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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-05-07
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~ ELMO SCOT WATSON
e. 1925. Western Newspaper Unien.)
Captain Roberts, the Unique

out of the sinister ranks Of the
- bloody brethren of the coast"
whose careers form the long history Of
piracy, there energies the unique per
sonality Of Capt. Bartholomew Reb-
erts. There are many factors which
60 to justify this characterization Of
unique" Here are but a few:
Forced int piracy himself, he never
forced man to become pirate him
self. Upon his election to leadership,
he. spoke lacOnically and to the point
albeit not very gracefully nor CRATE
fully-as follows: "Since I have
dipped my hands in muddy water and
must be pirate, It Is better to be
q commander than 4 common man"
He was the emily fetal abstainer
known to the history Of piracy. He
drank only tea On board his ship
all lights had to be out by eight o'clock
at night, and any Of the crew who
wished to continue drinking after that
hour had to do so on deck, regardless
Of the weather. He would allow no
women on his ship, and the man who
brought woman aboard disguised as
a man did so under penalty of death.
He always protected women prisoners.
He allowed no games of cards or
dice to be played for money, since he
disapproved Of gambling. He was a
strict observer Of the Sabbath and al
lowed his musicians to have rest on
the seventh day-this In face of pirate
custom that every pirate brother who
felt the irresistible urge to sing or
dance had the right to demand tune
at any hour, day or night.
He had a particular hatred for ma
tives of Barbados and Martinica, be-
cause he had been roughly handled in
encounters with ships from those
places. SO when he designed his flag,
he displayed upon 1t huge figure Of
himself standing sword In hand upon
two skulls. Under these were the let
tiers A. B. Fl. and A. M. H.-"A Bar
badian's Head and Martinican's
Head"
His motto was ga short die and
merry one" and he often said that
he wished to die fighting. His wish
was granted, and when he was finally
killed In battle, in accordance with his
oft-repeated request, his body was
thrown overheard fully dressed in all
his regalia. He was a tall dark man
and he wore a rich damask waistcoat
and breeches, red feather In his cap,
a gold chain around his neck with
big diamond cross hanging from 1t.
He was invariably seen with sword
In hand and two pairs Of pistols hang
ing at the end Of silk sash across
his chest-not so eye-filling a spec
tacle as a Blackboard, perhaps, but
picturesque enough.
These are the things which distin-
guished Capt Bartholomew Roberts,
Welshman, born in 1882 and killed In
1922, who made a name for himself
as pirate in his forty years Of life.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-05-07
SOMETHING TO
THINK ABOUT
Bv F. "A. WALK Err
SCHOOL OF EXPERIENCE

HOWEVER well educated you may
= be when you turn your back on
the old university walls, SO proud of
the degree you have won through in
tensive study, you will awaken later
TO a realization that there is yet an
other school In which you must prove
your worthiness before you can attain
substantial success.
You will find here no quiz-masters
to sharpen your wits or stir your
Imagination; no great libraries with
helpful book of reference to shed their
Illuminating suns on the darkened
way; no maps or charts by which. you
can steer your course.
You are upon an uncharted sea and
it remains for you alone to handle
the wheel and find your way through
opposing gales which have tricks of
changing suddenly and beating against
you with terrible force
You must observe carefully and give
close attention to what is before you,
else you will be blown from your track
upon hidden rocks, where thousands
before you have been wrecked and
lost
Among these treacherous rocks are
incivility, self-conceit, egotism, vanity,
cynicism, selfishness, obstinacy, preju-
dice and unbelief, each one a wrecker
of careers and a destroyer of happi-
ness.
Only in the school of experience
can you learn Of the great dangers of
these dreadful reefs and what course
to take to avoid them.
If in the classroom Of this school
you are quick in perception, willing
to bend your will to the master-mind,
and eager to play your part like SEN
sible man or woman, notwithstanding
the high esteem in which you hold
yourself, you will find success quite
ready to flirt with you at every cor
ner, and perhaps waiting for you at
the doorway in the morning.
Even few months In the school of
experience teaches a very trenchant
principle for judgment and action, If
you have within you the proper quail
ties, consisting mainly of a uniform
courtesy and an alacrity In obeying
orders.
The man or woman who through
perverseness declines to do these
things may be counted to make a
shipwreck of his or her life.
To step down from the pedestal of
your own creation, may not be an
easy thing to do, but as you gather
experience you will find that If you
intend to participate in the race with
the efficient, 1t must be done.
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Morgan's Only Rival

