonful of sugar to peas,
or roast or stewed meats; it adds to
the flavor.
Variety of Good Things.
Every little while some one asks
for recipe for Scotch short bread.
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HOW TO SOLVE A CROSSWORD PUZZLE

If we should be overhearing the con-
versation Of bees, and the day after to-
morrow joining in it. We may be able
to tell our hive bees that there is a
tin of molasses for them If they will
fertilize those apple trees five minutes
fly to the southeast; Mr.. Johnson's
tree over the wall can wait. To do
this we should probably need model
bee to make the right movements of its
feelers, and perhaps the right nose
and smell. Why should we wait to see
II there are 'men" on Mars when we
have on our own planet highly social
and fairly intelligent beings with a
means of communication? Talking
with bees will be a tough job, but
easier than voyage to Mars.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-08
Converse With Insects
Only Matter of Time

]. B. S. Haldane, the British bio.
chemist, says in the Forum that it's
only question of time before man
will be talking with bees and ants. The
investigations of Wheeler of Harvard
have made it very probable that the
behavior Of social insects such as ants.
instead of being based on compli-
Gated series of special instincts, rests
largely on an economic foundation not
so very unlike our own. The ant that
brings back bug to the nest gets paid
for it by sweet juice secreted by
those that stayed at home. On the
other hand, German entomologist at
Kiel has been tackling the problem of
how much one hee can tell another and
how it does it. Tomorrow it looks as
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-08
POINTS ON
KEEPING WELL
DR.. FREDERICK r. GREEN
Editor of "HEALTH"
ADIPoSIS DoLoRosA

THIS Latin term which sounds so
mysterious means painful fat. 1t
is the name given TO peculiar condi-
ton, first described by Dercum in 1888,
In which there are deposits of fat,
either all over the body, or In limited
masses, which are painful. The fatty
masses have a peculiarly 'wormy"
feeling. The flesh is soft and bruises
easily. 1t is so tender that the patient
cannot lie long in one position but Is
forced to change his position frequent
ly to relieve the soreness.
While most victims of the disease
are over normal weight, they are not
necessarily so. Also one may be many
pounds overweight, without the pc
culiar soreness found in Dercum's dis
ease. So this is evidently something
different and distinct from ordinary
fattihess.
In recent issue Of the Journal OF
the American Medical Association,
Doctor Price and Doctor Bird of Spo-
kane, Wash, describe a case of this
rare and strange disease. The patient,
a woman of nineteen, weighed 1872
pounds. But this weight was not even
ly distributed. All over her body and
limbs were punches of fat. These
masses were painful and tender. They
felt like punches of worms. Her flesh
bruised easily, she could not lie down
in comfort. She had to change her po-
sition constantly. She was dull and
complained of a constant feeling Of
weakness.
Careful examination failed to show
anything wrong with any of her body
functions. Here was a woman with
strange, painful, fatty Jumps, general
weakness and mental dullness. Some
thing was wrong. What was it?
In the few cases of this strange dis
ease where a post-mortem was pos
sible, it was found that the victim had
a shrinkage Of the thyroid glands In
the neck and of the pituitary, a small
gland at the base of the brain. From
this. it has been suspected that this
disease was caused by defective action
of these two glands. Both of these
glands are what are called "endocrine"
that is, they manufacture some sub
stance which goes directly into the
blood and which is necessary for the
proper working of the body.
No one knows how to make de-
fective gland work like sound one.
But the glands of animals, especially
the glands of the sheep and the COW,
are very similar to our own.
So this patient was given small
doses of the dried thyroid Of sheep,
later on of the dried pituitary. In a
few weeks, she was free from pain,
able to do her Homework and mentally,
bright. The fat had disappeared.
We know that dried sheep thyroids
will change cretin idiot into nor
NAL healthy, happy person. Now IL
dried pituitary will cure victims of
such strange and painful condition
as adiposis dolorosa. one more human
affection can be written off.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-08
THE FAITHFUL PRINCE

