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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-05-14
Poultry Facts

Don't feed too much at time.
More chickens are killed by feeding
too soon than by starving.
Feed five times day for first two
weeks.
There are several good methods.
Use one.
Keep rats, skunks, ETC., away from
chicks.
The cause of so many ducklings dy-
ing is the way they are fed.
Chicks must have green's, grit, grubs,
grain, gumption, ground, and direct
sunlight.
Keeping small sized hens is folly.
There isn't any too much meat on
chicken bones, anyway.
Cabbage Is rich in the green mate
rial needed for laying hens. About
six pounds of cabbage may be fed per
100 birds per day.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-05-14
CHE WHY of
SUGGESTIONS
THE HAIR AND THE MOON
By H. IRVING KING

n Ut your hair Gin the new moon"
~ If you wish it to grow well. This
superstition is general all over the
united States and Canada, and is but
another example of the survival of
the most ancient cult Of luna wor-
ship.
1t is the same survival Of a primi-
of today, who would scout the idea
that they were superstitious, plant ev-
erything except tubers, on the increase
of the moon. All folklore and all
mythology testify to the vital relation
which a persons hair bore in the es-
son himself, as well as to the spirit
ual relation which subsisted through 1t
between the human being and the
gods.
Several of the distinguished scien-
lists of ancient Rome wrote Of the
matter as of something not to be
doubted. Now, If, when the hair Is
cut, the moon, symbol OF the great
moon-goddess Isis, prototype Of all
the -goddesses, Is waxing as the
operation takes place, by the doctrine
of luna sympathy, the hair, also will
wax and grow again, thick and lux
uriant. Whereas, If you cut your hair
on waning moon, you stand a risk
of becoming bald-headed, through this
same luna sympathy-the hair being
especially susceptible to the infiu-
ence of the gods.
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L'Ollonais the French Pirate

TN MANY respects the careers Of Sir
J. Henry Morgan, the English bucca-
neer, and Capt Jean David Nau,
alias Francis L'Ollonais Ga name by
which he is best known), the French
pirate, were strikingly similar. Both
were terrible scourges for the Span
lard, and to both might fairly be ap-
piled the characterization Of "arch-
fiend." But the ends of their careers
were very different. Morgan lived to
be restored to some semblance of re-
spectability (undeserved as it was),
and after dying peacefully was buried
amid great pomp and circumstance.
be adequately punished for his crimes,
and he died as horrible death as any
Of his hapless victims.
LOllonais was transported In his
youth from his native land to the
West Indies as an indented laborer,
and after serving his time Joined the
buccaneers who were just then ris-
Ing to power on the island Of Hispa-
niola. He served for time as
sailor and conducted himself with
such skill and courage that the French
governor of Tortuga island gave him
command of a ship and sent him out
on a privateering voyage against the
Spaniards. Then he stole vessel
and went on account" but still prey
ing upon the Spanish settlements
His first great success was the cap
ture Of the town of Maracaibo in
South America, which he held for four
weeks while his wild followers pillaged
and murdered. The spoil from this
town was the vast sum Of 100000
pieces of eight, besides great quaint
ties of silks, jewelry, and plate. To
the credit of this pirate 1t must be said
that he played square with his men.
Each man was given just share Of
the loot, share was allowed for the
next-of-kin of each man killed, and
those Of the, pirates who lost an eye
or a limb received extra rewards.
L'Ollonais was as daring as he was
cruel. At one time his ship was
wrecked, and although most of the
pirates got to shore they were imme-
diately set upon by party Of Span
iards, and all killed except the leader
who was badly wounded. He escaped
by Swearing blood and sand over his
face and hiding among his dead COM
rades. Then, disguised as Spaniard
he entered the city of Campeche, and
with sardonic joy watched the celebra-
ton of the citizens over his death!
Another shipwreck on the coast of
Honduras proved his undoing. He
was captured by the Indians who, in
the words of Esquemeling. the famous
historian of the buccaneers, store him
ia pieces alive, throwing his body,
limb by limb, into the fire and his ashes
into the air to the intent that no trace
or memory might remain of such an
Infamous human creature.
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7 AVE YOU
/ i THIS HABIT
DETAILS
By MARGARET MORRISON