SSYF A pirate is to be reckoned py
i the amount of damage he does and
the number of ships he takes, there
can be no doubt that Capt Bartholo-
new Roberts should be placed at the
very head of his profession" so says
one historian, who continues HE Is
said to have taken over 400 vessels.
The only man who can be said to
rival him is Sir Henry Morgan, but
Morgan, although in some ways an I'M
mitigated blackguard, was man of
much greater breadth Of outlook than
Roberts ever was, and, moreover, was
a buccaneer rather than a pirate"
Roberts, a Welshman, started out
honestly enough, even though the ship
upon which he was first employed was
engaged in a questionable occupation.
He was master of the Princess, which
sailed from London in November, 1719.
for the coast of Guinea to get cargo
Of 'black ivory" (slaves). At Ana
maboe the Princess was captured by the
Welsh pirate, Howell Davis, who forced
Roberts to join his crew. Six weeks
afterwards, Davis died, violently, OF
course, and the leaders among the
crew who hoped to succeed him
Lords" all, they called themselves
finally elected lord" Roberts.
The new leader Immediately sailed
for Brazil, and there In the bay of
Bahia found fleet of AZ Portuguese
ships, loaded and ready to sail. With
unprecedented boldness, the pirate
sailed In among them to the heaviest
laden, which he attacked, boarded and
sailed out of the harbor. His booty
was some 10000 moidors in money,
much rich merchandise and cross Of
diamonds for the king Of Portugal.
Soon afterwards he took Dutch
ship, then British vessel, and with
supreme audacity sailed back to Bra
I'll to clean and reft his vessel. After
that he began preying upon the com
merce in the West Indies.
In April, 1921, he was back on the
Guinea coast robbing and burning.
On one occasion he captured minis
ter whom he tried to persuade to be-
come his chaplain, explaining that all
he would have to do would be to say
prayers and make punch. But the
minister begged of and Roberts al
lowed him to 60 with all of his be-
longings except three prayer books and
a corkscrew. The pirate leader ex-
planned that those articles were soreiy
needed on the Royal Fortune, his ship
Roberts end came early the next
year. In February, 1922, he was at
tackled by 81. M. s. Swallow. and the
pirate captain was struck In the
throat by grapeshot and killed.
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"YoU certainly have a good men,
ory," complimented the House
Detective.
"Pve good forgotten, too, Kelly"
remarked the Hotel Stenographer. .If
hadn't good forgotten there
wouldn't be much in life for poor
but pretty working girl like me.
when some nice boy takes my hand
and looks into my blue eyes and tells
me that he never knew what the nice
girl was until that first night he
danced with me, and that / made all
the rest of lem look like selling-platers.
/ forget the other boys who held the
same hand, looked into the same blue
eyes and said the same thing, but who
are now rushing around with some Of
those same selling-platers.
when / stand in front Of a big
store and see million dollars worth
of furs and lingerie and imagine N.Y.
self wearing all of 'em at the same
time and stepping into a five-thousand
dollar Home James l forget that the
time / spend there should be used at
home to wash out the silk stockings T
wore to the dance last night so can
dry them on the radiator in time to
wear them to another one tonight.
''When / watch the heroine at a
movie and imagine am she, bathing
at Palm Beach In the winter and
skiing in Norway all summer, forget
that If / make thirty bucks a week
with this typewriter and manage to
get few clothes after / have paid
my mother room and board 1 am a
right lucky girl.
when / think about getting mar
ried to some nice guy and having a
bungalow in the suburbs with nv own
car, flower garden, police dog, own
chickens and few of my own kids, I
forget the poor fish most of my girl
friends have married, who have to
hustle from early morn to dewy eve
to pay the rent on the fourth floor
walk-up fiat
"Women are good forgetters, Kelly.
Even now | am forgetting the letters
that travelling man left for me to do
which / ought to be at this minute"
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-05-07

