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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-01
Father of 8 Children
Escapes Serious Illness
Suffering From Nervous Prosraor,, Stomach Troubles,
FACILITATING Heart, Rochester Man Receivers
Lost Health. Thanks Tanldc

The remarkable experience of Peter
T. Cummens, 624 E. Center Street,
Rochester, Minnesota, is the expert
ence of thousands of men and women
who after years of suffering have
found grateful relief and new strength
in this wonderful tonic.
"For about 10 years ] have been
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GUS prostration. But instead of inn
proving this fearful affection seemed
to be getting worse.
''When I forced myself to eat a little
to keep body and soul together, dread
full pains from indigestion would tor
ture me. My heart became affected
and would palpitate whenever / ex-
erted myself. 1t caused shortness of
breath. scarcely slept. Iwould only
doze for a few minutes then my mus
Giles would twitch and jerk and !
would awaken with start.
EATER hearing so much about Tan
lac decided to try it. A fortunate
dayl For this wonderful tonic made
me feel like new man. now enjoy
my meals without i'll after-effect. I
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-01
Steam, Pressure Does Not
Remove Food Viton1ins

Cooking foods under steam pres
sure does not generally destroy the
vitanins in the foods, says the United
State Department of Agriculture. OF
the three best-known vitamins, only
one commonly called vitamin G, Is
easily affected by the ordinary cook
ing processes. The presence Of air
and long-continued heating seem to
aid in the destruction of this vitamin.
In the case of foods requiring long
cooking in the ordinary way, cooking
in the alright pressure cooker would
probably be less destructive to this
vitamin than the usual method.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-01
Women Driuers

Three hundred women in Paterson,
N. J., who successfully completed a
safety course for women drivers
of automobiles, have organized to pre-
vent accidents of all kinds. They were
also instructed on the prevention Of
accidents in the home. Membership I'm
the new organization was restricted to
those who were able to pass an exami-
nation. Practical demonstrations were
given In the work of all mechanical
parts of an automobile.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-01
Break Cake on Brides Head

1t was the custom of the Romans,
1000 years ago, to break the wedding
cake over the head of the bride as she
entered her new home. The breaking
of the cake was part of a solemn cere-
mony, and was said to be peculiarly
impressive. A similar custom prevails
in some sections of Scotland. where
hammock is broken above the head
of the young wife as she, for the first
time, enters her new home.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-01
DOES NOT AFFECT THE HEART
Successful

"How did your wife come out with
her Job of painting the carr" we inter-
estedly inquired.
'Fine" enthusiastically replied the
husband of the paint singer. "It was
a complete success Why, the old boat
doesn't look any worse now than it did
before she began" - Kansas City
Times
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-01

| binary mop-stick. This is very cheap
and can be discarded after once
using.
Hot biscuits for dinner or supper
may be mixed after breakfast and
kept In the ice box till time to bake
them.
Fifteen quarts of canned tomatoes
for each person In the family will
usually provide three servings each
week during the eight months when
fresh tomatoes are high.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-01
HOUSEHOLD NOTES

If fasteners on gloves become use
less, sew on snaps.
To remove iodine stains, soak them
in alcohol.
Give the garbage pail bath once in
a while. Hot water and washing soda
make 1t fresh and clean.
For busting hardwood floors, get
engineers waste and put 1t in an or
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-01
Don't FORGET cutlcura TaIcun

Don't Forget cutlcura TaIcum
When adding to your toilet requisites.
An exquisite face, skin, baby and dust
ing powder and perfume, rendering
other perfumes superfiuous. You may
rely on it because one Of the Cuticura
Trio (Soap, Ointment and Talcum),
25c each everywhere.-Advert
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-01
Quantities of Pile Fabrics

