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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-02-12

to the British parliament, For Gods
sake, then, my lords, let the way be
instantly opened for reconciliation.
/ say instantly; or it will be too late
forever"
The Weems book reached some deep
spots in the boy. He asked himself
what it meant that men should march,
fight, bleed, go cold and hungry for the
sake of what they called freedom"
Few great men are great in every.
thing" said this book. And there was
cool sap in the passage: washing
toms delight was in that of the man.
Hest sort, which, by stringing the
limbs and swelling the muscles, pro-
notes the kindliest flow of blood and
spirits. At jumping with long pole,
or heaving heavy weights, for his
years he hardly had an equal"
Such book talk was comfort
against the same thing over again, day
after day; so many mornings the same
kind of water from the same spring,
the same fried pork and corn meal to
blowing, summer weeds, fall fodder
pulling, each coming every year.
Lincoln was thankful to the writer
of "Aesop's Fables" because that
writer stood by him and walked with
him, an invisible companion, when he
pulled fodder or chopped wood. Books
lighted lamps in the dark rooms of his
gloomy hours Well-he would live
on; maybe the time would come when
he would be free from work for a few
weeks, or a few months, with books,
and then he would read God, then
he would read. Then he would go and
get at the proud secrets of his books.
His father-would he be like his
father when he grew up? He hoped
not. Why should his father knock
him off fence rail when he was ask
ing neighbor, passing by, ques-
ton? Even if it was smart question,
too pert and too quick, it was no way
to handle a boy in front of a neigh
Dor. No, he was going to be a man
different from his father. The books
his father hated the books. Already
Abe knew more than his father; he
was writing letters for the neighbors;
they hunted out the Lincoln farm to
get young Abe to find his bottle Of ink
with blackberry brier root and cop
peras in it. and his pen made from a
turkey buzzard's feather, and write
letters. Abe had a suspicion some
times his father was a little proud to
have a boy that could write letters
and tell about things in books and out
run and outwrestle and rough-and-
tumble any boy or man in Spencer
county. Yes, he would be different
from his father; he was already so;
it couldn't be helped.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-02-12
SIMPLICITY
Rx IHoMAs ARKLE CLARK

" on have been to Richmond, Va,
= many of you, no doubt, and have
seen the statues of the southern
heroes that stand in the broad thor
oughfare that crosses the city. The
one of jefferson Davis Is ornately
done with much decoration and many
words carved at it's base, as If by
eulogy 1t would make great the mem
DRY of the man whom it commem-
crates. There is nothing simple about
it. The second statue is one of the
most impressive that have ever seen
and more impressive because Of it's
simplicity. There is no ornate deco
ration on it, no words of explanation
or euIogy. 1t bears only the one word
Lee" No one will pass it without
giving it second look.
Much has been written and said con-
corning the monument to the memory
of Abraham Lincoln which stands in
the city Of Washington. One comes
away from 1t awed, impressed, salts
fed that in it's grand simplicity it fifty
typifies the accomplishments and the
character of thes man in whose men,
DRY it was designed. 1t would not
have been great If it had not been
simple.
The monument to the memory of
the unknown soldier in Westminster
abbey is a plain tablet let into the
floor of the abbey, and bearing this
inscription:
''They buried him among kings be-
cause he had done good toward God
and toward his house"
There might have been many words.
there could easily have been much
carving and bizarre display, but the
tablet was sufficient. The beautiful
simplicity of 1t drew crowds to gaze
at 1t and to admire it from morning
until night.
The effectiveness of Lincoln's Get
tysburg speech lies largely in Its di-
rect simplicity. There Is no useless
ornamentation, no unnecessary words,
nothing that is not genuine and sin
cere. If he had said more he would
have been less impressive.
Strength and beauty lie In sim
pIicity.
jeanette has just come back from
Paris bringing with her some very
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-02-12

