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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-07-17

they are used for protection against
clothes moths. That is. the garments,
rugs, or other articles should be thor
oughly cleaned, summed, and brushed
before being put away. They should
then have eieher the naphthaline or
the aradichlorobenzene scattered
through the box or container in which
they are to be stored, between folds
and in various parts of the article.
This box should then be tightly closed
and wrapped with an extra protective
covering of heavy wrapping paper If
the articles are to be stored in a trunk
or chest the container should be
tightly closed. as it is essential in all
cases that the fumes given off by
slow evaporation of the fakes or the
crystals be closely confined. Either
Of these substances is effective against
all stages of the beetles if properly
lsed. The action of camphor is
slower. but it may be used.
Cedar chests will kill the very young
larvae of carpet beetles, but they will
not kill the beetles, the older larvae
or the pupae, nor will they prevent
the eggs from Matching. Articles
such as balls of yarn, floor skins
backed with wooden cloth, pillows
stuffed with hair or feathers. and
similar objects in the interior of which
the older carpet beetle larvae can
hide. should not be placed in cedar
chests until fumigated to kill the
larvae hidden where they can not
be reached by brushing.
Where infestation is general
throughout a house or is serious in
closets, it may be advisable to fumi-
gate with hydrocyanic-acid gas, carbon
disulphid, or sulphur, but none of
these fumigation methods should be
employed except by a person we'll in
formed regarding them. Laundering
in thick suds or with water hotter than
the hand can bear, or pressing with
hot iron, will probably kill the
larvae and eggs of the carpet beetle
in articles to which this treatment is
adapted. The usual commercial dry
clearing processes are probably effec-
tive in killing them.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-07-17
Observation-Disclosures
MY FAVORITE
STORIES
By IRWIN S. COBB
c9c0csoscsesceosceceeees
Nothing Doing in the Fish Line

lCopyright)
Nothing Doing in the Fish Line
Some people insist that measuring.
class by class, the lowest order of
human intelligence In America 10
found among Key West sponge fisher
men. Others hold that the group
place at the foot of the column prop
erly belongs to a certain order OF
theatrical producers. AS proof Of the.
value of their contention they point
to the story of the theatrical man.
ager, who, on being told that play
brought him by certain dramatist
was based upon one of Charles
Dickens novels, said:
swell, you get hold of this fellow
Dickens and bring him around to
lunch tomorrow and we'll get his
ideas and fix up contract"
In the same connection there fire.
quently Is cited a remark by Wilton
Lackaye who once expressed de-
sire, which he said he feared would
never be gratifed, to play the part
of Jean Vatican in stage adapta-
ton or Hugo's Les Miserables. A
friend spoke up:
isn't there a manager in town who
can produce it?"
There isn't manager in town
who can even pronounce it," said
Lackaye
Without any desire to take part in
the controversy over the respective
merits of the theatrical managers
and the Key West sponge-fishers, ]
herewith submit, for what it may be
worth, an incident which happened
few months ago in the Office Of a
prominent producing manager, whose
name is household word in every
actors home. TO him there came an
experienced playwright bearing the
script of new piece which he had
just finished
Il don't want you should read 1t
to me, now" said the manager. Just
tell me what it's like"
"Weil," said the playwright, sits a
historical drama in five acts. l call
1t The Dauphin.'"
For why do you call it that's"
Because it's based on the story Of
the Lost Dauphin."
II don't want it." said the manager
emphatically. at wouldn't go. The
public wouldn't never stand for a
play about fish,"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-07-17

much better now, strong enough to do
my own homework, and have two dear
babies to care for besides. / tried other
medicines before taking the Vegetable
Compound, but was never treated for
my troubles. I speak highly of the
Vegetable Compound to my friends and
recommend it to any woman for run
down and nervous condition. Mrs. 7.
d. BULLER, Walpole, New Hampshire.
Over 200, 900 women have so far replied
to our question, ''Have you received
benefit from taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound"
SO out of every 10Oof the replies say,
eyes" and because the Vegetable Com
pound has been helping other women it
should help you. For sale by druggists
everywhere.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-07-17
CARPET BEETLE Is
HOUSEHOLD PEST
LarUae Feed on Fabrics or
Various Articles.