THE Year-In club was made up OF
other for a lifetime. Every thirty-first
of December, they gathered at din
ner, to wait until twelve o'clock struck
and another January first began.
Among them were the most successful
merchant in the city, doctor with an
international reputation, famous
writer, a politician who was spoken
Of among the knowing as "presiden-
tial timber" and a banker.
On one occasion over their cigars
when, as was their custom, they turned
to reminiscehce, the question came up
of what each considered the turning
point in his career
The millionaire merchant began:
"The turning point in my career" he
said, IL could name for you to the
year and the day and the hour. 1t was
the moment when 1 took for my trade
mark the word Quality" After a
while, no factory ever tried to offer
me inferior goods at reduced cost,
ne salesman of mine ever was fooled
with seconds at half-price. 1t meant
the habit of attending to details"
I'm fact" the politician across the
table took up the discussion "generali-
zations-to make generalization my
self-are really worthless It's only
details that count at all In last an
alysis. That's true in politics. We
get to think that the big men, So
called, the peoples representatives,
are all that count; but let these repre-
sentatives forget for moment that
they only represent and go counter to
the people, and see what happens. The
first tine was asked to run for gov
ernor. l said I'd accept If could have
a voice in my own platform. So l went
through the state and talked with the
rank and file, the butcher, the baker,
the garage man and his wife; until
found out what he and she wanted. It
took pains, bat had gained guidance
for two terms of Office
He paused, and then, as twelve be-
gan to strike, they all got to their feet
and raised their glasses. ITO the New
Year and the men who have the habit
OF attention to details!" he ended.
HAVE YOU THIS HABIT?
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1 M7H|Y1
FEEDING TURKEYS
IMPORTANT PHASE

prepared by the United States Department
of Agricultural
Feeding the young birds Is one of
tthe most important phases of turkey
raising. Unwholesome feeds and Inn
proper methods of feeding, especially
In the case of turkeys closely confined.
have resulted in many failures.
For the first two days after hatch
ing the poults require no feed, access
to clean drinking water and a little
coarse sand and green feed to peck
at being sufficient. Beginning with
the third day they should be fed, the
amount given them varying with the
quantity of natural feed they are able
to pick up outside the coop. 1t Is best
to keep them more or less hungry.
When the range provides an album
dance of green feed and insects, the
growing poults require but little extra
feeding. More losses are attributable
to overlooking, perhaps, than to all
other causes. One harmful effect OF
overlooking is that it removes the nee
cessity for hunting food,> with the re-
suit that little exercise is taken and
indigestion develops. Sanitary feed
ing places are also very important
and, above all, the soil should be kept
sweet and clean.
When natural feed Is scarce or wheE
the poults have to be kept from rang
ing outside, it Is advisable to feed them
about five times day. II allowed to
run outside the coop where they can
find insects, seeds, and green feed, two
or three feelings day will be enough.
If the poults are fed regularly every
night, In short time they will re-
turn nightly to their proper roosting
quarters. Never allow the feed to be-
come moldy. A good plan is to feed
the poults on boards, cleaning off any
feed that may remain after feeding,
and standing the boards in the sun to
dry.
Buttermilk has been found very ben
eficial In bringing poults successfully
through the early stages. A good prac-
tice is to keep the milk In front Of
the young birds during the morning
and water during the afternoon. If grit
and green feed cannot be picked up
outside the coop, they must be pro-
vided in some other way.
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tablespoonful each Of butter and SUI
gar, few grains Of cayenne, one tea
spoonful Of mustard, and one tee
spoonful Of salt. Beat all together I'M
til the eggs are broken, set over hot
water and stir until It begins to thick
en-, then add three tablespeonfuls of
vinegar (hot) to the cream mixture.
Geek until 1t coats the spoon, add one
and one-haif pounds Of finely cut
cheese. two green peppers put through
the meat chopper and two red peppers
slso chopped. Add the peppers after
the mixture is slightly cool. Use on
slices of buttered bread. The. cheese
and peppers may be used, adding
enough dressing to make the right con-
.sistency; in this way the amount may
be varied to suit the need.
Carrot, Pineapple and Nut Salad
Put carrot or two through the
meat chopper; to one cupful of the
carrot edd a slice Of finely minced
pineapple and a tablespoonful of
chopped nuts. Mix with good salad
dressing and serve on lettuce.
Curry Of Mutton.-Fry one large
onion. chopped fine, in two table
spoonfuls of butter. Mix one table
spoonful Of curry powder, one tea
spoonful of salt, one tablespoonful of
flour, and stir into the onion and but
ter. Pour over slowly one and one
half cupfuls Of stock. Cut two pounds
Of lean mutton into small pieces and
brown them in hot fat; add them to
the sauce and simmer until tender.
Place the meat on a hot dish and ar
range border Of hot cooked rice
around 1t.
Liver Patties.-Scald pound of
liver and grind it with one-fourth of O
pound of bacon and an onion through
the meat chopper. Season well, form
into small cakes and cook in little
hot bacon fat, browning on both sides.
Medley Sandwich.-Take two-thirds
of cupful of minced chicken, one
third of cupful of minced ham and
tongue; add cayenne and enough may
onnaise to make a smooth mixture to
spresd and spread on buttered brown
and white bread made into ribbon
sandwiches.
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q7He TALE 0NA
KIDDIE KATYDD q (
22Arthur Scott Bailey Xlp