wanting Of more and more of what
was hidden between the covers of
books.
He kept on saying, 1.-THE things 1
want to know are in books; my best
friend is the man who'll git me book
I amt read"
Besides reading the family Bible and
figuring his way all through the old
arithmetic they had at home, he got
hold of "Aesop's Fables" "Pilgrim's
Progress" Robinson Crusoe," and
Weems' 1.-The Life Of Washington"
The book of fables, written or col
lected thousands Of years ago by the
Greek slave known as Aesop, sank
deep IN his mind. As he read through
the book a second and third time, he
had a feeling there were fables all
around him, that everything he touched
and handled, everything he saw and
learned had fable wrapped in it
somewhere.
One fable was about bundle of
sticks and a farmer whose sons were
quarreling and fighting instead of
sticking together; and the farmer took
bundle of sticks, gave them each
stick, asking them If they were strong
enough to break it, which they did
easily; then he handed them a bundle
of sticks and asked them if they were
strong enough to break #; and they
tried their strength to the limit but
could not break the bundle of sticks :;
whereupon the farmer told them: "In
union there is strength"
The style of the Bible, of "Aesop's
Fables" the hearts and minds back
of those books, were much in his
thoughts. His favorite pages in them
he read over and over. Behind such
proverbs as "Muzzle not the OK that
treadeth out the corn" and HE that
ruleth his own spirit is greater than
he that taketh a city," there was a
music of simple wisdom and mystery
of common, everyday life that touched
deep spots in him, while out of the
fables of the ancient Greek slave he
came to see that cats, rats, dogs,
horses, plows, hammers, fingers, toes,
people, all had fables connected with
their lives, characters, places. There
was, perhaps, an outside for each thing
as it stood alone; while inside of it
was it's fable.
One book came, titled "The Life of
George Washington, with Curious An
ecdotes, Equally Honorable to Him.
self and Exemplary to His Young
Countrymen. Embellished with Six
Steel Engravings, by M. L. Weems, for
merly Rector of Mt. Vernon Parish"
1t pictured men of passion and proud
ignorance in the government of Eng
land driving their country into war
on the American colonies. 1t quoted
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-02-12

istic modesty which later was noted
as one Of his outstanding traits in the
White House.
When he had been inspired to verse
by return to Indiana after Is years,
he wrote to friend:
THAT part of the country is, within
itself, as unpoetical as any spot on
the earth, but still, seeing 1t and its
objects and inhabitants aroused feel
ings in me which were certainly po-
etical; though whether my expressions
of those feelings is poetry is quite
another question"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-02-12
Honor Belongs to Morris

Robert Morris was Americas first
financier. In May, 1871, Morris pre-
scented to congress the plan for the
Bank of North America, the first bank
for general purposes in the United
States. The financial operations Incl
dent to the achievement of independ-
ence during the Revolutionary war
were chiefly carried on by Robert
Morris.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-02-12

fort also will be made to have the
coach exhibited at the sesquicenten-
NAL in Philadelphia from June 1 to
December 1. 1926.
The car is wooden combination
passenger and baggage coach and had
a stove in the center. At the time
it was used by Lincoln and members
of the Presidential party it was con-
sidered one of the roads finest pieces
of equipment
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-02-12

gave up the attempt He copied Lin
coins letter and sent 1t to his CORE
spondent with a note of his own.
Considering what manner of man
Woodrow Wilson was, and his judg-
ment in a matter of style and literary
taste, that was remarkable COM
pliment to Abraham Lincoln.-Indian-
apolis News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-02-12
Keep Rings On

When washing your hands in a pub
lie lavatory. keep your rings on and
wash your hands bit carefully, so
they do not wash off. The rings may
get bit soapy and dull, but that Is
easily remedied at home. There is
too much risk in forgetting and theft
to remove them in public place and
let them stand on the wash bowl.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-02-12
Remarkable Lineuisf

Sir William Rowan Hamilton, the
celebrated English mathematician,
who died in 1865. had an extraor-
binary faculty for learning languages,
and is said at the age of twelve to
have mastered ID languages, besides
English.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-02-12
Origin of cred Tape"