prepared by the United States Department
OF Agricultural
Carpet beetles, or so-called buffalo
MOTHS" are common household pests
usually associated in their destructive
work with clothes moths. Ordinarily
they are not so destructive as clothes
moths, because they reproduce only
once year, and then not so abundant
ly.
Experienced housewives throughout
the North are familiar with the stout,
oval, reddish-brown hairy grubs or
larvae of the common carpet beetle,
found beneath carpets or in cloth
Ing. In southern homes, however, the
longer, slender, golden-brown larvae
of the black carpet beetle, with its
tuft Of golden bristles, is more COM
mon.
All carpet beetle larvae feed upon
fabrics or upon various articles, in
Guiding upholstered furniture, contain
ing wool, silk, hair, fur bristles, or
feathers. They even feed upon dried
animal matter, Naphthalene flakes and
Observation-Disclosures crystals are used
to protect susceptible articles from
carpet beetles In about the same way
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-07-17
The Leaning Tower of
Baltimore

In Baltimore, years ago, there was
a shot tower that stood up In the air
to a considerable height. Almost at
minded German ran saloon.
Eugene Havez, afterwards a New
York theatrical man and now in the
moving picture business in California,
lived in Baltimore when the shot
tower stood there. One day Havez
and friend of his found themselves
In the vicinity of the shotworks.
Both were thirsty and both, as it hap
pened, without funds. Havez had an
idea.
He outlined It to his companion
and then they entered the saloon in
violent argument with each other.
"I'n bet you anything I'm right"
Havez declared.
You're wrong" stated his friend
stubbornly, you're just naturally
bound to be wrong"
They lined up at the bar still de-
batting. The German waiting patiently
to serve them became interested.
I'll show you how game l am"
said Havez. "I'll bet you the drinks
I'm right and leave it to our friend
here to decide it."
That's co." said the other man.
"Set out the drinks" commanded
Havez.
The German served them and they
drank.
NOW, poys," inquired the saloon
man, wat Is dis pet?"
Its like this" said Havez edging
toward the door, my friend here
bets that when the shot tower falls
down it will fall to the north. l say
1t will fall to the SOUTH"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-07-17

unmolested passage of the caravans
travelling between Missouri and New
Mexico. So, in sense, it is the GEN.
tennial of the Santa Fe Trail.
This summer the Boone family of
the United States gathered in Ken
lucky in celebration of the one-hun-
dred-and-fiftieth anniversary of the
settlement of that state by Daniel
Boone. 1t is an interesting coinci-
dence that the Santa Fe Trail cele-
bration should call public attention to
Daniel Boone's grandson-and rival in
public estimation as woodman, hunter,
scout and Indian-fighter-Ch Christopher
Carson. For the Santa Fe Trail with
out Kit Carson is like Hamlet" with
Hamlet out.
This centennial of the Santa Fe
Trail really opens up the whole story
of the winning of the West. For the
Santa Fe Trail led to the acquisition
of Texas, the Mexican War, the oc-
cupation of California, the Overland
Mail, the Pony Express and the meet
Ing of the Union Pacific and Central
Pacific at Ogden.
And for forty years Kit Carson had
a hand in it all. First he was iden-
tilted with Bent's Fort on the Ar
kansas in Colorado, the famous trad
ing post of the famous Bent Brothers
in its time the most famous of all
the trading posts west of the Missis-
sippl Successfully he won fame as
an explorer; as guide for Fremont and
his right-hand man in the California
expedition; as scout and dispatch
bearer; as Indian agent and as United
States Army officer. Possibly no from
tiersman had more to do with settling
the West. Certainly no man had more
influence for peace with the Indians.
Here is brief chronology that hints
at his many activities:
1S09-Born In Madison county. Ken
lucky; 1911. taken to Howard county,
Missouri; 1924. apprenticed to saddler
an Franklin.
1S26-Ran away to join Santa Fe
caravan; 1928. settled in Taos, N. NJ
1S29-Trapping trip to San Francisco
bay; 1909. trapping in Rockies and
Northwest.
1SS2-4o-Hunter for Bent's fort, Colo
RADIO.
1Si2-44-Guide for Fremont; 1S45,
with Fremont in California
1S46-4S-Three round trips, Califor-
MIA to Washington, with dispatches.
1S53-Drove $500 sheen, New Mexico
to California.
1S54-Indian agent for New Mexico
1S62-64-Fought Confederates and
Navajos; colonel First Regiment New
Mexico Volunteers: breveted brigadier
general
186S-Visited Washington with depu-
tation of Indians; died at Fort Lyon.
Colo.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-07-17
Big Box so Cents