nNCE upon time there lived
~ king who had three sons and as
they were all brought on the same
day by the stork the king could not
decide to which one to leave his
crown.
The king had great wealth in jewels,
bags of gold and a vast kingdom. In
one room in the stronghold under his
castle he placed all of his bags Of
gold. In another room he placed all
OF his jewels and in the third room he
placed a pearl casket and in this he
put a scroll on which he wrote that all
his vast kingdom should go to the son
who proved worthy.
Then the king called to him his
three sons, whose names were Rollo.
Carlos and Zalito, and to each he gave
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Not to Enter.
a key which fitted the three doors In
the stronghold.
To Carlos was given the key to the
room in which the gold was stored, to
Rollo the key to the jewel room and
to Zalito the key which unlocked the
door to the room where stood the
casket
Il am getting to be an old man."
said the king to his sons, land the
time is not far of when one of you
must reign in my place. I am going
on journey and If at the end Of one
year I do not return unlock the doors
which your keys fit in the stronghold
of the castle.
One old and trusted servant shared
him and attended to his needs.
For awhile all went well. Every
day the three brothers went to the
stronghold and busted the keyhole of
the door to which they held the key
and went away without anything hap
pening.
But one day while the king watched
from his secret hiding place he mo-
ticed that Zalito as he busted tried
to peek through the keyhole into the
secret chamber.
"He," said the king, sis not the one
to rule after me-"
But not only Zalito was getting I'm
patient, his brother Carlos had once
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-08

Rollo forgave them and promised
them a living which was much more
than they deserved and then the king
told them how he had watched day
by day from his hiding place In the
wall and had seen everything that had
taken place.
Two shame-faced princes left the
stronghold with the king and one very
happy-faced prince; and though 1t
was many years before Rollo became
king, when he did he had no trouble
with the two brothers who tried Sc
hard to disgrace him.
When knaves such as Zalito and
Carlos find they are discovered in
such wrong-doings they are usually as
submissive to the one in power as
they were overbearing and wicked.
(@ by Mcclure Newspaper syndicate.)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-08
A Salute

Bill works in a downtown office.
He has habit, when yawning, of in
dulging in good stretch. which brings
the arms above the head in a wave
like motion.
He was visibly embarrassed a few
days ago when business caller at an
other desk in the Office noticed the
wave-like motion of the arms, and,
thinking the salute was intended for
him, responded with a similar salute.
The stra ger, leaving the building,
was asked by friend who the man
was that waved at him.
81 never saw him in my life, but he
evidently knows me."-Indianapolis
News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-08
Quaint Epitaph

Riders Guide to New York City"
says: "Betweer Claremont and Grants
tomb is a child's grave marked by a.
tombstone bearing the quaint inscrip-
ton: Erected to the memory of an
amiable child, ST. Clair Pollock; died
18th of July, 1897, in the fifth year of
his age. Man that is born of woman
is of few days and full of trouble. He
eometh like a flower and is cut down;
he fieeth also as shadow and con-
tinueth not. The child was nephew of
George Pollock. New York merchant"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-08
Black Bear Best of All

The black bear is the best-known
member of his family in western Can
ada. Three of his greatuncles live on
this continent. The polar has his
home In the Far North, the grizzly
ranges in the Rocky mountains and
the kadiak. that giant among wild ami.
mails, is to be found away far up on
the Pacific coast. They are all much
larger than and not nearly so jovial
and harmleas as their dusky nephew,
the black bear. Dan MCGOWAN writes
In Agricultural and Industrial Progress.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-08
"Jins" in Numbers

Many famous men have had dread
Of some particular number, and in
numerous instances this has actually
played remarkable part in their
lives. Wagner was logged by Ii.
So was Rossini. His antipathy to the
Odd number was mainly owing to the
fact that he composed the Barber OF
which was Kissed on it's pro-
duction in 1S16-in thirteen days. The
date Of his death was November 13,
1868.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-08
A LINE o. CHEER
BY John kendrIck Bangs
THE TEMPLE

-HHY call me vain because /
take good care
OF this my body. and to keep
IL fair
And at to house my Soul for
ever try.
And on external things keep
watchful eye.
Well-vain am l. perhaps. I'm
satisfied.
TIL lot deny that I've q taste
for pride,
But since I've got Soul that
gives to me
A chance to win true immortal
ity
I'm going to see that in this
world of din
1t has Temple well worth liv-
ing in,
AS free of squaior as the House
of Kings,
AS happy doth befit Immortal
Things.
90 by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-08
Canadian Shipbuilding