"Red tape" is popular name for
official or legal formality and delay.
The term had It's origin in England
during the Eighteenth century and
arose from the custom of tying docu-
ments with red tape. 1t was per-
fectly natural that the ordinary man,
impatient for action, should ridicule
this everlasting tying and untying of
red tape which bound the dispatch
and document cases.-Pathfinder Mag
azine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-02-12
Historic Railroad Coach

The railroad coach In which Lincoln
rode to Gettysburg to deliver his ia
nous address on the battlefield in
1864 was found on siding In the
yards of the Western Maryland rail-
way at Baltimore. The historic but
dilapidated car was discovered by
Pennsylvania committee of the Lin
coin Highway association that visited
Baltimore.
The committee will seek to have
the coach taken to Gettysburg and
kept as historic memorial. An eff
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-02-12

Discovery is the best known blood med
icine and tonic. More than fifty million
bottles have been sold. If your dealer
does not sell the Discovery, in liquid
or tablets, you can obtain pkg. of the
tablets by sending 65c to the DR.. Pierce
Clinic, in Buffalo, N. Y. Also write for
free medical advice.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-02-12
Witty and Modest

Abraham Lincoln's inferiority COM
plex. which has been so recently en-
larged upon by critics, is illustrated
by his remark to an audience of young
women in a seminary. Lincoln, con-
scious of his own awkwardness, rose
and. towering over them, said:
Ladies, 1 have for some moments
been looking at you and you have been
looking at me, and rather think /
have the best of It,"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-02-12
Rock Formation

The term "monadnock" is derived
from Mount Monadnock in New
Hampshire, and Is applied to an iso-
lated mountainlike remnant of hard
rock extending above its surroundings
in the late states of period or cycle
of erosion. Stone mountain In Geor-
gia Is another instance of this class.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-02-12

teacher, then man
aged to save enough
money to put him
thru medical col
lege.
Later, he moved
to Buffalo, N. Y,
and today the name
of this man, DR..
r. V. Pierce, Is
known throughout
the orl d. His
GO1dan MpdicaI
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-02-12

was always reading, digging into
books, stretched out fiat on his
stomach In front of the fireplace,
studying till midnight and past mid
night. picking a piece of charcoal to
write on the fire shovel, shaving off
what he wrote, and then writing more
till midnight and past midnight. The
next thing Abe would be reading
books between the pillow handles, 1t
seemed to them. And once trying to
speak last word, Dennis Hanks said !:
There's suthin' peculiarsome about
Abe"
He wanted to learn, to know, to
live, to reach out; he wanted to salts
fly hungers and thirsts he couldn't tell
about, this big boy of the back
woods. And some of what he wanted
so much, so deep down, seemed to be
In the books. Maybe in books he would
find the answers to dark questions
pushing around in the pools Of his
thoughts and the drifts of his mind.
He told Dennis and other people, 1.-THE
things / want to know are in books
my best friend is the man who'll git
me book / amt read" And some
times friends answered, "Well, books
amt as plenty as wildcats In these
parts o. Indianny."
This was one thing meant by Dennis
when he said there was "suthin' pc
culiarsome" about Abe. 1t seemed
that Abe made the books tell him more
than they told other people. All the
other farm boys had gone to school
and read 'The Kentucky Preceptor,
but Abe picked out questions from it.
such as "Who has the most right to
complain, the Indian or the negro %
and Abe would talk about 1t, up one
way and down the other, while they
were in the cornfield pulling fodder
for the winter. When Abe got hold
of story book and read about a boat
that came near a magnetic rock, and
how the magnets in the rock pulled all
the nails out of the boat so it went to
pieces and the people in the boat found
themselves fioundering In water, Abe
thought it was funny and told 1t to
other people. After Abe read poetry,
especially Bobby Burns poems, Abe
began writing rimes himself When
Abe sat with girl, with their bare
feet In the creek water, and she spoke
of the moon rising, he explained to her
1t was the earth not the moon-the
moon only seemed to rise.
What he got in the schools didn't
satisfy him. He went to three differ
ent schools In Indiana, besides two in
Kentucky - altogether about four
months of school. He learned his
a-b-c's, how to spell, read write. And
he had been with the other barefoot
boys in butternut jeans learning IMAM
ners" under the school-teacher, An
drew Crawford, who had them open
door, walk in, and say "Howdy DOR
Yet what he tasted of books in school
was only beginning, only made him
hungry and thirsty, shook him with a
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-02-12
cuticura for Sore Hands.