The mighty healing power Of Peter
sons Ointment when eczema or terrible
itching Of skin and scalp fortunes you
is known to tens of thousands of peO-
pie the country over. Often the itching
goes overnight.
For pimples, acne, rough and red
skin, old sores, ulcers, piles, chatting,
sunburn burning feet and all blemishes
and eruptions it is supremely efficient,
as any broad-minded druggist will tell
you. Peterson Ointment Co., Buffalo,
N. Y.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-07-17
Table DeIicacy

The ortolan is bird of the old
land, whose merit. as a table delicacy,
lies in its fairness, and its chief Pc
cuIiarity is that even its bones are
edible. To shoot an ortolan. even with
dust shot, were to spoil 1t for the
table. 1t must be trapped and, II not
found fat enough, be given diet Of
millet seed until it becomes good
handful Ortolans may not be vio-
lently killed; the best way being to
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-07-17
Admonishing Him

"And fuddermo, brudders and sis
tabs" solemnly said good old Parson
Bagster in the course of a recent Sab
bath evenings sermon. keep yo' lamps
trimmed and burning. Lean on de
Lawd, and-looky you, Brudder Jack
soni What yo' trying to do down dar
in de fifth pew fun de back?"
"Leanin' on de Lawd, sah," replied
Gin Jackson, the gambling man. who
had settled down on the small of his
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-07-17

back with his feet over the pew ahead
"Leanin' on de Lawd. like 20 done told
us to-"
DE invite to lean on de Lawd dom
mean for yo' to go TO bed on Him, yo
trifiin' loutl Take yo' hoofs out'n dat
seat and set up straight or rs gwine to
ak de rushers to rush yo' cut KAN
sas City Star.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-07-17
Mammoth Ferry

A mammoth car ferry for use be-
tween Anchorage and Baton Rouge,
La, was recently launched at Neville
Island. Ohio. This boat will be $40
feet in length. will have an extreme
deck width of 91h feet on nodded
beam of Sc feet; and will carry at one
tip a complete train of mogul engine
End II pullman cars of % loaded
freight cars. The cost will be quar-
Ter million dollars. and the ferry Will
be the largest vessel Of its type.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-07-17

Have you planned the changes In
the kitchen that will save steps?
A card Index has as much useful
ness in the home as in the office; one
use is for recipes clipped or copied
from newspapers or magazines.
When making cookies. if you are in
a hurry roll them all out at one time
and cut in squares instead of round
This saves time as the dough does hn
haze 70 be re!lneadei into shape y
flen-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-07-17

had notions that annoyed him, be-
cause they were not true and natural.
So he employed only men to wait on
him. But finally he turned the
men out, and had the women back.
saying they were potter, in his pres
ence, at least. Women may be
impolite with each other, but they are
potter than men in the preseRcs Of
men.-E. w. Howe's Monthly
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-07-17

plunge their heads into a glass Of fine
champagne and so 10 drown them.
Roasted Sin winding-sheet of vine
leaf wrapt," they form literally
bonnie bouche for the epicure. who
takes them by the legs and crunches
each bird in delicious mouthfuls.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-07-17
Britons Growing Shorter

Sir Arthur Keith, conservator of
the Royal College of Surgeons Mu-
seums and England's best-known an
thropologist, says the average height
of the modern Englishman is feet 8
inches. 1t was previously supposed
for many years that the average was
5 feet inches. Sir Arthur said also
in a recent lecture that the brain of
modern Europeans is smaller today
than formerly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-07-17
AROUND THE HOUSE

Surface water running into the we'll
or cistern is as dangerous as poison.
If a metal button is attracted to
magnet, one can he sure that such d
button will rust in the wash.
Mother should have a fixed hour
each day when she lies down and
closes her eyes. whether she sleeps
or moi This noaf stould be undis
furbed
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-07-17
Genius Budded EorIy