will furnish honey for year. They
tell US that the average hive yields
60 pounds Of honey.
Honey candy.-To one quart Of
strained honey take six tablespoon
fuls of butter, two tablespoonful of
vinegar and boil until it hardens in
water. Flavor with teaspoonful
each of almond and lemon extract.
add one-half teaspeonful of soda and
pour into buttered pans to cool. Mark
off into squares before it gets too
hard.
Honey Fruit cake.-Warm one
half cupful of brown sugar and one
cupful of honey until it hardens in
cold water. Remove from the heat,
add one-half teaspoonful of soda, and
all the pulled rice, wheat or popcorn
that can be stirred into 1t.
Honey Blanc Mange.-Moisten six
tablespoonfuls Of cornstarch with one
fourth of a cupful Of milk, add two
cupfuls of boiling milk, and cook
eight minutes; then add pinch Of
salt and one cupful Of honey. Mold
in cups and serve with honey and
cream, adding sprinkled nuts over
each mold If desired.
cauifiower soup.-With a cupful or
less or more of cooked caulif1ower, q
most tasty creamed soup may be pre-
pared. Put the vegetable through a
sieve and add to hot milk, season well
and bind with two tablespoonfuls Of
butter and one Of -four cooked well in
the soup.
Asparagus Rabblt.-Cook diced as
paragus until tender. Cover buttered
toast with the cooked sliced aspara-
gus, sprinkled with grated cheese,
salt, cayenne and little worcester
shire sauce. Place in hot oven or
under the gas flame for few minutes
to melt the cheese. Serve at once with
poached egg in the center If desired
Lemons will keep for several weeks
IL put into dish of fresh water and
the water is changed occasionally.
washing the lemons.
Honey mixed with orange or any
fruit Juice with a bit of lemon juice
makes good dressing for fruit
cocktail.
Honey in place of sugar for dough
nuts. adds to their flavor and they do
net dry so rapidly as those made Of
sugar.
N,.a hlef we
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-05-07

and phosphorus, and at the same
time because of their flbrous mixture
afford a most effectual internal
cleanser. If eaten with the snappy
French dressing, this, too is a stimu-
liant, exciting the digestive organs.
particularly the pancreas. The oil Is
a lubricant, 80, with the acid and
green's, 1t Gs easy to see how neces-
sary green food is in the diet.
When planting a garden the weed.
ing out for thinning should always
be planned as a salad. Such small
plants as turnips, cabbage, onions,
beets, when very young, are delicious
served raw, or later cooked In the
form of cooked green's.
Wild mustard, sorrel, dock, cress
and milkweed shoots are unculti-
waited green's which are rich in vita
mines. The young shoots Of milkweed
when cooked taste much like aspara-
gus.
DandeIion Hot Slaw.-Take about
three quarts of carefully picked and
washed dandelion leaves. Fry out
diced bacon In a hot skillet, then lay
in the well-drained leaves, cover and
simmer until the leaves are we'll wilt.
ed. Mix salt, pepper, tablespoonful
of sugar, two tablespoonful OF
cream, adding enough vinegar to add
zest to the dressing, add two beaten
eggs and stir until well blended-not
directly over the heat; pour over the
green's and serve hot.
Blanched dandelion leaves found
under boards or in sheltered spots
are delicious cut up and served with
shredded green onion and French
dressing.
Black walnuts, half cupful coarse
ly chopped, sprinkled over custard
pie makes a most delicious, rich pie,
If one likes the black walnut flavor.
Baked Eggs With cheese.-Break
four eggs into a buttered baking dish
and cook in hot oven until they begin
to turn white around the edges. Cover
the eggs with a white sauce, and over
this cupful of cheese and over the
cheese a cupful Of buttered crumbs.
Bake until the crumbs are brown.
Sweets From Honey.
Those who keep a bee' these days
will find it most profitable. There
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-05-07
Ounce Of Prevention

Ordinary colds In poultry will often
develop into contagious roup unless
immediate precautions are taken.
Symptoms of cold involve excretions
from nostrils and eyes and some
wheeling. Cold may be controlled by
removing drafts or damp conditions
In the poultry house or by securing
better physical conditions through
proper feeding and giving of tonic A
good tonic consists of one part of
epson salts and one part of sulphur
with twelve parts OF dry mash.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-05-07
The Cat Lay MotionIess Along a Limb