OutICuTd TOT OUTc f1dnuS.
Soak hands on retiring in the hot suds
of Cuticura Soap, dry and rub in Gu
ticura Ointment. Remove surplus
Ointment with tissue paper. This is
only one Of the things Cuticura will do
If Soap, Ointment and Talcum are used
for all toilet urposes.-Advertisem
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-02-12
Not So Golden

swell. grille, / hope you are look
ing forward to golden future"
"No, / thought I'd dye my hair
black this year."-Louisville Courier
Journal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-02-12
Nations Advancement

Construction of new schools and
libraries absorbed per cent Of all the
money spent for new buildings in the
United States in 1923.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-02-12
Natural Question

Diner Ito the doorman as he leaves
expensive restauranD -Er-tell me
is there any charge for going out?-
London Opinion.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-02-12
HOW TO SOLVE CROSSWORD PUZZLE

in win
spell yr an he ht in each yOr 1
nd Heated by a numb VIII to the
words
Iete forms definitions
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-02-12

When man makes a fool of him
self his first thought should be to
keep others from finding it out.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-02-12
Lincoln a Modest Poet

When Abraham Lincoln turned poet
at the age of thirty-five, toward his
own work he retained that character
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-02-12

No wise man ever wished to be
younger.-Dean Swift.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-02-12

Ducks and looms use their wings
when swimming under water.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-02-12

A German library which is to con-
tain everything published in the Ger
man language since 1913 has been es-
tablished at Leipzig.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-02-12
From School Teacher
to Great Eminence

A young man who was brought up on
farm, qualified for district school
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-02-12

The successful borrower gets credit
for his efforts.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-02-12
Don't Let That Cold
Turn Into "Flu"

That cold may turn into Flu"
Grippe or, even worse, Pneumonia, un-
less you take care of it at once.
Rub Musterole on the congested parts
and see how quickly it brings relief.
Musterole. made from pure oil of
mustard, camphor, menthol and other
simple ingredients, is counter -irritant
which stimulates circulation and helps
break up the cold.
As effective as the messy old mustard
plaster; does the work without blister.
Rub it on with your fnger-tips. You
will feel warm tingle as it enters the
pores, then cooling sensation that
brings welcome relief.
Jars & Tubes
lg !i j ] Il
GIsz!:sA:ssssm
Better than a mustard plaster
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-02-12

The things want to know 4
are in books; my best friend Is :.
the man who'll git me a book /
amt read.-A. Lincoln. /.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-02-12
BY Dewitt J. MASON

HE story of Abraham Lin
coins thirst for knowl-
edge, when he was a boy,
growing up In his Indiana
home, is one that is In
teresting to this day.
The farm boys in their
evenings at Jones' store
in Gentryville talk e d
about how Abe Lincoln
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-02-12

Solution of Last Weeks Puzzle.
The Winslow mail., 1926-02-12
Compensation Law
Retroactive From
Nov. 3, 1925, Ruling

PHOENIX - Jurisdiction over
industrial accidents and fatalities
occurring on and after NOV, 3,
1925, will be assumed by the new
state industrial commission as the
result of a legal decision made by
Judge Samuel White, counsel for
the commission.
Judge White, in his decision,
finds that the workmen's compen-
sation law became effective the
day following the issuance of a
proclamation by the governor de
claring that the compensation had
been passed by the electors of the
state.
An effect of the ruling makes it
necessary for all employers to re-
port industrial acciednts which have
occurred among their employees on
and after Nov. 3 of last year.
Blanks will be mailed to employers
throughout the state shortly and
reports on the new forms must be
made by employers.
The Winslow mail., 1926-02-12
COcOnino County Takes
Option On Buffalo Herd