Douglas Jerrold achieved success on
the stage with farce written when he
was fourteen, and William Henry Ire
land produced his famous Shakespeare
forgeries, and for time deceived the
most learned men in the country, when
he was only seventeen.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-07-17

ind 1T has improved
my health wonder
fully. For months
and months / was
not regular and had
terrible pains. They
used to affect my
side so / could not
work. / re ad of
others being helped
by the Veg e t a lie
Co m poun d, so I
thou g hit it mi ght
helm mo 7 am uar1
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-07-17
Blessed SIeen

Now. blessings light on him that
first invented sleep. 1t covers man all
over. thoughts and all. like cloak
Christopher Marlowe
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-07-17
When Women Are Polite

When men are as gentle and polite
as women, like them as well as
women There is a story of
an old-time man who resolved not to
have women in his house; he said they
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-07-17

New York's only woman bell ringer
is Miss Mary Fl. Gillies. who sounds
the 20-belt set in the belfry Of Grace
church in lower Broadway.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-07-17

British factories produce more than
100000 pairs of boots and shoes a
year.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-07-17

and appeizng
below by the United States Department A
loaf it in the
mimi seasonings be used
u teaspo onful wdereds
dry crumbs "
u cupful blesa mil
1
butter, OF II
in
all
butter with
crumbs little
fryn
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-07-17
MRS. FULLER
MADE STRONG
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound Helped where
Other Medicines Failed

Walpole, N: HI have Used Lydia
r. Pinkham's Vegetable COMPOUND and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-07-17
AVIS Old FQRT
BY JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN

OUNCIL GROVE, KAN,
will celebrate its centen-
NAL August 10. 1t was
there. one hundred years
ago, that the United
States government took Of
fetal recognizance of the
Santa Fee Trail by making
a treaty with the Pawnee
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1925-07-17

For Bargain Hunters
"Halloa! Why are you rushing
about like this?"
I'm trying to get something fol-
my husband"
Had any Offers?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-17
WOMEN INELIGIBLE
AS ILLINOIS JURORS
State Supreme Court Denies
Feminine Sex the Right to
Serve in Court.

Bv the Associated Press.
SPRINGFIELD. H., December IL
Women cannot occupy jury boxes in
Illinois, the Supreme Court said in a
decision yesterday.
This first definite decision that
women are not qualified jurors in llli-
nois grew out of the accidental list
ing of a woman by her initials. which
led to belief she was a man. As II.
r. Fyfe.'' she was summoned to re-
port fol. Jury service but when she
appeared aS Mrs. Hannah Beye Fyfe'
she was advised that there had been
mistake and that she vas not eligible.
She brought suit against the Cook
County Jury commissioners and won
it, but the decision was reversed today.
The supreme Court found that every
Illinois statute relating to jurors uses
masculine words. and therefore that
men only may serve as jurors.
The opinion says. in part:
while the nineteenth amendment
had the effect of multiplying every ex
preston in the Constitution and the
laws of the state denying or aDridginS
The right OF suffrage of women on ar.
count of their sex. il did mt purDot
to have any effect whichever on the
subject OF liability or eligibility of
citizens for jury serves.
The Legislature did not intend that
the name of any woman should be
placed on the jury list, and must be
held to have intended that the list
should be composed of the names of
male persons only.
I'VE must. therefore. hold that the
word electors as used in the statute,
means male persons only. and that the
petitioner was not entitled 10 have her
name replaced upon the jury list of
Cook County"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-17
RAIL HEADS PREDICT
PROSPERITY FOR YEAR
Presidents of Two Western Lines
Loe>A Ahead to Increasing
Business.
Rr tte AsAorLntcd Pros.