The Cat Lay MotionIess Along a Limb.
was. All the tiny flying folk gave him
a wide berth. And it began to look
as If he were going to spoil the nights
fun.
But all the while Mr.. Frog never
once lost his temper. Even when
Benjamin Bat called him a long-leg-
ged, nat-headed, paddle-footed med
der, Mr.. Frog only smiled and turned
a few somersaults backward.
whats the matter with your" Ben
jamin Bat asked him at last. Cant
you speak"
Certainly! Certainly Mr.. Frog
said then. I've been trying to think
of some way to prevent so much quar-
reling. 1t hardly seems fair to Kiddie
Katydid-this uproar In his dooryard.
And since you are the one that's max
ing the greatest disturbance, I'd sug-
gest that you go away and leave us
to enjoy the rest Of the night in
peace
I'll do nothing Of the kind 20 Ben
jamin Bat screamed. "This Is my
party. I thought of 1t In the first
place. And I'm going to stay here. un-
til dawn"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-05-07
KITTY dbl

A s THE hours sped by and the
"A moon at last crossed the sky and
dropped out of sight, Kiddie Katydid
saw that there was going to be
trouble.
He was worried about BENJAMIN
Bat. Early in the evening Benjamin
had begun to amuse Mr.. Frog. And he
was so busy doing that that he
wouldn't take the time to go away and
snatch even bite to eat.
Naturally, Benjamin's temper grew
worse as the night heightened And
Kiddie Katydid had to admit to him
self that he would be most unwise If
he did any jumping or flying just then.
For Benjamin Bat was in so fierce
humOr that he was ready to snap at
anybody who was smaller than he
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-05-07
CHE WHY of
SUPERSTITIONS
LOVE SUPERSTITION
By H. IRVING KING

ONE of the various superstitions
- regarding love matters which is
common in the rural districts Of this
and many other countries consists in
divining by the dodder plant, gold
en- threadlike parasite which grows
abundantly upon bushes. Take the
dodder and, whirling it three times
around your head, throw it on bush.
If it lives your love is returned; If it
dies the reverse is the case. For so
many centuries has the dodder been
used by the superstitious for this pur-
pose that its common name has be-
coma Love Vine'
It's real and ancient name, dodder,
Is derived from a Teutonic word
meaning like the yolk of an egg-yel-
lowish, and connecting 1t up with the
yellow light of the sun. Ancient
myths and folklore tales show that
the conception of the man as a tree
and the woman as the clinging vine
was as familiar symbol to early man
as it is to us as a modern metaphor.
Mr.. Caveman was an observing per-
son-his wits were sharpened by his
constant struggle to escape annihila-
ton; observation of minutiae and
drawing of deductions therefrom was
one Of his strong points. He saw the
dodder clinging to the bush as the ivy
clings to the oak. He saw that the
dodder was yellow like the light Of
the sun, like the yolk of an egg. The
egg contained the germ of life, the
sunlight was mystic, vivifying
force from the sun-god In his mix-up
of things material and things spiritual
he concluded therefrom that the dod-
der must possess mystic qualities
which rendered it most appropriate
for working magic with regard to love
affairs. and he passed the idea onto
us, his superstitiOus descendants.
10 BY Mcclure Newspaper syndicate)
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THE PSYCHOLOGY OF
SAFETY

WHENEVER a new development
w appears in human life we have
I to learn to live with it. That means
that our minds have to become accus-
toned to it so that we automatically
adjust ourselves to living with it on
terms Of safety.
When railroads were first proposed
and the farmers protested They said
that horses would never become ac-
customed to these snorting, putting,
smoking devil-machines. But in time,
horses and even people learned to
live in the same world with steam
engines and fast trains.
Exactly the same thing is happen
ing with the automobile today. 1t has
developed so rapidly that as yet,
whether as drivers or pedestrians, we
have not learned to live with it on
terms of safety. We can pass all the
laws and ordinances and regulations
we please but accidents will occur I'M
til the human mind accepts the auto
mobile as factor In everyday life
and learns to live with it automatical-
ly, so that we avoid dangers instinct
lively without having to stop and think
what we are going to do.
This is the essential point made by
DR.. ]. M. Cattell in an article on
Highway Safety" In recent number
of the Scientific Monthly. Doctor Cat
tell is no novice on this scbject. Fifty
years ago he made the first expert
ments and the first measurements Of
individual differences or what are now
called the 'time reactions" Of different
individuals under circumstances call
ing for quick action.
We all know that some people are
quicker in action than others. The
old dad man" In Western frontier
days was quick on the trigger" If
he wasn't quicker than the other man,
he wasn't a bad man very long. Some
people can't act quickly. 1t takes a
long time for the message to go from
the eye to the brain and back to the
hands or feet They are the people
who run into the other car or into the
ditch If they are driving or who get
hit If they are walking.
Doctor Catteil proposes that each
person who drives car can be given a
series Of psychological tests to deter
mine whether he can drive car with
safety to himself and others. He says !:
I'VE need to use psychological meth
DDS to determine how well an indi-
vidual can drive car and how he
will be able to learn by practice. Indi-
viduals differ greatly In ability to
drive. Those who cannot drive with
out risk to others should not be per-
mitted on the highways. These tests
can be made in few hours and may
save many lives"
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POINTS ON
KEEPING WELL
DIR. FREDERICK r. GREEN
Editor of "HEALTH"
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&c. 1926. Western Newspaper Union,
FRANCE FORBIDS
PACIFIERS
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
(M 1929 Weatarn NeMsnapar Union.l