The wearing qualities of pile fab
RIGS depend very largely upon wheth-
er or not sufficient extra yarn has
been used to hold the pile into the
body of the fabric. It is always well
to examine such fabrics very careful
ly and note how readily the pile can
be pulled away from its foundation.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-01

nSSSiSiH9 iHtO us DOW.
bolt. All, and them villains are
a-hammerin' it this moment Don't zee
go, and leave me like this! They'll
keelhaul me, they will. They'll trice
me to the cat"
Back oars, Darby" I said. 1--WE
can't leave the poor fellow"
"And him with Bones!" protested
Darby.
"'Twas not his fault"
We rowed under the stern, and
called up to the steward
slump into the water and We'll
pick you up, Ben"
"Who're your" he answered shakily.
"'Tis Master Ormerod."
/ could hear the blows on the door
at the end of the companionway.
Hasten, mani We can't wait for
ever"
He jumped, and we hauled him,
dripping, into our midst.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-01
Notch for Every Lion

]. Bruce, the official state lion hunt
er of the state fish and game COM
mission of California, has 259 notches,
figuratively speaking, to his rifle, each
notch representing mountain lion
bagged by him since his employment.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-01
NibbIing the Rnif

She (poutingly)-Don't you ever
speak of love?
He (tactfully)-Er-yes. Lovely
weather, isn't it?-Detroit Free Press.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-01

Good luck is hard to catch, but bad
luck is more apt to chase you.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-01

There are truths which are not for
all men, nor for all times.-Voltaire
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-01

the washboard accordingly. If 1t is
too high, cut part of the legs off. The
ironing board also should be at such
height that the pressure exerted by
arm and shoulder can be used to the
best advantage. Try out several ar
rangements until you are sure that
you have the best.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-01

About one oyster shell In a thou
sand contains a pearl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-19

" HE RAMBLER has found but,
- one record of the execution of
a death sentence at Old Capitol
Prison. The victim was Capt.
Henry Wirz, November 10.
1855. James Croggon wrote in 1897
of Old Capitol Prison: And here not
q few executions, some by gallows
and others by shooting, occurred" l
believe Mr.. Croggon right, and that
have not come upon the documents
in which these hangings and shoot
inEs were recorded. In book print
ed in 1863 the author. Dennis A., Ma
honey, charged that two Old Capitol
prisoners were shot dead by guards,
and he gives the names of the men
killed as Jesse w Wharton, son of
Dr.. Wharton Of Prince Georges
County, Nd, and Henry Stewart, son
Of DR.: Frederick Stewart of Balti-
moro.
Word came TO me that a kind
woman living in the remodeled build
ing, First and A streets northeast,
which was the Old Capitol, sometimes
strews flowers on graves In the gar
den behind and beside the building.
That graves were in the Old Capitol
garden was news to me. and thought
that. II graves were there they might
be marked, or that the kind woman
who puts flowers on them might
know whose graves they were. The
property is owned by the National
Woman's Party. The front door had
the sign, Walk in" At the desk and
in the hall before 1t and the Office
behind II were several women, young.
good TO look at and modishly dressed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-19

Merryman of Baltimore, and says that
when Merryman was imprisoned at
Fort McHenry Chief Justice fancy
of the United States Supreme Court
issued a writ of habeas corpus that
the prisoner be brought before him.
The commandant of Fort McHenry,
Gen. George Cadwalader, refused to
obey the writ, answering that the
prisoner had been arrested by author
ity of the President of the United
States. Mahoney quotes from Chief
Justice Taney's opinion that no notice
had been given to him (Taney) of
the suspension of the writ of habeas
corpus, and, in his opinion, Justice
fancy wrote: IT have exercised all
the power which the Constitution and
laws confer on me, but that power
has been resisted by force too strong
for me to overcome
Mahoney writes of the suppression
or the Maryland Legislature in Sep
TENDER. 1861, by the kidnapping of
certain members of that body" 1
find in this book the names of q few
prisoners who were in the Old Capitol
with Mahoney and they were: George
w. Wilson, editor of the Marlborough
MD Gazette; Walter Bowie of MARI
borough, Judge John II. Mulkey of
cairo. Ill; Judge Andrew D. Duff of
Benton, ILL.,; David Steward of Fair
neld, Iowa; j. Blanchard, Carbonate,
ILL.,; Rev. Judson p. Benedict, East
Aurora. N. y; Joseph C.. Wright, Mil.
ford, Pa; John Apple, Aquila r. Allen,
John III. Wise, and DIR. Samuel Fl.
Bunday OF Marion, H.; DR.. A. B.
Hewitt OF Chatham, Ill, and John W.
smith OF Jacksonville, ILL.,, who was a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-19