AS early a. 1928 shipbuilding was a
branch of1industry in Canada of the
French regime. During that year six
merchant ships and two men-of-war
were built in the colony. In 1852
74-gun ship was built at Cape Dia-
mond. Quebec city. In 1910, fifty
years after the surrender of Canada
by Governor vaudreuil to General
Amherst. 26 vessels were built in
Canada, having total tonnage OF
$3.50 tons. These statistics show that
they must have been small vessels.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-08
dhe UhY Of Superstitions
Bu Il IRulNG KING

place Of termination. Survivals of this
sort are rare. In the superstitions. Of
agriculture especially, it is generally
the beneicent forces that are appealed
to.
GO by Mcclure Newspaper syndicats.)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-08

It IS 100 FlCN TOT daily
food, but will be en-
joyed occasionally; 1t is
nice served with a cup
of tea.
Scotch Short Bread
Take two pounds of
-four. one pound Of but
ter, one-half pound of
SI1uar and two haafan
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-08

baked. In a small fam
lily there are always left
over meats that may be
used in such a pie. For
chicken add the gravy, a
little thin cream or milk
to the bits of meat, cover
with baking powder bis
cult and bake. Be sure
that the chicken is boil
ing hot when putting on
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e THE
I0KITCHEN ~
CABINE 7 -
I@. 1925. Western Newspaper Union. )

There is so little rest! There is
such an unreasonlng passion for
activity. And so we skim the sur
face of all things; we never look
down into their depths and see the
power of help and culture which
they might contain.-Philips Brooks.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-05-08
EVERYDAY FOODS

Nearly everybody will eat and en-
Joy a good meat pie, If it is well sea-
soned and roperlY
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-05

SAN ANTONIO,
SEPT. S, 1925
Making Things Clear
By DIR. FRANK CRANE

; and tells you what it's all about.
The others consist in elegant re-
arks to the reader by the writer
about what neither of them compre-
bends.
In the more ponderous and high
brow magazines few writers IN
derstand anything.
The idea, however, that wisdom is
obscure is entirely erroneous.
1t is bunk that is misty and half
truth.
What Ben Franklin or William
Shakespeare have to say is plain as
pike-staff. 1t is the humbug which
Faker Ram Chandra Bamboozle
calls "deep and esoteric" that is
wozy.
Even Einstcin, the man who is
supposed to BATTLE us all by prov.
ing that there is a fourth dimen-
sion, that two and two do not al
ways make four, and that parallel
lines may meet after n while, can
make himself understood.
For instance, Maurice Samuel in
The Manchester Guardian. told of
going to one of Einstein's lectures in
Vienna, and actually grasping what
the master had to say.
As the lecturer went on, said
Samuel, I'VE were aware, to our
establishment, of a sudden capacity
for thought; we were actually able
to understand.
If Einsteifi can be made clear,
anything can be made clear.
So cheer up. II you don't sea,
and are not interested, the fault
is not necessarily yours. Ten to
one the speaker or writer simply
does not know his business.
Copyright. 1925. by The Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-05
MOST HLSlDUE TO NEGLECT
By ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. D.
United States Senator From New York.
Former Commissioner Of Health New York City,

But you owe yourself abundance of
rest, sleep, recreation, good food,
decent clothes and a respectable
home.
A man who wilfully neglects to
care for his health is just as sinful,
as I see it, as the man who neglects
the work he is paid to do. If
parent neglects the health Of his
child or deliberately exposes others
TO disease, he can be arrested and
hailed into court. In the last an
alysis, isn't man just n culpable
who neglects himself and takes a
reckless chance of getting disease?
don't know, of course, but my
lunchroom man might think I'm
crazy to hold such ideas. Then.
again, he might endorse this view.
Of one thing, at least, am NOR
ally certain-hc would have a pos
tive opinion Of some sort and
wouldn't hesitate TO express it.
Many Of the diseases we have
are traccable TO neglect. Rheuma-
tism and neuritis can be traced to
bad teeth, tonsils or some other
local disturbance. Colds and pneu-
monia are usually grated on to
a run down condition, plus undue
exposure. Stomach and intestinal
conditions are apt to have bad eat
ing as a cause. tuberculosis is fos-
tered by bad housing and bad hab-
its of living.
These are but a few of the many
troubles which might be avoided.
A conscientious person should give
heed to such conditions, just as he
would to business matters. or to
the trade he follows.
Have you ever thought about the
number of accidents due to reck-
lessncss,. lack of caution and the
exercise of plain common sense?
Why tempt fate?
You should let your conscience
be your guide in physical matters
as in moral concerns.