II HE French government has found
time In the midst of its troubles
and perplexities about postwar prob
lens, money worries and depreciation
OF Its currency, to pass bill forbid
ding the manufacture and sale in
France Of what are commonly known
as baby pacifiers." These little de-
vices. as everybody knows, are rubber
nipples, with handle, a ring or a
string attached to keep the baby from
swallowing them. They are put into
the baby's mouth to keep 1t quiet.
Babies, like the young Of all anil
mails, have an instructive tendency to
put anything they get their hands on
into their mouths. This Is instinct,
but while a baby has instinct, 1t has
not sufficient knowledge, intelligence
or experience to be able to decide
whether the object it puts in its mouth
is good or bad. This knowledge must
be furnished for 1t by its mother or
nurse, so the mere fact that baby
will occupy itself and be satisfied with
a pacifier does not prove that 1t Is a
good thing for 1t.
Many persons who read the news
item In the papers, that the French
government has passed law forbid
ding pacifiers for French babies, prob
ably said, "Well, that's another sam
pie of French foolishness. Haven't
they got enough to worry about with
out wasting time on a silly thing like
that?"
But wait minute. Perhaps they
aren't as foolish as you think. France
has many things to worry about today.
She has to rebuild her war-ridden
cities, to care for her thousands Of
MANNED and crippled soldiers, to re-
establish her industries and commerce,
to pay her war debts and to reorgan-
lie her finances, If she's taking time
to think about pacifiers for her ba-
bies, she has a good reason.
France knows that her most impor-
cially her future population. The fall
Ing birth rate and the rising baby
death rate are more to her than indus
tries and finance.
Pacifiers are bad thing for a
baby. The baby with pacifier may
be quiet baby. but it isn't a healthy
baby. While it's sucking its pacifier,
it's filling its little stomach full of
air, it's developing wind collie, and in
digestion, it's pushing its milk teeth
out of position. SO that the permanent
teeth come in crowded and crooked,
and in general, it's preparing poorly
developed and diseased man for the
future. So France doesn't want any
pacifers for its babies.
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Worth Recording

Thirty-seven billion feet Of lumber
was cut In the United States in 1924.
In 1858 the stage fare from st.
Louis to San Francisco was 500 gold.
Until the Eleventh century the
Scandinavian languages differed but
slightly.
Twenty-six per cent of CALIFORNIA;
productive acreage is of recent plant
Ing.
A laboratory of glass technology
has been established at the Univer-
sity Of Pittsburgh
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are so many de-
licious di s b Q 8
which may be
prepared fro m
honey. For t he
children there is
no sweet more
wholesome. A
hive Of bees In
every back yard
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-05-07

often weeds, but are
much more wholesome
than any tonic taken
from a bottle.
This craving for green
foods is gratified by
servin G the crisp, raw
leaves, which are rich
In iran sulDhur lime
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Penalty

Jones-Why does Benson look so
sad?
Green-Last Sunday he tuned in on
a sermon and went to sleep, as he
does in church, and burned out his
batteries.
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&1CABINE I 1:
~. ls4.. ne.l.r. Newspaper Uni

~. l,1., weslsra Newspaper Union.l
Away with clocks and sundialsi
Time and /
Have made = compact-this to
be my boon
Te hear the evening thrush, and
know the hour,
Yet feel 1t neon.
Jean Dwight Franklin.
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