native of one of the counties near
Washington
In the Records of the Rebellion, |
find this inspection report on Old Cap
itol Prison:
Headquarters, Military District of
Washington. December g. 1864.
"Col. M. n. Wisewell, Commanding
Military District of Washington.
Sir: have the honor to submit the
following inspection report of the con
dition Of the prisoners of war at this
station for the week ending December
8, 1854: Conduct, good: cleanliness,
medium; clothing. fair; bedding, fair.
state of quarters. fair: state of mess
house, medium: state of kitchen, me
dunn; food, quality, good; food, guam
tity Of sufficient: water, good: sinks,
good. police of grounds, good; drain
age, good: police of hospital. good:
attendance on sick, regular: hospital
diet. under medical direction: general
health of prisoners. good; vigilance of
guard. satisfactory
Remarks and suggestions: The con
dition of the kitchen, Old Capitol
Prison. is anything but creditable, con
sidering the number of employees. The
floor and tables We're dirty and the
walls dingy and blackened with smoke.
Nothing In the culinary came up to
the mark. with the exception of the
cooking utensile. In my last report
/ recommended embarrassing, and re-
specially suggest the same again. as
1t is really required.
Very respectfully your obedient
servant, A. NJ. RAPHALL,.
Lieut.. 9Th Reg't, Vet. Res. CorDs
and Inspecting Officer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-19

They were brisk and busy women.
One was working at a ledger, one was
going over mail just handed her, one
was coming quickly to the desk to
put a question: and one was going
smartly down the hall on an errand.
When the pretty blond at the Office
desk took time to notice me said:
I'D like to talk to the janitor." That
seemed an unusual request, and some
of the ladies looked up. 1t seems
that the janitor does not have much
company. THE janitor"' said the
young lady in surprised soprano, as
though she hadn't quite got the ques-
ton. Yes" said the Rambler. Il
want to see him about the graves in
the back yard" Graves in the back
yard, Graves in our back yard"' said
several sopranos and contraltos, and
the ladies left the ledger, the mail and
the errand and came around me.
Graves in this back yard"' came in
rising tones. Ladies I had not seen
before came from the parlor to take
part in my reception. What graves?'
said the pretty blonde, and there was
a CLINT in her brown eyes as though
they said: "Will somebody please
phone DR.. Hickling to bring the
wagon"
Fair women pressed around me. In
all the years of my married life /
never seemed so important. Subcon-
sciously / felt my necktie to be sure
the collar button was not showing
and that the collar ends were close
together. l also thought, Gee. but /
ought to have put on my extra pair
of pants that Ellen ironed yesterday"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-19

put in Old Capitol Prison. The book
is in the Library of Congress. Here
Is the preface:
ITO Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary
Of War, u. s. A.:
"Sir: Having considered for some
time to whom it was most appropriate
to. dedicate a work describing the kid
haping of American freemen by arbi-
trAry power and their Incarceration
without trial or judgment of any
court in military prisons. no one has
occurred to my mind who has so we'll
earned the unenviable distinction as
yourself of having his name connect.
ed, imperishably with the infamy of
the acts of outrage, tyranny and des-
potism which the book l hereby dedi-
cate to- you will publish to the Ameri-
can people.
: 'eYou it was, sir, who after setting
at liberty the victims immured at
Forts Lafayette and McHenry by
your predecessors in tyranny-Messrs
Cameron and Seward-and after caus'
ing the great heart of the people to
leap with joy that they should again
be governed by the Constitution of
their country and not by the will OF
partisan. you united in your person
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-19