FLAGSTAFF = T h CocOnino
county board of supervisors at its
regular meeting this week signed
an option to purchase within one
year the herd of buffalo now owned
by James T. Owens and ranging
in the Kaibab National game pre-
serve on the north rim of Grand
Canyon.
The herd was established by
Buffalo" Jones in 1902 and after
Jones death, was taken over by
his partner, Owens, who has since
controlled and cared for the ami
mails.
There are now about 80 head and
it is the idea of the supervisors
that they should become public
property and allowed to increase
and be protected by this county or
the state under a plan yet to be
The Winslow mail., 1926-02-12

For buyers who investigate find
in this extraordinarily cookbook
ing, dependable Overland Sedan
they can get quality, comfort,
room, power, speed, endurance
at a low price unequalled among
four-cylinder cars. 81 features of
quality construction IN this
Overland model make it the
fnest-built light car in the world.
The Winslow mail., 1926-02-12
Stale Will Fight Govt
On The Game Situation

PHOENIX - Arizona will fight
the federal governments conten-
ton that the Kaibab deer belong
to the government declared Gov
ernor Hunt after being served
with papers in the suit of the Uni
ted States Forest service in which
the government seeks to restrain
Arizona from preventing the de-
struction of the famous Kaibab
deer herd.
The governor, in a statement
took a slap at federal bureau
Gratis" and warned the people of
the state of an effort to destroy
state government"
The Winslow mail., 1926-02-12
Tombstone PostpOnes
Action On Franchise

TOMBSTONE - Action on the
matter of granting a franchise to
Ray B. Kerbs for the installation
here of an electric light and pow
er plant was deferred by the city
council at meeting Wednesday
night, pending a hearing to be
granted the Arizona Edison COM
pany, whose representatives were
in Tombstone early last week, MAX
ing plans to survey the city with
view of seeking a similar fran
chise.
The Winslow mail., 1926-02-12
BISBEE WOMAN SLAIN

BISBEE = Mrs. Elina Lopez,
young and attractive matron, resid-
ing in the Mexican colony here, died
in a local hospital late this after
noon of gunshot wounds inflicted
by her husband, Jose Lopez, who
surrendered to the police and vol
unfairly admitted firing the fatal
shots Alleged attention of anoth-
er man was given by Lopez as the
cause of his deed.
The Winslow mail., 1926-02-12

DEING given memorial in
- marble and bronze on the Mall
is one thing. it seems: being
eaid an ancient claim validity due is
quite another
This ironical story of the family of
General George C. Meade. the hero
of Gettysburg. has just been brought
hack into the light by a bill intro
duced in Congress by Representative
William S. Ware of Philadelphia. The
hill would appropriate 73,879.75 to
settle a claim of the Meade family
which has been pending more than a
century
While this old debt has gone un-
paid. an elaborate statuary group to
the memory of the Civil War gen
eral has been erected and is nearly
ready for unveiling. The federal
The Winslow mail., 1926-02-12
DEBT GOES UNPAID, BUT MEMORIAL
rs ERECTED TO MEMORY OF GEN. MEADE

children of the original claimant.
who was General Meade's father
THE claim arose from the Ma
poleonic wars in Spain" says Con
gresham Ware. who Is seeking set.
tlement.
"A settlement was adjudicated in
the Spanish courts. giving Meade
$4,000 for false Imprisonment
and a total for all claims of 1878.
879.75
''All the other valid claims Vert
settled. Technicalities kept the
Meade claim pending.
"The case stands out more con-
spicuously because of the exceptional
services of the family to the nation
The original claimants father was
Revolutionary patriot. Genera 1
Meade had a brother who was a cora
modore in the navy. and the latter's
The Winslow mail., 1926-02-12
Expert To Assist
Industrial Board

PHOENIX-John J. Tehany, an
expert compensation man from the
California Industrial Accident Com
mission will reach Phoenix on Fri
day morning to assist in the or
ganization of the new Arizona In
dustrial commission
The Winslow mail., 1926-02-12

son was an admiral"
The executor of the estate now b
great-nephew of the general.
Richard W. Meade of St. Louis. The
Meade estate. according to Attorney
Chauncey Hackett. is the Oldest un~
closed estate in the probate court Of
the District of Columbia.