By TIRE AsAorldtcd Press.
CHFAGO, December 1.-Two
Western railroad presidents yesterday
predic:sd prosperity for the Nation in
1926 at a luncheon OF industrial execu-
lives. W. 3. Storey. president of the
Santa Re lines, and Carl r. Gray,
Union Pacific Railroad president, were
The speakers.
Both agreed that there is every
indication for an increase of business
in the Western areas their respective
roads serve.
Mr.. Storey declared the railroads are
functioninC today under the best con-
ditionS they ever have known. Bust
ness, he said, has IAN excellent out
look in every direction"
President Gray compared present
railroad conditions to those of the
postwar era of Government manage
ment, declaring that while shippers
had suffered losses of more than ST.
900 900 900 under the Government rail
regime, these losses had been more
than repaid in savings accorded to
shippers since 1920.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-17

three months Mine No. of the Chi
cago, Wilmington and Franklin Coal
Co. established a new world record
Tuesday by producing 12,s23 tons of
coal.
This required PAS railroad ears to
move. The mines previous record
was 11.325 tons. Eleven hundred
miners are employed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-17
Just Something to Eat.

From the Louisville Courer-Journal.
why so many lettuce sandwiches
at teas and receptions?"
"All the women are dieting
"Well?"
"A lettuce sandwich is more than
nothing, yet it isn't exactly food"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-17
MINE BREAKS RECORD.

Illinois Shaft Produces 1888
Tons of Coal in Day.
WEST FRANKFORT, H.. December
II P.-For the third time within
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-17
Thousands of Other Toys in TOYLAND-
Special Values in
Silks for FRIDAY

-$1.OO Imported (l2-momie)
Natural Color Japanese Pongee,
all silk and washable; 33 inches
wide. Yard.
-S1.OO Wide-wale Velvet Cordu-
roy, shown in rs light and dark
colors. Yard. .....:.
-S1.25 S e m i-made En-
broidered Rayon Vests, QlS
shown in seven dainty C]D
tints. At, each. ......... n
-$l.25 All-silk Washable fh =
Radium, shown in Is dark &
and light colors. At, each, ~-
kann's-Street Floor
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-08-20
Making Of oft-Meated
Fowls Out of Cockerels

The making of large. soft-meated
fowls out of cockerels that ordinarily
would be sold on the market as stays
Is the real reason for caponizing cock
erels. Caponizing also tends slightly
to increase the weight of the birds.
When birds are ten to twelve weeks
old they are ready for caponizing, al
though it may be done earlier than this
depending upon their weight. They
may be caponized as soon as the sex
can be distinguished easily.
After birds have been caponized they
should be kept separate from the other
fowls until the wounds are healed. No
roosts should be provided, as the less
flying and jumping they do the sooner
the wound will heal The yard into
which the capons are put should pro-
vide them with shelter, food and water
and they should be kept quiet. They
seem to be little Inconvenience by the
operation and water and soft feed
mixed with sweet skim milk can be
given them Immediately.
Birds to be caponized should be
starved from "a to 36 hours. Caponiz-
Ing is not a difficult operation, but in
order to secure the best results, an
experienced operator should be en-
ployed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-08-20
Natural Crossing in
Oats Is Very Small
Experiments Show One Per
Cent in IoWar Variety.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
1t has long been recognized that
when two varieties of corn are grown
in rows side by side certain amount
of natural crossing takes place. A row
of white corn growing next to a row
of yellow corn, for instance, will pro-
duce ears that have numerous yellow
kernels. Also it has long been gen.
eral belief that the so-called close-fer-
tilted cereals, like wheat, oats and
barley, very rarely cross naturally /;
that is, row of white oats, for in
stance, growing beside a row of black
oats would produce white kernels only.
Artificial methods of crossing the two
kinds of oats were necessarily resort
ed to when plant breeders desired a
cross. Seedsmen, therefore, have
grown plats of one strain Of oats next
to plats of another strain, feeling as
sured that each seed plat would re-
main pure
Such is not the case, however, ac-
cording to the United States Depart.
ment of Agriculture. Experimental
work with oats at the Akron (Colo.)
field station has shown that without
doubt natural crosses do occur in oats
the same as in corn, although to far
less extent. The extent of natural
crossing in oats varied with the differ
ent varieties 1t was greater in some
selections than others from the same
variety. The greatest percentage of
natural crosses was observed in the
Iowar variety, in which an average of
nearly per cent Of crosses was found
The natural crossing of oats is so
small that 1t is of no particular sig
nif1cance to the average farmer even
though he does grow his own seed oats
1t is OF Importance, however, to the
cereal investigator and nursery seed
producers. The need for formulating
better methods in plat and nursery
technique in conducting experiments
with oats is apparent If the factor Of
natural crossing is to be eliminated