IN the border line between China
and Tibet there is a native indus
try that IN not only novel in many re-
spects, but, involves a pilgrimage OF
great length each year, This indus;
try conGstssin the breeding OF insects
that raise wax. The wax is employed
IN various parts of China for the max
ing of temple images and candles.
These curious insects are about the
size and shape of shoe buttons. Their
most peculiar characteristic Is that
they do not secrete the wax in their
birthplaces. Accordingly, about May
each year the natives take them from
the branches of the trees where they
were born and convey them many
miles across the mountains, They are
carried to part of the country
wherein grows the towering ash,
upon which the insects delight to feed
and to deposftsthe wax.
Il Is a strange procession that pro
ceeds from the Chien-Chang Valley
every Spring. Each porter carries
two bamboo baskets fastened together
with curved sticks. These fit over his
shoulders, one basket being before
and the other behind. The mans bur
den consists of Fourds containing the
insects. which are wrapped in leaves
from the wood-oil tree. The females
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-19

g.
a mortal crime has been done or
mortal accident taken. place which
does not suffer from the "hants." Old
houses Whefep neither a. murder nor
an accident happened are beset by
ghosts the names" of an early owner
and the shades of his family. If you
were 'Hbo'n'h in the South and If you
had a dark nurse who had man1mied
Nellie Gusts, and whose husband.
Uncle Mace had been 'Uo'ge Wo-shen-
TINS" body servant, and If you played
under the shade of the big walnut
near the spring and the log cabin
where Aunt Oily used to treat you to
hoecake, a:poke" greefSte jowl and
black-eyePSas, you must have. learned
faith in. ghosts. ~ ST.
Dennis A Mahoney's book, referred
to- Is titled THE Prisoner of State. :"
The types tell that 1t was printed at
New York in 1863 and froqgAssntis
ments the author hurts at Edwin tM
Stanton. Secretary of War. feel that
something must have happened to
Mahoney after publishing the book.
Mahoney was arrested at Dubuqus,
Iowa, obviously for expressing pro-
secession or anti-abolition thoughts.
He was brought TO Washington and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-19

Come along" said Bino. Wen tell
EN- we're carolers. I'm one
The tree was over. There was to
be dancing after the tree. But as the
three went through the stately, de.
serted rooms to the ballroom 1t was
not jazz that they heard.
They stood in the arch of the ball
room. The tree, shorn Of it's gifts,
rose sparkling with bulbs and colors,
and on its summit blaZed a great
white star. The lights Of the room
were amber and cream, the floor was
spread like a quilt Of smooth ice, the
holly and mistletoe hung on the dark
walls. But the guests were sitting
about the edges of the dancing space,
and somebody had struck an DID,.
familiar chord, and they were singing
together, silent Night, Holy Night.
Say said Billo. Its Christmas
here, too"
Don't mind him. said Cyril.
Dance this with me-"
He always talks like that" said
Billo. This IS mine
I'm not dancing" said Yvonne.
I'm feeling queer. I'm going home"
But when they were outside she
cried: =.
Lets send away the car and walk
nome. Let SIHS every Slep VI lIle
way"
II can't sing. complained Cyril.
81 cam" shouted Billo.
They walked through the quiet
streets where candles burned in the
windows. And 1vonne and Billo sang
carols, whether they knew them or
not.
When they reached Miss Caroline
Claude's apartment house somebody
was Just emerging, into the frosty gilt
ter Of the night.
Merry Christmas said Miss Caro-
line Claude.
my word, is it Christmas still?
Isn't that over YETI" inquired Cyril
Miss Claude went over to Cyril. She
took him by the arm.
Come and walk a bit with me,
she said. i've had the most glorious
time +of my life. 1 have it every
year I'll tell you about 1t -
Cyril glanced back unhappily. But
Yvonne and Billo were unaware of
him and his glances.
Dear thing said Billo. "be my
Christmas present"
"All right, Billo," said Yvonne.
No one was passing. Not that it
would have mattered.
HAS 1t been me alt the timer BillO
wanted to know, his English lacking.
but his face lit.
who else could 1t have BEEN"
Yvonne demanded. II couldn't marry
anybody who pretends to be bored by
Christmas"
Copyright 1926
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-19