mark always made Leaper the Locust
terribly angry. And 1t enraged Kiddie
Katydid as did nothing else.
The difficulty was that the field peO-
pleas well as Farmer Green's whole
family-had fallen into the lazy habit
of calling those two by the same
name. They spoke Of Kiddie Katydid
as ''the Long-Horned Grasshopper,"
while they termed his neighbor ''the
Short-Horned Grasshopper."
"It's bad enough to look somewhat
like Leaper the Locust, without being
tagged with the name of Grasshop-
per, along with him." Kiddie Katydid
spluttered.
Honestly, I'm tempted to move
away from this neighborhood," Leaper
the Locust began to tell every one he
met. "If that chap would only trim
his horns to the proper length
wouldn't mind 1t so much. But he's
actually proud of them. He's always
waving them over his head, so people
will notice them"
1HsN DOtll OcCldI Gu--AluulC Adty olu
and Leaper the Locust-that they
couldn't abide the name "Grasshop-
per-" And they took pains to warn
people in the neighborhood that they
wouldn't answer to that name, no mat
ter how loudly any one might shout
it at them.
After that a few of their neighbors
took great delight in crying Grass
hopper! Grasshopper whenever one
Of the two happened to be within
hearing. But no matter which Of
them it might be-whether Leaper the
Locust or Riddle Katydid-he pretend
ed not to hear, and went right on
eating.
But at last something happened that
made both those jumpy gentlemen
change their minds. From not want
ing to be called Grasshoppers, they
decided suddenly that they liked the
name. And each claimed that the
other had no right to it.
This odd state of affairs arose when
they learned that stranger had come
into the valley bearing a message
marked "For Mr.. Grasshopper."
That's for mel" Kiddie Katydid
cried, as soon as he heard the news.
You're mistaken" Leaper the
Locust snapped 1.-THE message Is
clearly intended for me. And I shan't
let anybody else open it."
90 by Grosset & Dunlap.)
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AS Told by
Irwin S. Cobb
FROM THE BOOK OF MOSES

NOSE MORRIS used to live near
ANA Frankfort, KY. He was small,
meek person of color who cultivated a
truck patch for living, and was gen.
orally liked by the white population.
He remained a bachelor until he was
nearing middle age.
Then, in an unthoughted hour, he
suffered himself to be shackled In the
holy bonds of wedlock with a large,
truculent, overbearing black woman
nearly twice his size. He led his bride
away to his little house seven miles
from town.
But within two weeks time he came
driving into Frankfort, which is the
seat of the county as well as the cap
ital of the state, in two-mule wagon,
which was piled high with household
effects. AS he crossed the bridge over
the Kentucky river white gentle
man hailed him:
"Why, hello, Mosal Where are you
going with all that plunder?"
Use movin', Mist Bob,' answered
Nose.
'Movin' where:"
"Movin' into town-done rented a
ILL house down back behind de L. &
N. depot"
"Why, thought you liked the coun.
try" said the white man.
II used to lax it." said Nose. II
used to lax it powerful But my wife
she don't lax the country. An yera
lately I've tuck notice, Mist Bob, dat
wen my wife don't lax thing jest
natchelly hates it."
(@ by the Central Prsss kssociation,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-05-14
How 1t Started
"LIKE PHAETON"
By JEAN NEWTON