tourist, Isaac Weld. in his travels
Through North America" says in ref
erence to Skenesborough, N Y, that
mosquitoes were very ferocious and
plentiful there
Gen. Washington told me-" he set
down, that he was never so much
annoyed by mosquitoes in any part
of America as in Skenesborough
They used to bite through the thickest
boot" Now the boots of those days
were very thick and mosquitoes were
probably, so far as structure goes
pretty much as they are today. More.
over. the Father of His Country
could not lie; but perhaps Mr.. Weld
could, or, more probably. one Of the
gentlemen may have INDUCED a sense
of humor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-19

kimono, so the chief cousin himself
showed his new shirts. This was a
bedrock Christmas such as Yvonne
had not known existed.
About enough of this, what?" said
Cyril.
Isn't this grand and glorious?"
said Billo. 3"
"Oh!' said Yvonne again. and each
man thought that she agreed.
Here" somebody said abruptly to
Yvonne.
She looked up into the rudy mask
of the Santa Claus himself. He was
handing her a parcel. = The chief
cousin and the other cousins having
held a hurried conference, this en-
ployer Of Elsa had been voted a
present, selected from the presents
present, so to speak, and sacrificed by
somebody on the spot
"Here!" said Santa Claus, and the
hastily wrapped gift emerged unex-
pectedly from its wrappings, and in
her hands Elsa held her Aunt Caro-
line Claude's teakwood box.
Great guns" said Santa Claus. and
tore off his mask, and she looked into
the eyes of the WindOw-washer.
Miss Claude, she wouldn't take it
back, ma'am," said Santa Claus pas
sionately. II tried to give 1t to her
but she says she didn't like the
wood and the beads wasn't becoming"
80 she did. And you brought 1t
to your wife, and she's going to have
it," said Yvonne. us he your cousin,
too?" she asked Elsa.
/ Eyes M said Elsa. II didn't
recognize m at first this afternoon"
How could you, with so many
cousins?" Billo murmured.
Or I wouldn't have screamed, >"
Elsa concluded candidly.
"Oh, ma'am," began the window
washer earnestly, and Yvonne kindly
cut him short with:
Put on that mask-quick. Don't
you see you're spelling the fun for
the children"
* X X
IN the car Yvonne was quiet for a
time. while Cyril went on about
the evening.
II feel as If I'd got you into the
whole mess" he wound up distaste-
fully. Everything would have been
all right if only you had let me tele-
phone for the police straight Off"
what a laundering thing you've
thought to say!" said Billo. sleepily
Come on to the Oxfords' tree now"
I'm not dressed" Yvonne began.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-19

ONE is quite apt to suppose that
certain pests belong, In their
deadly perfection, to modern times
only. But such is not the case with
mosquitoes. According to a distin-
guished entomologist attached to the
Department Of Agriculture, who is
held to be the foremost authority on
what Is sometimes called The New
Jersey canary his researches indi-
cate that the inhabitants Of ancient
Greece were sometimes forced to
abandon their dwellings to avoid the
attacks of mosquitoes. The citizens
Of Monte, a rich city of Ionia, fled
from the mosquitoes of Mileta, and
Pergamo. q beautiful city in Asia
Minor. was abandoned for the same
reason.
Sapor, King of Persia, was COM
PEELED to raise the siege OF Nisibis
by a plague of gnats. Humboldt says
that in certain regions of South Amer,
lea the inhabitants pass the night
buried in sand which covers them to
the depth Of three or four inches,
leaving out only the head, which is
protected by a cloth.
There Is even a mosquito story
which had the hardihood to attack
the veracity OF George Washington,
or possibly that OF a contemporary