FREQUENTLY in literature or
i speech Of a rhetorical nature we
come across an expression like this:
HE is another Phaeton and will GER
tafnly be struck down." or "He is
overconfdent. He will overreach him.
self, it is Phaetonlike ambition which
he cannot fulfill" The reference is
always to an undertaking that is far
beyond the powers of a person who
insists upon attempting 1t.
The expression comes to us from
the pages of Greek mythology where
Phaeton was a mortal whose mother
told him that his father was Phoebus,
the Sun god. Piqued by doubt. he
asked proof of his heavenly birth and
his mother sent him to the East to the
palace of the Sun to make inquiries.
There, on his throne, Phoebus acknowl-
edged Phaeton was his son, and to
prove his parentage offered to fulfill
any wish that he might express.
On learning that Phaeton's desire
was to drive the chariot Of the Sun
which gave light and heat to the
world, Phoebus exhorted him to
change his wish. None but he, the
Sun god, he told him, could take the
perilous drive without mishap. Phae-
ton, however, insisted, but hardly had
the fiery steeds dashed with the chart
OF through his fathers gates than they
took him headlOng over the course,
scorching the heavens and the earth.
The world, the legend tells us, would
have been set on fire and entirely de-
stroyed had not Jupiter struck the
chariot with thunderbolt which de-
stroyed 1t and then hurled the gallant
but overambitious Phaeton out of ex-
istence!
Ca by Bell Syndicate.)
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NATURAL OR ARTIFICIAL
SUNLIGHT

MUCH is being written these day,
AA about light. Some of it is old.
for the necessity of sunlight for the
healthy growth of plants and ami.
mails has always been recognized.
Much of it is new, for we know more
about light than we used to-. We
know, for one thing, that sunlight Ia
not simply what we see but that 1t
is combination of many different
rays, some of which we can see and
some of which we cannot see but
which instruments more sensitive
than the human eye show us are
there.
And now some of our best authori-
ties tell us that the invisible part OF
the light is of more value in growth
than the visible rays Hess of New
York, one of the leading authorities
on the growth of children, says that,
although the ultraviolet rays of the
sun are less than one per cent OF
the total sunlight, they are of more
Importance than all the rest. Sun
light is good but it is better for the
infant to have the invisible rays
than the visible rays, if he can't have
both. In other words, baby will
thrive better when deprived of the
visible rays than when deprived Of
the invisible rays.
A recent editorial in the Journal
of the American Medical Association
calls these invisible rays SKY shine"
to distinguish them from the visible
sunshine. 1t points out that direct
sunshine, made up largely of the SUMS
heat rays, may cause sunburn or, IL
the sunlight is too fierce, sunstroke,
but the invisible ultraviolet rays,
which cause no unpleasant results,
are really more important for growth
and health than the heat rays.
Here is another reason for con-
trolling the production of smoke and
the contamination of the air by smoke
from factories and industrial plants.
The short ultraviolet rays, which are
so necessary to life and growth, have
little power to penetrate. They won't
even go through an ordinary window
pane to say nothing of thick layer
of fog and smoke Hill found in Eng
land that the smoke blanket in all
large cities kept out from one-half to
two-thirds of the beneficial parts of
the sunshine.
This is as necessary for animals as
for man. Agricultural experiment
stations have found that cows must
have a certain amount of direct sun
shine in an air free from smoke and
fog, not only to produce healthy milk
for human babies but also to raise
healthy and strong calves.
These necessary invisible ultra
violet rays can be produced artifi-
cially. Are we going to keep the air
clean so we can get the natural sun
light or are we going to have our
houses, our COW barns and our chicken
coops supplied with ultraviolet ma
chimes?
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EARACHE

tn HE other night, a member of my
= family woke up at 2 a. N. with
severe pain in one ear. What was the
cause of the pain and what could be
done to relieve it?
Pain, of course, is not a disease. It
is simply symptom, often a danger
signal. What causes pain in the ear?
There are three main parts in the
human ear: The outer ear, which is
simply funnel of skin and cartilage
to catch air waves and conduct them
through the outer canal to the ear
drum the middle ear, which is sepa-
rated from the outer ear by the ear
drum and which opens below through
the eustachian tube, into the throat;
and the inner ear, complicated ma
chinery in the cavity of the hard,
dense bone behind the external ear.
The canal of the outer ear may be-
come infected, like the skin anywhere
in the body. Inflammation of the walls
of the canal may cause boil or may
be a general swelling. In either case,
the canal becomes stopped up, and
this obstruction and swelling may and
generally does result in severe pain.
II the eustachian canal is closed up,
serum collects in the middle ear. If
germs from the throat work up this
tube, the middle ear becomes infected
and infiamed. The tension In the mid
die ear stretches the drum and makes
it bulge out This causes very severe
pain, which can only be relieved by
puncturing the drum and letting the
fluid or matter escape. This is what
happened to the prince of Wales late
ly and is the reason why the surgeons
punctured his eardrum, as the news
papers announced.
Inner ear disease is worst Of all, be-
cause it generally occurs only after
long years of middle ear infection and
requires very serious operation.
Examination of this particular pa
tient (and she was particularly showed
that the external ear was tense, red
and swollen, so much so as to close
up the canal.
External heat is about the only
thing that will relieve the pain due to
such inflammation. Our grandmothers
dropped hot sweet oil into the ear, put
on onion poultices and tried other
messy things which generally did
little good. A hot salt bag, hot wa
ter bag or, best of all, the electric
pad, are clean and effective ways Of
applying heat, which will hasten the
course of the inflammation and so aid
In recovery.
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gravy around the heart.
Stuffing: Chop one ounce Of suet
fine, add two cupfuls of bread crumbs,
one chopped onion, season with pars-
ley, thyme, pepper, salt, and a graf
ing of nutmeg. Mix well and add one
beaten egg to bind it.
Spring SaIad.-Grate or put through
the fine knife Of the food chopper
enough carrots to make cupful, add
little minced celery, a seasoning of
onion and enough good salad dressing
to season well. Serve on lettuce,
dotted with spoonfuls of the dressing.
Rhubarb and raisins make a good
combination for a pie.
Plain Custard Pie.-It would seem
that 2ny cook might make most
acceptable custard pie, but the proof.
of the pudding being in the eating, we
know they can't. Line pie tin with
a good rich crust having the rim stand
up well above the edge of the tin.
Fill with a custard mixture, using for
an ordinary pie two eggs, one-third
Of cupful Of sugar, pinch of salt,
end two cupfuls of milk, adding a gen.
erous grating Of nutmeg or cinnamon
If preferred. Set into a hot oven to
bake the crust quickly-this avoids
soaking it-then lower the heat to
bake the custard, as that should not
be cooked at high temperature. Too
hot an oven will make the custard
whey, and become coarse grained. A
perfect pie should be well baked on
the bottom and have filling Of rich,
creamy consistency. A custard is
well baked when a knife thrust into
the center comes out clean.
Tapioca well cooked and mixed
with any bits of canned or fresh fruit,
topped with whipped cream, makes
most delightful dessert.
DumpIings.-Delicieu fluffy dump
lings may be prepared as follows:
Take one beaten egg, one cupful of
buttermilk, two teaspoonfuls of bak-
ing powder, one-half teaspoonful of
salt; sift In -four enough to make a
drop batter, Drop from teaspoon
into a kettle of hot meat with plenty
Of bones to hold up the dumplings,
cover tightly and cook eight minutes.
Do not uncover during the cooking.
Everyday Good Things.
If one desires q large quantity of
sandwich filing for company, the fol-
sill
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Feed for the Calves

A pound of calf meal (dry weight)
Is equivalent to about nine pounds Of
skinned milk. Mix the meal into a
Cruel or thick paste by using luke
warm water and stir all the Jumps
out. Add eight pounds of boiling wa
ter to every pound of meal. When
the mixture has cooled to a temper
allure Of about 95 degrees Fahrenheit,
it may be fed in the same quantities
as skinned milk. Grain and hay
are also fed just as is recommended
when calves are fed skinned milk.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-05-14
Old and Interesting

More than one-half the human race
lives in Asia.
Turkey is one of the largest pro-
ducers of raw opium
The lamas of Sikkim wear aprons
made of human bones.
Seaweed is used In Sweden for
making packing.
Some poultry food Is made from
the flesh of sharks.
One thousand five hundred and thir-
ty-nine motor BUSES are used by the
rural schools of NissisSipnl
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-05-14
Baby Chick Is Stupid

In addition to grain, mash and
water, birds need some grit to help
grind their food. Crushed stone,
oyster shell or coarsely ground dry
bone will serve the purpose. Such
things should always be kept before
the fowls in proper boxes. Since the
birds have no teeth, these substances
must be provided to help prepare the
food for digestion.